Ren: By Daven's beard, it's lucky we made it back to Octopon before that dinga monsoon. Noy Jitat! Someone's out there! Niddler: Ren! This is no time to be taking a swim! Ren: Hold on! I've--ugh--glug-glug--gotcha! Your Majesty? MB Queen: Ohhh... Ren: Hang on...aah! Niddler: *squawk* Help! Ioz: Chongo-longo--one night in a decent bed and that monkeybird has to wake me up... Niddler: Ren's drowning! Tula: Noy Jitat! Ren! Hang on! Niddler: My Queen! But--what is she-- Ioz: Don't just stand there, monkeybird, pull! We've got you, Ren! MB Queen: Came to find Niddler--he is my last hope. Niddler: I'm here, Your Majesty. What must I do? MB Queen: Stop the plague--or monkeybirds are doomed! Niddler: Plague? Doomed? MB Queen: You must return to Pandawa--now! The egg of the future queen is in danger! Niddler: *gasp* MB Queen: You may be the only monkeybird left who can protect it! Niddler: Rest easy, my queen. I will do my best for the future mother of us all. I have no choice, my friends--I must go to save my people. Ren: I don't know what's happening in your homeland, but you won't have to face it alone. MB Queen: Must return to Pandawa--must hurry--ohh... Tula: You're too weak to fly, Your Majesty. Ren: Don't worry, Ioz and Tula will take you back to Pandawa aboard the Wraith. Niddler: Ready to go! MB Queen: Niddler--the egg is hidden, in Caves of the Departed. Promise you'll protect it from evil monkeybirds! Niddler: Evil monkeybirds? Now she tells me... MB Queen: Promise! Niddler: I promise to protect it, my queen. MB Queen: May Kunda protect you! Niddler: Whatever awaits me at home can't be worse than this! Ren: By the two moons--what kind of plague could cause this? Niddler: Dello's hut is still standing. Dello? Anyone here? It's me, Niddler! Dello: Niddler! Thank Kunda! In here, quickly! Niddler: What's going on, Dello? Why are you hiding? Kellon: We had no choice. The plague has taken most of the colony. Ren: And the egg of the future queen? Dello: Our Queen hid it when she left, even we do not know where. Kellon: She was afraid we might become evil monkeybirds, too. That's why she went to find you. Niddler: But who are these evil monkeybirds? Kellon: They were once our friends, but the plague has made them go wild, taking the rest of us prisoners. Ren: We must get to the egg and protect it. Niddler: What's that? Dello: The evil ones are attacking. Hide! Niddler: What do we do? Ren: Take Dello's advice. Hide! Niddler: Good idea--but what about you? Kellon: In here! Ren: So much for hiding, Kellon. Now we must fight! Kellon: Noooo! Ren: Eeea! Yeh--aaaaah! Ren: Yaaaaah! Niddler: Ren! Oomph-- Ren: Chongo-longo! Thanks, Niddler! Niddler: I just wish we could've saved Kellon and Dello! Dello: Help! Niddler! Help me! Ren: Maybe we still can, Niddler, if we follow them. Where are they going, Niddler? Not toward the egg? Niddler: No, the Caves of the Departed are on the other side of the island. Nothing's down here except jungle, and the old slave tunnels. Dello: Let me go, you monsters! Niddler: Maybe we should wait for Ioz and Tula? Ren: No time for that, Niddler! Niddler: Right, no time for that, Niddler! Maybe a minga-melon will settle my nerves... Ren: *whispered* Niddler! Niddler: Coming! Creepy tunnels...for centuries, they held monkeybirds waiting to be sold by slave traders...creepy... Ren: Niddler! We're getting close! Dello! Kellon! Jargis! So that Jitatin slave trader is behind all this! Jargis: Bring me a prisoner! Dello: Wait! What do you want of me? Jargis: Your absolute obedience! *cackles* Lorg: Open wide... Jargis: Come, now, I know how you monkeybirds love minga-melons... Dello: *choking, coughing* Lorg: You belong to Jargis now! Ren: So that's how he spread his plague, Niddler, in monkeybirds' favorite food! Shh--you'll get us caught! Jargis: That should be enough, Lorg--feed them to the prisoners! Monkeybird: No! *choking, coughing* Jargis: One of these miserable creatures must know where that egg is. Lorg: Why can't we leave now, Jargis? We have enough stock to sell after we turn them back. Jargis: [?], Lorg--with the future Queen as my slave, I will control every monkeybird for generations to come. They will follow blindly without any [?]. Ren: Niddler, we can't let Jargis get that egg! Niddler: Jargis is my master! Ren: *choking* Niddler--but how? That Jitatin minga-melon-! Sorry about this, old friend--uh! Niddler: *squawking* Ren: Niddler! No! Niddler: I obey only Jargis! Jargis: By the twenty seas! It's the Son of Primus--but it looks like his monkeybird is mine! Lorg, monkeybirds--get him! Ren: I have to get out of here! Niddler: Aaah! Ren: That hurt me more than it did you. Dello, Kellon--stay back! Dello, Kellon: We obey only Jargis! Lorg: So, we meet again, troublemaker! Jargis: Meddlesome runt--you ruin me once on Pandawa, but by Kunda, not again! Ren: Rrr--rrah! Lorg: You won't be going anywhere, kreld-eater! Jargis: Now, what are you doing here, boy? Ren: I'm trying to keep Jitatin slave traders off Pandawa. Kellon: He came to protect the egg, master! Jargis: Really! Then perhaps you will tell me where it is? Ren: You'll learn nothing from me, naja dog! Lorg: I'll get the truth out of him! Jargis: Too barbaric, Lorg. This sea leech will loosen his tongue! Make things easy on yourself, monkeybird lover--tell me where the egg is! Ren: Never! Jargis: Never can be an eternity with this greedy slug draining you dry. Ren: Aaah-! Jargis: Tell me--where is the egg of the future queen? Ren: Kreld-eater-- Niddler: I know where the egg is, master! Ren: Niddler--no-- Jargis: Tell me, monkeybird, I command you! Niddler: The Caves of the Departed. I can take you there! Ren: Niddler--don't betray your--aaah! Jargis: This leech should finish him off, but if he tries anything, destroy him and his friends if they show up! Dello, Kellon: Yes, master! MB Queen: This jungle path will take us to the Caves of the Departed. Ioz: I was hoping Ren would be here to meet us. Tula: There's Niddler. Niddler! Down--Noy Jitat, what's wrong with Niddler? MB Queen: The plague! Niddler: Ren's friends! Jargis: My enemies! Get them! Ioz: Scut pango! It's that slave trader Jargis! MB Queen: And the evil monkeybirds! MB Queen: Stop! It's your queen! I command you to stop! He won't listen to you, Queen--they are under my control now! Get them! Monkeybird: *grunt* Ioz: Jargis, you kreld-eating sea scum, I'll take care of you personally! Jargis: Such bravado, pirate! You are finished just like your friend Ren! Ioz: Ren? This is all your doing, your two-faced monkeybird! Tula: Niddler can't help himself, Ioz--he's a victim of Jargis's plague! MB Queen: Just like my other poor monkeybirds. Tula: Uhh! Ioz: Unfortunately, your poor monkeybirds have us outnumbered! Jargis: Finish them off, and no one will be able to stop me from getting the egg! Kellon: He's finished. Dello: Then why don't we finish these melons? Ren: *thinking* Thank Kunda--it worked! Kello: Do you smell something? Ren: If I'm right, what's in here will be able to release the monkeybirds from Jargis's plague. Dello: There he is! Ren: And if I'm wrong, I die. Dello: We will destroy--you? Kellon: Ren! What's happened? Dello: Why are we in the slave tunnels? Ren: It's Jargis! He made zombie slaves of you monkeybirds, and unless we hurry, he's going to steal the egg of your future queen! Dello: How can we stop him before he stops us? Ren: Maybe enough minga-melons, sprayed with this, and we can turn Jargus's army back into our friends! But first, I must get to the Caves of the Departed--before Niddler does. Kellon: I know a shortcut! Ioz: Chongo-longo, end of the line! Any suggestions? Tula: Yes. Jump! Jargis: Wait there, my monkeybirds--make sure they don't come up! Lorg: Not even a leviathan could stay under that long! Jargis: Yes! They are history! Niddler! Lead me to that egg! Niddler: Yes, master! Ioz: Ay chongo. MB Queen: Even I never knew you could breathe through Pandawa moss lilies. Tula: Being an ecomancer has some benefits. Ioz: Too bad you can't stop that gantha pig Jargis from getting to the egg. Tula: No, but I might be able to slow him up with a little ecomantic head wind. Ioz: Think you're up to flying, Your Majesty? MB Queen: There's no other choice! Lorg: Where'd that Jitatin wind come from? Jargis: Faster, monkeybirds! Ren: I'll guard the egg till you get back with those minga-melons--and hurry! Noy Jitat! I'm too late! Baby Queen: Waah! Ren: Huh? Oah?? Baby Queen: Waah! Ren: Shh...I know I don't look like a monkeybird, but you're safe. Do you understand? Baby Queen: Waah! Tula: Can't--keep this up-- Niddler: The Caves of the Departed, master. Jargis: Bring me the egg, slave. Niddler: Yes, master. Ren: Noy Jitat--too late! You stay here, and be quiet. Niddler: You! Ren: Raah--oof! Niddler: Ren? Baby Queen: *cooing* Niddler: And the future mother of us all? Jargis: Monkeybird! I grow impatient! Niddler: Ren, what do we do? Ren: We give the kreld-eater what he wants! MB Queen: We're too late! Niddler: I'm coming, master--here is the egg of the future queen! MB Queen: Niddler, no! Ioz: Noy Jitat--long odds, your majesty, but at least I'll finish that traitorous monkeybird! Niddler: Ioz, wait! Ren: So much for the element of surprise. Lorg: You won't be needing this, runt! Jargis: Destroy them all! Jargis, Ren: *grunting, fighting* Ioz: Chongo-longo--whose side are you on, monkeybird? Niddler: Look out! Does that answer your question? The Queen! Monkeybirds: We must destroy you! MB Queen: Niddler! Where is the future queen? Niddler: A lot safer than we are, your majesty. MB Queen: We're outnumbered! Ioz: Tell me about it. Nat jut! Jargis, Ren: *grunting* Jargis: End of the line, son of Primus! Oomph! Monkeybirds: Our Queen! MB Queen: There's your enemy! Jargis! Ioz: You heard your Queen--get him! Jargis: Let's get out of here! Ren: You're not so tough without an army behind you. Baby Queen: *cooing* MB Queen: *gasp* The future Queen! Ren: Let her go, Jargis! Jargis: Back off, boy, we are taking her and all the monkeybirds with us! Tula: Wrong, kreld-eater! Jargis: Oof! Niddler: Gotcha! Kellon: Get them! Monkeybird: Jitatin slave trader! Ren: Well, you got here just in time, Tula. Tula: I wouldn't have missed this for the world. MB Queen: Looks like our new queen is in very good hands. Niddler: Aww, you're such a sweet one! Tula: Aww, isn't she cute, Ioz? Ioz: Oh, charming! Just like Niddler. Niddler: Really? Do you really think I resemble royalty? Ioz: No, monkeybird, but you're a royal pain! MB Queen: And a royal hero!