CHAPTER 32: ONE LAST CHANCE

Dedede sat in his bedroom and mused the things Magolor had said to him. He tried to keep his mind off of the madness, listening to 21 Pilots CDs on his iPhone and browsing memes on the internet. Just normal high schooler stuff.

But Dedede was not a normal highschooler. He never was. And now things were to crazy in the world to even make that a truth had he never aged backwards.

"I gotta get out of hear…" he said with tears. He looked over at Knuckle Joe sleeping on his textbooks, tired from all his professional work.

Dedede slipped on his jacket and sneaked out of his bedroom with a backpack stuffed with food and waters. He tiptoed out of the entire area, not waking anyone, not even the teachers.

Dedede had finally made it outside and in front of him was just the gate. "I can escape for sure…"

"Dedede, is that you?" asked a familiar voice.

"Adeleine!" cried dedede as he said the girl approached.

"What are you doing out here?" asked Adeleine.

"I…" Dedede tried to come up with a lie, but he knew Adeleine would know he was not telling a truth.

"You're sneaking out?" said Adeleine with a sly eyebrow. "I knew you couldn't handle the pressure."

"How you know?" said Dedede flabbergasted.

"I knew because I felt the same exact way just now. I was gonna escape too."

"Why?"

"Because theirs noting for me to live for here. A lot of people I know are just being trained for he war. We don't even know if we'll even see them again."

"I know. It's so cruel that even kids like us have to be into the war too." Dedede sat down with adeleine on the bench and they looked at the moon together.

"So, are we gonna escape or not?" asked Adeleine.

"I don't think its up to me to make the decision for you. Just for me," replied Dedede.

"I'm totally leaving, if you are," said Adeleine. "It's just as dangerous sticking around in Kirby High School as it is in the war itself. If we leave now, theirs a chance we can survive in hiding until the war ends!"

Dedede sighed to his right shoulder, away from adeleine. He feeled conficting. "That's not going to work, Ad," says Dedede.

"What are you talking about?" I'm a really good survivalist back when I was in scouts. Between that and the training we've gotten so far, we can totally surive a long while." Adeleine thought that Dedede might be worried about himself and his own shortcoming.s

"It's okay, dedede," said Adeline. "You've gotten much stronger too and I hear you've taken hits from Kirby in the past without dying. You are more stronger than you think. You are also probably a lot more brave too!"

"No, Adeleine," Dedede groaned. "You don't understand… This war is never going to end…"

"Sure it will."

Dedede grabbed Adeleine by the soldiers. "No, it won't. There's no hope for this world anymore. Something bigger than the two of us is going on."

Adeleine shook Dedede of and punched him his in the face. "Listed bucko! Maybe you're a pessimist, but I'm going to survive even if it kills me." She ran towards the gate and climbed over it with he bags.

Dedede gasped and ran over to the gate. "Aeline!" he cried. She turned. "I'm sorry…"

"I'm through with your annoying attitude, Dedede. You act like you've been changed from your king days, but your still just a loser bum who only thinks about himself. I'm leaving because we need a change. I'm going to use my time to pave the way to survivors on the outsied. You better man up!"

And with that, Adeleine was really gone forever…