Chapter 7: Market Mayhem

Peter sat in the back of the truck with the rest of his group as the truck came to a complete stop in what seemed to be a market. "My friends, we are here." said Rafael as he hopped out of the back of the truck. "Alright let's move." said Peter who followed after him. "Hey Ralfi." said a small yellow bird with a bottle cap on his head. "Ah Nico, good to see you my friend." said Rafael. "Hey Nico isn't that the tourist"? asked a cardinal that was standing next to Nico. "Wait Pedro, you know this guy"? asked Rafael who pointed at Blu. "Yep, hey Blu how did your meeting with that girl go"? asked Pedro. "Not as planned." said Blu. "Did you try the love hawk move we told you about"? asked Pedro. "I beg your pardon"? asked Peter. "Oh I heard about that move, you know… eyes narrow and all that." said Rose. "That never works." said Peter. "Have you tried it"? asked Rose. "Rose as it just so happens your looking at the very definition of a love hawk." laughed Peter. "Right and for a moment I thought you were a humble bird." said Rose. "And you are"? asked Peter. "I guess you could say that." said Rose. "That's surprising." said Peter. "What makes you say that"? asked Rose. "Well I've just never heard of a bird that's both beautiful and humble." said Peter. Everyone went dead silent and stared at Peter. "Did I just say that out loud"? asked Peter. Rose just stood there. "Are you blushing"? asked Jewel. "What… no of course not." stuttered Rose.

"Alright putting whatever that was aside what brings you guys to this part of town"? asked Nico. "We're looking for Luiz." said Rafael. "Ah, well unfortunately you just missed him, he took the trolly back to the garage." said Pedro. "Damn." muttered Jewel. "Hey fear not baby bird, you'll catch the next one but in the meantime we party." said Nico before winking at Rafael. Rafael smiled and nodded. "Lets go Love birds." said Rafael. "What about the chain"? asked Blu. "Don't worry about it right now, your in Rio. Live a little." said Rafael as he gently pushed Blu and Jewel forward. "I don't think I've met you guys, I think I would remember a face like yours." Pedro said as he pointed at Peter. "And a face like yours." said Nico who landed next to Rose. "Well I'm Peter." said Peter who held out his wing to shake Pedro's wing. "You can call me Rose." said Rose who was still a little red from Peter's comment. Meanwhile Peter looked around at his surroundings to see a monkey with a pair of underpants on a stick. "What in God's name is that"? asked Peter who pointed at the monkey. "Some of the lovely attractions of Rio my friend." said Rafael. "Now let's get going." said Nico. "Where are we headed"? asked Peter. "You'll see." said Nico.

While the birds made there way to their destination a small skinny woman with glasses ran around frantically with a tall skinny man who also wore glasses as well as a small boy who was wearing a jersey. "Linda slow down." begged the man. "No Tulio, you said it yourself. We're running out of time." said Linda. "Fernando where are we headed"? asked Tulio. "I just need to secure us a form of transportation." said Fernando. Fernando looked around to see a man arguing with a man that was wearing a tattered shirt that was stained in sweat. "Mike I'm telling you the motorcycle I sold you works just fine." said the man. "Listen dude, I've had the very definition of a bad day." said Mike. "It's not my problem dude." said the man. "Excuse me sir, are you looking to make a trade"? asked Fernando. "No, no more trades." said Mike. "Come on man, I have a nice jeep you might be interested in." said Fernando. "I'm listening." said Mike. "Excuse me sir but you haven't happen to see two blue macaws have you"? asked Linda. "Lady I'm no mood to talk about birds. You have yourself a deal kid." said Mike who handed Fernando the keys to his motorcycle in exchange for the car keys. "Time to leave this God forsaken city." muttered Mike. Before making his way to the car. "You know, if I didn't know any better I would say he knows something that we don't." said Tulio. "There's no time to dwell on that possibility. We need to go find those birds." said Fernando.

Meanwhile in the jungle Nigel paced back and forth while fantasizing about what he would do once he got a hold of Peter. "I will find those macaws and kill that stupid hawk and wear his feathers as a prize." said Nigel. "Sir, I just received news from my men, they found the birds." said a monkey wearing a golden watch around his waist. "Well done Mauro." said Nigel. "Would you like to see to this one personally"? asked Mauro. "Heavens no, I'm not one for getting my talons dirty unless I absolutely have to." said Nigel. "But I thought…" Mauro was interrupted when Nigel grabbed him by the throat. "Enough of your monkey business, get down there and see to it that these birds are captured." said Nigel. "Yes sir, forgive me." gasped Mauro. "It's fine, now get out of here and remember I want them all alive." said Nigel. "Weren't you just fantasizing about killing the hawk"? asked Mauro. Nigel turned and looked at Mauro with bewildered eyes. "Right… well I'll just be on my way." said Mauro before disappearing into the jungle. "If anyone is going to bathe in that hawks blood it's going to be me." said Nigel before letting out a crazed laugh. Nigel paused in mid laugh and pondered what he would do with Rose. "Well I suppose if she refuses to be mine then she will suffer the same fate as that ignorant hawk." he said before taking flight in the direction that Mauro was heading. "Prepare yourself Peter, your life ends tonight."

Authors Note: Hey guys it's me again! I hope you guys are enjoying the story so far and thank you so much for your support. Thank you so much for supporting Peter's journey through Rio. Special shout out to Kodiwolf321 for supporting me in my early days on the website. Feel free to head on down to his profile and check out what he's been working on. Special thanks to all of those who have supported me (You know who you are). As always… Welcome Rio!