Hurricane Island (Diddy x Dixie)

by LucyM22

Threatened by a quartet of bully children, Diddy is afraid to tell his situation. One day, he meets Dixie and family in the middle of their fugitive situation. They both establish a special friendship, where feelings for each other later arise. Their frustrated attempts to take a first step will lead them to live an unexpected and dangerous journey away from DK Island.

77. Unforeseen by the Air

Chapter 75: Unforeseen by the Air

A dark view in its entirety was what Diddy's eyes were visualizing; everything seemed to be empty and with no notion of time. When suddenly... small sounds were beginning to be heard through his ears; they sounded like continuous squeals accompanied by redundant blows... Those squeals seemed to come from small primates that were getting louder and closer. Suddenly, the dark vision that Diddy perceived began to take color until he felt that he was awake. Instantly having regained full consciousness, Diddy opened his eyes... and the first thing he could observe were some bars all around him.

"W-what?!" Diddy exclaimed, immediately getting up to look at where he was.

Diddy was perplexed by what he witnessed: he was locked inside a cage, which was padlocked. He panicked immediately as he shook the bars of the cage. The setting where he was now was what appeared to be an outdoor esplanade in the afternoon. And not only he was in the same situation... Looking ahead, he could see three more cages where, enclosed in the same way, were three known groups in each one, whom he did not expect to see again. Diddy then turned to look at his own cage and immediately realized that Dixie was lying seemingly unconscious next to him.

"Dixie!" Diddy exclaimed, beginning to shake her in despair. "Dixie, tell me something, please!"

Suddenly, Dixie seemed to be coming to her senses, though not yet fully recovered.

"Dixie, wake up! I don't know where we are!"

"W-what... happens?" Dixie said as Diddy pulled her arm to lift her up. "What happened?"

"I don't know what place this is!" Diddy replied before pointing to the front. "And... and look at that!"

Dixie, having regained her sense of reality, made a gesture of enormous shock when she saw that, firstly, they were both locked in the cage, and second... three other cages were in front: in one of them, there was the very group of mandrills and orangutans; in the next cage was Jemky's quartet; and finally, in the last cage was Jenny's quartet.

"W-what... But how..." Dixie said, looking all confused at Diddy, and then looking towards the other cages.

The group of mandrills and orangutans stood silently as they stared earnestly at Diddy and Dixie. The kids from Jemky's quartet had an empty expression, in fact... they were seen with a lost look as the four of them were held together, as if trying to protect themselves... and as if they looked really scared; they were expressions that Diddy and Dixie had never seen on them before. Finally, the kids from Jenny's quartet were all jumping and pushing wildly the bars of the cage, as a sign of wanting to get out; from those four children was that came the squeals and hits that were heard at the beginning.

"Diddy... wh-what's all this?!" Dixie asked, not believing everything that was happening.

"I have no idea!" Diddy replied, tremblingly. "All this h-has to be a joke; maybe I'm dreamin-"

"The tamers!" Dixie interrupted. "The last thing that happened... was that they shot at us!"

Diddy and Dixie now felt lost; they had no idea how and why they were there. Then, although quite insecure, Diddy dared to ask the other apes with no other alternative.

"Hey!... You!" Diddy called the apes and Jemky's quartet. "What… What is this due to?! What happened?!"

But neither group wanted to answer them. The mandrills and orangutans even started emitting small growls as they looked at Diddy and Dixie angrily, which made them both uncomfortable. The bully children continued to look lost, while the mechanical ones kept trying to push the bars of the cage as wild animals.

"T-tam… tamers," Rocky stuttered suddenly and as if he had difficulty answering.

"I-I'm afraid…" Melenky said with an anguished look.

The kids from Jemky's quartet looked at their dads as if they wanted to beg them to do something, but they could only respond by stretching their hands through the bars to take theirs, as a sign of wanting to reassure them.

"We have to get out of here," Dixie whispered to Diddy.

"But I don't know how," Diddy replied, looking at the cage. "If only we could open-"

Suddenly, voices different from everyone else's were heard approaching the place. Diddy and Dixie instantly recognized who the voices belonged to and became tense to the max.

"... well, yes, we have no choice," the one-eyed tamer was clearly heard. "I just hope that four chimpanzees will be enough, if not we'll have to explain the situation and beg to be believed. At least those useless apes managed to give artificial immortality to those four little ones that were mechanized first."

The group of tamers arrived at the cages, accompanied by two other men; the latter wore formal-looking clothes with ties, as well as caps and glasses. Then, the tamers, also bringing whips in hand, went to the apes' cage, and each of them whipped the whip to the bars of that cage, causing a fright to the five apes.

"Miserable…" the one-eyed tamer told them before whipping the cage hard again. "Now because of you we are not going to present the mechanized primates well! We entrust you with that task and you CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT!"

"And hopefully those first four monkeys that you mechanized will serve us," the one with the prosthetic leg added. "Otherwise, you will all be dead apes!"

"Or rather... we're going to mechanize your four little brats!" the one-eyed tamer added, pointing to Jemky's quartet. "And the ones who will do the procedure on them will be you."

"Hmm, and you had us fooled all the time," the one-armed tamer said. "We trusted you all the darn time that you wouldn't have any brats with you anymore, let alone have them hidden... I don't understand how you didn't get rid of them; those four ones aren't even your children!"

"W-what what?" Jemky whispered, turning to look at the tamers along with the other three kids in the group.

There was a moment of silence while the five apes turned to look at the quartet, as the latter looked at them with an expression of shock and as if they did not know what to think at that moment.

Suddenly, the one-eyed tamer headed towards the cage of Jemky's quartet, staring at them sternly, as the four children began to tremble like never before. Afterwards, the man pulled a gun from his pockets and pointed it at the four of them, making them tense instantly; he then shot them, hitting the projectile in Mandrew's chest... Although later, the projectile was ejected from his skin and the latter was restored.

"Sure... They gave them that immunizing elixir," the tamer said, raising eyebrows. Then, he shot towards the cage of the adult apes, which fell on one of the mandrills and, in the same way, the projectile was ejected from his skin. "And you too, from what I see. That explains how we still found you all alive after that storm... But as soon as the effect wears off and we return from headquarters, you're going to pay us! Take it for granted."

The tamer whipped the cage one last time before retreating, while the apes looked at them the same way that Jemky and company looked at them when they were punished.

"Useless apes," the one-armed tamer said furiously. "First, you lost all the animals almost two years ago, and now you also lose some simple little primates!"

The apes stared at Diddy and Dixie with looks of deep hatred, as if they wanted to accuse them with the tamers for being both the ones who had thwarted their plans... if they could talk to them.

On the other hand, the kids from Jenny's quartet kept pushing the bars of their cage, because they were the only ones who had no idea what was happening.

"Stay still, you too!" the tamer with the prosthetic leg said, whipping with the whip to the cage of them, even if they did not calm down with it.

The one-eyed tamer had gone to talk to the other two men who were present. Then, he took out of his pockets what appeared to be bills and handed them to them.

"Take this," the tamer told those men. "Alright, get ready for the flight. And remember... mum's the word," he added, signaling them to keep quiet, before those two men left completely from that area.

For their part, Diddy and Dixie had no idea what the group of tamers would be up to, but with each passing second, they were both filled with deep uncertainty. They only wished that all of that were just a nightmare with all their enemies; one they would be having while unconscious after being dragged by the sea, and that they would soon wake up.

"H-hey, Dad," Jemky called his father in the distance in a trembling voice. "Is w-what… these tamers said true? Aren't you… our… dads?"

The lead orangutan, and then the other four apes, looked with absolute seriousness at their four... sons? Seconds later, the lead orangutan heaved a sigh and only nodded lightly, confirming that shocking and unexpected revelation for the boys, who then looked into nothingness, becoming paralyzed.

"B-but how..." Rocky exclaimed, still with the same expression. "And then what-"

"Long story!" the brown-lapel mandrill interrupted, showing disgust as he answered, and then turning around. "But no, boys... You actually... are not our children... We adopted you, and it was with luck. And no... Your real parents have been gone from this world for years."

"B-but you told us that our moms abandoned us as babies!" Melenky replied. "How could you…"

"They didn't abandon you!" the lead orangutan interrupted. "They never abandoned you; none of us wanted to abandon our children we had!"

"What?! What are they talking about?" Jemky replied. "Tell us what's going-"

"It's just a long story!" the orangutan interrupted, being uncomfortable in wanting to answer. Then, he just sighed again. "I'm sorry... And I'm serious, I don't think I can tell-"

Suddenly, the group of tamers returned to the cages with whips in hand, and one of them whipped the cage of Jenny's quartet, despite the fact that they continued to show themselves wild due the confinement. Then, the tamer with a prosthetic leg pulled a device that appeared to be a remote control from his pockets and began manipulating it. Seconds later, the mechanical children began to calm down until they were completely static as if they had been turned off.

"Well, it's time to go," the one-eyed tamer said, approaching the cage of mechanical children. "First these monkeys. With the other ones, you know what we'll do as soon as the immunizing effect wears off. For now, we'll take them inside along with their four brat kids."

Then, two of the tamers started rolling the cage of the mechanical kong children, and they left the area with it. Meanwhile, the one-eyed tamer withdrew for a while, but returned shortly after with a large sack in his hands before heading towards Diddy and Dixie's cage.

"Ah, these disastrous little monkeys have already woken up," the tamer exclaimed, looking at them angrily. "These darn monkeys who ruined our zoo, our circus and our reputation!... But this is not going to remain like this."

The one-eyed tamer kicked the cage where Diddy and Dixie were, which scared them both away and they clung to each other, although Dixie kept staring at him with all the hatred she could feel.

Suddenly, the other two tamers returned with whip in hand, and headed straight for Diddy and Dixie's cage as well.

"Now, we'll take them out carefully," the tamer said, taking some keys out of his pockets, while the other tamers stood around the cage.

"Diddy, it's now or never," Dixie whispered, looking sideways at them. "As soon as they open it, we'll escape."

Then, the one-armed tamer inserted the keys into the lock of the cage and began to open it, so Diddy and Dixie were attentive to what they could do.

"Carefully, first to the monkey," the one-eyed tamer said, opening the sack he had brought.

The instant the door was open, Diddy and Dixie pushed it to make an escape attempt, but unfortunately, the tamer of the prosthetic leg reached to grab Diddy's torso, grabbing him by the arms as well. Dixie grabbed Diddy by one foot and pulled him with her strength, but the one-armed tamer slammed the door shut, catching Dixie's hand sharply. Diddy started trying to kick them, but between the three of them they held him by all his limbs. The one-eyed tamer even pulled the gun out of his pockets again and pointed it at Diddy, stopping him instantly. They immediately thrust Diddy into the sack, leaving him no more time to do another attack.

"Now the chimpanzee," the one-eyed tamer said after closing the sack where Diddy was still struggling to get out. "Carefully, take her by the hair first."

Dixie, with quite hectic breathing, did not lose the courage of being able to escape and became attentive. And then, when the tamers opened the door again, Dixie lunged at them... Not before they rushed to take her hair and limbs, and even, the one-eyed tamer pointed the gun at her as well. Even so, Dixie showed resistance to them, but together they managed to keep her imprisoned. Immediately, the one-eyed tamer reopened the sack and introduced Dixie next to Diddy too, then closed it with more force.

"Alright! Quick!"

The three tamers rushed to take them both in sacks, while both hit and kicked inside it to try to open it.

"Ugh, these monkeys don't sit still!" one of the tamers grumbled before whipping the sack. "Stay still, monkeys!"

Diddy and Dixie, trying not to let themselves be consumed by panic, continued to fight ready to get out of there.

"Darn scoundrel tamers!" Dixie yelled from inside the sack, which sounded like primate squeals to the tamers' ears

"Let's not give up, Dixie! We'll get out of here!" Diddy added as they continued to make the effort to get out.

"Will these two kids be useful for the mechanization test?" one of the tamers was heard saying.

"Of course," another of them said. "In addition, the emerald green eyes of the chimpanzee will be useful for artificial immortality like that emerald. And at least those four mechanized chimpanzees have already been immortalized, so it won't be hard... Although it would have been better if the other forty primate children had been mechanized."

"Hmm, and hopefully we have these two little monkeys to take as subjects," the third tamer added.

Diddy and Dixie had no idea what the tamers were talking about, but they assumed it wouldn't be anything good. Both continued to try to open the sack while they were moving inside it.

"Stay still, monkeys!" one of the tamers shouted at them, giving the sack another lash. "Anyway, there would be no better punishment for the two of them after having ruined everything for us."

A couple of minutes later, and already starting to get tired of fighting, Diddy and Dixie felt that they had been left on solid ground... and heard the sound of a cage closing.

"Alright, now let's go to the vehicle," one of the tamers was heard saying.

Suddenly, Diddy and Dixie no longer heard the tamers and did not feel movement to the outside either, so it would be the best time to continue trying to open the sack, without so much difficulty this time, since it was not being manipulated by anyone.

"Almost, almost!" Diddy exclaimed as they struggled to open the sack.

Suddenly, both began to hear repetitive noises that became continuous and loud gradually, in addition to feeling a vibration on the surface where they were.

"What's all this?!" Diddy exclaimed, going into despair along with Dixie.

"No idea, but let's get out of here quickly!" Dixie added.

Both continued to struggle with the entrance of the sack, which they had already managed to partially open. Suddenly, they also felt as if the surface where they were was slowly tilting as the thunderous noise continued to resonate.

"Oh, no, another cage!" Dixie exclaimed as she looked through the hole they had opened, and where, indeed, were other cage bars.

A minute later, the thunderous noise was fading, while Diddy had already managed to get an arm out of the sack and grab the strip that had it tied. Diddy began to untie the knot of the strip and, a few seconds later, managed to open the sack completely. Both of them immediately came out and observed everything around.

"Oh, darn it!" Diddy complained when he saw that they were definitely inside a cage.

"Look!" Dixie said as she turned to look back.

Inside that same cage, there were the kids from Jenny's quartet, this time all turned off again like dolls.

"Oh, no," Diddy said, pressing the left ear of one of them to see if they turned on... But this time it wasn't. "The tamers might have turned them off. I wonder what they intend to do with them."

"Diddy, look, this cage is open!" Dixie said.

Dixie was manipulating the lock of the cage, which luckily, was unlocked, so both were able to get out of there without problem.

"Wait a minute... but what place is this?" Diddy asked, looking everywhere.

The place where they were at that time was a small room, which had white walls with only a small square window. The floor was carpeted and there was only one door in the center of a wall, which had a circular window above it.

"What is this?" Dixie wondered.

"Wait a minute!" Diddy exclaimed with a suspicious look toward the square window.

That window seemed to emit the image of the sky and nothing but the sky with what appeared to be moving clouds. Diddy and Dixie hurried to lean out and look outside... They both gawked at each other as panic began to take hold of them.

"No, no, no, it can't be! No way!" Dixie exclaimed desperately.

Dixie went to the door in that area, which she was able to open without problems. In doing so, she got a not-so-pleasant surprise...

"No, no, are we in…" Diddy couldn't finish the sentence because of the panic he was having. "Oh, no, no, we have to get out of here! Quick!"

"But how will we get out?!" Dixie exclaimed, panicking as well. "I don't know where we can get out of here!"

Both began to run towards the new area where they had entered. This consisted of a medium closed corridor, with windows on the sides and a few seats, and where at the end of this, there was another door. Indeed... both were inside what was an airplane, or rather... a large and apparently private jet. That could be recognized because, through the windows, the sky was visualized with moving clouds and part of the wings of the aircraft.

"There has to be a way to escape!" Diddy said, quickly watching everywhere.

"What if we check in that door that is over there?" Dixie pointed out.

Both ran to the end of that aisle; they wanted to think that they would find a way to escape from that aircraft, as they never expected to be in that situation. When they got to the door, they tried to open it... but this one was blocked. Both began to struggle with the door as much as they could, but even so, they could not open it. Desperation was creeping over them, as they watched through the windows how the aircraft accelerated.

"Oh, why don't it open?!" Diddy exclaimed, knocking on the door continuously along with Dixie.

"It's blocked!" Dixie added before kicking the door one last time. "Maybe those stupid tamers are insid-"

Suddenly, Diddy and Dixie were grabbed by someone. Both turned and almost stopped breathing when they saw who had caught them.

"We got you, little brat monkeys!"

Diddy and Dixie were instantly alerted and began trying to hit someone who was none other than two of the evil apes: the brown-lapel mandrill and the black-lapel orangutan.

"Darn monkeys, you're going to pay us whether you want to or not!" the mandrill exclaimed, who was holding Diddy, and grabbed him by the neck to smash him to the ground.

The orangutan, who was holding Dixie, did the same to her and tried to press her neck. Diddy began kicking the mandrill's face, getting him to let go. He then immediately pounced on the orangutan, getting him to release Dixie.

Diddy and Dixie started running again to the other end of the aisle. When they thought that they would at least be calm without anyone to disturb them, they could not believe that they would find two of those apes; now they had the adrenaline pumping, and they had no idea how those apes had boarded the flight as well.

"Come here, you scoundrels!" the orangutan shouted.

The two bad apes rushed after them. Diddy and Dixie, despairing due the scarcity of escape routes there, each of them ducked under the seats there were, and slipped away to disappear from the sight of the apes.

"You're not going anywhere, you little imps!" the mandrill exclaimed, sneaking under the seats to catch them. "You're going to pay us dearly for always ruining everything for us!"

Diddy and Dixie, after a minute, left the seats and continued running through the aisle... not before the orangutan appeared to them by surprise and rushed to catch them. Both were going to attack the orangutan, but unfortunately, the mandrill appeared from behind and grabbed them both as well. Immediately, the apes abruptly grabbed each of the little kongs and cornered them against one of the seats as if trying to choke them with their hands, while Diddy and Dixie struggled to free themselves from them.

"You darn miserable brats!" the mandrill exclaimed, holding Diddy. "The bosses are going to kill our children and all of us, but we refuse to die without having finished you both off first! You pair of disastrous brats!"

"Starting with you, brat monkey girl!" the orangutan said, holding Dixie. "First you and your family left us bankrupt almost two years ago! And now you two finished destroying our lives and took all those kid-"

"Hey, wait, wait!" Dixie interrupted, trying to get free from the orangutan. "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were allies of those monstrous tamers! We didn't know that everything you do, you do for those miserab-"

"But you're going to pay us right now, BRAT MONKEYS!" the orangutan shouted as they exerted more force against Diddy and Dixie.

The apes held Diddy and Dixie in such a tight arm that it was difficult for both of them to get their hands off them. Suddenly, Dixie was able to stretch out her arm and pull the orangutan's fur to weaken him and immediately kicked him in the face, followed by an attack with her hair on both him and the mandrill, managing to escape with Diddy afterwards.

"Scoundrel monkeys!" the orangutan exclaimed, lunging at the two, but they dodged instantly.

Then, being behind the apes, Diddy and Dixie pounced on them, and began to attack them as they did with the tamers. But likewise, the apes returned a few hits. The confrontation continued in the same way, when suddenly, the previously blocked door opened.

"Stop there!" someone coming out of that door exclaimed.

Diddy, Dixie and the apes were paralyzed when they saw that, coming out of that door, there were two men with weapons in hand... They were the same two men with whom the tamers had recently been talking; these seemed to be the pilots of the aircraft, since in the background they could see the main cockpit of it.

"Don't move, apes!" one of those men said.

Diddy and Dixie didn't know those men at all, but for the guns they had in their hands, they became more tense than they already were.

Suddenly, and as if they did not care about the consequences, the mandrill and the orangutan pounced on the two human men.

"HEY!…" one of them exclaimed.

"NO, GET AWAY, APES!" the other one added.

The two adult apes even began to hit and attack the pair of pilots to the point of leaving them defenseless, when suddenly, both managed to take the guns out of their hands.

"NO, DROP THAT!" one of the pilots shouted in despair. "DROP THOSE GUNS, AP-"

Suddenly, the two apes began to shoot in the direction of the two men, as if they didn't care about anything. The two pilots had managed to hide behind the cockpit and avoid being hit.

Diddy and Dixie, seeing that now the two apes turned to see them and with gun in hand, went on high alert, trying not to be consumed by panic or lose control. Both rushed to hide behind the seats and even under them, while the apes had begun to try to shoot them. Diddy and Dixie had all the desperation consuming them, because in that closed space, they would have no way to escape, and the risk of being impacted was high.

"Brats! YOU WON'T COME OUT OF HERE ALIVE!" the orangutan exclaimed as they unleashed some shots.

Diddy and Dixie, both in a state of panic, kept hiding from the apes and trying to avoid the gunfire. Something that also made their hair stand on end was that some projectiles even bounced off when hitting the windows of the plane, increasing the risk of being hit.

Meanwhile, in the cockpit of the aircraft, the two pilots could be heard talking desperately through what appeared to be a communication device.

"Messrs. Owens, Messrs. Owens, please listen to us!" the pilot exclaimed toward the device. "MISTERS, IT IS URGENT... YOUR APES, MISTERS! We have a huge problem: those two monkeys that you are going to take are on the loose, and besides TWO OF YOUR APES ESCAPED AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY BOARDED THE PLANE!"

"AND THEY'VE GONE CRAZY!" the co-pilot added. "THEY'RE SHOOTING IN HERE!"

Diddy and Dixie continued to fight not to be hit by the projectiles, even if they knew they had no choice at the time. When suddenly... both managed to see inside the cockpit some objects that appeared to be other guns. Both continued to run throughout that section, crouching several times to avoid being hit and, seconds later, managed to swerve so they could enter the cockpit, and rushed to take the additional weapons that the pilots had.

"... BUT WE CAN'T, MESSRS. OWENS... HEY, NO, DROP THAT, MONKEYS!" the pilot exclaimed as he saw Diddy and Dixie taking their extra guns.

The apes were going to unload other shots, but suddenly, they saw Diddy and Dixie coming out of the cockpit with guns in hand as well and pointing it at them.

"So, you want to play with us, don't you?!" the mandrill exclaimed. "BUT LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN-"

Without further thought, Diddy and Dixie rushed to shoot them straight at the apes, knocking them down in one fell swoop. Then, both had to duck instantly when they saw that some projectiles had bounced in their direction. Seconds later, they were a little relieved that they were able to take down the apes, although... they realized that the immunizing effect seemed to still be in effect in them, since those two apes were getting up again.

"Oh, no…" Diddy muttered when he saw that the situation was getting heavy.

The apes, quite furiously this time, re-enlisted their guns and rushed to shoot in the direction of Diddy and Dixie, but both sneaked under the seats.

"We must shoot them however we can!" Diddy exclaimed as they moved under the seats with Dixie. "We can't do anything els-"

"STAY STILL!" the orangutan shouted to them, appearing under the seats too.

Diddy and Dixie rushed to shoot the orangutan. Then, the brown-lapel mandrill also appeared below, but both shot him in time. The two little kongs left the seats, but it was no more than five seconds when they saw the apes standing up and pointing at them again.

"YOU CAN'T GO ANYWHERE, YOU LITTLE FOOLS!" the apes shouted before firing again.

Diddy and Dixie were not far behind and continued to try to shoot at the apes, but at the same time, they had to avoid the projectiles that were bouncing, which made it very difficult for them to target. The apes were in the same situation, but they didn't have as much of a problem with being hit. Both sides continued trying to take each other down, also using the seats to shield themselves if necessary.

A couple of minutes later, Diddy and Dixie had managed to shoot the mandrill to the floor, but the orangutan was nearby, so they both sneaked under the seats. When they left the seats, both did not see any trace of any of the apes, but anyway, they were attentive in case they appeared by surprise. The two had their palpitations accelerated to the extreme, but they did not want to lose control in the situation. When suddenly, the apes suddenly appeared behind one of the seats and fired in the direction of Diddy and Dixie, but they fired other shots before starting to move over the seats. Suddenly, running on one of the seats... Diddy felt a sudden rub on his foot that burned to the point of forcing him to stop and fall to the floor.

"Diddy!" Dixie exclaimed, panicking at the sudden incident.

Suddenly, the apes were about to shoot Dixie, but she managed to stop them by shooting them head-on to knock them to the floor. Afterwards, Dixie immediately went to where Diddy had fallen to help him.

"Diddy! Diddy! Are you okay?!" she asked him desperately.

"Yes, but I think that…" Diddy replied as he held his foot and complained a little about the pain, before showing it to Dixie.

Dixie opened her eyes to the fullest when she saw that Diddy's foot had a small scrape; apparently, he had been hit by one of the projectiles, although luckily, it had only been a slight rubbing.

"I think one of their projectiles hit me," Diddy added, still holding his foot, which was still hurting.

"Oh, no, no, Diddy," she exclaimed, starting to push him. "You have to hide right now! Go back to the cabin where we were first! Go!"

"What?! Hey, but I'm fine, it wasn't serious!" Diddy replied.

"No, get back!" Dixie replied, pushing him. "You won't be able to walk well!"

"Of course I can! Look-" Diddy, as soon as he stood up and took his first steps, emitted a small squeal of pain as he settled his injured foot.

"Just hide!" Dixie replied, hurrying to help him to the cabin in the end, where they had been first.

"Hey, hey, but wait, Dixie!" Diddy interrupted as they reached the door. "Are you going to stay and fight those apes?!"

"Well, yes! You stay to rest!"

"Oh, no, no, no, Dixie! I'm not going to leave you alone in this!"

"But you won't be able to run well like this!" Dixie insisted. "Please stay in there!"

"No, Dixie, I'll go on- The apes!" Diddy exclaimed, pointing behind Dixie.

Dixie immediately turned and started shooting at the two apes, who had already gotten up and were about to shoot them both.

"Hide, Diddy!" she said, pushing him harder towards the cabin and then closing the door.

"Hey!" Diddy exclaimed from inside.

Dixie continued the confrontation against the apes. She also used her hair to be able to make longer jumps on the seats. The apes tried to hit her with the shots, but Dixie kept moving to dodge the projectiles. Suddenly, the door to the main cockpit opened, and the two men came out again with a gun.

"STAY STILL YOU ALL, APES!" the pilot ordered. "STOP-"

But before long, the apes set out to shoot the two men mercilessly and unexpectedly. The two men hurried to hide, but this time... they had been shot in the limbs, to the point of falling to the floor. And, to make matters worse, in the last shots launched by the apes, they had hit directly towards the dashboard of the cockpit of the plane, activating a flashing light as if it were an alarm.

"NOO!... DARN... APES!" the wounded men exclaimed, sitting on the floor of the cockpit.

The apes seemed to ignore it and continued to try to take Dixie down, while she rushed to continue shielding herself... even if panic was taking over more of her when she saw that the aircraft was beginning to emit worrying noises.

Diddy, inside the other cabin, and with his injured foot, was close to the wall of the aircraft, but likewise, he did not stop thinking about how that situation could end; the alternatives he thought were all negative and he was only beginning to despair. Suddenly, the plane was again making strange and thunderous noises, which was worrying him a lot. Helpless, Diddy gathered strength and started walking towards the door... although the pain bothered him a lot when settling his foot, and it was difficult for him to walk fast. Anyway, Diddy with gun in hand, decided to open the door to take a look and see that at least Dixie was fine.

Dixie kept jumping, sneaking or running around the area as she tried to take down the apes, even as the immunizing effect on them remained in force. Dixie only prayed that at least that effect was about to end and that it would be fast, since all the adrenaline was consuming her and she feared that everything would end very badly.

Suddenly, the aircraft emitted a sudden thunderous noise, accompanied by a turbulent movement that was tilting the floor, until everyone lost their balance. Dixie began to move, holding on to the seats that were there, and tried to continue shooting at the apes, who had stumbled after the sudden movement. In one of the many strong movements of the aircraft, Dixie fell rolling down the aisle and, unfortunately, her hand collided with one of the supports of a seat, and made her drop the gun. She rushed to try to pick it up, but other turbulence prevented her from reaching it... The gun was now at the other end of the aisle and away from Dixie.

"STAY STILL, GIRL!" the mandrill exclaimed, appearing by surprise behind Dixie and grabbing her hair along with the orangutan, who was holding her limbs.

Dixie rushed to try to hit them, but the apes struggled continuously not to let her. The aircraft was having stronger turbulence, which made it a little difficult for the apes to stand. Dixie took the opportunity to try to attack them with blows, even if they carried guns. But the apes also tried to hold her.

Diddy, who was now behind the last seat and trying to hold on to it so as not to fall, watched Dixie's confrontation with the two apes, and he also saw how Dixie was at a great disadvantage against those apes. Diddy, with the gun in hand too, knew he had to do something, even if he could no longer walk, let alone run well.

"You brat girl, you won't be saved this time!" the orangutan exclaimed, dropping the gun to have his hands free and hold Dixie by the hair and neck with both ones, then smashed her to the floor abruptly. Then, the mandrill adjusted his gun and pointed it at Dixie, ready to shoot her amid the turbulence.

Diddy, seeing that, gathered strength without caring about the pain of his foot, climbed to the top of the seat and, without thinking at all, shot the orangutan and the mandrill in the distance, knocking them to the floor in one fell swoop… But almost instantly, the mandrill stood up again with his gun and shot Diddy... without giving him time to avoid it. He felt an impact on his abdomen that knocked him back to the floor.

"DIDDY, NO!" Dixie exclaimed, panicking at the instant she saw that.

The mandrill, gun in hand, was heading to the end of the aisle as if he wanted to look for Diddy to finish him off... Although this time, he had difficulty walking. But Dixie took courage and hurried to go to pounce on the mandrill and give him some savage attacks as she could, not caring about the gun he was carrying and gathering strength she didn't even know where from. Afterwards, Dixie managed to snatch the gun from the mandrill and did not hesitate to press the trigger against him... although it no longer fired.

"Stupid monke-"

Dixie rushed to beat him with the same gun until he was knocked to the floor and weakened... which she was getting this time, as if the mandrill was affected by the attacks. A couple of minutes later, Dixie stopped attacking the mandrill when she saw that he no longer exerted any resistance and, rather... he didn't move so much. She was going to keep attacking if it weren't for remembering that she had to help someone else.

"Diddy!" Dixie exclaimed desperately as she made her way to get him. "Diddy, Diddy, are you-"

Dixie felt a huge shake inside when she found him. Diddy was lying on the floor, his breathing heaving... and with one hand holding on to his abdominal area.

"Keep calm, keep calm, Diddy! Don't tell me…" Dixie exclaimed desperately as she tried to stay calm as much as possible so she could help him... although it was in vain upon observing Diddy holding that affected area on him. "Oh, no, no, Diddy!"

Without further thought, Dixie acted out of survival instinct and tried to take Diddy in her arms to carry him to the last cabin, where they had been at first. She placed Diddy sitting against one of the walls, and then hurriedly closed the door and secured it in case the apes would come, as before long they would get up again.

"Diddy! Diddy, please, tell me something!" she exclaimed when headed to him and shook his shoulders a little.

Diddy, who was still breathing in an agitated way and even straining his vision, kept his hand holding the wound he had as a result of the impact he had received, where he was feeling an enormous burning while processing what had happened.

"D-Dixie... I… can't…" Diddy said slowly.

Dixie, also processing what happened, carefully took Diddy's hand to observe where he had been hit by the projectile... Seeing his injury clearly, she was only filled with extreme panic while not knowing what to do.

"Oh, no, no, it can't be!" Dixie exclaimed, standing up all alarmed without being able to calm down while looking everywhere as if she wanted to find a quick solution.

Dixie, trying her best not to let herself be consumed by anguish, decided to go to the cage where they had come with Jenny's quartet, and took the sack where she and Diddy had been brought. She immediately folded the sack randomly and took it to Diddy.

"Diddy, listen to me!"

"D-Dix…" Diddy stammered, straining his voice.

"Listen to me! Put this on you!" she interrupted as she pulled Diddy's hand back and placed the folded sack on him, then pressed it against the wound, which caused some discomfort to Diddy. "Hold it on here and don't take it out at all!"

"W-wh-why-"

"My aunt and uncle taught me this! Just hold it and don't force yourself to talk, okay?!" she added, putting his hand on him again to hold the wound.

Dixie, still trying to restrain herself, stood up again and looked everywhere if she had any choice but to take... But little by little, she was losing all calm and hope that she could do something about it, because in truth, she had nothing else to do. Suddenly... she also saw how Diddy slowed his breathing and his eyes were squinting little by little.

"Oh... No, no, no, DIDDY!" Dixie exclaimed, heading to him again with all the desperation she could feel, and began to shake him faster so that he would react. "Diddy, Diddy, can you hear me?! Tell me you can still hear me, please!"

"D-Dixie... I... can't anymore…" Diddy replied, straining his voice quite a bit while also beginning to struggle to keep his eyes open and even stop feeling so much pain in his wound.

"No, Diddy, please no!" Dixie exclaimed, calling him desperately as tears began to flow from her eyes. "Diddy... please resist!... Diddy!"

Dixie, with all the anguish and uncertainty, stood up again and tried to keep looking for what to do, at the same time that her tears kept coming out of her eyes. She peeked out of the door window and just saw the aisle of the aircraft with no exit. Then, she went to look out the other window to look outside and, by instinct of survival, she set out to try to find a way to open it, which was in vain since it had no mechanism to open or to break with the blows that she was giving it as a last alternative. Seconds later, Dixie stopped and saw only the sky and clouds moving... and without any hope of being able to do anything. Then, the aircraft continued with sudden turbulence that only increased the uncertainty in Dixie. With nothing else to do, Dixie sat down again in front of Diddy to continue helping him... even if she couldn't do anything for him either.

"Diddy… tell me you're not going to…" Dixie said before starting to sob and burst into tears completely. "Diddy...!"

Suddenly, with just a little bit of strength, Diddy took Dixie's hand while with the other one continued to hold his wound, and tried to look into her eyes, even if it was costing him.

"Dixie... I-I'm sorry…" he forced his voice to speak to her. "W-we can't... do... nothing. W-we won't return... to... DK Island."

Dixie looked up at him and only became more distressed at those words.

"No, of course we still can!" Dixie replied through tears and continuous sobs, even if she knew what Diddy said was true. "I'm not going to leave without you! We have to go back! Everyone needs us there... Donkey needs you!"

"D-Dixie, I…" Diddy pronounced, losing strength, beginning to drop her hand and closing his eyes, also with a couple of tears coming out of them.

"No, Diddy! You have to resist! We could still do something!" Dixie replied, holding him by the shoulders, but then losing strength to restrain herself while only seeing him in that state and thinking about the fact that they were both inside an aircraft... which was quite likely that at any moment it would stop with a fatal outcome. "Diddy…" she added, limiting herself to just hugging him and continuing to shed her tears next to him.

Diddy, with vision almost completely blurred and a few tears, looked at Dixie and then wrapped his arm around her, even if he no longer had the strength to do so.

"Dixie... I... I l-love you…" he uttered with his little strength.

But those words only made Dixie shed her tears faster, and she hugged him tighter as her crying grew louder.

"Me too... D-Diddy... I never stopped loving you…"

Diddy, without any drop of hope, stopped even exerting force with his hand that held his wound and hugged Dixie with both arms while she continued to emit hard sobs and tears upon she could not do anything more about it... They would only have to wait for the outcome.

"Uhh, No, no, no!" Dixie exclaimed, suddenly letting go of Diddy and trying to stop her crying. Then, she placed Diddy's hand on the folded sack on his wound again. "There still has to be a way, Diddy... I know there is!"

Suddenly, and as if some strength was coming back, Dixie stood up and went to peek out the door window while wiping away her tears.

"We have to get out of here! I'm going to get us out of here, Diddy!" she added, unlocking the door to open it and peek through it.

"Dixie!" Diddy exclaimed, as if he had also recovered the strength to speak. "No...! W-what... are you doing…"

"We are going to get out of here!" Dixie replied, still with tears streaming down her eyes. "I… promised everyone on DK Island that I would take you back; we said that in three weeks we would return to DK Island and we will do it!"

"Dixie!... Ugh…" Diddy replied, complaining of pain as he strained to speak while Dixie headed to help him one last time.

"Don't worry, Diddy... and don't force yourself," she said, taking his face. "I'll see if there's a way to get out of here... even if it's the last thing I can do... Resist, Diddy…"

With that said, Dixie gave Diddy a kiss on the cheek, before leaving him and walking out the door. Stronger turbulence than before was beginning to be felt, so Dixie would have to be careful when moving.

"Dixie…" was the last thing Diddy could utter when he saw her walk out that door.

Dixie began to walk through the aisle of the aircraft. She felt an enormous thirst for revenge towards the apes as never before and at the same time as she has always had towards them. Regaining some of her bravery, she felt ready to give one last beating to the two bad apes present, so she headed to them. Although... it became strange and suspicious to her that the apes had not yet stood up.

Then, she arrived right at the last area where the apes had been lying and, to great surprise... those two were still like this. Dixie rushed to snatch the gun from the orangutan and was ready to shoot them... When suddenly, she realized something curious: the apes no longer wanted to move, and even... taking a closer look at them, she saw that they also had gunshot wounds... and this time, they were no longer expelled from their skins. Dixie assumed that the immunizing effect had worn off.

"You... monkey!" the orangutan was suddenly heard speaking, who was lying on the floor and as if straining his voice.

Dixie was going to stop to give them some last shots, but a strong turbulent movement was enough to make her think she had to do something to stop the aircraft as a priority... In addition, the gun no longer had projectiles. So, she went to the main cockpit of the aircraft, where the dashboard and controls of it were... and where the pilot and co-pilot were injured on the floor and without having the strength to move, in addition to one of them having in his hands a communication device.

Dixie didn't have that much time, so she set out to inspect the aircraft controls to see if she could do anything to slow it down or even land... but it was obvious that Dixie didn't understand anything about those controls; there were so many buttons that she had no idea what they were for. She just moved the control yoke lightly as despair took hold of her again.

"Hey... l-leave that, little monkey!" the pilot exclaimed from the floor. "Don't move-"

Dixie had pressed a random button, which only caused strange noises in the aircraft that scared her away instantly. Suddenly, Dixie felt that someone grabbed her arm tightly.

"You're not going to be saved, brat girl!" the mandrill said, who had gathered strength to get up, even if he couldn't walk well.

Dixie immediately slapped him and began attacking him with all her anger after he hurt Diddy. She even gave him spinning attacks with her hair, making it difficult for the mandrill to see. But at one point, the mandrill grabbed Dixie's neck and smashed her into the cockpit dashboard, also activating several buttons on it and generating rumblings in the aircraft. Dixie hurriedly kicked the mandrill to make him let her go, and then continued to attack him. Amid the confrontation, both were bumping into the buttons of the cockpit, which began to generate sudden movements in the aircraft until it tilted down.

"NO...! Stop, apes, darn it!" the two human men yelled, straining their voices wide and in despair.

Dixie continued in the confrontation with the mandrill, until giving him a sudden blow to the head that left him stunned for a few seconds, but also smashed him against other buttons. Suddenly, the aircraft was tilting much more, at the same time that a noisy and continuous alarm was activated, which seemed to indicate that they would be in great danger. Dixie, the mandrill and the two men also stayed tilted with the aircraft until they collided with whatever was in front of them.

"Darn, we're falling!" one of the men yelled, unable to move. "We are... FALLING!"

Suddenly, the pilot man began to try to force himself up to take the yoke, although it seemed too late. The mandrill, on the other hand, had been lying on the floor.

Dixie, meanwhile, was leaning against the windshield, trying to move forward as the aircraft was accelerating downward and wobbling. She panicked as she thought about what to do and at the same time had nothing else to do; all she could think about was Diddy, so she gathered strength and began to spin her hair so she could move towards the aisle. She continued to strive to reach the last area, where Diddy had stayed.

Diddy was still leaning against one of the walls while holding his wound weakly. His eyes were closed and he could only open them a little when he saw Dixie reach him.

"Let's leave!" Dixie exclaimed desperately as she took Diddy to move him.

Dixie, having no choice, moved with Diddy to the same cage where they had been brought, and where the immobile Jenny's quartet was too. Then, she closed the door to secure it and just stayed by the side of the four kids while clutching Diddy to her.

Diddy, no longer having any idea what was going on, just looked at Dixie with his last efforts to keep his eyes open and, as if he got out of context for a while, raised his hand and caressed her cheek subtly while giving her a tender smile, before fading it and closing his eyes again. Suddenly, he also remembered Donkey, all the moments he spent with him... and even his first memories of when he was almost a baby came to mind... and even his parents' faces.

"D-Diddy?" Dixie said as she looked at him and also took his face when she saw that he had got motionless. "Diddy!... Diddy, no-"

Suddenly, a huge wobble was felt throughout the aircraft, and the movement became more and more accelerated. Dixie knew what was going to happen, so she just tried to keep Diddy safe and wrapped her arms around him to keep him protected... Several thoughts came to mind, including Tiny, Kiddy and Chunky, on how they would be and the last time she said goodbye to them on DK Island...

A couple of minutes later... a sudden, sharp movement was felt throughout the aircraft as if it had been impacted, along with an extremely loud rumble. Everything that contained the aircraft inside, rose instantly and wildly until jumping through the air. The cage where they were was no exception, which jumped and crashed into the roof of the aircraft and bounced a couple of times around the area. Dixie tried to help herself with her hair to avoid any bad blows, while keeping Diddy clinging without letting go at any time. The kids from Jenny's quartet bounced along with Diddy and Dixie inside the cage too, although they did not seem to suffer any damage and, between times, even served as protection for Diddy and Dixie.

Moments later, all movement was planted. Dixie, who kept her eyes closed tightly and clutching Diddy, was breathing heavily as she felt as if her entire life had passed over her. A while later, she opened her eyes little by little, still with the strong breathing. She had remained in a paralyzed state, but she was gradually recovering her senses. Afterwards, she looked at Diddy, who was with his eyes closed... and motionless at all, even having loosen his hand that held his wound. Dixie searched the folded sack again and immediately placed it on Diddy's wound and then tried to reanimate him.

"Diddy!" she called him, moving him to make him react... although this time it didn't happen. "Diddy!... D-Diddy... look at me!... Diddy, wake up…"

Dixie continued to try to reanimate him with increasing desperation, as her eyes shed tears again at the thought of the worst.

"Diddy... Please tell me something!" Dixie added, sobbing and dropping her tears continuously.

Suddenly, she remembered that maybe they wouldn't be flying in the aircraft anymore. She settled Diddy carefully, and then stood up to get out of the cage. When she looked better where they were, she noticed through the window that the sky could no longer be seen, but... some high parts of what appeared to be buildings. Dixie, still trying to keep herself with strength, opened the door of that cabin and what was there shocked her instantly: the aisle of the aircraft... had been divided in half and, as if that were not enough, both parts were floating on what appeared to be water. Dixie immediately went out to inspect while the evening light was now present on the aircraft, aircraft which… had fallen on the sea, and was now floating in parts on it. Dixie took a look outside and realized that they were not so far from a beach in a city. She then hurried back to Diddy, where she tried again to reanimate him, shaking his shoulders and face desperately.

"Diddy, Diddy, please wake up!" Dixie exclaimed, hoping for one last answer from him. "Please, Diddy!... Diddy! W-we have to go; we can get out of here now!"

Dixie tried every possible way to wake Diddy up, even trying to open his eyes; now that they would have a way to escape from there, it was the best time for them to do so regardless of the obstacles. But with each passing second, Dixie only lost all hope and strength, as she progressively sobbed and teared as she saw that Diddy was no longer responsive.

"Diddy, talk to me!" she insisted as her tears even fell on him. "We have to get out of here!... Diddy... t-tell me something... please!... D-Diddy…"

Dixie just let her tears roll, as she watched Diddy distressingly without any trace of wanting to answer. She hugged him and was going to keep him held... When suddenly, she could hear some outside noises, which sounded like murmurs... and others as if they were engines. Trying to regain strength to stand up, Dixie went back to the door and peeked out of it. Suddenly, she was seeing what appeared to be some boats, which were stopping on the sides of the aircraft. Dixie took a closer look and noticed several people on board. Instantly, she turned around to run back into the cabin after one of those people had noticed her presence and started pointing at her.

"She went over there!" one of those people was heard saying on the outside.

Dixie locked herself back in the cage and held Diddy again, holding him to her as she began to tremble and panic; even if she knew that someone could help her in that terrible situation, she also did not feel in a position to have contact with a human, since she was not sure if it would be a good thing.

Suddenly, the cabin door opened, which alarmed Dixie and made her just clutch Diddy to her. Then, men dressed in full suits, helmets and visors entered, with a whole appearance that was enough to scare her.

"They're monkeys!" one of the men exclaimed before murmuring with the rest, who were bewildered.

"But how can there be monkeys here?! What were animals doing here?!"

"Call wildlife rescuers! Right now!" the first man who spoke added, heading to observe the cage up close where Diddy, Dixie and the motionless Jenny's quartet were. "It seems that they all are injured!"

Dixie was only quite fearful and in a position to protect Diddy at all costs, while the human men watched them fixed and detailed.

"But who could have been carrying wild animals on a flight?" one of the men exclaimed. "This aircraft is very suspicious."

Then, some of the gentlemen left the cabin to the outside, where they met other men wearing the same suits.

"What are you saying?!" one of the gentlemen exclaimed, showing shock. "An injured mandrill and orangutan?! Around here we also found a cage with six small primates, apparently all injured too!"

"What did you say?!" another of the men replied. "And what may be the reason for all this-"

"Gentlemen!" another man interrupted, arriving in a hurry. "We found survivors! There are two men who appear to be the pilot and the co-pilot; they have gunshot wounds, supposedly!"

Dixie, as she could hear the conversations, just kept trembling with fear and wanted to believe that the whole situation would still be just a nightmare, from which she would wake up at any moment. She still held Diddy in her arms without wanting to let go, while her breathing was continuously accelerated.

Suddenly, Dixie felt a slight movement in the cage and, when she looked at it better, she realized that the group of men in suits was carrying the cage to move it. Dixie started emitting primate squeals out of fear, as she didn't know what all of them were going to do and couldn't escape at that moment either.

"Don't worry, it's alright, little monkey!" one of the men said as they moved the cage.

"It seems that only that little female monkey is fine. The other ones don't move."

When going outside, Dixie caught sight in the distance how other gentlemen in suits were carrying on stretchers those who seemed to be the pilots who were on the flight, and later, she saw how they placed in boats the bodies of the mandrill and the orangutan who were on board too. In addition, there were also other people aboard boats with cameras pointing towards the area. Later, the gentlemen who carried the cage, placed it in a boat and, a couple of minutes later, the latter began to accelerate in the direction of the beach.

Then, a long, overwhelming few minutes passed for Dixie, even though it hadn't been many. She no longer knew what could happen and just kept herself in an empty state, while holding Diddy and still trying to hold his wound.

Later, the boat had stopped next to a pier, near the beach area. The men rushed to disembark the cage and move it to another point. Dixie was still paralyzed, and just closed her eyes so she wouldn't see what would happen. When suddenly... she heard the cage open and a few extra murmurs, which put her on alert instantly.

"But they're little ones," an additional voice was heard in front of the cage. "Okay, let's see…"

Dixie opened her eyes and now saw a group of people dressed in long white suits and carrying a kind of suitcases with tools... Suddenly, one of these people came closer to the cage and tried to take Diddy, which made Dixie alert and prevented those people from touching him, even making a gesture of disgust.

"No, no, don't worry, little one," the man who was trying to take Diddy said. "We're not going to hurt you; we just want to see how you all are."

Dixie, quite suspicious of these people, kept holding Diddy and trying to get the hands off from those who were trying to take them both. She even got defensive so as not to let them touch Jenny's quartet either.

"Come on, don't be afraid; we need to see how that monkey is. He doesn't seem fine," another person added. "We'll try to help you, okay?"

Dixie was still fearful, but those people tried to calm her down and kept telling her that they had no bad intentions with them and, on the contrary, they were trying to help them. With a few attempts later, Dixie began to give in to those people and allowed them to take Diddy, although she still held his hand while the people placed him on a small stretcher. Then, people observed Diddy in detail and, seeing the wound he had, made a shocking gesture and were somewhat horrified.

"Holy heavens, he is very wounded!" one of the gentlemen exclaimed, showing concern. "Seems... like he has been shot; it doesn't appear to be a wound from the accident."

"But how could a little injured monkey have come on a flight?" another of the gentlemen present asked while looking for something in the suitcase he brought and took out some objects to use them on Diddy. "Anyway, this seems to be something serious. We have to take the little monkey to the emergency room; he still seems to have vital signs. How are the other little monkeys, by the way?!"

"The little female monkey appears to be stable," another of the people said, examining Dixie. "She only seems to have a few scratches and bumps, but she's the only one that looks fine. She's a chimpanzee, in fact."

"Oh, by all the holy heavens!" another of the people behind Dixie exclaimed.

Dixie turned to look and saw that the other people in that group had taken Jenny, Mandy, Ricky and Melvyn in their arms, looking quite worried to see them.

"I think these little primates... could not be saved," one of the people commented, holding Jenny as examining her. "The four of them have their eyes open and static... and don't seem to have a heartbeat anymore."

"It can't be, poor creatures," another of the people added, looking sad.

"Wait a minute, but this is strange," another person said, who was examining Melvyn and watching him strangely. "These chimpanzees... don't have any scratches or a wound. They look totally healthy despite having no vital signs."

"Let's take them anyway; we have to examine them all," the man who was helping Diddy added, who had placed some objects in his wound and near his nose and mouth. "Let's go fast!"

Then, the group of people packed their things and carried in their arms the kids from Jenny's quartet, Diddy on a stretcher and Dixie in their arms too, although she was still somewhat fearful, but at the same time beginning to calm down after seeing the kindness and serenity with which those people were treating them, although after all, she had nothing else to do in that situation.

The group of people were taking them to what appeared to be a vehicle with a small container in the back, in which they introduced them all along with some of those people to accompany them. Seconds later, the vehicle began to start and then accelerate...