Chapter 6

Losing A Loved One

Reality swept over Blu once again, like a bucket of water being poured over him. He cracked his eyes open a little to see what was happening. A beam of light shot in his eyes but Blu expected. Even with his eyes closed, he saw the color of red so he knew that light shined in the room. Blu stared at Jewel who laid on top of him. A peaceful smile spread across her face. Blu was not comfy at all since he laid on the dirt of the artificial jungle. But Jewel was comfy since she sat on his feathery chest. Blu could tell by the lighting that it was around Lunch time now (12:00) and it has been around 3 hours when Blu fell asleep again for the god knows how many times today. Jewel and him had fallen asleep after they, well you know. Blu decided that it was about time that they both got up, jewel hadn't even had breakfast yet. Blu grabbed a hold of Jewel shoulders and shook her a bit. This was enough to cause Jewel to crack her eye open and observer her surroundings.

"Jewel wake up," Blu told Jewel, still shaking Jewel as he said this. Jewel rubbed his wing through Jewels feathery crown, causing her smile to deepen. She yawned and looked up Blu. But before she could do anything else, an unbearable pain pulsated through her head. She held her wing up to her head and moaned out of pain. "Is everything okay," Blu asked Jewel with a concerned look.

"That drug that Tulio gave me is really hurting my brain." Jewel said, answering Blus question from last night. But this caused another question to pop up in Blus brain.

"But why would she need to take drugs," Blu questioned himself "Is she okay." Blu tilted his head to one said, Jewel still laid on him comfortably. "Why would Tulio need to give you a drug," Blu found himself asking immediately. Jewel struggled to answer Blus question and prepared herself for the response that Blu would give her. Jewel swallowed a lump forming in the back of her throat, then began to tell Blu something, something that was going to change her life.

"Blu," Jewel said, a nervous look now spread across. Blu stared at Jewel, waiting for her response. Tears began to form in Jewels eyes. "I'm pregnant." Tears started to run down Jewels face as she wrapped her wings around Blu and hugged him tightly, pressing her head down harder into Blus chest. "We're gonna have three kids" Jewel managed to choke out through her tears. Blus beak dropped in shock. Blu looked down at Jewel who cried heavily into his chest, soaking some of his feathers. Blu would've been fine about hearing this if it wasn't for those words that the Scarlet Macaw had told him.

"She had sex with me willingly," The sound of the Scarlet Macaws voice echoed through out Blus Brain. Blu ran his wing through Jewels feathery crown, soothing her.

"Hey Jewel it's okay, it's okay everything is going to be fine," Blu told Jewel, Jewel wiped her tears and looked up at Blu.

"I thought you might leave me," Jewel said to Blu. Blu found a sly smile spreading across his face, obviously not because Jewel was crying harder than he's ever seen her cry before into his chest but because she cared about him so much. But that smile quickly faded when those familiar words of the Scarlet Macaw echoed through his brain again.

"She had sex with me willingly." These words seemed to hurt Blus ears, his ear drums felt like they might explode. He clenched his eyes shut for a second but stopped and looked down at Jewel who still hugged him tightly. Blu decided not to tell Jewel about the encounter he had with the Scarlet Macaw. Even though he should have, the last thing he wanted was Jewel to worry about him getting hurt or anyone hurting her. Blu would protect Jewel with all of his heart and his life. Blu hugged Jewel tightly and rubbed her back, trying to calm her.

"I'm not going anywhere Jewel, I love you," Blu said to Jewel, kissing her on the cheek.

"i love you so much Blu," jewel said to Blu, hugging him even tighter. Jewel was hugging Blu a little bit to hard now and it was starting to get a little hard to breathe for Blu.

"Okay I think your squeezing me a little to tight now," Blu managed to choke out. Jewel laughed a bit and loosened her grip around Blu, stopping him from struggling to breathe air. Jewel stopped hugging Blu and noticed that her stomach was growling at her. She looked at the Mangoes that didn't lay far from Her and Blu. Jewel slowly got off the top of Blu and brought herself to her talons. She slowly walked over to the mangoes. Jewel noticed that there was I bite taken out of one of the mangoes and thought that it was Blu who was eating this mango but why would he stop? Jewel decided not to worry about it, I mean Blu is pretty weird sometimes. She walked over to Blus mango first and rolled it back to him. Blu now sat up from where we originally laid down. The mango slowly rolled over to him, he held out his wing as the mango rolled into it. Blu looked over to Jewel, she immediately Grabbed the mango with her talons and bit into the Mango, tearing off a huge chunk of it.

"you seem hungry," Blu said, smiling at Jewel. Jewel swallowed the mango and nodded in response. Blu grabbed the mango that laid next to him with his talons and held it up to his beak. He was about to take a bite into the mango but he stopped when he heard a banging sound above him. His eyes widened in horror as he realized that it was coming from the air vent. He dropped the mango and brought himself up to his talons. Blu immediately thought that it was that same Scarlet Macaw, coming back for his revenge. But Blu wouldn't let him take Jewel, Blu wouldn't let him do anything to Jewel. Jewel stared at Blu with a concerned look on her face as she swallowed a piece of mango.

"who's that," Jewel asked Blu. Jewel obviously thought that Blu wouldn't actually know who was coming through the air vent, I mean it's not like he can see trough walls. But Blu had a pretty good idea. Blu didn't respond to Jewel as he prepared for the worst. But to Blus surprise He saw Rafael fly into the breeding chamber. Rafael looked around the artificial jungle for what he guessed was Blu or Jewel.

"Oh hey Rafael," Jewel said while swallowing another piece of mango. Blu looked at Rafael with a confused look.

"Hey Rafael, what are you doing here," Blu asked Rafael. Rafael didn't bother to to answer Blus question.

"Blu come over here I need to have an urgent conversation with you," Raphael said in a worried tone. Without wasting another second Rafael Began to fly over to the hollow, disappearing out of sight. Blu looked at Jewel with a confused look but Blu noticed that Jewel smiled at him.

"Go talk to him, he sound like he's worried and needs a friend to talk to," Jewel told Blu while biting into her mango again "I'll be fine." Blu looked at Jewel as she swallowed another piece of her mango.

"I'll be back soon," Blu said before lifting off the ground and flying towards the hollow where Rafael had went. He sped through several trees before he arrived at the hollow but to Blus surprise Rafael stood nowhere in sight. A concerned look spread across Blus face as he landed on the branch outside the hollow. He began to walk inside the hollow but still didn't see Rafael at all "Rafael," Blu found himself calling out to Rafael, his voice echoed through out the inside of the tree. Blu didn't stay conscious for much longer before large solid object hit him in the back of the skull with extreme force. Blu quickly noticed that the world around him quickly faded to black. He couldn't do anything about it. All he could do was watch the world around him quickly fade to black as he tripped over his own talons. Blu fell to the ground, making impact with the floor of the tree. Black quickly covered the rest of the world, greeting Blu with only darkness as he fell unconscious. Rafael stepped over, looking down at him. He held a large log in his wing, now the top of it had some blood on it.

"don't worry Blu," Rafael said to Blu "I'm going to make Blu be the one to bring Jewel to me."

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Blu woke up in a room. He didn't recognize this room so he knew he probably wasn't in the facility anymore. A dim light lit up the big room that he was in. He struggled to escape the wall that he was tied to with rope. His wings and his talons were tied to the wall so his head hunched over. The light lit up a small circle around him but he couldn't see anything in the distance. Blus head ached, he felt the feeling of cold dried blood down his neck. But suddenly Blu found a purple light glowing in the distance. He was looking at the ground so when he saw this purple light glowing in the darkness it surprised him. The purple light was growing bigger, it was coming towards him. He heard the rustling of footsteps in the darkness so Blu guessed that someone held this purple object. When this purple object was about to enter the circle of light Blu noticed that it was a needle.

"What do u want from me," Blu asked the stranger who was carrying the needle. Suddenly a bird stepped into the light. Blus beak dropped as he realized who it was.

"Rafael what are you doing?" Rafael stepped towards Blu with the needle pointing towards him. But Blu noticed something different about Rafael eyes. He couldn't see his pupils. It was almost like there was clouds covering his pupils. Blu knew that something was wrong with Rafael immediately. "Rafael stop this isn't you." Rafael put his wing up to his mouth and shushed Blu as he continued to walk towards him.

"just try to stand still Blu, everything will be over in a second and in the end Jewel will be mine." another bird walked in beside Rafael. Blus eyes widened with horror as he saw this bird. It was the same Scarlet Macaw that attacked him in the morning. Blu didn't stare at the Scarlet Macaw but still stared at Rafael.

"what did you do to him," Blu said furiously to the Scarlet Macaw "What did you do to him!" Blu said shouting at him this time. The scarlet Macaw cracked an evil smile at Blu, chuckling a little bit.

"I made some improvements on your friend here," the Scarlet Macaw started "he no longer listens to anyone except me." Blu looked at the needle that contained the glowing purple substance in fear.

"he's going to do the same to me," Blu thought. Blu didn't worry about himself that much but his first concern was Jewel.

"Jewel will be mine." Blu thought about the words that the Scarlet Macaw had told him in there first encounter.

"Insert the needle into him," the Scarlet Macaw told Rafael. These words made Blus heart jump into his throat. He looked at Rafael who leaned over and placed the needle on the ground. The Scarlet Macaw turned around and leaned into the darkness for about 3 seconds before standing straight again. He turned around and his smile deepened as Blus Horror expression became more serious.

"Here you go Rafael," The scarlet Macaw handed Rafael a log. Immediately Blu noticed the blood at the top of the log. Blus heart bet faster than it's ever done before. When Blu fell in love with Jewel, it bet fast but the feeling that he was going to lose Jewel, it bet even faster. Not because he was happy but because he was about to have a goddamn heart attack. Rafael gripped The log tight in one hand and began to walk towards Blu. Blu struggled to break free. Blu didn't bother trying to talk to Rafael, he wouldn't listen. When Rafael reached Blu the Scarlet Macaw looked at him dead in the eye, staring into hi soul. "Jewel will be mine." These words could make there way to Blus ears for a few seconds before Rafael swung the log at Blus head. In mere seconds The log made impact with the side of Blus head. The familiar darkness Began to take over the world around him. Blu hung his head low as he began to close his eyes. The darkness filled up the rest of the world around him, leaving him alone with his thougts.

"I'm sorry Jewel," Blu thought to himself "I'm so sorry."

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Jewel walked up the colorful sticks that led up to the tree where the hollow was. These sticks were put here by the creator of this breeding chamber. Jewel had to use these sticks because her wing was injured, not allowing her to fly. She was concerned about Blu, he told her that he would be back soon and yet it's been 30 minutes since he left to go talk to Rafael. She hurried up the steps, Her talons wrapping around them. Jewel didn't hear any commotion nearby and once she didn't hear anything when She was about to reach the branch outside the hollow she knew something was wrong. She could just sense it. Jewels talon stepped on the branch as she brought her other talon up onto the branch. She turned over and peered into the hollow, and to her surprise no one was there. Yes she thought that something was wrong but she didn't actually think that hollow was going to be empty. Jewels breathing began to change. She took quick and small breaths of air. She stepped into the hollow examining it. She didn't see any sign of Blu but what was about to be the most fearful moment of Jewels life approached quickly. Jewels eyes widened in horror as she leaned over. She looked at the tiniest drip of blood that laid on the floor of the Hollow. She found herself choking something out through her fearful voice.

"Blu"

Authors Note: Hey guys sorry it took a day for this chapter to come out, I was just really busy yesterday and I was also busy today so sorry.