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Mostly I been getting only two to three reviews per chapter, so I say this is quite an improvement! I hope this story still does well until it ends!
Thanks guys! And now to reward you, here is the next chapter!
Chapter 14: Back in the Tribes Part 2
As soon as Jewel broke the hug with Blu, Blu slowly made his way into Mimi's hollow to see Lily sleeping peacefully. She clearly looked tired as well Blu knew that a female in pregnancy needs her rest. He remembered when Jewel was with Bia, Carla, and Tiago, he had to do everything for her, but he enjoyed doing so. The difference here is that Alex was not with Lily to take care of her, Blu felt so bad for Lily and that really touched his heart for the news of the eggs, if only Alex was here to hear it too.
"Are you sure she is with eggs?" Blu asked Mimi softly so as not to wake Lily.
"Yes, I checked twice quite thoroughly, she shows all the signs of being so." Mimi reported, Blu nodding and then thinking.
"Lets go outside." Blu told Mimi, so to leave Lily in quiet.
Jewel and Roberto were still waiting outside and Blu told the three with him to gather around like a football team before going to play their game.
"Okay, here is what we will do." Blu told the three. "We are all going to keep Lily's eggs a secret. Mimi and Jewel, I want you two to stay with Lily in her hollow, take care of her as best you can."
And Mimi and Jewel both nodded in agreement.
"Roberto, I want you to get your best, trusted birds to stand guard outside her hollow, no way the macaw leaders will get their talons on her, understand?" Blu told Roberto.
"Yes, I understand completely." Roberto replied.
"Good, I'm going to stall the trial as best I can, hopefully Alex decides to come back to us." Blu finally said before they all went to do their tasks.
As Roberto flew off, he knew there was one bird he can fully trust and that's Liz, it would also show that not only the Blue macaws support Blu. As Roberto flew towards the border of the two tribes, he saw a patrol of Scarlets flying on the border and went to them.
"Excuse me, but do you know where I can find Liz?" Roberto asked.
"No, and you better leave right now before we attack." One of the Scarlets threatened Roberto.
"I didn't do anything!" Roberto shouted.
"Yeah, but one of your members did something." Another Scarlet said.
Roberto was getting surrounded by the patrol and they would have attacked him with talons, had a familiar female Scarlet not intervene.
"Hey! Back off!" The female shouted, to which the patrol turned their heads to see Liz with an angry look on her face. "Go back to your patrol and leave this macaw alone!" Liz ordered.
The patrol obeyed and flew on with their patrol, giving mean looks to Roberto while they passed him. Roberto was so confused, the Scarlet became nice and friendly after the victory over the loggers, now it looked like everything went back to the old times when the Blue and Scarlet macaws were enemies.
When Liz and Roberto were fully alone, Liz came up and gave a hug to Roberto, which he returned, with tears coming out.
"I'm sorry Roberto, you really didn't deserve that." Liz cried.
"It's okay, I'm just happy to see you." Liz replied. "Why did you come here?"
"It's important, can we talk somewhere more private?" Roberto asked.
"Sure, we can go to my hollow, only my little sis is there and she is trustworthy." Liz answered and the two flew off besides each other for the hollow.
When they got there, the soft, audible sound of Lisa's crying could be heard from her room. Just like Lily, Lisa was so upset that her big brother was no longer here and thought that he left her forever to be alone. Liz sighed as she entered the hollow, hearing her little sis.
"Poor kid, she can't stop crying ever since Alex left, she really looked up to him as like he was her father." Liz said sadly, Roberto putting a comforting wing on her.
"The search parties will find him and bring him back home, I promise." Roberto told Liz to cheer her up.
"Thanks Roberto." Liz replied, still sounding sad. "You said you came to tell me something?" Liz remembered.
"Yes, I need your help for a guard job." Roberto said, serious.
"Why can't you use your own macaws for the job?" Liz wondered why he came to her.
"It's Lily, she is in fact pregnant with eggs, Blu ordered me to get my most trusted birds to guard Lily if the leaders come and try to hurt her, I need you." Roberto pleaded.
"Well, I will, besides I always wanted to be an aunt." Liz smiled at the news.
"That's great, thanks!" Roberto smiled in return and was just about to go out, when a very familiar male Blue macaw chick stood in the hollow entrance.
"Uncle Beto?" Tiago said in surprise.
"T-Bird?" Roberto returned, just as surprised. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, I just wanted to see if Lisa could use some cheering up, you know since her brother is missing and all." Tiago answered.
"Sure, she is in her room, maybe you can make her feel better." Liz smiled, knowing what Lisa meant to the chick, seeing the look in his eyes.
"Thanks." Tiago replied and walked between the two young adults to go into Lisa's room. "Lisa?" Tiago said softly as he came into her room to see her crying.
Lisa noticed the voice and turned to see her own secret boyfriend standing in front of her. She just launched herself at him and wrapped her wings around him, still tearing up while Tiago patted her on the back.
(See, if you read "Confession", you would know Lisa and Tiago are also a couple!)
"It's okay, don't cry, I'm here now." Tiago softly said to Lisa and her crying slowly went down.
"Why did my big brother have to leave us? Why did he have to leave me?" Lisa cried as she nuzzled her head into Tiago's chest.
"It's okay Lisa, I miss my uncle as much as you, don't worry, I bet he will come back." Tiago comforted Lisa.
"Thanks, I'm so lucky to have you." Lisa smiled her best through her dried up tears. "Love you my T-Bird."
"Love you too." Tiago smiled and placed a loving kiss on Lisa's beak.
While the two younger birds were making out, Roberto and Liz smiled at hearing the sounds of happy little birds and sighed happily. And as this was happening, the sun was starting to go down, sunset taking over the Amazon. Roberto figured they better go back to the Blue macaw tribe to protect Lily.
"Come on Liz, it's time for the first guard shift." Roberto said and the two flew off back to the Blue macaw tribe.
As the two arrived, after a short trip, at Lily's hollow, they saw Lily finally at complete rest, snoring as well as her chest going up and down at a steady pace. Jewel was watching over her, to make sure she was alright, while Mimi got some rest before she would take over watch for Jewel to get some rest. Jewel smiled, but did not say anything as Roberto and Liz came into view, she did this so as not to wake Lily. Roberto and Liz understood and stayed just outside the hollow entrance to make sure any trouble that came would have to think twice before coming in.
For Lily herself, she was immersed in the dream world and she was finally having a pleasant dream. She pictured Alex coming back to her and holding onto her like he always does and giving a kiss on the beak. She pictured the time she would lay her eggs with Alex encouraging her to push and the day they would hatch so the pair can hear the sweet sound of little birds chirping. She pictured having a perfect family and watching her little ones grow up to have their own mates and chicks while she and Alex grew old and died together.
However she knew that would never happen if Alex did not come back to her in real life. And knowing that made her a little sad as well, knowing that Alex was not here to help wipe away her tears and hug her to provide both warmth and comfort. Lily knew she had to remain strong and held onto the little hope that Alex will eventually come back to save her from her sorrow.
He just had to come back…
Well guys! I decided to make a part 2 following the last chapter because some of you guys have been wondering and asking about stuff, so I hoped I did answer it here!
Or… You are wondering about more stuff… But too bad! Because next chapter, I want to go back to Alex in his self-exile! And it's going to be… Well lets just say Alex almost gets killed…
And lastly… If you have not, please check out the public message I made to the people of Belgium!