Note: This next combination really shouldn't surprise you in my opinion…
Chapter 27: Creature Collaboration
Que: Calling (TWEWY)
Klonoa and Mighty were still in the same area as before. Unfortunately, that also meant that they were still in the same area where they had fought Mighty's "old friends" Team Chaotix. Mighty seemed serious, however, Klonoa also had a sense that Mighty was still slightly upset as well. Klonoa knew exactly how he felt. Klonoa still felt that way even now. Despite all of that, however, Klonoa still attempted to cheer Mighty up.
"Just forget about them Mighty. They're gone now. I know you may not have a lot of friends now… but... I'm the same way. You and I are so similar it's almost… scary. Besides… us underestimated and forgotten creatures have to stick together! You and I are friends after all right? Even if we won't see each other ever again after all of this is over…" stated Klonoa. Mighty finally looked up and was back to his old self for the most part.
"You're right! We are friends! We'll continue to survive no matter what the odds are or what's thrown at us!" declared Might. Klonoa smiled now too, glad to see that Mighty was all better, however, Mighty spoke up again.
"Sorry about that Klonoa. I shouldn't be moping around, especially around you, since, like you said, we both have scary similar aspects of our lives" remarked Mighty
"It's alright. Don't worry about it" replied Klonoa.
With this out of the way, the two moved on to the matter at hand. This was obviously figuring out what to do next.
"So now what should we do?" asked Klonoa
"Well, since Chaotix was here, I'm pretty sure that means other Mobians are here too" realized Mighty
"Yeah… I seriously doubt I'm the only one from my world too. The other people from my world are probably looking for me too. The only problem is… I don't want to be found" added Klonoa
"Well in that case it makes things a lot more difficult unfortunately. Because that means we have to find other that won't try to capture us, or turn us in or whatever" informed Mighty. Unfortunately, this made Klonoa slightly upset.
"Yeah… I guess it does…" moped Klonoa. Mighty quickly tried to make Klonoa feel better like he did for him.
"But don't worry! I'm sure everything will work out fine!" assured Mighty. This did make Klonoa feel better and he was smiling again, however, even Mighty wasn't sure if they would actually be safe or not.
After all of this, Mighty and Klonoa knew what they had to do. They couldn't think about what might happen or who they would run into, they just had to do it. So, they did. They continued to move through the Shibuya UG. Eventually, they did find other. They were even other creatures like them, too. They became tense and took a slightly defensive stance. It was Tails and Dorumon. However, when Mighty saw Tails, he relaxed a little, and, was actually quite shocked. Klonoa noticed this instantly.
"Do you know one of them?" asked Klonoa
"Yeah… but… honestly, I didn't expect him to be here too" answered Mighty
"But I thought you said that other Mobians were here too?" reminded Klonoa
"That's true I did. It's just… well… he actually had the courage to go against Sonic and succeeded and now they treat him like an enemy when he's really not. He's actually a lot like us, the only difference is that he actually did something about his underestimation" explained Mighty, after this, Mighty tried to get Tails and Dorumon's attention.
"Tails! Is that really you?" called Mighty. Tails and Dorumon turned towards the voices and saw Mighty and Klonoa. Tails recognized Mighty as well.
"Mighty… you're here too?" asked Tails
"Yup. To be honest I'm surprised you're here too…" replied Mighty
After this, the groups came together and introduced one another and shared everything that's happened to them so far. Afterwards, everyone was serious all of a sudden again.
"Well… it looks like there are more forgotten, underestimated, and manipulated creatures than I originally thought" realized Tails
"Seems that way" commented Dorumon
"But isn't that a good thing?" asked Klonoa
"Yeah… it's like you said earlier… us underestimated, forgotten, and manipulated creatures have to stick together" suggested Mighty
"Hmm… yeah… good idea" remarked Tails. At last, they began discussing the actual incident and who or what may be behind it.
"Alright… so you guys ran into Chaotix. Which really isn't that surprising really" remarked Tails
"Yeah… I guess not…" commented Mighty
"And you guys really ran into Joka?" asked Klonoa
"Yeah. That's what he introduced himself as" replied Dorumon.
"You really defeated Joka, too?" asked Klonoa
"Of course. We wouldn't be here standing in front of you if we lost" reminded Tails. Klonoa now blushed, embarrassed that he didn't realize it sooner.
"Which obviously means you guys beat Chaotix too" realized Dorumon. Mighty became serious, yet said nothing
"Yeah that's right" announced Klonoa
"They got what they deserved" declared Mighty. Everyone smirked.
"Yeah…" remarked Tails. Finally, they decided to try to figure out who, or what, is behind this incident.
"So… who do you think is behind this incident?" asked Dorumon
"Good question. Very good question indeed…" remarked Tails
"Do you think it might have been Sonic?" asked Mighty. All of a sudden, everyone became serious.
"Heh. I suppose it's possible…" remarked Tails.
"But Tails… should we really be drawing conclusions this quickly?" asked Dorumon
"Yeah… I understand your anger at Sonic for everything he did to you too Mighty but I don't think this is the correct way to go about it" added Klonoa. Tails and Mighty just smirked.
"Actually, to be honest, as much as I'd like Sonic to be the one behind this incident, I actually don't think he is" announced Mighty
"Yeah… believe it or not, I don't actually think Sonic is behind this, no matter how badly I secretly want him to be the one behind this" added Tails
"Huh? You don't?" asked Dorumon
"I'm glad to hear you say that but why can't he be behind this incident?" asked Klonoa
"It's simple really. It's true that Sonic has a lot of power, however, there's absolutely no way whatsoever that he has nearly enough power to cause this incident. Besides, you have to remember that there are more than just Mobians here. There are tons of different people and creatures from tons of different kinds of worlds. There's no way he has the power to bring all of that together, especially into an unknown world like this. So, unfortunately, I don't think Sonic is behind this" explained Tails. Everyone else was in utter shock, but, realized Tails was absolutely right.
"Okay… if Sonic isn't behind it… then who, or what, is behind this incident?" asked Mighty
"That's the question isn't it?" stated Dorumon
"To be completely honest… I'm not even sure if anyone from my world has the power to cause this incident" informed Klonoa
"Yeah, unfortunately, we don't have enough information to go on. We need to obtain more information to determine who or what is truly behind this incident" suggested Tails
"That's fine and all, but, how are we supposed to do that?" asked Mighty
"It's obvious isn't it? All we have to do is explore more of this place" answered Dorumon. However, Mighty was obviously still confused
"I think what he's trying to say is that we keep running into others that we end up fighting. If we continue to explore this place, it's bound to happen again. Then, maybe, just maybe, we'll be able to get some more information as to who or what may be behind this incident" explained Klonoa
"Exactly. I couldn't have said it better myself" complimented Tails. This made Klonoa blush, embarrassed again.
They knew what they had to do, and they'd do it. However, they would find familiar faces. Who are just like them as well. The only difference is, they aren't fighting back and are doing what they are told to do. Can they still go through it, knowing they are like them and are being used, manipulated, and underestimated as well? We'll see…
End Music
To be continued…
Note: It should be pretty obvious who they'll fight. If it's not… well… you'll find out won't you?
