CHAPTER TEN: Tossing Barrels.

"You have no chance to survive make your time!" spoke the evil Blackeye. "There is no way to escape! You will die!"

Kazooie, Mumbo, and Bottles woke up the others.

Mrs. Bottles yawned, and spoke. "Did you get the water, honey?" she asked.

"She sure is a sound sleeper..." said Kazooie. "You'd think with all the banging outside, she'd be awake by now."

"No time for water, sweetheart," said the mole, "we have to get out of here, quick!"

Mrs. Bottles quickly put on her robe. "Oh, that witch is still hounding us, isn't she? Why cant we just coincide in peace?" she sighed as she rubbed her eyes.

Bottles reached over to the bunk above him. "Goggles! Speccy! Wake up children!"

"Wha -- daddy?" spoke the mole kids.

"Come on now..." So out the room they went.

Bottles looked to Kazooie. "What's the plan now, beakface?"

I'll just show you, itchy," said the Breegull. She went over to Merry Maggie's room. "Er, Maggie?" she called.

Mumbo stayed out of sight.

The door opened up and there appeared the giant frog. "Is there anything I can do for you?" asked Maggie, adjusting her hair.

"Er, yes. We need you to move a couple of barrels for us," said the bird, "since we're going to sleep in the back, if you don't mind."

"Oh, okay." she spoke in her deep voice. She went to the back room.

Kazooie waited until Maggie was out of sight. "Okay, here's the plan: when she moves the gun powder up to the wall here, you trip her, she'll drop the barrels, and I'll open the door."

"What good will that do?" asked Bottles.

"Just wait and see," she said and it was then at that moment that Maggie returned with a huge barrel under each arm. "Where should I put them?" she asked.

"Er, right here by the door will be fine," said the bird. She motioned for Bottles to do his thing.

"Hurm? ...Oh," mumbled Bottles and placed his foot in Merry Maggie's path to trip her.

Maggie stomped the mole's foot.

Bottles winced. "AAAAAAUUUUUGGGGGHHHH!"

"Oh, did I step on you?" said the bulky gal barely noticing.

Kazooie grew furious. She then had an idea. "Mumbo!" said the bird, "er, Maggie left already!"

The shaman got up from behind the door. "Whew, Mumbo -- WHA?"

Maggie got a glimpse of the witch doctor, and dropped the barrels. "OH! I didn't see you there..." she blushed.

Kazooie opened the door quickly as the barrels rolled out of the inn, onto the town center. She spat out a grenade egg to trail them, and they did just as the bird expected them to: explode in front of the hovering ships to create a diversion.

"ARRR?" exclaimed Capt. Blackeye. "The bird is retaliatin'! Hurry up and FIRE!!!"

Kazooie hurriedly apologized to Maggie. "I'm sorry the gun powder is destroyed, but we have to leave! C'mon everyone!"

"My partner Jolly will be mad at this," she said.

So Bottles' family, Mumbo, and Kazooie raced out of the tavern, through the smoke, and toward the Smugglers Cavern to escape.