Ch. 32: Birdnapped and Ransomed
written 12/2/12 modified 5/12/20
Until I know the cutoff point as far as how coarse language can be for T this chapter will be rated M.
"Mom, I'm going out to see Dimas." announced Pearl looking directly at her Mother. "Okay just stay within the perimeter our family's nest and his Mother and Father's
nest." replied a concerned Jewel. "Be careful, something's not right I can feel it." "Alright Mom, I'll be careful." said Pearl reassuringly. As she took off, her Mother's
advisory was sinking in deep as she started feeling like something or someone was watching her. She started to flap towards her love even quicker.
"Mother, Father, I'm going over to see Pearl, and make sure she and her family are alright." declared Dimas. "Fine just stay within the area of our nest and Blu and
Jewel's nest." replied his parents. "Something doesn't feel right about that silence we just had." "Okay, I'll be on my guard." he said, and with that he flew off in the
direction of his girlfriend's residence. "I'm coming to see you my precious Pearl." he said to himself.
Pearl suddenly collided with her lover. "Dimas, Dimas!" she yelled out to him. "Pearl, Pearl, what's wrong?!" he cried back at her. "I think someone or something is
watching me possibly even following me!" she replied in a panicked voice. Pearl brought her boyfriend in for a long kiss and a hug. Then their passionate moment was
interrupted by a very sinister, yet familiar voice (at least to Pearl). "Well, hello pretty bird, or should I say daughter of pretty bird." "Oh Nigel, you are so dead!" Pearl
bellowed. Dimas had never seen his girlfriend so mad before. Pearl was just about to charge towards Nigel, but Dimas held her back. "Let me go!" demanded Pearl.
"No, I can't stand the thought or more importantly the sight of you getting hurt." declared Dimas. During this argument, in his head he was remembering the trait
that Blu told him that she and her Mother, Jewel shared in common. A very free spirit. "You were so right about her Blu, your daughter really does have very free
spirit and that does make it harder to watch out for her." as he thought of this conversation going on between Blu and himself. "However, I'm a bird of my word when
I promised that I would protect her." "I want to kill him." cried Pearl. She finally fought her way out of her boyfriend's grasp, and charged head on at Nigel. Then she
started tearing out his feathers, and letting loose her full fury upon him. After about five minutes of this Nigel had had enough of being merciful. "Alright, the game is
over now!" he declared and slapped her hard across the cheek. "Goodbye, Pretty Bird!" Pearl started crying and Nigel knew that it would attract the attention of her
family. He grabbed her by the throat and threw her against a tree, knocking her unconscious. Dimas watched as his girlfriend fell to the ground. "YOU BASTARD!"
bellowed Dimas. "NOBODY HURTS MY GIRLFRIEND AND GETS AWAY WITH IT!" Then Nigel let loose his sinister cackle. "Trust me when I say, that I'll be an exception."
he replied still laughing. That was the peak amount of anger Dimas could contain, and he finally let loose his aggressive side and began his own battle against Nigel.
Dimas got in few punches doing drastic damage to Nigel, but in the end Nigel won using the same move he used on Pearl, only this time the move didn't knock Dimas
unconscious. Nigel made his final move on Dimas before leaving. He raked his razor-sharp talons across Dimas' flank. Dimas cried out from the intense pain, just
before Nigel knocked him unconscious as well. Nigel wrote a note on a large piece of bark with some of Dimas' blood leftover on his talons. It read:
Dimas when you read this I will have your girlfriend in a cage waiting for you at the old airport (if you don't know of it ask her parents). Come get
her and confront your fate (since I couldn't carry you both at once) HAHAHAHA! If you do not arrive here within the next 36 hours I will kill her!
P.S. Come alone, no funny business I'll have my henchbirds surrounding her cage at all times.
P.S.S. If you bring any of your amigos with you tell them to expect deaths of their own. You and your girlfriend will watch them die from your cage
(currently only her cage).
P.S.S.S. I'll probably start off with your sisters, next her brothers, then her Mother, then your Mother, after them her Father, and lastly your Father.
Till then enjoy what little time you have leftover.
Your new nemesis,
The Mighty Nigel.
Dimas had just regained consciousness, and noticed that Pearl wasn't next to him. He started looking around for her nearby where she had been, but instead found
Nigel's note, and began to read it. "Oh no, Pearl's parents are going to kill me." he said. Then as if on cue Blu and Jewel arrived at the scene. "No we're not." said
Jewel. "We're going to help you out." Then Blu added. "Especially since I can infer based on your wounds that you fought valiantly for our daughter. However, it would
make us feel more at ease if you told us exactly what happened between you, Pearl, and that psychotic, twisted Cockatoo, Nigel." requested Blu. Dimas retold the
story of happened during their fight with Nigel. Seeing Blu getting closer to Dimas, Jewel smiled and walked up to them. "Dimas, I'm going to find your folks." she
said. "You and Blu keep talking." "Alright." replied Dimas. As soon as Jewel was out of their sight Dimas gestured for Blu to come closer. "Yes Dimas, what is it?" asked
Blu. Dimas then produced the note he found next to him where Pearl would've been. He handed it to Blu who looked at it and almost puked. Dimas then made eye
contact Blu, "What is it?" inquired Dimas. "Well I'm guessing that Nigel wrote this using your blood that was leftover on his talons." answered Blu. "Based on how
disturbing he seemed. It sounds like a highly possible conclusion." stated Dimas. Blu smiled briefly at Dimas. "What is it?" asked Dimas. "Oh nothing, you just
reminded me of a trait that I have that Jewel finds attractive in me." replied Blu. "Oh, and what might that be?" inquired Dimas. "She almost always says, and I
quote, "Oh Blu, you're so cute when let out your Nerd Bird side." Blu said in response. "Wow that's impressive." said Dimas in a complimentary tone of voice. "But the
way he says it always makes me blush. Then she makes it disappear with a passionate kiss." "Right on." said Dimas. "Hey Dimas, let's keep this letter's content just
between us." suggested Blu. "Why?" asked Dimas. "Because it might make the other grown-ups a little bit queasy over its content and what was used to write it" he
explained. "Fine, my beak is sealed about this note based on the facts and evidence you've elaborated on."
They were for that time completely oblivious to the fact that Jewel, Abilio, and Eduarda were right behind them. "Is it now?" replied the angry voice of Blu's mate. Blu
turned around to face her. "Oh, hi Jewel, sweetie Dimas and I are becoming closer than ever, right?" he said nudging Dimas to back him up. "Oh yeah, we're now
becoming so tight." added Dimas in confirmation. "I'm sure you two have definitely started to become closer." replied Jewel with nod. "Show us the note now!"
demanded a furious Jewel. Blu had almost handed it to Jewel, when all of a sudden Dimas came between them and grabbed the note from both of them. He had an
overly angered look on his face, at which point his parents as well as his girlfriend's parents became astonished by the way he acted. They all stared at Dimas in a
way that told him that they expected an explanation for his behavior. "You know what I'll read it to all of you considering the fact that it was written by Nigel using my
blood that was leftover on the ends of his talons after he raked them across my flank!" he shouted at them and then showed them the full damage that Nigel had
dealt to him. "Now, I will read the note to all of you to stop this stupid, illogical fighting. His Mother and Father were about to give him a piece of their mind, but then
Blu and Jewel stopped them. "What are you two doing, we are about to discipline our son on how to behave in front of his elders." protested Eduarda. "Look Eduarda,
as much as I hate to admit it, I think your son was, on this one rare occasion, right to act the way he did." They all turned to face Dimas. "Before I read this I'd like to
apologize to all of you for the way I just acted." he said calmly. "It's alright, just read the note please." replied his girlfriend's parents in unison. Dimas nodded and
proceeded to read the note. Once he finished reading it, he noticed his girlfriend's Mother with tears in her eyes. "NOOOOO!" wailed a distressed Jewel. "MY LITTLE
GIRL!" Blu pulled his mate into a tight hug, and started stroking her crown. "Don't worry my love, we'll get her back." said Blu trying to comfort and reassure her.
"Everyone don't worry, I've got a plan for getting your daughter, my precious Pearl, back from Nigel." said Dimas. "Alright, tell us what it is!" said Jewel who was just
finishing wiping her tears.
What's Dimas' plan for getting Pearl back? How will he along with his parents and girlfriend's parents execute it? Will they reach out to others (Eva
and/or Rafael, Nico and Pedro, the marmosets even, etc.) to help them? Find out in chapter 33 which I'll probably call The Plan. Again sorry about
my updates being so slow. To all my readers I'll always update as often as I can. After Tuesday the 11th of December (the day of my last final) I
should be able to update a lot more often. Till then Peace out and stay tuned.