Hurricane Island [Diddy Kong x Dixie Kong]

Chapter 26: Wild Escape

A/N: This chapter will be very long.

It had been a long night for all animals as they planned their escape attempt. Some could not sleep, either because of anxiety and fear that something would not go well, or also because of the excitement of being able to leave that terrible place after several years.

The next day seemed normal, but on the other hand, there were Diddy and Dixie thinking about their escape plan with the whole herd. It was really a very risky thing, but even so, they wouldn't pass up that opportunity to save them all from that prison.

That day there was going to be another performance in the circus, therefore, it was another day of long and martyring rehearsals for the animals. Although to tell the truth, they already didn't care, because they were almost certain that this was going to be their last rehearsal. Diddy had to return to his cage and be present at rehearsals to avoid raising suspicion about the plan. Also, moments before training, he hung around with Dixie preparing some things so they could have a "safer" escape.

After a long day, the employees got the animals ready again at night and took them to the dressing rooms. Apparently, the exact moment to begin the escape was approaching as planned.

"Did you get the pictures, Dixie?" Diddy asked her when she got to the dressing room.

"Yes, I even left them changed for the performance," she replied with a small laugh. "And did you get the weapons of the tamers?"

"Not exactly, they are very heavy, but I took out their magazines from all of them, so they won't shoot," he replied, showing her several magazines of firearms.

"Wow, how do you know that?"

"The four fools from school taught it to me," Diddy said.

Then, Diddy put all the gun magazines in the backpack that Dixie was carrying.

All the animals were in their cages, prepared for the signal to get out of there. There were no people present in the area.

"Well, I think it's time, I'm going to open your cages," Dixie announced to the animals with excitement.

Dixie began to open each of the cages with the keys, while Diddy stayed to watch through the curtain that no one arrived. Apparently, the plan wasn't going to be that difficult after all.

"Now it's time," Dixie said when she finished opening all the cages and all the animals were out. "And remember: Diddy will go to the front to guide you, while I go last. We will all head towards the beach that is-"

"Oh, no! Here come people!" Diddy interrupted, turning to the animals. "Go back to your cages!"

"Oh, geez!" Dixie exclaimed in frustration.

Immediately, all the animals had to return to their cages, including Diddy. This time, they left their doors semi-closed. Dixie, on the other hand, had to hide under the cages.

Soon, several of the circus employees and performers began to enter the dressing rooms; they had interrupted the escape attempt. The plan was to leave before they arrived to avoid uproar among the people, but to bad luck, the people had arrived ahead of the expected time.

"And now what do we do?" Diddy asked quietly from his cage.

Dixie kept hiding under Diddy's rolling cage, now thinking about what they could do to flee, as things weren't going as planned. They stayed like that for a long time.

"Hey, don't worry, we'll sure get out of here," Dixie whispered with a forced smile, not so sure what she was saying.

"Wait a minute!" one of the human employees suddenly exclaimed. "Why are the cages open?!"