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By midday, we reached the edge of the forest. Rafael dropped me onto a branch before perching onto it himself. He was panting from the long flight.

"I hate being old. I wish I was young again" Rafael panted.

"Don't wish that just yet. You still have a lot of life in you."

"I can't wait until you get old. Then you can know how it feels." Rafael almost fell off, but I caught him.

"Easy now. You need to rest." I sat him against the tree and collected some fruit on the end of the branch. "Here, eat this."

"What was all that about? What did they want with us? What were they doing there?"

"I have no idea. How close are we to your home?"

"Another 10 minutes for a flier, I think. But if we walk, then it may take almost 40 minutes" Rafael explained.

"How about you stay here while I get help?"

"No! You can't fly! You could be killed!" he argued as he stood up, but felt pain up his back. "Aaaaah! My damn back!"

"That is exactly why you aren't coming. I promise you that I will be fine. I may not have lived in the wild, but I know how to survive, even though I don't know as much as you. Now to find a way down." I looked down the tree and found several branches which I could use to get down. "I'll be back with help. Stay here." I popped down, but quickly popped my head up. "I mean it."

"Will you just go already! I'm an old bird in pain."

"Alright, alright, I'm gone." I dropped down from branch to branch until I got to the ground. I stayed motionless for a moment just in case something was around. Seeing it was clear, I moved in a random direction to hopefully find help.

I'm not sure how long I spent walking around, but it felt like hours. I felt like I was wandering in circles. It was raining all around. I was drenched, starved and fatigued.

"Hello? Is anyone out here? Please, I need help." For the whole time, I continued like that, but no one answered. Soon, I couldn't carry on anymore. I collapsed onto the wet ground, and struggled to get up, but I was too weak. "H..h..help m..me" I gasped before I passed out of consciousness. But before I did, I saw something grey approach.

Rafael POV

I had been waiting on William for over two hours. My back ached less, but I knew that I still couldn't fly without feeling any pain. All I could do was sit and wait. I stayed under the cover of the leaves to avoid getting wet, but it didn't do much. The rain continued to come down, and dripped through the leaves onto me. I was drenched within a few minutes. But soon, I heard someone flying towards me. I recognized the two wing beats anywhere.

"Nico! Pedro! I'm over here!" The two samba birds came around the tree and found me sitting there.

"Ralfi? What are you doing here?" Nico asked.

"Didn't William tell you?"

"You mean Willy? We ain't seen him all day. We were just heading to the club. So, what are you doing here?"

"I took Will into the city, but some humans came after us. We managed to get away, but this old back started acting up, so I can't fly. So Will went out there to get help."

"But he can't fly! And also it's raining! How could you let him go just like that?"

"Yeah Ralfi. That is so not poppin. We have to go after him before some snake or other hungry predator catches him."

"Don't you remember? I can't fly right now. How about one of you goes to get help while the other tries to find William."

"Okay. Pedro, you go get help. I'll go find William."

"Why can't I go find him?"

"Because I'm faster than you."

"Well I guess that's a good-hey! Did you just say I'm slow?"

"Enough you two!" I shouted at them. "William needs our help! Now hurry up and go, before I get Eva onto you when she finds me!" They both quickly sped off at the mention of her name. "Works every time" I chuckled to myself.

Pedro POV

"Gotta get help, gotta get help, gotta get help" I repeated continuously. Ralfi's depending on me. I can't let him down. I won't let him down. I made it over to Rafael's hollow, where Eva was waiting patiently.

"Is that you, Ralfi?"

"No, it isn't. He needs help, quickly." She shot straight up and was in front of me in seconds.

"Where is he?"

"Follow me."

Nico POV

"William! William, where are you?" The search for William was harder than I thought, and with the continuous pouring rain, it wasn't getting any easier. I tried to go from cover to cover to stay dry, but it was no use. I had somehow managed to become drenched like every other bird who dared to be outside. "William! Answer me please!" I found myself in a place I had been only moments before. "Great, now I'm going around in circles. This is not going well." I felt the rain begin to get heavier, which would make the search even more dangerous. "This isn't working. I'm going to have to go back. We'll find you soon, William." I sped off towards Rafael's hollow, hoping William would be okay.

That's it for Chapter 10. Hopefully they will find William soon. I'll see you all in the next chapter. Hope you enjoyed :)