Chapter 14: Return of an Old Robo-Friend
(Bowser's Galaxy Fortress)
Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Kirby, Sonic, and Ty arrived at the entrance of the Galaxy Fortress and this one was looking more like one of Bowser's castles or how the Bowser levels in Super Mario Galaxy 1 looked.
Mario- This place just screams Bowser.
Sonic- Guess this means Bowser's the villain in charge of this place. Should be easy now that he's shrunk back to normal size.
Kirby- Let's hope he really did stay at his normal size.
Suddenly, Tails called on the communicator.
Tails- Hey guys, I'm picking up something very strange. It looks like there's some kind of large machine, very similar to one of Ty's Bunyips floating around in space near the Galaxy Fortress. And I don't know what it is.
Ty- Similar to me Bunyips? Sly, did we launch any of our Bunyips into space?
Sly- Not that I know of, really.
Mario- This does worry me a bit. Tails, keep your eye on the radar and tell us if it's coming our way.
Then Mario and the others began moving through the Galaxy Fortress. At first, it started off as narrow walkways with lava pits on either side of them alone with a few Magikoopa's and some of Eggman's robots storming the place. Eventually, they got to what looked like the inside of one of Bowser's castle. There were some more lava pits and flame bars to avoid. And halfway through the castle, there were some water floating in midair covering the next path to take with flame bars. And if that was underwater, how could there be fire (drumbeat). And poor Sonic had to cling to Mario and Luigi throughout most of the swimming sections. Eventually, they got out of the water and to another big red door.
Mario- This must be where Bowser is hiding.
Sonic- Good! I need something to take my anger out on after going through that god damn underwater section!
Ty- Easy, Sonic. Bowser is still no pushover.
Then the door opened up and they were sucked to another part of the Galaxy Fortress. This new area was a platform in front of a throne made of a castle like the last area they fought Bowser. Then Bowser flew in from the sky in his giant form.
Bowser- Oh…it's you assholes. Took you long enough.
Mario- Bowser!
Sonic- Wait a minute! How are you still giant?! You shrunk back to normal size after we kicked your ass last time?!
Bowser- I still have the power of the Stars at my commend. And I've got two geniuses and DeDeDe working for me to help me out. But now it's smooshing time…And time for my huge fist to meet your puny faces!
Then Bowser roars and Mario, Luigi, Kirby, Sonic, and Ty were pulled onto this small asteroid.
Luigi- Think it will be the same as last time?
Ty- We all know Bowser's not that stupid, mate.
Then Bowser flew up to the meteor.
Bowser- The orange fuzzball is right on that one.
The Bowser threw his fist at Ty, but Ty managed to dodge. However, there was a shockwave that was launched after Bowser punched the asteroid. Sonic jumped over it, but Kirby was electrocuted and almost dropped to the floor. Sonic tried to spin dash while Bowser's fist was stuck in the asteroid, but Bowser pulled his fist out much quicker than before.
Bowser- Not quick enough, rat! (ROAR)
Then meteors rained down and the almost hit Mario and the others. But like Bowser's fist, the meteors made shockwaves when they landed. This made fighting Bowser more difficult, because Bowser threw his fist again, but this time at Yoshi. After Yoshi dodged, the meteors flew up into the air like they did before and Mario tried knocking them back at Bowser. However, Bowser caught the meteor and crushed it in his grip.
Bowser- What? Did you mother****ers think I would fall for the same trick twice?
Just then, Kirby saw something in the distance, like something as shooting right at them from behind Bowsers. But the odd thing about was it was pink. Then whatever it was hit Bowser in the head from behind and crashed on the asteroid.
Bowser- What the **** was that?!
Then Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Kirby, Sonic, and Ty saw some kind of machine from the cloud of smoke it had created when it landed, but Kirby seemed to recognize it.
Kirby- It can't be! Is it really you?!
When the smoke cleared, there stood a large pink mechanical armor with Kirby's face on it.
Kirby- It is you!
Then Kirby ran up to this machine and gave it a hug. Even stranger, the machine also gave Kirby a hug.
Ty- Kirby, you know what that thing is?
Kirby- It's my Robobot Armor. And to be honest, I thought I lost it for good.
Then Kirby kisses part of the Robobot.
Sonic- And I thought Ty and Eggman loved their machines.
Kriby- This machine is actually aware and sentient. In short, it's alive and has a mind of its own. And it also saved my life at the end of my Planet Robobot adventure.
Bowser- Another surprise? No! I won't be caught off guard this time!
Bowser used his flame breath on the asteroid, but Mario and the others were able to dodge it. Then the Robobot Armor put Kirby into its cockpit and a helmet suddenly appeared on Kirby's head.
Kirby- POYO! Alright Robobot, let's show Bowser what else you can do!
Then the Robobot scanned Bowser's flamed and turned into Fire Robobot.
Bowser- What the?!
Kirby- POYO!
Then Fire Robobot shot out a stream of fire at Bowser like a flamethrower and it got Bowser in the face.
Bowser- GAAAW! My eyes!
Then Mario and Luigi took the opportunity to get on another meteor and knock it into Bowser.
Bowser- This is getting really ****ing annoying! (ROAR)
Then more meteors fell from the sky and almost landed on Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Kirby, Sonic, and Ty. However, the shockwaves still too effect and that got them by surprise. When the Robobot got hit, it dropped its fire copy. Then Bowser threw his fist at Sonic and Sonic used his spin dash to get out of the way. When Kirby saw Sonic spinning like a ball, it gave Kirby an idea.
Kirby- Sonic, can you charge your spin dash again?
Sonic- Sure, but why?
Kirby- I have an idea. Just trust me.
Then Sonic charged his spin dash and the Robobot Armor scanned Sonic. Suddenly, the Robobot took the form of what looked like a hotrod.
Sonic- What just happened?!
Kirby- The Robobot can copy others like I can. Like my wheel copy power.
Then the Wheel Robobot dashed off, but it moved at Sonic's super speed.
Kirby- Except I was not expecting it to also copy your exact speed! TOO FAST!
Bowers launched a few more meteors at Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Ty. But with the meteors falling at rapid fire, it made it rather difficult. Even worse was the shock waves they made after they landed on the asteroid. But just as Ty and Yoshi jumped over one shockwave, Bowser's fist came out of nowhere and punched the area in front of them. Causing another shockwave that they didn't have time to jump over and Ty and Yoshi got electrocuted and knocked to the ground.
Mario- Yoshi, Ty, are you ok?
Ty and Yoshi struggled to get back up, but Bowser was floating right above them and about to throw his fist again. But before he could, Kirby and the Wheel Robobot ran into him from the side and knocked Bowser away from Yoshi and Ty.
Luigi- Well that was unexpected.
Mario- Luigi, now's our chance!
Then Mario and Luigi each jumped on a meteor before it few off the asteroid and used a ground pound to knock them at Bowser.
Mario- Kirby, duck!
Then Kirby looked behind him, saw the two meteors heading towards him and Bowser, turned the Wheel Robobot back into its normal form, and got out of the way as the two meteors hit Bowser in the face. Then Kirby had the Robobot Armor hit Bowser with an uppercut to the belly and made Bowser cough up two Chaos Emeralds, a Mystic Talisman, and a Grand Power Star. Then Bowser shrunk to his original size again before falling back to the platform below. Kirby caught the Grand Power Star, but the Robobot Armor caught the Mystic Talisman with a picture of a Tasmanian tiger on it and the blue and light blue Chaos Emeralds. After Bowser fell to the ground, he saw Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Kirby while still in the Robobot Armor, Sonic, and Ty standing in front of him. Bowser quickly got back up and dusted himself off.
Bowser- First Mario gets a red star to turn him into Ultra Mario and now the pink blob gets a giant robot like one of the orange fuzzball's hunks of junk?! No matter. I still have the power of the Stars and my plan to recreate the universe in my image is too far along now! Even you can't stop me now, Mario!
Mario- We'll see about that, Bowser.
Then Bowser turns into black smoke and vanishes.
Luigi- He got away again.
Mario- But we're one step closer to rescuing Princess Peach.
Then Kirby hands the Chaos Emeralds and the Mystic Talisman to Sonic and Ty.
Kirby- Here you go my friends.
Sonic- Thanks, Kirby! This means we have one more Chaos Emerald to collect.
Ty- And one more Mystic Talisman!
Kirby- And we couldn't have done it without you, Robobot!
Little did they know, that in the direction where the Robobot fell from the sky stood a mysterious figure watching them from above. Only the Robobot Armor saw him before the mysterious figure made a jester to be quit before vanishing without a trace before Mario and the others could notice him.
(Bowser's base in the center of the Universe)
Bowser was resting on the shoulder of King DeDeDe as he dragged him to this strange machine. Boss Cass and Doctor Eggman were following close behind.
Eggman- You sure you want to enter that machine again? You've done this three times already and there could be unpleasant side-effects if it makes you giant again.
Bowser- I'm sure, but this time, we'll use all the Star Power we can muster!
Boss Cass- All of the Star Power?! But the risks are too extreme!
Bowser- I don't care! Both times, Mario and his team have pulled some kind of power house trick to best me while I'm giant and super charged! I've underestimated them for too long! I'm gonna hit them with everything I've got! Eggman, after you've started up the machine, it's your turn to stall them. We only have one Chaos Emerald and Mystic Talisman left. So don't blow it! As for you two, the Galaxy Generator is almost complete. Finish the work while I regain the star's power!
(Back on the Luma Starship)
Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Kirby, Sonic, and Ty returned with the Grand Power Star they got from Bowser. But the Robobot Armor was acting like some of its systems were damaged a bit. Ty, Sly, and Tails were examining it.
Ty- It looks like when it tried to move as fast as Sonic when it scanned him, it overloaded its systems a bit.
Kirby- Can you fix him?
Ty- Just let it rest for a bit and it should be fine.
Kirby- That's a relief.
Ty- By the way, the technology in this Robobot Armor fascinates me. I would like to take a better look at its workings.
Kirby- I'm afraid I'm gonna have to say no to that. I thought I lost the Robobot for good once already.
Tails- Can you explain, Kirby?
Kirby- Some tech company, I think they were called the Haltmann Works Company, attempted to completely robotize all of Popstar in an attempt to reactivate an ancient computer called Star Dream. I couldn't let them do that to Popstar, so I fought back. But I will admit, that one employee, Susie, was kind of cute. Anyway, I actually turned one of their own mechs to my side, namely the Robobot Armor standing before you. In the end, I had an epic fight against the Star Dream in space and once I defeated it, I realized I was about to be sucked into the void of space. Until the Robobot ejected me from its cockpit and launched me back to Popstar. It sacrificed itself to save my life. And I'm surprised it survived this long floating in space. I owe it so much after all it has done for me.
Yoshi- Yoshi touched.
Ty- Maybe I can track down this company and learn how their tech works. Something like this could be useful for me Bunyips.
Kirby- Uh…I don't know if the company still exists…especially after what happened to their CEO.
Then a bunch of Luma's approached the Robobot and began orbiting around it. The Robobot began clapping its hand, enjoying the company of the Luma's.
Mario- I guess your robot friend can stay here with the Luma's for now. The Luma's seem to be taking a liking to it.
Sonic- Guess my speed is too much, even for a machine, to handle.
Lubba- I see you've fought that Bowser monster again. You look a bit more banged up than the last time.
Mario- Yeah. Bowser's getting stronger and he's adapting to our usual tactics…just like Tabuu…
Then Luma comes out of Mario hat.
Luma- I've been hearing you and your friends talk about this Tabuu fella. Who is he exactly?
Mario- He's a fallen god of the highest rank and he is far worse than any foe we've ever encountered. Even worse than Bowser…by a long shot! In fact, it's because of him why I formed this team. Not one of us can even come close to matching him…or at least not alone. But believe it or not, I was not the first to stand in Tabuu's way. Tabuu has mentioned over and over about another hero who challenged him 1,000 years ago. But the most unbelievable part is this hero was my ancestor. My ancient ancestor put together a team and together defeated the wicked god and banished him to a dimension called Subspace. And Tabuu has been hell bent on getting revenge. He even went so far as to bringing several villains me and my friends have defeated before back from the dead. He's also just as smart as he is dangerous. He keeps learning from his past mistakes and each attack becomes more treacherous than the last.
Sonic- But you have one thing Tabuu doesn't…us!
Kirby- Sonic's right! As long as we stick together as a team, we'll keep sending Tabuu's ass back to Subspace every time!
Mario- Thanks guys! Now let's move to the next galaxy!