Chapter 21: Found out
Link, Fox, Banjo, and Kazooie followed Mumbo to a kind of wigwam with an Indian woman waiting for them. There was a roaring fire and the woman appeared to have been kept waiting for them.
"Where has Mumbo been?" She asked impatiently.
"Mumbo find elf and fox nearby. They looking for something, Wumba." Mumbo answered.
Wumba looked puzzled and stared at the two.
"What fox and elf looking for?" She asked.
"First off, my name is Link. And second, we're looking for something called the Wood Shrine. Do any of you know where it is?" Link said in an annoyed tone.
Banjo shrugged, Kazooie shook her head, and Mumbo scratched his head. They had no clue whatsoever. But strangely, Wumba spoke up.
"I believe shrine is in Click Clock Wood. It on top of the big tree." Wumba answered.
"Well, can you tell us where it is?" Fox asked.
Mumbo raised his hand and answered, "Shortcut to Click Clock Wood in Witch's lair."
Mumbo pointed to a rock formation that looked like a witch's head. When Fox and Link saw it, they couldn't help but stare at it.
"Whoever built that must've been so full of herself." Fox thought out loud.
"I know. She really was full of herself." Banjo commented.
But before Banjo could tell them anything else, something leapt out of the undergrowth and attacked Link and Fox with a loud screech.
Fox hit the dirt and Link leapt to the side to dodge a kind of dinosaur. It had the build of a raptor, but it was twice the size of those Jurassic Park raptors. It also had three horns similar to a Triceratops and was a little more bulky than the raptors they faced before. The attacking dinosaur let out a screech and began to circle both of them like a shark.
"Oh no." Fox said, his eyes wide open.
The raptor sprang right into the gap between the two and Link attacked. He unleashed his fire sword attack, but the raptor simply jumped over it and Fox had to duck in order to dodge it. Fox took his turn and sprang at the raptor, he was about to bring the staff down onto its head when it moved and he had to pull back in order to keep himself from accidentally striking Link. This thing was smart; Allos' work judging by that strategy. The raptor was keeping in between them for quite a good reason because as long as he stayed between the two, they couldn't attack without extreme caution. And if this kept up, it was like the raptor was fighting them in turn rather than at the same time.
"No wonder Allos is taking advantage of us. His troops are getting smarter." Fox said as he inspected this thing's strategy.
Link popped the tip of his blade into the ground and sent a tremor through the ground. It shook the raptor, but it knocked Fox right off his feet. Link winced as he saw what happened, but he did it for half a second too long. The raptor took its three claws and raked Link's face, leaving three huge gashes going from the corner of Link's left eye to the bottom left side of his jawbone. In another movement, the raptor tripped Link with its tail.
The raptor was about to kill Link, but he had forgotten one person: Fox. Fox had leapt into the air, but the tail came up to meet him. Fox ended up with the wind knocked out of him and when he landed, he felt two things tuck themselves under his arms and chuck him like an ox with a log. Fox flew through the air and landed with a thud, out cold. This raptor had tucked its horns under Fox and heaved him with one movement of its neck. The raptor turned to Link, with the EVIL EYE and opened its mouthful of knifelike teeth. Could this be the end?
The Raptor was about to dig its teeth into Link's neck when something collided with the side of the raptor's face and the dinosaur turned to see who would do such a thing. Banjo had Kazooie clutched in his paws and cocked her neck like you would load a gun. Mumbo had his stick and was patting it like it was some kind of club. The raptor snarled, which seemed to say, "You're going to wish you hadn't done that."
"I so enjoy these times of peril!" Kazooie said in a very intense voice.
The raptor leapt into the air and almost landed on Banjo and Kazooie. The pair rolled under the raptor's feet and shot another egg. This one, however, was red. And when it touched the raptor's body, it burned like acid. The raptor turned and snarled before leaping again. This time, something purple shot him in the side and he fell through the air. Mumbo had shot a spell at the monster and the raptor regained its balance.
The raptor was in trouble. Its strategy only worked if it kept in between his opponents. The problem was, its new opponents were always moving and remained in front of it. In a last-ditch effort, he leapt at Banjo and Kazooie. Kazooie fired a kind of green egg and instead of splattering, it EXPLODED in the dinosaur's face. The raptor fell to the ground, not moving a muscle and smoking. It was dead.
Banjo helped Link to his feet and gave him a few bandages for his face. Link pressed them hard to his face and he could feel the blood on his hand.
"What was that thing?" Banjo asked.
"One of Allos' minions. He knows we're here. We gotta get moving NOW!" Link commanded.
Banjo reached into his backpack and pulled Kazooie out. He then took his pack and stuffed Fox into it. Strangely, the pack didn't increase in size and it seemed that Fox was just put into a kind of vortex. Mumbo packed up a few food supplies along with Wumba and they all headed off for the witch's lair. They didn't have much time before Allos tracked them to Spiral Mountain.