Authors Note: The plot of this story is taken off one of my favorite shows Archer. Not the entire show though. And the villain idea was given to me from RiodanJaneiro97. Big thank to him/her
Chapter 9
A different reality?
Out of Linda and Tulio, Jewel thought that she was the most heart broken. But maybe she just didn't understand how hurt Linda and Tulio were hurt. Jewel still had hope, but it started to fade away around the first month. Now it was approaching the second month. But she had to keep up hope, Blu would never want her to give up hope on him. But to watch Blu lay down in lifeless cracked Jewels heart into little tiny particles of dust.
*beep* *beep* Was Blu really still alive though. The heart rate monitor beeped, showing that his heart was still alive. But Blu wouldn't move his body at all. He just laid down on the hard surface of the counter, not reacting to any of his surroundings. The other birds in the area looked at Jewel who sat down next to Blu. They shot a sad stare at Her, but she didn't noticed since she stared the opposite way of them. Tulio told her that he was in a coma and he didn't know how long it would be when he wakes up. Tulio told Jewel that he thought that we were lucky and so is Blu, He could have died from his injury. Jewel let out a painful sigh.
"I wonder what he's thinking of," Jewel thought to herself, actually hoping that he thought of her. Some good news is that the Scarlet Macaw died, And that Rafael is back to normal to. He came by to see Blu last Week, he also came by to see the kids. They haven't hatched yet, but it won't be long before they do. Blu sacrificed his life for Jewel before and he did it again, but this time it didn't have a happy ending. Jewel didn't want to cry in front of all these birds, so she flew off down the hall, towards the breeding chamber. Leaving Blu alone with himself, and his thoughts.
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The rain poured down onto Blus black Fedora hat. The Black clouds covered the moon, so no one could see it. Blu walked down the alley way, walking into a few puddles on the pavement. Bright lights filled the area, Blu was confused. This is where he was suppose to meet his partner to smoke a marijuana cigarette. Of course it was illegal, but the stress was getting to them. They are private detectives, so it can get pretty stressful sometimes. When Blu saw the lights, the first thing he thought was the cops.
"What's going on here," Blu asked the environment, not sure who was there yet. The rain soaked Blus coat. His jeans absorbed the coldness of the air. Blu approached the lights closer. He noticed to familiar figures. Neither of them were his partner, Nico. When Blu got closer to the light he realized what was happening. "No," Blu said in shock. He saw the body of his partner lay on the ground of the alley. The feathers on his chest were soaked with Blood. Blu saw a shot wound in his chest. Blu began to run towards the body, but he was blocked by a toucan. The toucan grabbed Blu by his shoulders, blocking him from going any further "Eva I swear to god I will punch you in the...genitals?" Eva looked at Blu with a confused look.
"Just let him go," Rafael told Eva. Eva let her grip go from Blu. Blu ran towards the dead body of his partner. He opened his eyes in horror as he realized that this was actually real.
"Jesus." Blu dropped to his knees as he looked at his partners lifeless face. "What happened," Blu asked Rafael.
"I don't know, we heard a gunshot and followed it and found him here." Anger began to grow within Blu.
"cops are useless," Blu thought to himself. He got up off his knees, but Blu needed these cops sometimes. They helped him get private information that he couldn't get sometimes.
"And also he had a marijuana cigarette on him, do you know anything about this," Rafael asked Blu
"Oh great," Blu said angrily to the Toucan "now you are accusing." Blu knew he was lying, but if he got caught he could have been in some big trouble.
"Come on Blu," Rafael told Blu, trying to make him admit that he was smoking this illegal.
"No you come on," Blu interrupted Rafael "Where did this guy go?"
"We lost him in the darkness, I mean it's almost pitch black outside." Blu let out a defeated moan.
"you guys are useless," Blu said to the 2 toucans.
"Come on Blu," Eva said to Blu.
"No you come on," Blu interrupted once again "you're going to help me find out who murdered my detective partner," Blu told the Toucans.
"you know," Eva started "the whole point of being a private detective is to not tell anyone," Eva said to Blu, trying to be logical.
"Eva I swear to god I will punch you across Th-" Before Blu could finish, Eva punched Blu across the face, bringing him to his knees. The water soaked into his jeans.
"Ow, son of a bitch, I mean, son of a, I mean ow, just ow." Eva forced a sly smile at Blu. Blu spit blood on the pavement. He watched the blood wash up in the rain. Blu pushed himself back up onto his talons. He wiped his wing across his beak to clean the blood off it. He stared at Eva with a surprised look.
"i deserved that," Blu told Eva. He turned to the opposite direction of the Toucans. He stared at the only light source that lit up the darkness of the night. The pink and purple lights glowed outside of the hotel, but Blu loved this place for a reason. This wasn't just a hotel, it was also a casino and had a bar and some nice food. But the hot dogs were Blus favorite. This magical place was called Dream world. And It makes sense, this place was gigantic.
"Come on," Blu said to the Toucans "I could go for a drink."
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Blu walked in through the glass doors as he was greeted with a wide area with a bunch of tables and chairs. He was also greeted By a big stage where people would sing or do stand up comedy. On the other side of the wide area there was a bar. He walked towards the bar. It was a challenge to get there because of all the chairs that stood in the way. He pushed the chairs out of the way that didn't have birds sitting in them, but getting past the chairs where the birds sat down was really frustrating. Blu thought about how great he thought this place was, you would thunk that they would have a better way to the bar. Maybe they did and Blu just hadn't seen it before. The birds were becoming frustrated with him, interrupting them from listening to this female bird sing. Blu pushed his way through that last few chairs as he approached the bar. The familiar red crested Cardinal was cleaning a glass with a clean cloth. Blu sighed when he made it to the bar. The Cardinal noticed Blu.
"Hey Blu, how is it going." Blu sat down in the bar stool, he took of his Fedora hat and laid it on the bar.
"It's not going well Pedro," Blu told The cardinal. Pedro placed the now clean cup on the bar, thinking that Blu would order a drink of Scotch.
"Oh really? What happened," Pedro asked half concerned.
"I'm not really in the mood to talk about it," Blu told Pedro in a sad tone "But I will be in the mood to talk about, something? When you get me a glass of Scotch," Blu said to Pedro. Pedro leaned under the bar and grabbed a fancy bottle of Scotch. He twisted off the cap and began pouring it into the glass. Blu turned around in his stool as he waited for Pedro to prepare his drink for him. Blu faced the stage, the previous female bird just finished singing, but Blu wasn't paying attention to the female birds voice singing. He leaned back in his chair as he prepared another bird to come on the stage and sing. Blu didn't even know if another bird was going to sing. Another female bird appeared from somewhere behind the stage.
"That bird looks like me,: Blu thought to himself. This female bird had Blu feathers like Blu, She wore a red Scarlet Dress that sparkled in the light of the stage. She wore a red lipstick on her beak, It's not like she really needed it though. Blu was extremely attracted to this bird. The notes of the song that the female Macaw sang traveled through the air towards Blus ears.
Moonbeams and starlight, magical twilight
The warmest ray, hear it whispering your names
Rainbows at midnight, sparkling night skies
Don't go away, stay another day.
Blu got lost in the view of this Beautiful female Macaw singing. The last notes of the song faded away in the air as the crowd clapped. She turned around and walked behind the stage, disappearing out of sight.
"Blu your drink's done," Pedro told Blu, trying to get his attention. Blu spun back around in his bar stool. He grabbed his drink and took a sip, then laid it back down on the bar.
"That bird kind of looked like me, didn't it Pedro." Pedro finished cleaning another glass, he placed it on the shelf behind him with the other glasses and then looked back at Blu.
"I don't know, I wasn't watching or listening." Blu rolled his eyes at Pedro and took another sip of his drink. Suddenly Blu felt a slight quick shake beside him, he looked beside him to see what It was.
"I'll have a glass of water, and don't give me any of that shitty tap water," The female Spix Macaw told Pedro. Seeing this bird caused Blu to spit in his drink, making it bubble and go over his beak. He put his drink on the bar quickly, spilling it a little. She placed one dollar on the bar which made Blu remember that he hadn't payed yet. But he didn't care about that.
"Here, I'll pay for your water," Blu told the Female Macaw. Blu reached his wing into his jean pocket and grabbed three dollars in coins. He dropped the coins on the bar, it made a clinking sound as it hit the surface of the bar.
"Pedro can you get me your finest water." Pedro looked at Blu with a confused look.
"Finest water? How fine do you think water gets," Pedro told Blu. Blu rolled his eyes once again.
"Just shut up and get her some water." Pedro grabbed the 3 dollars that Blu laid on the bar and left Jewels dollar on the bar. He reached his wing down under the bar and grabbed a nice, cold, big bottle of water. He pulled it up and placed it on top of the bar, causing the bar to shake. She smiled at Blu.
"Thanks," She told Blu. Jewel immediately thought she recognized This Bird but from where. It's almost like they had a past. But they never met before. Did they? Jewel stared at Blu with a confused look. "Hey, what's your name. I feel like I've seen you before and you kind of look like me." Blu stared with a surprised look at the bird.
"Yea, are you sure we haven't met before." Jewel shook her head.
"I don't think so." Pedro pulled the top off of the water bottle, steam ran out of the bottle into the air. Pedro grabbed a clean glass and began to pour the water into it.
"My name is Blu, Tyler Blu Gunderson." Blu smiled at The female bird.
"My name is Jewel." Blu stared into Jewels eyes. He felt like he recognized that name.
"Jewel," Blu told himself. "I think I've heard that name before.
"I think I've heard your name before," Jewel told Blu as she stared into his chocolate brown eyes. They stared into each others eyes for a moment. They both recognized each other from what seemed like a different reality. Blu got lost in the moment for a little bit, just staring into her turquoise eyes. Blu caught himself doing this and stopped doing it. But Jewel was doing the exact same thing.
"You're really good at singing," Blu complimented Jewel. Jewels smile deepened.
"Thanks, But it kind of makes my throat dry." Blu stopped staring at Jewel and stared at the poured glass of water that sat next to her.
"Your water is there," Blu pointed out. Jewel turned towards her glass of water, a surprised look spread across her face when she saw it.
"Oh," She said "i didn't even see it." Jewel chuckled a little before grabbing the glass off cold water and taking a sip, so cold that it sent shivers through her wing. She placed the glass back on the bar after she had drunken a nice amount of the water.
"Wow," Jewel said "That's the best water I've ever had, Usually I don't get good water."
"Well I think you should," Blu told her "I think you deserve it for that voice of yours." Jewel smiled at Blu in response.
"Hey Pedro, Can you get me a bottle of Scotch, The same bottle you just poured in my drink." Pedro's eyes widened in surprised, but they quickly went back to there normal state. He actually wasn't that surprised. He knew Blu did love Scotch.
"Okay, But That's going to be 23 dollars." Blus beak dropped.
"23 dollars," Blu said loudly as he picked up his glass of Scotch. "How expensive is this," Blu asked Pedro. Pedro rolled his eyes
"Please, it's not like you can't afford," Pedro told Blu. Blu half agreed. Plus, he wanted to look cool in front of this gorgeous bird named Jewel. Blu sighed and reached into his pocket, but this time he didn't grab cash just in his pocket, he grabbed his wallet where he kept his bills. Blu unfolded his wallet and reached his wing into it, grabbing 25 dollars. He threw onto the bar and folded his wallet back up. He fitted his wallet back into his jean pocket and leaned back into his stool. This Beautiful glass of Scotch that now laid on the bar in front of him was his.
"Um, Blu," Jewel started "I don't really drink alcohol," Jewel told Blu. It's not that she didn't like the taste of it, She just didn't feel safe drinking alcohol with what seemed to be a stranger, like maybe these 2 were working together and trying to lore me in and drug my drinks and trying to take advantage of me. Jewel thought that she was over thinking a little bit. I mean, Jewel did drink the water that Blu had ordered for her and she hadn't felt any weird signs yet.
"You're free to have some," Blu told her "But I was actually getting this for myself." Jewels eyes widened in surprise.
"Yourself," She said confusingly to Blu.
"No myself," Blu told her "Well, I guess you could use yourself to." Jewel giggled at Blu, She stared into his chocolate brown eyes.
"I guess you must really like Scotch then," Jewel informed Blu. Blu stopped staring at Jewel and stared down at his bottle of scotch that laid on top of the bar.
"I guess you could say that," Blu responded to Jewels. For some reason, Blu had somehow convinced Jewel to have a glass.
"Can I have some," Jewel asked Blu politely. Blu stared back up at Jewel, now facing away from the bottle of Scotch.
"Do you want some?" Jewels smile deepened as she heard these words come out of Blus mouth.
"I guess one glass couldn't hurt,":she said, answering Blus question.
"I guess you're right," Blu said as he pulled off the top on the bottle of Scotch.
