Ch. 8 Finishing touch

Meta Knight was waiting outside the vortex place for the Kirbys to finish off Dark Mind and give him back his sword. He tapped his feet impatiently; they were taking longer than usual. He was just going to check on them, when all four Kirbys flew out of the Mirror and fell at his feet. They were covered in bruises and Geeby was rolling around on the floor moaning. Tuffy was struggling to get to his feet, and Sheeby was unintentionally crushing Kirby.

"What the hell happened?"

Krby wearily shoved Sheeby off and faced Meta Knight.

"We…were defeated…."

"Bad." Geeby added.

Meta Knight rolled his eyes.

"That's just great. Well get back in there and challenge him again!"

Kirby was about to reply, when they all heard an ominous sound. The sound of lots of flippers. Meta Knight paled.

"Oh…bllcks."

"Huh?"

Meta Knight took his sword off Tuffy and headed for the Mirror.

"Eh…On second thoughts, I'll do it! Stall them please!"

He dived into the Mirror, just as the Feathered Alliance reached the group of Kirbys. Tuffy frowned.

"Stall who?"

The leader of the dreaded FA landed in front of Sheeby.

"Where is the Blue Monster God?"

"What blue…oh you mean MK."

Sheeby glanced around the room, trying to think of a way to distract the dreaded FA. Her gaze landed on Geeby, who was messing with a can of spray paint.

"Oh Geeby, What colour is that?"

Geeby grinned.

"Sky blue."

Sheeby brought her fist down angrily.

"Damn! Wrong colour!"

Kirby raised his paw.

"Sheeby…aren't Pengies colour blind?"

Sheeby paused.

"Really? That's good. But how did they know what colour MK was?"

Kirby shrugged.

"I don't know."

Geeby stood up and shook the can hurriedly. He sprayed it all over himself, then jumped into the midst of the dreaded FA.

"Boo!"

The dreaded FA froze together, then started chanting.

"Almighty! Destroy our enemies!"

Geeby was in his element. He made a scary face and leered at the dreaded FA.

"Boogie, boogie, boogie! I am the ghost of Samuel Errol. BOOGIE!"

The Feathered Alliance blinked simultaneously.

"AAAAAAAH!"

They all disappeared in a whirl of feathers and world domination pamphlets. Geeby did a victory dance.

"Yay! Funny! No, scary! Scarifunniferous!"

. …

Meanwhile, (cliché alert) Meta Knight was busy kicking ass in the vortex.

"Take that you over grown genie thing you!"

He tossed his sword aside and grabbed the hem of Dark Mind's cloak and swung him over his head.

"Say Mercy!"

"Mercy! I beg you!"

"Louder! I'd be enjoying a nice vacation if it wasn't for you!"

"MERCY!"

Meta Knight hurled Dark Mind across the room, and the spectre hit the wall with a resounding smash as he shattered. Meta Knight dusted off his hands.

"One down, five to go."

He picked up the sword and a shard of glass and sprinted through the area after the first boss.

. …

"Come on, guys, we have to go help Meta Knight."

Kirby tried to pull the others to their feet, but to no avail. Sheeby brushed his paw off.

"Why should we help him? He'll be fine on his own."

Tuffy and still blue Geeby nodded in agreement. Kirby smacked his forehead.

"Because if we don't, he'll get all the credit for it."

There was silence as the three thought about the implications of this.

"Hmmm… that is a good point."

Tuffy stood up and surveyed the Mirror.

"Ok, count me in, Kirbs."

"ME ME ME!"

Geeby squealed and ran around in a circle. Kirby looked at Sheeby again.

"Well? Coming?"

Sheeby looked at her three companions icily.

"Fine. But if anything happens to my face someone's going to get killed."

The three grinned innocently and walked over to the Mirror.

"Geronimo!"

Geeby and Tuffy jumped in at the same time and got stuck. Sheeby grunted and bowled into them, sending all three flying. Kirby sighed.

"I'll just open the door."

He opened the little side door and walked in, followed by three other bruised Kirbys.

. …

Meta Knight was beginning to really enjoy himself. Four Dark Minds were defeated, only the old eyeball left to beat. He strolled into the red and yellow chamber, armed with his sword and a glass shard. The eye shaped object in the centre vibrated and started to grow. Meta Knight smiled under his mask.

"Come to daddy."

The eye opened, and Meta Knight hurled the glass shard into it. Dark Mind's eyes started bleeding and he wailed in pain.

"Waaah! That hurt! Mean. You're supposed to use the sword- Kir-"

Dark Mind suddenly realised who he was taking to.

"Oh…it's you. What are you doing here?"

Meta Knight huffed.

"What? I'm not good enough to fight a boss, is that it? I have to do that damn 'damsel in distress' sht all the time? No way. This is the real 'Revenge of Meta Knight'!"

And with that. Meta Knight jumped up and dug his sword into Dark Mind's already injured eye.

"This is for all the times I missed out on this stuff!"

He almost sliced Dark Mind's eye completely out.

. …

Kirby and co. were wandering around the vortex space, trying to track Meta Knight. Kirby flopped down onto a small vortex style rock.

"This is hopeless. He could be finished the game already. We'll be stuck here if he forgets about us."

Sheeby sat down next to him.

"I hate enclosed spaces."

Tuffy hacked at the vortex unsuccessfully.

"Damn Tuffy-proof locks!"

Geeby was staring at a mirror in front of the small group.

"Found way out."

Kirby and Sheeby turned around.

"What?"

Geeby grinned Geebily.

"Found way out. Mirror."

Tuffy bounded forward and inspected the mirror.

"Yep, this definitely a mirror."

Kirby blinked.

"Em...ok, so let's go, I guess."

A soon as they stepped through the mirror, a recorded voice spoke.

"Please keep all body parts inside the cart at all times. Thank you, and enjoy the ride."

"HUH?"

The Kirbys were suddenly pinned down to a mirror cart by seatbelts. A second later and they were rocketing through the shadows, past all the Dark Mind levels. There were signs of battle in all of them. But, all good rides come to an end some time, and this one was no exception. It ejected the Kirbys out into the eyeball Dark Mind's level, where Meta Knight was currently giving him a noogie. The Kirbys stayed true to their role of coming in at the most awkward of times and barged into the fight scene.

"Surprise!"

Meta Knight glanced up, whacked Dark Mind on the head one last time and jumped down.

"You're here, eventually."

Kirby looked past at the unconscious and obviously defeated Dark Mind.

"Hi…eh...you don't seem to need our help much…"

Geeby was looking at Meta Knight with adoration.

"Ooooh my hero!"

Even Tuffy and Sheeby were impressed.

"You got through the whole thing yourself?"

Meta Knight nodded proudly.

"You better believe it."

Their conversation was cut short by the arrival of five Warpstars. Kirby laughed softly.

"Look there's one for you, Meta Knight."

Meta Knight looked at the Warpstar doubtfully.

"No thanks. You go ahead. Finish him off for me, I'm finished here."

Geeby ran up to Meta Knight and hugged him.

"Squee!"

"What the-?"

Meta knight pushed Geeby off, nodded to the rest of them, and took to the air. The Kirbys watched him fly, until their Warpstars got bored waiting and picked them up anyway. Kirby lead the way, and he signalled o the others.

"Has everyone got their powers ready?"

And for once, they didn't shout at him for asking.

"Let's go already!"

Well, except for that comment. And in case you're wondering, they did beat Dark Mind, very easily too. And it was all because Meta Knight had already blinded Dark Mind by mangling his eye completely. Meta Knight stopped by one last time, to drop off a spare sword into the hall of Mirrors. 'To protect the Mirror world' was his excuse, but the real reason was to show who really defeated Dark Mind…

THE END

Well, it's not really the end, since I have a sequel up, so maybe I'll put a question mark on that.

THE END?

Nah, scrap that.

THE END…

That's better.