Darkness Reborn
Hello, everyone, here is chapter 25 of my story. And I would like to thank everyone for reading so far. If you have suggestions you would like to see in this story, let me know in PM messaging. Enjoy.
Blu watched as the Angelus was struggling a little to move that required her to limb a little. He knew this was not going to easy to get out. Two of them were injured, and if their older selves were injured too, that would make things a lot harder than they needed to be.
As Blu carried her back towards the way they came, Jewel looked back up towards her husband with an apologetic expression on her face. She sighed while closing her eyes for a moment. "Blu...I'm sorry..."
"Sorry?" he repeated, look down towards her, confused about what she was apologizing for. "What are you sorry about? You didn't do nothing wrong."
"I shouldn't have come." Jewel admitted, now thinking she should have just listened to Blu's request in the first place. "You were right...I'm sorry."
"No, Jewel, I'm sorry." Blu apologized, managing to raise a smile across his beak as he stopped for a moment to let the others catch up. He looked back down towards her where he could see she had a puzzled face. "You were right, Jewel. The other Blu and Jewel are our responsibility. You had every right to come."
Jewel smiled in response, touched by her husband's words. For once in their lives together, she was finally right about something, and Blu even admitted it. "Thanks, Blu."
The others caught up eventually where they noticed they were back in the same room where they had defeated the enforcer and his men. Luckily they were gone, but they sure were not done yet. They had to get out of here quick, before Nexus returned.
Blu looked back towards the way they came from where he could see the dark essence shield that had separated him and Jewel was gone, meaning they did not need to find another way to get back. He looked back towards Jewel for a moment, knowing that he could do anything else until she was safe.
"Guys, I think we should split up." Blu suggested, turning around to face the others for a moment. "Jewel and the Angelus should get back to the medic."
"Are you sure?" Nico inquired, suspecting it could be a bad idea if they were to split up in this terrible place, full of nothing but soldiers who could kill them.
Blu was about to answer, but his wife had suddenly beaten him to it. She leaned up her head for a moment while talking to the others. "Blu's right. He can't save our older selves if he's carrying me around like this." she paused for a moment as she looked back up towards Blu. "So, what's your plan, Blu?"
Blu smiled for a moment as he got some confidence in him after his wife supported his plan. He looked back at the others, explaining his next plan of action. "The captain will take the Angelus, Jewel, and Nico back to the storage room. Me and Rico will find the others."
The captain nodded in response as the Angelus took her wing from around his shoulder, realizing she could stand for a moment, and used the captain's weapon to stand herself up. He approached Blu and offered his wings to Jewel, knowing someone was going to have to carry her back. "I'll take her, Blu. You can trust me."
Blu nodded in response as he carefully handed his wife over to the captain, setting her in the same position like he was holding her. He leaned down for a moment and pecked Jewel on the side of her beak, assuring her he would return. "I'll be back soon, Jewel. Just take care of yourself."
"You, too, Blu." Jewel replied, sharing the same wish as he did. "Be careful, both of you."
"We'll wait for you at the storage room." the captain said, before walking back towards the way they came from, holding the female blue macaw in his wings. He looked back towards Blu for a moment and gave him a supportive nod, knowing that Blu could handle himself well.
Blu and Rico watched for a moment as the four friends left the room, heading back towards the storage room until they returned. Now it was just them two, and the only weapon they had was one of those combat staffs. But maybe some of those supplies Blu brought him could be useful.
After they were gone, Rico swung his bow staff around for a moment, trying to act like some kind of ninja. "So, what's the plan here?"
"We need to head to the dungeon." Blu answered, remembering the section of the map he brought with him that looked important. "If we want to find your Blu and Jewel, then that is our best friend."
"You the boss." Rico replied, sarcastically bowing down to him as he gestured his left wing towards a door that have not been through yet. "Lead the way."
Blu rolled his eyes as he walked towards the way the hawk gestured his wing to. He remembered how sarcastic the other Rico could be, but this Rico was twice as worse. "Do you always have to be this sarcastic?"
"Only when I'm sober." Rico answered, standing back up to full height as he followed the blue macaw into the next room. He smirked, knowing how annoying he could be to others when he wanted to be. "Get me a drink, and then talk to me about sarcasm."
Meanwhile, back in Rio de Janeiro, the scarlet macaw Exo had finally finished burying his former mentor-and former friend-into a nearby grave. He sighed as he placed down a couple of flowers to his grave while silently speaking some final words to him. "Vadin...You may have been the leader of an army who were willing to do nothing but hurt people. And you may have tried to kill me a little while ago...But I forgive you...Before I quit, you were like a father figure to me..."
Exo stood up from his grave as he placed his helmet back onto his head. He closed his eyes while slowly walking away, whispering one final word to his former friend. "Descanse em paz, Vadin (Rest in peace, Vadin)."
Back in the World of Darkness, the two friends Blu and Rico slowly crept through the castle together, trying to avoid any soldiers than they already encountered. The two made eventually made it to a room that was guarded by two dark macaws.
Blu and Rico hid behind a nearby wall as Blu leaned his head around, carefully investigating them while being careful not to be seen. He looked towards the top of the door where the word 'Dungeon' was written on the top of the door. "Rico, do you see that?"
"I can't read." Rico replied, clutching his weapon tightly.
"It says "Dungeon". That must be where the other Blu and Jewel are." Blu explained, setting his backpack down for a moment while searching inside for anything useful. He took out some rope and a flash bang, already thinking of an idea. "Alright, I got a plan: I'll-...Rico?...Rico?"
Blu paused when he suddenly realized the hawk was nowhere to be seen. The sound of nearby groaning and whacking shot through Blu's eardrums, and this caused him to quickly run around the corner, armed only with his wings.
Blu was about to help out but instead, he frowned when he saw the two guards were completely unconscious. He sighed as he approached the hawk, who dragged the unconscious bodies into a nearby closet, wanting to keep them out of plain sight. "Rico..."
"What?" Rico shrugged, closing the closet door behind as he brushed his wings off. He chuckled nervously as he held up a key in his talon to Blu, who stood there with his wings folded. "I got a key."
Blu merely sighed as he took the key from Rico and used it on the dungeon door. Fortunately for them, it was the correct key, and in a second, the door opened, followed by a small creak. He smiled as he took the key back out. "Alright...its dark in there...I don't know if we should go down there-WAAA!"
The blue macaw wailed as Rico pushed him down the stairs, and watched him tumble down in step until he got to the bottom. Rico chuckled as he followed him down there, finding his tactic to be very amusing.
Blu finally got to the bottom of the stairs where he landed down on his back with sickening thud. He groaned as he sat back up and rubbed the back of his head as the hawk finally joined him. "Rico that hurt!"
Rico smirked as he held up a torch in his wings, lightening up the entire area. He helped the blue macaw stand back up onto his talons by pulling his wing. "Oh, lighten up. It was kind of funny."
"For you, maybe." Blu frowned, picking up the key from the ground, using it in the second door key lock where it luckily fitted too. He pushed upon the door where he a swarm of bats suddenly emerged from the dungeon, causing Blu to panic as he covered his eyes up with his wings.
"Oh, they are only bats." Rico reminded him, obviously not seeming at all afraid of the sudden ambush of bats.
"Bats happen to carry a large amount of rabies!" Blu explained, checking himself all around his body to check for any bite marks the bats may have left. Lucky for him, he seemed perfectly fine.
"And they also happen to be blind." Rico countered, walking inside the dungeon cell area with the torch held up in his wing. As soon as he got inside, he smirked as he set the torch down on the wall while eyeing the two prisoners sitting down on the ground with chains on their talons. "And what do we have here?"
"Rico, other me!" older Blu said, not being happier to meet his younger self and his best friend. He was certainly shocked that they managed to get here. "How did you guys get here?"
"A thank you would have been nice." Rico requested, using the end of his bow staff to break the chain shackles from their talons.
"I have this underground hideout set up a couple of miles away from here." Blu said, taking older Blu's wing as he helped him stand back up. "We decided to hide until we rescued you guys."
"Is everyone else there?" older Jewel inquired, rubbing her wings for a moment as she prepared herself, suspecting they may have to get out of here in a hurry.
Blu had to think about this one for a moment. He placed his wingtips out and tapped each one of them a few times so he did not lose track. "Hmm, there's me, other Blu, you, Rico, my Jewel, my Nico, my Pedro, my Rafael, my Eva, my kids, the Angelus, and three light macaws."
"Light macaws? Angelus?" Blu queried, cocking his head to the side in confusion for a moment.
"The Angelus is basically the Queen of Light, and Nexus is her sworn enemy. And the light macaws are her soldiers." Blu explained, picking up the torch that Rico placed upon the wall. "You both can walk, right?"
"I think so." older Jewel answered, speaking for both herself and Blu.
"We're going to need to hurry out of here before Nexus gets back." Blu told them, tightening his backpack for a moment as he prepared to move out of here. "I know the way back. Just stay close to me, and don't stop for anything. Let's go."
Meanwhile, in another part of the darkness castle, five friends were hiding out in a storage closet while they patiently waited for Blu and Rico to return with the older Blu and Jewel. Well, hopefully they could rescue them at least.
Jewel was the most worried out of them all. If it weren't for her accident, she could be out there right now, helping her husband. She loved Blu with all of her heart, and promised to always be there with him no matter what.
She was lying down against a nearby wall, almost feeling like she was about to fall asleep. However, her eyes soon shot open when nearby shouting shot through the entire room. The others jumped up too before the door suddenly shot open where three blue macaws and a black hawk charged inside, closing the door behind them.
Rico and older Blu both held the door as dark macaws tried to open it from the other side by banging against it. He looked back towards the others, who did not seem to be helping. "A little help here?"
The captain of the light macaws joined in as he got in-between them both of them and held the door close by holding his back against the door. He grunted as the almost opened it up, but they managed to close it again. "Get everyone out of here! We will hold them back!"
Everyone else did not hesitate and quickly made a run for the small hole against the wall. Only one of them could hit through at a time, and they would have to do it quick as they all knew older Blu, Rico, and the captain could not hold the door for much longer.
The first one to go through was Older Jewel, then the Angelus, then the medic macaw, then Nico. Blu was about to go in but he placed Jewel down here and allowed her to go first. "You got, Jewel! I'll be right behind you!"
Jewel listened to her husband as she crawled through the small hole, but it took her a little longer due to her broken talons. After she was out, Blu quickly called the others, not wanting to leave them behind. "Guys, come on!"
"You two go!" the captain ordered, knowing someone was going to have to hold them back. "I can hold it! Just GO!"
Older Blu and Rico obeyed as they ran towards the hole. Older Blu went first, followed by Rico, too. Now the only two that were left were Blu and the captain.
Blu was about to climb through the hole until he remembered the captain was still there. He called out to him before leaving, obviously not wanting to let anyone else get hurt. "Captain, let's go!"
"Just go!" the captain ordered, picking up his bow staff in his talon as he could no longer hold the door. "I'll be fine!"
Blu hesitated for a moment, but nevertheless, he crawl through the small hole, silently wishing the captain the best of luck. He crawled outside to the others, who were all waiting for them to return. As soon as he stood up, he shifted his attention to Jewel, who was being carried by Rico.
"Where's the captain?" the medic macaw inquired, helping the Angelus stand.
Blu did not need to answer as they heard screaming coming from back inside the castle. As much as almost everyone wanted to go back in there and help him, there was nothing they could do, and they had to leave now.
"Let's get out of here!" Blu ordered, taking Jewel back into his wings before he began running as fast as his talons could carry him while dark macaws standing above the prison wall began to fire arrows at them, but lucky for all of them, they had missed several times.
While they were escaping, Rico stopped for a moment to make sure no-one was following them. He got a small smoke pellet he had found inside the castle and through it to the ground, sending a giant smoke wave out that would give them some cover. He chuckled as he ran back towards the others, thinking he may have just saved them with that little distraction.
A few miles away from Nexus's castle, was the small hidden underground hideout Blu had made. Inside, there remaining birds were all waiting patiently for them to return; secretly hoping they were not caught.
The two toucans Rafael and Eva sat together on one of the family couches as they both had worried expressions on their faces. The blue macaw kids were sitting on the other family couch, wanting their parents to arrive at any moment. As for Pedro, he seemed to be keeping calm despite their current situation.
Before long, the hatch to the underground hideout had suddenly opened where a lot of familiar friends had returned. Everyone jumped inside except for Blu, who had to lock the hatch first before jumping inside.
"Is that them?" Rafael inquired, not being able to see at the moment.
"Yeah, it's us." Blu answered before he smiled as his four children jumped towards him, screaming out his name. He hugged them close in his wings as he knelt down to their level. "Hey, kids. Told you we would be back."
"Wow, nice place." older Blu admitted, studying the small room they were inside of.
"Okay, I think I need to check the Angelus for any injuries." the medic replied, escorting the Angelus towards the medic room. "Let's go, your Majesty."
As they were walking inside, older Blu and Jewel looked towards their younger selves for a moment, looking like they need a long rest.
"You can rest up in that room there." Blu said to them, gesturing his wing to one of the guest rooms while he gently placed Jewel down onto one of the couches.
"Thanks, we haven't slept since we got here." older Blu admitted, as he and older Jewel walked into the nearby room, not bothering to wish anyone goodnight.
Blu sat down on the same couch as Jewel while he allowed her to lie down with her head rested in his lap. He smiled as he slowly stroked her head with his wingtip while their children hugged their mother.
"Well, we rescued our younger selves." Jewel said to Blu; stating the obvious as she rested her talons on a cushion. "Now what do we do?"
"As soon as the Angelus is feeling better, I'll go and see if she can restore my powers." Blu answered, stroking Jewel's head for a couple of more minutes. "Don't worry. I stopped Nexus once and I can do it again." he paused for a moment as he looked up to the ceiling, thinking quietly to himself. "I hope so anyway."
And this chapter is completed, ladies and gentleman. Everyone is now reunited, but question is: can they stop Nexus before he finds the scroll he is looking for? Stay tuned for more.