Chopper opened the door to the second tower, but he find a circular staircase like the previous one. He only saw a spring going up to a door on the upper floor. There was also another door to the right, much like the previous tower. However, that one was locked.

"Great... A locked door." Chopper sighed.

"Well, the only solution is to check the upper floor," Flyer suggested. He flew up to the door while Chopper used the spring to get to the door. Entering through the door led them into a similar room with the lights, except there was a figure standing in the center of the room.

"Uh oh... It's one of these guys..."

"If I'm correct, that is a Thwomp, isn't it?" Flyer gawked. "These beings don't really move, Chopper. I see no reason to worry..."

"But these guys QUIZ you!"

Standing before them was a Thwomp, but unlike the previous two, this one was wearing a set of black shades. Since it was sleeping, Chopper approached it on its pedestal to wake it up. The room had shook for a brief moment, and when it had stopped, the Thwomp woke up. The two could see a little orange glow coming from its shades.

"Hmmmm? Who's there?" the Thwomp scanned the room and caught sight of Chopper and Flyer. They seemed to slightly wave, but not in an excited way. The Thwomp let out a chuckle. "Mmmmm hmmm ho ha! Well, so you must be here to get the Tower Key that I'm holding! Are you sure you REALLY want that thing?"

"Tower Key? Well, if it's supposed to unlock that door below, then yeah!" Chopper answered.

"So you DO! Ho ho ho ho ho! I think we could make a little deal. Usually I don't give keys to outsiders, but I think I'll make an exception here... If you wanna get this key, you'll have to go up against me! If you win, you can have the key, but if you lose, you're mine! So, what do you say?"

"Bring it!"

"Mmmmm hmmm ho ha! Now you're in for it! Prepare to use your brains, you – whatever the heck you are!"

Their surroundings had changed like puzzle pieces into a game show. Flyer looked a bit confused, and then he looked back at the Thwomp, who now had a red bow-tie with white polka-dots, just like the previous two Thwomps.

"What the..." Flyer trailed, unsure how to comprehend this scenario.

"Hey, hey, hey, ladies and germs! IIIIIIIIIIIIT'S time for the 69th Super Fun Quirk Quiz!" the Thwomp introduced. "It's time for you to use those ears, er…antennae and wings and listen carefully! If you answer five questions correct you instantly win the game! But, get three wrong and you're going to be screwed! And what do I mean by that? Well, you're probably going to have the worst time of your life! So don't try to screw up, ya hear?"

"Ummm… OK? So if we screw up we're probably going to hear an old person babbling on and on?" Chopper gawked. "That doesn't sound nice..."

"No, it has NOTHING to do with an old person! But enough about that. We're playing a little game here and you need to answer my questions! Now…" the Thwomp cleared his throat, "Question Number One! Tell me, what is hidden in this tower?"

"Uh… That's simple. A Tower Key." Chopper answered.

"Are you suuuuuuure about that? Come on, now. Be honest…"

"Yes."

The answer was indeed correct, as a positive ding could be heard. The Thwomp angrily spun in response.

"GWAAAAAAAAAARGH! You're…right! OK, now that one was too easy! Why did I even throw that one in there? The questions will get MUCH harder, though. I can guarantee that!"

"Well, then be prepared, Chopper," Flyer whispered.

"Ahem! Now, then… Onto Question Two! Let's see if you can get this one… Which area can you find the Sun Star in? Peadow Meadows? Unagi's Cave? Sunset Hill? Or what about King Boo's Mansion?"

"That answer to that would be Sunset Hill, obviously…" Chopper answered. The results were, of course, the same.

"GWAAAAAAAAAARGH! You're…right! OK, that question was way too easy! They'll be A LOT harder, so prepare that tiny brain of yours!"

"Technically, same species have the same brain size, and some are much more intelligent than similar ones, so saying something like that is high illogi-"

"Onto Question Three!" the Thwomp declared, cutting off Flyer's boring explanation. "Where exactly is the Sky Star at this moment?"

Chopper and Flyer found their mouths drop to the floor.

"Wh-What? How the heck are we supposed to know that?!" Chopper gasped. "Ummmmm... I dunno..."

Unfortunately, the answer was not correct.

"Gwar har har har har! Wrong, wrong, WROOOOONG!" the Thwomp cackled. "Ha ha ha HAAAA! I got you that time! That's one wrong so far! Remember, if you get three wrong, you'll suffer a terrible fate! You don't want that now, do you? So… Moving on!"

"That was an unfair question..." Flyer remarked.

"Are you ready for…Question Four? Now, let's see… Who is the secretary that works for King Dedede?"

"Uh… Definitely Escargon. I can remember him right now." Chopper answered. And indeed he was correct, as the Thwomp was spinning angrily.

"GWAAAAAAAAAARGH! You're…right! OK, now that one was too easy! They're going to get A LOT harder! So get your brains ready and listen closely!"

"Well, we'll find out," Flyer replied.

"All right, let's get to Question Number Five! What is the name of the robot who is wanting to get his revenge on you for a long time?"

"Metal Chopper," Chopper answered.

"Are you suuuuuuure about that?"

"Of course."

After the positive ding was heard, the Thwomp had another episode.

"YAAAAARGH! You… You got that one right!" the Thwomp shouted. "Wait a second… Don't tell me you already got your fourth question correct! This isn't good… That's it! I think it's time I made these question far out impossible! I'll make sure your brain swells to the point that it'll explode!"

"But it's impossible for a person's brain to swell up and explode from an impossible quest-"

"All right, then! Let's see how you deal with Question Number Six!" the Thwomp declared, once again cutting off Flyer. "What is the plane you used to get to the Night Palace!"

"Oh, gee… How am I supposed to know?" faked Chopper.

"It sure reminds me of something I have," Flyer recalled. "Hmm… Now what would that be? Ah, yes! My Hurricane, obviously!"

With the final question correct, the Thwomp found himself angrier than usual, spinning much longer than before.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! You… You… You got it right!" the Thwomp raged. "I don't believe it! You answered five of the six questions correct! I don't want to admit it, but I have no other choice. You've won this round…"

With that, the background changed back to the tower room, and he no longer had his bow-tie. Flyer would've questioned the scenario, but he thought it'd be best to leave it as it is.

"You make me sick. You've beaten me in a game that NO ONE has ever beaten me in! Why did I have to LOSE this game? Oh, all right… Just take the key already." the Thwomp caused the room to shake, and out came a pink key. "Now if you'll excuse me, I must get back to sleeping!"

The Thwomp closed his eyes and fell asleep. Chopper and Flyer exchanged glances before the former picked up the key, proclaiming that they should take it to the locked door below. They left the room and landed right by the locked door. The door had led them into a small room with a single purple pipe.

"A purple pipe? What the heck is a purple type doing here?" Chopper wondered.

"Well, there's bound to be something below, so we might as well check it out," Flyer suggested, following Chopper down the pipe.

When they came out of the pipe, they noticed they were in a circular room with a lavender marble ground and hot pink walls. Hot pink lights were in the corners of the room. Four pink portal-like doors were surrounding them.

"This place looks pretty mysterious… I don't see any enemies around here. Do you think it's safe?" Chopper asked.

"Let me see..." Flyer took out a gadget that could detect enemies. He didn't find any sight of red dots. "No... It doesn't look like there are enemies here..."

"Why, hello there, people."

The two stopped in place as they saw a hot pink spirit with yellow eyes appear before them. It didn't have much of a physical appearance. Only a hot pink mist appeared before it with the yellow eyes.

"Who are you? Are you one of those God spirit things?" Chopper asked.

"Nay, I amm not. I'm just a lazy spirit doing nothing special in its life." it answered. "I used to live on the Island of the Gods, but not anymore. Anyway, that's nothing important. I see you've managed to make your way down here. I am impressed."

"Really? That's pretty cool. So what do we need to do?" Flyer asked. "I remember that Thwomp mentioning some 'thing'. Would that 'thing' happen to be you?"

"A 'thing'? What is this 'thing' you speak of? ...Perhaps you mean 'that'?"

"Ummmmm... I guess so." Chopper answered with confusion in his voice.

"Ahhh... I see. Well, if you wish to get 'that', then you must go through the correct door. Look at them carefully, for one of them is different. The one that's different shall lead you forward, while the others shall bring you back here. Don't let your eyes deceive yourself. Look carefully."

"OK, then. That doesn't sound so bad! So… Let's see here…" Chopper looked at the portal doors and noticed that the second one was darker. They walked through it into a similar room with three portal doors.

"This is interesting…" Flyer mused. "So there are only three portal doors this time. I must inspect them!"

Flyer flew over to the three doors and noticed the first one was darker. He signaled Chopper to come over and they jumped into that portal.

Unlike the other room, this one had only two portal doors instead. They took the second one and found another room with one portal. Since it was the only one they could enter, they took it to a different room with a small staircase leading to a big chest. Past the chest were a couple of Rainbow Block and one large, Rainbow Block. It was definitely much bigger in size compared to the normal large block.

As the duo reached the large chest, the spirit appeared before them.

"Congratulations! You managed to make it to this room. I'm impressed! For that, you may take what's in that big chest. I'm not fully sure what's in there, so this should be a surprise!

"Really? Thanks!" Chopper walked over to the chest and opened it. Getting a glimpse of the object, he gasped. "No way… It can't be…"

"What is it, Chopper?" Flyer asked.

Chopper grabbed the red hammer with the faces being orange and held it up like a typical item. "It's my Diamond Hammer! But it doesn't look as dull like before!"

You got the Diamond Hammer!

As per usual, Chopper was transported into a whole new area and found Toadette approaching him.

"Hi there, Chopper! I can't believe we're meeting again!" Toadette cheered. "You finally got the Diamond Hammer! That's great!"

"Oh, it's you again. I don't know if I need your help, since I know how to use this hammer and all that..."

"Hee hee! Oh, it's OK! I don't think you know what kind of abilities you can use with that hammer. If you're moving and you hold the B button, you'll spin the hammer and yourself as you move. It's kind of like the Super Hammer technique, but you can only do it by moving and holding B, which can also help you clear through a ton of blocks. It can even smash big Rainbow Blocks too!"

Raising her arm, a couple of Rainbow Blocks lined up appeared, with a big one at the end.

"Really? Let me try!" Chopper walked over to the Rainbow Block and he spun his hammer around. He was able to smash the block into smithereens as soon as the Diamond Hammer made contact.

"That was impressive! See? Now you don't have to twist your body if you want to smash those kinds of blocks. With that hammer, you can also hit all ground enemies with full damage! Try it out when you face multiple enemies! That's all I have to tell you, so see you next time!"

Toadette ran off and Chopper was taken back to the chest he was standing by. Looking at his Ultra Hammer, he tossed tossed it into the chest and closed it tight so no one could get it.

"That hammer does look a lot more interesting than that other hammer of yours," Flyer remarked.

"Well, looks like I can smash these blocks!" Chopper walked over to the Rainbow Blocks and brought his new Diamond Hammer down on one of them, destroying it. Inside was a Jelly Ultra. "Huh... I didn't know I could get Jelly Ultras from places other than Zess T.'s place..."

"I wish I knew what you were talking about..." Flyer trailed. "But if it helps us, then keep it."

Chopper shrugged and put the Jelly Ultra away and used his Diamond Hammer ability to clear through the rest of the blocks, along with the large one. A pipe was revealed to be underneath the large one.

"That should bring you back to where you first were in this place," the spirit informed. "Good luck!"

After saying goodbye, the two jumped into the pipe and returned to the small room where they once were before. They left the second tower and headed to the large building with the large door now that they had the Diamond Hammer.

"Well, I guess there might be a reason for this Rainbow Block being here..." Chopper trailed. "But, since it's in our way, we have to get rid of it."

He took a couple of steps back and charged at the Rainbow Block while he spun hammer around. The hammer made contact with the block, and it was smashed. Chopper felt proud of himself as he approached it. Just as he was about to open the door, he heard snoring coming from behind, and it wasn't very small. In fact, it was quite loud.

"Something tells me that there's something huge behind there..." Flyer gulped.

"Sounds like it... But it's the only way to go." Chopper said, trying to push the door open. "Hey, Flyer! Can you give me a hand?"

Flyer nodded and walked over to the large door to help him push the door open. Upon entering, they found themselves in a large, circular room resembling a dark bluish cave. A couple of icicles were hanging from the ceiling, and the room gave them a cold feeling. Chopper, however, was not paying attention to much of the interior. Two things had already caught his attention.

In the corner were a pile of bones, and in the center was a light blue dragon that nearly resembled a certain dragon from the Palace of Shadow. His underbelly was mostly white, and his wings and claws were dark blue.

"That thing's huge!" Chopper gasped.

The dragon's eyes opened at an instant and let out a roar when he spotted the two. "Who dares enter my lair?!"

"That… What…" Flyer's eyes shot wide open as he stepped back to the door behind him. The dragon noticed this and spat an ice ball to freeze the door.

"I want an explanation to why you're in my lair! I was having a nice nap until you came in and wake me up!" the dragon roared. But, now that I think about it, I am kind of hungry…"

"Hey, can you do us a favor and let us through?" Chopper asked. "We need to beat up that Bebe person. I'm sure you'd like that, right?"

"Oh, that fool? He hasn't fed me in a long time." the dragon recalled. "I had to gobble down some of his Aliebits that would come in here because of that. Though you don't look as tasty, it's better than nothing."

"If you're trying to intimidate me, then you're not doing a good job! I beat down a dragon just like you! What was his name again? Gloomtail?"

"WHAAAAAAT?! Did you just say that you destroyed my younger brother Gloomtail?!" the dragon gaped, letting our another roar. "FOOOOOOOLS! You have messed with the wrong dragon, the mighty ice monster, Frosttail! I shall turn you all into popsicles before I gobble you down!"

"Oh... That sounds nice..." Flyer trailed sheepishly.

"Then if you want to fight, then we'll take you!" Chopper declared. "Come on, Flyer! Time to show this dragon who's boss!"

"All right... We can do this..."

"Brrraaa ha ha ha ha! You really think you can take me? I'd like to see you try!" Frosttail snorted.

Tattle: No way… I never knew Gloomtail had another brother! So, this is Frosttail… He's kind of intimidating, if you ask me. Max HP is 140, Attack is 11, and Defense is 2. He'll attack with his ice breath which has a chance of freezing you. If you have the Fire ability on, then you might have a lesser chance of becoming frozen. It says here that he hates fire, so that might not be a bad idea to use against him. He'll also bite you, which can also freeze you. Watch out when he unleashed his Blizzard Breath! THAT is terrifying! Just try to turn the heat up in this fight!

Gripping his hammer tightly, he decided to give it a good test and used his Fire Smash to deal 8 damage to the dragon. The hot sensation caused Frosttail to let out a painful screech.

"BRAAAAARRGH! How on earth did you… Why are you using fire against me?!" Frosttail gasped. "You have no idea what you're doing..."

"Take this, you monster!" Flyer shouted, flying up to Frosttail's nose and hitting it with his Flying Attack. When he flew back to Chopper, Frosttail cowered his nose in pain. He hissed at Flyer as he brought one of his paws on him, dealing 11 damage.

Chopper gasped and looked at Frosttail with an angry look. He changed to his Fire ability and unleashed his fire breath on the ice dragon, dealing 8 damage due to him being weak to fire. Flyer got himself up and hit him with another Flying Attack.

Frosttail gave them a glare as he opened his mouth and breathed his cold, icy breath at them. Unfortunately for him, they guarded it and did not become frozen.

"Great... It didn't work." Frosttail thought.

After shaking off any cold left on him, Chopper jumped in the air and spun his body around while breathing fire. His Fire Spin managed to strike his nose and deal 8 more damage, bringing him to 96 HP.

"You know, Vivian would've been a great help here..." Chopper muttered. He then looked back up at the dragon. "I'm guessing you're another one of the Shadow Queen's pets, right?"

"No, you would be incorrect," Frosttail answered coldly. "I never get to see my owner, which is why I hate him more than that penguin! But before I take care of them, I'll take care of YOU first!"

Frosttail was about to flatten him with his paw, but Flyer flew in and stopped him with another Flying Attack.

"Grrrr! You're starting to become a pest… Perhaps now is the time to bring this up a notch!" Opening his mouth again, Frosttail shot an ice ball that knocked Chopper back. Flyer took this opportunity to strike him again before Chopper got back up and deal 10 damage thanks to his fireball ability. Now he was left with 68 HP.

"Brrrrrrrghh... I can't believe I'm getting taken down by two small people!" Frosttail exclaimed, appalled by this situation. "Very well... It's time I showed you the full extent of my power.

Grinning, Frosttail raised his Attack by 11. The duo gulped, knowing that this attack would be a deadly one.

"Crud... Without Vivian, this could be bad..." Chopper gulped. "I guess we need to hit him with everything we've got!"

He transformed into another fireball and did 10 more damage. Meanwhile, Flyer brought him to 48 HP with his Flying Attack.

"Now you're in for it!" Frosttail used all of his might to unleash a huge blizzard breath. Unfortunately, it was Flyer who became frozen, and Chopper had barely lost his Fire ability from the attack. "Brraaa ha ha ha ha! NOW you realize my true strength! And I even froze your little friend!"

"You're going to pay for that..." Chopper growled, clenching his fists. He charged at him in a fireball and did another 10 damage to him. When Frosttail tried smashing him with his paw, he Superguarded it, making the dragon take damage instead.

"Y-You... How dare you?!"

Chopper made his next move by using his Wall Jump to deal 14 damage and bring him to 21 HP. After guarding Frosttail's ice breath, Chopper breathed fire on him and reduced him to 12 HP. After bringing his paw on him, Frosttail noticed Flyer thaw out, taking 3 damage as well.

"Brrrrrr! What the heck just happened?" Flyer asked, shivering in the process.

"Well, apparently you became frozen... I just managed to bring this guy to 12 HP." Chopper answered, giving Frosttail a glare.

"So... I guess we better do the job, right?"

"Of course," Chopper nodded, turning to Frosttail again. Opening his mouth, he dealt 8 damage to Frosttail with his fire breath. Flyer's Flying Attack managed to successfully hit his nose and leave him in a defeated state.

"N-No… How can this be… I…lost?" Frosttail moaned, falling over on his back in defeat and giving up 42 Star Points. Chopper kindly accepted them and upgraded his BP to 42. With that, he removed his Fire ability, no longer needing it at the moment.

Just as they were about to go, however, they heard some moaning from Frosttail again. The duo noticed that he had coughed up a small chest lodged somewhere in his throat. Not caring that it had just come from a dragon's stomach, Chopper opened it and found a Palace Key.

"Hey... Maybe we might need this to unlock the door ahe-"

"It's not even locked," Flyer noted, pointing to the big door ahead. "Perhaps it unlocks a door somewhere else in the palace?"

"Might as well find out," Chopper pushed the door open with Flyer's assistance, and they were brought back outside. They noticed another large staircase ahead, but this one appeared to be leading up to the biggest part of the palace. "Hey, looks like we're at our destination! Let's go, Flyer!"

"Uhhhh... I don't think so." Flyer pointed to the large amount of guards by the palace's entrance. "I don't think we're a match for them if we try to take them all on at once!"

"Oh..." Chopper scanned the area, trying to look for anything. Beside the staircase to the left, however, was a small, locked door. "What about this?"

"Why, of course!" the Wingel smiled, flying over to Chopper. "There is always another way in! While it might not take us exactly where we want, this will surely lead us to a much safer area. I'd rather play it safe."

"OK..." Chopper mumbled, unlocking the door and entering. They came across a room with a small staircase going down and then one going up to a door ahead. Below them, however, was a pathway to the lower left. They decided to check it out, and they found a couple of Rainbow Blocks line up. Knowing what he had to do, Chopper used his Diamond Hammer to destroy multiple blocks. A Sweet Punch was revealed to be in one of them, which could recover 100 FP.

"What a delicious delicacy!" Flyer remarked. "I suppose you plan on consuming that beverage?"

"Uhhhh... I'm going to save it..." Chopper replied, unsure of what he was talking about. After putting it away, they left the room and took the upper right door into a longer hallway. An Aliebit and Aliepara were roaming the room, and upon spotting them, they charged. Chopper decided to put his new hammer to use by spinning it while still charging at them. This attack was successful in dealing some serious damage to them both.

Once they were gone, they reached the end of the hallway and found a high ledge above them. A door appeared to be there after getting a better glimpse at it.

"This doesn't look like anything too hard for me to handle," Flyer smiled, grabbing Chopper and flying him up to the ledge. They entered through the door and found themselves in a much lighter room with light lavender walls, ceiling and floor. There were also some very expensive vases on some small vase holders.

Chopper smiled as he looked at his own reflection, but he stopped when he saw some Aliebits walking across from another hallway.

"Those are a lot of Aliebits..." Flyer trailed. "But thankfully, we're not in their sight. Maybe we can follow them and figure out where this King Bebe is."

"King Bebe... That name sounds funny..." Chopper remarked, trying to hold in his laughter. "It sounds like 'King Baby'!"

"Yes, well... We can't just stand here and laugh about his humorous name. We still need to get that Crystal Star..."

"Yeah... Let's just do that."

Chopper waited to see if the coast was clear and approached the hallway the Aliebits ran through. To the left was a foyer, which was where the palace's entrance was. A Save Block was over there, so Chopper hit it first before going back to Flyer.

"So... If I'm correct..." Flyer took out a device capable of scanning footprints and scanned the floor for any signs of Aliebit footprints. "The Aliebits are going to the upper floors."

"Then we should check it out," Chopper decided, following Flyer through the hallway. They headed to the next hallway north of the door nearby and found a doorway leading to a staircase. It seemed to go up to the third floor.

There wasn't anything too special going on in the second floor. All there was was a hallway leading to a small room with a couple of chests that included nothing special. However, a Star Piece and Shine Sprite were there, so that was a plus.

Going up to the third floor, however, they found one, large door near the staircase leading to a balcony. Two Spiky Aliebits were there, and upon spotting the two, they charged at them with their spears. It wasn't long until they were knocked off the balcony.

"OK... So that was easier than I th-" Chopper's antennae twitched upon hearing a large army of Aliebits. He looked below, but he didn't find any sight of them. He looked up and noticed a large platform up on the fourth floor connected to the palace. What they also noticed was that there was another palace connected to the platform. "Hey, Flyer! Can you see that?"

"Yeah, I can..." Flyer nodded, shocked by the other palace. "It's very surprising to see another palace connected to this part. Though, it doesn't look as big."

"You think that's where Bebe is?"

"Most likely. Most leaders have their own little place anyway."

They left the balcony and returned to the hallway. There was one door in the hallway that led into a bathroom, which Flyer found all too familiar. It reeked of Bebe.

"What is it, Flyer?" Chopper asked.

"This was where I found Bebe," Flyer answered, opening the window. He pointed down at the binoculars below on the large wall. "See?"

"Oh... I remember now!"

"I think I have an idea!" Flyer took out another device and found a small portion of Bebe's feathers. He scanned it and got a little map. "I think I should be able to find out where Bebe is with this device! And, judging by the map, he's not on this floor..."

"Well... Then up to the third floor!" Chopper declared, running out to the staircase. Flyer sighed and followed him, studying the map on his device in the process.


Wingel City's Mall-

"You know, sometimes I wonder why you guys got me this beverage," Bombette recalled, holding onto a soda with her "hands".

"Well, Fuzzy Pop is known to calm people down and all..." Shadower trailed. "And, uh... Considering that you kinda got angry over-"

"Are you implying something?"

"N-No..."

"Well, one thing for sure is that this place has something special," Sonic grinned, taking a bite of a chili dog in his hand. "You guys gotta try these out! They're REAL good!"

"Sorry, but I'm not interested in chili dogs..." Berry declined. "Chocolate is good, though!"

"Hey, guys! Look over there!" Scrub noticed a new booth that was put up. It was labeled "A Plushie For You". "Looks like a new store was put up."

"Poyo? (What are they selling?)" Kirby asked.

Getting a much closer look at the booth, they caught a glimpse of a pale green plushie with two antennae, green feet and white gloves. It seemed all too familiar...

"They're selling plushies of Chopper?" Vivian gasped. "That's so strange..."

"Who would even sell somethin' like that?" Scrub asked, crossing his arms. "I mean, it's cool that they have one of Contadre, but maybe they oughta make one for me too!"

"If they're selling plushies of Choppy, then I'm getting one!" Berry declared, running up to the booth. The salesclerk was wearing a gray cloak and wore blue, spiral glasses. That, however, didn't seem to be something Berry paid attention to.

"So are you having the buying of my plushies that lack fury?" the salesclerk asked.

After looking at the Chopper plushie, she looked at the salesclerk with suspicion. "Do I know you?"

"What? I say no. All I was doing was having the making of plushies like two sewing machines in a battle, then they would be sold like unneeded objects. So, do you have the buying of my plushies?"

"Well... Yes!" Berry placed some coins on the stand and hugged the Chopper plushie. "I could never decline such an offer like this!"

"I have thanks!" the salesclerk giggled. "Now have the enjoyment of a happy hippo in a hot spring!"

As she stepped away, a Wingel wearing an army hat had come into the mall and grabbed everyone's attention.

"Wingels and others alike!" the Wingel soldier exclaimed. "We have been warned about an invasion of the Aliebit army that would be occurring tomorrow morning! Knowing about these news, we request that many of you Wingels arm up and join us to invade the Night Palace immediately!"

The heroes gawked as many Wingels had began to leave the mall.

"Did you guys get any of that?" Sonic asked.

Mario: I heard all of it!

"The Wingel's are going to invade the Night Palace!" Bombette exclaimed. "You know, the one Chopper and Flyer are on!"

"All right! This is what I'm talkin' about!" Sonic smirked, stretching his arms and legs. "We finally get to step in the action for once! Plus, I'd say Chopper needs our help anyway!"

"I'd really love to go help Chopper, I suppose," Vivian remarked.

"Well, I'd love to give those monsters a good whacking! We should go!" Berry declared.

"Then it's decided! We're going to help Contadre and that other Wingel person!" Scrub declared.

Mario: Flyer...

"Yeah, he could use some help," Shadower agreed.

"Poyo! (Let's go!)" Kirby exclaimed, running toward the group of Wingels first. The others followed, leaving the booth. The salesclerk grinned devilishly and then he broke into a cackle.

"I have chortles!" the salesclerk exclaimed, removing his cloak and replacing it with his red one. "Now Fawful finally has the knowing of where the fink-rats will be located thanks to the trackers. Showing them the fury of Fawful will be of ease!"

Taking out his Headgear, Fawful put it on his head and flew off, cackling like a madman.