Chapter 10
Nothing happened. Instead, the head of a robotic dinosaur appeared out of the water, and did nothing.
Zakariak stood there watching as the five friends stayed on the boat. A minute passed. Two minutes later. Everyone on the boat began to chuckle and cackle with delight. Joshua was screaming the word "BURN!" and the others were saying things like "Woah!" or "WOW".
Emmet didn't say anything. Zakariak's pale face was turning red as a cherry and he screamed.
"You will all pay for this! Someday the forest will be mine! And the Goblin will rise!" he screamed as he jumped in anger and walked away mumbling curses.
"Lunatic." Said Joshua.
"What's his deal?" asked Emmet.
"He's just a poor loser who once lived in Neon Village. His war and violent ways of thinking got him banished by Joshua years ago and he has declared revenge ever since." Said Tiny.
"He used to be chill until he became a pain in the Baboon's ass." Said Cody.
Emmet chuckled. "Baboon's what now?" he said, hoping for Cody to say it again.
"A Monkey's butt! It could be an Orangutan or a Capuchin. I don't care. Let's get out of this dump." Said Joshua.
"So, where to?" asked Emmet to Joshua, hoping to get an answer from him.
"We are going into a rather dangerous part of the woods. It's ruled by the Giant Apes. We should be very careful." Said Cody.
"The apes don't scare me." Said Joshua.
"But you forget, they all are the decentness of the great King Kong. They inherited his strength and ferocity." Said Tiny.
"King Kong? Did he really exist?" asked Emmet.
"He did. Back in the olden days. He was discovered in the early 30s, according to the legends." Said Tiny.
"He was said to be the early version of the Bigfoot." Said Joshua.
"So you're like him Tiny? Like Kong?" asked Emmet.
"No. I wish. But the Bigfoot Clan see him as an ancestor of sorts. He was the first recorded Giant Ape in History." Said Tiny.
"When he died, people forgot about him." Said Lucy.
"How was he discovered?" asked Emmet.
"It's a long story kid. It will take us three hours to tell you everything." Said Joshua.
"There have been so many legends on King Kong that it is impossible to keep track of all of them. Some even say King Kong was in a huge battle against a man who could jump very high, a little green big nosed Dinosaur, and a knight of a different region of the world." Said Cody.
"Oh, that's not really King Kong. That was Donkey Kong. He lived in the olden days too, but many claim he never existed." Said Tiny.
"Wow, your people have an interesting history. What about you Cody and Lucy? Do you guys have ancestors you look up to?" asked Emmet.
"There were three legends of awesome bats in the olden days. One was a little girl bat who lived with birds and united both species as one family. The second was about a silver winged bat that did the impossible to save his people. The last one is a little controversial. He lived in the olden days too, but most people claim he was not a bat, but rather a human dressed as one, saving the lives of people in the iron cities of the olden days. He even had a villain like Zakariak." Said Cody.
"The Moth people never really did have heroes to look up to. But we all are silent witnesses to historic events and have warned humanity many times. In the olden days, there were wars, catastrophes, murder to the animals and terrible things happened to children. It was a time when men raped the Earth and took everything from nature. The Moths have been warning brave souls over the years to help save the planet, but to no avail. Nowadays, since we live in times of peace, there is no need to warn people. But his event concerning Moss… I didn't see it coming." Said Lucy.
"What about you Emmet? What heroes do Humans like you have?" asked Tiny.
"Well…. There were many great men, but I hardly know history. I don't even know if there is someone to look up to. However… most of the people in my village always speak of one man though. They call him the King." Said Emmet.
"You mean Jesus Christ." Said Joshua.
"Yeah! That's his name!" said Emmet.
"Who was he?" asked Cody to Emmet and Joshua with curiosity.
"I don't know his story." Said Emmet.
"Jesus was sent from Heaven to save Humanity. His blood was the payment for us all. It's said he was the only man in recorded history to be perfect in every way." Said Joshua.
"Perfect how?" asked Emmet.
"He was not greedy. He never did any harm to the Earth. He loved and respected people of all walks of life. And there are people who still believe in him." Said Joshua.
Tiny, Cody and Lucy fell silent. They felt something was wrong with Joshua's tone of voice. Emmet realized the others wanted to lose interest, but Joshua kept talking, to everyone's surprise.
"In fact, people say he was very chill that people wanted to be just like him. He was around way before the Olden Days." Said Joshua.
"Before? How do you know so much history Joshua?" asked Emmet.
The three friends dreaded that question.
"I told him! Long ago!" said Tiny.
Joshua spoke up. "No it wasn't. It was Sue!"
Everyone turned to Joshua in surprise.
"Sue?" asked Emmet.
Joshua took a deep breath. "She was a holy woman back in Rood Bridge. And she was my best friend." Said Joshua with a smile, holding his necklace.
Emmet wanted to ask more, until they heard a roar. The friends looked up and saw two giant apes fighting one another.
"This is it. We should all probably run for it!" said Cody.
The ape's fight was so ferocious that one of them fell backwards and was about to smash the boat.
Everyone jumped ship and the ape fell on the river!