Rio the Darkness 5: Alternative Darkness
chloemcg: You could say that, but that may not be what has happened. And thanks. Very confusing, isn't it? Let's see if we can get some answers soon.
(non-member) Guest: Thanks, and why is Lenny evil? Let's find out soon.
The last thing Blu had remembered before falling into complete darkness was seeing his once-close friend Rico, and even though he was in shock, his mind could not stop wondering what in the World was going on?
However, he was beginning to fall out of the darkness, and into the light. He wasn't going to heaven, was he? Lucky for Blu, he wasn't dead-he was beginning to wake up, but his vision was very blurry.
He could see four bird figures standing in front of him. One of them was a very light blue colour-the other two were a dark blue colour, and the last one was a dark silhouette figure.
When he finally got his vision back, Blu could see he was laying in a nest, and by the looks of it, he was underground. And in front of him were a female blue macaw, two male blue macaws, and Rico the Black Hawk.
And this certainly was a surprise to Blu due to the fact him Rico was suppose to be dead, and although the male blue macaws had returned to Rio after being free from the Angelus, Blu did not remember seeing another female.
"Huh...Where...?" Blu weakly mumbled, looking around at the small room he was in. Before long, Blu could see had bandages wrapped around his right wing and left talon. He tried to lean up, but was held back down by the female blue macaw and Rico.
"Relax, you're safe now." the female blue macaw soothed, gently laying him back down in the nest. "How are you feeling?"
Though he was completely confused and puzzled, Blu decided to answer he question anyway. "I'm...I'm doing Ok, thanks."
"You were really brave standing up to the king like that." the female smiled, sitting down in the same nest with Blu.
"And stupid." Rico added, folding his wings together like arms.
"Ignore him." the female said, turning her attention back to Blu, still with a smile of course. "What is your name?"
"M-my name is Blu." Blu introduced, placing his free wing around his chest.
"Blu?" Rico quiered, turning his head to the side with a eyebrow arched. "You got a brother called Green?"
"Rico, that's enough." the male blue macaw told.
"Alright, David. Whatever you say." Rico said, waving both his wings in the air.
"Well, it's nice to meet you, Blu." the female smiled, as he began to introduce herself and the others to Blu. "My name is Sapphire, leader of the rebels. That's my brother Joe, that's our friend David, and as you know our mechanic Rico, who saved your life and brought you back here."
Blu managed to put on a smile in response to the blue macaws and hawk, while he finally managed to sit up under his own strength. "It's nice to meet you all. But where are we exactly?"
"We're at the underground hideout. This is where we live, and is currently our hiding place from the military." Sapphire answered, but she was looking at Blu a little curious like. "But I didn't think there were any blue macaws left. I thought me, Joe, and David were the last."
"Welcome to my World." Blu thought to himself while rolling his eyeballs around. "It's nice to meet you all, and thanks for saving me, Rico."
"Ahh, anytime." Rico smirked, before he picked up a small army tin bottle and opened up the lid with his talon. "Well, I need a drink."
"Rico..." Sapphire sighed, not believing Rico was going to have a drink at this very moment. "You can't drink now. You're working in a minute."
"I won't get drunk of one bottle." Rico countered, as he began walking away from the blue macaws out of the room. "See ya."
After the hawk was gone, Sapphire and David helped Blu get up onto his talons, and David handed Blu a bird-sized wooden crutch to help him walk.
"I would love to show you around, but me and my brother have work to do." Sapphire said to Blu, while turning her attention to David. "I'm sure David wouldn't mind showing you around, would you, David?"
"Not at all." David smiled, as he made sure Blu could keep himself up before they began to walk out of the room they were in. "Follow me."
"Sure thing." Blu said, using the crutch to keep himself up, and to hollow David.
David began to give Blu a full tour of the rebel base underground, since Blu might be staying there for a while until he could fully understand what was going on. While they were talking, Blu studied his surroundings, and could see lights hung up around the ceilings to keep the place with light due to the fact the base is underground.
David turned back to Blu and began talking him through the tour. "The room you was just in was the medical room where we help the injured."
"Do you have a doctor?" Blu inquired.
"Yep, that would be." David smiled, placing a wing on his chest. "I'm the only doctor here. We have a couple of birds who had medical experience too."
The two blue macaws then made it into the next room that was a huge room with tons of birds and nests in the room. This must be where the birds who the rebels rescued sleep.
"And this is the place where everyone we rescued sleeps." David said, showing Blu the huge room where a few birds were either resting, talking to each other, or little chicks playing with each other. "Come on. Let's go."
The next room they got into was a medium sized room with a few scarlet macaws, and a couple of tables were various fruits such as mangoes, bananas, apples, grapes, strawberries, and oranges.
"This is the cafeteria where we keep all I food." David said, showing Blu the room of where they keep all their food. "It's very tricky to get food due to the king taking every last bit of food in the Jungle."
The two blue macaws began walking through a small hallway, but before they got to another room-Blu spotted a bigger door, and wondered why David had not introduced him to that room.
"Um, David, what's in that room?" Blu inquired, gesturing his good wing to the room for David.
"Oh, that's Sapphire's and Joe's room." David answered, rubbing the back of his head with his wing. "No-one is allowed in there without their permission."
"I see." Blu said, turning back to David using his crutch of course. "And where do you sleep if you don't mind me asking?"
"Oh, my bedroom is right next to the medical room." David replied. "So I can rush right there in case of an emergency."
"Oh, okay." Blu understood. "Shall we continue to tour then?"
"Let's." David said, walking down the hallway again with Blu (who was technically walking).
The next room they got to was the barracks, where the main soldiers for the rebels sleep, and where all the weapons were stored.
When they got inside, Blu was shocked to see that the rebels were in fact Gangsters. He stuttered a little, trying to get his words out to David. "The Gangsters are rebels?"
"Yes, or course." David replied like it was very obvious. "When the military first attacked-the Gangsters tried to fight them off, but there was too many. They had nowhere to go, so Sapphire invited them to help us."
"Ri-i-i-g-g-h-t." Blu skeptically replied, as he walked out of the barracks-seconds later, David joined him too. Blu looked back at David, and decided ask in there was any more rooms to see. "So, are we done? Is that everything?"
"Only two rooms left." David answered, rubbing the back of his head with talon modestly. "One of them is a small area with cages where we keep captured military macaws. And the other is Rico's workshop, but it's best not to disturb him."
"At least until his had a drink." Blu said, joking about Rico always drinking beer and rum.
The two blue macaws chuckled a little in response. Even though they had just met, and Blu was still puzzled about what was going on, they had to admit they liked each other.
"I like you, Blu." David smiled, giving him a little pat on the back. "I hope you will stay and help out."
Blu thought about it for a couple of seconds, but he realized he did not have much choice, and had to stay for now. "I guess I can stay. And I do have experience in combat."
"That's good to hear, Blu. Especially now due to the military getting new equipment such as: stun sticks, body armor, and they even trained a couple to be martial artists, who are very good in combat." David replied, rubbing his two wingtips together. "Now, until you recover, I'm afraid you can't go out of this base until you're fixed-up."
"I'm okay with that, David." Blu replied smiling. "I am kinda feeling tired anyway."
David placing his wing on Blu's right shoulder with a smile. "You get some rest. You earned it after standing up to the king like that."
"Thanks, David." Blu thanked smiling. "Thanks for fixing me up and for the tour."
"Anything for a friend." David replied.
The following day, nighttime had finally arrived throughout the Jungle of the new Rio (in Blu's point of view) and it was time for the rebels to sleep.
Inside the underground base, and in the medical room, Blu was laying in the same nest he was in earlier with his good wing folded around his chest. The only company he had was two Gangsters, who were both injured and laying in separate nests.
Blu sighed as he watched the lights go out and looked at the ceiling in the darkness. His mind was racing with multiple thoughts, almost driving him crazy. He thought to himself while still looking up into nowhere. "I don't understand what is going on. What's going on? Why is Lenny a king? Why is Rico alive? Why are the military bad buys, and the gangsters are good guys? I...I need to get some answers as soon as I recover."
For now, Blu decided to rest and get some sleep to help him recover quicker. He laid down flat on his back, and whispered one sentence to himself before falling into a deep sleep. "Goodnight, Jewel."
Well, everyone. Meet Sapphire, Joe, and David. Three new blue macaws. And Rico is back too. Very confusing, isn't it? Stay tuned for more.