Unfortunately, before the search could really get going, a thunderstorm came though the Amazon, forcing the search party to find shelter, as they couldn't risk continuing to look for the kids with how bad the weather was being.
As Blu and Jewel looked at the rain falling around them from the safety of a convenient hole in a tree, Blu sighed, looking down at his feet.
"This is going from bad to worse."
"Hey, cheer up, Blu. Just because it's thundering right now doesn't mean anything bad it happening to them. They might be in shelter like us, completely safe."
"I hope you're right, Jewel. I really do."
Unable to think of anything else to say, the two macaws decided to pass the time waiting out the storm by taking a nap, thinking that being more rested would help them out.
Blu woke up a little while later to find the rain had thankfully stopped. But when he had fully awakened, he found himself face to face with Felipe of all birds.
Blu yelled in surprise, which woke up Jewel. She looked around in confusion for a bit, wondering what was going on when she saw the scarlet macaw standing right in front of the two of them.
"Felipe, what are you doing here?"
"I should be asking you that same question. What are you doing back in our territory?"
Blu sighed, not in the mood to deal with this after what he had to go through yesterday.
"Look Felipe, I'm sorry that we crossed over into your territory. To be honest, I would stay out of it more if I actually knew what parts of the jungle were yours. How about you tell me what the boundaries are? Huh?"
Felipe was flustered, not expecting Blu to be that cross. But before he could open his beak to retort, Blu continued talking.
"Now if you'll excuse us, our kids are missing, and we have to go find them."
Blu roughly pushed past Felipe, with Jewel giving him a sympathetic look as she passed by. However, before they could fly off, Felipe flew off as well to catch up to them, realizing how much of an idiot he was being.
"Hey guys, wait!"
Blu and Jewel stopped, and they both looked at him questioningly.
"I just wanted to apologize for the way I acted just now. I haven't had any kids yet, but I understand how much you guys must be worried about them. I'll make sure the other scarlet macaws don't interfere while you're finding them, but I can't guarantee anything past that."
Both Blu and Jewel smiled.
"Thanks, Felipe." said Jewel as the two of them flew off to continue their search.
A few miles away, Pedro and Nico were also continuing their search once the thunderstorm cleared out. However, they were in the middle of combing through an area that had a lot of plants that the kids would easily be able to blend into, a fact that irritated Pedro.
"Man, we're never going to find any of them through all of this blue!"
Nico looked around the area and found that the majority of the ground was indeed covered with plants that could easily hide the kids if they weren't higher in the trees. Still, he wasn't worried.
"True, but there's no guarantee they ended up down there. They're birds, remember?"
Pedro did see Nico's point, but something else was weighing on his mind.
"Well, what if they couldn't find somewhere high to ride out the thunderstorm? Those plants could give them some decent cover, especially with how small they are."
"If it'll make you feel better, Pedro, how about you fly closer to the ground? You might be able to see through the plants easier."
"I will do that."
Pedro dived down closer to the ground, combing through the bushes while Nico continued to look around in the trees.
Not too long after, Pedro suddenly spotted something a few feet away from him.
"Hey Nico, I think I found something!"
Nico quickly looked down just as Pedro shot beneath the bushes, appearing a few seconds later with a blue feather.
"You think it's one of theirs?" asked Nico as he flew down to meet them.
Rather than answer, Pedro started to study the feather, even going as far as to sniff it and put it into his mouth, earning him a disgusted look from Nico.
"Eww, what was that, man?"
"I saw that guy Tulio doing it once, and he was able to figure out what bird it belonged to. I thought I would be able to as well if I did it that way."
Nico gave him a disbelieving look.
"Wouldn't that also involve actually knowing about other birds besides you?"
"Hey, I am a pretty cool bird to know about." said Pedro, giving Nico a suave look.
Nico couldn't resist chuckling.
"You're something else, Pedro. Come on, we might be on the right track."
The two birds flew off once more, with the two of them once again covering the top and bottom of the area.
As for Rafael and Roberto, things weren't going as well as originally planned. The fact that they were the only team out of the search party who barely knows each other came back to bite them hard.
Despite the fact that Roberto had his heart in the right place with wanting to find the kids, his brain was leading him astray, as every so often whenever the two of them pass by a female bird, Roberto couldn't resist showing off a little bit to them, which annoyed Rafael greatly.
Finally, after one too many times of having to pull Roberto away from some girls so that they could continue the search, Rafi had finally had enough. He not only pulled Roberto away from the girls, he pulled the bird all the way to a tree branch far away from them, setting him down on it as he confronted him.
"What's going on, Roberto? You've been going on before we started this whole thing about how you're all in on finding the kids, but now I see you're too busy scoping out the chicas. What's wrong with you, man?!"
"What do you mean? I'm just asking them if they've seen the kids."
Rafael gave Roberto a disbelieving look, clearly seeing through his poor attempt at an excuse.
"What's Jewel going to think of you now when she sees you like this? She sees you like a brother!"
Roberto opened his beak, but closed it when he realized Rafi was right. He sighed.
"Oh god, what have I been doing? Ju-ju's going to hate me for being like this."
Rafael, realizing that Roberto understands how he was acting, placed a comforting wing around his shoulder.
"Let me tell you something, Roberto. I used to be kind of like you once. Maybe not as handsome as you are, but I was a party animal. Most of my free time was spent in any of the bird clubs around Rio. But when I met my wonderful wife Eva, and we had our kids, I knew that I had to change. It's not so bad, to be honest. The kids can be a handful, but I at least still get to spend some time with the guys."
"How many kids do you have?" asked Roberto, curious.
"Twenty-one."
Roberto's beak fell open.
"That many? Man, that must be tough."
Rafael chuckled.
"Yeah, it can be. But all I have to do to quiet them all down is to threaten to call their mother. She can be a bit of a control freak, but I love her just the same."
Roberto smiled as he thought about what Rafael said.
"Thanks for that, Rafael. I needed that."
"Just call me Rafi."
Roberto nodded, finally resolving to turn himself around and focus his entire attention on the search ahead.
However, before they could get on with it, the sun started to set.
"Looks like it's starting to get dark. Let's head back while we can still see our way around. That sound good with you, Rafi?" asked Roberto.
Rafael looked back behind him, not wanting to abandon the search after finally getting somewhere, but he knew it wouldn't be safe, so he agreed, and the two of them headed back towards the sanctuary, with Roberto leading the way.
Rafael and Roberto returned to the sanctuary a little while later to find the rest of the search party had already returned a little bit before they did. However, Jewel was nowhere to be found, so when they landed, Rafael went ahead and asked about it.
"Hey Blu, where's Jewel at?"
"Oh, she went to go find her dad and apologize about what happened this morning. She should be back pretty soon, hopefully."
Rafi nodded, and the five of them waited for Jewel to return, idly chatting about some interesting things that happened while they were out.
Finally, Jewel returned a little while later looking noticeably happier.
"Hey Jewel. How did things go with your dad?" asked Blu.
"Pretty well, actually. I told him I don't blame him for wanting to protect the flock, and we patched things up. I was kind of surprised how quickly things went."
"Well, he did seem pretty remorseful from the look I saw on his face." said Blu.
Jewel gave Blu a warm smile before turning towards the rest of the group.
"So, did you guys manage to find anything?"
Both Rafael and Roberto shook their heads, but Pedro showed the two of them the feather he found, which was slightly mangled due to Pedro's treatment of it.
Jewel looked at the feather, slightly confused.
"What is it?"
"It's a feather! I found it on the ground a few miles out, and I think it might belong to one of the kids." said Pedro.
"What happened to it, though? It looks like it's been through quite a lot." said Blu.
"Pedro tried to use that technique that Tulio does to determine what kind of bird it belonged to."
Everyone else besides Pedro and Nico looked disgusted, forcing Pedro to defend himself.
"What? I thought it would work!"
"Well, regardless, we have at least something to go on. As for Blu and I, we didn't find anything, but we did manage to convince Felipe to let us search in the scarlet macaw territory. And I wouldn't have been able to do it without Blu's help, too." said Jewel.
Blu blushed.
"Oh, it was nothing."
"So, if we're done here, I say we all head for bed. Getting back on the search early in the morning should help us catch up with them a little easier."
Everyone else agreed with Jewel's reasoning, and the six of them headed off to rest as they prepared for another day.