Rio During the Ice Age

Partying with Trouble

The next day it was morning and Manny and the herd were walking through the jungle with the birds and the marmosets. They stopped and Nico and Pedro flew onto a branch in front of them and smiled as they looked down at everyone.

Nico happily tossed his bottle cap in the air and caught it in his wing and said, "It's here! Today is Carnival!"

Pedro moved his wings like arms as said, "Yeah and now it's time to samba and party like there's no tomorrow!"

Louis pointed his finger up and said, "What exactly do you do at Carnival?"

Blu was standing next to Jewel and the kids when he looked down at them with a happy smile and said, "Tonight there will be a huge parade that will go through the streets of Rio. And during the day there are tons of parties where everyone sings and dances."

Nico happily looked at them and said, "And we also samba!"

Sid showed a curious expression as he asked, "What's that?"

Pedro smiled as he exclaimed, "What you guys live in a cave!"

Jewel smiled as she said, "It's a fun dance that we do during Carnival."

Sid smiled and said, "Oooh, that sounds great!"

Pedro happily said, "Yeah, yo Manny, Sid, Diego, you guys should come with us to a party in town!"

Manny showed an unsure expression as he said, "We can't go there, humans will see us and we'll either get attacked by smugglers or people will be scared of us!"

Nico showed a relaxed expression as he moved his wings like arms and said, "Relax wooly mammal, we know a big place where humans don't go that we can party at."

Sid smiled as he said, "Oooh that sounds great!"

Diego looked at Shira and Hunter, Erik, and Jade and said, "Sounds nice, but I can't just leave my family!"

Diego turned to Ellie who smiled as she said, "It's okay Diego, we'll help look after them while you're away."

Diego looked at Shira with an honest expression as he said, "You mind?"

Shira smiled as she said, "No, go have fun."

Blu turned to Jewel and said, "Jewel, will you be okay here alone with the kids."

Jewel smiled and nodded while she said, "Yes, I'll be fine, go ahead and have fun."

Blu smiled and said, "Okay!"

He then kissed Jewel on the beak and Manny looked at them with a defeated expression as he began to walk and said, "Alright, let's go."

They began walking while Blu, Nico, and Pedro flew high overhead.

When they were gone Luiz smiled as he looked at Buck and said, "Hey, wanna see my place?"

Buck smiled as he said, "Absolutely!"

He and Luiz walked into the jungle toward the city while Ellie, Shira and the others went into the jungle and the marmosets and the Hyrax went to a different part of the jungle.

Meanwhile

Gutt and his crew were standing outside the smugglers' hideout and Gutt was holding a huge net in his hand and he happily looked at Nigel on his shoulder and said, "Nigel, you are the best first mate I have ever had!"

Squint angrily looked away and said to himself, "Stupid bird!"

Nigel showed an evil smile as he looked at Gutt and said, "Yes, today… revenge will be ours!"

Nigel then held a chicken leg in his foot and began to tear into the meat with his beak. Gutt held a chicken leg in his left hand and smiled evilly as he bit a huge chunk out of it and he and the others proceeded.

Meanwhile

Mauro and the marmosets were showing the Hyrax the stuff they took from humans. Mauro was with the leader Hyrax when he was sitting in a chair he made from cheeseburger boxes and soda cans with a cell phone against the back. The cell phone was on vibrate as Mauro put his back against it and made sounds of relaxation and being soothed as it was like he was sitting in a massage chair. The Hyrax leader looked at him with confusion as he wasn't sure what he was doing.

Mauro jumped out of the chair and grabbed the Hyrax leader's hand and made him sit in the chair as he said, "Come on Fluffy, you gotta try it!"

The Hyrax leader sat in the chair and when the cell phone shook he showed fear but as it did it again he smiled with his eyes half closed. Mauro smiled as he held the wrist watch around his waist like a belt while the other marmosets showed the other Hyrax their stuff. Some Hyrax had some bubble gum and they chewed it and blew bubbles big enough to lift them into the air. Their bodies dangled from the bubbles and they popped and fell down. Some of the Hyrax had their eyes wide open in amazement as they saw some marmosets use a camera flash and they clapped as they liked it.

Meanwhile

Luiz and Buck entered Luiz's garage; Buck looked around with intrigue and amazement.

Luiz happily turned to Buck and said, "Well, this is where I live."

Buck smiled and said, "This looks nice."

Luiz walked over to a table that had the round saw that was used to cut wood and he licked his lip and wiped away some saliva before saying, "Alright this is something I use to…"

He turned around and his eyes widened when he saw Buck with a welding mask on and holding a blowtorch.

Luiz began to run toward him as he yelled, "No Buck don't!…"

But before he could finish Buck turned on the blow torch and blew fire toward Luiz but Luiz ducked and Buck turned it off. He barely missed Luiz as the top of his head was on fire. He put some of his drool on his paw and patted it on his head to put the fire up.

Buck turned the mask to where it was facing up and Luiz could see his face and Buck showed a sorrowful expression as he said, "Sorry about that Luiz! Didn't mean to do that!"

Luiz took the blow torch and put it up and said, "You don't play with something you don't know how to work!"

Buck held his tooth has he climbed onto the table that had the saw on it and he gently touched one of the blades of the saw with the tip of his finger.

He smiled and said, "Wow, that's sharp!"

He then put the tooth up to it while Luiz came and he smiled as he turned to him and said, "This makes Rudy's tooth look like a flat rock."

Buck then jumped and held onto a lamp hanging from the ceiling and said, "This place has everything!"

Luiz smiled and said, "You don't know the half of it!"

Meanwhile

Nico, Pedro, and Blu were flying over the trees and toward the edge of Rio. Manny, Sid, and Diego followed on foot and they came to a large alley behind an abandoned building. They were on the edge of the city and there was nothing in the alley except some old crates, soup cans, and garbage cans. There were with some other birds who looked at Manny, Sid, and Diego with fear and nervousness.

Blu stood on a crate and Nico and Pedro stood on some soup cans and Nico happily said, "Alright everyone relax! These are some new friends of ours and let's show them some love because they don't do this kind of thing much."

Pedro then began to fly around and he stopped flapping a few times and clapped his wings as he said, "Alright let's get this party popping like a soda can!"

Some birds started beating their wings on some soup cans like they were drums and they made music while a song played in the background.

"I came to dance, dance, dance, dance

I hit the floor 'cause that's my plans, plans, plans, plans

I'm wearing all my favorite brands, brands, brands, brands

Give me some space for both my hands, hands, hands, hands"

On the next lines Sid and Diego smiled as Sid began to tap his feet and wave his hands around and Diego shook his body to the beat. However, Manny looked around with nervousness as he thought this was slightly weird. Then he looked and saw Blu shaking his body to the beat and he waved his hands around and tapped his feet to the beat.

"Yeah, yeah

'cause it goes on and on and on!

And it goes on and on and oooon! Yeah!"

As the song continued Manny looked and saw Sid waving his hands side to side in the air and Nico spun around before spinning his bottle cap on the tip of his wing and Pedro pushing out his chest to the beat. As he watched them and the other birds dance he began to smile.

"I throw my hands up in the air sometimes,

saying ayo, gonna let go!

I wanna celebrate and live my life,

Saying ayo, baby let's go!

'cause we gon rock this club,

we gon go all night,

we gon light it up,

like it's dynamite!

'cause I told you once now I told you twice,

we gon light it up, like it's dynamite!"

As the song continued Manny waved his trunk in front of him as he kicked his large feet out to the sides to the beat. Nico and Pedro flew into the air and then slid on the ground as they all continued to dance.

"I'm gonna take it all like,

I'm gonna be the last one standing

I'm alone and all I

I'm gonna be the last one landing,

'Cause I, I, I believe it!

And I, I, I

I just want it all, I just want it all

I'm gonna put my hands in the air,

Hands in the air,

Put your hands in the air!"

During the instrumental break Manny shook his body from side to side while some small round blue birds stood on his tusks. When the lyrics started again Diego took each foot of the ground like he was tiptoeing as he smiled and did it to the beat. Sid twirled his arms around each other as he bounced his body to the beat.

"I throw my hands up in the air sometimes,

Saying ayo, gonna let go!

I wanna celebrate and live my life,

Saying ayo, baby let's go!

'Cause we gon rock this club,

we gon go all night!

We gon light up,

Like it's dynamite!

'Cause I told you once, now I told you twice

we gon light it up, like it's dynamite!"

The music stopped and Sid looked at Blu and said, "That was great!"

Manny smiled as he looked at Nico and Pedro and said, "I got to admit, that was pretty fun."

Diego smiled as he looked at them and turned to Blu as he said, "Yeah, you guys sure know how to party!"

Nico smiled as he threw his bottle cap into the air and put it on his head and said, "That's because we live here in Rio!"

Blu smiled as he said, "Well, that was fun but we should get back to the others."

Manny smiled as he nodded and said, "Yeah, they're probably bored out of their minds."

Blu, Nico, and Pedro flew into the air toward the jungle while Manny, Sid, and Diego smiled as they followed on foot.

Meanwhile

Ellie, Peaches, Shira, and Jewel were smiling as they watched Bruno, Pablo, and Ruby play with Hunter, Erik, and Jade. Rafael and Eva were standing with their eighteen chicks had warm smiles as they looked down at them. Louis was standing with Crash and Eddie as they smiled as they watched the kids play and Granny stood next to Louis with a warm smile; Bruno, Pablo and Ruby were happily laughing as they flew over Hunter, Erik, and Jade as they waved their paws at them, laughing like adorable babies.

Shira smiled as she looked up at Jewel and said, "Nothing could ruin this day!"

Suddenly they heard a creepy and mysterious yet familiar voice say, "I wouldn't be sure about that."

They looked around with fear and suddenly a net dropped over Rafael and Eva and their chicks and they couldn't get out. Then the others looked ahead of them and showed signs of fear; Bruno, Pablo, and Ruby flew to Jewel in fear but then a cage trapped them. Crash and Eddie ran to free them but another cage trapped them. Louis showed fear as another cage trapped him. Shira stood in front of Hunter, Erik, and Jade, who gathered near her legs in fear, and she roared defensively. Suddenly a large net came flying toward her and wrapped around her. Then a large cage (large enough to hold three puppies) trapped Hunter, Erik, and Jade and they huddled together in fear. As these mysterious figures continued to attack them Luiz, Buck, the Hyrax, and the marmosets came walking by but when they saw what was happening they stopped and hid in the bushes so they wouldn't see them and they watched in fear and shock. Granny ran toward the figures with her shaking her cane angrily but they used some chains to tie her up. Ellie stood in front of Peaches to defend her but a mysterious hand put a rag under Ellie's trunk and against her mouth and Ellie began to stare into space before she fell asleep and then the mysterious figure did the same thing to Peaches. The mysterious people took everyone away and Buck, Luiz, the marmosets, and the Hyrax emerged from the bushes with fear.

Suddenly Blu, Nico, Pedro, Manny, Sid, and Diego came and looked down at everyone with concerned expressions and Blu asked, "Where are Jewel, Bruno, Pablo, Ruby, and the others?"

Buck stood in front of them with a shocked expression as he waved his arms around and said, "A bunch of weird looking animals came and took them!"

They showed fearful expressions as Manny yelled, "What?!"

Luiz stood next to Buck with the same expression as he said, "Yeah, they took them into that time sphere you guys came from!"

Manny looked at Diego, Sid, Blu, Nico, and Pedro and said, "We have to save them!"

Blu showed a fearful expression as he nodded and said, "Let's do it!"

Blu, Nico, and Pedro flew to the time sphere and Manny, Sid, and Diego ran behind them and then they all went into it and disappeared.

Author's note: Originally I was thinking of doing Hot Wings but I decided I'll save that for a later chapter, especially because Jewel sings some of the lines of that song and she wasn't with them at the party. What will happen next?!