Rio the Darkness 5: Alternative Darkness Chapter 19: Rescuing the rebels, a rio fanfic

Rio the Darkness 5: Alternative Darkness

chloemcg: Thank you, and Blu should be the hero still as soon as his wing heals. And could one of the rebels die? Well, I don't even know myself. :D And to answer your question: Rico has no memory of the events of Rio the Darkness, Rio the Darkness 3, and Rio the Darkness 4: Love and Light. And yes, I did like your small reference. Oh, and how are you, and any luck with your stories?

(non-member) Haloplayer: Thanks, and hope you enjoy the rest. :D

(non-member) A fan: Martial-artist are cool, aren't they? :D

The next day during nighttime, it was time to break out the rebels from the military macaw prison, and without a doubt-this will not be easy. Blu, who was now almost fully-healed, had decided to come along to with Sapphire, Joe, and Rico.

The three blue macaws and hawk watched the entrance/exit to the military macaw prison in the cliffs, and were now planning step 1 of their attack. For safety and protection, Rico had brought a couple of those restrainer-grenades and smoke-grenades just in case, along with some body armor and a helmet. Blu was carrying a small black backpack with a couple of Rico's tools inside, and was carrying Rico's army bottle across his neck.

"Why do I have to carry this stuff?" Blu asked Rico, while adjusting the backpack on his back.

"Because I'm the one wearing body armor." Rico countered Blu's sentence with his own. "So, Sapphire. What's the plan here?"

"We will need one of us to cause a distraction to lead the guards away from the entrance, and then the rest of us go in there and find our friends." Sapphire explained, while keeping her eye-contact on the two military macaws guarding the entrance/exit to the prison.

Sapphire knew that if they were caught, the prison would be on lockdown, and then no-one could get in or out. They would have to do this swiftly, and quick before the military macaws would notice. She turned her attention back to her brother and friends, and now had to find out who would volunteer to be the distraction. "So, who wants to be the diversion?"

Blu and Rico fell completely silent, neither not wanting to be the distraction.

Joe could see that none of them were going to do it, so he volunteered instead. He raised his wing up into the air to represent himself. "Alright. I'll do it."

Sapphire watched her brother extend his wings and slowly fly up to the entrance/exit hole in the cliffs. She silently wished him good luck while getting ready to fly inside. "Good luck, Joe."

The military macaws guarding the prison entrance/exit were all silently talking to each other, but were soon interrupted by a blue macaw, who flew up into the air outside and mocked them. "Hey, stupid guards! Come and get me!"

"Get him!" one of the military macaws yelled, as him and his partners jumped out of the prison and perused their target through the air, leaving the military macaw prison exposed for anyone.

After they were out of sight, Sapphire flew into the air and made her way to the prison while Rico, had to carry Blu due to his broken wing. Sapphire chuckled a little, not believing that trained military could be distracted so easily. "What morons."

The three birds made it up to the entrance/exit, and now that it was unguarded, this would be much easier to do. Sapphire gave signals for Blu and Rico to follow her as they slowly walked inside, and hopefully, they could avoid being caught.

Blu, Rico, and Sapphire silently made their way to the cellblock area, and lucky for them, there were not that many guards due to it being nighttime. The three birds hid behind a crate when they saw a guard was heading their way.

"Guard!"Sapphire said in a yelling whisper, panicking a little. "Heading this way!"

"Relax, I got this." Rico whispered in return, while giving Sapphire a supportive wink. He moved out from behind the crate and hid behind a wall. Rico made a little whistle to get the guards' attention.

"Huh?" the military macaw said, slowly walking towards the direction he had heard that strange noise from to investigate. He got close to where the noise came from, and before he knew it, he was grabbed by someone, and had two dark wings tied around his neck and beak.

Rico held the military macaw tight until he eventually passed out from lack of oxygen. He placed the unconscious body somewhere hidden before he, Sapphire and Blu had to continue their search. "Easy."

Sapphire checked the cellblock area for military macaws, and luck for her, they were not around at the moment. She quietly snuck through the cellblock area, looking into the cells until she eventually found what she was looking for. "Blu, Rico! I found them."

Sapphire found the six gangsters all in one cell together. Two of them were chained to each other, two of them were sitting on a bed together, one of them was complete unconscious and covered in scratches. And the last one was locked into a stock.

Blu had never expected to see the military macaws with stocks. He knew what stocks were after all the information he read about medieval times when he used to live in Linda's bookstore.

Stocks are devices used internationally as a form of physical punishment involving public humiliation. The stocks partially immobilized its victims and they were often exposed in a public place such as the site of a market to the scorn of those who passed by. They were usually locked onto someone's neck and wrists, but now, there was one locked onto a gangsters on his neck and wings.

"Are all of you okay?" Sapphire inquired, as Rico used his talon to pick the lock on the cellbar.

"We're fine." one of the gangsters answered, while he walked over to the cell bars from the inside of course. "You took a big risk trying to break us out."

"We don't leave our own to die." Sapphire replied, as Rico finally got the lock broken and the cell door was unlocked. "Now, let's get you all free. And get out of here before more guards arrive."

Sapphire and Blu used a couple of Rico's tools he brought with him to free the gangsters out of their shackles, and to free the one who was restrained in a stock. Rico kept watch outside of the cell just in case another military macaw would arrive.

The five gangsters were free, but one of them was still unconscious from being tortured, and had no choice but to be carried. One of the gangsters carried him over his shoulder, and now it was time to go.

"Is that everyone?" Sapphire inquired, watching the gangsters, Blu, and Rico nod in response. "Good, now let's get out of here."

"You're not going anywhere."

Blu, Rico, Sapphire, and the gangsters all looked around to find out who said that. Before they had time to even blink, the lights flickered on, and behind them was General Raxos, who was holding a sword in his wing, and behind him were a few other military macaws with axes and shields. And to make things worst, above them were a bunch of archers standing on metal catwalk, preparing to fire.

Sapphire merely folded her wings in response while looking at the evil General. "General Raxos."

"Sapphire. Looking as beautiful as ever." Raxos evilly complemented her, while he stroked his sword with his wing. "Well, well. Trying to break prisoners out, hmm? Didn't your parents ever teach you not to take things that aren't yours?"

"These are birds, Raxos. NOT play things."Sapphire snapped, growling quietly as she looked at the evil Raxos with a very angry face.

"Whatever you say, Sapphire." Raxos chuckled, lifting his wing in the air and giving a little signal with his wingtips for his men. "Now, are you gonna surrender quietly, or do I have to arrest you by force?"

While Sapphire and Raxos talked, Rico quietly moved his wing to pick up a smoke-grenade, preparing a risky move that would hopefully let them escape.

"We will never surrender to you, Raxos." Sapphire said, putting his talon down to show she was serious.

"Then, you will have to die." Raxos chuckled, giving another signal for his men to get ready to fire.

"Wait, wait, wait! Raxos, as much as we would LOVE to stay, I think we should be going." Rico interrupted, but was actually just distraction the general. He quickly through the grenade on the ground which exploded into smoke. He screamed at the top of his lungs as he, Sapphire, Blu, and the gangsters ran through the cellblock area. "RUN!"

"I can't see them!" an archer said, trying to find his targets through the ball of smoke.

"GET THE-E-E-E-E-E-M!" Raxos ordered, screaming as loud as he could.

If you caught me smiling
Do you think I'm laughing?
Can't you see I'm working?
Look at me I'm boring
What you say about my friend?
Do you think he's funny?
Lots of screamy weather
I'm amazed I'm living tonight

Blu, Rico, Sapphire, and the gangsters moved as fast as they could with the military macaws chasing them, and the archers firing arrows at them, which were missing them luickly.

Do you suffer from mental?
Do you suffer from mental tonight?
Do you suffer from mental tonight?
Are you dying for pleasure?
Does it make you feel better?
Are you dying for pleasure tonight?

Raxos-who did not peruse Blu and the others-yelled out to a military macaw standing by the controls. "You! Lock down the door by the entrance. They will not escape this time!"

I can feel your heartbeat
Can you keep on running
Your mind is on heat
As the world keeps burning
As she draws her last breath
Will you hear her calling?
Look at her she's fading
Be a man and suffer her tonight

"Guys! They're locking down the way out!" Rico yelled, seeing the huge iron steel door slowly closing, and if it closed before they got through, then they would be trapped. "Get ready to jump out!"

"But, we can't fly!" one of the gangsters yelled, while narrowly dodging an arrow that almost hit him in the head. "They military clipped our wings, and they won't grow back for at least a couple of days!"

"Then, jump and hope for the best!" Rico suggested, which wasn't really a very good suggestion, but it was the only one he could think of at this very moment.

Like a star at night fall
Are you feeling lonesome?
I believe in action
So I move in closer
Look at him he's crying
I'm a towering pillar
And the world is looming
And there's a war on terror tonight

The door was very close to being closed. Sapphire and the gangsters had managed to get past it. Rico was almost past, but Blu was falling behind.

Rico hesitated, but quickly flew into the air and grabbed Blu by his shoulders and quickly flew towards to the exit/entrance.

"Rico, we're not gonna make it!" Blu yelled, not thinking that they were going to make it.

"Yes, we are!" Rico yelled in return.

"Oh, no you don't!" a military macaw yelled, pulling out a explosive grenade from his belt. He pulled out the pin and threw it straight at the the blue macaw and hawk in hopes of stopping them.

Oooooooooooooooooooh

The grenade had landed down and exploded not too far behind the macaw and hawk. Rico and Blu made it just in time and got through the door a second before it was fully shut, but the impact of the explosion and blew them further, and had caused Rico to lose his grip on Blu right by the prison entrance/exit.

In his panic to escape, Blu could hear the door was going to reopen again soon He gulped as he jumped from the small hole in the cliff and now he was plumming to the ground. "Oh, no! Ahhhhhhhh! Why did I do this!?"

Sapphire, with Joe and the gangsters could see Rico in the air but not Blu. She quickly flew up to join the hawk in mid-air, and she looked all around for Blu, but he was not there. "Rico, where's Blu?"

"Oh, no, I dropped him on the way out of the prison because of the explosion!" Rico said, looking all around the bottom of the cliff where the Jungle was below, and not far from that was the ocean.

Sapphire gasped as she looked around the bottom of the Jungle, but Blu was nowhere to be found. "Oh, no! Blu! He must have jumped!"

"Oh, man!" Rico shouted, curling his talon like a fist and bagining it against his head. "He's got my tools! And my whiskey bottle on him!"

Well, everybody, the prison breakout was a success, and the gangsters are free. But Blu has gone missing after he jumped from the prison entrance/exit. Let's hope he survived the fall.