Disclaimer: I own Jewel, Samuel, and Atticus. Whee… so boring…do I have to do this every time? Anyways. I will tell you something here so if you are reading this, give yourself a cookie. Banjo and Jewel keep training and the battle below keeps on going as well. (It's a very big battle…trillions of contestants…the works…)

Crowd: WHO CARES!

Me: I DO! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!

Crowd: WELL WE DON'T!

Me: MEH! WHO CARES ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK!

Crowd: WHAT WAS THAT!

Me: eep…uh oh… Nothing…um…uh… ONTO THE STORY!

Crowd: We're not through with you yet!

Me: Well, the story's started.

Crowd: Where

Me: After the next line…

Crowd: Oh…

BANJO-KAZOOIE – TALES OF THE DEAD

(An epic tale of our two great adventurers)

Chapter 5 – Spirits of Evil

Okay. You're all probably wondering what shot Jewel down. I'm wondering that and if you aren't, start wondering!

Grunty's Tower

They watched from above the battle. A witch was fighting a bear and a bird. She was losing. Pathetic. They chuckled silently.

"KAZOOIE!" the bear ran over to the limp form of the bird.

The witch cackled and walked over. Bad move they thought. The bear turned around and leapt at the witch. To put it gently, he tore her to pieces. The bear wiped his bloodied paws and picked up his friend. He walked away. Now was the time to act. They zoomed into the torn body and mended it with their powers. The spirit of the witch would be gone and the body would be free for the taking. Gruntilda stood up.

Jackal Inc.

Vince sat in his executive chair and watched a screen. It depicted his latest employees, a pair of body-taking ghouls. These two were a handy bunch, as they could possess any dead body. He chuckled silently as the torn body was healed and stood up.

"Good work." He said over a mike.

Vince had benefited greatly from his "Hunt the Hunter" project. He had managed to kill the world's deadliest assassin with the help of only a hundred men. The mountain too, but that didn't count.

Disguised as a software company, Vince was now the president of a huge crime organization. They had been the second highest for a long time. These organizations were basically hitmen squads. They would get paid to carry out an assassination or something else. For decades, Jackal Inc. had always been bested by the one man hit team. Atticus. No matter what their efforts, he would always kill their men and then vanish before another second had passed.

"Carry out the plans."

Monk Island

"GAH! WE'RE DONE!"

A couple months had passed since they started their training. They had climbed the stupid mountain over a hundred times. Eventually, he had told them to go in a spiral up the mountain. Banjo and Jewel walked down back to the manor.

"Good job. I think you'll find it easy in the underworld now…"

"How so! You haven't taught us a thing!"

"See, your body adapts to the thin air on the mountain top. Thus, you can run more down here at normal air pressure."

Banjo pondered this for a while. It made sense.

"Thank you. Now, how do we get there?"

"There's a secret chamber south of here. It's guarded by some of my disciples. I will come with you to tell them that you can go in."

"I wanna come too!"

"Flame, you stay here and guard the house. I should be back in a while."

Later…

"Greetings master," two skull-headed creatures with staves bowed.

"I see how Mumbo was taught by Samuel…"

"These two are on a mission. They are to bring back ONE person only."

"Yes master. Is it your brother?"

"What?"

"Your brother. Are you…"

"Why would he be there?"

"He was sent there last year!"

"WHY WASN'T I TOLD!"

Banjo and Jewel stood in silent shock. They had never seen Samuel in true anger before.

"Change it. We're bringing back two people."

"You're coming!

"Yes. I have to ask him how he died."

The Gates to the Underworld creaked open.

"I'm coming Kazooie…" Banjo murmered.

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Yes this was a short chapter… DEAL WITH IT! The next chapter will be longer. THE PLOT THICKENS! FUA HA HAAA!

Crowd: (throws tomatoes at author) START WRITING!

Me: ACK! Yuk! Ow! ANYWAYS… READ AND REVIEW!