Rio the Darkness 5: Alternative Darkness
Okay, everyone. Here is chapter 25, I hope all of you enjoy reading.
Back at the underground rebel base, Sapphire the blue macaw was in her room all on her own, laying her nest with her wings folded around her chest. She was still upset about the day Blu had went missing, and now she was beginning to think he was never coming back.
Sapphire was soon interrupted by her brother, who rushed into her room, panting a little with a little announcement to make. "Sapphire! Come quick."
Sapphire leaned herself up in the nest to reply to her brother with a curious face. "Joe, what is it?"
"It's Blu. He's alive!" Joe enthusiastically yelled in excitement to his sister. "Come quick!"
"He's alive?!" Sapphire yelled, not believing that Blu was alive and well. "Where is he?"
"He's in his room." Joe answered, quickly turning towards the door to lead himself and his sister to Blu's room. "Let's go."
The blue macaw brother and sister exited Sapphire's room and were now making there way to visit Blu, who had returned after a few days and was now resting his room to get his energy and strength back. When Sapphire and Joe arrived at Blu's rooms, they sighed in relief to see Blu, who was laying in a bird-sized bathtub with warm water to wash the mud out his feathers, and with him were Rico and David.
Sapphire had a huge smile as she ran towards the blue macaw to greet him. "Blu, you're alive! Oh, thank the Lord. I thought you were dead."
"Me, too." Blu agreed, smiling of course while he preened his wing with the tip of his beak. "And look; my wing is healed."
"Wing healed already?" David quiered, as he walked closer to inspect his wing. He lifted up Blu's wing and examined it a couple of times, but Blu was correct-his wing was fully-healed. "You're right. How is this possible?"
"Well..." Blu skeptically said, trying to figure out a way he could explain this to his friends. "Okay, listen up and I'll explain: first, I was rescued by a black eagle named Wei. He saved me and healed all of my wounds." he looked over at Sapphire while continuing the rest of his sentence. "Sapphire, do you remember the story you told me about the sacred water?"
Sapphire nodded in agreement and response.
"I found it. I drank some, and I survived. It gave me the power to turn invisible." Blu explained, while noticing his friends were in a little shock; except for Rico, who didn't even look like he cared. He decided to show his friends his powers to demonstrate. "Watch."
Sapphire, Joe, David, and Rico could see Blu, but now he couldn't when he went invisible. They watched in amazement as he made himself visible to his friends again.
"Ta-da!" Blu cheered, leaning himself back in the warm water to relax a little.
"Wow, that's incredible." Sapphire complimented on Blu's power, but was still in a little surprised that Blu had survived the tough journey. "It worked."
"Yeah, it did." Blu said, as he reached his wing out of the bathtub to get Rico's army drinking bottle. "Look, I even brought some with me."
"Wait, wait, wait, wait!" Rico interpreted, waving his wings in front of his face. "You emptied my drinking bottle?! MY BEAR! Ahhhh!"
David slapped Rico at the back of his head with his wing to stop him from yelling and panicking over a little bit of beet. "Oh, grow up. It's only beer."
"But it was my baby!" Rico shouted, falling down to the ground and crying quietly to himself about losing his beer. "My beer. My sweet, tasty beer. Wh-h-h-h-y-y-y?"
The blue macaws merely ignored Rico's sobbing while they all talked to each other about the power situation.
Sapphire knew that having powers could be dangerous, and had to warn Blu about it. "Blu, whatever you do, you have to respect the power you have. Don't use it for granted. Just be careful. Okay?"
Blu sighed in response as he closed his eyes and laid his head back down in the water. Although he did like his new power, he agreed to Sapphire's terms and promised her he would be careful. "Okay Sapphire. I promise to be careful."
Meanwhile, at the military macaw prison, General Raxos had gathered up his men for another meeting, and he was so angry, he could pretty much break anything at this very moment. In his meeting room were mostly regular military macaws-except for the remaining martial-artists he had with him. There was ten martial-artists in total, and now there was only five of them.
Two of them were now stationed at the pyramid to protect the King, two of them were knocked out by a hawk, and one of them was hurt too and he claimed to be attacked by a ghost.
General Raxos yelled at all of his men once again while he angrily sat down on a chair and slammed his wing on his desk. "UNACCEPTABLE! You were suppose to be trained and expert martial-artists that could beat anyone!"
"But, sir-" one of the martial-artists was about to interrupt.
"No buts!" Raxos yelled at the top of his lungs while he banged his head down onto his desk. He groaned as he leaned his head back up and looked over at the military macaw beside him. "YOU! I want you to do some researching, and hire me the best assassin's in the World."
"Sir, yes, sir!" the military macaw saluted, quickly departing out of the meeting room to do as his General ordered.
After he was gone, Raxos had turned his attention to the other martial-artists in the room with him, and ordered them away. "You five! I want you all to train as hard as you can, and get more prepared this time."
The martial artists nodded in response to their General and performed backflips to the exit of the room rather than walk like usually birds.
After they were gone, the military macaw who Raxos sent away had already returned with papers in his wings. He placed them down onto Raxos' desk and backed away before Raxos would yell again. "Here you go, sir. These are the best assassins there is."
Raxos looked through these applications and chuckled quietly to himself. These papers were not just papers; they were applications with information about assassins for hire. The General held the first paper work up and began to read it quietly to himself. "Hmm, very interesting."
The writing on the paperwork was information about the first assassin he was going to hire for help in getting rid of those rebels.
Name: Exo
Species: Male Scarlet Macaw.
Age: 18
Nationality: American
Affiliations: professional expert martial-artist
Biography: once a macaw who served for the scarlet macaw until one day, he was tested in a secret experiment and was injected with physical powers that boosted his immune system five times higher than a normal bird and made him stronger, smarter, and turned him into expert martial-artist and trained assassin, happy to kill anyone if the price is right. Known to never fail to kill his target.
"Excellent." Raxos chuckled, as he continued information about on the other application paperwork about the second assassin he was wishing to hire soon. "Now, let's see who's next."
Name: Asya
Species: Female Lear Macaw
Age: 13
Nationality: Russian
Affiliations: professional gymnastic and fighter
Biography: an expert in gymnastics who was once a beautiful and kind bird until one day, she was exposed to snake DNA, giving her the ability to be as quick as a flash. She is known to be quick, swift, and tough for her opponents. She is not willing to give up on her job until the job is done.
"Very interesting." Raxos chuckled, scrolling through the last application paperwork to read about the last assassin he was planning to hire.
Name: Anox
Species: Male Great Green Macaw.
Age: 16
Nationality: Portuguese-American
Affiliations: professional expert shooter
Biography: an expert sharp-shooter who once worked with a secret macaw army, but is now free, and is willing to take on any job. He is known to never miss his target.
Raxos smirked evilly, finally finishing reading through all of the applications. He looked over at three of his men and ordered them to do something for him. "You three. I want you to take these applications and find this assassins, and bring them here A-S-A-P. Am I understood?"
"Yes, sir!" the military macaws all answered simultaneously while they took the applications and departed out of the room to find these assassins.
After they were gone, Raxos chuckled while he leaned back in his chair with his wings pressed together evilly. "With these assassins, nothing will stop us now."
The military macaw standing beside Raxos (who looked like he was a messenger) decided to ask something about these assassins. "Sir, can three assassins really defeat those rebels once and for all?"
"I really hope so, soldier." Raxos replied, placing both his wings behind the back of his neck to rest them in. "But just in case they WERE to fail, I want you to go and find my nephew. His name is Anton, and he lives in one of the rooms in the prison."
"Is he an assassin, sir?" the military macaw inquired, while he made his way towards the meeting room exit/entrance.
"...You could say that." Raxos agreed, evilly chuckling quietly to himself. "Now, find him. He has his own room. It's room number 0-4-6. If he asks, just say his Uncle wants to see him."
The military macaw nodded in agreement before leaving the room finally to go and find the General's nephew to hire him for a job. Now that Raxos has three of the best assassins in the World, could he really beat those rebels and end this once and for all?
And chapter is complete. And Rico really loves his beat, doesn't he? And it seems Raxos is getting some hired help to finally defeat Blu, Sapphire, and the rest of the rebels. Stay tuned for more.