Hey guys, I know it was chicken in Nigel's beak, but it sure as hell did not look like chicken. Is chicken yellow? No, so what was in his beak? It probably is chicken and I just can't accept the fact that it is chicken.

Blu woke up, jolted, and almost freaked out because he was used to waking up in the same place every day for 15 years. He looks at Jewel, and as if on queue, she opens her eyes.

"Oh, uh, did I wake ya?" He asks

"What? Oh, uh yeah, you kinda did," She says

"Oh god, I'm real sorry bout that; I got a bit freaked out waking up looking down at the jungle. Again, I apologize,"

"Eh, it's fine, you couldn't control it,"

"Okay, well... I have an idea on how to get this chain off... well, two ideas," Blu proposes

"Oh, well what are they?" Jewel asks, curious and excited at the thought of being unchained.

"Well the first one is pretty complex. We have to tie some vine around a rock and do some other things... I-it's hard to explain. The second one is much simpler, it's just banging a rock against the chain. I don't expect that one to work, though,"

"Okay, well, let's go try the second one, its easier,"

They head down on the jungle floor and locate a small rock

"Alright, here goes," Blu says, holding the rock in his unchained talon. He starts banging it against the chain, but to no success.

"You're not banging it hard enough, give it to me," Jewel says, and Blu gives the rock to her and she does the same thing, but to no avail.

"I guess we're doing the complex one... just gimme some time to think, yeah?" Blu says and gets a stick.

"Alright," Jewel doubts his idea.

About 10 minutes pass, and there is now complex math written in the dirt.

"Aight, I've thought it through. So first, we..." The macaws proceed to build a system consisting of vines, a rock, and some sticks.

"You sure this is gonna work?" Jewel asks, grunting in effort pulling a vine with Blu toward an upward-facing branch

"Yeah, yeah, no worries, just check out my math," Blu reassures

"Mhm, that's... promising," Jewel says a bit sarcastically

They hook the vine around the branch; all they had to do was to unhook the vine and the rock would fall.

Blu puts the chain where the rock would fall.

"Alrighty, here goes," Blu unhooks the vine, but of course something had to go wrong, it's just how life is. The small sharp curve at the top end of his beak somehow got around the vine and he was brought with the vine as it proceeded to zip through the path it was in (I don't know how to word this, it's kinda weird but ok). Of course, Jewel had to be brought with him as well. They fell on top of the rock, no chain broken.

"Fuck," Blu says, disappointed

"Nice try, brainiac," Jewel says

"Well, maybe Linda and/or Tulio could cut it,"

"No, I'm not going near humans," Jewel refuses

"Fine, if that's what you don't wanna do," they stand up and look around. Blu notices something... off. He didn't know what.

"Uh Jewel, I-I think we're being watched," Blu says, taking on a guarded stance. They look all around now, more alert. Then, a single toucan chick pops up from on top a large rock. Then (DJ KHALID) another one (I'm sorry I had to do it) pops up. Both fly over to them and tug on their feathers.

Jewel picks one up and hugs it close, "Be careful Blu, they might snuggle you to death!" She says sarcastically

Blu looks at the chick hopping up and down, tugging at his wing. He gives in and picks it up as well. "Get over here,"

The chick suddenly digs at Blu's chest, and rips out some feathers.

"AAAH! FUCKING HELL GET IT OFF! HELP!" Blu runs around wildly

The same thing happens to Jewel and they end up winding around each other and falling down (okay if you have the movie Rio, go to the part where the toucans attack and look at when Blu and Jewel fall down. See it? It's a really quick shot, but you see Jewel literally look down at Blu's lower part of his body. See it now? Tell me if you see it as well).

Now having the macaws disabled, the chick points down at them and yells, "Attack!"

Almost like a savior, a larger Toucan presumed the chicks' dad, pops his head out of a tree and flys down to them

"Hey! whats going on down there?" He says, and the chicks immediately go away from Blu and Jewel and pester the adult, "Ok, guys, guys, calm down now! Manuela, Sofia, come on now, listen to me! Ow! Got me right in the eye,"

"Aw, precious, aren't they?" Jewel says

"Yep, they're kids (I don't know what he said here so I just put that there), 17 of them, and one on the way," He announces. He looks up and sees 2 chicks shaking an egg back and forth dangerously close to the edge of the hollow, "Hey! He's not a maraca stop shaking him!" He looks down, "They're givin' me great feathers! Ohh, this papa needs a break. So, you lovebirds headed for carnival?"

Blu and Jewel recoil in shock

"Woah, Lovebirds?" She asks, disgusted

"Uh, we're more like acquaintance birds," Blu says

"And not even that, we're more like, chained-to-each-other birds," Jewel adds

Blu is about to add more but a chick rips out a chunk of feathers.

"Jeez, what is it with these kids and the feathers?" Blu asks

"No idea. We're having em tested,"

"So, do you think maybe you could help us get this... thing off?" Jewel requests, holding the chain

"Lucky for you, you know Raphael, and Raphael knows everyone!" The chicks land on his eyes, "Again with the eyes! Do you want me to call your mother?" The chicks immediately dart in the other direction. The male toucan chuckles, "Works every time; They're scared to death of her!"

A female toucan comes out, "What did you say?"

"Oh Eva, my love, I was going to take these two to see Luiz," Raphael explains

"Your tricks don't fool me, I know you are going to head to Carnival with all your friends,"

"Ah, Carnival, where I met the most beautiful bird I laid eyes on. I remember the song that played," He starts singing a song, which he let Eva continue. Eva, however, was not the singer, her voice was raspy and cracked when she sang.

"Like the river of the sweetest honey!" Raphael congratulates while the other two cringe

"I guess love is deaf, too," Jewel says

The toucan couple kiss, much to the chicks' disgust

They part, "Alright, I'm going to take them to Luiz, see ya," Raphael quickly goes to guide the two macaws out of the area before Eva could change her mind.

"Ok Luiz is about 30 minutes away as the crow flies," Raphael informs

"How long as the macaw walks?" Blu asks

"What?"

"Bozo here cant fly," Jewel explains

"But he's a bird," Raphael says

"You here thinkin' all birds can fly? You trippin', man. Sorry to bust your bubble, but not all birds can fly. like ostriches,"

"You're not an ostrich!" Jewel says

"Well, not technically, but—" Blu is cut off by Raphael

"Wait wait wait, my friends, I want to help but to walk the whole way... i-it cant be done!"

There is a commotion of chicks nearby flying around like a swarm with Eva.

"but hey, we might as well give it a shot," Raphael turns them around and leads them to a cliff face. There are a lot of hang gliders in their general area

Blu's eyes go wide, learn how to fly just today? Oh shit... well, let's see how this goes. Blu peers over the cliff. It's a long way down. Blu recoils back in fright and lies flat on his back, dazed.

"Nononononononononononononono, No way I'm doing that, not a chance in hell. Can we find something else ?"

"Oh, come on, you're not gonna back down now!" Raphael lowers his voice out of earshot from Jewel, "Not in front of the lady!"

A slight smile forms on Blu's beak, "Yeah, sure... that's a good idea,"

"Alright, that's the spirit!" Raphael says brightly

"You sure you're up to this?" Jewel asks

"Yeah, yeah, it's not like we doin' som cliff jumpin' shit... are we?" Blu responds

"Well that was pretty much my entire plan," Raphael says

"What—"

"Oh, don't worry, Blu, it's in your DNA! If our featherless friends can do it so can we!" Raphael gestures to a two-person hang glider taking off. One person screams in terror, "Fun, right?"

"Yeeeaaahh... fun," Blu says nervously

"Okay, I need you two to get closer," They get closer, "Closer," They move a bit closer, "Come on, closer!" Blu and Jewel bump into each other. They freeze, "Great, now, put your wings around each other,"

"Hold up," Blu says

"Come on, amigo! It's not like she's gonna bite... will you?" Raphael wonders

Jewel narrows her eyes, "We'll see,"

"Now, you flap your right wing, and you flap your left wing, and together, you fly!" Raphael says enthusiastically

"But this doesn't seem aerodynamically possible,"

"Ayeyeyeyeyey! You think too much. Flying is not what you think up here," Raphael taps Blu's head, "But what you feel down here," He points to where his heart would be, "And once you feel the rhythm of your heart, it's like samba, you fly!" Raphael takes off and does several flight tricks in the air, "See, it's easy!"

"Easy? Easy for you to say; from here, it looks really really hard!"

"hey, if you wanna see Linda again, this is the only way (I know I didn't have Blu mention Linda's name to Jewel but just bear with it)" Jewel says

"Yeah, yeah, I got you, you're right,"

"I am,"

"This is for Linda,"

"Right,"

"Keep it simple,"

"Easy-peasy,"

"Thrust, lift, drag—"

"Oh, come on, let's go!" Jewel puts a wing over Blu's back and starts running toward the edge.

"I can do this, I got this," They jump off, but their flapping is off-beat, and, as Blu had stated before, it just wasn't aerodynamically possible.

They both scream as they fall and split apart. But luckily, they land on a hang glider.

"Ah... am I dead?" Blu asks

"No, Blu! We're still alive! Haha!" Jewel says

The glider gives them a good view of the Christ the Redeemer statue.

"Man, I'd never get to see this in real life back in Minnesota... heh, heh heh..." Blu lets out a quiet laugh

"What's so funny?" Jewel asks

"Well, uh, our boy Christ here is doing the T-pose, heh heh,"

"What?"

"It's a meme,"

"What?"

"Er, I'll tell you later,"

Jewel stands up and puts her wings a tad bit out.

Raphael flys by them, "Good job Blu! You're flying! Well, kind of... not really, but do you feel it?"

"Yeah, yeah... I do feel it," Blu responds

Blu looks behind him and decides he wants to do the same thing. So, he stands up and puffs out his chest. He puts his wings barely out, just like Jewel. He gets somewhat 'high', if you could call it that, he extends his wings further, hoping to get more of the flying feeling.

Jewel takes note of this, "Wait! Blu!" But it's too late. The wind catches Blu's wings and shoves him backward, Jewel forced to follow. They fall, bounce on another glider, then Blu falls on another one, beak first, cutting the fabric of the glider. He slides down, tearing a larger hole (Rip hang that glider guy), then falling down more.

They fall seemingly to their deaths, but they hit a low flying hang glider right in the face. They cling on. The glider crashes right in the sand(RIP that person as well), sending the macaws forward.

They latch onto a volleyball, hitting the net, then bouncing off a woman's butt (nice) and hitting a surfboard.

Raphael flys down to them, "You did not feel it in here, Blu," he scolds, a wing on his heart.

"Ya think?" Jewel says

Nearby, a truck filled with apples starts up.

"There! A fruit truck! That might take us to the market, which is close to Luiz! Come on!" Raphael flys into the truck, and with some difficulty, Blu and Jewel get on as well.

What was I thinking about earlier... oh yeah! "Hey, couldn't Jewel carry me and fly at the same time? It could save us some time,"

"Yeah. Jewel, can you do that?" Raphael

"I'll try," Jewel hovers as high as the chain would let her, she lowers herself down, and latches her talons onto Blu. Blu is a bit nervous as he is unused to another birds' touch on him. She lifts him up, and flys forward. It is quite an effort, but Jewel is able to manage.

"Great! Follow me, Jewel," Raphael leads them to the market.

"Blu, how does it feel?" She asks

"This sure better than the hang glider! Feels like I'm actually flying without flapping my wings!" Blu responds

They reach the destination. Nico and Pedro appear.

"Hey! Raphie! If it isn't the king of Carnival!" Nico says

"Nico! Pedro! What up family!" Raphael greets

"Where you been hidin' yourself bird, man, we thought you were dead!" Pedro says. He notices Blu and recognizes him, "Hold up, rewind, ain't that the bird from the cage?" Pedro flys next to Blu.

"I think our little love lesson went smooth," Nico flys to the other side of him

"Yeah, you were fast!" Pedro examines Jewel, "Baby got beak! I wanna be like you,"

"Your trippin', it's not what you think; we just chained together," Blu explains

"Ay, I ain't judging you,"

"Hey, we're looking for Luiz, you seen him?" Raphael asks

"Yeah, we seen him, but you didn't, you just missed him; he took the trolley back to the garage," Pedro answers

"Oh, great," Jewel says

"Relax, pretty bird, you can always catch the next one," Nico reassures

"Yeah, it's time to take it the next level,"

"What's so bad about this one? I'm cool with it," Blu asks

"Come on, this ain't the level, the next level's the level! You gotta shake those tail feathers," Pedro says

"Oh, yeah!" Nico agrees, and they start pushing Blu and Jewel

"But, we gotta get this chain off first," Jewel argues

"Oh, come on lovebirds, you're in Rio! You should enjoy it!" Raphael says, and Blu and Jewel enter the club.

Yare yare daze, that was a hard chapter to write. I don't actually have the movie Rio, so I had to watch a crappy YouTube version of it and kept switching back and forth from the video and this website. Sorry that this chapter is mostly copied off the movie. I also know this chapter is worse quality than the others, so yeah.

Time to abandon ship