Gamelover41592: Yeah, last chapter had several funny moments. Even what I wanted to be the most dramatic moment was still very funny(Magolor and Susie's fight)
Okay, so we have reached the four area and now there is a bit more history between hero and villain. Let's get going.
"Welcome to Halcandra!" Magolor said proudly once Landia landed near its mountain peak. Susie wasn't impressed. From all the stories she had heard, Halcandra seemed like a wonderful place. Instead, it looked like part lava hellhole and part machine.
"This is where my ancestors came from?" Susie scoffed. "I can see why they left,"
"Oh! You don't know?" Magolor asked.
"Know about what?" Susie replied.
"After your ancestors left, some people who got banished attacked. Almost everything was destroyed," Magolor revealed. "I'm one of the last people left,"
Almost instantly, Susie's demeanor changed. "I'm...I'm sorry, I didn't know-"
"It's fine," Magolor said. "Besides, it's not so bad once you get used to it!"
"I'll take your word for it," Susie said.
"Hey! You wanna see something really cool?" Magolor asked.
"Sure!" Susie agreed.
"Awesome! Follow me!" Magolor said as he grabbed her hand and rushed off. It only took a few minutes to find what he wanted to show her. A large ship.
"This is incredible!" Susie exclaimed as she looked over it. "This...this is a ship the ancients built!"
"And it's mine now! I found it one day when I was exploring. Landia helped me dig it out," Magolor explained. "I live in it now. Maybe someday, I'll be able to use it to fly and explore the galaxy!"
"Do you think ...do you think I could come with you?" Susie asked. "I've always wanted to explore the galaxy,"
"Sure thing!" Magolor promised.
"Ugh, do they have any respect for our planet?!" Dee exclaimed. This time, it was a desert that everyone was pretty sure wasn't there before the invaders showed up.
"I'm going with no," Magolor said, his voice a mix of bitter and sad. Clearly, these were not the circumstances he wanted to see Susie under.
"You holding up okay, Magolor?" Kirby asked.
"As decent as I can," Magolor replied dismissively. "It's just...there's something she's not telling me,"
"Not telling people your real goal?" Kirby said with a sly grin. "Where have we heard that one before?" Owen snickered and nudged Magolor, who playfully shoved back.
"That's different!" He protested.
"Hack! Ugh, it is so hard to breathe!" Owen whined as he tried to make his way through a room full of smog and gas. It wasn't pleasant to say the least. Behind him, Magolor, Kirby and Dee were having coughing fits of their own.
"I see why nothing is living here," Kirby snarked.
"And they most likely chased everyone out even if they could stand it," Magolor added in.
"This is so horrible!" Dee said once he was able to stop coughing. Owen went into another coughing fit, but between the smog, the giant vats of oil, and everything else, he was inclined to agree with his little friend.
"Yeah! Clean up the air, daddy!" Owen cheered as Kirby used parasoul mode on the Robobot to clean up some of the smog.
"Told you parasoul would be useful," Kirby pointed out.
"It took a giant robot to make it useful," Owen fired back.
"OWNED!" Magolor taunted.
"Oh shut up ...lover boy," Kirby taunted back.
"Okay, let's clear this up, I DO NOT like her!" Magolor protested. "Sure, she's pretty, smart, has a great voice and I'm not convincing you at all, am I?"
"Nope!" Owen replied.
"Not at all!" Kirby responded.
"You should go after her!" Dee piped up.
"Even if she wasn't helping the evil company destroying your planet, I do not stand a chance. Besides, she probably doesn't even like me back," Magolor said sadly. Kirby put an arm on him.
"Hey, she never rejects you until the word 'no' leave her mouth," Kirby reassured him.
"Who'd you get that from?" Magolor asked.
"Dedede said that when he was asking Queen Ripple out," Dee revealed. "Kept saying that to himself so he could keep his nerves down,"
"And?" Magolor asked.
"She said yes," Owen revealed. They continued on, with Magolor still lost in thought. He had no idea what to think anymore. Although he did know one thing.
Even if he did work up the courage to ask Susie out, it was going to be after he found out why she had changed so much.
"This never gets old!" Magolor cheered as Kirby blasted away at C.O.G.S with the jet Robobot.
"I know right!" Kirby said as he blew up another gun.
"Watch out!" Owen cried, causing Kirby quickly dodge some of the giant wall's own missiles. Despite that near heart attack, everything was going well for the group.
But as it turned out, the Haltmann Works Company was full of surprises.
"Is that Kabula?!" Dee exclaimed. "I thought she was still being repaired!"
"Clearly, the Haltmann Works Company got their greedy little hands on it," Kirby said. Kabula looked much different when Kirby last faced her. To start, she seemed to have more armor, which was colored gold. She also now had two cannons. One on top of her and one under her. She looked more like a fat plane then a blimp at this point.
"Great King is not going to be happy…" Dee said.
"About what Haltmann Works did to it or the fact I have to blow it up again?" Kirby asked as he fired several missiles, most which hit their mark.
"Both but more the first one," Dee admitted as he watched the blimp crash to the ground.
"Noble Haltmann, we adore him,"
"We all can hear that singing, right?" Owen asked.
"It's Susie," Magolor said bluntly as they continued into the next room. Sure enough, it was Susie singing and once again, she had her back to them.
"Noble Haltmann, we adore him! Every day we wish him glory!"
"Sounds like the galaxy's biggest ego trip," Owen mocked quietly, causing the boys to snicker. Susie took the chance.
"Oh! Pardon me. That was our company's wonderful theme song, "The Noble Haltmann." Sometimes I just find myself singing it out loud. It's so catchy!" Susie admitted. "While I won't deny it is a bit of an ego thing with the company CEO, it's really enjoyable to sing,"
"You did always like to sing," Magolor said, as if he was remembering a simpler time.
"Nice to see you remember," Susie said in a similar tone, although she snapped back quicker. "At any rate, let me tell you a story. Not long ago, I met someone who impressed me very much. He was strong and full of confidence, a knight of the highest order,"
"You don't think it was him, do you?" Owen asked Kirby nervously.
"I hope not," Kirby admitted.
"I was so impressed... I gave him a complete remodel! And I hired him as a company security guard, " Susie said as she pressed a button on her remote. Something was lowered down.
And all four heroes felt themselves go pale.
It was Meta Knight, but not the way they remembered him. He was a cyborg now. Missile launchers were attached to his wings. A large antenna came out of his mask. And a pink lens was attached to his mask.
"That's ...that's so WRONG!" Dee exclaimed as he waved his little hands around.
"Don't you regret any of this!?" Magolor exclaimed.
"Oh trust me Magolor, this is not the way I wanted to see you again. But I have no choice," Susie said. "But either way, Model #M-7110. Mecha Knight... ENGAGE!" With that, she flew away while Mecha Knight ignited a sword that looked a lot like his normal one. He fought almost nothing like Meta Knight normally would. While he had his sword strikes, everything else was new. He could fire missiles from his wings, creating an electric field around himself, fire lasers from his eye piece and fly away to make debris fall. However, he lacked normal Meta Knight's creativity, making him easy to take down. He fell off the platform and the ground as an explosion.
"I hope he's okay," Dee said as the fourth arm deactivated.
"Of course he will!" Owen said, even if he didn't believe it himself. "He's Meta Knight!"
"Looks like we only have one arm left," Kirby noted.
"Let's destroy it," Magolor said before thinking to himself. "I'm sorry, Susie, but this is for your own good,"
Next time, we head for the final arm and get a bit more of Magolor and Susie's history. See ya then.
