Author's note: I am going to stop saying "clenched his teeth," to make it more bird-like. Sorry for that
Chapter 13
Death of a loved one
"There it is," Jewel pointed out, and that's when Blu noticed it. A white truck was parked on the dock. But there was another truck with a big container on the back of it also. This was another white truck, but the Hawk told Blu and Jewel that one truck was stolen, maybe this was a different truck. This wasn't the thing that surprised Blu or Jewel the most.
"Jesus, Jewel," Blu said to Jewel, thinking that she saw what he was seeing as well. There were a bunch of cops, their talons were cuffed together with all the other bird cops. They were all coming out of the back of one white truck and they were being forced to the back of the other white truck. There were 4 birds that pointed guns towards the helpless Bird cops of all different species. 3 of the birds were crows, but one of them was a white Cockatoo. For some reason, Blu thought that he recognized this Cockatoo. There were cuts and bruises on the cop's faces. They looked like they were beaten. Blu's heart beat faster as he saw this happening, he thought that the same was happening for Jewel to. Blu and Jewel both laid down on their stomachs as they watched this happen, they were trying to be as silent as possible.
"Move faster, I won't hesitate to kill any of you," the Cockatoo threatened. Jewel looked towards Blu, but he didn't notice since he was watching the terrifying situation.
"What do you think they need the cops for," Jewel asked Blu. Blu shrugged his shoulders at Jewel in response as he kept watching what was happening. The cop's started walking faster as the Cockatoo said this. Blu knew he needed to do something about this. He turned his head to Jewel quickly, Jewel still stared at him.
"We need to do something about this," Blu stated. Jewel's eyes widened in surprise.
"What do you expect us to do against 4 birds with guns, and plus you're injured badly," Jewel told Blu. Blu forced a sly smile at Jewel.
"I can push threw it, I just need a little help," Blu said to Jewel, causing Jewel to smile at him.
"Ok, so what's your plan," Jewel asked Blu. Blu's face became serious. He scooched over closer to Jewel so she could hear him better.
"Whenever The truck with all the cop's in the back of it starts leaving, we're going to jump on top of it," Blu said to Jewel.
"Really," Jewel started "that's your idea." Blu nodded his head at Jewel as he began to push himself up onto his talons.
"Well, you got a better idea," Blu asked Jewel in a sarcastic tone. Jewel rolled her eyes at Blu as she began to get up on her talons as well. It took Blu made it to his talons and clenched and shut hid eyes close for a few seconds, he inhaled deeply as he did this. He quickly exhaled as he told himself to relax.
"That's what I thought," Blu responded to Jewel rolling her eyes at him. Jewel made it up to her talons and stared at Blu in his eyes.
"You know It's gonna hurt like hell whenever you land on the top of that truck," Jewel told Blu, just in case he hadn't realized it. Blu started inhaling and exhaling quickly as he prepared for what he had to do. It's not like it was bad for Jewel because she could fly. But Blu couldn't because his wing was injured.
"You got my back, right," Blu asked Jewel. Jewel nodded her head.
"Of course I do." Hearing Jewel said this made Blu feel a little bit more confident. Blu might have been preparing for nothing, he didn't even know if the truck was leaving any time soon.
"so Whenever the truck starts leaving, I and you are going to jump on top of it, Capiche," Blu asked Jewel, seeing if she understood the plan. Jewel nodded her head in response at Blu. Jewel noticed that Blu was breathing un normally fast, she could tell that he was worried.
"Blu just calm down, I don't think the truck is leaving yet so we have time to prepare and watch what they do," Jewel said to Blu, trying to calm him down. Almost immediately after Jewel said this, Blu and Jewel heard the sound of a truck starting up. They both guessed that it was the truck that was parked on the dock. The truck on the dock was parked facing towards the path that Blu and Jewel put there truck by. So Blu assumed that it would be leaving that way. But they only had a little bit of time to jump on the truck whenever it started going up the path. Hopefully, they didn't see the car That Jewel parked.
"Jewel you jinxed us," Blu said to Jewel. Jewel's face became serious.
"You ready," Jewel asked. Blu stared away from the path where the truck would be coming up and looked back at Jewel with at worried look on his face.
"Most ready I'll ever be," Blu responded to Jewel. All the cops had worked there way into the back of the truck and were no longer visible. None of the birds that held the guns were visible any more either. Blu assumed that they were the ones driving the truck. One of the trucks were heading to the path that leads to the traffic and the other was heading to the lifeless path, the path that Blu and Jewel had come through. This was the truck that Blu and Jewel saw the cops go into. Blu and Jewel watched the truck on the hill that they stood on, it slowly drove towards the path that they came through. They were going to wait until the truck started going up the path a little bit so when they landed on the top it wouldn't make as much noise. The truck began to drive up the path. They would have to jump now.
"Let's go," Blu said as he sprinted towards the edge of the hill. The pain in his talons began to pick up, but Blu didn't care about the pain at that moment. He accepted the pain, the pain wouldn't stop him from completing his mission. Every step that Blu took brought him closer to the edge of the hill. Every step that Blu took brought him closer to the truck. Jewel followed quickly behind Blu. Even though Blu and Jewel were getting in trouble together, they enjoyed each others company. Blu inhaled deeply as he took his last step off the hill and jumped into the air. He knew that when he made an impact with the truck it was going to hurt a lot do to his injured talon. The wind Blew through his feathers as he fell down towards the truck. His talons hit the top of the truck, and that's when he felt some of the worst pain he's ever felt. He opened his eyes in surprise, Blu didn't think he ever felt this much pain before in his life. When Blu hit the truck a loud bang echoed throughout the early morning sky. Quickly after, Blu heard another Bang. He looked over beside him to see Jewel next to him, She forced a sly smiled at Blu.
"You okay," Jewel asked him. Blu shook his head at Jewel in response. Blu thought that his talon would never get better.
"I'm the opposite of okay," Blu said to Jewel. Jewel noticed the pain in Blu's face. She knew that when Blu's talons hit the truck it would hurt pretty bad. Blu wiped the dirt off his jeans from when he was laying down on the hill. He worked his way back up onto his talons but failed halfway through. He winced and dropped back down as he realized he couldn't get back up onto his talons. Jewel walked over to Blu and reached her wing down to Blu with a smile across her face looking down at him. Blu reached his good wing out to accept Jewel's wing. Blu grasped Blu's wing tightly as she pul him up to his talons. But when Blu made it up to his talons he stumbled forwards into Jewel's wings. Jewel caught him unexpectedly. Blu and Jewel hugged for a few seconds until Blu stopped hugging Jewel. He stared into her turquoise eyes, Jewel smiled at Blu. Jewel's dress danced as the wind passed through it. For a second Blu thought that they might actually kiss. Well until someone fired their gun, the sound of a gunshot echoed throughout the road and the trees that lead to the unknown. Blu hated this sound, this sound alway had to mean something bad. Jewel's smile slowly faded into a shocked expression. Jewel leaned against Blu, using as support. Jewel wrapped her wings around Blu tightly. Blu's eyes filled with horror. He could feel a cold substance soak into his coat. Jewel began to wince in pain. Blu laid Jewel down on the top of the truck quickly. He examined her body. Blood soaked her dress.
"Jewel," Blu said to Jewel as Blu's breathing filled with fright. Blu felt like he couldn't breathe properly. "Jewel," Blu repeated as he looked at her dress now covered in blood. "No jewel," Blu said. He looked back up into her eyes. But Blu's eyes didn't meet with her since her eyes were now shut. She laid lifeless on the top of the truck. Blu thought about the song that Jewel was singing when he first laid eyes on her.
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.
How come Blu felt like he knew Jewel longer than he had actually known her? Blu began to cry as he stared at Jewel's lifeless face. He leaned in and cried into her shoulder. He coudn't accept the fact that Jewel was dead. But he could accept that Jewel really was an angel sent down from heavan.
"JEWEL!"
