Double-0-K and Super Spy Kirby
Chapter Four: World O' Nowhere
The warpstar that Josh and Jacob were riding on soared above the canopy of the Green Greens forests. From above, they could see almost everything stretching around them, oceans, islands, and even a castle far away.
"This warpstar sure is taking a lot of time…" Jacob muttered as they started to fly over an abandoned beach.
"Well, at least we're out of those forests…and the blasted music won't be playing any time soon!" Josh reassured him.
"When using a warpstar to transport throughout places in games, it usually takes five seconds. And don't start off with the do the impossible crap."
"Jacob, Jacob, Jacob. You are always the pessimist, you know. You should learn to enjoy things in life!"
"Now is definitely not the time for a lecture. We're in the middle of something important. Who knows what Nightmare could be up to now?"
After the warpstar flew over many small islands, it started to make its decent. Slowly but surely, it automatically avoided some trees and slid on the sand, nearly falling in the water.
Josh stepped out, happy to be on land after what seemed like five minutes. He jumped in the air and landed in a big patch of ice cream, greedily devouring everything in sight.
Jacob, seeing this, said, "I'll go scout ahead a little bit to make sure we're perfectly safe to get down our guard."
"Nightmare, the young puffball is eating some of that ice cream…now could be the perfect time to release your plan B." Orb said back at Nightmare's hideout.
"Perfect. They won't think these as a threat…send in the mecha-vultures." Nightmare ordered.
"Yes sir. Jacob will be nothing without the power and encouragement of his companion. MWAHAHA…"
"What did I tell you…?"
"Yes sir. Sorry sir. I'll get to work on that doomsday ray right away sir." Orb floated away towards the laboratory.
Jacob only could find two pairs of large vultures in the far distance, thinking they were part of the background. A bit later he heard the sound of two metal objects clanking into each other, and turned around to see two mecha-vultures standing in front of him.
Jacob realized it as a threat, and started hurling bombs toward them. The bombs exploded when they touched the steel plate, but it didn't even penetrate the armor. He then hopped up on a nearby tree where they couldn't reach him at the moment and started to inhale. It took a few seconds, but he finally got one of them flying out of control towards him.
He spit it back out and it crashed into the other mecha-vulture, and they both were knocked into the deep water. The metal armor was so strong they couldn't get up and were instantly drowned.
Jacob started to rush towards where Josh was finishing his treat, but he was nowhere to be found. He checked in the towering piles of ice cream, but found nothing but oversized chocolate chips. He tried in the trees, and even in the water, but Josh was nowhere to be found.
"Jacob! Jacob!" Josh yelled from a distance.
Jacob instantly recognized the voice as his companion, and he tried to pinpoint where the sound came from. He looked up in the sky, and could barely see two more mecha-vultures flying away, carrying a helpless Josh with them.
"Hang on! I'm coming!" Jacob said as he discarded his bomb ability to lighten his load.
He started to fly after the mecha-vultures, but they were too fast and agile. He kept on flying until he was completely out of breath, and he fell back to the ground, exhausted and extremely tired.
It had been at least ten minutes before Jacob stood up, shocked from the sudden turn of events that had taken place. He decided to continue on with his journey, realizing that was the only way to save Josh. He came across a sign in front of what seemed like a small forest, and it read, "You are now exiting Ice Cream Islands. Signed, Pain T. Roller."
"They thought they could fool me, eh? Well everyone knows that's just an alias for Pa Int. Roller. Who would've known that Pa Int. Roller would be behind this? The strange part is it says exiting…" Jacob continued on the path that was trampled through the shrubbery. The landscape was turning into nothing but more forests.
"I've had enough of Whispy Woods already!" Jacob yelled aloud.
Suddenly he heard some noises behind him. He looked behind his shoulder and saw nothing. Thinking it was just his imagination, he kept at his pace, but a miniscule bit faster. The sky was turning more and more dark, making the scene a bit scarier each minute.
Then while Jacob was slumping on a tree to get some energy before he passed out on the trail, he started to here something walking behind him again. He quickly spun around to see nothing but some trees and a walked on trail which he was using.
Glancing behind him furtively every now and then, he continued on the dark trail until he decided it was time he got some rest. Right when he was looking for a good place to rest, he could here flames in the distance but didn't bother too look around for anything.
Suddenly the figure that was making all of the noises popped out of some burning bushes nearby and trapped Jacob into a strong iron bar cage.
"LET ME OUT! LET ME OUT!" Jacob started.
"Why should I?" The mysterious figure stated in a strange voice.
"Uh…well…I have a family! I have…" He was interrupted by the same thing.
"I never said I was going to kill you! Unless you try to pull anything, then I might consider it."
There was a silence from there on until the figure reached its outpost, setting Jacob down in the center of a small hut.
"Like I said…" The mysterious figure said. "If you try to escape, you'll be caught and THAT'S when I turn you into Nightmare…got it?"
"Caught by whom? You won't be able to stay up all night!"
"I might not be able to, but guess who can? My guards! I'm sure they'll assure you that you don't want to escape! They're loaded with caffeine and you never know what they can do…"
Jacob caught a look at the horrifying guards and decided to take a short two hour rest before moving on. Even a hero needs his rest, right? He woke up a bit later then he expected, but it was still pretty dark out at least past 3:00 AM. After thinking for a bit, he grabbed a sheet of paper from a nearby desk and started to roll it up into a ball.
He took another piece of paper and started to roll up what looked like a drinking straw. He ripped up the ball of paper into lots of smaller pieces and he loaded all of it into the end of the straw.
He easily lock-picked the cage and before the tough guards could notice he started to rapidly fire the 'bullets' at each and every guard. Of course, because the overdose of caffeine they each went ballistic, shouting out words in a variety of different languages and running into the water, committing suicide.
Refreshed from his long nap, he set out on the trail, noticing a lack of trees, thinking he could almost be finally leaving this strange world. There was a slight fork in the road, and he decided to take the right for a change. He shortly came across a pedestal, and in it was stuck a sword.
There was an inscription on the pedestal, and it said, "Thee almighty sword of Mysticant hath been enclosed into the pedestal for centuries. The one that can release the sword from the stone will be the chosen one, to save our world from thee almighty Nightmare."
Jacob stepped up to the pedestal and reached out his arms, trying to remove Mysticant from its place. As if the greatest miracle had occurred, a strong force came over Jacob. He started to glow as he slowly removed the sword. Somehow he had been strong enough in that moment to remove Mysticant.
"So this makes me…the chosen one?" Jacob said as he waved it around.
"That is…if you ever make it out of the World of Nowhere…" the mysterious voice said. "I AM THE ALMIGHTY…"
He was interrupted as Jacob leapt toward him.