Birdo was driving the Turbo Birdo at its top speed to get away from the egg before it hatched, unaware that it had just hatched. She didn't want to meet the creature that Yoshi had told her about a few minutes ago. Yoshi himself was hanging on to the Turbo Birdo as tightly as he could. It wasn't very long until they found themselves coming into the shroob roadblock they had come across earlier. Birdo screeched the Turbo Birdo to a halt a safe distance from the roadblock.
"The roadblock again." Yoshi said with a sigh.
"They're back again. Let's get them." One of the shroobs said. They all drew their laser guns and aimed at the Turbo Birdo.
"They're going to attack us. What now?" Birdo asked. Yoshi looked over his shoulder. They couldn't go back towards the egg, as it was too dangerous. There was no other route nearby that they could take to avoid the roadblock. There was only one other option that Yoshi could think of. He jumped off the back of the Turbo Birdo and moved to the side.
"We have to fight through." Yoshi said. He swallowed a nearby rock, turned it into an egg and threw it at the shroobs. The egg hit one of the shroobs dead in the face. The resulting explosion knocked the shroob out cold. The other four suddenly aimed their guns at Yoshi and fired. Yoshi leapt out of the way of the attack before he was hit. He swallowed another rock, turned it into another egg and used it to knock out another Shroob. Yoshi was then tackled by one of the unharmed shroobs. He was knocked to the floor but climbed back up, only to have a gun placed at his stomach. The other two shroobs joined in the assault, ready to fire their guns at any moment.
"You will stay here until…" Before the shroob could finish its sentence, there was a small explosion that knocked the three shroobs sideways and away from Yoshi. Birdo had swallowed the two shroobs that had been knocked out, turned them into an egg and fired the egg at the shroobs surrounding Yoshi.
"You are hurting nobody!" Birdo said with a growl. The shroobs that she had hit had been scattered and knocked out completely. Birdo went over to the still surprised Yoshi.
"Are you ok?" Birdo asked.
"Thank you Birdo. I'm fine."
"Where now?"
"We need to alert the village about the egg."
"So to the village then."
"Above the village. After the first incident, my father placed some rockets up there. If the creature was to return, the rockets were to be fired to warn everyone on the island."
"So how do we get there?"
"We have…"
Yoshi was interrupted by a large shadow flying over their heads. They looked up and saw a shroob spaceship overhead. A yellow laser shot down and landed in front of them. From the laser came down a large green shroob. It was unarmed but had a very menacing appearance. It was a shrooboid, as big as both dinosaurs. The shrooboid looked at Birdo in particular.
"Birdo, your mission is complete. Come back home with us and leave the Yoshi's to Yoob." The shrooboid said.
"What?" Birdo asked.
"What did he say Birdo?" Yoshi asked.
"I don't understand what he said myself. Something about a mission that I had being complete."
"What?"
"Birdo, it's time to go." The shrooboid said. It reached for Birdo's arm. Birdo pulled away before it could grab her and slapped it in the face.
"You miserable dinosaur!" The shrooboid growled.
"Leave me alone!" Birdo shouted. The shrooboid growled and began spinning rapidly. While spinning, it moved towards Birdo. Both dinosaurs leapt into the air. Birdo landed on the other side of the shrooboid while Yoshi landed on top of the shrooboid. He bounced off the shrooboid and came back down with a ground pound onto the shrooboid's head. This attack nearly flattened the Shrooboid. When Yoshi jumped off, Birdo spat another egg that she had prepared by swallowing a shroob at the Shrooboid. The Shrooboid climbed to its feet just in time to be hit be the egg and get caught in a small explosion. When the smoke from the explosion cleared, the shrooboid was very weak but still alive. It pulled out a laser gun and fired at Birdo. Yoshi was able to push Birdo out of the way of the laser before it hit her. As a result, the bolt hit the floor in front of him. The small explosion knocked him off his feet but he quickly climbed back up.
"Are you ok Yoshi?" Birdo asked. Yoshi looked over at Birdo.
"I'm fine."
"Birdo, why won't you come with us?" The shrooboid asked.
"What are you talking about?" Birdo asked.
"You don't know why you're here?"
"What is going on?" Yoshi asked.
"I don't understand myself. I'll explain later." Birdo replied.
"We're wasting time. I'm ending this now!" When Yoshi finished, he leapt over the shrooboid and then ground pounded onto it. Before the shrooboid could recover, Yoshi swallowed the shrooboid and turned it into a very large egg. He suddenly clutched his stomach and fell to the ground. His green face turned slightly blue. He began coughing and gagging. Birdo became very worried. She went over to Yoshi and began rubbing his back. Yoshi suddenly began choking on something. Birdo placed her arms around Yoshi's chest and pulled her hands inward heavily. Yoshi suddenly coughed up a small ray gun. His face regained its color but he began breathing heavily. This didn't last long and his breathing soon returned to the normal.
"Yoshi, are you ok?" Birdo asked. Yoshi turned his head around and looked at Birdo. He nodded his head and smiled.
"Birdo, remind me never to eat a shroob again." Yoshi said.
"Sure."
"But what was…"
Yoshi was interrupted by what felt like an earthquake. They both felt the ground shaking and there was a loud thumping. It was heading straight towards them. Yoshi began to worry. Something told him what the thumping was but he didn't want to believe it. He couldn't take any chances though. He climbed onto the back of the Turbo Birdo and motioned Birdo to get into the driver's seat. Birdo climbed into the driver's seat and both dinosaurs looked behind them at where the thumping was coming from. It was just as Yoshi secretly feared. Behind them was what looked like a giant Yoshi. It was mostly pink but it also had green spots. It was exactly like the egg. The dinosaur looked around the area but so far it didn't see Yoshi or Birdo.
"Is that…" Birdo began to ask in a whisper. Yoshi nodded his head.
"Get us out of here." Yoshi instructed. Birdo didn't need to be told twice. She put her foot down and they sped away before Yoob realised that they were there. Yoshi directed Birdo to the top of the cliff that overlooked the village. This cliff was the highest point on the island. It was also in the centre, so it made the perfect lookout point. At the top of the cliff were a bunch of rockets. Each of them was painted with the same color markings as Yoob. There was also a message engraved into a nearby rock. The message read 'these rockets are only to be used if the Yoshi eater Yoob returns.' Birdo assumed that the name Yoob was the name of the Yoshi eater. There was also equipment nearby to light the rockets. There was also a pair of binoculars nearby. Yoshi picked up these binoculars and gave them to Birdo.
"Birdo. I'll light the rockets, you look out for the monster." Yoshi said. Birdo nodded, deciding not to argue. She began looking through the binoculars and eventually saw Yoob. It was now on the move. It seemed to be wondering around aimlessly. It obviously didn't know where the Yoshi's were. Birdo was also trying to think of a possible way to defeat it. So far, nothing came to mind but her mind still searched for an idea. Birdo's thoughts were interrupted when she noticed Yoob change direction. She looked at where it was going and her heart skipped a beat. It was heading directly for the village.
"Yoshi, the monster is heading right towards the village!" Yoshi had just been able to light one of the rockets as Birdo said this. He let the rocket fly into the sky above the village. There was a very loud whistling accompanying the rocket as it flew. The rocket exploded and released a pattern of the Yoshi eater in the sky. The pattern stayed in the air for a few seconds before disappearing. Unfortunately, the rocket had attracted Yoob's attention. It was now looking towards the cliff.
"Where's Yoob now?" Yoshi asked.
"Coming toward us!" Without any hesitation, both dinosaurs climbed aboard the Turbo Birdo and left the cliff.
"Where now?" Birdo asked.
"To the port. We need to get off the island. Everyone will be making their way there." Birdo nodded and continued driving. When they reached the bottom of the cliff, Birdo began following the road on the outside of the island. She had never been so terrified in her life. She didn't know whether Yoob would eat her as well but she equally didn't want to stick around to find out. The sooner they got off the island the better. Yoshi felt the same way. If they could get everybody off the island, they would be safe for the moment. But there would also be the problem of getting rid of Yoob again.
Along the way to the port, the two passed a tight corner on the edge of the island with a cliff very close by. Birdo had to slow down greatly in order to avoid driving off the edge, but she did catch something on a nearby sign that caught her attention. She stopped the car, much to Yoshi's shock, reversed back and had a look at the sign. The sign read; 'whirlpool cliff'. Birdo climbed out of the car and looked over the edge. She immediately saw how the area got its name. At the bottom of the cliff were several whirlpools. The cliff was about 50ft high and far too smooth to climb up. Yoshi jumped off the back of the car and came over to Birdo.
"Birdo, we need to get out of here. Why did you stop?" Yoshi asked.
"Because I think I have a way of getting rid of the monster." Birdo replied. Yoshi blinked and looked at her.
"What's your idea?"
"Whirlpool cliff. If we can get the monster to fall off the cliff, it won't survive." Yoshi had a look over the side of the cliff and had a look at the whirlpools. He then realised that Birdo may indeed have an idea. The big question was how were they going to knock Yoob off the cliff and into the whirlpools.
"Birdo, I like your idea, but how do you intend to knock the monster into the whirlpools?" Yoshi asked. Birdo blinked. She drew a complete blank on this idea. She sighed and looked down.
"I don't know." Yoshi sighed and looked around. It was now his turn to notice something. The cliff opposite the whirlpools was beginning to collapse due to wind erosion. This gave him an idea of how to knock Yoob into the whirlpools.
"I've got it!" Yoshi grabbed Birdo's arm and took her to the edge of the crumbling cliff.
"Birdo, here's the plan. When Yoob passes this point, we will start a rockslide. The rockslide will hit the creature and push it into the whirlpools."
"But how do we start a rockslide?" Birdo asked.
"I know how." Yoshi went back to the Turbo Birdo and pulled out the large egg that had resulted in swallowing the green shrooboid. Birdo immediately clicked as to what Yoshi was going to do. An egg that big would easily start a rockslide if it hit the right spot. Yoshi began examining the cliff from a distance for a few minutes. He eventually decided on a small point at the base of the cliff. He then took the egg and began lining up his shot.
"Birdo, I only have one chance at this. Prepare yourself for the worst." Yoshi said. Birdo remained silent out of shock. She knew what Yoshi meant by that but didn't want to believe it. She did know that if Yoshi missed, it could be the end for both of them. It wasn't long before they heard Yoob's terrible footsteps. The two walked backwards slowly to put adequate distance between where the rockslide would happen and where they were. Birdo hid behind Yoshi out of fear as Yoob appeared around the cliff. Yoshi held his breath and waited for Yoob to step on the right spot. As soon as it was in line with the cliff, Yoshi threw the egg at the spot he was aiming for. The egg found its mark and part of the cliff collapsed, starting a rockslide. Would it be enough to carry Yoob over whirlpool cliff?
A/N: Yep, a cliffhanger. Sorry this took so long. I had writers' block for this story. Anyway, please review. I need to know if there're any areas I can improve on.