Rio A Blue Bird's Past

Chapter 4 Like Taking Candy from a Baby

The next day, it was a bright and sunny day and Carnival was only two days away. The birds of Rio were excited; Blu, Jewel, Spix, Carlos, and Ruby emerged from their tree and looked at the beautiful sunrise. Rafael and his family flew onto their tree branch and happily greeted them.

Rafael: "Hey love birds; how are you and your kids doing?"

Blu: "Not bad; glad to see your family's doing well."

Eva: "I want you to hear this song I just heard."

Blu, Jewel, and their kids said, "No, no, please, that's not necessary!"

Eva: "Oh, I insist!"

Eva: "That's when love

Turns nighttime into day

And that's when loneliness goes away

And that's why

You gotta be strong tonight

'cause only love can build us a bridge of light"

Blu, Jewel, Spix, Ruby, and Carlos covered their ears in pain and moaned in pain.

Rafael: "Like an angel's quire!"

He turned and noticed the others were showing they didn't like it and he whispered, "Pretend she's good or I'll never hear the end of it!"

When she finished, they clapped their wings and Blu said, "Bravo; that was great!"

Rafael: "Come here my love!"

Rafael and Eva started kissing and their eighteen kids went, "Ewww!"

Nico and Pedro quickly flew by and were breathing heavily as if they were exhausted. They landed on a tree branch in front of everyone and looked like they were terrified.

Spix: "Hello uncle Nico and uncle Pedro."

Blu: "What's wrong with you two; you look like you've seen a ghost."

Nico: "All the birds from the Wasteland are flying all over the place."

Jewel: "Are they causing trouble?"

Pedro: "We don't know what their doing, but it can't be good!"

Rafael: "We should go see Luiz; Eva, you take the kids home and keep them safe."

Eva: "Alright."

She flew to their tree with their eighteen chicks while the rest of them flew to Luiz's garage. They walked in and Luiz jumped out of a car hood and tried to scare them but Blu and Jewel stood in place with blank expressions on their faces. He got some of his drool on them and they wiped it off with disgusted expressions on their faces.

Blu: "Hey Luiz."

Luiz: "Aww come on, lighten up!"

Jewel: "We came to talk to you."

Luiz: "Alright, go ahead."

Pedro: "The birds of the Wasteland are flying all over Rio and we think they're up to trouble."

Luiz: "Grrrrrr! I hate those guys! They ruin Carnival for everyone!"

Spix: "Why?"

Nico: "They don't get to enjoy all the stuff we have, so they wanna wreck the fun for every other bird."

Luiz: "Yeah, but I think they're the least of your problems!"

Rafael: "What are you talking about?"

Luiz: "I heard those smugglers got out of jail yesterday and that they are started to catch birds."

Blu and Jewel looked at each other with worried expressions and then put their wings on Spix, Ruby, and Carlos's shoulders.

Blu: "If they're back they'll want us, because we're the last blue macaws on Earth."

Rafael: "Don't worry, if they want you they'll have to go through us!"

Luiz: "Yeah, and if I see them, I'll bite their butts off!"

Nico: "Yeah, those jerks think they own everything!"

Luiz: "They'll even smuggle marmosets if they can!"

Blu: "Well I can live with that."

Luiz: "Eh, they're jerks, but they're not that bad; they just like to steal things from people and mess with other guys."

Jewel: "Well we're not going to let these guys ruin Carnival for us or our kids!"

Nico: "Yeah, we're gonna get things poppin!"

Blu: "We should get home and get ready for Carnival."

Rafael: "Yeah, and I better get back to Eva; a bird can only take so much of the kids, alone."

They flew out of Luiz's garage and back to the jungle; little did they know that Ramon, Zeus, and Pete were watching them. They flew to the roof of the smugglers' warehouse, all the birds from the Wasteland were there and Nigel turned to the three of them.

Nigel: "What news have you?"

Pete: "They know about us; we could go catch em in a cage and bring them here."

Nigel: "That won't work; we need to lure them into our clutches."

Nigel got a devious idea and an evil smile appeared across his face.

Nigel: "We must capture their friends, and the rest of them shall be drawn into our trap; like a moth to the flame. Capture two of their friends and bring them here!"

Zeus: "Yes sir!"

They turned around and flew into the jungle. Nigel felt extremely confident and turned to LaBabara.

Nigel: "LaBabara, after seeing my current process, what do you think will happen?"

LaBarbara: "Nothing has changed Nigel, a bird will eventually get the best of you and you will be defeated."

Nigel: "That is impossible!"

LaBarbara: "It is not impossible; especially when you have already been beaten and humiliated by one blue macaw in your life."

Nigel: "That does not make you right!"

LaBarbara: "You're right; being right makes me right."

Nigel: "But when I kill him, you will be wrong."

Later that night

Nico and Pedro returned to their tree, which they shared, and Zeus and Ramon came out of their hollow and scared them. Nico and Pedro screamed and flew away; Zeus and Ramon chased them to the smugglers car and they got caught in a cage.

Marcel was on the phone when he saw them and he put his hand over the phone and said, "They'll probably sell for a few bucks." They drove back to the warehouse and Nigel was in the drivers seat with Marcel when he got off the phone and said, "Alright guys, we need at least the three blue macaw chicks and one of the parents; he said he would like all five but he'll settle four the three and one of the parents." Nigel smiled evilly and said, "Excellent!" When they returned to the warehouse they hung Nico and Pedro's cage in a room and Nigel did not show his face but said to himself, "Like taking candy from a baby!"