After jumping off the Undying Light, Kirby, Piranha Plant, and Faker were falling through the clouds, looking at the huge world from up above. It was gonna be a hard task for finding all of Kirby's friends, but the pink puffball knows he can do it. Just when the three adventurers were about to hit the ground, they all pulled out their gliders. They unfolded as soon as the gush of wind flew into them, slowing down their descent. Once Faker, Kirby, and the Piranha Plant touched the ground gently, they put away their gliders. Just then, Faker's watch-like device started beeping. Pressing the button once, the brown-skinned woman clad in dragon armor heard the voices of the Spirits up in the ship they were just on before.

"Captain Barbara to newcomers, can you read me?" Barbara spoke, the thin line on the button's screen spiking up and down in all directions.

"We hear you, loud and clear," Faker replied.

"Just a heads-up we'll be tracking you through those watches," Barbara continued. "If our technology is correct, you should have landed on top of a small hill…" And right they were. Kirby and the Piranha Plant looked around, noticing they were on the peak of a dirt mound just a few feet larger than any of the three warriors were, and there was a brown pathway spiraling downward on the green grass.

"Be careful down there," Barbara continued. "If ever you need any help, remember that one button press a second on your device allows you to communicate with us, two presses alerts, and three gives us access to teleporting you back to the Undying Light. You got that?"

"Got it," Faker answered.

"Okay," Barbara replied. "Good luck. And you too, Kirby. We're all counting on you to save us, both you and Piranha Plant." The button on Faker's wrist stopped glowing, and it was the chance to begin the real adventure.

"Let's do this," Faker spoke, pulling out her dragon's tooth sword. With a strict nod, Kirby and Piranha Plant were already amped up for battle. Starting from the top of the hill, the three adventurers traveled down the dirt path, spiraling down to the roots. Once they were at a flat landscape, they noticed the grassland was merely empty as they kept following the trail. Kirby then suddenly noticed a strange figure, waiting behind the tall shrubs. Confused, the pink puffball tugged at Faker's tunic, encouraging her to look in the same direction he was pointing to.

"What is it, Kirby?" Faker asked. The brown-skinned woman then noticed what Kirby saw: a dark figure lurking behind the shrubs in the sunlight. Moving his neck up, Piranha Plant snarled and growled at the stranger, his teeth barring. The figure merely stood there, not even moving.

"Perhaps we should go," Faker objected, holding her sword with both hands. Kirby, on the other hand, grabbed her by the wrist, pulling her with him close to the strange figure. The Piranha Plant followed shortly after, and the three of them were now walking towards this peculiar person. Just then, as Kirby, Piranha Plant, and Faker walked right in front of the figure, they were able to identify it as being half the height of Faker, wearing a cap and overalls, reminding Kirby of someone very familiar, despite wearing monochromatic, black clothing.

"Ma… ma… Mario!" Kirby stuttered, running towards the still plumber. The pink puffball was just about to give the plumber a hug, but both Faker and the Piranha Plant suddenly felt like what's going to happen next.

"Watch out, Kirby! It's a trap!" Faker yelled, Piranha Plant running towards Kirby with his stubby roots hidden under the flower pot. It was suddenly too late as the figure that looked like Mario suddenly grasped Kirby by his nonexistent neck, almost choking the pink puffball. The ground suddenly started rumbling, and some sort of large platform emerged fast as it flew into the air. The Piranha Plant was the only one to grab onto the ledge with his two big leaves, while Faker merely tumbled back upon herself thanks to the heavy rumbling, causing her to just look up and watch.

As Kirby was struggling against the strong grab, gasping for breath, the Mario figure slowly opened his eyes, revealing only the vacant red light within his irises. The Piranha Plant quickly climbed on, and the stage's environment drastically changed. There was some sort of special barrier forming around the three fighters, and the insides of it started changing into some sort of wild forest, with peculiar creatures that looked like they were from the world Olimar visited, and the stage itself shifted into a Battlefield form, with giant leaves serving as three platforms and vines twisting around the solid ground on the stage. It was the Distant Planet stage in Battlefield form.

The Mario figure clothed in black then threw Kirby right in front of Piranha Plant, but the carnivorous flower managed to dodge and catch the pink puffball in time with his mouth. Kirby hopped back onto the stage, standing next to the Piranha Plant. The Mario figure walked up towards the two fighters, and Faker watched everything from up above even if the invisible UV sphere barrier was blocking her from reaching up to Kirby and Piranha Plant, pressing the button on her device twice to alert the Spirits back on the airship.

Kirby first pulled out his signature hammer, setting it on flames as the Mario figure ran towards them. With a mighty whack, the pink puffball managed to land a hit on the warrior, but the figure jumped behind himself, setting his fists on fire and clenching his teeth. The Piranha Plant quickly shot his stem out of his flower pot, attempting to bite the Mario figure. Alas, the possessed warrior jumped out of the way in time, leaving the carnivorous flower open. The black-clothed Mario figure then suddenly transformed his body into a metallic coating, granting him increased super armor and damage over jumping power and speed. The possessed fighter then began grabbing the carnivorous flower into a headlock, strangling the Piranha Plant.

As the Piranha Plant's head was glowing yellow while the metal Mario figure kept strangling him, purple-ish liquid flowing from his mouth, Kirby instantly pulled out the sword lent to him by Sir Kibble, preforming the Final Cutter technique. The Mario figure's metal coat suddenly vanished, and the pink puffball had his chance to slice upward and end with a powerful downward slash, followed by a short-distance projectile. The Piranha Plant, feeling himself free from the black-clothed plumber's grasp, then managed to spew out a nasty poison projectile, toxic enough to damage the enemy warrior's shoulder. Reverting back to his normal red color, the Piranha Plant then jumped into the air with Kirby, attempting to attack the black-clothed Mario figure again.

Once the Mario figure shifted into a metal coat again, he was also slow enough for Kirby to grab him from behind, allowing the Piranha Plant to bite at the possessed plumber. Once the two fighters racked up enough damage from the team-up, the Mario figure suddenly shifted back into his normal form, allowing Kirby to generate a strong throw from behind. After flinging the possessed warrior behind himself, the pink puffball watched with the carnivorous flower as the Mario figure was flung towards the UV barrier surrounding the stage, instantly zapped to death the moment he touched the background of the Distant Planet stage. The barrier suddenly exploded in a mass of glowing confetti, a mass of rocks of what used to be the stage suddenly falling down as Faker quickly ran out of the way. The Piranha Plant landed on the ground next to the brown-skinned woman, but Kirby was simply floating in the air, watching the black-clothed Mario he just defeated now collapse into a liquid golden mess, transforming into Shadow Bugs and floating away into the grassland. What remained was now a glowing-blue Smoky Progg Spirit, the Normal Novice kind in particular. As Kirby's friends saw that the pink puffball could not move or allow himself to be rescued from whatever situation he was in, the Smoky Progg Spirit then generated a magical barrier around itself.

A strange gun coated in gold and gleaming with rainbow flames suddenly generated in Kirby's stubby hands, causing the three adventurers to become very confused by what was going on. The barrier then opened a slit gap horizontally across itself, spinning on its horizontal axis fast. Terrified, Kirby did not know what to do with the weapon he was suddenly given for whatever unknown reason, but the only thing Kirby could move in the position he was stuck in was his nonexistent finger on the gun's trigger. Quickly turning away and shutting his eyes, the pink puffball fired a pretty lucky snipe at the Smoky Progg Spirit, instantly breaking the barrier. Kirby then suddenly felt himself free again, the gun in his hands vanishing and the pink puffball slowly floating down to his two friends.

"What the hell just happened!?" Faker asked, caring for Kirby's health. Even the pink puffball did not know what was going on as he rubbed his cuddly skin. The Smoky Progg Spirit then floated next to the three adventurers, floating right into Faker's charm on her neck. Both Kirby and Piranha Plant turned their heads towards the brown-skinned woman, and she had no idea what happened.

"It just… went right into my heirloom," Faker replied, both she and the two fighters wondering what happened after the fight. Just then, the devices on each one of the three adventurers started beeping, and Faker immediately pressed the button on hers.

"You were alerting us," Barbara spoke. "What happened?"

"We found some sort of warrior," Faker answered. "It looked like one of Kirby's friends, but… different somehow…"

"Each one of you press the buttons on your devices three times," Barbara continued. "You all will be back on the Undying Light shortly while they leave behind a beacon for you to teleport back to later." Once the transmission ended, Faker then pressed the button on her device three times, fading into blue as she ascended into the air and warped out of the area. The Piranha Plant pressed his device three times with his long tongue, following after Faker. Kirby did the same to his device on his nonexistent shoulder, and the three warriors were back on the ship, leaving behind a tiny metal ball what served as the beacon Barbara talked about. The three warriors were all on the airship's deck, trying to get used to this new form of transportation. Barbara then walked up towards them from the cockpit, followed by E. Gadd and the Great Sage.

"Pray tell what was going on," Barbara spoke, the glowing-red Spirit taking the fold-up gliders and watch-like devices from Kirby, Piranha Plant, and Faker.

"It's going to be hard to understand, but please try to pay attention," Faker answered.

"We'll try," Barbara replied, giving the tools to the glowing-blue E. Gadd. "It's the least we could do, since we need to know everything about Galeem and what his plans are…"

"Well," Faker continued, "it went a little something like this: We were following the dirt path spiraling down the hill we landed on, leading to a wide grassland at the roots. Just then, we met up with a mysterious stranger that looked a lot like the Mario person Kirby addressed. However, before we even touched this Mario, the ground shifted, and both Kirby and the Piranha Plant were trapped in some sort of stage surrounded by an invisible barrier, fighting the Mario figure that was changing into metal at some points in time. Eventually, Piranha Plant and Kirby defeated him, but Kirby was suddenly caught in midair as the enemy fighter disintegrated into golden liquid and then Shadow Bugs, leaving behind a Normal Novice Smoky Progg. A strange gun coated in gold and rainbow flames generated in Kirby's hands, and the fact that he couldn't move except pull the trigger scared him. The barrier surrounding the Spirit had a wide opening and it was spinning fast too. The moment Kirby pulled the trigger on the strange gun, the pink puffball managed to snipe the Spirit and free it as well as himself, and the Smoky Progg suddenly went into my charm. This all sounds crazy, but that's what really happened." Taking a deep breath, Faker was panting after spewing out all of that information. The Great Sage, E. Gadd, and Barbara all looked at each other, thinking about what the brown-skinned warrior just said.

"We… seriously can't answer all that in just one day," Barbara replied. Faker nodded, understanding the situation at hand.

"We might figure out a little more, but first you're going to have to eat up and meet up at where you dropped the beacon in five minutes," Barbara continued, noticing Kirby and Piranha Plant were both tired. "The two fighters you're partnered with are exhausted…" The brown-skinned warrior nodded, walking with the pink puffball and the carnivorous flower to the dining table. Barbara then turned her head towards E. Gadd and the Great Sage.

"This sounds serious indeed," the Great Sage said.

"I know," Barbara continued. "As soon as our little trio is ready to go, we'll try monitoring everything they do and help look for their friends. Kirby is our last chance off this planet. If he can't do it now, then he can't do it ever…"

After a filling meal, Faker, Piranha Plant, and Kirby met up with the three Normal Spirits from before, this time partnered with Sticks, Saki, Amaterasu, and Magnus.

"During your little break, some of the Spirits and I on this ship decided to put our heads together and add a few tweaks into those gadgets of yours so you won't need those gliders," Barbara spoke, handing the three adventurers back their watch-like devices.

"When you press each of the buttons three times, they will automatically teleport you back to the beacon left on Gallia," Barbara continued. "However, the beacon vanishes once you arrive at its location, so be careful. We'll try watching out for that little incident you had before with this… Mario person, okay? Keep them on their toes." Kirby nodded, slipping his device on his nonexistent shoulder. After the Piranha Plant and Faker put on theirs, they were all ready to go after all that grub fueling them up during their break.

"Good luck, comrades," Barbara finished, she and the Spirits waving at the three adventurers as they glowed blue, fading downwards to the beacon that was placed in their last location. Once Kirby, Piranha Plant, and Faker touched solid ground again, the beacon they left behind vanished as stated before, leaving the trio still on the dirt path in the grassland.

"You okay down there?" Barbara asked over the transmitters.

"We can still hear you," Faker answered. "It's just really queasy trying to get used to teleporting to and from your ship…"

"Just continue down the path you're on," Barbara advised. "It should be no big deal. Whatever you find, you could find some clues to your missing friends, or maybe enemies like the Subspace Army and hostile Spirits…"

"Understand," Faker said. "Over and out." The transmission ended, and the brown-skinned woman clad in dragon armor ran off on the path leading to a forest with Kirby and Piranha Plant.