Hurricane Island [Diddy Kong x Dixie Kong]

Chapter 72: Unforeseen Arrivals

The two little kongs moved through the corridors, both more nervous than ever and with their hands shaking as they carried their weapons... Even if they were determined about what they should do toward the apes, they still felt some remorse beforehand. But at the same time, they knew that doing that would be their last alternative if they really wanted to get out of that place and rescue all the kidnapped kongs.

Suddenly, around a corner of a corridor, they found four known silhouettes. Instantly, Diddy and Dixie prepared their guns and pointed them at them, but then put them down when they saw that it was Jenny's quartet, who smiled at them and made gestures of greeting as if nothing happened. They were both relieved, even a little, that they were okay.

"Hey... Uh, you have to leave us a moment," Diddy told the four kids, looking around. "We have something risky to do. Go to hide or something."

"Don't get caught by those apes," Dixie added in the same way.

Suddenly, they began to hear repetitive footsteps and known voices nearby, which put them on alert instantly.

"It must be them, it must be them!" Diddy exclaimed quietly, looking at where those footsteps were coming from.

"Let's hide, quick!" Dixie said in the same way and started walking along with Diddy. "And you guys, try to hide!" she told Jenny's quartet before walking away from them again.

Diddy and Dixie turned into another corridor and hid in a corner, from where they watched if the apes and Jemky's quartet would be nearby... And, indeed, it was like this: the nine of them were together walking down that corridor, all with a gun in hand like a band of young and old ones. Diddy and Dixie immediately went into hiding again as they both looked at each other with hesitant expressions, and began to tremble much more.

"You're ready, aren't you?" Diddy asked Dixie insecurely.

"I-I guess..." she replied before looking at her gun.

They both took heavy sighs and began to pull the slides back. Then, they peeked lightly out of the corner of the corridor and pointed their guns, trying to focus on the entire band of apes. The hands of both trembled so much that they could not even aim well, in addition, they thought that they had to execute fast, continuous and accurate shots if they also wanted to get out alive, which made them more nervous.

"On the count of three..." Diddy whispered, pointing the gun with his hand trembling. "One..."

"T-two..." Dixie continued before her hand began to shake more intensely. "N-no... No!"

Dixie lowered the gun all at once, and Diddy did the same instantly, then hid again in the corner of the corridor. Both looked at each other with frustration and indecision at the same time.

"No, no, no, I can't do it," Dixie said, breathing heavily. "I mean... I want to but I can't. It scares me."

"I... neither do I," Diddy added, trembling completely. "H-how about we do it, but we don't do it right and... those apes start shooting at us with everything?"

"B-but anyway... we have to do it!" Dixie exclaimed, trying to regain her posture.

Both raised their weapons again and placed their hands in firing position... When suddenly, Diddy accidentally dropped one shot to the front, causing a stunned noise.

"What?! THEY'RE OVER THERE!" one of the apes was heard saying in the distance.

Diddy and Dixie became alert and began fleeing that corridor immediately. They ran as fast as their limbs gave them and wanted to make sure they reached the next corridor before the band of apes managed to spot them... Unfortunately... that was what happened.