The Plan
Blu needed a plan, and he needed one fast. He was pacing around some trees but still no ideas were coming to his mind after the shock of Jewel's capture. He had no idea where she was, he had no idea how to rescue her. For all he knew she could be dead now, and he was walking aimlessly through the jungle.
"For a start, I'll go to Rafael's place." Blu thought. "He'll have an idea of what to do."
He flew off in search of Rafael.
Rafael lived in a beautiful canopy of trees, with his wife and kids. Blu flew down to the ground and inspected it for Rafael or his children. Usually they weren't that hard to find.
Blu found Rafael hunched over a log, crying. Something was terribly wrong.
"Are you okay?" Blu asked Rafael, with a bit of worry in his voice. "Where is everyone?"
"They took her!" he screamed. "They took her and all of the children!"
Rafael unfolded his wings so Blu could see a golden watch. It was King Mauro and the marmosets who had taken Rafael's family.
"Nigel," Blu muttered under his breath. "The marmosets wouldn't have done this alone. Nigel probably threatened them into doing his bidding again."
As he realised that the marmosets were working for Nigel and that they had kidnaped Rafael's family and Nigel himself had captured Jewel, he started to realise their motives. Nigel wanted Blu to find him. Nigel wanted to lure Blu into a trap, with Jewel and Rafael's family as the bait. Nigel wanted his revenge. Or were there other reasons why he had captured them?
He wanted Rafael and maybe others to come as well.
Emerging from his pool of thoughts, Blu grasped Rafael's wing and pulled him upright.
"We need a plan," he said to Rafael.
"You mean...we're going to rescue them?" Rafael replied.
"Of course!" said Blu. "We can't just sit around while Nigel does who-knows-what with our family and friends!"
"It's him again isn't it? Nigel is working with the marmosets," Rafael replied. "Let me guess, Nigel has kidnapped Jewel as well?"
"You guessed correctly," Blu grumbled. Just the thought of Nigel doing something bad to her made him angry.
"Right...let's start the plan then, shall we?" Rafael said enthusiastically.
"I think it's best if we get Nico and Pedro as well, we need all the help we can get." Blu said, though he knew he was just sending more birds to their doom.
They both flew off in search of Nico and Pedro.
Nico and Pedro were happily greeting people in the street.
"Isn't it a wonderful sunny day today?" Nico said. "Perfect for a flight over the mountains."
"We need your help, Nico and Pedro," Blu said and stared into the distance. "Nigel has kidnapped Jewel and Rafael's family."
"Wow! That's very bad news indeed," they replied. "You came to us because you need a plan and some help, right? Well, you've come to the right place!"
"I have just the thing," said Nico. He took off his bottle-top hat, and from a secret compartment hidden in the edge, he pulled out a scroll. Blu wondered how it could fit in such a small space.
It was a map of Rio, including the surrounding jungles and mountains. Because of the recent shocking events, Blu forgot to warn Rafael, Nico and Pedro about the volcano.
"I suspect that Nigel has taken Jewel over there," said Pedro and he pointed to a small area which looked like it had more trees in it than the rest of the map.
"That's the densest part of the Amazon," Nico said in turn. "Not many birds venture out or live there, so it's most likely that Nigel is there, because he wouldn't want to attract too much attention."
"I think your right, though the question is, how do we get there?" asked Rafael.
I'm afraid we can't travel 'as the crow flies' because of this mountainous area over here" Nico pointed to a part of the map. "So we'll have to go around here, which will take more time," he pointed to a passage around the mountains.
"If Nigel can do it, we can too," Blu said.
"Once we get there, we can think of a way to fool Nigel," Rafael contributed.
"Yes," they all agreed in unison.
This is the longest chapter so far.
I'll try to update again as soon as I can.
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~Luigi