Chapter 18: The Swamp

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The search for a friend led Fox and Diddy Kong across the land

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The search for a friend led Fox and Diddy Kong across the land. They've gone through many locations in hopes of finding a trace of him, but to no avail. And currently, the two found themselves in a rather tranquil and calming swamp.

And while the two would love to enjoy the rather pleasant location after the exhaustion they were holding back from their long travels and the creatures they've had to be constantly fighting off, that hope was almost quickly dashed when more of them appeared in the area. Mustering up their energy, the duo readied themselves to fight the creatures.

There wasn't a large variety of creatures in their path, consisting of only Puppits, Poppants and Floows. But what caught their attention was the appearance of Bowser's minions; Goombas, Koopas, Paratroopas, Hammer Bros and Bullet Bills. After going so long without seeing any signs of Bowser's location, encountering his troops in the area gave them some hope that they were getting close to finding him. They were more than ready to face him this time and the possibility of them getting close to their objective gave them a boost of adrenaline, letting them cut through the enemies much quicker.

As the two continued on the path, they found themselves walking alongside the edge of a massive cliff overlooking the seemingly never ending ocean. Feeling himself growing anxious with excitement, Diddy moved ahead faster, leaving Fox behind.

"Hey, Diddy, wait up!"

As he tried to catch up to the young chimp, he was unfortunately unable to notice the black arrow heading for them until it impaled Diddy in the chest, knocking his now trophy body onto the ground, freezing Fox in place.

"Diddy!" Recovering from his shock, he looked in the direction the shot came from to find Bowser holding the gun in his hands, pointed at them. Seeing him practically made him growl, "You really don't know when to give up."

"And you're surprised? You should have known I wouldn't give up. And besides, now that I have one of you taken down, it'll just make things easier," He pointed over to where Diddy's trophy body was, casting Fox's attention on it, "Swarm him!"

Fox watched as the spores of the creatures enveloped Diddy's body for a few moments before floating off of it and morphing into a doppelgänger of him, his yellow tinted eyes staring at him in anger as he grabbed his peanut popguns.

"Impressed? I can imagine this reminds you of something," He casted his attention back on the Koopa King.

"Just what exactly are you planning?"

"Sorry, that's top secret. I'm just following orders from the boss."

"Boss? Since when does Bowser work for anybody?"

"Now, do you want to make this easy on yourself and surrender? Or would you rather me stick your little buddy on you?"

Fox looked over to the doppelgänger, looking anxious to fight him. Even though he knew it was just a fake, Fox ached at the idea of having to attack him.

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