Triple Threat Reformed part 4
"Roller Coaster Reunions," part IV
Everyone leaped into battle. Ness and Nefarious took one group, while Claus and Ninten took the other. Since Ness and Nefarious were fast they used their combined speed to trash Starman after Starman. Nefarious leaped up and kicked one in the head. If rode with the kick then turned its whole body making the back of its left arm slam into Nefarious's back. A Starman sent out a roaring fire at him while he was down. He raised his hands and the glowed a dark red.
"PK Dark Laser!"
Two individual laser blast shot out his hands, and through the flames. The laser blast shot through the bot.
"Hey Nefarious watch it!" Ness yelled pulling him out of the way of a falling Starman.
Nefarious instantly withdrew his arm. "Hands off!" He growled. Ness was about to respond when a laser blast caught him in the stomach. He was knocked to the ground. He looked up to see a Starman about to stomp on him. He didn't have time to react. Suddenly, he felt a pull on his right ankle. Then he was yanked out the way. Before he could even see who saved him he was flung in another direction toward another Staman. Ness curled his whole body then performed a somersault right through the chest of the Starman. He landed in a crouched position on the ground behind it. Ness looked ahead to see the gold Starmen.
"Taking out these two should help settle things down," Ness muttered.
He leaped toward on of them then swung a punch, however the Starman he was aiming for was gone. He reappeared above him slamming its elbow on him. Ness instantly tasted dirt. Ness rolled out of the way of a stab attempt. He got back up and charged at it. He threw a barrage of his fastest punches. However, this was in vain since the Starman blocked and dodged each one. Ness tried a powerful kick, but again he missed because the Starman ducked under it. He turned his tentacle into a fist then struck Ness in his left side. Ness went soaring, but Claus flew into the air to catch him.
"You okay?" He asked coming back down.
"Yeah, but dang, I don't remember these things being so tough last time," Ness said rubbing his side.
"Well we can take em,"
"Right!"
Ness looked over to see Nefarious doing fairly well against both the Gold Starmen. Nefarious performed a back flip over a tentacle aiming for his legs. He caught the tentacle of the other then forced his elbow into its visor. It threw him off, but landed on his feet then went right back at em.
'I don't get it. How is he so strong? How can he do all this? Ever since he left me, I've never been the same. My killer instinct is dead,' Ness thought to himself. Ness ran over to try and back up Nefarious. He decided to leave the standard ones to Claus and Ninten. Ninten is used to fighting the standards, and Claus is just newbie at it so he should start small.
Nefarious was knocked back by a laser blast, but Ness grabbed his wrist then pulled him back up. Surprisingly, all Nefarious did was shoot Ness a look. Ness took this as a way of saying 'These guys are tougher then I thought so help me out'.
They both prepared for battle.
Claus and Ninten, though dealing with weaker version, weren't having an easier time. Ninten caught the fist of one then threw it into another. He didn't see another shoot a lightning attack at him from behind. Claus jumped in front of it covering Ninten's back. He took out his new Thunder Sword. With his sword he took in the attack then sent it back out double the strength. The bolt went right through the bot, but two more came to take its place.
"Man, there's no end to them," Claus muttered his back to Ninten's. They both stood back to back.
"Nothing but a workout,"
"To you maybe, these things are so weird. I've never fought anything like em,"
"Then I suggest you stand out of the way then," Ninten said as he activated his 4th D-Slip. He reappeared where Fuel was then disappeared again, minus Claus.
Ninten then reappeared back in the center. "Who's first?"
They all answered the challenge by charging toward him.
"PK Swirl!" Ninten said raising his hand.
A Star appeared in Ninten's hand. It floated into the air. Ninten jumped up then grasped it in his hand as the light flowed through his fingers. He threw it to the ground to create a swirling vortex of destruction and chaos. Not one Starman was left. Ninten landed on the ground. He looked around to check for more, and unfortunately more did join the fray. He sucked his teeth then began to fight again.
Ness and Nefarious were fighting off the two Gold Starmen together flawlessly. Ness cupped his hands then gave Nefarious a boost. He went high into the air. One Starman looked up while the other watched Ness. Ness and Nefarious used PK Boom. Ness hit the one watching Nefarious, and Nefarious hit the one watching Ness. Nefarious wrapped his arms around the head of the Golden Starmen as it hit the ground. He twisted hard enough to rip it right off. Ness slammed his into the side of the cliff then backed off. He landed at Nefarious's side. They both looked to see the Gold Staman burst from the side.
Ness charged his left hand, while Nefarious charged his right. Without either even realizing the pushed their oppositely charged hands together.
"PK Mega Laser!"
A giant red beam shot out both hands, and strangely enough equal in color and power. The laser completely consumed the Golden Starman leaving nothing but scrap behind. Ness and Nefarious blinked for a moment. Their eyes traveled to each other. They both jumped back in shock realizing their faces were touching.
'That was weird…' Nefarious thought.
'I almost for a second there felt like…' Ness unknowingly continuing the thought.
'I was one person…'
'That I was…myself,' Ness finished the thought. They stared for a moment when the sound of an explosion caught their attention. They looked to see Ninten disposing of the last Starman. Nefarious went to the girl to see the barrier still there and strong. He dropped it then motioned for her to follow. She did, but not without a glance back at Ness. She was so busy looking at Ness however that she didn't notice Nefarious stopped. She bumped right into him. She almost fell, but then she got ready to hear a smart remark from Nefarious, but he said nothing. She was shocked by silence. She looked up at him. He glanced at her then at Ness. Nefarious walked over to the head of the Gold Starman he destroyed and picked it up.
"Here try getting someone to take a look at it. I'm not sure what's going on either, but I'm looking into it. That's all I am and will do for you," he said sternly as he tossed it to Ness then walked off. The girl followed close behind.
Ness was bewildered.
However, like his double he didn't know what to say. Ness took a good look at the head he held in his hands. It was undamaged, saved the part where Nefarious 'disconnected' it. He looked over to see Ninten and Claus in a bit of an argument, and Fuel to no avail trying to stop it. Ness walked over, still in his funk.
"How am I going to learn how to fight these things if you take me out the fight!" Claus yelled.
"It's not my problem you don't know how to fight whatever comes at you. You should just go home,"
"Who do you think you are!?" Claus said holding a tight grip on his sword.
Not liking his tone Ninten began to get angry. "I'm the one you should be careful of how you talk to!"
"Guys calm down. What's important is everyone's safe and you beat em," Fuel said trying to bring some calm to them. No such luck. Finally, Ness made it over with the Gold Starman head. Fuel looked at Ness pleadingly.
Ness sighs. "Guys…lets just go okay. We need to get a head exam," At that Ninten and Claus looked at him curiously. "I mean this thing of course. I only know one person who can do it, but I don't know where he is. Claus can you take us to Dr. Andounout's lab?"
Claus gave one nasty look to Ninten then faced Ness. "Sure, but what about Lucas? I thought you said we'd follow him,"
"I know, but this is super important, and we gotta get this checked out while we still can. Besides, Lucas's situation, and the Starmen are connected somehow. If we find out what it is we can help Lucas better. We'll have to track him another day,"
Claus sighs, but nod his head. Ness turns to Fuel. "You still wanna tag along? It's only gonna get rougher,"
"I really want to know what's going on with Lucas. I'll try not to get in the way, and I'll do my best to help when you need it," Fuel responded.
"I think you should just go home," Ninten said.
"Shut up Ninten!" Claus yelled.
"Your pushing your luck pal," Ninten growled.
"Ninten chill! Fuels coming, Claus is taking us to the lab, and YOU are going to shut up for a while!" Ness said finally done with Ninten's attitude. He already wasn't entirely himself, and the last thing he needed was Ninten's sudden change of heart.
Ninten folds his arms and growls. He was clearly outnumbered and outvoted. Ness went over and held out the head for Ninten to take. It was starting to get a little heavy for him. Ninten rolled his eyes. He focused his PSI to activate his strength. Ninten took it from Ness with one hand. Ness gestured Claus to lead. Claus nodded then walks forward.
They began to trudge through the woods. The sun was blaring down through the trees, but it didn't seem to bother them. Claus glanced back at Ness who wasn't really paying attention. The last thing he needed was Ness acting weird too.
"Something bothering you?" Claus asked.
Ness sighs. "I don't know,"
"How's that an answer?"
Ness shrugs.
Claus sighs. "What's going on with you three?"
"I guess eight months can really change a guy,"
"If only it were that simple. The changes are a little too drastic to be normal even for you guys,"
"Ouch,"
"But, at least you can fix it right?"
"No idea Claus. I thought I could, but I feel so…broken,"
"Broken?"
"Yeah, its like I feel…a part of me…isn't there,"
Claus turned all the way to Ness. "You can't be serious,"
"What?"
"Are you telling me you want Nefarious back inside of you," (come on lets be mature. It's not like that)
"I…don't know…he's been a part of me my whole life. Now that he's gone, I've noticed I'm not the same person I used to be,"
"It's taken you eight months to realize this?" Ninten butted in to the conversation. Claus still didn't want to talk to him.
"No…give or take four," At that Ninten, Claus, and Fuel chuckle. "Whatever you guys. I just know a part of me is gone, and I'm going to get it back no matter what," Ness said determined. He felt a little more like himself, but he wasn't even sure anymore.
They walked in silence for a moment. Finally, Claus stopped at a bush.
"Here we are," he said pushing it aside.
It was a lab, with many windmills all over the area. The building sat on a hill with the ocean below. The building itself looked as if it was made from metal. No doubt sturdy enough to hold any explosions from chemicals the Doctor may accidentally mix together. Claus led the way to the front. They didn't even knock as the door automatically slid open to the right.
"Come on in!" Someone from inside called.
They all walked inside. They walked into a big room. Tables were all along to wall holding flasks, and beakers littered all over. On one side of the wall was a giant computer screen. At the bottom of it sat a man in a chair typing on it. He wore a white lab coat, kaki pants, brown shoes, a light blue shirt, with thick glasses. He looked quite tan surprisingly, especially with the amount of time he stays in doors.
"Hey doctor you look…tan,"
"Oh you like it! Well I felt that pale look was out, and since I sit right here on a hill with bright sunlight why not take advantage of it," He cooed.
"That's nice…I suppose," Ness said.
"How did you know we were coming?" Ninten asked.
"Security cameras of course," he responded. "Never can be too safe, especially with those Starmen about again,"
"Speaking of," Ninten said dropping the head on a table. The man almost panicked, but gathered himself when he saw it was just a head.
"Oh my almost gave me a startle,"
"Think you could hack it?" Ness asked.
"Ness the Starmen are a super advance and intelligent race. The knowledge they hold expands the very cosmos. It could take years for any scientist to hack this thing especially a gold Starman since they're the more advance ones. I can't make miracles,"
"So, how long will it take you?"
"Hm about 15-20 minutes,"
"Great so I guess we can just wait around until he's done," Fuel said.
"I really don't feel like doing that. I want to find Lucas and figure out what's going on," Claus said.
"Funny that you should mention your brother. He paid me a visit a while ago,"
"When?" Claus asked excitedly.
"About three days ago. He wanted a map and for me to keep an eye on these strange energy signatures. He told me to inform him of anything,"
"Why am I just now hearing this?"
"Well, ya know stuff comes up," He said as he attached some wires to the Starman head.
Claus gave the Doctor a look.
"Here take a look at this," Dr. Andounouts said tossing a device to Claus.
It was a handheld of some kind. Think interior, and a black screen. It had only one button on it so Claus pushed it. When he did a map showed up, and seven individual places were marked red. Ness, Ninten, and Fuel looked over his shoulder to look as well.
"What am I looking at?" Claus asked.
"The spots of the energy signatures. I'm sure you've noticed something very interesting about it,"
"There're seven of them?" Fuel asked.
"They're really far apart?" Ness asked.
"No, those are the exact locations of the seven needles,"
"The seven needles!" Claus exclaimed.
"Wait, what are these needles again?" Ness asked.
"Seven needles were used seal the Dark Dragon, I know you remember that. It's said that only those with the power of PK Love can pull the needle. Such as Lucas and I. The heart of the person who pulls the needles will be given to the Dragon. So, if the person is bad the dragon will be bad, and vice versa if the person is good," Claus explained.
"Oh yeah right,"
"But, why would these spots have any activity if the needles have been pulled already?" Fuel asked.
"Wait, remember Lucas resealed the dragon so it could fit through the time portal eight months ago," Ness said.
"So, would these needles landed in the same spots?" Ninten asked.
"Probably, as you can see on the map," Dr. Andounouts said. "Also, these spots seem to draw Lucas in. If he goes off, he usually goes to one of these places,"
"See Claus this wasn't a wasted trip. I'm guessing you also got a few eyes on those spots to dontcha doc,"
"Well Ness you know me all to well. The more knowledge I can get the more I will be able to help you guys,"
"Awesome," Ness said.
"I'll go into the footage after I'm done with this thing," the good doctor said.
For the next few minutes Ness, Ninten, Claus, and Fuel sat around talking while the doctor worked his magic. The wait was bearable although tension was still between Claus and Ninten. Ninten almost snapped at Claus just because he looked at him funny. Ness had to sit with Ninten while Fuel sat with Claus.
"Aha!" the doctor exclaimed.
All four kids came running over to see what he found. "Are you in?" Ness asked.
"Yes, and I've found something interesting. It would seem a quote has been saved on its hardrive,"
"And, what's so special about that?" Ninten asked.
"Well let's see…It says 'The ones who once served shall become the masters, and the master will become the servant. The new masters will polish and improve the universe, while the old master will be our slave' interesting,"
"But useless," Ninten said.
"Depends on how you look at it. This could be a hint to what they're planning," Ness said.
"But, that's too farfetched. We don't know anyone who could be this master that they're talking about," Claus said.
"I do remember that Giygas was the master of the Starmen," Ness said.
"Giygas? That sounds like…"
"Their one in the same. Giygas is just a more powerful version,"
"Giygas is long gone though. There isn't any coming back for him," the doctor clarified.
"What else is there?" Fuel asked.
"Hmm oh it seems it's tracking something, and that something is quite fast," Dr. Andounouts said.
"Yeah, really fast," Ness said surprised.
"And it's heading right towards one of those dots," Fuel said pointing.
"That's one of the needles!" Claus exclaimed.
"Okay what we've got so far is Lucas is acting weird. The Starmen might have some connection. The spots where the seven needles are at seem to be acting up, and the fact the Starmen have the spots label solidifies their involvement. Finally, we have something heading toward one of those spots. Did I miss anything?" Ness said.
"That just about sums it up," Dr. Andounouts said.
"Great then lets go see if we can catch whatever that is," Ness said.
"Ness, your fast, but that things got a huge head start, we may not make it on time," Claus said.
"I'll stick around with Andounouts. I want to see what else is in this thing with him, and that way I wont slow you down," Fuel said.
"If that's what you want, but don't worry Claus we'll catch it," Ness said.
"How?"
"With my new PSI Move of course,"
"Really?"
Ness nods as he walks to the door. Ninten and Claus follow giving each other a nasty look. They both got on both sides of Ness.
"Okay hold on PK Speedburst!"