The adventures of Tintin, Malory and Snowy.

The Broken Ear. (3)

Of Dark, Voices and Shadows.

No One POV:

"Lost: One green and gold parrot. If found, please return to Tintin and Malory, 26 Labrador Road. It'll be in the evening edition." The writer of the newspaper promised his coworkers after writing it all down.

"Great! Thanks!" Tintin and Malory replied before walking away while putting their hats on.

"Lost: One green and gold parrot. If found- Problema?" The Spanish man asked when the writer looked up at him in surprise and confusion.

Later that day, in the evening, at a small house somewhere in Belgium, two man, one of them being the Spanish man, told his partner about the indicate.

"Are you sure those were the same kids?" The partner asked as he looked at the evening edition, where the said kids' ad was published.

"Si! They placed the ad un momento before me." The Spanish man replied as he sharpened a dagger.

"Mmm... Maybe these Señor Tintin and Señorita Malory want the parrot for the same reason we do! Maybe they, too, are looking for the name of Balthazar's killer." The partner suggested.

"There's only one way to find out." The Spanish man stopped sharpening the knife and examined it, "I'll pay them a little visit..."

He chuckled to himself evilly.

Malory POV:

I opened the door after hearing a knock.

"You ran an ad about a parrot? I hope this is the right bird." The nice man said as he looked down at the box with the small holes in his hands.

"Great Greedy Guts!" A familiar voice came from it, making me chuckle.

"It sure is. Hello again, Polly. Thank you." I said as I took the box and handed him the money promised before closing the doors.

Tintin came rose up from his seat, where he was reading a book with me a moment before the knock.

"Well?" He asked in expectation.

"We got him." I replied, placing the box on the table as Polly kept making bird noises and chanting his favorite sayings.

"Watch him while we find a cage, okay Snowy?" Tintin asked as he and I made our way out of the apartment and to the basement to look for a bird cage we remembered existed somewhere down there.

"Okay Snowy?" Polly repeated which send me into a fit of giggles.

"This is some bird." I commented as Tintin smiled at the mischief as well while closing the door.  

No One POV:

But unknown to the two youngsters, this ''charming'' parrot kept repeating the last words, driving the poor Snowy crazy, who was already a little disappointed at Malory, thinking that she brought the annoying bird when she promised she won't.

Snowy growled as he made his way towards the table and barked at the bird to shut up as he jumped on the table before sniffing the box.

The bird shut up for a few seconds before going crazy and rattling the box, which made Snowy back away and fall from the table in surprise.

And just like a real bird, Polly relived its' glorious moments of birth as it hatched out of the box, pecking it with its' beak as all Snowy could do was watch in a complete shock while it crawled out of the box.

"Great Greedy Guts!" It said again and started flapping its' wings, which brought Snowy back to reality and he started barking at the bird, both trying to alert Tintin and Malory about the bird's escape and stop it from doing what he knows was about to do.