Rob looked up through the dust and feathers to see who stopped him from fulfilling his hunger for the blood of the blue macaw.
"No…" he muttered when he saw his sister standing over him, her claw to his throat and fire in her eyes.
"What are you doing Rob!" Lucy yelled, tightening the grip on her brother's throat.
"I could ask you the same question!" Rob overpowered his sister easily, throwing her to the ground. He stood to his feet and looked at the group of birds now sitting at the front door. Nico flew down next to them, partially hiding in fear behind Blu.
"Nice to see you again Nico." Blu chuckled; Nico looked at his blue friend. His front feathers were stained with blood and he had a nasty scrape across the left side of his face.
"Blu, are you okay?" Jewel asked worried when she saw her mate's injuries.
"I'll manage; but we need to get into the sanctuary." Blu ordered.
Trevor and Krystal watched on from the window in the break room, the two cockatoos were slowly walking in a circle, arguing.
"I am trying to avenge our brother's death!" Rob snarled.
"What do you mean?"
"They killed Nigel!" Rob yelled, Lucy's eyes widened. She looked back over to Blu. Blu had heard the words and looked back before walking into the sanctuary, he looked at Lucy and she returned the gaze. There seemed to have been a mental connection or something between the two birds, telling her that it wasn't true and Lucy looked back and stood her ground.
"No, I don't believe they did. These birds saved my life and I will repay the favor, even if it means fighting you."
"You bitch!" Rob yelled in anger. "How could you betray your family like that?"
"You and I both knew that Nigel was mentally unstable!" Lucy yelled at her brother. Her brother stood in anger, clenching his wings; he was trembling in rage at the words that were spoken from his sisters' mouth.
"Leave these birds alone Robert, please! If you love me then you would do what I ask of you, please." Lucy began to have tears fill her eyes. Rob looked up at her, his eyes fiery with despair and hate.
"You don't mean shit to me." He growled.
"Robby, please we shouldn't be doing this, we're family."
"You don't give a shit about family!" Rob yelled before he finally charged his sister, Lucy didn't fight back. She knew she didn't stand a chance against her brother, he was too powerful. Even she could find the will to fight him she would lose. She was never the fighting type, especially not towards family.
The set of eyes watched in horror at the sight unfolding in front of them, Rob pinned Lucy to the ground, yelling profanity's in her face. The bird was going to kill his own sister if someone didn't stop.
"Shouldn't we do something!" Nico yelled.
Blu sat staring out the glass door; it killed him to see the poor bird being tossed around like a rag doll. Lucy lay against the side of the fountain in the middle of the entrance, Rob stood in front of her, looking down at the now dirty bloody mess of feathers he once considered his sister. He put his claw around her throat, grinning.
"No!" a small scream said, Rob looked over and saw his daughter in tears. "Dad what are you doing?" she whimpered.
"Cindy, this is not your aunt anymore, don't you see that she betrayed us!"
"No, the only traitor I see is you!" she screamed, she began running to her father, Rob simply pushed her to the ground.
"You of all people should know your place!" he yelled at his crying daughter. Rob turned his attention back to Lucy. "Any last words sister?" he said grinning.
"I still love you." Lucy barely managed to say. Rob scoffed at her remark.
"Foolish thing to say."
Rob tightened his grip around his sisters throat, Lucy could feel her eyes bulging out of their sockets. Her vision began going black and her ears started to ring. Rob watched as the life slowly slipped away from his sisters eyes, and started laughing maniacally.
The birds thought that this was it, Rob was evil and devilish to kill his own sister, and here they were to witness the crime but not do shit about it. They all stood scared shitless watching Lucy slowly suffocate; all but one bird. A large black figure dashed from above and grabbed Rob in his claws and threw against the side of a car, leaving a dent. The bird stood over Lucy and put her in his wings, he carried her over to the door.
"Open it!" the bird yelled. Lucy looked up to see the familiar large sharp curved beak and bright red cheeks of O'Malley.
The birds opened the door to the mysterious bird; he set down the injured white cockatoo, examining her wounds.
"He really did a number on you huh?" he snickered. He looked up at the birds standing around. "Go get the doctor you worthless pieces of crap!" he yelled harshly. The birds were struck by his comment, but still obeyed. Blu turned around to see Tulio already running around the corner, Krystal and Trevor on his shoulders.
"No, I'm fine, I don't need a doctor." Lucy falsely stated, she felt like she was ran over by a truck but would rather endure the pain then be tortured again by Tulio. Tulio bent down to pick up the injured bird and was bit on the thumb in return.
"OW!" he yelled, blood steadily running from his thumb.
You little bitch! Tulio secretly thought in his head.
"Lucy, he's trying to help you." Blu told the scared bird.
"Your friend is right, go with the doctor, your wounds need attending. We will be right behind you." O'Malley said, comforting Lucy with his large wing.
Lucy reluctantly nodded and said okay. She walked up to Tulio, who wrapped his thumb in his shirt trying to stop the bleeding. Tulio cautiously picked up the bird and walked back around the corner.
"Guys, look…" Trevor said, pointing out the window. The birds turned their attention to the entrance, looking for what Trevor supposedly saw.
"I don't see anything." Jewel said.
Trevor turned to her, "Exactly, Rob is gone."
Tulio began observing Lucy to see how much damage was inflicted. After a brief assessment he smiled. He told Lucy that she actually wasn't in as bad of shape as he thought; she would have only a few minor cuts and bruises. Lucy gave out a relieved sigh, and Tulio reached above her and opened a cabinet. He brought down a bottle of alcohol and cotton swabs and set them in front of the bird. Lucy automatically recalled the items from last night.
"But I still have to clean your cuts and rebadged you." Tulio quickly added. He opened the bottle of alcohol, its strong odor shooting itself into Lucy's nostrils, causing them to burn and her eyes water. She began to look for a way to escape before Tulio could begin his agonizing torture, and Tulio noticed her uneasiness.
"Don't make this hard like last night, I really don't want to chain you again." He pleaded. Tulio heard the flapping of multiple wings, and a second later the rest of the birds were on the counter.
"See, your friends are here to help you." Tulio said in a comforting tone. The disinfecting of Lucy's cuts, while painful, went relatively smooth and unchallenged. Tulio finished re-bandaging her major lacerations from the cat attack last night and sent her on her way. Lucy walked over to the other birds, who were already conversing.
Krystal engulfed Nico in a hug, "Oh I'm so glad that you're okay Nico!" she said joyfully, tears running down her cheeks.
"It's nice to see you to Krystal." Nico chuckled. Krystal set the bird down and he caught his breath after nearly being suffocated. Nico's tone became serious and he asked, "Is it true? That that bird killed Pedro?"
There was a brief moment of silence, and all eyes fell to the ground. Nico then knew what the answer was and collapsed on the ground crying. It wasn't long before Krystal followed, crying into Trevor's chest. Jewel and Blu held each other and shed a few tears for their friend. Trevor glared at Lucy; she could see in his eyes a –See what your family did- look.
Lucy watched the group of birds sob and felt guilt sink into her gut. She turned away and began walking out of the room. O'Malley saw her leaving and decided to follow, he felt out of place, surrounded by crying strangers.
"So what is all that about?" He asked as he caught up to her in the hall.
"My brother, the one you rescued me from, has caused those innocent birds a pain that will never be cured. Rob killed one of their friends, based on the false assumption that they killed our brother. But I know that's not truth."
"How can you be so sure?" O'Malley questioned.
"Those birds are too nice and kind-hearted to do such a thing, I know that for a fact. When things settle down later I'll ask for the entire story. Until then, I'm going to try my best to avoid them."
"You don't think they blame you for your brother's actions do you?" O'Malley asked.
Lucy gave a light sigh and looked at the white marble floor, "I don't know if they do, I don't think that that one younger bird, the blue and yellow one, enjoys my company. And I don't blame him at all."
"Blu let me see you please." Tulio quietly asked, tapping Blu on the shoulder. Blu walked away from his crying friends to Tulio. Tulio began dampening another cotton swab with alcohol, and Blu knew what was coming.
"I'm just gonna clean that nasty scrape on the right side of your face." Tulio told the nervous bird before lightly dabbing the scrape.
"Ow Son of a Bitch!" Blu yelled, catching the attention of Jewel. Jewel walked over to him as Tulio finished cleaning the cut. Blu tried his best not to breathe, with the scrape being centimeters away from his nostrils the strong odor of the alcohol would burn every time he inhaled. Jewel turned his face sideway, examining the scrape.
"Doesn't look to bad." She said, partially lying. The scrape ran from the beginning of Blu's beak to the bottom of his eye and down his cheek. Blu smiled at her remark, holding his breath. Eventually the lack of oxygen was more painful than the alcohol odor; Blu exhaled and then slowly inhaled, trying his best not to intake too much at one time. After two minutes he could finally breathe at a normal rate again, he touched the side of his face with his wing lightly, pulling his wing away at the stinging pain caused by contact.
Blu rejoined the birds, they had stopped crying and were now sitting with teary eyes, looking at the ground in silence and sniffing. A moment of silence was dedicated to their fallen friend, and eventually they started talking about other things.
AN-guys im sorry to give you such a short chapter, It is the shortest I will ever write prolly. But this weekend I played games with my friend, who I hardly ever get hang out with. And after I got back into school, turns out that I have a project to do in World Religons…which I stay after school for, its basically a skit to be held in front of the school….its freaking stupid I know but that requires 2 hours a day for the next 3 days. So I wont be writing because I also have other homework to do and also im not allowed on my computer after 6 pm on weekdays. So I wont have time to write, IM SO SORRY. But there is nothing I can do, ill try my best to update by Friday…so consider this a temporary hatius.