Here's another chapter. Hope you enjoy :)

The evening wind felt cold against me. Rafael held me close to him, but it didn't help much. Before we left, he said that Blu had found something on my owner. What they didn't know was that I was that man. It had been almost a month since I had been changed.

"We're almost there, Will! Just a few more minutes!"

"That's what you said five minutes ago. Are you sure we aren't lost?"

"I'm absolutely sure" he answered, sounding very unsure.

"Don't lie to yourself. How sure are you?"

"About 75% sure." I shot him a doubting look. "Maybe 50%." I let out a groan of frustration. We were lost.

"Just great! I thought you knew about everything around here."

"I'm sorry, but I'm an old bird, and old birds tend to forget."

"Then I hope I never get that old." I remarked. Rafael replied with a whack on my head using his large beak. "OWW! What was that for?!"

"For insulting me! There's nothing wrong with being old!"

"Sorry." We were flying for another few minutes when I felt something wet drop in my eye. "Aah! Did you just spit in my eye?!"

"What? Why would I do that? That's just gross."

"Then what was..." I flinched when another drop hit my face, then another, then another. I could see that Rafael was getting the same. That was when we realized what was happening.

"It's raining! We need to get to cover!"

"You're the one flying!" Rafael tried his best to avoid the rain, but it was no use, especially since we were so high up. A huge gust of wind suddenly hit us from the side, throwing us out of the air. Rafael held onto me tight, but it was not enough. I soon slipped out from his talons and was tossed towards the city below. I thought it was the end. That was before Rafael dived and caught me in mid air. I was left with my back to the ground below.

"What did I tell you, Will? Be careful!" I didn't listen to him, since I was freaking out. We were still quite high up, and another fall could be my last. "I'm going to lower us down! That should keep us safe from all this wind!"

"Safe?! How about we just land somewhere?!"

"Nowhere safe to land! It's just as dangerous down there as it is up here! You know, with stray cats!" We were soon just above the tin roofs of the homes below. Rafael had a hard time dodging poles and walls with the wind tossing us around. "There!" Rafael moved his head as if to point towards somewhere safe. I followed his gaze and saw it as well. It was a small shack on top of another building. It had a small shelter on the side, most likely made by the owner for birds. We were about to reach it, then Rafael squawked in pain. I looked up, and just caught a glimpse of something hit him in the back, before falling below us. Rafael struggled to stay up, but we ended up falling down towards an alley. I fell from his talons before hitting a trash can hard head first, then rolling across the ground. My body was filled with pain. I could barely open one of my eyes. Opening the other one, I managed to see Rafael laying across from me. He laid motionless. I believed the worst, then I saw his chest rise, but only barely.

"R..R..Ra..Raf..." I passed out before I could call out his name. The last I heard was a pair of maniacal laughs.

Blu's POV

"Blu, please stop worrying, or otherwise I'm going to be worrying" Jewel requested. I ignored her and continued to pace around in circles.

"I can't. Something bad has happened, and I can't stop thinking that it's my fault." Jewel reached out and grabbed me, holding me in position.

"This is not your fault" she insisted.

"Mom's right" Bia chimed in. "You couldn't have possibly expected this storm to come. All the forecasts said the skies would be lightly cloudy. Something in the weather must have changed. The amount of hydration may have increased in the atmosphere, and combined with other atmospheric conditions, the sudden storm could have occurred."

"Yeah. What she said" Tiago added.

"Nothing is your fault, dad. You couldn't have expected this" Carla said. Seeing my family stick up for me made me feel like the luckiest bird alive.

"Thanks. You're all right. But we can't leave them out there. We need to find them."

"How are we going to do that? We can't fly in this weather."

"You're right about that. I guess we'll just have to wait, and hope for the best. Once it dies down a little, we'll go find them, but the kids are staying here." I heard a chorus of 'Awws' from the children. Me and Jewel frowned at them, which set them straight. "We'll wait another ten minutes, and if it doesn't get better, we may have to find another way."

Luckily for us, it died down to a small shower in five minutes.

"Quick, Jewel, before it gets worse again." Jewel was talking to the kids when I called to her.

"I'm coming!" Another minute later, she was at my side.

"Are you ready?"

"Let's go find them." I took off first, and Jewel followed close behind. The wind was still rough, but not too rough to knock us from the sky. "Where should we start first?"

"First, we should get help. I'll head to Bou and Lou's home while you go to the club. After, go find Logan and Anita, then we'll all meet up at the Christ The Redeemer. Sound good?"

"Couldn't have said it better myself."

Almost at the end. I bet you can guess who was laughing. Next chapter may be tomorrow. Until then, goodbye! :)