CHAPTER 24: RETURN OF THE KNIGHT

"Poyo…" Kirby snored.

Magolor gasped. "What was that he just said?"

"You speak his language?" gasped Dedede.

"Not exactly, but I understood roughly what he just said there. He said something in my native language of Halicandrian."

"What does it mean?" said Dedede with sweat forming along his brow.

"Poyo…" Kirby said in the same way.

Magolor held his head in fear and sat down. "I don't know what he's saying but it sounds so horrifying for some reason!"

"Why is Kirby murmuring about something like that in his sleep?" asked Dedede worriedly.

Magolor scratched the top of his head. "Dedede, I don't think Kirby High School is an actual school…"

"Than what—"

"Hey, you three!" called a policeman from the door. "What do you think you're doing in there?"

"Run!" cried Magolor, Dedede picked up Kirby piggyback and they all ran out of the room between the guard.

The policeman took out his gun and fired. Magolor deflected the shot with a shot from his own bullet. Dedede was pretty amazed by the pinpoint accuracy of Magolor's shot, but had not the time to marvel excessively. They had to run away as fast at they could.

The policeman took out his transceiver. "This is Watchdog B. The truth has been uncovered! Surround Kirby High School and procure the intruders! Negligence will not be tolerated!"

Dedede and Magolor ran as fast as they could to escape the policemen who sudden gave chase. They drew their weapons like guns and batons. They were going to kill them.

Dedede held the unconscious Kirby tight in his arms. He wished he would wake up and use his great abilities to deal with the enemies like he did back during Dedede's adult years.

Magolor got angry. "My bullets are depleted. If we get cornered, it'll be all over, Deeds," he said still slightly gothicly.

And just like that, they did meet a dead end. "Bloody turnips…" growled Magolor. "We're totally dead."

Dedede heard the authority footsteps approach like imperial storm troopers. The only thing that could be worse was if the murder arrived to finish off the last remaining witnesses.

"There you are, lads," said a policeman as he approached. Three more followed in and pointed their weapons ar Dedede and Magolor and kirBy.

Dedede and Mogolor putted hands up and were crying. The serious things they had witnessed all day today were emotionally hurting them. They were just kinds after all.

"You two have caused nothing but trouble in dreamland for the past several weeks. It's time to end this," said the policeman and he cocked his gun. Then he fired and a shot hit Dedede in the foot.

Or did it?

The policeman opened his visor in astonishment. "How is this so? My shots are so accurate?"

Just then a black cloak whisked around the trio of heroes and unveiled itself to the pursuers.

"Meta Knight!" cried Dedede.

Yes, the star warrior swordsman was finally back and ready to serve his master once again. "This is unfair, even for the likes of you, sire," said Meta Knight to his teenage royal.

"Why are you back so soon? I thought you was be gone for a whole month," said Dedede in exapsortation.

"Yes, I was… until the incident…" He eyed the guards savagely. "Leave now or die by my righteous blade…"

The policemen cocked their guns and aimed at Meta Knight. Meta Night absorbed the bulets into his cape and flung them back at their guns. The guns blew up and then Meta Knight swooped forward and hit the policemans with the dull part of his blade, knocking them out. "That was a warning…"

Magolor was amazed by Meta Knight's chivalry.

"Meta Knight, terrible things have happened since you left!" said Dedede with tears of exhaustion in his eyes.

"I know," Meta Knight said as he sheathed his blade. "I heard about what was going on. Appraently someone has been waiting eagerly for my departure. Sword and Blade contacted me to tell me of the sudden disappearance of student's lifes. Then I heard Susie was killed and I had to immediately come back."

Dedede thought about how Meta Knight must have had a crush on the principle, but didn't want to say anything if he was wrong because then Meta Kight might have killed him.

"Well, we found lots of weird stuff in the school." Said Magolor. "There are green takes of fluyd and our friend's souls have been entered into them."

Meta Knight took a breath of sigh. "It's just as I feared." Meta Knight beckoned for the others to follow him to the tube room. "We have no time to waste."

"Meta Knight…" Dedede said worriedly. "Kirby is hurt. He won't wake up."

Meta Knight placed a hand on Kirby's forehead. "He's burning up. I think he caught a fever."

"He lost his copy ability, so he must have fought someone!"

"And lost," finished Magolor.

"Yes, I am aware. I sensed his vitality drop recently. I didn't think things were going to get this bad." Says meta Knight.

"Meta Knight, what is happening?" said Dedede.

Meta Knight sighed and continued his walk toward the lab. "War."