"So this must be the computer room..." Chopper trailed as they set foot into the hallway. The walls were a red orange color, while the floor itself was glowing a yellow color. Something they've probably seen before.
"Well this place isn't any different…" Blade trailed, continuing through the long hallway. They happened to see a red orange beam just at the end of the hallway.
When they reached the end of the hallway, they noticed a broken robot right near them. It sort of reminded them of a certain computer-like being that they've seen before.
"Wait a second… Isn't this NaDis?" Sonic gawked as he knelt down to take a look at the robot. "What's she doing here?"
"Hmmmmmmm… Those questions are very tough to answer…" Timpani trailed as Sonic got up.
"So, you people finally managed to show up…" Up ahead, they saw a large computer terminal with someone sitting down on the chair. Unfortunately, they couldn't see who it was because it was facing away from them.
"That voice… It sounds like it's somewhat familiar…" Chopper trailed. "Are you the Vironoid leader?"
"Vironoid leader? HA! There is no such thing!" Everyone gasped. "All of that was just a little sham just to get those Computernoids to lure you right into our trap! We've been waiting for you, heroes… Oh, yes indeed!"
The chair turned around and it was revealed to be Dark Doom sitting on the chair while grinning maliciously at the group. Everyone jumped up and shock and got in their fighting stances.
"What's the matter? Surprised to see me again?"
"Dark?! What on are YOU doing here?!" Sonic gaped.
"Wait a second… He said 'we' in that other sentence…" Chopper pondered. All of the sudden, another person appeared, but right beside Dark.
It was Knightmare.
"We meet again, heroes…" Knightmare said coldly. "I haven't forgotten our last battle…"
"Oh, no… It's him!" Luigi gulped.
"Knightmare?!" Chopper clenched his fists and took one step forward. "So you decided to team up with Dark to take us down, didn't you?"
"You could say that," Knightmare said. "All of this was Tipral's plan. He got us to lure you into this area. Luckily, we had a little computer to thank us. Unfortunately, she had to pay the price…"
Everyone looked down at NaDis. "So… All this time, NaDis was spying on us… But why is she like this?" Blade asked.
"We had to get rid of her after she tried to rebel against us. She said that she only does things for herself. So… With that, I simply destroyed her! This was all a great plan for us!" Dark explained.
"I see that you've got the heroes right where I want them…" To make things worse, Tipral appeared in the computer room, flying above Dark and Knightmare. "So, how does it feel to be lured into a trap, Chopper?"
"Tipral? What are you doing here? And what trap are you talking about?" Chopper asked.
"The one that was already explained," stated Knightmare.
"We should get back to the Computernoids and warn them about this!" Timpani suggested.
"You're too late for that," Tipral stated. "The entire Computernoid race is no more…thanks to me!"
"But… Why would you do something like that? In fact, WHY are you trying to bring The Void back? Don't you understand what it's done before?"
"Those Computernoids were interfering with our plan. We had to get rid of them immediately. However, all that remains are you guys… As for The Void, you haven't seen what its true power when I finally revive it. This time, it'll be ten times the power!"
"So, Tipral… Permission to attack the heroes?" Dark asked, pulling for his blaster, while Knightmare pointed his sword at the heroes.
"Permission granted. The heroes are the only ones that we must get rid of anyway."
"But… Where's the Pure…" Chopper paused when he saw a red orange Pure Heart stored in a capsule over by the computer terminal. "Oh… It's in there… So it IS in the computer room!"
"Chopper, now's not the time to be making jokes! We need to stop these two from ending our games!" Blumiere reminded.
"Oh, yeah. I know that! So it's going to be another battle against two people… It kinds of reminds me of that battle on that tower!"
"Let's make this fight a little more interesting," Tipral twirled his scepter and fired a blast down at the ground. The ground suddenly turned to a dark color and detached from the ground, making it some sort of lift that ascended upwards in the tower. "If you ever fall, you'll be history! Remember that, Chopper!"
As Tipral disappeared, Knightmare looked at Chopper. "He must really hate you more than anyone else… I will have the honors of taking you down!"
"This is where it all ends, heroes! Sonic, you better be ready!" Dark growled as he dove toward the blue hedgehog and pinned him to the ground.
"Yo! Don't be like that!" Blade rushed straight at Dark and knocked him away from Sonic using his head.
"Ack! You little…!" Dark aimed his blaster at Blade, but was soon hit by Mario's Ground Pound, keeping him off guard. He was already dazed at this moment, but Knightmare appeared right in front of the three with his cape and knocked them away with his Nightmare Slash.
"Knightmare, stay out of this fight. I'll handle these three for now." the Dark Creature king suggested as he got up. "You can take care of the other three for now."
"As you wish," Knightmare whirled around to Chopper, Kirby, and Luigi and slowly walked toward them. "I've been waiting a long time to get back at you… Especially you, green one."
"Wh-Wha…? Why me?!" Luigi gulped.
"I don't mean you, plumber. I'm talking about the boy." Knightmare pulled a sword from his pocket and threw it over to him. "Take this sword and we shall battle at long last! While Dark is occupied with the hedgehog, ninja, and plumber, I'll handle you three personally!"
Chopper gained the Sword ability after inhaling the sword and aimed it toward Knightmare. "I can't believe you. You do ALL of this just to lure us into a trap? I thought trying to spy on people was dishonorable!"
"I wasn't the one spying. That was Dark Doom, I believe… But enough talk! Now it's time for us to battle!" Knightmare sprang toward Chopper with his wings and tried to slash him with his silver sword. Chopper, on the other hand, brought his guard up and punched him with fire energy. "Gah! Why didn't you use your sword?!"
"Well, there aren't any rules on using swords only..."
"Poyo! (And that's a good thing!)" Kirby added, hitting Knightmare with his Ice Storm attack. However, this didn't stop Knightmare from fighting back. He grabbed a hold of Kirby and kicked him toward Chopper, knocking them both to the ground.
"Oh, and if you fall off this platform, you're most likely going to die," informed Knightmare as Chopper and Kirby got up.
"Luigi! You gotta help us!" Chopper called out.
"B-But… He's that guy…!" Luigi stammered.
"Just DO something for crying out loud!"
"Ummmmm… Then I shall!" Luigi dodged one of Knightmare's slashes and stomped on top of his head. Afterward, he hit him with his Cyclone attack to send him flying in the air and knocked him to the ground with his Super Jump.
"Poyo! (There we go!)" Kirby smiled.
"Ugh… Not bad, plumber…" Knightmare coughed as he grabbed Luigi's leg. "But this fight is FAR from over!"
He got himself up and pulled Luigi toward him. Knightmare threw him to the ground and began to attack him with his metallic feet before leaving him on the ground.
"Oh! I need to investigate Knightmare!" Chopper realized, pulling Timpani's wand out and investigating the mysterious knight.
"That's Knightmare. He's that mysterious dark knight that we've encountered back at the Mansion of Nightmares, and he looks like he's out for revenge… Max HP is 240. Attack is 13. Defense is 6. Knightmare focuses on some fast attacks, such as his Nightmare Tornado or his Nightmare Slash, which he uses when he disappears with his cape and appears behind someone. Watch out when he stores enough energy into his sword. That's when you need to find somewhere safe IMMEDIATELY! I guess this time Knightmare's not going to let his guard down like last time… He's really after us this time. But, why would he be teaming up with Dark Doom to fight us?" Timpani informed.
"Those questions remain unknown…" Chopper readied himself as Knightmare disappeared with his cape. "Crud… Now he disappeared. How are we supposed to…"
"Right behind you," Knightmare said as he appeared behind Chopper and struck him with his Nightmare Slash, keeping Chopper off guard.
While the three were focusing on Knightmare, Sonic, Blade and Mario were trying to keep themselves busy against Dark. They didn't want to interfere with the battle against Knightmare.
"I wonder why we let them handle Knightmare…" Blade wondered as he got hit in the face by Dark's arm. "Hey! Quit it already!"
After Sonic struck Dark with a Spin Dash, they overheard Timpani's voice on investigating Dark when Chopper (accidentally) aimed it toward Dark while having it out.
"That's Dark Doom. He's the leader of the Dark Creatures, and he looks like he's really out for blood this time… Max HP is 250. Attack is 13. Defense is 5. Compared to Knightmare, he isn't as fast, but he can surely use stronger attacks than him. His martial arts have greatly improved since the last encounter, so be careful when he tries to grab a hold of you… He can also paralyze, burn, poison, freeze, or even put you to sleep with his blaster's capabilities! So, it's best to be careful around him… However, I still don't understand why he and Knightmare are teaming up here…" Timpani informed.
"Swift Strike!" Dark called out, firing a red boomerang toward Mario, who jumped over it and slammed his hammer right to his head. Blade also managed to attack him by throwing Hommissile at his direction.
"You know you heroes can't keep this up, do you understand?" Dark reminded, grabbed Blade's arm and throwing him to the ground. "Better yet, I could just get you all off this platform and we'd be victorious!"
"Dark… Why? Why would you do something like this?" Sonic asked. "You know the whole internet NEEDS those Computernoids!"
"Who uses the internet nowadays?"
Mario: Plenty of people do!
"Pbbbbbbbbth! Well it's their loss then. Those Computernoids were interfering, so we had to get rid of them. It works for the better anyway. We wipe those Computernoids out, we have an advantage against you now that you can't get the help you need from the Computernoids!"
"Well we'll still stop you no matter what!" Sonic growled, using a Whirlwind attack to sent Dark flying in the air. However, he was able to simply float down slowly with his cape's capabilities.
"Now he can do that? How?" Blade gawked.
Mario: Let's not ask questions right now…
Mario gripped his hammer once again and rushed toward Dark. He managed to bash him in the head, but Dark managed to grab his hammer and bash him in the head with it instead. However, he dropped it when Sonic struck him with a Homing Attack, allowing Mario to grab his hammer.
"Yeesh… This guy's really asking for it." Blade coughed as he knocked Dark away with a hurricane slash. However, Dark was able to keep himself from being blown away and fired a couple of meteors down at Blade, knocking him near the edge of the platform.
"Hang on, I gotcha!" Sonic said as he grabbed Blade's hand and pulled him up.
"Whew! Thanks for that, Sonic…"
"Anytime!" Sonic turned back to Dark and struck him in the head with a Homing Attack. "So, are you in any more pain from that previous fight? You were in some terrible pain after we beat you."
"That pain happened to go away, thank you very much," Dark said as he made Sonic trip over on the ground and fall face flat. He grinned at this until Mario stomped on him, keeping him off guard.
"I'll get you for that, plumber!" Dark aimed his blaster at Mario and shot him with a sleep ray, causing him to fall asleep. Unfortunately, this left him as a big target for Dark, who was about to fire another Swift Strike.
"Uh oh… This isn't good." Blade made some signals with his fingers and made a couple of clones of himself. They all jumped toward Dark and attacked him at one, but the Dark Creature king managed to use a sweeping kick attack that hit Blade and made the clones disintegrate.
"He's pretty good…" Sonic coughed.
"Bro! I don't know how much I can take of this!" Luigi cried as Sonic and Blade saw him being thrown around by Knightmare. Chopper, on the other hand, kicked Knightmare and slashed him with his sword afterward.
"Leave him BE!" Chopper growled.
"Very well. I'll do what you say." Knightmare said calmly, letting Luigi plummet to the ground. Kirby was also ready to fight back, but soon stopped when Knightmare used a Sword Beam to make him float in the air.
He was able to get behind him and interrupt his third Sword Beam with his Ice Breath to keep Knightmare off guard. However, Knightmare disappeared with his cape and used his Nightmare Slash to strike Kirby from behind, sending him flying in the air.
"Poyo?! (How can he do this?!)" Kirby cried.
"I have no idea," Chopper said as he brought his sword down, firing a Sword Beam at Knightmare while he was preoccupied. This brought his attention back to Chopper, making him store some power in his sword and firing three Sword Beams at his direction. Chopper, on the other hand, countered them with his Sword Beams. He then set Knightmare's wing on fire with a fireball.
"Urk!" Knightmare used his cape to extinguish the small flame before knocking Chopper away with a simple slash. Chopper immediately got up and ran toward Knightmare. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to hit him due to Knightmare being able to block his sword slashes.
"I still feel some strange connection between us…" Knightmare trailed, trying to push Chopper away. "I don't understand what it is. …But I won't let that get in the way of our fight!"
"I don't know what you're talking about, but fine," Chopper kicked Knightmare's arm that held his sword and slashed him with his own sword while he was occupied. He followed up with an ice slash (he can combine ice energy and his sword whenever he wanted), but it didn't exactly freeze him.
"Hey, guys! How are you hanging back there?!"
"Not too good…" Sonic wheezed as he got thrown to the ground by Dark. "He's gotten a lot stronger than we thought…"
Dark was actually busy beating the crap out of Sonic while Blade was shaking Mario in order to wake him up. However, when he resorted to slapping Mario across the face, that's when he woke up.
Mario: What happened?
"You fell asleep from Dark's blaster," Blade said, trying to cut it short. "Let's just not waste any time right now kick his butt, all right?"
Mario gripped his hammer while Blade gripped his katana. They rushed toward Dark and gave him a good bashing and slashing. With the duo's attacks, this left Dark panting for a little.
"Ugh… I nearly forgot about you." Dark said before getting knocked over by Knightmare. "What the…! Knightmare?! What're you doing here?!"
Luigi came jumping toward Knightmare, laying a powerful stomp attack on his face. He also managed to elbow Dark in the stomach in the meantime, making him cringe while holding his stomach in pain.
"Ugh… So I underestimated you, plumber…" Knightmare wheezed as he slowly got up. "But I still have a few tricks up my sleeves!"
Knightmare began to spin around, surrounding himself in a purple tornado. Luigi was sucked into the tornado and sent flying over by the edge. Luckily, Kirby managed to grab a hold of him before he fell.
"Whoa… Thanks, Kirby…" Luigi sighed in relief as Kirby pulled him up. With this, the puffball ice skated toward Knightmare while he was still in his tornado and spat am ice beam at him, making him a frozen tornado.
"Thanks, Kirby!" Chopper smiled as he used a fire slash to unfreeze Knightmare and jab at him a couple of times. Unfortunately, since he wasn't at full health, he couldn't fire a beam from his sword.
"Poyo… (I'm not feeling too good…)" Kirby coughed as he and Luigi walked over to Chopper. "Poyo. (He's really throwing everything at us.)"
"But there's no reason to give up the fight," Blumiere stated. "You need you win the fight against Knightmare. If you beat him early, then you'll be able to help the other three later on."
"Hmph… Well, I suppose I should unleash my strongest attack." Knightmare raised his sword, which began to glow a dark color. Chopper took this time to Speed Dash toward Knightmare and slash at him, but one attack wasn't enough to keep him off guard. He was going to unleash it.
"Take THIS!"
Knightmare unleashed all of the dark energy in his sword and his Nightmare Tornado came flying toward Chopper, Kirby and Luigi. Unfortunately, all three of them got caught in the tornado and got slammed to the ground, leaving the three heroes in a bad condition.
Of course, now that Mario and Blade were back into action, Dark was having a harder time fighting the group. Sonic managed to strike him from behind with a Homing Attack, while Blade managed to kick him in the shin and throw Hommissile at him afterward, leaving Dark covered in soot.
"You foolish heroes aren't going to be getting that Pure Heart," Dark hissed.
"And people thought I cursed often," Blade said as he jumped right on top of Dark and began to hit his face with his feet a couple of times until he got thrown to the ground by Dark.
"I think we're going to need to heal up…" Sonic suggested, pulling an Ultimate Shroom Shake out. "I think it's our key to beating him easily."
They all took a sip from the Ultimate Shroom Shake and recovered 100 HP with ease. This gave Sonic the energy he needed, allowing him to ram straight into Dark with a Spin Dash.
"Urk! How are you able to do that?!" Dark hissed, attempting to punch Sonic. However, he blocked his attack and gave him a punch in the face either. He followed up with a Homing Attack to knock him to the ground.
"Knightmare… How are you holding back there?"
"It's hard to say…" Knightmare grunted as he began to swing his sword around himself, which managed to strike Chopper and leave him a bit wounded. "But I think I'm winning this fight…"
"Well then we need to heal," Luigi announced, pulling an Ultimate Shroom Shake out. The trio took a sip from the can and recovered 100 HP. This allowed Luigi to throw Bonjourang at Knightmare's mask and leave him dazed for a couple of seconds. It also helped him stomp on him as well.
"Hmmmm… Well that's just great. Both sides healed." Dark grumbled as he disappeared with his cape and appeared above the heroes. With this, he fired meteors down on the heroes. One even went toward Knightmare…
…But he was able to slice the meteor in half.
"Whoa… He just sliced the meteor in half!" Chopper gaped.
"Poyo, (You don't see things like that,)" Kirby gaped as well.
Unfortunately, one of the meteors happened to hit Sonic and sent him flying over to the edge of the platform. Luckily, he managed to grab a hold of it, but it didn't look like he was going to hang on for a bit longer.
"Heh heh heh! Well it looks like we've got a hedgehog hanging from the platform!" Dark grinned as he slowly walked over to Sonic. "So, Sonic… How about I help you get down there? It won't be painful!"
He stepped on one of Sonic's hands, making him release his grip on his left hand. Sonic looked down at the pit down below and gulped. If he fell down there, he would be history…
"Let me get up, Dark," Sonic growled.
"Why should I do that? You're my enemy, and I've been waiting a long time for this!" Dark stepped on Sonic's right hand, but all it did was make him lose grip with one of his fingers.
"Hmmmmm… You still won't let go…"
Luckily, Chopper happened to notice Sonic holding onto the edge of the platform, so he simply knocked Knightmare away with one single slash and ran toward Dark.
"Say your prayers, Sonic! Because it'll be your…"
Unfortunately for Dark, Chopper rammed straight into him and sent him flying toward the wall and fell to his doom. Afterward, he grabbed a hold of Sonic's hand and pulled him up.
"Whoa… What was that?" Sonic asked.
"Honestly… I don't know…" Chopper trailed as he ran back to Knightmare. "But, that's one down!"
"Really? Well this is nice!" Blade grinned, eyeing Knightmare, who was frozen from Kirby's Ice Breath.
However, before he could act, Dark appeared in front of Blade and blasted him with poison energy, leaving him poisoned.
"Crap! I'm poisoned!" Blade used Piccolo's ability to heal him of his status ailment, and then he slashed at Dark, who already got bashed by Mario's jump attack. This left him a bit dazed when Sonic used his Bounce Attack to knock him to the ground.
"How are you guys holding up there?" Sonic asked, seeing Chopper knock Knightmare back with a couple of jabs. However, he did get knocked away when Knightmare did a swooping attack while he was on the ground.
"Man, this fight has been going for a while, hasn't it?" Chopper panted.
Knightmare stared at Chopper for a couple of seconds. "The name Chopper… I feel like I've heard of that name before from somewhere… But I can't put my finger to it…"
"Wait… What?" Dark's eyes widened in shock. "Are you saying that you might KNOW this boy?"
"I'm not quite sure… But it doesn't matter now. This all ends here!" Knightmare flew toward Chopper and swung at him. However, Chopper raised his sword up and blocked his attack. He kicked him afterward and used a powerful slash attack to knock him away.
"Spinning Sword!" Chopper cried as he began to charge at Knightmare like a drill. However, the mysterious warrior did the same exact thing, making a huge clash occur between them.
"This isn't good… Knightmare might begin to find out who he really is…" Dark thought before getting punched by Sonic.
"Hey! Don't think we're done fighting here!" Sonic grinned. "We still have to finish you guys off!"
"Oh, yes… Of course." Dark kicked Sonic in the shin, but that wasn't going to stop him from fight back. With his Whirlwind attack, Dark was sent flying in the air, leaving him vulnerable for a couple of seconds. Sonic took this time to curl in a ball and charge up his Light Speed Attack.
Mario: Oh, yes!
The red plumber jumped toward Dark and brought his hammer down on him, slamming him to the ground. Blade rushed toward him afterward and slashed him a couple of times with his katana.
"Face it, Dark. You're beat!" Blade stated.
Of course, Knightmare was starting to get beat too. Luigi's Cyclone attack was keeping him very occupied, and when Luigi used his Super Jump on him afterward, he was barely able to move.
"Poyo! (I don't think I need this anymore!)" Kirby took his Ice ability off, but instead of letting it go away, he inhaled it and spat it toward Knightmare, leaving his HP dangerously low.
"Cough… Hack… What is wrong with me?" Knightmare wheezed before Chopper walked toward him. "You…"
Chopper began to store up some energy in his sword. This time, he combined both fire and ice energy to make his attack stronger than ever. As for Sonic, he was able to fully charge him Light Speed Attack.
"All right, Dark! Here it comes!" Sonic unleashed his attack on Dark, striking him many times. Chopper unleashed his sword attack as well. It was so strong, that it sent Knightmare flying toward Dark. Everyone cringed as they both crashed into each other and fell to the ground in pain.
"Urgh… No… We…lost?" Dark wheezed.
Knightmare slowly rubbed his eyes and blinked for a couple of seconds. "Wait a second… I… I think I'm starting to realize what happened to me…"
"Wait… What?!"
Knightmare slowly got up and pointed at Dark. "You… You brainwashed me, didn't you? Back in that winter world…"
"Wait a second… Who are you?" Chopper asked, dropping his sword and his ability. Knightmare turned his head to him.
"Chopper! Listen! This is—ACK!" Everyone gaped as Dark zapped him with purple energy from his moon crescent on his head. It seemed as if he couldn't say anything else at this moment.
"Dark! Who is he?!"
"Sorry, Chopper, but I'm afraid he won't be answering your question," Dark stated. "I was told by Tipral that if Knightmare remembered who he really was, we would dispose of him right away. We can't let him spy on us anymore. So, Knightmare… Let's get you out of here!"
With one more zap, Knightmare was teleported to a different dimension. A dimension where no one would ever go to…
"You win this time, heroes… But don't think the war is over!" Dark hissed before he teleported out of the room with his cape. The platform, luckily, happened to descend to the floor, making it safe for them to walk.
"So… The war is finally over…" Blade sighed.
"Yeah… But the Computernoids are all gone…" Luigi frowned.
Mario: It's a shame that they had to go.
"I wish there was a way we could honor them," Chopper wondered until Kirby walked up to the computer. There seemed to be nothing on the screen, which was a bit strange for some of them.
"The computer screen in blank…" Sonic trailed.
However, Kirby was able to type some words on the keyboard. The words "Thank you" were written up on the screen. It started to remind Chopper of when he saw a delivered cake in front of his house.
"Let me put something else up there," Chopper said as he typed the words "rest in peace" up as well. "They deserve some thanks for helping us. I just wish we could say that to them in person."
"I'm sure they're watching us right now," Timpani assured. "I bet they're all happy for your acts."
"Well, it would be nice to see them… But, thanks to Tipral…" Blade trailed.
"Tipral is going to pay for these actions. What he did was just WRONG on so many levels." Chopper said, feeling some anger within him, but he soon stopped and calmed himself. "Look, right now, I think they would want us to leave with the Pure Heart before we're in any more trouble."
Mario: I might have to agree.
"Yeah, I think it's for the best," Sonic nodded.
"Well… OK…" Chopper walked up to the capsule and opened it with the red button on the keyboard. The red orange Pure Heart simply floated right above him, followed by the Pixls that began to dance around him.
"At least this world can be at peace with all of the Vironoids gone," Chopper said as he held the Pure Heart up.
YOU GOT A PURE HEART
END OF CHAPTER
With the fifteenth Pure Heart in Chopper's hands, that meant only five more remained. But with the extinction of the Computernoids, cyberspace didn't feel the same for our heroes. However, even with that, our heroes began to wonder about who Knightmare truly was and where he went after defeating the two. "To be honest, I feel like Knightmare reminds me of someone I know… But I'm not really sure if that person was really Knightmare…" Chopper pondered as they left the tower and took the exit out of this world from the Red Tower.
This was an interesting boss fight, in my opinion. Unlike the others, one group focused on one person, and the other focused on the other enemy. It's definitely pretty unique compared to some of the others... Though, I will admit that it did feel like it focused a little too much on Knightmare than Dark, but what am I gonna do about it?
Anyway, that's really all I have to say for now. Let's hope you enjoyed this chapter, 'cause it took me a while to make. *shot*