Chapter 30: Claustrophobia

"Uh, Sir, you'd better have a look at this."

Captain: [censored]

Meta Knight: "Their battle... it..."

Meta Drone: "Damage to the nose, approximately 38%."

"That's bad."

"Wow, this place is deserted," remarked Kirby at the state of the left wing. "Doesn't anyone ever hang out in the wings?"

"I guess not," replied Gooey.

What followed was a silence in which Kirby just wandered around aimlessly.

"Hey!" shouted Gooey, making Kirby jump. "I've got an idea! If nobody inhabits the left wing, then we can just destroy it! It should be safe to just rip through a wing with a warpstar without it exploding on you! I'll send one over with a maximum tomato!"

"Are you sure about this?"

"Absolutely! I'm always sure."

Kirby got on the warpstar and voices came over the phone.

"Uh, Sir, you'd better have a look at this too."

Captain: "What's happening to it?"

Meta Knight: "It must be Kirby, destroying it from the inside!"

"The wing! It's being smashed!"

"What do we do?!"

"Oh... it's horrible!"

Kirby exited the left wing.

"It stopped."

"The left wing is wrecked!"

Meta Drone: "Serious damage to the left wing! Approximately 74%!"

Captain: [censored]

"We're gonna lose balance!"

Meta Knight: "Lower the sail! Increase right wing power!"

Kirby landed safely on the innermost part of the wing and entered a duct.

"Captain, Kirby's entered the duct that connects the two wings."

Captain: "Perfect. Seal off the exits and activate the heating panels."

Heating panels! Kirby tuned back, but a metal panel had already slid over the exit. The floor was getting slightly warm. Kirby scrambled around, trying to find some means of escape. Kirby tried flying and staying on the ceiling one inch above him, but the ceiling and walls were getting warm too! Kirby pulled out his phone, but in an electrical duct such as this, the electricity interfered with the reception. The surfaces were getting hot now. Kirby started running as fast as he could away from the exit in a last-hope attempt to locate an open exit. He was running and running. Everything was getting hotter and hotter. Kirby's feet were starting to burn. His eyes were darting in every which way. He was going insane. He was going to die in this furnace-tube. Suddenly, the duct was cooling. How was this happening?

A voice shouted up the duct, "Sorry I took so long! There was quite a lot of wiring to destroy in order to disengage those heaters!"

Kirby recognized that voice... whose was it? Kirby suddenly remembered! It was the voice of the hamster that had saved him in his battle with the Meta Clan!!! It must be watching and helping him. Kirby's next question was where was it from?

Kirby got out into the right wing as quickly as possible.

Captain: "What? Why did the heating stop? Why did the exits open again? What happened?!"

"Some sort of connection failure occurred."

"Oh, that darn internet!"

"No, it was a wiring problem in the power grid. We are no longer connected to the wings."

Captain: [censored]

"Cool it with the swearing, Cap."

"Uh, Sir, Captain, there is something we forgot to tell you about our match against Kirby."

Meta Knight: "What?"

"In our match against Kirby, a hamster saved him."

Meta Knight: "A hamster, you say?"

"Yes."

Meta Knight: "Captain, we have a spy, a mole."

Captain: [censored]

"I said to cool it with the swearing!"

"Actually, he's not a mole. We told you. He's a hams—"

Meta Knight: "I meant it figuratively, you lack-wit! Get on the search, Meta Drone. As the electrician and technical expert, you should be able to find something."

Meta Drone: "I'll get right on it."

Captain: "In the meantime, I have another plan. I think it's time to bring out the heavy artillery."

"You mean the secret weapon?"

Captain: "Yes! Steel seafood is just what we need to get rid of that puffball."