Episode 13 Blue smoke

It was another glorious day in the city of Rio. Well at least for a certain blue macaws. Blu and Jewel woke up to start another usual day.

"Goodmorning Jewel. " Blu greeted his wife.

"Good morning Blu." Jewel replied.

The both of them smelled smoke coming from the central jungle.

"What's that smell?" Jewel asked irritated.

"I don't know. Let's go check it out. " Blu replied.

The two cerulean lovebirds flew to the direction where the smell was coming from. They saw smoke coming from a military bird camp. There was a fire. It spread in a fast speed and soon, Rafael's hollow's entrance started burning. The toucan family was trapped inside. Blu quickly picked up a leaf and collected water. He threw it in Rafael's hollow. He threw more dry leaves for Rafael to cover his beak.

"RAFAEL!" Blu shouted.

"BLU HELP!" Rafael shouted back.

"Don't worry I'm coming!" Blu shouted.

Jewel went to help Blu and they tried putting out the fire. She tried plucking all the leaves from the tree cause it could spread the fire. Suddenly, the bottom of the tree and the roots got uprooted.

"RAFAEL!" Blu and Jewel shouted.

There was no response. The tree just continued burning from the roots to the branches. Just then, Nico and Pedro flew by.

"Blu where's Rafael?" Pedro asked panicking.

Blu didn't reply. He just stood there with his beak open.

"He's dead. " Jewel said as he started to tear up.

She leaned on Blu and Blu wrapped her in his wings. Nico and Pedro's jaws dropped and they also started to tear. Blu just stood there not reacting to the situation. After moments, the bird fire fighters arrived. They put out the fire. When the fire was out, they started searching for bodies. They found a dead toucan but they didn't have the technology to find out who it was. The two lovebirds, the canary and the cardinal all assumed it was Rafael. The body they found was a male. The fire fighters still couldn't look for the other 17 toucans.

10 minutes later

Blu and Jewel were trying to sleep in their hollow. They were still dumbfounded by the events that has just occurred.

"Blu I'm scared. " Jewel said shivering.

"It's okay Jewel. I'm here. " Blu said as he wrapped her in his wings.

He gave her a passionate kiss before dozing off. The two birds slept until 3am. They still couldn't sleep. They just closed their eyes. They dozed off again. When they woke up, it was 5am. Blu didn't realize Jewel was awake so he walked out the hollow. He sat at the entrance sobbing quietly. There were no birds flying that time. The jungle was all peaceful and quiet. The smoke cleared and now the water sparkled again. Jewel saw him and walked to her husband. She say next to Blu and leaned on him.

Blu wrapped her in his wings and gave her a peck.

"Blu you okay?" Jewel asked softly.

"It's Rafael. He helped us fall in love but I never managed to repay him. " Blu ended with a sniff.

"It's my fault too. I should have helped faster. " Jewel said hugging Blu.

"It's not your fault. " Blu said as he stroked her feathers. "I should have go I in there and save him. "

"Don't be. " Jewel said.

"I'm gonna get breakfast. Stay here." Blu said as he flew to the mango tree.

A/N

Sad I know. Sorry for the late update. Next one will be up soon.