Yay! The King Kong episode! I actually had to retype this. Stupid computer…

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Ep 2: K.K.

Tori shook her head as she looked around. They had Jumped to the cargo hold of an old ship. Only, the hold was filled with various sized cages. Tori turned to Ashley and scoffed. "Where did you take us THIS time, Ashley? A boat for the circus?"

"I don't know…" Ashley admitted. "The image just appeared in my mind…"

"Who's there?" an angry voice called. It was male and kind of British. Tori narrowed her eyes. Was that Griffin? No. This boy was younger and had blond hair. He also wore clothes that seemed to come from the 1930's. Oh, no, Tori thought. She closed her eyes as Ashley made up a bogus story of how the two of them wished to join the crew of the ship.

"Might as well ask for more fit clothes…" Tori murmured as she opened her eyes. "You brought us to the 1930's…"

"Oh, no…" Ashley moaned. "Can we borrow some clothes? Fit for the high seas?" The boy nodded and disappeared above deck. Soon, he returned with two sets of clothes. He stepped out and the girls changed. "Hm…oddly comfortable."

"Good…" Tori rolled her eyes. They left the hold. "What's your name?" Tori asked the boy when they were with him.

"Jimmy…" the boy shrugged.

"Hey…you look like Griffin…" Ashley pointed out.

"Who's Griffin?"

"Oh…just someone…I like…"

"So does that mean you like me?" Jimmy smirked.

"Noooo…." Ashley looked at Tori.

"That means yes," Tori smiled. "Don't worry, I'll try to keep her away from your hat."

"My hat?" Jimmy looked at Ashley with pleading eyes. "Please don't take my hat miss…"

Ashley's eyes widened. "Oh my God! You're so cute!" She hug/tackled Jimmy.

Tori pried her off. "Let's go meet the rest of the crew." She pulled Ashley along. Ashley waved goodbye at Jimmy. They walked through the boat. Tori ended getting them lost. They began going in circles, very, very lost.

"We're lost…" Ashley sighed.

"Just be patient…" Tori looked back at Ashley. She ran into someone. She flinched and looked up. There was a young man with short, combed-over, black hair and glasses looking down at her. He was a little taller than her. He blushed slightly and Tori looked away. Ashley looked at them from behind Tori, smirking.

"I-I'm sorry…" Tori murmured. "We got lost trying to find the captain."

"I can take you to him…" the man offered. Tori nodded and they followed him. "My name's Preston…by the way…"

"Tori…" Tori murmured.

"The name's Ashley and I want to steal Jimmy's hat…" Ashley beamed.

"Sounds…nice…?" Preston smiled.

Tori rolled her eyes, out of her shy trance. "Just ignore her nonsense…"

Preston lead them to the helm. A tall, blond man turned to them. He was lean and stern-looking.

"Tori and Ashley, Captain Englehorn…" Preston motioned to them. "They asked to see you."

"Ah, okay," Englehorn nodded. "You can go, Preston…"

"W-wait…" Tori said as Preston was turning to go. "W-we don't really know our way around…wouldn't it be more sensible for…Preston to stay…to show us where to go…?"

Englehorn hesitated. Preston looked at him, expectantly. "All right," Englehorn said, "stay, Preston."

Tori felt her cheeks redden. She looked down. She heard Ashley snicker. She shot her a glare. Ashley held in her laughter as best as she could as she turned to Englehorn.

"We would like to join your crew!" Ashley exclaimed, bluntly. She glanced at Tori. Preston was standing next to her, both of them looking down. "At least we might be disguised from that evil…" she murmured to Tori. Tori looked worriedly at her.

"All right…" Englehorn nodded. "You can help the cook, Tori. And Ashley can help Jimmy…" Tori smirked at Ashley, who beamed.

"All right!" Ashley nodded. Tori smiled.

"I'll try my best."

Preston led them onto the deck. There was a group of men gathered around a man with a crank camera. The director, a particularly intent-looking man, was barking orders at a gorgeous actress. Tori looked at her with envy. Suddenly, Ashley ran up to the camera and made faces into it. Tori ran after her, rolling her eyes.

"I'm so sorry," Tori looked at the director, pulling Ashley away. "I don't know why she insists on acting this way."

"Get offa me!" Ashley exclaimed. She pulled away and ran from Tori. "Killjoy!"

Tori glared at Ashley. "Grow up."

Ashley stuck her tongue out at Tori. "I just wanted to ruin his film…"

Tori sighed and turned to the director. "You'll have to excuse Ashley, she likes making jokes of things."

"It's okay," the director looked thoughtfully at Tori. "I'm Carl Denham."

"Tori," Tori bowed. "It's really nice to meet a great director…"

"Great director!" Carl repeated the praise, proudly. Tori laughed.

"Who's the screenwriter?" Tori looked around.

"Jack," Carl pointed to a tall man with…a large nose. Tori twitched at the sight of the nose. Seriously! That thing is HUGE!!!

"Hi…" Tori smiled, nervously.

"TORI!" Ashley called. "I need to get Jimmy and Englehorn…guard the others!"

Tori tilted her head. Then, she suddenly felt the presence again. She fell to her knees, holding her pounding head. "Not again! Even here?"

"What's wrong?!" Preston rushed to her. Carl looked at her, the wheels in his head turning.

"I'm back!" Ashley pulled Jimmy and Englehorn behind her. "Grab the director, the writer, the actress, and your boyfriend…"

"Why you little…" Tori stood and rushed at Ashley. Suddenly, a large monster, like the Lochness, only bigger…MUCH bigger, rose from the water. Tori was about to fall to her knees again, but Preston caught her. She grabbed Carl's hand, and he grabbed his camera, filming all the while. Ann, the actress, took Tori's other hand and Jack took Ann's.

"Jimmy," Ashley barked, "grab Jack's hand!" Jimmy obeyed, confused. The sea monster reached out with a large tongue and the group Jumped away right before the tongue had a chance to snatch Tori away.

The monster slid under the ocean once again, causing the boat to sway violently back and forth. The rest of the crew looked over to see the group gone.

Soon, a man that looked much like Jimmy walked onto the deck. He glared at the crew. He scoffed.

"Damn! Just missed them!" Griffin growled. Without thinking, he Jumped, following the Scar.

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Yay! Tori X Preston-ness! X3 Blame Ashley. She made me a fan girl.