Night of the Crimson Blood

By: JadeDragonKnight

Chapter 7

"Come on, this way."

The sound of people approaching escaped the outer wall corridor. Fumu was the first to enter into the open. Bun and Yabui followed her. They were following the pools of blood. Then, Fumu gasped.

"Kirby!" she called.

She and Bun ran up to the trembling pink star warrior. Kirby looked up at them and gave a weak smile. Seeing that their friend was ok, Bun and Fumu looked to Meta Knight, who was passed out in his arms. Yabui gave them a quick glance then looked at the sword protruding from the ground. There was a faded dark red spot underneath the point. He nodded and went to Kirby's side.

"You're very brave Kirby," the doctor stated.

He smiled and closed his eyes. Yabui carefully took Meta Knight from his arms and turned him over. He was covered in blood, but he seemed to be sleeping peacefully. The doctor lifted up one eyelid. The innocent white eye stared absently back at him.

"So, is he ok?" Bun asked.

"Yes," he replied, "he'll be fine. Kirby should be alright as well. They just need to rest."

"That's good," Fumu sighed.

The bright sky chased away the darkness. What was a long, horrifying night became a new day.

Back inside the apartment, the wounded were beginning to move. Escargon moaned, sat up, and placed his hand on his head.

"What happened?" he groaned.

"What? You don't remember me carrying you here?"

The attendant turned to King Dedede.

"You carried me all the way here?" Escargon asked disbelievingly.

"Well, yeah. You got attacked, or did you forget that too?" the king added.

"And you stayed here," he said questionably.

"Yes."

The attendant got a bit teary eyed and said, "You do care about me."

"What," the king objected, "No! I wasn't going to go back to my room with a monster running around!"

"Sure, keep telling yourself that."

Suddenly, Dedede jumped up and grabbed Escargon's eye stock.

"I didn't stick around to see if you were ok! I was only here to-"

He stopped himself when he noticed that Escargon had passed out from lack of blood to his brain.

"Uh, Escargon?"

Meanwhile, the wounded Waddle Dees were beginning to stir. Sword and Blade were up and walking around. Most of the people gathered around the sofa. Kirby and Meta Knight were sleeping on it with blankets covering them. Meta Knight was the first to wake. His eyes fluttered open and they focused on the people standing around him.

"You're finally awake," Fumu stated.

"What happened?" he moaned.

"You were possessed by a blood sucking demon," Yabui explained.

The knight thought for a second then asked, "What did I do?"

The group looked at each other. They wondered if they should tell him.

"Well," Sword stated, "you turned into a monster and started biting people."

"Way to be blunt, Sword," Bun muttered.

"Huh," Meta Knight replied, "that explains the awful taste in my mouth."

"What, we taste bad to you?" Blade joked.

Everyone began laughing, even the stern knight chuckled.

Then, he stopped and stated, "I'm not wearing my mask, am I?"

"Nope," Bun replied.

"Would it make you feel better if I told you that that same face struck fear in anyone's face that looked upon it while you were a monster?" Yabui asked.

"…Maybe."

They stopped when they heard Kirby shifting. He just went back to his peaceful slumber.

"Funny," Meta Knight stated, "I can only remember being in his arms."

"He did save you after all," Yabui replied.

Meta Knight simply nodded. They continued to talk for a while, but then began to get tired. It was then that they realized that they were up all night. Later, they decided to take a nap. The rest of the day lazily moved on.

THE END