After goofing off, some more, TC realized what she was doing and got back to rewriting her fanfic.

The mines in Kongo Bongo were dark and gloomy, they were usually homes to moles as well as bats, though they usually seemed to mind their own business. However, it's also been said that monsters lived in the caves. Some folks described the monsters as ghosts, playing mind tricks on you. Others have claimed that the mines contained zombies, waiting for unlucky victims to enter, just to feast on their flesh. There were even those who claimed that there were many stories about the mines, but to the Kongs, today, they were just stories, nothing more.

Donkey and Diddy were exploring deeper and deeper into the caves, reaching the mines. There were a few lights, here and there, helping the Kongs find their way through. The only creatures they stumbled upon while being here were, of course, bats, moles, and a few armadillos. While Donkey was keeping a pretty good pace, Diddy looked like he was about to drop, any second, now.

"How much longer until we can take a break?" Diddy whined, "My feet are getting tired."

"We'll stop when we reach the mine carts," Donkey said, sternly, "You never thought being a hero was easy, did ya?"

"I know," Diddy whined, "But I didn't think it would be this hard, either..."

Up ahead, they could see some vultures called Neckies flying ahead of them. Donkey raised an eyebrow, he looked back at Diddy. "Stay here, buddy, I'll scout ahead to make sure nothing funny's happening."

"That's nice," Diddy said, plopping on to the floor. "Now I can take a break from all this running."

Donkey walked ahead of his nephew, looking for a reason why the Neckies are in the caves, they're usually found in the forests, which was a little while ahead of them. He continued to walk, finding more and more Neckies flying ahead of him until he realized the Neckies were all gathering around him. It was an ambush.

One of the Neckies swooped down from one of the lights, Donkey moved to the side before he got hit. He felt something pelting the back of his head. He looked behind him, it was a mini-Necky that was practically the size of a parrot. The Neckies weren't the nicest creatures on the island., they were quite territorial, they would spit nuts at anyone who came into contact with them.

Another Necky swooped down from his spot, scratching Donkey on the arm. The ape would counter-attack, either by jumping on the neckies or throwing them at other neckies. Needless to say, he was very annoyed with them. If only they had stayed in the forest.

Diddy was sitting besides a barrel, he wondered what was taking his uncle so long to come back. He thought about looking for him, but Donkey probably would have yelled at him...that and Diddy wasn't exactly the bravest Kong on the island, nor was he the strongest.

He felt something nudge him, something slimy. He looked at whoever it was, it was a frog, roughly the same size of Diddy, if not bigger. It had green skin and had many red spots on him.

"So that's where you went," Diddy said, happily, "I was wondering if you ran away for good."

The frog croaked, it seemed to have known the Kongs were in danger. Diddy looked at the Frog, a little concerned. "What is it, Winky?"

The frog turned its back against Diddy, croaking. The Little monkey seemed baffled by Winky's behavior.

"What's wrong?" Diddy asked. The frog hopped in place, croaking, again. Diddy slapped his forehead, feeling somewhat stupid. "I get it, you want me to ride you?"

The Frog nodded. Diddy climbed on its back, the Frog began to hop around in the mines. For whatever reason, Diddy found the mines to be creepy. The stale air and the cool temperature didn't seem to help, at all.

Winky wasn't worried, he kept moving through the mines, keeping Diddy safe from harm. Winky was used to exploring the cave, so he knew his way around. Despite being Diddy's pet, he hardly sat still long enough for Diddy to keep up with.

Diddy could see something, ahead of him. There were Neckies, everywhere, some were knocked out while others were putting up a fight. The monkey could now see what was going on.

Donkey was surrounded by Neckies, he seemed to have fought them, for a while. One of them charged at the large ape, he managed to grab it and throw it at another Necky. They even tried to spit more nuts at him, which bothered the ape, very much. They kept swarming around Donkey, it annoyed him to no end.

"Haha!" Diddy appeared as if it was out of nowhere with his pet frog, It tackled some of the Neckies, while others tried to attack Diddy.

"You OK?" Diddy asked Donkey. The big ape looked over at Diddy, he didn't have time to react as a Necky scratched him across his chest.

Afterwards, a Necky landed on Diddy's head, pecking his head, the monkey began to swat the Necky away..

"Get away from him!" Donkey yelled, keeping the Neckies away from Diddy. Winky reacted by tackling some of the Neckies. Like a Yoshi, the frog would swallow a Necky and spit it at another Necky.

It didn't take long until the Neckies flew away from the Kongs. Winky croaked triumphantly, happy to have gotten rid of the Neckies. After that, Diddy climbed off of the frog, petting its head, "Thanks, Winky!"

Winky croaked, again. He hopped away from the Kongs, maybe to go back to the pond Diddy always kept him in. Diddy looked up at Donkey, his face full of concern for his uncle, "You OK?"

Donkey petted Diddy on his head, "Don't worry, kid. It could've been worse."

"All right, as long as you're OK..." Diddy said, still concerned. "So now that those birds are gone...what do we do?"

Donkey began to walk, "Like I said, we're supposed to be heading for the mine carts."

"Are you sure that's safe?" Diddy asked as he followed Donkey, the ape nodded, "Just think of it as a roller coaster."

"Sure, that'll make me feel better," Diddy said, sarcastically. The Kongs slowly turned up at another section of the mines, a lone mine cart was sitting there. It was a bit rusted from years of neglect, but it still seemed ride-able. Donkey grabbed Diddy by the shirt and put him into the front of the cart. The monkey could see the path ahead, there looked like a few deep drops, here and there, he tried to remember it was just like a roller coaster. And if not, he thought it would be like flying, oh how he wished he could fly.

"Here we go," Donkey said, pushing the cart and jumping in, afterwards. It was beginning to pick up speed, the mine cart dropped about 15 feet. Donkey was having fun, but Diddy was hanging on the sides for dear life. This is just like flying! Diddy thought to himself, over and over, trying to calm himself down.

There was a sharp turn to the right ahead of them, Donkey leaned over to the left to keep from falling, "See? It's not too bad!"

"I wouldn't say that," Diddy said, pointing at a missing part of the track. The older ape smiled, "Watch this, Little buddy!" He grabbed both sides of the cart and made it jump across the gap. Both Kongs had a rough landing, Diddy grabbed on to his hat to keep it from falling off. "How did you do that!?"

"My Papa taught me," Donkey said, proudly. Diddy sighed, "Gramps did a lot of crazy things, didn't he?"

"We'll talk about that, later!" Donkey yelled, he saw another gap coming up. Again, he grabbed both sides of the cart and jumped. This time, as the cart landed, the track went down into a deeper drop, reaching 25 feet. The Kongs yelled loudly as they continued to drop from 50 feet. After the drop, it seemed both Donkey and Diddy were getting a laugh out of it. "See, Diddy? What did I tell ya?" Donkey said, "It's just like a rollar coaster."

Diddy nodded, "I guess it is," his smile faded as soon as he spotted a row of Kremlings heading into the opposite direction, it seemed like they were going to crash into the Kongs.

"Hang on, Diddy!" Donkey yelled. Diddy held one hand on the cart and the other on his hat. Donkey grabbed the mine cart, like before, and jumped as high as he could. He managed to dodge the Kremlings. Seeing the confused Kremlings behind them, Diddy was sticking his tongue out at them while Donkey was beating his chest, triumphantly. Their victory party was soon cut short by a crash, sending the Kongs into another section of them mines.

There were tires, everywhere. This section of the didn't seem to have any mine carts, at all. In just about every direction, there was at least one tire laying down on its side.

Diddy looked around, there had to be an exit, somewhere. However...he didn't hear any good stories about the mines, they were usually stories to keep the younger Kongs out of the mines, but yet not even the older Kongs wouldn't dare enter the mines, alone. Of course, Diddy was thinking a little too hard, he looked up at Donkey."Do you think there might be an exit, here?"

Donkey shrugged, "I dunno...what do you think?"

"Well," Diddy crossed his arms, tapping his foot, "It wouldn't hurt to look around, would it? The sooner we're outta here, the better."

"Good point," Donkey said. "All right, Diddy, I guess I'll leave you, in charge, for now."

The little monkey looked around for a safe place to look, he went deeper through the cave until he could see a ledge, sitting above a group of tires. Maybe he could find the exit, there.

He led Donkey to the ledge. He tried to bounce on one of the tires, but couldn't quite reach the ledge. Donkey grabbed the monkey by the tail and placed him on to the floor. "Let me try."

Donkey tried to jump over the ledge, he grabbed onto it, pulling himself up. He couldn't see anything, up here. Just a bunch of rocks and, what else? more tires. The large ape looked down at Diddy. "Nothing's over here, Little Buddy."

"Aw," Diddy scratched his head, "Well, it's about time we look for an exit, I'm getting sick of this cave."

"I hear ya," Donkey said, "maybe along the way, we'll find another animal buddy, you never know."

"OK," Diddy said, nodding. Though he began to feel enveloped by a sense of dread, he felt an unpleasant breeze flow through, it made his tail frizz like a cat's tail. He saw something run behind a rock, the little monkey was terrified. "What's goin' on, here?"

"Somethin' wrong?" Donkey asked, jumping off the ledge.

"I-I think th-there's s-someone else, here," Diddy said, in a shaky tone. the Kongs saw something run, again. Diddy climbed on to Donkey's back, he continued to speak in a shaky voice, "W-well, the s-sooner we get out, the b-better..."

Donkey continued his walk through the mines with his nephew on his back. There were lights, up ahead. This time, however, there were Kremling-like figures, solid as rocks, patrolling the area. Donkey frowned a bit, these Kremlings looked like they couldn't be defeated by normal means. If memory served, these Kremlings could kill, in an instant, if necessary...although, they didn't seem to be very bright, they were practically like zombies.

"What are those things, DK?" Diddy asked.

"I think they're called Rockrocs ." Donkey said, quietly, "You know those stories about the Monkey Mines, right?" Diddy nodded.

"Well, these guys can't be beaten like normal Kremlings, I've even heard that they feed off flesh and blood, they're really not somethin' you wanna mess with."

"How will we get passed them?" Diddy asked. Donkey smiled in a daring way, "We gotta sneak passed them!"

"B-but-" Donkey placed a hand on Diddy's mouth, "And ya gotta be quiet before we get caught." Donkey whispered, Diddy nodded. After all, if it's anyone he could trust, it was Donkey.

The large ape moved as quietly as possible, these Kremlings kind of made him feel uneasy. Come on, DK, you can't let these guys slow you down...they're nothing like real zombies or the Bog Monster... He tried to avoid detection by hiding behind rocks, he went from one rock to another, and finally hid behind a third rock. Donkey was searching for another place to hide from. However, he heard a low growl. "What's the matter, Diddy?"

"That wasn't me," Diddy whispered. The rock transformed into a Rockroc, it looked down at the Kongs, menacingly. Donkey had never felt so belittled. Diddy tugged at his tie, "We'd better make a run for it!" he yelled in a panicked state.

The Rockroc looked at the Kongs, they began to chase after them, Donkey began to run as fast as his legs could carry him. This certainly wasn't anything the big ape wanted to deal with.

Ahead, the Kongs could see some light, they were going to make it, they were going to leave the cave. The Rockrocs were getting closer, however. One of them tried to grabbed Diddy's tail, the monkey curled it around his waist to keep them away. He was beyond terrified.

"Almost there, Little Buddy!" Donkey yelled, the Kroc Rocks stopped running, they were getting too close to the sun.

Donkey ran outside, Sunlight poured down on to their brown fur, the Rockrocs were nowhere to be seen, now. Finally, the Kongs left the mines, Donkey looked ahead, they could see some ancient ruins. "I think this way'll lead us to Vine Valley."

"Isn't that where Lanky and the other Orangutans live?" Diddy asked. Donkey nodded, "I think we might have to stop by and see Lanky for a bit. After all, all the other Kongs we know are back home."

"Oh yeah..." Diddy climbed off of Donkey's back. "How far did you and Gramps travel, anyway?" Donkey shrugged, "The farthest I've traveled was at Vine Valley."

"There's probably a Bog Monster there, too!" Diddy teased. Donkey shivered at the thought of a Bog Monster appearing out of nowhere, he shook his head, "I really hate when you do that."

"You know he doesn't exist!" Diddy added. Donkey sighed as he began to walk, "Yeah, yeah, let's go get those Kremlings, already!" Diddy raised an eyebrow as he began to follow the big ape, Gees, DK...I'm starting to think I'm the mature one..."

After walking a short distance, the Kongs decided to rest at this point, sitting near a couple of trees. Who knows what kind of creature is waiting for them, up ahead?

If it weren't for my laziness, I would've gotten this done, sooner.

Not too many changes, except for the Necky fight. I'm sorry if this chapter seems a little boring, I'm just doing what I can to fix this fanfic up a bit.