"Tulio Monteiro?" Asked the man again.
"Yes, I told you, what do you know?" Asked Tulio. The man was still hiding in his torn robe, but he approached Tulio and embraced him by the shoulder, trying to be as close to his face as possible.
"I know what you're here for. I know who you are looking for. I know how they got here. I know how to get them back." Replied the man in a rather quiet tone .
"I'm sorry, but we're not looking for anyone. We're just visiting here. Really." Tulio replied by snorting for a short while laughing, not believing initially for an accidental passer-by.
"Really? Could you lie? After all, you are an ornithologist and I know very well that you want them to be healthy and to survive. Am I lying?" Said the man. Tulio was a little surprised that the man knows so much about him. After all, they didn't even know each other. Or at least Tulio didn't remember this man.
"I'm sorry, do we even know each other?" Asked Tulio.
"I know a lot more about you than you think." The man answered briefly. Tulio turned back to look at Fernando and Linda. They also showed surprise, after all this man was telling facts that he shouldn't know in theory.
"You must have mistaken me for someone else... I think," Tulio said, and then he wanted to walk past him, but the man stopped him by hugging him tightly by the shoulder, making it impossible for him to move on.
"If you want to know where they are, come to me evenly at midnight. Equally at midnight" announced the man giving Tulio a folded sheet of paper. Then, as if nothing had left the port.
"You know who it was at all?" Linda asked a moment later, surprised by Linda's meeting, when she approached Tulio, who was standing with a folded sheet of paper.
"I don't know... I don't know... Who can it be," replied Tulio briefly, observing the man who was leaving them.
"And even though you unfolded the card and saw what was written on it," asked Linda. Tulio completely forgot about the card. Luckily, Linda reminded us of it. He looked at it for a while and then spread it out slowly. There was some kind of inscription on it that was written in a font that was not clear.
"Eixample".
"Eixample? is a street in this city," said Linda when she also saw the blurred inscription.
"Am I supposed to go to some poor guy at midnight in a strange neighbourhood? Really?" Tulio rhetorically asked.
"Do you have another way out? All we know is that they are in Barcelona. We need to have more precise information. He knows that. We will go with you. We'll go there together," warned Linda. Tulio was wondering for a moment. Though he knew he had no choice, he still didn't know why he was thinking about it.
"All right, then... We'll go there, but don't count on him to tell you something valuable," said Tulio. He took the bags in his hand, and then the three of them went to check in.
Meanwhile, Blu and Jewel were asleep. They were both placed in a cage, but were still in the room where they were both examined. Soon, after about 30 minutes, slowly, Blu was gaining consciousness.
He opened his eyes slowly, because the injection still had an effect on him, but it wasn't that strong, so he started to take away some consciousness. He was able to see that he was in the same cage. Next to him there was also Jewel. The injection was working on her and she didn't wake up. A moment later, when Blu had already had some consciousness and knowledge of the situation, he noticed two men who entered the room. One was the boy who gave them the shot and the other was a stranger.
Blu wasn't conscious enough to see his face. But he saw the boy who examined them show the other one his notes.
"Woah! It's really him! Impossible... And you're saying he learned to fly?" The stranger asked. The boy confirmed with a head movement. They both looked at the "unconscious" birds. Blu closed his one eye to pretend to be unconscious. He tried not to lose this consciousness with this as well, because he felt that the sleeping pill was still present in his body.
"All in all... And so they are the last representatives so what harm would it do to try? If it succeeds, it will be fine, if not... It will just be about one species less," said the stranger.
"This is what happens sometimes... We can't hide it. Let's face it, these two will never be seen again. Either they will be in my cage for the rest of their lives, or they will die if something goes wrong... It's difficult to say, isn't it?" Said the other one.
"There's no way to hide it... And when are you going to do it on them?" The stranger asked.
"Well... Maybe in 3 days or a week... I want to enjoy them, I spent a lot of money on them..." said the boy.
"It's a shame the previous species didn't work out," said the stranger.
"Yes... Unfortunately... Why don't we have a drink? We'll discuss the plan later," said the boy. The other one nodded. The boy who studied Blu and Jewel went up to the cage to make sure it was well closed. Once he was sure he went out with his friend, most likely, gently closing the door behind him.
Blu was terrified after what he heard. What experiments? What does that mean? On the other hand, he felt a little pride because he said to Jewel that this place was weird... For various reasons. But it was a pretty short thought, because he was still terrified that they were going to be subjected to some strange experiments. In experiments in which they may not survive. This may turn out to be in 3 days. Maybe in a week. Nobody knew when it could happen. However, he knew one thing, he knew it from the very beginning: you have to get out of here. It's best to get out as soon as possible, and not noticeably. But how to do it? This place seems to have no way out. Only the door can be a theoretical solution. But where to later?
There are security guards before leaving. So this exit is automatically eliminated. Blu was lying barely conscious for about 30 minutes, waiting for two boys to come back. However, half an hour passed and the room was still empty.
Blu slowly began to give up and realized that the drug was taking the initiative and most likely in a moment he would also be unconscious. However, he gathered his last strength to fight. He waited patiently, but still did not see anyone. Another 15 minutes have passed - not a trace of any man. Now Blu didn't see much at all, because his eyes were involuntarily closing. He tried to fight against it, but the drug was higher. Now he was just trying to listen to any sounds. But he didn't hear it either. Soon Blu fell asleep just like Jewel. The only thing he felt was that their frame was raised.
Many thanks to RiodanJaneiro97 for his help in writing the chapter! To the next chapter!