This chapter took a while. I had writer's block for a little while. I hope my writing improved a little.

Enjoy~

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Nico and Pedro had been nearing the sanctuary's lookout building. Pedro was awfully winded by then, and after they placed Sylvia on the wooden bannister, he fell onto his back, breathing heavily.

"Woo... Man, now that was a workout." He panted.

Nico ignored him then started chirping loudly, hoping that Linda or Tulio would hear him and appear. But when it became obvious that they weren't coming, he bounced over to Pedro.

"Can you do me a favor?"

"Which is" Pedro raised a brow.

"Get Blu for me."

"Okay, but only under 1 condition."

"And what is that?" Nico asked, cocking his head to the side.

"You check up on her until she heals. Entirely."

"Come on, Pedro."

Pedro gave him a look that screamed, 'You are NOT getting out of this.'

"Okay, okay. Fine. Just go get Blu." Nico took off his bottle cap and pushed his feathers back, in stress. Unfortunately, Pedro took that as him being nervous. Which Nico, partially, was.

"It's easy. Puff out that chest,"Pedro puffed out his chest, "swing that tail," he shook his tail, "eyes narrow, like some kind of crazy love hawk!" He then let out a hawk-like squawk.

"Pedro. Just get Blu." Nico had facewinged.

"Okay, I'm going! I'm going! But remember, crazy love hawk!" Pedro took off for the nests, making another hawk-like call. Nico bounced back over to Sylvia.

"...So... How are ya feeling?" He was beside her, looking over her.

"Do you want me to tell you honestly, or brutally honest?"

Nico hesitated before he answered. "...Brutally honest?"

Sylvia shifted a bit, heaved a sigh, then began. "My leg feels like dirty homeless people are pulling open the wound and pouring salt into it. My wing feels like it got caught in a blender that was on the setting, 'mangle and destroy' with added salt. And overall I am quite confused due to the fact that no one decided to tell me where I was and where I am now."

Nico gulped. "My Bad. You're at the Blu Bird Sanctuary in Rio de Janeiro." He made a gesture with his wings, showing the sanctuary's symbol. "Before, you were in one of the streets of Rio."

"Thank you." She shifted her position again.

Nico nodded then adjusted his bottle cap, preparing himself for the oncoming awkward silence.

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Pedro had flown to his nest before flying as fast as he could back to the markets of Rio. Blu, Jewel, and Rafael were setting up things at The Next Level, their usual samba club, and Pedro had brought his gift for Nico.

He landed right next to Rafael. "Yo! Where's Blu?"

Blu popped his head out of the entrance of the club. "Right here! You need something?" He walked towards them.

"I need you you find Linda or Tulio for us! Quick!" Pedro replied.

"Why? What happened?" Blu inquired. By then Jewel had stepped out.

"There's this bird Nico found, and she was like," Pedro played dead for a second, "and Nico," He moved to the left a bit, then started waving his wings around, "he was like 'HEELLP QUIICK!' and I was li-"

"Pedro! Get to the point!" Rafael snapped.

"There's a hurt bird that needs help!"

Blu nodded. "Okay. Jewel, could you and Rafael finish up without me?" They both nodded.

Pedro gave his 'gift' to Rafael. "Hide this in the club for me. C'mon Blu!"

Both Pedro and Blu hastily took off, and soon they were just dots in the distance.

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Great. Immobile and stuck in an awkward silence. But that's okay, isn't it? At least I got away from the island. No. At least I got away from the island alive. I had a look of dismay on my face, just for a second. Why? Because I had looked down. We were so high up. I unconsciously started shaking and my breathing quickened. Nico shot me a worried look.

"You okay?" He stared at me.

"F-Fine. Just d-dandy." I shivered harder. "May I ask, how high up are we?" I questioned, feigning a smile. He just smirked.

"Oh, I don't know. Around 130 feet. Why?"

"O-oh. No reason." By that time I was blushing a bit, and trying to crawl away. I could only imagine what would happen if I fell... SPLAT! Well, I guess I jinxed myself because soon after that thought I fell off the ledge. Squawking and screeching, I flailed around, trying to slow my fall, but to no avail. My eyes were closed, and I could only feel the wind flying through my feathers. It felt like I was falling forever... until.

I felt something latch onto my left leg, and stop my fall. I slightly opened an eye to see Nico. He was struggling to hold me up. I stopped flailing and started flapping my only usable wing. That turned out to do more harm than good, or maybe it was just the caked mud in my feathers. Either way wasn't helping because we started descending.

Then, out of nowhere, Nico had let me go. I tried to grab his feet but I he was too high up. Opening my beak, I was about to scream before I was caught by a macaw. A blue one, to be exact.

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Pedro had gotten back from his little excursion to find Blu, and just in the nick of time too. Nico was straining to keep Sylvia airborne, and right after Blu and Pedro arrived, he had let her go. It hurt Nico to see the shock on her face when she started falling but he knew Blu was going to catch her... and he did. But she started quivering again,even harder than before, sobbing.

Pedro flew over to Nico. "She fell again?"

"Yep. She's afraid of heights."

Pedro busted a chuckle, and nudged Nico with his wing. "Man, that's a good one! Now tell me what happened."

"I was being serious, Pedro. I think she's afraid of heights. But, anyway, she just slipped off the bannister."

Pedro's beak looked like it was about to hit the floor. Nico couldn't help but laugh. "We've met a bird who couldn't fly, a bird who couldn't sing, and now you're trippin' over a bird who's afraid of heights?" He flew up and landed on the bannister. Pedro mimicked him.

Blu placed Sylvia on the floor of the lookout building's deck and turned to Nico and Pedro. "I'll be right back." He flew off. Nico and Pedro flew down to Sylvia. She was crying.

"Ey, lil' bird, you 'aight?" Pedro asked. She didn't respond and crawled back a bit, then covered her face with her wing. Nico walked over to her.

"Hey, c'mon. It's alright..." Nico moved her wing, then looked at Pedro, who nodded. Carefully, Nico wiped a tear from her eye. He could feel her shaking.

A few minutes later she choked out, "I-I need a hug.." Nico looked back to see Rafael standing next to Pedro. Rafael made a 'go on' motion with his wing.

"Here.." Nico muttered right before he hugged her, trying his best not to touch her broken wing. Her shivering slowed quickly, and her heart skipped a beat. "Everything's fine~"

Rafael chuckled, watching them. "Lovebirds. How cu-"

Rafael got cut short. The door to the lookout deck opened and out stepped Tulio with Blu on his shoulder. Blu glided down to Nico and Sylvia, who both had the same wide eyed, open beaked expression on their faces.

In unison they exclaimed, "It's not what it looks like!" Nico stopped hugging Sylvia, which caused her to fall back and hit her head.

She rubbed her head. "Oowwww..."

Tulio couched down and gently picked Sylvia up, raising her up close to his face. Then, he started trying to mimic bird calls, loudly. That wasn't the greatest idea. It scared the crap out of Sylvia, literally. All the birds watching cringed, disgusted looks on their faces, except of Nico and Pedro. The duo was laughing hysterically. Pedro was flat on his back, and Nico was doubling over, holding his belly. Sylvia hid her face with her wing, completely embarrassed.

The "avian expert" wiped some of the bird dung off of his face. "Come on little birdy.~" Sylvia writhed and flailed, but he wouldn't let her go. She looked back at Nico, chirping and giving him a look that screamed, 'help me.' Tulio must have taken notice, because he picked up Nico too. "Now you won't be lonely." He brought both the birds inside.

After several moments, Blu was the first to speak up. "Well, that was.."

Rafael finished Blu's sentence. "...Interesting?"

"Exactly." Pedro answered.

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