Tulio pulled up in his yellow Jeep the next morning. He had bought a new one after getting Jewel and Blu back to the sanctuary safely. He pulled up to the dirt area he parked on and stopped. He got out, closing the door behind him, and started walking to the two concrete steps that lead to the entrance. He looked up towards the rising sun and smiled.

"Another day," he breathed. "Ah, the morning's perfect."

He walked up to the entrance, humming. He unlocked the door that led to the bird nursing room and pushed the door opened. He stood in astonishment as the chaos unfolded in front of him. His morning aides were frantically rushing back and forth, getting supplies for medical needs and then disappearing briefly into the laboratory room. The birds, even though he didn't hear it outside, flapped their wings in frenzy and were making noises. Luckily, they were all in their cages. Tulio saw Rosa rummaging through the medical cabinet on the wall. He called out to her, walking quickly towards her.

"Rosa, what's going-"

"It's Blu. He's dying."

Tulio's eyes widened.

"Is he in the laboratory?"

Rosa nodded. Tulio took off to the laboratory and pushed the gray door to it open. It was a standardized lab with a very large table in the center of it. It was where he would inspect Jewel's wing. A graduate male intern was hovering over the laying Blu, panicking. The Spanish student scratched his head frantically with both hands.

"Salazar."

Salazar looked towards his employer and tensed his fearful face expression.

"I am sorry, Dr. Tulio," he blurted out. "I failed! I'm trying to save him but-"

"Can you move aside?" asked Tulio politely.

The intern obeyed. Tulio walked up to Blu and examined him. He noticed the wound. He faced Salazar.

"Can you tell me what happened?"

"I-I don't know. We just came here and saw Jewel and Blu outside."

"Where is Jewel now?"

"In the aviary, resting. We had to sedate her so she wouldn't move her wing. We feared seeing Blu struggle would agitate her and would put her broken wing back for a week more."

"Good. You did a fine job."

Salazar sighed.

"If I did my job right, I would've also saved Blu."

Tulio faced the wounded bird and looked back at Salazar. He smiled.

"He's fine. You have nothing to worry about."

By this time, Rosa walked into the lab.

"But-but the blood…" started Salazar.

"Dried up. I say about two hours ago. Just give him a shot of vitamins, hand-wash his wings carefully, patch up the wound, and put him in the aviary… Well, I think I know what I'm going to teach you today. I need some coffee."

Tulio exited the room through another door that lead to the hallway. Rosa and Salazar looked at each other and dropped their heads in relief. They started to follow Tulio's instructions and prepped Blu up for the aviary.

A few hours had passed. Blu lazily opened his eyes. He tilted his head back and forth, as if he was recuperating from a massive migraine. He noticed that he was in the den. He could tell that it was fake by how smooth the wooden floor was. This meant he was in the aviary. He rose to his feet and looked around the den after his eyes adjusted properly.

Jewel's not here, he thought. But she was with me before I blacked out. What-what could have happened to her?

Blu walked to the entrance and peeked through the large hole. He looked down at the floor.

"She's not down on the ground."

Moments later, he was playfully tackled by something and pinned down by something. He looked up to see Jewel's beak touching his beak in an exquisite kiss. He closed his eyes, savoring the kiss. Their tongues swirled around playfully with each other, touching from time to time. Jewel parted from the kiss and got off him. Blu got to his feet and faced Jewel.

"Jewel, you're okay, and you can fly…and my wing hurts."

"Of course I am. I was more worried about you, Blu."

Jewel sighed.

"When we got here, you passed out. I…I was so scared that you were gone. The aides came to the rescue, but they gave me some medicine to make me pass out. I woke up to see you sleeping by my side in the den. I-I was so overjoyed. My Blu, you were alive. While you were asleep, Tulio inspected my wing. By some miracle, it healed. Tulio doesn't know why, but no one is always right, He gave me the okay to fly, which…"

Jewel sighed in happiness.

"Ah, you being alive and me being able to fly. A good morning."

Blu sighed.

"Not after a terrible night."

Jewel's excitement dwindled down.

"Flor and Xavier," mentioned Blu. "They gave their lives so we could live."

Jewel raised her wing and placed it on her heart.

"They… Their… I don't know what to say. I'm very grateful towards them. I… I think they wanted to save us. Flor was always a helpful bird. You know better than me, Blu, but the short time I spent with her, I knew she was a caring bird. She cared about you, me, and Xavier."

"Xavier? After he cheated on her?"

"But that's just it Blu. Xavier cheated on Flor, meaning she still had feelings for him. Did you notice Flor when Xavier interrupted us? The way she looked at him… She claimed she wasn't in love with him, but I think if Xavier apologized greatly, then she would love him again."

"Very greatly," said Blu. "I mean what if I cheated on you, Jewel."

Jewel narrowed her eyes at Blu. After an awkward moment of silent, Blu nervously tapped his wingtips.

"Hypothetically speaking, of course. I mean if he cheated on her, then his love was her wasn't that strong."

"We all make mistakes, Blu, like you did with your supposed hypothet-whatever statement right now. When Xavier came out of nowhere to kill that eagle, he wasn't rescuing me. He was avenging Flor. Probably he thought the best way to kill the eagle was to take his life with the eagle's life."

"Yeah, that's true. They will be in my heart for what they did to protect us. They were more than friends to us. To me, it felt like having a mom and dad to protect us. I am so…"

Blu's eyes began to glister with tears forming. Jewel smiled warmly and hugged Blu. She felt a tear drop on her feathers.

"So very grateful."

"I know. I am too, Blu."

Blu's cry extended. Jewel tried her best to comfort him.

"I know," she said, patting him on the back. "Blu, I miss them too."

"My…my wing."

Jewel let go of the embrace and faced Blu.

"Oh, sorry. Wait. That's why you were crying?"

"For both," recovered Blu. "Why does my wing hurt?"

"Oh, it's just a sprain wing."

"It must be from the fight. I thought she broke it. Luckily, it's a sprain…but that means I can't fly."

Jewel half-closed her eyes.

"Oh, relax Blu. It's not like you're out for two weeks. You'll be fine in three days."

Blu was about to say something, but he decided to drop it. It might've offended Jewel. He thought of something else; something he had thought about when they were about to die.

"Jewel? Do you still want to live in the jungle?"

Jewel smiled.

"Of course."

"Even after all of this?"

"Blu, it's my home."

"But the dangers."

"No home is perfect, but it is still home. Besides, I doubt we'll see another one of those eagles anytime soon."

"But-"

"Blu, it is my home," she said and then grabbed his good wing. "And it is your home too. I hoped Flor taught you well. We all fear about tomorrow, but we can never predict it. Sure, there are bad days, but remember the good ones too. When you first stepped in the jungle, it was a good night. Nothing bad happened."

"Except for the spider on my back."

"I told you it was a leaf."

"It felt like an arachnid."

"A what? …Just, uh, listen. Remember the next day after that night?"

"Yeah. We were attacked by torturing toucans."

"Well, if you weren't attack, we would've never found Rafael, and you wouldn't experience the cool feeling you get being in the sky."

Blu thought about it.

"True."

"Blu, I'm pretty sure you're ready. I know Flor taught you well."

Jewel tightened her grip on Blu's wing. He smiled.

"And I'll be there too."

"Yeah," Blu said. "You're right, Jewel. We don't know about tomorrow, but as long as we face the world together, I have nothing to fear. Flor and Xavier took their lives so we could live. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't want us to live in a cage for the rest of our lives."

"I wouldn't want that," chuckled Jewel.

She got closer to Blu and rested her head on his chest.

"Hopefully you make a fast recovery."

"I do too."

He looked outside through the entrance of the den. He smiled.

"I want to start living."