CHAPTER 11-1
-Attack of the Robots-
As the whole place began to get drawn, it seemed like there were a couple of bushes. Hey, it sounds like it's one of those forests. However, when everything got colored, it looked like the whole forest was nothing but technology. There wasn't any real grass or trees in sight. The color of this ground was nothing but shiny silver with some steam coming up from the ground.
Once the dark green door appeared, the whole group walked out of the door, but to their dismay, they saw that this place was nothing but an industrialized forest. How…horrible. Well, to Chopper and Sonic at least.
"Whoa… It's like we just entered some kind of wasteland of horror…" Blade gaped as he looked up at the gray sky. "Everything's made out of technology… This just isn't right. At all."
"What happened to this world? Why is everything full of technology?!" Chopper cried. "Or… Is this world supposed to be all technology? Because it isn't quite nice, with the steam and all."
Mario: I definitely agree.
"The only thing that I wish we could do is restore this place to what it originally was," Sonic said as he stretched his arms and legs. "I wonder what the people are like here. Think they're friendly?"
"I dost not knoweth, nor dost I careth," Luvbi retorted in her usually annoyed manner as she fluttered up to Chopper. "It mayeth not be the most romantic place, but I think we can shareth a nice, romantic kiss hither, dost thou agree with me?"
"Poyo... (Oh, great… Now she's doing this again...)" Kirby sighed.
"Eep! Not right now!" Chopper gulped. "Please don't be like this to me, Luvbi! Not right now!"
"But thou are so cute! Why wouldn't I giveth a cute boy that I love so much a kiss?"
"Can we talk about something else instead? Maybe something like food...or video games?"
"Nay! Why wouldst I talk about that when love doth be more interesting?" Luvbi said, looking at him with her sparkling eyes. "Please, my prince... Let us shareth a kiss!"
"Well, looks like Chopper's in trouble," Blade snickered.
"Come on, Blade... Don't be like this..." Sonic scolded.
"Poyo..? (I don't know who has it worse with her, us or him?)" Kirby wondered.
Chopper looked at Luvbi in fear as she prepared to kiss him on the lips. But, to his surprise, he was actually saved when someone else grabbed a hold of the Nimbi girl. But it didn't seem like a friendly person at all.
"EEEEEK!"
Luvbi's cried, now in the clutches of someone new. She tried to break free, but she was being held rather high up. Not to mention she couldn't get out of the unknown person's grip.
"Hey! Who's the one who's holding Luvbi?!" Chopper growled as he clenched his fist.
"Long time no see, Chopper! It's been quite a while, hasn't it?!" the young boy gulped at the voice. He saw a robot that seemingly resembled him in terms of shape, antennae, arms, and feet. However, unlike Chopper, he was a metallic lime color on the upper and lower part of his head, while the middle was black. The robot also had blue eyes, blue shoulder pads, silver hands, green feet, and blue thrusters on his back. In his hands was the Nimbi girl.
"Hey! Who the heck is that guy supposed to be?" Blade gawked, drawing his katana. "He kind of looks like you, Chopper!"
"What, you've never heard of me?!" the robot cackled, but simply bowed while still holding onto Luvbi. "I am none other than the great and mighty…Robo Chopper! I am your worst nightmare!"
"Oh, it's just you… I remember we took care of you back in Dark Subspace World." Sonic said like it wasn't a big deal. "You're really not one to be successful. What do you do your whole life? Kidnap girls?"
"Letest go of me, foul tin can!" Luvbi yelped, trying to hit Robo Chopper with her wings. Although she hit him a bit, it didn't seem to do anything to him thanks to his metallic body.
"Try all you want, little girl, but you can't hit my metallic body with your flappy little wings!" Robo Chopper grinned. "Now, Chopper… You see that this whole place looks like a complete wasteland of nothing but machinery? Well, it's been like that this whole time! You're in my turf now! And I rule it!"
"What? You RULE this place?" Chopper felt like he was going to laugh and he couldn't quite help it. "That's just laughable! There's no way you could be the king of a world! You stink at accomplishing your goals!"
"Oh? Then let's see how you like it when I take your girlfriend to my new fortress! My robot minions will be there waiting for you!" Robo Chopper began to fly off with poor Luvbi, who began to cry and she looked back at Chopper.
"Chopper! Please! Savest me!" Luvbi cried as she was taken farther. Soon enough, they were gone.
"I don't believe it… Luvbi's gone." Chopper gaped.
"Poyo, (That means we don't have to deal with her anymore,)" Kirby realized.
"I don't know if we should really celebrate, though..."
"I'd seriously celebrate," Blade smirked. "That girl was being such a jerk to us, so we should be able to celebrate. That, and now Chopper doesn't have to hear her talking sweetly to him or giving him kisses."
"I know… But…" Chopper looked on ahead. "She DID help me get better when I had that cold. That was a pretty nice thing for her to do… And also, hasn't she done anything good for you all either?"
The rest of the group began to ponder, thinking about any good things she's done for them.
"Poyo, (Nope, nothing,)" Kirby said, shaking his head.
"I can't think of one good thing," Sonic shook his head too.
"Uhhhhh… Heck no." Blade replied with a head shake.
Mario: Nope. She didn't say anything good to us.
"Well… Yeah, you guys have a point." Chopper sweat dropped while rubbing his head. "Anyway… Maybe we should just move on ahead, what do you say? There's not much we can do…although I think saving Luvbi wouldn't be a bad idea."
Everyone sighed, but they knew they didn't have much of a choice. Perhaps Robo Chopper would be holding the twelfth Pure Heart they're seeking? No one knew, but as soon as they walked over to the steam…
"Don't get close to that!"
"What the… What was that voice?!" Sonic paused and noticed that there was something glowing in Chopper's bag. "Hey, Chopper… I see something glowing in your bag! You should check it out!"
"Really?" Chopper checked through his bag for anything glowing and pulled out the wand from before. It was glowing a rainbow color. "Whoa… This rainbow glow reminds me of Tippi…"
"Chopper, it's me, Tippi!" the voice cried out. "Well, I'm no longer Tippi now… I'm Lady Timpani. But I'll answer your question on how we're still alive."
They all seemed so surprised to hear Tippi's voice…and not to mention they were glad to see that Tippi was all right. "I'm also with my love too, Lord Blumiere. He can say hi to you right now if he wants."
"Hello, heroes. I… I apologize for what I've done earlier…" Blumiere apologized.
"What's done is done, Count," Chopper nodded. "You don't need to apologize for what you did. Besides, Dimentio ended up taking the Chaos Heart. But we don't have to worry about him. He's probably gone, right?"
"Yes… I guess he's gone…" Timpani trailed. "The reason why I wanted to keep in contact with you was because I think you would need my help. There might be hidden things that require my help in order for you to get through. Also, I wanted to tell you that if you touched the steam, you would get hurt."
"Ahhh… So we just need to jump this. Very well." Chopper jumped over the steam and scurried on ahead. All there really was up ahead was a silver door. Even the doors were mechanized!
"Whoa… The doors are mechanized too! Weird…" Blade frowned as he opened the door and hurried on into the next area. Everyone else followed to find a couple of robots with searchlights flying around.
"Chopper, aim the wand at that robot and I'll help you," Timpani suggested, making Chopper aim the wand directly at the robot. A ray of rainbow light emitted from the wand and struck the robot. Apparently these guys cannot see the light, making it easy to use it on enemies.
"That's a Securibot. It likes to patrol the area searching for intruders. You cannot defeat them, but you can stun them for a couple of seconds to avoid getting spotted. If the Securibot spots you in its searchlight, it will call for other robots to attack you, especially the Intruderbot, which is a deadly enemy to fight…" Timpani informed.
"Securibots, huh… Well this isn't going to be easy." Chopper paused for a minute when he heard a rustling sound coming from the bushes. "Hey… What the heck is that sound coming from?"
Surprisingly, a couple of flying robots called Patrolbots were struck by a couple of shurikens, making them explode. Everyone turned to Blade, who looked a bit confused.
"Don't look at me! I wasn't the one who threw that!" Blade denied.
"Well if you didn't throw it, then who did?" Sonic asked, raising an eyebrow. They happened to notice a shadow jump out of the bush and finish off the rest of the Patrolbots around. All they could really see were two glowing blue eyes.
"…Poyo? (…Should we get his attention? Is he a friend or foe?)" Kirby asked.
"Errr… I suppose we could try to get his attention." Chopper shrugged and looked over at the shadow. However, before we could even shout, the shadow jumped over to them. They saw a robotic black ninja with a blue mask and a katana with a blue stripe on it.
"Excuse me, but who are you?" Sonic asked.
The ninja didn't respond, but he turned around and jumped over the Securibot. With a shuriken, he managed to stun the enemy. He gestured them all to follow him before it would come back.
"Should we get some information on him?" Timpani asked.
"Maybe we should wait for him to introduce himself…" Blumiere suggested.
"I think that's a good idea," Chopper agreed as they walked over to the next Securibot flying over the ground. The robot ninja gestured them to stop as he stunned it with a shuriken. Afterward, he gestured them to follow him up ahead until they got to another door.
"Ummmm… Could you please tell us who you are?" Sonic asked. As they got to the door, the ninja stopped and looked at the heroes. He didn't look like he was a foe, but he didn't seem much of a friend either.
Ninja: …
"Poyo? (Uhhhh… Got anything to say?)" Kirby asked, tilting his head. All the ninja could do was open the door for the team and allow them to go into the next area, which had more steam on the ground and even some Patrolbots.
"He doesn't understand what you're saying…" Chopper trailed, glancing over at Kirby. He looked over at the robot, who gestured them all to hide in the bush right next to him. "Wait, why are you…"
"Don't speak. Just get in the bush." the robot ninja spoke at last, jumping into the bush. The others shrugged and jumped into the bush, however, it was a bit too late for Mario to get in the bush, since he got spotted by a large robot.
"Hey! Who're you?" the large robot was more like a truck with turrets on his shoulders (we'll refer to him as a he) and a T on his head. Of course, his arms and legs are simply wheels like every single truck out there. Although he's rather big… He's not definitely the smartest robot on the block.
Mario gulped and looked up at the robot. "Yeah, I'm talkin' to you, punk! What's a chubby mustache man that's not a robot such as yourself doin' around here? This place is a robot place only!"
Mario: I'm the pizza delivery boy!
"The pizza delivery boy? Oh, man! I'm starving! Listen, buddy, my boss, Grim is always making me do so much back-breakin' work. I mean, what's a guy such as I, Trucker, supposed to do? I'm not a tool!" hearing this made Mario sweat drop a little, as well as the rest of the group.
"All right… So, I'm kind of hungry right now. Where's my pizza?" Mario gulped once again, but the robot ninja face palmed and threw a stunning shuriken at Trucker, making him fall over. "Aw, crap! I can't get up like this! Man… Now I'm in some serious nuts and bolts here…"
Mario immediately jumped into the bush before Trucker could get up. He began to search the area for Mario, but he had no luck.
"Dang… The pizza boy's gone. Man! I was hopin' to get some pizza! Oh well… I guess I better head back to Grim…" Trucker began to mutter a couple of things under his breath before leaving, allowing the group to get out of the bush.
"All right… Can you tell us who you are and where we are?" Chopper asked.
The robot ninja sighed. "Fine… I don't usually like to speak often, but I have no choice…" he put his katana away and looked at the heroes. "My name is Ninbot. Fear not, people. I am not your enemy. You have stepped into a world where non-robots and non-machinery are hated beyond belief. I'm just about one of the only people in this world that actually have some respect for beings like you. I suppose you people are the heroes, are you not?"
"Heroes? How do you know about the heroes?" Timpani asked.
"I cannot explain much. I saw that robotic version of you take that girl and fly away." Ninbot looked over at Chopper. "If you want to save her and get the Pure Heart, then you must follow me."
"We just met you… Why would we want to…" Blumiere's words were interrupted by Sonic.
"Hold on, Blumiere. Remember Squirps? He did something like this before…" Sonic pondered.
"Who the heck is Squirps?" Blade gawked. Blumiere was unsure of who he was too.
"He was a little alien guy that helped us find the fifth Pure Heart in Outer Space. He didn't tell us much, but he wasn't our enemy. I believe that Ninbot's kind of like him…except he's not all 'weird' and squishy. He's…a ninja."
"Huh… I never knew about that guy…" Blade trailed as he walked up to Ninbot. "Heh. I think this is going to be interesting! We're both ninjas! I think we might get along just fine."
"Perhaps…" Ninbot turned away from him and jumped up into the trees. He didn't bother to say anything else as he jumped from tree to tree.
"Hey! Don't think you're the only one with those skills!" Blade performed some tricks as he jumped from tree to tree, leaving Chopper, Kirby, Sonic and Mario to the steam on the ground, Securibots and Patrolbots.
"Well… Looks like we have some ways to do, don't you think?" Chopper slightly chuckled as he jumped over some steam. He tossed an ice ball at one of the Securibots, freezing it for a couple of seconds to allow them to pass by. When they got to a Patrolbot, Chopper aimed the wand at it.
"That's a Patrolbot. They tend to patrol the area quite often, since that's what they're programmed to do. Max HP is 36. Attack is 9. Defense is 2. If they see you, they'll fire a green laser at you. You can easily avoid it by going into 3-D or simply getting far from it. It also can't hit you if you get behind it. Some say that these guys love to shoot anything they see, which is why they're called Patrolbots." Timpani informed.
"All right, well we need to get rid of these guys while avoiding those guys over there," Chopper said as he pointed at the Securibots. He started off by tossing another ice ball to freeze it in order to get past it. The Patrolbot happened to spot them and tried to shoot at the four with its laser.
"Hold on, I got this!" Sonic jumped over the steam and struck the Patrolbot with a couple of Homing Attacks. Once he destroyed it and landed on the ground, he realized he landed on some steam, making him get hurt.
"Be careful with those, Sonic…" Timpani warned. "You'll lose 6 HP if you ever step into those… It's very dangerous…"
"Ugh… No worries, Tippi… I'm just fine." Sonic wheezed as he jumped over the steam and made his way over to a mechanical platform that was moving up and down. There was another one moving from left to right over a large amount of steam. Not only that, but a Securibot was around as well, which was troublesome.
"Oh, man… This isn't good." Chopper gulped.
"Poyo, (I think I might know what to do,)" Kirby took in a lot of air and began to float over the Securibot. He let out all the air and managed to stun the robot for a couple of seconds, making it fall into the steam, destroying it instantly.
"Hey, that's not a bad idea!" Sonic smirked.
With that out of the way, they took the platforms over the steam and over by a slope leading to another door. Apparently Blade and Ninbot already made it over to the door and were waiting.
"Poyo? (How long were you here?)" Kirby asked as they got over to both of them.
Blade and Ninbot looked at Kirby out of confusion, but Chopper was able to translate what Kirby was saying. Blade simply explained that they were waiting for them for about three minutes and that it wasn't a big problem.
"I suggest you guys move on…" suggested Blumiere through the glowing wand. Apparently, whenever someone from the wand spoke, it would glow a rainbow color. Nevertheless, they walked through the door to find a Save Block and a ? Block right over by a metallic pipe. A Piranha Plant that looked robotic rose from the pipe and tried to bite at Kirby. They noticed sparks coming out of its mouth as it tried to bite, which was quite surprising.
"Errmmmm… OK, that's a strange Piranha… Think you can scan that thing with Tippi's power, Chopper?" Blade asked.
"All right…" Chopper aimed the wand at the Piranha Plant when it showed itself again and began to scan the creature with it.
"That's a Piranha Bot. It's a robotic version of a Piranha Plant… It looks quite strange to me… Max HP is 34. Attack is 9. Be careful when getting close to it. It might try to bite you with its metallic teeth. If you ever get bit by it, you're most likely going to be paralyzed for a bit. However, if you've got the Lightning Shield on you, you shouldn't have to worry about getting hurt." Timpani informed.
"I've got a good idea," Chopper tossed an ice ball at the Piranha Bot, followed by Mario, who finished it off by performing a Ground Pound. There were a couple of other pipes around, but apparently this one would lead to a secret underground.
"So, Ninbot… Are you going to follow us down this pipe?" Blade asked as he looked up at Ninbot. The ninja didn't really say anything, but he simply jumped up onto one of the trees to make sure he was safe from harm.
Mario: I guess that's a no…
And with that, they all made their way down the pipe.
Underground-
The pipe ended up leading them to the bottom wall to the left, where they saw a box with a Lightning Shield in it. Sonic was the first to react to it, using a Spin Jump to break it and gain the Lightning Shield.
"Aw, yeah! THIS is something I've been waiting to get for a long time!" Sonic smirked as he waggled his finger. "Now I don't have to worry about getting hurt by any electric hazards! Nice!"
"Well we still need to search this room…" Chopper trailed as he flipped into 3-D. He noticed that there was a Patrolbot in the room that spotted him and began to open fire on him. "Yeah… There we go."
Using Thoreau, he grabbed a hold of the Patrolbot and brought him into 3-D. He threw it over to Kirby, who used Crystaline to freeze the Patrolbot and allow Blade to finish it off by throwing Hommissile at it. Afterward, a robotic Squig appeared in the room via teleportation.
"Poyo…? (Uhhhhhhh… What…?)" Kirby looked speechless.
"Tippi?" Chopper aimed the wand at the robotic Squig.
"That's a Squibot. These are robot versions of a Squig, and they're also quite defensive of their territory. Max HP is 24. Attack is 8. Defense is 2. They'll shoot little metallic pellets at you if you get at a close distance. But you can always use the pellet to throw back at it." Timpani informed.
"Poyo! (I'll handle this!)" Kirby inhaled the metallic pellet that the Squibot spat and spat it out at the Squibot. Chopper finished it off by bashing it with his hammer, revealing a chest behind paper in the background that peeled off. Just like the chest, the Door Key appeared to be metallic.
Mario: We're running into a lot of metallic stuff lately.
"No kidding. I guess this is why this forest is all metallic…or rather, the world." Chopper stated as he and the rest of the group exited the underground room via the pipe.
Outside-
Once they exited the pipe, they saw that Ninbot was jumping from tree to tree in the background with his ninja abilities. Not only that, but there was a tall pipe right in front of them as well.
"Poyo, (Let's check what's up on the top,)" Kirby took in some air and began to float up to the top of the pipe. He saw that there was a badge sitting up on there with an X. He shrugged and tossed it down to the group, with Blade catching it.
"Hey, this is a Ninja Spin badge!" Blade gawked as he looked at it. "I think I'm the only one who can equip something like this. But who really cares? I think it should come in handy!"
After equipping the badge, he began to spin his katana around like it was a wheel. Everyone stood back as he performed this move. "Yeah! I think I'll be able to block attacks and deflect projectiles at enemies! …Although it's only for a short time…"
"Well that's a good thing," Chopper smiled while Kirby floated down.
"Yeah. Now we need to get out of here." Blade went back and hit the ? Block to get a Super Shroom. He brought it back and split it into five pieces so they could all recover 20 HP.
But before they could move on, Ninbot landed on the ground and gestured them to turn back. "Whoa, man! We're NOT turning back! We need to get through here in order to move on!"
Ninbot face palmed and moved to the left and past the door. To the left of the area, there was a blue ! Switch sitting there. By throwing a shuriken, he managed to reveal a metallic door over by the right.
"Oh… So that's why you wanted us to turn back…" Chopper trailed as he and the rest of the group jumped over a couple of pipes and opened the door into the next area, which wasn't quite big, but a Star Block was up ahead, that's for sure.
"Whew! We're finally done with this place! …But that seemed a bit too short, to be honest. Oh well." Sonic took a couple of steps, along with his friends, but they stopped when they saw that steam was preventing them from getting to the Star Block and from going back in the previous room.
"I have you trapped!" an angry Midbus came crashing toward the ground, beating his chest. "Now you will be crushed!"
"Oh, great… It's the great piece of pork again." Chopper face palmed. "All right, what do you want with us this time?"
"Pork? I have no pork!" he spat back, confusing the rest of the group.
"What…? I don't get what you just said…" Blade trailed while scratching the top of his head. "In English, please?"
"Lord Fawful sent me to destroy you. That's what I will do." Midbus brought his fist back as if he was ready to punch them. "Taste my punch! And then eat it!"
"…Weirdo," was all Sonic could say before using a Whirlwind attack to keep Midbus distracted for a bit. With that, he managed to strike him in the stomach with a Homing Attack, leaving a couple of scars from the quills on Sonic's head.
"Oof! My stomach urks me!" he cried as he began to hop around in pain, nearly trampling both Chopper and Kirby. Blade, however, knocked Midbus back over by the steam thanks to Hommissile, which caused the boar to yelp in pain from the hot steam and rocket up into the air.
"Well that wasn't so hard…" Chopper noticed that Midbus was coming down toward him. "Uh oh… Better get out of the way!"
Midbus landed on the ground by his stomach, sending a huge wave that knocked Chopper and Kirby off the ground. When he got up, he clenched his fists and picked up Chopper, throwing him at Blade.
"Aw, come on! Do I ALWAYS have to be thrown at people?!" Chopper cried as he got himself up.
Mario: Relax for now.
While Chopper panted, Mario stepped up and tried to attack Midbus with a stomp attack. The boar tried to grab a hold of him, but the plumber was too fast for him, being able to stomp on him again and then hitting him in the head with a Ground Pound until he got knocked away by Midbus's punch.
"Poyo, (Say, I don't think we've ever gotten any information on Midbus,)" Kirby remarked, remembering fighting Midbus back in Chapter 9-5 without Tippi by their side. "Poyo? (Think you can see what kind of stats Midbus has, Chopper?)"
"I think I'll try," Chopper nodded as he pulled the wand out and aimed it at Midbus, making the wand emit a large ray of rainbow light, which looked quite nice. But that wasn't the important part.
"That large boar is Midbus. He seems to resemble both an armadillo and a boar. He's one of Fawful's henchmen… Max HP is 130. Attack is 9. He may not have any defense this time, but he does use a couple of new attacks, such as throwing broken machinery… Try to stay away from the steam in the battle, because he will throw you over to it and make you take more damage… However, you can turn the tides by throwing him at the steam with Thoreau's ability. For some strange reason, I don't quite understand why there's someone who looks like that…" Timpani informed.
"Hmmmmmm… I guess we can try to fight back by throwing him into the steam. Kirby! Try to grab him with Thoreau!" suggested Chopper.
Kirby nodded and managed to grab a hold of Midbus with Thoreau before he could slam his fists into the ground to knock him back. The pink boar looked confused as he was turned upside down.
"What? What's going on?" he gawked as Kirby threw him at the steam, sending him rocketing up into the air until he landed on the ground and made a large shockwave hit everyone…except for Sonic.
"You can't shock me with this shield on!" Sonic smirked as he did a double jump thanks to the shield and performed a Homing Attack on Midbus. Because of the Lightning Shield, it also left him a bit paralyzed.
"Oof! I can't move… You paralyzed me…" wheezed Midbus.
"Yeah, we know that already," Chopper said as he stomped on Midbus and then kicked him in the stomach with an icy kick. He made a finishing attack by using his spinning kick, but with ice energy on his feet, just to make sure he did a little bit more damage to him.
"So this is another one of Tipral's minions, I suppose?" Blumiere asked as Chopper landed on the ground. The young boy pulled the wand out, which began to float in his hands. "I thought he already had a brute with him… Unless this is someone else's minion…"
"He works for Fawful, who apparently works for Tipral…" Chopper trailed as he jumped out of the way from Midbus's attack and froze him by firing an ice ball straight at him. "So, I guess that means Midbus is one of Tipral's minions."
While Midbus was frozen, Blade tossed Hommissile at him in order to break him out of his icy prison. Once that was done, he sprinted toward the boar and struck him with a couple of strikes from his katana.
"Urgh… This fight isn't over." Midbus grabbed pieces of scrap metal from the ground and growled at them. "Now you get chucked. Then you'll die!"
He chucked the pieces of scrap metal straight at them, with Blade using his new move to block the attacks with his katana. It went straight back to Midbus, who got stunned for a couple of seconds.
"Perfect! Now to make a move on him!" Blade smirked as he sprinted toward the boar again and slashed him with his katana. Sonic managed to paralyze him again when he struck him with a Spin Jump, allowing Mario to strike him with a Ground Pound. From what they were seeing, they were creaming this guy.
"He seems to be taking a lot of hits…" Timpani trailed.
"I'm not done yet," Midbus growled as he quickly shook himself. He began to rapidly spin around as he got a large ball and chain, which began to spin around as well. It hit Chopper in the face, leaving a large red mark on his cheek and it also struck Blade, which knocked him down. Mario was able to duck to avoid it, but Midbus managed to hit Mario when he threw the ball and chain at him.
Mario: Mama mia…
Apparently, Mario was incredible dazed after the attack. This allowed Midbus to stomp over to him and charge up a powerful attack. His stomach seemed to be open for an attack, so Sonic immediately struck him with a Homing Attack…but even that didn't work against him.
"Your attack doesn't do much," Midbus mocked as his entire body turned red. But once Chopper struck his stomach with an ice smash, he managed to leave his stomach cold, causing Midbus to rub it and hold it in pain. Kirby managed to inhale one of the pieces of scrap metal and spit it out at Midbus to weaken him.
However, he was able to recover quick and do a belly flop on Kirby, flattening him. After wards, he did another belly flop, but this one allowed him to launch himself up in the air after curling up in a ball. This time he was going to squash Sonic. He succeeded, but he also took damage when Sonic brought his quills out.
"Next time, don't try to attack me when I have those quills up," Sonic warned.
"Urk! These quills. They hurt!" Midbus screeched as he pulled them out. But after he did that, Chopper ran up to him and whacked him in the face with his hammer, then punched him with fire and ice energy.
"Hey! Using both fire and ice is pretty cool!" Chopper smiled while looking at his hands. His right hand had fire energy while the left had ice.
"Where did you get the ice energy from?" Timpani asked.
"I got it when Luvbi saved me from possibly dying," he replied as he tossed a fireball at Midbus after Kirby managed to freeze him with Crystaline's ability, melting him from his icy prison.
"Man, I don't know about you guys, but this guy's just a wimp!" Sonic chuckled, smirking at Midbus. "I thought you were tougher than this, you piece of sliced up ham!"
At this point, Midbus was getting angry. He immediately stomped over to the laughing Sonic and punched him, knocking him to the ground. But that's when Blade managed to jump behind his back and bash him in the head with the hilt of his katana, leaving a couple of bruises on him.
"Now you get off," Midbus managed to grab Blade and throw him to the ground. Before he was able to stomp on him, Mario stomped on his head first and performed a Ground Pound to make him dazed.
"Oof! What the…"
Mario: It's-a me, Mario!
With his hammer, he managed to bash Midbus in the head again, followed by Blade kicking him in the stomach and throwing Hommissile at him to deal some extra damage. Chopper noticed that Midbus's HP was rather low.
"Wow, we're actually creaming this guy," Chopper smiled before Midbus knocked both Blade and Mario away with his punches. He could see the boar was charging straight at him, so he got his hammer ready.
…But he wasn't able to bash him when he got rolled over by Midbus while curled up in a ball, to his dismay.
"Ouch… That wasn't necessarily nice…" Chopper wheezed as he got himself up. He ducked when Midbus tried to strike him again, this time making him trip over after getting himself up.
"Whoa!" the boar fell over on the ground and was soon kicked in the head by Blade's foot. He aimed his katana straight at his throat, although he didn't have it incredibly close to him, due to not wanting him to die.
"All right, Midbus. Give up. You've lost." Blade stated.
"No. This isn't over." Midbus kicked Blade, causing him to be knocked over, allowing him to get up. However, things didn't turn out the way he wanted it to be when Chopper threw a charged ice ball at the boar, freezing him in place.
"Thanks, Chopper. Now I can finish this guy off!" Blade smirked as he jumped toward Midbus and finished him off with a fire slash, melting him from his icy prison and leaving him burnt for a couple of seconds before falling over on his back.
"Oooooog… Pain." Midbus moaned as he was knocked unconscious by Blade's katana (which is a bit strange, to be honest).
"Huh… Well I guess that solves that mystery." Chopper stated.
"What mystery?" Sonic gawked.
"The mystery of… Oh, forget it."
"Poyo? (So where do we go off to next?)" Kirby asked as he looked at he group out of confusion.
"Well, I think we need to go hit that Star Block…and then we have to rescue Luvbi and get the Pure Heart," Chopper explained, making everyone groan as soon as they heard him say Luvbi.
But before they could finish speaking, Ninbot came down from the trees and landed in the middle of the whole group, making them all step away.
"…Where were you this whole time?" Blade asked.
Ninbot didn't speak, but he hurried on ahead. Using his katana, he managed to destroy the steam that was in their way. Turning his head back to the group, he gestured them to follow him.
"It looks like Ninbot wants us to follow him…" Chopper trailed as he charged up a Speed Dash and took off toward the Star Block. With one punch, he was able to break the block and end the chapter.
"I hope this guy can be trusted…" Sonic hoped as he looked at Ninbot from behind.
END OF CHAPTER
Thanks to the evil Robo Chopper, our heroes not only have to look for the Pure Heart, but they were also forced to rescue Luvbi. Not only that, but this strange robotic ninja named Ninbot was helping them. While he did look a bit suspicious, with being silent and all, they had no other choice but to listen to him and follow him. He could be the key to getting through here easily…
Wow. A lot of interesting things happened in this chapter... First Luvbi gets kidnapped by Robo Chopper, Tippi and Count Bleck turn out to be the ones who sent the wand to the group, and then we have a robotic ninja and a world filled with robots! Well... That's a lot of stuff.
Will there be more next part? Well... Maybe you should wait and see for that. If you like robots, you're probably going to like this place, I suppose.