As Blu, Jewel, and the two scarlet macaws continued to follow the seemingly never-ending trail, the encroaching darkness was beginning to make it difficult for them to be able to see.

Blu quickly looked around at the group around him. Even though he couldn't really see what their expressions were, he could imagine they were probably losing hope.

Before he could suggest that they head back, though, Jewel spoke up.

"Maybe we should head back. I think we can probably head straight to this part of the jungle and go from there in the morning."

"Are you sure? You seemed pretty gung-ho about it before, Jewel." said Blu as he flew in front of her.

"Yeah, I know, it's just…I was hoping that we would have gotten to the end of the trail by now and found Bia. But for some reason it just doesn't seem to end."

"Well, look at the bright side. With how long the trail is at this point, Bia must have put up a good fight against whatever was chasing her."

"But we've been following this trail for miles! I can't imagine she would have that kind of endurance."

Jewel landed on a nearby branch as she tried her best not to panic, but it was getting difficult for her to hold herself together. Thankfully, though, Blu managed to follow her to the branch, placing a wing around her as he tried to comfort her.

"Ssh…ssh…don't worry, we'll find her. I don't care how long it takes. We will find her."

Jewel didn't answer immediately as she was busy trying to collect herself. This moment of silence, though, allowed Blu to hear a very out of place noise from off in the distance.

"What was that?"

As Blu tried to find the source of where the sound was coming from, Jewel looked at her mate in confusion.

"What was what?"

"Ssh. Quiet!" whispered Blu.

The four birds listened in silence, eventually managing to catch the same noise once again.

"Does that sound like…crying to you guys?" asked Diego from off to the side.

Both of the blue macaws were beginning to believe that was the case after listening closer to the sound, and they both had a very good idea of who was making that noise.

"Bia!" they both said to each other before shooting off in the direction of the sound.

As the four birds headed towards the source of the crying, both Blu and Jewel were constantly calling for Bia, not caring if they were attracting any kind of predators. They were only interested in getting their daughter back at all costs.

Eventually, the crying was at its loudest, and they knew that they were close. They knew that they had no chance to find her with it being this dark, though, so they were forced to go with the next best thing.

"Bia? Where are you?" yelled Blu.

There was no immediate answer, so Jewel decided that she probably should call out for her as well. She didn't need to, though, as they heard a voice coming from above them.

"Dad? I'm up here!"

Blu nearly bowled himself over, not expecting to get an answer so soon. After scanning the area above them, Jewel finally managed to spot the slicked back head feathers of their daughter.

Both of her parents immediately shot up to where she was sitting, which turned out to be a branch high up in one of the trees, and grabbed her in a big group hug.

"Oh, thank god you're safe, Bia. I missed you so much." said Jewel, her voice muffled as her beak was pressed up against her daughter.

"I missed you too, mom."

Blu considered pretending to be hurt at not being included in being missed, but he decided that the fact that they had all of their children back now was of more importance.

Although both Blu and Jewel didn't want to let go of Bia for fear that they'd lose her again, they reluctantly released her and gave her some room to breathe.

When they finally got a good look at her, even though it was difficult to see her at this time of night, they saw that she actually looked alright. Outside of the fact that some of the feathers on her head were matted down from the long flight, she was largely unhurt, which came as a relief to her parents.

"So, what happened? We were following a trail of torn up plants and other foliage to find you." asked Blu.

"I ran into a jaguar. I flew away as fast as I could, but somehow it kept up with me for god knows how long. I had to fly all the way up here to finally lose him!"

Blu and Jewel traded looks, remembering that the same thing happened to Tiago. They were definitely thankful, though, that the same thing didn't happen to Bia.

"I'm just glad to see you're okay. Come on, let's go home."

"Wait, Blu! We can't just go home! It's too dark for us to see!" said Jewel.

Blu mentally slapped himself, realizing that he forgot that it was super late at night.

"Alright, I guess we should just spend the night up here. Hopefully once the sun comes up, we can make our way back home."

Both Jewel and Bia nodded, and the three macaws huddled together on the branch, trying their best to go to sleep despite the open area that they were in.

Thankfully, when Blu, Jewel and Bia woke up the next morning, they found that they were still very much intact, which came as a relief to all of them.

Blu was definitely looking forward to getting back to the sanctuary and getting back to a normal life. He turned towards the others, intending to ask whether they were ready to go.

"You guys ready? I think the others are probably worried about us right about now."

Instead of eagerly agreeing, though, Jewel gave her mate a worried look.

"Are you sure that you know where you're going? We did kind of travel pretty far last night."

Although Blu had absolutely no idea where they were in the jungle, he didn't want to admit it to Jewel, so he puffed up his chest and turned towards her.

"Of course I do. All we have to do is find the trail. We go straight past that, and we should run right into the sanctuary."

Jewel easily saw through Blu's attempt at bravado, but she decided to humor him for a bit and let him lead the way.

"Alright then, Christopher Columbus. Lead the way."

Even though Blu didn't exactly get the reference, he was at least happy that Jewel was willing to give him a chance.

Peering into the distance, Blu tried to see if he could find where the trail was. He vaguely remembered veering off to the left last night when they heard Bia, so he decided that they should head in the direction that they were currently pointing.

"Let's head this way."

Reluctantly, Jewel and Bia lifted off, following Blu as he made his way towards what he assumed was the way back to the trail.

However, with the jungle looking pretty similar no matter where he looked, it turned out that finding the trail was a bit of a tall order.

When Jewel noticed the confused look on Blu's face, she knew that this was the point where she had to stop humoring him, so she picked up enough speed so that her and her mate were next to each other.

"I don't see the trail around here. Are you sure that you know what you're doing?"

Blu was beginning to panic due to being unable to find the trail, but he did his best to hide that fact from Jewel, so he adopted a nonplussed look on his face and turned towards Jewel.

"Don't worry, Jewel. I'm sure we'll find the trail sometime soon."

Jewel sighed, once again seeing through his poor attempt at hiding what he was really thinking.

"Look, I think it might be best if I take the lead for once. How does that sound?"

Although Blu wasn't entirely for the idea of giving up his leadership role, he knew that it was probably for the best, so he sighed and relented, slowing his speed down so that he was between the other two birds.

Jewel nodded, happy that Blu was being cooperative, before focusing on the area in front of her.

Unfortunately, Jewel taking the reins of navigation didn't exactly help their cause, either. They soon found themselves even more lost than before, and there was still no sign of the trail, which was starting to worry them.

After landing on a tree branch to catch their breaths, Blu decided to voice the thought that was most likely going through both his and Jewel's heads.

"I don't understand. The trail can't have disappeared on us! There's no way that that amount of damage can be covered up in one night."

Blu was beginning to panic, so Jewel was forced to take action, covering Blu's beak with one of her wings, while the other rested on one of his shoulders. Thankfully, this silenced Blu's panic attack, and he turned towards his mate just as she spoke up.

"Calm down, Blu. We'll find a way out of this. Besides, the sanctuary's huge! We're bound to find one of the other macaws to help us back home."

Blu didn't initially believe in Jewel's attempt to defuse the situation, but when she mentioned the other macaws, he began to see her point. When Jewel released her grip on Blu's beak, this gave him the chance to reply.

"You know, you're right, Jewel. What do you say we just keep heading south? We should hopefully at least run into the other scarlet macaws if anything."

Jewel nodded, before realizing something was missing.

"Say, where's Diego and Santiago?"

Blu looked around the area, realizing that the two scarlet macaws were indeed not with them. He sat there for a moment, wondering exactly why they weren't there.

"I guess they must have gone home. They might have lost track of us when we found Bia."

Jewel was disappointed that this kind of thing happened to them, as she realized that they could have used them to help get her and Blu home. Sighing, she turned towards her mate.

"Alright, I guess there's nothing we can do about that now. Come on, let's get going."

The three birds prepared to lift off, but before they could, Blu spotted something in the distance that was coming towards them at a very quick pace. Blu peered into the distance, trying to see who or what it was.

"Who is that?"

Ooh, cliffhanger! Anyway, there's one more chapter left which'll close this story out. So, now that Bia's been found, can they find their way home? And who's that mysterious figure in the distance? Find out…soon-ish. Whenever this comes back around on my list.