It was a rather turbulent night, during which Linda, Tulio and Fernando flew to Europe. It was raining and somewhere in the distance there was a storm brewing. They didn't know where they were at the moment, because they had to stop using phones (that's why everyone said that there are such conditions, that it would be better to stop using devices that supposedly "steal" time).
Tulio, like he used to browse through the books to find the same book, liked it very much as one might expect. Of course, he read it with breaks in-between, looking at more fantastic literary genres. However, he stayed with the one where he started reading. Linda recovered "Ania from the Green Hill", which was read by Fernando. He read quite a lot, almost half of it. The boy never flew on an airplane, so he fell asleep. He borrowed a pillow from Linda on which he comfortably leaned his head.
"Why are you taking care of him so much?" Tulio finally asked when he saw Linda taking care of the homeless boy. Linda took a look at Fernando. He was asleep and there was no indication that he would most likely wake up in a moment.
"What am I supposed to do with him? Don't you feel sorry for him too?" Asked Linda. Tulio closed his book. He was still holding it in his hands and turning it around. He stared at the woman for a while.
"Well... Yes, yes, I feel sorry for him... But I'm still angry with him..." Tulio replied.
"What if you were in his situation and could see an easy income? How would you do that?" said Linda. She tried to defend him. In fact, she didn't know why herself, but something told her she should do it.
"Well... I don't know how I know what he feels. Look, Linda, for me the life of these two birds is very important... Isn't Blu so important for you already? Is Fernando becoming more important?" Asked Tulio. Linda lowered her head down. What Tulio just said touched her, but he was right. Because of this boy she almost forgot why she was flying, why she was on the plane.
"Blu is still important to me... You don't even know how much!" Defended Linda.
"So why aren't you worried about him? You're not worried about where he might be now," asked Tulio.
"I care... I don't have the head to think about it now, I'm tired..." Linda answered. She took another pillow out of her backpack and put it under her head a moment later.
"Good night," said Linda when she closed her eyes and laid her head on her pillow. Tulio was left alone. He opened the book again and started reading it. He was almost at the end of the book. But he did not manage to read it that night. The crowd of thoughts made him tired. He fell asleep.
However, in Spain he arrived only in morning. The cold smell of the plants made Jewel really feel at home. If only she had lost her memory... She would really think she was in the Amazon! Jewel opened her eyes slowly, took a look around and saw that there was no Blu next to him.
"Where is..." she wanted to finish, but when she got up from the wet soil she saw a catapult that was connected to a vine.
"What?" Thought Jewel when she decided to approach him. The catapult was aimed around the door that led to the exit.
"Blu, what the hell is this?" Asked Jewel without looking back.
"Jewel, stop!" Shouted Blu immediately when he noticed how close Jewel was to one of the vines. However, it was too late. Jewel cut the rope, so a boulder that was already loaded fired up.
"Jewel, run!" Shouted Blu. Jewel saw a big bullet fly down. She was lucky enough to pull back and hide it at the last moment. The boulder fell straight onto the catapult.
"No!" He screamed coming to the machine, which was... Now it was a pile of splinters and everywhere there was grey dust, which made it difficult to breathe.
"Blu, what was it?" Asked Jewel when she saw the current pile of garbage.
"It was a weapon... Which was supposed to give us freedom..." said the resigned Blu.
"Ah... Come on, we're safe here... Come on, it's better to eat," proposed Jewel, floating in the air.
"We'll meet where we met yesterday!" Communicated Jewel when she disappeared from sight. Blu stuck his eyes on his mathematical formulas for a while. Nervous and at the same time resigned with feathers, he smeared them so that nothing was left of them.
"I'll think of something anyway," thought Blu when he left the scene of the accident. He walked a dozen or so meters until he reached the place where they decided to fix it. Blu also noted another thing: they are alive. What does it mean? It means that most probably only they live here, there are no animals here that would threaten them. He sat down comfortably and waited for Jewel to show up with breakfast. Again he felt bad, because it was Jewel who had to go to get breakfast for both of them - he had to stay, he couldn't fly. And that hurt him the most, in his previous life he didn't worry that he couldn't fly - a little bit of cunning was enough. And now? He can't even go for breakfast, because everything is far away and most likely every fruit grows on a tree. He could tie himself up, but it's too much effort and time for him.
Soon, however, Jewel appeared. Again she had these orange-like fruits in her clutches, mangoes. He had to eat them if he wanted to survive.
"I wonder if there are Brazil nuts here... I would so much like to feel their unique taste... " she sighed and thought about them, when they both started enjoying breakfast. A fresh breakfast. While eating, they did not generally talk to each other. From time to time they gave each other eyes. They were warm and nice. Soon after a few dozen minutes, seeds were left from the fruit, which were then thrown away over long distances by Blu and Jewel.
"We have to get out of here," said Blu after a longer silence.
"Why don't you like it here?" Asked Jewel.
"You wanted to be free... What happened to you?" Blu asked.
"You've been in a cage all your life and now you want to be free... what happened to you?" Said Jewel almost the same way. Blu just snorted a short laughter. He was surprised by this answer, but at the same time, as you can see, she laughed. Then suddenly a frame fell on them from above. They immediately felt surprised to see the same frame falling on them. They felt a little deceived, but they tried to stay calm.
"So that's the freedom you mean?" Asked the sarcastic Blu. A moment later, the door to the aviary opened and the same boy who put them away appeared.
Many thanks to RiodanJaneiro97 for his help in writing the chapter! To the next chapter!