Disclaimer: I don't own 'The Nut Job' since they are owned by Open road films while 'Rio' is owned by Blue skies studios and 20th century fox. I own NOBODY in this story!

Side note: None of my other Rio stories apply to this since I want this to be canon so that would mean no OC's and involves the characters of the film. Don't take this as an offence, please. But I hope you enjoy this.

The Nut job: Lost in Rio.

The gentle twitters of the morning birds sounded against a breath taking scene of the beautiful dawn of Rio de Janeiro as the sun beamed down upon the city from afar. The jungles were rich with the rays reflecting off the rare tree leaves as the dazzling nature of the greenery was far from complete until a small finch flew across the air, darting through the leaves and flowers fluidly as he soared through the air to awake the birds living in the forest as a small rhythm began to back up the finch as he went along with it, clearly excited about this time of morning.

First, the finch stopped by knocked over tree log where many necks of different types of macaw poked their heads out of the holes with raised brows of interest but they still had wry smiles on their beaks as if they knew what was happening, watching the little finch fly past them as they began to spread the word of morning.

Back with the finch, he grinned a small smile as he flew passed some toco and keel billed toucans whom began to dance along with the upbeat tempo the jungles provided in a conga line sort of manner. Flapping his small wings on occasion, he gave a loud tweet to signal those near and far to get ready to sing the opening song. He retreated to a nearby branch to perch on to watch the opening song unfold when suddenly someone squawked viciously in his ear hole, making him jump out of his skin as he realised he had perched upon the branch of the hollow belonging to the infamous former 'king of Carnival'; Rafael, and his big family.

Apparently the one whom squawked in his delicate ear hole as Rafael's wife, Eva, whom had a kind heart but a terrible singing voice that hurt everyone in the head. Luckily, Rafael decided to intervene and sang a duet of the beginning of the chorus to make it a bit more bearable to hear her singing voice.

"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 Carnaval..."

Everyone at once sang their hearts out as they flew around to struck their stuff in their own unique way as some of the birds were synchronised in their flight patterns, taking advantage of the sunlight reflecting off their shiny wings as they used the beautiful glory of the morning's dawn to make a beautiful array of colours dance from their mostly petit builds whilst they constantly moved about in the air, doing the occasional twirl with their wings held out.

The finch watching this smiled adoringly at the scene as his eyes drooped over half his eyes as he watched the joyful scene before him. But he then realised something: where was the Spix macaw family? He had no idea but he decided to keep an eye out for them. Only yesterday did Blu and his friends and family fly back from the amazon and they were exhausted from the travelling for 3 days straight so he wasn't incredibly surprised that the Blue macaws were absent that morning.

As most of the birds shook their tail feathers to the fine beat they were making, they also took to the air whilst they performed their dance moves. The flock of birds all sang their hearts out as they flapped their wings against the fresh morning air, giving it an almost moist texture. Some of the young chicks also joined in and some even flew for the first time.

"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 was blissfully aware that as the morning skies graduated from a peach orange to a sweet yet unique mixture of pink and pale blue and most of the birds moved around increasingly gracefully as they danced in perfect synch of the music they sang to make it grand. The wildlife basked in the morning sunlight as they ignored the fact that a few of the members of the flock were absent from the morning song and just carried on singing as loud as their lungs would allow.

Even if they were sure that it would annoy the locals down below soon, not that they cared.

"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."

The finch was getting himself fearful and concerned as he worriedly chirped. Where was Blu, Jewel and the triplets!? He frantically looked around as he knew that the song was almost over. "Oh no. Where are they, where are they, where are they!?" The finch frantically paced upon the branch he perched on. It was his job to awake each and every bird in the Rio flock and to get them ready to face the day, this crucial job had been passed down from one generation to the next. Never had one bird been left uncounted for and if Blu and his family didn't show up soon, that would change.

It was then that the finch lifted his head at a familiar small cluster of voices singing a single piece of lyrics themselves, surprising everyone into silence. It was a group of five azure/cerulean macaws, two males and three females, Blu and his family! They had awaken and were now at the centre of the huge crowd with the silence kind of welcoming as the Blue macaws landed on a branch away from the finch but in his view so he could vaguely make them out. The multi coloured little bird wiped a wing just above his eye whilst giving a sigh of relief.

"You can't see it coming,

You can't find it anywhere else."

Blu, Jewel, Tiago, Carla and Bia all sung their line perfectly while they danced in the air as if they were filled of energy. Nico and Pedro arrived on the scene as well and joined in the crowd's song as the entire flock got ready to finish the song as they moved their wings along to the rhythm of the musical number they were singing with every fibre of their being. A cluster of similar emotions filled each and every bird as they begun to finish whilst each and they all landed upon a branch to at least finish the opening song as they lifted each and every one of their wings into the air as they bent their spines back a bit to look into the open sky hanging overhead.

It's real, in Rio
Know something else.
You can't feel it happening,
You can feel it all by yourself."

They finished with a similar pose to each other as almost immediately after they finished, they once again took off into the air and went to do separate things such as get breakfast and provide for each of their families. Blu looked at his family with a tired smile. It seemed that Tiago, Carla and Bia were exhausted as they basically collapsed at the final note of that song as Jewel gently picked them up into her wings so both she and Blu could carry them home.

"Gosh. We almost missed the opening song, Blu. What would have happened if we missed it?" Jewel asked while clearly trying to stifle a yawn of her own as she nuzzled against her husband's neck affectionately.

Blu could sense that Jewel was still tired from the 3-day trip home from the amazon and needed more rest. Smiling kindly, Blu reluctantly pulled away from Jewel's heart-warming embrace and stared at her with compassionate brown pools. To Blu, Jewel was the prettiest thing with wings and his heart belonged to her. He hated leaving for breakfast because it meant her being basically alone and that thought alone broke his heart.

"Jewel," Blu began as he gently grabbed her shoulder blades and propped her up so she could look at her with tired eyes "Why don't you go back to the bird house? I'll get us some breakfast."

"Noo...Pancakes..." Jewel basically fell asleep in her mate's grasp before he shook her to arouse her a little bit and it kind of worked as she opened her tired eyes. Kissing her on the side of the beak, Blu promised "I wasn't planing to make any, dear. I was going to gather fruits to help our kids thrive. They aren't people, after all, their birds."

Jewel smiled at hearing Blu repeat those words she told him before finding out that her family lived in the rain forests of the Amazon jungles. She looked at Blu lovingly as she used what little strength she had to wrap her graceful wings around Blu's slightly skinny form and at first, he seemed surprised but quickly warmed up as he returned the hug and rested his chin against his wife's shoulder. Both their hearts beat warmly as one as Blu peeled himself out of the hug of his mate, feeling sad about that.

As Jewel was clearly out for the count; Blu knew that both she and the triplets were too tired to fly and decided to request for Rafael and Eva to take them home as he went to go get them but before he did, he saw a rather small cargo plane approaching from a very far distance and he could have sworn that he heard some very faint screaming from that plane. He shook it off, though, as he dismissed it as him imagining things from exhaustion.

The azure blue feathered male macaw took to the sky as he flew to grab some fruits for his family but was blissfully unaware of the adventure that was about the unfold as he didn't know that the screams he previously heard was not a figment of his imagination.

Meanwhile, on the cargo plane Blu saw before, the plane soared through the skies with nothing but the ocean below them and the pilots ignored the way it shimmered in the bright sunlight.

The sunlight touched the plane in a way that set off many shining arrays of colours in different directions in the skies. Actually (what the pilots didn't know) was that the small cargo aircraft had three rodent stowaways in the form of two squirrels and a small rat that had an almost emaciated build.

Surly, a purplish furred squirrel, stood on the wing of the plane with his eyes closed in content with a smile tugged at his lips. He loved the way the morning wind had a moist scent to his nose that made it twitch and he adored the soft breeze blowing against his fur. He used to be a thief whom only looked out for himself and now that he had friends and became the food gatherer for the animals of the park of his hometown named Oakton.

But the squirrel opened his eyes at the sound of some high pitched female screams. He rolled his eyes as this gave him the crystal clear indication that a friend of his had awoken and he peaked over his shoulder to find that Andie, a female squirrel with auburn fur and a white furred stomach, was pacing frantically with his best friend, Buddy the rat, trying to calm her despite the fact that he couldn't speak.

"Oh no! Where are we!? How did we get here!?" Andie asked nobody in particular as she paced around in circles upon the giant wing of the plane she and everyone else had been resting on for the last while. She didn't recall it yet but Surly and Buddy both decided to go on vacation to Brazil and brought Andie along, with Buddy insisting she needed a break too despite Surly practically saying no.

Surly took care as he approached the distressed female squirrel with both the palms of his paws held out towards her in a calming gesture "Calm down, Andie, you're safe."

As soon as Andie's emerald eyes laid upon the male squirrel, she basically lunged at him and grabbed his maize coloured stomach and pressed her nose against his angrily and demanded an explanation "Surly..." She growled through gritted teeth "What happened and why are we on this..." She paused while she looked at the wing of the plane as her anger melted almost instantly and was replaced with curiosity. She looked around.

Surly knew that she was calming down as she gazed wearily at her surroundings and he had to admit, the way the sunlight hit the back of her and reflected against her form made her look angelic and this was something he couldn't hope to ignore. His eyes softened at her as she peeled herself away from his chest and began to explore.

As Buddy walked alongside the squirrel, he smiled while giving Surly a teasing look as he shifted his eyes from her face to his in a way that said 'I told you so'. Surly couldn't help but smile wider in defeat as he shrugged in defeat "Alright, Buddy, you were right. Maybe this is what she needed."

This adorable show of awe and wonder in Andie's eyes and facial expression wasn't long before she went right back to her interrogation to Surly as her fists returned to grabbing his chest aggressively as she resumed asking "Alright. Talk! Where am I and how did I get on this thing?!"

Surly, surprised at the quick change of attitude, had the words he was trying to say caught in his usually quick tempered throat. The purple furred squirrel's eyes were wide and his throat was dry as he replied rather quickly "Alright, we took you to a certain location named Brazil so you could get a break from worrying about the park."

Andie didn't seem satisfied with the answer she got as she tightened her grip and asked "But who'll provide for the park!? Who'll keep an eye on everyone?" Buddy stepped forwards with a smile as he nodded to Surly, signalling him to tell her the rest.

While Surly was hesitant on telling the agitated female squirrel the details; Buddy appeared to be firm with him as he placed a ginger paw on his shoulder as if to say 'go on, tell her'.

"..." Surly was silent before he let out a heavy sigh from his throat "...We organised everything. We asked the park animals to go to the nut store so they wouldn't starve so Precious promised to keep an eye on things while Lana went to help out a sick relative in a far away place who may or may not be sick."

"So you're saying you tricked Precious' owner into going away to the furthest place possible so Precious can look after the park's residents whom you've locked in the nut store as an easier way to help them through our absence?" Her face was kind of bored looking as it matched the blank tone in Andie's voice. She knew Surly and Buddy to be more uncivilised then that.

Surly grinned as he shrugged "Alright, we were under estimating our coolness. We didn't do all that stuff, though." He silently winked towards Buddy, silently letting him know that they really did do all that stuff Andie said. Buddy returned the wink whilst Andie glared at them both while shaking her head. It was true, she knew them too well.

Suddenly; Surly glanced to one side, something harshly twinkling in his eye and making both his paws fly to his eyes sorely as he saw something shining in the distance down below in the golden radiance of sunlight. The sky was blue and the air was so tropical. Surly stared off into the distance with eyes full of amazement and his paw crept underneath Andie's chin to turn her head to make her look into the distance with him.

Buddy, Andie and Surly took in the colourful horizon as the air felt fresh and clear. It gave the three rodent stowaways some sort of happiness as they basked in the golden sunlight that gave them a sweet tender smile in each of their hearts. "I think we're here..." Surly muttered, still taken in by the beautiful scenery down below.

Little were Buddy, Andie and Surly aware that there was one more stowaway from Oakton as a very familiar grey squirrel held on to the tail for dear life with his bushy tail blowing in the wind like a kite.

"Ahhhhh! I didn't sign up for this!" Grayson yowled into the wind as he held on tightly to the tail of the plane but what he didn't realise that his rather sharp claws tore through the metal of the tail and was therefore making the plane slowly lose altitude. It was surprising that not only did Surly nor the others hear his constant screaming but it was an accident that he ended up in this situation. "All I wanted was to see where Surly was going with my future mate!"

Even after telling the more likely squirrel companion many times they were not a couple, Grayson refused to believe that Andie didn't harbour any romantic feelings towards him. Of course; seeing Surly going anywhere with Andie had taken his feelings towards her and twisted them until they spiralled into a whirlpool of jealousy. He accidentally ended up on the tail of the plane somehow and was now desperately clinging on for dear life.

But very soon the plane couldn't take any more claw digging and began to lose altitude and began to plummet to the ground fast. As Surly and company desperately tried to find somewhere safe to survive the crash landing they were about to have; they were forced to let go as they fell to the ground fast and without any warning at all, they all blacked out unconscious without any knowledge of where they were.

A/N: Ta-Da! That's the end of the very first chapter of the very first cross over story of 'The nut job' and 'Rio'! I have to say that I'm proud of how this chapter turned out. If you haven't watched The nut job than I HIGHLY recommend it! Its hilarious and I think that there needs to be more stories of that franchise.

Anyways, I am once again proud of how this turned out and can't wait to see how the rest of this fanfic turns out. This also marks my first story of the nut job and the first crossover story I've done this year or in a long time.

Please feel free to review and I hope you like this.

-Chloemcg