Chapter 5:Mt. Dedede
The two heroes were now flying towards Dedede's castle at high speed, very anxious about the upcoming battle with the giant hammer-wielding penguin. Josh had gotten rid of his hammer, but Trent had stayed as Bonkers. Of course, because of this, it was hard for him to stay on the warp star. He was thankful that he had such strong muscles as Bonkers. Josh whistled as Dedede's castle came into veiw.
"I gotta admit, dude's got a sweet place for a fat penguin,"he remarked. Trent nodded in agreement.
"Yup,"he said simply. The two of them flew into the entrance and started flying through the main hallway, eventually crashing and sliding towards the end of it, taking out a Rocky as they stopped."Nice landing."The two of them started running down the hall, past the doorway and towards a Poppy Bro. Trent grinned as he started running towards it."Self-destruct!"His body flashed red just before he crashed into it, turning into a Poppy Bro himself. He then turned his attention to a a pair of Waddle Doos. He formed a bomb in his hand and hurled it, destroying one of them as Josh inhaled the other. Trent watched boredly as Josh turned and spat it into a wall. Trent then aimed a bomb at a parasol Waddle Dee, but Josh quickly stopped him.
"Hold up, dude!"he said, jumping in front of him and waving his arms."I gotta eat it's umbrella, otherwise I'll get my rear handed to me."Trent gave him an annoyed look, then tossed the bomb over his shoulder while rolling his eyes. Josh turned around and slide-kicked the Waddle Dee, causing it to lose grip of its umbrella. He quickly inhaled it as the Waddle Dee ran away, turning into Parasol Kirby.
"Okay, so you wanna use our usual strategy?"Josh asked as they walked to the door.
"I throw bombs like nuts and you block his attacks?"Trent asked.
"Bingo,"Josh said as they walked in. The two landed in a VERY large wrestling ring and saw King Dedede, who they were expecting. But what they weren't expecting was for him to be surrounded by an army of minor enemies. Waddle Doos, Poppy Bros, Sir Kibbles, Blade Kinghts, and Sword Knights. They both gaped.
"Holy sh-t,"Trent said with a laugh, rapidly losing what little sanity he had left.
"Whooooaaaaa, didn't see that coming,"Josh remarked."They aren't supposed to be there, are they?"Trent shook his head.
"No,"he said. Josh looked carefully at the army.
"I think there's about 50 of 'em,"he said, earning himself a weird look from Trent."Oh, c'mon. It's always a set number like that in video games."Trent nodded.
"Good point,"he said. Dedede pointed at the two of them as an idea formed in Josh's head.
"CHAAAARGE!!"he shouted, and his army ran forward. Josh quickly whispered into Trent's ear. He grinned and nodded. He formed a bomb in his hand as Josh himself charged forward. Just before he collided with the army, he stopped and crouched slightly, covering his entire body with his parasol. The army started attacking it with incredible force, but somehow the parasol managed to withstand the massive onslaught. Before they realized the trap they had put themselves in, they were struck, no, assaulted, no, BOMBARDED with a LOT of bombs, courtesy of Trent.
After nearly half of them were cleared out, they started charging towards him. But Josh, feeling that the attacks had stopped, stood up and charged at them from behind, running into them and spinning the parasol, taking more of them out. Of course, this plan wasn't flawless. This was proven when Dedede charged forward and swung his hammer, knocking Josh through the air as Trent took out the rest. Josh quickly opened his parasol to slow his descent to the ground. When he landed, he threw it away.
"Ow,"he muttered angrily, eyes narrowed at the Penguin King. Trent made another bomb and chucked it at him, dealing just a small amount of damage. Dedede charged forward and tried to slide into Trent, but he quickly jumped up to avoid it. Dedede then swung his hammer at Josh, but he jumped back, just barely avoiding it. Fortunately for him, the hammer's impact created a star, which he quickly inhaled. Before Dedede could strike again, Trent hurled a few more bombs at him, dealing even more damage. Josh then spat the star out, weakening him further. Getting angry, DDD inhaled and began to float through the air, hovering over their heads.
"What's he doing now?"Trent asked cautiously. DDD then exhaled and started to fall towards them.
"INCOMING DUUUUUDE!!!!"Josh screamed hysterically. Trent quickly rolled out of the way, but Josh was frozen in place, jaw on the ground. Trent stared at him for a moment, then slapped his forehead.
"MOVE, YOU F-CKIN' IDIOT!!"he shouted, running forward and shoving him out of the way. Unfortunately, he was then flattened under DDD's...er...presence, effectively taking out his health and causing him to flash red."OOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW!!!!"He started to run towards Josh, who concentrated a bit before firing the normal beam at him, turning him into an unlit bomb. Josh quickly inhaled it and swallowed turning into bomb Kirby.
"Dude?"he asked, dodging a hammer swing from DDD."Are you in there?"He heard growling in his mind, then Trent appeared as a Poppy Bro again. Trent hurled a bomb at DDD, causing him to back off. But there was no way Trent was done with him. He started hurling bombs like a madman, dealing more and more damage to the King. Josh watched in amazement as his nearly deranged friend took out most of DDD's health. DDD slouched slightly, holding himself up with his hammer. Trent then held his hands up and created a bomb that was twice as big as he was. With a shout of anger, he threw the massive bomb at the king, sending flying like a bullet through air. But not before making a loud and drawn out squeak as he went sailing through the wall. The two stared after the sailing penguin silently, until Josh said...
"Wow, he really squeaks he's beaten."
Suddenly, there was a blinding flash, and the two of them were floating in an empty whiteness.
"What the--! Where are we?"Trent asked, looking around...through Josh's eyes.
"Trent?"Josh asked."Weren't you just a Poppy Bro?"
"Yes, yes I was,"he said.
"You two..."Another voice, seemingly from nowhere, spoke. It sounded both feminine and very soothing.
"Wha--?"Josh muttered, looking around.
"Who said that?"Trent asked.
"You must...defeat him..."the voice said."The one would abuse the power of the wish granter."
"HUH??"they both asked. There was another bright flash, and the two of them were back in DDD's castle. The four stars they had collected were now floating around them.
"Uhhh..."Josh mumbled. The stars then flew into him; then his body began to inflate to RIDICULOUS proportions! Eventually, the roof of the building was blown clear off, allowing him to inflate to the size of blimp, pulling the entire castle off it's foundation, and slowly floating towards the mainland.
"Whoa..."Trent mumbled."This is very weird."
"You're telling me,"Josh thought to him, unable to open his mouth. Once they reached the mainland, he instantly deflated and fell to the roof. Then the stars flew below the castle and held it up, allowing food pour out of the castle. Josh then leapt off the roof and slowly floated down to a stage, where many Waddle Dees were celebrating. Josh waved to the crowd with a sheepish grin on his face.
"And the villagers rejoiced,"Trent remarked jokingly.
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End of chapter
Next up is Dyna Blade. I know this chapter ended a bit abruptly, but I'll make up for it next chapter.
Btw, has anyone else heard about the new Kirby game coming out for the Wii? It's supposed to be like KSS, but I've read that you can have up to three partners. That equals four player co-op! Man, if that game has WIFI co-op, NOTHING will keep me from getting it.