A/N: I apologize in advance if the number of times 'the ape' used in this chapter starts annoying you like it is me even if I wrote it, but remember- Kong doesn't have a name until Carl randomly decides to call it Kong.

"So little brother… what's the plan?" Elle looked at Carl when they reached the boats.

"Knock that… thing out with the chloroform so we can get outta here" Carl replied. Something in his voice wasn't that convincing. "Get in the furthest boat back, though"

"Why?"

"Because we still don't know what this thing's capable of"

"Of course we do! The thing threw a giant log on the ground that we were on, Carl!"

"Exactly. Get in the boat!"

"I don't see why-"

"Englehorn"

The German looked up, glaring at Carl, figuring it was another order involving chloroform. "What?" he demanded shortly.

"I need you to get my sister out-"

"I'm perfectly fine walking on my own, thanks" Elle growled, whacking Carl.

"Fine" Carl shrugged.

Dustin sighed and continued getting the chloroform out of the crates and ready for the giant ape.

"CARL!"

Elle turned. "Jack. He's okay" she looked at Carl, only to see him staring at the wall, putting his hand up. "What are you doing?" she hissed. "Lower the bridge. If he has Ann get them out of there so we can get out quick!"

"Yeah! Drop the bridge! Do it now, for Christ sakes!" Preston nodded.

"Not yet ... wait." Carl replied his gaze not shifting from the gate.

"Carl!" Elle yelled again when the whole group heard the ape's roar, unnervingly close.

"Wait ..." Carl murmured.

No Carl!" Preston lunged forward, taking the machete from the sailor and cutting the rope releasing the bridge. The rope snapped, hitting him in the face.

"Preston!" Elle yelled, running over to him. "Christ. Here" she handed him a cloth, dabbing at the area where quite a lot of blood was forming.

"Agh. Thanks" Preston managed.

"You're welcome but try not to talk. I wouldn't want the taste of that much blood in my mouth" Elle said, dabbing at it.

Preston nodded, taking the cloth from her.

Elle looked up, relieved to see Jack pass her with Ann at his side, however, like usual on this whole voyage, the relief didn't last long because the ape came crashinf through the gate.

"Bring him down! Do it!" Carl yelled to Dustin.

The sailors threw grappling hooks at the ape, pulling it down.

"No!" Ann yelled.

"Are you out of your mind? Carl!" jack yelled, walking over to him.

Bruce went over to Preston and Elle. "Time to go"

"What?" Elle demanded.

"We're getting on one of the boats and waiting for the others to get on to get the hell outta here" he dragged them to the furthest boat out.

"Bruce you jackass!" Elle yelled when they finally reached the boat, looking back uncertainly at the scene.

They sailors had succeeded in getting the ape down in the net, but that was as far as they got.

"C'mon. Just gas it and get out," Elle whispered.

Sure enough a few seconds later Dustin had hurled a bottle of chloroform by the ape, but it had little effect.

Elle frowned, hearing Ann yelling for Dustin to stop.

"Stop it! You're killing him!" the other woman yelled.

Another chloroform bottle crashed by the ape.

Elle spotted Jack practically dragging Ann towards the boats.

"Elle help me out here!" Jack yelled.

Elle jumped out of the boat, putting er hand on Ann's' shoulder. "Come on Ann, let's get out of here. It's going to be okay. They're just knocking him out so-" she was cut off by alarmed yells from the crew. She went forward a few feet, and then went pale. The giant ape had actually broken free of the net. "Oh… my… god"

"Kill it!" Elle heard Dustin yell. Well THAT'S not gonna be to nice for Ann to hear if she seems to like this ape like she's leading on.

"No!" Carl yelled.

Elle shook her head. She couldn't believe that her brother was actually still fighting for this at the cost of people's lives. She couldn't even think of what to say about it.

"It's over, you Goddamn lunatic!"

Well that pretty much covers it. Good call, Dustin.

"I need him alive!" Carl argued.

Elle froze when she returned to the boat. That was what this was about. Carl didn't want knock it out to let them get away. He wanted it so he could bring the ape back to the ciy, put its name up in lights, and make money. That greedy bastard that I'm starting to hate to call brother. She looked up when most of the crew starting coming towards them, Jack and Ann in front. "Now what's going on?" she yelled.

"Shut up and shove off!" Jack barked, helping Ann into the boat.

She jumped right back out. "No! It's me he wants!"

"Ann!" Bruce yelled, grabbing her around the waist and pulling her backwards.

"Let me go to him!" Ann continued.

Dustin joined them in the boat. "Row! Get the hell out of here!"

Elle turned to him. "Okay, can YOU tell me what's going on?" she yelled over the other sailors shouting.

"You're about to find out" Dustin replied, looking back at the cave.

Elle glanced where he was looking, then saw the ape running forward, grabbing a sailor and biting his head off. "Oh god"

Dustin put an arm protectively around her waist.

"Go back" Ann murmured, tears in her eyes.

Elle looked back at the other boat, which was now flying through the air since the ape had slammed its fist down on it. She swallowed hard, seeing Carl go flying. "Carl!" she looked around again, seeing the ship that the ape had just hit now crash into a million pieces because the ape had thrown it against the cave wall. "JACK! JIMMY! CARL!" she yelled. She sighed in relief when she saw Jack resurface with his arm around Jimmy.

The ape turned towards their boat again.

"Go back!" Ann breathed.

Elle frowned as the ape seemed to stop after hearing her voice. There was seriously something odd about the relationship between Ann and it.

Dustin turned to Elle and Bruce. "Hold her" he ordered, pushing Ann backwards into them.

"Ann, calm down. It's going to be okay, alright?" Elle asked, holding her friend who couldn't stop crying. She realized her timing for the statement was off again when Dustin fired a harpoon into the ape's knee.

The ape roared in pain.

Elle pulled Ann closer to her as the woman's cries increased.

Dustin started setting up another harpoon.

"Wait" Elle touched his arm, nodding at Carl who had climbed part of the rock of the cave. "My brother has something up his sleeve."

Dustin glanced at Carl for a moment, still holding the harpoon up.

"Leave him alone!" Ann yelled.

"No! Ann. Calm down. Let him do what he needs to do!" Elle told her.

"I can't!" Ann sobbed.

Carl hurled the chloroform bottle he still had somehow at the ape. This time it hit it, and had an affect. The ape soon faltered and lost conciousness.

"What is he doing?" Dustin demanded, noticing the thoughtful look Carl had on his face.

"Something tells me we're about to find out and it's gonna be a pretty dramatic explanation." Elle replied.

Dustin sighed. "What more could we expect?"

"Good point" Elle replied as Carl started talking.

"The whole world will pay to see this. We're millionaires, boys. I'll share it with all of you! In a few months his name will be up in lights on Broadway! "Kong - the Eighth Wonder of the World!"

Elle sighed, leaning against Dustin, defeated. She had thought when they knocked 'Kong' out it was going to be over. She couldn't believe how wrong she was. It wasn't over. It had barely begun.