Life really took a strange shift for a certain Spix's macaw from Minnesota. His former routine consisted of doing nothing but waking up every morning, eating, brushing his beak, cleaning himself up, and then enjoy the rest of day with Linda. However, all of this changed when he received the visit of an ornithologist who brought him to Rio, where he met his mate and defeated a group of smugglers to save his new friends. Things got even worse recently when his mate got captured by new smugglers, forcing him to travel all the way to Sao Paulo with even more new friends to rescue her.
But things were going better now: there were no more smugglers to be seen in Rio de Janeiro and the last Spix's macaws returned safely to their home. Blu looked after Jewel for two whole weeks, making sure to fulfil all of her needs like the lovely husband that he was. The last thing he wished for was to see her unhappy while she recovered from her wounds. Right now, he brought her in the middle of the aviary's room where they met with a blindfold on her eyes.
"Come on, Blu. Can you at least give me a clue about your big surprise?"
"If I did, it would no longer be a surprise, darling," Blu replied with a chuckle.
"But you know that I don't like having my eyes covered like this." Jewel attempted to remove her blindfold with her wings, only for Blu to stop her.
"Ha, ha, ha, no cheating. You don't look before I tell you to do so." Knowing her mate would not change his mind, Jewel just rolled her closed eyes and accepted to wait in the dark. Lucky for her, the wait only lasted a few seconds more until Blu placed his wings on her shoulders. "Alright, you can remove it now." Taking the piece of cloth off of her face, Jewel opened her turquoise eyes and-.
"SURPRISE!"
Jewel jumped a bit upon seeing the aviary's artificial jungle filled with literally all of her friends - Nico, Pedro, Rafael, Eva, and even Luiz! Blu's new friends, Coco and Tye Wang, were present as well. All of them were cheering loudly and holding a streamer reading: "HAPPY RECOVERY, JEWEL".
"Oh, guys!" Jewel said with her wings on her chest. She then turned to her mate. "So that was your big surprise?"
"Exactly. I wanted what's best for the most beautiful and fierce bird in the world," Blu replied with a smile.
"Aww," the female macaw cooed and kissed her mate on the cheek.
For the next minutes, the macaw couple received pats, wingshakes and good wishes from all of their friends. Afterwards, they celebrated Jewel's recovery with some food they have brought over and everyone chatted across the room. It was like a little reception between friends during a holiday.
"... But I gotta say the most dangerous part was when we faced against the five smugglers," Blu told Rafael and Eva.
"Wait a minute, five?" Eva asked with rising an eyebrow. "You said that they were only three of them with one being away at the moment."
Blu chuckled a bit at this remark. "Eva, which one of us fought against these smugglers to save Jewel, huh?"
"True," the keel-billed toucan admitted with rolling her eyes. "But please, tell me that this explosion didn't leave her with lifelong injuries."
"No; she made a full recovery and should be able to fly by tomorrow."
"That's true; I have pictures to testify," Coco said, turning his camera on to show the pictures he took during the journey to the toucan couple.
Just then, Nico flew in the air and whistled to get everyone's attention. "Ladies and gentlemen! May I have your attention, please? As you all know, we are gathered here tonight to celebrate the full recovery of our hotwing friend, Jewel. And what kind of party would this be without some dancing?"
"I totally agree!" Pedro said with enthusiasm. "Let's all find a partner, 'cause it's time to beat and swing your tail feathers around!" The birds did just that, finding a partner with whom dancing or just doing it alone. Blu and Jewel took the center spot, ready to have some fun.
Hail (hail)
What's the matter with your head, yeah
Hail (hail)
What's the matter with your mind
And your sign an-a, oh-oh-oh
Hail (hail)
Nothin' the matter with your head
Baby, find it, come on and find it
Hail, with it, baby
'Cause you're fine
And you're mine, and you look so divine
As Nico sang, Blu and Jewel moved together to the song with the male placing his wings on his mate's hips and the female wrapping hers around her husband's neck.
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
The two lovebirds' steps were in perfect synch with the song. They stared into each other's eyes with smiles, just like they did when they first danced at the samba club.
Hail (hail)
What's the matter with you feel right
Don't you feel right baby
Hail, oh yeah
Get it from the main vine, all right
I said-a find it, find it
Go on and love it if you like it, yeah
Hail (hail)
It's your business if you want some, take some
Get it together baby
Soon, all the avians started moving with more energy, Blu even spinning Jewel on herself. At one point, the Spix's macaws noticed with amusement that Luiz was dancing with a bit too much energy and accidentally kicked his feet into two nearby birds.
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love, now
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love, now
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love, now
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love, now
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
As the song got softer, Blu and Jewel got back in their previous position, holding each other in their wings and smiling. They couldn't resist the desire to kiss each other on the beak.
Hail (hail)
What's the matter with you feel right
Don't you feel right baby
Hail, oh yeah
Get it from the main vine, all right
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
After Nico and Pedro finished singing, everyone clapped and cheered in joy. Blu and Jewel kept kissing each other, never wanting to let go of one another ever again. Just then, a flash coming from beside them ruined the moment and they turned to see a white-collared kite smiling with his camera. "This is going straight to my souvenir book."
"GIVE ME THIS CAMERA RIGHT NOW, COCO!" Blu angrily yelled, running after his friend.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the rainforest, a portal of light opened and out of it came a serpentine figure. It stretched its head as high as it could and groaned a little bit. "Gah! I hate this form; no more hands to help me around. But it's worth it; I'm not gonna be here for long anyway."
Golden globes glowed in the dark with malice. "It's time to find my new little warrior..."
Author's note: After a full month since I finished "Road to Sao Paulo", it is time to kick off the sequel. So much has happened to me in real life: I moved into a new home (that's the second time in four months!), I fell sick with a throat infection, and right now, my mother's at the hospital because of a back injury. All of this combined with the fact that I'm TIRED of winter! Please, make that summer comes soon.
The song that Nico and Pedro sang was "Come and Get Your Love" by Redbone. It's the song that plays at the beginning of "Guardians of the Galaxy". Constructive reviews are welcome and, as always, may the gods watch over you all.