Chapter 13: Lose hope
When Blu heard that, he thought his heart was dead. He completely lost his orientation and suddenly sat on the sign covering his face with wings. He was completely depressed that he couldn't find Jewel.
"I'm sorry," said Carlos with compassion. Blu didn't answer, he was still sitting still with his wings covered in his face. Carlos knew how it felt to lose someone close to him, so he also sat in silence until he decided to complain.
"Tyler" said Carlos.
"What?" asked Blu quietly when he opened his wings gently and showed his face, which did not show any emotion. She was without a smile, without any emotions, without even expressing sadness or despair.
"Tyler, that was my son's name," said Carlos.
"My wife and I went to get breakfast, left him alone, everything seemed normal, we had no suspicions about what might happen a moment later. Other birds were celebrating another day in Rio, and so were we, but only for a moment, because we were picking fruit. We collected mangoes, fresh mangoes from trees. Suddenly we heard and saw birds fleeing in all directions, we were confused by the situation. At once we were terrified that they could take our child away from us. We quickly went to our house, but little Tyler was no longer there... He disappeared... A moment later we were caught in cages. Later I don't remember anything, I woke up in the lab... My little Tyler... Most probably dead..."
Carlos started sobbing quietly and like Blu, he covered his face with wings. Blu understood why Carlos didn't want to mention his family, the story was really sad.
"I'm sorry," said Blu when he patted Carlos on the back.
"Now you know what it's like... But time heals wounds, even such wounds... Either you learn to live without it, or you'll be trapped in your mind thinking only about Jewel," said Carlos when he stopped sobbing.
"But I can't..." he mumbled Blu. They were sitting in silence, underneath them there was the noise of passing cars and other vehicles. In front of them the skyscrapers started to be illuminated with lights that hurt the eyes, but Blu and Carlos didn't pay the slightest attention to it.
"I feel sorry for Blu, he's a cool boy in general, but sometimes he does... But I have to focus on myself... What now? I have no goal, I can only go back to Rio with nothing more," thought Carlos.
"What are you going to do now?" Carlos finally asked.
"I don't know, I think I'll go back to Linda.
"to this girl?" asked Carlos.
"Do I have another choice? The only reason why I'm here is because of Jewel and she's not here, so there's nothing left of me," said Blu.
"Well, I'm sorry," said Carlos.
"What about you? Will you stay here?" said Blu.
"I've lived in Rio for as long as I can remember and I'd like to live there until the end... I'll go back there and I think it's best if I forget everything," said Carlos.
"Yes... I think this is the best way," said Blu quietly.
"But before we leave, why don't we make a flight to the beach?" asked Carlos.
"Actually... When I think about going back, something hurts inside me... Let's go over," said Blu. They both headed for the eastern part of the city, towards the coast that was not far from them. From their place there was a small outline of a golden beach, which was a small beach in comparison to the whole big city. A moment later they found themselves on a golden island, walking on it in embarrassing silence. The sand was cold and unpleasant to the touch.
"I would like to be alone with Jewel here," said Blu.
"Me and Lily were on the beach a lot... Mostly when it was sunrise, she thought it was a very romantic moment," said Carlos.
"I'm sure Jewel would have said the same thing... Who is Lily?" asked Blu.
"She's my wife, I forgot to tell you before," said Carlos.
"You told me your Jewel story was long, tell me your story, please," added Carlos.
"Really? I want to listen to you?" said Blu, surprised.
"We have time, now nothing is chasing us," said Carlos.
"Well... Ekh... All right, let's sit down," suggested Blu. They both sat in a straight line from the moon and Blu started to talk about how she tried to kiss Jewel during the first meeting.
"You wanted to kiss the girl the first time you met her," said Carlos surprised.
"Well... Ekh... Sort of?" said Blu, insecure and embarrassed. Carlos snorted with laughter and when he calmed down, Blu started to talk. He talked about how they were both kidnapped and chained to each other by a chain that positively developed their knowledge. He told them how they met a toucan named Rafael, who was showing them around Rio.
"Rafael? He has a wife, Eve?" asked Carlos suddenly and spontaneously.
"Yes... That's him, how do you know him?" Blu asked.
"Hah, a good old friend, the king of the carnival, a good entertainer, but also a good friend," said Carlos laughing. Blu continued his story about how in the samba club almost he and Jewel kissed each other, but unfortunately they didn't manage to do it, which he "unfortunately" strongly emphasized. Later he started to talk about the advantages of Jewel.
"She is so smart, clever, agile, but also beautiful like an angel... If you had seen her, you would have thought she was an angel," said Blu.
"I don't doubt it... But what happened next?" asked Carlos. Blu started the story again and told the story that they had a fight in a rather unforgiving way, and the biggest emotion in Blu's story was when he talked about how he jumped out of the plane and then they kissed for the first time. The joyful emotions disappeared when he started telling us what happened next.
"And so it was... You already know everything," said Blu.
"That's how it happens sometimes... That's the life," said Carlos.
"Life is unfair," said Blu.
"Maybe, but it's unexpected, maybe you'll find another chosen one," said Carlos.
"No one will be able to match Jewel," he quickly rejected Blu.
"We were crossed by the same fate... Unfortunately," said Carlos.
"But you didn't have any influence on it, and I did," said Blu.
"You think so, Lily or I could have stayed and watched the baby, that's the way Blu's life is, nothing will change that, I'm sorry," said Carlos. The sun started to give its shine to the beach, which was slowly becoming gold, the sun was rising and the darkness disappeared instantly. The sand began to warm up gently, warming the lower parts of Blu's and Carlos' body.
"It's already morning, so what do we do?
"We're coming back, there's nothing left for us", Blu decided. He took the GPS out of the bag and turned it on.
Rio de Janeiro" said Blu, "and the GPS chose the route.
"I did everything I could to find it... But it was too late... All I can do is go back to Linda, go back to Minnesota, go back to my cage with the bell ringing... Back to your old dusty self" thought sadly Blu, after which he and Carlos left the beaches.