Rio Friends from Moose Lake

Chapter 8

Blu could not believe what he was seeing. He gazed in horror as he said, "Nigel!" Nigel laughed evilly and said, "Yes it is I pretty bird. And I have come for my revenge against you!" Blu was amazed to see his nemesis again and asked, "How did you survive the plane's propeller?" Nigel showed an evil smile and said, "I managed to fly out of its path before it could kill me! In retrospect I wish I had started sooner otherwise I wouldn't have lost most of my feathers. But I would not have been in that situation if it weren't for you! I will make you wish you had never met me!" Blu smiled and turned his eyes towards Jewel and said, "Too late for that." Then Gloria yelled, "He was right! You have changed and will never love me! You shall perish for rejecting me Blu! And you! You shall pay for stealing my man from me!" When she said these last two sentences she turned to Jewel. Nigel flew next to Gloria and said, "Listen to me domestic bird! You may have her, but Blu, is mine!" Suddenly Roger came behind Gloria and said, "Gloria I really think you are making a mountain out of a mole hill. Do any of you agree with me on that?" He turned around asking all the pets that had arrived, and they all nodded their heads and he said, "Yeah, you should just move on and…" But he was interrupted as Nigel grabbed the parakeet in his foot and yelled, "Silence you ignorant pest or I will kill you to! Get it!" Roger nodded in fear and Nigel just threw him at some birds behind them. Nigel then noticed Mauro and the marmosets and said, "Monkey, get your crew together and get rid of the extra baggage!" Mauro was afraid of Nigel but he didn't want to betray Blu; he looked back and forth not knowing what to do. Nigel got even angrier as he said, "Do it now or it's flying lessons for all of you!" Mauro then turned and looked at him angrily and said, "No!" Nigel started to fly towards him and was about to grab him, but suddenly a mango hit him in the face turned to mush. Nigel tasted some of it on his finger with an angry look; he turned his head to see Blu tossing a mango up and down in his wing with an angry expression.

Nigel: "You shouldn't test birds like me against someone as weak as you, pretty bird!"

Blu: "Maybe I am weak; but at least I'm not ugly enough to lose my part in a TV show to a parakeet!"

All of them, even the pets, were amazed to see that Blu went that far. Nigel burned with rage as his eyes were filled with a never ending storm of darkness. He wanted to kill Blu more than before. Suddenly a bunch of trucks pulled up near the float and animal control officers came out with guns loaded with tranquilizer darts. One of them tried to shoot Luiz but he missed. The others started to aim for the other animals, both wild and pets. They started shooting everywhere; Mauro was riding on Luiz's fruit hat trying to escape. They hid behind the giant parrot of the float where Nico, Pedro, Roger, Robert, and Marry were. Mauro got off of Luiz's hat and walked behind Marry and started saying, "Yo, tourist…" She turned around to see him and freaked out saying, "Get away from me you wild animal!" Mauro slapped himself and said, "Are you serious! Look tons of wild animals and pets are in danger here; if we want to stop this and save our friends we have to work together." Nico, Pedro, and Luiz nodded their heads in agreement and Marry, Roger, and Robert looked at each other and then Roger put his wing's feathers up to make a thumb up. Rafael and Eva were flying around with their kids trying to avoid animal control's shots; they started making loops and moved as they hid behind things in the street and on the float. Jewel had her wings around Ramon, Erik, and Esperanza trying to protect them from the shots. Gloria turned her head towards Jewel and then jumped her and started to hit her with her wings. Jewel tried to fight back but Gloria was stronger than her; Erik, Ramon, Esperanza started to climb on her and bit her and pulled her feathers out like Rafael's kids do. Gloria grabbed the three of them in her wings and yelled, "You little monsters shall regret that!" Jewel immediately got up and angrily yelled, "Get your hands off of my children!" She then knocked Gloria to the ground and put her foot around her neck to choke her, but Gloria got up and started to fight back. Blu watched in fear as his family was in danger but then he turned to Nigel.

Nigel ignored the conflict around them and had his eyes directly on Blu; Blu looked at Nigel exactly the same way. They stood there for a moment, waiting for one of them to make a move. A fly passed by and Nigel pit down and the tip of his beak went right through it. Blu took a large fruit and crushed it in his wing. Nigel hissed at Blu, sounding like a strange bird, or a vulture. Blu grabbed a mango in his foot and through it in the air next to him, blocking a tranquilizer from hitting his head.

Nigel: "I wonder if blue macaw is nearly extinct because it is a delicacy."

Blu: "Well you're not going to find out tonight!"

Blu and Nigel started to fly towards each other as they were about to engage in combat.