CHAPTER ELEVEN: AMAZON MOST WANTED (PT.3)

"No! No! Listen to me! Listen to me! Listen to me!" That screaming came from Blu. He was finally with the people he and Jewel wanted to see, but however, Jewel is hurt and not awake, and the people they're looking are not being the most friendly at the time.

Making Nigel their hero and arresting Blu they are now convinced that he works for smugglers. But despite this falling action moment, Blu and Jewel will find a way to back together. "Will you, bird-brains, just listen to me!? How many times do I have to say it!?" Blu screamed while still having to dragged off by Roberto and another blue macaw soldier until they threw him off into a hollow. "What the?" Blu got up with an ache after that landing, but that aside thinking of his wife, "Wait!" He was trying to run out but Roberto pushed him.

"Listen, pal. You're not going anywhere! Not after offending me, Eduardo, Nigel, and every bird in the tribe like that!"

"Are you kidding? I am not lying! And if you and Eduardo haven't overreacted to me like last time then I would've had the chance to prove it to you."

Blu just sat pouting with his back turned and as the macaws were building a vine and stick gate at the hollow entrance, Roberto stood there confused. "W-Wait. Last time? what do you mean last time? I've never seen you before in my life." "Oops." Blu slipped out again. "Look, I hate to disagree with you, Roberto, and it's a little hard to explain but we have met before. In fact, I'll prove to you right now!"

He got up without showing any rush of leaving the hollow, and explained everything to him.

•"I know that you were, I mean, are the top soldier of the entire tribe."

•"I know that you and Jewel were best friends. Heck, you were one of her only friends!"

•"I know how you and Jewel gave each other funny nicknames, like Beto and JuJu…and that…(growls angrily)…you had a crush on her since you were chicks, a-a-and even to this day, the idea of you and her being together still makes me wanna be angry while throwing up and crying."

•"I know that her mother's name is Beleza and that you guys lost her before the fire, which was 15 years ago, and I also know that you loved her like she was your own mother!"

•"I know that Eduardo has an older sister is named Mimi, and that she always called Jewel her little wildflower. Not only that, she would always interrupt you silly every time you and Eduardo called each other 'The Bird'."

The look on Roberto's face was predictable, and it got bigger when Blu threw in the bigger piece of info.

"And finally…I know about that big secret you've been keeping from everyone. You know, the one about what happened to you after the fire? About 'OllyPay'?" He whispered.

Roberto knew that last words were in Latin, so he looked away from Blu, and lifted his right ankle, revealing a white ring, engraved "Polly."

"Yep. That it!" Blu continued whispering, and luckily the other soldier wasn't paying attention to them.

"Shut up!" Roberto rudly interrupted. "I-I-I never told anyone about that. Not Eduardo or Mimi, any of my other friends. Nobody."

"I know you didn't. (Whispered to him) Not yet anyway. Now look, Roberto, since I've gotten your attention just please-"

"No! Shut up. You're not going anywhere, and there's nothing you can say that'll make me believe the only young girl I care about is ali-!"

"Stop it, Roberto!" A voice yelled out. As the gate was done being made, a fog came up, and from out of the fog came…

"Mimi? Oh gosh, am I happy to see someone who doesn't bother me." Blu said.

When Blu was trying to talk to Eduardo, Roberto, and Nigel, Mimi was in the crowd of blue macaws, listening better than everyone else, and even saw them trying to arrest Blu. So she followed them to the tree they brought him and heard all of Blu's words. They just brought her hope and wanted to finally speak to him.

"Let me speak to him, Roberto." Mimi looked tearfully as she soon faced Blu. "Jewel. My little wildflower. Is she really-?" "Jewel is alive. I promise you I'm not lying."

"Don't listen to him, Mimi. Our friend, Nigel, told me about him and his partner. He works for humans!"

"I heard the whole thing, Roberto. I also heard all the words he just told you now, and even after all of that, you still doubt him?"

"It's too good to be true. If she was actually alive, she'd be here right now vouching for…his husband? That's even harder to believe, if I know Jewel, she-"

"Roberto? Stop it, before you say something that'll not only offend Blu here, but me even worse."

"Thank you, Mimi. Jewel would be here but like I told you, Nigel and Gavin attacked us. Now she's left alone and hurt. Oh, and if there's one good thing I know about you, Mimi, is that you're willing to do anything if it means protecting your family. Including disobeying your brother."

Those words Blu spoke began to touch Mimi's heart. His previous words were proof and this was really convincing now. Blu continued,

"So please, Mimi. If Eduardo and Roberto won't listen to me, then could you please let me out of here? That way we'll find Jewel together and I'll show you all the sanctuary that you've been looking for. I promise."

"Stop. Just stop. Look, Eduardo, Mimi, and I are smarter than you think and we will not be lead into your human trap. So you can say what you want, but you can't say anything that will convince me enough to believe that the girl that I love is alive and your wife!"

Blu and Mimi were surprised at this selfish behavior. Never once has Roberto acted like this, but then again, the entire tribe has been going dark times right now. Trying to avoid humans and loosing every new home they keep finding without resisting. So it would make sense for Roberto to be feeling this way. Now Mimi had a plan of her own to fix that. "You know what, Roberto? You're right. I don't know what came over me. Except for false hope."

"What?" Blu said.

"Thank you. Now you can head back with the others. Me and the best birds will be watching this traitor tonight."

"Ok." Mimi said before Roberto turned to a guarding position at Blu's new cell. Then Mimi took Blu by the neck and whispered to him, "Listen. Even I think it's a bit of a long shot, but I wanna believe you. So before sunset, I can bust you out of here and you can lead me to Jewel." She then released him. "(Coughs)…hmm. Thank you. But what about Roberto? He blinded me while taking me here so I don't know where to go, and if we're gone, he and Eduardo will probably think I actually escaped and kidnapped you."

"Leave that part to me. But now, I need to know for sure. If you are on our side, and my little wildflower is alive, and that she is married to you. Then what is-?"

"Cojantigo." Blu interrupted, and Mimi gasped because it was the word that she wanted to hear. She was going to ask him what is the special code she made up for herself, Eduardo, Beleza, Jewel, and Roberto. Cojantigo means "I will always love and care for my entire family, no matter what." The five promised each other that they would never tell that code to anyone unless if it was to a bird that they each trusted more than anything. Now since Blu knew what to say, it proved to Mimi that he was telling the truth. So Mimi just smiled with tears and winked at Blu before leaving.

Blu smiled knowing that someone finally believed him, and that he was ready to go along with this new plan and find Jewel again without anyone getting in the way again.


Hours later, while Blu was still in his cell, patiently waiting for Mimi, Jewel was still back at the main territory on the ground of her and her husband's family hollow. She soon woke up without the sun coming up, but it wasn't a pleasant waking.

"Ugh…Blu? Blu, w-where-?" Jewel got up but had trouble standing straight. Because Gabi made her hit her head hard, she's having trouble controlling herself. "Blu? Blu? I can't…I can't…I can't…" Jewel was towards the hollow entrance, and though she quickly hovered out, she looked like she was still falling. "Blu…where-?" Then she roughly hit a lower branch and an outside root of the tree, causing her to wake up.

"AHHHH!" That was her in slow pain now. She quickly got up and felt her body cramped, and just walked away, not thinking about where Blu is, just hoping he's already there with her. "B-B-Blu! Blu! Blu!" The jungle could hear her crying. Her body was bruised, her head wasn't working right, and she was just walking without paying any attention to her surroundings. "Blu!" Then as things seemed worse, she dropped herself to the ground because she felt cramps going in her stomach now. It was like…a kick was going on inside her.

"Blu!" She kept screaming. She couldn't keep her body up or eyes open anymore. She rubbed belly slowly and looked at the moon on top of her.

"Blu. I-I'm sorry…(sobbing)…I-I-I love you. Don't leave…" She was beginning to pass out, and noticed a few shadowy figures coming to her. She didn't have any strength to fight back, so all she could was just lay there and fall asleep.

After doing so, the shadowy figures came to her, and in the moonlight, they were revealed to be…scarlet macaws. Now the question is, what do you believe will happen next?


Still looking good, right? Would you believe I started writing this yesterday? :) About Jewel's mother, I would've chosen the name, Sapphire, however I don't know who originally thought of that so I used Beleza, which is portuguese for Beauty.

And in the next chapter, I might add something that may seem a little aggressive, but savoring for anyone who was never fond of the stupid stuff Eduardo did.

Now one message here, in case any of you good authors are feeling too bad that Spring Break is almost over (and believe me, I am), try listening to…

"The Impression that I Get" by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones VEVO

"How Much Longer" by J Batt