"So, you joined the Order too?"

The tall bird with a black cloth over him nodded.

"I will be aiding you from now on."

The clothed assassin showed a bit of concern.

"But...just no. I was going to get the other assassin."

"Master's messenger said that they wanted me to help you," said the deep-voiced bird. "I can't disobey the Order. Since I've been spying them, I know their strengths and weaknesses. These are dangerous birds, so we have to be cautious. I don't want you to get hurt."

"Danger? These are just blue macaws they are talking about."

"Don't let their looks deceive you. Remember, they killed Delores. As far as we are concerned, they are a threat to the Order."

The assassin huffed.

"Fine, but you have to listen to me. Though we are together, I'm still in charge."

The black-clothed, taller male nodded.

"Of course...and I wouldn't have it any other way. I love you."

The assassin smiled.

"And I love you too."

They came together and kissed under the black hoods covering their faces in the shadows.

Joseph, Xavier, and Miguel were outside of Rafael's den, sharing a papaya with each other. It seemed there was no room in the den. Wit"h three adult birds and some ten chicks, it felt like an overcrowded bedroom. Plus, Xavier claimed he was cluster-phobic. Blu, not wanting to start an argument now, agreed that him and Joseph should then eat on the closest branch to the den's entrance. Miguel joined them to chat. Being the youngest of his family sucked. At least with Joseph and Xavier, he could talk to them since they were very close to his age. Miguel swallowed his piece of papaya and looked at Joseph.

"Where's your sister? Um, Flor?"

Joseph sighed.

"She's missing."

"... Like gone?"

Joseph nodded. Miguel looked down at the bottom of the papaya and thought to himself. He smiled and looked back up at Joseph.

"We can all fly. Why don't we do something? The adults are all talking and not doing anything."

Joseph shook his head.

"No. The jungle is too dangerous."

"My papa said only if you're walking," pointed out Miguel, "but we'll be flying."

"Yeah, but Flor is walking. If we do find her, we will have to land and walk her home."

"Walking? I thought she said she could fly. She just had a sprain wing."

Xavier swallowed his piece of papaya and smugly faced Miguel.

"She lied to you."

Miguel turned to his left to face Xavier, who was at the opposite end of the papaya from his brother.

"Why would she do that?"

Xavier shrugged.

"I guess she was too embarrassed that we were all flying and having fun."

"She's been trying and trying and trying," explained Joseph. "She just can't do it."

"Yeah. It's so big that Joseph and me have a bet."

Joseph peeked over from his side of the long end of the papaya and narrowed his eyes.

"We never bet on anything."

Xavier looked at his brother.

"Well, I wanted to. I was going to bet that Flor couldn't fly even after two years. I was going to give you some cookies if you won, but-"

"Just stop it, Xavier! All you want to do is play. Don't you even care Flor is missing?"

"I...I do...but I know we'll find her. That's why I'm not that worried."

"But what if we don't?"

Xavier shrugged.

"Then we don't. Only the strong survive. That's what Disney taught me."

"Xavier, that's primitive thinking."

"Pri-mi-tive? ...Oh, yeah. Papa said it was not straight thinking... Wait a minute! I'm not gay thinking!"

Joseph wing-palmed his forehead and left his wing there as he shook his head.

"Dios, ayudar a esta guacamaya."

Xavier narrowed his blue eyes.

"Help? I don't need help."

"Yes, you do. You take every serious matter as a game."

"No, I don't. Besides, this is the only serious matter."

"It doesn't matter! You're goofing off while Flor is out there all alone."

Xavier stood silent. His brother was right. Flor was gone, and he made it seem he could care less. However, he was not going to be soft. Pride told him to not back down. He just huffed, turned around, and crossed his wings.

"You're no fun."

Joseph wanted to tell off his brother, but there was no point. He just narrowed his eyes and continued eating. As for Miguel, the toucan chick felt the uneasy presence coming off of them both and nervously looked at Joseph.

"I'm...going to go inside."

Miguel quickly took off and swiftly entered the den.

Silence surrounded the two blue brothers until laughter and joy were heard. The first to hear this was Xavier. He looked down to the jungle floor. Dancing across the tan, soft ground in a line were little monkeys called marmosets. The leader in front were sunglasses and a toy, blue tuxedo jacket as the other monkeys behind him wore from jewelry to toy clothes or just carried something. The ones not carrying anything followed their leader's dance moves as those who did carry something swung their hips from side-to-side. The ones not carrying stuff stood straight as they lightly hopped forward as they orbited their fists around each other. The monkey at the back of the line carried a small boom box. The boom box was playing a karaoke version of Gangnum Style by Psy. The leader with the tuxedo jacket and sunglasses would sing the speaking sentences as the other monkeys provided the chorus of sound effects.

"Hey! Little monkey!" sung the leader.

"Ooo ooo oo oo-oo ah-ee!" chorused the other monkeys.

:"Wanna par-ty?!"

"Ooo ooo oo-oo ah-ee!"

"This is Ri-o!"

"Ooo ooo oo-oo ah-ee!"

"So let's sam-ba!"

Xavier and Joseph watched as the marmosets dancing in the line as they moved forward. Joseph shrugged and looked over at Xavier. His slightly smaller brother began to sway his hips and smile as he left his mouth open.

"They seem like fun."

Xavier opened his wings.

"Xavier, you better not..."

Xavier took off of the branch and joined the end of the line. The marmosets, so into the music, did not noticed a chick was tailing them. Soon, Xavier began to copy the leader's moves. He did not sing because he did not know the words. Joseph watched as his brother slowly danced away from Rafael's den.

"Um, Papa?" he called, not talking his eyes of Xavier and just standing still. "Papa!"

All he heard was Blu's voice said, "Xavier, don't start!"

Joseph turned his head around towards the entrance of the den. He could not see inside the den, but he could see whoever stuck his or her head out.

"But Papa..."

"Joseph, I can't always help you deal with Xavier. Flor is missing, and Rafael and I are talking about where to go."

"But Papa, this is important!"

"What!" he said, a little annoyed and stuck his head out of the den and looked at Joseph. "What could be more important than finding your sister?"

"Xavier joining a group of little monkeys and dancing away."

Blu narrowed his eyes.

"Joseph, this is no time for jokes."

"I'm not joking."

Blu sighed. He then noticed that Xavier was really gone.

"Um, where's your brother?"

Joseph just calmly pointed towards the ground. off in the distance. Blu tried to see where his eldest son pointed. He saw a line of marmosets disappearing behind a tree in the distance. He also saw a dancing Xavier disappearing behind the tree with the little monkeys. His amber eyes widened in shock.

"Oh, cheese and sprinkles."

He looked back at Joseph. He nervously smiled at his son for a brief moment and zoomed off without saying a word to Rafael or Eva. Rafael and Eva looked out their den as the blue macaw father frantically flew out towards the jungle. Rafael and Eva looked dumbstruck. They turned towards Joseph, who just stood on the branch, watching his father fly away.

"What happened?" Rafael asked Joseph. "Where did your papa go?"

Joseph calmly turned towards them, took a deep breath, and said, "He went to go save my brother from the circus."