Ch. 12: The Recruitment
written 2/2/16
Lygia woke up to find herself in a cage after being knocked out by what she suspected to have been sleeping gas. She stood up and looked around her, but all she could
see was darkness. "Hello?" she questioned at the darkness. There was no answer. She started to get scared. "Hello!" she cried at the darkness once again. Still no
response. She started panicing. "I've got to get out of here!" she shouted. She started shaking the cage violently. Then she heard an evil, yet familiar voice. "Stop
struggling my dear." said the voice. "Your boyfriend will be joining you soon, I'm sure." "Colt, you twisted son of a bitch, where are you?!" she shouted. Then she heard
the loud snap of wingtips. A light came on displaying the black cockatoo with his black hood draped over his face. "Here I am." said Colt taunting her with a little added
condescension.
Meanwhile Marcus had already made it out of the Amazon all the way to the city of Manaus, Brazil. "I'm coming for you Lygia, my love!" he yelled to himself. "Colt, you
are gonna pay dearly!" Then he continued making his way to Rio.
Back in the Amazon Rainforest, Blu and Jewel had just finished listening to their daughter and her mate explaining the situation regarding her son, and his action to
rescue his girlfriend after she got birdnapped. "Oh Mom, Dad, is there anything you guys can do!" cried Pearl. Jewel got up and went over to comfort her daughter.
"There, there Pearl." said Jewel calmly. "Of course, we'll get both of them back." Then she turned to her mate. "Blu, could you go find Roberto and ask him to recruit as
many birds as possible to help Pearl get her son and his girlfriend back?" she requested. "Right away Jewel." said Blu with a nod. With that he took off to find Roberto.
Meanwhile Roberto was at the Pit of Doom talking with Felipe. "So Felipe how have you been doing these days?" asked Roberto. "Oh, same old." replied Felipe. "Just
watching over my tribe." "Well, be on your guard." stated Roberto. "Why?" inquired Felipe. "Well..." began Roberto. Then suddenly he was interrupted by his brother-in-
law. "Roberto!" cried Blu. "What is it Blu?" asked Roberto. "My daughter, your goddaughter's son's girlfriend, was captured, and now her son has gone after her!" yelled
Blu. "I'm asking, on my daughter's behalf, if you can please start recruiting as many birds as possible for a rescue!" "Of course Blu, just calm down." Then Roberto
turned to Felipe. "Hey Felipe, do you think you could give us a wing with this issue?" "Well, in the past I would've said absolutely not." Then Felipe turned to Blu.
"However Blu, since you've brought our two tribes together and made peace between all of us, I'll be happy to give you a wing." replied Felipe. "Obrigado, Felipe!"
thanked Blu and Roberto. "No big." replied Felipe. "I'll see if my tribe will be willing to help as well." Felipe took off to round up the Scarlet macaws. Blu turned to Roberto.
"Roberto, you start recruiting and I'm going to put together a battle plan for us." declared Blu. "Right!" exclaimed Roberto. Then the two brother-in-laws took off in
separate directions.
Marcus had just touched down on the outskirts of the runway. "Lygia, I'm here sweety." he said to himself. Then he flew straight into the hanger. "Colt, you bastard,
where are you?!" he shouted into the darkened hanger. He heard Colt's sinister cackle and then the snap of wingtips. A single light shined down on a cage, and in it,
Marcus saw his girlfriend. "Lygia!" cried Marcus as he flew over to her. "Marcus!" cried Lygia. The two lovebirds ran toward each other and shared a kiss through the bars
of the cage. Suddenly Colt came up behind Marcus and grabbed him by the neck. "Enjoy the time you two have left together in this cage!" declared Colt. With that he
threw Marcus into the cage with Lygia using most of his strength. Marcus hit the side of the cage and went unconscious. The last thing he heard was a scream from
Lygia, and her calling his name.
Meanwhile, back in the Amazon, Blu, Roberto, and Felipe had assembled a strike force made up of the Blue and Scarlet Macaw tribes. Then, they all looked to Blu for the
plan. "What's the plan Blu?" asked Roberto.
What is Blu's rescue plan?
We might find out in the next chapter.