Darkness Reborn

Chapter 4 is at your door (does that rhyme?), ladies and gentleman :D. I am glad you enjoyed the previous chapter, and hope you will keep updated for more. Enjoy chapter 4.

The next day, Blu and Jewel had woken up nice and early for Rafael and Eva, expecting them to drop their children off very early. As for the blue macaw kids, they were still sleeping, and there was no reason for Blu and Jewel to wake them up yet.

While they were waiting, Blu rubbed his neck with his right wing where Jewel had pinned him down after he had told her about volunteering to babysit Rafael's children. He sighed as he looked at he rubbed his neck, worried about it being noticeable. "That really hurt, ya know, Jewel. I hope this isn't going to leave a scar."

"Trust me, Blu; it could have been a lot worse." Jewel assured, grinning evilly that sent fear down Blu's spine, knowing how feisty and aggressive she can be when you get on her bad side. "Next time, I am going to tie you up and bury you in the ground for the day."

Saying this, it caused Blu to gulp yet again as he nervously placed his wings around his body. But what he did not know is Jewel was only kidding this time, and was only saying this to see him in fear.

She moved closer to him when he was not looking and touched his wing, causing him to jump slightly. Jewel moved her face close towards Blu and pecked the side of his beak before whispering into his ear as she backed away. "You're so cute when you're scared."

Blu found the energy to calm down a little after hearing this, but he will felt somewhat scared of her. He thought back to yesterday when he had told Jewel the news about them babysitting Rafael's children, and it did not make her very happy.

One day earlier

Blu struggled for air as Jewel had him pinned down in the middle of the nest with her left talon placed on his back while she kept her right talon gripped on his throat, almost chocking him to death. "What do you mean we're babysitting Rafael's kids?! Are you crazy?"

"Jewel-can't...breath." Blu coughed out, still struggling for air as his eyes were going red slightly.

"Sorry." she apologized, losing her grip a little so he could breathe at least before returning to the previous subject. "Now, like I was saying, why, Blu? Why didn't you tell me first?"

"Jewel, Rafael is a friend, and he has done so much for us since we have met him." Blu explained, staring it his beloved wife with only his left eyeball. "Besides, you were sleeping. I didn't want to wake you."

"But Blu, you know what they are like." Jewel reminded, placing both of her wings back to her sides but still keeping her grip on her pinned-down husband. "Couldn't he have asked someone else? Like, I don't know, Nico, Arlene, Kipo?"

"Jewel, I know you're afraid a little, but Rafael would have done the same for us, and he has taken care of our kids when we wanted to." Blu explained, causing some slight relief from Jewel that did make her think about it for a few seconds. "It's just for one night. And after that, we're scot-free."

"You do have a point." Jewel admitted, placing a wingtip to her chin while Blu sighed in relief that he may have just talked some sense into her and lived. She sighed, knowing that her husband was right as usual. "Alright, we'll do it, but you can be the one to play with them."

"Why me?" Blu inquired, not wanting to play with the toucan kids due to the fact their kind of 'playing', was completely different. "What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to be the one who gets their dinner." Jewel answered, finally releasing her grip from his throat and back, and sitting back down in the nest they shared. She placed her wingtip towards Blu's chest as he sat back up from being pinned down. "So that leaves you with playing duty."

"Fine." he sighed, knowing there was no way he could win this argument. He then rubbed his neck where Jewel had gripped him where he could feel pain. "That really hurt, Jewel. Ohh, what if this leaves a scar?"

"Stop whining." she ordered, placing her wings around her clumsy lovehawk and laying him down in her lap in some way to apologize for pinning him down. "It didn't hurt you that hard. Just relax and stop complaining so much."

"Okay, okay, I won't." Blu obeyed, cuddling his head into her lap, closing his eyes as she stroked his head feathers with a single wingtip. "But next time you're angry at me, please don't pin me down again."

"Sure." Jewel smirked, deep down, this was all lie, and she would do this again if Blu did something stupid like this a second time. "Whatever you say, lovehawk."

Present time

Blu dazed out of his flashback as he and his wife waited for the Toucan's to arrive, and the worst part was he was the one who had to play games with them later. He sure hoped Jewel may have forgotten this, but that was unlikely. She had the mind of an Elephant.

Before long, the lovebirds were greeting by a familiar friend, but it was not Rafael. It was their small canary friend Nico, who now looked fully healed and could fly again. He landed into their tree hollow and bowed down to them in a friendly matter with his bottle-cap in his wing. "Hey, Blu, Jewel."

"Nico, good to see you." Jewel said sweetly, not believing how long it has been since they last saw him.

"You too guys." Nico agreed, but his expression soon changed as a smirk rose across his beak, and he moved to the side of the hollow while talking in a sing-song voice. "Guys, look whose ba-a-a-a-c-k!"

Blu and Jewel looked confused to who he was referring to until suddenly, a familiar red-crested cardinal landed down into their tree hollow and took a bow to them. The lovebird's eyes widened with huge smiles across his their beaks. "PEDRO!?"

"Hey, guys!" Pedro greeted, flying towards them where he noticed both of them did not look that different since the last time he saw them.

"How is this possible?" Blu gasped, one-hundred percent sure that no-one could survive a height like that, especially someone of Pedro's size.

"It's a long story." Pedro answered, rubbing the back of his head slightly while he looked towards the blue macaw kids, who were hiding shyly behind their mother, confused about who this bird was, present in their home. "Hey, these must be your kids."

Despite being shocked about Pedro being alive, Jewel decided it was time for him to meet her children. She beckoned for her children to come on out while she smiled, and gave them a little push with her wing. "Kids, remember your Uncle Pedro we told you about?"

The four kids nodded in response.

"Well, this is him" Jewel introduced, smiling as her kids moved closer to their long-lost uncle that they heard so much about from their parents. "Pedro, this is Rey, Azul, Crystal, and Jessica."

"Nice to meet you, Uncle Pedro." Crystal greeted smiling.

"We have heard so much about you, Uncle Pedro!" Rey said, jumping with excitement as he hugged his Uncle's rounded tummy.

"I've heard about you too, kiddo." Pedro replied, playfully ruffling Rey's head with his wing. "I would love the stay and get to know you all a little better, but me and Nico got to set up a party at the club for Rafael and Eva's anniversary."

"Rafael knows you're alive?" Blu inquired as he watched Jessica hide behind his wing shyly from the two samba birds.

"Yeah, we went to see him before coming here." Nico answered for Pedro, placing his bottle-cap back across his head. He once again took his bottle-cap off and on in a friendly matter as he and Pedro flew back outside of their home. "We'll see you around, guys!"

"Goodbye, Uncle Nico and Uncle Pedro!" the kids simultaneously called out to their Uncles as they flew away into the distance.

"Bye!" Blu called out to them, waving a wing to bid farewell before taking a breath, possible from the shock Pedro was back. "I can't believe he's alive, Jewel."

"Me, too." Jewel agreed, despite the fact she was not there to witness the events due to her being under the control of the Angelus. "Blu, do you still think back to that day?"

"How could I not, Jewel?" Blu asked, taking his memory back to when that tragic day happened, the day he lost a friend forever, or that's what he thought at least. "It haunted me forever. I could only watch."

Flashback

The Angelus began to loosen her grip a little on Nico and Pedro. "Make a choice, Blu: Tweety or Tubby?"

Blu gulped once again, and chattered his beak, wiggling his wingtips nervously. "No, please! Let them go, they haven't done nothing to you!"

"Ok, Blu. I'll make this easy for you." the Angelus said, she suddenly released her grip on Nico and Pedro, and watched them both fall to the ground. "Go and get them."

"NO!" Blu screamed, jumping off the cliff, towards the ground, desperately trying to save his friends. Blu flew down as fast as he could to save them; unfortunately Pedro was too far in front to keep up with; you could hear his screams echoing as he plummeted towards the ground. Blu grabbed Nico just in time, and quickly un-tied him.

"Nico, are you OK?" Blu inquired.

"Pedroooooooo, no!" Nico yelled, with tears coming in his eyes.

"I'm so sorry, Nico." Blu said comforting.

"She killed him!" Nico cried.

"Nico, listen to me!" Blu said. "You have to stay strong. Now run, get out of here!"

Nico obeyed and quickly departed away from the cliffs. After the Canary was gone, Blu flew back on top of the cliffs, only to see the Angelus laughing, perched on top of a tree branch.

Present time

Blu dazed out from his flashback as he and Jewel turned their attention to outside of their home where wings flapping was heard coming their way, and they knew it was time for a very, very bad day. "Oh, boy. Okay, stay strong, Blu." he breathed in while talking in his thoughts, trying to make himself look buff. "You can do this. You're like three times their strength."

The blue macaws were greeted by Rafael and Eva, who flew inside their tree hollow with their kids followed by them closely. The two toucans had done their feathers up nice, making themselves look perfect for their anniversary.

"Blu, Jewel, me and Eva cannot thank you enough for this." Rafael gave his gratitude as his eighteen children landed beside him; acting all sweet and innocent, but deep down, Blu and Jewel knew what they were like.

"Oh, it was fine." Jewel assured, deep down, she just wanted to get out of here as soon as she could.

"We promise to take good care of them." Blu promised, looking towards the young toucans, who stared at him with their big adorable eyes. "Awww-no, Blu! That's just what they want!"

Eva knelt down to her eighteen children and gave them specific rules to follow while in the care of the blue macaws. "Now, you kids be good for your Aunt Jewel and Uncle Blu. Understand?"

The eighteen toucans nodded in response.

"Good." she smiled, kneeling back up to full height before she twirled around and danced into her husband's grip. "Ready to go, my pudgy papaya?"

"You get I am, my juicy little mango." Rafael answered, extending his wings out as he and his wife took flight from out of the blue macaw family's home, leaving their eighteen children in their care.

After they were out of sight completely, the toucan kids gazed towards their babysitters, who looked somewhat fearful. One of the toucans, who seemed to be the leader of their little group, jumped up and raised his wing towards Blu and Jewel. "ATTACK!"

"Oh, dear!" Blu gasped, not having the chance to escape when the kids tackled him and Jewel to the ground, jumping on them like a bouncy trampoline.

"You see what you get us into, Blu?" Jewel accused, grunting slightly as one of the kids were pulling on her eyelids.

Meanwhile, on the far side of the Jungle of Rio de Janeiro, the two dark macaws had just arrived outside of an underground hideout, home to a familiar face, and possibly, their new leader for now. Both of them trembled in fear, not sure if they thought this through or not.

"You ready?" the smart macaw asked his partner, who merely shuck his head before answering.

"No." he answered, but his refusal was no use as he was ended up being grabbed by his partner.

"Yes you are." the smart macaw countered, dragging his partner's wing and leading him towards the entrance to the underground hideout. "Look, we just ask for his help until we get a new leader. Relax, he use to have his own army."

"What was his name?" the stupid macaw inquired, not bothering to put up much of a struggle to get free from his partner's grip.

"I think his name was Vadin." the smart macaw answered, knocking on the door with a single talon, hoping he still lived her. "Last time I heard, he's been hiding low with some yellow and blue macaw girl as a partner."

Doesn't look like Blu and Jewel are going to have a good time today. :D stay tuned for chapter 5, ladies and gentleman. Let's hope Blu and Jewel, and their kids can survive being with the toucan kids for the day.