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Hello, everyone. Here is the next alternative chapter of "Darkness Reborn". I am not sure how long it will be, but we will have to wait and see, ladies and gentlemen. In the meantime, enjoy the chapter.

Back in the World of Darkness, Blu and Rico continued to search the many cells their friends and loved ones. So far, it was just them two, and Blu was beginning to think that none of their friends were here.

Blu and Rico had just finished checking one side of the hallway, only to find nothing. Blu made his way back to the end of the hallway and checked the other row of cell doors. He looked through the keyhole of the cell door, and a smile rose across his beak when he saw two familiar friends.

"Rico!" Blu called out him, needing the hawk's assistance to open the iron door. "Come here! I found Nico and Pedro in this cell!"

Rico made haste and ran as quick as his could towards the injured blue macaw. He quickly placed the key into the iron door, and opened it up in a matter of seconds.

The two walked inside where they saw Nico and Pedro sitting in chairs with their backs together, and rope tied around their bodies and talons. The duo turned their attention to the blue macaw and hawk, and was both shocked and happy.

"Blu! Wait, Rico?!" Nico greeted, shocked to see his old friend stand beside him. He was certain his mind was playing tricks on him. "How is this possible?"

"I'm not from your world." Rico answered, kneeling down to the two where he began untying them both. "That Nexus guy brought me, my Blu and Jewel here."

"You're Blu and Jewel?" Pedro queried, completely confused to what he was talking about.

"They are from an alternative world." Blu explained, checking the hallway of the cell to make sure they had no company while Rico freed them. "They're a few years older than me and Jewel. We're not sure how they got here."

"Oh, I see." Nico replied, somewhat understanding before he examined Blu, only just noticing he was in a wheelchair with bandages and casts. "Blu, what happened to you?"

"Nexus did this to me. He tried to crush me and Jewel. I pushed Jewel out the way, but, I didn't have enough time to move." Blu answered, rubbing his bad wing with his good wing while speaking. "Don't worry about me, guys. I will be fine, but it's going to take me a while to recover."

Nico and Pedro waited for a moment until Rico had finally finished untying them.

Pedro stood up from the chair and rubbed his wings together, getting the feeling back into them after being restrained for so long. "So, who else is in this prison?"

"Me, you, Nico, Blu, Jewel, Rey, Azul, Crystal, Jessica, Rafael and Eva." Rico answered, pointing to each of his wingtips each time he said a name. "As for the other Blu and Jewel, I heard Nexus took them to his castle. Not sure where that is."

"I know where it is. Only a few miles from here." Blu assured, while pushing himself out from the cell with the others following him, "But we got to find everyone first though. Now let's go before we're spotted."

Meanwhile, back in Rio de Janeiro, Exo; a scarlet macaw wearing a red and black colored accented armor all across his body (except for his body), and wearing various weapons, was pacing up and down the room of his underground base nervously, fearing the worse.

He looked back towards his two assistance, who were both a couple of feet away. Asya had just finished tending to Anox injuries after his encounter with Nexus. He now had bandages around his right wing and ribs where he had been injured.

"You sure Nexus does not know where we live?" Exo inquired, expecting a worst answer from his friend.

"I'm sure." Anox assured, groaning slightly as Asya gently lied him down at the table, resting his head on a pillow. "If I told him the truth, I would not have been in the condition I am now. God, this really hurts!"

"I see your point." Exo replied, picking up a nearby accented helmet that matched his armor where he placed it over his head, leaving only his eyes exposed. "But we best to be ready. Who knows what Nexus might do just to find us?"

"You're not thinking of hunting him down, are you?" Asya inquired, helping her boyfriend off of the table and placing his wing over shoulder to keep him supported as she escorted him to a nearby nest. "Nexus is too powerful. We may be trained, but we are no match for him."

"We have to try at least." Exo countered, placing his katana blade and combat bow staff onto his back.

"Exo, look what he did to Anox." Asya argued, setting Anox down into the nest so he could rest, and recover from his injuries. "We can't stop him."

"Then we do we suppose we do?!" Exo inquired, his voice angry and deep as he slammed his wing into the wall. "Just sit here and let him take over our world!"

"That is not what I'm saying!" Asya shouted, sitting down beside Anox as she stroked his head with her wing. She sighed as she took a deep breath, not wanting to cause an argument. "I am not saying we should not do anything, but taking him head on would be suicide.

Exo sighed, knowing that Asya was right in usual. He took off his helmet and placed it back onto the table, closing his eyes as he tried to think what to do next. "You're right, Asya. We will think of something."

Asya smiled as she nodded slightly before shifting her attention back over to Anox. She stroked his head with her wing, keeping him company as he tried to get some sleep. "You had me worried, there, honey. I didn't think you were going to make it."

"Takes more than a few broken bones to stop me." Anox replied, taking his girlfriend's wing in his own where he placed a kiss on it, assuring her he would be alright. "I'll be fine. I just need to get some rest."

Back in the World of Darkness, Blu rushed Rico in a panicking tone while he hawk was trying to open a cell door, but he kept shaking because of the blue macaw's yelling. "Rico, come on! Rey and Azul are in there."

"Hey, yelling isn't going to make me go any faster!" Rico replied, struggling to turn the key still as his talon kept shaking. "You wanna do it, be my guest."

"Hello, broken talons!" Blu reminded, gesturing his good wing to his broken talons. He inhaled a deep breath for a moment, trying to keep himself calm. "I'm sorry, Rico. I'm just worried about my kids."

"It'll be okay, Blu." Nico assured him, as he and Pedro flew up into the air beside him. "We will get them out, and then we're going to get out of here. Right, Pedro?"

"Right we will!" Pedro agreed, flying over towards Blu's shoulder and giving him a friendly pat on the neck. "Don't worry about it, Blu. We can do this."

"Got it open." Rico interrupted, pulling open the iron door, followed by taking the key out from the keyhole.

As soon as it was open, Blu rapidly pulled himself in front of the cell door, despite his condition, and was happy to see Rey and Azul who came flying towards him. He hugged them in his wings as they cuddled into his chest. "Rey, Azul! You're both okay."

"Dad." Rey cooed, never wanting to be alone again from his parents. "You found us."

"What happened to your talons, Dad?" Azul inquired, only just noticing her bandage casts wrapped around his talons.

"I had a bit of an accident, Azul." Blu answered, hugging his children still as they leaned back and looked towards him. "I will be okay, though. But do you know where your mother or your sisters are?"

"We think they're in the cell next to us." Rey answered, gesturing his tiny wing to the next cell. "We don't know where mom is though."

"Rico." Blu requested, looking towards the hawk whom was already opening the cell.

"Already on it." Rico assured, easily opening the cell door this time without Blu nagging him. He smiled as he opened up the door to see Crystal, comforting Jessica, who seemed to be crying. "They're here."

"Crystal, Jessica" Blu signed in relief, pushing himself towards the cell door where his two daughters made their way over to them, and hugged their father. "Are you both okay?"

"We're okay, Dad." Crystal assured them, wanting to cry in happiness, but found she had no energy too. She leaned up where she saw her father in a wheelchair with bandages. "Are you okay, Dad? Your talons...Your wing"

"I'm fine, sweetie." Blu assured, while hugging his baby girl closer to him as the young chick cried into his chest. He soothed her youngest daughter, unable to imagine how afraid she was right now. "Its okay, Jessica. Shhh, please don't cry."

"Daddy, I'm scared." Jessica admitted, closing her eyes as she hid continued hugging her father. "Please don't leave me."

"I'm not going to leave you, sweetie. I promise." Blu promised, leaning his head up for a moment and turning his attention to her three older kids. "Now, have any of you seen your father or your Uncle Rafael and Aunt Eva?"

"Uh, uh." Rey answered, shaking his head to the left and right slightly. "Like we said, we don't know where they are."

"We're sure they are in the same area as us though." Crystal added, standing next to her brothers as she spoke up. "They can't be far. But as for the other Mom and Dad-I mean, OTHER Blu and Jewel, we heard they took them to Nexus castle."

"Yeah, we know that so far." Rico replied, checking the remaining cells in the area for any of their friends by looking through the keyhole, only to find empty cells. "Don't think they are here."

"We still have two more hallways to check." Blu reminded, placing his wings onto the wheels as he was about to leave, until Nico (who was leaning around the corner) suddenly warned them of a danger ahead.

"Guys! Two guards coming!" Nico warned in a yelling whisper. "What do we do?!"

"Hide!" Rico suggested, locking the cell Rey and Azul were in so it did not cause any suspicion. He quickly ran into the cell Crystal and Jessica were in, and beckoned for everyone to get inside. "Inside!"

"In a cell?" Pedro asked.

"Would you rather be seen?" Rico inquired, moving aside as Blu, Nico, and the kids made their way inside. "Now, get in!"

Pedro obeyed and jumped directly into the cell, hearing that guards footsteps and voices heading straight there way. When he was inside, Rico quickly locked the cell door from inside just in case they were to notice it was unlocked.

Rico shushed them as he stood aside the cell door, keeping everyone quiet from making one peep. He whispered to them as everyone tried to find a space to stand in. "Everyone, keep quiet!"

"There's no room in here." Nico complained in a whisper, feeling cramped inside the small cell despite his size.

"Blame Blu!" Pedro accused. "He's the one in a wheelchair!"

"Hey, uncool, Pedro!" Blu replied, frowning slightly as he folded his wings together with a saucy face. "It's not my fault I'm in this condition!"

"Guys, shh!" Rico ordered, kneeling down to the iron door keyhole where he peaked through, checking if the guards had heard them or not.

He could see two guards just outside their cell, and they had three of the Angelus' guards with their heads and wings locked in stocks. And to Rico's surprise, one of them was the captain who tried to save them back in Rio.

"This cell is empty and its big." one of the dark macaws said to the other, opening the cell opposite of the cell the birds from Rio were hiding in. "Throw them in there!"

"You won't get away with this!" the captain assured, but all he got in response was getting shoved into the cell with his two men. "We will break free and stop you all!"

"Who's going to save you, huh?" the dark macaw asked, shoving another light macaw into the same cell. "You are the only three here. The only other prisoners here are a blue macaw in wheels, another blue macaw who's quite pretty, a hawk who acts tough but smells of beer, and two toucans who don't seem to know how to defend themselves. Two little birdies-and one of them wears a stupid bottle cap. And four children. You really think they can help you?"

"I wouldn't underestimate people on the outside." the captain said, smirking slightly as he stood and his men stood there while the dark macaw placed wooden stands under their stocks.

"Don't count of them saving them." the dark macaw replied, shutting the door after they were secured inside. He turned back to his partner and nodded his head back to the way back they came. "Well, that was our only job. Wanna get some doughnuts and coffee?"

"Sure." the dark macaw agreed, walking back the way they came.

Rico waited a couple of minutes to make sure they were gone, not wanting to take any chances. He turned back to the others, who were keeping quiet like he asked them two.

"Did you see anything?" Blu inquired, obviously not hearing the voices from outside due to the iron door cells being so thick.

"Yeah, remember those yellow macaws that helped us back in Rio?" Rico inquired, getting a slight nod in return. "They captured the captain and a couple of his men and put them in the cell across from us."

"We should save them!" Blu suggested, knowing they would need all the help they can get as possible. "They are trained soldiers."

"I agree." Nico agreed, crossing his wings together. "I say we help them."

"Alright, alright, we will help them." Rico replied, unlocking the cell door as he slowly opened up, checking for anymore company. "Let's go."

Everyone exited the cell and got back into the hallway. Most of them waited while Rico opened the cell door, and Nico kept watch by leaning his head around the corner.

Rico unlocked the cell door where he saw the three light macaws, standing in a row with their restraints locked on tight. He smirked as he leaned against the door with his wings folded together. "Well, for trained guards, you sure got yourself in a pickle."

"You're funny." the captain sarcastically replied, trying to patient as Rico attempted to take the padlock off of the stocks. "Now, can you get us out of these please? My neck is hurting."

"Give me a moment." Rico replied, trying to use the same key he used to unlock the doors, but found it did not fit. "It doesn't fit. I can't unlock it."

"There has to be a way. I would pick lock it, but I can't use my talons at the moment." Blu replied, wishing that he could be useful, but unfortunately, all he could do was wait. "Couldn't we pull it off by force?"

"Doubtful." Rico replied, still trying to pull the padlocks off from the stocks.

"Dad, could this work?" Crystal inquired, holding up a little needle in his talon that she handed over to Rico.

"Crystal, that's perfect!" Rico replied, accepting the needle into his talon. He made haste to get the trio out of their as soon as possible.

Blu smiled as he picked up her daughter and hugged her softly against his chest. He stroked Crystal's head, proud of his daughter that she just maybe have helped save three lives. "Honey, where did you find that?"

"Found it under the bed in my cell." Crystal answered, shrugging her shoulders slightly.

"That's my girl." Blu smiled, before setting her back down on the ground with her brothers and sister.

"A-A-A-A-and, you're free." Rico smirked, taking the padlock off from the stock, releasing the captain from his restraints. He turned his attention back to another light macaw, who was covered in scratches and bruises across his body, and barley conscious. "Now, what happened to you?"

"Those sick macaws tortured him for information." the captain answered, rubbing his neck for a moment while gesturing his free wing to the other light macaw. "We're lucky to have a medic with us, but we have no supplies. Without them, he won't make it."

"There might be supplies here." Rico said, freeing the injured light macaw as he sat him down onto the bed, saving his energy.

"I got somewhere we can go." Blu reminded, referring to the little hideout he had built here in this world in case of emergencies he mentioned earlier. "I built an underground hideout a few miles from here. I know where it is. It has everything we need."

"Right." the captain agreed, as he and the other light macaw helped the injured macaw stand, placing each of his wings around their shoulders. "We should find the rest of your friends first."

"I agree." the medic agreed, struggling slightly to keep his friend up. "And then, if we do get there, maybe I can take a look at you, too." he said, pointing his free wing towards Blu. "You look in pretty bad shape."

"I appreciate that." Blu smiled, staring down at his bandaged talons, and then his injured wing. "But I think I'm going to be okay. I'm not sure why they bandaged me up though."

"Well, questions will have to wait for now." Rico said, raising his taser up as he walked towards the hallway, checking around the corner with Nico. "Now, let's get out of here and find the rest of us before anyone sees us."

Chapter completed, ladies and gentlemen. Like I say, looks very familiar to the actual story, but in a couple more chapters, you will see where things changed. Stay tuned for the next chapters, my fellow amigos.