Disclaimers: I don't own Rio but I do own the villain of this story. I don't own: Rico the black hawk, Arlene the Scarlet Macaw or Rapper the red macaw. They ALL belong to their original authors'.

Unleashing the monster within.

Blu's eyes slowly opened as he looked at his surroundings. As he recalled, he had escaped into a mouse hole so he could get away from that mad Dr Pablino. Judging by the golden beams of light on the floor that crept from the outside world through the hole, Blu noticed that it was morning. The mouse hole wasn't very well clean since it had spider webs in one corner. The flooring was concrete and the walls of the inside was not too shabby. He could make this his home for the time being.

Blu looked down at his feathers to find that, to his dismay, he was still in that hideous form. It was then that his nostrils caught on to a very appetizing scent that actually made his tongue lunge out of the side of his beak in a similar manner to a dog panting or drooling and before he could allow his better judgement to take control, he was already speeding towards the market place in the cover of the shadows casted by the towering buildings concealing him.

The monster-like macaw saw the source of the delightful smell and saw a long juicy line of fresh sausages that was hung in the window for an advertisement or such. Blu's oddly shaped eyes widened when he realized that his stomach was churning for the raw meat.

Placing his good wing on his stomach, Blu instantly looked down at it in embarrassment and rubbed his rumbling stomach with a misshapen wing before he looked back towards the meat. His mind was telling him to go and grab the free meat from the shop but his gut told him otherwise and that he was supposed to eat fruit, not meat.

Blu was lost in this matter. Was he to allow all his animal instincts to take over or was he to starve? Blu decided on the first option and pretty much tore the lead sausages from the butchers window and dashed out the door as quick as he could run. As soon as the mutated blue macaw was back in his cool sanctity of the shadows, Blu shoved the rope of sausages in his beak and pretty much ate it all in one go.

When Blu had finished his morning meal, he licked his beak as he was somewhat satisfied by what he just ate. He had to admit, eating meat was actually kind of good. He missed Jewel and his family, though. He knew he had to go back but... Blu hung his head when he realized that his family would freak when they saw him like this. Jewel would mostly freak out. This thought alone was enough to break his heart. Blu looked at his injured wing as he knew he had to get medical help but from whom?

All of a sudden, Blu heard some voices coming towards him and his head turned when he realized who it was. It wasn't talking like he had thought when those voices sounded. It was singing. And those two voices he knew he would never forget.

"Nico and Pedro!" Blu gasped in both fear and relief. He looked down uncertainly. Should he tell Nico and Pedro his horrifying secret? It would be handy to have some bird know of his tragic secret so he could have someone get him food and stuff whenever he needed it. Nico and Pedro would be the perfect birds to do this since he had no one else to turn to.

"You spin me right round, baby, right round-" Nico sang as he nudged Pedro and he sang the next verse "Like a record baby, round, round, round, rou-Ahhh!" Almost immediately, Pedro was snagged by the tail feathers and he wrapped his wings around Nico and he too was dragged along as both birds were whisked away under a table tarp and they fearfully looked up to see something that made it really hard not to scream for their lives.

Towering the both of them was a bird-like creature that had regal blue feathers, he had fangs either side of his beak, his wings looked pretty strange, his eyes were slitted in shape, his talons were Raptor-like and he looked like one of their friends. Nico eventually couldn't keep himself quiet any longer as he screamed in horror and began flapping around in a vain attempt to escape.

"Nico, Nico! Calm down, Its-" Blu began with his facial expression written all over with worry as Pedro began to panic and flap around too. His beak was even hanging open with concern that somebody would hear them and in a desperate attempt to get the canary and red crested sulphur to quiet down, Blu quickly put both his talons over both Nico's and Pedro's beaks as he hushed him and whispered "Nico, Pedro. Its me!"

The musical duo's pair of eyes were wide and glassy as they now took this time to examine the bird closer. Now that they took a closer look, this strange bird looked an awful lot like a familiar blue macaw. Thats when reality sunk in and Nico carefully arched a brow in confusion and it was then that Blu released the both of them and Nico gasped "...Blu? Is that you?"

Blu nodded and smiled with a hint of shame as Nico and Pedro then tackled his chest, knocking all three birds to the ground. Blu was glad that Nico and Pedro remembered him and still liked him even though he wasn't able to see them much. After this, Pedro asked awkwardly "So wassup, Blu?"

Blu looked down and explained all that had happened during the previous night. Every detail of how he had turned from his normal self to this and how the smugglers had returned and had captured him while he was attempting to keep them away from Jewel, Bobby, Savannah and Jasmine. Even the parts that made him shed a tear.

Pedro gawked at this "Woah...That's deep, bird." Nico agreed with a sympathetic nod "Yeah. No bird needs to go through that."

It was then that Pedro zipped towards the tarp and began to lift it so they could get through "C'mon, we need ta go tell Jewel and the kids that you're safe!" Blu quickly held out a wing to stop them and he shoved them down to the ground to prevent them from going anywhere. Nico turned his head to look up towards his friend and asked "Hey, what gives?"

Blu confessed, letting the two know why he revealed his secret to only them "Look. Until I figure this out I can't be seen. Not by Linda, Tulio, Fernando, My family or anyone in all of Rio. Especially not Jewel. If I go outside I'll get spotted by that mad Doctor. If I go home, I'll lead him right to my family. No option is safe for me and I need help with food and stuff while I stay in a mouse hole."

Nico asked "Can't you just fly?"

Blu sighed and shook his head sadly. "No. Dr Pabloni shot my wing while trying to prevent me and his other subjects from escaping." The adult male blue macaw felt his heart ache at the mention of this. He remembered last night as if it was only moments ago and he knew deep down that those new wings of his were in no condition to fly. Pedro pointed out "But shouldn't ya get some vet help or something?"

Blu shook his head again but this time his eyes narrowed a little. He stared at Nico and Pedro as they stayed as still as a pair of cement statues for awhile until Nico asked seriously while narrowing his ridges determinedly "So, what do you need?"

Blu smiled. This was going to do perfectly for now until he could force Dr Pabloni to fix this mess but he had a feeling that nothing will ever be the same again. This was one of his worst fears, truthfully. But right now, this was the only plan he had.

A/N: Thats the end of this chapter. Sorry it was short. I just don't know what to do with this for the moment. I'll think about it more if you want. Now Nico and Pedro now about this but what if something goes out of hand?

Please feel free to give suggestions in your reviews and favourite and stuff. I also have a new motorized wheel chair! Whooop! I'll try and update soon.

To Ricardo the black hawk: Sorry. I don't want to get carried away like 'Birds of a feather'.

-Chloemcg