Rio the series 5
Chapter 7 Rico and Arlene enjoying a day out.
A beautiful morning all across Rio's Jungle. In the area where the Blue Macaw family live, Rico had just awoken from his sleep as he blinked his ocean blue eyes to get his vision back.
Rico got up and cracked his neck to get the feeling in his neck back. "What a beautiful morning."
"What to do today? Maybe, I might so to the club." Rico thought, while standing up onto his talons and stretching his wings and talons.
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In another part of the Jungle, the Scarlet Macaw known as Arlene, had just awoken from her sleep, too and let off a big yawn. "Morning already?" Arlene said to herself as she began stretching her wings.
Arlene got up onto her talons and walked over to the hollow entrance/exit seconds later she extended her wings and began I seriously need a drink.
"Hey Arlene!" a familiar voice called out to her.
Arlene stopped in mid-air and turned around to see Rico flying towards her. "Oh, hey Rico!"
"Where you off to?" Rico inquired as him and Arlene began to fly together in the sky.
"To the club." Arlene answered while looking at Rico. "How about you?"
"Me, too!" Rico replied. He stopped in mid-air and gestured a wing to the direction of the Club since the Club is now in the Jungle for all the birds to get there quicker. "Well, ladies first."
"Why, thank you." Arlene smiled, before flying in the direction
No problem (Following besides)
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Rico and Arlene made it to the Club which was still the old-same after all the years it has been opened for. They walked inside and to see the Club was having a romance day.
In the Club, everyone with had loved ones were slowly dancing in circles. Amongst those crowd were Blu and Jewel, who were in the middle on the dance floor (Jewel with her wings around Blu's neck and Blu with his wings around Jewel's back).
"Wow, what a club." Arlene said while admiring the Club.
"Yep. Lots and lots of birds here." Rico said while looking around.
"Why does this place feel different?" Arlene wondered.
"Different?" Rico queried.
"I don't know, but I feel it in my gut." Arlene said.
"What's wrong? You feel sick?" Rico asked.
"No. It feels weird here. I can't explain it." Arlene replied while still looking around.
"You'll be fine." Rico reassured, as he began walking towards the bar. "I'm going to get a drink."
"Hmmm." Arlene hummed, as she leaned against a crate with her wings folded.
"Hey, bartender! Vodka please." Rico requested.
Arlene heard Rico from the other side of the Club (even with the music) and sighed while thinking to herself: "Why does everybody pick vodka?"
Rico lifted his vodka in the Bird-sized cup and began to swallow it down his throat. Rico had already drank the vodka in one. He burped and let off a pleasured sigh. "Ah, that's the stuff.
While Rico was enjoying his alcohol, Arlene continued to glaze upon the ground until she saw two familiar friends, the Samba Birds Nico and Pedro. Nico and Pedro flew in front of Arlene with their usual cheerful faces.
"Arlene, how you been?" Nico kindly inquired.
"I'm fine. How about you guys?" Arlene replied while smiling.
"We good." Pedro answered for both him and Pedro.
"You here alone?" Nico asked.
"No I'm here with Rico." Arlene replied while looking around for the Black Hawk.
"Rico? Where is he?" Nico asked while looking around.
The three friends turned their attention over to the bar, where they saw Rico had somehow already gotten drunk as he slowly danced and singing. "One, is the only problem...
"He's drunk...Again." Pedro frowned.
"Yep. He is." Arlene said.
Rico fell onto the ground back first and began snoring. He must have passed out. "Zzzzzz."
"He past out." Arlene sighed.
Nico frowned as he watched the sleeping Hawk. They all walked over to him; Nico jumped on top of Rico and said: "Nice."
"Now who's gonna carry him home? We can't" Pedro said, due to his and Nico's size.
"I will do it." Arlene sighed as she walked over to Rico
"Can you carry him?" Nico asked. "He looks heavier than you?"
"Aww come on. He can't be that heavy." Arlene spoke to soon as she placed her talons on Rico's shoulders and began to lift him. "Ok, a little, but not that much."
Rico's eyes suddenly shot open only to see two light black talons on his shoulders. "Arlene, please get your talons off of me."
"Sorry." Arlene grinned as she released Rico from her talons and dropped him back down.
"Ow!" Rico grunted landing back first on the ground. He rubbed his head while leaning back up and asked: "What happened?"
"You got drunk and past out." Arlene answered.
"Ah...Not again." Rico complained.
"Yes... Again." Arlene said with her eyes half-closed.
"Well, I'm gonna get another drink." Rico said as he got back up onto his talons and began walking to the bar.
"No you're not!" Arlene doubted quickly jumping up and tackling him to the ground.
"Hey, get off me!" Rico yelled while trying to crawl away out of Arlene's grip. "I just want a drink!"
"No, because then you will past out again and then I need to carry you home." Arlene explained as she was trying to hold him down.
"Carry me?" Rico repeated with a slightly confused face. "I only want orange juice."
Arlene put on a confused face too and looked down at Rico. "Hmmmm, you sure?"
"Yes. just juice, no beer." Rico promised.
"Ok then, but in watching you," Arlene warned as she let go and stood back up onto her talons. "Just like a Hawk."
"I am a hawk. I know how my kind works." Rico countered while walking back over to the bar.
"I learned my ways." Arlene smirked.
Rico got to the bar and without thinking her quickly yelled: "DIMITRI, GIVE ME VODKA QUICK, BEFORE SHE COMES BACK!"
Dimitri didn't bother asking why but obeyed and quickly poured some vodka into a cup and quickly left it on the bar counter for Rico. Rico quickly grabbed the cup of vodka and gasped when he saw Arlene running straight for him.
"HEY!" Arlene yelled quickly trying to catch Rico was he ran around the club while trying to drink his vodka. "YOU LIAR!"
Rico still tried to drink his vodka while trying to dodge Arlene. "LEAVE ME ALONE, ARLENE!"
"Fine!" Arlene said before flying away somewhere else.
"That was easy. Haha" Rico chuckled as he began drinking his vodka again. While he drank, he thought to himself: "For a second there, I thought she would gonna sneak up on me.
Just after Rico finished his drink, he felt a hard impact tackle him to the ground. "OW!" Rico yelled before he saw it was Arlene again. He chuckled before laughing in her face. "Too late, I already drank it!
"Actually I just wanted to tackle you." Arlene replied before putting on a smirk.
"Haha, funny." Rico laughed sarcastically before he pushed Arlene back off of him.
"That was payback, too." Arlene added.
"Yep, I'm gonna dance." Rico said as he walked to the dance floor which was now full of Birds dancing like their usual self rather than slow dancing still. Rico laughed as he began dancing. "Woo-hoo!"
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After a little while of dancing, Rico stopped and walked away from the dance floor.
"Oh yeah!" Rico cheered before he noticed there was no sign of Arlene anywhere. "Where's Arlene? She must have left."
"Hey Rico, something wrong?"
"AH!" Rico suddenly shot up with his wings up in self-defensive. "Stay back, freaky!"
Rico noticed it was just Arlene who had came to check on him. "Woah! Dude? What's wrong? Why are acting so jumpy?"
"Oh, sorry." Rico apologized while rubbing the back of his head with his wing. "Where did you go?"
"I was outside talking to my friends." Arlene answered.
"Oh, right. Whew, I was worried." Rico said before he decided to ask her a question. "Any of your friends a female black hawk?"
"Nope. None of my friends are hawks except you." Arlene replied while smiling. "Only exotic birds."
"Ok. I...I..." Rico suddenly passed out and fell down back first again. It may be due to him suddenly remembering his late wife, Christina.
"Rico! Are you ok? Don't go into the light!" Arlene screamed while shaking his body sideways with her wings.
"Hey, what happened to Rico?" Nico asked, who had came over to investigate along with Pedro.
"I don't know. He just fainted." Arlene replied as she placed her wings around Rico and pulled him back-stage before anyone else would see him and get worried.
When he was out-of-sight, Nico hoped over to Arlene and asked: "Does anyone know beak-to-beak kiss of life?"
"I... I do." Arlene said while looking slightly embarrassed.
"Well, do something!" Nico ordered.
"Ok fine." Arlene said as she opened Rico's beak and began blowing air into his mouth, but not actually giving him to kiss of life.. "Just wait."
Arlene was about finally give him proper kiss of life until Rico suddenly opened his eyes and shot up. "NO, no, no, Arlene, I'm fine!"
"Ok then!" Arlene quickly replied while looking shocked.
"What happened?" Rico asked while rubbing his head with his wing ."Did I pass out?"
"Yes, but actually you fainted." Arlene retorted.
"Oh man." Rico sighed.
"So are you still going to drink more, Rico?" Arlene asked.
"No way." Rico said before sitting down on a crate.
"Good." Arlene smiled before chuckling a little. Arlene watched Rico while trying not to laugh, and couldn't help but think to herself: "I gotta admit, it was kinda funny."
"Oh, I gotta...I gotta go somewhere." Rico said while walking towards the Club exit/entrance.
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When Rico had left the Club, he had went to the graveyard in the Jungle. Rico found Christina's grave which never looked any different since the day he buried her there.
"Hey, Christina." Rico greeted while Kneeling down to grave. "I...I think...I don't know what to do anymore. What is my purpose? Why should I be here? I have...I miss you, baby, and I hope one day I can be there with you...Again."
"I better go home. Goodbye, Christina." Rico said, before flying into the air and talking flight back to his tree hollow. While he was flying, he shredded a couple of tears but whipped them away with his talon.
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Back with Arlene, she had just finished her day at the Club and decided to go home. She hadn't realized she'd been there all day. Arlene walked out of the Club and called back to her friends: Ok guys, I gotta go home, but I'll see you later."
"Bye, Arlene." her friends said in usion.
Arlene flapped her wings into the air and began her flight home. As she continued to fly home, she couldn't help but wonder where Rico had gone. Arlene continued flying until she got to the area where Blu and Jewel live.
Arlene looked into their hollow while flying past and saw the family playing with each other and couldn't help but smile. Before she left the area, Arlene heard singing from one of the tree hollows.
"Into something good!"
"What the-" Arlene said while flying towards the tree hollow to investigate the noise. "What was that?"
Arlene landed into the tree hollow which happened to be Rico's tree hollow. She looked in Rico's nest and saw him singing in his sleep. "I keep on moving with the lights on!"
"Yep. He is singing in sleep." Arlene said as she walked over to him. "I wished I could just slap him and run." Arlene thought about the idea and smiled.
Before she could do anything else, Rico suddenly awoke from his sleep and dived directly onto Arlene. "Intruder!"
"Omph!" Arlene grunted as she fell down on her back with her head inches from Rico's. "Oww! Rico!"
"Arlene?" Rico said making sure it was her.
"What!?" Arlene snapped while looking at him.
"Why are you here?" Rico inquired.
"Umm, I don't know. You were singing while sleeping!" Arlene countered.
"Oh, man, not again!" Rico sighed in frustration.
"Yeah. Can you get off of me now?" Arlene requested.
"Sorry." Rico said while getting off Arlene and sitting back down in the nest and letting off a sad sigh.
"Thanks." Arlene thanked before noticing his sad expression. "Hey, what's wrong?"
"I went to Christina's grave today." Rico replied before shredding a tear.
"Oh. I sorry to hear about that." Arlene said while sitting down next to him.
"I still have the nightmares." Rico said as he was now crying. "Why...I loved her so much."
"Hey, man don't cry. Because if you cry, I cry man. I could feel you pain." Arlene said as she too was shredding a couple of tears.
Rico suddenly lost his tempter and stood up with his wing curled like a fist and he punched the hollow ceiling. "WHY! WHY COULDN'T I SAVE HER!? IF I WAS THE SAME HAWK IS AM NOW, SHE WOULD HAVE LIVED!"
"Wow. He is very angry." Arlene thought while hoping he would calm down soon. "Rico, you know I could help you move on. Just calm down."
"I'm sorry. I just miss her so much." Rico said, as he sat back down in the nest.
"Rico, what happened to her wasn't your fault." Arlene reassured.
"No...It was me." Rico quickly replied. "Christina told me to go the normal way to the Jungle. But I said I knew a short cut. If I didn't take that shortcut. She would have lived."
Rico stood up and walked to hollow entrance/exit. "One of those murderers Still lives."
"Hmmm. What if me and you find the murderer?" Arlene suggested.
"Don't bother. I know where he lives. I just couldn't go through with it." Rico said.
"Ok, Rico, I understand." Arlene said before managing to put on a smile.
"No...I...I." Rico tried to say, before he once again passed out and fell down into the nest.
"Not again...Poor guy. Arlene sighed as she walked towards the hollow entrance/exit. She turned around and took one last look at Rico and said: "Bye, Rico. See you tomorrow."
Arlene extended her wings and took flight into the dark peaceful sky.
Rico the Black Hawk, Arlene the Scarlet Macaw, Nico the Canary, and Pedro the Red-Crested Cardinal have enjoyed a nice day together at the Club. Long chapter, too.
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