Chapter 20
good, or bad?
Blu, Jaime and Jewel's talons scraped against the parking lot of the abandoned factory as they landed on the now dry cement. It didn't take them that long to get to the factory since they were almost there already until the birds slammed their car into them, slowing them down and completely destroying Jaime's car. The morning sky still shined upon them as they cool breezed danced through their feathers. Jaime examined this building, it was really beaten up. Bricks were falling out of the wall from where they were originally placed. They couldn't see through the windows on the building in front of them though, dirt-stained both sides of the glass so you couldn't see through it, other than the large pieces of glass missing from the window. But they still couldn't see through the window that well. Through the missing pieces of glass on the window, Jaime could see The inside of the building was pretty open because all they had in there were machines used to make clothes. There was a sign at the top of the factory that would usually say its name, but nothing was there anymore so they didn't know the name of the place. Jaime could feel that something bad was going to happen. He swallowed a large lump growing in the back of his throat. Beside the door to enter the factory, there was a large white truck. Blu noticed this truck, it looked exactly like the truck on the docks. Jewel noticed it as well. Jaime was reaching his wing down to his Walkie-Talkie to grab it and call for backup, but he stopped in mid-movement and thought for a few seconds.
"What if nothing is wrong here," Jaime thought to himself "What if this truck was just left behind," Jaime told himself, but Jaime expected the worse. His gut was sending him a signal that something is wrong and to be careful. Jaime wanted to find who was kidnapping all of the Law, he needed to find out.
"Let's check the truck first," Jaime told them. They all stared at this truck, something horrible could be contained inside this. But they had to know what was inside it. Jaime inhaled deeply as he began to walk over to the truck. He placed his wing over his gun which was in his holster. He was ready to shoot anyone who attacked him. Blu and Jewel followed quickly behind him. Blu pulled his gun completely out of his holster. The silver metal of the Magnum shined in the sun. Blu looked at his Magnum, he could actually see his reflection in the gun. He gripped it tightly in his right-wing. Their talons scraped against the dry pavement of the parking lot as they walked towards the truck. Jaime wasn't concerned about what was in the front of the truck, he cared about what was hidden in the back. There was a handle on the back of the truck, that's what you would use to slide open the back of the truck. But there seemed to be a lock on the handle with some chain. The chain led somewhere under the truck. Jaime guessed that it was locked. Jaime stepped in front of the lock and stared down at was rust on the lock and the chain. Jaime gripped the handle and tried pulling it up to see if the back of the truck would open. But it was locked. "Looks like the truck is locked," Jaime told them. Jaime grabbed the lock and tried pulling on it to see if it would come off, but it didn't.
"Move out of the way," Blu said to Jaime. Jaime stepped backwards, allowing Blu to step in front of the lock. Blu stared down at the lock.
"This lock isn't going to stop me from seeing what's in this truck," Blu thought to himself. Blu looked down at his gun that he held in his right-wing. He flipped it in the air. It spun around a few times before he caught it on the barrel with his right-wing. He brought the wing that he held with his gun up behind him slowly. Blu raised it up high as he stared at the lock. With one fast and forceful movement, He swung the gun down at the lock. The gun made an impact with the lock, making a loud *clank* sound. The lock skipped on the pavement of the parking lot. Blu had broken the lock off the chain. Blu put his gun back in his holster. He turned around and faced Jaime. He bowed down in front of him. "Your welcome," Blu said to Jaime. Blu turned back to Jewel who stood to his left. She smiled at him slightly. Blu flexed his wings at Jewel sarcastically. Jewel laughed as Blu did this. Blu walked over to Jewel and stood next to her. She watched him as he walked over to her. Jaime walked up to the back of the truck once again. He stared down at the handle on the truck. There was no lock on it this time. Jaime leaned over a little and grabbed the handle with his left-wing. He held his gun in his right-wing, he was ready for anything to happen. He inhaled deeply as he prepared to open the door that led to the container on the truck. Blu hovered his right-wing over his gun, he prepared to grab it just in case. Blu and Jewel stared at Jaime as he held the handle on the back of the truck. Jaime. Jaime pulled the handle up as the door slid open, revealing the inside of the container. Everyone's beak dropped in surprise, not by what was in the truck, but by what wasn't in the truck. Nothing was in the truck that they could see. Jaime put his gun back into his leather holster. Blu put his wing back to his side. Jaime examined the inside of the container, nothing seemed to be inside it. Well until Jaime found a black feather. He eyes the feather closely. This feather could mean anything. It could be a feather from one of the crows, it could be a feather from an FBI bird. It could be any birds feather. But it was enough to push Jaime into grabbing his Walkie-Talkie. He ripped it off the piece of velcro on his bulletproof vest. A loud ripping sound echoed throughout the sky and wind. It filled Jaime's ears. He brought the Walkie-Talkie up to his beak and forcefully pressed down the button that transmitted his voice.
"This is Jaime talking. I'm gonna need back up at an old abandoned factory. At the end of Magee street by Dreamworld take the dirt path and take the first turn to your left. My vehicle was broken there by 1 White cockatoo and 3 crows. We had to kill one of the crows for our own self-defence," Jaime explained over the Walkie-Talkie. A moment of silence washed over them as they waited for a reply. They all eyed each other awkwardly. Blu looked at Jewel in the corner of his eye. He cleared his throat
"Do you want to get another bottle Scotch," Blu whispered to Jewel. She turned her head at him as he said this. Jewel smiled at him seductively. "I mean a bottle of water," Blu said in a panic "And obviously I will pay for it," Blu told Jewel. A small giggle released within Jewel. Blu smiled as he heard Jewel giggle. Blu stared down at Jewel's Scarlet red dress. This thing used to be beautiful until Blu brought Jewel on this disastrous trip. Her dress was covered in dirt, and it also had the rip on the bottom of it when Blu tore off a piece of her dress to use as a makeshift bandage. "Sorry about your dress by the way," Blu apologized to Jewel. Jewel still smiled at Blu.
"I accept your apology," Jewel told Blu. For some reason when Blu heard this it made him feel better. It made something inside him feel smaller, Almost like the good was overpowering the darkness inside of him. Blu felt like Jewel was making him go crazy, crazy in a good way.
"Too bad Dreamworld is closed, I really enjoyed that place," Blu told Jewel honestly. Blu stared up into the clouds as he imagined about Dreamworld.
"It really was a dream," Blu thought to himself. He smiled up at the clouds
"I'm sure we can find another place that sells a good bottle of Scotch and Water," Jewel told Blu. Blu turned his head away from the clouds and stared back at Jewel.
"Yeah, you're right," Blu said as he scratched the back of his head.
"But the most important question is," Jewel started as she smiled at Blu seductively once again "Can we find another place that has a good hotel room." Blu swallowed a large lump in the back of his throat. He opened his beak, he was about to say something but was cut off by a voice.
"Jaime, what do you mean by We," One of the FBI agents on the Walkie-Talkie asked in a confused tone. A smile spread across Jaime's beak. He recognized this voice through the static of the Walkie-Talkie. It was his boss. He pushed down the button on the side of the Walkie-talkie once again as he replied.
"I got help from 2 detectives, They are professionals," Jaime told his boss over the Walkie-Talkie. It didn't take as long for him to reply the second time as it did the first. It didn't even take him that long to reply the first.
"Are you sure we can trust them, Jaime," His boss asked in a serious tone. Jaime squeezed the Walkie-Talkie with the wing that he held it with, causing the button to activate.
"Trust me, boss," Jaime told his boss. Jaime would have struggled to say this if Jewel wasn't here with him. Seeing Jewel standing next to Blu made Jaime trust him.
"Ok Jaime, I'm trusting you on this one," His boss told him "I'm sending backup now, it might take a little bit," Jaime's boss told him.
"Understood," Jaime replied to his boss. Jaime lowered his Walkie-Talkie down to the velcro strap on his vest. He connected the two pieces of velcro as he released his grip from the Walkie-Talkie. A confused look spread across Jewel's face. Jaime noticed the look on her face. He knew why she was confused.
"But I'm not a detective," Jewel said to Jaime. Jewel was confused about why he told his boss that she was a detective. She used to be a detective, but that was a while ago.
"Because I could get in trouble for putting a bird in harm," Jaime told Jewel. Blu knew this was true. Even though he didn't really follow the law at all. A surprised look spread across Jewel's face. She didn't know that was a thing. Even though she should have guessed there was some law like that.
"Oh," Jewel said surprisingly to Jaime. Blu turned his body away from the truck. He stared at the factory. A chill ran up his spine. He could sense something bad inside the abandoned building.
"Why would anyone wanna be in this mess," Blu thought to himself as he examined the damaged building.
"Let's check out the inside of the building," Jaime said to them. Blu began to walk towards the building, his talons scraped against the pavement. Jewel walked beside of Blu. Jaime followed quickly behind them. Blu examined the metal door as he approached it. The door had some dents in it and most of the door was covered in rust and scratches. Blu pulled his gun out of his leather holster. He held it in the general direction of the door with his right-wing. he was ready to shoot anything that threatened him. As Blu approached closer to the building. He could smell something weird. Not a dead body, or any bad smell at all. Blu swore he could smell plastic, hot, burning plastic. Blu stood in front of the old, rusting door of the factory. He didn't want to waste any time. He wanted to know what that smell was. He wanted to know what was in this building. He wanted to know who killed his partner. Blu twisted the rusty doorknob, but it was caught on something. Blu tried twisting it again, but the door wouldn't open. Blu twisted the doorknob multiple times, trying to open the door. Jewel watched Blu as he struggled with the doorknob. Blu let out a frustrated moan as he let go of the doorknob.
"I think it's rusted shut," Jewel said to Blu. Blu heard what Jewel said, but he didn't acknowledge her. He stepped back a few steps. Blu inhaled deeply. Jewel stared at Blu with a confused look. Blu ran towards the door swiftly. He kicked the door forcefully with his talon, causing it to release from its Hinges. Blu kicked the door flat on the ground. the dusty, cold air Blew into Blu's face. He was surprised by the temperature of the air. It was cold. Usually, this wouldn't be a problem, but this air didn't feel right. The air outside of the factory was cool, but this air just didn't feel right. Blu thought that he was being crazy. Blu still held his gun in his right-wing. He held it in front of him. Jewel thought that Blu was just showing off, but she kind of found it attractive. Blu slowly walked inside of the abandoned building. The first thing he recognized was the dirty particles in the air of the factory, but that was his least concern. Jewel and Jaime slowly walked up behind Blu. Blu examined the inside of the factory, examining every inch of the place until he found something of his interest. And it didn't take him long to find something that he found odd. It was a cage, but it wasn't a normal cage. It looked like it was covered in some kind of substance. Plastic? But why. Blu was confused by this, but it wouldn't compare to how Blu would feel in a few seconds. How did Blu not notice it? He looked over to his left, the opposite direction of the cage. He saw something, something he didn't understand immediately. These birds were the size of Blu, well some were smaller obviously, not every bird is the same size. But why did their feathers not look right? Wait, no. Blu couldn't even see feathers on them. But, why did the colour of them not look, proper? They stood there, to Blu's left, lifelessly. But they couldn't be dead, right? Then how were they standing so perfectly on their talons?
"What the-" Blu muttered to himself. He couldn't finish his sentence, he wasn't worried about finishing it. He was to lost in the view of these birds, they are birds, right? Or were they birds? Jewel heard Blu mutter this.
"What, what is it," Jewel asked Blu with a concerned tone. Blu didn't bother to answer Jewel, it wasn't of his concern right now. Blu began to walk towards these birds, these things. Blu needed to observe them from a better view, but did he want to? Blu felt his knees weaken the further he walked towards the birds, he pushed onwards. There were multiple rows of birds. They all stood next to each other, but they didn't seem to notice where they were at all, they didn't seem to notice anything. The closer Blu got to the group of these birds, he noticed one bird that caught his attention more than the rest, but why? This bird couldn't have been different from the others, well it actually was. It was a yellow bird, and it was a short bird, but the yellow on the bird wasn't proper, it seemed to be smeared onto the bird's body. Like all of the other birds, the colour just didn't look normal. But then why was Blu so interested in this one bird. The closer he walked to this particular bird that stood in the first row of the multiple rows of birds, he thought he recognized it, how? Did Blu know this bird at one point of his life, he thought that this bird was connected to him somehow. The closer Blu got to the bird, he could see more sloppy details. Even the orange on his beak was smeared onto it, almost like someone painted the colours onto him. There was something about this bird. All the colours seemed to be painted onto him, but whoever was doing it didn't take their time. Blu stood in front of this bird finally, it seemed it took him forever to get here. He recognized this bird. Blu slowly slid his gun back into his holster. He reached out his wing slowly towards the bird. This bird's face didn't seem correct, but Blu knew this face. He felt the birds face.
"What the hell," Blu thought to himself. He didn't feel any feathers, he didn't feel anything soft. He felt the rough surface of the paint, but besides that, all he felt was smoothness. Blu's eye's widened in horror. "He feels like plastic," Blu thought to himself. Blu pulled his wing back away from the bird.
"Nico," Blu said in a confused tone out loud. Jewel quickly walked inside the door. She turned to her left where she saw Blu walk to, She didn't bother examining anything else. "Blu," is what she was going to call out to him, but when she saw what Blu saw, she was frightened.
"What the fuck," Jewel said to herself, her voice echoed over to Blu. Blu slowly turned around toward the sound of Jewel's voice. they noticed the shocked expressions on both of their faces.
"What the hell happened here," Blu asked Jewel, why would she know. Jaime rushed through the door quickly after Jewel, He held his gun out in front of him.
"What's going on here," Jaime's voice faded at the end of his sentence as he looked at the rows of lifeless birds. His wing that he held the gun in now hangs low in shock. the gun pointed at the ground. "Holy fuck," Jaime responded to seeing the several rows of birds "What's wrong with them," Jaime asked Blu, Blu quickly turned back to the birds. He stared at the bird that he thought was Nico. Blu felt tears began to form in his eyes.
"I don't know," Blu said to Jaime.
"Welp," Jaime responded to Blu quickly, "I think we found out where all of the law went," Jaime told them.
"But why," Blu thought to himself. Why would you want to do this to someone? Revenge? Or are you just crazy? Blu was thinking so much he thought his brain might explode. He had to figure out who did this, and why they would do this. What was their plan?
"Why would someone do this," Blu said to himself. Jaime and Jewel heard Blu say this, but they didn't answer since they didn't know the answer. A moment of silence washed over them, no one knew how to continue this conversation. During this moment, Jewel decided to examine her surroundings. She examined the cage covered in plastic but quickly searched somewhere else. She was mainly examing the area to see if it was safe. Jewel didn't expect anyone to be in here, but after seeing those birds, or whatever they were, she was a little frightened. Jewel examined the factory, she examined every crack and corner of the factory. It wasn't until she started examing the dark places, that's when she noticed something odd. the light from the morning sky shined through the cracks of the dirt-stained windows, lighting up the place enough for them to see. But there were still some places inside the factory with dark areas, and Jewel noticed something odd about one. It was just like any other place that didn't have light, and you couldn't see through it, but Jewel noticed something poking out of it. It was silver. It only looked small from where Jewel stood since it was far enough away from her that she had to squint her eyes. It was almost like round shaped. It was shiny. There was a hole at the tip of it. But it seemed to cut off in the darkness. But, it seemed to slowly come out of the darkness, slowly, but surely. And the more it came out, the more Jewel recognized what this was. It was pointing in the direction of Blu. Jewel could see something imprinted in the object, it almost looked like a few small letters. Jewel squinted her eyes more precisely. She tried to see what was on the object. And that's when she figured it out. Her eyes widened in horror as she read the few characters scratched into the object. ".44" were the characters that she read on the object. Jewel's heart jumped into her throat as she realized that this object was a 44 Magnum. Time seemed to slow down in her eyes. She panicked. Jewel looked over to Blu. He still stared at the birds that stood completely still, not moving an inch. "These were the bastards that killed my partner, Nico," Blu told Jewel and Jaime, unaware of what was going to happen.
"BLU! LOOK OUT," Jewel screamed at Blu as she realized the situation they were in. Blu turned around swiftly when he heard his name screamed by Jewel. He noticed the horrified look on her face, but this time it was even more horrified than when she saw the birds tan now stood behind Blu. Blu was confused by the sudden reaction of Jewel. Blu observed his surroundings quickly to see if there were any threats insight. After a good look, he didn't see anything. But just because you can't see, doesn't mean it isn't there. The crackling of a gunshot echoed throughout the factory than out into the orange skyed morning. If only the sky was as pleasant as this adventure. The bullet flew through the sky towards Blu. It's times like this Blu wished he could move at the speed of light, but this wasn't a different reality, this was real life, right? Something hit Blu in the chest, something that sent him back a few feet. Blu let out a moan of pain. He wasn't really surprised though. Blu couldn't remember how many times he's been shot in the last few days. He stared down at his chest quickly after he was shot. He coughed up blood onto the smooth cement, dirty floor of the factory. The blood that leaked from his wound soaked into his nice gentleman coat.
"Jesus," Blu started. He coughed up a little more blood onto the rough floor "Did I swallow a bunch of magnets or something," Blu said as he chuckled a little bit, causing him to spit up more Blood.
"Blu," Jaime screamed out to him. Blu didn't bother to acknowledge him.
"Great," Jewel thought to herself quickly "He's still making jokes," The voice in her mind said sarcastically. Blu dropped to his knees in pain, they scratched up against the small stone pebbles on the floor. Blu now faced to his right, where he had been shot from.
"You wanna know something," A stranger's voice asked them in the distance of the factory. Through Blu's blurry vision. He saw something that began to arise from the darkness of the factory. The bird held a familiar 44 Magnum to Blu's. As the bird began to emerge more from the darkness, he realized what kind of birds it was. A vulture, but there was something wrong about this Vulture, Blu realized it when his face emerged. Blu immediately noticed that have his face was torn off, or scarred, or something? Blu felt a sick feeling in his stomach when he saw this Vultures face. The Vulture still held out his gun in front of him as he walked slowly towards Blu. "I know who you are," The Vulture told him. Jaime quickly pulled his gun out of his holster. He pointed it at the threatening Vulture.
"FBI, DROP YOUR WEAPON," Jaime screamed at the Vulture. The Vulture rolled his eyes with an annoyed expression on his face. He quickly turned in the direction of Jaime and pulled the trigger, Another gunshot cracked throughout the Factory, bouncing off the walls into everyone's ears. Jaime dropped his Gun in pain. The gun bounced several times on the ground. Jaime stared at his wing. There was a hole straight through his wing. Blood dripped from it. "You mother fucking bitch," Jaime said to the male Vulture. Jaime clenched his eyes in pain.
"What a pussy," Blu thought to himself as he chuckled a little bit, but then the pain from the gunshot wound in his chest pulsated through his body again. Blu clenched his eyes close in pain. "Ok, maybe not," Blu corrected himself. Jewel stared down at Jaime's gun that was on the ground. She planned on making a quick movement to lean over and grab the gun. The Vulture noticed her looking down at the gun that laid on the dirty floor of the factory. The vulture pointed his gun at Jewel
"Don't even think about it Hot wing," the Vulture said to Jewel. Jewel watched Jaime as he grunted in pain. He squeezed his wounded wing tightly with his over. His eyes still clenched shut from the pain. The Vulture looked back over to Blu, But he still held his gun in his right-wing at Jewel as he walked closer to Blu. He listened closely to the Female Spix Macaw. If he heard her make a single movement, she would get shot immediately. The Vulture smiled viciously at Blu. "You're Nico's detective partner, right," The Vulture asked Blu with a smile like he already knew that question. The distance between both of them became shorter.
"What's it to you," Blu asked angrily to the Vulture.
"More than it thinks," The Vulture responded quickly to Blu. Blu eyed the Vulture closely. There was no point to try and grab his gun and try to defend himself. The Vulture would just shoot him again.
"And how is that," Blu asked the Vulture. The Vulture inhaled deeply.
"You see," the Vulture started as his voice became more gentle "I had a perfect family, or so I thought. I and my wife were happy. I enjoyed her support, and I thought she enjoyed mine as well. Turns out not. Nico is the one who ruined my family," The Vulture screamed at Blu. His voice was not gentle anymore. It was angry and fierce. The Vulture started with his story again. "I was coming home from work early one evening. I walked inside my house like it was any other day. I searched the house for my wife, I couldn't find her. Until I looked in mine and her bedroom. That's when I first met Nico. In my bed, with my wife, both naked."
"Wait," Blu said to the Vulture, interrupting his story "So Nico, had sex with your wife," Blu asked the Vulture. He didn't answer Blu, but Blu could tell by the upset look on the Vulture's face that his question had already been answered. Blu tried to contain the rude giggles that contained inside him, but it was no use. He let out an ever so small giggle. You could barely even hear it. The Vulture looked at Blu with an angry look. He quickly pointed his gun at Blu and pulled the trigger. The familiar sound filled Blu's ears, and the even more familiar pain filled his chest.
"Ah, fuck me," Blu wined as he felt more pain in his chest. He felt more blood being leaked from within him. More of his feathers soaked up the blood.
"I kinda deserved that," Blu thought to himself.
"I see you've met my dolls," The Vulture said to Blu, pointing his wing towards the rows of birds. Blu didn't have the energy to look over to where he was pointing. "Well before all of you die, I guess I'll tell you my plan," The Vulture told them. "I promised myself that I would get revenge on Nico, and after I figured out that he was part of the law. I realized that the police aren't good, they think that they help people, But they hurt them more. I realized that I am the only one that can change the world, I AM THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN DO IT. The world will be perfect after I am done with it. Everyone will be my doll. EVERYONE WILL BE CONTROLLED BY ME."
"You're fucking crazy," Jaime told the Vulture. He still squeezed his wing in pain. The vulture didn't bother to answer the Blue Jay. He thought he was right, that he was the only one that could change the world for the better.
"You'll pay for killing my partner," Blu managed to choke out. He was surprised that he was still able to talk do to all the blood loss from his body. As Blu began to fade away to the unconscious. He heard the Vulture chuckle. A chuckle turned into an insane laugh.
"Nico will pay for messing with my wife," the Vulture told Blu. These were the last words that Blu heard before his body went limp. Blu laid down lifelessly on the floor beneath him. A puddle of blood formed beneath him. His vision was covered by the familiar darkness. A shocked expression spread across Jaime's face when he saw Blu lay on the floor in his own puddle of blood. Jaime thought that Blu didn't deserve to die like this.
No, Blu," Jaime screamed out to him, hoping that he would hear him. He didn't respond. What did Jaime think was going to happen "BLU!"
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Blu laid on his knees, he stared far into the darkness. There didn't seem to be and end to it. What was it that Blu laid on, it seemed to be nothing. There wasn't even a surface. Everything was darkness. He knew where he was. The veins in his wings glowed purple. He knew the thing was here.
"You know that feeling that you get whenever you do something bad," The voice asked him. Blu didn't answer him, but he knew what he was talking about. He got the feeling. Whenever he killed that crow, he got that feeling. It wasn't a bad feeling, but it wasn't a good feeling either. "That's me," The voice said to Blu. Blu felt himself in the state of crying, but the tears just couldn't form in his eyes.
"I just want to be normal," Blu wined to the voice.
"No one is normal," The voice told Blu in a stern voice. "You are different from all the others," The voice told Blu "That's not necessarily a bad thing," The voice reminded Blu. Blu looked up into the darkness. He didn't see anything that could talk to him. Blu knew that being different wasn't a bad thing, but why did this situation feel different somehow. Maybe it wasn't different. "I'm not going to go away Blu," The voice told him "Don't try to push me away, I know I am not a good thing, but maybe we can weigh out the levels." A confused look spread across Blu's face as the voice continued. "Maybe both of us can make something good. I and you pushed into one. Light and darkness. Whenever you need me, I could be there. But you could be there too so your friends know it's you," Blu thought that this sounded strange, but whenever he was with this thing. It felt good, the feeling felt great. But he didn't want to be something he wasn't. So he had to ask.
"Am I good, or bad?
"It depends on what choices you make," The voice answered Blu's question. A smile spread across Blu's face. His eyes glowed a dark crimson, lighting up the dark area. It was dark and light, good and bad.
"Let's go kick that Vultures ass."
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Blu knew he was alive. He knew that every second was important. He knew he had to be quiet. He didn't want the Vulture to know that he was alive. Then again, why would he think that? Blu should be dead right now, laying in a puddle of his own blood, that's when he felt something different. There was no puddle of blood beneath him anymore. Blu looked up at his chest quickly. He noticed something. There were no more gunshot wounds. But then he noticed something else. The Vulture, he held his 44 Magnum directly towards Jewel's head. He noticed that tears were running down Jewel's face as she waited for her death. Seeing Blu cry, made Blu feel like crying. This Vulture thought that he was going to kill Blu's partner, kill Jaime, take over the city and then kill the bird that he loved, well he's got another thing coming his way. Blu didn't care about being stealth anymore, he knew that he didn't have much time to save them. He reached his wing down towards his leather holster with his gun that laid inside it. He knew he wouldn't get another chance at this, even if he did, what would be the point. What would he be trying to save, what would he be trying to defend? Jaime and Jewel, they felt like his family, he couldn't lose his family. After all the time it took for him to feel like he was part of one, it couldn't just be torn away from him. He knew that they wouldn't get a second chance. Blu knew that he was the one, he was the only one that could do this. He was the only ONE. Blu pulled the 44 Magnum out of his holster. He held it in front of him.
"Please," Blu said to himself as he examined Jewel's face. He aimed the best he could. He closed his eyes. The pull of a trigger caused something to spark inside the gun. This park caused the gun powder to light up inside the bullet that laid inside the chamber. The bullet flew out of the barrel. Blu's whole vision seemed to go slow. Like the earth wanted Blu to slowly watch his family be torn away from his grasp. He couldn't let that happen.
"Please, Jewel," Blu thought to himself "all I want, all I need is for you to be alive, Please Jewel, please, I love you." The sudden sound of something hitting the ground made Blu open his eyes, wait, was this real? Did Blu just do this? Blu didn't believe what was happening.
"Holy shit," Blu whispered to himself. Jewel looked over to the direction of where she heard Blu's voice. A shocked expression formed on her face. SHe couldn't say anything. Her body wouldn't let her speak. Jaime turned his head over in the direction of Blu's voice. Through his pain, he managed to crack a smile at Blu.
"Blu," Jaime said in a surprised tone "How are you-" Jaime wasn't able to finish his sentence before Jewel interrupted.
"BLU!" Jewel said as she ran towards Blu. Her talons kicking up stone pebbles behind her. It didn't take long before Jewel collapsed into Blu's wings. She stared into Blu's chocolate brown eyes. Tears still ran down her face.
"Blu, you're alive, we thought you were, we thought we lost you, I thought I lost you. Please don't leave us again, don't leave me again I beg you," Jewel wined to Blu. Blu pulled Jewel into a passionate kiss. They both immediately got lost in the moment. Jewel accepted Blu's kiss. Blu rubbed his wing through Jewel's feathery crown. This wasn't a long kiss, but it was meaningful. They broke off the kiss and both stared into each other's eyes. Blu never truly understood how beautiful Jewel's turquoise eyes were, he never knew how much they sparkled like glitter.
"Blu," Jaime said now directly behind Jewel. Jewel turned around and stared at him with a smile. Blu noticed the smile on Jaime's face. He smiled at Jewel then looked up at Blu. "How are you alive," Jaime asked in a confused tone. Blu stared down at himself for a few seconds.
"I don't know," Blu said to Jaime. Jaime walked past Jewel and stood next to Blu. His injured wing hung low. He patted Blu on the shoulder with his good wing. Blu looked up at Jaime and stared at him
"Thank god you're okay," Jaime said to Blu with a smile "Unlike me," Jaime said as he frowned. He looked down at his injured wing. "I'll probably be okay, but it fucking hurts," Jaime told Blu. Blu could relate. Blu looked down at Jaime's injured wing.
"That looks bad, you need any help," Blu asked Jaime with a smile. Before Jaime could answer, the sound of police sirens approached the area. Jaime looked up from his injured and smiled. He sighed in relief
"That must be back," Jaime said to himself. He walked pass Blu and the bird dolls. A confused expression spread across Blu's face.
"Do you need any help," Blu asked once again since he didn't get an answer from Jaime when he asked the first time. Jaime stopped walking towards the rusting metal door and turned his head back to look at Blu. The sirens grew louder. Blu noticed that Jaime still had a smile on his face.
"You 2 go somewhere," Jaime told both of them "I'll take care of this." Jaime turned his head back and began walking towards the door once again.
"Wait," Blu called out to Jaime one last time. He turned his head back to Blu once again, he didn't say anything, he just waited patiently for what Blu had to say with a smile still on his face. "If you need anything, come into one of the bars, I'll probably be in one of them," Blu told Jaime. Jaime chuckled a little when Blu said this.
"I'll hold you onto that one," Jaime responded to Blu.
A Couple Weeks Later
Blu twisted the cap off of the bottle of Scotch. He laid it on the would bar. He brought the Scotch up to his beak and smelt it. The smell was strong. Blu coughed in response to smelling it. Jewel giggled at Blu
"Jesus that's strong," Blu told Jewel "You sure you can handle it," He asked her. Jewel nodded in response as she held out her glass in front of Blu. Blu smiled at Jewel and slowly filled up the glass with Scotch. He didn't put that much Scotch in Jewel's glass, unlike his. Jewel looked down into her glass. She looked at the somewhat brown see-through liquid. She brought the glass up to her beak and took a sip from her drink. She was surprised by how strong it was. It burned her throat. Jewel coughed in response to drinking the scotch. she quickly laid the Scotch on the wooden bar, trying not to spill it. She covered her wing over her beak as she coughed a few more times before stopping.
"You were right," Jewel responded to Blu with a burning throat. Blu chuckled a little bit, but then his face became more serious. He eyed Jewel
"So, I've been meaning to ask," Blu said, getting Jewel's attention. She waited for what Blu had to say. "How did you and Jaime meet," Blu asked in a concerned tone. Jewel cleared her burning throat. It was now starting to cool down. Jewel was happy to answer Blu's question. Meeting Jaime was one of the best moments in her life. He helped her push through much pain.
"Let me first start off by saying," Jewel said as her expression became more serious. "I was alone for most of my life," Jewel told Blu "I never really had a family." Blu got lost in Jewel's story "I don't want to say too much of this, but I was almost raped," Jewel told Blu, a surprised look spread across Blu's face. But he didn't want to interrupt Jewel's talking. "When I met Jaime, it was one of the worst days of my life, but he turned it into one of the best."
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What was just supposed to be a quick stop for water, turned into a horrible moment attached to Jewel's life. She flew away from the club where she went to get water.
"Stupid men," Jewel thought to herself as she flew further away from the club, She wanted to get as far away from the club as possible. A Scarlet Macaw had tried to rape her. Jewel didn't want to think about it. She had too much to cry about. She was all alone with no one to comfort her, and something terrible almost happened. Jewel tried to push all this stuff in the back of her brain, trying to forget it, but she just couldn't. Jewel looked back at the club as she flew away. And that's when she met him. Jewel suddenly made an impact with something while she was flying. She wasn't paying attention while she was flying, but if she was she might have never met him. Both birds screamed as the fell down, they got closer to the grass-grown. They weren't flying that high so it didn't hurt that much when they hit the grown. Jewel quickly stood up onto her talons, still confused by what she had hit. She was a little bit worried, she thought she had hit a bird and she wanted to know if it was alright. Whenever Jewel looked in front of her. She was met with a Blue Jay. The Blue Jay shook his head side to side. Trying to make his Blurry vision more clear.
"Oh my god I'm so sorry, are you okay," Jewel apologized to the Blue Jay. She was worried that he was hurt. The Blue Jay smiled at Jewel.
"I'm fine," The Blue jay said to Jewel "My name is Jaime," Jaime introduced himself to Jewel. But his smile faded when he noticed tears running down Jewel's face. Jewel wiped the tears away from her face.
"My name is Jewel," Jewel introduced herself to Jaime. Jewel noticed that Jaime didn't have a smile on his face anymore.
"Are you okay," Jaime asked Jewel, he asked this because of the tears on her face. Jaime knew these tears, these were not tears of pain from the fall. He had these tears before. These were tears from some other pain. A pain from deeper within. Jewel noticed the concerned look on Jaime's face.
"I'm fine," Jewel lied to Jaime. Jewel turned around the opposite way of Jaime. She felt like flying away, but something told her not to.
"It's ok to cry," Jaime told Jewel honestly. Jaime walked closer to Jewel "I know how you feel, Jewel," Jaime told Jewel "I know what It's like to be alone." Jewel had a surprised look on her face, but Jaime couldn't see it. Jewel was confused. It's almost like Jaime felt exactly like Jewel. "I am an Orphan," Jaime told Jewel "I never really got to see my parents." This really broke Jewel, she dropped to her knees. She cried into her wings. When Jaime told Jewel this, Jewel felt like she would never see her family again. That she would be alone forever. "So let me ask you again Jewel, are you okay." Jewel wiped the tears away from her face. Her tears soaked the feathers on her face. For some reason, Jewel now felt comfortable to talk to Jaime. He didn't seem like any of the other birds Jewel met. Jewel slowly got back up onto her talons and turned around. She was met with a concerned look on Jaime's face. Jewel tried to pull herself together. She inhaled deeply before talking.
"I was separated from my family when I was a child," Jewel started "And I've never had anybody ever since, and I'll always be alone," Jewel cried as she collapsed into Jaime wing. Jewel cried into Jaime's neck. Jaime stroked his wing through Jewe's feathery crown. He knew how Jewel felt. He didn't have anybody either. That's when Jaime did the unexpected. Jaime pulled Jewel into a passionate. Jewel stopped crying all of a sudden. She was surprised by this. Jewel was going to reject the kiss. But she admired this kiss. Jewel realized the Jaime was taking the pain away from her. Jewel realized that they were helping each other. After all the years that they were alone, they both found someone that made them smile, they both found someone that they could love.
#
"And that's when we both decided that we had to stick until we found my family, but we never found my family and we split up after," Jewel told Blu, still sitting in the barstool. Blu took a sip from his Scotch and placed it back down on the wooden bar.
"It seems like Jaime is a very important part of your life," Blu said to Jewel. Jewel smiled at Blu
"He is, I love him very much," Jewel said honestly to Blu. Blu wasn't jealous by this, why would he be. Jaime was one of Blu's good friends. Blu knew Jaime would show up to the bar, but he told them that he was busy so you can't really blame him. Blu smiled at Jewel.
"Thank you for sharing your story," Blu thanked Jewel
"Thanks for listening." Blu's smile deepened when he heard Jewel say this. Blu got up from his barstool and stared down at Jewel who still sat in hers.
"Sorry, Jewel. But I have to go somewhere, It's really important. Do you think we can hang out later," Blu asked Jewel. Jewel smiled up at Blu. He had seen Blu walk sometimes, she knew where he had to go.
"It's ok Blu, you go," Jewel told Blu in a happy expression. Blu let out a sigh of relief.
"I'll see you later," Blu told Jewel as he walked to the exit of the bar.
"Yep."
#
Blu leaned up against the piece of stone that dug into the ground. This piece of stone met so much to him. Blu stared down at the piece of stone.
"How you doing Nico," Blu asked the piece of stone. The stone didn't reply to him, he didn't expect it to. "Hopefully well," Blu told himself as he looked away from the stone and into the sunset. "OH, I almost forgot," Blu told himself as he smiled. He reached into his jean pocket and pulled out a makeshift cigarette. "I brought you that marijuana cigarette that we never got to smoke," Blu said to the Gravestone as he placed the cigarette on top of it. "Hopefully some kids don't come around and smoke it," Blu told Nico's grave as he smiled at it. "If you need me at any time just let me know," Blu told the grave. He patted the top of the grave with his wing as he stood up straight/. "Ok, good talk, I'll um, I'll see you, tomorrow buddy," Blu told Nico. Blu put his wings into his pocket as he began to walk away from his grave. Blu let out a sad sigh. Blu walked towards the sunset. He didn't really know where he was heading. He was just walking further into the graveyard. He didn't care where he was going, as long as he got to see Jewel and Jaime another day, as long as he got to talk to Nico again, he didn't care where he ventured off to. Maybe he can find himself another adventure.
"Goodbye, Nico."
Author's Note: Sorry this chapter took so long, hope it was worth the wait. Thank you to all the people who waited and part 3 will be coming eventually.
