Sorry again. There's only a chapter and an epilogue to go through, so stick with me, please. eNJOY!
Kirby is owned by HAL and Nintendo. Thank Nova for KSqSq. Animal, the Squeaks and Bubbles FTW!
Kirby, Meta Knight and Ribbon entered the automatic doors of the giant Haltmann Works Company main building.
"OK, Ribbon, Meta Knight, we need to split up and find the scriptures. We also need to find President Haltmann and stop him from ever trying to shut us down again. Let's go!"
Kirby, Meta Knight and Ribbon split. Kirby ran into the elevator, and pushed the highest floor button. After a minute of ascension, it stopped
"Whu-"
Red lights started flashing inside, and the doors opened. At the other side were the API Defense group and Whispy. Kirby stared for a second
"Nope."
Kirby jumped, opened the roof and left
"Hey! Where are you going!?"
Whispy opened the door after Kirby, and froze. Kirby was holding his sword at the wires holding the elevator. Whispy took the only logical chance. He closed the door and ran out of there. API Defense climbed up, leaving Coily Rattler behind. Dragon looked up from the roof to see Kirby a few meters over him.
"Man, he climbs fast."
Dragon took the wires of the elevator, intending to climb, and Kirby raised his sword. The rest of the group retreated, and Dragon took the wires and followed Kirby. Kirby slashed down on the wires, and the box went down. Dragon managed to hold onto the open door while Kirby rose on the wire, up to the last floors.
At the end of the street, had come the bulldozers, enough to take down the shop before anyone could question what they were doing. But what the men in the trucks did not expect was a multitude surrounding the coffee shop, torches and signs of anger. The man in the front took out a high speaker and yelled into it.
"ALRIGHT, LISTEN YE MAGGOTS, WE GOT HIRED TO TEAR THIS PLACE DOWN, SO GIT OUTTA DA WAY AND LET US DO OUR JOB!"
There was silence for a minute, then the crowd started boo'ing and throwing garbage at them. It wasn't very effective, given the fact that bulldozers are, well, BULLDOZERS, but they continued. The chief smirked behind the protective glass
"Pshe, wat are dey trynna do?"
The man was unaware that he had the speakers on, and Dedede answered indirectly.
"Stalling."
Haltmann was writing off some documents when the elevator door made noises. Not the ones it made when the elevator arrived but hits on steel and grunts. A sword swung inside through the doors, and Kirby popped out of the doors, no elevator inside. Kirby huffed and a minute of recovery, Kirby raised his sword and pointed at the man in the humongous desk.
"Are, "*huff* ", you the," *sniff* "President of HWC?"
Haltmann rose from his desk and approximated Kirby, eyes locked
"Yes. Hello there Kirby. I am President Max Profitt Haltmann. How may I help you?"
Kirby looked at Haltmann as if he was a giant floating eyeball
"Your name is Max Profitt Haltmann?"
Haltmann chuckled "My father really loved his fortune. Now, how may I help you?"
Kirby shaked his head, and before speaking a word, another sword got through a door next to Haltmann. From it came Meta Knight, coughing and wheezing louder than Kirby
"Stairs...full of...robots...gone now."
He took two minutes and recovered. He raised his sword at the President
"Seems there's a common dislike of me."
Kirby looked at him with a mighty glare that put his cotton candy heart at doubt.
"Stop going against my coffee shop. Give my scriptures back."
Haltmann chuckled once more, but in a darker tone.
"You really think you can go against the might Haltmann Works Company?"
Kirby raised a recorder and pressed a button on it
"We have installed a microchip in your system. If you don't get near the robot tracker we installed in Kirby's house, it will be blown to bits. Once you're there, you need to give the robot the scriptures, or, again, it will blow up. You will leave this office, go to Kirby's coffee shop, and in exchange, they don't die. Go."
Max raised an eyebrow
"We have this and more recordings of your company threatening, stating your goals and more of people you hired. Sure, we may lose the trial, but I'm already going to lose everything anyway, and an accusation of blackmail just can't be good for publicity. Deal?"
Max kept a calmed face, and then sighed loudly
"Very well. I am not one to strike forward with no regard for my safety. You can stay."
Kirby Meta Knight lowered their swords and highfived, and then a foot tore out of a Haltmann portrait behind President Haltmann. Susie proceeded the foot, gun in hand pointing at Haltmann.
"OK, Mr. Haltmann, hands up please!"
"Dear, what in the world are you doing!?"
"Oh, NOW I'm dear, not your secretary or errand girl!"
Kirby and Meta Knight looked at each other and at the duo again
"Are we missing something?"
Susie glared at the two intruders with eyes that spelled murder
"OK, stubborn fighters, story time! Long ago Haltmann had a daughter. He refused his fortune, told her to get a job, got it at HWC, learned corporate spying when all employees were replaced by robots and I was the only human left, and now, here I am, taking over as the heir I was born to be! GOT IT!?"
By then Susie was murderous once more. Kirby put his hand in his face in exasperation and turned to Haltmann
"OK, let me get this straight. You refused your daughter your money, dismissively sent her to get a job, then gave her a job in your own company, taught her to spy and blackmail, and you DIDN'T expect this!?"
Haltmann seemed sheepish
"Yes."
Kirby hand met his face at high speed.
Susie raised an old-fashioned walkie talkie to her face
"Start the demolition."
The bulldozers had a function in their creation, and they were about to accomplish it. The machines roared alive and moved towards the little coffee shop. In the face of the oncoming demolition, the mob stood there, willing to take them on for Kirby. The path of the trucks was cut by a speeding limo, parking right in front of all the dozers.
"What the hey!?"
Magolor stepped out of the car
"Hey guys! I brought some help!"
The door to the limo opened, leaving Prime Minister Taranza and President Sectonia in front of the café.
"What. Do you think. You're DOING!?"
An advanced swordmistress and her security detail made Sectonia someone with power beyond her position. Magolor, of course, had told her the entire story of Haltmann's stomping of power. She neared the chief of the demolition squad
"You were hired by HWC to demolish this coffee shop. If Haltmann wishes to do that, I command he shows up to me. This coffee shop is under my remaining 3 month government, so if he wants to take it down, he has to respond to ME."
Susie stood mouth open during the chiefs recapitulation.
"Well, wasn't expecting the PRESIDENT of all people to get in the way. Now that's an obstacle. I surrender then."
Kirby let out breath in relief
"I guess all's well now-"
A sound emanated from the CEO's computer
TH35T4RDRE4M: I HAVE RECEIVED THE NEWS. THE PLAN HAS BEEN RUINED, AND YOU ARE NOW A CRIMINAL.
TH35T4RDRE4M: I WILL TAKE MY PAYMENT NOW. PLEASURE DOING BUSINESS WITH YOU, 'PRESIDENT' HALTMANN
The computer showed a screen, most likely the company's fortune, and the numbers slowly twirling down to zero. Haltmann engaged in panic mode.
"Dear Sakurai, that treacherous criminal!"
Kirby got near the computer and read on Haltmann's conversations.
"What's this about, Max?"
"A few months ago, I bought a computer capable of predicting human behaviour. An operator asked what I needed it for, and we slowly worked together for our income. The computer also has the potential to enter any site and use it to one's desires, just as he just did. He's the one who suggested taking down your shop, and he let slide that he had a personal reason for that. You need to take him out."
"I need my scriptures back."
"Lowest floor, take the stairs to keep going down. It's in the door marked 'files', near the Star Dream Supercomputer."
Kirby put a hand to his ear "Ribbon?"
'I got all that. I'll get them.'
"Thanks. Now, where can we find the operator?"
"It's no use. He divulged no personal information."
Susie started grinning like a villain "Perhaps, but I tracked all your texts. Here, let me write the address. Kirby, Meta Knight, you need to go here before he escapes the country!"
Kirby and Meta Knight nodded, and they left the building.
Ribbon had quickly found the Star Dream Supercomputer. Standing in the middle of a giant basement, the computer looked like something out of a sci-fi film. She walked to the door marked 'files', not knowing a glowing pink eye was watching her...
This is the closest I've ever been to finishing a fanfic. Enjoy!
