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Chapter 14 : Cross The Line

"What do you mean?" asked Jewel, looking at him with a puzzled look.

Blu stares at the map in front of him stiffly. His eyeballs move to observe the things on the map. Icons, signs, paths, and its informations. However, from the many icons on the map, he only surprised at one thing...

"Border..." he muttered.

"Border?" she asked, still looking confused.

"State border more precisely." he replied, "This city is the outermost city in this country. We're now in the country called Midtown, whereas the Tungsin Hill is in a country called Icycok." he explains while reading the information on the map,"There's no way we can cross the border!"

"Wh-what? There's such a thing here!?" Jewel looked desperate,"So, what about her? We don't have much time."

They fell in silence, just the reverberation, and glare of the vehicle lights occasionally illuminated their faces in the faint darkness of the city park at night. Blu repeatedly flipped through the map sheets, while Jewel is just sitting on a park bench while bowing her face. Suddenly, she looked up with a hopeful smile.

"Wait, Blu...! We can cross the border... no one will know." said Jewel, with a smile, breaking the silence,"We can jump over the fence, and break through the border. Didn't you forget?"

"All right!" Blu looks happy after heard her words, "You're a genius, Jewel. Why didn't I remember that."

"Well, not really..." she replied, but before she has finished, her wings are suddenly pulled by Blu who was started running, "Eh...!"

"Come on... we don't have much time, right?" he exclaimed, still pulling her wings.

They ran together, and get out of park. Determined to surpass the tall skyscrapers, with a high leap. Though they didn't get beyond the skyscrapers, they're still able to grab the edge of the roof. The roof of a half-ball building, with gigantic and tall pillar facing the sky. The roof was entirely made of clear glass, so they could see the people beneath it looking at them with shocked faces.

"B-Blu...?" Jewel said nervously, as she managed to grab the roof of a skyscraper with him, "Could you let go of my wing?"

Blu is looking around when suddenly startled by her words, "Huh?" Then he realizes if he still grasps her wing, "Ah... sorry." He replied nervously.

Jewel just replied with an awkward smile, while hiding her flushed face, and at that moment she realized if below her...

"Jewel..." said Blu, "We need to hurry..."

"St-stop pulling me!" she exclaimed nervously, as Blu tried to grab her wing, "I can do it myself...!"

"Fine. But..." he hasn't finished speaking yet, when Jewel suddenly jumped and caused a crack in the glass roof, "What's wrong with her?" He asked himself.

Then...

"Hey, Boy! What are you doing up there?!" Shouted a voice coming from under the roof,"It's dangerous up there, you know!" Apparently the voice came from the security guard in the building.

"This is bad..." muttered Blu, "Sorry..." He said, and without another word, he immediately jumped and go after Jewel who began to disappear in the distance.

The people who saw Blu jumped off the roof are gaping in awe, but also surprised.

"Who is that kid?" ; "Has he just jumped off roof?" ; "This must be a dream!" ; "This is a lie, isn't it?"

Meanwhile, Jewel still jumps from the roof to the another roof when she looked behind and realizes Blu has left behind. Therefore, she chose to stop for a moment on one of the roofs, and looking around. She waited for a moment with a breeze stroking her feather.

"You always..." Suddenly a voice came from behind her, and startled her.

Jewel slowly turned her head, and looked at Blu who was standing on a horizontal pole.

However, Jewel's reaction just laughed nervously, "Well, it looks like you're faster than me..." she replied casually.

Blu just silent...

"Anyway, we need to hurry up..." said Jewel. Just before she was about to jump back...

"Where are you going, Jewel?" Blu asked coldly, "Tungsin Hill is there." he pointed to his right.

"I-I know..." she replied.

And Blu... smiled, "Wait, Jewel." He said, just before she wanted to jumped again.

"Not again!" She exclaimed irritably.

"We shouldn't jump for a while. It can make people who see us startled and confused, or even causes panic."

After Blu has explained, he immediately flopped, and made Jewel stunned. She was running to the edge and saw what happened... apparently, Blu is now standing on a giant air balloon that flying low among the skyscrapers.

"Over here, Jewel!" cried Blu, calling her, "Come here..."

Jewel immediately caught up with him and landed next to him. However, it seems that she hasn't been able to control her strength, because place where she has landed, the outer layer of the balloon was bent. Luckily, the coating is made of metal, so it doesn't affect it, and only caused little damage.

"Why air balloon?" she asked.

"This air balloon is moving in the same direction as us. We'd better ride along with it, and save our energy." He answered,"We both have no idea what we'll face there, so we have to prepare ourselves."

"I- I see..." she replied.

"Besides, if we're here, nobody will see us doing anything weird like jumping over those buildings." He continued...

"Well, even though it's a lot of fun..." said Jewel, somewhat disappointed.

"Don't worry..." muttered Blu, with a small smile, "We will do it again... together."

"Really?" asked Jewel eagerly,"But..." she began to feel awkward,"Together...?"

"Ah..." Blu replied nervously, "Anyway... we can rest for a while up here. In about ten minutes we will arrive at the border." he continued, ignoring her question.

Eight minutes passed, the air balloon they piled on, began to approach the border, they could see the frontier fence guarded by military forces and some small flying objects similar to drones. They could see clearly the border, which began to appear on the horizon.

"A little further..." said Jewel, lying face down on an air balloon, trying to hide from the border guards. She was wondering that she didn't hear Blu's response, therefore, she got up and looked around to look for him, "Blu...?" she saw him standing on the edge.

"Come on Jewel, we'll go the other way." said Blu, standing on the edge.

Without asking why, Jewel approached him and heard him whisper something, "As you wish..."

"...!" Jewel was startled because suddenly Blu is pulling her wings and jumped together, heading in the opposite direction from the border.

They are now jumping higher... jumping while holding wings to each other, making them both awkward.

"Here we go...!" shouted Blu in the air, then stomped their talons on the roof of the tallest building in the city and turned toward the northeast... to a new area.

"Okay, Jewel. Let's do this..." Blu took off his grip shortly after landed their talons on the roof, and then jumped again.

"Alright...!" Jewel exclaimed excitedly following Blu who was already in the air.

"You're too slow...!" He shouted.

"Shut up...!" She exclaimed irritably.

They are like a couple who fly elegantly in the dark sky. Cold winds stroked their feathers, accompanied by shouts of joy. They are now flying northeast, crossing the border with ease. Military troops as well as small robots floating in the air are unaware if there are two blue birds who were crossing the border illegally. The two blue birds are too high to be detected by the border guards. And now, they are flying calmly across the border.

"We did it, Blu...!" Jewel said, looking down, and realized that they've crossed the heavily guarded border with ease.

"Yes...!" answered Blu, also looking down.

"So, where is that hill? Tungsin Hill?" asked Jewel.

"We have to land first..." answered Blu, looking around. An environment, that's completely unknown to him, "I think it's safe now if we land here. After all, we can't fly forever."

"Okay..." replied Jewel.

Moments later, they both slowly descended to the surface. A new area for them, on an alien planet. They land on a flat land, but have hills that extend from north to east. The surroundings are really dark, with no light source. There is only dim light coming from the city. The land is overgrown with brown grass, and wild plants, with rare shady trees, it can be said... this is a meadow.

Blu was landed his talons on this land. Looks like he's getting used to the gravity on this planet, because he's able to withstand his power not to destroy the land where he landed. However Jewel, she's not used to the gravity on this planet yet. The place where she has landed was completely collapsed...

"As usual..." muttered Blu, looking at her.

"Oh, no..." murmured Jewel, after she landed with one talon sinking into the ground.

Blu walked toward her, who was landed a little farther from where he landed, "You should have relaxed your muscles, and let yourself be pulled by the gravity... just feel it." said Blu, commented at length.

"Understood... thanks for the lessons." she said with an annoyed smile, trying to pull her talons out from the ground.

Not long after, the clouds that covering the night sky slowly begin to fade, and now... they can see clearly...

"Two lights..." muttered Jewel, staring at the clear night sky.

Blu slowly looked up, and stared at the two lights referred to by Jewel, "It's wonderful, isn't it?"

"Yes, I didn't think I could see those in the real world." she replied, still looking up,"This planet... has two moons."

Two moons... this planet has two natural satellites that move around it. Two moons side by side, together illuminate this dark land. They are emit a different light... blue, and purple. A unified combination with a dark aura that envelopes this land.

The moonlight has removed the fog from the city, as well as the primary source of light on this land. It's not very bright, but it's enough to makes Blu and Jewel to feel... peace, and clear their sight.

"So this is... Icycok," said Jewel, looking around.

"Yes..." replied Blu, while pulled out the map he kept behind his pocket, "Tungsin Hill is a little further. We just need to move northeast." He's still reading the map carefully, then continued,"To north, there is a small village. More precisely, the village stands around the hills to avoid the attack of beast."

"Beast?" Asked Jewel.

"Right. That's what is written here..." he replied, still looking at the map," I don't know what kind of beast, but that's all the information on this map."

"Well, whatever it is. I think we should stay alert." responded Jewel, seeing a lot of light in the north, that scattered on the hills.

"Quickly... we're just going to save Martha and get back home." Blu said, returning the map back into his pocket, "I don't wanna make her parents worried."

"They don't know about it yet, do they?" asked Jewel, rather stunned by his statement. Because all this time, Martha's parents thought their daughter is sleeping soundly in her warm and comfortable home right now.

"I- I'm not sure..." Blu replied, rather hesitantly, "But, they will... sooner or later."

Jewel didn't say a word, after hearing his words. Her feelings start to mess up... feeling worried about her, and suddenly jumps leaving Blu.

While Blu just stared at her who was in the air, before he jumps after her...

"Hang in there, Martha." Jewel said to herself, with incredible speed in the air, "We will be there soon. Therefore... wait for us."

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Okay guys... thank you for taking the time to read this simple story.

As you know...

There are several new things in this story. Not only dominated by birds, but also other creatures, such as animals except birds, insects, and possibly...(*soon), and others. I'm a little hesitant about adding humans to this story, but I don't know... I don't think it's right. Humanoid maybe...

Well, we'll see about that...