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By the way, I'm keeping Dedede's lack of mastery of the proper rules of the English language. I think it adds some comic flavor because...frankly, Dedede's an idiot, but an awesome idiot! I'm also gonna use a lot of KSS helpers as characters as well. (You've probably already noticed a couple). Anyways enjoy. We're close to the actual adventure. w00t

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Chapter 5

Mission

Kirby was taken back to Dee's motorboat by the two armored beings. His head was spinning with questions. The strangest thing was that none of these questions had really occurred to him until he saw the masked knight. Who is he? Why do I get the feeling I know him? Why did he react so strangely when he saw me? What were those diamond-like creatures anyway? Why did they let me go? Are they friends or enemies?

Once they arrived to the boat, the giant put Dee, who was still unconscious, in the boat. The skull-faced warrior turned to Kirby and said one more thing. "Kid, it'll be in all are best interests if you don't tell anybody about us. You clear on that?"

Kirby nodded. "…Yeah…" The two warriors left the beach and walked back into the jungle area. Kirby, still contemplating the bizarre turn of events, started the motor boat and drove it away from the island back to Dreamland.

Dee slowly regained his consciousness and looked around, glad he was still alive. He glanced over to his friend, who had a much more serious look on than Dee had ever seen on him before. "Hey Kirby…what happened back there?"

Kirby didn't look at his friend. "The diamond creatures…left…after that, I drug you back to the boat and headed toward Dreamland…" Kirby lied, knowing that his friend would just have to take his word for it.

"Oh…alright…" said Dee, "So…do you think that they're invaders?"

"I don't know Dee…" said Kirby, thinking along the same lines, but not about the blue diamonds. "I have a lot on my mind right now…we can talk about it later…" said Kirby, wanting Dee to stop asking him questions that he wouldn't answer.

"Sure," said Dee, now really worried about his friend. Kirby had never been this serious about anything before. They eventually arrived on the Dreamland coast and went their separate ways. Kirby walked back to his house, wondering what these beings were going to do on his planet.

Meta Knight sat around a makeshift circular table, along with the rest of his crew, minus Trila, who was still recovering from the crash. His job had been simple enough: Check the status of the Fountain of Dreams. But now that Meta Knight had found him…There isn't much time left...I must begin his training soon…He knew his crew would understand and be ready whenever he would need them. He pulled out a small star-shaped object, wrapped in a deep-blue layer of cloth. He'll need this soon…

He turned to his crew, still unsure as how to best proceed. "I'm going to the fountain tonight…I'll be back eventually. Until then, I have a few instructions. Sword, Blade, keep repairing our off-world communications and contact Cavios once you've finished. Butch, Masher, salvage any useful materials from the remains of our ship. Meta-Droid,if you can access the main computer, download as much information about Popstar that you can, regardless of how insignificant it is…I'll need you to bring it to me tomorrow morning…"

Butch turned questioningly to Meta Knight. "Sir, do you have a plan on what to do about him?" Butch said with meaning.

"…" Meta Knight didn't say anything in response to Butch's query. What am I going to do? I didn't think that we'd find him here of all places… "You have your jobs…I'll be gone for at least a few days…Dismissed." Meta Knight turned from the table and walked away. There was work to be done…

Meanwhile, at Castle Dedede, Waddle Doo was really miffed. His cousin was really late to his shift. He had told Dee to be back by 8:00. It was now nearly 9:00 and his cousin had yet to show up. He had been stuck taking care of Dedede's every whim. This was a job he had gotten out of over a year ago and was also one he did not want to deal with again. "Hey, Waddle Doo! It's hot in here. Stop slackin', keep fannin'!" said Dedede.

"Yes sire…" Stupid Dee, he's really gonna get it when he gets back. After a few more aggravating minutes of doting on Dedede, Dee came running into the throne room. "Waddle Dee! Why are you so late! You've just earned yourself three extra shifts! Why were you so late anyways? I mean, I gave you five hours to do your thing. Jeez!"

Dee just stood there waiting for his cousin to finish his lecture. He had bigger things to worry about. "Sorry cuz, but I've got big news: we have alien invaders. I saw them myself. They're these little blue diamond creatures. I'll bet that they're planning for an invasion any day!"

Hearing this Dedede became interested. "Wha! You sayin' that some alien invasioners are gonna take us out? Well we gotta do somethin'! Hey, Waddle Doo, is that new airship flyin' thing ready?"

"Uh, I don't know. Capsule J was the chief technician behind it. He had started the construction about six months ago. I can go ask him, sire," stated Doo.

Dedede nodded. "Yeah, bring him here. If the ships ready, we're gonna go blastinate those aliens."

To be Continued

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