Abridged Kirby: Episode 26

JadeDragonKnight

Part 2

King Dedede, Escargon, and Customer Service watched another screen. It was a view from one of the security cameras on the courtyard. It showed Meta Knight and WolfWrath.

"Hey, Meta Knight is…" Dedede stopped then asked, "What is he doing?"

Meta Knight was running around in circles while WolfWrath chased him angrily. He was flailing his arms around and appeared to be laughing manically. Escargon gawked as he turned up the volume and confirmed their suspicions.

"Catch me if you can, Wolfy!" Meta Knight shouted happily.

"Uh… Hang on! WolfWrath is supposed to be killing Kirby, not playing tag!" Dedede objected.

"Oh, don't worry. It will be done once WolfWrath gets rid of Meta Knight," Customer Service reassured.

WolfWrath stopped and reared up. It shot a bunch of fireballs at the knight as he ran out of the way.

"Hey, you can't use fireballs! That's cheating!"


Elsewhere in the castle, Sword and Blade opened a door for the kids. It was dark and had stacked boxes everywhere inside.

"Ok, get in," Blade said.

"I'm not going in that closet," Fumu protested.

"Would you rather get eaten by WolfWrath?" Sword asked.

"No," the kids replied in unison.

"Then get in there," The knights said as they pushed them in and shut the door.

Bun looked around in the dark room then took out the small box he was sitting on.

"Hey, we really do have demon dog treats," he explained, reading the label.

As Blade and Sword were about to set out to look for Meta Knight, they saw him running towards them.

"Hey guys, what's up?" he said as he ran past them.

They looked at him questionably then turned to an exploding noise. WolfWrath burst through the wall and charged at them. They screamed and jumped out of the way. The demon paid no attention to them and dashed toward Meta Knight. The old knight noticed it coming and drew his sword. He stopped and turned to block the attacking claws.

"Ha, can't touch this baby!" Meta Knight bragged.

WolfWrath continued to swing its claws. The knight blocked and dodged each attack.

"You got nothin'!" he exclaimed.

"Dang, does he want to get killed?" Blade asked as he and Sword ran up to the fight.

"Whoa hey! Don't come any closer!" Meta Knight commanded.

They stopped dead in their tracks. WolfWrath stopped then lunged in the air. Meta Knight jumped up, sword poised. They crossed and sparks flew. They landed, backs turned. WolfWrath sped forward. Blade and Sword swung at it to no avail. It dashed down the hall and disappeared. Meta Knight groaned then fell to the side, dropping his sword.

"Sir, no!" his subordinates yelled as they ran to him.

They turned him over to see a giant spike lodged in his head. They gasped.

"Hey WolfWrath, I'm not done with you yet!" Meta Knight shouted.

"Sir, there's a tooth in your head," Blade explained frantically.

"Whoa that's a tooth?" he replied, poking it, "I thought it was a claw or something. How is that even possible?"

"Are you… ok?" Sword asked.

"Well I feel lightheaded and my life is flashing before my eyes, but I'm fine other than that," the old knight replied.

"Well, maybe we can get it out," Blade said as he tugged on the tooth.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Careful, you're gonna yank out my brain!"

"If it's lodged in your brain then we have to get it out!" Sword argued.

"Ok, now I'm going numb," Meta Knight informed, his eyes fluttering.

"Oh no, stay with us," Blade said.

"It might be the sudden weakness talking, but I need you guys to protect Kirby."

"Come on, you can do that yourself. You just have to get up," Sword replied, despair growing inside.

"I'm starting to feel more intelligent." Meta Knight paused then added, "Nope, never mind."

"Please my lord, hang in there."

"You be careful now, that dog's feisty," the knight said, voice dropping.

"Meta Knight…"

His eye color began to fade. He weakly held up one arm as if to say something else. He groaned. Then, his eye color faded to a grayish yellow. He exhaled slowly and his arm dropped to the ground. Blade and Sword lowered their heads.


Static danced on the screen.

"Escargon! Make the TV work! I'm trying to watch my show!" King Dedede commanded.

"I can't, the camera must be broken," the snail replied.


A broken camera dangled on the ceiling. Underneath it, Sword carrying Meta Knight, Blade, and the kids were running to their apartment. Once they got there, they lit a little lantern so they wouldn't be caught by the demon. Sword was on the couch, pulling as hard as he could on the spike in Meta Knight's head. It didn't budge. Sword let go and sighed.

"It's no use, it's stuck," the knight said regrettably.

"Is he dead?" Bun asked.

"No, he's been paralyzed permanently, and is unable to speak," Blade explained.

Suddenly, Meta Knight lunged up and shouted, "NACHOS!" Then, he fell back again and didn't move.

Everyone stared at him for a while.

"There isn't any way to help him?" Bun shouted, breaking the silence.

"WolfWrath has tracked Meta Knight before," Blade explained.

Everyone gasped.

"Wait, that doesn't answer my question," Bun added.

"If we don't kill WolfWrath then our lord will never recover," Blade continued.

Sword stood there in silence, clutching his sword hilt.

He turned to Blade and said, "It must still be somewhere in the castle!"

Blade nodded and they stormed out the door and went separate ways. Kirby ran out the door too, but Fumu stopped him.

"Where do you think you're going?" she asked as she lifted him over her head.

The two knights continued to run through the endless corridors in search of the beast. As Blade kept looking, he heard a distant growl.

"Hot damn!" echoed down the hall from where the growl came.

Blade didn't waste any time getting down there. He rounded a corner and saw Sword crouching on his weapon.

"Sword!" Blade called as he ran up to him, "Are you ok?"

"Damn that WolfWrath! I'll kill that thing for sneaking up on me like that!" Sword shouted, shaking his fist at a hole in the wall.