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Chapter 2: A Fallen Brother

Alex and the other Seal members soon got back to base and when they arrived, their wounded brothers had already been taken to the army hospital and were currently being treated. Jameson, especially, had to go through surgery as he was in the worst condition.

Alex decided to wait until it was after dinner to call the bird he wanted to talk to, for the difference between where he lived, Moose Lake, Minnesota was 9 to 10 hours and the bird was sleeping at the time. He just went to his barracks and laid down in his bunk, staring up at the ceiling, breathing in and out.

Soon enough, Ralph found Alex all alone, deep in thought. Ralph had some terrible news and he walked to besides Alex.

"Alex." Ralph said, Alex coming to attention and saluting.

"Yes sir!" Alex replied.

"At ease, lieutenant." Ralph saluted back. "I have some news." Ralph said, his tone getting serious.

"What is it sir?" Alex asked, curious.

"Jameson didn't make it, he lost too much blood and the doctors couldn't revive him, he is still on the operating table, I told the doctors to leave him there for you." Ralph told Alex. "I'm sorry."

Alex didn't reply, he simply just slowly walked out of the barracks and to the hospital, finding Jameson on the operating table, blood was everywhere, but that did not make Alex go away. He walked besides Jameson and stood there, tears starting to fill his eyes.

"Goddammit it Jameson, I told you to hang in there!" Alex shouted as he started to cry.

Navy Seals were taught to be emotionless and to never show sorrow, but that did not count when staring at your fallen brother, and Alex was feeling all his sorrow flooding out of him. As Alex cried, he saw something on Jameson's right wing, it was the engagement ring he was going to give to his girlfriend back in the states, Kelly.

Jameson brought it and wanted to ask Kelly in her wing in marriage, but he was always too scared to do it. Facing an enemy was one thing, but asking for another bird to be part of your life was something else. Jameson felt he had all the time in the world to ask her, and he kept the ring as a good luck charm. However now that marriage was never going to happen. Alex looked at the ring and sighed deeply.

"Alright buddy." Alex said softly as he took the ring. "I'll give this to her." And Alex put the ring safely in his pants pocket.

Alex stayed there for some time before walking out and to fill his belly, but for some reason he didn't feel hungry, in fact he couldn't feel anything. As Alex quietly sat down with his other squad members, no one had any real conversation as they all heard the news of Jameson's death.

As the squad walked back to their barracks, Alex sighing deeply, walked to his room and opened up his laptop and clicked on Skype. He had only one contact on it and he checked the time in Moose Lake, Minnesota before clicking the video call option.

The call went through and Alex came face to face with his younger sister Lisa. Alex and Lisa were the only family left after their parents both died in a car accident and their older sister, Liz died of cancer. However they still had each other, even thought it was half a world apart.

"Hey little sis." Alex tried to sound happy. "Good morning over there, I didn't wake you, did I?"

"Very funny big bro." Lisa answered as she chuckled a little. "You don't look too good."

Alex sighed before telling his little sis what was on his mind.

"Lisa, I lost a brother today, Jameson's gone." Alex told his little sis, tears really to come out again.

"I'm sorry big brother." Lisa replied.

"Can you tell Kelly today when you get the chance, before it comes on the news. I don't want Kelly to hear it from some dumbass newsreporter, but from a friend." Alex asked.

"Of course I will, she is not going to like this at all." Lisa said back, sad now.

"Enough of that, how are you doing?" Alex hoped to brighten both of their moods.

"You know me, worrying about you and losing sleep because of nightmares. I can't lose you big brother, you are the only one I have." Lisa answered, tears now flooding her eyes.

"I know, but I'm going to tell you what I always say to you. Your brother is a badass navy seal and will take names and live to fight another day." Alex said, sounding like a badass.

As Alex and Lisa continued talking, a bird was walking up behind Alex and the bird put his good wing on one of Alex's shoulders, scaring him and making Alex jump up a bit. The bird started laughing and Alex recognized that it was Blu.

"Really Blu?" Alex ask angrily.

"Sorry lieutenant." Blu saluted, Alex returning it. "Hi Lisa." Blu said to Lisa on the laptop.

"Hi Blu, your wing." Lisa pointed to Blu's wing that got injured. "You okay?"

"This, it's just a scratch, how are Jewel and the kids?" Blu wanted to know.

"Missing you every day like I miss my brother, Tiago wants you to bring home a rocket launcher." Lisa chuckled.

"Well tell him that daddy can't do that, but I will still try to bring him something that he will like."

"Well I think me and Blu better get some sleep here." Alex said, yawning a bit. "Goodbye sis, and don't worry I will come home soon, okay?"

"Okay, stay safe big bro." Lisa said.

The two then disconnected the call and Blu and Alex went to bed to rest from the long day.

Back in Moose Lake, Minnesota…

Lisa finished breakfast and walked out of her house to deliver the news to Kelly, an elf owl. Lisa had a heavy heart as she knew Kelly was not going to take the news very well, she expected the elf owl to faint right before her. As Lisa came in front of Kelly's house, she sighed before ringing the doorbell, Kelly opening the door to see the female Scarlet macaw.

"Lisa, good to see you, what are you doing here?" Kelly wondered.

"Kelly, I'm going to tell you straight away, Jameson is gone, he got killed." Lisa sadly told the news. "I'm sorry."

Kelly felt her heart shatter and her whole world collapse.

"He is… Gone…" Kelly slowly said and suddenly she felt her legs go weak and her mind shutting down and she fainted right there.

Lisa expected this and caught Kelly before she could hit the ground. Lisa took Kelly to her bedroom and put her down in bed and made the elf owl comfortable.

"I'm so sorry Kelly, he loved you so much." Lisa said before she went out of Kelly's house to leave her alone and started to walk back home.

As Lisa was walking back home, two strong male birds in black clothing suddenly jumped from a tree, surrounding Lisa and completely terrifying her. The one behind her grabbed her tightly, preventing her from escaping, as the one in front of her came froward with a rag and a bottle in each of his wings.

"What do you want!" Lisa demanded to know.

"Just relax." The one in front told her and poured some liquid on the rag and put it over Lisa's mouth before she could scream for help.

Lisa felt her eyes get heavy and close, her mind shutting down and her body became still. The two birds then carried her over to a nearby car and put her in the trunk and drove away.

You guys must be speechless…

And cliffhanger!