CHAPTER 4-4
-Space Station Rescue-
"Strange… I didn't expect to see a large space station blocking the way…" Tippi trailed as the three heroes were on a platform below the space station. They don't know WHO exactly owns this thing, but they knew for a fact that Tipral must've placed it here so that the heroes could be stalled for a while. The only thing that caught their surprise, however, was this symbol of some strange-looking alien.
"Squirps is a bit surprised too, squirple!" Squirps moved over to an elevator that most likely would take them into the space station. "Unfortunately, it looks like the Whoa Zone is being blocked by this space station. Squirps didn't know about this thing being here, I swear!"
"Uhhhhh… We didn't know about it either, Squirps. We're not mad at you or anything. It just…happens." Chopper said with a confused look on his face.
"Oh, then Squirps feels a bit better," Squirps wiped his brow in relief. "Very well then, space grunts! We must forge on before…"
Before Squirps could finish, a blue ray suddenly came down on the little green alien. "Squoh? What… What's going on?!" Squirps noticed that he was being lifted from the ground. "SQUAAAAAAAG! HELP ME, SQUIRP!"
"Squirps!" Sonic tried to grab Squirps, but the ray of energy was too strong for him to pull the little alien out. Squirps ended up getting taken into the space station. "Drat! They got him! …But what do they have against him?"
"Honestly, I have NO idea…" Chopper trailed, looking at the young alien disappear from their sights. "But we can't REALLY let Squirps get kidnapped, right?"
He turned to Kirby and Sonic, who had blank looks on their faces. "Oh, come on, guys! I know that he's been a bit strange to us, but he knows where the Pure Heart is! …I think. But that's not the case. We NEED to save Squirps before we're too late on getting the Pure Heart!"
"Poyo… (But then there's the fact that we don't know what that imp is doing with us…)" Kirby trailed. "Poyo. (You know, he could be leading us into a trap. Remember Mimi? She was being cute and innocent, yet she was truly an evil, creepy spider. Don't let Squirps fool us…)"
"Wait a minute… I remember something…" Tippi recalled, thinking about when she saw Squirps last time. "Guys… Squirps is not our enemy… I remember him helping someone get the Pure Heart before. Trust me… He is our friend!"
"That was strangely random what you blurted out, Tippi," Chopper gawked at the rainbow butterfly. "HOW do you know that Squirps is an ally? I don't think he's really evil and all…but I don't understand how you of all people would know…"
"Well… I remember three months ago, I met this green alien out in space with someone… He looked just like Squirps, which makes me believe that he's the same alien that I've met. He helped me and the other person go through space and through the Whoa Zone to the Pure Heart… I'm speaking the truth here. You would believe me, right, Chopper?"
"I...guess so," Chopper shrugged. "Anyway, let's go save Squirps!"
After activating the elevator, it began to come down for them. All three of them stepped on the elevator and allowed themselves to be taken up into the space station. To their surprise, they could see a bunch of crates piled up and even some strange yellow, green and blue aliens holding blasters. They were triangle-shaped with triangle fingers and a tentacle on each side of their body. They looked a bit freaky, but they didn't seem to have any defense.
"What in the world? What are THOSE enemies?!" Sonic exclaimed as he pointed to the strange aliens.
"Hmmmmm… Let's see what Tippi has to say about them." Using Tippi's powers, Chopper managed to gather some information on these strange little (or should I say normal-sized) aliens.
"That strange alien is called a Trialien. They're a strange alien species that are said to be enemies with the unknown species that resembles Squirps… Max HP is 12. Attack is 4. It will fire a laser from its blaster at you if it notices you… It's not hard to avoid, but the attack can do some serious damage to you… There really isn't anything else to this alien. It's mysterious…"
"Trialiens? Weird name, but who really cares? I'll take care of 'em!" Sonic jumped over the crate and struck the Trialien with a Homing Attack, knocking it to the ground harshly. However, it wasn't beaten just yet.
"GHGHGHGHGHG! (Intruders! Intruders in the hangar area!)" the Trialien shouted. "GHGHGHGHGHG! (Don't let these intruders leave this place alive! The alien is ours now!)"
"Oh, great…" Chopper face palmed as he looked down. "These guys don't even speak ENGLISH! Now how are we going to fight off these baddies when we don't understand a word they say?"
"Poyo! (Then you don't care!)" Kirby smiled as he got on Carrie and finished off the Trialien that Sonic hit by landing on its head.
"GHGHGHGHGHGHGH! (Destroy the intruders!)" a green Trailien fired at Sonic, but Chopper jumped over a crate and struck the evil alien with a couple of stomps, finishing it off with a slamming kick.
Up on the balcony, a couple of Trialiens were firing down at them, but they couldn't even reach for them, which stunk. However, Hommissile was able to go up to them and blow them up, to the satisfaction of the heroes.
"Heh heh heh! That showed them!" Chopper smirked as he jumped over to the silver door up ahead. "I suppose this should take us into another room. I don't know what'll be in there, but we ought to stay on guard."
After kicking the door open, they came across an elevator door in a small room. There was only one Trialien in the room, who immediately took notice of them and tried to fire at them. But, unfortunately, it was beaten by the heroes' own attacks.
"So, what was the point of that Trailien being there if it was going to be beaten by us?" Chopper questioned.
"I have no idea, but honestly, I don't even care!" Sonic grinned as he walked over to open the elevator door. "…What? I can't open this thing?! Weak!"
Sonic continued to kick and punch at the door, but Chopper immediately pulled him away. "That's enough, Sonic. There's no way that kicking and punching that door is going to do anything."
"Ugh… Fine. What ideas do you have?"
"Well… How about we flip? That's always something that's important!" Chopper threw his arms up in the air with his two friends close and they were in 3-D. They noticed a red square on the wall up ahead, to their surprise.
"Poyo… (Wow. I didn't know that we would see something like that around here…)" Kirby gaped.
"Yeah, I was just thinking the same thing, Kirby," Chopper smiled as he used Flippay's power to reveal a hidden doorway. "Y'know, I always wonder why you're called Flippay. Kinda weird…"
"Well, it's nothing special," Flippay assured. "But, I am named for my ability to flip people into the third dimensions! ...Well, enemies, at least."
"Only enemies? Dang... That would've helped the others if you could flip them into 3-D... Well, anyway, we gotta go find a way to get that elevator working!"
They walked through the doorway to come across two doors in the small room. There was a Save Block and a ? Block over by the right one, but they decided to take the one to the left first.
They seemed a bit surprised when they came across a couple of pipes and spikes below. Two Piranha Plants were in the pipes too. But, with Hommissile, they were able to blow the Piranha Plants out of their pipes.
"I suppose we have to jump onto those pipes to find the key…" Tippi trailed.
"That probably might be the answer," Chopper agreed as he jumped across the pipes and over to a chest. To his surprise, he found an Elevator Key. "Oh! I guess this is it, isn't it? How nice…"
Putting it away, he jumped back over to the others. "Now let's see what we can get to with this key," he smirked.
As they walked out of the room, Kirby stopped over by the other door. "Poyo? (Uhhh… Chopper? What about this door over here? I don't think we've checked to see what was through here…)"
"I guess we should do that," Chopper shrugged as he got the Super Shroom from the ? Block and then hit the Save Block. "Something tells me there's something bad up ahead…"
When they walked into the door, they found themselves in a small room with an inactive robot. The robot is some kind of battle robot, being a silver color with some black on it. There are some machine guns on it and even these big fists that could deal some massive damage to anyone if they ever touched it.
"What the heck is THAT thing?" Sonic pointed to the battle machine as he walked over to it. "It looks like some sort of battle machine that hasn't been in use for a couple of decades…"
While the three examined the robot, a dark, misty spirit began to appear. The only thing that could be see from it were two, purple glowing eyes.
"Ugh… After all I've gone through, I'm nothing but a ghostly spirit! Great! Now how am I supposed to give noogies? Especially to my older, idiotic brother Maquano?"
The misty spirit looked down at Chopper and his group of friends that were poking the robot.
"Wait a minute… Is that that kid that I faced before? I remember fighting someone like him five months ago… Well, if that's him, then I can finally do what I wanted to do more than anything else: to be a boss!"
The spirit named Bob floated down into the robot and tried to take control of it. It was able to push all three of them back with great force.
"What the…! What's going on here?!" Chopper gaped.
"Heh heh heh! So, kid… Did you miss me?" Bob cackled.
"Wait a second… That voice sounds familiar..." Chopper recalled.
"Yeah, you might know me as Bob the Douchebag! I'm one good-looking guy! …But I wish I had my incredible body with me... But, I think this robot suit will do nicely!"
"Bob?! Oh, great…" Chopper face palmed.
"You know this person from somewhere?" Tippi questioned.
"Yeah… He's my archenemy's younger brother. I heard that he likes to give noogies to his younger brother. I don't know WHY he does that, but that's what I've been hearing from him."
"Poyo? (Really? That's pretty interesting…)" Kirby gawked.
"Hey! Are you guys gonna sit there and talk like little girls, or are you gonna fight me like a man?" Bob began to pound his robotic fists together. "C'mon, scum! I'll show you how a REAL shadow demon gets the job done!"
Before they began to battle, Chopper immediately used Tippi's powers to investigate on Bob.
"That robot is called the SA-34. It's a robot that anyone could take control of to help with any work or invasions… However, this 'Bob' person was lucky enough to take control of it… Max HP is 50. Attack is 10. His Attack power is strangely high, so you want to avoid his attacks… Luckily, most of his attacks are pretty slow, so you shouldn't have much of a problem getting struck. Hommissile would be a good recommendation if you wish to stay far from him… Other than that, I really have nothing else to say… The SA-34 is just being possessed…" Tippi informed.
"Wow… An enemy with THAT much attack? I think this is gonna get ugly…" Chopper immediately jumped when Bob tried to shoot a laser at them. He managed to land on top of the battle robo to knock it back a bit.
"Ack! Why you little!" Bob attempted to deliver a punch in Chopper's face, but he was able to duck and deliver a sweeping kick that nearly tripped him, but not by a lot, due to his heavy weight.
"All right, I guess I'll make a move!" Sonic grinned as he rushed toward Bob and knocked him to the wall with a Homing Attack. "This fight feels like it's a piece of cake!"
"Why is it a piece of cake for you?! I'd rather give you a noogie!" Bob grabbed Sonic and attempted to give him a noogie, until Kirby got on Carrie and jumped on top of him, making him let go of Sonic.
"Poyo! (OK, Chopper! You should use Hommissile to deliver an explosion onto him!)" Kirby shouted.
"Got it!" Chopper smirked as he threw Hommissile straight at Bob, knocking him back again with an explosion.
"This is stupid! How come this thing is so slow?! Isn't this a battle robo? They're supposed to be TOUGH and QUICK!" Bob growled until he noticed that there were jets under its feet.
"Uh oh… Heads up, guys!" Chopper and his friends attempted to make a jump, but the battle robo already rammed into them.
"Ouch… That was a bit painful…" groaned Sonic as he took some heavy damage, along with the other two. "But that doesn't mean I'm going to give up! I don't care how tough you are! You're going DOWN!"
Sonic pulled the Shooting Star out he had in his pocket and he began to use it. He noticed that there were a couple of stars around him that he had to hit before he could show off its true power.
"What the heck are you doing?" gawked Bob before he got struck by a bunch of Shooting Stars. "Ack! Get 'em off! Get 'em off! Someone get these stars off me!"
"Poyo! (Hey! Watch your language!)" Kirby snapped as he inhaled one of the shooting stars and spat it at Bob, knocking him to the wall. He also got struck by a couple of more shooting stars while he was dizzy.
"Nice one!" Chopper smirked as delivered a jump on Bob's head, stunning him for about a second as he did a stylish move…until he was soon grabbed by the battle robo and thrown across the room.
"Ouch!" Chopper yelped as he hit the wall. "Oooooooog… OK, you MIGHT wanna watch out for that move. It's a big one, that's for sure…"
"Hmmmmm… I suppose you're right, Chopper." Sonic curled up in a ball and attempted to strike Bob. But, unfortunately, when he rammed into him, the battle robo managed to grab him in his ball form and toss him like a bowling ball back at Chopper and Kirby.
"Heh heh heh! This is so fun!" Bob cackled as he tried to punch the three. Unfortunately, for him, Chopper was able to toss Hommissile straight at him again, knocking him to the wall again.
"His HP is coming close to being down, Chopper…" Tippi trailed, looking at the amount of health Bob had. "One more attack should finish him off…"
"Leave that to me!" Sonic grinned as he made an attack on Bob with a Homing Attack, making sparks go everywhere as the battle robo hit the wall.
"What the heck…?! This… This can't be!" Bob gaped as the battle robo began to explode, along with him. "CURSE YOU, CHOPPER! LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME! I'M GOING TO...UH..."
Before he could finish, he was gone.
"Well... I guess that takes care of him." Chopper said.
"Poyo? (So, we're going back to that elevator, right?)" Kirby questioned. Chopper turned to him and nodded to him as they returned to the other room.
Back in that other room-
"And here goes the key!" Chopper placed the key in its rightful place, allowing the elevator door to open. "Come on, guys! We don't have time to be wasting our precious time!"
They rushed into the elevator to go up to a hallway with two doors. One had a green lamp above it, while the other had a red. A red Trialien was roaming around these parts, to their surprise.
"Don't worry, I got this," Sonic beat the Trialien with a couple of Homing Attacks, then he ran over to the door. "Looks like this is our only way of getting out of here, I suppose…"
Once Sonic kicked the door open, they came across a prison room. There was nothing around except for three Trialiens and a prison cell that was holding a green alien captive.
"GHGHGHGHGHGH! (Tell us now, alien! Where is the Pure Heart?!)" exclaimed the blue Trialien.
"Squoh? What are you talking about?" Squirps questioned, raising an eyebrow. "Squirps can't understand a thing you're saying, squirp!"
"Those aliens are holding Squirps captive…" Tippi gawked at the aliens.
"GHGHGHGHGH? (Huh? Did I just hear something?)" the green Trialien turned to see Chopper and his friends in the room. "GHGHGHGHG! (Whoa! We've got some intruders in this room!)"
"You shouldn't have said that out loud, Tippi…" Chopper groaned, readying himself for a fight.
"Space grunts! You've come to save Squirps!" squealed Squirps. "Squirps was getting worried that you wouldn't come here!"
Chopper immediately punched the green Trialien in the face and attempted to trip him with a sweeping kick. He immediately finished the little alien off by slamming his foot down on his head.
Sonic had an easier time with the fight. All he did was land a couple of Homing Attacks and he was victorious. Kirby simply swallowed the Trialien in one gulp, but didn't gain any abilities.
"Poyo… (Aw, man! I was hoping I would get an ability…)" Kirby pouted.
"But how do we break Squirps free from this prison?" Chopper questioned, pointing to the force field Squirps was trapped in.
"Leave this to me!" Flippay flew over to the force field and used his power to get rid of it in no time, freeing Squirps.
"Squoh… That was… That was just…awesome!" Squirps walked over to the heroes. "Squirps it pleased that you freed him from the cell! Squirps managed to gain some information on how to get to the Whoa Zone! There's a pipe in some other room that you can take!"
"Where is this pipe?" Chopper asked.
"You need an Elevator Key to get to the top," Squirps pulled a red key out. "Here! Squirps wants you to hold onto it!"
Squirps gave the key to Chopper, who immediately put it away. "All right, looks like we have a way of getting out of this space station!"
They all rushed out of the room and walked over to the locked elevator door. After opening it with the key, they were taken up to the bridge of the space station. They noticed that it was a bit empty, however.
"Whoa… Talk about an empty room!" Sonic gaped as he walked over to the terminal. He noticed a place up ahead. "Wait… Is that…"
"Yup! That's the Whoa Zone! You might wanna be careful when we take a step in there, because it's not easy to get out." Squirps warned.
He went over to a lever and pulled it, revealing a pipe. "C'mon, squirple!" As the heroes followed Squirps down the pipe, they were taken outside to the front entrance of the Whoa Zone, where a Star Block was floating nearby.
"Well, what do ya know? We're here!" Chopper immediately rushed over to the Star Block and struck it with a jump.
END OF CHAPTER
Chopper and his friends managed to find their way to the Whoa Zone. Known to some as the Space Graveyard, it was said to consume all who entered it. "We're almost there, space grunts," said young Squirps. With his unblinking eyes glimmering, Squirps continued to forge onward. Will Chopper and his friends get the Pure Heart at long last? Or will they be stuck in the Whoa Zone forever…
Yes, and that concludes the space station. This chapter will soon come to an end after Chapter 4-5, which has the boss in it too.
And I put an optional boss in this because there were optional bosses in the other two Paper Chopper stories in Chapter 4. I think it would be a bit fitting, so that's why.