Chapter 4
Kirby ran along the road, desperately trying to catch up to the star and its unlucky passenger. However, his running was futile, as the star continued to get smaller and smaller as it flew away.
Suddenly, Kirby yelped when something grabbed his arm and started carrying him up into the sky. Looking around in confusion, Kirby looked up to see Soladat holding onto him. His eyes widened when he saw a pair of large, angel-like wings in her back. They were silvery and metallic, and glistened in the moonlight.
She looked down at Kirby, nodding. Then she looked up towards the star. "I take it that thing belongs to you?"
Kirby nodded. "Poyo!"
"Well," Soladat said, "let's get it back."
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Malachi had his eyes closed as he held onto the star for dear life. He wanted so desperately to go down, but he had no idea how to control this thing.
"Hey, kid!"
Malachi blinked his eyes open at the voice, and looked around in confusion. Glancing to his left, his mouth fell open when he saw a woman with silver wings gliding alongside him. And if that wasn't weird enough, she had a pink… thing sitting on her back.
Seeing that she had the boy's attention, Soladat pointed towards the ground. "Pull over, now!"
Above her, Kirby pointed his hand down as well. "Poyo!"
But Malachi just shook his head. "I can't!"
Groaning, Soladat assured the boy. "Don't worry, I'll get you down!"
Kirby held onto the back of Soladat's shirt as she suddenly soared a great speed so that she was moving ahead of the star. Malachi watched as Soladat made a quick turn so that she was directly in front of the star, and his eyes widened when she held her hands out to intercept it.
Soladat grunted as the star crashed into her, and she held onto it with her hands and attempted to slow its speed, but the surprising strength behind the alien object pushed her back as well.
As Soladat fought to slow the star, Kirby suddenly hopped up and walked up onto her head. Soladat glared in annoyance.
"What do you think you're doing!?" She yelled at the alien, but Kirby just hopped off her head and onto the star. Malachi reared his head back as Kirby walked up along the star and tapped his hand against the middle.
The star suddenly blinked white and stopped, and the three screamed as it suddenly dropped out of the sky. Looking down, Soladat's eyes widened as she saw the ground rapidly approaching, and quickly unfolded her wings so as to slow their descent.
But it wasn't enough.
With Kirby and Malachi held under each arm, Soladat shielded them with her wings as they crashed into the forest floor, eventually sliding into a tree that actually broke from the impact. The star careened nearby and actually sliced through several trees, which remained still for a few moments before falling over.
Breathing heavily, Soladat looked at her two passengers. Kirby looked completely unharmed. He looked around, jumped up to his feet, and ran off in the direction that the star landed.
"Poyo!" He yelled. Rolling her eyes, Soladat looked over at the kid, and saw that he was shaking.
Shaking his shoulder, Soladat spoke to the boy. "Hey, kid, you alright?"
Opening his eyes, Malachi looked around to see that they were once again on the ground. Blinking, he looked at the woman who saved him and smiled. He was alive!
"You saved me!" The kid said. "That was so awesome!"
Smirking in amusement, Soladat got up and dusted herself off. "Just doing my job, kid."
Malachi continued to smile like a kid in a candy store. "Thank you! I'm Malachi."
Soladat smiled at the kid. "Nice to meet you. I'm…"
"I know who you are!" The kid said, his smile growing bigger. "You're the Archangel!"
Soladat blinked in surprise. "You know who I am?"
"Uh-huh." Malachi said, nodding. "I saw you and the Avengers fighting the aliens on TV! Only the Archangel has wings like that."
Malachi pointed at Soladat's metal wings, which were still spread out. Quickly folding them back, Soladat kneeled down to the kid.
"Okay, yes, I'm Archangel." She said. "But why don't we keep this a secret, kay?"
Malachi just smiled and nodded. "Okay."
Nodding back at the kid, Soladat looked up to see Kirby coming back towards them. She saw he was carrying the star, which was now smaller and only big enough to fit in the palm of your hand.
He held it up to Soladat, smiling. "Poyo!"
Soladat smiled back. "You got it?"
Kirby nodded. Malachi looked at the little pink creature in amazement. He looked back at Soladat. "What's that?"
"This is Kirby." Soladat said. "He's an alien."
Malachi blinked, and walked up to Kirby. Kirby wobbled when the boy poked him in the forehead.
"Poyo?" Kirby said in confusion.
Malachi looked back at Soladat. "He's funny looking."
"I know." Soladat said.
"So he's really an alien?" Malachi said, looking at Kirby again. "He doesn't look scary, like the aliens you fought. Did he come in that spaceship me and grandpa found?"
Soladat's face lit up at the word ship. "Spaceship? What spaceship?"
Malachi looked back at Soladat innocently. "The ship me and my grandpa found in the woods. It was big and looked like a giant star."
"Is that where you found that thing?" Soladat asked, pointing to the little star in Kirby's hand.
Malachi nodded.
Soladat looked at Malachi sweetly. "Could you take us to it?"
Malachi smiled. "Sure."
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Del quickly headed outside the house and walked towards his pickup truck, intending to go out and find his grandson. However, before he could reach it, he spotted another vehicle riding up towards his home.
It was a red truck, and it parked at few meters away from Del. The side door opened, and Del blinked when he saw Malachi hop out.
"Hi, grandpa!" He said, waving. "I brought some friends over!"
Del blinked when he saw a young woman step out of the driver's seat, and his eyes widened in shock when he saw a small, pink thing hop out after her.
Soladat nodded at Del in greeting. "Hello, sir. I'd like to talk with you about something."
"Poyo!" The little pink thing beside her said.
Del just continued to look in shock, before nodding. "Yeah, okay…"
Soladat, Kirby, and Malachi followed Del as he led them into the house, closing the door behind them.
Boring chapter, yes. Next chapter, Soladat calls Fury and then a familiar face comes into the picture.
