Rio the Darkness 4: Love and Light
Rapper the red macaw: You could say that. :D And yep, you will have to wait indeed to see what this leader is planning. And thank you.
Assassin's Creed Master: Yep, it has sort of began. XD And I'm pretty sure his name will be revealed later on in the story. And thanks.
artuu salo: Yep, that's the fun of it alright. And thanks.
RIO2lover00: Yep, she better stop him indeed. But I doubt the Angelus can do anything at the moment.
rio craziness: YA! And I know you wish for things to go well, but not everything you wish for can go right. And thanks.
MCGamemaster90: Yep, she's been captured by...His name might be revealed later.
Isaac the shapeshifter: Yeah, very interesting indeed. And let's hope someone will be able to bring this new leader down. And I doubt Kate and Vadin will change sides, but you never know.
cholemcg: There will be more to see later. :D And I doubt Kate could turn good, but there might be a new hero who can help them. (And I can't wait to see your next chapter.) And tell your brother I wish him good luck. :D And thanks.
spyrofan34: ? No, the Angelus is defeated for now. And those two macaws who the leader sent to Rio are the same ones Arlene spotted a couple of chapters ago.
Arlene the Scarlet Macaw: Thank you, and haven't heard a joke like that for a while. :D And yep, the World of Light has been taken over by...That guy. And hope you enjoyed the rest.
Loco Vampire: Thanks, and yep, he does look like the main antagonist in this story. :D
Blu100-Jewel100: Maybe she will get free, or maybe someone else will save the Angelus.
(non-member) Guest: Thanks!
(non-member) Amigo: Right below! :D
killhell: Thanks.
Present time
Back in the Rio de Janeiro Jungle, it was the next morning. Somewhere amongst the Jungle's of Rio, Arlene the Scarlet Macaw was sitting on a branch, till confused and completely puzzled about all the dreams she had about Rico.
While she was trying to figure out the riddles Rico had told her about, the Blue Macaw family were playing around with each other in an open area. The kids were playing tag with each other, and Blu was playfully chasing Jewel around.
Arlene sighed as she tried to remember the riddles Rico had said to her. She placed her wings on her head and began to think. "Remember the riddles." she whispered to herself.
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"Rico?" Arlene said, recognizing her closest friend who had died one year ago when he gave up his life to bring Jewel back from the dead. "What is this place?"
Rico did not reply to Arlene's question. Instead, he spoke to her in a sentence which to Arlene sounded like a warning for something. "Arlene. you must listen. There is great danger."
"What do you mean, great danger?" Arlene queried to Hawk's sentence, but Rico then faded back away into the shadows or darkness.
"The World of Light." was all that Rico said as his feathers blended him back into the silhouette darkness like a ghost.
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"Don't be afraid, Arlene." the ghostly figure of Rico said while his silhouette feathers blended him into the shadows.
Arlene merely nodded in response, placing her wings near the front of her face, shaking a little. "Rico? What are you doing here?"
Rico looked at Arlene with an expression like he had no emotions, no feeling, and no heart. He began to fade away, but called out something as he turned invisible. "The Orb of Light and Darkness..."
"What's wrong?" Arlene inquired, wondering what in the World Rico was talking about "And why The Orb of Light and Darkness?"
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Arlene followed the sound of someone calling her name, to see it was once again Ricardo the Black Hawk. She cocked her head to the side, and was confused once again, wondering why Rico was here. "Rico? Is that you?"
Rico then gave-what sounded like another warning to Arlene. "Arlene...bird with fear in prison."
"What does that mean?" Arlene asked, still really puzzled to all this strange words Rico was saying.
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Arlene snapped back into reality and now she knew the riddles. There were three words that Rico had said to her.
1. World of light
2. Orbs of Light and Dark
3. Bird in fear in prison
Arlene understood what the first two meant. The World of Light was home to the Angelus and her people, and the Orb of Light and Dark were the two Orbs that represented light and dark. But what did the third one mean?
"Hm. Bird in fear in prison?" Arlene thought to herself while tapping her chin with her talons. "Hmm. Think, think, think. What could that mean exactly?"
While Arlene tried to figure out the riddles, Blu had finally caught up to Jewel, and he spread his wings around her and took Jewel to the ground, but did not to it to hard due to Jewel being pregnant again. Blu grinned as he kept his wings around Jewel while they both laid down on the ground. "I got you, Jewel. See, you can't out-fly me."
"Okay, okay, you caught me, lovehawk." Jewe said smiling, turning herself around the planting a quick kiss on his beak.
"I know I did, my Angel of the sky." Blu smiled, playfully nuzzling her head.
As Blu and Jewel stood back up onto their talons, a familiar friend had emerged from the Jungle for a visit. It was there friend, the leader of the Military Macaw Army, Captain Lenny. "Hello, Blu, Jewel."
"Hey, Lenny." Blu and Jewel greeted the Captain of the Military simultaneously, while Blu placed his wing over Jewel and kept her comfortable.
"What brings you here?" Jewel sweetly inquired, leaning her head down on Blu's shoulder to rest her head down.
"Just checking to see things are peaceful." Lenny answered, stretching his wings out from his sides due to him flying for a while since the Military Macaw prison is quite far away, almost on the other side of the Jungle.
"Yep, very peaceful." Blu smiled, still keeping his feathery blue wing around his beautiful wife, keeping her comfortable and warm, though the weather in Rio was quite warm today. "Anything new today?"
"Not much, except we caught this bird today, who's pretty much afraid of anything." Lenny answered, rubbing both his wings together for no reason. "He's some dark macaw named Jerry."
Arlene, who was sitting on a tree branch, caught what Lenny had just said. She gasped silently to herself, thinking this could be the same bird who Rico was referring to in her dream. She placed a wingtip on her chin while looking away from the blue macaws. "Hmm. Scared bird in prison. I wonder if I can see him?"
Lenny flew back up into their after finishing up with the Blue Macaw family. Before leaving, he spotted Arlene sitting on the tree branch and flew over to her. "Oh, hey, Arlene, I didn't see you there."
"Hey, Lenny." Arlene greeted in return, kindness in her tone when she greeted the Captain Macaw.
"I'd love to stay and chat, but I gotta get back to the prison." Lenny said, preparing to fly away back to the other side of the Jungle to get back to the prison.
Before he left, Arlene quickly jumped off the branch and flew in the air with the Captain Macaw. She kindly requested that she could come with him to the prison. "Wait, can I come with you? Please?"
"Sure," Lenny smiled, but did raise a curious face with a eyebrow raised. "but why?"
"I would like to see a bird named Jerry." Arlene requested, flapping her wings up to keep in the same level of height with Lenny. "I just want to see him, that's all."
Lenny did not know why Arlene would want to see Jerry, but did decide to allow her to come with him. He smiled as he and Arlene flew through the air together. "Sure, let's go."
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After a short while flying through the Jungle, the Military Macaw and Scarlet Macaw finally made it back to the prison, to which was hidden in the cliffs of Rio. Lenny and Arlene landed down by the prison entrance/exit, which was a small hole in the cliff just for birds to fit into.
Lenny and Arlene walked through the cellblock area which did look a little like the Angelus's prison in her World, except the cells were just regular cell bars. As for Jerry however, his cell had a metal silver door instead of cell bars, due to the fact he is really paranoid and could flip out at any moment.
Lenny got the keys to the door in his talon and placed them into the lock and unlocked it for Arlene to go inside and visit him. Before she went inside, Lenny gave some quick advice. "Remember, he's scared of anything. Be careful, or he could have an heart attack."
"Yeah. Ok. Thanks for the advice." Arlene said, as she slowly opened the cell door with her wing and slowly walked inside of the cell, and hoping to get some answers.
When Arlene walked into the cell, she had found who she was looking for. Jerry, who was a dark macaw-like the two she met the other day-saw Arlene and panicked while quickly hid behind his bed in fear. "Ah, w-who are you?!"
"It's okay. Calm down. I'm not going to hurt you." Arlene assured, as she slowly walked towards Jerry but stopped when she got halfway to him.
Jerry peaked out from behind his bed to see the Scarlet Macaw. He shaked a little while he asked Arlene a question. "W-w-what do you want?"
"I came to ask you something." Arlene replied, sitting herself down on a bird-sized chair in the room.
Jerry leaned out a bit more to see Arlene, and hopefully, if he answered her question, she would leave. "W-w-what do you wanna know?"
"Do you know anything about..." Arlene checked to see if anyone was listening or watching before continuing her question. She turned back to Jerry, and quickly spoke out the rest of her question. "The Orb of Light and Darkness."
Jerry arched a curious eyebrow, wondering how this macaw he had never met knew all about the Orbs. "...Y-Yeah, they are the powerful O-ORBS, and I heard Ivan if looking for them."
Arlene then cocked her head to the side, wondering who this "Ivan" was. "Ivan? Who's Ivan?"
"I don't know much about him. He has powers and said something about "World of Light"." Jerry answered, still hiding behind his bed in fear, shaking a little and his beak chattering.
Arlene now knew what everything had meant, and managed to put the three riddles together. What Rico must have meant was this Ivan had invaded the World of Light, and was looking for the Orbs.
Arlene had to tell Blu and Jewel before it was too late. She got up and began to walk out of the cell. "Well, thank you for answering my questions Jerry. I should go now."
Jerry watched the Scarlet Macaw walk away, and even though he had no idea who she was, he bidden her farewell. "Bye, lady."
"Bye, Jerry." Arlene said, walking out of the cell, seconds later, Lenny closed the cell and locked it before Jerry would try to attempt to escape.
Lenny locked the metal door as soon as Arlene walked out, and then, he bidden her farewell, and hoped she got what she came for. "Well, see ya around."
"Bye Lenny." Arlene bidden farewell to the Military Macaw, while she extended her wings out from her sides and flew through the cellblock area, and then out of the prison, and out of the prison.
Now Arlene had to go all the way back to the Jungle before something bad would happened, and her dream about the Jungle setting on fire might come true after all. What is going to happen? If Arlene is correct, what can her friends do? Will they even believe her.
For now, she began to fly back through the Jungle, and hoping her blue macaw friends would believe her that trouble is sure to come soon.
Well, there you have it, people. According to Jerry, this leader of the dark macaws is named Ivan. Now we know his name, but what is his purpose? What will he do when he gets the Orbs? He has the Orb of Light, and now he is going after the Orb of Darkness.
Let's hope our Scarlet Macaw friend Arlene can warn Blu and Jewel before it's too late.