Here's chapter 13, leave a review if you have any suggestions.
Blu slowly opened his eyes and found himself on the ground with his kids around him. He then shook them gently which woke them up and made them yawn.
"You guys woke up." Julia said flying into her hollow and said. Nico and Pedro heard her voice and woke up too.
"Julia? When did you wake up?" Blu asked her.
"I had to wake up early so I can take a shower." Julia said showing her backside," It was all covered in dust if I didn't clean."
"Let's go to the aviary and see how Jewel is doing." Blu said to everyone because he wanted to go check on Jewel.
"What about breakfast?" Julia asked Blu since they haven't eaten anything since the fight and were starving.
"It's ok, I'm sure there are bird foods at the aviary." Blu said and left the hollow," Come on guys, let's go."
"I'll just head back to Eva's hollow so they don't get worried, sorry that I can't come." Rafael said flying on a different path.
"Alright then, I'll see you later." Blu said goodbye to Rafael.
After flying for a few minutes with their stomach empty and some sleepiness, Blu and his friend reached the aviary and squawked for attention. The same guy with his uniform came out and picked them up. The assistant carried the birds to the lab and set them down. Tulio who was sleeping on the desk with his face down was interrupted by his assistant.
"Tulio, there are some guests here to see you." The assistant shook Tulio's arm and said.
"What?" Tulio said with his head popping up right after his assistant woke him. He put on his glasses and asked him," Who's here?"
"The birds that came yesterday." The assistant answered him showing the them.
"Oh hello friends." Tulio said and ran to them and crouched down," You guys woke up real early you know. It's only 7:00 AM."
"Actually, it's 8:00 AM." Tulio's assistant corrected him. Tulio sure had a lot of stress lately, he's always getting requests from various people to treat their bird. It's like the aviary was pet store. All he has is some employees working for him part time, and they sure did help Tulio a lot, but wasn't enough for him.
"It is?" Tulio scratched his hair and laughed, he then looked at Blu and asked," So are you here to see Jewel?"
Blu nodded and squawked at Tulio meaning a yes. It still surprises Tulio that a bird can understand English even though he had been living with Linda ever since he was a chick. Blu then took a blank paper out of a notebook and grabbed a pen. He wrote something and handed it to Tulio.
"WE ARE HUNGRY." Tulio took the paper and looked at it. The handwriting wasn't neat but was still legible. Tulio then asked Blu," Did you guys come here without food?"
Blu nodded in response, and Tulio just looked at him with a disapproving look," You should've have eaten already, it's bad to fly around without energies."
Blu knew that Tulio wanted what's best for him but was still annoying to listen, so he just ignored him and squawked loudly.
"Alright, I'll get you some food, but remember to eat next time." Tulio said before heading to the food storage.
"Is he always like that?" Julia asked Blu.
"I don't know, he's really random sometimes, but I like him because he's nice." Blu answered Julia.
After a few minutes, Tulio returned with a plastic bag of fruits inside it. He took out the fruits and put them one by one in front of them. He then said," Here's some mangos and grapes, and remember to put the seed in the bag after you're done."
Blu ate the fruits as fast as he can not only because he was hungry but wanted to see Jewel as soon as possible. Others are just enjoying their meal like they always do. After finishing the meal, Blu said to others," I'll go see Jewel now, you guys can find fly around the aviary and kill some time."
Blu squawked at Tulio and got his attention. He came and asked," You are finished? I was just starting to read my newspaper."
Blu then squawked again to remind Tulio what he was here for. Tulio then grabbed Blu onto his shoulders and headed over to Jewel's hollow. Tulio left the lab and turned right, he then walked past a few room and finally opened up a door second to the last room.
"Jewel's in that lower hollow there, and remember not to disturb her too much, she needs rest for some days." Tulio said to Blu before putting him on the ground.
Blu flew up to the hollow as the door behind him closed. He carefully landed in the hollow and saw female blue macaw sleeping peacefully in a man-made nest.
"Jewel? I'm here." Blu said to Jewel not too loud but was enough to wake her up. She heard a voice and stood up. There was still pain in her body but was a little bit better than yesterday.
"Blu? Is that you?" Jewel opened her eyes and said.
"Oh Jewel." Blu ran to Jewel and hugged her tightly," Thank goodness you ok."
"Ow Blu, not so tight, I still have pain in my stomach area." Jewel said as Blu released the hug.
"Sorry Jewel, I was really worried about you." Blu apologized and looked at her.
"Me too, I felt so lonely in a cold hollow without your warmth. I felt sad when I couldn't cuddle with you." Jewel said to Blu.
"But now I'm here, you can do whatever you want with me, as long as it makes you feel better." Blu said to Jewel.
"Thanks, come here and let me kiss you." Jewel said to Blu as he came closer to her. They closed their eyes and moved their beak closer to each other, eventually they touched, then they both hugged each other while making their tongue dance.
"Is that Will over there?" Julia asked.
"I think so." Pedro said and walked over to him," He snores really loud though."
"Yeah, should we wake him up?" Nico asked.
"Let's do it." Julia said and yelled "wake up" beside his ears. Will slowly moved and led out a extremely loud yawn. Tulio heard it and put down his newspaper and looked at him.
"What?" Will said as he stood up and stretched his legs," I was still sleeping, and it's not even noon yet."
"You were snoring really loud." Nico complained," We can all hear it."
"You finally woke up." Tulio said walking to him," You look really dirty. How about I give you a bath."
Tulio wanted wash him because he was dirty, and he wanted to test his blood. He picked up Will and carried him into a washing room. The birds just watched Will being taken away by Tulio.
"Where's he taking Will?" Julia asked.
"He said he's giving Will a bath." Bia said to Julia.
"Well, I hope Tulio survives." Nico commented.
Tulio put Will in a washtub and turned on the water. Will thought that Tulio was just gonna clean him and let him go, so he just relaxed in the water. Tulio then took a soap and washed every feather of him. He then pulled out a needle and pointed at Will's skin. Will saw the sharp edge of the needle and backed up. He was always scared of needles, even when he was a human.
"Don't worry, it'll be quick and painless." Tulio then grabbed him and quickly stabbed the needle into him. Will led out a painful yell and bit Tulio's finger.
"Ow, I should've expected this." Tulio pulled out the needle and sucked his finger. He went outside to get a bandage leaving Will curled like a ball and cried in a corner.
"I hate needles." Will thought as he saw Tulio came in again, Will then cried out," No please, no more needles."
"Don't be such a baby, it's just a pointy metal stick. Now come on, let's head back to your friends." Tulio picked Will up and dried his feathers with a towel, then he headed back to the lab. Tulio put Will down in front of the birds.
"Hey Will why are you crying?" Julia was surprised that Will was crying over something.
"Needles." That's all Will said and they immediately knew what happened.
"Seriously? A small pain made you like this?" Julia mocked him," You blew an eagle up and you are crying over a needle?"
"I can take on machetes but not this." Will looked at Julia and said," It's my nightmare to feel something poking into my skin."
"Wow, Lucas took some shots and he just shrugged at it, and you have to be like this." Julia continued to tease him. Will dug his head under his wings to hide the shame.
"What happened over here?" Lucas came over and asked.
"Will here cried over a needle." Julia said to Lucas plainly.
Lucas almost laughed but decided not to make him angry. He knew what Will could do if they take it too far, so he comforted him," Come on now, I know they might be dangerous, but it's just too harmless to kill you, there's nothing to be afraid of."
Will looked up and peaked at Lucas, and said," Thanks bud, and don't tell Blu and Jewel about this, I don't want them to mock me like Julia did."
Lucas glared at Julia and said," Julia, you better apologize."
"Sorry Will, I just couldn't get over the fact that an eagle could be scared of something." Julia said looking at Will.
"It's ok, I expected someone to say something mean to me." Will said to Julia when suddenly a plate with meat was dropped in front of him. Will looked up and saw Tulio standing beside him.
"Sorry, but I had to test your blood to see if you have any disease or not." Tulio said," Here's some meat, I just bought it yesterday, so it's still fresh, not that you need fresh meat anyways." Tulio said to Will before walking away. Will looked at the meat and cut it in half. Blood came out and the smell filled the room.
"Geez, why do you like these things?" Julia said as she smelled the blood and covered her nostril while everyone else stepped back.
"I think it tastes good, at least it's better than needles." Will said as he took a bite from the meat. He spent too much energies in the fight so he needed something rich in protein.
"I can't decide on that one." Lucas said to Will.
"Can I try some?" Tiago said to Will which made everyone look at him with disgust, even Will.
"What? Tiago, you can't do that. Spix macaw are never omnivore." Julia said to Tiago with shock.
"But I can be cool when I get back to Amazon, every kid around me are going to be looking up to me." Tiago said to Will.
"As I said before, you'll regret it once you do that, and I'm afraid that you might like it and start taking lives like me." Will said to Tiago.
"Please, just once?" Tiago begged Will and hoped he can be cool by eating meat.
"Tiago, you are not a bird of prey. There's nothing cool about being like one." Will denied as he moved the plate away from Tiago.
"Aww, I just want to look dangerous and not to be laughed by my sisters." Tiago said before looking at Bia and Carla.
"You are still the same dumb bird even if you do that." Bia said to Tiago.
"Yeah, there is nothing cool about being like an eagle, no offense uncle Will." Carla agreed with Bia.
"See what I mean? They always tease me." Tiago complained.
"But that has nothing to do with copying my diet." Will said to TIago and started eating the meat," Being dangerous doesn't mean you can be on top of someone."
"Let's go see how Blu and Jewel are doing." Lucas changed the subject.
"You guys can go first, I'll eat my food first." Will said still eating his meal.
"How do we know where they are though?" Julia asked everyone.
"I can write a letter to Tulio, and he can bring you to Blu and Jewel." Will said and flew up to the counter and took out a pen and paper.
"How can you write like Blu?" Julia asked Will.
"Umm… Don't mind details." Will said as he finished the letter and squawked out loud.
Tulio who was writing something heard him and came over, he saw the letter saying" BLU AND JEWEL" He knew that Will wanted to see them so he carried him outside and headed to the hollow where Blu and Jewel are. The rest of the birds followed closely behind Tulio.
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