When the seven finally stepped into the door, they found a room that, while not as big was the previous one, was pretty big in size as well. There appeared to be a terminal nearby, along with a desk and chair. However, the chair appeared to be facing away from them. But what caught their attention the most were the dummies over by the corner. There were seven altogether, and they resembled the seven heroes.
"Dummies of us? How'd this guy get those?" Scrub wondered.
"That's something I'm wondering too..." Vivian trailed.
"Well well well… So you managed to defeat those Smorgs and make your way here. Bravo. Yes, bravo indeed…"
They saw a black and yellow chair facing the back, which slowly turned around. Gemerl was revealed to be sitting on the chair and slowly applauding them.
"So you're Gemerl…" Chopper trailed. "You…"
"Look like the Phis?" Gemerl flew up with his jetpack and slowly descended until his feet were touching the ground. He gave everyone a glare, and when he looked at Scrub, he received a growl from the Yoshi. "You honestly think I'm afraid of you, you little dinosaur? You should be the one that's afraid of ME! Do you know why? Because you're all here, you've brought me five of the Crystal Stars! Add one and I'll have six! You just fell right into my trap!"
"Wait... So you simply let us through the base to get to you?" Shadower gawked.
"Yup! And I gotta say... That worked pretty well for me! Thank you soooooo much!"
"Huh... That's interesting..." Berry trailed. "Then again, I bet you're going to say something that's in the book about taking over the world or something stupid like that."
"Rule the world? Oh, no. I'd rather rule the universe, personally." Gemerl replied, giving her a glare afterward. "And you must be that girl who's been sneaking through my base! Well, at least I'll be able to take care you you myself!"
"Well, it's six against one here. I'm sure Choppy and I can take you down with ease!"
Gemerl paused for a moment. "Wait... What kind of nickname is that?"
"A nickname for my boyfriend? Is there a problem?"
"That's the stupidest nickname I've ever heard! It can easily make a bad pun!"
Chopper was about to make a bad pun, but Bombette slowly shook her head at him, which forced him to shut up.
"Look, let's save the talking for later," Chopper suggested. "You have the Crystal Star, and we're here to take it back!"
"Take it back? I found it before you, for your information. But, I honestly don't think it matters now. We're both hunting for the same treasure, but for different purposes. And if you refuse to hand them over, I might as well take them by force!"
"But there's a small problem... It's six against one!"
"Yes, I know it is. Your girlfriend just told me."
"OK... Wait, Berry's NOT my girlfriend!" Chopper growled. "If you wanna go, then let's go! You should be a cakewalk"
"Careful, Chopper..." Vivian trailed. "I'd be cautious with him if I were you..."
"Then fight we shall!" Gemerl grinned. "Oh, I've been waiting a long time for this! And don't assume I'm just like the other Phis. I have much more skill than any of them! And now I get to see what you're capable of!"
Tattle: That's Gemerl. He's the leader of the Phis, and he is no one to be messed with! Max HP is 60, Attack is 6, and Defense is 2. He attacks by charging right at you with his jetpack, firing a barrage of missiles, firing lasers at you, and even flying up to spin around. By the looks of this, he must be pretty skilled at fighting! And you said he was going to be easy… Wait until you see him use his shield and his healing…and his Breaker Beam! That is DANGEROUS! He seems to be even harder than Unagi with these kinds of attacks! Watch out!
"60 HP? Whoa… Well Unagi had 80 HP, so this isn't anything different." Chopper walked over to Gemerl and stomped on him, but that only did 2 damage because of his defense. "Dang it… He's got a high defense… This may be a little tough."
"Don't worry about it, Choppy!" Berry assured, pinching Chopper's cheek. "We're just getting started!"
"Don't pinch my cheek, please..."
Berry gripped his Ruby Hammer and bashed Gemerl with it, causing him to cringe in pain and also slowly rub his head. Berry seemed a bit satisfied, but Gemerl was able to recover from it easily.
"Heh heh heh… You see my defenses? That's what can make me tough to beat! You want to see what I can do? Then I will show you!" Gemerl bent down and charged at Chopper and Berry at a fast pace with his jetpack and tackled them to deal 6 damage.
"Whoa… This guy's no joke…" gaped Scrub. Nevertheless, he used his Gulp to inhale him and spit him out, followed by Chopper's hammer.
"I can barely do a THING! I wish I could actually do some good damage against him!" Chopper grumbled as Gemerl laughed and fired a red laser at Chopper, who brought his guard up to take 5 instead of 6 damage.
"Guarding... Well, that won't be a big deal for me." Gemerl smirked.
"OK… I'm not going to be able to do much." Chopper sighed. "One of you guys need to find something to lower his defense. Shadower! You can lower his defense to 3, right? Do that!"
"All right! Will do!" Shadower fired a shadowy fist at Gemerl, which lowered his defense down by 3, allowing Chopper to stomp on him to deal 6 damage. He performed a stylish move and landed on the ground with a happy look.
"Ah! This feels so much better!"
"And we can also deal more damage too," Berry smiled. "Plus, you do look pretty cute when you smile..."
"Uhhh... Thanks?"
"Grrr! My defense is down! Very well… I'll take the time to show you some of my stronger attacks…" Gemerl hovered up and began to spin around while curled up. He homed in on Kirby and managed to send him flying back, which did 8 damage to the pink puffball.
"Poyo! (Man, this robot is showing no mercy!)" Kirby grunted as he got up. He took this time to use his Cartwheel to hit Gemerl. Chopper stomped on him afterward, which left him with 24 HP.
"This fight isn't as bad as I thought," Vivian smiled. "We might have this!"
"Ugh... I'm not looking good here… I suppose I should shield myself." Gemerl threw a shield down and was now surrounded by a green energy shield. "With this shield, you won't be able to deal any damage to me!"
"Well… We may be in some trouble here…" Bombette trailed.
"That's not stopping me from attacking," Chopper declared as he ran up to the cackling Gemerl and stomped on his shield, which turned it blue. When he delivered his last stomp, he was able to shatter the shield.
"Ugh… I just realized that the green shield isn't as strong…" Gemerl face palmed, but he soon stopped when he saw Bombette rushing toward him and leave an explosion behind. He was left with 20 HP from that, and his defense was also back to 2, which made him grin.
"Heh heh heh... Well, maybe I should show you one of my stronger attacks!"
Gemerl began to fire one powerful missile which came down toward Chopper. He gulped, but Bombette stood in front of Chopper and took the hit instead, which did 10 damage to her.
"What?! I wasn't trying to attack you, you stupid bomb!" Gemerl growled.
"Whoa… I don't know WHY you did that…" Chopper gawked as he looked at Bombette, who slowly got up.
"I've gotta take the hits fer ye sometimes," Bombette noted. "That's what bein' me first mate is all about."
"First mate? I'm not a pirate..."
"Choppy, we still have a robot to fight," Berry informed.
"Oh! Right!" Chopper walked over to Gemerl and delivered a Power Bounce on the robot's head. After eight stomps, he bounced away from Gemerl and landed back by his friends. Vivian sank into the shadows next and appeared in front of Gemerl. She used her Shade Fist to deliver a fire punch to the robot and leave him with a burn before returning to her friends.
And from what Gemerl knew, things weren't turning out too good for him.
"…This isn't good. Very well, I will show you my STRONGEST attack!" Gemerl touched the blue glass button on his yellow fin-like object, and his eyes began to glow, and so did his fin and all of the yellow parts of his body. "So... Are you all scared now?"
"…We need to act fast!" Chopper declared as he bashed Gemerl with his Power Smash to leave him with 4 HP, and then Vivian pulled everyone into the shadows for safety. When Gemerl fired his Breaker Beam, a light blue beam fired out of his large arm cannon that his arm changed into, but it ended up missing, to his dismay.
"It missed... Great."
Thankfully, when Chopper and his friends rose from the shadows, he still had another chance to attack. But instead, he decided to use his Recovery Mode to recover 15 HP.
"Ahh... So much better!"
"Crud… He recovered his HP. THAT'S not good." Chopper groaned before he began to Power Bounce him, leaving him with 10 HP after nine stomps. With the burn effect on him, it left him with 9 HP. Berry took this time to make an attack, so she rushed up to Gemerl and bashed his head with her Ruby Hammer once again.
"Looks like you're almost done for," Berry smirked. "Ready to surrender?"
"I'm not going to give up, especially to people like you!" Gemerl recovered 15 HP again, bringing his HP to 20. To counter that, Shadower lowered his defense with a Shadow Punch and then Chopper jumped on him, leaving him with 10 HP.
"Hmmmm... Not bad! Let's see how you like another missile!"
Gemerl fired another big missile at Chopper, who was unfortunate enough to take the damage from the attack. Seeing this, Berry was fuming and bashed Gemerl as hard as she could with her hammer.
"Don't you EVER do that to him again!" Berry roared.
"Calm down, little girl! Do I have to blow you up to?! ...Actually, great idea!"
"Choppy! Finish him quick before he fires another missile"
"OK..." Chopper took a deep breath and ran over to Gemerl and jumped on him before he could fire a missile at Berry. This caused him to emit a couple of sparks.
"Grg-AAAARGH!" Gemerl fell over on his back, unable to do anything else in defeat. Chopper smiled as he received 36 Star Points.
"Urgh…" Gemerl slowly got up, but he was too injured to say much. "T-This isn't…the end… You may…have won this time…but I will get my revenge soon… Remember that, Chopper…"
With the remaining energy left in him, he hurried over to the teleported and used it to escape from the base. Fortunately for the heroes, he didn't bring the Garnet Star with him.
"Thanks for helping me out, Choppy," Berry thanked. "That explosion could've been a big problem for me... I wish I could repay you."
Before Chopper could say anything, she hugged and kissed him on the cheek, making him cry out once again.
"Berry! Stop with that!" Chopper cried. "That's gross! It's also not what I wanted!"
"That's not what I had planned, though," she informed as she let go of him. "Actually, I was hoping to come with you on your hunt for the Crystal Stars."
"Wait, you wanna come with us?" Scrub gawked. "Well, you did seem to help us a lot through this base. I think it's a good idea!"
Everyone else seemed to agree as well, but Chopper was the only one to not respond.
"Well, Choppy? Can I come with you?" Berry wondered.
"Well... I guess you can." Chopper shrugged. "After all, it's nice to actually see one of my kind around here...even if she's in love with me and kisses me a lot... But anyway, yeah, you can help us. The more the merrier, I suppose."
"Thank you so much! I was hoping to stay with you. After all, you're the only boy I've ever liked. And everyone else here is pretty friendly too." Berry walked over to the capsule and used her hammer to break through the glass. She took the Garnet Star out and walked over to Chopper while holding it in front of him.
"Here you go. You deserve this."
When Chopper grabbed the Garnet Star, it began to circle around him until it was above him. With a smile, he held up the sixth Crystal Star.
You got a Crystal Star! Your Star Power is now 7! And Chopper learned the special move Showstopper!
END OF CHAPTER!
Chopper retrieved the sixth Crystal Star from the evil Gemerl and defeated the robot as well! All of the Phis began to retreat as they headed out to someplace unknown as of now. With Chopper's new friend, Berry on their side, they knew fighting the bad guys would be a lot easier for them. But would it prove to help them out in the future?