chapter 21

A long rest

Blu inhaled deeply. It felt like the first time he's ever breathed in a while. The air was cold and the room was dark. It was night and there were no lights on. The only thing that lit up the place was the moon glow shining through the windows of the front door of the place that Blu was in. Blu shot up straight, his head ached. Blu examined the area that he was in. The surface that he sat on was very hard and uncomfortable. A beeping sound filled his ears. It would beep once then stop, then beep again and stop for a couple of more seconds before beeping again. Blu noticed that he laid on top of a counter. There was a tube stuck into Blu's left-wing. He didn't really care what this tube transferred into him. Blu gripped the tube with his beak and ripped it out of his wing. He let out a sigh of pain as he did this. Blu examined the room more. He didn't know where he was. He didn't recognize this place. Blu thought that he was in a kitchen since he saw a fridge, and a bowl of banana's on another counter across from him. Blu examined the walls of where he was. Then he noticed something. There was a sticker on the wall. Blu wasn't sure, but he thought that it was some sort of gold colour. He saw 3 words imprinted on the sticker. "Blu Bird Sanctuary." The sticker had a bird on it that looked similar to him. Blu began to panic. He didn't know where he was or where Jewel was. Blu examined the walls once again. He saw a calendar on the wall. The calendar was stuck onto the wall with a pin. Blu noticed that the month on the top of the calendar was written over in a red marker, so where all the dates on that month. Blu noticed some small written onto the calendar with the same red marker. "5 months." Blu was confused by these words.

"5 months what," Blu thought to himself. He didn't know what this met. The words "5 months," were written uncleanly on the calendar. Blu could barely even make it out. This made Blu feel even more uncomfortable. He didn't know what to do. He didn't know where to go. He stared into the darkness of the night, just thinking about what to do. It took Blu a while to calm down. And then the memories flooded back to him. Almost like a sudden wave of memories washed through his brain. He remembered Jewel telling him she was pregnant. This made Blu panic even more. Blu hunched over a little bit as he sat down. he rocked back and forth as he closed his eyes. He laid his wings on top of his head.

"Blu, I have to tell you something," The sound of Jewel's voice told him in his head as Blu thought of a flashback "I'm pregnant," Jewel screamed to him as she hugged him tightly. Her tears soaked Blu's feathers. Blu remembered jumping off the branch. That was one of the worst moments in his life.

"I'm okay with this," Blu's voice said to himself in his brain. Blu felt that he was about to cry.

"How was I ever okay with this," Blu said to himself. He didn't even know if the Scarlet Macaw died. He didn't know if he succeeded. "How could I abandon Jewel," Blu said to himself quietly "How could I do this to her, I don't deserve to be with her," Blu told himself. Blu worked his way up to his talons. His talons felt weak, almost like he hasn't used them in a forever. His whole body shook as he stood on his talons, but he balanced himself out after a few seconds. "I have to find Jewel," Blu told himself. He thought that this was his number one priority. But little did Blu know, he was about to witness something that would change his life forever. Blu spread his wings and began to take flight. but then something odd happened. Blu's wings were weak, almost like he hadn't used them in a while as well. Blu began to lose control of flying and he toppled off the counter. He screamed as he approached the hard floor. Blu made an impact with the floor in mere seconds.

"Ouch," Blu thought to himself as the pain from the fall pulsated through his body. Blu worked himself back up onto his talons again. He shook his head side to side, trying to clear up his blurry vision. "What the hell is going on with me," Blu thought to himself. Blu was now on the floor of the place he did not know yet. Blu spread his wings as he prepared for a second attempt to fly. He lifted himself off the ground slower this time. He flapped his wings as he hovered over the floor. He was flying perfectly fine now. His wings still felt weak for some reason, but he was expecting it this time. Blu was hovering a couple of feet over the ground, he was going to fly somewhere, but where. Blu didn't know where to go. Blu decided to go around the place and look for Jewel or for something that would catch his interest. But something stopped him. Not physically. Not in any harming way at all. It must've come through the front door, but Blu didn't hear it open the door. Blu noticed it in the corner of his eye. Blu turned his head quickly in a panic towards the thing that was approaching him. But when Blu looked at it, he calmed down a bit. He was surprised by what he was seeing. A small bird stood in front of him. The bird wasn't really close to him, but Blu could see the bird. The bird looked like a baby bird, not that old. Maybe that's why it was walking and not flying. The bird had Blue feathers, almost like Blu's feathers. This is what surprised Blu the most. This bird almost looked like him. Like it was another Blue Spix Macaw. Blu stared at the baby bird in a surprised look. He didn't know what to say. Blu landed back onto the ground quickly and put his wings back to his side. Blu noticed that a happy smile quickly spread across the bird's face. The bird turned around in what Blu guessed was the direction she came of.

"Mommy, mommy," The bird shouted out in a female voice "Daddy's awake.