It was at Castle Dedede that everyone Kirby, Susie and co. got to help them in the current crisis met there. When everyone was there, Kirby and Susie explained the entire thing.

"Oh, you gotta be kiddin'!" started Dedede, "We can never get a break!"

"Yeah, and we're not dealing with JUST those two, either", Bandana Dee started, "It's the whole gang this time, along with some other group of creeps!"

"Time is of the essence", Susie said, as she added, "If we don't stop those villainous scum soon, who knows what chaos they would bring!"

Meanwhile…

"Our plans are going into motion," said Parallel Susie to her newfound "boyfriend", Shadow Kirby.

"Indeed," nodded Shadow Kirby, "I can't wait to tear that goody two-shoes version of me apart!"

"Same here", Parallel Susie replied with a sinister smile. "That pink haired goody girl counterpart of mine has no idea what's coming to her!"

It is then that a new voice speaks up, "I know you two are looking forward to destroying your counterparts, but we can't be too cocky."

Walking into view is Dark Meta Knight. "We can't be so sure of ourselves. That's never helped us before."

Yet another voice spoke up, "He's right, ya know."

"Let's just go talk out a plan with those friends of yours, P-Sue", Shadow Dedede proposed.

"Fine", Parallel Susie replied. "And don't call me P-Sue."

At this, she used a small device to call on her parallel allies. After a moment or two, two orbs of light came into view, and they began to grow and form into some familiar figures.

"Wait, those orbs of light are starting to look like-!" Dark Meta Knight started, as suddenly, they glowed brightly, before dissipating and revealing….

"Good to see that you have arrived," greets P. Susie.

"Who are these guys?" Shadow Kirby questioned.

"May I introduce," she started, "Parallel Landia and Dark Taranza."

"A pleasure to make your acquaintances", Dark Taranza replied.

"Uh, nice to meet you, too", Shadow Dedede said.

"Anyways", D. Meta Knight started. "If anyone has a plan, it would be good to hear. 'Cause I have an idea that'll REALLY guarantee our (possible) victory."

"What do ya have in mind?" asked S. Dedede as he scratched his head.

"Remember that giant screw-like machine with wings that Kirby fought in that crazy space brawl with a few weeks ago?" D. Meta Knight asked.

"Yeah, what about it?" asked S. Kirby.

"Well, I was watching the fight from afar, and when the machine exploded, I felt a certain dark energy emanating from it", D. Meta Knight explained. "It felt familiar….."

"Familiar?" S. Kirby said, before going wide eyed. "Hold on...you don't think..."

D. Meta Knight nodded with a devious look.

"Well", P. Susie started. "Maybe me and my friends can go see what we can find at the site of its destruction."

And so, using their portal abilities, the trio of parallels went to the deep part of space where Star Dream exploded.

"Alright, I think this it", P. Susie said.

"This is what's left of that fool Maxx Haltmann's renegade supercomputer?" D. Taranza said, looking at all of the scrap metal and robotic/metallic parts floating around, "That pink puff must've sure did a number on it for this to be all that's left."

Suddenly, P. Landia let out a low growl.

"What?" P. Susie asked. "What is it, boy?"

P. Landia just gestured toward a strange purple light glowing from afar.

"That must be…!" D. Taranza started, before P. Susie cuts him off. "C'mon, let's go see!" she said, as they went to it.

When they got to it, they found it was a glowing purple blob floating lazily in some sort of test tube vial containing it.

"That's strange", D. Taranza pondered aloud. "It doesn't have a scratch on it."

"Of course," said P. Susie, "Star Dream was capable of creating clones and they started out like this. And the glass was made invulnerable to any means of harm, or so I've heard."

"Well, this has to be what Dark Meta Knight felt from the explosion", D. Taranza said, "Let's open it!"

With that, P. Susie grabbed the vial, and screwed open the top. For some reason, she took a whiff of it.

"Hm", she started. "Smells like graveyards, black holes, with just a hint of impending doom. Nice."

Suddenly, the blob shot out of the vial, and began to pulsate and form into something.

"It's...happening...!" D. Taranza said aloud.

Suddenly, the gunk began to take form, and it was forming into a familiar entity with one eye, spiked hair, a gray cloak, and the appearance that would make anyone shudder.

"Dark Matter….." P. Susie said, in awe.

"Who dares awakens me?!" the dark clone growled at them.

"The same ones who have a proposition for you….." D. Taranza said with a smirk.

I apologise for any OOC that any of you might spot throughout this story. I also apologise for taking so long to get back to this.