Rio the Darkness 5: Alternative Darkness
Okay, everyone. Here is the next chapter, and I bet you all were confused about Blu's dream in the last chapter. Well, here is the next part. As usual, any questions: feel free to message me.
Blu had suddenly shot up from his nest and screamed in panic a little. It took him a couple of seconds to realize it was only a dream, and he placed his wing over where his heart his to calm himself down.
"Oh, it was just a dream." Blu talked to himself, keeping himself calm as he slowly breathed. "Oh, I'm okay. Just a dream, Blu. Just a dream, Blu."
The blue macaw waited until he was calm before laying back down in his nest and folding his wings around his chest with his head laid down on a pillow. "Okay, Blu. It was just a dream. Just relax. Everything will be fine."
Blu closed his eyes and tried to resume his sleeping, and hopefully, would not get anymore bad dreams again.
The next morning, Blu had woken up earlier than usual due to the fact he did not sleep well last night, and had decided to go through a little walk through the Jungle to hopefully clear his head and to calm himself down from his dream.
Just for protection, he brought with him his gauntlets just in case he would run into anyone dangerous-despite his invisibility and He traveled to the one place he could love to be more than anywhere in the World: his tree hollow.
Blu sat in his old tree hollow, staring at the hollow wall, but was smiling and remembering all of the happy times he had with his beautiful wife, his three lovely children, and his little baby.
Blu sighed while a slight tear rolled down his cheek in sadness which he soon wiped off with a single wingtip. He sighed while standing back onto his dark grey talons, and quietly thought to himself. "...Jewel...I miss you SO much...I...I would do anything to see you right now...Anything.."
For now, it was time for Blu to make his way back to the rebel base before he could be spotted by any military macaws. He extended his wings and flew down out from the tree hollow and onto the ground.
As he was walking, Blu closed his eyes and stood still for a quick moment. He was taking himself into his happy place where the Jungle was peaceful, birds were singing, and he was together with his family. Blu would never forgot those beautiful voices and chorales every morning.
Blu was now remembering his life in the old Jungle where everything was peaceful and quiet; the most beautiful thing any person in the World could have. He would listen to those lyrics every morning of every day.
All the birds of a feather
Do what they love most of all
We are the best at rhythm and laughter
That's why we love Carnival
Every bird would sing perfectly to the song, also flying together making different shapes and colors, with their dance moves.
All so clear we can sing to
Sun and beaches they call
Dance to the music, passion and love
Show us the best you can do
Everyone here is on fire
Get up and join in the fun
Dance with a stranger, romance and danger
Magic could happen for real, in Rio
All by itself (itself)
You can't see it coming
You can't find it anywhere else (anywhere else)
It's real, in Rio
Know something else (something else)
You can't feel it happening
You can feel it all by yourself.
The lyrics slowly went to a full stop, leaving the entire Jungle quiet Everything went quiet kinda like nothing ever even happened...
Blu was soon dazed out of his thoughts when he felt something tie itself around his body, keeping him completely restricted from extended his wings. He did not hesitate to struggle, trying to get himself free from the ropes tied around him. "What the-! Uggh! Who did this!?"
The blue macaw was soon greeted by his attacker: a scarlet macaw wearing a red and black coloured accented body armor all across his body except for his head. He was also wearing a black belt across his waist with various gadgets, and on his back, he was carrying a katana blade and a combat metal bow staff.
The scarlet was no other than Exo; the final assassin.
He slowly approached the struggling blue macaw, and pulled out his katana blade out, preparing to make his kill on Blu. As he went to stab the blue macaw, he was distracted when Blu had suddenly vanished, causing Exo to strike into nowhere.
But what Exo did not know is when he struck his blade, he accidentally slashed the ropes tied around Blu, freeing him.
Blu snuck up behind the scarlet macaw, and went visible again and kicked Exo from behind, knocking him down but he soon recovered by rolling away from Blu, gaining some distance between them both.
The two macaws stood in an open area together and both of them slowly walked around in circles around the area. Blu, who was more angry than afraid, growled as cracked his wings together. Exo merely chuckled however, thinking this was all going to be too easy.
Exo placed his sword onto his back, and pulled out his bow staff instead into both of his wings. He pointed the bow staff at Blu while he finally stopped walking around, and spoke to him. "It seems the game is over before it has even began."
Blu merely glared at him while making sure his gauntlets were secured onto his wings, knowing this was not going to be easy. "I'm not playing games, Exo."
Exo merely grinned as he put on a accented helmet matching his armor, leaving only his eyes exposed. He spun his bow staff around while preparing to strike against Blu in the quick of an eye. "The confidence you have to beat me will make this kill all too easy."
Blu curled his wing like a fist a striked against Exo, but he rolled around, easily dodging Blu's attack. He spun his bow staff around and whacked Blu back before he even knew what had happened.
"Inadequate!" Exo said, dodging another one of Blu's attacks by blocking his kick attempted with his bow staff.
Blu ducked Exo's attack and struck a couple of hits directly at Exo's chest. He grabbed onto the Exo's bow staff and flipped Exo over himself.
Exo landed back onto his talon and struck another bow staff against the blue macaw, only to be blocked by Blu's gauntlets. He laughed while kicking Blu back. "Amusing!"
Exo whacked his bow staff against Blu, causing him to spin around in mid-air and falling down onto his stomach. The scarlet macaw spun his bow staff, and since he was winning, he decided to give Blu the chance to get back up. Exo asked Blu if he was ready for more while smirking. "Ready for more?"
Blu used his power and dashed towards Exo and tried to strike more hits against him, only to miss again (even with his powers) and was hit again from the powerful strike against Exo's bow staff, directly into his face.
"Did you not spot the opening I gave you?" Exo inquired, laughing a little while performing a frontflip towards Blu.
Blu yelled out in anger and charged towards Exo again. He blocked Exo's bow staff attacks with his gauntlets and pushed himself away by placing his talon on Exo's bow, giving him the chance to avoid being hit again.
Exo struck another attack against Blu, and when he did not expect it at all, he was countered this time instead. Blu blocked his bow staff with his left wing while using his right wing to hit Exo a few times into his face before being tripping Exo to the ground with his talon.
Blu placed his wings onto Exo and pulled him up by force. He headbutted the scarlet macaw, but soon lose his grip when Exo placed both hif talons onto Blu's chest and pushed himself out of the blue macaw's grip.
Blu struck two hits from his wings, but he was prevented from hitting Exo, who was using his bow staff to block Blu's attacks. Blu ducked from Exo's next bow staff strike before he grabbed onto Exo and threw him over his shoulder.
Exo leaped into the air and landed down onto his talons perfectly before striking against Blu again. He struck to strikes from his bow staff directly at Blu, who was blocking each one with his gauntlets. Exo ducked down a little and spun around, trying to hit Blu from below instead.
Blu leaped over Exo's staff just in the nick of time and struck him in the face.
Exo groaned angrily before striking more attacks against Blu again. Although Blu managed to block with his gauntlets, the force from Exo's bow staff had knocked him back a little, and Exo had now leaped into the air and attempted to hit Blu from above.
Blu moved out of the way just in time and waited for Exo to hit his bow staff onto the ground by mistake before Blu lifted his right talon up kicked Exo in the face.
The scarlet macaw had enough of this, not believing that someone could actually be this good in combat.
"You will regret that!" he yelled out to Blu as he pulled out a flashbang from his belt and threw it at the ground, causing it to produce a blinding white flash of light followed by a loud noise, leaving Blu blind and defensive for a few seconds.
When Blu got his vision back, he panicked when he spotted Exo coming straight at him from above. Exo yelled out a battle cry as he went down directly towards Blu with his bow staff raised above his head.
The second Exo landed down in front of Blu, he struck multiple strikes against Blu in the quick of an eye, rapidly trying to hit him from both sides as he struck his bow staff rapidly from the left and right, trying his best to break through Blu's defensives.
When Blu saw Exo striking against him, he raised his wings in front of his face and rapidly blocked each of Exo's bow attacks, keeping the scarlet macaw from hitting him at all.
The two macaws continued to do the same thing for a few seconds: Blu blocking Exo's bow attacks each time he tried to hit him, and Exo continuing to strike against his gauntlets, trying to push back his defenses.
Eventually, Exo held his bow staff into the air and struck it down towards Blu, who blocked it with both his gauntlets.
"Give in, macaw!" Exo groaning, trying to push his bow staff past Blu's gauntlets. "You can't beat me. I am stronger, faster, and smarter."
"I know about who you are, Exo." Blu replied, using all of his strenght to keep Exo's bow staff from breaking through. "And I won't let you defeat me! ARG!"
Blu headbutted Exo once again, and before he would have the chance to attack again, Blu curled his wings like fists again and began a series of quick-focused attacks, rapidly striking hits against Exo's chest, hoping to break through the armor he was wearing.
After Blu had hit him at least twenty times, Blu hit him in the face with his left wing, and then with his right wing, before he grabbed Exo's bow staff and kicked him away, taking away one of his main weapons.
The blue macaw used his gauntlets to break the bow staff in half, leaving it broken and not being able to help anyone anymore in battle. Blu threw away the broken bow staff and watched Exo get his strength back and he was not finished yet.
Exo chuckled in response, and had had to admit, Blu was very impressive in battle.
"You're good. Not such a pushover after all." Exo complemented, before he lifted his wing behind the back of his head and pulled out his katana sword, preparing to finish this battle once and for all. "You are still out matched though."
Blu was now beginning to get a little fearful. The bow staff would only hurt Blu in combat but the katana could kill him instantly if Exo got the chance to stab him. He raised his gauntlets up above his face, hoping this would not be the end for him. "I guess we should finish this, then, Exo."
"That's the plan, macaw." Exo agreed, slowly stroking his sword with his wing (his wing was covered in armor of course). "Unless, you are willing to surrender?"
"I will never surrender to you, Exo!" Blu refused, raising up his wings again, ready to continue again. "Now, let's finish what we started."
"If you insist." Exo said, raising his sword in the air before charging directly at the blue macaw. "Arrrggghhhh!"
Meanwhile, at King Lenny's pyramid, the evil King was standing outside of his giant pyramid (still inside the protective wall around his pyramid of course), waiting for General Raxos to arrive at his pyramid. He slowly stroked his scepter in his wing, thinking about the blue macaw he encountered not too long ago.
Outside the pyramid with him were a few military macaws, not really doing much. There were the archer macaws, who were doing their usually routine: guarding the wall. The King's personal guards walk around in the area. And the two martial-artists who Raxos had ordered to stay at the King's pyramid, were performing different tricks and skills, showing off to a couple of regular military macaws.
The two martial-artists both performed a back flip at the exact same time, and landed down on their talons. The regular soldiers standing around them began clapping, impressed by their skills. They all congratulated the martial-artists in allusion together. "Alright!" "Yeah!" "Awesome skills."
After a couple more minutes, the main (and only) gate opened up and there was General Raxos, who had been summoned there by the King. And with him were two regular military macaws, a military macaw wearing body armor, and Anton.
The military macaws all bowed down to the King in respect.
"You all may rise." King Lenny said, giving all of the military macaws permission to get back up. "Raxos, I would like to talk to you. You four however, are free to go."
"Alright, you heard him, boys." Raxos said, beckoning for his men and nephew to disperse. "Go and rest of a while. And Anton, please stay out of trouble."
"Sure thing, Uncle-I mean, sir." Anton agreed, extending his giant wing out and saluting his Uncle in respect.
After they were gone, King Lenny walked near the pyramid with General Raxos, and the two military macaws talked to each other while walking.
"General Raxos. We might have even more of a problem than we thought." King Lenny said, walking inside into his pyramid with Raxos following buy.
"What is it, your highness?" Raxos inquired. "Is it the rebels?"
King Lenny paused his sentence for a few seconds until they were in the throne room inside of the castle. Lenny walked his way over to his throne chair and sat down in it before sighing. He looked back at Raxos, who stood in front of the King a few feet away. "No, Raxos, it was not the rebels. I encountered a blue macaw into a battle not too long ago-the same one who I attacked in the village."
"Him?" Raxos quiered, not believing someone like Blu could possible make the King afraid. "What did he do, you highness?"
"I fought him in battle, and he had some sort of powers." King Lenny answered, setting his scepter down beside him. "He was able to launch himself into the air in a quick flash. And he even managed to make himself invisible and hit me a few times."
"That's...Quite a shock, your highness." Raxos said, before he tried to give the King some confidence. "But, that should not be a problem, your highness. Your powers are far greater than his powers. He doesn't have a chance, your highness."
"Quite true, Raxos." Lenny agreed, rubbing two of his wingtips together. "But I won't you to tell your men to keep an eye out for him. And if he is captured, bring him to me personally."
"It will be a pleasure, your highness." Raxos agreed, bowing down to the King once again in respect.
Back in the Jungle, Exo the scarlet macaw leaped into the air-performing a couple of spins-and landed down next to Blu, and striking against him with his sword. Blu managed to block his katana with his gauntlets, and now the two macaws were both holding onto the katana.
Blu hit Exo in his stomach, knocking him back a little, but he moved back more to prepare for his next attack.
The blue macaw attempted to kick Exo away, but Exo was faster and managed to dodge his attack, and leaped towards Blu with his katana. Blu luckily blocked his katana attack with his gauntlets and struck a couple of attacks in return.
Exo leaped into the air again and kicked Blu back, knocking him onto his back.
Blu swiftly got back up onto his talons and threw a few strikes against Exo, only for his attacks to be blocked by Exo's katana.
Exo countered Blu by knocking him back and spun around, attempting to stab Blu with his sword. He struck his sword towards Blu, missing once again so he rolled around behind Blu and kicked him down with his talon.
This time, Exo was not willing to give Blu a chance to recover him his attacks. He placed his talon onto Blu and rolled him onto his back before placing his talon covered up by armor against Blu's throat and holding his katana towards his face.
Blu struggled to get free from the scarlet macaw's grip, banging his wings against Exo's talon, but because of his armor, he barely could feel anything. "Let me go!"
"You thought well, macaw. But I am stronger, faster, and smarter." Exo said, preparing to finish this battle once and for all. "Know that you die with honour."
Blu was on the verge of giving up hope before he spotted one of Exo's various gadgets on his belt. He lifted his talon up and pulled one of Exo's flash bangs, knocking him off his concentration and giving Blu the chance to recover.
The two macaws resumed their battle. Blu and Exo charged towards each other and began hitting and block each other's attacks with their gauntlets and katana. The two macaws constantly spun around in circles, hitting and blocking each other's strikes.
Eventually, the blue macaw ducked under Exo's sword and hit him in his stomach as hard as he could, knocking Exo a few feet back. Blu grabbed Exo with both his wings and slammed him into a nearby tree before he began hitting him.
Exo growled and countered Blu's next strike by blocking his wing with his own wing, and then striking a powerful fly kick towards Blu's stomach, causing a shooting pain through Blu's stomach.
Blu groaned in pain, holding onto his stomach with his wing. He had no choice but to continue if he had any hopes of winning this battle and not losing to be either captured and brought to the military, or being killed and left to being eaten by crows.
Exo decided to make a point for Blu while he spun his katana around. "I am enhanced. But what about you? You're just a macaw with gauntlets."
Blu charged towards Exo again, yelling out in pain and in anger. He blocked Exo's katana attacks and struck a couple of hits on Exo's head before the scarlet macaw countered his next attack, and kicked Blu away again.
Exo launched into the air, trying to slice Blu in half. Blu blocked hit attacks and grabbed onto the same katana. The two macaws held onto the katana, each trying to keep it for themselves until eventually, Blu rolled backwards and threw Exo over his shoulder.
When Exo recovered and when Blu got back up onto his talons, the two macaws both charged directly at each other, and leaped into the air. Exo had his katana raised in the air, ready to cut Blu into a million tiny bits.
Blu was prepared for Exo this time, and as they got close, Blu blocked his katana and kicked Exo straight into his chest, knocking him onto the ground, and onto his back while Blu had landed down on his talons perfectly.
Exo leaped back up onto his talons, and to finally finish this, he pulled out a flashbang from his belt and threw it onto the ground, sending yet another blinding white flash of light followed by a loud noise, leaving Blu blind and defensive for a few seconds.
When Blu got his vision back, he once again spotted Exo coming straight at him from above. Exo yelled out another battle cry as he went down directly towards Blu with his katana raised above his head.
Like last time, the second Exo landed down in front of Blu, he struck multiple strikes against Blu in the quick of an eye, rapidly trying to hit him from both sides as he struck his katana staff rapidly from the left and right, trying his best to break through Blu's defensives.
Blu had his wings raised in front of his face like last time and rapidly blocked each of Exo's katana attacks, keeping the scarlet macaw from hitting him at all.
The two macaws continued to do the same thing for a few seconds: Blu blocking Exo's katana attacks each time he tried to hit him, and Exo continuing to strike against his gauntlets, trying to push back his defenses.
Eventually, Exo held his katana into the air and struck it down towards Blu, who blocked it with both his gauntlets.
Blu kicked Exo as he held back his katana and before he would have the chance to attack again, Blu curled his wings like fists again and began a series of quick-focused attacks, rapidly striking hits against Exo's chest, striking even more hits than last time.
After Blu had hit him at least thirty times, Blu hit him in the face with his left wing, and then with his right wing, and then he grabbed Exo's katana and kicked him away, taking away one of his main weapons once again.
Blu threw his sword at a nearby tree, getting rid of the katana but managing to cut off some vines on the tree that landed down right in front of him. He caught the vines in his wings and charged towards Exo, who was still laying on the ground, trying to gain his strength back again.
Blu jumped towards Exo and without hesitation, he grabbed the scarlet macaw and tied the vines around his body, holding his wings securely to his sides. While he continued to tie up Exo, Blu leaned his talon forward and pulled of Exo's belt with his gadgets attached to him to stop him from trying anything.
Eventually, Blu finished tying up the scarlet macaw and kicked off his helmet from his head, and now he was pretty much vulnerable to do anything. Exo had vines tied around his body and talons, leaving him laid tied up on the ground.
Exo tried to had free from the vines, but they were too strong and he could not do anything to escape. He looked up at the blue macaw beside him, and now he had to choice but to admit defeat. "Impossible. How could you defeat me?"
"Your strength and your determination was my advantage." Blu answered, leaning down to the scarlet macaw while talking. "You are defeated, and now Raxos is going to lock you up for failing."
Before long, Blu now realized he had won this battle. He slowly walked back into the Jungle, leaving Exo tied for the military to find him and take him back to Raxos for punishment for failing to complete his job.
Well, this was a very long chapter. I hope you people enjoyed this battle chapter and hope to see positive reviews on what you think of this chapter. Exo is defeated and all four assassins are now defeated. Now Blu can continue his job to get some answers.
Next chapter will be here tomorrow.