Chapter 2: Where the Dinosaurs Roam
(Cranky's house in the morning)
Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong walked into Cranky Kong's house.
Donkey Kong- Cranky, you still kicking?
Shortly after, they saw Cranky creep out from the dark with that walking cane of his.
Cranky Kong- Not you two again! Barging into an old man's house uninvited and disturbing his nap! Why I outa give you both the beating you rightfully deserve after all the times you disturbed me for the stupidest of reasons!
Cranky then swings his cane and hits Donkey Kong on the head with it.
Cranky Kong- Now…what do you two braindead apes want from me?
Donkey Kong rubbed his head a bit.
Diddy Kong- Well, Donkey Kong has been having strange dreams lately…
Cranky Kong- You retards disturbed me for that?!
Donkey Kong- I was suggesting Kyrin, but Diddy insisted we come to talk to you. Anyway, it wasn't just me, but the other members of the Super Mario Brothers' Team have been having dreams similar to mine. First Ash and his dream about a prince with a legendary Poke'mon called Ho-Oh. Then Sonic and his dream about a former hedgehog god. Then Ty and his dream about a gray Tasmanian tiger thief who also liked to smoke tabaco. Then Link and his dream about a swordsman wearing the pelt of a gray wolf. And then Kirby's dream about a female Star Warrior.
Cranky Kong- Your point?
Donkey Kong- Their dreams turned out to be warnings of dangers that occurred shortly after they had them. And it's not just me. Pit and Shantae have also been having strange dreams much like mine and the others. I keep dreaming I'm a different gorilla and I'm fighting some kind of fire breathing dinosaur and…
As soon as Donkey Kong mentioned a fire breathing dinosaur, Cranky's expression changed.
Cranky Kong- A fire breathing dinosaur…was it a T-rex?
Donkey Kong- How did you know?
Cranky Kong- I think I might know of a monster that fits the description…
Cranky Kong reaches for a book on the dusty old bookshelf on the wall, pulls out a book, blows the dust off of it, and hands it to Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong.
Donkey Kong- What do you expect me to do with that? I can't read?
Cranky Kong- For the love of…do I have to do everything for you, you bumbling baboon?! Fine, I'll read it!
Cranky opens the book and revealed a picture of a gorilla that looked similar to Donkey Kong.
Donkey Kong- Hey, that's the Kong who I was in my dreams!
Diddy Kong- Wow! He looked almost exactly like you, DK. Who is he?
Cranky Kong- His name was King Kong. He was a previous king of Kongo Jungle and defender of the Crystal Coconut long before you. Even long before me.
Diddy Kong- Wow! Must've been really long ago if it was long before your time!
Cranky beaned Diddy over the head with his cane.
Cranky Kong- Learn to respect your elders, Diddy.
Donkey Kong- Exactly how long ago was his reign?
Cranky Kong- About 1,000 years ago. And back then, the Kong's were much more primitive than you, Donkey Kong. King Kong was rumored to be even stupider than you. And that is no small feat for sure! Anyway, King Kong protected Kongo Jungle and the Crystal Coconut like you do. He might've been dumber than you, but his strength is said to be just as massive as yours. He fought many who wanted to steal the Crystal Coconut and defeated every single one of them. But the most persistent was King Tyrannosaurus, the king of the dinosaurs. At first, King Tyrannosaurus was an ordinary T-rex, but after failing to defeat King Kong so many times, he somehow stole a magic spirit stone to give King Tyrannosaurus the power over fire. Rumors also say King Tyrannosaurus got the Fire Spirit Stone by making a deal with a god or something, but it was never proven how he managed to steal a magical artifact like that. The Fire Spirit Stone gave King Tyrannosaurus not just the ability to breathe fire, but to practically command all of it and even absorb it. With this new fire power, quite literally, King Tyrannosaurus drove King Kong and the other Kong's out of Kongo Jungle. King Kong managed to evacuate all the Kong's and escape with the Crystal Coconut before King Tyrannosaurus and his army of dinosaurs could hurt anyone. And it says that King Kong took the Kong's too…WHAT THE?!
Diddy Kong- What?
Cranky Kong- It says that King Kong and the other Kong's fled to a distant land that we know today as the Mushroom Kingdom! This book also says that King Kong returned to Kongo Jungle with two men who called themselves the Super Mario Brothers.
Diddy Kong- And this happened a 1,000 years ago? DK, do you think King Kong was part of the original team that first took on Tabuu?
Donkey Kong- I don't know. Sure, he was who I was in my dreams and I do remember there were two men who resembled Mario and Luigi fighting alongside King Kong, but I don't know anything else about him.
Diddy Kong- Now I'm more curious. Hey, think you could be related to this King Kong like how Mario's related to the leader of the original team?
Cranky Kong- You kidding?! As stupid as Donkey Kong is, King Kong was said to be even more stupid! How can they be related?
Donkey Kong- Cranky, you and I are related.
Cranky Kong- Don't remind me!
Diddy Kong- So what happened to King Tyrannosaurus?
Cranky Kong- The book says after King Kong and his new friends defeated King Tyrannosaurus, they first tried to get take back the Fire Spirit Stone, but King Tyrannosaurus had already eaten it, permanently fusing its power into him. So, the two brothers from the Mushroom Kingdom asked a friend of theirs who happened to have been a god for counsel. And King Tyrannosaurus and his army of dinosaurs were sealed inside a fake volcano just outside the outskirts of Kongo Jungle. Its exact location is not written.
Donkey Kong- A friend who was a god?
Diddy Kong- Wouldn't be surprised if it was Kyrin.
Cranky Kong- Ok, I've told you all that you want to know. Now get out of my house and let me get some peace before I smack you all again!
Donkey Kong- Fine, we're going.
Then Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong exited Cranky's house.
(Back over at the northeastern end of Kongo Jungle)
The Snowmed pirate ship sailed closer to the fake volcano. The heat was getting harder to bare the closer they got. Fredrick got his horn from below deck and rushed to the bow. Many of the Snowmeds onboard and Sir Grodus were struggling to endure the heat.
Lord Fredrick- Ok, I got my horn. Now where do I aim?
Sir Grodus- Give me a moment…
Grodus analyzed his cybernetics on the fake volcano detected a weak point near the top.
Sir Grodus- There! 52 degrees to your right and 31 degrees upward.
Then Fredrick blew on his horn and a burst of ice was fired from the horn and struck the fake volcano. The top was suddenly knocked off and most of the fake volcano froze over.
Sir Grodus- Wow! Even with all that ice covering it, there's still so much heat!
Lord Fredrick- Don't you remember what you told me earlier? It's a fake volcano. And the heat is being administrated from the one trapped inside of it.
Sir Grodus- Right, I forgot for a moment. Now let's get in there and get…(groan)…
Lord Fredrick- Huh…? Grodus…are you…
Then the words "Buffering" appeared on Sir Grodus' head for a moment. Eventually, Grodus snapped out of it.
Sir Grodus- Shit! Not again! Still random buffering after the damage Hades caused for spaying me with that fire extinguisher twice!
Lord Fredrick- I'm sure once we retrieve that piece of Tabuu's soul from the dinosaurs, I'm sure he'd be more than happy to fully fix your systems. Let's go, Grodus.
Then Sir Grodus lifted his staff up and an energy bubble appeared around Grodus and Fredrick before carrying them into the opening Fredrick made in the fake volcano.
(Inside the fake volcano)
Sir Grodus and Lord Fredrick entered this darkened area. There were dinosaur bodies lying all over the place as if they were placed under some sort of spell.
Sir Grodus- Yikes! So many of these huge beasts!
Lord Fredrick- Relax. They won't wake up until he wakes up.
Eventually, Fredrick and Grodus stumble across a large tyrannosaurus rex lying on the middle of the floor.
Lord Fredrick- This is the guy. Alright Grodus, wake him up.
Grodus pointed his staff at the T-rex and these light green energy waves were being administrated from the staff before they flew into the body of the giant T-rex. After a few moments, the large tyrannosaurus rose up and roared into the air as a stream of fire rushed from its mouth.
Large tyrannosaurus- King finally awake!
Lord Fredrick- Good to know you're finally away, big fella.
The large tyrannosaurus noticed Fredrick and Grodus standing below him.
Large tyrannosaurus- Who these that dare speak to King?! King so hungry…King feel he no eat for centuries…maybe King have snack now!
Before the large tyrannosaurus could do anything, he heard a voice speak into his head.
Tabuu (telepathically to the large tyrannosaurus)- I wouldn't do that if I were you, King Tyrannosaurus.
King Tyrannosaurus- (GASP) D-d-d-dark god…King no tell!
Tabuu (telepathically to King Tyrannosaurus)- I know you didn't tell. They never found any links to me about that spirit stone I got for you.
Sir Grodus- Hold on, this dinosaur knows you, Master Tabuu?
Tabuu (telepathically to Sir Grodus)- Yes, he does. It was actually one of my very first attacks against Marco and Loewy. King Tyrannosaurus wanted to defeat King Kong after getting his ass handed to him over and over again. I stole the Fire Spirit Stone from the Spirit World and gave it to him. I told him that asides from not telling anyone that I gave him the stone, I wanted him to dispose of the Mario Brothers. However, he wanted to fight King Kong first and claim the Crystal Coconut. Which lead to King Kong hooking up with Marco and Loewy and the Marco meeting the first member of his team-to-be! But anyway, King Tyrannosaurus…I believe something that belongs to me has stumbled into this structure that was your prison for the last 1,000 years.
King Tyrannosaurus- 1,000 years?
Tabuu (telepathically to King Tyrannosaurus)- That's how long it's been since King Kong and Marco put you and your dinosaur army in that hibernation status.
Then King Tyrannosaurus notices a glowing black substance in his claw.
Tabuu (telepathically to King Tyrannosaurus)- Yes, that's it! A missing piece of my power! Please hand it over to my followers, King Tyrannosaurus.
King Tyrannosaurus- Dark god use King. Left King to rot after beaten by Mario's and King Kong. Why King help dark god who cares nothing for King?
Tabuu (telepathically to King Tyrannosaurus)- Because I have information about the new king of Kongo Jungle. The one who now protects the Crystal Coconut.