Tulio was about to go home to Linda and Fernado. This bird maniac was the last scientist out of the door every weekday. The sun had gone for the day, and the stars poked through the dark sky. Tulio twisted the key in the doorknob, locking it. He slipped the key into his pocket and walked down the steps of the stoned patio. He turned around to face his car. He had bought a jeep for him. Linda kept the motorcycle. He walked towards his jeep, but he soon stopped. He heard something squawking and turned around. He saw four macaws coming his way. One appeared injured. They landed in front of him, and he recognized two of them. Unfortunately, one of the birds he recognized was severely injured. He kneed down and carefully grabbed Blu.

"What happened?" he asked himself.

Fides puffed out her chest and flapped her wings, slashing through the air with one of her talons. She relaxed after a few moments. Tulio figured out what she was imitating. He rose to his feet.

"A fight?"

All uninjured birds dumbly nodded. Tulio quickly got out his key as he still held Blu and sped-walk to the door. He unlocked the door and entered. He left the door open to let the birds come in if they wanted to. No bird moved. Fides broke the silence.

"So, Jewel?" wondered Fides. "Aren't you going to comfort your mate?"

"I do, but the eggs..."

Fides smiled.

"Yes, I know. It's close."

Jewel eyed Fides.

"How do you know? You never mentioned you were a mother."

"I'll explain later. I think you need to make sure the eggs don't hatch before their mother gets there."

Jewel smiled.

"Can you tell Blu?"

"Sure, Darling. He'll understand."

Pepito looked at Fides and then at Jewel.

"Jewel, who is she?"

"A good friend."

"Hello, little one. My name is Fides. What's your name?"

"Pepito," he shyly answered.

"Well, why don't stay with me and together, we'll see Blu makes a full recovery?"

"Papa told me never talk to strangers."

Jewel looked at the kid, remembering when he told that to her.

"I see. Are Blu and Jewel strangers to you?"

She knew that Pepito was different since he had yellow feathers around his eyes.

"Not anymore."

"I'm Blu's and Jewel's friend. They don't think of me as a stranger. I hope you don't either."

Pepito thought about it. If Blu and Jewel trusted her, why shouldn't he also trust her? She did save Blu's life. He looked at Fides and smiled.

"Okay."

Fides looked at Jewel and smiled.

"Go check on your eggs. I got it from here."

Jewel nodded and flew back to her nest. Pepito and Fides flew into the bird sanctuary and searched for open doors. They found one with light radiating out of it. They flew in and saw Tulio bandaging Blu's chest. They landed on the table, a couple of feet away from Blu.

"Well, Blu," began Tulio, "I'm happy to say you'll make a recovery. Nothing seems to be broken, but we will keep you here for a few days. We need to make sure you make a full recovery. Good thing you have caring friends."

Tulio faced Pepito and Fides. He smiled at them and turned back at Blu. His eyes widened when he realized something. He looked back at the two birds, and a smile of astonishment formed slowly.

"Qué dones tiene Dios me trajo?" he wondered in excitement. "Two Lear's Macaws? Unbelievable!"

Blu weakly looked at Pepito. He could have sworn the kid macaw was a Hyacinth Macaw. He trusted Tulio's judgement more, so he believed the doctor. He sighed and smiled. Fides half-closed her eyes and pointed her wing at Blu. Tulio followed it and figured Blu was more important now. He finished mending up Blu and gave him a shot of vitamins, which Blu couldn't really avoid. By the time Tulio was finished, Linda and Fernado were in the room. Tulio calmly confronted them.

"How is Blu?" asked the worried Linda.

"He will make a full recovery. It might take him three days to recover. From the wounds, I would say a falcon or eagle was torturing him. It's strange. Usually they would kill their prey in one attack, but this is different, almost like they hated Blu for a reason."

On the table, Pepito approached Blu slowly. He turned his head around to face the two birds. He smiled.

"Blu, you okay?" wondered Pepito.

"Yeah. Where is Jewel?"

They heard a squawked coming towards the door. Moments later, Jewel appeared. She landed on the table and faced Blu. She was relieved he was still alive.

"Blu, how are you feeling?" she asked as she walked up to him.

"Much better. Tulio said I'll make a full recovery in three days."

"So you'll be here?"

"Yep. Don't worry. you don't have to worry about the falcon and the eagle. They're dead."

Jewel's eyes flew open.

"But how?"

"I'll explain," said Fides.

Juan and Velox had landed the floor of the jungle. They found a flat rock and pinned Blu roughly to it. Blu angrily looked up at the smirks they gave him. Juan raised his right talon and curled it into a fist. He hammered Blu's stomach. He then opened it and clawed Blu. Blu managed to speak up.

"I thought you were going to kill me."

Velox tightened his grip around Blu's neck. He raised Blu and slammed him against the rock.

"We are, but we want to torture you first. You want you to remember that if you kill a comrade, you will pay the ultimate price."

"But…how would…I re…member if…I'm dead."

"He has a point," said Juan. "Let's just kill the bastard."

"After I take my turn. Grab him."

Juan grabbed Blu's head with his talon. Velox released his grip and smirked. He began to cut Blu slowly down his body. He wrote something that looked like a 'V'. Blood poured out of the cuts, including the ones Juan had made when he wrapped his talon around Blu's head. Blu thought he was done for. Suddenly, a rock fell on Juan's head, knocking him out. Velox looked up to see a claw. It slashed his face. He was forced away from Blu. Blu weakly got up and faced his savior. She looked back.

"Blu, get to safety!" yelled Fides.

Velox got up and faced Fides.

"Why you… How dare you do that! I'll enjoy killing you."

"I like to see you try."

The birds went at it with each other. A fury of wing punches and talons came at both of them. Both were skilled in the art of fighting. Blu watched intensely for a few moments until his brain reminded him he was weak. He looked back at Juan. Juan blinked once and slowly got up with a grunt. He faced Blu angrily.

"It's just you and me, blue birdie."

Blu was prepared to fight when he noticed something. Something had crawled its way up Juan's head. He gulped when he realized what it was. Juan saw Blu's shocked face. He grinned.

"Oh, I scare you? Ha."

"Um, it's just that you have a Brazilian wandering spider on your head."

"A what?"

Juan's eyes rolled up and he saw the legs of the spider. Not knowing that it was one of the deadliest spiders in the world, he shook his head in hopes of getting it off. The spider, now agitated, bit into Juan's head, releasing its venom. Juan's vision became blurry as the spider remained on his head. He finally fell down and closed his eyes forever. The spider remained still. Blu glanced back and saw that Fides had been cornered against a tree. Throwing fear aside, he grabbed a big leaf and collected the spider in the leaf. He was careful not to kill it. He walked towards Fides and Velox and stopped.

"Hey, falcon!"

Velox, pinning Fides against a tree with his talon, faced Blu.

"What?"

"Catch."

Blu threw the leaf and the spider. The leaf didn't go far, but the spider managed to land on Velox's back. Already agitated, the spider bit into Velox's back. The talon loosened around Fides's neck, and she pushed the poisoned falcon back. Velox fell, squishing the spider. He slowly closed his eyes, damning Blu. Fides brushed some of the dirt of her feathers and walked up to Blu.

"Hey, nice job. You saved my life."

"You...saved mine," Blu panted.

He collapsed. Fides flew over him and grabbed him with her talons. She took to the skies.

"We need to get you to a doctor. Probably that man in the white coat can help."

"Yes, but…we need to…stop at my…home. Jewel…"

"I understand."

Fides obeyed Blu's wishes and flew towards his home.

"So that's how we defeated the birds," concluded Fides, "or should I say Blu defeated them."

Jewel looked at Blu and smiled.

"I'm just glad you're here…with us."

Blu looked at Pepito and then back at Jewel. He smiled.

"Yeah," he breathed.

"I'm sorry, but where did you find Pepito?" asked Fides.

"Well, he found me," said Jewel. "He was at the river near our nest."

"He looks like someone I loved…"

Pepito looked up at Fides.

"His eyes remind me of my mate's eyes."

Blu's and Jewel's eyes grew with interest. Jewel approached Fides.

"You said you were going to have eggs?"

"I did. Only one though. It was about two months ago. I was with my mate. It was a fine afternoon. I had gone out to find food. My mate always surprised me with my favorite food from time to time, so I wanted to do the same. His favorite was black berries. He always had this sweet beak."

Blu managed to eye Pepito.

"Anyways, when I was coming back, I saw that the tree had fallen. Some humans were pulling it away. I knew that my mate had probably fled and took the egg. The question was where. We both predicated a day like this would come, so we were prepared. I went to the mango trees he said to meet in if something happen. On my way over there, a branch fell on me. It was old and about to fall, or someone made it fall. In either case, I was stuck with a broken wing and a few cuts from the bark. Luckily, that man in the white coat saved me. He took me into this building and healed me in about a month. After my release, I looked high and low for my mate. I couldn't find him. It was a big jungle. I finally gave up, fearing the worst. I had to move on. He would've wanted me to. A day before I met you and Blu, I found my husband's corpse. He was being carried away by a collector of some sort. I wanted to fight the man, but he had a gun. I couldn't do anything about it, so I left. If my mate was dead, surely our egg wasn't hatched."

Blu smiled. He figured it out.

"Fides, it did hatch."

"Blu," urged Jewel. thinking he had lost his mind.

He looked at Pepito.

"Pepito, why don't you ask what did her mate look like?"

Pepito thought it was pointless, but he asked to make Blu happy.

"Well," began Fides, "he was a fascinating bird. He was a little darker than me with elegant feathers. He had hazel eyes and was also so caring."

"Hazel eyes," interrupted Pepito. "Like mine?"

Fides nodded.

"He was also so passionate and smart. He would look out for me when I was sick and always told me para siempre."

Pepito remembered those to be Papa's final words. He stared at Fides.

"Your mate. He sounds like Papa."

"No," coughed Blu. "He is your papa."

"Then…"

"Pepito, this is your mama."

There was an awkward silence. None made the first move instantly. Finally, Fides slowly approached him and slowly grabbed his wing. By one simple touch, Pepito knew it was true. When other birds touched him, it was like an aunt or uncle leading a child across the street. Even when Blu and Jewel first grabbed his wing, he felt like that. The feeling he was experiencing was like no other. By the first touch, it wasn't an uncle or aunt grabbing him. It was his mother.

"Mama?"

Fides smiled warmly at him as she saw water in his eyes.

"Yes, Mejo."

Pepito wept as he gave Fides a hug. Jewel and Blu smiled at each other. Jewel kissed Blu lightly on his cheek and placed her wing softly on top of his.

"Guess we don't have to go far," commented Blu.

"And you said Pepito was a Hyacinth Macaw."

"They look almost exactly the same."

"I guess you're right. I would have probably made the same mistake. I'm just glad everything worked out."

"Yep," breathed Blu.