Chapter 16:Destruction of the Halberd Part 3
"I HATE WARP STARS!"Trent screamed furiously as he clung to their ride for dear life while it looped upside down. For some reason unknown to them, Josh was having a much easier team keeping his grip on it, despite being the one who didn't have fingers...or hands.
"That makes one of us!"Josh replied with a mad laugh. They landed near a hole in a wall that was red with heat and exploding in several different spots, making them reflexifly duck for cover. As the explosions slowed to a stop, a voice rung out.
"The left wing is destroyed! Damage to 74% of the wing!"Axe Knight shouted.
"ARGHH!"the Old Bird screamed in frustration.
"We're starting to lose stability because of it!"Javelin said frantically. True to his words, slowly but surely, the mighty ship was beginning to shake rather violently.
"Retract the sales! Give more lift to the left wing!"Meta Knight's voice shouted as the duo stood up.
"Weee might wanna get movin',"Josh remarked, the two jumping through the hole in the wall and landing in what looked like air ducts.
"Hey! Where's Kirby now?"the Old Bird asked while Trent growled, annoyed that he was being constantly being ignored.
"It looks like he's inside the cabin now,"Javelin said.
"We got him on radar! He's in the ducts!"Axe said. The two quickly began making their way through the narrow passage, taking out a Sir Kibble after getting nailed with his cutter.
"What's he doing there?"the Old Bird asked as they began climbing up a ladder.
"He's moving through the ducts now!"Javelin said as they climbed up another, only to be presented with a pit of fire blocks. Josh quickly floated across while Trent followed as a star.
"Are they lost or something?"Waddle Dee asked as they went up an elevator.
"FINALLY! Someone recognizes my existance!"Trent groaned as Josh jumped over another cutter and slashed a Sir Kibble to pieces, seeing a rising wall blocking the path. Trent ran past a switch on the floor and swung his Snoyo backwards to hit it, causing the wall to rise up and granting them access to another elevator.
"How much you wanna bet it's Waddle Dee?"Josh asked when they reached the next floor.
"Wait...I thought of something,"the Old Bird said, then laughed quietly while the two took out a Knuckle Joe. They were about to go through the next door when they noticed an opening above them. Remembering what awaited them near the top, they jumped onto a platform, only to remember far too late that it activated a moving area, indicated by the fact that the room was beginning to sink.
Silently swearing at their bit of misfortune, they avoided a few punches thrown by a Knuckle Joe, jumped up two platforms and ran through a door to safety. Sighing in relief, they looked up to see many ability trophies hanging above their heads.
"Has he made it to the armory?"the Old Bird asked irritably.
"He has his pick of the lot now,"Javelin sighed as Trent looked at the various trophies, Josh feeling perfectly content with his ability.
"Armory? Does that mean they actually use these?"Josh asked as Trent eyed a Hammer Trophy.
"Hell if I know,"was Trent's reply, then he jumped up to grab the Hammer Trophy and became a Bonkers. Coming up with an interesting idea, he looked at the Rock trophy, then jumped at it while saying "Combine!"
There was a flash, then Trent was revealed to be...well, he was still a Bonkers, but was now dressed in armor made of rock. As he looked at his new "clothes" with a grin, Josh gave him a long stare.
"Doesn't that chafe? A lot?"he asked.
Trent blinked."...Surprisingly, no,"he admitted. Shrugging it off, they walked through the door, arriving in a narrow, hall-like storage area. They took a few steps forward, heard a large crash behind them, then froze.
"Don't tell me, Heavy Lobster is standing right behind us, golden and even bigger than before,"Josh said flatly. Trent glanced over his shoulder to see the mechanized crustacean's glowing red eyes glaring at them, hungry for another round.
He looked forward, gulped, and nodded."Uh huh."
"...Crap. RUN FOR YOUR NO-GOOD LIFE!"
And run they did! The heavy lobster gave a lurching, mechanical roar and stomped after them as they ran past and over many different crates and equipment. The machine spared no thought for it's master's vessel and smashed through everything that got in its way to crush our heroic (coughyeahrightcough) duo, who were screaming at the top of their lungs.
"Bwahahahaha! Crush him! CRUSH HIM!"the Old Bird squawked ecstatically.
"THAT...BIRD...IS...PSYCHOTIC!"Trent shouted between pants as he jumped to avoid a fire ball from the Heavy Lobster.
"SO...ARE...WE!"Josh replied breathlessly as he slashed through a wall of star blocks.
"Ahh...looks like our ship is falling apart..."Axe groaned as they started climbing the equipment and boxes to reach an opening in the ceiling.
"Don't worry about it! Just press on!"the Old Bird said happily. The Heavy Lobster looked up at its retreating prey in annoyance, then activated its boosters and shot up after them, crashing through the ceiling and landing in front of the two, who stood at the ready, eyes narrowed.
The heavy lobster opened its 'mouth' and breathed a column of flame at them. Trent rolled out of the way while Josh disappeared with his ninja skillz. Growling, Trent ran forward and swung his hammer right between its eyes, leaving a simple dent on its 'forehead.' The Heavy Lobster countered with a claw swipe to the armored Bonkers' gut.
Grunting in pain, Trent jumped back, covering the cut in his armor and looking down in annoyance at the small chunks of rock on the floor that used to occupy the cut. He then reared his hammer back and prepared to charge forward. But suddenly, there was a maniacal cry of...
"HASSAAAAAAN CHOP!"
Josh, who had reappeared above their heads, fell down and swung his sword in a powerful slice that left a long gash in the dent. He quickly hopped back and stood next to Trent, whose shoulders were shaking as he snickered hysterically, hand on his face.
"I've always wanted to say that,"Josh remarked, grinning as they Heavy Lobster stepped back, reeling in alarm from the sudden attack.
Trent took a deep breath to sudside his laughter."Okay, let's back to the fighting, shall we?"
"Sure, why not?"
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"Jeez, look at 'em go,"Javelin muttered, watching in grudging awe as Trent charged through a Lobster bomb and leapt up with a powerful thrust of his legs, spinning through the air and smashing his hammer into Heavy Lobster's back.
"Has Kirby been training with a sword?"Axe asked, non-existant eyebrow raised as Josh vertically spun around a flamethrower and performed backwards stab into the Heavy Lobster's right eye, then disappeared before the golden robot could strike back.
"You must be feeling pretty proud of him, eh, Meta?"the Old Bird said, glancing at the blue Star Warrior, who was staring at the two in interest, eyes glowing green."Meta Knight?"
"Sir, if we may speak?"a new voice asked, causing everyone but Meta Knight to jump in surprise.
"Sword, Blade, where have you been?"Meta Knight asked, still staring at the battling duo intently as his two most loyal warriors appeared on either side of his seat.
"We apologize, Lord Meta Knight,"Blade Knight said.
"We have been occupied with that...other matter,"Sword said deliberately, causing everyone on the bridge to glance at them, but none of them said anything.
"Understood,"Meta Knight replied."What did you wish to say?"
The two began to whisper."Sir, if they are truly two seperate souls, rather than the helper just being his extension..."Blade started."Then...the way they fight..."
"It's as if they are two halves of the same whole,"Sword finished. As if to prove his point, Trent crouched over slightly and held his arms and hammer in front of himself to block another explosive lobster, then Josh leapt up and bounced off his head, sword held high and gleaming. Time seemed to slow to a crawl as he landed on the machine and sent his blade clean through its armor, piercing the Heavy Lobster's power core.
Josh quickly wrenched out his sword and jumped up, then disappeared as Trent ran forward and roared, swinging his hammer forward in one final, underhanded, and powerful attack that sent the machine flying through the air. Josh reappeared next to him as the Heavy Lobster exploded, peices of it flying through the room. Nearly all of the crews' jaws dropped as the two jumped on a warp star, laughing maniacally and flying off, then the screen went blank. They all stared for a long moment...
Then Waddle Dee fainted.
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End of Chapter
Don't worry. The little guy wakes up by next chapter. :D
I'll bet you're all wondering what Blade and Sword were talking about. Well, you're not gonna find out too soon. Where would the fun in that be?