A/N: Remember my rule: never believe anyone is dead unless you see the body. ;)

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Seeing Double

Pedro didn't know how long he screamed; his mind could barely handle it. His best friend had just been thrown over a waterfall!

Finally, Pedro's scream died out as he ran out of breath. Gasping for air, he slowly stood up. His bad leg hurt, he was dizzy and nauseous, and if he hadn't heard someone coming up behind him, he would have vomited.

Turning around, Pedro saw Rafael, one wing holding his bleeding head, the other wing keeping the unconscious Roberto from falling to the ground.

"Pedro? What happened?" he asked.

Pedro couldn't speak. All he could do was point a shaky finger at the roaring water below, a look of crushing despair in his glassy eyes.

Rafael's eyes widened and he quickly set Roberto down, leaning him against a rock. "We'll be right back," he told the little marmoset. "Just keep breathing." Roberto weakly nodded, not opening his eyes.

Rafael turned to Pedro. "Let's go." Rafael spread his wings and hovered in midair, testing his ability to stay airborne. He was still dizzy and his head still hurt, but he could still fly straight. He turned, expecting to see Pedro right behind him, but the cardinal was still rooted to the ground, staring into the water. He was standing a little too close to the edge for comfort.

"Pedro!" exclaimed Rafael. Pedro's teary eyes slowly focused on Rafael. The older bird landed and gently pulled Pedro into a hug. Pedro let out a small sob. After a minute, Pedro stopped shaking and Rafael let go. Then, without a word, they both flew down the cliff face, towards the bottom of the waterfall.

When they reached the pool at the bottom of the waterfall, the first thing they noticed was the blood in the water. Pedro stood at the edge of the water, the small waves gently lapping at his feet. He watched silently as the blood in the water slowly spread. A few second later, he slowly turned away from the waterfall and vomited in a nearby bush. After he finished, he just sat there, stunned. Nico was gone. They had just got him back, and now he was gone...

"Pedro..." That was Rafael. Pedro didn't respond; he had already gone into shock.

Rafael gently put a wing on Pedro's shoulder. "Pedro..."

"Leave me alone..." whispered Pedro, his head in his hands.

"You better look..."

Pedro finally lifted his head and looked back out at the water. His jaw dropped at what he saw.

Two small canaries were dragging themselves towards the shore. One of the canaries had a bleeding cut across his eye.

"NICO! RICO!" Pedro jumped to his feet and sprinted out into the water. When he reached them, he saw that Nico was barely conscious, and Rico was practically dragging him, holding onto Nico's wing. As Pedro took Nico's other wing, he saw that Rico had a deep gash under his left wing, and Nico was barely breathing.

"W-w-what happened?" stammered Pedro. "H-how are you guys still alive?"

Rico shook his head, then winced as if the action caused him pain. "That w-waterfall had v-vines from the c-cliff in it. I g-grabbed one and s-slowed us d-down. D-don't know w-what h-happened to Maurice..." Rico winced again and grabbed the slit in side with his free wing.

"How did that happen?" asked Pedro quickly.

"H-hit the r-rocks..." Rico choked out. Suddenly, he stopped walking and collapsed into the water, holding his side in pain, the water around him turning red with blood. Pedro scrambled to keep Nico from falling too, and Rafael, who had finally shaken off his shock, ran out and picked up Rico. Pedro scooped Nico up into his arms, and they both made it towards the shore.

Pedro laid Nico down and Rafael laid Rico down. Rico tried to sit up, but he crumbled back to the ground. A large puddle of blood was forming under him.

"Try and hold still," Rafael told him as he examined the wound. Meanwhile, Pedro was trying to get Nico to wake up. The little canary was totally limp, but he was still breathing. Barely.

"C'mon, Nico..." whispered Pedro, cradling Nico's head. He could feel the blood dripping off of Nico's back.

Rafael finished examining Rico's wound and came over to Pedro. "We should probably get them to the Sanctuary. Rico got cut pretty deep. Has Nico moved yet?"

Pedro shook his head, no. "But wait, what about Roberto?"

Rafael opened his mouth to respond, but nothing came out.

"Leave m-me," croaked Rico.

"What?" gasped Pedro and Rafael.

"You g-guys can't c-carry all of us," he moaned. His face had gotten much paler in the last minute, and he was losing blood at an alarming rate. "Rafael can c-carry Roberto, and P-Pedro, y-you can carry Nico. If you g-guys have t-time, you can come b-back for my b-body. After all, it's my f-fault all of this happened in the f-first p-place..."

"We're not gonna leave you here," said Pedro as he picked up Nico and gently laid him across his shoulders so as not to aggravate any wounds.

"I d-don't think you h-have a c-choice..." mumbled Rico. He tried to stand and run, but the pain and blood loss was too much for him. The second he was upright, he lost consciousness and collapsed. Rafael caught him and gently cradled him in talons.

"Let's get Roberto and get out of here," said Pedro. Rafael nodded, and they took off back up the cliff face.

When they reached the top, they found that Roberto's condition had worsened. This time he wasn't responding to anything Rafael was saying, and his wounds had almost completely stopped bleeding. Balancing on one foot, Rafael picked up Roberto and laid him across his shoulders. Pedro picked up the two halves of Nico's bottle cap.

Making sure everyone was secure, Pedro and Rafael took off towards the Bird Sanctuary. They were gone long before a dark bloody figure crawled out of the water at the bottom of Eternity Falls and quickly limped off into the jungle.

A/N: Well well well... What will happen next? Will Nico and Rico survive their wounds, or will it be the end of the twin canaries? Why am I talking like this? I dunno... Short chapter, yeah yeah yeah, I know. Sue me. Anyways, enjoy! (And leave a review!)

Edit: Well sh*t! I found a huge error regarding Nico's bottle cap. It may be a small detail, but it's important to me! So there. If you guys get the repeat update message, you'll know why. Sorry for the inconvenience!