Rise of the Zealots

Return of the blue macaws

Chapter 4: confrontation

Hey everyone, Rico here with chapter 4. I noticed a guest review asking why the kids names are different in this story. Sir/Ma'am, please read the author's note in the first chapter to understand why, thank you. In the meantime, here's the chapter you've all been waiting for.

Blu arrived to the location that he had been told by the mysterious villain who had claimed to have taken his children. Blu had no choice but obey for the safety of his children. He landed just outside the tree hollow in a huge open area, trying to plan his next move.

"Okay, Blu, just stay calm." Blu thought, inhaling a deep breath to ease his worries. "Let's just talk to this guy. I'll do anything to get my kids back-"

He was cut off from his thoughts when he noticed a large shadow had gazed over him, causing Blu to gulp. He slowly looked around to see the large scarlet macaw who had attacked him the previous day, standing behind him with his wings folded.

"Well, well, if isn't the tiny macaw." he teased with a grin. "I wonder why you're at the far end of the jungle, I take you...I don't know, you're missing a couple of children."

Blu grunted when he now realizing that this large macaw trying to anger him and so far it was working. He curled his wing into a fist and angrily went to strike him in the stomach, but the large macaw blocked and grabbed Blu in his giant talon. He kept a solid grip around his body and lifted him up into the air.

"Put me down!" Blu demanded, hitting his toes in an attempt to make him let go, but his attacks had no effect. "Where are my kids?!"

"Oh, they're safe for now." he assured with a grin. "Now, let's take a walk, shall we?"

The large macaw flew up towards the hollow with Blu in his grasp. Once he reached the hollow entrance/exit, he tossed Blu inside and landed right at the edge. Blu tried to get up, but the large scarlet macaw picked him up in his giant wing and struck him twice in the ribs.

"Ahh, ahh, ahh." a voice warned from the far end in the hollow. "No killing yet."

Blu turned around to try and see who was talking, but the figure was hiding in the shadows. He immediately assumed that this was the one who was behind all this and the one who kidnapped his children. The large scarlet macaw must be a henchman of his.

The large macaw groaned and slammed Blu to the hollow floor, causing the defenseless blue macaw to groan in agony. He proceeded towards the hollow exit/entrance, looking back at his boss. "You have a couple of moments alone with him. Then I come back."

After the large scarlet macaw was gone, Blu used his wings to stand himself up at perfect timing when the mysterious figure emerged from the shadows. His expression changed from anger to shock when he identified the mysterious kidnapper when he was in the light and in full view.

He was...A blue macaw? But that was impossible, Blu, Jewel, and the kids were supposed to be the last. And to make matters more confusing, this macaw was also in a bird-sized wheelchair with no use of his talons.

Now in clear view, Blu got the chance to study his appearance. He had dark blue feathers the same as him, light grey beak talons; green eyes, and had a scar running down his eye. He was grinning evilly for now.

"Well, well, I've been looking forward to meeting in you." the blue macaw greeted with a slight chuckle. "I apologize for the behavior of my bodyguard Butch; he has a hatred for you in particular. My name is Max, thank you for asking."

Blu could tell he was being sarcastic, but now he was not in the mood for that. He came here for one purpose and one purpose only: to get his children back. He angrily stomped towards Max and shoved him back.

Max groaned slightly, but did not seem to look bothered that he pretty much had no chance against Blu. He chuckled and brushed it off as if it were nothing. "Now that was not very nice, was it? You don't go hitting strangers, especially your own kind."

Blu raised his talon and gripped Max's throat, preparing to choke him unless he revealed the location of his children. "I don't care who you are or what you want, just give me my children back and I won't kill you."

Max only laughed in response. He seemed to be mentally unstable and only laughed towards Blu's attempts to threaten him. "Oh, my blue macaw, friend, you really think threatening to kill me is a good thing?"

Blu was beginning to lose his temper and felt like he was going to snap and lose his breaking point any moment now. He curled his wing into a fist and struck Max directly at the side of face, injuring him heavily. "Where are my kids?!"

"Now, now, have patience, and maybe I'll be willing to-Oomph!" Max groaned as Blu struck him a second time, and caused his wheelchair to push him back slightly, but he continued laughing nevertheless. "Hahaha! I think you almost broke one of my cheekbones there."

Blu was getting tired of all these games and struck Max three more times in his stomach. "Where are my KIDS?!"

Max continued laughing in response.

"WHERE ARE MY KIDS!?" Blu demanded and unleashed his anger, performing a quick series of attacks in different parts of his body.

Despite the hits he had taken, Max continued to laugh while groaning at the same time. He looked up and decided to point out the obvious to prevent Blu from wasting anymore of both their times. "You have nothing to threaten me with, Blu! Nothing to do with all of your anger, all of your hate, but I must say, I'm impressed for your motivation and determination to get your children back."

Blu strike him again, but no matter how many times he struck Max, it was not enough to get him to talk. Max was too crazy to oblige and take any effect from his strength.

"Such little angels, aren't they?" Max mocked him with a loud chuckle. "Poor little defenseless chicks. You know, I wonder which one of them would last the longest, but I assume the girl, she shares her mother's aggression."

"And mine too!" Blu added, using all of his strength to strike Max directly in the stomach, winding him in the process.

Max groaned heavily and clutched his stomach, but a few seconds later, he continued to laugh like the maniac he was. "Oh, Blu, so angry, so powerful. Hard to believe that you lived with humans with most of your life, I bet it got boring. I wonder if that pretty wife of yours would join me."

This was beginning to push Blu further. He grabbed Max and performed an undercut against his chin. "Shut up! Where are my children?!"

"Now if you just asked nicely-" Max was cut off yet again when Blu delivered a powerful blow to his chest. "Or maybe not. Hahaha-Oomph!"

Blu angrily struck Max in the face yet again, obviously wanting answers to his children's whereabouts. He knocked him against the hollow wall before gripping his throat in his right talon, preparing to choke him. "Where are my children?!"

"Oh, Blu. All that anger inside of you, but are still not willing to kill someone who doesn't need to die." Max replied with a smirk across his beak, obviously not seeming to be afraid of him. He groaned as Blu struck him in the fact yet again. "Oomph!"

Blu angrily growled in response as he curled his wing and struck Max directly in his face, almost breaking his beak in the process. "I don't care if you are one of my kind! Where are my CHILDREN?!"

Before Blu could demand more answers from him, a large, powerful force knocked him onto the other side of the tree hollow, hitting the hollow wall upon impact. He attempted to get himself up, but could only groan as Butch had placed his talon upon his back.

"I've waited so long to do this. With your death, destruction will finally begin, and I can find peace." Butch said, picking up the blue macaw in his strong grip as he raised him into the air.

Blu could only watch as the thought of Butch breaking his back shot through his mind. But as luck would have it, Butch did not break him and merely threw him out of the tree hollow. He did not have enough time to descend to safety, and shouted in pain as he landed down on his back.

As Blu used his wings to get himself, he felt the ground vibrate slightly as he saw his attack jump down from the tree hollow. He jumped up onto his talons and took a couple of steps back as he tried to figure out how he was going to win this.

For once, Blu did not have any powers to use to his advantage in order to defeat the large scarlet macaw and would have to rely on his own strength, and hopefully, he still remembered some of those tactics he had learned.

The two macaws stood on opposite sides of the large open area they were in while up above, Max had seemed to recover from his beating from Blu, and had to the strength to push himself over to the hollow exit/entrance, wanting to watch the battle between them both.

Blu panicked as Butch charged towards him at great speed, but he managed to dodge just in time. He curled his wings and struck a couple of hits against him, hitting him in different parts of his stomach that did cause him to take a couple of steps back, but it did not look like it was going much.

Butch raised his right wing and struck the blue macaw directly in his stomach, knocking him a full ten-feet back. He marched towards Blu, who stood back up onto his talons with his wings raised.

Butch raised his wing and knocked Blu a few feet away for a second time, showing almost no emotion at all as he watched him plummet to the ground. "This is the great Blu?"

Blu groaned as he held his wings against his stomach, but knew he would not have long to recover. He waited for Butch to strike again, but this time, he ducked under his huge wing and jumped behind him, curling both of his wings like fists and striking them against his back once.

Butch grunted slightly as he swiftly turned around and grabbed Blu's neck with his talon, lifting him up in front of his face. He curled his wing and struck Blu in his chest, letting him go at the same time that caused him to all through mid-air until he hit a tree upon impact. "You disappoint me."

Blu stood back up, despite the great pain shooting through his body that was a little difficult for him to cope with. He charged towards Butch as fast as his talons would move him, sliding against the ground to slip through his talons.

Butch watched in confession for a moment before he felt his enemy had jumped onto his back, tying his wing around his neck in the process.

Before Butch had the chance to throw him off, Blu managed to pull him down enough until his talons had touched the ground, and then he kicked Butch in his back as hard as he could, followed by pushing him forward.

The scarlet macaw did fall to the ground for a couple of seconds, but it did not take him long to recover. He marched towards Blu for a second time, and grabbed him in his talon.

Blu placed both of his wings against Butch's talon and attempted to pry himself free, but he found his grip was too strong. He grunted as Butch raised his right wing to strike him again, but in the quick of a flash, Blu swung his body up and placed his talons against his wing to block his attack.

Blu kicked his talons into Butch's eyes before biting his toe that caused him to let go. He took his chance to attack and struck a couple of hits against Butch's stomach, hitting him with as much strength as possible, but his efforts seemed pointless.

Butch swung his talon back and kicked Blu all the way over to the other side of the area they were in. He finally had enough of this blue macaw, and prepared to end this. He placed his right wing around his body, using it like he was going to knock something or someone out the way.

Butch did not hesitate and began charging as fast as he could, marching towards the blue macaw like a rampaging bull. He had to admit Blu was quite a worthy opponent, but he was no match for him. "I revel in this. We are like two Kings who battle for the soul of this jungle."

Blu panicked as he jumped out of the way too early and was knocked down by Butch, who continued running in the same direction. He quickly jumped back up, only to see the scarlet macaw had changed course, and was now heading towards him again.

While he was charging, Butch spoke to his current enemy as he continued charging towards Blu in an attempt to knock him over, and for every time he did, he would continue running for a couple more seconds before changing direction again. "Know how much this jungle will end once I deal with you. I will make this jungle kneel before me, and then I will leave it in ashes."

"Gentleman, I would hate to interrupt!" Max called out to them from where he was watching the entire thing. He smirked as Butch charged towards Blu and knocked him to the side. "But can we move this along? I got work to do."

Butch stopped from charging and took a big leap directly towards Blu. He landed against the ground, causing it to vibrate upon impact. He stood back up to see Blu had been knocked down by vibration of his powerful impact. "Very good. I see there is still some free-spirited wisdom in you."

"Yes." Max agreed, raising his voice as he shook his right wing in the air. "Now beat it all out of him!"

Blu groaned as he stood up to see the scarlet macaw marching towards him for a second time. He was picked up in Butch's talons again, and felt his grip tighten against him. Not knowing what to do next, Blu extended his wings and rapidly flapped them against Butch's eyes, not knowing what it was going to do exactly.

Butch grunted in response as the blue macaw's flapping blew wind into his eyes, and this caused him to close his eyes, distracting him and temporally stunning him for a moment.

Taking his chance to attack, Blu placed his wings onto his talons and attempted to pry himself free. He curled his wing and slammed it against his toe, and he was dropped to the ground, finally free from his grip.

While the scarlet macaw was still stunned and had to rub his eyes, Blu curled his wings like fists as he charged towards him and began a series of quick-focused attacks, a popular move he learned from his once, good friend Rico.

He radially struck Butch in his stomach as fast as he could, rapidly hitting him in the quick of an eye. After he had struck him at least fifteen times, Blu jumped up towards his head and kicked him directly into his face.

Butch finally got his eyesight back, and eyed the blue macaw panting slightly. He had to admit the many hits from Blu had hurt him, but not enough to cause him to stop now. He kicked Blu down onto his stomach, and placed his right talon against his back, holding him down onto the ground.

"I expected more of challenge." Butch admitted, pushing his grip down further against the blue macaw. "You really disappoint me."

"Not like we have much in common." Blu replied, sitting himself up as he rubbed the back of his neck. He ducked down as Butch went to attack him, but using his intelligence to his advantage; he moved behind him and kicked him in the back.

Butch swiftly spun around with his right wing curled as a fist, and struck Blu under his chin, knocking him a few feet into the air like a ragdoll, and landing down with a sickening thud.

Blu groaned as he attempted to get up before the scarlet macaw could get to him again. He placed his wing onto the ground and picked up some scattered dust, and waited for him to get close before throwing the dust into his face.

"Arg, uh." Butch groaned, holding his wings to his eyes in an attempt to get the dust out from his eyes.

Blu charged towards him and began another series of quick, focused attacks, hitting him as fast as he could in different parts of his stomach. He continued doing so without stopping before he would have the chance to get his eyesight back. He stopped his series of attacks after Butch had gotten his sight back, and delivered one more blow to him, striking him directly in his under belly.

Butch merely grunted in response as he grabbed the blue macaw in his talon and threw him all the way onto the other side of the large area they were in. He slowly marched towards Blu, growling under his breath as he wiped away a little more dust that was left over out from his eyes.

After Blu had been thrown, he landed into a mud pit upon impact, and at bad timing, it began to rain, making this difficult for him. He attempted to stand up, but slipped and fell back down. He sighed as he leaned up and shook his wings, trying to get the mud out. "You got mud in my feathers! It took me forever to get clean last time."

"I think mud is going to be the least of your worries, macaw." Max called out to him, smirking as he watched his personal guard pick Blu up in his talon.

Butch silently growled under his throat as he tightened his grip against Blu while shoving him into the mud in an attempt to kill him. He held him down under the mud for a few seconds before finally pulling him out.

Blu gasped for oxygen as he spat out mud that was in his throat. He placed his wings onto Butch's talon and tried to pry himself free again, but found he did not have enough strength and energy left to get free.

"You are weak." Butch said, watching his helpless victim pant and struggle in his grip. "I hoped you would put up more of a challenge...But this was unsatisfying for me." He watched as Blu was on the verge of passing out. "You will feel your bones break as I will crush you with my own strength-"

Butch was cut off as he looked to his left where he could see multiple military macaws had arrived to help out. He looked back towards Blu for a moment and gave him a warning before dropping him. "You got off easy this time."

The huge scarlet macaw dropped Blu back into the mud while marching towards the military macaws with his wings placed behind the back of his head in surrender. Or so it looked like it at least.

One of the military macaws, who looked to be the highest ranking person out of them all spoke up, and moved towards the other military macaws. "You are under arrest. Now come quietly. We have you outnumbered."

Max, who hid inside the tree hollow, watched the entire thing as he pulled out a smoke-pellet in his wing to use to his advantage. He smirked as he threw it directly in between the group of military macaws with good aim.

The military macaws coughed as they could no longer see Butch or anything else around them, and struggle to get their breath back as they closed their eyes, speaking simultaneously while struggling. "My eyes!" "Smoke!" "I can't see!" "What the?"

It took a couple of minutes for the smoke to clear, and when it did, the military macaws were shocked to see both Max and Butch had escaped. They quickly flew up into the air and scanned tree hollows, and any sort of hiding spot, but found it was too late to find them.

"They got away!" the military macaw grunted, landing back down onto the ground.

Two other military macaws helped Blu out from the mud and carefully helped him lay down on the ground on his back.

He groaned as he attempted to lean up and find Max to continue the search for his children, but his body was too weak to continue, and he soon found himself slipping off into a deep sleep. The last thing he heard was the military macaws calling out his name.

"Hey, Blu! Blu!...Blu!"

Ladies and gentlemen, we have met the kidnappers of our story: Max and Butch. It seems Blu was no match for them, but now he must use all of his intelligence to find his children. Let's just hope he will recover soon. Chapter 5 will be here as soon as possible.