Disclaimer: SEGA owns the Sonic characters and Rareware owns the B-K characters (wow, I've been spelling that wrong the whole time).
Sorry this is so late but, THE ACCURSED WRITER'S BLOCK STRIKES AGAIN! So sorry if this chapter isn't up to par with the rest, but I need to get back in the groove.
This was gonna be two chapters, but I decided to make it one extra long one to make up for the short chapter and for taking so long to get it out (and the fact that the BK side is a couple hundred words shorter than the Sonic side).
Chapter 7
Banjo, Kazooie and Mumbo walked up the steps into the Hailfire Peaks Fire Side.
"Been a while since we were last here." Banjo said.
"Yep." Kazooie said. "And it looks like its gone more to the dumps since then!"
It was true. The Coliseum was almost completely decimated, Sabreman's tent had been burnt to the ground and there seemed to be no signs of life anywhere. Being carefull to not fall into the lava, the trio climbed the steps to what once held the pool of boiling water until Banjo and Kazooie gave it to the pigs in Jolly Roger's Lagoon. They turned left and headed up the mountain. All of a sudden, a large fiery hand extended from a wall and hit Mumbo. He stumbled and said. "Me forgot about those."
The trio climbed the mountain and came across Mumbo's hut. It was as damaged as the rest of the Fire Side. "My-my hut…" Mumbo said dejectedly.
"Oh cry me a river!" Kazooie shouted. "You've got dozens of those around the island!"
"Me turn cheeky bird into stonie!" Mumbo shouted angrily.
"Bring it one, skullface!" Kazooie retorted.
"Stop it! Both of you!" Banjo shouted. "There's no time to waste. We have to get the Chaos Emeralds before Eggman and Grunty."
"Fine…" Kazooie said, disappointedly.
"HELP MEEEEEEE!" A voice shouted as Gobi the Camel ran by.
"Gobi?" Banjo asked.
"A crazy blue hedgehog is after me!" The camel yelled.
"It's Sonic!" Banjo shouted.
"Let's settle the score once and for all!" Kazooie said.
The trio ran up the mountain, but they hardly went a few steps before not Sonic, but Metal Sonic stopped them.
"Metal Sonic?" Mumbo said. "Me thought you short circuited by water."
"INITIATING RESPONSE…" The metallic hedgehog began. "Simple water cannot destroy me! I am the great Doctor Eggman's greatest creation, more powerful than Sonic himself. I am here to execute my programming by destroying you, and taking this to the doctor." He showed them a green shard, similar to the one the trio received in Bubble Goop Swamp. "Prepare to die!" The robot rushed at them, but they were ready.
Banjo punched Metal Sonic, knocking him down. "Mumbo, c'mon! We can't fight on this hill! There isn't enough room!" The trio began running up the hill, dodging the flaming hands.
"You can't outrun me. NO ONE CAN OUTRUN METAL SONIC!" The machine yelled, rocketing after them. He didn't get far before he was met by a giant fired hand, which swatted him away. In anger, Metal Sonic blew the hand away with some wrist rockets and flew after the bear, bird, and shaman.
When our heroes reached a flat area on the hill, they turned around, ready to fight. Metal Sonic reached the top of the hill seconds after them.
Mumbo gasped for air. "He's…too fast…"
"We need some Turbo Trainers!" Banjo shouted.
"Sounds good!" Kazooie said, rummaging through the backpack she was in. Meanwhile, Banjo stared Metal Sonic down.
All of a sudden, the robot leaped forward, slashing at Banjo with razor sharp fingers. The bear dodged slightly, but still got three large gashes on his stomach. "Any time now Kazooie…"
"Would you shut up? I'm looking!" The bird shouted back.
Mumbo shot a spell at the hedgehog, but Metal Sonic held up his hands and a black shield materialized around him, absorbing the magic. When he let down the shield, Banjo was behind him and grabbed him in a headlock.
"QUERY: How did you get behind me?"
"A little something we like to call Turbo Trainers!" Kazooie shouted as Banjo threw Metal Sonic off a cliff towards the lava far below. "That's the last we'll see of him!"
"Good." Banjo said. "Now let's go ask Chili Billi about the Chaos Emeralds.
The group climbed the mountain to Chili Billi's crater. When they got there, ominous music began playing from an undisclosed location. "Oh great." Kazooie said. "Every time that happens, we have to fight some big bad monster."
As if on queue, the giant fiery dragon head emerged from the lava in the crater. "Why if it isn't Banjo and Kazooie… What did you do with my pizza?"
"Not again…" Banjo muttered.
"Did you eat it again?" The dragon shouted.
"Of course not, meatball breath!" Kazooie shouted back.
"I don't believe you!" Chili Billi shouted.
"Of course you don't." Kazooie muttered. The dragon launched fireballs at the trio, which they could barely dodge. Banjo looked wildly for the cannons to shoot ice eggs from, but they were gone.
"Where did the cannons go?"
"I took them out after you beat me last time." The dragon lunged at Banjo and Kazooie, grabbing them in his mouth!
"Let us go!" Banjo shouted, trying to keep the dragon's mouth from closing.
"Pizza delivery!" A squeaky voiced, pimple faced human teenager said. (If you're having trouble picturing him, just think of the teen that works in the Krusty Burger in the Simpsons.)
" 'y 'izza!" Chili Billi said. "I 'ess ou 'i'n't ea' i' afte' all"
"What?" Kazooie said.
The dragon lowered them to the edge of the crater. "I guess you didn't eat it after all…"
"Obviously…" Kazooie said, wiping dragon slobber off her wings. "Ugh… your mouth is disgusting! Do you ever brush your teeth?"
"Sorry." Chili Billi said, snatching the pizza from the teen's hands and swallowing it in one gulp. He then coughed up (shudder) some money and gave it to the delivery boy. "Keep the change." He said.
The delivery boy grabbed the money, and high tailed it out of there.
"So Banjo, what brings you here?"
"Well…" Banjo said. "we were wondering if any emeralds appeared in bright flashes of light recently.
"Hmm… bright flashes… OH! About two months ago there was a bright flash of light at my brother's mountain!"
Banjo turned to his friends. "Should we check it out?"
"Seems like it was early…" Mumbo began. "But we should check it out anyway."
"Okay then, let's go!" Kazooie spread her wings and took off for the ice mountain.
"Wait for Mumbo!" The shaman shouted, turning himself into an orange breegull, following Banjo and Kazooie.
When they reached the mountain Mumbo turned back to normal. Chilly Willy was there, and so was a peculiar block of ice. In it was a black hedgehog with red stripes on his quills who looked very similar to Sonic.
"Oh hey guys." The dragon said. "You know this guy?" He gestured with his head towards the hedgehog. "He appeared here in a flash of light two months ago. I thought he ate my pizza…"
Banjo, Kazooie and Mumbo groaned.
"…so I attacked him, but he fell into the water and froze. The pizza boy came a few minutes later, but he ran off before I could ask him about the hedgehog."
Kazooie snickered and hopped out of the backpack with a permanent marker. "Hey Banjo… look, he has a mustache!" She drew a goofy looking mustache on the block of ice, making it look like the hedgehog had it.
"Just thaw him out." Mumbo said irritabley.
"Fine…" Kazooie pouted, firing a fire egg at the ice.
In seconds, the hedgehog was thawed. He fell to the ground and said. "Wh-where am I?"
"You're at Hailfire Peaks." Banjo explained. "About two months ago, you appeared in a flash of light, and was accidentally frozen by Chilly Willy over there."
"That's right!" The hedgehog said, struggling to his feet. "You're going down dragon!" He then toppled face first into the snow.
"Listen." Kazooie said. "First, you were just unfrozen, so don't try anything that involves a lot of complicated muscle work and second, you'll have to forgive Pizza Dragon over there. He thinks everyone eats his pizzas."
The hedgehog sighed. "All right… thank you for thawing me out. I am Shadow the Hedgehog."
"Pleased to meet you." Banjo said. "I am Banjo, the bird is Kazooie, and the skull-head over there is Mumbo Jumbo. Now, we were wondering if you happened to know anything about the Chaos Emeralds." Banjo did not expect a positive answer, but decided to ask anyway, just in case. To the group's surprise, Shadow looked at them with surprise.
"The Chaos Emeralds?" He said. "What do you know about them?"
"Nothing much." Kazooie admitted "Except that so many people really want them. There's Grunty, Dr. Eggman, and-"
Shadow cut her off before she mentioned Sonic. His face had a very dark expression on it. "Eggman…" He growled.
"You know him?" Mumbo asked.
"Know him? I used to work for him! Unbeknownst to me, I was just being used by him and the late Professor Gerald."
"Professor Gerald?" The trio inquired.
"He is of none of your concern." Shadow said. "He died 50 years ago. I would like to know how you know about the Chaos Emeralds. I was only frozen for two months, correct?"
"Yes, you were only frozen for two months." Banjo said. "And the Chaos Emeralds have been appearing in bright flashes of light all over the island."
Shadow muttered something that the group couldn't hear. "What was that?" Kazooie asked.
"Nothing." Shadow said. "In return for thawing me, I will help you in your quest for the Chaos Emeralds. Besides, I have a score to settle with Eggman."
"Okay then." Banjo said, extending an arm, which he used to help Shadow up and shake his hand at the same time. "Welcome to the team."
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