Hey, everybody! Time to go to the Yin-Yang World! But first…
Chapter 29: The Yin-Yang World
Gallagher Elementary
The students of Gallagher Elementary were happily enjoying their lunch bell, sitting by friends and eating their own packed lunches. The pilot, Ace, walked out of the lunch line with a tray of gross foods made by Gramma Stuffum, going to a table with Lizzie, Herbie, and Henrietta, and sitting beside the latter. Heinie smiled to her boyfriend as she took out a bag of candy. The two looked under the table as Ace held his tray down. The pink puffball known as Kirby smiled happily as he started devouring the food.
"Hm-hm. Little guy's kinda cute." Ace smiled.
"Vhere did he come from, anyway?" Heinie asked.
"I dunno. I think Nigel and his friends brought him here. He must've got loose and started wandering around."
"Little guy sure loves to eat, doesn't he?"
"Hm-hm-hm."
Unbeknownst to them, Bowser's airship was hovering slightly over the school. Ganon's minion, Zant, had a bucket of Minish Dust tied around his waist. He held on to a rope as he yelled, "Time to do some DUSTING! NYAAAA!" The crazy minion jumped over and was about to swing through the cafeteria window until- "DOH." He failed to smash through and was squished against the window. The kids turned and watched as the man scraped down the window a little before falling off. Lizzie and Herbie exchanged a confused glance as Zant got himself back up, opening the window and clumsily climbing in. "Hurf… hoo… as I was saying…" he panted, sticking his hand in the bucket. "Time… for DUSTING!" The minion cackled as he started throwing dust around the tables.
The kids gasped as they found their selves shrinking to hamster size. "Whoa! What's his problem?" Ace asked.
"Let's get outta here!" Lizzie yelled, the four about to run out.
"Not so fast!" Zant yelled, jumping in front of them and throwing the dust. The four shrunk to 6 inches in an instant.
Kirby walked out from under the table and studied the shrunk kids with wonder. "PIYA!" he yelped when Zant kicked him away.
"Heehee! Gather round, kiddies!" the minion cackled once more. The kids all burst into high-pitched wails as they were all sucked into his vacuum.
Throughout the rest of the school, the kids in the hall gasped when Koume and Kotake pushed the front doors open, flying on their brooms and holding dust buckets. "Kids these days are hard to catch." Koume said.
"But little kids are no match." Kotake followed, the two witches flying down the halls as they spilled dust all over the children.
"We'll shrink every little brat." Koume continued.
"And lock 'em up, just like rats!" they both finished as the kids began shrinking. Swarms of Bokoblin then burst in, the kids running around in fear as the demons started grabbing them, dropping them in cages and carrying them out.
From aboard the flagship, the Koopa King looked over the railing as the monsters carried the captured children out, loading them onto other airships. "Gwah ha ha! Lord Gnaa's gonna have a buffet of fear!"
"He'll be free in no time, Dad!" Junior cheered. They were then approached by Kammy Koopa.
"Lord Bowser. We just got a call from Darth Genious. He wants us to send a fleet of airships over to a forbidden planet to rescue his apprentice."
"Hrrrngh." Bowser folded his arms and closed his eyes in thought. "It's on short notice, but… we'll do it after we gather up these brats."
"But Dad, aren't we supposed to be meeting with Eggman to go to Oceana?" Junior asked.
"Hmm, good point. WENDY." At his call, a female Koopa, with a red, spiked shell and pink bow, climbed onto the boat.
"Ooh! You called, My Lord?" she asked, making a cutesy pose.
"Yes. I just got a call for another assignment, so you'll help Junior and Kammy here lead the Koopas and rendezvous with Eggman and K. Rool over the Samiyan Sea."
"Oh, I've been waiting for some action. I can't wait to give those do-gooders a taste of my beauty. Lllater, My Lord." The Koopa girl then leapt over the edge. Junior and Kammy exchanged confused glances and followed her.
"Well now… I think I'll see how my pests are doing." The Koopa King said as he stomped into the room where the members of Team Forest and the Prospectors were still kept in their hamster cage. "SO… you brats enjoying your stay?"
"We're not, thank you for asking." Annie said.
"We might like it better if we were bigger." Jessica said.
"Grah hah! You know I can't do that. Especially with Celebi in our hands." He furrowed his eyes at them. "Besides, I got BETTER plans for you, so you just sit there and-" He was unfortunately silenced when a large boulder dropped and nearly crushed his skull. "Arrrr…" Bowser fainted.
The captives watched as the boulder became a pink puffball with red shoes and stubby arms. "Poyo?" Kirby curiously faced the tinies on the table
"What is that thing?!" Tommy yelled, worried.
"Wait, I recognize it!" Annie said, remembering her sudden trip to Nightmare Land. "It's Kirby!"
"Poyo!" Kirby leapt onto the table, his size dwarfing the little prisoners.
"Kirby, I know you don't remember me, but I saw you in Nightmare Land! Please, get us outta here! Oh, and get that glowing green ball, too!" Annie pointed at Celebi's Spirit Ball.
Kirby looked at the ball, then down at Bowser, then back at the captives. The puffball's expression turning serious, he threw up a phone with a twirling star antenna.
"Graaarrr…" Bowser groggily stood up. "Who's the idiot that brought a rock up-" A star suddenly crashed through the vessel and knocked Bowser out again. The Warp Star settled beside Kirby, who grabbed both the tinies' cage and the Spirit Ball before jumping on and taking off for the sky.
Yin-Yang World
The Interesting Twins were the first to awaken after their forced journey into the portal. "Well… that coulda gave us a warning." Yin said, rubbing her head.
"Where are we?" Yang asked, looking around the mysterious wasteland of black and white; pitch-black sky and pure white buildings in the distance. They were currently standing in a field of mist and fog.
"GUYS!" The Twins looked and saw Mika and Morgan hurrying over.
"Mika, Morgan!" Yang exclaimed.
"Are you okay?" Yin asked.
"We think so…" Morgan said.
"Boy, talk about a depressing place." Mika mentioned, looking around.
"This is definitely the Yin-Yang World." Morgan followed.
"Great, so let's find this Hannibal Bean guy-" Yang began.
"-and get out of here." Yin finished.
"Don't forget, we also need to find that Yang Yo-yo." Morgan reminded. "Otherwise, we might turn evil."
"I still say it's a bad idea to talk to an evil spirit." Yang mentioned. "But whatever gets us outta here quicker… so let's go."
The four of them passed an old, abandoned town and ventured into a dark canyon, walking down a cliffside toward a huge cave. Sitting in the center of the enormous room was a pedestal, and on that pedestal rested another strange yo-yo, but with a Yang symbol. "I'm guessing that's it." Mika figured.
"Great." Yang said. "Let's take it and find Hannibal Roy-" They were startled by the sound of an enormous screech.
"W-W-What was that?" Yin quivered.
"I thought this place was uninhabited." Yang said as Morgan grabbed her saber.
"Yeah, except for the giant evil monsters that lurk in the darkness." Mika replied.
"Come on, guys, just be care-" Morgan was interrupted when a massive, ghostly tiger head swooped by. Out of the darkness, a ghostly dragon head came out and took its place beside the tiger. The Yang Yo-yo then started to glow as a ghostly skull head emerged from the item, going in between the two heads. All three of them grew necks connected to a dragon's body, with dragon wings, but a striped body and tiger legs. The three-headed beast roared again as the skull head swallowed the yo-yo.
Mika ran to try and slice the monster's legs, but the sword went right through him. "HUH- OOF." The Filipino was then kicked away by its leg.
The Interesting Twins looked over and saw two samurai swords stuck in the ground, crossing an "X". The two shrugged and decided to pull them out. When the tiger head tried to gnash at them, Yang quickly swung his sword and damaged it. "Hey!"
"These work!" Yin followed.
"Good. We'll leave 'em to you." Morgan decided.
"Come, Sister." Yang smirked.
"It's time-" she continued.
"TO BATTLE!" (Play the "Dragon Slayer" Theme from Sonic and the Black Knight!)
Boss fight: The Yin-Yang Dragon
The two siblings held their swords ready, waiting for the dragon to strike. It swung its left paw at Yang, its right one at Yin, but they both dodged. The left tiger head gnashed at Yin, who tried to strike it, but was knocked back. It then tried to bite Yang, but he jumped on it and struck, knocking it out. "Maybe we can only attack our respective sides." Yang figured.
The dragon head charged its breath and blew flames at Yin, who quickly ran away. When the dragon stopped to catch its breath, holding its head close to the floor, Yin ran to strike it, knocking it out as well. That's when the skull head became tangible, its eyes glowing as souls emerged from them, flying all around the Twins in a tornado. As the two tried to shake them away, the skull head started to charge a Hyper Beam. The Twins finally blew the souls away in time to dodge the Hyper Beam, dodging opposite directions. The two proceeded to run up the other heads and run up to the skull head, dealing several blows against it before it stopped.
The dragon shook the Twins off as the other heads recovered. The tiger swung its head around, trying to bite them, but Yang countered with his sword. Yin quickly spun her sword to keep back the flames of the dragon head. The skull head's eyes flashed at the Twins, making shadow copies of themselves. The clones drew out their own swords and started swinging at the Twins, who quickly dodged and flipped back.
The real Twins clashed with the clones' swords, but had to quickly dodge a fire blast from the dragon head. Yang leapt over his clone and knocked his clone's sword away, then slashed him diagonally in half, making him fade in a puff of smoke. The Yin clone rapidly slashed as the real Yin defended, dodging right as the clone struck downward, then doing a spin attack and slicing it in half, destroying her clone.
"AHH!" Yin screamed when the tiger head caught her in its fangs and started swinging her around.
"Sister!" Yang exclaimed, kicking off the dragon's side, off the wall, and reaching the tiger head, slicing it. The beast screeched as it dropped Yin. The dragon head then blasted a bunch of fireballs at them, but Yin ran from its fire, stylishly running up the wall and ceiling and dropping down to strike the head, knocking it out.
The skull head turned tangible once again and started blowing a deadly gas breath. The Twins quickly held their breath as the gas spread throughout and fogged the room, the two dodging as the skull gnashed at them. The Twins hurried and ran up the walls opposite of each other, getting above the skull head and dropping down, laying several more blows against it.
The fog cleared up as the two heads recovered once again. All three heads charged and erupted a roar, blowing both of them to the back of the cave. The two hurriedly dodged as the dragon started blowing various fireballs while ALSO stomping the ground, making the cave shake. "Er! There's no getting close to him now." Yang figured.
Yin looked around and noticed the two parallel rows of pillars down the cave, and the two pillars at the start looked loose. "Quick, Yang! Strike the pillars!" she shouted, already proceeding to slice the one on her side. The pillar toppled over, knocking down the other ones like dominos, the last one crushing the dragon head. Yang struck the pillar on his side before it fell and knocked the others over. However, the tiger caught the last pillar in its mouth and smashed it against the wall, but the impact caused a stalactite above the head to fall down and stab it.
Angered, the skull head separated from the body and chomped its teeth as it drifted over to the Twins. Yin and Yang just poked at its eye sockets and kept it back as it tried to bite them, slowly pushing it back to the body. With one last strike, the two siblings both struck the center diagonally, cutting an 'X' into him, its head falling into four parts. The now headless dragon gave one last screech before it fainted to the ground, disappearing in a puff of smoke.
The Interesting Twins did a high-five, down low, and up again as they punched their fists in the air in victory. (Stop the music.)
In the remains of the dragon, the two walked over and found the Yang Yo-yo, the Twin Boy proceeding to pick it up. "Well… we have the yo-yo."
"But I do not believe that was Hannibal Roy Bean." Yin figured.
"Where is he? ?" they both asked.
"…Hey, look!" Mika called, pointing to a grey bird in the sky, which glared at them with dark eyes. The bird squawked as it flew away.
"I think it wants us to follow." Morgan guessed.
"But where is it going?" Mika asked.
"Only one way to find out." Morgan said. "Let's go." With that, the four proceeded to chase the bird.
Hannibal's Castle
The four followed the bird to a massive black-and-white castle, leading them to a throne room chamber with a glass wall keeping the throne inside. "Ah, well Ah'll be a Demon Ape's uncle. If it ain't mah dear great grandchildren, Yin and Yang Hanamizu Bean." The two siblings gulped as they noticed the tall, horned figure stand up from the throne. "Ah see you defeated the guardian outside. That was the Yin-Yang Dragon. A three-headed ancient dragon meant to represent the ways of Yin and Yang. The dragon head represented Yin, the tiger represented Yang… while the center skull represented the middle… in-between."
"…Ar-Are you-" Yang began.
"-Hannibal Roy Bean?" Yin finished.
"That's right. Ah am the master of this little realm, banished here eons ago by the spirits for mah horrible deeds." When the four reached the glass wall, the Twins in the front, they saw the figure was some kind of robot. A straw emerged from the mouth of the robot, aiming directly between the Twins, and spitting something out.
The Twins winced at the tiny object's speedy impact, splatting against the glass. They opened their eyes to see it was a tiny, dirty red bean, with red eyes and a mouth of rotten teeth, and two yellow vines at his sides. The bean pulled himself off the wall and dropped to the floor. "A pleasure to make yer acquaintance." It said in a Western accent.
The Twins exchanged a confused glance before getting on their hands and knees to face him. "…You are the demon that tried to conquer the world long ago? Our great-grandfather?" Yin asked.
"You are so small." Yang followed.
"He looks kinda cute." Morgan smiled.
"Yeah. Give him a bath or something, and he wouldn't look half bad." Mika grinned.
"Mmm, I am pretty small, aren't I? But then again, so is that Kweeb fellow, and he got himself a giant sexy alien girl." Hannibal grinned.
"Well… yes, but-" Yang began.
"-you are just a bean." Yin followed.
"How can you do anything?" Yang finished.
"Simple. Throughout the many years of my time, Ah used mah incredible powuhs of manipulation to turn people to the Dark Side. Ah take a noble hero, bend him and twist him, and BOOM! He's evil! Ah was a marvelous inspiration for the Sith Lords of old."
"You mean… the evil psychicbenders?" Morgan asked.
"Mm-hm." Bean nodded. "And Ah am quite proud of mah work. Eventually I was stopped and imprisoned for my crimes in this infernal dimension." He explained, pacing back and forth. "But durin' mah time, I got married to a lovely lady called Megan Dark, one of three Cute Triplets, and had a son. He had a son… and that son had two twins, a boy and a girl. And the father of those twins made a wonderful home beneath the mountain, and separated the two pieces of the yo-yo that led to this dimension. Despite this, Ah knew, one day, mah descendants would come to this dimension, and set me free." He stopped and turned to them. "And lo and behold, here you are, not a minute too soon! Now let me outta here so Ah can assist the Dark Master and his little associates."
"Ha! In your dreams." Yang laughed.
"Mewtwo only sent us here so YOU can tell us about the Balance Between Good and Evil." Yin followed.
"So, are you gonna tell us or what?" Mika asked.
"Mmm…" Bean closed his eyes in thought, still smirking. "What a shame… that y'all know nothin'." He opened his eyes and looked back up. "Alright then. Let's get started: the Balance Between Good and Evil is one that has been the nature of existence for all time. It's the very thing that keeps our universe goin', the most important balance we have. You see… it's like that young Sirius man said, there's Light and Darkness ta everything. What he said was true. While water brings healing and life, it can also drown people. While fire brings light and warmth, it also causes destruction. And as such, all different elements and other powers have their light and dark sides, much as the benders who use them. And one balance that has been falling for some time is that between the psychicbenders."
"What?" Morgan asked.
"Ya see, many ages ago, many Sith Lords and Jedi Knights used ta roam the grand stars of Galaxia, and everywhere ya'd go, there's destruction and reconstruction. But as the years went by, the Sith Lords slowly died out. Even with the efforts of Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine in wiping out most o' the Jedi, the number of Jedi have greatly outnumbered the Siths. Now, there is only one Sith Lord that remains today. His name… is Darth Genious. And he currently leads many villains in the Brotherhood of Evil."
"I heard of him." Morgan said. "He's Emperor Palpatine's son."
"That's right." Bean nodded. "But he won't be the only remaining Sith for long. The balance between the good and evil psychicbenders will be restored, and the Sith Lords will rise again… starting with you."
"Me?" Morgan asked.
"Indeed. You and your three siblings are very special people. The four of you are dangerously close to the Dark Side. And Mewtwo knows this. You know why he sent Mika with you, Morgie? It wasn't so you can keep her from turnin' to the Dark Side; she warn't vulnerable to the Dark Side, not at all. He sent her to keep y'all from turnin' to the Dark Side."
"That's crazy! Mewtwo told us himself that he sensed good in us." Morgan refuted.
"But before that, he thought you would become evil. Come on… two siblings that fight each other, day after day. A whole FAMILY of psychics constantly hunted and tormented bah the world. Y'all are PERFECT to the Dark Side! And that's where y'all are headed."
"That's not true!" Morgan denied. "We might be a troubled family, and Buddy's annoying as heck, but we aren't turning to the Dark Side."
"The Balance Between Good and Evil is an unbreakable one. It's powerful. Y'all will HAVE to turn to the Dark Side whether ya want to or not. Especially… you, Morgan Catherine." He pointed at the Uno girl.
The Demon Princess huffed and said, "Just because I'm the Dark Master's target for some reason, doesn't mean I'm becoming anything like him."
"Not becoming like him? Mah dear… you already are! Always mopey 'n' sad, NEVUH enthusiastic! Uh hee hee!"
"Whatever, Bean. But I am not turning to the Dark Side. Now, if we're all done here, perhaps you could show us the exit to this dump."
"Just use the Yin and Yang Yo-yos to warp y'all back. Of course, since Yin and Yang are mah descendants, they don't need both yo-yos to keep from turnin' evil when they go back. It's just the rest o' y'all that need them. And when y'all get back, you can finally get back with yo' quest. Ah believe y'all's next adventure takes you down the seaside. Head back to South America's Eastern border for your next leg."
"At least we have a way to go now." Yang said.
"Then let's get going." Yin followed.
"Yin-Yang Yo-yo!" Yin and Yang exclaimed, throwing their yo-yos out and opening the portal, immediately sucking all of them in.
"Well now…" Hannibal Bean started. "Ah think Ah'll enjoy me a little music." With that, the little bean hopped its way over to his robot, kicking back in a seat, pushing a button on a stereo, and singing along to some music, shifting his head back-and-forth. "Yes, a lap dance is always better when the stripper is cryin'." Some violins played on the stereo. "Yes, a lap dance is always BETTER when the stripper is cryin'." Hannibal Bean took out and drank some root beer. "And I find it's quite a thrill… when she grinds me against her will. Yes, a lap dance is always better when the stripper is cryin'." Outside, his bird, Ying-Ying, just shook its head in disbelief.
Knautilus
Team Alien and the three Kong Family members continued to hide in the corner of the Knautilus, watching disgustedly as King Kroctus and Kaptain Kruckers drank away their swamp water. "Okay, so which would you rather be: crippled, like that Nolan boy, or making out with the Nightmare King when he gets drunk?" Kroctus asked.
"Argh, would I be getting the high-tech wheelchair 'twere I handicapped?" Kruckers asked.
"Nope, regular wheelchair, no missiles or anything."
"D'arr, I'd take me chances with the Nightmare King if that be the case." The two drank.
"Honestly, the two of you oughta make out with each other, you're so drunk already." Baron replied.
"D'arr, stop bein' the ol' spoil-sport and 'ave a drink with us, ay?" Kruckers said.
"One of us has to be the sober driver, and I'm the only one who knows how to drive this, anyway."
"Pah." Kruckers waved him off, having another drink. "I-I think, ye are just mad 'cause, ye are not the king."
"Hey-Hey, you aren't the king either, ya-" Kroctus gulped and made a loud- "BUURP, ya blasted, gun-happy Kremkroc."
"D'arr, we'll see if this 'ere gun ain't a match for that cannon-crusha-d head o' yours."
"Oh, come now, Brother, you don't even have the bone in that crock head o' yours."
"Euck. One of the downsides to being small is watching fat slobs get all gross." Kweeb remarked.
"Mm-hm." Kami nodded. "Put a pig next to those guys, look back-and-forth between 'em… and it'll be impossible to tell which is which."
Kruckers then got up to grab his gun. "D'arr, this 'ere gun jus' ain't fer attractin' mates."
"You really think you have the old crock bone?" Kroctus asked, standing up.
"YAR, this sea-salt body can withstand a MILLION sharks bitin' against 'is flesh. The most ye can take is a BOOT to the BUTT."
"You want to place a wager on that, Kruckers? I bet my skull."
"I'LL be betting yer skull, too, ay?"
"Then on 3, we shall see. 1."
"2."
"3!" At that instant, the shrunk group closed their eyes the moment Kruckers fired the gun.
"D'ARR!" Kruckers screamed when Kroctus was knocked back. "ARR, me firstborn older triplet brother. What be plaguin' my mind to do such a thing? !"
However, Kroctus uncovered his face, revealing his barely-damaged left half. "MM hur heh heh hah! So, you really do have the bone, but I get to keep my skull."
"D'ARR, ye scurvy crock! Ye nearly had me worried to blazes!"
"D'ahh, put 'er there! Let us have a drink to both of us keeping our marvelous postures!" he exclaimed, raising a glass of swamp water.
"Despite years of bad treatment by ungrateful monkeys!" Kruckers agreed, holding his own glass up.
"To mah brother."
"Me flesh and blood!" They touched glasses.
"The K. Rool line is strong indeed."
"As is the whole of the Kremling Krew!"
"We are brothers 'til our last life."
"And kings 'til the Krew's nonexistent end!"
"To the K. Rool bloodline and all who come after!" At this, they both raised their drinks and chugged down.
The little group in the corner only watched in disbelief. "Uh, Kami? I'm already debating whether they're crocs or pigs." Ava said.
"Uh-huh." She nodded.
Kastle Kaos
Finally, the submarine resurfaced by a stormy shoreline where a dark, mad scientist-like castle sat atop a hill. Waiting at the shoreline was Dr. Eggman, Eggman Nega, Eggman's henchmen, and Captain Whisker and his robo pirates. Baron K. Rool walked first out of the sub, followed by Kroctus and Kruckers, arms wrapped around the other while the other arms held glasses of swamp water, the two wobbling as they stepped out. "Yeeeah! Thank you!" Kroctus exclaimed.
"D'arr, yo ho ho, and a bottle of swamp!" Kruckers cheered.
"D'arr har har! A toast to that, aye?" Whisker said.
"Oh ho ho! Sounds like someone had quite the journey!" Eggman exclaimed, giving his usual maniacal grin.
"It's about time you got here." Eggman Nega said, giving his usual emotionless frown.
"We got held up by incompetent minions." Kroctus said.
"Arr, the Kids Next Door have infiltrated our headquarters, aye?" Kruckers said.
"Oh, that reminds me." Bokkun spoke, taking out a TV. "Team Chaotix sent me this recording!" The TV switched on and showed a visual of the battle between Team Alien and Team Chaotix. "Ha ha ha! They got their butts kicked bad!"
"Hmmm…" King K. Rool could only look at the blonde Drilovsky girl, dueling against Vector the Crocodile.
"Something on your mind, Sire?" Baron asked.
"Hmm… well, now: since we're all here, we should be setting out to sea." Kroctus decided. "Baron, you stay here at the castle and look after things. Whisker, your ship has a computer, hasn't it?"
"Aye."
"Good. I have much to research. And if my plans go correctly, the Kongs-"
"-Will meet their foul end." They all chorused in toneless voices. "Mweh heh heh har."
"Er… yes. Ahem, let's go." With that, the villains boarded onto some mechanical pirate ships and sailed off, while Baron headed into his castle.
Once they were out of sight, Kweeb set his shrink ray to reverse and re-expanded his five teammates, Ava putting him back on her shoulder as they disembarked the sub. "Well, here we are." The Glomourian said. "So, we going in the castle or what?"
"If they got our bananas in there, I'm in for it." Dixie replied.
"That place has the door locked. I doubt they'll let us in." Ava replied.
"Ooh ooh, ah ah. (I think the best way is to sneak in.)" Diddy suggested.
"Ooh ooh oo, ooh? (How will we do that?)" Donkey asked.
"There's a sewer pipe dumping out waste." Kami said, pointing to a large pipe in the water along a cliffside. "That probably leads inside. It's big enough for the Kongs to fit in."
"I dunno, Kami. Since these are crocs, they might use that as their entrance." Kweeb joked.
"Very funny. Come on, let's just see what they have in this castle. Kongs, you guys sneak in through the pipe and open the front door from the inside."
"Ooh OOOH!" Donkey cheered, pounding his chest. "(I'll lead the way. Let's go, Kongs!)" (Play "Nuts and Bolts" from Donkey Kong Country 3!)
Stage 28: Kastle Kaos
Mission: Find Baron K. Roolenstein!
Act 1
The Kongs started their journey into the sewer pipe, diving in the waste as a water current forced them down the rest of the long way. Donkey saw a sewer valve and grabbed on, holding onto the rest of the Kongs as he pulled it open, making them all drop in, landing on a Kobble in a straight hallway.
The three proceeded down the hallway, seeing a river of toxic waste with waste cans going across, using them to jump their way over. Some Robo-Zingers buzzed by and tried to drop bombs on them, but Donkey took them out with his Coconut Gun. When they reached the other side, a Knocka tried to push them off, but they jumped and made it run into the waste.
At the end of the hall, they were on the top of a railing, overlooking a huge room where mechanical hands dropped bananas in a machine, taking them through a process that eventually led to the bananas being mashed into Tikis, giving them life. The Kongs saw a ladder going up a pipe and decided to climb up to a higher point in the room. The higher point had several moving platforms and treadmills hanging from chains.
"I'll handle this." Dixie said, using her ponytail to glide across to the first treadmill. Two Bazukas popped out on the platforms on both ends and fired TNT barrels that Dixie jumped, making them shoot each other. She then started to jump and glide across the platforms and treadmills. At another treadmill, another Knocka tried to ram her, but as usual, she jumped it. The last treadmill had a Kremling that sat in a floating pod, shooting a laser at Dixie before she got too close. The female Kong found a TNT barrel sitting on a platform and decided to toss it at the Kremling, blowing his pod up.
Dixie glided to another platform that was above the pipe where the bananas were dropped in. She found and picked up a TNT barrel, smirking as she dropped it in. Mini explosions happened all around the machine before it finally exploded into a kajillion gallons of mashed banana, flooding nearly the whole room and wiping out the Kremlings. "Ooh OOOOH!" Donkey cheered, jumping down to the floor below with the other two. The gorilla spotted a door leading outside and rolled his way over, knocking the door over, allowing Kami, Ava, and Kweeb to get inside.
"Well, that was easy." Kami said, walking in and looking around.
"Sounds like the Kongs are taking care of things nicely." Kweeb noticed.
Donkey, Diddy, and Dixie headed up another staircase, the latters standing on Donkey and balancing as he rapidly rolled them down another hallway, running over several Kremlings. He then swiftly jumped a staircase of Knik-Knaks with the other Kongs still standing on, and were about to fall in the toxic waste, but Dixie quickly grabbed Diddy, who grabbed Donkey, and held on as she glided them over to the safe end.
They were then looking over a room filled with molten metal, seeing a long pipe along the wall going to a door on the other side, the three deciding to balance their way across. Several other pipes blocked their way, sticking out of the wall and leading into the molten metal, which made them piping hot. The Kongs carefully jumped the burning metal and kept going across the pipe. They unfortunately found the pipe ended when it went in the wall, seeing it come out again far across the pit.
They spotted some platforms down in the molten metal and decided to hop down, jumping across the sinking platforms before they were burned. On a larger platform, two buff Kremlings called Kuff 'n' Klout ambushed them, trying to shove them over, but Diddy shot them back with his Peanut Pistols, allowing Donkey to shove them over himself. As the Kongs hopped over more sinking platforms, Re-Koil Kremlings hopped across them as well. They tried to knock the Kongs off, but the apes jumped off of them, making their way over.
They reached a ladder that led to the previous pipe and climbed up, reaching the next hallway after crossing the pipe. All the Kongs had to avoid were electrical barriers switching on and off, easily making it across. The hallway became wider as the Krackshot Krock took aim at them, the Kongs easily dodging behind metal crates. When two more Kuff 'n' Klouts ran to attack them, they got in the Krosshair's way, taking the hits and knocking out.
The Kongs made it out of the Krosshair's range and found a closed door at the end of the hallway. They found a switch on the wall and Diddy used his Chimpy Charge to push the switch, causing the door to open. The Kongs proceeded to an outside part of the castle, atop one of the castle walls, rain still pouring down from the clouds. Squads of Kasplats ran out to attack them, but the Kongs easily beat them back. Dixie grabbed one around the legs with her ponytail and threw it into some more while Donkey and Diddy just used their shockwave attacks.
At the end of the walkway, they found a statue of K. Rool atop a balcony on a higher part. Diddy took out his guitar and strummed a sonic wave at the statue's bottom, toppling it over toward them to make a walkway up to the balcony. They started to head across as Kuchukas tossed bombs down from a higher wall and Karbines flew out and shot fireballs at them. Diddy and Dixie got on DK as he rolled them across, bashing two Krumples at the end. They went inside a door where a Koin tried to block their path. Donkey easily kept punching him back until he was pushed into an electric barrier. The barrier shorted out as a result, allowing the apes to proceed.
Act 2
While the Kongs did their thing, Kami, Ava, and Kweeb were walking down another part of the castle. "I hope my brother's okay…" Kami thought aloud.
"Ah, I'm sure he's fine, Kam." Kweeb assured. "You don't think he got his fist broken by some guy with diamond-hard skin who thinks himself sexy, do you?"
"Eh… nowadays, anything like that could happen. You never know."
"Shh, someone's coming." Ava stopped and whispered.
Down the hall, they could see Army Dillo walking down with a large dragonfly monster, called Dogadon. "D'oh, I didn't know what to do, Army." The dragon whimpered. "That Chunky Kong pushed me in the lava several times and then he punched me! He was so mean."
"Ah, cheer up." The armadillo said. "At least you took more hits than I did. When are they gonna make me some armor that doesn't short circuit and explode in just 3-4 hits by a TNT barrel?"
While the two girls looked around frantically for a place to hide, Kweeb leapt off Ava's shoulder and took out his gun. "Quick, over here." He said, firing the yellow beam and shrinking the two down again. They watched as he dashed into an air vent, running after him while the two monsters passed.
"Where does this vent lead?" Kami asked.
"Hopefully somewhere safe." Kweeb replied.
"Anyone else feel like it's getting warmer?" Ava asked.
"Yeah. And I don't like it." Kweeb said. The three of them found some eerie red light coming from another vent. They decided to jump down, landing on what looked like a field of huge vegetables in baskets. After walking a few feet to a ledge, Kweeb gasped as looked down below. "Uh… and now I know why I don't like it." (Play "Dashing Thru the Fire" from Rayman Origins!)
Down below was a huge kitchen of Mexican Kremlings, dropping small dead animals and veggies into pots, other Kremlings rolling pizza and cake batter, while others just made toast or baked cookies. While they did so, they played Mexican music and hummed some kind of tune.
"IT'S A MEXICAN BAKERY! !" Kweeb screamed.
"So?" Kami asked.
"My people HATE this place! Every so often, bigger aliens like to come down and capture us, just to cook and serve us in these places! It's a Kateenian's worst nightmare… and not to sound racist, but we were often cooked in Mexican restaurants."
"Well, if we stay quiet, maybe we won't be cooked either." Ava figured. "Let's just find a way out of this place and-"
"WHOA!" Just then, one end of the shelf toppled over, falling into a boiling pot. The operatives and the baskets of vegetables began sliding down, but the kids quickly jumped to the table below before they were boiled. The three started running along the counter over an oven, dodging as the burners fired flames.
They got to a clear spot on the counter where some chefs placed other baskets of veggies. They hid behind the baskets while a chef studied and picked some vegetables, running to another one when he wasn't looking. They ran to hide behind a piece of celery, then held on when the Kremling picked it up and put it on a little piece of wood. The kids' eyes widened when the chef drew out a knife, hurriedly running across before they were chopped to pieces (the chef did that thing where you rapidly chop those long vegetables).
They ran onto a field of pizza dough and were instantly crushed by a Kremling using a rolling pin. They were able to stand up afterwards, but the Kremling grabbed the dough and spun it in the air, flinging the operatives into a toaster. As they tried to stand up again, the toast shot out and shot them up to the ceiling, where they landed on some huge flies.
The flies flew them to another part of the kitchen where some kind of green monster, with a black sombrero and a mechanical spikeball arm, was punching holes into some dough with his spikeball. They three fell off the flies into another basket of veggies beside the monster. The being noticed this and dumped the veggies out, spotting the little kids and licking his lips. The three looked terrified at this, and Kweeb immediately thought of something. "Ahem: nooobody here but us broccoliii!" He sang. "Nooobody here but us veggiiiees! If you doubt that we're plants, then SHAKE in your pants, and GIVE your monster wedgiiiees!" Kami and Ava only face-palmed.
"Mmm. Little kiddies. I bet they taste mucho delicioso." The Mexican monster said. The monster, El Mal Verde, held his mouth wide open as he reached to pick up Kami. The Drilovsky girl held onto a piece of pepper as she was lifted up over his mouth. She quickly dropped the piping hot pepper inside the beast's mouth, who immediately shut it and dropped Kami on the floor. El Mal Verde screamed as the pepper made his eyes water and fire shoot from his mouth.
The two aliens hopped down and nudged Kami, smirking as the monster ran from the kitchen. "That'll show him." Kami said.
"Great. Let's get out of here." Kweeb suggested, returning the girls to normal size. Ava picked him back up as they walked out of the kitchen. (Stop the music.)
The three of them were back in a hallway, just in time for the Kongs to come down. "Hey, where've you guys been?" Dixie asked.
"Oh, just having a little supper." Kami answered. "I don't think I've eaten since we started this adventure."
"Oooh, OOO-ooh! (Let's get those bananas!)" Donkey exclaimed, already running ahead.
When the six of them reached a door, Donkey immediately pounded it down, entering what seemed to be the inside of a huge tower. "So, you've arrived. You brats really ARE annoying." They looked up and spotted Baron K. Roolenstein, sitting atop some metal contraption, most of it covered by a curtain.
"So, you're one of the K. Rool brothers. YOU guys are annoying." Kami remarked.
"Correct. Er, and incorrect. My name is Baron Kolamitous Roolenstein. The more intelligent of my brothers if I do say so myself. And your timing is impeccable, my dear brats. I am about to unveil to you my most glorious creation! I'm sure young Ms. Dixie here is familiar with my previous Kaos contraption."
"That old robot made of pots and pans?" Dixie asked.
"Mmm, indubenently. (I don't know what that means, but) ever since you trashed that monster, I have been constructing a new one. Say hello to…" He threw the curtain off, revealing a large, dark-green robot with a crocodile head, made of several contraptions. "Kaos II! Made of my wife's finest pots and pans! And also the handy bit of technology borrowed from Dr. Eggman. With this new contraption, the six of you shall finally meet your-"
"BAROOON! Have you seen my pots and pans anywhere?" a woman's voice called.
The three operatives snickered at this. "Is that your mom?" Kweeb asked.
"I'll have you know that's my wife, and not only that, we are a happily functioning-"
"BARRY! ! Are you using my pots and pans to make another giant robot? !"
Kami snickered. "'Barry'?"
"Mmmmm, I'M BUSY, DEAR." Baron called. "Now then… know use waiting around anymore. Let's fire this baby up!" (Play the "Baron K. Rool Boss" Theme from Donkey Kong Country 3!) The mad scientist flicked a switch and the robot sparked to life. Kolamitous sat in a small chair that lowered itself into the robot where he began controlling it. The three operatives readied for battle against the robot.
Boss fight: Baron K. Roolenstein
The chubby robot wobbled around a little on its arms and legs, firing missiles from its shoulders. The six narrowly dodged the missiles and avoided the explosions. It activated a rocket on the bottom and hovered over them, blasting fireballs that they dodged. When the robot launched a fist at DK, the ape dodged and rolled up its stuck arm, bashing the robot in the head.
Kaos II launched two more missiles at Kami, who only jumped them, but they homed in and turned around. Kami immediately ran between the robot's legs, causing the missiles to strike there and trip the robot. "Bah!" Kolamitous grumbled, standing it back up. "Time for a little SHOCK therapy." He said, pushing a button on a remote. The robot activated its small rocket again as it hovered up one story of the tower, stretching its legs to the wall to keep balancing.
"Uh-oh. Climb!" Dixie yelled, climbing up the wooden ladders to the wooden platforms that led higher up the tower. The others followed as the tower started flooding with electricity. They climbed up to Kaos II's level and Kami tossed an Orange Grenade at one of its legs. It sent Robo-Zingers after them, but Donkey shot them away while Diddy tossed another grenade at the other leg. The robot lost balance and fell into the electricity, taking a painful zap.
The robot recovered and activated its rocket, flying higher up the tower. The six heroes climbed the ladder to the next floor as the electric continued to flood. The robot started to launch fans at the six of them that Ava knocked away with her swords. She grabbed hold of the last fan and rode it over to the robot. Kweeb got off her shoulder and crawled into an opening on the robot, while Ava sliced its left leg before kicking back over to the ledge. Kweeb ran through the robot's insides until he was in the other leg, shooting the wires and making Kaos II lose its balance again, falling into the electric while Kweeb was kicked out of the leg, Ava catching him.
The six climbed higher up the tower as Kaos II switched on its rocket and flew up again. Finally, they reached the highest room of the tower, where Kaos II started firing a series of bombs. Donkey, Diddy, and Dixie ran in separate directions, surrounding the robot in a circle. All three Kongs took out their instruments and blasted one last sonic wave, doing massive damage. Baron K. Rool growled in anger as he pushed an 'Eject' button, springing him out of the robot, which fell to the electricity below and exploded.
Two slide-doors covered the hole in the floor as Baron activated his little propeller and hovered above the ground. However, Donkey jumped up, spun his fist, and punched the backpack, pushing K. Rool into a wall and destroying his propeller. The mad scientist recovered, yelling frantically, "Dahh! Look what you've done! That robot was made from the finest pots and pans and technology! How DARE you treat him like a heap of bolts and wires!"
"Uh… that's pretty much what he was." Kami noted.
"NYAAAAHHH! Do you know how much all those parts cost? ! I'll never be able to pay Eggman back!"
"Well, it just isn't your day, is it?"
"Grrr! Robot or not, I'm STILL the master chef around here, and I reckon it's about time your goose was cooked! Let's take this to a higher ground." With that, he pressed that same remote and made the circular platform they were on rise higher, lifting them to the top of the tower. Kolamitous activated a jetpack and hovered in the air again as a lightning rod emerged from his pack. Two ray guns emerged for him to hold, attached to the pack as lightning struck down on the rod, giving his weapons power. "Careful not to play with lightning, kiddies! You'll get hurt!"
The team dodged as Kolamitous started shooting electrical blasts, making parts of the ground electrified. Ava looked around and spotted four lightning rods around the tower. "Hey! Maybe activating these rods will do something."
Kami dodged another bolt and said, "Sounds like a plan." She ran to the first rod and pulled a lever, making the rod extend upward for the lightning to strike it. Ava dodge-rolled lightning blasts to the next one, pulling its lever to make it extend. Kolamitous spotted the tiny alien, Kweeb dashing to the next one, firing electric bolts that Kweeb swiftly avoided. He made his way to the next rod and leapt atop the level, and was able to pull it down despite his tiny weight.
"Ooh OOOOH!" Donkey Kong cheered, dashing over and pulling the last lever. With all four rods activated, the rods formed a circle of lightning that shocked K. Rool, who floated in the center of them. When the mad scientist recovered, he immediately shot and destroyed the four rods, proceeding to fly around with his jetpack.
Ava tried to defend with her swords as Baron fired lightning rays, but the swords only attracted the lightning and shocked her. He was about to shoot Kami, but she noticed a metal barrel nearby, ducking behind it, successfully absorbing the electricity. Dixie ran and grabbed it with her ponytail, throwing it at K. Rool's lightning rod, denting it, and making him take damage from the lightning.
As a last ditch effort, Baron started making lightning strike all around the place, doing serious damage to the operatives and the Kongs, preventing them from standing up. Donkey weakly glanced over and noticed another metal barrel. While K. Rool zapped his lightning, the gorilla was able to gather enough strength and limp over to the barrel. While Baron was busy zapping Diddy and Dixie Kong, his back facing DK, the gorilla hurled the barrel at his rod, totally destroying it.
Kolamitous tried to fire more electricity, but then noticed his rod was broken. "Oh, blast." The Kremling leader screamed in great pain as the lightning struck directly at him. "AAH! AHHH! AAHHH! AAAAHHHHH!" His jetpack exploded, and he was sent falling and screaming over the edge.
"Oooh OOOHHH!" Donkey cheered, pounding his chest in victory while Diddy and Dixie danced. "Yeah…" He bowed and gave a thumbs up to the audience. (Stop the music.)
Outside
Meanwhile, Nigel, Sonic, and their friends had finally made it to the castle, looking inside the already-open front door to see the piles of mashed bananas and ruined machinery. "Looks like somebody's already inside." Sonic figured.
"But who?" Blaze asked. That's when they heard the lightning strike, looking up at the tower to see an explosion.
"AAAAHHHHHH!" Baron K. Roolenstein fell and landed with a thud. "Ooohhhh…" The Kremling scientist tried to hold its head up, but only fainted.
"Oooh OOOHHH!" They looked up once more as the Kongs did their victory cheers, jumping their way down the castle towers to meet with the gang.
Nigel looked up again and gave a wide smile at who was standing on the tower's edge. "G-Guys, look! It's Ava, Kami, and Kweeb!"
"Alright!" Eva exclaimed.
The three operatives mimicked the Kongs and leapt down the castle towers (except Kweeb, who only rode Ava), meeting up with the others. "Hey, Nigel. Long time, no see." Ava greeted.
Later
Moments later, the sky started to clear up. Nigel called a KND S.P.R.A.Y.S.H.I.P. to have Baron K. Rool taken away. The 44 Twins handcuffed the croc and were leading him into the S.P.R.A.Y.S.H.I.P.. "I say, you can't take me to Arctic Prison. I'm a crocodile! We're coldblooded! We aren't used to cold weather…"
"Whatever, Man." Pete said.
"We just want our 30-second screen time." Peter said.
"Don't play with lightning, Barry. You'll get hurt." Kami taunted.
Meanwhile, the others were introducing each other. "Sonic, Blaze, this is Ava and Kweeb." Nigel introduced. "They're my friends from GKND. Ava, Kweeb, this is Sonic and Blaze."
"I admire your purple clothing." Blaze complimented.
"Thanks." Ava replied. "You don't look half-bad yourself. And you sound a lot nicer than another certain cat I- Kweeb?" she then noticed Kweeb was missing.
They looked over and saw Violet trying to hold something in her mouth. Ava glared and put her hands on her hips as Violet stuck her tongue out, showing Kweeb covered in saliva. Ava immediately snatched her boyfriend back, wiping Kweeb off with her dress, still angrily glaring at Violet. "What? I can't help it, he's delicious…" Violet said.
"Just keep your tongue to yourself."
Man, that alien's lucky… Kade thought to himself.
"I don't mean to sound rude, but… isn't he a little small?" Blaze asked.
"Yeah, he's small. But he's a brave little guy, aren't you, Kweeb?"
"Hehe." Kweeb blushed. "I may be teased a lot, but I'm proud of this height!"
"Hmm… can't argue with that." Blaze agreed.
"Anyway, these are the Kongs." Ava introduced. "Donkey, Diddy, and Dixie." The apes smiled and grinned.
"So what've you guys been up to?" Nigel asked.
"Well, we were hanging out at Jamaica when we spotted and decided to follow this croc ship. Next thing we know, we get mixed up with these apes. These Kremling guys are looking for something called the Eight Firstborn."
"The Eight Firstborn? That's what we're looking for."
"Oh, really? We read on their computer something about Manaphy."
"Hey, guys." Peter called, running out of the S.P.R.A.Y.S.H.I.P. with his brother, holding up a disk. "He had this in his coat pocket."
"It might be something important." Pete said.
"We'll take it." Nigel said, taking the disk. "You guys just get him out of here. Ava, you guys tell us what you learned on that computer. Let's head back over to Grim so he can take us back to the others." With that, the S.P.R.A.Y.S.H.I.P. took off while the main group headed back the way they came.
Quahog Shore
The Boogey Bay had finally arrived at Quahog, Rhode Island. Mandy and Katie disembarked and walked through a neighborhood, spotting an old man fixing a spaceship as he mumbled something to himself. The two walked over, and Mandy asked, "Hey, Mr. Old Man. Is this your ship?"
"Oh, no." the man said, turning at them. "Mr. Oldman is a friend of mine. My name's Wesley Dodds. Call me Sandman. In fact, I was just about to take this ship to Nightmare Land and help him with something…"
"Yeah, about that, we're on our way to Nightmare Land, too. You mind giving us a lift?"
"Why don't you take one of the Kids Next Door's ships?"
"We're kinda on a secret mission, and we don't want to be tracked. This was our only option." Katie replied.
"Ah ha… Well, alright then. The more, the merrier. As long as I don't have to compensate your parents if something bad happens."
"If something bad happens, my parents will already be compensated." Mandy replied as they all boarded the ship.
"Okay, engines ready…" Dodds began as he started up the ship while the girls took their seats. "Laser cannons loaded… and BLAST OFF." With that, the ship faced directly upward as the engines fired and took off.
G.U.N. H.Q.
Meanwhile, Commander Gunkan still sat in his office, overlooking the many workers at their terminals as the bounty hunter, Boba Fett came in and saluted. "Boba Fett! Where's that special team you said you called?"
"D'aw, shucks, Commander, ol' Boba's been wonderin' the same thing. He sent the call ages ago, and they ain't responded since. They probably got held up by the Republic or somethin'…" Gunkan turned and faced him, waving an arm at the hunter.
"While we waste our time waiting for those fools, those psychic freakshows are out there, doing who-knows-what. If we don't find where they've went-"
"Sir!" called another soldier, running in and saluting. "Our reports indicate that one of The Quads and their associates are in South America. Our top naval captain encountered them along the Eastern border, and they're looking for the rest of their gang now."
"He has? Perfect. Tell Lyle we'll be over there as soon as we can."
"Yes, Sir." The troop ran off.
"Hey-hey, there y'all go!" Boba exclaimed, smacking Gunkan in the back playfully. "Ain't got nothin' to worry about, those Quads are as good as ours!"
"Not yet, Boba. We had a call from our captain earlier. He had some other important matters, regarding those kids."
"Oh, really? Like what?"
"Something that will hopefully rid the world of freaks once and for all."
"Oh, yeh? Heh heh, now we're talkin'!"
And there we have it. Next time, we will FINALLY begin looking for the next Firstborn! And to those that follow the Wiki, you're quite familiar with this 'captain'. See you then.