The Plan B
We arrived at a large castle guarded by many small, round, orange creatures with spears.
"What are those things?" I asked.
Suddenly, Kirby flew forwards, and all but one, who had a bandana on, retreated.
"Those are Waddle Dees. They work for King Dedede. That one over there is Bandana Dee, the most powerful of them." Captain Falcon explained.
Bandana Dee looked around, before quietly and carefully letting us in. In the castle, sitting in the throne, was a rather large and wealthy looking blue penguin. He was scarfing down and entire chunk of ham.
"Hm? Kirby! Luigi! Everyone else! What the hell are you doing here!" Dedede asked.
Kirby then proceeded to start saying things in his own weird language, of which I am not fluent in.
"I see. That really sucks, and I wish I could help you. But I can't! I'm sorry. I have to pay Bowser just to stay alive! I'm already on his watch list for almost stopping him from kidnapping the Princess, whom I stole from Tabuu's forces. If he finds out I'm hiding you, everyone here is better off dead. I just can't risk it." King Dedede said, remorsefully shaking his head.
Suddenly, a figure stepped from behind the shadows.
"I know your pain, my king. And while we may not be able to help them, we know three who can..." Metaphoric said.
"Who the heck is that?" I asked.
"That's MetaKnight. He's one of Dedede's top men, if not the top. He's actually much more powerful than Dedede, but he too loyal to usurp the throne. Odds are he'd be way better at being king than the fat penguin." Captain Falcon told me.
"Excellent point, MetaKnight! Bandana, fetch me the secret map to Gandondorf's new hideout. Link and Zelda are there with him. When Giga Bowser struck, they knew they were dealing with something powerful. They were actually the first to fight against him. However, it was a curb stomp lost and they were forced to retreat. They are currently in hiding and training. They can help you." Dedede said.
"Why don't we just hide in the room with the secret map?" Jigglypuff asked.
"Because not a single person but Bandana Dee knows how to get in or out. Not even me or Dedede. It's better that way, so then they'll never find them if the castle is under attack. Odds are, Bandana Dee would die in the crossfire, and then they would be safe, wherein they'd probably capture us and force the information out one way or another." MetaKnight explained, as Bandana Dee returned.
"Here ya go! Don't let anyone see it. I would recommend burning it as soon as you no longer need it." Bandana said, handing the map over to Luigi.
"Could we at least stay for a day, my legs are killing me." Olimar said.
"Fine. One night, and only one night. You guys are gonna have leave before noon tomorrow. That's when the inspector comes. If he sees you, we're all worse than dead." Deeded said.
"Don't worry, we got some of the best medical treatment possible! You'll all be walking by morning. Except you, Olimar." Bandana Dee reassured us.
"MetaKnight, go take them to the room. You there, the black hedgehog, Shadow, I think, stay. I need to ask you a few things." Dedede said.
Captain Falcon decided to stay with me to help me up after we talked.
"Shadow, tell me, why are you fighting Giga Bowser? How do we know you're not a petty spy?" Dedede inquired.
Suddenly, the room turned pitch black, laughter was heard, and a red eye shown at us.