The snow monster was chasing the gang all around the hallways from door to door.
"You know Brenda" Dee Dee huffed "Its kinda surprising how fast I'm running in these knee-high boots while carrying you in crutches"
"Just get us further away from that yeti!" Brenda replied.
They ran towards the front door and Cavey opened it.
"Unga, quick! Get out!" Cavey said as he held the door.
Junior and the girls ran right out the door with Cavey following them and into the snowy exterior
The yeti followed them out of the door, only to saw the gang getting on snowboards.
The yeti then grabbed a snowboard and started following them down the hill.
"You know Dee, I'm amazed you can take this much weight" said Brenda, who was piggybacking on Dee Dee's shoulders.
"You should be amazed that Cavey's crutches in his fur" Dee Dee remarked.
"What's the plan?" Cavey asked Taffy.
Taffy thought for a moment "Zowie! I've got it! We'll create a diversion to the monster and one of us will apprehend him"
"How do we do that, Taffy?" asked Dee Dee.
Taffy looked around for ideas.
"Zowie!" she snapped her fingers "I've got it! Dee Dee, do you think you can hold Brenda for a little longer?"
"Yeah, I think I can" said Dee Dee "I work out"
"And Cavey, do you and Junior have any animals with sharp teeth or claws?" Taffy turned to the cavemen.
"Unga, we do" Cavey nodded "We got saber tooth tigers, mammoths, ground sloths and Dino's"
"We also got saber tooth squirrels" Junior added.
"Wrong franchise" Dee Dee whispered to Junior.
"Good" Taffy said "Now, me, Brenda and Dee-Dee will have the snow monster chase us onto a frozen pond, while you two cut a hole into the ice so the monster will fall in and then we tie him up"
"That's one daffy plan, Taffy" said Brenda.
"It's our only chance." Taffy said. "Come on."
Brenda sighed "Fine. But I'm doing this for Otto, not you guys or Pastavazoolastan"
The gang then proceeded with Taffy's plan.
The yeti was still searching for the girls, when he saw them out in the open.
"Hey Wampa Head!" Dee Dee called over "We're right here! Come and get us!"
The yeti roared and he started running after the girls.
"Y-y-yikes!" Brenda shivered "R-r-run!"
Dee Dee quickly scooped up Brenda and took off running.
While the girls were running, Cavey and his son were on the frozen pond.
"Okay son, you remember plan?" Cavey asked Junior.
"Sure do, pop" said Junior "All we have to do is a cut a hole in freezing pond when the yeti arrives. Momma will be so proud of me, won't she, dad?"
"Me suppose." Cavey nodded before he reached into his fur.
Cavey then pulled out a saber tooth tiger and used its long canines to cut a hole in the ice.
Meanwhile, the yeti was still chasing the girls.
"How much longer do we have to do this?" asked Brenda "I don't want two broken legs"
"We should be close to the pond by now" said Dee Dee.
Soon, the girls were at the pond just as the two cavemen finished with the hole.
"Okay, there they are" said Dee Dee "When we get close to the hole, jump when I count to three!"
The girls then got onto the ice and they started to slippery slide. They tried to keep their balance as they got closer to the hole.
Dee Dee saw the hole "Three!"
Using all the strength she had, Dee Dee jumped off the ice, carrying a crippled Brenda in her arms and slid right into the snow on the other side.
However, the yeti wasn't so fortunate. Sliding down the icy slope, it found itself heading towards the hole.
"Roar!" The yeti growled as it tried to slow its fall, but it was too late.
The gang looked on as the yeti splashed into the hole and minutes later, came floating up and trapped in a giant ice cube.
"Guys, he's frozen solid" said Dee Dee "Now let's take him back to the lodge"
Our heroes fished the frozen yeti out of the pond and took him back to the lodge, which was surprisingly still crowded and full and the king and Queen were complaining to the manager.
"What the?" Brenda raised her eyebrows "But we just left this place and it was empty"
Just then, Otto approached the girls and saw the frozen yeti.
"Brenda! You did it!" he said as he ran to the brunette "You stopped the monster!"
Otto ran over to Brenda and hugged her and she hugged back.
The king and queen then noticed the frozen yeti and the prince hugging Brenda.
"Son, what is going on?" asked the king.
Otto quickly took the chance to introduce Brenda to his parents.
"Mother, father, you'll never believe this" said Otto "Brenda caught the monster that stole our royal scepter"
"You mean this frozen creature?" The queen asked as she gestured towards the block of ice.
"Indeed" Otto nodded "Brenda's a hero"
"Anyways, who is this yeti anyways?" Brenda asked.
"And how come the lodge was empty when we found him?" Junior added.
"Did we miss anything?" Dee Dee then asked.
Everybody thought for a while.
"Well we've been here all day, so we couldn't have left" said the king.
Dee Dee then pondered "That's it! The reason you guys weren't in the cabin we found the yeti in is because that was the wrong lodge"
"What do you mean, Dee?" asked Taffy.
"There were footprints when the monster left the lodge, but there weren't any when we got into the other cabin" Dee Dee explained "Also, this lodge had a moose head on the wall, while the other one had a bear head. The reason this mountain is called 'Twin Peaks' is because there are two identical peaks, so..."
"There's another lodge on the other peak" Taffy concluded.
"That explains how the resort gets its name and why nobody was in the other lodge" Brenda added.
"Right" Dee Dee nodded "It also means that since the other resort is empty, the monster could use it to hide the scepter"
"So that is where the royal scepter is at?" The king asked.
"It would seem that way, yes" said Dee Dee.
"But first of all, who is this yeti exactly?" Otto asked. "And what does it want with our royal scepter?"
"We'll find out once he thaws out, which could take a while" Brenda remarked.
"No need, Brenda" said Cavey "Me have something"
Cavey reached into his fur and took out a dragon, which breathed fire and thawed the yeti out of the ice.
"Thanks Cavey" said Dee Dee.
"Now let's figure out who this abominable brute really is" said the king.
Dee Dee pulled the yeti's face off and revealed a man underneath.
"Lord Darius!" the royal family gasped.
"Who's that?" asked Taffy.
"He's our royal advisor" said Otto "I don't get it Darius, you've been with us for years, why would you turn on us?"
"Because your idiotic father was a fool." Darius said. "He meddled too much in the affairs of government officials and cracked down on officials receiving bribes and kickbacks, even forcing the democratically-elected prime minister and his cabinet to resign for receiving kickbacks on a major railway project, even though his government still commanded the confidence of Parliament."
"Well, why shouldn't I?" The king boomed. "You know darn well that corruption is a major problem in the kingdom that I intend to tackle, and I will not allow my kingdom to remain a major embarrassment on the world stage."
"It's just the traditional way of doing business, Your Majesty." Darius retorted.
"Yeah, well, my people are getting sick of this 'traditional' way of doing business." The king replied.
"No kidding." Otto added. "That so-called 'tradition' has been a reason why so many of our people can barely afford to live, not to mention that was the reason why they don't trust that previous government."
"Barley afford to live? Otto what's going on?" asked Brenda.
"It's a long story." Otto replied as the king and queen glared at the traitorous lord.
"Please Otto, what's going on?" Brenda asked "You have to tell me"
Realizing that he couldn't say 'No' to Brenda, Otto decided to come clean.
"Brenda, I can't tell you" he said "But my parents will tell you"
The king and Queen decided to not bottle up this anymore and come clean.
"Brace yourself for a long story, princess." The queen said to Brenda.
Author's Note:
Looks like our next chapter (aka, the final chapter) is going to be all about exposition. Stay tuned for some new info on Pastavazoolastan and what will become of Brenda and Otto.