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Chapter 9

What to do?

"What do we do?" Clarissa shrieked grasping her mate's wing tightly in hers.

"What can we do?" Somebody from the crowd replied.

"I'll tell you what we do. We need to make something to help them out." Rafael piped up thinking clearly.

"I know," Sonora's father, Raúl, spoke, "Let's make a net to catch the owl in."

"Perfect!" Pedro hovered above the crowd ready to give orders, and turned to the crowd. "I know you guys came here to party, but there ain't goin' to be any party if we can't save Nico and Sonora. We need to build a net to catch the owl in." He explains.

"We'll do anything!" Fernando shouts from where he stands next to Patty, "We're all friends of Sonora and Nico; just tell us what to do!"

"Sweet!" Pedro pumps his fist in the air, "Alright we need about ten birds to stay here and construct the net. Everyone else listen to Rafael and Eva, and they'll explain how we're gonna let the Daring Duo know what we're doing. Net versus owl!" Then he does his strange squawk and everyone splits up. Ten birds follow Pedro, and the rest gather around the toucans.

"Ok birds, we have let them know what's going on, but we can't let Luís guess that there's a net." Eva explained.

"We could go in pairs all around the city," Josie suggested, "And try to get them to come back to Three Amigos."

"Ok then! Pair off and get gone!" Rafael jumps forward and shoos the birds away, "Time is at the essence!" Then he and his mate take to the night sky and lead their squadron through town. Every once and a while they would give a nod and a couple would branch off to go to their post.


"Now for the net… What can we use?" Pedro wondered and hopped around the club in a panic.

"How about this? Found it at the pier." A spoonbill couple strided in carrying a heavy roll of rope.

"Perfect!" Pedro was on the rope in the blink of an eye. "Now we've all seen a spider web right? That's what we're looking for." The red-headed bird takes part of the rope in his beak, and two other pieces in his wings. His funny pose made the other birds laugh.

"Please! Allow me!" A huge, hairy, brown spider crawled down the far wall and across the floor. "That daft owl owes me a web. I figure this could work." He jokes blinking his eight eyes and smiling in a friendly way.

"Ummm…" Clarissa didn't like this situation, but the spider didn't help.

"I'll handle this." Raúl waved a wing and lead his mate away from the circle.

"What's your name?" Pedro asked and held out a wing for him to shake.

"Albert's the name, web-weaving is my game." He took the cardinal's wing and shook it heartily.

"Welcome to the crew Albert." Pedro grinned, "But we don't have much time."

"Oh please; this'll take me about five minutes." The spider waved a leg and set to work. The canary parents returned to the circle just as the deal was finalized.

"Please let that be enough time." Clarissa whispered half to herself.

"Sonny will be fine." Raúl pulled her into a hug, "She's got Nico with her, and I have no doubt that they will be back soon."


"I know you're getting tired, little birds. Come on, let Uncle Luís put you to rest!" Luís cooed from his deadly position above us.

"I can't go on much longer." Nico panted next to me, his tie flapping against his neck in the wind we created.

"We have to rest, I know." I looked around for the millionth time. We have to find a place to hide. Then I see it. A tall human was wearing a huge, plumed, bright yellow hat. I motioned to it, and Nico nodded. We dived low to the ground then caught an air current and glided above our pursuer as he crashed into the ground again. We zipped into the human's hat and collapsed in a heap of panting sunshiny feathers.

"I can't believe that worked!" Nico puffed excitedly; his wing on his heaving chest and bottle cap resting just behind his head.

"Lady Luck must be smiling on us today." I replied. My lungs felt like they're going to burst at any moment, and my heart is pounding so hard that it was painful. Not to mention my wings felt like useless, wet noodles.

"Not just Lady Luck…" Nico stood and stepped over to my side. He extended a wing to me and helped me up. "I can't believe that you remembered everything!" As I regained my feet, he pulled me to him and held me tightly to his chest. I sighed happily remembering the feel of his embrace, and a plethora of emotions flooded my mind. Among them undying affection, and undeniable joy.

"I know," I murmured into his feathers with a bright smile on my face, "I should have remembered when you guys found me on Sunday. I'm so happy that you're really alive!" I kissed him on the cheek.

"I was going to tell you, I promise!" He held my shoulders and his eyes brimmed with glee. "It was that night," He shivered as did I, "I was the one that found you, and made sure you got back to the club."

"I know. I remember everything." I let Nico go and peeked out of the feathers. He came up behind me and placed a wing around my shoulders. We saw Luís questioning some parrots about where we went. They pointed the opposite direction from where we were, and Luís soared away. Then the birds looked right at us and pointed in the direction of Three Amigos.

"What are they doing?" Nico asked, letting his breath tickle across my cheak.

"I'm not sure…" I trailed off as the girl took off her lacy shawl and caught a piece of confetti in it. "A net!" I said quietly when it clicked.

"The guys must be making a net to catch Luís in!" Nico exclaims. "We have to get back there while we still can. Then we can rest a little more and figure out how to draw Luís back to the net." Nico grabbed my wing and twirled me around. "Shall we?"

"We shall." I give him a wink and a quick kiss, then we take off for the club.


Ok peeps, please bare with me, and I'll have chapter ten up soon, and this will all be fixed. Thanx!