Hurricane Island [Diddy Kong x Dixie Kong]

Chapter 83: Happy Reunion

Diddy was starting to open his eyes and regain track of time. He rubbed his eyes before he could get up completely as he looked around with his bleary eyes.

Although something curious he felt inside him, and it was that... he didn't seem to be feeling physical discomfort or anything like that. Then, he observed his bandaged wound and, as if curiosity was invading him, he began to remove the bandage slowly. He should have felt pain in doing so, but instead... he just opened his eyes to the fullest while now seeing a stitched wound but with only a small "scratch". Diddy hadn't remembered having that part of his skin so healthy for days; it seemed that this mixture that had been given to him was effective, although it still had to heal completely.

He started smiling a little, until he looked sideways... and noticed that Dixie was still sleeping. Before despair and uncertainty took hold of him, Diddy took a heavy breath and began to head towards her stretcher. Upon arriving, he gathered strength as he prayed in his mind that Dixie would give signs, and began to move her arm slightly.

"Dixie..." he called her, whispering. "D-Dixie... can you... hear me?"

But suddenly, Diddy was again overcome by uncertainty when he saw... that Dixie didn't respond yet.

"Dixie!" he called her again, raising his voice and struggling not to panic. "Dixie..."

Diddy wanted to think that the mixture would still take time to work on Dixie as he had been told, but he also couldn't help but think that maybe it could have done wrong... in addition to remembering that those people had mentioned that it was possible that Dixie would no longer wake up from that day. Diddy just stopped to look at her as his eyes began to moisten again.

"Dixie..." he said in a breathy voice and about to sob.

Suddenly, the door of the room opened and Diddy turned to look at a group of three doctors entering, who were astonished to see him.

"Oh, here again, little monkey," one of the people said, going to take him in their arms. "We already told you that you can't be here nor get too agitated... Come, we have to examine you."

Then, that person began to leave that room, carrying Diddy... while he gave one last distressed look at Dixie, who was being examined by the other two people.

Diddy just lowered his gaze, and his spirits faded again like the day before; he really had some hope of seeing Dixie wake up that day.

Dixie was still in a deep sleep and with no signs of waking up. Meanwhile, a couple of people were examining her with tools. One of those people went to some shelves to look for something for a couple of minutes... When suddenly, the other person, who was still checking Dixie, turned to look with a huge expression of astonishment.

"Hey!" that person called to the other, with a shocked expression. "Y-you have to see this about the little chimpanzee."

On the other hand, Diddy had been taken to the recovery room where he was before with the quartet. They placed him on his stretcher, and then handed him a tray with fruit like the day before, as well as the quartet, who had already begun to eat his appetizers while watching Diddy curiously. Upon finishing, the people withdrew.

This time, and although his mood was all absent, Diddy did decide to try that food; after all, hunger had not been long in coming to him.

"Hey, monkey," Jemky called him later as they finished eating. "Did your wound healed?... Because ours do."

"Well, not entirely," Mandrew added. "But at least it doesn't hurt anymore. In a few days it may heal completely."

"That healing elixir is the best!" Melenky exclaimed, jumping with excitement, not holding his wounds this time. "How did it go, Diddy?"