A/N: Oh my god, after a month of stalling I finally got around to writing this chapter. I can promise you all that you wont't have to wait another month for chapter four so please R&R and be on the look out for it soon.
Sword and Blade knight walked beside Meta Knight as he silently lead them and the rest of the group through the complex below the forest. As they proceeded through the various hallways that branched out in every which direction the walls began to shift from their rocky green appearance to a more brown and mechanical look. Pipes bursting out steam and buzzing electrical wires hung from the ceiling over their heads and provided the only sound in the room aside from their footsteps on the metal walkway. Eventually the hallway began to widen and they found themselves in front of a large metal door bearing Meta Knights insignia with a small computer on the wall nearby.
Meta Knights yellow eyes glanced over at Sword who quickly gave a saluting gesture and nodded his head before running to the computer. He began to type a password of some sort onto the computer before pressing a large button that sat on the edge of the keyboard. Bursts of steam came from the sides of the door and an alarm went off as the red light on the ceiling high up began to flash. The sound of gears moving filled the room as the two large doors began to separate and slide open revealing a large dark room. Sword took his place beside Meta Knight before he began to lead everyone inside.
Large lights up on the ceiling automatically turned on as the group advanced through the room, lighting the way. Vul, Waddle Dee, Mace, Trident, and Ax all looked around at the large pieces of machinery and ship parts that were scattered around the room as they became lit. Meta Knight soon stopped in his tracks when they reached a wall at the end of the room.
"A dead end? This is what you've been leading us to?" Vul asked skeptically.
Meta Knight stared at the wall. "Not quite."
Small metal railings shot up from the ground and surrounded all of them causing Vul, Waddle Dee, Mace, Trident and Ax to look at the floor in surprise while Meta Knight, Sword, and Blade remained motionless. A low humming sound came from below them and the railed off section began to descended down into a large dome like structure.
Waddle Dee began to lean over the edge and look down at the dark abyss below. "Where are we?"
"Have you forgotten already?" Meta Knight asked as he continued to look straight ahead.
Lights scattered around the large dome's ceiling lit up revealing the new and improved halberd that sat on the ground below, they were in its old hanger from years ago. The ship had been improved upon greatly, it was no longer as massive and had a new sleek appearance, the bottom of it had gone from a red color to a purple one and was outfitted with multiple cannon's along the sides and bottom with a large positioned at the front with two slightly smaller ones on the sides above it. The bridge section was no longer bulgy and the combo cannon was now placed on a free turning base, the wings were folded in a resting position.
"I've been working on this since I salvaged it from the bottom of the Orange Ocean." Meta Knight told them as the elevator continued to descend.
They simply stared at the ship in amazement.
"Yo-you did this?" Ax asked.
"Of course." Meta Knight replied as the elevator reached the ground and the railings receded back into the platform.
He began to step forward towards another platform with railing surrounding part of it that sat in front of them and the crew soon followed. Once they all stood upon it the structure lifted up from the ground in front of the Halberd.
"This… this is amazing!" Vul exclaimed. "With these we can surely conquer Dreamland!"
"Precisely the plan." Meta Knight remarked.
The platform flew above the Halberd and moved forward before falling into a small slot atop its wooden deck and locking.
"If you'll all follow me." Meta Knight said as he stepped onto the deck.
The crew walked behind him as he led across the deck. Vul let out a low laugh as they walked past the combo cannon and looked at it.
"This is perfect." He said quietly.
They walked in through an automatic door that was placed at the base of the bridge section and began to walk up a few sets of stairs. Along the way various amounts of Gim and Waddle Dees carrying wheelies passed by them. At the top of the final metal staircase they came across another automatic door bearing Meta Knight's mark and entered it to find the main control room. The walkway in front of the door branched off into three directions. The middle path led to a small overview platform while the two paths at the sides led to staircases the bent around in a semi circle shape to the ships main control center vaguely resembling their former work station.
"I give you all your new control room." Meta Knight said as he walked onto the main overview platform.
Everyone followed behind him and looked around at the massive amount of computers and monitors that sat below.
"This is amazing." Mace said.
"It's just like our old ship." Ax commented.
"I can't wait to start shooting our cannons at something." Trident said.
Vul turned to Meta Knight. "This is all very impressive but I just have one question for you Meta Knight."
His eyes looked over at him. "What is it Vul?"
Vul formed a fist. "When do we get our revenge against Kirby and all of Dreamland?"
Meta Knight chuckled a little, a rare display of emotion. "All systems are just about ready and all the crew is onboard."
Everyone looked closely at him.
"We attack tomorrow."