Into The Unknown - Chapter 7 (Hunted)

As Eduardo flew straight towards his daughter's hollow he noticed Roberto landing on a branch directly outside with other birds then walking in, He soon landed on the same branch and proceeded to walk on in seeing Jewel and Blu in each others wings, beside them were Roberto and the Birds he had picked up on the way in total there was seven. (not including himself)

"So is there anymore coming?" Eduardo asked curiously .

"No but don't worry these guys are exactly what we need" Roberto responded .

"Are you sure you two want to come as well im sure we can find him wit-" Eduardo was interrupted while looking over at Blu & Jewel.

"He's our son! of course were going since it was mostly my vault I should of kept a eye on him" Blu answered before the question was fully said .

"fine then lets go" Eduardo finally said then took flight .

Roberto and his crew followed him Jewel and Blu also followed as well and caught up on the rest.

"Hey" one of the macaws flew beside Roberto, trying to get his attention .

"What?" Roberto asked.

"How long do we have to find this child?" The macaw requested to know.

"Well. ..The longer we take the more chance of him not making it alive also it might be good to note down that the child that were looking for is our leader's grand-son" Roberto informed the macaw who just looked at him then flew back to were he was .

After a 15 or 20 minute flight they reached the area were Jewel and Blu last saw Tiago, they all landed on the ground.

"Alright once we go inside we will split into 3 teams me and Roberto will go left, Blu and Jewel will go straight forward and the rest of you go right" Eduardo announced with everyone nodding.

"Hey you three if you find Tiago re-trace your steps until you get back here and if none of us are here then escort him to Mimi after that you can go home thank you" Eduardo said to the 3 macaws going right .

All of them entered and as planned broke into 3 teams heading off in different directions.

Meanwhile with Tiago.

He was fly fast as he possibly could constantly checking over his shoulder to check if he was being followed or worse.. eventually he had to land to catch his breath now he was at the bottom of a water fall. looking back towards the direction he came from.

"What was that!?" He asked himself trying to remember what he saw

(Flash-Back.)

He had just finished the last mango that he had collected and was just about to get some sleep when he heard the sound of the remains of the branch outside his Hollow shake he just assumed it to be some wind passing by or something but then he started to hear the floor creak. He was also facing the wall so it added more paranoia to check what was making the noise he turned his body around to see a mainly black bird staring at him with small crimson eyes frozen on the spot with his wing hanging onto the top of the hollow and one his talons inside.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Tiago yelled as he rapidly got onto his talons.

Suddenly the mysterious bird flew straight towards him but Tiago ducked and somehow got behind it with the exit opened for him to escape which he didn't need to think twice about it as the bird rotated its head towards him. But it's talons got stuck in the wall. Tiago flew out of the hollow and flew as fast as he could to get away from what he just saw.

(End of Flash-Back.)

Once he had regained most of his stamina back he took a moment to think about were he was his only assumption was that he was now even deeper in the place that had now made him a bit more scared of the Jungle.

"Oh great! now im even further from home I bet" He said with a hint of sarcasm in his tone.

After sulking for some time he once again took to the sky's searching for a new hollow that he could stay in but unlike the trees he had seen back at his old spot he couldn't find any hollows never mind empty ones to stay in every tree he looked but eventually he saw a hole near the top of a tree surrounded by leaves. He flew up the tree and into the concealed hollow once inside he noticed that it wasn't very big compared to the one he's has stayed in but it was large enough for him to moved about.

"Jeez I can just about jump in here never mind fly" He commented.

After he checked the hollow he went outside and went on the hunt for any sort of water and food that maybe close to him the first spot was the water fall he saw but then a image of that strange bird appeared into his head so he just had to fly around and find a alternative.

"I wonder if that bird ever did follow me or what if he is actually watching me at this second?" Tiago thought to himself checking his surroundings while he landed.

"No I cant keep running im going to have to be more sneaky like a ninja and when I see him again ill sneak up on him and KA-POW!" He said with his tone getting higher while he was poking his head between bushes and trees.

After his brief encouraging speech he saw a small pond sitting in the middle of collapsed tree he immediately landed on the edge of it and started dunking his head underwater then emerged from with making a gulping noise followed by a burp. when he was done his drink he looked up into the sky and saw that the sun wasn't at its highest point but now slightly down.

"Huh, I guess time drags in while lost" He noted to himself while giggling a little "Well time to go home and rest up a little.

Back at Tiago's old hollow.

A Black and grey bird stood at the entrance of the hollow staring at the jungle ahead, it's dark crimson eyes locked in place and its wings were folded. It swiftly spun its body around now looking into the hollow and walked on in towards the holes he had made during his brief in encounter with his "visitor". He then remembered how much that small macaw startled him causing him to freeze in place .

"Dammit! How would I know that only when I leave good stuff happens it couldn't of happened when that stupid storm occupied the sky! "It yelled angrily as it clinched its right wing and punched the wall "So close! with only I had used more caution I could of had a nice meal!".

"He was even sleeping in my own hollow!" He added.

He spent a couple of minutes looking at the floor catching his breath with both of his wings on the wall thinking about how he could of gotten his prey back then, he then tucked his wings back onto his sides and walked towards the exit/entrance.

"No matter he doesn't know his way around probably while I do, this is going to be fun just like a game of hide and seek he may of gotten away from me now but when he goes out into the open ill be there waiting!". He shouted to himself with his eyes even more sharp and forming a sinister smile he took off deeper into the jungle.