The Legion Of Thugs Return – Part 2

I obviously don't want to spoil the chapter that's about to come. But I gather that you may already know what is about to happen. Obviously in the last chapter, we saw that the locals were being terrorised in the city whilst Alex was in trouble back at the pyramid. Not only that, now Fred has the staff! And he plans to use it for chaos and pain! What will happen when RDJ gets back to the pyramid you ask? Let's wait and see…

We Start With Fred…

The clouds in the sky continued to strike B fear and pain into the locals of this beautiful city. As thunder and lightning appeared without any warning. Everyone tried to get out of the rain by running inside or hiding away from the torrential downpour. Rendering many of the birds incredibly miserable in such conditions.

But the main attention will go back to the pyramid in the city, where team samba club were staying, after the church had been attacked by Fred and his men.

Speaking of the evil hybrid macaw, he now doesn't wear his helmet anymore. After now revealing his true identity to his brother.

Currently, he was admiring the power that he has, with the staff and cubes within his possession.

"Yes…Yes! Ahhhhh…Finally…After all these years…The Legion Of The Thugs return! No longer will we be called The Remainders Olga…We are now…LOT! The Legion…"

"Of thugs, I get it!" The harpy eagle female rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Now that you are done with your evil shit, can we get the keys and get out of here?"

"What an interesting idea! Why don't you find the keys, and I will round up my men and prepare to leave for Belarus?" Fred replied with a sarcastic grin, before turning around and preparing for flight. Only to be stopped at the last second.

"You can't just leave me here alone Fred? What if the others come back?"

"Then just tell them that you are here looking for RDJ! Come on? Do you think that they will figure out what really happened here? Especially since you can finish off that little ball of…Wait…Where is the owl?" Fred pondered, realising the wounded snowy owl was no longer in the room with them.

"I'm not sure? But there is the trail of blood?" Olga pointed out to the floor to see that a few drops of blood were stained on this floor, as it was leading away from the duo. "Should I follow it?"

"Hmmmm…no…I've got a better idea…" Fred sinisterly whispered as he narrowed his eyes towards her. "We are going to wait until my brother arrives here with his friends…then we are going to follow him…"

"Follow him? Why would we do that?"

"Because my eagle friend…" Fred leaned in and playfully winked at her. "To beat an assassin…you must learn to think like an assassin…"

Now…Let's Head To Alex…

In fact…just as Fred and his new number two in command Olga had no idea where the snowy owl was.

He managed to staple the wound on his back to prevent himself from bleeding out. But unfortunately for him…the wound appeared right through his torso. Plus he was losing a lot more blood than he anticipated.

"Ahhhhh…I must…Get…The keys out of here…" Alex panted in agony, as blood was dripping from his beak.

His vision began too on feel very blurry with stains of blood…clearly showing the blood vessels in his eyeballs had burst. And he's becoming more faint and weak.

(Assassins Creed Theme – Lorne Balfe Starts Playing)

Soon…he felt that his talons began to give way…and he collapsed on the ground as he was walking away from the pyramid.

"Ahhhhh…F-F-Fuck…I…I need to rest…" Alex croaked…as he gradually sat down on the ground. With his back up against a dumpster. Clenching a bag to his chest which clearly had a he five keys in. "Haaaa…Haaaa…Where the fuck…are my friends…"

Let's Head To RDJ And Monifa…

"MENTOR! SLOW DOWN!" Monifa was worried about his heart giving way again, the pace he was flying at. He wasn't as young as he was when he first became aware of his own potential.

"I CAN'T LET HIM DIE MONIFA! I HAVE TO B SAVE HIM BEFORE OT'T TOO LATE!" The fear that he was experiencing inside his heart continued to grow. And his heart was beating more rapidly, especially as time had gone on. "I think…I think I see him?"

"What?! Where?"

"There! By that old shoe store by the mango cart!" RDJ called out as he quickly darted his head to the right. "Get Jameson and the others to meet us here! Go!"

"Yes mentor! As you wish!" Monifa bowed in mid air and dispersed to gather the others. As the blue and gold macaw proceeded to help the snowy owl male. Who looked like he was in a really bad state.

"ALEX!"

"About…Cough!…Bloody time…" Alex groaned in pain, holding his wound with his now blood stained wing. Feeling very faint after escaping the temple.

"Oh my god…what the fucking hell happened to you?!" RDJ panicked as he was rummaging through his arrow Hag to find some medical supplies.

"Fred…he's…he's in the pyramid…Olga…She…She's there…" The snowy owl began to stutter his words, feeling incredibly weak.

"Just hang in there buddy! We are going to get you some help!" RDJ looked over his shoulder to try and call someone over to them. "PLEASE! WE NEED A MEDIC!"

"Dude…"

"Just hang in there! Stay with me Alex! Stay with me! WE NEED A DOCTOR NOW!" He shouted even louder to some of the passing locals. But unfortunately for him, none of them speak any English.

"RDJ! STOP!" Alex panted in a loud voice, placing a wing on his shoulder.

The assassin stopped his hollering for a moment…noticing that the male owl's eyes began to squint…his wings trembled in weakness…and his chest and wings were now stained in blood.

"Listen…I…I don't have a lot of time…" His voice was so low, that even the faintest of whispers would be louder than him. "I need you to do something…for me…"

"Not again…No! Alex listen to me…I can save you! I just need my staff…"

"The staff is gone RDJ! Fred took it! He took the staff and the…ackkk…cubes…" Alex coughed up even more blood. As he felt the pulse in his wrist getting slower and lower. "Bro…Can you…Can you do me…a favour?"

Right at this moment, RDJ pulled his hood back to reveal his face. As he held his dying friend in his wings. With tears pouring down his cheeks.

"Please…Tell…Siax…T-T-Tell…S-Siax…haaaa…Tell Siax…"

"I will buddy…" RDJ already knew what he was going to say, so he beat him to it as he still felt him getting heavier and heavier. With his body growing colder and colder.

"Haaaa…Thank you…Th-Thank you…Thank you…haaaa…haaaaaa…"

"Alex…ALEX! ALEX!" RDJ kept shouting in rage as he felt Alex's head getting heavier and heavier.

"I…Love…You…B-B-Brother…aaaaaaaa…"

The Song Ends There…

And just like that…after the many many seconds that Alex still had after his battle with Olga…He disappeared from this world…A world that could never be the same for many of them…as the light disappeared from his eyes. He was no more…

"No…Not you too! Not…you…too…" RDJ cried in a soft and saddened manner, closing the eyes of the peaceful snowy owl. Before giving him his final respects. "Descanse em paz brother…May we see each other again in another…"

"No…NO! ALEX!"

Suddenly, Jameson came running at the blue and gold male and barged straight past him to get to his best friend.

"Alex? ALEX?! No…No no no no no! No! You can't die yet?! This isn't fair!" The black owl burst into tears, holding his head in his wings as he felt his icy cold body.

RDJ continued to sit there on the sandy floor, holding the keys in his wing. Staring down at them with groggy eyes. Breathing heavily with a heavy heart, blood dripping down his talons from where he tried to stop the blood.

Silence had filled the main square…as team samba club had arrived at the scene of the incident.

There were no words to describe how shocked they were to see Alex laying in the street like some bloody rag doll. With Jameson crying into his chest feathers…and RDJ laying only a few feet away from them…with his head turned away from them.

"Alex? N-N-No…No…Not you too…" Jewel whispered in horror, bursting into tears as Martin and Blu comforted her.

Jacqueline was silent because she had no words to describe what this meant to her.

"Alex…Why? Why does this keep happening?" Jaime whispered to nobody in particular, whilst Lila and Tomada patted him on the back.

"I know…Exactly…Why this keeps happening…" Jameson whispered angrily in between pauses…wiping away his tears before turning around. "Because of…YOU!"

Jameson pointed his wingtip at one particular individual. That particular individual was surprisingly the head of the assassins RDJ.

"What? How is it…his fault?" Lila asked in surprise, as she went to defend her husband. But the black owl instantly made his point clear.

"Don't you start defending him now! You divorce him and get back together with him! You may as well of just stayed away from him! Then maybe you won't die too!"

"Now that's enough Jameson, please don't have a go at my wife…" RDJ rose to his feet and tried to stop Jameson from losing his temper…but things then started to become even more intense.

"NO RDJ! YOU DID THIS! YOU KILLED HIM! YOU KILLED ALEX!" Jameson blurted out and issued his baseball bat to smack RDJ in the beak. Knocking him straight onto his back.

"JAMESON!" Tomada blurted out in annoyance. "STOP BLAMING HIM FOR…"

"FOR WHAT TOMADA?! FOR LETTING US ALL DIE?! ROBERTO? FERNANDO? ALEX?! WHO'S NEXT! YOU? ME? LILA?! EVERYONE IS DYING BECAUSE OF HIM!"

"Pffft…I hate sand…" RDJ muffled in pain, spouting sand out of his beak.

"OH? YOU DON'T LIKE SAND DO YOU?!" Jameson continued to show his emotions by picking up a wingful of sand. Throwing it into his eyes, temporarily blurring RDJ's vision.

"AHHHHH!" He whined in irritation, but that wasn't enough for him. As Jameson then shoved some into his beak and kicked him brutally.

"HOW'S THAT FOR YOU?! IT'S JUST SAND! GROW UP YOU FUCKING BABY!"

"THAT'S ENOUGH JAMESON! STOP BLAMING MY HUSBAND!" Lila jumped in again to defend her husband. As she believed he was going way too far. "IT'S NOT HIS FAULT THAT ALEX DIED! OR BETO! OR FERNANDO! IT'S THE DESTROYER'S FAULT! IT'S…"

"Fred…"

The black owl male and blue female stopped their shouting at each other, and shot their heads towards the voice.

A weakened blue and gold macaw pulled himself off of the round. Rubbing the sand away from his cheeks, which was a lot harder due to it previously being stained in tears.

"The Destroyer…Is…Fred…" RDJ spoke in a croaky tone of voice. "Haaaa…he did all of this…my parents murder…Zenon…Nigel…The thugs…Julio…Omar…Thomas…Armando…Felix…Hannah…It was all him."

Lila felt a few tears roll down her cheeks, with so much emotion welling up

Inside of her. It was difficult for her not to let any tears fall.

Everybody else were stunned into silence when he said such things. All of them had memories of the past flashing before their eyes.

The time Blu and Jewel played in the football match against The Jongo Club…

The time Tomada and Sorrel joined Alex, Nightfly, Jameson and the samba club when fighting against Armando…

The time Alex bashed Omar's skull in with his nunchucks…Or the time the flew to São Paulo to rescue Bia and killed Julio with firecrackers.

Even the time Lila helped to kill Zenon, by making him swallow a grenade…but undoubtedly, Jameson still had a lot more anger to let out.

"How long…have you known…" The black owl darkly whispered, tightening his wings into fists.

"It doesn't matter…all that matters is…" RDJ whispered in response…but he quickly got cut off by Jameson.

"How long?!" He asked a second time..raising his voice again to get him to say it.

RDJ sighed heavily in defeat. "I only found out last night…"

"So…you're telling me…that you could have killed him when you had the chance? TWICE!"

"How was I supposed to know he was The Destroyer huh?!" Tempers were flying between the two of them…as their voices got louder and louder.

"BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO KNOW EVERYTHING BEFORE IT HAPPENS?! IS THAT IT?! YOU KNEW BETO EOULD DIE?!"

"No! Of course not…"

"Ohhh! But I bet you knew Fernando would die huh?!"

"No…"

"Alex?"

"NO!"

"LIES! I BET YOU KNEW ALL OF THEM WOULD DIE! Maybe also you predicted you may have another child? Just so you could fuck your wife without a leaf to bring another child to fix some more future mistakes you will make!"

"Stop it…" RDJ felt the anger boiling up inside of him, and you could tell by his twitching that he was losing his patience.

"Why? Just because you know it's true?! I tell you what…you don't even deserve to go home and look your kids in the eye! Telling them that you killed your friends! Your family! Your loved ones!"

"Stop Jameson…That's an order!"

"Or what?! You are gonna kill me like you did Alex?! That's a classic RDJ move right there!"

"Stop it now!"

"You were always the one who was putting everyone at risk…When you are the one who deserves to die!"

"JAMESON!" Aiden was shocked beyond belief, placing a wing on his chest.

"You should have been this one to die in that tree hollow! Not your father and mother!"

"JAMESON!" Keith added, whilst he too was completely bewildered beyond belief.

"I hope you die a painful death! Just like your father!"

"NOW THAT IS ENOUGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

RDJ screamed at the top of his lungs and punched Jameson brutally in the stomach, before drop kicking him into a wall. Taking a lot of them by surprise.

"HONEY?!" Lila immediately widened her eyes in horror at what he did to the black owl. Who was now shuddering after the impact of him hitting the wall.

"Alex dying…was a huge…huge…misfortune.." RDJ darkly replied…his beak quivered in sadness. With tears rolling down his cheeks. "But what you are implying…is nothing short of a lie…"

"Oh please…"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP JAMESON! I NEVER ASKED FOR THIS!" He cut him off very rudely, whilst shaking his wings that were now tightly gripped into fists. "I wanted to come here alone…to finish what my father started…YOU ALL DIDN'T HAVE TO COME HERE!"

"But we wanted to…" Jameson sadly replied in response. Realising that he may have gone too far when passing the blame.

"I know…I know…haaaaa…" He sighed once more…not because he couldn't speak anymore. But because he felt a tightness in his chest, and he had to lower his voice to avoid another heart attack. "Haaa…But I understand…that I have put…a lot of you here at risk. And I am very sorry…for everything that had happened."

RDJ sighed again and pulled his hood down so that they could all see his face. Smiling at his friends, despite the pain that he endured during the argument with the black owl.

"Listen to me…all of you!" He addressed his friends and loved ones together, with a steady voice and a heavy heart. With so much love and respect for all of them. "I want to thank all of you…for what you have done for me on this journey! And I will always be grateful for the help you have given me."

Lila strolled by his side and laid her head on his shoulder, as he wrapped his wing around her lovingly.

"Aiden…You are one brave kid! I remember when we met a few months ago now…and I knew you as this quiet individual who reminded me so much of myself at that age." He smiled at him warmly, as Aiden did smirk a little as Allie kissed his cheek. "But you have learned so much in the past few months. And you taught me so much too! Thank you for your service my friend."

"It was an honour to serve with you, mentor!" The scarlet macaw male bowed in response to him.

"Allie…I remember when I saved your life in Columbia when you were just a little chick. But seeing how much you've grown in such a long time? It makes me realise that your mother would be so proud of you! Letti will be so proud of you!"

"Thank you RDJ…that means a lot!" Allie dried her damp cheeks with her wings.

"Monifa…you really have been a pain in my ass since the first day we met!" RDJ joked with her, causing her to giggle a little bit. "But what I will say, is that you have all the abilities necessary to be an amazing assassin! But of course…when The Destroyer will meet his end…The assassins will have won forever! So who knows what you could do next?"

"Who knows? Just as long as Keith is by my side, everything will he okay." The grey macaw giggles and blushed as the barn owl nuzzled her nose with his.

"Keith…I barely have much to say about you. Because we barely ever spoke. But…thank you for when you reunited me with my wife many years ago." RDJ nodded at the barn owl, who in response nodded at him too. "Maria…thank you for helping us when you had the chance."

"You're welcome mentor!" The green winged female beamed as she winked at him.

"Martin…you really have been a hilarious individual in the group. But you care about everyone as if they were your brothers of sisters! You are an inspiration for gay individuals. And I hope more birds out there could be as brave as brave as you to share their sexual orientation."

"Don't worry darling! Just as long as I'm alive, I'm gonna keep spreading the joy!" Martin snapped his wingtips in a sassy manner, making his friends laugh in amusement.

"Jaime…you have been like a brother to me ever since Argentina! You are a courageous blue jay. Plus I have no doubt that the kids you helped Lexi raise will one day be as courageous as you." The head of the assassins continued to smile at his friends, who all smiled back in response.

"Thank you master…" Jaime bowed in respect.

"Blu…I honestly think that you are one of the most selfless, kindest, and most nurturing individuals I have ever met in my entire life! You share so much love amongst everyone that it's important to realise how deeply we all share that same energy in return! Plus…you did a hell of a job getting a hot piece off ass wife…" RDJ chuckled in amusement, earning him a little playful slap from both Jewel and Lila.

"Well…I do think that I'm the lucky one to have an amazing wife like Jewel!" Blu remarked as he spanked her beloved on the butt a little. Making her giggle in response.

"Jewel…you have been one of my closest friends here since the day we first met. I remember when I first told you that my name was Emilio. And of course I was intrigued by you the first day we met. But…when you first met Blu in the samba club, I knew that you two were destined to be together! Although…I wouldn't have opposed to a three way with you and my wife…"

Both Jewel and Lila blushed uncontrollably when he said this, and giggled a lot under their wings. As RDJ chuckled a little and gave Blu a playful nudge.

"But seriously…thank you for being such a good friend to me!"

"You're welcome RDJ! I love you like a brother!" Jewel remarked in a sweet tone.

"Jacqueline…Jacqui…Come here!" RDJ opened up his wings to bring her in for a warm hug.

She agreed to the hug and patted him on the back, with Lila also joining in on the hug.

"Jacqui…you have been one of my closest friends since I arrived in Rio again. I remember when I met you for the first time I pulled you into a tree hollow by your head feathers to interrogate you…"

"What?" Lila pondered in surprise whilst looking at them funny. "You pulled her by her head feathers?"

"And held a knife to my throat…" Jacqueline added with a giggle.

"Honey? What the hell?!"

"What? For all I know at the time she could have been a spy!" RDJ spoke with a nervous glance when seeing how angry his wife was.

"Amyway…I'm glad that it was you who did that rather than some random guy! Beto always did know how I loved being pulled by my head feathers…really turns me on…" Jacqueline quivered whilst biting the bottom of her beak. "You definitely pulled in the right place."

"Okay, can everyone stop aiming sexual references at RDJ?! He's hot! He's sexy! We get it!" Blu angrily blurted out…but what he had just said set him up for a joke from Martin.

"Hmmmm…you think he's sexy huh? I always knew a part of you was gay…" Martin whispered in his ear.

"Ughhh…this is literally the way I deal with things back home!" RDJ thought in his head in annoyance. "Jacqui…I'm sorry that I couldn't save Roberto. But I'm glad that you decided to give things a go with Andy. I barely know the guy, but I want to thank you Andy for helping Mason and Florence save my life."

"No problem buddy! The pleasure was all mine!" Andy replied happily, kissing his new girlfriend on the cheek.

"Jameson…Buddy…" RDJ placed a wing on his shoulder after their huge argument. Jameson was in a state of guilt after all the mean things that he had said all of those hurtful mean things about him.

"RDJ…Bro…I'm so sorry…"

"Save it…You have every right to be upset with me. Alex was your best friend. He was one of mine too! I know a thing or two about losing a best friend…A friend that…I can't even remember the last thing I have ever said to him." RDJ sighed in pain, shedding a couple of tears. "But the things we will always remember…will be the good times we shared! But this is where those times stop…"

"What?! What are you talking about?!"

"Everyone…go home! Now! I am going to Belarus by myself to return the keys to the door."

"But…what about the staff? Fred has it?!" Lila remarked in horror.

"That's why I'm going to lure him to the sanctuary…then I will return the staff once I defeat him in fair combat…Cough…Cough…Cough!"

"Are you okay sweetie?" Lila asked in concern, wrapping her wing around his muscular shoulders.

"Yeah…Yeah I'm fine…" RDJ panted in exhaustion whilst clenching his chest. "Tomada…can I talk to you for a second?"

"Ughhh…Sure?" The female falcon was a bit surprised to be called out by his best friend. But he walked straight past him and his wife. Who was equally surprised by his words.

"I'll be back in a moment my love. I just need to discuss something with Tomada about taking care of the others while we return the staff and cubes." He whispered to her lovingly, locking beaks with hers only briefly.

"Okay sweetheart…don't keep me waiting too long now…" She seductively whispered, winking playfully at her beloved.

"Alright…" There was a certain…awkwardness behind the way he replied to her. It was almost as if he was…forcing himself to be happy:

RDJ strolled away from the group as they surrounded the deceased Alex to say their goodbyes. And To Ada was waiting for him on the top of a ledge that overlooked the fountains in the city. He admired the silence so much.

"Hey…thanks for talking to me." RDJ told him, patting him on the back. "I didn't really want to say anything in front of Lila you see."

"Yeah, I thought that it was a bit strange that you barely said a word in front of the others. It was almost as if you were telling us you were…dying or something?!" The falcon laughed in a hysterical manner.

But as for his best friend himself…he remained silent and kept a straight face. As he stated at the horizon. Causing the falcon to instantly stop…as he cocked his head to the side.

"RDJ? Is there…Is there something that I should know?" Tomada asked with a slight touch of fearfulness. Not really understanding the silence.

"Tomada…This has to be kept between you…and me…" The head of the assassins clenched his chest again in agony. Feeling close to almost passing out.

The male falcon blinked his eyes a couple of times in confusion, trying to find the right words to say. "How…How long have you known?"

"Five months…" RDJ gradually replied, without taking his eyes off of the horizon.

"And…How long did they say you…you have?"

For another moment there…he fell silent again once more. As he didn't want to say how long he had left. Just in case he made anyone feel upset. But that wasn't going to stop his best friend once more asking him more impatiently.

"How…LONG!"

"FIVE MONTHS OKAY?! FIVE MONTHS!" RDJ aggressively whispered back, making sure that nobody had heard them. Which luckily for them, they were all still in a deep mourning for the friend they had just lost. "But listen…I want you to do something very important for me!"

"Buddy…I can't…I can't believe you kept this from me? From all of us!" Tomada angrily mumbled, with tears rolling down his cheeks. "Why didn't you tell me?!"

"Because I knew that if I told you, then you would have wanted to come to Belarus with me! And I can't allow it! I have to be the one who finishes this…even if it means the sanctuary becomes my grave."

"But what about your friends? Your family? Loved ones?! What about them?!" He whispered louder himself, as he couldn't stop himself from shaking.

"They'll get over it! They should be used to death he now."

"Not you though?! You're the head of the assassins! There's no getting over that so easily!"

"Well…they'll have to! And you too!" RDJ replied in a calm tone, as he passed him what appeared to be some kind of envelope.

"Sniff…What is this?" He whimpered whilst examining the small envelope.

"There is a letter that I wrote to the team…When the time has come…I want you to read it to everyone back home…" The blue and gold male whispered before getting ready to walk away. "Just…promise me."

"Brother…I can't just…"

"Promise me!"

"You are not…"

"PROMISE…Me…" He spoke one last time, before walking away from his best friend…without saying another word.

Tomada once again lowered his gaze down towards the letter in his wings, before wiping his eyes with his wing. Then putting it away into the bag where he beeps his tomahawk. "I promise…my brother…I love you…I would do anything…for my family…"

R.I.P Alex, thank you so Lucy for allowing me to use your OC LoganJindrak! He will he sadly missed! Not only that…Fred now has the staff of Jair, RDJ is planning to back to Belarus to return the keys with Lila…but without everyone else. And of course RDJ told Tomada some truly shocking news! I bet you wasn't expecting that was you? Well…only 5 chapters left to go! So I'll see you all soon for Ch 41.