Return of Gannondorf Part VII

Kirby's Girlfriend

In Gannondorf's castle:

"They're half way there, excellent" said Gannondorf "But, they are not done yet. They have a big problem waiting on Pop star, since Kirby lost his memory. We'll stay and watch…But for now, it's time for lunch!"

"Was das Menü für heute ist, Sir?" asked a moblin

"Today's special is hot wings smothered in meatballs!" said Gannondorf "And for dessert, those delicious cookies that you guys make! To the mess hall!"

"Geehrter Herr, sein eine Verwirrung in der Verwirrunghalle" said another moblin

"What do you mean there's a mess in the mess hall?" asked Gannondorf "Of course there's a mess in the mess hall, you morons! It's a mess hall! Now let's go! I want to get me them hot wings"

"Wait, what about me and Krystal?" asked Zelda

"Oh, we don't feed prisoners, princess" said Gannondorf

"What do you think we're going to eat, our legs?" asked Zelda

"You can if you like" said Gannondorf

Gannondorf and the moblins went down to the mess hall. When they were gone, Zelda looked at Krystal. She was crying.

"What's wrong, Krystal?" asked Zelda

Krystal lifted her head and said "It's Fox, I'm worried about him. I…I don't think he'll make it through"

"Hey, it's alright" said Zelda "I as much as I hate Link, I worry about him when he comes and rescues me, too. But in the end, he comes for me. And I'm sure Fox will come for you"

"I know. I just…I…I really care for him"

"You love him, don't you?"

Krystal wiped some more tears away and nodded.

"Well, I'm sure he care's about you, too" said Zelda

"Thank you, Zelda" said Krystal

Meanwhile:

Fox, Link, and Kirby landed in Pop city, a city on Pop star (The one in City trial of Kirby: Air Ride), and started to look around.

"This is my planet?" asked Kirby

"Only part of it" said Fox

"We must search through this entire city" said Link

"Oh, KIRBY!" said a voice from behind.

They looked back and it was another Kirby, only a lighter pink.

"GAH!" said Kirby

"I knew you'd come back and you did!" said the Kirby

"Oh, great, it's you" said Fox

"Who are you?" asked Kirby

"What? It's me, Catherine" said the Kirby

"Catherine?" asked Kirby

"DON'T TELL ME YOU DON'T REMEMBER ME!" said Catherine angrily.

"Um… no I don't" said Kirby

"Listen, Kirby lost his memory and we're trying to get it back" said Fox

"Oh, then you've come to the right girl, 'cause there is nothing that can bring back a memory like the power of love!" said Catherine

"There are many things that love can do, but it cannot bring back one's memory" said Link

"Oh, we'll see about that" said Catherine

She leaned over on Kirby and said soothingly "Hey, Kirby, how's you doing?"

"Who are you?" asked Kirby

"WHY YOU MISSERABLE…" said Catherine

Fox ran in between them before Catherine could smack Kirby silly and said "Look, we're in a hurry, so we don't have time for you, okay?"

"OUT OF MY WAY, YOU!" Yelled Catherine

"Yikes! Who is this girl? She's vicious!" said Kirby

"VICIOUS? I'LL SHOW YOU VICIOUS" said Catherine

Catherine kicked Kirby in the groin really hard.

"OW! That really hurt, oh" said Kirby laying on the ground

"Hey, lay off of him!" said Fox

Then, Catherine turned around with hatred and anger in her face and really scaring Fox

"Okay, don't lay off of him" said Fox

"Fine! If you won't level with me, I DON'T CARE, KIRBY! I DON'T!" said Catherine

Catherine ran off angrily.

"What was that all about?" asked Kirby

"That was Catherine" said Fox

"I know that! Who is she? And why was she all over me?" asked Kirby

"Catherine thinks you're her boyfriend" said Fox

"What?"

"It is true, she is a pest" said Link

"If the Star Wolf isn't the ones bothering you, it's Catherine" said Fox

"What about me? What did I think?" asked Kirby

"You wanted to get away from her" said Fox

"Oh, I see" said Kirby

Then, they heard a loud scream in the distance, it was Catherine.

"That was Catherine! We got to hurry!" said Fox

"But I thought you said we didn't care about her!" said Kirby

"I said she was annoying, not that we didn't care about her" said Fox

"No matter who they are, we always help those in need" said Link

"Well then, let's see what's up" said Kirby

They raced off to see what was going on, it was Catherine and she was being arrested by waddle-dees, and carried away by a ship.

"DON'T JUST STAND THERE, IDIOTS, HELP!" said Catherine

"I can see why I didn't want her" said Kirby

"Where is it that they are taking her?" asked Link

"King Dedede, Link. Duh" said Fox

"Kink Dedede?" asked Kirby

"He's the tyrant dictator of Pop star, we've been trying to take him down at every chance we get" said Fox

"Do we succeed?" asked Kirby

"But of course, Kirby" said Link

"Let's head on after her" said Fox

"Don't I get an ability or something?" asked Kirby

"Uh… Try sucking up that" said Fox pointing to a wheel

"You've got to be kidding me" said Kirby

"Eat it, Kirby" said Fox

"Okay"

Kirby swallowed the tire and yet again, silhouetted and changed shape. When he stopped glowing, he had on a red baseball cap, backwards.

"What now?" asked Kirby

"You've become wheel Kirby" said Fox "You can roll very fast and turn into a wheel, so fast, you could keep up with me"

"Cool" said Kirby

"Having said that, we can reach the King Dedede faster" said Link.

Kirby rolled and turned into a wheel and started rolling away. Fox grabbed Link's arm and went racing off after Kirby.

When they reached the end of the level, they did not see King Dedede's castle, instead, they saw a bunch of trees.

"I think we took a wrong turn somewhere" said Fox

"Where ever we may be, it looks dangerous" said Link

Then, Kirby, still a wheel, started running into every tree. Eventually, he ran into a tree that had a face on it, Woody.

"Kirby!" said Woody "How many times must you run into me?"

"Wha? WAH!" said Kirby in shock that the tree talked to him.

"Frightened?" asked Woody "I never frightened you before"

"Is it me or is that tree talking to me?" asked Kirby

"What?"

"Oh man, it's Woody" said Fox "We didn't come here to bother you, we're kind of busy"

"Oh, really?" said Woody "Then, please leave me be. You see I've had a rough life, it all began…"

Then, while Woody was talking, Kirby spotted something on his branch, an apple. The most delicious apple he's ever seen, even though he didn't remember the last apple that looked more delicious than that. Then, Kirby tried to climb up to grab it.

Woody, not noticing Kirby, continued his story "…And then, I had to shoo the girl, her dog, and that scarecrow away by throwing my beautiful apples at them and our apples covered the yellow brick road. Then, I had to… AAAAAGH!"

Woody looked back and saw that Kirby had picked an apple off his branch.

"IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN!" said Woody "I've grown tired of you sick people! Thinking that you can just pick off fruit off our branch for you delight! Well, I've had enough! It's time for the trees to fight back!"

"Uh oh, Link, Kirby, get ready" said Fox

Then, Woody extended his nose and tried to poke Fox, Link, and Kirby to death. But they got out of the way and dodged it. Kirby was then temped to pick the nose, but passed it up. Then Woody started dropping apples at them, Kirby at the apples as they dropped. Then, Woody blew a hard wind. Very hard, it almost sent them flying off. Fox used his speed against the wind, Link put on his iron boots, and Kirby changed into a wheel. Kirby decided to go faster, and faster and faster until he hit Woody. Woody gave up and started crying.

"Game over Woody" said Fox "You lose"

"We have defeated you in battle, and without need of a lumberjack, either" said Link

"Aw, don't cry, life's a dozy but you've got to get used to it" said Kirby

"I hate mine" said Woody.

"Can you point us in the direction of Kind Dedede's caste?" asked Fox

"It's right behind the forest" said Woody

"I told you we were on the right track" said Kirby

"Let us continue our quest to King Dedede" said Link

They continued on until they finally reached King Dedede's castle. There, they met King Dedede and Catherine was there and two waddle-dees held her by both arms.

"King Dedede, long time no see" said Fox

"Flk Team, pleaser to meet you here, except you, Kirby" said King Dedede.

"What did I do to you?" asked Kirby

"Have you lost your memory?" asked King Dedede

"Yes"

"Oh. Well then that makes it easier for me"

"I accept your challenge" said Link

"Prepare to die, Flk Team" said King Dedede getting his mallet out.

Kirby tried to race to him, but King Dedede swung his hammer at him and Kirby lost his power. Fox tried to speed up and run into him, but failed miserably because King Dedede flew up and hit Fox on the head. Link got into a sword-mallet fight with King Dedede. But, King Dedede pushed him away. Things were not going well. Then, Kirby had an idea.

Kirby pointed in the air and said "Hey, what's that?"

"What's what?" asked King Dedede

"That" said Kirby pointing again

King Dedede looked up but tried to find what Kirby was pointing at. Then, Fox noticed that Kirby was distracting him, so he sped up and took his mallet.

"I don't see anything" said King Dedede

Then, he turned around and saw Fox with his mallet and said "Hey! Your mallet looks just like mine!"

"It is your mallet" said Fox

"Oh, if that's the case then give it back"

"Nah, you won't be needing this anymore"

Then, Fox broke the mallet in half and dropped the pieces on the ground

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" said King Dedede rushing to the pieces "It's okay, Daddy's got you"

As King Dedede bent down to get the pieces, Fox noticed something sticking out of his pocket. Fox sped on over and got it out, it was the 4/5 clues!

"Well, guys, we've got it" said Fox

"That means there's one clue left!" said Kirby

"We shall continue our quest" said Link

Fox opened it up and read it "It says 'Well done! You are almost there. For the last clue, you must enter an F-zero race on F-planet. Hurry if you want to see Krystal alive again. –Gannondorf' Well, let's get that last clue"

Fox, Link, and Kirby ran off to the arwing.

"Were are you three going?" asked Catherine "I'M STILL CAPTURED HERE! AREN'T YOU GOING TO RESCUE ME? KIRBY! WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU…"

"Ugh… someone get her out of here" said King Dedede "And someone get me the glue!"

The waddle-dees threw her out of the castle and Catherine was yelling a cursing! But, Fox, Link, nor Kirby could hear her, because they were already gone.

Meanwhile in Gannondorf's caste:

"See, Krystal" said Zelda "Nothing to worry about, they've got one more clue"

"I know" said Krystal "I'm just worried about the trap that Gannondorf mentioned earlier"

Gannondorf walked in, wiping his mouth with a napkin.

"Did I miss anything, ladies?" he asked

"Yep! Fox, Link, and Kirby has one more clue, they're on their way" said Zelda

"Good, I have a little surprise for them at the F-zero race. And if they win, then let them come. I'm only one step away for my revenge. And don't cry, Krystal, your friends will be here. And when they do, they will fall right for it. This revenge can't fail!"

"Oh, Fox, please be careful" Krystal said to herself.

What does Gannondorf have in store for them at the race? And will Fox, Link, and Kirby find the last clue and stop Gannondorf once and for all? And are they going to fall for that trap Gannondorf set up for them? Will Krystal's faith remain?

To be continued…