Meta Knight's True Power: Book 1: A Voice Inside: Chapter 16: Labyrinth Part I
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After walking around for hours, and finding nothing, he began to think that perhaps his luck had run out. He had been lucky the last few planets, and found nothing. He was seriously considering abandoning this random quest he had begun; he was only continuing because of Tabuu.
As he dodged stalagmites and stalactites, he saw a massive mountain, and set out for it. At least there was no evil people here. However, he had wasted his head start over Tabuu, and Samus could have repaired her ship for now. She was a minor distraction, however, easily beatable. Tabuu, however, would be harder. He would have improved his defensive skill by now; Meta Knight had not.
Reaching the mountain, not noticing the tripwire he missed by an inch, he released there was a cave style entrance, and there appeared to be a Labyrinth of caves and tunnels inside.
''This mountain is bloody massive'' he cursed aloud, angry. This could take hours. Crawling into cave, he realised this could rip his cape. And wings. He summoned a tidal wave of water, eroding all the stalagmites and stalactites, spikes and sharp rocks. Well, he blunted them, basically.
Satisfied, he walked into the tunnel. Ducking at low points and flying at high point, he found a fork in the road. There was lava everywhere, and coal. It was practically a mineshaft. As he walked through the tunnel, he activated a hidden tripwire. And an explosion rocked the Labyrinth. Meta Knight flew through the air, smashing into the wall and denting it. Getting up, he recognised the explosion.
''Not this again…'' Meta Knight whispered. The sand dunes were so deep around here that Meta Knight had to walk through them, trying to find gaps as he did. He found no such gaps however, and was forced to trudge through the sand. Suddenly, Meta Knight stopped, and saw a tripwire connected by two Steel Posts. The line was so small Meta Knight could barely see it. He decided to fly over it. But by doing so, he triggered another one.
Realising too late, Meta Knight flew east quickly, smashing through sand and utterly coating himself in it. Suddenly, explosion could be heard far behind him, so large that debris (from the explosion), smashed into him, knocking him to the ground. Getting up, he noticed Several Tripwires, surrounding him.
''This just got more complicated'' Meta Knight said quietly, getting up and dusting himself off. He noticed a mass of Tripwires in the second route, so took the first. As he travelled through the tunnels, he found a massive chasm, linked to a mass of ravines.
However, there was a tripwire in his way. Summoning a beam of Thunder; it smashed into the Tripwire, activating the explosion. Despite being a fair distance away from the Tripwire, he was still knocked over by the explosion, and the earthquake kept him down.
Without warning, the ground below him fell, and he was practically free falling to the bottom of the Ravine. Using his wings, he recovered from the near-fatal fall. Flying back up, he flew to an opening in the Ravine. Ducking under a tripwire, he was met with a massive wall, and a bunch of pathways. The first one he tried, led to a dead end. The second one led the a hallway with three ways. None of which led to a dead end.
The penny dropped. ''It's a maze'' he said aloud. There was a mass of Tripwires above him; he would be killed if he tried to disable or go through them. Meta Knight relised at once he would have to go through the maze, whatever it took. ''The dark stone must be near'' he said aloud. Oh, how wrong he was…
Tabuu awoke on the planet's surface. His previous attakers, that bounty hunter and Meta Knight were nowhere to be seen. Getting up, the Voice screamed in his mind.
''You let them escape, you idiot''.
''I'm sorry'' said Tabuu.
''That is not good enough, fool, that Knight is probably close to the next Dark stone and your not even on the right planet''.
''I…I-'' stuttered Tabuu.
''Get going!'' roared the Voice.
Tabuu, reluctantly, complied.