Abridged Kirby: Episode 60
By JadeDragonKnight
Part 3
"Here, use this medicine on his wounds," Parm said, handing Bun a little sack.
"Good luck you two," Memu added.
"Thanks guys," Bun said, "come on Kirby."
"Piyo."
They ran back into the castle. Silica was behind a wall, listening to their conversation. She smirked and followed them out of sight.
The TV screen showed static. Then it cleared to reveal Customer Service.
"Oh, hello you're Majesty," he greeted.
"Someone's trying to kill me," Dedede exclaimed, getting right to the point, "send a demon!"
"Who's trying to kill you?"
"This alien chick with a strange looking gun," Escargon explained.
"Oh, I somehow know what you're talking about. I'll send the perfect demon to you."
This is episode 60; you should know what the downloading process is like by now. Anyway, a mole like creature stood at the top of the platform. Its roar shook the throne room.
"Whoa, this is awesome!" Dedede cheered, hiding behind his chair.
"More like awful," Escargon added.
In Kabu's valley, Sword and Blade were standing guard in front of the entrance to the secret room under Kabu. Inside, Fumu was tying a cloth around Meta Knight's arm. He was still unconscious.
"Hang in there Sir Meta Knight," Fumu said quietly, "they'll be here with the medicine soon."
"PANCAKES!" he shouted as he flew forward.
Fumu screamed and fell over in surprise.
He looked around and asked, "Whoa, what happened?"
"You scared the crap out of me! That's what happened!"
"Sorry."
She sat up properly and sighed.
"Why is Silica trying to kill you?" Fumu asked.
"Well you see, her mother and I went to do this thing, to get this shiny thing, and some things happened, and she died and her daughter's trying to kill me. Great story, huh?"
She looked at him tiredly.
"Yeah, that explains everything," she said flatly.
"Oh for the love of God," Kabu groaned, "just let me tell her!"
"Ah! The walls are talking!" the knight yelled.
"That's just Kabu."
"Oh, so I'm not crazy."
"I wouldn't go that far."
"Shut up and let me tell the story!" Kabu yelled.
Suddenly, the floor parted to reveal an endless void of space. Fumu stood in shock at the changing landscape.
"This is the coolest flashback ever!" Meta Knight cried happily.
Kabu made an over-exaggerated cough.
"Oh, shush! He's about to talk," the knight added.
The view zoomed in on a planet then on a fire humanoid hammering at a piece of metal.
"50,000 years ago, the Race of Light, Photoron, forged the holy sword Galaxia. It wasn't just a piece of metal though. It was a sentient being with a mind and a consciousness."
"That explains a lot," Meta Knight commented.
"Quiet fool!" Kabu boomed.
The knight covered his mask where his mouth is.
"Galaxia was stolen by a powerful demon beast from the Holy Nightmare Company and concealed in a cave. So, the GSA sent Garlude and Meta Knight to reclaim the lost sword."
Meta Knight pointed at his past self in the flashback and nodded at Fumu. She acknowledged the likeness.
"Now as long as Galaxia remains with Meta Knight, Nightmare cannot succeed in taking over space."
The view faded back into the dark room.
"There's your story, now leave me alone," Kabu concluded.
After a few seconds of silence, Fumu looked at the sword hilt and said, "That's quiet a history for a sword."
Meta Knight nodded at her with his hands still plastered to his mask.
"You can talk now."
"Ok," he replied as he lowered his hands.
Fumu balled her hands and said, "You have to tell her the truth. Tell Silica how this is all a big misunderstanding."
"It wouldn't matter," the knight replied. "She's still going to kill me with her Swish Army Gun!"
"Then who's going to tell her?"
"Uh, this can," he said, holding up Galaxia.
"That thing can talk?"
"Yeah! It talks to me in my sleep sometimes."
She blinked in disbelief.
"Meta Knight, have you gotten checked?"
"Checked for what?"
"Someone's coming," Sword interrupted from above.
Footsteps were quickly approaching. Then Bun and Kirby emerged from the darkness.
"They're here," Blade informed.
After coming inside, Bun handed Fumu the sack.
She turned to Meta Knight and said, "Great, now I can treat your wounds."
"Awesome!"
"So this is where you've been hiding?" a voice said from above.
The group gasped when they saw Silica standing in the entrance.
"You can't run," she continued, "hand over Galaxia."
"Never!" Meta Knight argued. "The giant rock head told me to keep it with me at all times!"
"Very well."
She opened fired on them. They all jumped out of the way except for Kirby who was dancing around to avoid the bullets. Sword jumped her, but she blocked the attack with her knife. Blade came up behind her, but she jumped out of the opening and ran out into the open. The knights followed her. The kids and Meta Knight came out and stood on the outer ledge, watching the fight.
"This doesn't look good," the knight said worried.
Suddenly, he froze with a blank expression. Bun noticed and waved a hand in front of his face. Meanwhile, Blade and Sword were running after Silica. She turned and fired two missiles at them. They dodged the first one, but the second one hit its mark. Fumu gasped and covered her mouth. Just then, a rush of air flew past them.
"Silica!"
She looked up through the smoke and saw Meta Knight standing there, with fire in his eyes.
"I will be your opponent."
"Meta Knight, don't!" Fumu called. "You're injured, and you have some other issues that will prevent you from winning! Not that I'm inferring to your state of mind or anything!"
Sword and Blade crawled out from underneath the rubble and said, "Sir no!"
"Don't interfere," he replied, drawing his sword.
"Is he, like, serious?" Fumu asked.
"Yeah, I think so," Bun informed.
"Humph, so you finally feel like facing me," Silica said, making her gun a sword. She charged while shouting, "Let's do this!"
Meta Knight stood his ground as Silica raced towards him. She came down on his like a raging tide, throwing blow after blow. The knight blocked the attacks while backing up. He swung at her, but she back flipped out of the way and continued her relentless attacks.
Meanwhile, Bun was swinging his fists in the air, mimicking their fight. Fumu looked over at him with a questioning face.
"Bun, Meta Knight is clearly losing," she stated.
"I know. I'm cheering for Silica," he replied calmly.
Horror struck his sister in the face!
Anyway, the countless blows were taking their toll on the knight's arm. Then, Silica put all her strength in one swing and knocked Galaxia out of his hands.
"It's mine!" she shouted, running towards the sword protruding from the ground.
"Wait, Silica!" Meta Knight tried to warn.
"Stay back!" she screamed back, pointing her gun at him.
"Why are you shouting?!" Bun asked loudly.
The alien slowly reached for the hilt. When she grabbed it, an electric pulse exploded in her body. She cried in agony as the blade held her in its shocking grip. Then, the energy flow cut off and she was sent flying. Silica came down on the ground hard.
She weakly looked up and made a despondent, "What…?"
"Only those that possess incredible power can wield Galaxia," Meta Knight explained. "If one who is unworthy holds it, their life will..."
"It sounds like he's quoting from something," Bun whispered to Fumu.
Suddenly, a howl rang through the air. Everyone looked down the canyon to see a monstrous mole creature barreling towards them.
"A demon beast?" Silica stated.
"This is bad," Meta Knight exclaimed, "It's after Galaxia!"
Silica immediately stood and fired a rocket at the approaching beast. It swerved out of the way. She proceeded to shoot bullets at it, but they seemed to bounce off. It leapt into the air and came down on her. She switched to her blade and jumped out of the way of its claws. She hooked into its shoulder blade mid-air. It thrashed around and easily threw her off. It then pushed the gun-blade out of its back like it was nothing.
"Well, this is a predicament," Fumu stated.
Sword and Blade charged at it only to be pushed back by its enormous claws. Suddenly, it slammed the ground below them, sending them into the air. One of their swords was launched high above them.
"Alright Kirby, time to kick some butt," Fumu informed.
Kirby nodded and began to inhale. The sword flew into his mouth. Then he jumped up, did his twirly-transform thingy, and became Sword Kirby. He defiantly stood in front of the demon.
Meta Knight clutched his arm and muttered, "But against that demon…"
Kirby attacked, but the demon deflected it. He then cut through one of the claws. The demon's claw grew back and it continued to attack. At this point, Kirby was dodging frantically.
In the distance, Silica was recovering from her epic fail with the demon. She held her sore arm as she noticed Kirby's distressed state.
'If he can wield Galaxia…' she thought.
She ran over to the sword. After studying it for a few seconds, she began to weight her options.
'Ok, I either get shocked to death to help some random people that tried to kill me or risk loosing Galaxia to a mindless beast and throwing away everything my mom died for… Choices… Ah what the heck.'
She clamped both hands on the sword hilt. Once again, a serge of lightning radiated from the sword and consumed her. She cried out but held her ground. Suddenly, a voice called to her.
"I am Galaxia! I must be held by one who is worthy. Sir Meta Knight was meant to wield me. Your mother knew of this."
Silica gasped and mentally said, "This sword is talking to me!"
It then proceeded to show her what really happened that day her mother died.
"Garlude, the monster's coming," Meta Knight cried, flailing his arms rapidly.
"I know," she shouted to him. "You have to take Galaxia and go."
"But, what about you?"
The beast began to climb the mound that held Galaxia.
She grinned and said, "After this, my job will be done."
She grabbed the sword hilt and was shocked. She struggled to pull it free, but when she did, she tossed it to Meta Knight just before the demon came down on her. As if some switch flipped inside of him, Meta Knight picked up the sword with fire in his eyes. Instead of running, he charged the beast and did battle with it. This is where the vision ended, but it was plenty for Silica.
"If my mother did such a thing…"
She yanked the sword out of the ground.
"SO WILL I!"
Just then, the demon broke Kirby's sword and forced him to the ground.
"Take it!" Silica shouted as she tossed the sword high in the air.
Kirby jumped for it, but the demon pushed him out of the way and caught the blade between its teeth. Meanwhile, Meta Knight had secured Silica's gun in time to fire a rocket at the beast, making it drop the sword. Kirby picked it up and jumped into the air. He and the blade shone brilliantly.
"Galaxia Sword Beam!" Kirby cried as he slashed the air.
A mighty beam of light flew toward the demon. It held up its claws in defense, but the beam went right through it. It then split in two and exploded. The kids cheered for the puff ball as he came down and held the sword proudly in the air. Silica stood there in awe, but then smiled.
"My mother did what was right to her last breath," she said to herself.
"And Silica," Meta Knight added, coming over to her, "you've surpassed your mother."
She nodded to him. She couldn't see it, but it appeared that a grin had creased the old knight's face. Suddenly, his gaze went blank. Silica tilted her head in confusion.
"Uh, Sir Meta Knight?"
Then he began looking around in a daze. His eyes fell on Kirby, who was still holding the sword.
"Hey!"
Much to everyone's surprise, he ran over and kicked Kirby straight into the air causing him to drop the sword which was spinning wildly in mid-air.
"Don't touch my sword!" he yelled, catching the blade and withdrawing it.
He then marched back to the group. Kirby bounced off the ground once and landed on his face.
"And, he's back to normal," Fumu sighed.