Chapter 26: Not Quite a Mole
Meta Lance shot at Kirby. Kirby dodged and was poked in the back by Meta Drone. Kirby jumped and Meta Sword made a slice under his arm. Kirby tumbled out of the way and Meta Chain smashed him with his mace.
It went on like this for over a minute. Kirby was getting increasingly beat-up and increasingly annoyed that there was no way for him to beat these seemingly invincible foes.
Suddenly, the head of a creature appeared in the middle of the floor. Everyone jumped back and stared. It took Kirby a few seconds to realize that the hamster had somehow tunneled his way into this arena. Kirby inhaled, but the hamster just held out a bit of sparking wire and that went in Kirby's mouth instead. The hamster rushed back down the hole saying, "You'll thank me later!" and the hole resealed itself.
Silence.
Kirby swallowed the wire to become Spark Kirby! Kirby jumped at the Meta Clan and a green orb of sparks surrounded him. The orb fried Meta Axe. Kirby started jumping around using his power. The Meta Clan eventually decided to retreat. Back through the door they went, leaving Kirby alone in the room again.
Kirby was thinking about the hamster. It had saved him. If only it had given him some food as well. He needed something to heal his wounds.
The door that the Meta Clan had left through had not been locked. Kirby followed through it.
The Meta Clan was on the phone again.
"We failed, Sir."
Captain: "Sir Meta Knight, your troops lack defensive–"
Meta Knight: "That was disgraceful, troops. What have I told you? If you truly focus your powers, nothing is unreachable."
"We're sorry, Boss– I mean Sir."
"Sir, check the screen! Kirby's gonna reach the top deck!"
Kirby stopped. They had him monitored this whole time.
Captain: "Switch the door locks! Open the upper duct! Direct him to the front of the twin cannon!"
Kirby tried all the doors in the next room, but found them all to be locked. The only open passage was a tube on the ceiling. Kirby inflated and entered it.
He winded through passageways for many minutes. When he finally surfaced, he was outside on the top of the Halberd.
"Kirby has arrived at the twin cannon!"
Meta Knight: "Perfect. Our auto-defense system will crush him."
Captain: "Kirby will be torched! Wahahahahahahahaha!"
In front of Kirby was the biggest cannon he had ever seen.