The group of five walked down a hallway. They all saw a lot of graffiti that said creepy stuff like 'Big Sister's watching.', 'We are her stepping stones.', and 'We will be reborn.'.
Kirby did not like it. He turns on the communication device to call tenenbaum.
'Hello?'
"Hi miss tenenbaum. It's me kirby. Me and my team are seeing a bunch of creepy graffiti, you know what's that about?" Kirby asked as the group continued walking.
'Yes, the graffiti was left by the family.'
"What could you tell us about this 'family' that Lamb mentioned?" meta knight asked.
"After the death of Andrew Ryan 8 years ago, Lamb took control of rapture and united all the splicers in rapture to form an army, a cult.' tenenbaum explained.
"The rapture family." Kirby muttered.
'She controls everything in rapture: the technology, the splicers, the big daddies, all of it. In this city, ADAM keeps it going and so Lamb used the little ones to collect the ADAM. That is until the little sisters grew up. A plan formed in Lamb's mind and turned the now older sisters into a new kind of monster that spreads fear across rapture: big sisters. The bitch sent big sisters to steal and kidnap normal little girls across the mainland and bring them back here and turn them into little sisters.'
The group stopped in their tracks. The little sisters like the one the group saw, were normal little girls taken away from their families and homes and turned into little sisters. Kirby and the others felt sorry for them.
'However, there is a way to save them.'
That sentence perked their interest.
'You can free them from their torment, however you must inject yourself with ADAM for it to work.'
"But the recordings say to never inject yourself with the stuff." bandana dee said.
'There is someone who can help with that, you can meet him at the train station and he'll help you.'
"Noted but what about the big sisters?" dedede asked.
'*sigh* The big sisters have been in that state for so long, they can not be saved. Putting them down is the only option that is left for them to find peace.'
"We suppose that is mercy enough." zan thought aloud.
'One more thing: this someone who you're going to meet, his name is subject delta and he… he is a big daddy, a very old big daddy.'
"Wait, the recordings said that big daddies are mindless beasts created to protect the little sisters." meta knight told tenenbaum.
'Yes, that is true but not delta, he is special. that big daddy is evolving. Not only is he starting to think for himself like he did in the life he had before he was turned into a big daddy but he is feeling emotion. Delta has a triangle on his hands so if you see a big daddy with that symbol, it is delta. Farewell.'
Tenenbaum hung up.
The group looked at each other before nodding and continued walking. They made their way to the train station, killing any splicer they encountered along the way.
Meta knight slices a splicer's head off.
"Clear!" he announced. The group continued their way. but before they could make a left in the next hallway, a groan was heard. The group readied their weapons.
"What was that?" zan demanded with a whisper. Then an armoured brute holding some kind of gun walked into view and walked down the hallway in the same direction Kirby (in sword form) and his friends were going.
"It's one of them tin daddies." dedede stated.
"Isn't he supposed to be travelling with a little sister?" bandana dee asked.
The big daddy stops in his tracks and turns to the group, causing them to get into a defensive stance. Kirby, however, lowered his weapon with a face that looks like he's seen a ghost and as a matter of fact, he has. This big daddy, was the big daddy he looked through the eyes of, the big daddy that was dead for ten whole years. Kirby approached the big daddy.
"Kirby, what are you doing?!" Zan demanded but Kirby didn't answer. Instead, he walked up to the big daddy. He stops in front of the big daddy.
"It's you." he exclaimed with absolute shock. The big daddy knelt to kirby. The group was surprised to see the big daddy respond like this. Meta knight noticed a shape on his hand. He squinted his eyes to see it was a triangle. This big daddy is subject delta.
"It's delta." he announced as he lowered his weapon. The others were uneasy but lowered their weapons as well.
Kirby suddenly turns around.
"Guys, it's him!" he said.
"We know it's him, he has a triangle on his hand." Bandana dee replied but Kirby shook his head.
"Not that, delta is the same big daddy from my vision." Kirby explained, leaving the others speechless.
"B-but that's impossible!" zan argued.
"Say what you want, but delta is the same big daddy from my vision."
'it is true.' tenenbaum suddenly said from the communication device, surprising the group.
'Subject delta is the big daddy from Kirby's dream. I told Delta about you.'
"Wait, hold on: how did you know about Kirby's vision?" dedede demanded.
'The little ones, the ones that were saved, told me about you. They said they knew you were coming and were willing to help. I do not know how they know of you but you and Delta have the same goal. You need to join forces if you want to save Eleanor. Now go, I'll be waiting for you.' Tenenbaum replied before hanging up. The group looked over to Delta. Kirby does not know how he survived but he's glad they and Delta are on the same page.
"Hi, my name is kirby."
"I am meta knight."
"My name's bandana dee."
"I'm king dedede."
"Bonjam. That is how we say hello where I'm from, I am zan partizanne or zan to remember easier."
Delta nodded his head in response as he can not talk. Delta points his finger down the hallway that leads to the train station. Kirby nodded in agreement, knowing what delta is gesturing.
"Right, let's go then." Kirby said and the group walked down the hallway with delta.
Having delta on their side was really beneficial in some ways. Delta was a huge help against splicers due to his great strength and saves them when a splicer attacks from behind. Kirby and the others usually pay back delta by taking down a splicer when he or she tries to flank delta. Not to mention that delta can shoot lightning from his hands.
They later walk into a room where 2 splicers are standing in a pool of water. Zan used her thunder magic to electrocute the splicers before delta shot them with a gun that is called a rivet gun. Delta then looted the corpses. The group knows that down here, you need all you could get to survive. Then the speakers came on before the voice of lamb came on. The group (minus delta) was put in a defensive stance, ready for a wave of splicers.
"This is doctor sofia lamb with a message for the people: remember, you are not alone. Think of me not as leader but as mother to the rapture family."
After realising it was a broadcast to all of rapture and not to the group, they lowered their defensive stance and moved on… well they were about to move on until they saw a picture of Andrew Ryan in the middle of a small group of people and Lamb was one of them. The picture had words on the bottom that said 'Rapture's best and brightest - 1952'.
"What is lamb doing in this picture?" dedede asked with his arms crossed.
"Andrew Ryan built his city under the sea but I doubt he achieved this on his own. He has gathered the greatest minds around the world to build the city Rapture once was. With Sofia lamb to be one of those minds." meta knight theorised before bandana dee saw another recording.
"There's another recording," he announced. Zan picked it up and pressed play but instead of jack, it was tennenbaum.
"I am back in Rapture, after so many years. The little ones I rescued are grown up, and think of me no more. After what I did to them, it was a joy to be forgotten."
Zan paused the recording after hearing this.
"Hmm, 'What I did to them'. What does she mean by that?" dedede asked.
"Maybe tennenbaum was the one who turned little girls into the original little sisters." bandana dee said.
Zan blinked in surprise.
"She turned those little girls into little sisters?! But why did she decide to help them?" zan questioned.
"Maybe Tenenbaum realised her mistake and wanted to redeem herself for the things she has done. I mean she is desperate to help the little sisters" kirby suggested. Zan pressed play.
"But now, all around the world, children vanish by the sea. Kidnapped. And so, I returned to rapture… in fear of what I already know: Someone is making new little ones… continuing my work, my sins. Even if I am to die for it, I must stop them." the recording ends.
The group then proceeds to the train station, vanquishing any splicer that came their way. They went up some stairs and opened a door that leads into a large room. They could see a little sister with a red dress draining ADAM from a corpse in front of the entrance while humming a song. They group walked up to the girl and delta knelt down. The little sister pulls out the syringe and turns to the group with a happy face. Kirby waves at the girl. Suddenly a loud shriek was heard. The group looks around for the source with their weapons out.
"Big sister doesn't want you all playing with me." the little sister said.
"Guys, we've got company!" Dedede shouts as he points to a thin figure with a glowing red eye standing on a balcony.
"It's a big sister!" Meta knight shouts before the big sister jumps from the balcony the metal rings positioned to look like a sphere with an 'A' in the middle and on top of the words 'Adonis luxury resort' as she continues to shriek. The big sister jumps from the ring and onto Delta's helmet. It looks at delta for a moment before jumping off with a backflip. The group could see that she had a cage with bows on it attached to her back and an arm blade with a needle in the middle, most likely a weaponized version of the syringes that a little sister is seen with. Delta shocks the big sister with his 'electro bolt' plasmid but she quickly recovers and rushes at delta. The big sister stabs Delta but Kirby slashes the big sister's side. The big sister turns to kirby and slashes her arm blade at kirby but the puffball blocks the attack with his sword, a trick he used on meta knight whenever he and the knight have a sparring match. Dedede swings his hammer at the big sister but the big sister sees this and jumps out of the way, causing dedede to accidentally hit kirby. Kirby is sent flying before crashing into the wall and losing his sword ability.
"My bad!" dedede called out. The big sister tries to slash Dedede from behind but Zan blocks it with her electrified spear. Dedede turned around and screamed after realising he almost died. Meta knight flew to the air and flew down with his sword, galaxia, at the ready. The big sister grabs zan's spear, ignoring the pain of being electrocuted, and swings the spear and lifts zan as well. The big sister swings zan against meta knight and knocks the 2 down. Dedede and bandana dee charge at the big sister from opposite directions but the big sister jumps into the air, causing the king and the waddle dee to crash into each other and knock both of them out.
After delta revolvers from the stab wound inflicted by the big sister, he uses his electro bolt to shock the big sister. The big sister dodges the attack and tries to stab Delta but he deflects the attack with his drill. The big sister quickly moved to the left when delta tried to use his drill on her and slashed his right arm. Delta roars in pain before the big sister kicks the drill from the big daddy's hand with the drill landing next to kirby. Kirby recovers and notices he doesn't have his sword ability. Kirby turns to see Delta losing his fight with the big sister. Kirby quickly looks around for something he could use before he sees Delta's drill. An idea popped into his head before he jumped to his feet and inhaled the drill.
Meanwhile with delta, the big sister stabs delta with her arm blade before delta retaliates by shooting his rivet gun. He got a hit the first 3 times but the big sister dodged the other 5. The big sister jumps into the air to attack before she is suddenly knocked away by an unknown force. Meta knight, zan, dedede and bandana dee recovered and looked towards delta and saw Kirby with the big daddy but Kirby has gained a new copy ability that has an appearance they have never seen before. Kirby was wearing a helmet with portholes that glowed yellow and his right arm was replaced by a drill.
"Never seen that before." dedede exclaimed at the site of Kirby's new copy ability. The big sister recovers from Kirby's attack and stands up with her armblade ready.
"Come at me!" he shouts with his voice being metallic and as the portholes on his helmet glowed red. The big sister charges as an attempt to stab Kirby but Kirby's drill hand spinned and uses it to block the attack. The metal of the blade and drill make a screeching noise as sparks could be seen. Kirby suddenly swings his drill hand upward and kicks the big sister in the stomach before performing a powerful charge attack. The big sister got knocked away a few feet to a closed door before she got up and saw Kirby, Delta, meta knight, Zan, dedede and bandana dee cornering her to the door. The big sister saw it was out numbered so it let out a shriek and burst through the door she was standing in front of. Kirby's portholes glowed green when it was safe.
Dedede walked up to kirby.
"Man, Kirby, looks like you've got a new copy ability." dedede said.
"Well, I knew I would get a new ability but I didn't expect this." admitted kirby.
"Interesting. It could prove useful in the future. I suggest you keep hold of this new form." instructed meta knight. Bandana dee looked over to where the big sister ran off to.
"Uh, should we go after that big sister?" bandana dee asked.
"Yes, it will never find peace if we let it live. Let us move." zan said and the group went after the big sister.
