Note to Wolfkeeper 989: I took a look at your fic. Sorry I haven't reviewed
it though. Don't take it wrong, I like the fic!
Notes to everyone else who reviewed: Thanks! I didn't expect five reviews on the first chapter! Man, you'd think I was the fist to do a Dingodile/Coco.
Chapter two: Ambush
Inside the briefing station, Aku Aku floated above everyone else, giving instructions. Pura had come back to the village and acted out that Cortex was building a new machine to destroy Crash, but he never found out how he intended to do so. The only one absent from the group was Dr. Tork, as he wasn't actually a fighting member of the team.
"Okay. We don't know what Cortex is planning to use that machine for." Aku Aku said. "It might be disastrous!"
Crash instantly stood straight, nodded, threw out his chest and pounded on it with one fist. Shortly after, he broke into a weak coughing spell.
The floating mask shook back and forth, indicating a no. "Sorry Crash, but you're not going. If you fell into Cortex's trap, anything could happen, especially when we don't know what he's planning."
Slowly, Crunch spoke up. "I get what you're saying. We need to send someone to spy on Cortex to see what he's up to."
Aku Aku nodded. "Yes. Once the people we send find out what Cortex is up to, they will come back, explain it to us and THEN it will be safe for us to send Crash."
"Then it's settled." Crunch proclaimed, standing straight. "I'll go."
"Again, no." Aku Aku replied. "Someone your size will be too noticeable. That leaves Tiny out, too. I need someone to volunteer for this mission."
Everyone was silent. Crash and Crunch wanted to go, but weren't allowed. Tiny also wanted to go, but he too wasn't allowed to leave. After several seconds of silence, everyone heard a soft sigh. "Very well. I'll go."
Everyone turned to the source of the voice, finding themselves staring directly at Coco. No one could believe what Coco had just said. She had just volunteered for a dangerous mission, possibly more dangerous than running through a hallway of spikes and fireballs, something Crash has done several times in the past.
Dingodile stared at Coco with more shock than anyone else. He couldn't believe that Coco was willing to risk her neck on something like this. {She's crazy!} He thought. He was silent in his thoughts for a few more seconds. {But so am I.}
"Then I'll go with you." Dingodile said out loud, stepping up to Coco's side. He knew that she'd need protection, and he was willing to risk his life for her.
Aku Aku was silent for a few seconds, but finally nodded. "Very well. You two may leave anytime, but it has to be soon."
Coco nodded, Dingodile quickly copying her. The floating mask continued. "If no one hears from either of you within two days, we'll assume something happened to you and send a search party." He instructed. Again, the mismatched duo nodded. The mask continued. "Okay. This meeting is adjourned."
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Coco stood near her bed as she shoved several items into her backpack, including her laptop. If she was going to walk to Cortex's castle, she should be prepared. Well, she figured that if Dingodile was going with her, she'd be able to find out why she felt to strange around him.
Coco suddenly stopped packing when she heard someone enter her room. Turning around, Coco saw her big brother leaning against the doorway, a concerned look in his eyes. Coco read the expression and sighed. "I know you're worried about me Crash, but don't worry." She assured. "I'm old enough to take care of myself. And if anything happens, Dingodile will be with me."
That didn't seem to make Crash feel better. Coco continued. "I know you don't exactly trust him, but I do." She said. "I know he'll try his hardest to help me if anything happens."
Crash sighed and slowly nodded. He walked over to Coco and wrapped his arms around her. If anything happened to her and he wasn't there, he'd never forgive himself.
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Dingodile stood around the back of his hut, recharging his flame-thrower. He knew that this mission was going to be dangerous, and he'd need as much power as his flame-thrower could handle. Not only would running out of power in the middle of a fight endanger him, but Coco as well. The last thing he wanted was Coco getting hurt by one of the evil characters that he once worked with.
Dingodile finished charging his weapon as he pulled it from the fuel tank. Suddenly, he heard footsteps coming from behind. Turning around, Dingodile saw Tiny approaching. Dingodile smirked. "Hey, Tiny."
"Hello, Dingodile." Tiny replied. He got straight to the point. "Why does Dingodile want to go on dangerous mission? Not even Ripper Roo wanted to go."
Dingodile replied with a sigh. He wasn't sure how to answer that without giving away his secret about him liking Coco. "I dunno. I just think Coco might need someone to protect her if anything happens." He replied.
"Dingodile cares for cute bandicoot girl?" Tiny asked.
The half-and-half gulped nervously. "Yeah, I guess I do." He replied. "But so does Crash, Aku Aku and the others. I'd bet that you care for her as well, don't you?"
Tiny nodded. "Yes. Tiny care for Coco."
Dingodile exhaled in relief. His secret was safe, at least for the time being. "Well, I'd better get ready to go."
Tiny nodded. "Tiny hope Dingodile and Coco make it back safe." He said.
"So do I, Tiny." Dingodile said, looking down.
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Dingodile and Coco stood at the edge of the village, as everyone else was seeing them off. Everyone, even Aku Aku, was worried that neither Coco or Dingodile would come back alive, but had faith that the two of them knew what they were doing.
"Like I said earlier, we'll wait two days for you to return." Aku Aku instructed. "If neither of you come back, a search party will be sent out to look for you."
"We understand, Aku Aku." Coco said.
Dingodile nodded. "We'll try to make it back by then."
After the duo had said their goodbyes to everyone, they turned around and started walking away from the village, starting their trek to Cortex's castle.
However, unknown to anyone, a small, metal probe hovered in the trees, watching the whole thing. Thinking it saw enough, it turned around and flew off in the direction of Cortex's castle.
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Cortex stood in front of a window as he saw a tiny, round object rise from the trees and start taking off in his direction. The evil scientist smirked as the probe raced towards him in seconds, overtop a jungle that would take hours to walk through.
Suddenly, Cortex saw that the probe was coming in a little too fast. His eyes sprang open as he dove to the side, and just as the probe soared in through the window, going straight into the stone wall on the other side of the room.
"I've still got a few bugs to work out." Cortex said to himself as he picked himself up and walked over to where the probe had planted itself. Plucking it off the wall, Cortex pressed a button on the probe. A hologram projected from the probe, showing Dingodile and Coco leaving the village.
Seeing this, Cortex smirk got ever bigger. "Perfect!" He said to himself as he dropped the probe and scurried from the room.
Outside the room, Cortex walked over to the railing of a staircase so tall that the bottom was barely visible.
"N. GIN!!" Cortex roared down the staircase. He saw N. Gin walk out on the bottom floor and look up at Cortex.
"YES, SIR?!?!" N. Gin screamed back.
"COCO AND DINGODILE HAVE LEFT THE VILLAGE!!!" Cortex replied. "CALL KOALA KONG WITH THE VISICAM REMOTE!!!"
"THE BOAT?!?!" N. Gin shouted, not hearing the last part.
"NO!! THE REMOTE!!!" Cortex shouted.
"THE GOAT?!?!"
"NO!!!!! THE RE-MOTE!!!!" The mad scientist roared, frustrated at the insane height of the staircase.
"OH, THE REMOTE!!"
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Many hours passed. The sun had set and the moon had risen. The duo of Coco and Dingodile were walking through the thick jungle, batting away branches with their arms. With the progress they were making, they figured that they would be able to reach Cortex's castle by tomorrow morning, and be back in the village by the evening.
Sure, Coco had talked with Dingodile a good amount, getting to know him more, but the young bandicoot still couldn't shake the unusual feeling that she felt when she was around him. It was almost as if she was glad that Dingodile said that he would go with her. Not just to protect her, either. Dingodile had saved both of their necks a couple of times already by using his flame-thrower to fend off a couple of wild boars. The pair had eaten thanks to Coco packing some food in her backpack.
Coco suddenly realized that she was starting to fall behind a little. She quickly caught up with Dingodile and sighed to herself. She'd think about this later, but she promised herself that she'd find out what these feelings were soon.
Eventually, after a good several minutes of brushing away branches, Dingodile spoke up. "Hey, Coco! I think we're coming to a break in the trees! It looks like a clearing!" He said.
Coco sighed in relief. "That's good. We can rest up a little there and then continue on." She explained. Dingodile replied with a nod.
Coco found out that Dingodile was right. It was a complete clearing, revealing the cloudless night sky to them for the first time since they started their journey. She realized that there was no grass in this clearing. Just rock. She quickly noticed a ledge close by, and walked over to it. Dingodile decided to follow her and look down himself.
Both of them looked over the edge. The only thing they were seeing besides the wall of the cliff was the water of the lake hundreds of feet below.
Coco's eyes widened. "...Whoa..." She said, slowly backing away from the edge of the cliff.
"Yeah. I'd hate to go down that way." Dingodile added, also backing away.
"I wonder how far down it is." Coco said.
"I dunno. Looks like it might be over three hundred, though." Her travel companion replied.
Both Coco and Dingodile were silent as they looked away from the cliff, into each other's eyes.
{Oh, how I wish I could just tell her how I feel!} Dingodile thought. {I don't want to hold my feelings in for much longer!}
{Those eyes. His personality. His way of helping everyone. He sure is a great guy.} Coco thought. She suddenly realized what she was thinking. The answer she had been looking for suddenly came before her. {My feelings! Could they be-}
Coco's thoughts were interrupted when she saw Dingodile suddenly look away from her, staring into the jungle with a suspicious look on his face.
"What is it, Dingodile?" Coco asked.
Dingodile quickly turned to Coco and placed a finger to his mouth, indicating her to keep quiet. Suddenly, he ripped his flame-thrower from its holster on the tank and held it, ready to fire.
"I think there's someone out there..." Dingodile said cautiously.
"You're very right, my friend." A voice from the jungle hissed.
Coco stared in surprise as a group of figures emerged from the jungle. The group was a mixed bag of Cortex's minions consisting of Koala Kong, Pinstripe, the Komodo Bros. and Rilla Roo. Coco wisely stood behind Dingodile, looking around him to stare at the group of minions.
Dingodile growled. "What do you guys want?!"
Koala Kong chuckled. "Cortex wants us to bring you two back to him."
"Kong, you fool! You weren't supposed to TELL them!" Pinstripe said, aiming his Tommy Gun at the pair standing by the cliff's edge. "Honestly, I don't know why Cortex let YOU lead us."
Dingodile growled loudly. "Well, too bad! I'm not gonna go down without a fight, and there's NO WAY you're taking Coco!" He roared.
Coco looked up at Dingodile with surprise. He was protecting her from these jerks, willing to risk himself for her. Coco realized her feelings for Dingodile right then and there, but decided not to say anything due to the predicament they were currently in.
In the meantime, Koala Kong chuckled. "Very well." He turned to the others. "Let's get em!"
Pinstripe smirked and cocked his gun, his finger raised over the trigger. The Komodo Bros. raised their swords and swung them around a few times. Rilla Roo grinned happily and clapped his hands as he jumped in place.
"The odds are five to two." Coco told Dingodile.
Dingodile smirked. "That's good enough for me."
The Komodo Bros. ran at Dingodile, but the mutant creature had seen this. He charged at the oncoming lizard duo in an attempt to lure them away from Coco. He stretched his hands out sideways, clobbering both lizards in the faces.
Coco was too busy watching Dingodile's show that she didn't notice Rilla Roo and Pinstripe approaching her. Only when she felt Rilla Roo's arms close around her shoulders did she notice their presence. She prevented herself from screaming, knowing that it would distract Dingodile. Coco instead jumped into the air, high enough for Rilla Roo to lose his grip on her. Coco gracefully flipped over the monkey mutant and landed a hard kick to his back, knocking him away
Landing on her feet, Coco quickly saw Pinstripe readying his gun to fire it. Coco ran at the gangster wannabe and leapt into the air. Before Pinstripe had time to fire his gun, the airborne bandicoot had kicked his gun, making it fly from his hands. Coco quickly continued with a pair of kicks to his face as she started falling to the ground. Coco quickly landed on her hands and shot her feet out one final time, knocking Pinstripe off his own feet.
Dingodile used his extra-tough flame-thrower as a shield to fend off the Komodo Bros. sword swings, and was currently successful at doing it. Granted, he wasn't as graceful or as skilled in hand combat as Coco, but he was definitely holding his own, using his tail to trip one of the brothers while kicking the other at the same time. As Dingodile was taking care of Komodo Joe, Komodo Moe raised his sword into the air from behind to finish him off. Luckily, Dingodile saw this out of the corner of his eye and quickly turned around, swinging his flame-thrower to strike the bigger lizard in the stomach, making Komodo Moe bend over to catch his breath.
Suddenly, Dingodile again saw something out of the corner of his eye. This time, he saw Komodo Joe slowly getting to his feet. Thinking quick, Dingodile spun around and swung his flame-thrower upwards. His tail knocked Komodo Moe off his feet and the flame-thrower club had found its way to Komodo Joe's face. The younger lizard brother spun around once after the impact before collapsing to the ground.
Dingodile looked down at the defeated lizards, breathing heavily. It was only then did he realize that Koala Kong hadn't taken part in the fight at all. Dingodile looked in the direction of Koala Kong just in time to see that giant bear lunging at him, preparing for a massive punch.
Dingodile wasn't prepared for this at all, and took the blow. The force from the punch sent Dingodile flying into the air, and flying back even further. Dingodile flew back several yards...
...Right over the cliff.
"DINGODILE!!!!" Coco screamed.
To be continued...
Notes to everyone else who reviewed: Thanks! I didn't expect five reviews on the first chapter! Man, you'd think I was the fist to do a Dingodile/Coco.
Chapter two: Ambush
Inside the briefing station, Aku Aku floated above everyone else, giving instructions. Pura had come back to the village and acted out that Cortex was building a new machine to destroy Crash, but he never found out how he intended to do so. The only one absent from the group was Dr. Tork, as he wasn't actually a fighting member of the team.
"Okay. We don't know what Cortex is planning to use that machine for." Aku Aku said. "It might be disastrous!"
Crash instantly stood straight, nodded, threw out his chest and pounded on it with one fist. Shortly after, he broke into a weak coughing spell.
The floating mask shook back and forth, indicating a no. "Sorry Crash, but you're not going. If you fell into Cortex's trap, anything could happen, especially when we don't know what he's planning."
Slowly, Crunch spoke up. "I get what you're saying. We need to send someone to spy on Cortex to see what he's up to."
Aku Aku nodded. "Yes. Once the people we send find out what Cortex is up to, they will come back, explain it to us and THEN it will be safe for us to send Crash."
"Then it's settled." Crunch proclaimed, standing straight. "I'll go."
"Again, no." Aku Aku replied. "Someone your size will be too noticeable. That leaves Tiny out, too. I need someone to volunteer for this mission."
Everyone was silent. Crash and Crunch wanted to go, but weren't allowed. Tiny also wanted to go, but he too wasn't allowed to leave. After several seconds of silence, everyone heard a soft sigh. "Very well. I'll go."
Everyone turned to the source of the voice, finding themselves staring directly at Coco. No one could believe what Coco had just said. She had just volunteered for a dangerous mission, possibly more dangerous than running through a hallway of spikes and fireballs, something Crash has done several times in the past.
Dingodile stared at Coco with more shock than anyone else. He couldn't believe that Coco was willing to risk her neck on something like this. {She's crazy!} He thought. He was silent in his thoughts for a few more seconds. {But so am I.}
"Then I'll go with you." Dingodile said out loud, stepping up to Coco's side. He knew that she'd need protection, and he was willing to risk his life for her.
Aku Aku was silent for a few seconds, but finally nodded. "Very well. You two may leave anytime, but it has to be soon."
Coco nodded, Dingodile quickly copying her. The floating mask continued. "If no one hears from either of you within two days, we'll assume something happened to you and send a search party." He instructed. Again, the mismatched duo nodded. The mask continued. "Okay. This meeting is adjourned."
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Coco stood near her bed as she shoved several items into her backpack, including her laptop. If she was going to walk to Cortex's castle, she should be prepared. Well, she figured that if Dingodile was going with her, she'd be able to find out why she felt to strange around him.
Coco suddenly stopped packing when she heard someone enter her room. Turning around, Coco saw her big brother leaning against the doorway, a concerned look in his eyes. Coco read the expression and sighed. "I know you're worried about me Crash, but don't worry." She assured. "I'm old enough to take care of myself. And if anything happens, Dingodile will be with me."
That didn't seem to make Crash feel better. Coco continued. "I know you don't exactly trust him, but I do." She said. "I know he'll try his hardest to help me if anything happens."
Crash sighed and slowly nodded. He walked over to Coco and wrapped his arms around her. If anything happened to her and he wasn't there, he'd never forgive himself.
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Dingodile stood around the back of his hut, recharging his flame-thrower. He knew that this mission was going to be dangerous, and he'd need as much power as his flame-thrower could handle. Not only would running out of power in the middle of a fight endanger him, but Coco as well. The last thing he wanted was Coco getting hurt by one of the evil characters that he once worked with.
Dingodile finished charging his weapon as he pulled it from the fuel tank. Suddenly, he heard footsteps coming from behind. Turning around, Dingodile saw Tiny approaching. Dingodile smirked. "Hey, Tiny."
"Hello, Dingodile." Tiny replied. He got straight to the point. "Why does Dingodile want to go on dangerous mission? Not even Ripper Roo wanted to go."
Dingodile replied with a sigh. He wasn't sure how to answer that without giving away his secret about him liking Coco. "I dunno. I just think Coco might need someone to protect her if anything happens." He replied.
"Dingodile cares for cute bandicoot girl?" Tiny asked.
The half-and-half gulped nervously. "Yeah, I guess I do." He replied. "But so does Crash, Aku Aku and the others. I'd bet that you care for her as well, don't you?"
Tiny nodded. "Yes. Tiny care for Coco."
Dingodile exhaled in relief. His secret was safe, at least for the time being. "Well, I'd better get ready to go."
Tiny nodded. "Tiny hope Dingodile and Coco make it back safe." He said.
"So do I, Tiny." Dingodile said, looking down.
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Dingodile and Coco stood at the edge of the village, as everyone else was seeing them off. Everyone, even Aku Aku, was worried that neither Coco or Dingodile would come back alive, but had faith that the two of them knew what they were doing.
"Like I said earlier, we'll wait two days for you to return." Aku Aku instructed. "If neither of you come back, a search party will be sent out to look for you."
"We understand, Aku Aku." Coco said.
Dingodile nodded. "We'll try to make it back by then."
After the duo had said their goodbyes to everyone, they turned around and started walking away from the village, starting their trek to Cortex's castle.
However, unknown to anyone, a small, metal probe hovered in the trees, watching the whole thing. Thinking it saw enough, it turned around and flew off in the direction of Cortex's castle.
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Cortex stood in front of a window as he saw a tiny, round object rise from the trees and start taking off in his direction. The evil scientist smirked as the probe raced towards him in seconds, overtop a jungle that would take hours to walk through.
Suddenly, Cortex saw that the probe was coming in a little too fast. His eyes sprang open as he dove to the side, and just as the probe soared in through the window, going straight into the stone wall on the other side of the room.
"I've still got a few bugs to work out." Cortex said to himself as he picked himself up and walked over to where the probe had planted itself. Plucking it off the wall, Cortex pressed a button on the probe. A hologram projected from the probe, showing Dingodile and Coco leaving the village.
Seeing this, Cortex smirk got ever bigger. "Perfect!" He said to himself as he dropped the probe and scurried from the room.
Outside the room, Cortex walked over to the railing of a staircase so tall that the bottom was barely visible.
"N. GIN!!" Cortex roared down the staircase. He saw N. Gin walk out on the bottom floor and look up at Cortex.
"YES, SIR?!?!" N. Gin screamed back.
"COCO AND DINGODILE HAVE LEFT THE VILLAGE!!!" Cortex replied. "CALL KOALA KONG WITH THE VISICAM REMOTE!!!"
"THE BOAT?!?!" N. Gin shouted, not hearing the last part.
"NO!! THE REMOTE!!!" Cortex shouted.
"THE GOAT?!?!"
"NO!!!!! THE RE-MOTE!!!!" The mad scientist roared, frustrated at the insane height of the staircase.
"OH, THE REMOTE!!"
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Many hours passed. The sun had set and the moon had risen. The duo of Coco and Dingodile were walking through the thick jungle, batting away branches with their arms. With the progress they were making, they figured that they would be able to reach Cortex's castle by tomorrow morning, and be back in the village by the evening.
Sure, Coco had talked with Dingodile a good amount, getting to know him more, but the young bandicoot still couldn't shake the unusual feeling that she felt when she was around him. It was almost as if she was glad that Dingodile said that he would go with her. Not just to protect her, either. Dingodile had saved both of their necks a couple of times already by using his flame-thrower to fend off a couple of wild boars. The pair had eaten thanks to Coco packing some food in her backpack.
Coco suddenly realized that she was starting to fall behind a little. She quickly caught up with Dingodile and sighed to herself. She'd think about this later, but she promised herself that she'd find out what these feelings were soon.
Eventually, after a good several minutes of brushing away branches, Dingodile spoke up. "Hey, Coco! I think we're coming to a break in the trees! It looks like a clearing!" He said.
Coco sighed in relief. "That's good. We can rest up a little there and then continue on." She explained. Dingodile replied with a nod.
Coco found out that Dingodile was right. It was a complete clearing, revealing the cloudless night sky to them for the first time since they started their journey. She realized that there was no grass in this clearing. Just rock. She quickly noticed a ledge close by, and walked over to it. Dingodile decided to follow her and look down himself.
Both of them looked over the edge. The only thing they were seeing besides the wall of the cliff was the water of the lake hundreds of feet below.
Coco's eyes widened. "...Whoa..." She said, slowly backing away from the edge of the cliff.
"Yeah. I'd hate to go down that way." Dingodile added, also backing away.
"I wonder how far down it is." Coco said.
"I dunno. Looks like it might be over three hundred, though." Her travel companion replied.
Both Coco and Dingodile were silent as they looked away from the cliff, into each other's eyes.
{Oh, how I wish I could just tell her how I feel!} Dingodile thought. {I don't want to hold my feelings in for much longer!}
{Those eyes. His personality. His way of helping everyone. He sure is a great guy.} Coco thought. She suddenly realized what she was thinking. The answer she had been looking for suddenly came before her. {My feelings! Could they be-}
Coco's thoughts were interrupted when she saw Dingodile suddenly look away from her, staring into the jungle with a suspicious look on his face.
"What is it, Dingodile?" Coco asked.
Dingodile quickly turned to Coco and placed a finger to his mouth, indicating her to keep quiet. Suddenly, he ripped his flame-thrower from its holster on the tank and held it, ready to fire.
"I think there's someone out there..." Dingodile said cautiously.
"You're very right, my friend." A voice from the jungle hissed.
Coco stared in surprise as a group of figures emerged from the jungle. The group was a mixed bag of Cortex's minions consisting of Koala Kong, Pinstripe, the Komodo Bros. and Rilla Roo. Coco wisely stood behind Dingodile, looking around him to stare at the group of minions.
Dingodile growled. "What do you guys want?!"
Koala Kong chuckled. "Cortex wants us to bring you two back to him."
"Kong, you fool! You weren't supposed to TELL them!" Pinstripe said, aiming his Tommy Gun at the pair standing by the cliff's edge. "Honestly, I don't know why Cortex let YOU lead us."
Dingodile growled loudly. "Well, too bad! I'm not gonna go down without a fight, and there's NO WAY you're taking Coco!" He roared.
Coco looked up at Dingodile with surprise. He was protecting her from these jerks, willing to risk himself for her. Coco realized her feelings for Dingodile right then and there, but decided not to say anything due to the predicament they were currently in.
In the meantime, Koala Kong chuckled. "Very well." He turned to the others. "Let's get em!"
Pinstripe smirked and cocked his gun, his finger raised over the trigger. The Komodo Bros. raised their swords and swung them around a few times. Rilla Roo grinned happily and clapped his hands as he jumped in place.
"The odds are five to two." Coco told Dingodile.
Dingodile smirked. "That's good enough for me."
The Komodo Bros. ran at Dingodile, but the mutant creature had seen this. He charged at the oncoming lizard duo in an attempt to lure them away from Coco. He stretched his hands out sideways, clobbering both lizards in the faces.
Coco was too busy watching Dingodile's show that she didn't notice Rilla Roo and Pinstripe approaching her. Only when she felt Rilla Roo's arms close around her shoulders did she notice their presence. She prevented herself from screaming, knowing that it would distract Dingodile. Coco instead jumped into the air, high enough for Rilla Roo to lose his grip on her. Coco gracefully flipped over the monkey mutant and landed a hard kick to his back, knocking him away
Landing on her feet, Coco quickly saw Pinstripe readying his gun to fire it. Coco ran at the gangster wannabe and leapt into the air. Before Pinstripe had time to fire his gun, the airborne bandicoot had kicked his gun, making it fly from his hands. Coco quickly continued with a pair of kicks to his face as she started falling to the ground. Coco quickly landed on her hands and shot her feet out one final time, knocking Pinstripe off his own feet.
Dingodile used his extra-tough flame-thrower as a shield to fend off the Komodo Bros. sword swings, and was currently successful at doing it. Granted, he wasn't as graceful or as skilled in hand combat as Coco, but he was definitely holding his own, using his tail to trip one of the brothers while kicking the other at the same time. As Dingodile was taking care of Komodo Joe, Komodo Moe raised his sword into the air from behind to finish him off. Luckily, Dingodile saw this out of the corner of his eye and quickly turned around, swinging his flame-thrower to strike the bigger lizard in the stomach, making Komodo Moe bend over to catch his breath.
Suddenly, Dingodile again saw something out of the corner of his eye. This time, he saw Komodo Joe slowly getting to his feet. Thinking quick, Dingodile spun around and swung his flame-thrower upwards. His tail knocked Komodo Moe off his feet and the flame-thrower club had found its way to Komodo Joe's face. The younger lizard brother spun around once after the impact before collapsing to the ground.
Dingodile looked down at the defeated lizards, breathing heavily. It was only then did he realize that Koala Kong hadn't taken part in the fight at all. Dingodile looked in the direction of Koala Kong just in time to see that giant bear lunging at him, preparing for a massive punch.
Dingodile wasn't prepared for this at all, and took the blow. The force from the punch sent Dingodile flying into the air, and flying back even further. Dingodile flew back several yards...
...Right over the cliff.
"DINGODILE!!!!" Coco screamed.
To be continued...