Hello, everyone...Twin Cats, here with another chapter...
So...enjoy...
After their encounter with the Spider, Diddy and Dixie climbed into the hot-air balloon. It seemed like it was moving well, as the volcano, itself was producing the hot-air.
"You know, Dixie, we supposedly have a volcano back home, too."
"No you don't," Dixie said, shaking her head, "I saw the mountain, but no volcano."
"Gorilla Glacier is a volcano," Diddy argued, "And when we rescue DK, you can ask him."
"Right," Dixie rolled her eyes, she still didn't believe him. The Hot-air balloon stopped on a ledge, the exit was just above them, "That was easier than I thought," Diddy said, both Kongs climbed out of the hot-air balloon and began to climb their way out...
...until an unusual noise was heard, beneath them. "What do you think that was?" Diddy asked, Dixie shrugged, "I dunno, and I don't think I wanna stick around to find out."
Not a moment, too soon, A large, scaly hand came out, holding a sword in his hand. The sword was twice the size of Donkey Kong, if not bigger. There was only one thing going on in Diddy and Dixie's mind: Run!
"C'mon, we gotta get outta here!" Diddy said, Dixie nodded, "There's no arguing, there." The Kongs tried to climb out of the Volcano, but the fireballs were coming in all directions, keeping the Kongs from escaping. "Go on ahead," Diddy said, "I'll slow him down!"
"But I promised that I wouldn't abandon you!" Dixie yelled, "Besides, what about the fight with Krow?"
More fireballs shot out of the sword, the Kongs dodged them. Diddy pushed Dixie ahead of him. "GO!" Dixie nodded, she couldn't just leave Diddy there to die, though. She began to think of an idea.
The sword tried to attack Diddy, the nimble little monkey kept leaping from rock to rock, until he came across a small pile of round boulders. Now he had to find a way to attack the sword without getting himself burned...or be chopped up like a log.
"Hey, over here!" Dixie was on the other side, waving her hands at the sword, "I've seen butter knives sharper than you!"
The sword took that as an insult, it began to attack Dixie, the little ape dodged some of the fireballs, she continued to taunt the sword. "What's the matter? Scared of a little girl?"
Diddy looked around, now was his chance to attack. He grabbed a rock the size of a bowling ball. With all the strength he had, he threw it at the hand holding the sword. Afterwards, both the hand and the sword sunk into the lava. Diddy ran up to Dixie, both Kongs were glad to have beaten the sword."All right, now let's get outta here before-"
The Sword came out from the volcano...this time, it didn't have a hand to hold it with. "LET'S GET OUTTA HERE!" Diddy yelled, he began to run on all fours with Dixie, right behind him. The Sword was chasing the Kongs down, like a cat chasing a mouse. Dixie tripped on a crack, she fell face first into the dirt. "DIDDY, HELP!"
The little monkey stopped running, he turned around seeing Dixie trying to pick herself up. The monkey raced back to her, allowing her to wrap her arm around his neck for support. The Sword was closing in on the Kongs, Diddy started to run as quickly as possible, "C'mon!"
The Kongs ran outside of the volcano, Dixie sat down, letting go of Diddy, she had scrapes on her elbows and on her left legs. "Are we being chased, still?" Dixie asked, Diddy looked down at the volcano, the sword had slowed down. Diddy wasn't willing to take any chances, however. He grabbed the nearest rock, the size of a radio, and threw it at the sword, which made it fall apart...
However, the Kongs could hear a voice coming from the volcano. "This isn't the last time we meet, Kongs..."
The Kongs couldn't understand what that meant, but they were just happy to be out of the volcano. Diddy looked at Dixie, "You OK?" The little monkey asked, Dixie nodded. She slowly stood up, "They're just scrapes, nothing too serious...but at least my knee pads worked!"
"Of course," Diddy said, he couldn't help but smile. He pulled the map out of his backpack, "OK, we just went through Crocodile Cauldron, so..." Diddy began to frown.
"What's wrong?" Dixie asked. Diddy pointed to a place next to Crocodile Cauldron. "Next up, we'll be heading into Krem Quay. A lot of ships end up crashing here, not to mention that we might bump into more Kremlings." He put the map back into his backpack, he let out a deep sigh.
Dixie pulled out some gum from her backpack, she pulled a stick out and offered it to Diddy. "Want some? It usually calms me down."
Diddy nodded slowly, he took the gum and began to chew on it. Dixie pulled out another stick and chewed on that one before putting the gum back into her backpack. The two of them started to climb downward. "I think the safest way to get there is if we went into the water," Diddy suggested. Dixie looked at him, puzzled, "Why's that?"
"Because if we just walk straight there, we might bump into more Kremlings, which could end badly, "Diddy replied, "Besides, I'm sure since there are ships, under water, they should have a few air pockets, here and there."
"Good thinking, Diddy!"
The duo dived into the water, heading for Krem Quay...However, Screech was sitting on a distant rock, he listened to every word the Kongs said. So those two are heading into Krem Quay? I'll have to warn Kudgel.
The Kongs found themselves taking a detour through a ship, it was completely dark, the Kongs could hardly see anything in front of them. They had no other choice but to feel their way through.
Dixie bumped her head on something, she would be cursing if it weren't for the fact she was underwater. She felt something grab her arm, the little ape began to freak out, thinking it was an octopus or a zombie. Not a moment too soon, an Angler fish appeared, giving the Kongs some light. Dixie noticed that the one who grabbed her was actually Diddy, he got his tank top stuck on a wooden plank, his face was turning blue.
Dixie began to pull Diddy's arm. Diddy was pushing himself against the plank. After pulling himself out, the bottom of his tank top was ripped. The Kongs swam farther into the ship, eventually finding an air pocket. Both Kongs swam into the air pocket to catch their breathe. "You OK?" Dixie asked, Diddy nodded, "I-I'm fine. But how do we get out?"
The Kongs looked down, the angler fish was still there, offering to give the Kongs some light. "Well, I guess we keep going," Dixie said, calmly. The two Kongs dived back down into the water, the angler fish kept a close eye on them, making sure they weren't out of his sight. The Kongs continued to swim, searching for a way out of the boat. They paused as they saw a piranha, known as a Lockjaw, patrolling the area. It could see the angler's light.
The monkeys panicked as they tried to swim out of the ship. The Lockjaw chased the Kongs, it chomped on Dixie's hair, both Kongs quickly left the ship, getting out of the water. They came into a more Swamp-like area.
Diddy looked at Dixie, the Lockjaw was still on her ponytail. "Uh-"
Before he said anything, Dixie grabbed the fish and threw it into the water. "Get outta here!"
"...Nevermind..."
The area ahead looked like it was full of bugs. There were many dragonflies and Zingers. There were even nine-tailed cats, some of them were laying around, lazily while others were running around chasing down rodents. The area, itself smelled horrible, like a dead body was lying around rather than a dead fish. The water was soupy and the wooden planks above the water were practically rotting...Then again, what else could they expect from place that was home to crocodiles.
The Kongs walked onto some of wooden planks, Diddy was suprised there weren't any Kremlings...although, anything could happen, at this point. "Keep your guard up, we could still be attacked, at any moment."
Dixie nodded, staying close behind Diddy. Behind them, the small Kremling with two swords were sneaking up on them. He began to raise his swords. Diddy felt his tail frizzing, he turned around, the Kremling was standing there, speechless.
"Nice try, doofus," Diddy said in a playful tone, "You'll have to do better than that."
Suddenly, a few more Kremlings came out from the murky waters. They began to surround the Kongs. They were all carrying swords in their hands. Dixie grabbed Diddy's hand and prepared to get out of this situation, like last time.
"Move and your ponytail's comin' right off!" A Kremling growled, Dixie felt rather scared, letting go of Diddy's hand. "What're we gonna do?" she whispered.
"Don't worry, I have a plan," Diddy whispered back.
"Now then," One of the Kremlings said, "It looks like the reward money's ours. Now if you two would be so kind as to come with us, I'm sure K. Rool's nice enough to reunite you with your friend."
"Why should I believe you, lizard breathe?" Diddy taunted. He looked like a cat, ready to pounce on his prey. The Kremling lunged forwards, Diddy leapt into the air, his feet landing behind the Kremling. he tackled the Kremling without hesitation. "Dixie, run!"
"Are you kidding me, I said I wouldn't-"
"I know what you said," Diddy yelled, "Just run!"
Another Kremling lunged after Dixie, the little ape jumped out-of-the-way, she glared at Diddy, "C'mon, now's not the time to be joking!"
"I'M NOT JOKING!" Diddy yelled, another Kremling tackled him to the ground, "JUST TRUST ME!"
Dixie wasn't too sure what to do, now...she didn't want to abandon her friend, especially when he was attacked by Kremlings. The ape gave Diddy one last look before running away from the crowd. She ran as fast as she could, up to the point where she was out of the sight of the Kremlings.
She continued to run as fast as her feet could carry her, she saw a brown blur fly by her. Screech fluttered in front of her, the parrot landed on his feet, tilting his head. Dixie looked at him, curiously. "Huh...I didn't know parrots lived on this island..."
"Believe me, you'd be surprised," Screech said in a friendly tone, "Now than, what brings you here?"
"I need to get away from here," Dixie said, Screech nodded, "Oh yes, I've seen what that monkey told you, If you follow me, I can lead you to safety."
Dixie's eye widened, she brought her hands to her chest, "You can do that?"
"Of course I can," Screech said, "All you gotta do is follow me. When you do that, you'll be waiting for your friend, in no time."
"All right," Dixie said, happily. The parrot lead her through the swamp, keeping her away from any of the Kremlings.
"So, is there anything you want to tell me?" The parrot asked, "Maybe about your friend?"
"Well, you see," Dixie scratched the back of her head, "We haven't really known each other, for that long...but he's really stubborn. It's bad enough that he's fighting by himself," Dixie began to mumble," Considering that he's injured..."
"Injured?" The parrot sounded intrigued, "So, would you like to tell me more?"
"Uh-No, I've said too much," Dixie said, nervously, "Anyway, even though he's stubborn, he's become a good friend of mine. He really means well."
"Well, missy, it looks like he'll have to find a new way to help you, huh?"
Dixie raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean 'help'?"
"Oh, nothing..."
Screech flew away, leaving Dixie all alone. "Hey, where are you going!?" Dixie yelled, she had no idea where she was, now. She looked up, the sun as beginning to set. She began to have second thoughts about trusting the parrot.
"Well, well, if it isn't the other rat," A deep voice called out, Dixie turned her head, she saw a huge Kremling, identical to Klubba. However, the Kremling had grey scales and wore yellow shorts. His club was covered in nails. One whack from that could kill someone.
"What do you want!?" Dixie asked, putting on a tough façade. The Kremling let out a small chuckle. "Now, is that any way t' act, Lass?" He grabbed Dixie by the ponytail, the little ape struggled, "Let me go! I mean it!"
"Fiesty, aren't we?" The Kremling teased, "We'll just 'ave t' wait for the other one t' appear, won't we?"
"You keep Diddy outta this!"
"Keep that up and I'll deliver ya to K. Rool as a corpse." Dixie swallowed, her heart was beating like a drum, if only she knew how to get out of this one. Remember, Dixie... try to stay positive, even if things seem hopeless...
Diddy was still trying to fight off the Kremlings, he continued to jump on their heads, tackle them, and he even thrashed and bit at some of the Kremlings when they tried to catch him. However, Diddy was beginning to run out of energy, he was finding it harder for himself to fight off the crocodiles.
A blue, muscular Kremling grabbed him by the scruff of his neck, Diddy was panting, he no longer had the strength to fight.
"So, what do we no with him, now?" One of the Kremlings asked.
"How 'bout he cut his head off?" Another Kremling asked, "it would serve him right for coming here!"
"Lemme see..." The blue Kremling used his free hand to search through Diddy's backpack, he found a rope, "Well, that was convenient!"
Diddy tried to struggle, again, "C'mon, let me go!"
"Nope, we plan to get both of ya Kongs."
"That's why we're gonna leave you here!" The Kremlings tied Diddy to a tree, Shortly after, they began to come with different strategies of their own to find Dixie.
"Now, where do ya s'pose the girl ran off to?"
"Looks like we'll have to search every bit of Krem Quay."
"But who's gonna watch the boy?"
"I say Kutlass should do it!"
"Why me?"
"You're the one with the swords, you can chop him into pieces if he tries something."
The Kremlings all split up, except for the smaller Kremling, Kutlass, his swords were sheathed. He glanced over at Diddy, "Be happy, the treatment you're getting is much better than the treatment your uncle's getting."
Diddy glared, he tried to struggle from the ropes, "What are you doin' to DK? You'd better not kill him!"
"Believe me, Kong...if you've seen what K. Rool does to his prisoners, you'd wish you weren't here, right now!"
Diddy sighed, some hero he turned out to me. He wasn't strong enough to go against the Kremlings, on his own...And Donkey was probably suffering, himself...maybe even more so than Diddy. As for Dixie, Diddy had wished he hadn't made her go, but he never doubted Dixie. After all, she was strong, and smart, and beautiful...
Wait, how could he be thinking that way, this was Dixie he was thinking about, they were just friends...right? Diddy's face had turned red, it seemed like he was having trouble controlling his thoughts. Kutlass stared at him, wondering what was going on with the monkey.
Well, it looks like Diddy's having a few problems, himself...
Anyways, this chapter is a little derpy...I promise the next chapter will be a little better...
