Twisted
Disclaimer: I do not own Kong, or any of the characters. Plain and Simple.
Quick Summary: My version of the newest movie with a couple twists.
Author's Note: Okay, I promised a long chapter! (.)
Chapter Four: Enter the Giant Bugs
Meanwhile, the Venture crew was busy hiking towards a giant log that stretched across the gaping abyss to their right. "I cannot believe that you did this to me, Jimmy." Sighed Hayes as they made their way towards the felled tree.
Jimmy smiled to himself. "I wanted to come, Mr. Hayes!" He said. He wasn't going to rat out the Captain to Hayes. Besides, she was the one who persuaded Hayes to let him stay on the Venture in the first place.
The remaining men started to cross the log after Hayes when they were stopped.
"Wait!" Hayes warned.
"What is it Mr. Hayes?" Asked Jimmy.
"I don't know. If something happens, Jimmy, I want you to run."
"I ain't no coward, Mr. Hayes. I ain't gonna run!"
"This isn't about being brave, Jimmy."
There was a sudden roar from the cave in front of them.
"Run!" Commanded Hayes, his gun spraying bursts of bullets into the cave. Another angry roar sounded along with the sound of ricocheting bullets. Both sounds, and their echoes, were drown out by the sound of crunching gravel as the beast approached the entrance.
Jimmy cried out as a giant, furry hand grabbed Hayes around the waist while he was fumbling for his pistol. Jack grabbed Jimmy as he ran to help Hayes.
"Mr. Hayes!" Jimmy shouted; shooting wildly at the giant ape.
"Run, Jimmy," Hayes gasped as he felt something in his body break.
Hayes was thrown across the canyon as the monkey became occupied with knocking the remaining men off the log. A couple of the sailors fell, along with Carl's camera. Finally, Kong seemed to be fed up with the dead tree and pushed it off the side of cliff.
The guys managed to hold on to the tree as it tumbled into the dark abyss, and some even found something else to grab onto. Eventually, the log became lodged between the walls of the canyon and the remainder of the men that were left on the log were thrown to the swampy ground; unconscious.
\K/\K/\K/\K/\K/\K/\K/
Alex Englehorn slashed through the thick foliage with a machete toward the sound of the distressed cries ahead. She growled as yet another giant fly landed on her exposed arm and bit into her shoulder. Smashing it with the flat edge of the machete, she watched as the insect dropped away and revealed another small wound the size of a dime. Now Alex regretted giving up her shirt to the man who was bleeding profusely from a rodent bite. The rodent had been at least the size of a dog. The guy probably had rabies now.
Her white tank top shirt was now spotted with blood from her own wounds, and the large sailor's hat was soaked with sweat from the past half hour of hiking through the forest.
"Please, Captain, can we stop?" Pleaded one of the men behind her. Alex turned around to see her own men sitting around and taking drinks. She wiped the sweaty hair out of her face and leaned against a nearby tree. The silence was unnerving.
Silence. Alex's eyes burst open. She plunged into the mass of vines and trees, no longer worrying about clearing a path for the ones behind her, or the bugs and animals. She could barely hear the sailors behind her calling for her to wait and come back.
When she burst out of the woods, Alex found herself on the edge of a cliff that dropped straight down for what seemed like eternity. Then she started to loose her balance. Alex's arms went into doing pinwheels as she struggled to regain what was lost to her.
"Captain!" Shouted a voice behind her. Suddenly, she was diving headfirst into the darkness, only to be yanked to a stop by a pain in her leg. Alex cried out; it felt like somebody was pulling off her leg, which was what she was afraid of. Slowly, she was pulled back up over the edge of the abyss. The men who had saved her laid her on her back.
Alex gasped; the pain in her leg was worse now that the shock of the fall had disappeared.
"Captain Englehorn! Are you alright?" Said her rescuer, who was leaning over her face. She could see the silhouette of a sailor's hat in the brightness of the sun.
"Who...?" She propped herself up on her elbows to get a better look. Alex winced at the pain that shot up and down her leg, then through her body.
"You don't recognize me, Alex?"
"Hayes?"
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Jack woke up to darkness... and the sound of the uneven ticking of teeth. He jumped to his feet and groped for the bag that he had been carrying. Pulling out a flare, he threw it toward the direction of the clicking. He was unpleasantly surprised to see insects withdraw back into the darkness of the shadows.
"Carl!" He called; finally finding the stout director a couple of yards away. He crouched to check Jimmy's pulse when the young man's eyes flew open. It took him a couple seconds to realize what had just happened. Jimmy pushed himself into Jack's arms; sobbing uncontrollably.
The flare was wearing down, and Jack could see the bugs returning from their short vacation. "Jimmy," he warned. Cockroaches jumped out of nowhere, spiders drew themselves out of the walls, worms appeared in the mud, and various other bugs attacked how they could. Lumpy, Carl, Jack, and Jimmy held them off for as long as they could, but it was no use.
Seeming to come from heaven, a round of bullets struck the bugs nearest to them and more hit the others.
"Stay still!" Was the command that echoed from above, following the bullets.
It's not like the remaining three guys were going anywhere. Lumpy had been conquered by the mud-worms.
A rope dropped in and the three men were more than happy to return to the surface with their comrades.
\K/\K/\K/\K/\K/\K/\K/
Jimmy was the first to the top. "Captain!" He cried, rushing over to Alex, who had been propped against a tree. Her exposed body was almost covered in blood, save her face and neck, due to small bites. He was slightly ashamed to see her with such a small top on, but he was so worried that it didn't really matter. He hadn't known many girls in during his life on the Venture.
"Hello, Jimmy," she said, smiling through the pain.
Jimmy was speechless.
Carl didn't care one way or the other what the ship's captain looked like, he was far more interested in the giant ape that had almost sent them to their doom. "Hey, Jack, you're on the wrong side," he mentioned.
Jack Driscoll turned around and looked at Carl. "I'm going to find Ann; leave the gates open for me."
"Will do buddy," Carl replied. "Just make sure you don't get hurt."
Jack nodded and disappeared into the trees.
"Okay, let's get back to the boat!" Said Alex, struggling to get to her feet. She looked around. "Wait, wasn't Hayes with you guys?"
There was no reply. Beside her, Jimmy turned away so that she couldn't see his face.
"Hayes," Carl said, "Hayes is dead."
Alex stayed motionless for the longest time. She had known that when she thought that she had seen her second-in-command, it had been when she was unconscious. In other words, a dream. The injury that she had thought she had was, in reality, little more than an overstretched muscle. Alex had thought herself extremely lucky that her hip had not been dislocated.
"Well," she said quietly. "Let's get back to the Venture. We have to be ready to set sail as soon as Jack gets back." Drawing her machete, she took a swipe at the thick group of vines in front of her. When she drew it back again, Alex felt something warm drip down her face from above.
Great, dumb birds, she thought, reaching up to wipe it away. When she brought her hand back, though, it was covered in fresh blood... and she knew it wasn't her own.
Man! Talk about a long chapter! And a great cliff hanger! But I never break my promises, and I promised a long chapter. :-p Who's blood do you think it is? I absolutely love feedback! Thank you MAKORI for your one review to keep this story going! It is a pity that you are the only one reviewing. Thank you for reviewing.
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KARA