Hello, folks...Twin Cats with another chapter (I'll admit, I kind of had fun writing this one)
So...enjoy...
The Kongs continued to move forwards, as it turned out, the Kremlings dropped them into a wasp's nest. Most of the wasps were sleeping in honeycombs for the night...why were there wasps living in honeycombs? It was because of Nintendo Logic.
Diddy and Dixie were just having a friendly chat, though they still had no idea why they were put in a wasp's nest, in the first place. Dixie even opened up a little more to Diddy.
"So, wait...you guys actually went to the Bright Savanna, before?" Diddy asked.
"Yeah, and they have plenty of brambles there, too," replied Dixie, "but trust me, it's beautiful, there. They have dancing trees, plenty of fruits, and the sunset, there, is amazing!"
"Heh...looks like I'll have to check it out, one day," Diddy said, Still, it's hard to believe she's been to so many cool places. Maybe Diddy might go see those places, for himself.
The Kongs climbed through honeycombs and walked across floors covered in honey, now if only they could tell where they were going...
"Diddy, look!" Dixie said, tugging at the Monkey's arm. She pointed at a couple of feathers on the ground. They were green and orange, kind of like parrot feathers.
"I wonder if a parrot's nearby?" Diddy asked, looking around. Dixie shook her head, "What would a parrot be doing in a place like this?"
"I dunno?" Diddy said, shrugging, "let's just find our way outta here."
"Gotcha!"
The Kongs kept going, there were four paths in front of them. One of them had to be the way out. If only there was some way to find out which path that was.
"Ugh, that's it, we're never getting out!" a familiar voice complained, this caught the Kong's attention as a parrot and a rhinocerous came out from one of the paths.
"Squawks? It that you?" Diddy asked, Squawks turned his head, he flew over to Diddy and landed on his hat, "Fancy meeting you guys here, we've been lost for who knows how long."
"So, who's the rhino?" Dixie asked, Diddy came up to the Rhino, petting his nose, "It's nice to see you're alive, sorry for leaving you, back there."
"Diddy...? Who is this?"
"This is Rambi," Diddy said, glancing over to the gorilla girl, "he's my pet rhino."
"Cool!"
"Hey, if I can interupt," Squawks said, flapping his colorful wings, "We should try and look for a way out, together!"
"All right, so which way should we go?" Diddy asked, curiously.
"I say we go that way," Squawks said, pointing over to a path on the right. Dixie climbed onto Rambi, the gorilla girl looked down at Diddy, worried, "Hey, Diddy?"
"Yeah?"
"I think you might wanna pull out your dagger, in case something bad happens."
Diddy suddenly remembered, he still had the dagger from when he fought with Kudgel. He reached into his backpack and pulled it out, he unwrapped the cloth from it.
"Wait, wait!" Squawks cried, "Where in Inka's name did you get that!?"
"It's a long story," Diddy said, with lack of amusement.
The four animals began to head into the first path, the Zingers, here seemed a bit livelier. Regardless, the animals continued to stay on the path. They came up to a large wall, honey was sticking onto it.
"Hold on, I'll go check it out," Diddy said, climbing the wall. Dixie climbed off Rambi and started to climb the wall as well. Rambi sat down, waiting for the other animals to return.
"So, what do you think is up here?" Squawks asked.
"I dunno," Replied Diddy, "It won't hurt to find out, will it?"
"You know, Diddy...curiousity killed the cat."
"So? I'm a monkey, not a cat."
Dixie was slowly climbing the wall behind them. Occasionally, she tasted the honey off the wall. It was a little sweet, but still, it wasn't bad honey, at all. The trio made it to the top. All they could find were, what else? More Zingers.
"Hm...I guess we should keep looking," Diddy said, climbing downwards from the wall. Dixie, of course, jumped off the ledge, slowing down her fall with her ponytail. The Kongs continued to walk along the path, until they found themselves in a room with four paths. Dixie frowned, lowering her eyelids, "Isn't this-"
"Dammit, this is the same place we started from!" Diddy said with rage. Squawks began to flap his wings, "Hold on, we've only got three more paths to go!"
"Yeah," Dixie added, "So wait until we're completely lost, then you can have your little temper tantrum!"
Rambi snickered with amusement, Diddy scowled at the rhino. "Shut up!"
"So...which way now?" Squawks asked.
"We go this way!" Diddy said, heading into the second path. This path was slightly bumpier then the last one. Not to mention there was more honey on the ground, Diddy was finding it harder to walk through. I wonder how DK's doing, right now?
They kept walking through the path, ahead of them was a dead-end. Diddy tried to strike it with his dagger, only to have the shock from the impact bounce back at him.
"Yeah...Rambi even tried to get through using his horn," Squawks said, unimpressed, "You can guess what happened, next."
Rambi shuttered, as he remembered that his horn felt it would break off when he hit the wall.
"So lemme guess, we go back?" Diddy asked, irritated. Squawks nodded, "Unfortunately, yes."
Afterwards, the animals went back to the room and settled to go into the third path, the floor had so much honey in this path, it practically went over Diddy's knees. It seemed Rambi was able to move just fine, however...no wonder Dixie decided to ride on him.
"Having fun, down there?" Dixie teased, Diddy let out a hoarse growl, you're lucky you're cute, who knows what I'd do to you? "
So, how did you guys get here?" Dixie asked Squawks.
"It's a long story," Squawks said, "You see, Cranky thought you guys wouldn't make it on your own, so he thought he'd bring us over."
"Then what happened to Enguarde, Winky, and Expresso?" Diddy asked.
"Enguarde's here," Squawks said, "he was around when you guys were at the galleon."
"Wasn't he the swordfish?" Dixie asked. Squawks nodded, "As for the other two...Expresso would probably break his legs if her came here. And Winky? He doesn't sit still, he just jumps all over the place."
"Not to mention that he's impossible to find," Diddy interrupted, thinking about his frog. The animals saw an entrance, up ahead, they ran through it and found that they returned to the room...from the fourth path.
"YAAAAAAARGH! We'll never get outta here," Diddy whined, stomping his feet on the ground and placing both hands on his face, afterwards. Dixie jumped off Rambi's back, looking at the walls. "Well, maybe there's a hidden path that we haven't seen, yet?"
"What do you mean?" Squawks said. Dixie walked over to Diddy, "Do you think you can tap the walls with your dagger?" Diddy looked up, curious, "You seriously think there's another path, here?"
"Hey, you never know."
The little Kongs went to work, tapping parts of the walls. Diddy tapped the walls with his dagger while Dixie tapped them with her hands. It seemed like it was taking forever to find the hidden path until Diddy found a crack on the wall. But even so, Diddy's dagger wasn't able to break through the wall. The little monkey turned around, climbing onto Rambi's back. Dixie raised an eyebrow, "What are you doing?"
"Hiyah!" Diddy kicked Rambi's ribs, lightly, making the rhino charge at the cracked wall. It fell apart, revealing a new path.
"Well, whaddaya know," Squawks said with amusement, "Dixie was right."
"Let's hope this path doesn't take us to another dead-end," Dixie said, leading the animals into the path. The area was buzzing with Zingers, there were yellow and red zingers, flying over the group's heads. They didn't seem like much of a threat.
"Hm..." Diddy began to frown, something didn't feel right. The Zingers in Kongo Bongo were aggressive, they wouldn't hesitate to attack the Kongs...yet these Zingers seemed like they were pretending that the Kongs weren't even there. Diddy shook his head, No, maybe you're just thinking too much...
"Hey guys, look at this!" Dixie yelled, there was another hole in the ground. some of the Zingers, below, were flying by them. Diddy climbed off Rambi, he looked down at the hole. It looked safe, as far as he knew. "I'm gonna scout ahead," Diddy announced, " There's gotta be something down there."
"I wouldn't do that, if I were you," Squawks warned, "It's never a good idea to split up. Haven't you seen what happens in the movies?"
"But this isn't the movies, it's a fanfiction," Diddy said matter-of-factly.
"Either way, it's dangerous," Dixie said, "So we're going in whether you like it or not!"
But I don't wanna put you in danger, that's what Diddy wanted to say, badly. But he had to admit, he wasn't very good on his own. He had to remember that he wouldn't be here, right now if it wasn't for Dixie, that he isn't alone to begin with. The monkey let out a deep sigh, "All right."
"Come on,then, let's go," Dixie said, happily. She came down along with Diddy, Rambi and Squawks. Her smile began to fade, she could hear a low buzzing sound.
"What is that?" Diddy asked. Dixie shushed him, "Do you hear that?" The buzzing noise got louder, large Zinger came out from one of the honeycombs, he was twice the size Rambi was.
"Who is that?"
"King Zing," Squawks said, sounding somewhat distressed, "He rules the Zingers on this island, and it looks like he's coming towards us."
Squawks was right, the Zinger was coming at them. Both Kongs climbed onto Rambi's back. "Make a run for it!" Diddy yelled. Rambi didn't hesitate, as King Zing chased the group like a dog would chase a cat. The group ran at a long distance until they came across a wall of Zingers, blocking the exit.
"What do we do, now?" Dixie asked, frightened.
"Looks like we gotta fight him," Diddy said, jumping off Rambi's back. Dixie jumped to his side. King Zing began to shoot spikes at the Kongs, Dixie began to climb the honey-covered walls, she kicked King Zing in the face. However, the Wasp King didn't seem amused, Dixie fell downwards, landing on her butt. Diddy began to climb the walls, himself. He jumped after King Zing, giving the wasp a small scratch on his thorax. The wasp would often charge at the Kong children, sometimes shoot spikes at them. The Kongs were putting up a good fight, but it seemed that no matter how much effort the give, King Zing was one step ahead.
Rambi was snarling, there was no way the Kongs would lose to an overgrown wasp, at least that's what he wanted to believe.
"If this keeps up any longer, I'll have to do something about this," Squawks said to nobody in particular. Both Kongs climbed onto the walls, Dixie kicked King Zing in the thorax while Diddy managed to rip off his antenna. Thinking they've had enough, King Zing tackled Dixie, the ape hit the wall at a fast speed, knocking the wind out of her. Diddy looked over at her, his face was full of concern. "Dixie!"
King Zing charged at Diddy, making the monkey fly into one of the honeycombs. His Dagger flew out of his hands, landing next to Rambi, who only stared at the dagger in shock. "That's it, I've had enough!" Squawks yelled in rage, he flapped his wings and flew over to King Zing's face, "How about you pick on someone else, you brute!"
King Zing couldn't help but laugh, why was a parrot trying to defend a couple of weak primates? Either way, this parrot had to be brought down. King Zing began to attack, using his spikes, again. Squawks maneuvered himself through the spikes and started spitting eggs at King Zing's abdomen For whatever reason, this effected the Wasp King more than taking a dagger to the face.
Dixie sat up, slightly in pain from the tackle. She looked up, Diddy was sitting out of the honeycomb, a few feet away from her. "Are you OK?" She asked. Diddy nodded, leaping out of the honeycomb, "Come on, we've gotta help Squawks!"
Dixie nodded, she began to look for something that was in her backpack, she found a long rope. The little ape started to get an idea. "Hey, Diddy, come over here!"
Diddy ran over to Dixie, "What's up?" Dixie whispered in Diddy's ear, the plan sounded interesting to the little monkey. "You sure we can pull in off?" He asked, excited
"Sure we can," Dixie said, "How else are we gonna get outta here?"
Squawks and King Zing have fought for 15 minutes, King Zing had to admit, Squawks was a good fighter, but even he had his limits. Squawks spotted Diddy and Dixie climbing the walls, both of them were carrying the ends of the rope. Diddy placed a finger on his lips, telling Squawks not to say anything. Dixie counted with her fingers while King Zing was distracted, trying to attack Squawks with his stinger.
3...
2...
1...
"NOW!" Both Kongs jumped from the walls, tangling King Zing in the rope, he could no longer move his legs or his wings. He was tied up, like a cow on a farm.
"Haha, take that, ye stupid bug!" Diddy said, sticking his tongue out, afterwards. King Zing struggled furiously, scaring Diddy away.
"Where do we go, now?" Dixie asked. Rambi turned to the Zingers blocking the exit, he threatened to attack them, digging his foot into the ground. The Zingers flew all over the place, not wanting to end up getting Squished.
"Well, that was easy," Diddy said, picking up his dagger from the ground, "Come on, let's get outta here."
The small group walked outside of the Wasp's Nest, a furious Screech was watching them walk by from the trees. Those idiots, they seriously don't know how to kill of a couple of monkey children?"
Screech began to fly ahead of them, making his way to K. Rool's Keep, I hope the Kaptain has some new plans up his sleeve.
The group walked a short distance, making their way into a forest. There were dead trees, mushrooms, small shrubs, and a few white flowers, here and there. Even the moon was still above them the forest. In the middle of the forest, there were was a castle-like figure, a few lights were seen from the windows. Diddy and Dixie rested near a hollow log. Despite the dead trees around them, the Kongs felt rather safe here.
"So, do you know where we are?" Diddy asked.
"I think we're in Gloomy Gulch," Squawks said, "You can't see it very well, right now, but in the middle of the forest is where K. Rool's Keep is."
"Would you look at that, we're almost there," Dixie said, happily. Diddy couldn't believe it, himself. He was very close to saving Donkey Kong. If he could make it this far, he could make it even farther. Especially with Dixie around.
"I think you two should rest up, for a bit," Squawks advised, "You're going to need some strength if you wanna defeat K. Rool."
"Wait, aren't you staying with us?" Dixie asked, Squawks shook his head, "It might be better for us to move on ahead, you two can keep going on your own, can't you?"
"Of course, " Diddy said, "And uh...good luck, you guys."
Rambi nodded, he began leaving the younger Kongs, alone. Squawks waved his wing before going after Rambi, "Hey, wait for me!"
"Well...today was pretty interesting," Dixie commented in a monotone voice. Diddy sighed as he placed his dagger back into his backpack, "yeah...between the sword, the Zingers, and the Kremlings, I'd say we're lucky we've made it here, alive."
"By the way, how's your back?" Dixie asked.
"It still kinda hurts, but I'm kinda used to it, now" Diddy said, calmly. He began to get deep in thought, "I wonder if DK's all right?"
"Come on, Diddy, he still has to be alive," Dixie assured him, "He'll be very happy to see you."
"I'm sure he will..." Diddy said, he appeared to be daydreaming, again. Dixie tapped his shoulder, "So, do you still have a crush on me?"
"Not this crap again!"
"Come on, I wanna know," Dixie said impatiently.
"Why do you wanna know so badly?" Diddy asked, "Is it 'cause you have a crush on me?"
Dixie's eyes widened, she was babbling like an idiot, "Well-I...I mean-"
"I knew it," Diddy said, triumphantly, Dixie punched him in the arm, "Oh, shut up!"
"Heh, " Diddy began to chuckle, "I guess neither of us is good at hiding things."
"I guess not," Dixie said, she started yawning, "But we'll worry about it, tomorrow."
"All right," Diddy curled up into a ball, playing a bit with the grass under him, "Good night..."
"Good night, Diddy."
All there was, now was silence, the Kongs have fallen asleep, it seemed nothing would be able to disturb them.
It was morning, the sun was beginning to rise. Back in K. Rool's Keep, K. Rool was relaxing in his room, he was carefully stacking cards on his desk, turning them into a card castle.
"Your majesty, I have something to tell you!" Screech yelled as he came into the room, flying into K. Rool's card castle. The crocodile groaned in irritation.
"This had better be important, you brainless bird!" K. Rool growled, "Did you manage to get rid of the Kongs?"
"Not quite," Screech said in disappointment, "Those rats are in Gloomy Gulch, right now. It won't be long until they get here."
"Hmm...?" K. Rool began to smile, "All right, change of plans, instead of trying to kill them off, let them come here."
"What kind of a plan is that!?" Screech asked in disbelief.
"Oh, you'll see," K. Rool reassured, "Now, I want you to go to Krem Quay and tell the Kremlings, there, to head over to Crocodile Cauldren. I need them to wake Kerozene."
"If you say so," Screech said, feeling a little wielded out. K. Rool left his room, entering the hall ways, Now I wonder What Donkey Kong is up to?
Well...K. Rool doesn't give up very easily, does he?
...Then why wasn't he in DKCR and Tropical Freeze? Vacation, maybe?
Anyway, I had some fun with this chapter. I was originally going to have Squawks fight the whole battle, himself (because you had to fight as King Zing as Squawks in the game), but I figured "screw it."
And thus, we end another chapter...
