The Unexpected Arrivals

I can imagine some of you are wondering what this chapter is going to be about correct? Well, from the previous chapter it was mentioned that RDJ's friends bumped into the female assassin before she told them where RDJ was. Also telling them to escort Lila to the church was part of the idea. But now we will find out which characters from team samba club have joined the adventure! Let's get right to it!

It had been several hours since our head of the assassins had any sleep…and you could tell that he was really struggling to keep his focus on the sky. Because he accidentally collided into Jameson a couple of times. And it caused the black owl to be very concerned about his well being.

"Dude, we can stop for a little while?" Jameson spoke up, trying to encourage one of his closest friends to rest for a moment. But it didn't matter how many times he would suggest it, the blue and gold macaw refused to stop flying.

"I'm fine…" Was all he replied, as he was still pretty irritated that they went against what he ordered them to do. "Why didn't you just do as your told? All I need to do is find the keys and be done with it!"

"Why can't we help you? No offence mentor, but you don't exactly look like you are coping very well?" The female assassin nervously spoke, as he just scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"Listen everyone, I am not a bird in his 40's! Yes I am old! Yes I am tired! Yes I am weaker than I was when I was a teenager! But don't forget, that coma I was in basically ruined my health! And my mentality from time to time. All I want right now is to see my wife!"

(Does she want to see you though? Please no…Please no…Please no for my luck! So when she's single I can give her a good fu…)

"WILL YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP?!" RDJ angrily growled at what Devil Darkness said. And he just turned to the hooded female. "Where is this church?!"

"It's right there! In front of our eyes mentor!" She giggled in amusement at how grumpy he was being.

The four birds flew together in a tight formation, while approaching what looked like a large abandoned cathedral. Which could only be described as a church that had been half way demolished and forgotten about.

RDJ was quite impressed with how it looked on the outside, and was curious to know more about it.

"So, what is this church called?"

"Well mentor, this church is called The Temple Of Santiago! Great place huh?"

"Why is it submerged in water?"

"It was built by Dominican friars in the mid 1600's, and they thought that one day this place would be a great population centre! But it never really lived up to the hype! Then after surviving the terrible plague in the late 18th century, that's where it fully became abandoned! Then of course the reservoir flooded in 1966 and then the church resurfaced in 2002!" Allie explained the details of the church, and both RDJ and Jameson were very impressed with the knowledge she possessed.

"Wow, you seem to know a lot about this place?" RDJ asked the pink female with a warm smile. While she just blushed deeply in embarrassment.

"Well…after I left Columbia when I was 15, I travelled to Mexico to learn about the architecture and books of the world! I am absolutely obsessed with Ancient literature!"

"Really?! Because, I was hoping someone could…oh shit!" RDJ immediately landed on the roof of the church and started mentally slapping his forehead in frustration. "My bow and arrows! The book on the keys locations! I think I may have left them in the beach hut!"

"Actually…" The hooded assassin pulled something out from underneath her cloak, and it revealed to be exactly what her mentor was looking for.

"No freaking way!" The blue and gold male grasped them in his wings and examined the items a little closer. "How did you get these?!"

"Well after I bumped into your friends, some scarlet macaw teenager named Raul took these from the hut. And gave them to me to give to you! He said that they looked important?"

"Raul huh? When I see him next I'll have to tell him thank you!" He remarked with a warm smile, while slinging the arrow bag over his shoulder.

"Why don't you tell him right now? He's standing inside of the church!"

RDJ nodded his head and hopped through the bell tower entrance to the church. Then he descended to some steel beam that was holding everything together. His friends followed him closely behind and they noticed that the structure was still intact. Regardless of the church being over 400 years old.

"How long have you been here for?" RDJ asked the female, who hopped on top of a beam that was alongside him.

"I arrived here yesterday morning. I'm not from around here you see! But, after discovering this place I couldn't help but set up a safe house here. None of the remainders would dare to look for us here." The hooded female responded before jumping over to a wooden platform. Then she poked her head inside and called out a certain someone's name, who RDJ couldn't wait to hear. "Lila! We are back! And your husband is safe and sound!"

"RDJ?!" Lila immediately got up from her seat and saw her husband strolling inside of the hidden room with a bright smile on his face. "Honey…I'm so glad you're okay!" The purple eyed female ran up to him and wrapped her wings around him in a loving embrace. Kidding him passionately on the beak.

"Well, I see you had a good time tonight!" RDJ chuckled in amusement as he went for another kiss, but his wife pulled her head back and smirked in an unamused way.

"A good time?! Your so called brother insulted you to me! Saying that you being weaker due to your coma is the reason our marriage has been pretty rocky lately!"

"He said that? He doesn't even know me?"

"I know, that's what I said!" Lila agreed with him, before letting him it his stuff down on a shelf near the window.

"Well I'll have to ask him why he wants to belittle me to my wife! Surely he can't be doing it out of spite?"

(Maybe he's trying to steal your wife from you?)

Devil Darkness asked as Jameson sat down on what looked like a hammock hung up on the inside of the church.

"Why would he want to do that? Come on? I doubt my brother who I barely know has been trying to steal my wife from me!" RDJ chuckled before rubbing Lila's back affectionately. "We only arrived here today! I think he was probably just making assumptions about me because of the birds I've maybe killed."

But before anyone else decided to speak up, a certain someone's voice was heard from another room. Which caused the assassin to feel a bit surprised. "Hey! That's cheating! You can't put an ace down on top of a five if they aren't the same suit!"

"What the…" RDJ stormed right past his wife, and poked his head into the next room. And within this one room…he gazed at some of the birds who also decided to disobey his orders. "Keith? Fernando? Jaime? Roberto! Jacqueline! Alex?! Andy?! What the hell are you guys doing he…"

"Sorry for the long bathroom break guys! I was just…oh! Hey buddy!" Another voice entered the room also. A certain falcon that the assassin was very close friends with.

"Tomada?!"

"Hey RDJ!" All of them beamed at the same time and went to greet him. But he stuck his wing up at them in an irritated way.

"Why the hell did all of you decide to come here?! I told you guys I didn't need any help!" RDJ was very adamant that he could do the job of finding the keys himself. But what they said next…would hurt his feelings a little bit.

"Originally we weren't going to join you and stay home! But after we received your letter, we also got a message from Lila about you guys coming to Mexico! In the letter she told us that you needed our help to find the keys faster!" Andy explained in a calm tone, as the hyacinth male relaxed on a stool.

The blue and gold male slowly spun around with a saddened look on his face. Then when he locked eyes with his beloved, she gulped anxiously and began playing with her head feathers.

"Hehehe…surprise?" The blue female wasn't sure on how to reply. Because she knew that her husband didn't want any help. But decided to ask for it anyway.

"Why did you tell them to come here? Do you think that I can't do this on my own?" He strolled up to her with a questionable look.

"No! Of course not! I just…don't know if…your health would benefit from doing it all on your own?"

"That's just perfect isn't it! I thought you would trust me to do this! But you go ahead and make plans without telling me! How could you be so selfish?!" RDJ and Lila shook angrily, then both of them narrowed their eyes at each other. As an argument started brewing.

"Me?! Selfish?! HA! That's a bit rich coming from someone who tried to sweet talk his way out of a night with me to do your fucking book thing!" Lila immediately started to agree with what Fred was saying back at the club. Her anger was growing from the comments she was receiving from her husband.

"I wanted you to have a fun night…" RDJ simply replied as he didn't look away for a second. Trying to get his point across…but Lila also had a point she wanted to speak up on.

"And I would have done if you stayed with me! Instead of abandoning me like some terrible husband!" The purple eyed female argued back. As their friends just watched on in horror, while trying not to get involved.

"Abandoning you?!"

"Yes!"

"I did no such thing! I wasn't allowed in! You saw it for yourself!"

"That didn't stop you from trying to get away from the evening! You can be such an asshole sometimes!" She insulted him in a rude manner, poking his chest with her wingtip in the same angered state.

"Guys? Please can we not do this right now?" Jaime spoke up to try and calm them down, but the blue jay male was completely ignored by both of them.

"Oh, is that right!" RDJ sarcastically replied, giving her a poke on her left breast. Which didn't amuse her at all.

"Yes that's right!"

"Well then! Maybe if I'm such a TERRIBLE husband! Maybe you should go and let my brother flirt with you some more! Then maybe you will not be such a grumpy bird!"

"Hmmm, not a bad idea! Maybe he will actually show me the respect a wife deserves!"

(I'd give you the respect you deserve! Come and flirt with me!)

Devil Darkness spoke in a creepy tone, causing Tomada to slap him on the back of his head.

"WILL BOTH OF YOU CUT IT OUT?!"

Jacqueline screamed at the top of her lungs, as she cut in between the two of them. And pushed both of them slightly away.

"You're supposed to be supporting each other as a married couple! Not grab each other's throats and yelling at one another! Both of you need to grow up!" The blue female bellowed at her best friend and the head of the assassins. Who both looked down at the floor in defeat. "Now…RDJ, apologise to Lila for calling her selfish!"

"I'm sorry honey…I shouldn't have said that!" RDJ replied with a sincere manner. As he did look at her with a saddened frown.

"Good! Now Lila…apologise for calling him an asshole!" Jacqueline raised her voice a little more, because she wasn't letting her get away with it either.

"You're not an asshole sweetie. I'm sorry too!" Lila approached her husband and hugged him warmly. As she rested her head on his shoulder.

(Booooo! Why could you not let me just have some tail for once!)

"Oh will you just shut up!" Alex spoke to Devil Darkness before rolling his eyes.

"Okay…now that everything has sort of calmed down now, I think it is about time I told you who I really was!" The female assassin in the hood spoke up. As she pulled her hood down to reveal her face. But as soon as she did, everyone looked at her in confusion. "My name is Monifa! And if you haven't guessed already, I am an African grey macaw!"

"A what?" Roberto replied, as he didn't hear of that kind of species before.

"What are you doing here Monifa?" RDJ asked in curiosity as he pulled his hood down to show her his face.

"Originally I came from Egypt! I was born in Cairo after my parents moved there many years ago! I trained in the assassin arts as well as being the head royal guard of the king and queen! Of course after the dickhead over there betrayed them!" Monifa narrowed her eyes at the muscular barn owl in the corner of the room. Who crossed his wings and growled at her.

"Fuck you Monifa! I paid my dues and switched sides!" Keith replied bitterly, really not liking who this newcomer was saying to him.

"Anyway…One day after I finished mastering the art of my Kohpesh, I received several letters from Siax about the head of the assassins travelling to Belarus to return the staff and cube! So I thought maybe I would come along and help you with your journey! But after I arrived there, I then found out from one of the locals in Minsk that most of the guards moved onto Mexico. Which means it was probably a day before you arrived there! A day and a half later, here I am!" She beamed happily as she finished her speech, but then when she finished she kneeled on the ground and bowed her head in respect. "Mentor…I seek your guidance and teachings to further my knowledge of the assassin arts! I wish for you to tutor me whilst helping you on your journey!"

The blue and gold male widened his eyes in surprise, then took a couple of steps backwards. He wasn't really sure wether he could even think to take on a student at this time. Especially since he already has enough trouble on his wings.

"Haha! Good one! I'm sorry Monica…"

"Monifa!" She corrected him, before bowing again in respect.

"Monifa…I'm sorry but…I'm not looking to take any students on right now." The blue and gold male responded before grabbing the book and passing it to Allie to take a look at it. "I just need someone to find the secrets of the…"

"But you have to! You're the head of our order! I wouldn't have come all this way for nothing, you know that right?!" Monifa spoke with the same calm tone, without daring to look him in the eye.

"Yes, and as the head of our order I'm saying no!" RDJ replied before turning back to face the pink female, who already started going through the pages in the book. But the grey macaw still wasn't done yet.

"Why not?" She rose her head up and arched a curious eyebrow. "I am already a great fighter! I just want to learn from the best!"

"Because…I…I have a lot to do right now! And I don't want anyone getting in my way or slowing me down!"

"You're already slowing down as it is…" Lila replied in a cheeky manner, as she brushed past him to stand next to her best friend. The blue and gold male narrowed his eyes at her in annoyance. Then turned back towards Monifa.

"Look…I don't know what you want me to do? You already seem to be trained in the arts very well. Why would you need my guidance?"

"Because…Because…I still need help! Listen…I realise that I still have a lot to learn until I'm ready to run my own guild back home in Cairo. Especially after Iris left the guild we were an assassin short! And she was one damn good assassin."

"Who's running it right now?"

"My friend does…but my parents originally put me in charge! But after I read Siax's letter, I wanted to come here and further my skills to be strong enough to run it when I get home! Please mentor…I want to learn!"

"W-W-Well…I…" RDJ was kind of stuck in a difficult position here. He turned to face his wife who only smiled at him, and nodded to say he should do it. His friends also thought he should. Apart from Keith of course who still had a bit of irritancy towards her. Then of course he looked back into her eyes. Which looked quite sad and desperate. So without even thinking of another excuse, he sighed heavily and rubbed his face with his wing. "Okay, fine! But you slow me down, you are back on the first plane to Egypt!"

"Oooh thank you mentor! I promise I won't let you down!" Monifa jumped to her talons excitedly and clapped her wings together.

"Ughhh…what did I get myself into?" RDJ thought to himself in frustration, as he strolled back over to Allie. Who was currently trying to decipher some ancient text, that could help him locate the first key.

While this was happening, Jacqueline pulled Lila aside and started talking in another room. Just so that RDJ couldn't hear what they were talking about.

"So…how's it going with him?" Jacqueline asked her best friend anxiously, seeing her best friend feeling a little bit uncomfortable.

"I'll be honest with you Jacqui…he is trying! He's been trying so much since we first arrived here. But all of these…things keep getting in our way! Now I don't know what to think. Right now I feel like he's putting his assassin needs ahead of my own. And it actually makes me look like I don't matter to him anymore." Lila sadly explained while leaning up against the podium.

"That's crazy Lila! Of course he cares about you. You know that if things were different, and he didn't need to return the staff or the cube. Maybe he would have spent all that time with you and the kids? Don't forget Lila…this to him is the last thing he needs to do to honour his father's memory?" Jacqueline explained warmly, placing a wing on her shoulder comfortably. "Don't worry about it! And besides, now that you have your bestie here, we can do girl things while RDJ is finding the keys!"

"That's true! I'm so glad that you're here Jacqui! It would have been much worse if I was stuck in that awful building with…"

"BROTHER!"

"AHHHHHHHHH!" Lila immediately screamed in a high pitch tone and RDJ instantly got nervous and ran over to his beloved. Only to see that his brother was standing there, with a certain something in his wings.

"FRED! Don't scare us like that!" RDJ shouted at his brother in annoyance before looking at what he brought with him. "Oh! You brought the staff! Thank you!"

"Don't mention it! I thought you might have needed this, so I found it in your room after coming back from the bar." Fred replied as he gave it to his brother. Once he did so, he also noticed the presence of many other birds in the room. And he became a little nervous considering he hadn't met any of them before. "Wow…there's ummm…so many of you?"

Lila was still disgusted by Fred's little display back at the salsa bar. So she hugged RDJ closer to her, as he continued to talk.

"Everyone, this is my brother Fred! Fred! These are my friends!" RDJ introduced him to his friends from Rio, who all waved at him in a friendly manner…all apart from Tomada, Jameson and Alex. But why was that the case?

"It's nice to meet you all! Brother, where were you? Did you find out the information you wanted to know?" The male blue and gold macaw asked as he stood opposite of his brother.

"Not yet. But listen…I saw the leader of The Remainders! The Destroyer…he's here! In Mexico!" RDJ warned him in a fearful manner.

"The Destroyer?! But…I thought he was dead?"

"I did too. But he's alive! He kidnapped me and took me to fight in some kind of pit! A jaguar nearly killed us!"

"A jaguar? How the hell did he get a jaguar?" Fred responded quite horrified by what he heard.

"I don't know…but now I think he will be searching the city for us! So…I think it's probably best that myself and Lila stay here. It's safer for us!" RDJ responded as he wrapped his wing around her. And she slightly stood behind him. When he noticed this, he remembered what she told him about what happened back at the salsa bar. "Just one quick question…why did you assume that because my health isn't great, that's the reason why our marriage has been a bit rocky?"

"Oooh that! I just thought that you wasn't satisfying her because you might not have the energy?"

"What?! Of course I can satisfy her! How could you say something like that?!"

"I know, I'm sorry! It's just that…I remember when my wife was murdered many years ago by some thug! And…I couldn't save her! So, when I saw that Lila was upset about her husband not being there for her I was trying to relate! I realise now that I spoke without thinking…I was way out of line. Lila…RDJ…can you forgive me?" He pleaded with sorrow in his eyes.

RDJ looked at Lila with the same questionable glance. Then both of them just shrugged their shoulders and turned back around to face him.

"We forgive you!" Both of then said at the same time. Causing the older blue and gold male to feel a sigh of relief.

"Thank you! Now, I better get back to my place! It will be too dangerous to be out in the open during the night. That's when the remainders do their patrol of the city! Night everyone, it was nice meeting you all!" Fred waved his wing at all of them and clapped his wings before leaving the church.

Causing the samba club team, Monifa, Allie and Raul to turn towards RDJ. They had a lot of questions to ask him. With Tomada being the first one to ask.

"Ummm, you never told us that your brother is still alive?" The falcon asked with an eyebrow raised.

"I never knew until a few hours ago!" RDJ replied as he scratched the back of his head.

(I don't know about you guys, but something is off about that guy?)

Devil Darkness was pretty suspicious about him. But Jaime thought he was being paranoid.

"Don't worry about it! He doesn't seem like something's off about him? Your just overthinking it!" The blue jay patted Jameson on the shoulder.

"He has a point? How did he know where we were?" Lila pointed out with a weird look.

"Maybe he saw us flying away from the pit and followed us?"

"Oooor, maybe he really is out to steal your wife?" Roberto agreed with Devil Darkness, placing his crossbow on the floor.

"Look, I think if he was out to steal Lila from me he would have killed me! But as you can tell, The Destroyer is here in the city! And he is our main threat!" RDJ spoke before turning back to the pink female.

"I got it! I know where the first key is located!" Allie beamed happily as she marked out where it was on a small map that Raul found on the city. "Thanks Raul!"

"No problem! I think I'm gonna enjoy doing this, rather than being with a bunch of dumb teenagers!" The scarlet teen positively replied, as the head of the assassins smiled at him and patted him on the back.

"Now you are starting to think logically kid! Right…so where am I headed?"

"There is an ancient burial tomb on the west coast of the city. I think you should be able to find it rather quickly!" Allie responded as she passed the map to him.

"Perfect! Okay, here's the plan. I will take Monifa and Tomada to find the first key. Alex, Jameson, Roberto. I need the three of you to do a patrol of the borders to look out for any of the remainders. Jaime, Keith, Fernando. I want the three of you to guard the church and make sure nobody knows where we are! As for Jacqueline, can you stay here and keep Lila company?" RDJ explained his plan, causing everyone to nod their heads in understanding.

(Can Allie come with us?)

"No Devil Darkness, I need her to also stay here to find out the locations of the other keys. The sooner we get this done, the sooner we can get home!"

RDJ slowly pulled his hood back up and picked up his bow and arrows. Then he left the room to head out to the spoken location.

Lila sighed heavily in sadness and turned away slightly. But just before she walked away, a certain someone whispered something sweet in her ear.

"Almost forgot…see you later tonight my love!" RDJ came back and spun her around before passionately kissing her on the beak. Making her giggle and blush deeply. Then he turned back around, and left the church with Monifa and Tomada following as they set out on their journey to find the first key.

As for the others, they all did as they were told and prepared for departure themselves. As things in Mexico started to heat up.

Indeed it did! RDJ now knows the location of the first key, but now he has to face the fact his friends have now come to help him on his journey. Lila and RDJ got into their second argument in the story so far, and it was a pretty big one! Before Jacqueline managed to calm both of them down! Fred brought the staff from his base to the church for his brother…but…why is it that Devil Darkness, Roberto, Alex and Tomada feel that something is off with him? Who knows? And now the female assassin revealed herself to be Monifa! A grey African macaw who has now got RDJ as a personal mentor to help increase her assassin training to another level! Want to know how they all get on? You'll find out in the next chapter! See you all soon!