Hey guys!

I'm so sorry about the delay from me… I been a little stressed out lately and I'm having sleeping problems… Hopefully it's not Insomnia or something like that… Maybe it's just from the stress…

And Cats 'n' Cheese… I'm sorry for not keeping the promise I made… I swear I will have that very soon!

But on the brighter side, I saw the MLP: FiM season 6 premiere and I loved it!

Also, I finally started reading nightfly123's Super Rio series, and I'm impressed! I regret not reading it sooner!

Anyway… I'll shut up now so you can read the chapter!

Chapter 16: I'm So Sorry

As Alex stood frozen before the huge predatory bird, he felt his heart rate go much faster and fear replacing the calm in his mind that existed before. The rainwater that was on him quickly turned into sweat as he no longer felt cold, but warm as he had a fearful face on.

"Why so scared?" The Harpy Eagle asked, menacingly. "It's not like you will feel any pain, no, you will feel all the pain."

The Harpy Eagle slowly walked towards Alex, intimidating the Scarlet macaw more so, each talon step seeming to shake the branch and some leaves off to the forest floor. Alex couldn't move, he was that full of fear, all he could think about was that he would become a meal in a few minutes. And nothing was around to save Alex, it was only him and this beast.

Suddenly, something seemed to call to Alex, it sounded like a voice, a female's voice, it sounded like Lily and it said…

"Run."

Motivated by this, Alex took off as fast as he could, pumping in all his strength into flying away and hopefully lose the eagle in the mess of trees. Adrenaline once again rushed through Alex's blood vessels, but this time, Alex knew he would certainly end up a meal if he stopped. He took a quick look around to see the eagle slowly catching up to him, with beak open with hunger for Alex. Alex flew on as fast as he could go, panting as he couldn't control his breathing at the same time.

Alex felt he could go no further and took a quick peek back to not see the eagle behind him. He breathed a sigh of relief as he returned to flying back at normal speed, making his way back to safety in Tomada's hollow. However his luck soon ran out as Alex flew in front of tree branch that was sprung back a bit. As Alex was in front of it, the branch suddenly launched froward and hit him in the head, making him lose flight and tumble to the wet ground below.

Alex felt he couldn't fly, but luckily, he landed first on some foliage before landing back first onto the wet ground. Rain constantly dropped on Alex's eyes, making him unable to see clearly and his vision was blurry as he regained his focus. Through the blurriness, he could see the dark shape of the eagle glide down and land down next to Alex. The eagle laughed at Alex's pathetic attempt to run away from him.

"Nice try, you really thought he could run away and not fill my stomach? I tricked you into making you tired and know that you used up your strength, it's dinner time." The eagle chuckled evilly as he went to dig his beak into Alex's neck.

Alex realized this and rolled away from the eagle before the eagle could plunge his beak into Alex, the eagle having his beak end up in the wet soil. Alex stood up with an angry face on as he stared determinedly at the eagle, not giving up yet.

"You want to make me a meal, you are going to have to try really heard!" Alex shouted as loud as he could, still trying to get back his breath.

"Have it your way, just means you will die a lot slower." The eagle replied, even more determined.

The eagle charged froward and punched Alex really hard into the stomach area, making him cough up blood as the eagle then picked Alex up and threw him against a tree. Alex heard some bones crack as he impacted the hard trunk and fell down face first into the ground, grasping for air as the eagle walked froward to Alex. Alex got up and delivered his own punch across the Eagle's face, which really did little against the eagle other than to irritate the huge bird.

Alex tried getting in another punch with his wing but the eagle blocked it with his wing and twisted Alex's wing, making Alex cry out in pain as he felt his wing burn up from the eagle's action. And while the eagle did this, he raised his talons and cut Alex in the belly, causing more sharp pain and blood to start rushing out from Alex as he screamed and collapsed, putting his good wing over the deep gash to try to stop the bleeding.

However the eagle did not give Alex even a second to rest and once again raised his talons up to grab hold of the Scarlet macaw by the neck, lifting Alex up into the air and making eye contact. Alex struggling for air as the eagle stared at him.

"Give up yet?" The eagle asked, wanting to eat already.

"Not by a long shot." Alex replied, still trying to hang on.

Alex spit on the eagle's face and that earned him a black eye from the eagle punching him with a wing. The eagle then slammed Alex down against the forest floor, placing his sharp talons on Alex's wing, making sure to touch the bone area and started to break the wing, causing Alex to scream again in pain as tears started flooding his eyes. He really couldn't bear the pain anymore and by this point the pain itself would just kill him, let alone this huge eagle before him. Alex looked at the eagle who was still putting him through this torture and tried to plead with him.

"Please… I might become a father. Please don't kill me." Alex said softly despite knowing the eagle will not listen to him which he did not.

"I'm sorry, I didn't understand you at all." The eagle replied, chuckling as he pretended to ignore Alex. "Tell you what, since you tried to fight your way out, I will allow you some last words before I rip your neck." The eagle laughed once again.

Alex thought of Lily, his one and only, just waiting for him, staring out into the vast Amazon for him to never come back to her. He will never again hold her in his wings and let her put her head into his chest while he kissed the top of her head. He will never take care of her in her pregnancy and be there when the eggs are laid and hatch, revealing their beautiful chicks. He will never be able to be a loving father like he thought he would and watch his chicks grow up with love and care. And spend the rest of his life with the one he loves above everything else.

Alex knew what the last words out of his beak would be and they were…

"I'm so sorry Lily." Alex said and a single tear came from one of his eyes to roll down his face.

The eagle just smiled evilly and was just about to dig into Alex's neck when a screech was suddenly heard, making the eagle turn to the sound and for something to knock him off of Alex. The eagle rolled for a bit, a bit dazed and got back up to see a Peregrine Falcon with an angry look in his eyes, saving Alex from his near death.

It was Tomada and he was most unpleased by what the eagle did to Alex. He was ready to defend his friend and kill this eagle.

Finally! Next chapter is done!

And it's a good thing Tomada came to save me! I just might get to see Lily again…