Friends Or Foes

This isn't exactly the kind of chapter where it will be all happy families and everyone is skipping and dancing under the Brazilian flag. This is now the part where we will find out who the two figures are that helped RDJ out of that prison cell. Just in advance I thought I'd let you know that the characters that I will confirm belong to Emily The Scarlet. So thank you for allowing me to use your two characters. Now…let's get to it!

We Start At The Church…

Team samba club were waiting very patiently for their master and leader to return home to them. But some were more concerned than others after hearing that Aiden and Allie had no idea where he could be.

"And you have no idea where he could be?" Alex asked Aiden and Allie, who both shook their heads side to side as a no. "Then how is it that you two were last to see him?"

"After the argument with Lila, he took off and tried to find her and get her back. But once he disappeared into the city, we returned here. I'm sorry buddy!" The scarlet macaw apologised to the snowy owl, who sadly sighed in defeat.

"Well we can't just leave him out there? What if The Destroyer found him?" Tomada pointed out, feeling concerned the most for his best friend. "I say that we send a search party out there to find him!"

"Oooh! Can I go?! I really want to do some more for the team!" Andy beamed as he rose his machete proudly. "I want to slice some remainders in half."

"Nobody is going anywhere for the time being!" Jacqueline added to the conversation, even though she admired the bravery of the hyacinth macaw male.

"I don't know what you want me to say Tomada? All I know is that RDJ and Lila just got divorced and she flew away in tears. Then when RDJ went to chase her to get her back, Lila came back here in one peace, but he didn't." The pink macaw female explained, whilst scratching the back of her head. "I am really sorry that we couldn't have done more? But the only way we could have got here in time…"

"It's okay Allie. You did the best that you could do." Jameson remarked whilst nodding his head.

(She always does her best! Especially when you look at that chest!)

"Are you always going to be that annoying? Or do you plan on stopping any time soon?"

"Ughhh…well…let's just hope and pray that he is out there safe and sound right now. Last thing we want is for anything to happen to him…" Jacqueline remarked to the rest of the group, as she did slightly glance over her shoulder to gaze at a very silent Lila. Who only looked at her best friend with a straight face. Before turning away from her. "Please RDJ…come back to us…"

Somewhere In The City…

The Remainders were robbing all the locals of the city of their food, metal, wood and weapons. Leaving so many families vulnerable and scared, as they were losing their possessions. Or if they simply refused not to give up any of their items, they would lose family members or friends.

"GIVE ME YOUR KNIVES OLD LADY!" A military macaw punched a middle aged yellow macaw female in the chest and stole all of her weapons. As well as taking half her food and water.

"NO! YOU CAN'T! HOW WILL I SURVIVE?!" She screamed in sadness, begging for her stuff not to he stolen from her.

"Not my problem! Now piss off!" He punched her in the beak really powerfully and she fell flat on her back. Crying in pain whilst he ran away with her items.

As all of this was happening in the streets below, The Destroyer stood on top of the market stool with the hooded female macaw stood next to him. The whole city of the locals were trying to snatch back the items that were stolen from them. And the duo found this extremely funny, as both of them smirked evilly.

"Hehehe…You did well my son! Now we are edging closer to finishing what many others couldn't! Soon…The thugs will rule this world…and the assassins will be no more!" The female spoke in a dark tone, whilst placing a wing on his shoulder.

"Yep…now we just need to deal with one last loose end." The Destroyer spoke as he turned to face the female who had raised him. But instead of being respectful to her…he did something that rather surprised her. "I'm afraid that I am no longer in need of you anymore!"

"W-W-What?!" She widened her eyes in surprise once he said this, and she thought that he was only messing with her. "Oh come on now my boy? You seriously can't stand there and say you don't need me anymore?"

"What can I say? I am the leader of The Remainders, Lila and RDJ are no longer together, and the keys will soon be in my possession. You are not my concern anymore!"

"BUT I GAVE YOU THE LEADERSHIP?! I CREATED YOU!" The female went to take a swing at him, but Cameron and another blue throated macaw held her back. As she grumbled and growled at the male.

The Destroyer slowly approached her and slightly pulled his mask up so you can see his beak…but his face was still hidden from view.

"I created myself…you only taught me how not to die! Now…I no longer need you interfering with my plans! Farewell…mother!" The Destroyer pulled his mask back down and flew away from the female who revealed to be his mother.

"I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING?! EVERYTHING YOU GOT I GAVE YOU! AND YET…IT'S NEVER ENOUGH IS IT?!" She screamed in rage, whilst shaking Cameron and the other male off of her.

The Destroyer stopped in his tracks and turned around. Only to see the disappointment in his mother's eyes. But…he only showed her the eyes of a dangerous individual.

"You only gave me…what my father couldn't! You know why! Because you never once stopped telling me…about what he did? About what he did to us!"

"WHAT HE DID TO US AFFECTED BOTH OF US! YOU CAN'T JUST THROW ME ASIDE!" She screamed at him, whilst he continued to look at her in a mocking glance.

"Just watch me…" He darkly replied before nodding his head towards his two associates. Who nodded their heads in response and proceeded to escort her away.

"Hey! What are you doing?! You are making a big mistake!"

"Yeah Yeah grandma! Just beat it!" Cameron chuckled maliciously, before pushing the older female over onto the floor. Making her beak land face first in the sand.

As the duo henchmen laughed and high winged each other whilst flying away from the hooded female macaw. She wiped her face and feathers to get the sand off.

"Pffft! Pfft! Haaa…he wants…to throw me aside?! Just like that?! Well…maybe two can play at that game…" The female thought to herself as she spun around and wiped away her tears. "I'll just have to…turn the tables on him!"

Without any other words spoken, she left the scene in quite the hurry.

As she had left…someone was watching them from a distance. It happened to be none other than Maria the green winged macaw female. Who was sadly watching what The Remainders were doing to many of the birds in the city.

Children were losing their food, families were losing weapons and water. Others were killed for refusing to give up their supplies.

"Fuck me! These guys are relentless! RDJ was right about these guys!" She thought to herself and walked through a tight crack in a roof of a building. Which was known as the local library in the city. Palafoxiana library is one of the most exquisite libraries in Mexico and it's one of the most famous.

This is definitely somewhere that Martin or Blu would have enjoyed going to. Especially Bia since she became a bit of a book worm like her father.

The green winged female walked above the many bookshelves to find an empty shelf that served as her room. With what appeared to be a human sized couch cushion laying on the shelf. Which served as a mattress for her to sleep on.

But instead of herself lying on it, it was of course the sleeping male macaw RDJ. Who had a huge bruise on the back of his head. After being knocked unconscious by the birds who had saved him.

"Oh god…I leave him with Sylvia for five minutes and she is already snuggling with him!" Maria shakes her head from side to side and grabs her friend by the head feathers, waking her up whilst pulling her up.

"Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow! Hey! What was that…mmmm!"

"Shhhhh! Do you want to wake him up?!" Maria whispered annoyingly to her best friend, whilst she talked to her privately. "Who were those two strange individuals anyway?"

"I don't know? But they told me that they want to kill The Remainders." She replied in a whiny manner, scratching the back of her head.

"Ughhhh…this just gets more and more frustrating! Why is it that everything has to happen to me?! First I lose my love! Now I lose my life because of some stupid Remainders stealing everything from everyone!"

"I know right? When will the torture end?!"

Both of them lowered their heads in annoyance. Feeling that their lives have dramatically changed in the past couple of weeks. And not only do they have to now be on their guard 24/7. They now have to look out for any suspicious activity that either Fred or even The Destroyer does. Considering RDJ asked them to watch both of their movements.

The library around this time at night looked so bleak and gloomy, that it felt like an old abandoned city that had been empty for years.

Clearly this place had been raided and destroyed many years ago. But that didn't stop birds from taking shelter when it was either raining outside and needed to be dry in the rain. Or, they needed to hide in the cool shade to get out of the heatwave.

"Ahhhhhh…Owwww!"

"Oh shit! I think he's waking up?!" Maria kept tapping her friend on the shoulder. Which irritated the hell out of her.

RDJ slowly began to stir after waking up from his unconscious state. Realising that he was no longer standing in the jail cell where The Destroyer had trapped him.

"What the…huh? Where am I…Where is…Maria? Sylvia?" RDJ realised that Joe the two green winged females who he had met a while ago, were in his presence in front of him. "Where are we?"

"Well…some birds left you here a few hours ago. Some grey macaw and some hybrid girl. No idea who they were." Maria remarked as she passed him his water container. "How are you feeling?"

"A little sore…I'm feeling a bit weird after what happened." He rubbed the back of his neck whilst stretching his wings and talons. "The Destroyer kidnapped me…the next thing I knew I was saved by a couple of strangers who I haven't met before?"

"Yes! They told us to tell you that they are friends of the head of the assassins. But that's all they said before leaving again." Sylvia replied as she lowered her head. "Anyway, they also took the liberty of returning these."

Maria walked out from behind her best friend and held up a crate full of weapons that were taken from the assassin whilst being locked up.

He smiled in relief and began picking up his weapons to put in their right places. So glad to see that his items had been returned to him.

"What about my staff?" The blue and gold macaw male asked, once he finished wrapping his throwing knife belt around his waist.

"Oh that! I told the girl with the dark voice to leave it by your mattress! She agreed and left it there. But told us not to touch it, or we could die and burst into flames." Maria remarked whilst pulling over a cover so that he could see that the staff was there.

"Perfect! Now all I have to do is go back to the church!" RDJ beamed as he picked up the staff and walked straight past his two new friends. "Thank you girls. I appreciate you watching over me."

"Don't worry RDJ! Any time. Besides, we also gave some more information on Fred if you're interested?" Maria pointed out as she strolled besides him.

The mentioning of his brother's name really made his blood boil. Especially after watching him kiss his ex wife on the same day that they got divorced. So of course he was going to be a little silent after the mentioning of him.

"Go ahead."

"He broke into some old pharmacy in the city a couple of nights ago. And apparently he stole some medicine from the humans."

"And…how exactly does that help me?" He asked quite disappointed by their findings.

"He stole something called…called…what was that bottle of liquid called again Maria?" Sylvia asked her best friend, who stuck a wingtip up and checked the notes she wrote down. "Thankfully we know how to read and write since we once had the same owner teach us. Before they left the country."

"Here it is!" Maria exclaimed as she pointed to the product she wrote down. "Erex? Something like that."

"Hold on a moment…" The head of the assassins felt like a huge lightning bolt had struck him on the back of his neck. And his eyes immediately widened to the side of ping pong balls. "Why does that drug sound so…familiar?!"

He picked up his arrow bag and pulled out a small box which appeared to be the exact same colour box that Fred had in the same room where he was with Lila. "Oh my god…it's women's viagra drops for humans!"

"What the fuck?! Why would he want to steal that?!"

"Because he wanted to get close to my wife! And that's why I saw them kissing after we got divorced! He used some kind of…drug that humans use! Shit…I knew that Lila wouldn't go that far!" RDJ remarked whilst packing up his things.

"How did you manage to get a bottle of that…stuff?" Maria pondered as she saw him putting it away in his arrow bag.

"I took this from a bird out in Argentina a few years ago. Apparently they tried to drug females out there to have their way with them. But luckily I managed to stop them before they caused any trouble." The head of the assassins packed up his things and proceeded to leave. "Thank you again girls! I'll see you my around!"

RDJ flapped his wings and left the library with the full intention of going back to the church to check on his friends. Leaving the other two green winged females alone in the darkness.

Now…Let's Check In On The Destroyer…

The leader of the thugs was very adamant to attack as many of the locals in the city as possible. If his plan to rule the world would go into motion once more, he would need as much as possible. But he wasn't getting enough!

"Grrrrr! We have only a small amount of time left until my enemy finds the 4th key! And we are getting no closer to gathering as much as we need!" The Destruction that The Remainders were causing was too much to bear. The fact that they killed several innocent birds who didn't give up their possessions. And stole several things, was enough to know that they mean business when following orders from their leader. "RDJ cannot take anything else from us! He lost his wife at the moment, so he is already quite vulnerable. So we should be in the clear!"

"But what about your mother sir? Do you really think it was a good idea to get rid of her like that?" Cameron added whilst joining by his side.

"I don't need her Cameron! I only want those who are loyal to the cause, and those who want to put my interests best at heart! She only wanted what was best for herself!" He grumbled irritably whilst crossing his wings. "Are you trying to suggest that getting rid of her as a…stupid decision?" He rose his eyebrow in an evil snarl. Which sent a chilling shiver run down the blue throated macaw's spine.

"N-N-N-No! I-I-I was just saying that…M-M-Maybe she could have still been useful?"

"IDIOT!" The Destroyer picked him up with his talon and choked him vigorously whilst pinning him up against the wall. "Now…you know that I hate raising my voice…don't you?"

Instead of answering because his windpipe was currently being crushed by his master, he nodded his head quickly in fear.

"Now…If I decide to get rid of my mother…then that is what is going to happen!" The darker his voice got, the scarier he was. Causing Cameron to just stutter in such a petrified state.

"Y-Y-Y-Yes, m-m-m-master!" He stuttered whilst struggling for breath.

The Destroyer then threw him into the wall and pointed his wingtip at the injured male. "Listen, I need you to go to the salsa bar and stay there until I tell you to leave! You got that?"

"Yes master…"

"Good!" The older male flapped his wings and flew away from the blue throated macaw. Who took a few moments to catch his breath back. Before spinning around and flying off to the salsa bar as his master told him so to do.

Why was he to wait at the salsa bar?

Now Let's Head Back To The Church…

Lila was sat in the room that she had shared with RDJ. Clearing out some of her things so she could move into another room to give them some distance.

She separated her weapons, her cloak, even some of the extra supplies that she brought along with her. But there was one thing that she just couldn't take…and that was the crown from her wedding day.

The blue female sighed heavily as she placed it on the bed, and proceeded to turn around to leave. But just as she did so…the very last individual that she expected to see, was standing in the room behind her. "Oh…H-H-Hi…"

"Hi…" It was indeed her ex husband RDJ standing in the room behind her. But this time he had the staff in his wing. With his cloak all torn and shredded from being kidnapped by The Destroyer. "Listen…I just came here to get the location of the next key. I'll just get out of your way…"

"No no! Let me get out of your way! I'm just…taking my stuff from the room…and move it into Jacqui's…" Lila awkwardly replied with a saddened gaze.

"Right…so…you agreed to stay?" He asked softly, scratching the back of his head.

"Yeah…I ummmm…decided it was best for me to stay…"

"Right…Ummm…good! I'm glad you ughhh…decided to stay!" RDJ remarked in a soft tone, as he watched his now ex wife stroll past him awkwardly. "Wait Lila…"

"Yes?"

"I saw you…and Fred…kissing…" The blue and gold macaw spoke with a hurt tone, whilst lowering his wing to his side.

"Oh…Y-Y-You saw that?" The blue female stuttered nervously, as she saw how disappointed and upset he was about that. "Look, I'm sorry that you had to see that…"

"Don't be…"

"But I don't go kissing guys after we split up?"

"He actually dropped this in your drink…" The blue and gold macaw male showed her the box of liquid that he had. The very same one that Maria and Sylvia were talking about in the library.

"Wh-What is this strange…liquid?" She asked whilst taking a look at the strange object she was given.

"It's called women's viagra drops. It appears that Fred was trying to make you horny." RDJ grumbled in irritation, as he took the box back from her.

"Oh…" She looked down embarrassed by how she had behaved after her divorce. But of course…the part of RDJ that she always loved the most was his compassion towards her.

"It wasn't your fault Lila. Don't blame yourself for that…" For a brief moment the duo had gone silent. Feeling more and more awkward just standing there looking at each other like that.

But that was until a certain someone from the other room decided to break the silence.

"Hey RD-Oh…ummmm…I can come back a bit later…" Allie popped her head inside the room, and noticed that the former married couple were just shuffling their feet whilst trying to get over the awkward silence.

"No it's okay! I was just leaving anyway!" Lila remarked as she carried her stiff past the pink macaw, and into the other room.

As the pink macaw female watched her leave, RDJ scratched the back of his head. He also cleared his throat. And tapped her on the shoulder. "So, the fourth key?"

"Are you…" She pointed her wingtip at him and then over to Lila in a confused manner.

"We're fine! Just give me the location." He snapped his wingtips eagerly so he could get what he needed from her.

She didn't even question him and gave him the coordinates to the next key. Only for him to quickly place a wing on his heart.

"Mmmmm…ahhhhh…f-f-ffffuck! That's not good!" RDJ remarked as he felt a bolt of pain hit him on his heart. As he began to feel weak again in the chest.

"Are you okay mentor!"

"I'm fine! Just…mmmmm…" He held his heart as if he was having done kind of stroke. And it caused the head of the assassins to collapse on the floor. Much to the shock of everyone in the church.

"MENTOR!" Everybody apart from Lila chorused at the same time, rushing to his side.

"D-D-D-Dad….W-W-Why?! W-W-W…" And after he stuttered those small words, he immediately passed out. While everyone began to tend to their leader.

Lila on the other wing did feel very concerned about him…but she dared not show him after everything they had just gone through. But just as she was walking away, a wing grabbed her and pulled her straight into the other room. "Hey! What do you think…"

"Shhhhhh! You want the whole church to hear?!" A figure spoke in a deep tone whilst covering a wing over Lila's beak. "Listen to me…when the head of the assassins wakes up…tell him to go to the pyramid of the moon at sunset tonight! He must come alone!"

"Who the fuck are you?!" She cursed in a very quiet voice as the male turned to face her.

"The name's Reece…And my daughter, Gabriel…" The bird revealed that he had a daughter who was standing behind him. She winked at her and turned around to leave. As well as her father who instantly followed after her.

Lila blinked her eyes a few times in confusion after watching the duo depart. She was so confused as to why everything had happened so case. That she barely even paid attention. "I'm sorry but…who the hell were those guys?!"

Yes! Reece The Grey macaw has entered the story ladies and gentlemen! Thank you for letting me use your OC's buddy! And he also has a daughter himself…intrigued? We now know that the figure in the hood who was with The Destroyer was his own mother?! Now that he has thrown her aside, what will she want to do to him? Apologies for updating so late ladies and gentlemen, but I am due to head home today after having surgery so I've been a bit busy preparing for it as well as having it. So hopefully I'll be able to write more whilst I'm recovering, so I hope you guys can forgive me? Anyway just so you know, I'm feeling a lot better now and I'm hoping to get my next chapter written quicker! So without any other words for now, I'll see you all soon for the next chapter! Sorry again for the delay!