Darkness Reborn
Hello, everyone, I got the next chapter completed an hour early, and this means I can already start working on the chapter after this one. :D Anyway, I have talked enough. Enjoy chapter 14.
Rafael and his wife Eva flew together through the jungle of Rio de Janeiro, where they were making their way to the blue macaws family home, wanting to drop in on them to see how they were. They left their eighteen children with Tulio at his aviary while they were gone, but Rafael told them he would not be too long.
Rafael and Eva eventually made it to the blue macaw's family tree where they landed inside without knocking to greet them. The both smiled as they saw Blu, Jewel, and their four children, and by the looks of it, they had guests with them.
"Hey, amigos." Rafael was the first to greet them until he suddenly jumped in shock where he could see two Blus and two Jewels, almost exactly identical to each other. And to make matters more confusing, Rico was sitting in there too, drinking vodka out from a small bird-size oak whiskey bottle container. "What in the-?"
"Rafael, please don't panic." Blu said, holding his wings out to keep his toucan friend calm as he approached him slowly, not wanting to startle the situation at hand. He placed his wing on the toucan's back as he escorted him towards the nest. "I know this is strange, but there is a reason for this."
"There are two of both of you?" Eva inquired, shocked as Jewel took her wing and led her into the nest. She watched even more in shock as she spotted a familiar hawk sitting at the back of the tree hollow. "And Rico?"
"How is this possible?" Rafael inquired, sitting down beside older Blu and next to Eva.
"Like I said: we can explain this, Rafael." Blu reassured, sitting down next to his four children while he tried to figure out how he could explain this to his toucan friend in simple terms. "Just listen carefully, and then it will all make sense."
Meanwhile, back in the World of Darkness, Nexus stood on top of his castle roof after he had just collected the blood samples from Vadin, Kate, and the prisoners to use for his own will. He took the lid caps off from the samples, and without hesitation, he drank them down his throat, and grunted slightly as he felt their powers blend into his DNA, giving him their abilities.
He sighed as the powers from the other macaws were now in his blood, and now this made him powerful than he could even more. Nexus chuckled slightly as he walked to the edge of the castle room where an army of dark macaws waited down below, cheering for their King.
"Alright, settle down." Nexus ordered, waving his wings out slightly while waiting patiently for his army to quiet down so he could give orders. "My fellow brothers and sisters of the World of Darkness. Today is the day we invade Rio, and finally take over what is ours!"
The army of dark macaws cheered for their king, waving their weapons around in the air.
"Yes, I know!" Nexus continued, talking as the crow settled down almost immediately, in fear of making their King angry. "But first, we are going to make a quick stop to the blue macaw. But as you all aware, there are now two of the male and female macaws, thanks to a certain pair of idiots."
Everyone in the crowd frowned as they turned their attention to the smart macaw and stupid macaw, who were standing in the front of the crow, chuckling nervously as they waved a wing.
"It does not matter." Nexus assured them, raising his wings into the air where he yelled to his fellow army, who he knew would serve him and always be loyal to him no matter what. "Now, once we arrive, we are going to invade the blue macaw's home. But! I want him, his family, and any of their friends if they were there to remain alive! Am I understood?"
The entire army of dark macaws all nodded their heads in agreement, fearing and obeying his very strict order.
"Excellent." Nexus smirked, using his new powers to teleport from the rooftop and into the front of the entire army, who did not expect him to teleport down like that. "Now, I want at least a quarter of you to be at my side for now. The rest of you stay here, and listen to Vadin and Kate if they give you an order."
The following day in Rio de Janeiro, Blu, Jewel, Rafael, Eva, and the kids had got the chance to get to know their other selves and Rico. They spent the day just hanging around the small area below their tree hollow. Blu had to admit there was a slight problem when Rafael and Eva dropped by unexpectedly and spotted both their older selves by mistake. But now that they cleared it up and the toucans agreed not to tell anyone.
Blu and older Blu were talking to each other, sitting on a log while playfully arguing with each other about nerdy stuff that no-one else had bothered to join in on. As for their wives, those two stood together on the other side of the area, Rafael and Eva were chatting with each other near the bottom of a tree while the blue macaw kids were playing tag with each other, in their parent's sight of course.
"I'm telling you, it is physical impossible for an eagle to reach size!" Blu argued with his older self, smirking as he folded his wings together. "Eagle's only grow to be the height of three-foot, according to my facts and calculations."
"And I'm telling you, me and Jewel met an Eagle at least six-foot tall!" older Blu argued, placing his wings back to his sides while trying to explain this too his younger self. "Radioactive can cause a massive growing, depending on how much the average body can take."
While the two male blue macaw twins were arguing with each other, the two Jewels looked towards each other and shrugged. "Nerds." they both said simultaneously together, grinning slightly.
"So, tell me about this Sentinel, anyway?" Blu inquired, finally admitting his defeat on his proven logics with his older self.
"He was huge!" older Blu replied, pressing his wings together before spreading them out from both sides. "Oh, man, he almost killed us! But even with his size and strength, he was no match for the power of friendship."
"Cool." Blu admitted, standing back up from the log where he walking towards his Jewel, who was talking to her older self. He smiled as he stood next to her and pecked the side of her beak.
She smiled as she moved her wings around his neck and returned the kiss too. Jewel rested her head down against his chest, closing her eyes as she got herself comfortable. "I'm surprised you could even tell which of us the one you love was."
Truth be told, Blu could only tell the difference between them because of older Jewel being older than his Jewel. But nevertheless, he used this to his advantage to make his loved one blush. "You can stand in a room full of a thousand of you, but I would still tell who you were any day."
Blu took his wings from around Jewel eventually and began making his way towards his four children, who were still playing with each other in midair. He spread out his wings as he was about to join them, but found himself that he could not move.
He groaned as he managed to move his eye balls where a mysterious glowing familiar purple slight surrounded his body, keeping him from moving any part of his body complete. "What, the-I-I can't move! Jewel! Help!"
"Blu!" she screamed, rapidly flying towards her trapped husband where he stood in the center of the small area, unable to move at all. "Hang out. I-I will think of something."
As Jewel was about to help her husband break free, she was held to in the same position. She struggled as she was lifted into the air and tossed away, hitting a tree where she fell flatly to the ground.
"Ah-ah, no." a voice warned from a direction no-one could understand where.
"That voice? I know that voice." Blu thought to himself, struggling as he commanded his body to move as hard as he could, but he felt like he had no control over his body. He looked in front of him where a flapping could be heard nearby.
A squadron of dark macaws flew in from nearby, landing down in the entire area where they completely surrounded the place, cutting off any escape route for any of them.
Older Blu and older Jewel were completely unaware of who they were, but just to be safe, they hid behind a log with as they brought their young selves kids towards them to protect them just in case. A couple of the dark macaws aimed their rifles at Rafael and Eva and forced them to get down on the ground with their wings behind the back of her head.
Out from the bushes, a mysterious glowing figure emerged from the trees and jumped down a few feet away from Blu while he held his right wing towards him, using his telekinesis to keep him still.
The evil macaw chuckled as forced Blu to float into the air slightly where he brought him only a couple of feet away from him. He smirked, remembering how he held Blu just like this a long time ago.
Silence filled the air for a few seconds as Nexus held Blu in the air, keeping him from moving at all. "Hello Blu."
"Nexus!" Blu growled, angry and shocked that the mysterious bird who was half hawk and macaw had survived. He could have sworn there was no possible way for Nexus to survive after the battle of Rio. "It's impossible. You're dead!"
"Oh, but you are wrong there my feathery macaw friend." Nexus countered, using his telekinesis to pull Blu's wings out even more, causing his bones inside the crack slightly. "I am surprised you and your family didn't miss me. I was beginning to worry you forget about me."
"Nexus, I bet you once, and you know I can do it again!" Blu threatened, managing to move his eyeballs to the side where he could see someone hiding in a bush nearby. "Now let me go, and I may consider not coming after you."
Nexus could only laugh at his arch-nemesis's words as he raised him into the air even more. He smirked as he slammed Blu to the ground with his powers before raising him back in front of him again. "Good try, but you forget that you no longer have your powers anymore, and I already caught your precious Queen of light."
"The Angelus?" Blu gasped, secretly knowing he was doomed without the Angelus to gain him his powers back to defeat Nexus for a second time. "What have you done with her!?"
"She is fine for now." Nexus assured, bringing Blu closer to him where he let him go out from his telekinesis and dropped him to the ground, but he was not done yet. He lifted up his right talon and got a solid grip on Blu's throat, crushing it slightly as lifted him up and cut off his oxygen support a little. "But you will not be so lucky, my friend. As you can see, my strength has increased since our last encounter."
"Maybe so." Blu admitted, gasping for air as he placed both of his wings onto Nexus' talon. "But you are nothing but a macaw, same as all of us!"
"Ha-ha!" Nexus laughed, slamming the blue macaw done to the ground where he held him down and slowly choked him. "I am nothing like you stupid macaws. I do not go around singing and dancing every minute. I am a God, and I am unstoppable!"
"Let him go, Nexus!"
Nexus grunted in frustration as he turned to his left where a squadron of the Angelus' guards jumped out and down from trees and bushes where they raised their staffs up, attempting to save Blu and stop Nexus and his army. He chuckled, thinking this was almost too easy and too fun. "Oh, please. If the Angelus could not stop me, what makes you think you are any match for me?"
The captain of the guards, who could be described difference from the others by his glowing tattoo which had 'CPT' (short for Captain) against his chest, was the one to reply to the evil bird. "We may not be able to stop you, Nexus, but we can try!"
"This is going too easy." Nexus chuckled, lifting up Blu and throwing him away out from his sight where he faced the captain of the guards. He beckoned for his army to stand back, wanting to do this with his bear wings. "Make your move, peasant."
"With pleasure." the captain smirked, grabbing a small flash bang from the belt he was wearing in the quick of an eye where he threw it towards Nexus, who easily caught it in his talon with his quick reflexives.
"Is that the best you could do?" Nexus inquired, folding both of his wings together but did make a stupid move by keeping the flash bang in his grip, mistaking it for something else. "A grenade?"
"Who said it was a grenade?" the captain smirked as he and his men ducked down and covered their eyes with their wings.
Blu and Jewel, who were lying on the ground from their injuries, covered their eyes too, knowing what was going to happen. Older Blu and Jewel followed suite and did the same, also telling their younger selves children to do the same.
Nexus arched a curious eyebrow until the flash bang suddenly exploded in his grip, sending a blinding light shock wave across the entire area. He yelled as he gripped his eyes, feeling the pain from his one and only weakness. "ATTACK!"
The dark macaws were also blinded by the light, giving the Angelus' guards to perfect opportunity to attack. A battle in the entire area took off as the light macaws and the dark macaws engaged in combat, battling with any enemy they could see and reach.
As for Nexus, he was still busy recovering, stunned by the blinding light. Despite his healing factor, light was the painful thing for him, and this would take him a little longer to recover this time. He crawled away as he waited for his eyesight to recover.
While the others were engaged in combat, Rafael and Eva ran for cover as they were no longer being held hostage. Older Blu and Jewel older with the blue macaw kids remained where they were for the time being, knowing there was nowhere for them to run.
Jewel was lying next to a tree after she had been slammed into it by Nexus, and she tried to recover to help out and escape.
As for Blu, he finally caught his breath back where he studied the battle around him, realizing there was no way out for now, even if he flew or ran. Questions would have to wait because now was the time to escape.
Blu attempted to crawl away without anyone noticing until he suddenly felt a solid grip grab his entire body. He groaned as squirmed where he discovered he was in the grip of Mr. Kirilenko, who held him tight in his huge grip.
"I will crush every bone in your body!" Kirilenko threatened, tightening his grip further in an attempt to make Blu pass out, knowing he needed to be captured.
"Sure you will." Blu replied, biting the huge macaw's talon where he let go. He landed onto his back where he yelled in panic as Kirilenko almost crushed him with his talon, but he luckily rolled away in time.
Kirilenko grunted as he attempted to step in Blu to keep him still, but he kept moving every time he tried to catch him. "Hold still while I pound your face into the dirt!"
Blu continued to rapidly dodge Kirilenko's foot attacks where he ran under his body and ran away from him, giving him the slip. He desperately looked around for Jewel, who was nowhere to be seen, and this made him worried. "Where's Jewel?! She cannot have gone far!"
Nearby, Nexus had finally got his eyesight back where he could easily see Blu in the area due to his rare color. He angrily shoved everyone (including his own men) out of the way, trying to get towards Blu. "Get out of my way, puny macaws!"
Multiple light macaws attempted to stop Nexus in his tracks by using their weapons to injury him, but most of them easily got knocked away with Nexus incredible strength, and those who did manage to stab him was a waste of time, and Nexus easily healed those injuries he taken.
Out of nowhere, Rico came jumping down towards Nexus with his right wing curled like a fist. He struck the evil macaw directly in his face, but Nexus did not even flinch, and Rico even ended up hurting himself.
"Ow!" Rico grunted, waving his right wing around in the air, trying to ease the pain. "Someone's been eating their vegetables."
Nexus merely groaned as he grabbed the hawk's throat and held him into the air, chuckling slightly. "Didn't I already kill you?"
"That must have been the other Rico." Rico answered, keeping calm despite the current situation.
"Good point." Nexus replied, throwing Rico against a nearby tree where he hawk collapsed to the ground upon impact. He turned back around where Blu was helping Jewel standing back up onto her talons, and this was the perfect chance to catch both of them.
Using his powers, he raised his wing and prepared to fire a dark beam towards them. He did not intend to kill them now, but knew he could at least injure them. He aimed towards both blue macaws and prepared to fire until a light macaw stood his way where he accidently shot him instead, and this caused the beam to also ricocheted against the macaw's staff towards the tree Blu and Jewel were standing under.
Heavy branches above the tree collapsed from the impact of damage, and this caused them to straight in the direction towards Blu and Jewel.
Jewel, who saw the branches coming towards them, panicked as she pushed Blu out the way, but she did not have enough time to move herself. She covered her body at the last seconds before she was hit upon impact.
Blu could only watch as the huge branches crushed his wife, and this sent only the worse thoughts in his mind. "JEWEL!" he screamed as he flew towards the huge branches.
Rafael and older Blu made their way towards Blu (who desperately tried to pull the branches away, hoping Jewel was still alive), to assist him.
"Guys, help me!" Blu begged, gaining some assistance from his friends as they all placed their wings around the huge branches and lifted them up enough to drag them away. "She's trapped under there!"
"We'll get her out, amigo!" Rafael assured, grunting slightly as he pulled one of the huge branches to the side. "She's a tough one. She will make it out of there alive!"
"He's right!" older Blu assured, not being able to do much since he was not as strong as his young self. "My Jewel is the same."
After lifting a couple of the huge branches away, Blu could only watch in shock where he discovered Jewel, who was lying badly on the ground, just able to barely move. Her left wing was cut open, and both of her talons were still trapped under a huge branch.
Blu jumped behind Jewel as he placed his wings under her wings and around her body, preparing to drag her to safety. "Guys, lift the tree while I pull her out!"
Older Blu and Rafael jumped to it and both struggled to lift the branch up for enough room for Blu to drag Jewel away to safety. It was now harder for both of them to lift since it was only the two of them, but they would not give up until she was safe.
Blu finally dragged Jewel away where she was half-conscious, slightly in shock from the dramatizing experience of almost being crushed. He panicked as he held her up in his wings, shaking her slightly. "Jewel, are you alright!?"
"Ugh...Ah...Blu...My talons!" Jewel spat out, groaning an agonizing pain as she clutched Blu's wing with her good wing. "I think they're broken!"
Blu looked towards her talons where he saw they were snapped out of shape, and this caused him to gasp in fear. He turned his attention back to Jewel, stroking her head slightly to keep her calm. "Jewel, honey, everything is going to be okay. I promise you-"
Jewel gasped where Blu was knocked unconscious by the strong powerful force of Nexus' talon. She could only watch in fear as the evil macaw used his telekinesis to throw Blu back over to the open area where the battle had been won by the dark macaws.
Most of the light macaws were dead, and those who remained had been forced to surrender. Those who remained such as: older Blu, older Jewel, Rico, Rafael, Eva, the blue macaw kids, the captain, and a couple of light macaws were on the ground with their wings placed above their head.
Nexus knelt down to Jewel as he placed his wingtip on her and stroked the side of her face while he smirked. "Hello there, my dear. Glad you are back from the dead." he looked towards her talons and wing where he saw she was injured, and this would explain her not trying to attack him. "I see you are badly injured. Such a shame."
"Ugh, the pain..." she groaned, attempting to crawl away with her free wing, but in her condition, she could not move.
Nexus appeared some sleeping dust into his wing and blew it towards Jewel's face, putting her to sleep in a matter of seconds. He smirked as he personally picked her up in both of his wings, carrying her towards where the other prisoners were. "It is truly a shame to see you like this, my dear. Men! Take every one of these people to the prison. I'm sure the warden will have some fun with them. But as for the older Blu and Jewel, take them to my castle."
The dark macaws nodded as they forced older Blu and Jewel up and tied some rope around their wings to hold them together. They pushed them away from the other prisoners so they did not end up taking the wrong Blu and Jewel with them.
Nexus watched patiently as he handed Jewel over to couple of his men while the others used their powers to open up a portal back to the World of Darkness. He looked towards the sky where he laughed evilly; finally thinking he had won this war he had waited so long far. "It is over. There is no-one to stop me now, and soon, the power of a million souls will be mine!"
I think it is safe to say things have just taken a turn for worse. Everyone is captured, Jewel is broken, and Nexus is finally about to conquer Rio once and for all. What will happen next? Stay tuned for the next chapter, ladies and gentleman. Sorry to leave you with another cliffhanger.