Chapter 55: Risks
As the invisible voice called Tiny to turn around, she quickly started rustling for something in her backpack. "I dunno who you are, but get away from me before you get hurt."
"Pff." The disembodied voice scoffed, "And just what do you think you're going to do about it, you poor dumb fool?"
"Excuse me?!" Tiny's eyes were ablaze.
"Why do you think you've been left behind? The only time you were useful was when you were a child." The voice laughed, "The only thing you're useful for now is being on the cover of some stupor-model magazi-"
Beep-beep-beep-beep-beeeeeeep! BOOM!
The voice was cut off by a sudden sharp feather piercing the side of its body, and exploding. "Agh!"
Tiny loaded another feather into her crossbow, "C'mon. Say somethin' else! I dare you! Come on!"
"Woah...that was unexpected. Better keep it going." "Ahem. Oh and your sister: She's dumb too."
"What did you just say?!" her teeth became serrated out of anger.
"D-U-M-B. Dumb!" A blast of black magic was shot towards her.
This was nothing to Tiny, however as she quickly evaded the magic with a cartwheel, "How about you learn some manners?" She loaded more feathers into her bow, and fired a flurry of them at wherever the voice was coming from.
The feathers made contact with something, and like before, exploded into a harsh array of smoke and ash. "Agh! Oh no! You got me!" The voice would suddenly begin to fade away, and the way for her to exit would be clear.
Tiny noticed the sarcasm within the voice, but before she could do anything, she realized everything was back to normal, and that she had been forced out of the alley by yet another invisible force. "What the-?" There was nothing else to see, and it was as if nothing had happened, besides an ominous chill in the air. "...Ughhhh…." she shuddered and held her backpack close as she ran away from the alley. "What the heck…"
Meanwhile, the disembodied voice watched her leave from afar, "Ok...now we know what we're dealing with, boys….protect yourselves from explosives…"
At the castle…
Daisy's royal guards-which were mostly Doogans-had noticed the explosion from one of their command towers. They wore orange metal armor with Princess Daisy's flower emblem etched onto the attire.
"Yo, look down there." One of them said, passing binoculars to his partner.
The other Doogan took the binoculars, and blinked. "The heck was that?"
"I dunno. But it sounds suspicious as heck, Barkley. It looks like the explosion is right down the direct path which one takes when they first enter the city. On Spruce, and Choco St."
"Derek, we gotta inform the Princess," the other Doogan warned, running down the stairs of the castle.
"Barkely, hold up, man!"
Downstairs, Daisy was getting more and more worried as far as where Tiny Kong could be. Unfortunately, the soundproofing of her office made it to where she couldn't hear anything. However…
The keen ears of her Doogan guards had never let her down in the past, and they sure as heck weren't going to now.
"Daisy!" One of the guards shouted as they burst through her office doors, "We heard an explosion in the middle of the city!"
The other Doogan nodded, "We think Tiny Kong may be in danger."
At this, Daisy took off her glasses, "Alright." She placed them on her desk, and grabbed her phone, "I'm goin' out to find her." She put on her coat, and bolted towards the front door where she passed up Drible.
The bony koopa was dazed momentarily from her whizzing past, and questioned his princess. "Madam Daisy? Where are you going?"
Daisy stopped and faced her butler, "The guards said they heard an explosion down the road. It could be dangerous."
"How long will you be out?" he asked.
"Dunno, but I won't be back until I find her. I told DK I'd watch her, and that's exactly what's gonna happen." She turned to leave but stopped, "Oh, and Drible? One more thing."
"Yes?"
"You're in charge." She closed the door behind her, leaving her castle.
