Adapting to a new life. Chapter 17 (End?)
"Freeze!." One of the cops barked to one off the smugglers as his hiding spot was found." Go and join your buddy's other there" the cop nodded towards the rest of the group.
The smuggler began to slowly walk towards the others who were completely surrendered by other law enforcers while Tulio and Linda ran over to Blu and the others to check if they are okay. Dan on the other hand couldn't care less about the other birds just as long as he found his own firstly.
"Joe?, Joe where are you." Dan said as he looked around the area unaware that his efforts were in vain.
But he began to settle down as the same thought that had been appearing in his head had became the only thing that he could think of.
"Were is he?." Dan depressingly mumbled as his head tilted down and eyes narrowed at the speeding boat.
Linda looked at Blu with sadness imprinted in her eyes that was met with Blu's as he pointed towards the boat that was now at a distance.
"He had no way to escape and well...wasn't able to save himself." Linda falsely explained in a way that she thought was best.
Dan looked up and watched at the boat as it started to fade out of his vision along the coast line. Linda and Tulio walked over to try and comfort him as he now knew for real that he would never see his old friend again. A slow moving tear came streaming down his eye as Tulio's hand gently sat on his shoulder. Suddenly Dan collapsed to his knees and arms letting off drops of tears as if he was a leaking water tap.
"WHY!, WHY DID I DECIDE TO GO HERE EVERY SECOND OF IT HAS BEEN A COMPLETE NIGHTMARE!." Dan shouted during his sobs. "IM A TERRIBLE OWNER!." He finished with before anything he said after that couldn't be understood.
Tulio turned his head over to the police officers and started to wave them over to him while nodding towards a broken Dan. Two officers then came over at picked up Dan by the arms and slowly made their way out of the area but Dan started to struggled and attempt to free himself.
"LET ME F**KING GO YOU NO GOOD PIECES OF S**T AND LET ME SEE MY FREIND GO AWAY FOR THE LAST TIME!." He screamed as he went to throw a punch but missed and was restrained followed by them managing to get him out of the area.
Soon after the police handcuffed the suspects and escort them into cars to be sentenced leaving Tulio, Linda , Jewel , Blu and a snivelling Katie by themselves. They waited there until the boat had completely vanished along the coast before the left the area and continued with there everyday lives combined with a hint of sadness for the next couple of days.
(Meanwhile on the boat.)
Mark and Zhang took turns checking their surroundings for any police boats, cars or even helicopters but none was seem even from far away. They were now approaching the edge of the city where the huge forests of Rio begin to dominate the land. While Mark and Zhang celebration their escape Joe was struggling to pick himself up, he still had the nail lodged inside of him. Eventually through hard pain he managed to stand up.
"Th...this is...not good." Joe stuttered to say as he looked over the side of the boat at the sea. "No!, I can't give up."
Joe then began to wobble out of the cabin and towards the back of the boat leaving a trail of blood droplets as he walked, hearing the laughter and joy of the the other two made him cringe in anger and fear. Finally he was able to see the man made waves separate as the boat moved forward.
"Were close to land if I can fly there I should be able to make my own way back if I make it that is." Joe thought to himself while spreading his wings apart. "Here goes nothing."
Joe then leaped forward and took flight...for about 2 seconds before a agonizing pain forced him to drop onto the cold wooden structure and letting out a groan made from the impact.
"Argh, I can even fly!." Joe mumbled as his face was still laying on the wood. "Fan...bloody tastic." He mockingly added.
As Mark and Zhang both finished celebrating Mark lit up a cigar and looked over to where he had thrown Joe last and was shocked to see a blood trail leading outside. He began to follow it and kept following until it turned into little droplets then he looked over to see Joe trying to take flight once more but with the fear of being killed on the spot from him.
"Pfffff you little rebel, who do you think you are?." Mark asked as he slowly made his way over to Joe who once again failed to get away but he didn't land on the ground but something else...
"DARN IT!." Joe yelled as he punched the surface he was on.
Suddenly after realising what he was one he looked over to Mark and noticed the cigar, instantly his face turned from angry to a serious one as he thought of a last resort for them all.
"Hehe you made my life almost like hell and you think your going to get away with it?, that now that you've had your fun ill just die and everything will be normal once more?." Joe summoned his depleted strength to say. "Well if I'm going to die at least I will have some company!."
Joe then started to ram his back were the nail was poking out of his skin into the thing he was on... a metal oil tank. Oil started to rush out of the container and leak all over the floor and even on the back of the cabin itself.
"Come and get me!." Joe evilly stated while jumping to the other side of the boat. (towards the forest.)
Mark without thinking of what might happen angrily ran towards him and slipped on the oily surface in a rush to get Joe leaving his Cigar a death ticket for them all.
The world seemed to slow down for Joe as his memories of Dan flooded his mind as he watched the flames engulf Mark and cause the rest of the oil still inside of the canister explode but just like the world time also slowed down for the explosion.
"Dan I'm sorry..." Joe softly whispered as he closed his eyes and was sent flying over board.
The entire boat then went up in a fire ball, leaving nothing behind except chunks of burnt wood to be slung in every direction...
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Dan would never know the real fate of his friend or even family as he was forced to return to Ireland... Alone and placed in a mental hospital for the next couple of months with no signs of recovery. Blu and Jewel told their kids about how brave Joe was by saving them all and that he had already returned to his home and finally Katie would get drunk of sadness for the next couple of weeks as she never got the time to tell Joe what she wanted.
Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed this story :D
(Meanwhile in a unknown location.)
"Now would you look at that? a burnt corpse." A feminism voice said that echoed through out the pitch black forest. "Oh wait he's breathing."