Love At First Sight?

We've probably heard this expression many many times before, especially in movies or stories. But in this case…there will be two more characters introduced in this chapter. Two that I have borrowed from the amazing Lilamacaw. So instead of spoiling the chapter for you, how about we just dive right back into the action? Let's get right back to it!

Lillian, Lila, RDJ, and Blu all got themselves fully prepped and went to the main building on the second floor. To attempt to restrain a very agitated and stressed out patient. Who was breaking glass in his room, and throwing chairs. Exactly what RDJ had done when he was once a patient in the asylum.

Lillian and Lila were responsible for holding up the riot shields to prevent the patient from making any potential escape or attack.

Blu and Jewel were both in the room trying to deal with the situation as best as possible. Whilst RDJ was being the muscle that protects the others from getting severely injured.

But there was just one problem…The patient wasn't exactly being cooperative!

"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! NO SMALL ROOM WILL HOLD ME!"

PSSSSSSSSSHHHHH! (Glass smashing)

"GIVE ME THAT STRAIGHT JACKET!" Blu screamed at RDJ, as he threw a straight jacket over to him, to try and restrain the patient. Who happened to be a very outraged fat looking cockatoo man. With a very ugly burnt out face, a white body and arms. As well as black legs and hands. He also had brown eyes and pink outlines under his eye sockets. He appeared to have bagging black rings under his eye sockets, as if he hadn't slept in months.

"LET GO OF ME YOU PARASITE! YOU WILL NOT TOUCH THE MIGHTY COCKATOO NIGEL!" The male cockatoo revealed to be named Nigel. As he used his strong arm to swat Blu away into a table. Then as RDJ went to help, he too had been knocked back by his fist. "YOU WILL NOT TOUCH ME!"

"Fuck, he doesn't give up does he?" RDJ groaned after he jumped back up to his feet.

Nigel saw this and began running towards him at full speed to try and take him down. But he dodged the attack and stuck out his foot to trip him up. Before tripped and head butted the wall. Making him feel slightly dizzy.

Then Jewel who was also there pulled out a needle with some tranquilliser in there. Then she injected it into his vein. Making him feel very drowsy, before he passed out and fell asleep in the room.

"Haaaa…Haaaaa…Shit…What in the fuck was up with that guy?" Lillian sighed in relief after he was out cold with the tranquilliser. Whilst RDJ rubbed his sore back after being swatted away into a wall. Lila obviously went to check on him by giving him comfort.

"He was sent here last night by some actor guy? Told us that he went completely nuts after he got his face caught in an electrical box. That's why his face is so fucked up." Jewel remarked in a manner that showed exhaustion. Because he was not an easy person to control.

Blu however still got that cold look from his wife after the argument he had with her earlier on. So he was very upset with how much pain he was in.

"Haaaa, well…We better recompose ourselves and strap this fat prick into a straight jacket. Before he goes crazy and attempts another crazy stunt like that. Lillian, can you help me put the jacket on?" Blu asked the female canary, who nodded her head without saying much.

Probably because she was still very upset that her intimate time with Nico had been interrupted.

"Before we do though, Jewel? I need to speak with you outside. As for the rest of you apart from Lillian. Go back to your duties until you are called upon again." The blue man ordered the other staff members, making them respond by nodding their heads in understanding.

RDJ gave Lila a kiss on the beak and returned to his security post, whilst she was on her way to deal with one of her patients.

Jewel rolled her eyes after hearing that her husband wanted to talk to her. But of course she was going to hear him out, because she loved him so much.

"Look honey, if you are gonna lecture me on spirits and the afterlife not being scientifically proven, then I don't wanna hear it!" Jewel huffed in annoyance, without even acknowledging the fact that he was standing there opposite her.

"Actually…I was going to ask you what you believe happened when you were pushed in that closet." Blu spoke in a calm and soothing manner. Almost in an…understanding kind of way.

"Oh please…You just want to hear me talk about something that isn't proven by scientists or doctors. Then you will give me a lecture on what you believe." She huffed again and leaned up against the wall. "There's no point in telling you anyway. You won't believe me…"

"Try me…" Blu adamantly replied, as he wanted to take advice from RDJ. To be a little more understanding to his wife's beliefs. Despite wether he believed them or not.

The blue female paused for a brief moment to really see if he was going to listen to her. Or was he only pretending to listen so she wouldn't be mad at him anymore?

But after sighing in a defeated tone, she sat down on a comfy couch that was in the hallway. And her husband sat down next to her, as she explained her theory.

"Well…I felt as if two hands from a macaw pushed me into that room. When I landed on the floor head first, I heard the door slam shut behind me, and it had been locked from the outside. The key broke in the lock, and by the time I was let out and we checked the camera footage…it was erased!" Jewel explained in a saddened tone, shuddering at the thought of someone haunting them.

"And you think that…Felipe did this? From beyond the grave?" The blue macaw wanted to sound more attentive to her thoughts.

"I…I don't know honey? Look, I do believe in the supernatural, paranormal stuff. Wether it is indeed him or not, I don't know. But I know that something isn't right here."

"You're right. Something isn't right here." Blu agreed with her with a smile, and held onto her hand lightly. "And if you believe that Felipe's ghost is haunting this place? I could always contact the local priest?"

"Or you could just be more concerned about our surroundings. We don't need sone guy in a white robe going round chanting 'The power of Christ compels you'. This is not a scene from The Exorcist!" Jewel smirked a little and rolled her eyes.

"I know. I just…I don't know what we can do? I mean…we could always upgrade our security system? But it could take a week or two to get an approval from the head of the company."

"I'll call them when I get back to the office. Plus, maybe if I put on my sexy voice over the phone, I could persuade them to agree to it sooner?" Jewel batted her eyelashes playfully.

"You always know how to get the job done." He smiled at her dreamily and kissed her on the cheek lovingly. Right before they stood up and held hands walking down the hallway.

Most likely to head to the office to continue working.

"WAIT! BL…And he's gone! Fuck sake. Now I gotta put this thing on him myself!" Lillian whined in frustration, whilst she proceeded to strap the straight jacket on him.

Now Let's Head Outside The Asylum…

Just as the sun had begun its descent into the depths of the clouds, the late afternoon to early evening was vastly approaching.

By this time most of the patients would be locked in their rooms for the evening, and the staff would now enjoy their downtime.

But even though the inside of the hospital was fairly silent, with the occasional yells of patients doing stupid things.

The sound of a car approaching the hospital could be heard from outside.

A sleek black sedan made its presence known by screeching up to the front r trance of the asylum. Stopping abruptly in front of the imposing gates of the psychiatric hospital.

Stepping out of the vehicle was male blue spix's macaw wearing a polo top and jeans.

He was a man who exuded an air of confidence and strength, his striking red hair and eyes adding to his commanding presence.

"Here you are kid! Just make sure that when you go in there, you don't lose your mind." Kipo the Uber driver chuckled in amusement, as the red haired man effortlessly removed his suitcase from the trunk of the car. "Anyway, I gotta go! I got to pick up my mom from the dry cleaners. Knowing her, she probably accidentally got herself caught in the mechanical coat rack in the back of the place."

Without a second more to waste. The spoonbill man wasted no time speeding off to the outside of the asylum. Meaning that the blue male had to walk along the path himself to get to the front door. Which to any person with a suit case, would take them at least five minutes.

"So, I'm supposed to just walk there?" He spoke to nobody in particular as he noticed that the hospital was at the end of a long path. "Great…More cardio for me!"

He grabbed his suitcase with precision, and made his way down the narrow winding path.

He effortlessly pulled it along considering that he looked like a relatively young fit man, with a fairly strong physical appearance.

With his moments being precise and deliberate, he had no problem pulling the case along with him.

"Oh god…Not now…Please! Why oh why did this have to happen to me!"

"Hmmm?" As the male was on his way to the psychiatric building, he didn't realise until that very moment that a young female, who resembled a blue spix's macaw. Was pacing up and down on the spot. Talking to themselves as if they're having a really bad conundrum.

Her light blue hair cascaded down her back, and her bright turquoise eyes darted around the place anxiously.

"Ummm, excuse me?" The male spoke up as he walked past her.

"AHHHHH!" She jumped out of pure freight when this new voice startled her.

Startled by the sudden voice she fumbled her suitcase, and dropped all of her belongings in the mud. Making her sigh heavily in deep despair.

She appeared to already be frazzled out of her mind, and the alarming voice emerging from the new male who she had just heard, didn't help her situation.

"Oh no…Now my nurse uniform is ruined! I get those specially made for me!" She whined to nobody in particular, sighing deeply. Feeling extremely overwhelmed from the events of her day so far.

"I'm really sorry miss…I didn't mean to startle you." The blue male decided to apologise and he even offered to help her with her clothes.

"It's fine…You were only asking me a ques…"

In that split second…The blue haired girl extending her hand and grabbed hold of one of her skirts. And it was actually at the very same time that he grabbed the exact same skirt.

But instead of touching the shirt…they actually touched each other's hands. With both of them now staring deeply into each other's eyes for the very first time.

Only those around them if there were witnesses could not imagine what was going on inside their minds.

However…the two of them were thinking fairly similar things…

"Oh wow…She is…She is…wow! Oh god…I hope that she doesn't think I'm sone kind of sick pervert or something?! But…She is…so beautiful…" The red eyed macaw trailed off in his mind as he was lost for words of her beauty. And if it wasn't her blue hair or turquoise eyes that were doing it. She also had a light grey beak and nose. Which looked really shiny and pretty.

Although…as the female was leaning down to pick up the skirt…he noticed that she had two enormous breasts that were visible from the top of her shirt. To the point where he could see down her shirt. But he didn't want to appear creepy, so he returned his gaze to her eyes.

As for herself…she was also thinking sone strange thoughts of the current situation.

"Wow…Oh ummm…He's…He's handsome! And he's…He's looking right at me…Saying nothing! Is he horrified by me? Am I uncomfortable to look at? Or is there something on my face? Do I have a booger? Oh god!" In her mind she was panicking due to the silence that filled the air.

But as she noticed his eyes looking downwards for a couple of seconds, she didn't really want to jump to conclusions and assume that he was staring at her breasts. So she returned the gaze to his fiery red eyes. Which appeared to be really handsome.

"Come on…Just introduce yourself already!" The male blue macaw's conscience was telling him. As he took a deep breath to recompose himself, giving the skirt to the young lady. Before taking a bow like a real gentleman. "Apologies miss…I umm…I am so sorry for startling you like that. Allow me to introduce myself…I am Nathaniel. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance mi lady..."

"Oh? Are you from England?" The female rose an eyebrow in curiosity. After hearing Nathaniel introduce himself…but as he was still a little shy around her…a fake British accent just came out.

"Ummm…No hehe. I'm actually ummm from Rio…" He shyly scratched the back of his head. "The fuck is wrong with me?! You are smarter than this…" His conscience spoke to him, as he couldn't help but blush a light pink himself.

"No way? Me too!" The female smiled kindly after shaking hands with him. "It's nice to meet you Nathaniel…"

"Please, call me Nath. It's easier." He spoke in a charming manner, giving her a gentle hand shake. Not squeezing too hard as she did look like the sensitive type.

"Nath. My name is Skyler! But I don't mind it if you call me Sky." Skyler introduced herself to him, whilst she smiled warmly. Shuffling her feet along the grass as she talked to him.

"Skyler, that's a beautiful name." He complimented her with a very smooth tone, making her blush a light pink. "Here, let me help you with your clothes."

"Oh no! I couldn't ask you to go through all of that trouble for me. It was my fault after all." Despite being locked in a trance…she felt rather comfortable around him. Possibly because if she did look directly in his eyes, one look in those fiery red eyes were enough to make her feel weak in the knees.

"It's okay. My mom used to own a laundry mat in our village. So she taught me a thing or two when it came to tough mud stains."

"Oh really? My mom owned a dry cleaning store in ours!"

"That is such a weird coinci…Haha…" Both of them responded at the same time, then laughed a little.

Despite only just meeting each other seconds ago…there was that spark deep inside them that made them feel like they were going to get along nicely. So much so that Nathaniel was confident enough to ask her what was troubling her when he made her jump.

"So, may I ask why you seemed so frazzled over here?" He kindly asked her once all of the clothes were safely zipped up back in her suitcase.

"Well…It's…Its, never mind…" Skyler didn't want to answer for some reason, but he didn't want her to feel like she wasn't able to talk about it to him.

"No I mean it. Whatever is bothering you, I'd like to help!" By offering to even help out her mind at ease was enough to make her feel touched by his kind gesture. So much so, that she was willing to be open and honest with him about her worries.

"Well don't laugh at me okay? Now…It's…It's a doll." She answered quite awkwardly, brushing her hair over the back of her ear.

"A doll?" He questioned with a questionable look.

"I know it's silly but…My mom gave me that doll when I was a kid. And when she passed away from kidney disease two years back. It is the only thing that I have that reminds me of her." She sadly replied and wiped her eyes. "And I dropped it in that deep mud puddle when I tripped in a rabbit hole."

"Oh no. Did it sink all the way to the bottom? And are you feeling okay?"

"I'm fine honestly! I just…I don't wanna lose the only part of my mother that I have left in my life. I just can't…" You could clearly tell from the look on her face that she was really super upset about this.

Which in Nathaniel's mind…he wanted to help put a smile on her face.

"Oh, well…Say no more!" Nathaniel confidently responded and rolled up his sleeves and jeans.

"What are you doing?"

"Well, you dropped your doll. And you clearly don't want to lose it. So I'm gonna get it back for you!" The red haired man smiled and he actually jumped into the puddle. Which indeed was very deep, as it seemed to be reach above his stomach area.

"Wow…He is a very kind hearted person!" Skyler thought to herself quietly. She had a warm feeling in her chest when he showed how much he was willing to do for her. "Are you sure this is safe?"

"No, but…I think I'll be okay." He thought out loud, shuffling his feet along the bottom to get a feel of how thick the mud was. "It's not too thick."

"Okay…Just…Be careful!"

"Alright…Be right back…HUAAAAA!" He took a deep breath like he was going to swim under water. Then he buried his head under the mud, disappearing from sight.

Skyler sat down on a tree stump waiting for his return. Crossing her legs in a professional pose, whilst she waited.

"Nath?" She called out to him, after he had been under the mud for well over a few minutes by now. "NATHANIEL?!"

"PHUAAAAAA!" A few seconds later he shot his head up from the mud hole that he was in. And in his right hand, he had a very muddy blue macaw plushie. With light blue hair just like Skyler's. Except for the fact that it was mostly covered in black mud. "PFFFT! PFFFT! Ughhh…God that was horrible!"

"Did you get it?" She asked him in concern, despite him being caked in mud from head to toe. He still showed that same smile and nodded his head. "Oh yay! Thank you so much! You really are a wonderful man!"

"Oh…I don't know about that…"

"I'd say that he is…" A new voice has entered the conversation between the two, taking the two of them completely by surprise once more.

So much so, that Skyler didn't even realise that someone had walked straight past her. Extending his arm to help pull out the man in the mud.

"Do you need a hand there champ?" Suddenly, RDJ appeared from completely out of nowhere. Standing there with a smirk on his face. "You must be Nathan?"

"Ummmm…It's Nathaniel…actually." The blue macaw man laughed as he took hold of his hand.

Because RDJ was a lot stronger than Nathanial, he was able to pull him out of the mud very easily. But now he was completely stained from head to toe in dirt. "What the hell were you doing?"

"It's my fault sir…" Skyler answered honestly, shuffling her feet on the floor. "I dropped a personal item of mine in there. He went to get it for me."

"Wow, that right there is a very kind hearted person. Going to great lengths to help those in need. You are a good guy, I can tell." RDJ patted him on the back, and he laughed a little.

"Yes sir! He is…very generous…" She trailed off a little as Nathaniel's smile was very intoxicating. That she couldn't help but have a little sparkle in her eyes.

"Sir? You don't have to call me that. My name is RDJ." He shook hands with her with a smile on his face.

"Skyler." She introduced herself before they let go of each other's hands. "RDJ huh?"

"Like the city…Rio de Janeiro."

"Ooooh right! Cool name! Anyway, I'm the new nurse here. I was transferred from my previous job working in a care facility for the elderly." She explained, whilst stealing a little glance at the man who received her doll for her.

"That must have been very rewarding?" Nathanial thought out loud, whilst RDJ was helping him by wiping some of the mud off his face.

"Unless you mean cleaning up elderly diapers and giving old hairy guys sponge baths? Then yeah…it was just 'Peachy' to say the least." Sarcasm emerged from the beak with emphasis. As she rolled her eyes and giggled a little bit.

Just as she was about to grab the handle of her heavy suitcase, the blue and gold macaw man had beaten her to it.

"Please, allow me to take your bags! I'll take both of yours." RDJ offered to carry both of their suit cases. Even though they had a tonne of clothes and personal belongings that they had packed for when they move into their rooms.

"Are you kidding? There is no way in hell you could carry both of them!" Nathaniel gave him a look of disbelief.

"Well you clearly need to get to know more about me, before making assumptions of a person's own capabilities." RDJ chuckled and took hold of both of the suitcases from the side handles. Picked both of them up like they were absolutely nothing, and began walking normally towards the hospital. Leaving both of the new arrivals with their jaws dropped in complete shock and disbelief.

"HOW THE HELL ARE YOU DOING THAT?!" Both of them chorused at the exact same time. Thinking that they were seeing things that weren't really there. Well in reality…RDJ carried two extremely heavy suitcases like they were a couple of lunch boxes.

"What? They aren't that heavy?" He smiled and opened up the door. "You two coming or what?"

Without any other words to say, the two of them both looked at each other with that same shocked expression on their faces. Then they wasted no time catching up to him, so they could sign in and head to their respective rooms.

Let's Head To Nico…

Nico had emerged from the bathroom stumbling a little bit, his body still tingling with the remnants of pleasure.

His little intimate encounter with his beloved canary girlfriend Lillian was once again cut short.

Once again, Lillian had been called away by Blu to deal with a work commitment.

This left him with a huge sense of frustration and longing…but most of all he was disappointed that he couldn't get one moment alone with the girl he lined so dearly.

The disappointment clearly weighed heavily on his chest from how heavy his eyes were, and how defeated he appeared to look.

A shadows had been cast over him in his mind, of many thoughts and emotions that rendered him unable to control his own thoughts regarding their lack of intimacy in so long.

You could tell by the glum look on his face, that he felt a surge of frustration purse through his veins as he stepped out of that bathroom.

Even though he managed to relieve himself from reading the dirty magazine, he was more concerned about his relationship with Lillian above anything else in this moment in time.

His mind had been clouded with a sense of injustice. Especially since he was left feeling so annoyed when she rushed off to work like that.

Lillian's sudden departure from the bedroom had become an all too familiar pattern, interrupting their passionate moments time and time again.

This one t up anger that was rising inside of him fuelled his decision to seek solace elsewhere.

Determined to escape the suffocating disappointment, he resolved to don his finest evening attire and venture into the dimly lit embrace of the local bar.

The very same bar that he goes to every year for his birthday.

"Haaaaa…Let's go and get drunk." Nico spoke to nobody in particular, and sprayed on some cologne.

With a heavy sigh, Nico opened the door to the room he shared with Lillian. But what he never anticipated…was the fact that very person was standing on the other side of the door.

"Oh…You, going somewhere?" Lillian asked him with a confused look, realising that he was wearing a casual shirt and jeans.

"Im going for a drink." The male canary didn't even acknowledge her presence, and proceeded to walk straight past her. Rendering her to give him an annoyed look on her face.

"Whats the matter with you?" She questioned him, putting a hand on her hip.

"The matter with me? The matter with ME?!" He emphasised in frustration as he narrowed his eyes towards her. "I'll tell you what's the 'Matter' with me." Doing air quotes was something that irritated his girlfriend. Hence the reason why he probably did it.

"Oh, here we go again…" The green eyed canary female rolled her eyes and leaned up against the wall.

"Yes! You being called off again on another work commitment in the middle of us having sex. You know how much we needed this intimate time together."

"How is it my fault that we didn't get to do anything this time round? You do realise things have been tougher since Lexi resigned and Kelly quit? What are you trying to say?" She crossed her arms, arching an eyebrow curiously.

"You could have just ignored it! Could we have five minutes to ourselves without you running to help another patient?" Nico rose his voice a little bit, but didn't want to scream too loud in case others were eavesdropping on their little heated discussion.

"You do realise that I am a nurse honey. Do I ignore the needs of a patient, given the circumstance of them being able to do something dangerous? All because you wanna have a sexual release?"

"This isn't just about me Lillian, this is about you and me, us! I tried to do something different to spice up the relationship a little. But clearly work is more important to you right now. See you later." Nico was about to turn around and walk away, but she grabbed his arm and spun him back around.

"Of course our sex life is more important to me Nico! It's just…right now is a little bit complicated. But I promise…I will talk to Blu and hopefully he can give me and you some time off next week. And we could maybe go away for a weekend just the two of us?" Lillian suggested with a hopeful smile.

"Hmmm…That, that doesn't sound too bad actually? Maybe we could go to that Greek Island we always talked about going to?" He softened his expression and relaxed his body language.

"We could go there in the summer. But I was thinking more like…A hotel near the beach? Mostly so we could have some…quality alone time?" She purred seductively, making him blush a light pink.

"W-Well…Ahem…Ummm…Y-Yeah! We c-could…do that." He stuttered and smiled back at her.

"Now go. Enjoy your drink tonight, and maybe tomorrow we can spend the lunch break planning what we could do?"

"Sounds good. Goodnight my love." Nico kissed her on the cheek and headed straight for the staircase. Mainly due to the fact that the elevator was already in use.

As for Lillian, even though she was still a bit hurt that Nico believes she is at fault for their lack of sex. She felt as if the idea to go to a hotel near the beach may help them with the situation.

Or so she would hope…

Finally…We Head To Skyler And Nathaniel…

"So…you fell into a mud puddle?" Jewel questioned the blue macaw man standing in front of her, caked in mud from head to toe.

"Yes…" He lied, not really wanting to tell her the real truth.

"Right…Well, honey? Will you give them their keys?" Blu asked his beloved, who nodded her head and proceeded to grab the keys.

"Okay guys, Skyler you will be heading to the top floor. Your room is the second door on your left. And as for you Nathaniel, your room is the third door on your right on the third floor." Jewel explained to the two new staff members, giving both of them the key they needed to get in and out of their rooms. "If you need anything, Blu's emergency pager number is 017. And Nath, RDJ will be expecting you to relieve him from his shift in an hour."

"No problem miss Jewel. Thank you so much for the opportunity sir Tyler." Nathaniel called Blu by his real first name. But of course he was never a fan of someone calling him that.

"OBlu my mother Linda Gunderson calls me Tyler. You can call me Blu like my friends do." Blu chuckled with a smile. Patting him on the shoulder. "Now if you need to use the rest room, there is one opposite the security post. And if you need to report any suspicious activity, you press the emergency security pager number 912."

"Got it. Thank you si-I mean Blu!"

Once both of them had received the keys to their respective rooms, Nathaniel at this point made it clear that he needed to get in the shower immediately. And he was about to run to the elevator. But was stopped in his tracks when Skyler stopped him.

"Hey ummm…I wanted to, thank you again for getting my doll back for me. That was very sweet of you." She beamed with a warm grin on her face.

"That's alright Skyler. I know that meant a lot to you." He replied quite casually.

"Well…" The blue female approached him slowly and pulled a disinfectant wipe out from a box in the hallway. Then used it to wipe his beak and nose in a smooth manner. Cleaning the dirt off of his face. Before throwing it away in the trash. "If there is something I can do for you…I'd be happy to oblige…" With that last thing she said, it sounded fairly seductive and alluring.

Then she brushed past him softly and stepped into the elevator, before heading up to the top floor.

But before Nathaniel could get to his room, he stood there a little stunned by what just happened. Although, he quite liked the way she was talking to him. That he was on the verge of blushing uncontrollably a bright purple.

"Wow…She is…Something else…" He spoke to nobody in particular, before he then went to the other elevator and took it to the third floor to find his room.

Hmmm, do I sense an early romance blossoming between the two new arrivals? Thank you to my good friend Lilamacaw for allowing me to borrow her OC's Nathaniel and Skyler! They had a very special meeting when they first arrived, Blu was able to fix his mistake with his wife. Did you also enjoy the cameo of Nigel? I bet you did! Also, Lillian and Nico had a little heated debate. Which in reality was their first fight as a couple. But she knew how to fix it. And now the question is…how will they do on their first shift? Well…I'll see you all soon for the next chapter, to find that out! See you soon!