Chapter 12: The Smart-ass Wolf

(Ray's P.O.V.)

Air was rolling through my feathers as I was soaring high above the jungle. I was twirling and dancing to the music that plays during the festive times, and when I looked down I saw a lake; and in that lake I saw my reflection. I flew down and laughed happily as I looked at the young male Hyacinth macaw I was looking at, and I couldn't help but grin as I thought of the great time I was going to have later and the club the Ramón owns that was right next to the border of Brazil, and right in the middle of a popular city. Just as I whipped up and backwards, my dream started to shift, and I felt myself slowly growing aware of my surroundings…

A rubbing woke me up along with the sound of hushed sobbing, but as soon as I registered the sounds of crying, I was instantly up and taking in the sight before me; my little grandchild was crying as he was looking up at me, and behind him was another lighter bird. I grabbed my little grandson up and pulled the other frightened chick closer to me as I sat down and asked, "What is on your mind Gabriel?"

"T-There was a b-b-bird… h-he t-took pa… papa…" I was stunned at what I had just heard, and then I heard the mumbling of my daughter and mate awakening. It was then that I felt a tugging sensation on the primaries of my wing that I wrapped the other chick around with. When I looked down, I was looking into the moist eyes of the little girl, and she said, "Before we were taken, Wolf had told us to wait here until he came and got us…"

"Dear, what is all the noise…?" I looked back towards Reilla, but I didn't let my eyes focus as I was taking in what I had just heard. After I was finished processing it, I said weakly, "Someone took Wolf…"

I heard two simultaneous gasps, where are Beleza and Luke then? I snapped my head back towards Gabriel and asked in an urgent tone, "where are Beleza and Luke?"

"I d-don't know…" I felt my heart sink, but the other little one spoke up and said, "I think they are with Fay…"

"Fay? I know where she lives!" I heard Beck state, but then I slowly grabbed the other chick, and carried them over to Reilla, and I set them down. I turned towards Beck, and said, "Take me to her hollow."

-In The Morning-

(Wolf's P.O.V.)

I awoke to my head swimming, along with the feeling of utter exhaustion throughout my body and pings of pain swirling around my joints and along my neck. A rush of memories cascaded into my disoriented mind, and I suddenly remembered the fight last night, Arien, and the escape of mine, and Blu and Jewel's chicks…

Groaning as I flipped myself off of my back, I slowly stood up as whiteness swamped my vision, and I nearly fell down. "Philip, I think I heard our guest; go check on him."

"Yes sis…" I heard a quiet stepping sound, and when I looked towards where it was coming from, I saw a open doorway, and soon a scrawny guy came walking out. I can easily take these guys if that is what they look like… but… why does he look like he is regretting every step?

He frowned when he saw me looking back at him, and then he looked over his shoulder and called out, "He's conscious."

Soon, an attractive lady, that looked quite sinister as well, seemed to be studying me. she walked up and stopped in front of my cage, and she bent down and said, "I know who you are, but as for your story, that is unclear… now, when I open this cage, don't do anything stupid…"

I looked around, and saw a few other guys watching me closely, but they all appeared unarmed. When the lady opened the cages' door, I stepped out cautiously, and I noticed a pistol resting on a table across the room from me, yet all eyes were locked onto me. I made like I was walking away from the lady, but then I suddenly dashed at the pistol while flying, and then I shifted into a human just as I reached it. I snatched it up and spun around and nearly froze… the lady had an assault rifle of some variant aimed straight at me, and at this range, it would surely kill me without missing a shot.

"Put the gun down, and you may just live to see another day." She said as she was looking through the scopes and at me. I sighed as I slowly bent over, and laid the pistol on the ground, and straightened back up. when I was looking back at a lady, she said as calmly as before, "Good, now kick it over to one of us." I complied, and when I rested my foot on the edge of the pistol, I kicked it over to the scrawny guy, who seemed to internally flinch. He quickly snatched the pistol off the ground, and loosely pointed it at me.

"Now then, who are you, and what do you know about Marcel and his group?" the same lady asked.

I grinned as I found a bit of grim humor to go with this, and I answered, "My name is Wolf, I don't go by a last name… and are you sure you want to know about Marcel?"

"Of course I d-"

"You sure you can handle it?" when I cut her off, she grew mad and stepped forward until the end of the rifles barrel was pressed into my chest. She growled in her throat as she said menacingly, "Don't joke around with us kid, what do you know!?"

"Marcel was a smuggler, his two henchmen were Tipa and Armando, and he had a crazed bird named Nigel."

"Anything else boy?" I looked over and saw the chubby one looking at me, and I assumed he asked it.

I chuckled as I said, "I killed Nigel first, and then I killed Marcel who had followed me when I escaped," I felt the barrel quiver against my chest as it dragged down slightly, "and then Tipa and Armando came next… how is that for an American boy yo-"

I fell down onto my knee as the butt of the rifle slammed across my jaw, and when I felt something copper pulling in my mouth, I spit it out, and a glob of blood and spittle hit the floor. I chuckled as I stood back up, and then I was looking at the lady, and I said, "For a pretty lady, you hit pretty hard…"

I saw the scrawny guy shrink back slightly when I finished, and then I realized why, the lady was practically shaking with rage now… or I assumed it was rage. She held the gun in one hand and drew back her other, and swung it at me. I barely brought my arm up next to my face, and when her stunned face looked at me as I blocked her slap, I said, "If you have ever met an American before, you should know we don't take a beating… even when our lives are threatened." I suddenly reached forward and grabbed the rifle and yanked it out of her hands and quickly brought it up. but before it was up, someone punched me in my side and I dropped the gun and fell to my hand and knees as I clutched my throbbing side and I looked over and saw the large buff guy standing above me, and he seemed ready to strike me again at any moment.

"Thank you Dinkle…" I heard the lady say, and I heard the man above me grunt as he reached down and caused me to flinch. I felt him grab my shoulders, and he hefted me up and onto my feet and faced me towards the lady and he asked, "What do I do with him Valis?"

"Chain him up next to the stairs… I don't want him doing anything stupid near our stuff…" Valis said, and I was soon being hauled out of the small room, and when I was thrown into a chair, I felt something cold and tight wrap around my wrists multiple times. By the time he had finished, the weight was holding my hands down, and I saw him tie the chain to the post on the stairs. When he finished wrapping the end of the chain, he grabbed a bulky lock, and put it through one link and snapped it shut. What? He didn't even lock the chain… "Stay here" the big guy name Dinkle said as he pointed down at the ground.

I felt my head turn sideways slightly as he started walking away. He isn't really all that bright, is he…? I guess I can use that later if I ever need to fight him… while looking around, I heard the group doing stuff in other rooms, and then I saw that Dinkle guy walking out of a room with a box that said Dynamite across the side of it, and he started walking up the stairs. I sighed as I looked around, and with nothing to do, I settled down for a long wait…

…

(Fay's P.O.V.)

While I was awake last night and waiting for this Viviana bird that Wolf knew, Marco and I had been surprised to say the least when a thin Hyacinth macaw along with four chicks burst through the entrance of our hollow. This had all occurred the night before, and now I was looking them over as they had all started to awaken. So Wolf was kidnapped, and it was by a rather large bird… is it me or is Wolf always in some sort of trouble?

I looked over towards the entrance, and when I felt something moving against my side, I smiled as I watched Marco continued sleeping. I sighed softly as I was also thinking about what that older Hyacinth macaw had said the night before, and how he had said he had two other chicks… he had mentioned we should stay in my hollow just to be safe, because he was worried that bird that took Wolf would be back…

A.N.: This chapter was like the one before… it is like a fraction of the next one, but it won't be for long. The ending was a little cheap, but it at least shows that the chicks and Vivi are safe, so there that goes, but how long will they stay safe… expect the next chapter soon.

-If you are following my other stories, I'm going to lay off of them for a bit and finish this one up…