"Wooooooooaaaaaaaahhh!" Chopper cried as found himself going down a slide in the Labyrinth Temple. As they went deeper, they all felt the slide getting more slippy and a bit dark.
"Oh, no... This is like Labyrinth Zone all over again..." Sonic groaned.
"Labyrinth Zone? What's that?"
"It's an area I first explored on my first adventure, and it was filled with water, and we all know how much I love swimming in water..."
The slide eventually ended, and the heroes found themselves in what appeared to be green water. It was no longer dark, so they could all get a glimpse of the tan, rocky floor. Unfortunately, it wasn't even close to being flat with a couple of bumps being in many places.
"Looks like we're underwater again... How's everyone doing?" Chopper turned his attention to everyone else, who gave assuring nods. All except for Sonic, who seemed to struggle with the water.
"Boy, I don't know how Sonic's going to survive under here. Is there anything around here he can get?" Shadower asked. Up toward the pathway ahead was an air bubble that rose up. Sonic immediately rushed over it and took in the air inside of it, gaining some air.
"Air bubbles? But... Wait, they must have a decent amount of air for Sonic to breathe!" Berry deduced. "Maybe he won't have too much of a problem!"
"That would be a good thing," Vivian remarked.
Sonic pointed over to the platforms leading up to the surface. Everyone followed, with the blue hedgehog leading. He used his jumping skills to jump up out of the water and started to breathe heavily, while the others took their time with that.
"FINALLY… I can BREATHE! Next time we go for a swim, I say we go to the beach." Sonic wheezed, deciding to take a seat. Little did he expect to place his behind on something pointy, making him quickly stand up. "Yeesh... What was that pointy..."
"Hey, Chopper… Isn't that the Sapphire Star?" Vivian asked.
"Yeah! It is!" Chopper gasped, while Sonic looked at the star and picked it up with a grin.
"Hey, this Crystal Star matches my color! Cool! Well, here ya go, Chopper." Sonic tossed it to Chopper, who put it away. "I guess that means there's eight more to go?"
"Hold on... While we're here, let's see that map of yours, Chopper." Flyer suggested. "We can still get a clue on where the Island Star is."
"Oh! Right!" Chopper took out the Magical Map, but he gawked when he saw nothing but multiple stars located on Clearno Island. "Eep! I can't see the Island Star anywhere with all these scattered stars!"
"Oh, dear... That's disturbing..."
"I don't like this one bit..." Vivian trailed, getting a glimpse of the map as well.
"Great… Just great. This might be an annoying trip for us. Plus, these tunnels are so small, it might be so annoying to search for more Crystal Stars here."
"Well, the best we can do is just search," Flyer shrugged.
"I guess so... Let's move on." Chopper ran on ahead to find some yellow platforms moving in a circle. Below the platforms was moare water. Sonic jumped on the platform and then jumped over to the other side to avoid the water. The rest crossed over the water and followed Sonic through the tunnel. However, the tunnel was moving at a downward elevation into the water, making Sonic stop at the slope. The others didn't know and ended up bumping into him, causing them to all tumble into the water.
What made it worse? There were Cave Bloopers swimming around the water and attempting to attack them. Along with that, there were spikes sticking out of the floor. Up ahead was a block door and an air bubble for Sonic to breathe into. To their lower left was a blue ! Switch. Chopper gave it a kick, and the door opened up to a narrow, underwater tunnel.
"Might as well check to see what's through here," Chopper walked through first and the current pushed him through the tunnel. Sonic was next, following Chopper through the tunnel as well. It brought them deeper in the water with some moving platforms that could take them up to a trap at the surface, which had spikes on the ceiling. Obviously that was not where they wanted to go.
"This place is like a deathtrap," Shadower winced. "No wonder that Tamber guy threw us in here..."
"Mmmmmmmgggffhh!" Sonic began to choke as he saw the countdown appearing above him, starting with the number five. He looked around for an air bubble, and thankfully, there was one near some spikes. Sonic took action and took in the air bubble.
"Poyo? (Is that a crack?)" Kirby asked, pointing to the crack on the wall past the spikes.
"It looks like something that can be blown up," Chopper noted.
"Then you know what to do, Chopper. Throw me at the wall and I'll let it rip!" Bombette declared. Chopper nodded, picked her up, and threw her at the wall instead of near it. She was left dazed for a brief moment before glaring at Chopper, furiously asking "OW! What was that for?!"
"You SAID to throw you at the wall, and that's what I did," Chopper shrugged.
"Ugh... How about what we usually do then." the Bob-omb suggested, still peeved. Chopper threw her again, but this time near the wall. She exploded, creating a hole in the wall, along with a current that sucked everyone in. Luckily, some poles were sticking up from the walls, allowing people like Chopper and Sonic to grab onto them to avoid any spikes or Cave Bloopers.
Unfortunately, someone such as Bombette only crashed into the Cave Bloopers.
"You need a hand, Bombette?" Chopper asked.
"Yes... I would LOVE a hand." Bombette replied angrily. "I'd love to have at least TWO of them..."
"Oh... Well I wish you had some hands to help yourself too."
When the strong current had finally ended, the ten were led to a smaller area with a Rainbow Block in the center of the underwater tunnel. Chopper smashed the block, causing the water current to flow upward. This brought everyone up to the surface on a large spring of water. Two walls appeared to be close together leading to a ledge.
"We're finally back up on the surface!" Sonic sighed in relief. "I just hope it stays this way..."
"Hmmmmm... Chopper, I believe these walls are close enough to perform a Wall Jump!" Flyer deduced.
"Then that is what I shall do!" Chopper declared, using his Wall Jump to reach the ledge to the right. There, he found the Garnet Star lying on the floor. "Hey, guys! I found the Garnet Star!"
The others got up to Chopper and gazed at the Crystal Star. Before anyone could comment, however, another voice caught their attention.
"Hi there! I never expected people like you to be here!"
They all gawked at the figure, who was revealed to be Goombella.
"What the… Goombella? How on earth did you get here?" Chopper asked. "In fact, are you really Goombella?"
"Now's not the time for questions! I found two mine carts that you could use to get out of here."
"Hold on a moment..." Flyer walked over to Goombella and took out his scanner. After scanning her, he got a negative result. "This isn't the real Goombella that you're talking too."
"Ugh... I guess my little plan didn't work after all. Might as well reveal myself..." Purple smoke surrounded the fake Goombella, revealing her to actually be Decoya. Everyone got in a fighting stance, with the exception of Vivian, Shadower, Sonic, and Flyer.
"Who is she?" Vivian asked.
"Is she an enemy?" Shadower also asked.
"Yeah. She attacked us back in that temple back at Snowy Mountain." Berry explained.
"Yup, it's me!" Decoya introduced. "And it's great that you didn't forget about me, because I told you I'd come back! Too bad you won't be getting out of here, though... Do you know why? Because I-" Unfortunately, she hardly had enough time to finish, as she was pushed out of the way like a door by Chopper. Right behind the Toad were two mine carts.
"Well what do you know... Two mine carts!" Chopper smiled.
"Hey! I'm over here, you know! Don't try to ignore me! LISTEN TO ME!" Decoya waved her stick arms at them to gain her attention, but it hardly did much. Letting of a huff, Decoya began to leave. "Those jerks sure have something in store for them! I'll give them a taste of their own medicine for ignoring me!"
The heroes took a look at the mine carts and pondered over who should go in what. Eventually they had decided to share a mine cart in the same manner as they would with a Warp Star. Unfortunately, both carts did not have the same rail, so they had to be patient as they started to travel.
"Poyo, (Let's hope this isn't too long,)" Kirby wished.
Those that were in the same cart as Kirby: ?
Mario: It would be nice to understand him...
They waited patiently as the mine cart began to move in a loop. Thankfully, they didn't have too many issues traveling, though.
As for the others... They had ended up going downward, and that just happened to be where some water was.
"Uh oh... Not more water." Sonic gulped. "All right... I better be ready for this."
As the cart went underwater, it was moving a little slower. Sonic desired air, but alas, there were no air bubbles for him to take. When Chopper noticed the timer above the hedgehog, he became Water Chopper and created a small air bubble for him to take in, replenishing a decent amount of air. He removed the ability afterward.
"You don't need to thank me for that," Chopper told him. Eventually the cart rose up from the water and was moving in a straight path. They had found the other railing beside them, along with the others.
"Hey, guys!" Scrub shouted, waving his arms to gain their attention. When they all waved, they paid no attention to the abrupt ending of both rails. They were thrown off into a small underwater area with no air bubbles, so Sonic was having the time of his life at the moment.
While there was not much around to explore, there was one small crack on the bottom of the left wall. Chopper decided to put his new ability to use and slipped underneath to find a blue ! Switch in his face. He gave it a whack, causing the water in the other room and this one to drain out. When he returned to the others, he found two blue orbs, a blue, sealed door and an opening leading into more water.
"I'm gonna see what's down below here. You can all stay here and relax." Chopper jumped into the small tunnel into another room, only it was circular, and it only had one blue orb. To the south was a little hole he could fit through as a tube, so he turned into a tube and traveled through there. Once again, there was another blue ! Switch he hit, causing the water to drain. Along with that, a large chest was revealed.
"Another big chest? Sounds like something good is inside!" Chopper opened the chest and found a pair of gloves with green electricity coming out from them.
You got the Diamond Gloves!
"Diamond Gloves? Wait a second… Aren't these supposed to have light power?" As he put the gloves on, he was transported to the tutorial room, where Toadette was waiting.
"Hey, Chopper! It's me again!" Toadette greeted as usual. "Congratulations on getting the Diamond Gloves! They sure are a 'shocking' experience! So let's practice using them, OK?
"They're shocking? What do you mean by that? What does this even shoot?" Chopper noticed a green ball of electric energy emit from his hand. His eyes widened in shock before tossing the ball.
"See? There's the elemental ability! With them, you can fire electric ball! On the other hand, if you hold B, you can charge up your elemental ball and fire a stronger one! This can destroy big green Electric Blocks, Ice Blocks, or Flame Blocks! Give it a try!"
Chopper stored enough energy and he shot a huge electric ball from his hand and destroyed one of the big Electric Blocks placed in the air.
"You did it! That was excellent!" Toadette applauded. "You can also use that attack in battle to deal some massive damage to your enemies! ...Oh, and one more thing… If you see any blue orbs, you can shoot an electric ball into those and make something happen! That's really all that's to it. So… Hope to see you soon!"
When she had left, Chopper was taken back to the room with the empty chest. He checked his gloves for a moment before returning to the previous room with curiosity.
"Interesting… Let's see how this works." Chopper threw an electric ball at the blue orb, causing it to light up with electricity. The water below him suddenly shot up and took him back up to his friends.
"Hey, Contadre! You're back! So, what did ya find down there?" Scrub asked.
"Well... I learned this!" the antennae hero threw an electric ball at both blue orbs, which caused the blue door to open up. Upon walking through the door, everyone gazed at the new area in awe. The ground changed to a brown color with some blue stripes, and the sky also changed to a more modern-like temple that was bluish in color. It also didn't feel too cramped either. The water had changed from green to blue as well.
"This place feels so serene..." Vivian commented. "It's much nicer than that other temple."
Chopper took a couple of steps up ahead and saw a slide going down to the water. However, across the water was another pathway they could take.
"Well, I'll definitely take this over that annoying labyrinth," Sonic stated.
"This'll be a cool place to explore, so let's check it out!" Berry suggested, racing on ahead, Sonic followed next, easily outrunning the girl. When Chopper ran past her, she spun around and fell over on the bottom of the slide, nearly touching the water. The other two easily ran across the water and reached the other side.
"Yeesh... I never thought Contadre and Sonic could do that." Scrub gaped. "I wanna be able to do that!"
"Ugh..." Berry groaned, slowly getting up and rubbing her hair to fix it. "Could you please warn me next time?"
"Sorry," Chopper apologized. "Just follow us over here, OK?"
"Errrr... How, exactly?" Bombette asked, looking down at the water. There didn't appear to be much, but there was a surf panel beside Chopper. "Unlike you guys, we can't run over water."
"It's OK," Vivian assured, going over the water. Everyone gawked, surprised to see Vivian's "tail" appear over the water. "We Shadow Sirens can float over the water."
"But... Look at your tail!" Flyer gaped. "Shouldn't it be appearing under the water?"
"Yeesh, man! You need to chill out!" Scrub suggested. "Maybe you can go look at that picture of that Fumu girl!"
"Not now, Scrub..."
Vivian picked up Bombette and carried her across the water, slowly putting her down to avoid any explosions. Chopper decided to give the Shadow Siren a hand by becoming Water Chopper and using the surf panel. He was willing to help anyone across, but Berry quickly jumped in his arms before anyone could react.
"If you deserve to hold anyone, I think I fit that bill," Berry smiled, giving him a flirty look. Obviously this only scared Chopper, making him drop her and retreat. The girl crossed her arms in annoyance in her failure as Flyer got her out of the water and flew her across. "It'll happen someday, Choppy! You're bound to love me!"
After everyone was across, they pressed onward and ran into a blue, robot shark with a silver underbelly and a propeller on its back. This one was revealed to be called a Jawz after Sonic destroyed it with his Spin Jump. A red, hermit crab-like robot with wheels for legs and a spiky, hermit-like shell also got in their way. This was called a Turbo Spiker, and it had the ability to fire its pointy shell at them. Unfortunately, they could not create another one, so a jump from Chopper could beat it.
As the heroes progressed further through the pathway, they didn't notice Tipral glared down at them from a platform with his arms crossed.
"So, you've finally gotten thirteen Crystal Stars so far..." Tipral mused. "You know, reaching this far is quite impressive. Unfortunately, the road lying ahead won't be easy for you."
"Oh my gosh... Another gumball?! You've gotta be kidding me!"
Upon hearing the voice, Tipral whirled around and saw Tamber fuming at him. "And you are...?"
"Who I am ain't important, Gumball!" Tamber raged, steam coming from his head. "Get offa my island! The Star Diamond's mine! You can't have it!"
"Star Diamond?"
"Yeah! It's mine! Now you will get off Clearno Island, or you'll be swimming with the fishes!"
"Please... I'm not going to leave just because of some furry tulip." Tipral remarked, turning away from him. "I have more important things to attend to."
"TULIP?!" This had only gotta Tamber angrier. He stomped on the platform furiously and charged at Tipral. He stepped out of the way, allowing Tamber to fall off the platform and into the water.
"So... He was just all talk I guess." Tipral mused, teleporting out of the area.
After they had jumped off a moving platform, the group had landed in shallow water. Thankfully, it only went up to their feet, so there was not many issues. The downside, however, was that they couldn't move as quickly.
"Well, this is definitely better than nothing..." Sonic trailed.
"Though, I wish I could move a lot faster..." Chopper groaned, noticing a moving platform going up and down just up ahead, so he jumped onto the platform with ease. Sonic jumped out of the shallow water and got on it too. The others joined and let the platform take them up to a bridge made up of small, metal spheres.
Waiting for them was an annoyed Decoya and the Crystal Star.
"Hey! It's the Crystal Star!" Chopper smiled, picking the star up.
"'The' Crystal Star? Isn't it supposed to be 'a' Crystal Star?" Flyer asked.
"This one's actually called a Crystal Star."
"Oh... That sounds very original."
"You guys were ignoring me back at that temple!" Decoya complained. "I was just in the middle of talking, and you guys had to-"
Chopper sighed and ran past her. Unintentionally, she was knocked into the water as the others followed her. She slowly stood up, climbed back onto the bridge, and grit her teeth in rage.
"Now they're REALLY gonna get it!" Decoya hissed, raising her arms and creating a large amount of mushrooms over her head. "They're going to regret their decisions once and for all!"
Across the bridge, Chopper and his friends had taken notice of the gap between them and the pathway up ahead. Down below was some water, and below that was a bottomless pit. Obviously that was not what they wanted, but thankfully there was a blue ! Switch across the gap, so Chopper used Sonic's Spin Dash to get him to hit it, creating a bridge for them.
"Whew! That felt good!" Sonic grinned as he crossed the bridge. They had come to a dead end with a big Electric Block standing in their way. Chopper used his Diamond Gloves and fired a large electric ball at the block, destroying it. There wasn't anything behind it, but the wall leading up to a high ledge appeared to be jumpable via a Wall Jump.
When they reached the ledge, they found a door waiting for them ahead, and it led them to a small pit with another metal bridge. Landing on said bridge, they realized they were trapped.
"Poyo... (I think we've made a bad choice...)" Kirby trailed.
"Argh! You guys are still alive?! Come on!"
They brought their attention to the voice coming through the wall. Peeking through a small hole, Chopper noticed that Tamber was in a small room beside a lever with his usual angry look on his face.
"Hey, it's Tamber!" Chopper announced. "We should really thank you!"
"Wait, what?" Tamber gawked. "Thanking ME? For WHAT?"
"We've found a couple of Crystal Stars down here! Plus, I found some neat gloves!"
"WHAAAAAAAAAT?! Oh, come on! That's not fair! You were supposed to drown! ...Well, it ain't over yet. This lever here will lead to your doom!" Tamber grinned, pulling the switch down. However, nothing happened. "...What? What's going on? This is supposed to destroy the bridge! COME OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!"
The rest could only gawk as Tamber continued to pull the switch down, whining even more each time he failed. In fact, his whining was starting to get on their nerves.
Mario: Mama mia...
"When will he stop?" Shadower asked, trying to cover his "ears".
Finally, Tamber had given up on pulling the switch and decided to take a break. Wiping his forehead, he noticed a little manual beside him.
"Oh, wait... Here's the manual for this." Tamber opened the instruction manual, and it said to pull the switch up. Grinning, he pulled the switch up, causing the bridge to get destroyed. "Ha ha ha ha ha! Enjoy drowning, Gumball!"
"You gotta be kidding me…" Chopper trailed, plummeting into the water below while Tamber made his exit. They had landed right in front of another tunnel, so they were forced to swim ahead, while Sonic was forced to take in more air bubbles. Thankfully, the tunnel wasn't too long, having it end by a blocked doorway and two blue orbs. Tossing electric balls at them opened the doorway and revealed silver mini-submarines.
"Mini-subs? What the heck are they doing here?" Berry asked.
"They look like they're in good shape," Flyer informed after inspecting them. "Perhaps we can use these to reach the surface!"
Sonic immediately jumped into one of the subs, getting some air in the process. Since there were five, two of them could share a sub. Mario decided to join Sonic in the first sub, and Scrub and Shadower went into the second one. Vivian and Berry shared the third, Kirby and Bombette took the fourth, and Chopper and Flyer chose to share the last one.
"All right, I think I can take control of this," Flyer started the sub and it began to move through the deep water. They noticed a bunch of Robo Bloopers and Robo Cheep Cheeps in the water. With a simple missile, the subs destroyed the enemies.
"Aw, man! I wish I was driving this thing!" Scrub desired, watching Shadower fire a missile.
"Well... You're a bit too young for that." Shadower replied.
"But Flyer's doing that! And so is Berry!"
"Well... Maybe because they may have more experience with those. Do you have any idea on how to use these?"
"Errr... OK, I think you made your point."
"Hey, do you see that?" Vivian asked, noticing something up ahead. It appeared to be a giant, red and white colossus. It went up to the surface and grabbed all five subs, pulling it back to the surface. The colossus then dumped everyone out near a waterfall and a ladder just up ahead.
"Ugh... What was that?" Bombette groaned.
The colossus had landed on the ground in front of them and stared down at them with its orange eyes. It looked like a typical rock monster, but unlike them, this was made up of mushrooms.
"Ha ha ha!" Decoya cackled, appearing next to the colossus on a floating mushroom. "You see what happens when you try to mess with me?"
"Excuse me, but we have something more important going on-"
"I don't want to hear it!" Decoya exclaimed, cutting Flyer off and pointing at the group. "You've been a big pain for me, and now you're going to get crushed by my sweet Mushroom Colossus! Now destroy them, my pet!"
The Mushroom Colossus roared and brought one fist down in an attempt to pound them. They luckily jumped out of the way and managed to knock the fist back with their attacks.
"If it's a fight you want, then it's a fight you'll get!" Chopper declared. "Bring it!"
Tattle: That's the Mushroom Colossus! It must've come from this place, but Decoya has it under her control... Max HP is 160, Attack is 12, and Defense is 2. This thing will use its fists to smash you down into a pancake or it might just fire mushrooms at you! It makes me wonder why Decoya never used something like this back in that temple...
"Time to put my Diamond Gloves to the test!" Chopper's glove had a green static aura around it, and he threw an electric ball at the Mushroom Colossus, causing it to lose 6 HP in the process. Next, Shadower brought his arm back and hit the Mushroom Colossus with a Shadow Punch, bringing its defense down to 0.
In retaliation, the Mushroom Colossus brought its fist down on Chopper, flattening him like a pancake. He got out of that and decided to hit him with an Electric Stomp, which was a little similar to a Fire and Ice Stomp, only it uses electricity.
"This is going to be very helpful," Chopper remarked, jumping away from the Mushroom Colossus.
"Let's see how it likes an explosion," Bombette ran up to the Mushroom Colossus with her fuse lit up and exploded, dealing 8 to the enemy. It, however, did not prevent the Mushroom Colossus from smacking both her and Chopper.
"Ouch... That looked like it hurt." Sonic cringed.
"Yeah, it did..." Chopper groaned, rubbing his face in pain. He glared at the Mushroom Colossus and decided to put his Water ability to use. He summoned a Tidal Wave and delivered 8 damage to the enemy. Flyer's Flying Attack helped take 9 more out of the Mushroom Colossus.
"Mushroom Colossus... How about you smash them with a hammer?" Decoya suggested, grinning evilly.
The Mushroom Colossus nodded and created a large hammer made out of mushrooms. It smashed the ground, creating a shock wave that hit the ten and did 12 damage. After shaking the pain away, Chopper hit the Mushroom Colossus with his hammer, and with Berry's Ruby Throw, it was down to 101 HP.
"Heh... Well this isn't going too bad." Sonic grinned.
Annoyed with Berry's attack, the Mushroom Colossus brought a fist down on her, leaving the girl stunned for a brief moment. Sonic got in a ball and hit the Mushroom Colossus with a Spin Dash, followed by Chopper shooting water from hit mouth at it.
"Say, Mushroom Colossus... Maybe you should try blocking their attacks?" Decoya suggested. The Mushroom Colossus obeyed and fired a couple of mushrooms to block the heroes from approaching it. Since this used up its turn, Chopper attacked with his Diamond Hammer and destroyed the mushrooms and hit the Mushroom Colossus for 8 damage.
"Is that all you've got?" Chopper taunted.
"You meanie!" Decoya scowled. While she had a small fit, Mario performed a Super Jump and did 8 more damage, reducing the Mushroom Colossus to 72 HP.
Mario: This battle will be over in no time!
The Mushroom Colossus summoned more mushrooms, but this time it fired one at Mario. He guarded it, taking only 11 damage, while the other mushroom appeared in front of the Mushroom Colossus. Chopper shrugged threw an electric ball at the Mushroom Colossus, while Vivian got rid of the mushroom and left the colossus with a burn thanks to her Fiery Jinx.
After being flattened by the colossus, Kirby got in a cartwheel and hit it in the head. Chopper followed up with a Spin Jump, bringing it down to 45 HP.
"Uh oh… This isn't good! Do SOMETHING good, Mushroom Colossus! You can't LET them beat you, right?" Decoya told the Mushroom Colossus. Unfortunately, it didn't seem to get her attention, which only got her enraged. "Hey! What are you doing?! I'm talking to you! Don't disobey me like that you…"
Having enough, the Mushroom Colossus whacked her away. Everyone seemed to smile, but it wasn't for long when the colossus got in a ball and began to roll over them all, leaving them flattened by the end of the attack.
"Ow... That was not expected..." Scrub groaned.
"Yeah..." Shadower groaned, getting up first and hitting the Mushroom Colossus with a Shadow Punch. Chopper was unfortunate to lose his Water ability, but he shrugged it off and fired an electric ball at it, leading him to guard its fist afterward.
With its defense down to 0, Scrub fluttered above its head and delivered a Ground Pound, and once Chopper jumped on its head, it was down to 13 HP.
"Only 13 HP left? Man, we're doing a pretty good job!" Sonic grinned, guarding a mushroom being fired at him. A mushroom had appeared in front of the colossus again, but that didn't stop Chopper from destroying it with his Diamond Hammer, along with leaving the Mushroom Colossus severely low on HP.
"OK... Who wants to finish this thing off?" Chopper asked.
"I'll do it!" Bombette answered quickly, lighting her fuse. "I wanna see what happens when an explosion takes this thing down!"
Everyone else chose not to object to her choice and watched her finish the fight with literally a bang. Smoke had engulfed the Mushroom Colossus, and it had dropped 38 Star Points. Chopper used these to upgrade his FP to 75 upon leveling up.
"Whew! Now that felt good!" the Bob-omb sighed in relief. "I hadn't finished something like that with an explosion in a while!"
As the smoke cleared, however, it was discovered that the Mushroom Colossus was not defeated. However, it appeared to be severely damaged from the explosion. It had dropped a purple Crystal Star - one very familiar to the group.
"It's the Queen's Star!" Vivian gasped, quickly grabbing it and giving it to Chopper. "Gee whiz! I never thought this thing would be carrying that!"
"Yeah! Neat!" Chopper smiled, putting the star away.
The Mushroom Colossus let out another roar, interrupting their little victory. It raised its fists, and a large amount of energy had been surging through them.
"Uh oh..." Flyer gulped. "I think it's got one last big attack! If it hits, then this place is going down!"
They all got in a fighting stance and prepared to leap in and attack the Mushroom Colossus. Just as its fists were about to collide with them, there was a brief flash, and suddenly the Mushroom Colossus found its arms missing.
Landing in front of the group was Tipral.
"Tipral? What are YOU doing here?" Chopper asked, giving him a glare.
"Look, I'm not here for you at the moment," Tipral noted, giving him a glance. "You have somewhere to go, right?"
"Yeah, but why did you save-"
"That is not any importance to you, Chopper. I suggest you leave now, because if you don't, you might be next after I'm through with this thing."
Tipral fired a Star Spear at the door on the ceiling blocking the ladder. Light began to shine down from there. "Now go!"
Despite being confused, the heroes decided to make their exit by climbing through the doorway. When they were all gone, Tipral turned his attention back to the Mushroom Colossus.
"All right... Good. Everything is going according to plan... All that's important now is wiping you out!"
With that, Tipral jumped toward the Mushroom Colossus, preparing to finish it off.
If you remember in the first Paper Chopper, the Diamond Gloves were a lot different compared to the ones in this story... Yeah, I thought that I'd make these a bit different this time!
Overall, this chapter isn't exactly my favorite. I mean, I'm not a big fan of writing small, cramped areas in a story. There's not much that can be said about them... However, we won't be having any of that next chapter! In fact, we'll be seeing something that was mentioned back in the interlude!