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Hey, everyone. I'm not sure how to say this, but I am beginning to forgot who I am. I always had the confidence to do almost everything I dreamt of, but now, I...I just don't have anymore confidence. Everything I loved to do I can't do anymore. I don't know what's going on with me, my friends and I think I need to go for a while and find myself again.

But I already finished most of the chapter and was able to finish it with a little confidence. Until I return, thank you all for what you have done for me. Being good friends, good readers, and people I trust.

Goodbye for now, my amigos

Shortly after the interrogation of the Angelus, Nexus, with Vadin and a group of dark macaws had left the World of Darkness into the care of Kate, and now they were back in Rio de Janeiro to continue the search for the scroll. They had just reached their destination which was a large open area full of marmosets, who were dancing around as loud music filled the air.

Nexus and his men flew down into the middle of the area where the entire group of marmosets stopped where they were and moved aside, fearing for the worse as soon as they saw a hawk who looked much unusual than the average bird. When is it every day you see a glowing dark hawk?

Nexus approached the end of the area where the leader of the marmosets was standing on top of a large chair he claimed to have "borrowed". He performed flips as he jumped down to the hawk, who was much taller than he was.

"Hello there." Mauro greeted him, smirking as his eyes were half-closed while he folded his arms together. "My, my, you don't look so good. You're kind of glowy."

"Don't get on my nerves, monkey." Nexus warned him, causing all the other marmosets around the area to jump in fear at the sound of his deep voice. "Now, I am not in a good mood, so I will cut to the chase; I am hunting down a certain scarlet macaw by the name of Exo, and I want your services to find him."

"And what's in it for us?" Mauro inquired, completely forgetting about the last time he said this to Nigel which ended up with him going high in the sky.

Nexus grunted as he gripped the marmoset's throat in his talon and lifted him up in the air, choking him slightly. He watched as Mauro begged him for mercy, and this is just what he expected to hear. "Now, do you have your attention?"

"Yes, sir." Mauro replied, managing to nod his head slightly while he was held in the air still.

"I know you and your men here are experts and hunting." Nexus admitted, losing his grip a little so the monkey could reply to him when he was finished. "And I want you to send them to find Exo the scarlet macaw. He is here in this jungle somewhere. Understood?"

"Uh-Hu." Mauro obeyed, turning his attention towards his men, who had been gathered around in a circle by the dark macaws. "Uh, boys! You heard, uh...What's your name again?"

"It's Nexus." Nexus introduced himself, tightening his grip a little as he brought Mauro's face only inches from his own. "But you will refer to me as "Lord Nexus". Remember that."

Mauro gasped as Nexus dropped him to the ground in front of his entire men. As soon as he recovered, he quickly obeyed the hawk's command, and ordered all his men to scatter out. "Boys! You heard Lord Nexus! Go out there and find him! And don't return until you do."

The other marmosets obeyed and quickly scattered out from their hideout. Some of them ran through bushes and plants while others climbed trees and swung on vines.

After they were gone, Nexus looked up where he noticed this area had no sunlight shining on the area, and this made it perfect for him. For now, he decided this is where he was going to stay until they returned with the whereabouts of Exo.

"I think this is where I am going to stay for now." Nexus said to Vadin, while beckoning the other dark macaws to spread out and do as they wish. "Do as you will for now, gentleman, but do not leave the area unless I say otherwise."

The other dark macaws obeyed as some of them sat down against trees to take a break for a while. As for the others, they were comfortable enough to talk with each other until they were instructed otherwise by their King.

Nexus turned his attention back towards the center of the area where his eyes caught Mauro trying to slowly sneak away without anyone noticing. But unfortunately for him, Nexus had a sharp eye, and rarely missed anything around his surroundings.

He used his dash ability to move directly in front of the marmoset, who gasped as he fell down onto his back. Nexus grinned as he folded his wings together, finding it amusing for the marmoset to be in fear like this. "And where do you think you are going?"

"Uh, nowhere." Mauro lied, nervously rubbing the back of his neck.

Nexus did not reply. Instead, he placed his talon onto the golden watch around Mauro's waist and pulled it up over his arms, followed by tightening it, securing his arms to his sides. He grabbed Mauro's neck and held him up into the air again. "Now, you are not to leave until your men return. If I see you move again, well, let's just see I hope you can survive without your head."

Mauro gulped in response as Nexus threw him back over to the bottom of the huge chair. He landed directly in front of the tree with his back pressed up against it. With his arms secure and dark macaws watching him, there was nothing he could do to escape, and could only hope Nexus would spare him.

Meanwhile, back in the World of Darkness, deep beneath Nexus's castle was a small prison dungeon that Nexus kept his most valuable prisoners down there (even despite the fact he had a prison not far from his castle).

Trapped inside that dungeon were the two blue macaws from an alternative world older Blu and older Jewel. They two had been locked in there since they were brought in there from Rio de Janeiro.

The two were sat against a wall (Blu on the right, and Jewel on the left) with chains attached to both of their talons. Both of them had chain cuffs attached to their feet as they shared the same chain, and to make things worse, the end of the chain was connected to the wall, preventing them from going anywhere.

Older Jewel grunted as she attempted to pull the chains cuffs off from her talons, but found that they were too tight to just slip off. She sighed as she fell down on her back. "I can't believe this. A couple of days ago, me and you were enjoying a peaceful life, and now we get dragged into this world where there's another two of us, then we are captured by some hawk with magically powers, and now, we're locked in a dungeon in a world with no light."

"I just don't see how we got tied into all this." older Blu replied, crossing his wings together as he examined the end of the chain attached to the wall that was on his side. "Why did that Nexus guy bring us down here? I heard a guard mention that they took everyone else to some prison in this world."

"Beats me." older Jewel replied, standing up for a moment where he had managed to walk towards the door, almost dragging Blu with her. "Hey! Let us out of here!"

"Quiet in there!" a guard from outside of the dungeon warned.

"Jewel, sit down!" older Blu ordered, but he soon regretted what he said when his wife look towards him with an evil look. "Uh, I didn't mean that! It's just, they got some huge macaw with one wing, and he's really scary!"

Older Jewel merely sighed as she walked back towards Blu and sat back down beside him. She fiddled with the chains across her talons while trying to lighten the mood during their current situation. "Guess we're chained-to-each-other-birds again, huh?"

"I guess." older Blu smiled, placing his wings around older Jewel, comforting her in this current situation. "It'll be okay, Jewel. We'll get out this."

"You sure?" older Jewel asked, resting her head down against his chest.

"I'm one-hundred percent positive." older Blu assured her, looking towards the ceiling of their room where he could see a couple of bats hanging upside down. "Don't worry, Jewel. If we can defeat a crazed cockatoo, half an army of gangsters, and a gigantic eagle, then I'm sure we can get out of this."

"You're right, Blu." older Jewel smiled, closing her eyes for a moment as she used Blu's chest as a pillow while he used his wings like a blanket. "I'm sure our younger selves, Rico, and the rest of them are looking for us."

"I hope so." older Blu replied, remembering the accident that had occurred when he witnessed his other self having his wing cut open, and his talons broken. "The other me, he was injured. He broke both of his talons and cut his wing."

"Ouch." older Jewel admitted. "That must have been painful. You think he's okay?"

"It's hard to say." older Blu answered, looking back down towards his wife as she rubbed her head against him. "But I think she will be fine. If I can survive anything, than I am willing to bet, the other me can."

"Hmmm, yeah, I...I guess." older Jewel replied, trying to get some sleep as she closed her eyes, and the only thing she could hear was Blu talking and the bats flapping. "Let's try and get some rest for now. I'm pretty tired."

"Me, too." older Blu admitted, leaning his head down against her own as he too tried to get some rest. He kept her comfortable as they both drifted off to sleep, hoping someone would get here and rescue them.

Back in the underground hideout, everyone had woken up nice and early and were now making their next plan of action. Blu was sitting in his wheelchair, Jewel was sitting on one of the family couches with her children sat beside her, Rico was happy enough to still be in the single armchair, and as for the toucan's and the samba birds, they were all sharing the other family couch.

The captain of the light macaws was stood in the middle of the room, discussing with the others their next plan of action. "Now, everyone, I was discussing with the medic officer last night, and we think we have a solution to make a plan."

"And that would be?" Rico inquired, taking a sip out from a whiskey bottle while the captain briefed them.

"Well, it means-wait a minute, where did you get that?" the captain inquired, crossing his wings together with an eyebrow rose.

"Found it." Rico simply answered, shrugging his shoulders slightly.

The captain ignored him as he got back to the previous subject. "Anyway, like I was saying, we received word from a couple of our men out there that the warden is on the lookout for us. So, we need to watch out for him. We also believe that the castle is where Nexus is keeping your older selves, and our queen."

"You're not thinking of breaking in there, are you?" Blu inquired, remembering the last time he went into that castle where he met the first specious of his kind ghost.

"Unfortunately, yes." the captain replied, rubbing his left wing with his right wing for a moment. "But we have word that Nexus took half his army with Vadin to Rio, and this means the castle will not be as protected as it should be. Only problem is, there's only one way in, and it's locked down."

"Not exactly." Blu joined in, pushing himself towards the center of the room, all eyes watching him "I was there once."

"You were?" the captain inquired, slightly surprised about this.

"Yep." Blu smiled. "This may sound strange, but when I first went there when I was the Darkness' host, I met the ghost who was the first male of our kind ever, and he was my grandfather. While I was there, I discovered there was another way in. There was a small hole in one of the walls that is covered up in grass. It's our ticket."

"Hmm, interesting." the captain admitting, placing his wing upon Blu's shoulder. "Well done, Blu. I'm impressed, and I would be honored if you companied me there, but I think it's best if you stay here."

"Captain, I'm going to have to deny that request." Blu replied, willing to help win this war with Nexus anyway possible, even despite his condition. He turned towards the others for a moment, who all looked surprised that he wanted to go back there. "I know the layout of the castle. You go in there blind, and you'll never get out of there."

"You know the layout?" the captain asked, folding his wings together.

"Yep, got it memorized in here." Blu assured, tapping his wing against his head. "Trust me; you'll need me with you."

"Alright, Blu, if that's what you wish." the captain agreed, knowing there was nothing he could do to prevent him from coming. "Now, who should go with us?"

The captain had to think about this question for a moment. He had Blu and the medic so far, but who else here could be useful? "Hmmm." he hummed, looking around the entire room. "Alright, I think we will only need two more people. You and you."

Blu followed his two wings where he saw he was pointing to Nico and Rico. Both of them stood up as they walked their way towards him.

"I need Nico because if we need to get through any small places, he can help. And as for Rico, I am impressed when you managed to take on one hundred guards and get here in one piece. I could use both of you."

"Then it's settled." Blu declared, looking towards them where he had a five man team. "We should get going."

"What's the rush?" Rico inquired, preparing to say one of his famous sarcastic lines. "Wait until dark? Oh wait, it's always dark here."

"Yeah, very funny, Rico." Blu replied, frowning for a moment before he turned himself towards the rest of their friends and family. "The rest of you, stay here and lock the hatch behind us. Do not leave this hideout. Okay?"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Good. When we return, we'll knock five times so you know it's us." Blu explained, but he soon shifted himself towards his time.

Before he left, Jewel got up and ran towards Blu. She stood in front of him and held his good wing in both of her own, leaning down and planting a kiss on the side of his beak. "Good luck, Blu. Promise me you'll be safe?"

"I promise I'll be safe, Jewel." Blu assured smiling, looking into her beautiful eyes. He would not fail his mission and would return safe and sound for her like he promised.

Before long, it was time for them to leave. Blu, Rico, Nico, the captain, and their medic left the hideout and made their way towards Nexus' castle, hoping they could get in there and rescue the Angelus and the older Blu and Jewel and return in one piece.

Thank you all for reading. I'll see you all when I am well and back to my old self again.