Another new chappie for you all. This chapter has a special move I made up that was inspired by the Team Blast attacks from Sonic Heroes. You'll see what I mean as you read on. The chapter's name is derived from the Adventure 2 option from Diddy Kong Racing on the N64, which has all the race tracks in reverse, as well as new locations for the Silver Coins in the Silver Coin Challenges. In this chapter, the gang goes through the tracks as they search for the next Crystal Star. Enjoy!

Chapter 11: Diddy Kong Racing: Adventure 2 Part 1

Larry's POV:

Hi, I'm Larry Koopa. I'm the second youngest of the great evil King Bowser's eight children. Boy, King Dad isn't very happy today. He just heard K. Rool and Scurvy had failed to get the Diamond Star from Congo Bongo, as well as the Ruby Star and Gold Star from the Mario brothers. Here's what they said to one another when they came to see King Dad to report the mission's failure.

K. Rool was very ticked off when he said to King Dad, "We wouldn't have failed if you hadn't chosen Scurvy to assist in the treasure hunt!" Scurvy shot back with, "Listen here, whale bait! I be a pirate, and a scourge of the seven seas! Treasure hunting is my specialty, not some second-rate evil king's work!" King Dad then said, "SHUT UP!!!!!!! I don't care whose fault it is, the point is you both failed your end of the deal! Unless you can find a way to fix this problem, our deal is off! Now get lost before I change my mind!"

K. Rool and Scurvy ran out of the castle. I went into King Dad's throne room, and said, "King Dad, is there anything I can do?" King Dad smiled wickedly as he said, "Actually, there is. Kammy tells me that the nearest unclaimed Crystal Star is at Tiger Track Island." I then said, "Tiger Track Island? Isn't that where that Wizpig guy invaded Earth several years ago?" King Dad nodded, then said, "Yeah, same place son. I want you, along with Morton, Junior, and Ludwig to go there and take over the island and search for the next Crystal Star. If any of the Mario brothers or their friends show up there, it's their own fault. GWAHAHAHAHA!"

I groaned at this, then said, "Morton? Dad, why must he come along?" King Dad then said, "That's King Dad to you! The reason is he's been bugging me more than usual and I want peace and quiet for a change." I grumbled as I left the room as I knew Morton the Moron would drive me and my brothers insane... Oh well, time to get down to my favorite kind of business: Badness, hahahahahahahaha!

Servo's POV:

After a suprise reunion with Mike, Joel, Brain Guy, and Bobo (And after a beating that resulted from my awesome new theme song. I wonder why they didn't like it?), we headed off for Tiger Track Island for both a thrilling race and the next Crystal Star. Thanks to Brain Guy's information scan, we all learned of the adventure Clay had at Tiger Track Island with Diddy and Krunch. We also learned that the types of races depend on the enviornment of each track, so there were three ways to race: By car, hoverboat, or airplane.

Clay told me he was on equal footing with anyone in a car, but he sucked as a boat pilot. But he excelled at flight to make up for his bad boat pilot skills. We all soon got to Tiger Track Island, and saw a group of cartoony animals standing around. There was a chicken in overalls, a mouse in a lady's sailor costume (she reminded me of Sailor Moon somewhat...), a badger in driving gear, a tiger with a blue hat, an elephant dressed as a genie, and a very timid looking turtle.

When we met with them, they easily recognized Clay, Diddy, and Krunch and were glad to see the three old friends. Clay then said, "You guys didn't come out just to see us arrive did you?" The nervous turtle, Tiptup then said, "N-n-no, nothing like that I'm afraid..." Diddy then asked, "What's wrong?" The tiger, Timber then said, "We got trouble again! Some creepy-looking Koopas came and took over the island! They're looking for the Crystal Star Clay hid here!"

Clay then yelled, "WHAT!? Did you see who the koopas were?!" The elephant genie, Taj then said, "I may have never seen them in person before, but I could tell by the many stories I've heard as well as my own mystic power that they were Larry, Ludwig, Morton, and Bowser Jr. They each took over one of the four areas of Tiger Island like Wizpig did years ago to search for the Crystal Stars!"

Clay then said, "This sounds like one of the early adventures my brothers had during the early years living in the mushroom Kingdom. Let me handle this. Goombario, Kooper and I will toss them outta here!" Goombario and Kooper joined up with Clay as they ran off for the first area of the island known as Dino Domain.

Brain Guy then said, "Perhaps I can rig up a means to monitor Clay's progress." Brain Guy concentrated as he conjured up a TV out of thin air. He then said, "Ah, lovely. Now we just turn this on, and-..." The screen came to life, and we saw Clay's team at the Ancient Lake racetrack battling a group of evil Goombas. Kooper slammed them all with a spinning tackle, KOing all of them with a single shot! Suddenly, five green koopas wearing helmets confronted the team. They also had hammers too.

Krunch then said, "Ah crap, Hammer Bros! These guys don't mess around!" Suddenly, several variations of the Hammer Bros appeared. There were three blue ones with boomerangs, seven red ones with no weapons at all, and two gargantuan versions of the green Hammer Bros. Bobbery then said, "Oh dear... Boomerang Bros, Fire Bros, and Sledge Bros! This will not be easy..."

Brain Guy was able to explain what these new guys were thanks to his studies. Boomerang Bros can attack twice in one throw since boomerangs return where they are thrown from. Fire Bros spit fireballs, and are impervious to fire themselves. Sledge Bros throw bigger hammers than their smaller cousins and can cause a tremor that can trip up their intended target to make it easier to attack.

That's when Clay, Kooper and Goombario began doing something odd. Kooper went into his shell, then Clay jumped onto the shell and stood perfectly still on the shell. Goombario then jumped onto Clay's head and stood on top like they were a Christmas Tree. Clay then covered himself, and his teamates in an icy mist, then Goombario began glowing different colors. Somehow this effect also spread to Clay and Kooper. Clay then pulled out his hammer, and at this point the enemies began to show signs of fear.

Crow then said, "Man, they're gonna do something cool!" Kooper then began spinning in place very quickly. So quickly in fact, that Clay's icy mist was mixed in with fire due to the friction with the air. That's when Krunch said, "Now I know what they're doing! This is a special move they've been working on in case they have to deal with a large number of enemies at once! I think that Clay called it the Freezerburn Spin." We looked back at Brain Guy's TV, and that's when the three friends shot forward like lightning! "Whoa! They're moving faster than a Nanite repair job!" Exclaimed Cambot.

The Fire Bros were frozen in thick blocks of ice, then smashed away by Clay's hammer. The rest were either frozen or burned then sent flying away. After that, they went to Fossil Canyon to bash more bad guys before dealing with these fire-breathing dinosaurs called Reznors: Triceratops-like monsters who rode on a giant wooden wheel and spat out fireballs. Clay's ice powers scared them off luckelly.

Then they went to Jungle Falls and fought a seemingly impossible to beat foe called Mecha Bowser. After the machine was blown to pieces, we saw one of Bowser's kids trying to escape: Bowser Jr! He ran to the nearby volcano to get away, but Clay's team caught up to him. Junior tried to lose them by stealing a plane to get away, but Clay's team flew after him and cornered him at the mountain racetrack where the gaurdian of Dino Domain lives.

When they got there, they saw the area's champion racer: A large red Triceratops locked in a cage. The dinosaur said, "Kids, please ya gotta help me! Some renagade koopa locked me in here, and demanded I tell him where to find something called a Crystal Star! You gotta beat that brat and get the key that unlocks this cage! I'd get myself out, but not even my strength can break these bars!"

That's when we heard the voice of some kid say, "And you'll stay there until I get what me and my brothers came for!" Clay, Kooper, and Goombario turned around, and saw a miniature Bowser armed with a large paintbrush with glowingpaint oozing from the brush. Kooper then said to Bowser Jr., "Forget it! You and your family are a disgrace to Koopas everywhere! Letting you get those Crystal Stars would be worse than treason!" Bowser Jr. then said, "Care to back that up, shrimp?" Clay then said, "Show em' how a real Koopa fights Kooper!"

Bowser Jr. started by trying to tackle Kooper, but Kooper went inside his shell and zoomed out of the way. He collided with a palm tree, dislodging a coconut. Kooper spun his way towards the coconut and smacked it hard enough to send it flying towards Bowser Jr., who was hit directly in the face by the coconut. Junior then jumped into the air to try and crush Kooper, but Kooper jumped to the side, then went back into his shell and spun around Junior in wide circles, causing Junior to lose balance and fall over.

Kooper then slammed into Junior hard enough to force the key out of his grasp, so Kooper could free the Triceratops. Junior tried to get the key back, but Kooper threw it to Clay, who then passed it to Goombario. I was as suprised as everyone else when I saw the key just floating in front of him as if he had invisible hands. Goombario quickly freed the Triceratops, then the Triceratops said, "Ok you little brat, time for a little discipline!" Junior ran as the Triceratops chased him out of Dino Domain. Clay's team saved one of the four gaurdians of the island, and they came back to the main area next to the large Taj statue carved onto the side of the mountain.

Bobo ran up to Clay, Kooper, and Goombario and said, "That was so cool! Brain Guy, did you record that fight by chance?" Brain Guy then said, "I immedeately began recording everything when they performed that spinning attack Krunch mentioned. That was very impressive for mere mortals." Bumper the Badger then said, "We don't have time to celebrate yet! We gotta stop those koopas!"

Drumstick the Rooster then said, "Perhaps if we split up to take the fight to those brats, we'll find the star before they do." Timber then said, "Great idea. I'll search Sherbet Island. Pipsy and Tiptup, you guys come too." Drumstick then said, "Bumper, you and I along with Taj will check out Dragon Forest." Clay then said, "Diddy, Vivian and I will check out Snowflake Mountain then. Everyone else, scan the rest of this area for the Crystal Star."

Awww man, we got left behind again! When will they treat us as part of the team!?

To be continued...

Me: Sorry for making it short. I was hoping for it to be longer, but it didn't work that way. But don't worry, the trials of Tiger Track Island are only beginning! Next you'll be seeing Clay, Vivian, and Diddy's adventure in Snowflake Mountain as they deal with both the cold and the blabbermouth that is Morton Koopa Jr!

Crow: If Bowser Jr. is named after Bowser, why is Morton also called junior?

Servo: There's been debate about that Crow, and the most likely theory is that Morton isn't really one of Bowser's kids. In fact, it's been thought that Bowser has (or had) a brother named Morton Koopa Sr. This theory is supported a little bit in the game Super mario Bros. The Lost Levels (Or in Japan's case, Super Mario Bros. 2) on the SNES. In the final castle where you face off against Bowser for the final time, you encounter a slightly different-colored version of Bowser about halfway through the level. Some see a similarity between this Bowser's color scheme and that of Morton Koopa Jr's. As a result, some fans think that phony Bowser may actually be Morton's real father.

Crow: Hmmmmmm... (plays SMB:LL) Yeah, I see what you mean. The similarity's barely there, but if you look close enough at that sprite, you can see it. I guess Morton got most of his looks from his mother.

Me: Yeah, but keep in mind it's only theory. Until Nintendo says otherwise, this is all we have is theory.

Crow: Like how the theories of how Wario and Waluigi are related?

Servo: Crow you idiot, it's an established fact they are brothers! For some reason the US branch of Nintendo thought it necessary to screw with peoples minds by making it a mystery. In Japan and everywhere else in the world everyone knows they're brothers!

Me: Knock it off, I don't want to get in trouble because of your arguing! Please R&R!