Chapter 33: More Talisman Hunting
In what looks like a mountain area and in a base the black bird is talking to a shadowy figure.
"You have done well, my friend. The information you supplied is invaluable." The black bird said. "So, someone thinks they can stop me from obtaining all of the talismans and that Key girl is one of them. Of course, neither will succeed. Troops! I want those meddling mammals and the Key girl stopped at any cost!" The blick bird commanded.
"Yes, sir!" The frill lizard said as frill lizard Heartless, kangaroo Heartless, and Black Xetis are summoned and leave.
"Those talismans are as good as mine. Now, begin phase two!" The black bird said.
Back at the canyon area the Talisman Locator leads the group to a different location of the canyon.
"We won't make it to find the other talismans on foot." Alibaba said.
"Already, my freakin' feet hurt!" Ken said.
"We can't give up yet." Noel said.
"Too right! Maybe something might help us out here." Ty said.
Just then Maurie flies to the group.
"There you are, mates. Welcome to the wide-open Outback! I see ya got one of the talismans." Maurie said.
"Yes. Now, we're currently searching for the next." Espio said.
"And we have get through this place to find it." Aang said.
"That sounds like a bit of a pickle." Maurie said.
"Don't worry. We'll figure this out." Noel said and just then she sees something and it's a giant boar and so she walks over to the giant boar. "Um, hello. I was wondering if you could help us with getting out of here..." Noel said as she pets the boar and it lets her on get on it.
"Hold up, you're gonna sit on that over-sized pig?" Ken asked making the boar growl at Ken making him back away.
"Ya think it'll help us?" Ty asked.
"It's worth a try." Noel said.
"Can't argue with that." Katara said and the group get on the boar.
"Okay, can you take us out this place?" Noel asked and the boar starts moving.
The boar takes the group through the canyon area while avoiding rocks and tornadoes but then giant Crushoceros Black Xetis appear and try to ram at the roar but the boar manages to strike back at the Crushoceros Black Xetis while Noel uses Strike Raid and Ty throws his boomerangs and the boar keeps moving through the canyon at great speed while still dodging any rocks in the way and avoids the tornadoes and the group continue to look after any more Black Xetis and Heartless that appear and attack but there is nothing and so the boar continues through but then more Crushoceros Black Xetis appear and ram at the boar again but Noel casts Fire while Ty throws his boomerangs and the boar rams back at the Crushoceros Black Xetis defeating them and later on the boar is nearing the end of the canyon and hurries to it and later on the boar manages to reach the end of the canyon and the group are in a billabong and it's night time.
"We're finally out!" Knuckles said and the group get off the boar.
"Thank you for helping us." Noel said petting the boar who grunts in response.
"You look tired. Get some rest. We'll keep on going." Aang said and the boar grunts in response and starts resting.
"Espio, anything around here?" Carmelita asked.
"The Talisman Locator is still leading us. There is no going off yet." Espio said.
"We'll have to get through this billabong to find another talisman." Noel said.
"I just hope there are no spiders or roaches." Ken said.
"Why? You scared of spiders and roaches?" Kazooie asked.
"Shuddup, Birdbrain!" Ken yelled making the others laugh.
"Come on. Let's our way out of this place." Zuko said.
The group start moving through the billabong while dealing with the darkness and while they continue moving Maurie arrives.
"G'day, everyone! I see ya got through that canyon without trouble." Maurie said.
"Yeah. Now we've got to find the other talisman." Ty said.
"I think I know just the person who can help you get through this billabong. This is the home of my old mate, Dennis the cheapskate...er, I mean Green Tree Frog." Maurie said.
"How do you think he can help us?" Alibaba asked.
"He'll give you a good direction of how to get out of here and continue your talisman hunt. I reckon if you did him some sort of favor, he could help you out." Maurie said.
"Leave it to us, Maurie." Ty said.
"Let;s go find this Dennis." Noel said.
The group move through the billabong while fighting off Frill Heartless and Kangaroo Heartless in their way and continue through to find Dennis and later on they find a green tree frog wearing a blue robe.
"E-Excuse me..." Noel said but the frog cowers.
"Please don't hurt me!" The frog begged.
"Chill out. We're not here to hurt you. You're Dennis the Cheap..." Ken was cut off by an elbow by Katara.
"What he means is you're Denis the Green Tree Frog, right? We're friends of Maurie's." Katara said.
"Well, I believe you when you say that. I'm glad you're here. You see, these awful creatures extinguished all the lights that show my way home. Now, I don't know where to go. I'm not scared of the dark or anything, but..." Dennis was cut off by a croak making him cower again.
"It was just a frog, Mister Dennis." Cream said.
"Oh, yes, yes. Anywho, would you kindly escort me home?" Dennis asked.
"Sure thing." Knuckles said.
The group begin escorting Dennis through the dark billabong and while lighting lamps nearby but Black Xetis and Heartless appear and attack but the group defeat the Black Xetis and the Heartless and continue to escort Dennis through the billabong while still lighting the way and later on the group arrive at a house and it's Dennis' house.
"Ah, home sweet home! I made it here thanks to you all." Dennis said.
"You're welcome." Carmelita said.
"Now how about you help us out? Maurie said you'd know someway out of this billabong?" Zuko asked.
"Yes, I do. To get out of this billabong, you'll want to go to the north of here, then get to the other side of the billabong, and there is a bridge that lead you to the way out of the billabong." Dennis explained.
"Thank you, Dennis. That's helpful." Noel said.
"I wish you good luck on your adventure and good day to you." Dennis said.
The group start going to the north of Dennis' house and while doing so the Talisman Locator starts taking lead.
"This must be the right direction. We'll have to follow Dennis' advice and the locator's lead." Espio said.
"Let's do that." Banjo said.
The group continue to follow the direction and they reach the north of the billabong and now they need to get to the other side of the billabong while fighting off Black Xetis and Heartless in their way and later on they find the other side of the billabong and now they need to find a bridge that will take them to the end of the billabong but then Frill Heartless appear and attack the group but Noel and Ty defeat them and keep finding a bridge to take them out of the billabong and later on they see what looks like a bridge up ahead and they assume it's the bridge that lead them to the end of the billabong and so they get to the bridge and start crossing it and they reach the end of the bridge and they leave the billabong.
"Good finally out of that place." Ken said.
"Now let's see if we can find any more talismans around here." Alibaba said.
"The locator is still leading and it us to go that way." Espio said.
"Come on." Noel said as the group start following the Talisman Locator's lead again.
Later on the group arrive at what looks like a beach area and the group start searching and the Talisman Locator starts to go off.
"It's going off again! That means a talisman should be nearby." Knuckles said.
"Bonza! But where is it?" Ty asked.
"I think it's somewhere in the water..." Espio said.
Just then something appears from underwater and it's a giant Black Xeti that looks like a crab with giant hook claws, crimson eyes, and a Black Xeti symbol on is shell.
"Not another Black Xeti..." Aang said.
"Like the last one, I bet it has the other talisman." Carmelita said.
"We'll have to defeat it to find out." Noel said.
The Black Xeti known as Crabbler attacks the group with its hook claws but the group dodge the hook claw attack and Ty throws his boomerangs at Crabbler who uses one hook claw to latch on the ground to get the group who dodge but Crabbler uses its other hook claw to latch on the ground to get the group but Banjo has Kazooie triple peck at Crabbler while Carmelita pistol whips but Crabbler charges at the group and swings its hook claws at them but Grace uses Tackle to strike but Crabbler jumps into the water and then uses its hook claws to drop onto the group who dodge and Katara and Aang work together to bend the water to create a bubble trapping Crabbler allowing Ken to throw magic music bombs but Crabbler strikes at the group with its hook claws again but Espio throws four shurikens while Knuckles uses Drill Punch but Crabbler uses both its hook claws to latch on the ground to get the group but Morgiana uses Battle Cry while Alibaba slashes with his knife but Crabbler charges at the group and swings it hook claws again but Zuko slashes with his broadswords and then unleashes a jet of fire while Cream unleashes Omochao Bomb but Crabbler jumps back into the water and uses its hook claws to drop onto the group who dodge but the hook claws keep dropping down on the group but they keep dodging until Crabbler jumps back out of the water and swings its hook claws but Noel aerial slashes with Radiant Salvation and then casts Blizzard to strike.
Crabbler latches its hook claws on two different palm trees and then kicks at the group in the air but the group dodge but Crabbler flips over and continues to deliver a kick but Knuckles delivers a giant punch while Morgiana delivers a strong kick and sends Crabbler back into the ocean and Crabbler unleashes water pillars from the ocean to get the group but Katara freeze the water pillars and turns them into ice needles and throws them at Crabbler but Crabbler turns into a shell to protect itself but as it gets out of its shell Banjo has Kazooie charge at Crabbler while Alibaba uses Amon's fire to strike but Crabbler latches onto two palm trees and delivers a kick at the group but Zuko delivers a fire kick while Carmelita shoots electric shots from her shock pistol but Crabbler swings its hook claws at the group but Aang unleashes whirlwinds while Espio delivers multi ninja kicks but Crabbler hides in its shell again to protect itself but Ken unleashes magic music waves and then casts Thunder but Crabbler uses its hook claws to latch on the ground to get the group but Cream sends Cheese to attack while Grace uses Growl but Crabbler goes back into the ocean and then sends out water pillars and then uses its hook claws to drop on the group who dodge both the water pillars and the dropping hook claws but Crabbler keeps using its hook claws and unleashing water pillars until it jumps out of the water and tries to latch on the group but Ty delivers a huge bite at Crabbler who tries to swing its hook claws but Noel slashes with Radiant Salvation and then uses Edge Slash and finishes off Crabbler who falls into the water and disappears in dark mist.
"Look." Banjo said as the dark mist disappears and reveals a talisman that has a platypus symbol.
"Another talisman!" Noel said.
"Ripper!" Ty said.
"Alright!" Ken said.
"There was only one in this place. This locator will lead us to the next one." Espio said.
"Then we can't waste anymore time here. Let's get going." Katara said and the group leave the beach.
The group are now in what looks like an entrance to a rain forest and the Talisman Locator is leading the group to the rain forest entrance.
"Are you sure this is where the locator wants us to go to?" Kazooie asked.
"I'm sure it would never lie. Let's find our way out and find the third talisman." Espio said.
Meanwhile at the mountain lair the black bird waits for the frill lizards to return and they do.
"Did you take care of our troublesome menaces?" The black bird asked.
"Well, the thing is...that they're all good and defeated everything." One of the frill lizards informed.
"WHAT?! I can't believe that a rat and that girl have defeated my Black Xetis and my Heartless!" The black bird said.
"I was thinking that maybe instead of trying to stop them, we should..." The frill lizard stops talking as the black bird face palms.
"Come over here." The black bird said and the frill lizard does so. "What's my name?" The black bird asked.
"Uh, Cass?" The frill lizard guessed.
"No. That's my last name. What's my first name?" The black bird asked.
"Uh, Boss?" The frill lizard guessed.
"That's right. And...I'M THE ONLY BOSS AROUND HERE! I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK! GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!" The black bird named Boss Cass shouted as the frill lizards leave in fear. "UGH! I've surrounded myself with numbskull imbeciles!" Boss Cass said.
"Maybe I can help. After all, who knows Tasmanian Tigers better than me?" A voice asked and it's a dark orange Tasmanian Tiger wearing a sleeveless black vest and brown pants with a skull buckle.
"Who indeed?" Boss Cass asked as he laughs.
Meanwhile the group are now in the rain forest and they look like they're lost.
"This rain forest is lookin' like some sort of freakin' maze." Ken said.
"We'll take forever to get out of here." Alibaba said.
"I know we'll get through." Noel said.
"Too right, Noel! Let's go!" Ty said.
"I hope we get outta here. I hope that locator's gonna help us with that." Knuckles said.
The group start moving through the rain forest and it is looking like a maze but the group keep going to figure out the right path to find a way out of the rain forest but then Frill Heartless appear and attack but the group defeat them and keep going through the rain forest and they find a water slide and slide down the water slide and go to the lower part of the rain forest and keep going while still fighting off Black Xetis and Heartless in their way and they continue and later on they arrive at a giant tree and decide to enter it and they're in a giant tree top but then something appears in front of them and it's the dark orange Tasmanian Tiger.
"What the...?! Who's this guy?!" Knuckles asked.
"He looks just like you, Ty." Aang said.
"Struth! Another Tasmanian Tiger?" Ty asked.
"Wh-Who are you...?" Noel asked.
"Name's Sly the Tasmanian Tiger and you've been messin' with Boss Cass. Now, I'm gonna mess with you!" The dark orange Tasmanian Tiger named Sly said as he takes out two boomerangs that are orange and black and they have skulls and bones on them.
"He wants to fight us." Zuko said.
"I prefer to take Sly Cooper, but this Sly will have to do." Carmelita said.
"Why do we always have to get into these pointless fights...?" Noel asked as she takes out Radiant Salvation.
Sly throws his boomerangs at the group but they dodge the boomerangs and Ty throws his own boomerangs at Sly getting him but Sly jumps into the treetop's leaves and throws his two boomerangs at the group getting them but Espio turns invisible and throws his shurikens at Sly knocking him out of the treetop's leaves but Sly retaliates with swiping one of his boomerangs at the group and then throws the other boomerang but Carmelita shoots electric shots from her shock pistol while Katara throws water discs but Sly jumps back into the treetop's leaves and throws his boomerangs at the group who dodge but Sly jumps out of the treetop's leaves and swipes his boomerangs but Zuko lashes with his flame whips while Knuckles uses Uppercut but Sly keeps throwing his boomerangs at the group but Banjo has Kazooie shoot eggs while Grace uses Tackle but Sly swipes with one of his boomerangs and then throws his other boomerang but Cream sends Cheese to attack while Aang delivers air slashes but Sly jumps back into the treetop's leaves and throws one boomerang and then throws the other boomerang but the group dodge the throwing boomerangs but Sly keeps throwing his boomerangs but Morgiana leaps to the treetop Sly is one and delivers strong punches and then delivers a spin kick and knocks Sly down but Sly throws his boomerangs at the tree trunks ricocheting his boomerangs all over to get the group but Alibaba slashes with his knife while Ken bashes with his guitar and then casts Fire but Sly throws his boomerangs again at the group but Noel triple slashes with Radiant Salvation and then uses Strike Raid and then knocks Sly back who kneels to the ground.
"I...I can't believe it! No one's ever beat me in battle before! You haven't seen the last of me!" Sly said as he jumps into the treetop's leaves.
"Insulting. That fight was a waste of time." Espio said.
"Now that's over with. Let's keep finding our way out of here." Noel said.
"Righto. Where to now?" Ty asked.
"The Talisman Locator is now leading us through this treetop. Let's follow its lead and move." Espio said.
"Okay then. Come on." Banjo said.
The group leave the treetops and continue their way through the rain forest while still figuring out the right pathway and later on they come across near the end of the rain forest and arrive at a mountain side.
"Is that where that locator wants to go to?" Ken asked.
"Yes. It's leading us this way." Espio said.
"I guess we should go there then..." Noel said as the group make their way to the mountain side.
After going through the mountain side the group are now in a cold and snowy place but they see some fires around the snowy place.
"Oh, no! What's happenin' here?" Ty asked and Maurie flies to the group.
"G'day, everyone. Welcome to snowy mountains." Maurie said.
"Maurie, why is there fire spreading?" Katara asked.
"Well, the Bilbis were playin' hide and seek in the snow, but then the Black Xetis and the Heartless have started a bushfire. The Bilbia are now trapped and don't know what to do." Maurie explained.
"Big mistake! No one messes with my mates! We gotta help 'em!" Ty said.
"I agree." Noel said.
"Good on ya, mates. They're all counting on ya." Maurie said.
The group start going through the snowy place and begin looking for bushfires and trapped Bilbies but then Werewolf Black Xetis and Spider Black Xetis appear and attack the group but Noel defeats them and keep looking out for bushfires and they see one and so Noel casts Blizzard while Katara uses her Waterbending to get rid of the bushfires and Zuko uses his Firebending to get the fires off the bushfires and saved one trapped Bilby and they go out to find more and so they keep searching the snowy place to get rid of more bushfires and rescuing more trapped Bilbies while still fighting off Black Xetis and Heartless in their way and they find more bushfires to get rid of and find more trapped Bilbies to save and later on the group rescue every trapped Bilby and put out every bushfire around.
"Onya, mates! You saved the Bilbies. I reckon they'll go play someplace safer." Maurie said.
"No worries." Ty said.
"By the way, how is your talisman hunting coming?" Maurie asked.
"We now have two so far." Cream answered.
"Now we're being lead to the third one and that's why we're here." Alibaba said.
"I see that locator's come in handy. Guess Julius is a genius after all." Maurie said.
"Now the locator is leading this way." Espio said.
"It's pointing to the snowy mountain itself?" Maurie asked.
"Maybe. We'll check there." Noel said.
"Be careful, mates. Boss Cass will stop at nothing to keep you from hindering him." Maurie said.
"No worries. We'll be right!" Ty said.
The group start moving through the snowy place to follow the Talisman Locator's lead and it's taking them to up the snow mountains and so the group start climbing up to the upper part of the snowy place and make their way to the snowy mountains and later on they find a cable car system and use it to get to the top of the mountain and as the cable car reaches to the top the group get off and are now on the top and the Talisman Locator leads the group to down the slope of the mountain to reach the lower part of the snowy mountain and later on after going down the slope the group are now on the lower mountain and they are now in a fjord.
"That was a thrilling ride down." Zuko said.
"We need o find the other talisman." Morgiana said and just then the Talisman Locator starts to go off.
"There is one nearby." Espio said.
"But where?" Ken asked and just then a giant white furred ape jumps down and confronts the group.
"You have got to be kidding me." Knuckles said.
"We'll have to beat it down and find that talisman." Banjo said.
"Okay. Get ready..." Noel said taking out Radiant Salvation.
The giant ape pounds its fist on the ground to get the group who dodge and Noel tries to slash with Radiant Salvation but nothing was hurting it and so the giant ape keeps pounding its fists on the ground and at the group to create shock waves but Noel tries casting Fire at the giant ape's arm making it scream in pain while its arm reveals to be metal but the giant ape keeps slamming its fists on the group but Ty throws his Flamerangs to get the ape's other arm and it's metal as well but the giant ape picks up a giant snowball and throws it at the group but Ken casts Fire at one of the giant ape's legs but the giant ape screams at the group and then tries to stomp at the group but Zuko unleashes a jet of fire at the giant ape's other leg but the giant ape throws another snowball at the group but Noel manages to light Radiant Salvation with her Fire magic and then throws it at the giant ape's chest revealing that the giant ape is nothing more than a giant robot.
"That ape was a robot this whole time?!" Ken asked.
"Crikey!" Ty said.
"I don't think we're done yet..." Noel said.
"Then let's finish it off." Carmelita said.
The giant robot slams its fists at the group again but they dodge the fist slamming and Noel slashes at the arm with Radiant Salvation while Ty throws his boomerangs but the giant robot fires giant snowballs at the group but Katara manipulates the snowballs and turns them into water and unleashes a stream of water at the giant robot's legs while Aang bends the snow and throws it at the giant robot's chest but the giant robot slams both its fists on the ground at the group but Espio slashes at the arms with his shuriken while Cream unleashes Omochao Bomb and it explodes but the giant robot keeps throwing snowballs at the group but Alibaba uses Amon's fire to strike while Morgiana delivers a leap kick at the giant robot's chest but the giant robot attempts to stomp on the group but Knuckles uses Drill Punch to strike at the legs while Grace uses Tackle but the giant robot throws more snowballs at the group but Zuko slashes at the legs with his broadswords and then delivers a flame kick while Carmelita shoots electric shots from her shock pistol at the giant robot's chest but the giant robot keeps trying to stomp on the group and then slams its fists on the ground but Banjo and Kazooie roll at the giant robot's legs while Ken casts Thunder at the giant robot's chest and then unleashes magic music waves but the giant robot keeps shooting snowballs and then slams its fists to the ground but Noel aerial slashes at the giant robot's chest with Radiant Salvation and then casts Blizzard while Ty throws his Frostyrangs and after enough damage the giant robot loses its arms, legs, and its chest and it's nothing more than a robotic head.
"Is it over now?" Alibaba asked.
"I don't think so, mate." Ty said as the giant robot's head summons a propeller and floats in the air.
"It just doesn't wanna make it easy for us, huh?" Ken asked.
"We'll have to shut it down for good." Noel said.
The giant robot head fires lasers from its eyes at the group but they dodge but the giant robot head flies around in the air to shoot more lasers but Noel aerial slashes at the giant robot's head with Radiant Salvation and then casts Thunder while Ken bashes at the robot head with his guitar and throws magic music bombs while Banjo has Kazooie triple peck while Grace tail whips to strike while Espio throws four shurikens while Cream sends Cheese to attack while Knuckles uses Uppercut to send the robot head flying while Carmelita shoots three electric shots from her shock pistol while Alibaba aerial slashes with his knife while Morgiana delivers a strong flip kick while Aang shoots air balls while Katara throws ice daggers while Zuko unleashes a barrage of fireballs while Ty throws his boomerang but the giant robot head keeps shooting lasers but Noel uses Strike Raid and delivers her final attack on the giant robot head making it crash down on the snowy ground and then it explodes while sending some frill lizards flying off.
"Now it's finally over." Aang said.
"Only the fight. Not our mission here." Noel said and she sees something flying out of the robot head it's another talisman with a cockatoo symbol on it.
"The third talisman. Bonza!" Ty said taking the talisman.
"Good. We'd go and find the others before this Boss Cass does." Espio said.
"Do you know where the next one is?" Katara asked.
"The locator is trying to lead us out of this snow area. Let's find our way out here and keep finding the next talismans." Espio said.
"Okay. Let's go." Noel said as the group make their way out of the snowy place.
End of chapter. What did you think of this one? Did you enjoy it? I hope you have. Now, since Christmas is on its way, I won't be updating soon, but after Christmas if over, then I'll continue with the next chapter. Speaking of Christmas, here's a little fun Christmas fact, did you know that Noel means Christmas in French? I found that interesting. Anyway, that's it. Next time, Noel, Ken, Banjo and Kazooie, Grace, Espio, Cream and Cheese, Knuckles, Carmelita, Alibaba, Morgiana, Aang, Katara, Zuko, and Ty find the remaining talismans while stopping Boss Cass' evil plan. I'll see you in the next chapter. Take care. Bye for now. Happy Holidays! :)