"How..."
"..."
"How could this possibly happen?!"
"I was so close!"
"the taste of victory over these pathetic fools was ripped away from me!"
"Ripple Star was almost mine!"
"If it wasn't for that pink little brat and his stupid friends!"
"Now look at me..."
"A few blows away from death. In my own red domain surrounded by the very few remaining dark matters."
"Watching as their leader is dying..."
"All of this just because he let one fairy escape and didn't think much of it. I sent a few of my minions to take care of her..."
"I should've sent more..."
"..."
"My body is so tired and in so much pain..."
"I just want this to end."
"I need an escape."
"..."
"wait."
"What if?"
"What if I could use some of my remaining magic to teleport out of here?"
"Many creatures have used this technique to escape, it wouldn't be so far fetched that I could as well!"
He snapped back into reality as his felt his body being ripped off by another crystal. He looked at his opponent with smug look of his one eye. The pink pest and the small fairy looked back at him with confusion yet with a strong sense of determination. He raised his wings to silently command three of his minions which the pink duo bought so easily.
He slowly floated down to practice his escape plan. He focused long and hard on a possible location to flee to, but even though he felt a spark of that magic in him, it resulted nothing. He tried again but still nothing. One of minions floated towards him and nudged him upwards, he looked up and noticed that the duo had defeated all three of his minions.
He needed more time.
He wasn't proud of his next move but it was either death or safety from the pink menace until he got stronger. He chose the former and he dived down at high speeds.
The took a few seconds to process what he did but they gave chase. He called upon the remaining dark matters to help boost the process, at least one of them could have possibly known about it. He felt his magic sparking once more the farther he dived, there was nothing in his mind but the need to survive and escape. He slowly shut his eye just hoping that he could do it. Of course, his opponent were still shooting crystals at him which most of the time missed him due to the fact they had face in an awkward angle, but that didn't mean that some of them didn't hit him.
"Come on! Come on! I want to live for Nova's sake!"
He felt himself slowly blacking out from the injuries. The only thing that's keeping him awake was his minions. His spark growing bigger.
"Nononono!"
His body broke apart and was forced to shrink in size. He could almost feel death's cold embrace coming his way. His spark changed into a kindle.
"NO!"
...
...
...
He felt intense pain. It wasn't enough to kill him but it was torturous enough to almost beg for it to stop.
Almost.
He opened his eye and bit and only saw a mix between of blue, white, yellow, and black. It was too blurry to see anything of note.
"Is this death?"
"Have I finally died?"
He still heard some of the cries of his beloved little Matters, clearly suffering as well. He called out to them to absorb back into his body so they don't have to keep suffering.
"Huh... I never thought death could be so cruel and merciless"
The force around him seemed to drag him down an endless spiral. It lasted a few minutes but it felt like hours in that space before finally feeling something that isn't painful.
Heat.
He opened his eye once more to see what caused it only to see a sight he couldn't believe.
He was falling from the night sky and saw land and a castle in the distance.
"I..."
"I actually did it."
"I managed to teleport! I am free from that Kirby!"
"I am safe. I can grow my army once more. I will be feared once more!"
He looked at his new home as he raises his wings to slow down his fall, but it seemed to do nothing. He looked at his wings and realized that they were mostly gone.
"Oh... right. Close to death.."
He simply balled himself up preparing for on coming crash on the land. Luckily, he crash landed on sand and not on the dirt but that didn't mean that it wasn't painful. He was sorta going back and forth of consciousness. He was still helpless, and he can't black out now. The Dark Matters inside of him were trying their best to keep their leader alive, lending him their strength and energy.
Then, he heard a voice. It was night time, who would be awake at this time?
"What kind of meteorite is that?" The voice called out. It sounded young, and somewhat feminine. Huh.. Kinda reminded him of Queen Ripple.
Wait.
That's it!
What better way to regenerate in a foreign land than to possess a native!
With all of his (and minion's) strengths he raises above the creature. He was right. It was a small female child wearing an odd outfit and had what looks to be a bag wrapped around her shoulder, but he didn't care.
A body is a body. Plus, a child is much more easy to take a hold on.
"D-Demon Beast?!" She screamed.
Her fear only fueled him. He lunged at the creature and entering her body.
Of course, his new host tried to fight back opting to hit herself to presumptively get him out. They fought to and fro for control, she was surprisingly strong against him but he chalked it up to him being in a weakened state. Through his host's eyes, he saw large rock just off to his right and an idea came to him. He didn't need his host to be conscious to possess them. They were wobbling around and he slowly lead her near the rock, but not too fast so she knows his plan was. She tripped and fell onto the sand as she screamed in pain as her body continued to jerk around uncontrollably. He quickly made her get up which threw her off balance and stared to walk backwards ever closer to the rocks. She was too focused on trying to fight for control. She stepped closer and closer, until the rock were just a few feet away.
"Perfect."
"No!!!"
He took control of her legs and made her jump towards the rocks. He felt her fear once more and it was delightful. Her last cry for help was music to his nonexistent ears and he felt the heavy blow against the rocks. Her body slump over the jagged rocks, she was out cold. The body stood still for while, before a loud cracking sound came from it. The sound of cracking bones as the body rose now with a new host. She looked at her hands, wiggling them as looked around. She slowly chuckled which slowly turned into a loud and sinister cackle.
"Zero is back in action!"