Darkness Unleashed
Chapter Fourteen: Hallucination
"Just one more step," Morphyx said, struggling to reach a mirror.
"Hey! Kirby? Where's Scythe?" Gooey asked, bouncing up and down.
"He was here a minute ago. Scythe!?" Kirby shouted.
His voice plainly echoed through the empty chamber.
"I'll go investigate!" Kirby said, hopping off a platform.
"Okay, should we shine the mirror in front of the monster without you?" Morphyx asked.
"Yeah! Go ahead! I'll meet you at the centre room!" Kirby said.
Kirby ran off.
"Scythe?" Kirby called.
No reply.
"SCYTHE!?" Kirby called, even louder this time.
"Kirby? How… did you get here?" asked a familiar voice.
Kirby walked closer to where the sound was coming from.
"Who… is that?" Kirby asked.
"It is I, Kirby, Meta Knight!" said the voice.
Suddenly, Meta Knight appeared and the walls turned blood red.
"No… it can't be!" Kirby said, backing away.
"Kirby?" Scythe's voice said, ringing in Kirby's ears.
Kirby backed away even more.
"Kirby! Snap out of it!" Scythe's voice said again.
Kirby felt pain on his cheek.
"Where am I?" Kirby asked.
"Kirby, I'm getting you out of here!" Scythe's voice said.
Kirby was dragged along the ground by something invisible.
"No, Kirby. Stay!" said Meta Knight again.
"Kirby! Are you okay?" Scythe's voice asked.
"You are fine, Kirby, you are fine!" said Meta Knight.
"Save me!" Kirby said, struggling to speak.
"I cannot, Kirby! This is your quest to defeat darkness, not mine," said Meta Knight.
"NOOOO!" Kirby screamed, being dragged back even more.
Suddenly, Kirby snapped back into consciousness.
"Kirby!" Scythe screamed, dragging Kirby along.
"What? Scythe, I just had this weird… AUGH!" Kirby screamed, flinching.
Suddenly, the words Meta Knight spoke rang in his ears.
"This is your quest to defeat darkness, not mine. This is your quest to defeat darkness, not mine."
"Meta Knight says… defeat darkness… not him…" Kirby managed.
"What do you mean?" Scythe asked, stopping.
"Dreams… they tell me that… I defeat darkness, not him…" Kirby said.
"Dreams? What dreams?" Scythe asked.
"Dreams… of blood-stained walls… and Meta Knight stands there… he says that…" Kirby said again.
"I heard something about some monster who can control your mind at Dark Pop Star… maybe it's controlling you!" Scythe said.
Scythe quickly took Kirby to the centre room.
Suddenly, Kirby took a deep breath.
"Okay… Morphyx should be here any moment," Kirby said.
Morphyx burst in carrying the mirror.
"What happened?" Morphyx asked.
"Kirby has been victim of a monster that can control minds," Scythe said.
"You mean like that guy called Kyora?" Morphyx asked.
"Yeah, like him," Scythe said.
"Well, we need to get to Dark Pop Star!" Kirby said.
"But bear in mind we don't have the Warp Star, and we'd need to find machinery suitable for space," Morphyx said.
Kirby stared at Morphyx.
"Do you know any creatures which travel in space?" Kirby asked.
"Yes…" Morphyx said.
"Maybe we could travel on you!" Kirby said.
"I don't exactly like that idea," said Morphyx.
Everyone stared at him expectantly.
"Fine…." Morphyx said.
Morphyx quickly flashed the mirror in front of Vortex.
He then morphed into a sea serpent like creature with spikes on its back and tail.
"Cool," said Gooey, drooling.
"Hop on. I can't wait all day!" Morphyx said.
The three sat on Morphyx's back.
"Hold on tight!" Morphyx said.
Suddenly, Morphyx zoomed up through the hole in the ceiling.
"Hey, the planet looks so strange from here," Kirby said, as the four went towards Dark Pop Star.
"I thought you might've seen it before, considering the fact that you cam tumbling down from space," Scythe said, smirking.
Suddenly, Morphyx hit the ground hard like an airplane landing.
"We're here," Morphyx said, morphing back.
"Wow…" Kirby said, staring at the castle.
Off in the distance, a figure ran between two trees, aware of the visitors.
"Did I just see something move?" Kirby said, looking at the trees.
"No, or at least, I didn't see anything," said Morphyx.
A Shadow Minion's voice rang down the castle.
"I think they've noticed us," Scythe said.
The four ran behind a boulder.
Guards came rushing down to inspect, but to the four's surprise, they weren't looking for them.
They were looking for someone else.
"A man, similar in looks to Dark Meta Knight ran across the garden just then. Hey, um…. Head of security guy… um… Kyora! Do you know of anyone like that?" said a Shadow Minion.
"No… but I do know someone else that's right here right now…" said Kyora. "There are four rebels behind that boulder."
"How do you know this?" said a Shadow Minion.
"I've been asked to torture one of them who is called… Kirby."
"Run!" Scythe shouted.
To be continued…