Jewel opened her eyes and blinked, she realized her location. She was once again alone in the infamous jungle she last met Russell. She rose to her feet and wiped the dirt from her azure feathers. She looked around three hundred and sixty degrees and determined that she was in fact alone.

"This is bullshit." She muttered and kicked a pebble with her claw.

"What is bullshit?" Russell asked from behind her.

Jewel turned and faced him angrily, "The fact that I'm sitting here stuck dreaming about you! That is the bullshit!" She ferociously roared at him.

Russell backed away in fear, why did she act with such hostility towards him so suddenly? Before he could ask Jewel charged at him. He narrowly avoided a swipe from her claw and restrained her with his wing.

"Jewel what is wrong with you!" he yelled.

Jewel grunted and twisted trying to escape from his hold but it was unsuccessful. Russell relaxed his grip on her and gently let her go when she finally calmed down.

"Why are you doing this Russell?" Jewel said tears forming.

"Jewel you have not been making any dam sense for the past day." He sternly said. "It's nothing but blabber on about how I'm dead and this is all a dream!"

"Russell do you love me?" Jewel quietly asked shocking Russell.

Russell gulped as the question registered through his mind. He knew that he loved Jewel but didn't know how to ever tell her. And now here she was just bluntly asking the question to his face and he had no clue on how to respond.

"Do you love me?" she asked again.

This time Russell mustered up the courage to answer, "Yes I do." He admitted in a monotone voice.

Jewel felt her gut sink when she heard his answer…perhaps the myth that Krystal told her was actually true. Perhaps the only way to rid of Russell's reappearance was to return the love. But how? Would it be as easy as a kiss? No, it can't be that easy love isn't defined as a kiss. She could already feel guilt sinking farther in her stomach as she thought of the only logical explanation.

Russell approached her and gently placed his wing on her shoulder.

"What about you? Do you love me?"

Jewel couldn't believe this…

"Yes." She said freezing up in stone.

"Really?" Russell asked surprised.

Jewel looked away from him and stared at the ground.

This is just a dream right? This is not real…so why do I still feel like this is not the right thing to do?

Jewel was broken out of her thoughts as Russell passionately kissed Jewel on her beak, savoring the sweet taste of her tongue. He parted from her and noticed Jewel standing frozen like a stone.

"I'm sorry if that was not the right time." Russell quickly said hoping he didn't anger Jewel.

Just get this over with. Jewel thought.

Jewel put her wings on Russell's sides and pulled him in for a kiss instantly forcing her tongue upon his. Russell was absolutely confused at what was happening and didn't react at first. He instinctively pulled away moments later, the taste of Jewel lingering in his mouth.

"Jewel are you okay?" He asked.

"Of course I am!" she nervously laughed, "Is this not what you want?"

"Yes it is but I don't understand why this is happening…"

"Just shut up and kiss me." Jewel ordered pushing his beak into hers. Russell closed his eyes and felt his eyes roll back in pleasure.

Oh no! what is Jewel doing? Well anyways we all know what happens between Jewel and Russel…and on a lighter note I dedicate this next part to ARSET27.

Blu slowly rose to his feet unaware of his surroundings. He walked forward and hit a clear sheet of glass.

"Ow son of a bitch!" he yelled holding his beak.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA." A loud voice boomed.

Blu cowered in fear from the sheer size of the voice and the loud vibration is caused.

"Who's there!" he yelped.

"Look up dumby."

Blu slowly looked up and his jaw dropped at the sight he was witnessing. Floating above was a giant piece of Bleu cheese.

"What the-" Blu muttered.

The piece of cheese laughed again and descended down to Blu. The cheese was much bigger than Blu initially thought, it had to weigh at least fifty pounds.

"What are you?" Blu asked, rubbing his eyes to make sure he was in fact seeing a giant talking piece of cheese.

"Me? Why I am Blu! You know like the bird in that one movie that grossed over 400 million dollars?" the cheese laughed, shaking the ground.

"This is absolute insanity…." Blu said recovering from falling from the vibration the cheese caused with its booming voice.

"No, what is absolute insanity is this." The cheese made a snapping noise with what Blu guessed to be invisible arms. Immediately after the ground began to shake and a crack formed, sending Blu falling down in the glass cage. Blu looked down and was eventually engulfed by the darkness of the trench and then BAM!

Blu rubbed his head and opened his eyes; standing over him was a blurry blue figure.

"Hey there, are you okay?" The figure asked. As Blu's vision came into focus he saw himself standing over, well himself.

"AAAAAAHHH!" Blu screamed and jumped to his feet.

"Whoa calm down there." A voice from behind said.

Another Blu stood there smiling at him. Blu didn't believe this, what was this sick nightmare? Suddenly Blu heard more voices and he slowly turned around. In front of him were hundreds of Blu's all staring at him.

"Hi there! My name is Blu, you know like the cheese with the mold on it?" all the Blu's said at once in perfect unison.

Blu creamed in fright and took flight away from the arsenal of clones. He felt a sudden weight on his wings and looked down at them. Both of his wings had been replaced by…textbooks? They were titled The physics and The nature of flying.

"What the hell is going on!" Blu shrieked.

The textbooks opened themselves up and flipped wildly through the pages before stopping. On the page was a drawing of Jewel in pencil, lightly shaded. For a moment Blu felt at ease and forgot about the recent past events when he saw the beautiful drawing of Jewel. All that disappeared when the drawing began to move on the page.

"Blu Blu Blu…tsk tsk shame on you. Blu Blu Blu…tsk tsk shame on you. Blu Blu Blu…tsk tsk shame on you!" The drawing kept repeating, louder and louder.

"OH MY GOD MAKE IT STOP!" Blu cried banging his head against the ground unable to hear his own voice over the now screaming Jewel picture.

"BLU!" Jewel said slapping him across the face.

"AAAAH!" Blu screamed as he opened his eyes. "Stay back!" he yelled at Jewel.

"Blu what is wrong with you?" she asked concerned.

Blu was panting heavily with sweat running down his feathers staining them a darker shade of blue. His eyes were shifting around, panicking.

"Where the hell am I?" he asked.

"Blu please calm down before yo-"

"WHERE THE FUCK AM I AT?"

Jewel was startled by his sudden uproar and stared at him in disbelief.

"Where am I?" he asked calming down.

"Blu it's okay, I'm here."

"It's finally over…" Blu sighed slumping down against the wall of the hollow.

"It's okay Blu, it was only a dream."

Lucy flew into the hollow entrance way and peeped in.

"Is everything okay? We heard Blu yelling." she asked taking notice of the sweating bird.

"Yes it's fine. Blu just had a bad dream, that's all."

"Oh, well that explains it I guess. Do you two need anything?" Lucy asked.

"No thank you we're fine." Jewel answered. Lucy flew back with her friends while Blu went and sat next to Jewel.

"It's okay Blu we all have bad dreams." She said.

"It was terrifying." He shuddered at the thought of having to relive the nightmare.

Jewel didn't respond, she looked at the ground spaced out.

"Jewel are you okay?" Blu asked taking notice.

"Oh yeah, I'm great." She said not making eye contact with Blu.

"Jewel is there something you want to tell me?"

"No there is nothing to tell." She shifted uneasy on top of the eggs.

"Jewel you aren't a very good liar and you know that." Blu stated.

"Blu please, there is nothing wrong." She persisted.

Blu finally gave up and left the hollow to get some fresh air and stretch out his wings, which were thankfully not textbooks. Jewel sighed and looked at the ground of the nest. She couldn't stand to look Blu in the eye after what she had done, even if it was only a dream the guilt laid on her shoulders.

~somewhere else~

"C'mon let's go!" Krystal yelled enthusiastically taking Trevor's wing.

"Where are we going?" he asked trying to keep up.

"To get the best view of Rio!"

"And just exactly where is that?" Trevor asked as they took flight.

"The Christ redeemer statue silly, everyone knows that."

"Guess I am not everyone." He sighed.

"Well if you were like everyone else than you wouldn't be the bird I love." Krystal smiled.

Trevor smiled at her comment, "Thanks."

The two birds flew along the beach on their way to the statue on the other side of the city. Trevor flew low to the water and grazed his wingtip over the water's surface. The crystal blue water was breathtaking and he enjoyed being able to see himself clearly from the reflection. He looked back up to Krystal who was slowly gliding enjoying the ocean breeze and fresh air with her eyes closed. Trevor was too busy admiring Krystal that he didn't notice the pole sticking out of the water with a sign telling swimmers not to go past this point.

Krystal heard him smack against the pole and looked back as he descended into the water. She called out his name turned back for him in a flash. Trevor hit the water and began slowly sinking to the bottom.

"No!" She screamed before diving in after him even though she knew she couldn't swim. She thrust herself towards him and grabbed onto his wing barely holding on. She desperately looked up to the surface and tried to swim up but she was also now sinking down with Trevor. She looked down at the unconscious bird and could clearly see the blood flowing from the top of forehead. She began to feel her lungs nearly exploding in her chest as they demanded oxygen, a demand that wouldn't be met. This was it…this was how it was all going to end? Was there going to be no happy ending where she and Trevor would live happily ever after? Krystal's vision turned black and the last thing she saw was the sun peacefully shining down through the water at her.

What happened next was indeed a miracle, the two birds would've died if it wasn't for a teenage boy who saw the entire incident happen and came to the rescue. The tan boy swooped both birds in his arm and brought them back to the surface. Krystal immediately became conscious and after coughing up any water looked towards Trevor. The boy reached shore and gently placed the two on the white sand.

"Trevor!" Krystal shouted in his face. Trevor laid motionless with his mouth slightly hanging open nonresponsive. And a crowd began to form in a circle around the two birds. Krystal pounded on Trevor's chest like a monkey with her wings, sending the water trapped in Trevor's lungs spewing out of his mouth. Trevor turned on his side and coughed up any last bit on the sand.

"Gross…" he muttered before falling onto his back.

"I thought you were gone." Krystal cried holding his wing tightly.

Trevor took her wing in his, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." He smiled.

"Just be more careful."

Seeing that the bird was now okay the humans began to leave and go back to their own activities. Trevor nodded and tried to rise to his feet but his legs collapsed from under him.

"Ow, my head is pounding." He said squinting his eyes.

"Lemme see it." Krystal observed his head and gently moved his head feathers to the side. There was a clear deep gash on the top of his head.

"How bad is it?"

"Pretty bad, we need to go see Tulio."

"It can't be that bad…"

"I don't care, we're going to Tulio." She ordered helping him up to his feet. Trevor heavily leaned against Krystal; she could feel her legs straining to keep him up.

"I think getting there will be harder then it seems I can hardly stand."

"I can feel that." Krystal grunted.

Trevor realized the labor Krystal was in and tried to stand upright on his own strength. He instead ended up falling down into the sand, bringing Krystal down with him.

"Smart one." Krystal giggled.

"Yeah…" Trevor nervously laughed. Krystal and Trevor laid chest to chest and were attracting a great deal of attention from others; he could feel his cheeks turning redder by the second. "Uh, how about we uh get going?"

"Oh!" Krystal laughed quickly hopping to her feet and pulling him up by his wing. Krystal supported Trevor and walked him under an awning on the side of a restaurant.

"Set me down here and go get Tulio." He said exhausted.

"No, I'm not leaving you here by yourself." She retorted.

"I can take care of myself."

"I don't care if you think you can, you're injured and can barely walk. Until you get better I'm staying by your side."

Trevor realized by her tone that she was serious about what she said. He smiled at her and thanked for the promise.

"Can we at least take a break?" he asked.

"I could use one to." And she sat down next to him.

"Diving in after me and risking your life for me, that deserves a real thank you."

Krystal smiled, "I know you would do the same for me."

"Without hesitation." He smiled back. The two sat quietly enjoying each other's company listening to the soft beat of Congo drums outside the restaurants entrance. Finally after nearly an hour Trevor slowly rose to his feet.

"I think I can manage." He said holding his wings out at his sides to balance.

"Are you sure?"

"Yea, it's fine." Trevor stumbled a few steps but eventually regained control. "Let's get going, it's going to be a long walk."

~Club~

Nico said his parting salutations from the stage to the birds before quickly sneaking out the back, even then still a few of the birds were waiting for him. This was how it always was, never could get away without having to confront the most diehard of fans.

"Guys I need to get going so no time to talk."

The other birds didn't heed to his statement and the canary was bombarded with a barrage of questions. Most of them asking about the future of the club and whether Nico would continue to perform but also a few about the anonymous blue and gold macaw from earlier.

"Of course I will continue performing, I can assure you that." Nico told the crowd calming them down with his wings, "Now as for the blue and gold macaw he is just a friend and he won't be performing anymore."

"But why?" A scarlet macaw asked.

"I don't know why, it's just not his thing now I need to get going." Nico took flight and looked back to make sure none were following him. He gave a brief sigh and thought about where he would go now; he wanted to be alone and have some time to mourn for Pedro's death but at the same time didn't want to be alone or think of Pedro. He perched himself on the side of a trolley and let it take him and his thoughts where ever it went.

Nico was looking down as the people walking along the sidewalk passed by when he heard a familiar voice greet him.

"Nico?" Rafael asked.

Nico turned around, "Hey Rafael." Nico's tone was low and depressing.

"Is everything okay my amigo?" the toucan asked.

"I'm thinking about Pedro."

Rafael stopped talking and thought about what something witty and comforting to say to the bird. Nothing came to mind and he stood in silence behind Nico.

"Rafael what are you even doing here?"

"If you want me to go I can go." Rafael said insulted.

"No! I didn't mean it like that, I was wondering why are you in the city! Doesn't Eva usually keep a chain around your neck?"

"Well Kipo came by and told me about you going to the club and I talked my way out of having to babysit. When I got the club you already had left so I decided I might as well just enjoy my free time while I have it and found you."

"That makes sense; you hardly ever get out anymore bro."

"I know I don't, its giving me gray feathers." Rafael laughed.

"I remember those days…just you me and Pedro." Nico sighed.

"Those were good times." Rafael smiled as the nostalgia filled his mind. "But we can't be living in the past Nico, life is meant to be lived in the here and now." He added.

Nico nodded in agreement to Rafael's statement and rose to his feet. He faced Rafael and thanked him for being there when he need him.

"So what has been happening?" Rafael asked to break the silence.

Nico lit up with excitement, "Jewel and Blu had their eggs!"

"That is great!" Rafael exclaimed.

"Why don't we go see them?" Nico asked and Rafael agreed, the two birds took flight and veered towards the direction the sanctuary would be.

Trevor and Krystal walked around the corner just after the Toucan and Canary flew out of sight behind a row of buildings. Trevor could feel the splitting pain in his head returning again and had to stop. Krystal noticed him bent over in pain holding his head.

"Are you okay?" She asked worried.

"Yea, I'm fine just didn't know suffering a concussion could be so dam painful." He grunted as he began to march on.

"We can take a break if you need it." Krystal said stopping him. "No need to make things worse."

Trevor nodded no, "We need to keep going." He pointed towards the ocean and a dark luminous cloud was slowly floating its way to the city.

"That is just lovely." Krystal sighed. She looked back over at Trevor who collapsed unconscious and laid on the ground.

"Trevor!" she yelled rushing to his side. She turned him over on his back and lightly slapped his face. The bird was unresponsive but his heart still beat strong and he breathed normal. Krystal gently shook his head with still no response. "Dammit!" she cussed.

Krystal sighed and pulled Trevor to the side of the sidewalk where he would at least be safe from passing pedestrians. She sat him against the wall of an antique store and cradled his head in her arms. She watched as the front of dark clouds came closer and closer.

~sanctuary~

Blu flew to a nearby branch and cleared his mind of what he just dreamt. He would have never thought he would have a dream that chaotic, Blu always thought of himself as a mentally stable bird but now he began to second guess himself. His thoughts were interrupted when a yellow canary and toucan he knew entered the room.

"Rafael!" Blu happily greeted the toucan flying down.

"Hey Blu!" Rafael smiled giving a brief hug and pat on the back.

"What brings you here?" Blu asked.

"I don't know, don't you have something you want to show me?" Rafael said grinning.

"What? I don't what you're talking about." Blu said oblivious to that Rafael was hinting to the eggs.

"The eggs…" Rafael blandly said.

"Oh!" Blu gave a light chuckle, "Sorry I wasn't catching on." He motioned for Rafael to follow and they flew to the hollow.

"Hello Jewel!" Rafael exclaimed as he walked over to give her a hug.

"Oh Rafael, It's so good to see you!" Jewel smiled.

"So I hear you finally popped them out?" Rafael grinned.

Jewel nodded and rose to her feet for Rafael to get a good look at the eggs. He stared over them, gently feeling each one with the backside of his wing.

"They're gorgeous." He said to the couple. Blu had walked over next to Jewel and put his wing around her back side causing her to tense up. Blu looked at her confused as to why she still acted like this. He looked over to Rafael when he commented on the eggs and smiled.

"Thank you Rafael." Blu said.

"Much better looking than me and Eva's." Rafael admitted. "Speaking of Eva I suppose I better be going back, I'll make sure to tell her the good news." Rafael kissed Jewel on both of her cheeks and shook Blu's claw and congratulated them on finally being parents.

Now that the two were alone Blu looked at Jewel.

"What is wrong with you Jewel?" Blu asked concerned, gently brushing his wing against her cheek. Jewel walked away from the kind gesture and sat back on the eggs.

"What did I do to upset you?"

"You didn't do anything wrong." Jewel quietly said looking away from him.

"Then what is making you like this, you act like you don't want to be around me."

"After what I did I don't want to be." Jewel said on the verge of tears.

"What did you do?" Blu asked now worried.

"I can't-" Jewel broke down and began crying. Blu came to her side and placed his wing under her beak and brought her eye level with him.

"Look at me." Blu quietly said, "Jewel what did you do, you can tell me Jewel."

Jewel tried to pull away from Blu's wing but he firmly held her head in place.

"Please Jewel…"

"I don't want to tell you Blu, I don't know how you'll react." Jewel lightly whimpered.

"Jewel, I would never even think about harming you, you know that."

"I'm worried about you."

"Don't be Jewel." He released her head and she immediately turned away.

Blu gave up again and sat at the opening of the hollow, "Whenever you're ready Jewel I'll be here waiting." He leaned his head against the side of the opening and closed his eyes.

Jewel stared at the backside of Blu and thought of how she would tell him of what she did. She betrayed his love to her, the most precious thing she had. She couldn't bear to look at him without remembering the horrible act she committed in her dream.

After nearly an hour she could hear the soft rumble as rain fell outside the sanctuary. Blu had sat still the entire time and Jewel presumed that he fell asleep. But when she saw him rise to his feet she immediately closed her eyes and pretended as if she was asleep. She heard Blu's soft footsteps get closer and stop right by her. He bent down and gently gave her a kiss on the forehead before walking out towards the opening. He was about to go down to the other birds when he heard Jewel quietly call his name.

"Yes Jewel?" he asked looking over his shoulder.

"I want to tell you."

"It's okay Jewel, I think I figured it out."

"I don't think you have any clue." Jewel told him.

"Let me guess," he turned and faced her, "It was a dream."

Jewel's eyes widened slightly, "Yes…"

"Russell was there?" he continued hitting the nail on the head again.

Jewel nodded in agreement.

"Jewel It's not the end of the world if you go and make love with a dead bird in your dreams." Blu said delivering the last hit.

"How did you know!" Jewel asked.

"I figured it out pretty easily…you were actually believing that hogwash Krystal told you about yesterday, about having to return the love Russell had for you." Blu walked closer to Jewel before continuing, "And I just pieced one piece together with another and I got the entire picture." Blu smiled and sat down next to Jewel.

Blu was surprised when he was met with an angry glare, "So you think of Russell as just a dead bird?" She growled.

Blu began slowly scooting away, "No, of course I don't."

"He saved your life!" Jewel yelled at Blu, she stood up and walked after the crawling bird.

"Jewel I had no intention of meaning it like that."

"And you also think that having dreams of making love to another is okay!" she waved her feather in his face. "Why do you do have them!"

"Jewel now you're just twisting my words around." Blu said fearing for his life.

"I can't believe you Blu! I thought that you cared." Her last words were soft spoken.

"Jewel of course I care." Blu put his wing on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry Blu but I don't want to see you right now." She shoved his wing away and told him to get out, when he didn't the first time she screamed it.

~Out in dat rain and shit~

The sidewalks had cleared of pedestrians for the most part, few walked along hiding under their umbrellas. Krystal sat with Trevor still in her lap, he still laid unconscious for nearly a hour now. Krystal decided to drag him farther under the antique stores entrance to avoid getting wet. She repositioned herself and held Trevor's head to her chest, worried if he was ever going to awake.

Trevor smelled the sweet aroma of what he could only describe as love. He opened his eyes and saw the familiar green feathers of Krystal and smiled. He nuzzled his head deeper against Krystal, feeling her silky feathers brush against his.

"It's about time sleepyhead." Krystal giggled relieved.

"Where are we?" he asked looking up at her resting his head in her wings.

"Still in the city and far from the sanctuary."

"How long was I out for?"

"About a hour." She answered.

"Geez." Trevor sat up and leaned against the wall next to Krystal.

"How do you feel?" she asked examining the cut on his head.

"To be honest a lot better than before."

"Good enough to fly?" Krystal hoped.

"I don't know." Trevor rose to his feet and just as before wobbled around nearly falling before regaining his balance.

"I don't think so." Krystal said disappointed.

"Well it doesn't matter really, it's raining like hell."

"You're right, why don't you sit back down before you hurt yourself." Krystal suggested.

Trevor sat himself back next to Krystal and rested his head on her shoulder. The two held wings and waited for the rain to eventually die down.

~Sanctuary~

"GET OUT!" Jewel yelled.

Blu didn't talk back this time knowing that it would be futile. He jumped out of the hollow and glided down to the jungle floor. Laura was waiting at the base of the hollow.

"What is going on?" She asked Blu.

"She just needs to calm down, I involuntary made her upset."

"How do you not mean to make someone that mad?"

"If you knew Jewel better you would know it's not too hard with her." Blu sighed.

"I guess…Well you can always come over and sit with us." Laura offered.

"Sure, what are you guys doing?"

"Nothing really, just enjoying each other's company."

Laura and Blu walked into the clear opening of the jungle when the door slightly opened. Blu recognized Fred from the short distance and was about to squawk a greeting to the man until he saw who Fred was holding. Blu grabbed Laura and quickly pulled her into a group of plastic bushes. He held Laura's beak with his wing and motioned her to stay quiet.

Laura looked to where Blu had fixated his gaze and recognized the white cockatoo. She felt her heart drop as the human who was carrying Rob gently placed him on the ground and patted him on the head before leaving the room.

"Shit!" Blu harshly whispered.

Rob limped his way into the middle clearing of the jungle, Blu and Laura could see he had a small black medical brace on one of his legs. Rob sat in the middle and looked around mischievously; Blu and Laura were so close they could see the lust in the crazy bird's eyes.

Rob muttered something under his breath and took flight. He hovered in the air to get a bird's eye view of the jungle and noticed a light blue bird sitting alone in one of the hollows.

Jewel heard the fluttering and felt the gush of air as who she thought to be Blu land behind her in the hollow.

"Blu I said get the hell out!" She yelled turning around to see the evil grin on Rob's face.

"I was hoping that I could stay!" Rob yelled as he lunged towards Jewel with his good claw. Jewel closed her eyes expecting to be slaughtered and heard a high pitched yell. She opened her eyes and saw Blu biting into Rob's shoulder with his beak. Rob shaked Blu off his back and turned towards him furious.

"I'm going to fucking murder you!" Rob yelled at Blu.

He swiped his claw at Blu but was tackled to the ground by Jewel causing him to miss. Jewel tried her best to pin him to the ground but Rob was much more powerful and overpowered the spix macaw with ease, throwing her back and nearly landing on the eggs. By now Blu had recovered and latched himself on Rob's back, re-inserting his beak into the same wound. Rob roared in pain and frustration and didn't notice how close he was to the entrance. Rob fell out of the hollow with Blu still on his back.

Jewel saw the two birds fall over the edge and out of sight shortly followed by a dull thud. She rushed to the entrance and looked over, Blu was lying under Rob not moving and Rob was slowly rising to his feet. Rob cracked his back and looked down at the non moving bird. Before he could slice Blu's throat O'Malley charged out of the bushes and narrowly missed Rob with his claw.

"You bastards are to dam persistent!" Rob yelled.

"I'm not going to try to talk sense into you Rob, I'll let you leave and you can live or I kill you right here right now."

"Or how about I just kill you and your little blue friends and be on my way?"

"So be it." O'Malley answered.

The two charged each other at the same time yelling. Rob landed the first strike swiftly slashing O'Malley's chest with his claws. O'Malley squinted in pain and felt the warm blood trickling over his feathers. Rob kept charging O'Malley slashing at him with his claws. O'Malley was barely dodging the quick swipes.

Rob was careless and shifted his weight too much on his sprained leg causing him to fall over in pain. O'Malley seized the opportunity and pinned Rob to the ground with his claws. As O'Malley brought down his beak to Rob's neck to finish the battle Cindy appeared from the bushes.

"NO!" She cried.

O'Malley stopped and looked up. Rob saw the bird become distracted and pushed him off of his chest with his wings. O'Malley fell and hit his head on a rock and was knocked unconscious.

"Thank you my baby girl." Rob laughed and looked towards the still unconscious Blu. He limped over to Blu and held his claws against Blu's neck ready to savor the sweet taste of victory. Rob saw Laura as she dashed from the bushes and charged to stop Rob from doing what he wanted. Rob perfectly timed a swing with his wing a whacked Laura to the ground. Rob wasted no time and took his claw and punctured right into Laura chest. Laura's eyes filled with shock as the pain surged through her body, the agony caused with every breath was unbearable and the taste of iron filled her mouth. Rob chuckled as he saw the bird slowly die an agonizing death. He removed his claw from the still body and turned around to Blu, instead he was met with a kick to the face from a large boot.

Fred exited out of the artificial jungle and walked with Tulio back to the monitor room. They each took seats as Tulio powered on the screens.

"May take a couple of seconds." He chuckled flipping switches.

Eventually the screens came to life to reveal what horror was going on in the jungle. The white cockatoo they released was fighting with the palm cockatoo. At first Tulio told Fred not to worry about it, that it was probably just a territorial thing. But when the white cockatoo knocked the palm unconscious and picked up Blu ready to kill Tulio and Fred realized what would happen and rushed for the door.

Fred was the first through the door and sprinted at Rob. Fred brought his leg back and punted the cockatoo away like a football player. Tulio slid onto his knees next and retrieved the injured birds and rushed out with Jewel following behind.

Cindy walked through the bushes where her father was kicked by the man.

"Dad?" she called lightly. She pushed aside a large leaf and found her father laying still, his chest was oddly shaped and his neck snapped in a nearly ninety degree angle. Cindy stood motionless, her brain not knowing how to register the sight of her father's dead, mangle, twisted body in front of her. Moments later she was wrapped up in her Aunt Lucy's wing and pulled out of the bushes.

"DAD!" Cindy shrieked, holding her wing out to the bushes.

Each of Cindy's shrieks for her father was like a knife through the heart for Lucy as she dragged her niece away from the sight of her father's dead body. Lucy could feel the tears run down her cheeks and her knees give in as she collapsed to the ground with her niece.

This isn't how it's supposed to end… Jewel thought as she looked down at Laura's motionless body as Fred and Tulio tried their best to save her.

~hours later~

"Finally we're here!" Trevor exclaimed as they made their way up the steps outside the glass doors of the sanctuary.

"Yea now the only problem is how do we get in?" Krystal pointed out.

"Oh, you're right…"

"How about I'll go fly around back and see if the window is open?" she said suggesting a good plan.

"Good idea I'll be here waiting."

Krystal took flight and disappeared behind the corner of the building. Trevor waited impatiently for what seemed like a decade until finally Tulio opened the door with Blu on his shoulder.

"About dam time." Trevor laughed as he walked in. Tulio lightly closed the door behind the bird as he made his way inside. Blu flew down next to Trevor and stopped him with his wing.

"Trevor…" Blu said hanging his head low.

"Yea?" Trevor said turning around.

Blu gripped Trevor's shoulder tightly and prepared himself to say what he had to tell Trevor.

"Trevor its Laura…she's," Blu gave a long pause and looked away from Trevor not having the courage to tell him face to face, "She was killed."

Trevor felt as if his legs became jello and his gut sank into a bottomless abyss.

"You're kidding right?" Trevor lightly whimpered.

Blu didn't respond to his question and Trevor knew that it was the truth. The rest of the birds in the sanctuary slightly jumped at the deafening cry's of the young blue and gold macaw.

Linda and Tulio took Trevor, Krystal, Jewel and Blu along with the eggs back to the bookstore for the night. Trevor blankly stared at the roof of the small sedan as he laid down in the back seat. His mind was flooded with past memories of his life with Laura. The arguments they had, the things he did to upset her, the times she was there when he needed her. He wished that he could just say 'I love you', something he probably said more to Krystal more than his own mother. He looked back at how stupid and selfish he was to his mom causing the pain in his heart to worsen.

When they arrived at the bookstore Jewel and Blu made a makeshift nest for their eggs and sat together in Blu's cage. Krystal sat alone across the room from Trevor. Trevor stared at the wall with his back to everyone. The night was long and hardly anyone got any sleep besides Tulio and Linda upstairs. Blu read Huckleberry Finn out loud to Jewel and Krystal to keep them entertained. Trevor sat in the same spot having not moved an inch. Occasionally Blu or Krystal would walk over to him and try to start a conversation. Trevor wouldn't say a word and just sit staring at the ground or wall.

Tulio and Linda woke and found Trevor in the same spot as they left him last night and exchanged concerned looks. Tulio picked up the bird and tried to get any reaction out of him but nothing seemed to work. The day slowly passed on and everyone decided it would be best to let Trevor be to himself.

The birds were watching an action movie in the TV room; Linda had moved the eggs for Jewel so she could watch too. Linda spent most of the day watching the blue and gold macaw sit alone and attending to customers as they came in. Linda closed the shop for a couple of minutes as she made herself and the birds some lunch. When she returned to the front desk Trevor was sitting at the computer typing.

"I want to see her" Trevor had typed.

Trevor sat in front of his mother's grave in the backyard of the sanctuary. Krystal silently stood next to him and everyone else watched from a window.

After a long time of silence Trevor began talking.

Trevor stared at his grave and eventually looked at Krystal by his side.

"Thank you for being here with me." He smiled.

Krystal nodded and looked at the grave, "She loved you Trevor and I know that she was proud to have you as a son."

"I love you mom." Trevor said aloud and a solitary tear fell, staining the ground below.

AN-okay so yes…its finally over. Just to tell you all now I will be taking a break from writing for a while before continuing with the sequel to this story, yes that's right another sequel. Anyways sorry for taking so long to upload this but I love my new computer so much! Also I just want to say thank you to you guys for reading my stories and telling me how much you like them, it means a lot and is what keeps me writing. Well I guess that until next time…Kthxbai!