Chapter 18: Volcanic Mayhem
The Luma Starship exited the vortex and came out to another regain in space. However, it was not looking pretty.
Kirby- What's going on?!
Sonic- All of these storm clouds appearing out of nowhere! It's almost as if they're blocking the sun!
Lubba- That's because they are. You see, we're right around the center of the universe where that Bowser monster took your special one. In short, this is the result of his plan. And judging by the look of things, we don't have much time left before he destroys the universe.
Mario- Then we better hurry! Tails, Sly, picked up any Power Stars?
Tails- Looks like there is one on the Melty Monster Galaxy. We're actually approaching it now.
Mario- Then let's hurry! As Lubba said, our time is short!
(Melty Monster Galaxy)
Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Kirby, Sonic, and Ty arrived at this galaxy that already looked like it had been destroyed. Red suns of fire all over the place, brimstones, and most of the areas that weren't destroyed by the lava looked like they were rotting away.
Luigi- Oh man! This is not a pretty sight.
Ty- Take a look everyone. This is what will happen if we fail to stop Bowser.
Mario- Don't worry. We won't fail. We've beaten Tabuu, we can beat Bowser too!
Sonic- Ok, but how do we cross all these red suns?
Then Mario saw these little blue star orbs floating nearby.
Mario- Pull Stars! We can use them to get across!
Kirby- How?
Then Luma jumped out from Mario's hat, activated the Pull Star, and Mario was in a small bubble being pulled like a tractor beam. Then the Luma's that the others were using did the same thing. But just as they were about to cross between two red suns, a creature that looked like a dinosaur made out of lava and nearly bit Kirby.
Kirby- What the hell was that?!
Luigi- Magmaargh's?! There are Magmaargh's in this galaxy?! This just made things ten times worse!
Mario- Stop complaining, Luigi! There's the star pad, just up ahead.
With some luck, they managed to avoid the Magmaargh's and get to the next area through the star pad. The next area was even worse. There were small asteroids with barely enough jumping distance to get to the next. To make matters even worse, more of those Magmaargh's to dash right through the asteroids at almost Sonic speed. And all while the Power Star was trapped inside a crystal they had to break.
(Back on the Luma Starship)
Tails was playing a game of chess with the Robobot. Tails moved his queen to one spot and ended his turn. But then the Robobot moved his knight to one spot and Tails' jaw almost dropped.
Sly- I don't believe it! That Robobot just put you in checkmate, Tails!
Tails- Well, the Robobot does have a computer for a brain.
Then Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Kirby, Sonic, and Ty returned with the Power Star. However, parts of their bodies were burnt and they were really out of breath.
Tails- Guys, are you ok?!
Sonic- You kidding me?! I'd say we were lucky to be alive right now! I knew I should've taken the Chaos Emeralds with me!
Tails- You're low on rings and you said you wanted to save them for Bowser.
Sonic- These lava creatures almost cooked us alive!
Mario- That galaxy you sent us to looked like it was already destroyed. Nothing but fire and brimstone.
Lubba- And if that's the first galaxy in this area, then imagine how bad the rest might be in.