Chapter 13: The True Enemy

As the mysterious figure flew through the darkness in the ceiling pit, Kirby awoke but he was feeling a bit sluggish but better than before. He couldn't see the figure for his cloak was blocking his face due to the shadows and because of the extreme darkness surrounding them. The figure dodged multiple boulder and falling debris as it tried to hurridly fly through the opening in the whole cave. Kirby noticed this only when he could see a blur of dim light before him as he looked up, momentarily avioding debris from the prior boulders that they both flew past. The dim light shed some visibility on the mysterioius figure.

"Who are you?" Kirby groaned in pain as he took one arm and clutched his stomach.

"I am the person who saved you," the figure said noticing Kirby's pain," Here, take this. It'll make you feel better and heal your wounds."

He took one hand into a pouch next to Kirby on his side, still looking at the opening in the top of the cave. He dug in quickly but he slowed as he felt a smooth object with a bottle-like shape to it and took it out. It contained a red, high in vesocity, frothy liquid in it. Kirby took the lid off, tossing it down below as it disappeared in the darkness, and chugged it down. It was a little hard to swallow at first but it finally went down his throat and he felt an abnormal pulse of energy flow throughout his body. He opened his eyes fully and the scars and scartches closed up instantly as he blurry vision became clear. He then gave the figure the bottle and he put it in his pouch.

"Thanks for the help," Kirby said gratefully.

"No problem!" the figure said smiling. "Hold on, the is going to get rough!" he stated in a serious tone.

He forced air to push back from his wings as he squinted his eyes at the upward exit. The number of boulders hurling at them increased but he managed to avoid them. As he got closer to the exit, a shadow gradually grew over the light filled exit. As they almost made it out, a humongous boulder clogged the opening, which was seemingly in sync with the loud voice that roared throughout the room.

"HAHAHAHA!" laughed the mysterious voice,"Now you'll never be able to escape! You're going to die under the rubble of the room as it explodes! Hahahaha!" taunted the mysterious voice as the laugh echoed through the darkness and faded away. The room suddenly shook and the walls around them collasped as the mysterious figure carrying Kirby made a sudden dive to normal level. They raced against the falling rubble following them.

"The whole room is going to explode! We need to hurry!" the figure hurridly explained.

The figure made a suddenly turn and rocketed towards the barred door. As the rubble past them, the both of them broke through the door, as did Yasher and another mysterious figure. Yasher and Kirby were both thrown onto the ground as the other two figure flew out the exit behind them. The two got up, rubbing their heads as they moaned, and looked at each other. The reunion was short lived when the sudden explosion in the corresponding room blew up, throwing Kirby into the other wall in the process. As he slid down in comedic pain, Yasher helped him up and they both exchanged stories.

Later when they were done with the exchange, the two nodded in secrecy. They then both instinctively looked at the lock on the the big door and then looked back at each other.

"Well, what did you find in your room, Yasher?" Kirby asked with a interested expression.

"I found these neat shoes in a treasure chest at the end of the room. Aren't they stylish?" Yasher asked showing off his shoe. "This thing has special powers like speed!" he shouted in amazement.

Kirby gave off a gloom expression as he dug in his satchel and took out a fancy key. "This was the only thing I found in the other room. I think it's the key to this lock."

"Well, what are you waiting for? Stab the thing in!" Yasher hurried as he frantically waved his hands in the air.

Kirby took one glance at the key before he jumped up and jabbed the key into the socket of the lock. He hung onto the handle of the key, his weight turning the key in which the lock fell to the ground and faded away. As Kirby got to the ground, he looked at Yasher before they gave each other a determined nod as they walked into the door.

As they entered the darkness, the door shut completely behind them and a dark, roughly outlined figure appeared in the background.

"You dare enter my domain?" uproared the monster," I'll show you what I do to trespassers who show no respect to me!"

The two assumed their battle stances, preparing for the worst to happen.