A/N: Hope everyone is enjoying so far. With the daily updates, I plan on finishing this at the beginning of November. Happy Halloween's eve!

Chapter 3: Not you too

Pedro flew faster than he ever could. Blu and Jewel had come under the influence and he still could not understand what was going on. It does not matter now, he thought. He needed to save as many as he could. Those close to him. "I gotta find Raf and Eva." He said. "Gotta find them. Gotta find them." He sped his way until he reached their hollow. He landed on a branch that headed straight for the entrance, hoping to find the couple and their eighteen children.

When he did get in, nothing. No one was even there to greet him. "Raf? Eva?" He went deeper inside. He searched from top down. Unfortunately, tree hollows are not that big and there really are not a lot to search on. It was practically empty. And yet, he felt he was not alone. Someone. Something is watching him. And from his peripheral vision, he noticed something just fly away just at the outside of the hollow. He could not tell who it was or what it was, but it gave him the chills nonetheless. He stood at the entrance and observed. He noticed the swaying trees, he felt the wind, and he heard silence. It was just too quiet to not know something was wrong. He then saw some movement just at the base of the tree. And so he flew there and landed at the ground. "Raf! Eva!" He stood there for quite some time, but it did not take long for something to happen. "Raf!"

"Pedro." Soon, Rafael emerged from the trees. "What's happenin', chap?"

"You weren't in your tree yo. I thought something bad happened to you."

"You worry too much."

"Not this time. I need to warn you about Nico."

"Warn me about Nico? What's wrong?"

"I don't know. I'ma still thinking this through. I mean, I'm just as confused as you."

"Okay. I'll see what I can do."

"Great." Pedro's mood perked-up, but it was short-lived. "Wait a minute?" He suddenly thought. "Did you just call me uh… chap?"

Rafael's expression shifted from an expression of normalcy to an expression of extremely bizarre behavior. "Were you expecting… a thoughtful rap?"

"Oh no. Rafael. Not you too."

Rafael came closer and closer. "Why Pedro. Don't be so blue."

He looked behind him, and was surprised to see Eva and all eighteen children present. "Come and join. We will assert. Come and join. It doesn't hurt." They all said repeatedly. "Come and join you must be free. Come and join and you must see." He looked back again. This time, Rafael was accompanied with Nico and the blue macaws, who were still covered by fishguts to the feathers. Pedro was surrounded.

He had no to go… almost. Pedro flew up and headed to the city. "Well that was easy." Somehow, their strange behaviors had a profound effect on their intelligence. Even Blu, who was quite intelligible, seemed a lot slower than usual. He looked behind. He wished he should not have. If it was bad enough that his friends have been acting strange, it was worse now seeing that he's being chased by them. That's right. Nico, Blu, Jewel and their kids, Rafael, Eva and all eighteen of his kids, all at his tail. "I guess I spoke too soon." He flapped harder to gain some speed. He was not the best flier, but he had to try.

Soon enough, he reached the city limits. Pedro looked back once more. Unfortunately, it did not seem that he lost any one of them. He sped inward the city and reached the docks. He looked behind once more and was relieved to see that he was able to outfly them, but that was going to prove to be a mistake.

BANG!

"Nico. What's going on?" Blu asked puzzlingly.

Jewel was struggling in her seat. "I'm stuck."

"Smile my lady. You're in luck." Nico replied.

"Mom, I'm scared." Said little Pearl.

"Shh… it's ok. My little angel."

Soon, a penguin came in their midst. "My, Yellow one. Quite a day. You sure gave me a lot to play."

"Who are you?" Blu asked.

"Others think I am a loon. But I warn you, it won't matter soon."

Jewel, the feisty one of the blue macaws, tried to struggle of her seat. "Release us now, you creep!"

"It's too late now. You're in deep." The penguin then went to the stage. "How's about a little song to all our guest. Nothing wrong." Another macaw slowly appeared, pushing a strange box to the center of the stage. "Is that a jack-in-the-box?" Blu asked. The unknown macaw walked past Jewel and the kids. He neared Blu and looked at him.

"Uhm… hello to you as well." He said nervously.

Without warning, the macaw vomited just in front of Blu. "I'm think I'm gonna be sick." After the brief exchange the strange macaw left.

"Let's begin. I cannot wait. I'll make this quick. I can't be late."

The penguin began to spin the lever. A familiar tune came out of it as its sound filled the air.

"I remember when Linda would play the Jack-in-the-box for me"

But soon, the toon was changing and the sound become more distorted, if not almost demonic. It did not take long for them to feel something happening.

"Wait a minute, I feel funny." Jewel said.

"Yeah. Me… too." Blu said.

The blue macaws felt tired. The pupils in their eyes slowly dilated. Soon, a strange white glow appeared out of them. It floated and swirled above them for a while but it was slowly drifting toward the box. As the box lid opened slowly-

Pedro woke up. "What happened?" He then remembered to have hit something before passing out. He looked up and saw some abrasions on the wall. With that, he assumed that he hit a wall. "Where am I? What's that smell!"

He raised his wings. The smell, it stings
He looked around. Surprised, he found…

"Fishguts!" Pedro had realized that he was in a fish disposal of a cannery. He struggled at first, but made it to the edge of the fish disposal container. Luckily, he was on a harbour. He tried to wash the stains and the smell as thorough as possible using the sea water available. The smell never really left him though, but it would have to do.

Then Pedro heard a crash so great.
He hid so quick before it's too late.
He waited for those deranged birds
Staying still, without words.

After a long while of wait
It seems he would not meet his fate
The sound continued still
Pedro gathered up the will

Pedro investigated around
To search the mystery of the sound
"It sounded like it's from that dump."
And what he saw made him jump.