Double-0-K and Super Spy Kirby
Chapter Six: Sky Heights
Mr. Shine was gathering up his belongings. He only had about three minutes left before the tower was no more. He had to hurry or he would be gone along with everyone else. He had heard the revolt of all the warriors and assumed that Mr. Bright was already dead or gone. The one thing he didn't notice was the puffball sneaking up behind him.
Jacob darted toward one of the crates that were lying around. He opened one up, and sure enough there was another bomb. He picked it up, and it was heavier than he expected. Jacob loosened his grip and aimed for Mr. Shine. Unfortunately, he sneezed as he through the demolition and with lightning reflexes Mr. Shine turned around and burned it up in his indestructible fire barrier.
"You must be the one that destroyed Mr. Shine. Now you will burn with his remains!" Mr. Bright rapidly sent flaming objects at Jacob, and just as quickly he avoided them or shot them back.
"Feeling light headed, kid?" Mr. Bright tormented and increased his charge of fireballs.
No answer came from Jacob. He was too concentrated on the projectiles flying towards him. He was tiring out, and had to think of something quickly before he lost all of his strength and was toasted alive.
As if a light-bulb went off in his head, he jumped in a dark corner and brought together a huge block of ice with the Mysticant. He was protected for the moment, but the fireballs were already starting to melt the ice block. With the rest of his strength, Jacob picked up the ice block and hurled it at Mr. Bright.
The ice block shattered into a million pieces as soon as it hit Mr. Bright, and he was left undamaged. Mr. Bright started at Jacob and knocked him off the tower, and he fell plummeting toward the mote. Mr. Bright jumped after him just as soon.
The ice was still covering the water as Jacob was heading down. Noticing the figure falling after him, Jacob quickly pulled out Fantaray and aimed it downward. As soon as he hit the ice, the flames spread all across, quickly melting the chilly covering. Jacob barely got back to land to see Mr. Shine roar in terror as he sank into the freezing water.
Then Jacob heard some louder and faster beeping sounds and realized what was going to happen. "The bombs are still going! And Meta Knight is still in the tower!" he exclaimed.
Jacob realized there was no way he could reach the area where Meta Knight was. He glanced around, looking for a warpstar, when he saw one appear over the spot where Mr. Shine was extinguished. He hopped on, looking hopelessly at the tower as he rose up into the heavens.
Then it happened. All the bombs set off at once, filling the tower (and more) with explosions. Meta Knight was engulfed into the flaming pit, destroyed by Nightmare's Red Diamond trap.
The warpstar landed with a soft bounce on the cushy clouds, lightly forcing him off. He stared at the castle for a couple of minutes, watching it turn into ashes, and wondered if Meta Knight had escaped. But then another huge explosion diminished that thought.
"That's it!" Jacob shouted aloud. "Nightmare, you've already destroyed two of my best friends. When I find you, you're gonna have a hard time!"
Back at Nightmare's Domain:
"Sir Nightmare!" Orb shouted.
"What is it now?" Nightmare replied, exhausted.
"The bombs Shine placed has successfully gone off."
"And what became of Shine, Bright, Meta Knight, and Jacob?"
"Jacob, well, he destroyed Shine before he could escape, and he drowned Bright in the mote. He escaped just in time before the place blew up. As for Meta Knight, he and all of his knights were killed in the explosion."
"Excellent…So they double-crossed the brainwashed knights, and we double-cross Shine and Bright. They were just my pawns that I had planned to destroy Meta Knight with."
"So where is Jacob now?"
"In the Grape Gardens, he's currently on the move."
"This is one of the few times I approve of your work, Orb. But one more thing…"
"The Mecha-Vultures!" they said in unison.
Returning to the Grape Gardens…
Jacob was running along the clouds, unaware of the seven creatures staring at him from above. Originally nine mecha-vultures were created, and at the World of Nowhere four were deployed against Jacob and Josh. Two of them were destroyed and the other two escaped with Josh. Now they were all back with revenge.
The mecha-vultures silently flew up above Jacob, waiting for the sun to completely go down. Either way the vultures could take Jacob any time, but it was important only to capture him and send him to the Cloud Jail.
"Attention fellow Mechanical Vultures!" the leader of them said. "We have a problem. The target has treaded off course and is headed towards Sector B-5: The Cloud Prison. What do you suggest we try?"
"He is falling into a trap." Stated one of them. "Once he reaches the Cloud Prison we can lock him up in the laser gate cell.
"But he might let the other targets escape." Another one pointed out.
"I got it!" the leader snapped. "Let him go towards the cloud prison. Then when he gets close we will release the dispatch attack leader."
The seven mecha-vultures flew away into the darkness, searching for the so called dispatch attack leader. Eventually it did get really dark, and Jacob decided to set up camp again. He rolled out some supplies and lay on the soft, fluffy cushions of clouds.
He slept a dreamless sleep that night and nothing had attacked him or captured him at all during the night. Not even a single mecha-vulture had passed over him. Of course Jacob didn't know anything about this, and that definitely meant trouble.
Jacob packed up his stuff again and started to munch on some grapes that were just lying on the ground. As soon as he got all the stuff into his pack and stood up, he started to walk. But before he could take one step, a huge durasteel cage fell on him. It knocked him to the ground, and by the time he got up he was trapped.
Jacob slashed the cage with his blades, but the cage was protected magically by some sort of spell. He sat on the ground, and for the first time noticed that someone else was in the cage. He spun around and saw another puffball, lying on the ground.
"Josh? Is that you?" Jacob yelled in excitement. The puffball was sleeping so there was no answer. Jacob woke him up, only to realize it wasn't Josh.
"Kirby! What are you doing here in this…game?" Jacob asked.
"I…," Kirby started. "I…don't really know, actually. The last thing I remember was…Oh yeah! Now I remember! Chaos is everywhere in Dreamland! So after it started to rain, it turned into a thunder storm in less than 30 seconds and then before we know it, Kracko was out there sucking people into a portal, and it led us here."
"You mean that storm that just randomly came out of nowhere?" Jacob asked in astonishment.
"Yeah. Say, how did you get here?"
"Oh, I think Josh and I may have opened the portal. But on the other hand, I started off at the Vegetable Valley and at least I've worked my way up here…"
"Where is Josh anyways?"
"Oh, back at the so called 'Ice Cream Islands' he was captured and taken away while I was just left in some dark and scary domain."
There was a deep silence for some time, when suddenly Kirby spoke up.
"Of all things, if we were trapped in a cage, wouldn't someone have been here by now?"
"Only if they're a huge tub of lard in literal terms." Jacob said, nervous.
They listened carefully and could start hearing big thumps far away. They were getting closer by the second and each time they were both a bit more frightened.
"I take that back…" Jacob stated. "I meant a tiny, tiny, TINY, little weakling."
As if out of nowhere something landed on top of the cage, breaking it, and Jacob and Josh quickly escaped before they were squished. They both darted across the clouds for about 10 yards just to be safe. They turned around and saw a live, huge, blue, cube that was staring at them.
"Is that…Blocky?" Jacob wondered as he stared at the monstrous cube.
"I don't even want to know!" Kirby answered as he hopped away from the figure jumping towards him.
"MY NAME IS ICE BLOCK!!!" the thing roared out.
"Hmm…you must be one of Nightmare's experiments! This could be interesting!" Jacob pulled out Mysticant and sped towards the Ice Block.
Unfortunately, it had a higher defense than just ice and Jacob was forced backwards after trying to cut through. Ice Block wasn't worried about Kirby now because he had no weapon and nothing was nearby that he could copy.
"Ok, you asked for it! Mysticant Fire!" Jacob chanted the words and first his sword started to glow, and suddenly it released a large beam of fire and directly hit Ice Block. Ice Block evaporated into millions of molecules and they just floated there for some time.
"Nice! That was so easy I bet it was actually a…" Jacob was interrupted by the sound of something morphing back together. Before he could spin around, he was knocked to his feet by the Ice Block.
"MWAHAHA!" Ice Block laughed evilly. "That was just a defense mechanism! Now you will pay!" Ice Block jumped in the sky and landed straight on Jacob. Then both of his swords slid across the clouds, landing near Kirby's feet.
Jacob gasped in amazement and for breath. "The Fantaray!" Jacob let out with a cough.
Kirby paid no attention to Jacob, the swords, or Ice Block. He was gazing into the skies. A storm had come, and rain was falling everywhere. Speedy winds blew all across the clouds. Out of nowhere a portal appeared in the sky. Seven dark figures slowly flew out of the portal. They were holding on to one big thing, but it was impossible to tell what it was with all the rain.
The portal disappeared into thin air as something big came out of it. It looked like another cloud, but there was something big in the center of it and spikes surrounded the cloud in every direction known to anyone.
Then the smoke started to clear up and they were recognizable. The seven things were the seven mecha-vultures and they were all clinging to a cage. In front of the vultures was the one cloud known to be alive, none other than the devastating Kracko.
Then Kirby came to himself again and quickly grabbed both blades. He was about to slash at the vultures and the cage when he heard a cry of help from inside. He squinted to see inside the cage and had first thought that Jacob had somehow been carried over to them. Then he saw Jacob still under Ice Block, and realized that the puffball in the cage was Josh.
Kirby first leaped over to Ice Block and thrust the Fantaray into the center of the mutated ice cube. Kirby stared in amazement as Ice Block slowly melted into a big puddle of water. Jacob leaped up and grabbed back Mysticant, and Kirby kept the Fantaray for the time being.
One of the mecha-vultures, most likely the leader, said in a robotic voice, "By order of the dispatch attack leader, Kracko, you are either to surrender to us or pay the price…of death."
"You are clearly outnumbered…" the shadow of Kracko loomed over Jacob and Kirby as he spoke. "Resistance is hopeless. There is nothing you can do to stop the destruction of Popstar!"
"What do you mean destruction?" Jacob asked in a manner as if he had forgotten he was surrounded by enemies.
"Certainly you should know! After all, what other reason would you be here for?" Kracko started to tell him what was really going on. "You see, Nightmare didn't have the time to openly attack Popstar…yet. So to start it off, he formed a trap. After Popstar is no more, you will all becoming mindless slaves of no free will, serving the dark lord. But now you must make a decision…or you won't have a choice."
Jacob and Kirby just stood there, wondering why he said the word yet. "I have a feeling this won't end if we ever make it out of this game…" Jacob muttered so only Kirby could hear him as he silently raised his blade.
"So be it." Kracko said. "Prepare to meet your demise!" Kracko zapped first at the cage where Josh had been, only to realize he wasn't there. "Sneaky, are we? Mecha Vultures, attack!" Kracko commanded as he flew up into the air to watch the action.
First the leader of the mechanical vultures flew down and landed on the ground. He was in heavier armor than any other mecha-vulture, and was the most skilled, too. His eyes were bloodshot with red and his steel covering darker and scarier than all of them combined. He was twice as large and definitely twice as strong.
He was shortly followed by the six normal mecha-vultures. Jacob could determine two of them with orange streaks along the steel, the ones that had captured Josh. The four others were just ordinary mecha-vultures, plain and bold as the ones that were now drowning in an ocean.
Apparently Josh had literally slipped through the cage while Kracko was giving his 'Prepare to Die' speech. He had silently appeared behind Jacob and Kirby, and no one had realized he was there for the short time except for Kirby. Kirby had already handed Josh the Fantaray and was already trying to find a way to short circuit the robots.
Once all the mecha-vultures landed, Kracko released a bolt of lightning that hit nothing purposely and said, "Let the games begin!"
Jacob fended off some swipes of the master's deadly claws and bladed wings. The master was centered on Jacob and the others were all up on Josh. Jacob hopped away as he released a deadly acid that would've burned right through him. The master swung his super sharp wings towards Jacob, acting as if they were swords. It was hard for Jacob to defend against two blade-wings, so Jacob retreated some yards and blasted laser bolts from his sword against the master. They were penetrated by the multiple layers of durasteel and he just slowly walked towards him, not even feeling the bolts. Then something unexpected happened. Jacob just disappeared into thin air, not a trace of where he could've gone.
The dark face of the master turned into a puzzled expression and glanced everywhere, wondering where and how he could appear in some random place. But really, Jacob had used his super speedy talent and went down straight through the clouds. He was on a lower layer and was furtively creeping over to where the master was. He silently empowered the sword with the power of Mysticant energy and before the master could realize that there was a crackling noise below him he was stabbed straight through from below. Jacob pulled his blade out and jumped back to the upper layer.
Unfortunately, the energy blow had merely penetrated the armor. He was still in perfect condition, but now he was vulnerable. They continued their clash of sword versus wing-blade and Jacob was running out of energy, while the master, being a robot, had no need to rest.
Then Jacob decided to bring the battle to an end, even though his plan was risky. Jacob called upon the Mysticant air and forced the wind against the master, and he was blown off the edge. But it wasn't exactly over right then.
Knowing that this battle was lost for him, the master grew his claws into its sharpest position and made three colossal cuts into Jacob, and as if dead Jacob fell off the edge along with the master vulture.
Josh stopped his fight for a moment and ran to the edge of the clouds. He saw the vulture falling first and 20 feet above him down fell a heavily bleeding Jacob. First the vulture landed on the spiked rocks that were below the clouds and within less than a second it made a huge explosion, which engulfed Jacob in as well. If that wasn't enough, then the mountain nearby was destroyed in the explosion and collapsed on top of the two of them.
Josh stared in horror as all the misfortune in the world had taken place right there in that very spot. He was alone, unable to fight any longer and was about to abandon all hope.