Taranza clenches all six of his fists while continuing to lock eyes with his target. He growls ferociously, sending shivers down much of the crowd with his sheer anger.
He then finally lets it be known to the rest of the star allies.
"YOOOOOUUUUU!" Taranza shouted in a frighteningly menacing tone that stuns everybody, as he vigorously points his fingers at Dark Meta Knight. "You corrupted Queen Sectonia, didn't you? You used the mirror to manipulate her and cause her to turn into a damn monster that eventually needed to be put to death! She's been long gone, and I've had to go through so much fucking grief, because of YOU! You son of a fucking BITCH!"
While all those words were coming out of Taranza's mouth, to say that it shocked the crowd would be a massive, massive understatement.
It elicited numerous visceral reactions. A bunch of horrified gasps occurred. The Mage Sisters uttered out really loud "JAMBLASTED" shouts.
Excluding Magolor, Susie and Daroach because they've already known about it beforehand, everybody else in the room looked absolutely and utterly mortified beyond comprehension. Many of them never even came close to having been felt so mortified before. Nearly everyone's eyes widened in terrified astonishment. Many gaped their mouths wide open.
Most of the other star allies have never seen Taranza act even a fraction this angry before. That alone shocked them, but it's far from the biggest reason why they're heavily mortified as a whole.
What boggles their minds the most is when they started processing that it was apparently another star ally, another person IN THIS ROOM, that was responsible for setting off the chain of events that made everything worse for the spider. And that he literally went on the same wide-scale adventure as his life-ruiner.
Dark Meta Knight remained largely unfazed while being accused by Taranza. As soon as it clicked to him why the spider was giving him the death stare, he pretty much expected this to happen.
But before the dark swordsman could make any sort of notable reaction, a certain voice echoed across the room.
"OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO!" Marx shouted incredibly loudly, as he got up out of his seat. Like the others, he's still trying to fathom the accusation.
"WAAAAAIIIIITTT! WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait... WHHHHAAATTTT?!" Marx continued. "Taranza, did I just seriously hear that shit right? You think that the edgy borb is the reason why Sectonia died?! What in the actual flying fuck?! Am I daydreaming this shit?! This is like the last thing I would've expected to happen today!"
"Marx, please settle down there for a bit." said King Dedede, as he also got up out of his seat. "Anyways… Taranza, is everything you said true?! Dark Meta Knight corrupted Sectonia?! So you're tellin' me that all that there crap that you and I went through together was because of him?! It was HIM all along that caused all of that to happen?! WHAAAT?!"
Meta Knight also got up out of his seat. "Taranza, if what you said is all true, then I'm… astonished. I didn't know my counterpart could get anymore vile!" he said in a pretty forceful tone.
Taranza seems to pay no mind to Marx's, Dedede's and Meta Knight's words, as he continues staring daggers at the person he wants to fight.
After Meta Knight finished his words, Dark Meta Knight then finally made his reaction.
He turned around to face Daroach, who starts rapidly quivering in fear as he watches him turn around. It also takes the crowd aback again.
"NOOO! NO, NO, NO!" screamed Daroach with sheer panic in his voice, as he knows exactly the reason why Dark Meta Knight turned around to face him. "I SWEAR TO NOVA THAT I DIDN'T TELL HIM! I hadn't told him jack diddly squat! Someone else in this room darn well heard our convo from yesterday, because I never uttered out a single friggin' word to him!"
But as he was swearing innocence, Dark Meta Knight pulled out his sword and unsheathed it, almost seeming like he doesn't believe him.
The rat then began sweating profusely. Everyone else in the crowd, including Adeleine and Ribbon from beneath Daroach's cape when they heard the horrid knight unsheathe his sword, also yelped in fear. Even Marx's eyes widened.
This is the most scared Daroach has looked in a very long time.
It looks like it's over for him.
But… before Dark Meta Knight could have his sword touch Daroach in any way, a voice erupts, stopping him from making his move.
"IIII HEEAAAARDDDD IIIIIIITTTTTT!" Magolor screamed at the top of his lungs, as he then diverts everyone's attention over to him as they became spooked by how loud he screamed.
Daroach was able to relax now that Dark Meta Knight no longer looks at him with malicious intent.
Magolor quite literally just saved Daroach.
"I overheard that private conversation that you had with him from yesterday! I've happened to be nearby it!" Magolor continued, as he shouts in a scolding tone while strenuously pointing his finger at Meta Knight's wretched counterpart. The crowd's eyes widened yet again.
Magolor's eyes narrow in anger as he continues speaking. "I heard the two of you talking! You told him about how you used that mirror to corrupt Taranza's queen into a 'beautiful beast with dark magic' like you put it! I heard every last word of it! I also caught you threatening Daroach to not tell anyone... well, he didn't tell anyone, because I heard everything!"
As Dark Meta Knight sheathed his sword and put it away, everyone else became stunned yet again as they heard Magolor's confirmation.
Daroach had a huge sigh of relief, as Magolor completely vindicated him in his statement that someone else did indeed hear that 'private conversation'.
The Mage Sisters murmured amongst themselves. The animal trio murmured amongst themselves as well. Bandana Dee and Gooey were pretty much petrified at this point. Kirby, however, was so overwhelmed by shock and appalment, Meta Knight had to come hold onto him and comfort him, to prevent him from going off the rails.
Marx bursts into astonishment again. "Holy SHIT, Mags!" he shouted. "Ohohohohohohohohohohohoho! So, it's true!"
After a moment passes, Susie got up out of her seat as well.
"And that's how Taranza found out about it. He and I were informed by Magolor when he overheard that you were responsible for that atrocity." Susie said to Dark Meta Knight in a very cold, forceful tone. Over the years, Susie has generally been working on trying to be less cold when talking to others, but this false knight makes her too angry to not be cold right now.
There's sheer anger and hatred behind her eyes, as she then points her finger at the swordsman like Magolor did.
"To think that YOU are the reason why my dear friend Taranza has been so upset all these years, I must say that you are just... horrible. Absolutely disgusting." Susie continued. "What an uncivilized disgrace. I'd think that Meta Knight should feel ashamed to the fullest extent of having you as his counterpart from the mirror world! What kind of abhorrent 'knight' are you?!"
Despite his name being mentioned, Meta Knight said nothing. He still very much does not like Susie, and still hasn't forgiven her for turning him into a robot back then. But despite that, he completely concurs with what she said. He was already ashamed of the existence of his mirror world counterpart before, though, but now that's been dialed up to eleven.
He's now completely mortified by his counterpart… realizing that he's the reason why another star ally's life faced a lot of misery… it really, REALLY sickens him.
And to think that Dark Meta Knight had the gall to gloat about being better than Meta Knight just a little while ago before the meeting was disrupted...
At this point, Meta Knight secretly wishes for his counterpart to just have the absolute shit beat out of him right about now. He deserves it! Forget about the rule of no fights. This piece of shit needs to get what he deserves!
King Dedede was also starting to become incredibly livid, and that's saying something considering that he usually breaks up fights. This revelation has been internally infuriating him. He thinks that awful excuse of a swordsman needs to pay.
Marx lets out yet another fired up outburst of excitement. "So, he really did cause the downfall of the person you cry about so much, huh, Taranza? You're not going to keep letting that edgy emo get away with it, are you? You've got to do SOMETHING about it!"
One would think that the others would've stopped Marx from basically egging them on to start fighting, as it blatantly violates the rules of these meetings… but they don't.
When some of them had enough time to process the information, they're fuming now.
The animal trio, especially Coo, is very much appalled now. They already disliked Dark Meta Knight... now they outright despise him.
Gooey used to be cautiously optimistic about Dark Meta Knight, but even he ends up becoming repulsed now.
Bandana Dee already vehemently hated the guy. Now that hatred has amplified, realizing that Dedede would've never been kidnapped by Taranza if it wasn't for the actions of this wretched freak that Meta Knight has the misfortune of having as his mirror world counterpart! Even if he still hasn't really forgiven Taranza yet, he'd pick his side if a fight between him and Dark Meta Knight breaks out!
The Mage Sisters are pretty damn disgusted, to say the least. They didn't even know much about Dark Meta Knight, as they haven't interacted with him since they got saved, but they are Taranza's friends and thus it angers them to know that this false knight was responsible for all of his misery. They regret shaking his hand, as he certainly didn't deserve it.
Hyness was also ashamed to have shaken his hand, although he hasn't had quite as pronounced of a visible reaction to the revelation as his minions do, but he himself feels very similarly to them.
Even Kirby, who usually has a much higher tolerance than most, couldn't help but feel legitimate disgust to know that Dark Meta Knight is the reason why Taranza has experienced misery for so many years now. There's a clearly mad look on his face now. Kirby was barely even friends with Dark Meta Knight to begin with, but now it looks like he absolutely does not consider him to be his friend anymore.
Heck... Adeleine and Ribbon, who were actually Dark Meta Knight's friends, are also reacting negatively! It left them insanely stunned, because he was literally kind to them and even protected them during the Void Termina adventure! To realize he ruined Taranza's life, even they are honestly appalled. They... they're not sure they like him anymore, and it stings because of the memories they've had with him.
Dark Meta Knight already had the worst reputation out of the star allies. Now, it's at a much, much wider margin than before. It was a genuine mistake to have allowed this complete scum in the alliance. He's a downright embarrassment to the rest of them! He's a black sheep! He's an absolute INSULT to the star allies! Good Nova, he makes even Marx look totally deserving to be in the alliance by comparison!
A few moments after Marx made his latest fired up outburst that ended in daring Taranza to do something, Dark Meta Knight flaps his tattered wings again to signal that he's finally about to speak back.
"I'll go ahead and make this crystal clear, because I no longer give a shit to keep it even remotely dubious anymore." the mirror world knight deadpanned, as he then pulls out his sword and unsheathes it again right before he says his next words. "As a matter of fact, yes, I did corrupt Sectonia!"
Nanoseconds after the false knight admitted to it is when Taranza fucking SNAPS! He legitimately cannot take it anymore. This is now the time that he finally unleashes all the rage he's been building up and waiting to release.
"FUCK YOU!" he screams at the top of his lungs, as he lunges past his table and creates web magic with his hand, which then traps Dark Meta Knight in webs.
It's on.
It's on!
It's finally fucking on, bitch!
THE FIGHT IS ON!
In just one second after capturing the dark swordsman in webs, an entire cocoon has very quickly been formed around him, trapping him inside.
Taranza performed this attack so quickly that Dark Meta Knight was incapable of reacting in time.
As he made his first attack, it causes an uproar amongst most of the crowd.
In essence, chaos ensues.
All hell breaks loose!
Daroach, Adeleine and Ribbon all quickly stood back, with both girls still hiding behind the rat.
"Let's get you both outside!" said Daroach, as he thinks this fight will be too brutal for Adeleine and Ribbon to watch. Thus, he takes them to the door and gets them outside, so they don't potentially become traumatized to watch the fight.
After he took both girls outside and as he comes back to the crowd, most of the others either stand back or scream in excitement. They scream various things, such as "WOAH!", "HOLY SHIT!", "OH MY NOVA!", or in Rick's case, "CRIKEY!".
King Dedede, Meta Knight, Magolor, Susie and Flamberge cheer on Taranza to kick Dark Meta Knight's ass.
"Show him NO mercy, Taranza! OBLITERATE him!" Meta Knight shouted with a clear forceful tone in his voice.
"GET HIS ARSE, TARANZA!" screamed Dedede. "GIVE HIM WHAT HE'S LONG DESERVED FOR GIVING YOU ALL THAT PAIN! GIVE HIM ALL THE PAIN! SHOW HIM HURT!"
Pretty ironic, huh? Dedede is usually the one to spearhead the breaking up of fights in star allies gatherings like this. But he's effectively built up enough internal anger while fathoming that Dark Meta Knight kickstarted the Dreamstalk incident to happen. He honestly doesn't care to stop this fight, as he wants Taranza to get his point across to that crook.
Nobody tries to break up the fight. For the most part, they actually want to see how it goes down.
A few moments after trapping Dark Meta Knight in a cocoon and the crowd reacting is when Taranza makes his next attack.
Using one of his hands, he shoots a long string-like web to connect onto the cocoon with Dark Meta Knight inside, who's been struggling to break free. He then, using the long web, proceeds to lift the opponent up and slam him onto the floor numerous times.
"YOU MOTHERFUCKER!" Taranza screams while repeatedly slamming Dark Meta Knight onto the floor. "I'LL TEAR YOU TO FUCKING PIECES, YOU SON OF A BITCH! I'M GOING TO FUCKING DESTROY YOU, OBLITERATE YOU, AND ANNIHILATE THE FUCKING SHIT OUT OF YOU!"
Everyone could easily hear the rage in Taranza's voice. It's as clear as day.
The crowd at large continues their uproar. More people have joined in the cheering on Taranza by now, including Zan Partizanne and Francisca cheering alongside with their fire mage sister. Hyness joins them in the cheering. The animal trio also starts cheering.
But a few others, such as Kirby and Gooey, appear to be taken aback at the continually increasing hostility from Taranza. Not because they think it's unwarranted, but because they're not used to him being so incredibly vicious. And of course, Kirby hates hearing constant foul language, but he knows and understands Taranza's anger to the point there isn't really anything he can do about it. This whole thing is just a bit much for him to watch.
However, out of the entire crowd, the one that's the most ecstatic to be watching the fight is none other than Marx. It's firing him up with tons of energy. In essence, he's feeding off this chaos, as it's pretty much what he does in situations like this. The jester dramatically hops about with pure excitement, screaming his usual "OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO" while he slowly approaches the fight.
Taranza picks up and slams the still cocooned Dark Meta Knight a total of twenty times before he changes methods.
"FUCK YOU, AND FUCK EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU!" screamed Taranza as he turned around and flings Dark Meta Knight across the room.
As Dark Meta Knight gets thrown, he ends up flying past the Jambastion cult's table. He crashes onto the wall on the far back side of the room. As he then falls, he still heavily struggles to break free out of the cocoon.
The crowd keeps hollering and cheering, with Marx continuing to obnoxiously gush over the fight like a maniac.
"Fuck you bastard… this is for Queen Sectonia, as I'll AVENGE her!" shouts Taranza, as he charges towards the fallen, still cocooned Dark Meta Knight. "I'LL KILL YOU! I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU!"
Woah…
What…
What… what was that? Did everyone else just hear that right?
Some of the crowd couldn't prevent themselves from being stunned when Taranza said the word 'kill', as many gasps occur.
Oh my Nova…
Taranza is trying to KILL Dark Meta Knight.
Taranza wants Dark Meta Knight dead. He wants him DEAD!
He wants to kill him as revenge for corrupting Queen Sectonia.
This has escalated!
"WOAH, WOAH, WOAH! HOLY SHIT!" screamed Marx, as even he reacts to it. "He's gonna KILL the emo knight?! Wow, everybody, we're about to witness MURDER in here!"
Some of the crowd thought Taranza was just going to give Dark Meta Knight a big ass-whooping in revenge. But they didn't think he'd go as far as to want to murder him.
However, there were three people who weren't surprised at all: Magolor, Susie and Meta Knight. They all literally saw it coming. Magolor and Susie felt like he'd go this far as soon as they learned about it yesterday.
And honestly, neither they nor Meta Knight blame Taranza in the slightest for wanting to kill Dark Meta Knight.
It makes sense that he'd want to kill the person that ruined his life.
As Taranza approaches the fallen dark knight, he forms a giant magical ball with his hands, intending to crush the target with it. He viciously growls while forming the magical ball.
However, before he can launch his attack, Dark Meta Knight finally frees himself out of the cocoon by cutting it open with his sword. There's already a bit of blood drawn around his body, though, from when he got constantly slammed on the ground.
When Taranza starts to throw the magical ball, the dark swordsman is quick enough to zoom out of the way and dodge. The magical ball makes the ground shake a little upon impact as it fails to hit the target.
Dark Meta Knight begins to fight back. Before the ground could finish shaking and before Taranza could make his next attack, Dark Meta Knight quickly lunges and slashes the spider twice with his sword, drawing blood and causing Taranza to shriek in pain.
It worried the crowd to see Taranza shrieking in pain from those slashes.
"WOAAAHHH! They're BOTH in fighter mode, now!" shouted Marx as he saw Dark Meta Knight begin fighting back.
Taranza manages to dodge a third slash, as he then shoots webs out of his hands to trap Dark Meta Knight again. But before he can form him into a cocoon again, Dark Meta Knight swipes his sword to fire off a beam that hits Taranza in the face, temporarily stunning him as he shrieks in pain again.
The crowd gasps in worry during that blow, with a few of them covering their mouth areas with their hands.
"You obnoxious fucking sniveller." said Dark Meta Knight in a hostile tone, as he frees himself from the webs. "Are you really damn sure that you want to be fighting with me, bitch? Be warned that I'll tear your pathetic, sorry ass to shreds!"
After Dark Meta Knight frees himself from the webs, he lunges again. But as Taranza recovered from that hit he took to the face, he dodges the next barrage of slashes. The crowd relieves when he dodged the slashes.
Taranza then creates a magical burst around himself, as he rams onto Dark Meta Knight and knocks him over.
"YEEEAAAAHHH TARANZA!" screamed King Dedede, as he and many others continue cheering on the spider. "YOU GOT THIS! PUT THAT VILE SCUMBAG IN HIS PLACE!"
After knocking Dark Meta Knight over, Taranza then traps him in webs yet again. As he traps him inside a cocoon for the second time, he then resorts to the same method earlier of picking him up and slamming him numerous times.
"Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, FUCK YOU!" Taranza shouts aggressively, while slamming Dark Meta Knight continuously. "FUCK YOU SO FUCKING MUCH! I can not and will not let you get away with causing my queen's destruction! I'LL BE CAUSING YOUR FUCKING DISTRUCTION RIGHT HERE!"
The crowd remains undeterred in cheering on Taranza. A few of them are also laughing.
"He said he's gonna tear him to shreds, but then he just gets slammed on the ground a whole bunch! What a joke!" said Kine, laughing.
"Edgy folks like to talk a big game, mate!" said Rick, also laughing.
Taranza slams Dark Meta Knight fifteen more times until he flings him across the room again. As the scum swordsman hits the ground after being flung to the other side of the room, close to the doorway, the other star allies move further away from that spot to give Taranza more space as he comes over to continue beating up the opponent. At this point, the crowd is more clustered together than it was earlier.
But this time, Dark Meta Knight frees himself out of the cocoon even quicker than the last time. He's ready to fight again by the time Taranza gets through the crowd.
As Taranza attempts to lunge, Dark Meta Knight quickly swings his sword multiple times. On the last swing, he summons a gigantic sword from a mirror.
Unfortunately for Taranza, he gets struck by this gigantic sword, as he then gets sent flying and crashes onto the wall in the far back side of the room.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" He uttered out a big scream of pain in the process. The gigantic sword disappears after it hit the spider.
It was a really painful strike. Taranza struggles badly to get back up. It hurts quite bad. There's a big wound on his stomach area that currently drips blood.
The crowd had huge gasps of worry, as many of them also screamed "NOOOO!" while they watched Taranza get sent flying across the room.
"SHIT! This is bad! Really bad!" shouted Magolor, shaking.
"CRIKEY! I didn't see that one comin'!" shouted Rick, as he starts to quiver.
"JAMBLASTED! Don't tell me that spidey guy is gonna lose now! It can't be!" shouted Flamberge, as she clenches her fists in anger.
"NOOO! No no no no!" shouted Susie, as she puts her hands on her head in panic. "We can't let Taranza lose! WE JUST CAN'T!"
It's not looking good now. Taranza... come on, man, you can't lose this!
Dark Meta Knight then begins to fly by flapping his tattered wings. He then slowly flies by the crowd as he makes his way to Taranza.
He stays in the air as he gets close enough to Taranza, who is still hurting and hasn't gotten himself back up yet.
"Your friend was easy to corrupt." said Dark Meta Knight, as he points his sword to the fallen spider while still in the air. "Her descent into madness was amusing, to say the least!"
He's become cocky enough to start taunting the opponent. He's getting ahead of himself, now.
But it causes the situation to escalate even further, as others react to it.
The crowd erupted in sheer OUTRAGE upon hearing what that piece of shit just said.
Like.. excuse me?! Dark Meta Knight now has the damn audacity to start taunting Taranza over Sectonia's corruption and death?!
It made nearly everyone in the room absolutely FURIOUS! Heck, even Marx didn't exactly take very well to it... as even though he himself has made Sectonia jokes before, it hit home a bit too hard for him to see her actual corruptor making a shameless, brutal mockery out of it. It's more cutthroat than Marx's jokes of Sectonia, as he himself noted.
Even Daroach became furious. At this point, he really doesn't consider Dark Meta Knight to be his friend anymore. He already became very conflicted when the dark swordsman informed him about his complicity in Sectonia's corruption, but now the line was crossed even for him.
King Dedede tightly grips his hammer. Quite frankly, he's thinking about wanting to join the fight on Taranza's side. Dark Meta Knight has pissed him off that much to consider it. He really wants to whack that bastard with his hammer.
Meta Knight also hissed in sheer anger. Much like Dedede, he's also thinking about wanting to join the fight to beat up his rotten counterpart. He already pulls out and unsheathes Galaxia in preparation if necessary.
Most of the others shout angrily at the scumbag swordsman.
Dark Meta Knight tries to ignore the crowd's angry shouts as he continues focusing on Taranza, who's still trying to recover and get back up.
The swordman plans his next attack. However... his next attack gets thwarted as he then gets shot in the back repeatedly.
He falls to the ground while getting shot a total of eleven times.
The shots came from Susie's blaster. She had pulled it out to shoot him a bunch. She saved Taranza from potentially getting horribly ravaged.
As Dark Meta Knight falls to the ground, the crowd then turns their attention to Susie.
"You are an absolute SAVAGE!" Susie shouts angrily at Dark Meta Knight. There's vehement rage behind her eyes. "That was so utterly sickening. I truly can't believe it. You seriously have the GALL to taunt him over his loss, as you're the one that caused it in the first place?! You really deserve to be absolutely freaking DESTROYED!" Her voice increases in anger as she goes on.
The crowd concurs with what Susie said. Nobody even bothered to question her usage of the word 'savage' in this case, because they honestly believe that Dark Meta Knight deserved to be called that.
King Dedede and Meta Knight then come up to the still fallen dark swordsman, intending to beat him up as punishment for those mocking words.
"OHOHOHOHOHO, it looks like the emo borb has caused nearly everyone to start fighting him!" gloated Marx. "It sure doesn't look good for him, now!"
While Dedede and Meta Knight beat up Dark Meta Knight using their respective weapons, Susie comes over to Taranza, with Magolor following her.
"Hey... are you okay?!" asked Susie, as she and Magolor help Taranza up. The spider still isn't done feeling hurt from that massive hit.
"Did you just hear that he said, Taranza?" said Magolor. "He's straight up taunting you now! He was literally rubbing Sectonia's death in your face!"
"Oohhh... I heard it alright..." Taranza said viciously. "I fucking heard it..." He hisses in anger and frustration as Magolor and Susie pat him on the back, trying to help him recover.
Thankfully, blood stops dripping from his large stomach wound. He's still trying to recover, though.
"They've been wrecking him while we've been helping you up." said Susie, as she points to Dedede and Meta Knight beating up the dark scumbag of a knight. "We'll make sure you finish what you started, though, so don't worry!"
A few more moments, Taranza starts becoming ready to fight again. Some others in the crowd notice Taranza as he's back up.
"I'm going to kill that motherfucker so damn fucking hard, you don't even fucking know..." he said aggressively with minor tears in his eyes, with Magolor and Susie still right by him as they pat him on the back.
King Dedede then picks up a trashed Dark Meta Knight, and tosses him up high in the air.
"Take THIS, ya scum!" said Dedede, as he then whacks Dark Meta Knight with his hammer, making him fly across the room. "I'LL LET TARANZA HAVE THE GLORY OF FINISHING YOU OFF!"
As the crowd cheered on Dark Meta Knight flying across the room, he hits the floor near the doorway again. The crowd at large then lays their eyes on Taranza, who already begins to start charging. Susie approaches somewhat close to the fight, as she's ready to help save Taranza again if necessary.
Taranza screams ferociously. He doesn't even say any words, he just makes a vicious battle cry as he starts charging at the person he wants to kill. Some of the crowd gets taken aback when they hear the scream, as it's almost getting to be blood-curdling levels of disturbing.
However, despite being heavily beat up, Dark Meta Knight still hasn't given up fighting. He has just enough energy to get back up as Taranza approaches him. Refusing to allow himself to lose, Dark Meta Knight uses his remaining willpower to rapidly swing his sword again.
His last swing fires off a few beams, but Taranza was quick enough to create webs to neutralize those beams, still screaming aggressively while doing so. Dark Meta Knight uses this opportunity to lunge and slash the spider many times with his sword.
Taranza's screams of anger then turn into screams of pain as he gets slashed again. But while he's getting slashed at, he flails his six hands enough and applies enough willpower in all six of them to shoot webs all over the place. Fortunately, he manages to trap Dark Meta Knight in webs again, and escape his slashing while doing so.
He traps Dark Meta Knight into a cocoon once again, with the crowd cheering him on to start repeatedly slamming the bastard again.
That's exactly what he starts doing, as his screams go back to being screams of anger. But this time, the slams are far more rapid and hostile than the previous instances. The crowd has a joyous uproar of excitement.
One can tell that Taranza's anger has increased significantly compared to earlier in the fight, with the combination of increased speed in slamming and that he still doesn't say any words, he still just keeps violently screaming a bunch.
After twenty-eight times of slamming Dark Meta Knight on the ground, Taranza then flings him again. But this time, it's not across the room, as he aims upward instead. As Dark Meta Knight gets sent flying upward, he hits the ceiling, and he hits it hard.
The scumbag of a swordsman, still trapped in a cocoon, then falls down after hitting the ceiling. He lands nearby the two middle tables. The rest of the crowd moves further away from that spot to keep giving Taranza space to fight.
They do, however, also mock his target.
"Now you know not to taunt Taranza over his friend's corruption and death, you edgy dirtbag!" said Coo, with Rick and Kine chuckling beside him.
"Hahahaha, I bet that ceiling hit is gonna leave a mark. I wonder if it'll make you become even more emo. Isn't that right, Marx?!" Magolor mocked, as he then laughs. Marx laughs hysterically alongside with him.
"Maybe the ball-balancing pierrot had it right all along!" Zan Partizanne mocked. "It looks like the cut on your mask did come from becoming an emo, which you may have turned into because of much you get your ass beat for talking garbage so much!"
After finishing those words, Zan laughed. Flamberge, Francisca and Susie laughed alongside with her. Marx heard Zan referring to his joke that he made earlier, which him laugh as well.
Dark Meta Knight struggles to gain enough energy to break free from the cocoon and start fighting back again. He's received so much damage during the fight... from Taranza slamming him a plethora of times throughout, as well as Susie, King Dedede and Meta Knight also making contributions in hurting him to help Taranza, he's legitimately starting to become exhausted at this point. He's got tons of wounds and scars around him now.
Taranza prepares his next attack. He forms another giant magical ball with his hands, and he screams out another dramatic battle cry while doing so. The crowd roars in excitement as they watch him form that massive-sized magical ball.
He throws the giant magical ball. Dark Meta Knight fails to react quickly enough to dodge, and thus the attack lands. The ground shakes. It also breaks open the cocoon, but it also it inflicts huge amounts of hurt onto Dark Meta Knight. He feels helpless as he continues lying down, feeling serious pain from that hit.
The crowd cheers as the ground stopped shaking. Many of them clap.
"Hahahaha! That was a phenomenal hit, Taranza!" exclaimed Magolor as he claps. "High five, low five, all that!" he then high fives with many other of the star allies, such as Rick, Dedede, Susie and the Mage Sisters.
Taranza takes a moment until he makes his next move.
He approaches the fallen and injured dark swordsman. He then grabs the knight's metallic mask and pulls it off his face, revealing that Dark Meta Knight without his mask has a large scar around his left eye that resembles the cut on his mask.
The crowd laughs after Taranza pulled Dark Meta Knight's mask off his face.
The spider then proceeds to slam the mask multiple times, smashing it to bits.
But while he slams the mask repeatedly, the now unmasked Dark Meta Knight suddenly springs back into action. He's livid about having his mask pulled off his face to the point it causes him to snap wildly with all his remaining energy. There's a searing rage inside of him now. He attacks Taranza in a wild frenzy by slashing him multiple times.
Taranza wasn't quick enough to dodge, and thus sustains several more slash injuries, shrieking in pain while getting slashed. He gets struck at the chest and facial areas.
Everyone in the crowd, even Marx, yelps in worry as soon as Taranza started getting slashed. He tries to escape, but Dark Meta Knight refuses to let him escape as he pounces onto Taranza and keeps relentlessly striking at him. Taranza screams in pain and cries for help.
"FUCK YOU FOR TAKING OFF MY MASK! I'LL KILL YOU NOW!" screamed Dark Meta Knight while violently striking Taranza. Now, he's angry at the spider in a way he never was before. Previously, he didn't take Taranza seriously, but now a serious nerve was struck.
Fortunately for Taranza, help now comes his way. Susie comes charging at the scene, holding her blaster tightly in her hands.
"GET OFF OF HIM!" she angrily screams at the top of her lungs, as she shoots Dark Meta Knight several times to get him off Taranza.
It's not just her that comes to help, though. King Dedede also comes running at the scene. He leaps into the air, positioning his hammer, and yells aggressively while doing so.
As Susie's blaster shots successfully get Dark Meta Knight off Taranza, Dedede then comes straight at the dark swordsman and pounds him hard onto the ground with his hammer once again.
"You WILL NOT kill Taranza here, you absolutely vile sack of garbage!" shouts Dedede in a ferocious tone. He then grabs onto Dark Meta Knight, gripping him tight to prevent him from doing much of anything. The dark knight viciously tries to resist.
Zan Partizanne zip zaps over to the scene, also intending to help. Dedede then lets her electrocute Dark Meta Knight using her electrical spear.
As he's electrocuted, he loses grip of his sword as it falls out of his hand. He then falls to the ground, basically knocked out. Zan zip zaps back over to the crowd after finishing electrocuting Dark Meta Knight.
The fight temporarily breaks up. Not because the crowd wanted it to end, but because Taranza needs to relax before he keeps going.
Dedede, as well as Susie and Magolor, then come over to Taranza to help him relax a bit after all those slashes he sustained. There's blood dripping in several of those new wounds. There's also tears in his eyes.
"Taranza! You okay there, buddy?" asked Dedede. "All those cuts look really dang serious. Is it really a good idea for you to keep fighting at this point?"
But despite all the visible wounds, Taranza starts building up anger once again, with tears still in his eyes. His heart races. They're able to notice it. Dedede looks concerned.
"Damn... it honestly looks like he wants to keep going!" said Magolor, as he notes the spider building up rage again.
"Hey, Taranza, are you sure you can still do this?!" asked Susie, worry in her face. "Are these wounds not going to prevent you from keep going?" She's not sure what to think. On one hand, she thinks he should keep going, but on the other hand, those wounds look bad.
Taranza, however, looks undeterred. He appears to be determined to finish what he started, these injuries be damned.
Kirby also comes over to Taranza. He looks very worried to see how injured he is, as well as seeing him build up anger.
"The fight isn't over yet already, is it?!" asked Marx. "There's still more, right? Riiiiiight?!"
Everyone, including Taranza, looks at Marx.
"There will be more..." replied Taranza in an unnerving tone. Everyone then looks at Taranza, as the ones nearby him became spooked due to observing his wounds.
Kirby stands back a bit in worry. Susie, Magolor and Dedede all stand close to Taranza, a bit apprehensive that he'll keep fighting despite his injuries, but also totally understanding that he just wants to finish what he was trying to do.
After several moments pass, Dark Meta Knight starts getting back up.
During those several moments, Taranza has built up more rage, and as soon as he watches Dark Meta Knight get back up, he makes his move.
Despite the people nearby him having shown concern about his wounds, he lunges at the dark swordsman once again, trapping him with webs.
The fight picks back up now.
Dark Meta Knight's sword fell off his hand when he was electrocuted, and he doesn't get the chance to pick it back up before he gets webbed. Taranza acted too quickly for him to have been able to do that.
Taranza screams in unfettered rage as he slams Dark Meta Knight on the ground nine times until he flings him across the room. Dark Meta Knight gets sent flying and crashes into the wall of the far back of the room.
The crowd cheers on the spider again.
As Dark Meta Knight falls to the floor, Taranza already starts charging towards his way. He then lets out another insane battle cry.
Man, Taranza has sure built up a whole lot of rage throughout the course of yesterday and today to be letting out all these screams, hasn't he? It's completely understandable, though.
He forms a magical burst around himself again. When Dark Meta Knight gets back up, Taranza rams onto him and knocks him over again.
And when Dark Meta Knight tries to get up after that next blow, Taranza pounces onto him.
Taranza... doesn't appear to be using any of his magic in this next attack. Instead, he gapes his mouth wide open, and literally bites onto Dark Meta Knight's face.
Wow. It's up close and personal now! It looks like Taranza is taking advantage of Dark Meta Knight not having his mask on anymore by targeting his vulnerable face.
He doesn't let go after he's bit onto the dark knight's face. He keeps his two orange fangs sinking into the guy's flesh. He's already drawing blood.
He's also snarling very menacingly while having his teeth on him. It's almost frightening to hear.
This bite attack almost stopped everyone else in the room dead in their tracks as soon as they started watching it. It was almost as shocking as the revelation itself that caused the fight to happen in the first place.
It stunned everyone. Everyone's eyes widened. Even Susie and Magolor, who weren't shocked by most of Taranza's fighting prior to this, became genuinely shocked to see him resort to this tactic.
"WOAH, WOAH, WOAH!" screamed Marx, who's probably had the biggest shock he's had in a while. "Taranza literally bites?! I had no idea he also fights like that! That's fucking nuts!"
"My Nova! I've been around Taranza long enough to know how he usually fights, but not once have I ever seen him bite anyone!" said Susie. "I'm surprised!"
"Wait, so, uh... is he now trying to bite the guy's face off?" asked Kine.
"If he is, then I'll be absolutely honest with you..." said Meta Knight, who was initially shocked like everyone else, but then calmed down quicker than most of the others. "It's not like Dark doesn't deserve it, after how disgustingly audacious he's become today, including when he literally rubbed Taranza's loss in his face!"
Funny enough, some of the crowd concurs. Dark Meta Knight has really proven today that he's such a vile piece of shit, isn't he?
Dark Meta Knight has initially been really struggling to fight back against Taranza mauling his face. He can hardly see, and he doesn't have his sword on him to be able to fend him off.
He's ended up having to erratically flail his arms about.
Eventually, he ends up touching Taranza's neck and facial areas with his hands, and so he uses both of his fists to start rapidly punching Taranza in the neck area to try to get him off, but it doesn't seem to work after about twelve seconds of it. Taranza is relentless and seems to refuse to allow himself to be stopped.
Dark Meta Knight then attempts to grab Taranza's throat area. It ends up working, as he throttles Taranza. He forces the spider to let go, making him start choking. Dark Meta Knight then attempts to try to flail his feet around in hopes he can end up kicking Taranza in the stomach.
However, that doesn't happen, as Taranza then uses four of his hands, his lower and middle hands, to grab onto Dark Meta Knight's hands and force him to stop choking him. He then bites onto Dark Meta Knight's right hand to make sure he can't try to throttle him again. Dark Meta Knight ends up shrieking in pain during it, as Taranza viciously snarls again while biting.
He tries to use his left hand to rapidly punch Taranza again, but he gets met with a barrage of punches back as the spider has some hands available to do it.
Marx has been slowly approaching the fight as it's been going on, as he's gone back to obnoxiously gushing over it after he's been over his initial shock of the bite attack. Taranza biting has made him outright stoked.
The rest of the crowd has also slowly been starting to cheer again after their shock was over.
Taranza then goes back to biting Dark Meta Knight on the face. However, he only stays on for about fifteen more seconds until he willingly lets go and pulls the dark knight down onto the ground.
Dark Meta Knight's face has been bloodied up bad from the bites inflicted by Taranza.
After pulling Dark Meta Knight onto the ground, Taranza then traps him into webs and forms a cocoon around him once more. He then slams him for about twenty times until he throws him across the room again.
Dark Meta Knight crashes onto the wall not too far from the doorway. As he falls down, Taranza charges towards him again.
Once Taranza approaches Dark Meta Knight, he then makes this next peculiar attack.
"I'LL KILL YOU WITH THIS, MOTHERFUCKER!" he screams.
As he then makes another nonverbal scream of rage after that, he uses his hands to summon an illusion of Queen Sectonia. It's essentially a phantom illusion of her. He then stands back after summoning it.
Dark Meta Knight gets back up, but then gets brutally electrocuted by numerous lightning bolts that the Sectonia phantom brings down. The cocoon breaks in the process. As the lightning bolts inflict enormous damage onto him, he falls down.
The crowd claps as this attack occurs. Moments after Dark Meta Knight has fallen down, the Sectonia phantom disappears.
He doesn't get back up after that. He looks so incredibly bruised up and injured by this point. The blood marks on his face that came from Taranza's bites are still very much there, as are all the wounds from the attacks before that.
He looks totally trashed and destroyed.
Dark Meta Knight looks entirely defeated at this point. Hah, get wrecked.
And... his eyes are starting to close?
Is he dying now? He suffered more than enough injury to where he should be dying by now, right?
His eyes close. However, his eyes don't turn white. Yet anyway. That would mean he's dead.
He's motionless with his eyes closed. The crowd talks amongst themselves, wondering if Taranza essentially just killed Dark Meta Knight. He did sustain an enormous amount of damage, after all.
Taranza FINALLY calms down from all his rage, as he's wondering if Dark Meta Knight is dying. He's becoming optimistic, and thus his calms down after being in perpetual anger all day.
He was eventually going to NEED to finally calm down, anyways! All that anger clearly couldn't have been good for his mental health, especially with all the injuries he's sustained from the fight.
However, after about forty-five seconds of being motionless, Dark Meta Knight then witches. After the first twitch, he then very weakly moves around... he fails to get up, but that motion proves he's still alive.
The crowd was honestly quite shocked, as was Taranza himself.
"Wait... what?!" asked Taranza. "I thought that was gonna kill you! How the hell did you survive that?!"
"Shut the fuck up, man..." Dark Meta Knight just so happened to utter out those words while still in an extremely weak state. The crowd was taken aback since they didn't expect him to be able to talk like that already.
"No! I won't!" Taranza fires back. He's about to build up anger again, although it's not a very quick buildup this time. "I'll summon her phantom again, and make sure it actually kills you this time, you fuck!"
But before he starts trying to summon Sectonia's phantom again, his sight catches Hyness approaching the scene, making him stop in perplexity.
"Lord Hyness!" shouted Zan Partizanne. "What... what are you doing?!"
The crowd in general doesn't understand why the priest is approaching the scene. What's he about to do?
"Uhhh... Hyness?" asked Taranza. "W-w-what's the big idea here? Are you attempting to do something to him before I go on?"
Hyness, however, pays no mind to either Taranza or Zan, as he looks to be entirely fixated on Dark Meta Knight.
Once he approaches the dark swordsman, he stops for a few seconds.
Dark Meta Knight himself has no idea why the hell Hyness is coming up to him.
Hyness rasps a few times, then begins to speak.
"YOU ARE A DISGRACE!" he screams at the top of his lungs, with those words aimed at Dark Meta Knight. Hyness' screams are louder than the screams of anyone else in the room, so it stops the entire rest of the crowd dead in their tracks, including Taranza.
The Mage Sisters stopped dead in their tracks like everyone else has. If they're completely stunned by Hyness screaming, then that might mean something as to how often he does it... or rather, how seldom he does it.
Dark Meta Knight is petrified. He has absolutely no idea how else to react.
"IT FEELS COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY INSULTING TO HAVE HAD YOU INTO OUR EVENT!" Hyness screams at Dark Meta Knight again, ten seconds after his first scream. The crowd wasn't done being massively shocked at the first scream, as it makes their hearts race to hear the second one.
Immediately after his second scream, what he does next erupts another huge shock from the crowd, with many of them being initially jump-scared by it.
"You're really quite the embarrassment to everyone else here, aren't you? You NEVER deserved to be in this alliance! You're awful! You're heartless! You're disgusting! You're garbage! I hope the legendary pink hero regrets allowing you in the alliance! I feel bad for my daughters that they shook your hand, and I'm also ashamed to have done so as well! I feel bad for the other diligent knight in the room because he has the absolute misfortune of having a doppelganger as VILE as you are! I feel bad for the rat, the artist and the fairy to have sat in the same table as you! Really, I feel bad for EVERYONE here! Especially the poor bowl-cut spider, acknowledging that YOU'RE the reason he's been having troubles! The technological girl was RIGHT in questioning what kind of abhorrent knight are you! You're the most un-knightly person I have EVER had the adversity of meeting! What do you even do with your life? I doubt you've ever even had fun in your life! You don't seem like the type! So what is it that you do with your life? Do nothing but be vile? Be a sleazebag? Be a lowlife? Be edgy? Be an emo? No wonder the purple clown makes those kinds of jokes about you! You're like the most pitiful excuse of an individual ever! You SUCK! You're pathetic! Your existence is insulting! You're both a laughingstock and a dirtbag! This event would've gone exactly as intended if it wasn't for YOU! But I'm honestly fine that it was ruined by this because it was quite amusing to see you get DESTROYED! Your time is done here! JAMBUHBYE, YOU CRETIN! JAMBUHBYE!"
Hyness talked very fast during this massive rant. He didn't talk quite as fast as he did with the rant he did during the Void Termina incident, but it was still very fast.
During the rant, there was perpetual shock and astonishment from the crowd. They were all completely speechless.
Kirby, King Dedede, Gooey and the animal trio were gaping their mouths wipe open. The Mage Sisters were basically petrified, which might say something as to when was the last time Hyness made a rant like this. Susie, Daroach, Bandana Dee and Meta Knight were massively stunned as their hearts raced.
Even Marx and Magolor were completely taken aback, despite laughing more easily at things than most other people do.
Taranza just fell over on his back. Really, he almost collapsed, but luckily didn't. He's just really tired at this point, and the astonishment he expressed during the rant just became too much for him. He couldn't help but fall over.
He did not expect Hyness to still be capable of long, fast, crazed rants like this. Nobody did. Not even the Mage Sisters, apparently, as evidenced by their reactions.
However, Hyness didn't stop there. Ten seconds after his long rant, he makes his next move.
"YOU MUST BE SENT OUT OF HERE!" he screamed. He then picks up Dark Meta Knight and slams him on the ground. He slams him ten times, and then throws him right at the doorway.
The crowd was stunned yet again.
After doing that, Hyness panted heavily. But he's still not done, because fifteen seconds after doing that is when he says his next thing.
"Can someone in this room do me a favor and please escort this lowlife out of here?" he asked. "I'd be vun jhappy if someone were to do that. It'd probably also be wise if he were to be taken back to wherever he came from. "
The crowd still needed some time to calm down and recollect themselves after their perpetual shock. It took about fifteen seconds before someone spoke up.
"I'll do the favor for you, sir." said Daroach, after relaxing himself from his shock. "I'll do it. I'll take him out of here and back to his home world! I know how to get to his home, it's through one of those dang dimensional mirrors. I know where one is."
"Jamanke!" replied Hyness.
Daroach then tipped his hat to everybody as he walked his way towards Dark Meta Knight. As he approaches the destroyed fake knight and grabs him, he has some words to say to him before exiting out the door.
"You know, Dark Meta, I was maybe gonna give you a chance to try to atone for what you disclosed to me, but you totally friggin' blew it when you made fun of the guy's loss!" Daroach scolded Dark Meta Knight. "I can't support that junk, man! What on Popstar were you thinking?! I am not your friend anymore, and I ain't sorry for saying that. This is gonna be my last generous action for you. When I take you back to the mirror world, you should sit down and think about all the horrible garbage you've just done here. Now let's go so you stop burdening everyone else here with your shoddy presence!"
Dark Meta Knight lacked the energy to make a response.
Magolor, Marx and the animal trio laughed upon hearing Daroach confirm that he's no longer Dark Meta Knight's friend.
Daroach starts dragging Dark Meta Knight out of here, but a couple of things cross his mind before he truly leaves just yet.
"OH! And two more thing before we go!" he said. "Number one, thanks so much to Magolor for vindicating my suspicion that someone overheard what Dark Meta told me."
"Hey it's no problem, pal! I'm glad to have saved you." replied Magolor.
"I appreciate ya, man." said Daroach. "And number two, you guys may have noticed that Ado and Ribbon haven't been in here during the fight. That's because I took them outside, as I just felt like the fight would've been too much for them to watch! But no biggie, because I can fetch them to come back in here! They're just standing right out here, so that won't be a problem."
"Why that was incredibly thoughtful of ya, Daroach!" said King Dedede. "And yes, bring them back in here if ya will! We've cleared it all out now."
Daroach tips his hat to the crowd one last time, as he then leaves the building, dragging Dark Meta Knight with him. The others waved Daroach goodbye as he left with the scumbag.
The crowd continues to relax themselves from what just happened.
Susie comes over to Taranza, who is still laying down with his back on the floor.
"Hey..." said Susie as she came up to him. "How are you feeling?"
"Ugggghhhh..." replied Taranza, with clear pain and tiredness in his voice. "Tired. I'm just tired. Absolutely tired."
"Hey, it's okay. That's completely understandable." said Susie. "Due to all that anger and stress you've built up and then released, I'd imagine you would absolutely be feeling tired after it was all done. I know because I've been through that before, and you've even seen that yourself."
While the two of them converse, Adeleine and Ribbon came back inside the building. The rest of the crowd told them everything about what happened while they were outside. They were beyond stunned by a lot of the things that happened.
"Owww... oww..." said Taranza painfully, as Susie helps him up. "My stomach hurts. He hurt me really bad in some places."
Taranza's wounds have never completely stopped hurting. They couldn't have. He may have been able to keep fighting, but once he laid down here afterwards, many of the wounds began to hurt again.
Susie felt bad to know that his wounds still hurt. It makes her sad to see her friend be in pain like this.
"You know what, Taranza?" she said. "How about I get my company's paramedics to help treat these injuries? I'll call and have them come over to Floralia to help heal you."
"Y-y-you can do that?" he asked, as he's finally back up, but still clear tiredness in his voice. "I… I want to say yes, but they've never been to Floralia before. How will they know how to get there?"
"I can try to guide them through the phone on how to get there." replied Susie. "Or, if necessary, I could maybe also try to get someone like Mags to help show them where it is after they get to Popstar."
"If you can do that, I would really appreciate it so much." said Taranza, his voice still in hurt. "Because otherwise, I could be hurting for a while. It might suck to wake up in the morning!"
"Mhm, and I'd be concerned about these injuries potentially becoming infected." said Susie. "You don't deserve that! I'll make sure you get healed up before that can happen."
"Susie... really... thank you so, so much..." said Taranza with his voice growing emotion, as he starts to have tears in his eyes again.
Susie placed her hand on his back when she noticed his tears. "It's the least I can do after all the acts of kindness you've done for me over the years, my friend." she said.
"Hiiii!" said Kirby, as he comes over to both Taranza and Susie. Both then immediately turned their attention towards little guy when he comes over.
But when they turned their attention towards him, they then shortly realized that everyone else is also coming closer to them. King Dedede and Magolor come right up to them.
"Taranza!" exclaimed Dedede. "Buddy, I'm hoping that you are okay now. Everything ya just went through today must've been tense! But ya also did a fantastic job beatin' the absolute daylights outta that slimeball, as he one hundred percent deserved it! We're glad you got your point across during that. Hopefully ya had moments to relax, because I'd think you would be needing it."
"Ugghhh... yes, I did take time to relax, that's true." replied Taranza, as he sat down on the floor. The crowd could see him still hurting from his wounds. "You know I wanted to kill him, though."
"Don't fret, pal! Dark Meta Knight might not be dead, but you genuinely obliterated the absolute crap out of him regardless!" said Magolor, placing a hand on Taranza's shoulder. "That was so entertaining to watch! It was perhaps the most incredible butt-kicking I've ever seen in my life! He's going to feel all that for a very long time, I'll bet! You totally humiliated him in every way, and Hyness ever so generously assisted by completely roasting the scumbag verbally! I'd say what happened was nothing short of amazing!"
"Yeah, man, and that part when you bit the edgy borb in the face? I didn't know that biting was a way that you fight. That was for real crazy as shit!" shouted Marx.
Everyone then immediately shot a glare at the jester right after he said that, although Magolor, Rick and Kine failed to prevent themselves from stifling laughter.
"Marx..." scolded Meta Knight. "Enough with the language! It was fine during the fight because of how Taranza acted, but it's over now, and do you realize Kirby had to listen to all of it? He's heard more than enough of it as is. No more of it today while we're still here!"
Marx had light chuckles. He didn't respond, as he instead sat down with a devious grin.
"You totally taught that fool a lesson, Taranza!" said Kine.
"Yeah, mate, that was totally ripper!" said Rick.
"Well, I gotta say it truly shocked me to know that Sectonia's corruption was caused by that wretched freak!" said King Dedede. "You should know how angry it made me, because ya remember that I was effected by what he caused! That's why, unlike with other fights, I chose not to stop this one, because that there miscreant just needed to face his comeuppance, and I'm glad he did!"
Dedede then comes closer to Taranza and squatted down, places his hand on his shoulder.
"Ya did really good in beating up that freak, Taranza!" Dedede continued. "We're all really, really sorry that you had to go through so much because of what that pitiful excuse of a knight did, buddy. At this point, I'm thinking maybe that scum really should be kicked outta the star allies, because he sure makes the rest of us look bad! If we all knew about his involvement in corrupting Sectonia beforehand, we absolutely would not have allowed him among us in the first place!"
Many others in the crowd nodded their heads in agreement.
"So, anyone else got somethin' to say right now?" asked Dedede, as he stood back up.
Susie moved forward. "I do. There are two things about this matter that I should touch on with all of you right now." she said.
"Oh?" replied Dedede. "Aight then, Susie. Go on!"
"The first thing I want to discuss is that you all may have noticed me and Magolor were sticking right close to Taranza when we first came here." Susie began. "That's because, initially, we were trying to make sure that he could get through the whole meeting first before fighting Dark Meta Knight, which of course didn't happen. Wait, Mags, did you already tell them about this?"
"Oh, uhhh... you know what? I haven't gotten the chance to, actually!" replied Magolor. "We were busy over there trying to explain everything to Ribbon and Adeleine when they came back in! But yes, guys, Susie is right in that she and I were trying to be respectable enough to have the meeting finish up first. I can have Susie continue explaining this if she so wishes!"
Some of the crowd murmured amongst themselves for a little bit. A few, however, didn't really look too surprised, indicating they may have figured that's what it was.
"Okay." Susie then continued. "Anyhow... do you all remember that little freakout Taranza had before we got to our table, and that Mags said it was a sneeze? I'm very sorry that we were hiding what it actually was, as it was Taranza actually freaking out at the sight of Dark Meta Knight. Just seeing him was all it took for Taranza to become frenzied, ever since he learned about Dark being the one behind Sectonia's corruption yesterday. It's also the reason why we've had him look away during most of the handshakes."
Funny enough, there were a few people in the crowd were suspicious that was the case, but others weren't, and thus were taken aback a little bit.
Kirby, however, had something to ask.
"Wait!" he began. "Is that why Taranza wasn't looking happy when I saw him outside? It's because he was thinking about that?"
"Yes. Yes. Yes. That's exactly what it was!" Taranza managed to utter out those words before Susie could reply. The spider wasn't in the mood to speak for a while, but he did feel the need to answer Kirby's question.
Everyone then looked at the spider.
"Kirby, I am very, very sorry for not being having been honest with you during that moment!" Taranza continued. There is deep emotion in his voice, like he's trying to prevent himself from crying. "But I didn't want to burden you with that knowledge before the meeting started, because I didn't want you to feel bad the whole time. In fact, I'm surprised I was even able to hold onto it well enough to hide it from you. Hey everyone... listen... you have no idea how much stress I went through since last night."
The crowd then had worried look on their faces. Poor Taranza.
"Ohh.. Taranza, it's okay, uh, I get it. I get it!" Kirby assured. He then grows more sadness in his face.
Susie put out her hand, signaling she wants to continue. Everyone then looks at her, as she then presses her palms together.
"As I mentioned just a bit ago about Taranza learning it yesterday, he was GENUINELY stressed out for the remainder of the night!" she said. "Mags and I actually spent the night with him up in Floralia as soon as we told him about Dark's confession to Daroach. He's been really wanting to beat up Dark ever since he learned about it! We've felt like Taranza needed our company right after we informed him, and he sure did. It reopened old wounds for my poor dear friend here to learn about it. We've been right by his side ever since we told him about it. That's why you've seen him unhappy all day, because he was!"
Clear sad looks were on much of the crowd's faces. Some of them silently went "Awwww" at how sad it was to hear that. Magolor, despite having known about it since yesterday, also put a sad look on his eyes to make it clear.
"My Nova. Poor, poor Taranza..." said King Dedede. "... that sounds terrible! I'm glad that ya both been takin' good care of him, though! Thanks so much for givin' him that very much needed support!"
Susie and Magolor bowed their heads. "It's the least we can do for our great friend." said Magolor.
Zan Partizanne gestures as she wants to speak next. Everyone then looks at her.
"I do appreciate you both for having at least tried to complete our meeting first before having Taranza unleash his fury on that somewhat-cut masked emo." she began. "However, in the end, we don't have hard feelings for that disruption. We're not mad that the event couldn't finish up. It's alright, we understand. At least we did get through most of it. Lord Hyness really laid it all out on that cretin, and we're all ashamed to have shaken his hand. If anything, we're now just glad that fake knight got what he deserved. I'm sorry that he was responsible for causing you all that pain, Taranza."
"Sorry you've been through a lot, spidey guy." said Flamberge. "It was so fun watching you wreck that darned lunatic, though!"
"Yeah, that freak certainly deserved it!" said Francisca.
Magolor had some chuckling. "Haha, well I'm glad you guys were able to take well to it." he said. "Also, Hyness, that rant was so flipping amazing! You gave that emo a huge verbal beating to go along with the physical beating he had beforehand!"
Hyness bowed his head as the Mage Sisters laughed.
"Funny thing is, we didn't even know that Lord Hyness was still able to do that!" said Zan. "We were a bit concerned for a moment until he clarified it was just because that emo made him angry enough to have done it."
The crowd took a moment to relax and them some chuckling. In hindsight, a few people, especially Marx, thought Hyness' rant was funny.
After that moment, Susie then gestures to continue speaking, as she isn't done yet.
"I believe that wraps up what I wanted to touch on about how Taranza has been feeling since yesterday and why Mags and I have been needing to stick with him since." she said, as she then gestures over to Taranza. "Now, onto the second thing I want to talk about. Since I have concerns that some of Taranza's injuries may eventually start becoming infected if left untreated, I've let him know that I'll get my paramedics involved in recovering him. I'll have them come with medical treatment to help heal his wounds."
"Oh wow, your company now has paramedics?" asked King Dedede.
"Correct." replied Susie. "There is a whole group of employees in my company that is tasked to heal people from injuries. As I intend to take Taranza back to Floralia, I can call over my paramedics to come over there to help recover him."
"I have a question." said Meta Knight. "Have your paramedics already healed people before?"
Before Susie could respond, someone else in the room says something.
"Yes! They've healed me before!" said Magolor. "I got into an accident with the Lor several months ago. Susie called over her Haltmann doctors to heal me, and heal me they did!"
"That did indeed happen. He's right." said Susie. "So yes, I can assure all of you that my paramedics are genuine. And besides, the wounds Taranza sustained leave me worried! I care about him, and I want him to heal."
The crowd nodded their heads as they were assured.
"Good. That's all I needed to know." said Meta Knight.
In hindsight, one couldn't necessarily fault Meta Knight for asking that question. He still doesn't really trust Susie, due to still heavily disliking her and still not forgiving her for the whole Mecha Knight ordeal. However, despite still not forgiving her, he has observed her trying to improve from what she was before, which he can applaud.
"I believe in Susie! She's helped me out before!" Taranza uttered out. There's still a bit of notable emotion in his voice, as he's been trying to prevent himself from sobbing. "I have no doubt that it will work."
"Well, in that case, bravo!" said King Dedede. "Anyway... ahem. Susie, you did really good today. I know some of the folks here have given ya shade before, and of course it's for very understandable reasons, but it was genuinely splendid to have watched ya stand up for Taranza the way you did today. That ya literally saved his bum from Dark those few times during the fight! And that apparently, you've been with him ever since informing him on Dark's involvement. Of course, I give big props to Magolor as well! But Susie, I believe that the people here can appreciate what you've done today."
Most of the crowd then gives satisfactory look on their faces to show that they basically did. As Susie looks at them, her eyes squint happily.
"Thank you, guys..." she said happily. "It means a lot! Anyhow, sorry to abruptly request this, but would it be alright if I leave here with Taranza to start getting him healed up? I think it'd be for the best."
"Ya know, I was gonna have all of us stay here to tidy up the place..." replied Dedede. "... but I'll give both of ya the greenlight to go! I understand. I'll have everyone else here stay for now, but you two are now free to go!"
"Thank you! We'll be taking our leave now." said Susie. "Come on, Taranza, let's go. You deserve to have your wounds recovered." she then helps Taranza get back up.
As the two then slowly walk their way out of the building, everyone else wishes Taranza well as they say their goodbyes to both him and Susie. Kirby attempts to give them both hugs... Susie accepts, but Taranza reluctantly declines because of his injuries, as he didn't want to get any of his blood on Kirby. He certainly would've accepted otherwise, though.
But before the two fully make their leave just yet, Susie took a moment to let Magolor know that if she needs his help to guide the Haltmann Works Company paramedics to Floralia, she will give him a call. Magolor agrees to it, though for now he stays behind to hang out with Marx for the time being.
When they fully make their leave and make it outside, Susie helps walk Taranza to her business suit, which has been sitting right outside the building the entire time.
"Hey, if you're not up to floating your way back up there, then you're more than welcome to hang onto one of my suit's arms." she said to him. "I'll get us both up there."
Taranza nods his head yes. "Would be better if I do that. Thank you, Susie." he said.
Susie then happily squinted her eyes again as she gives Taranza a pat on the shoulder. She then hops on top of her business suit, as Taranza clings onto one of its arms. Susie then flips her helmet's visor to cover her face, as she starts getting ready to take off.
But before she can take off, they hear a sudden voice.
"Hey! Take it easy, guys!" shouted Magolor, who stepped right outside the door. "I'll see you both soon!" He then waves cheerfully.
As the two of them turn around to face him, they wave back, with Susie still covering her face with the visor.
Susie then finally launches off the ground with her business suit, with Taranza still clinging onto one of the arms.
She flies to Floralia, more specifically Royal Road where she'll have her and Taranza sit around. That's where she'll have her paramedics go, to also bring medical treatment for Taranza.
Today has been a stressful day for Taranza, but at least he's managed to get his point across to Dark Meta Knight. Even though he didn't kill him, he still destroyed and humiliated him, essentially still giving him punishment for being the one to cause Queen Sectonia's corruption. A thanks to a few others, including Susie, that also made contributions in the fight to help Taranza.
For the remainder of the day, Taranza will be taking it easy as Susie gets her paramedics to take care of him up at Royal Road's castle.
He deserves to take it easy for the rest of the day.
Get better soon, Taranza!