"Yeesh... What a jerk that Lafari was, kicking us out like that." Chopper mumbled, slowly treading through the hills that were before them. The night sky had started to make them tired, and unfortunately, it had started to slow them down as well.
"Why do I feel so tired?" Flyer yawned, looking up at the sky. "It's like this place has some sort of affect on me... Taking slumber now wouldn't help, though..."
As they continued their walk past a few Chillies on the way, they took notice of a large tree with many blue and pink leaves. Since it caught their interest, they went up to it to check it out. Upon reaching the hill, they saw off in the distance a small little area made of blue rock with a few sections having pointy edges. Past that appeared to be a large amount of dark fog.
"I don't know why, but I feel like we're getting pretty close now..." Chopper yawned, taking a look at the rocky altar and the fog.
"You know, guys... I'm getting a little tired." Scrub mentioned, letting out a yawn. "Think we can just sleep by this tree?"
"But... We're so close." Shadower mentioned, being the least tired of the group. "Why sleep now when we can get this over with?"
"Look, I know we're close, but how are we supposed to easily fight when we're not in good shape?" Bombette groaned, plopping onto the icy grass. "Look, I say rest now, then we'll get the star later. ...And if any of you dare to wake me, I swear I'll explode right in your face."
She closed her eyes, and soon she was drifting into sleep. Everyone chose to keep away from her, fearing what would happen.
"Well, one person's already asleep. I guess we don't have much of a choice..." Chopper shrugged, sitting down by the tree. "I'm feeling tired too, so I don't mind some sleep."
Soon, the eleven started to slowly fall asleep thanks to the sounds of the twinkling stars and the night sky. Unfortunately, this prevented them from notice a shadow flying over to the tree. A figure had landed on the branch and stared down at them with his red eyes.
This figure was revealed to be a round shape just like that of Chopper, Kirby, and Meta Knight, only slightly bigger. He also wore a mask just like Meta Knight, only his had both a horizontal and vertical opening. Two, yellow horns appeared to protrude from the top of the mask. His body was also hot pink, and he wore whitish-platinum armor such as shoulder pads and boots that did not fully cover his feet. He also has feathered wings and carried a powerful pink lance and a white shield with a hot pink four-pointed star on it.
"So... It appears my opponents are near..." the masked warrior trailed, looking down at Chopper specifically. "Hmph... He does not appear to be much of a threat. They say he and these people traveling with him are some of the strongest warriors, but all I see are weaklings that are no match for the great Galacta Knight."
Galacta Knight noticed a familiar pink puffball as well. "What's this? He's here as well? I thought this would be the last time I'd ever see him, but I guess I was wrong. Maybe these people will actually defeat me. They're not going to get past that rocky altar if they can't defeat me."
He swung his lance, and an apple had fallen. Galacta Knight easily sliced it in half and let it fall in front of Chopper.
"However, I must warn you... Aside from that pink puffball, there has only been one person that managed to defeat me. I will make sure the same thing does not happen against you people."
After spreading his wings, Galacta Knight flew off to the altar ahead, leaving a couple of white feathers behind.
Two hours later-
With two hours out of the way, the group had started to wake up and stretch. They looked up to see daylight, but they were disappointed.
"It's...still nighttime..." Flyer trailed.
Chopper looked down in front of him and noticed a slice apple. Smiling, he picked one of the pieces up and dropped it in his mouth. Kirby had snatched the other and ate it.
"Poyo! (It's always nice to eat some food when you wake up!)" Kirby said happily.
"Whew!" Sonic sighed, stretching his arms and legs. "OK, I think I'm ready to go!"
"All right! time to get the Crystal Star!" Chopper smiled, ready to take off.
"Not yet!" Silica yelled, landing in front of the group with her weapon aimed as usual.
"Oh, come on..." Shadower groaned. "Again?!"
"I had a feeling you managed to get yourselves out of those woods..." Silica smirked, remaining confident. "But I think I should thank you for that. I suppose you didn't get along too well with that bird, considering that he helped me get out of those woods."
Mario: What?
"Now we can finally put an end to this, Chopper. That is, unless you choose to run from me again. I'll give you a ten second head start!"
Chopper continued to look horrified, unsure of what to do. However, the horrified look turned to a more determined look as he remained still.
"You've got five seconds left," Silica reminded.
"Forget those seconds. I'm not going anywhere." Chopper decided. "If you want to fight me, then fine."
"Are you sure, Chopper?" Vivian asked.
"Yeah," Chopper nodded, turning back to Silica. "I don't want to seriously hurt you, but if this will get you to stop trying to hunt us down, then I don't have much of a choice."
Though Silica was surprised by this declaration, she was actually pleased. "So you finally decide to face me? Good. Now this is more like it! It'll be a lot easier to avenge my friend now!"
"And don't expect me to hold back. I'll fight you just like how I fight my enemies!"
"Then let us do this!"
Tattle: That's Silica. She's a strange white alien girl that's the daughter of a woman named Garlude. Huh... Well that's interesting. Max HP is 320, Attack is 15, and Defense is 0. She'll usually attack you with a flamethrower, a machine gun, a missile, a sword, or a laser. Though she may not be an evil being, don't try to let your guard down. She is pretty tough! That weapon of hers, especially, makes her powerful. Though, I wonder where it even came from? Regardless, let's just hope she'll stop trying to eliminate you after this fight..."
"Go ahead, Chopper. Show me what you can do." Silica challenged.
"All right, I will!" Chopper smirked, leaping in the air and jumping on Silica, performing a stylish move in the process. The amount of damage done to her left her surprised. This left her open for Bombette to hit her with a Bomb attack.
Silica wasted no time in her attack. She changed to her flamethrower and scorched Chopper with it, leaving a burn on him. Chopper quickly shook the soot off of him and landed another jump, with Vivian using her Shade Fist afterward. Silica had taken notice of Vivian's apologetic look before retreating back to her friends.
Annoyed, Silica raised her weapon and fired a grappling hook at the tree. With it, she swung back and brought her feet in front of her to attack Chopper. He guarded it, only taking 14 damage.
"If those are your only attacks, then you're no match for me," Silica said confidently.
"But I'm not showing you everything I've got," Chopper noted. "But I can show you right now."
"Hit me with your best shot!"
"All right..." Chopper clenched his fists as his feet were surrounded in a yellow glow. He jumped high in the air and landed on Silica with his Gravity Jump. It was able to bump her into the tree, leaving her to rub her head in pain. Sonic took the opportunity to hit her with a Spin Dash, but she had fired a missile to strike him and knock him back.
"OK... So you aren't that weak..." Silica panted. "This should be interesting..."
"You're not too bad yourself," Chopper replied.
"Compliments aren't going to change my mind on destroying you, Chopper!"
Chopper frowned, but decided to not let it bother him. He took his hammer out and hit Silica with his Power Smash. Kirby then delivered a Cartwheel, taking another 10 out of her. This had already brought her down to 218 HP, and she was not too pleased.
Silica fired a missile straight at Chopper, but she was surprised to see him Superguard it and take no damage. "What the... What was that?"
"I Superguarded it," Chopper answered. "That prevents me from taking any damage."
"I'd say you made the wrong choice by fighting us," Berry noted.
"Wrong choice? Not a chance!" Silica yelled. "I'm doing this for Kutora! This battle will not end until one of us is down!"
That last sentence did not make Chopper feel too happy.
"But I don't want to bring you down..." Chopper trailed.
"Then I guess we'll be able to tell who's going down..." Silica trailed.
Chopper frowned and conjured up an electric ball. He threw it and dealt 8 damage when it made contact. Tamber charged next, hitting her with a Combo Punch. Silica fired a missile that managed to blow Tamber away to find Chopper. She noticed he was missing.
"Where did he go now?"
"Up here!"
Silica looked up and saw Chopper land on her head using his feet. It left her in a daze, allowing Flyer to strike her with a Flying Attack next. She felt a bruise on her face and cringed. Getting up, Silica fired a missile at Chopper, but he ducked, causing it to hit Flyer instead.
Once again, Chopper didn't pay too much attention to what happened and jumped on Silica again. Flyer grumbled to himself and hit her with another Flying Attack, leaving her with 156 HP.
Silica changed to her machine gun this time and fired rapidly at Chopper. Her attack succeeded, and Chopper had suffered 15 damage as a result. Seeing the bruises left from the attack made Silica pleased.
Chopper got back at Silica with his Diamond Glove attack, firing a charged electric ball at her. Shadower's Shadow Punch left her panting heavily.
"I don't know how you've managed to bring me down this far, but it's not over yet," Silica groaned, looking down at the floor. "I still have one other trick up my sleeve."
Silica took out a few floating mirrors and fired a laser at one of them. The laser reflected off each mirror and fired at Chopper and his friends. To their relief, they were able to Superguard it.
Three other mirrors appeared and she used a laser from her weapon to fire at Chopper and his friends. They were lucky to Superguard the attack, or else they would've taken A LOT of damage.
"Hmmmm... Those mirrors... I wonder if I could inhale them?" Chopper pondered, looking at the closest mirror. He inhaled it, and upon swallowing it, he got a wand with the crystal on the top, a red and teal dual-toned jester hat, and his skin became a white tint, while his feet and gloves turned gray.
"Pfffft! You look like a clown!" Tamber laughed, while Mario reduced Silica to 126 HP with his Jump.
"No! It's the Mirror ability!" Chopper corrected, looking up at his wand.
"You just copied an ability? How was that even possible?" Silica gaped. "…Well, it doesn't matter now. I'll probably shrug it off later."
Silica changed to her sword and swung at Chopper. He ended up guarding it, but thanks to the Mirror ability, he was able to take 13 damage instead due to its barrier. Silica looked surprised, but she was caught off guard once Chopper hit her with a Gravity Jump.
"Take this!" Berry gripped her Ruby Hammer and brought it down on Silica's head. When she tried swinging at her again, Silica used her sword to block it and knock her away. Chopper took this opportunity to run up to her and split into two, which managed to hurt her and deal 10 damage.
"Man, that ability's weird!" Scrub remarked, attacking her next with a Ground Pound, bringing her down to 66 HP.
Silica brought her attention back to Chopper, who attacked with her flamethrower. But, her HP went down quickly as soon as Chopper performed another Gravity Jump on her. With Vivian's Shade Fist, she was down to 26 HP.
"No… I can't lose just yet..." Silica coughed. "I can't fail so soon..."
She let out a battle cry and fired a laser at the mirrors and at Chopper and his friends. It struck them and managed to deal 17 damage. However, with Chopper's Jump and Tamber's punch, the only thing she could do was scorch them with her flamethrower. The burn left by Vivian had reduced her to 2 HP.
Silica went to his knees, having very little energy to fight back. She was all bruised up, and it hurt just to feel the pain. Chopper was a bit exhausted as well, having a couple of bruises as well. Speaking of Chopper, he was approaching her right now.
Seeing as she couldn't do anything, Silica lowered her head and closed her eyes tight. But to her surprise, she didn't feel anything strike her. When she looked up, Chopper had removed his ability.
"What are you doing?" Silica asked, looking surprised. "You're not going to finish this fight?"
"No," Chopper replied. "Why should I? You're not my enemy. But could you listen to me?"
Having no choice, Silica sighed. "All right... Fine."
"When I first did this whole hero job, I didn't really want to do it at first. The only reason why I kept going was because I didn't want to upset my mommy and daddy, but Kutora actually helped me. He tried to help me control the powers I had to make me who I am today. So I was really scared when he wanted me to... Well, you know."
"But why did you do it? Did you have any idea of what harm you'd be doing to others?"
"He wanted me to do it because he said... He said he wanted me to set him free." Chopper answered. "He said something about doing something terrible. Something that he felt would let his family down, I think... And I think the whole setting him free thing was also because if I had lost, Maquano would eliminate him, and he wouldn't be able to rest in peace. So, he wanted me to do it instead..."
Being much calmer now, Silica started to understand. "OK... I think I'm starting to understand."
"Not only did he give me his own weapon, but he saved me from Mondrao's destruction..."
"Whoa..." Scrub gaped. "I didn't see that coming..."
"I see..." Silica trailed. "I'm sorry for the trouble I caused you. I hope you're not too hurt by my actions."
"It's all right, I forgive you," Chopper assured. "I personally don't like to carry grudges."
"Thanks, Chopper. I guess feel much better now." Silica smiled. Unfortunately, the time to relax was not over when she noticed a pink beam going for Chopper. "Look out!"
Before Chopper could react, Silica dove in and pushed her out of the way, taking the hit instead. She let out a cry of pain as she fell over on the ground, nearly falling unconscious.
"Silica!"
They all noticed some feathers falling from the tree, and when they looked up, they saw a figure staring down at them with its reddish pink eyes. It appeared to be pointing to the rocky altar up ahead, and then it flew off.
"Who was that?" Vivian asked.
"I don't know... I couldn't see who that was..." Shadower answered. "But that's not important. Silica's hurt!"
Chopper and Meta Knight helped Silica stand up, though she was not looking too good. Her eyes were nearly closing at this point.
"We need to get Silica some help right away," Vivian suggested. "Maybe the Crystal Star might be able to heal her?"
"Wait... Couldn't a Mushroom or something work, though?" Chopper asked, taking out a Mushroom. Despite giving it to her, it didn't seem to do anything. "Oh, crud... That did nothing!"
"Then the Crystal Star it is," Scrub declared.
With that, Chopper and his friends helped Silica go down the icy hill and over to the altar. Chopper had hit the Save Block on his way as well. When they stepped on the rocky blue altar, that's when things were getting stranger. The icy grass surrounding them had vanished, and to them, it looked as if they were standing on a platform in the middle of space.
"What's up with this?" Tamber asked.
Flyer studied the area around him and tried to come up with a conclusion. Unfortunately, he didn't get the chance to speak, because Silica started to cough.
"What is this place?" Silica wheezed.
"So you have arrived... Just as I expected..." Galacta Knight trailed, landing in front of the group. Most of the group gawked, looking at him.
"Who are you?" Chopper asked.
"Galacta Knight, one of the strongest warriors out there. I sense great power in you all... I've heard of the many things you've done, defeating two shadow demons that tried to endanger the world. You even managed to put up a fight against him as well... Seeing someone who can even match up to me is nothing great for me. ...Which is why I must defeat you at this moment."
"You think our power is dangerous to you?" Chopper asked.
"Correct."
"Or... You can just let us through..."
"That's not going to happen," Galacta Knight stated. "Though I was hoping to rid you back at that tree, defeating you would not be as satisfying. I'm planning to get a better taste of victory against you eleven!"
Mario: Fine... We'll fight.
"Excellent… Now we shall see who the better warrior is!"
"All right, Galacta Knight! Let's see what you got!" Chopper declared, changing to his sword ability and pointing the blade at him.
Tattle: That's Galacta Knight. It's said that he's 'The Strongest Warrior in the Galaxy'. …He doesn't look too threatening. Wait a second… These stats tell me his Max HP is 340, his Attack is 16, and his Defense is 3. OK, yeah, sometimes looks can be deceiving. Anyway, Galacta Knight can fire a laser that rotates around the room, and he might also come flying straight at you. To me, he seems to have a lot of moves that are a little similar to Meta Knight's, but a lot stronger. In fact, some people say he's one of the toughest Kirby bosses out there! ...Wait, what?
"He's got an Attack of 16?! Oh, boy... This could be tough..." Regardless, Chopper ran up to Galacta Knight and struck him with a swoop from his sword, taking only a measly 5 out of him.
"You call that a sword strike? And here I thought you were powerful." Galacta Knight scoffed. That was, until Flying hit him with a Flying Attack, which dealt 10 damage.
Galacta Knight charged straight at Chopper with his lance, but he ended up ducking, and unfortunately, Flyer was right behind him. You can probably guess what happened.
"OK, why am I always getting hit so often?" Flyer asked angrily, getting back at Galacta Knight with another Flying Attack.
"Calm down, Flyer… It was probably an accident…" Chopper assured, though that didn't seem to be helping him. Regardless, he used his Spinning Sword on Galacta Knight to deal 7 damage.
Galacta Knight flew up in the air and brought his lance down in front of Chopper, knocking him back toward Mario, who managed to catch him. Bombette rushed in and blew up in front of the warrior afterward.
"Thanks, Mario…" Chopper quickly shook himself and he jumped toward Galacta Knight with another sword swing.
"Your fighting skills are rather horrendous!" Galacta Knight informed. "You don't fight like a true warrior."
"Does it really matter?" Sonic asked. "We fight to win, not to be like warriors!"
"Hmmm... Very well, I suppose I can show you how a real warrior fights." Galacta Knight raised his lance and flew quickly at Chopper, jabbing him a couple of times with his weapon and taking 18 out of him.
"Ow! That wasn't even fair!" Chopper winced. "Aren't real warriors or whatever supposed to, well... Play fair?"
Galacta Knight ignored his question and charged at him again. But Chopper was prepared this time, bringing his sword up and countering him with his Diamond Gloves and taking 7 out of him. He then got burned by Vivian's Shade Fist, leaving him slightly cringing.
The masked warrior raised his lance to fire a laser upward. It soon began to rotate around the area. When it got near Chopper, he managed to Superguard it.
"So you dodged it... Nothing too special." Galacta Knight stated.
"Well... I think it's special." Chopper replied, jumping toward him and striking him with a D-Down Slash. Galacta Knight was knocked toward one of the rocky spikes, but he swung his lance and cut off its point, making it fall off the platform.
"Where did that piece of the rock go?" Sonic asked, noticing it disappeared. But he shrugged it off and attacked Galacta Knight with a Spin Dash, leaving him with 280 HP.
"Well, we got him down to 280 HP, so this shouldn't be too bad!" Scrub grinned.
"I'm afraid that isn't going to save you," Galacta Knight said, swinging his lance onto the floor to summon a wave of fire energy. It came directly at the eleven, and they brought their guard up to take less damage. Chopper leaped in afterward to swing at Galacta Knight, while Scrub laid a giant egg and threw it at him.
"Man, I LOVE this ability! It's awesome!" Scrub smirked, soon getting struck by the opponent's lance.
"Say... How can you even lay a giant egg?" Bombette asked.
"Uhhh... I'm not so sure, exactly..."
"Perhaps you can discuss this later when you're in the afterlife," Galacta Knight suggested, putting their conversation to a halt.
They returned to fighting, with Berry swinging her hammer at Galacta Knight. Chopper gathered energy in his sword next and fired a Sword Beam. Galacta Knight was actually a bit surprised.
"The Sword Beam? Hmmm... That move's a bit difficult to use." Galacta Knight. "Though, I have mastered that technique far more easily than you."
Galacta Knight swung his sword and fired a pink Sword Beam directly at Chopper. He managed to Superguard it, which surprised him as well. He turned his attention back to Chopper, but he had already leaped in the air and hit his head with a Gravity Jump. Kirby followed up by using his Final Cutter, allowing him to swing his blade upward and then down, creating a cutting wave of energy that dealt 12 damage.
He decided to jump back and glide toward Kirby. When he was close, he swung his lance and knocked Kirby away near the edge of the platform. Thankfully, Sonic was there to give him a hand.
"Heads up! I've got ya!" Sonic assured.
"Poyo! (Thank you!)" Kirby sighed, now safe from falling. He decided to attack again and used a Cartwheel this time. Chopper followed up by using his hammer, bringing Galacta Knight to 199 HP.
"I'm not going to give up so soon... Especially to a kid..." Galacta Knight thought. He raised his lance, and suddenly, fire geysers emerged. "Burn, fools!"
"'Burn, fools'? Really? Is that the best you could come up wi-" Chopper suddenly felt the flames scorch him and his friends, covering them in soot. "Ow..."
Chopper changed to his Mirror ability and fired a mirror shard straight at Galacta Knight. Mario had equipped his Cape ability and managed to deflect the warrior's attack when he tried to hit Chopper. Shadower lowered his defense with a Shadow Punch, and Chopper dealt 10 damage to Galacta Knight with his jump.
Galacta Knight went after Chopper again, but Mario stepped in again and deflected his attack, dealing 12 more damage.
"That cape... How is he able to block my attacks so easily with it?" Galacta Knight muttered. "Well, it won't matter in the end. Their lives will be over before they know it."
As soon as Chopper jumped on him, and then Tamber struck him with a Power Punch, he started to spin around in a tornado and come flying toward Chopper. When he was caught in it, Chopper's Mirror ability had been knocked away.
Regardless of that, Chopper decided to use his Ice Stomp to deal 7 damage, while Flyer's Flying Attack did 10. Galacta Knight had struck him with multiple jabs for that, though.
"Man, this guy's kinda hard when he's got 3 Defense…" Chopper groaned, hitting him with his hammer. Sonic's Spin Dash managed to bring him down to 100 HP.
"All right, he's only down to 100. This shouldn't be too bad." Sonic grinned, keeping some hope up.
Galacta Knight attempted to strike Chopper, but Mario deflected it with his Cape ability, knocking him back. Unfortunately, that ended up doing away with his cape. Regardless of that, Chopper switched to his Sword ability and attacked with a D-Down Slash. Bombette charged at him using her Bomb.
"So... You thought we were so bad at fighting before?" Chopper panted. "Well, take a look at your HP bar!"
"Yes, I will concede that you are strong. Unfortunately, I can no longer hold back." Galacta Knight held his shield in front of him and fired an orange blast. Chopper managed to guard it with his sword, but it had ended up breaking.
"What the... He broke my sword!" Chopper gaped.
Galacta Knight couldn't help but chuckle. "A lot of times people tend to break shields using a sword, but here, I used my shield's power to break your sword! How ironic..."
"If that was supposed to be a joke, it wasn't funny," Tamber scoffed.
"Chopper! Take my sword!" Meta Knight shouted, throwing Galaxia. Luckily, Chopper managed to catch it and smirk.
"Thanks, Meta Knight! Now this is where it gets interesting!" Chopper rushed at Galacta Knight with a Multi-Slash attack, jabbing him twelve times to dish out 13 damage. Bombette exploded in front of Galacta Knight next, taking 7 more out of him.
"This would be a lot more enjoyable if he had no defense," Bombette muttered.
"You are starting to become a nuisance," Galacta Knight panted. "I think it's time I brought in my most powerful attack."
With that, Galacta Knight raised his lance and began to charge his attack.
"OK, that is so much like that masked guy!" Scrub scoffed. "I mean, is this guy some sort of rip-off of him?"
"He does look like it... Anyway, maybe I should, uhhhh..." Chopper pulled out a Star Shroom and ate it to recover 150 HP. Vivian then pulled everyone into the shadows for safety. Galacta Knight unleashed his powerful attack, and it resembled Meta Knight's Mach Tornado.
"That should've taken you down…" Galacta Knight grinned. However, he noticed that they weren't even there. "Wait, what?"
Vivian brought Chopper and his friends up from the shadows, who all appeared relieved. In anger, Galacta Knight gripped his shield and fired another orange projectile at Chopper, knocking him back.
"Ugh... I hate it when the enemy gets to attack after we hit him." Chopper muttered as Shadower hit Galacta Knight with a Shadow Punch. "Anyway... Spinning Sword!"
Chopper spun his sword in the same manner as a drill and hit Galacta Knight, taking 10 out of him.
"You're doing well, Chopper. Just stay on guard in case if he makes another attack." Meta Knight suggested.
"All right, I will," Chopper watched for Galacta Knight to come back at him. With no time to spare, he raised Galaxia to guard the attack. Afterward, Chopper struck Galacta Knight with another Sword Beam, followed up with Vivian's Shade Fist. "Wow! He's already down to 16 HP.
"This cannot be..." Galacta Knight trailed. "I will not lose so soon!"
He raised his lance and stepped back before charging directly at Chopper. He Superguarded the attack, managing to deal 1 point of damage to him. With Flyer's Flying Attack, he was now down to 4 HP.
Galacta Knight had barely any time to react, as Chopper's sword swing had managed to make him fall over exhausted and defeated. Chopper claimed a level from gaining 54 Star Points, and he upgraded his HP to 120.
"Phew… Finally… We did it!" Chopper sighed, removing his ability, no longer needing it. He then tossed Galaxia back to Meta Knight.
"Good. I'm pleased to see that you and the others managed to defeat Galacta Knight." Meta Knight applauded, though he brought his attention to Silica. "Unfortunately, we still have more important manners to attend to."
"All right," Chopper nodded, helping Silica up with Meta Knight. "Let's get you over there, Silica."
When Mario looked over at Galacta Knight, he slowly saw him get back up. He alerted everyone, but he was not fast enough.
"I'm not through with you yet!" Galacta Knight yelled, charging directly at Chopper first. However, Meta Knight instantly flew in and blocked his lance using his sword.
"Whoa..." Scrub gaped, seeing the two swing and block at each other until they were starting to push each other back with their weapons.
"You again?" Galacta Knight gawked. "Move out of the way this instant! I'm not here to face against you!"
"No. You faced them and lost. If you're going to face anyone now, I will be your opponent."
"...Fine."
"Everyone, listen carefully..." Meta Knight started, bringing his attention to the group. "I will try to hold Galacta Knight off. You focus on finding that Crystal Star to help her. As much as I am against you getting those, it's the only way it will heal her from that serious injury."
"Are you sure you can handle this?" Shadower asked.
"Yes. I will be fine. You have something more important to take care of."
"All right... I guess we should go." Chopper said, letting out a sigh. "Can any of you help me with Silica?"
Vivian volunteered and got Silica's right arm. With that, they passed the two masked warriors and over to the walkway ahead. To their surprise, when they walked off the rocky platform, the sky and grass had reappeared and showed them the way to the dark fog ahead.
"Whoa... That was cool." Scrub remarked, noticing the two figures no longer in the rocky platform. "Wait... Where'd they go?"
"They must not appear when you're not standing on that platform..." Vivian guessed.
Deciding to not let it bother them, they hurried onward.
With Meta Knight and Galacta Knight, though, they were both knocked back. However, they managed to quickly get back on their feet.
"I can't waste my time with you any longer," Meta Knight stated, raising his sword upward. "I have to finish this now!"
Smirking, Galacta Knight began to charge up an attack as well. "Well then... This attack should be the deciding factor over who shall become victorious!"
Both Mach Tornadoes were fired, and both had collided with each other. The last thing both of them could see was a bright explosion.
Yeah, if you couldn't tell by Chapter 17 alone, there are a lot more battles. It would make a lot more sense, considering that this is meant to be the harder part of the adventure. ...But there was a cool fight against Galacta Knight, though!
Now all that's left for this chapter is the boss fight coming up next!