Chapter/Tale 2 End: Stuck with my Worst Enemy: Attempting Jailbreak! Episode 2
Author's Note Intro:
Hey guys! I hoped you liked chapter 12, because now it's time for the side part of the story, a view at Dark Matter from the POV of Kailaine herself. So, just a quick recap, ever since the attack on Popstar, Dark Matter won the battle, taking Princess Kaila as their prize. So, she's being hauled over to her home planet, but is now under the rule of their master, making it Dark Crystal Star. These chapters and the writing in italics are from her experiences while being held captive in her diary entries. So, she meets the heroic hearts of Kirby and Karly, the Kira Star Kids known as Kailo and Kirie, who was summoned by a wish from Kirby, and later on, she hears from them that her only sister is alive and was found by Kirby, who is now attached to him. Also, she's not alone this time, for they've seemed to have kidnapped another girl, one that Kirby knew from his adventures, named Adeline, whose reason for being kidnapped was uncertain. So, together, the Princess and the Paintress attempts to make The Second Attack and escape. And boy, they'll have to work together if they wanna escape the Dark Mothership, docked somewhere on Aquarius Star. There will be a lot of action and ass-whooping, but more like stealth sneaking like Solid Snake Style.
Anyway, in this chapter, the duo finds an opening to escape their prison for now, and they starting snooping files and other confidential data while finding a way out of that prison, located in the Command Center, the pilot area. They'll try to find out more about the Zero Seven Force and the secrets they're planning on Aquarius Star. Let me know on what I need to improve on and enjoy the story.
(Another note: I won't be able to post weekly chapters one by one due to the conditions that has changed at school. Why's that, I'll explain at the end, okay?)
Stuck with my Worst Enemy: Jailbreak Attack! Episode 2
Kailaine's POV: Going for Datamine: Part 1
I was feeling sick and under the weather, being trapped in some dumb prison ball. Of course, I wasn't alone. Adeline, a friend of Kirby's was trapped with me as well. We were being treated the same way, given only the freedom to move around only when using the bathroom or something like that. But, it seems that we are given the privilege to move around. Someone said it'd be bad for the prisoners to be cramped around in one place. I guess that's good. Apparently, we've did attempt escape many times, all resulting in a complete failure, as to us being caught.
The pilots, Stark and Zane were their usual selves, watching anime and acting like idiots (Zane mostly, and also, when did they start calling each other by names?), but they were serious still about their positions. They'd stop their anime once in a while to check on us, making sure we're not up to something. One Dark Matter girl named Macy, whom they've been talking about, was sent to make sure that the two idiots weren't acting up, and from what I've heard, Macy is still mad about what Stark did to her. I kinda thought that Dark Matter members were genderless at first, but… you get the point.
Now that I did think about it, I'd realized that they weren't in their original forms. They actually had humanoid bodies that looks like a human. But you can tell the difference in genders by looks and body package. Their hair wasn't a ghastly mix of aurora fire, it was actual hair. And their outfits are… kinda solider types, except for the part that the roles they've been assigned will change the outfits, but their visors will remain on them at all times.
To pass the time, we'd spend most of our day talking, unless one of us had to use the bathroom or take a bath. But while we're doing that, we're also trying to listen in onto the member's conversations to see if they was anything useful. That chance was rare, more often, but there was a part where we heard something valuable, something about their destination. Then, once we were released to do whatever we're allowed to do, that's when we make our chance.
The location we're on is Aquarius Star, a planet of sea fantasies, where it has what you'd see at a beach, like for example, the sandy beach is the main feature, boardwalks, amusement parks, hotels, resorts, and sea fantasies, and what I mean by that is the greatest myths of the seas, if you know what I'm talking about. Anyway, here's where things turns around for us and gives us the chance. We by then overheard something about their plans.
"Man, is it kinda boring around here or is it just me?" Adeline sighed. "At least they can provide entertainment around here!"
I had to sigh as well and shrugged. "I can't help but agree, but it should be worth it if we can get at least a piece of useful information out of them."
"Well," Adeline looked at the two pilots and girl. "It's not like they'll just blurt out that they have a blueprint to the entire ship or something like that. Besides that, we're on Aquarius Star, right?"
"That's where the ship's docked at," I replied. I look at the screen in the background to see the color blue and some waves that passed by. "If I wasn't captured, I'd have gone here with everyone else for my vacation, but I can never get that one day off, because it seems that something bad always happens."
"Talk about interferences," Adeline sighs once more. "Something that interrupts everything."
"Hey, Zane and pervert, we need you while the ship's docked to help out with something. There's a malfunction in the Nucleus, and because of the fact that we're low on dark power, we're going to need to collect Dark Crystals that are actually hidden and scattered across all of the seven planets, even on the planet we're standing on." Macy pulls out a crystal that was embodied with the power of darkness itself. Of course, if you compared this to a Shadow Crystal on Shadow Star, the similarities will be explicit.
"Ok," Zane replied. "But I see one flaw in that."
"And what's that?"
"You did say they're rare to find, right?" Macy nodded. "Well, if that's the case, then won't we be having a hard time finding those?"
Macy was going to speak, but stopped at that thought. "… Oh, screw it. You're actually right for once." Zane was going to speak again, continuing his prior statement, but was interrupted by an intermission message from their master.
"Oh, it's master again," Stark spoke. "Maybe we can ask him for advice on this matter."
Macy still looked pissed. "Yeah, ain't that the truth, you pervert?"
Stark sighed and sweatdropped as the screen filled with an image of their master once again. And only one person comes to mind with that simple description. Unfortunately, his back was turned. In the background was what caught my attention, as it was a piece of the throne room, and he's sitting on MY THRONE.
Adeline actually looked surprised at the sight of the white human. "Hey, that wouldn't happen to be "him," am I right?" I nodded.
"That's him, alright," I seethed, blushing furiously. "Bleh. Now I feel like kicking someone's ass today." I started to twitch in anger, feeling more than just slightly hothead, it's way more than just being it, you know.
The white human, his skin wasn't white, but his outfit was enough to blend in to say that his skin is white as snow. His hair was long and spiky, because I can't and I don't want to imagine him bald, and I have a perfectly good reason for that. Besides, there's always the internet for people to draw fanart of this guy and all others on online art websites, anyway (except for a specific one that I won't mention).
Back to the point, his back was turned so no one could see his face, as if he's trying to keep his identity as hidden as possible, like he's wearing a mask or something. You really couldn't see his expression there, but you could tell he was chuckling. He then starts to make his dumbass speech. AGAIN.
"Top of the morning to you, everybody," He greeted, with a toothy grin, even though I already said you couldn't see him do it, but you could tell he did just so. He did kinda sounded rather impatient already, but said it in a calm, quiet manner.
All of the members saluted. "All recruits at your service, master!"
He chuckles pleasantly. "Excellent. Now, for some new announcements, but first, is the princess and the paintress all comfortable and not dead in that prison there, because we wouldn't be capturing a princess only to be found dead for nothing?" The three current members turned around, and we pretended that we were still sleeping. I gave them the head-chopped-off sign in my fake sleep. They sweatdropped, I can tell.
"I'll tear your red-ass eyeball with my bare hands, Zero…" I mumble in my fake sleep. Yeah, don't ask why. Just don't. Don't even dare question it, or else. "Then, I'll see your blood spill all over the floor along with your guts, and I'll rip them from your asshole, asshole… (Mumbles some more) Go to hell… give me those guts, you little. (Mumbles to sleep)..." I played sleep instead of dead.
"I don't know why, but I feel like slapping Dedede once we get out of this mess. He was gonna have me paint a picture of him. With muscles and him with lots of women. Disgusting… I can see why no one ever liked him at all back then. I'll give him a painting he'll won't forget… yeah…" Adeline mumbled.
"Ok, I guess they're still sleeping, but they're alive," Macy confirmed. From a slight opening from my eye, she was staring at me, kinda smiling. "And you know, she kinda looks cute when she's sleeping."
"Although she has been acting wild lately," Stark sweatdropped. "I understand why we need her, but what do we need a painter for?"
Zero paused for dramatic effect, then he puts a finger on his lips, shushing (even though you couldn't see him do it, you can tell.) "Why we kidnapped the paintress of Popstar… It's a secret to everybody." With that reaction, everyone fell over in response, sweatdropping. Zero has his moments of laughter, then ceases it. That kinda sounds like a meme from a game or something.
"*Coughs* Anyway, you've all done a good job… in delaying a moment away to get to the base. You all were supposed to be at Skylight Star at this time. Plus, I don't see any of the Elemental Princesses that the two knights were supposed to collect. Anyone care to explain this? Give me a reason as to why this hasn't been accomplished yet, but I know that you're running out of energy, so I'll exclude you all for that. But, case and point, what delayed the mission?"
Everyone looked at each other with one answer in mind. "KIRBY." Everyone answered. At this, Zero growled for a while, but he calms down and sort of cackles for a bit. "Tsk-tsk-tsk. Kirby, Kirby, Kirby- that's a name we all know. Shouldn't have expected less from my foe, after all. Although, I guess cursing him and his interference friends as humans by bait with Kailaine might've been a huge backfire, for it only made him more unpredictable." He sweatdropped, realizing his mistake. "Now I'm starting to regret doing that, considering that pink blob now human may be adorable, but it's not the face of mercy, I can guarantee you all that."
At this, we faked waking up, hearing the name of Kirby. "Who… what? Did someone say Kirby?" I faked saying. Everyone sweatdropped. Zero smiles, but in an innocent way.
"So, somehow Kirby found out about what we were going to do behind his back and came over to the planet that has an Elemental Princess and one that came with the female pink warrior and some little girl that seems so familiar. They would've been here sooner if it wasn't for that cursed, damned Star Warrior, interfering in every step of the way. How utterly vexing, that annoying pink demon. Pretty soon, he shall feel the wrath of the Angeldemon, Zero! HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!"
"Um, Master?" Macy tried to get his attention. "You've gotten off point." We all sweatdropped, making it pretty awkward. "You know, we can hear you mumble to yourself, right?"
Zero stopped laughing, only realizing that he went off the point of his statement; he sweatdropped, then he coughed. "Oh, sorry about that. Anyway, where was I? Oh, that's right. Alright, now that we've confirmed that statement for that purpose, reminder: our master plan requires more than just this sexy princess, who is our main key component in this process." That guy actually had the nerve to let out a foxy whistle! (Insert foxy whistle) Zane actually did that, and Macy slapped him upside the head.
I grumped in anger, yet although ashamedly blushing and took that flattery about me being sexy and all that junk, and I kinda needed that, considering all the crap I've been through.
"Looks like Zero seems to like you instead," Adeline guessed. I still blushed furiously. "Which is unusual, because I thought the bastard has no feelings, whatsoever."
"Oh, is that so?" I sarcastically replied. "Well, too bad, because I'm already taken!" But really, I just said that just so that if I didn't, they'd get wrong ideas, but that was kinda a lie, though. I don't know if Kirby really likes me or not; I mean, I… I… ok, I do like him, happy now? You're a monster if you hate him. But that's the truth. Just thinking about this really made me blush even harder. Zero then proceeds with his speech.
"Moving on, this princess is the core of our plans, and in order to achieve her as our main supplier, we need the essence of the seven elements: Wind, Fire, Water, Light, Shadow, Thunder, and Ice, and if you think we're using those 14 elemental spirits, then you need to go and have your brain checked, because your mind is stupid for thinking that, and your brain should be ashamed of itself. Besides, if we capture them after banishing them, then that actually shoots the point there of doing that; it's Kirby's problem now. So, instead, we have something even better than stupid spirits: Princesses of the Seven Core Element, or as we call it, 'Grand Elemental Princesses.'"
Hearing that got the curiosity in me pumping like adrenaline. "Princesses? Of the Seven Core Elements? Grand Elemental Princesses?"
"So, to achieve this, we have to find the location of the whereabouts of said-princesses. A girl that is a cursed fusion of at least one thing, like a dog, cat, half-human sea creature, angel and demon split-personalities, fox, organic cyborg and a dragon. Or… something like that. Whatever, each of them have a unique elemental attribute that we so need for this master plan, and it is required to have them to unlock… well, you get the basic point. And, so for this matter, I've crafted up a special knight force that specializes in seeking out elemental princesses for this matter. Project Elemental: Zero Seven Force."
"Zero…" We both repeated. "Seven Force…? Zero Seven Force?"
"However," Zero paused. He raised a single finger for effect. "The mission to capture an Elemental Princess on Planet Aura Star was a complete failure, so I've heard from Dark Soul, who came all the way here to report, and the two knights that attempted this mission are resting in the ship for now. The mission was pretty simple: capture the elemental princesses behind Kirby's back and consent and bring them to the ship and lump them in different cells, probably. But, it's as if someone had saw into the future and intercepted this and got Kirby's attention this time." The screen shows a video scene of the incident two days ago. One girl caught my eye, one that I'd recognized from my childhood. She was pinned down by a guy that could possibly be one of the knights they were talking about.
"Hey, that's Callie!" I exclaimed. I'd remembered the girl, the girl that was one of my best friends. I then saw another girl, who was knocked into the air, only to be saved in the arms of a pink boy… wait a minute. Pink boy? There could be many pink boys, but there's one that stood out above the rest. "Kirby?! God, they weren't kidding when they said that Kirby interfered!"
The girl he was carrying is another that I had recognized from before. The girl that took care of Kirby and his friends when they were knocked out. I guess you oughta have to thank this green haired girl, because if it wasn't for her, Kirby wouldn't have been there right now. This girl is yet another that I'd recognized. I mean, she always wears a tank top style shirt that has much bigger breasts than mine, with black shorts and white flats. Her hair was always long and born green and her eyes are the colors of the wind. The girl that will remain the title of the Gale Princess, and also, I'm positive that she never knew that she was cursed as a dog-girl. That girl was Merina Florismas.
"Merina?!" I said, pointing. "Ah, she must've remembered by now after that accident a few years ago. It seems she doesn't remember anything about us after that, but I guess a few people had made her realize the truth as the Gale Princess; that may be bad writing, but it can't be if it's what she was meant to be. I'm glad. Time really does go fast." Adeline smiled along with me.
"But, you know, I'm kinda jealous, that's the truth."
"Yep, those are only two of the elemental princesses, and I had yet to realize this fact: If we start doing this kind of stuff in secret, it won't be long before Kirby gets in our way again. So, until we can find a way, it seems best to give up on them for now, but you still have to keep an eye on Kailaine (My future soon-to-be…..) and that witch-like painter. I find that her skills can be very useful, with her ability to bring her creations to life, just like the three paint witches Kirby has defeated. So, have you've heard from that used-to-be puffball warrior, members?"
Stark stepped forward, speaking for everyone. "Yes, Master Zero, it's confirmed that after the fight with two of our Zero Knights, Auralia and Molotov, Kirby, along with his sexy looking twin sister that he never knew about, Karly, fainted and were out cold for about two days straight until now. It seems that they've awoken now."
"Hmm… excellent," Zero grinned. "If this is how he even recovers and gets by quickly, in a flash, then… we'll just have to make him prepare for trouble, and make it double on that planet. And knowing that planet, Aquarius (which used to be Aqua Star back then) has the most devastating sea creatures known in the sea, it'll be one hell of a time he's going to have, especially a certain race of sea creatures that just so happens to hate humans for a distinct reason of what they did to them, and I think you know what I'm talking about, and if we pull this in the right direction, they'll aim their attacks on Kirby, yes. Heh-heh."
"A certain race of sea creatures that just so happens to hate humans for a distinct reason of what they did to them?" I thought. "Now something smells fishy here. Just what kind of sea creatures would have a heart to hate human beings that badly?"
"Anyway, that's all I have to say and for now, try to remain low until Kirby makes his move and find some Dark Crystals while you're at it as well; I am much aware of how low our power is running, for it seems to evaporate every second. And also, note to you, knowing that princess there, she'll pretty much run wild, so keep an eye on her, and don't let her escape as well as the paintress, or it's off with all of your heads. Understood?" The members had to nod in agreement.
"Oh yeah, new rule. I'm going to need you all to keep an eye on Kirby and anyone that joins forces with the group. Record everything useful, got it?"
"Understood, Master," They responded.
"Very well," Zero chuckles. "I'm counting on you all. Until then, peace out."
He turns around, pointing the peace sign and thus revealing his red eyeball, something that we'll never forget. The screen goes blank, thus ending this transmission. All members continued with their daily business.
Macy just shrugged and kinda hopped a little, with her chest bouncing, and I couldn't help but notice that almost every girl around me has bigger boobs than I do, and mine's not that big or small, just plain average, and also, Zane almost had a nosebleed from seeing that, while Stark refrained to avoid what happened the last time.
"Anyway, now that's been taken care of, I'm gonna need you two to help me with the crystal hunt."
"Yeah, but," Zane refuted. "How are we going to find them anyway? You did say they are rare to find, right?"
Macy sighed. "Don't you know? This planet's the perfect place for treasure hunting, and that's why there are treasure hunters, who scout and go hunting for treasure and untold secrets. Of course, there's the addition of these band of pirates called the Aqua Skulls, though. Their captain, Raiden, has been missing for quite some time, so his little brother, Adrien, is the new captain for now."
Now that they've mentioned it, I remember when I was on Aquarius Star, and around that time, Aqua Town was attacked by pirates and they've called themselves by that name. However, the time that they attacked was for a completely different reason. They've claimed to have seen some kind of creature that was told in some kind of fairy tale of the seas, and that their captain has been captured by them. I wasn't sure what it was, but I was certain that the leader of that race has an indecent intense hatred against humans.
"So, the captain is gone now and still, right?" Zane asked. "Typical. So, how about we fix the ship or whatever it was?"
"Isn't that supposed to be the engineer's job?" Stark pointed out. "And besides, 1) how are we going to find crystals now when you said they're rare? And 2) if we're gone, then who's going to play bodyguard in here?" The two other members just stared at him blankly.
Stark slapped his forehead, then pointed at the both of us. "I meant, who's going to watch over them, specifically? The one thing that really bothers me is that if we have the power to teleport, then what's the damn point of even watching over them in the first place? I mean, we could just be over at Zero's in a flash! It would beat the point of this big guy blabbing his mouth to Kirby about what the hell we're going to do at all. In fact, people like Dark Soul, and as we speak, is actually on Dark Crystal Star. I can still remember the response he gave me when I asked him…"
Zane thought about it. "Hey, wait a minute. If Dark Soul literally has the power to teleport to different locations, then why didn't he, when we captured the princess, use his teleportation powers and warp us all to Dark Crystal Star?! That beats the point of traveling in a Novanic Clockstar Ship with Kailaine, that Paintress of Popstar, and the rest of the Seven Elemental Princesses in hand! We could've won that easily and could've possibly taken over the world by then, but why in the Prologue Act 3 did we have to go through this crap with this guy, the one we're inside, blabbed nearly the key details to our plan to our mortal enemy?! That was freaking pointless, honestly, and where the hell was Dark Soul when we attacked Popstar at the moment?!" It was at that moment you could say that Zane almost lost his insanity there.
"Don't look at me for answers," Macy said bluntly. "It's not like I can read minds or something like that. Probably, he may have been somewhere else doing whatever it is he does… I don't want to imagine that at all. But about warping there, that's a problem."
"Wait a minute," Zane interrupted. "Could it be that the reason why nobody could warp over to Dark Crystal Star is because of the lack of power?" Macy and Stark stared at him blankly. Says the guy who just lost his insanity a few seconds ago.
"Think about it," Zane continued on. "The galaxy Princess Kailaine lives in is the Cosmic Galaxy, a different galaxy than the Galactic Gamble Galaxy, which has planets we're all familiar with and the one were Kirby came from. However, getting to another galaxy is a real ass of a long trip. Two different galaxies aren't just right next to each other. It would take a certain amount of light years to make the trip or unless you'd end up finding a warp gate, which are rare to find these days. And without notice, Kirby's party chased us to the Cosmic Galaxy somehow without noticing that kind of time went by. The only way to warp to another galaxy is if you have unlimited power that can be enough to warp through the hardship of a wormhole. Us, though, are lacking power while Dark Soul on the other hand, he can somehow teleport across different planets, and the fact that there's a Zero Barrier surrounding Crystal Star for some reason, that… I have no idea."
Stark stared at him blankly. "Ok, that was one hell of a long-ass explanation, but I see what you're trying to say for once, and it looks like you actually know what you're saying for the first time."
"My point is," Zane stated. "Could it be that we've experienced power loss because we gained the ability to become humans?"
"What do you mean when you say that?" Macy questioned. "I mean, I don't even know how Zero pulled off that stunt, but what's your point exactly? And make some sense, damn it."
"Humans are average creatures, to be fair, and even though they are the same, they are actually different, if you know what I mean. But some has trained to be more efficient and more powerful in some fields, like magic arts, for instance. But the one weakness that humans have in this area is the usage. In RPG games like Golden Sun for example, you have powers called Psynergy to perform magic attacks. However, the main problem in RPGs in general is the limit. There's a limit to how much you can use that sort of power, right? And if you overdo it, you may not have enough power to pull off another attack. Certain attacks drains a lot of power from the user, and that's the truth. Like Princess Kailaine here knows Crystal Magic, but she does have a limit as to how much she can use, and some of her attacks has dire consequences if she overdoes it, like she slightly faints for a while when she overuses a certain attack. Case and point, it's because we've become humans, and humans have limits as to how much they can use their power. The End."
"Ah, so that's why they're losing power," Adeline said in surprise. "Of course, I should've figured it out that being human limits what you could usually do if you were something else before you became human. And that, said in mind, it's a 100% possibility that Kirby and Karly may've lost their ability to inhale, yet they're still rapidly progress that fast."
"Hmm, I guess that's pretty much accurate," I replied. "It's somehow a miracle that Kirby was able to catch up with us within a few days. I'm not even going to question how they have intelligent minds and why they act as us, but they do make a good case, y'know, and it's true. If you overwork your body, it won't be long before you'll experience some serious pain, as an effect of over-usage."
Stark and Macy looked at each other, blank with no response in mind to say. They had to shrug and nod in agreement.
"When you put it that way, it… actually makes sense in a way," Stark complied. "For once, I'd never thought you'd think of it that way, and you make sense, finally."
Zane then turned to Macy. "That's right, and it's because of them that we're able to feel emotions for the first time and why we're acting this way. Now Macy, we need to find those crystals ASAP and fast."
"I'd be glad to, but we're going to need something actually track them down though."
"Well, why don't we use the princess to track them down?" Stark suggested. "I mean, she knows crystal magic, so there might be a possibility she might know where the crystals are, right?"
The two members just looked straight dead at me before looking at each other. Their faces became one of judgement. "Well, we'll be the judge of that." Zane said. "And besides, she is valuable property, along with the Paintress, did you forget that?"
"Hey, princess," Macy questioned. She and Zane both looked at me dead in the eye. "Is it true that you can detect any type of crystal there is?"
"That depends," I stammered. I felt really intimidated when they just give me that look. I felt shivering, jolting with sweat. "I can detect crystal energy, but I can't detect Dark Crystals, at least not yet."
"Oh," Macy sighed. "I thought so. Well, looks like we're going with Plan B, and we're going to do it manually."
"Wait, what do you mean by "we," exactly? Aren't you doing this with Zatch or someone or something?" Stark asked.
"It means," Macy said as she grabbed both of them by the arms and pressed them both against her breasts. "That you two are coming with me! Zatch is too busy having his… private time, and also Master said for you two to do something productive while not piloting the ship, retards, so you're going to help me and you'll like it! We're heading to Aqua Town and hopefully find a way to get those crystals, or find something at least to give to Kaila so that she can find them or something!"
"But what about them?" Zane pointed. "We can't just leave them there, by themselves, not after considering what they've done to us."
"Eh, don't worry," Macy smiled. "I might admit that they've tried to bust out of here before, and my favorite part was when Kaila almost killed everybody with an Invincible Candy that she stole from someone. It wasn't long before she ended up sugar high and fainted. And yet, you were all running and screaming like little bitches. Hilarious. And let's not forget who won the award for having bigger breasts than the other contest. I can see that the princess is actually jealous!"
I huffed in jealous anger, embarrassed by previous events of our failed attempts of escape. Especially when I lost to her in that contest! It's a long story, honest!
"Besides, it won't be long before we have to cause trouble for Kirby anyway. Master did say just to cause trouble in any way possible to stall for as long as possible. Now, I'm just gonna leave this here for later. And don't worry about those two, they'll be fine. Now get moving, men! We have someone's reputation to wreck… and find some crystals as well too. See ya later, princess and paintress!" With those words, she grabbed the two pilots, picked them off the ground and headed towards the door.
"Um, Macy?" Stark said, blushing. "Can you get your hands off my butt?"
"Oh, shut up, honey," Macy teased naughtily. "You know you love that, don't ya? Consider it payback for groping my "secret treasures," pervert!" She smiles with a devious grin and with that the doors closed behind them, leaving a regretful Stark moan and a snickering Zane with those expressions.
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"You think they're gone, Kaila?" Adeline asked. I look around and saw that it was nothing but pure emptiness.
"I hope so," I sighed. "Otherwise, it would be a pain in the butt for that."
"So, ready for another one, Kaila?" Adeline asked me.
"Ready when you are," I replied confidently. "Now, the first thing we do… how about we get that blueprint over there?"
"Hmm… that's a start. Hopefully with this, we'll find a way to maneuver through this ship somehow." Adeline manages to, with her brush, paint a hole through the pink barrier that held us like prisoners-oh wait, we are prisoners. Looking around us, we cautiously stepped outside the ball, and slowly make no haste to snatch the blueprints.
You got the ship's blueprints! If I were you, I'd find something to replace that one with.
"Alright, now we just need something to replace that one with so no one will notice." I said.
"I'm way ahead of ya," Adeline chuckles, holding a blueprint identical to the one we snatched, with no flaws whatsoever. She then place the fake blueprint on the panel in the same spot so that no one would ever notice.
"Well, that takes care of that!" I smirked. "Now let's bounce, Adeline."
She nodded and we proceeded through the doors, ready for another attempt at escaping.
Part 2: Jailbreak (Just info hunting and some action will be provided later on)
Playing as Kailaine and Adeline
Well, here's to another attempt! In this main side story, you play as Kailaine, the kidnapped Crystal Princess along with the Popstar Paintress, Adeline, as they try to escape the dark ship, but first, they must gather information that leads to clues about Zero's true plans, one by one. Here's how this'll work:
Make your way around the ship using the blueprint as your guide. Get around the ship and do it Solid Snake Style. Try not to get caught. Also, there are rare weapons and treasures said to be found in the ship, so try to find as much as you can before or if you find a way to leave the ship.
The main goal of this is to find something valuable that you might want Kirby to know or find an area that holds secrets and also find a way out. It's basically a 3D Metroidvania Bomberman Solid Snake Style. The story will change depending on how long it takes you to escape, meaning how many episodes it takes you to escape.
You have a Five Star Meter, indicating the danger of being caught. If you get 5 stars, you'll be bounded back to the start again, and security will be amped up, making it harder for you. So, try not to get caught, once again, but on the bright side, the safe areas are the areas you're allowed to be permitted on, like the bathroom for instance. Also, there are some areas where you need to solve puzzles, so you're safe there. Don't worry, you can take out the guards as well.
Once you've found the info you need, you can continue on or retreat for now. But what about kicking some ass, you might ask? Well, that will depend on after getting the data. So, pretty much, try to find your way for now. That's all and good luck!
Main Deck: Top Floor
There we were, the hallway was how I described it last time, so we need to find at least something we can discover, at least a secret they hold.
"So," I whispered to Adeline. "What do you want to find out?"
"Probably the Zero Knights, I guess. I want to know what they had to do with all the monsters Kirby encountered."
"Ok, then," I declared. "To the Zero Seven Force we go find out about!" I signaled her to move forward once it was safe. We sneakily trekked through the silver hallways and complex design of a ship. It looked more like the inside of a living mechanical being, though. With the map to the entire ship, we manage to at least scan the entire area, and for some dumb unexplained reason, it had the positions of the guards and where they stand.
"Hmm," I thought to myself. "There's an area that is supposedly to be a restricted area, especially to us, specifically. The initials engraved here says, "Z7F," which most likely mean Zero Seven Force in this case, and it's somewhere around here. Let's try to find it, but we have to keep a low profile."
From what the map says so far, there's a restricted area that only allows the Zero Seven Force, which is probably their rooms or something like that. We just need to find a way in there, somehow.
So, we proceeded to move forward to the cut off area, while taking out some guards on the way, resulting in a T.K.O. I know that if we use any explosive attacks, we'll be prone to attract attention, so I had to stick to physical combat. As soon as we knew it, we've wiped out almost all of the guards on the 3rd floor without breaking a sweat, literally. Adeline, as most of you may have known before, she had the power to make her creations come to life, somehow. Other than that, I guess I can show you a few of some moves that you might not know she can do. (Most of them are KirbyPwnz1234's idea, so… yeah.)
Adeline's Artes and Attacks:
Alluring Smash- A combo attack that is close-ranged and far-ranged; shooting paint-blob projectiles. She can shoot massive paint blobs depending on how much paint she has, damage will vary and so does size.
Canvas Rashiedo- A protective wall of solidified paint or a barrier of a dome in some cases. It can sometimes produce a howling effect and can reflect attacks even.
Colorful Manipulation- Makes a barrage of paint balls and circles around the painter and can fire them. She can somehow manipulate them as an attack or a projectile barrier.
Bucket Brush Beam- A cannon paint blast that can penetrate through tough places and armor and etc.
Drawn to Life- Her most used move. Adeline has the power to make her creations come to life, so that means in any type of situation she can draw something that can be very useful. Depends on how much paint she has left. Paint regenerates overtime. Can be used to make items and other stuff to get past obstacles.
Dagger Knives- A barrage attack that has her attack with crayons, ordinarily, but they are actually daggers in disguise and they have a paint effect as well.
Bleeding Melter- An acidic attack that can burn through even through the hardest, toughest metal there is yet. With this, she can paint a secret passageway by melting the area where its weakest the most.
Brush Strike- A ground pound move that she uses her brush and smacks it on the ground, causing a riptide paint wave that dismantles the ground and causes those in the way to fall with it.
Paint Rusher: An Overdrive special attack that is similar to the Paint attack in Kirby Super Star when fighting Heavy Lobster. Causes splatter damage and can even blind those caught in the attack.
That's all her moves so far, but if you wanna know what I can do, it's all down here, so you can see all the other moves I can do besides the Crystal Bomb and healing. (So far, until I learn a new spell)
My Artes and Attacks:
Emerald Strike- A crystal magic attack that is most likely a combo standard attack, so when I attack, you'll know that's the default one. It's an attack that has the power of wind and a howling effect: Gale Spin- a howling move that can form a deadly tornado.
Ruby Flame- A spell attack that acts as a protective barrier and can reflect oncoming projectiles. It can be reduced to another attack and it has a howling effect: Scorching Fireball- a howling move that can obliterate anything in its path.
Sapphire Storm- A spell attack that manipulates water itself as it can form into anything that it allows the waters to. It also has a howling effect: Aqua Surf- a howling move that attacks with force of Poseidon's rage, summoning a tsunami.
Platinum Laser- A spell attack that gathers light into a ball and fire multiple lasers at once. It can also bounce off walls as well and it has a howling effect: Chrono Burst- A howling move that freezes light and time around everything or anyone the off-wave hits, giving the opportunity to strike while frozen.
Amethyst Wave- A spell attack that causes shadowy cracks and off-waves in the ground, and shadow blasts that pops out from the grounds and creates explosive shadow waves. It also has a howling effect: ESP Psynergy- A howling move that can perform ESP related and ghost attacks and can also create gravity balls.
Gold Plasma- A spell attack that allows me to make friction between me and shoot plasma made of gold and can cause paralysis as well. It can also make an electro-magnetic field that can shock all those around me. It has a howling effect: Thunder Beam- A howling move that makes a ball cramped into a beam and can make a devastating barrel laser that bursts right through anything.
Diamond Spike- A spell attack that can summon ice spikes coming up from the ground and can manipulate them and hurl those at the target. It often bursts as an ice explosion once hit. It also has a howling effect: Blizzard Barrage- A howling effect that can cause a blizzard out of nowhere and make it rain scalding, explosive hail.
Crystal Blade- A spell attack that makes crystals form blades from the palm of my hands and can cut through almost anything. It's like a beam sword in this case. It has a howling effect: Shatter Pound- A move that makes crystals fall from the sky when the ground is pounded.
And there's a few more, but that's all I can tell you, and there's this one attack that's the most deadly attack yet- an instant KO attack called Impulsive Destroyer. I was told, by my mentor, which was surprisingly the Commander, Blazel, and along with my annoying chancellor, who couldn't keep his mouth shut for one freaking second, to never ever use this attack, because it does just more than just knock someone out, it goes even beyond that, if you know what that means. Other than that, I almost forgot that I had some kind of Future Vision; well, it's still my first time since I ever got it, I mean, but for now while I can't see real deep into the future, I can only go as far as to see how to maneuver through a tough obstacle for now.
Anyway, we headed towards where the area was, the restricted area for no one but the Zero Seven Force. The door was a double, and the security was only minimum to a duo of guards. They were actual buff brutes, but if you see it from my point of view they look like normal guards but they have tremendous strength, and it looks like they're tough to handle, yet let alone even just one by itself. So, that means we're going to need a distraction somehow or if there's another way around it.
"Alright, there's the door, but from what I see, it's a two way possibility: Either we break in or we sneak in, and it looks like we can get through that open vent there if we snuck in," Adeline summarized.
My eyes, in my vision, shows a visual on the possibilities that could happen. For example, if you chose to bust in, it'll go into a battle, with us being victorious, but what happens after that might be a little risky, and if you chose to sneak in, we'll make a distraction that just so ironically happens to lure them away from the doors, and then that's our chance to get in. The two of the guards were then talking or something like that.
"Hey, man," One of them chuckled to the other. "Have you heard about what just happened in Aqua Town one time?"
"No, what is it?"
"There's these two guys, and there's an old man who had a fine looking cat daughter, and then the cat daughter wanted to go to the movies with this guy while the other one was straight up mad, because she chose to go out with the other guy than him, so he smacked the other guy upside the head and said, "That's for stealing my pussy cat!" He was actually smiling and laughing because of what he just said. Get it?"
"I don't, not at all."
"He said that because she's a half-cat girl, and cats gets the nickname Pussycat. Get it now?"
"Oh, I get it! Because she's a cat! Oh man, I get it now. HA-HA-HA!"
"Yeah, that was a long time ago. Anyway, it's almost time for breakfast break, so… should we get going now?"
"Yeah, man, I'm starving. Also, where's Coral? Auralia, Molotov, Solaris, Eclipse, Volt, & Pandora are all out right now and the other knights are just sparring with each other in that arena or something like that."
"Oh yeah, I believe she went out to Aqua Town, because she wanted to "play" with Kirby, as in causing mischief for him. But other than that, Coral also wanted some ice cream, her favorite kind, Aqua Berry Blast, from the store at the town earlier, so she went to get some and for her other brothers and sisters. She was in a decent cheerful mood."
"Hmm, I guess that makes sense after all. She may be a bit younger than the others, but she is someone high-spirited for an evil water knightess."
"Besides, she manages to control these creatures called Water Demons or you also call them Water Chimeras with her charm and good looks, or maybe she threatens them."
"So, when you said Coral will cause trouble for Kirby, what exactly do you mean by that?"
"Oh, you'll see soon enough. And Coral is pretty dependable and skilled at making people attack others for reasons of their own specifically, so basically, she'll frame anyone for some crimes and they'll attack that person instead, and Coral will laugh her ass off while eating Aqua Berry Blast Popsicles."
"Dang, man. That's kinda extreme, in a good way, laughing while eating. And speaking of which, can we go now, because I'm hungry."
"Oh, ok then."
With that, the two guards left their posts, with only food in their mind and leaving their door unguarded.
"Well, that cancels either one of the two options," I said, sweatdropping. "Now let's go in before any of them gets back."
"Right." Adeline nodded. We then looked around us to make sure that no one was around, then proceeded with care. But, just in case that the door was triggered with an alarm, we just crawled into the vent for that obvious reason.
Chambers of the Zero Seven Force
The vent was grey and silver, just like any other vent duct would be. Crawling through felt unsanitary to me, since I am a princess, after all. "Ugh, I don't feel comfortable in cramped places, especially if it's unsanitary as well."
"Well, all villains are dirty, so I really didn't expect them to be clean, and since when did a dark being had become some sort of galactic ship? It really doesn't make any sense to me," Adeline huffed, crawling behind me.
"It will make sense, once we get some answers out of them, and for starters, we're finding out about the Zero Seven Knight Force or whatever they're called. I can't help but feel that there's something weird about them, like I've seen them before."
"So, it's like Déjà vu or something?" Adeline asked, with that answer the only thing she could think of. I just let out a look of confusion and some hurtful thinking. "Because that's what it sounds like to me."
"I… I really don't know. I've heard that they were involved with the disappearance of the Seven Elemental Knights somehow. Remember when I told you about them?" Adeline nodded in response. "I see. So then, after they've disappeared and they've captured the predecessors of the other Elemental Princesses, the citizens from Kira Star Haven, the ones who created the knights, or so I've been told, had to pick fourteen replacements for both the Knights and the Princesses."
"Fourteen replacements?" asked Adeline. "Isn't that a bit extreme and quite large? I'm pretty sure the default number was seven spirits these days, am I right? And the Seven Elemental Princesses were the other half of the fourteen spirits?"
"I'm afraid you can say that, or rather after both sides disappeared, the guardians were chosen from Kira Kira Star Haven as secondary protector spirits until further notice," I sighed. "We really don't know the truth behind all this, and neither do I, but at this point, I want answers. But my main question is what Zero hopes to achieve by kidnapping us? Or maybe how did Zero become human in the first place and just how did he managed to come back through this stupid curse implanted in me 8 years ago, turning me human? I want to get to the bottom of this as soon as possible."
Adeline remained silent at this until we've made it out of the duct, and into a room that is somehow gigantic and houses the beds and areas of at least each members, but behind different doors of different colors, and we've popped up from the side of it, where we ended up in the living room area that houses a TV, some manga, DVD's on different elemental series like pirates and vampires or whatever, video games consoles and handhelds lying around the floor but stacked and piled up neatly, along with opened cases of 3DS and Switch games, a couch fit for seven people, and some food of different elemental kind, crammed on the table as the border between them and the TV in a nicely, organized way.
"Wow, for a force that evil, they sure are neat and organized," Adeline commented. "It creeps me out, girl."
I sighed and took a quick look around. We've gotten in, but our real question is where to start looking, that's what I'm figuring out, and time is something we don't have, because anyone could just burst through that door any second now. I look and something on the floor caught my attention. I went over to pick it up.
"Hmm, what's this thing?" I wondered.
"It looks like some sort of diary or something," Adeline added. "I think it belongs to one of the knights, and it has the name "Coral" on it. That must be the Water Knightess those two guards were talking about, Kaila."
"It appears so," I agreed, daring to open up the book. I flipped through the never ending pages of the diary until a page caught my eye, regarding someone familiar. "Hey, this one's about Kirby."
Coral's Diary
Two Days After on Aquarius Star
"Well, this was unexpected. My brother and sister fought against the Star Warrior Twins and it ended in a draw, only because somebody interfered when he shouldn't have. What an idiot he can be sometimes, Dark Soul. Because of him, no one won, and it was actually entertaining, like something that can be seen in an anime fight. Oh well. The other two, fell and fainted, being carried away by their friends. If I'm not mistaken, the pink boy is the one that everyone in this ship's talking about these days, Kirby, I believe that's his name. The other girl is named Karly, his supposedly twin sister that he never knew about. I'm not even sure if they're related, but that's what I've heard now."
"From what I've heard from Master and my other brother and sisters, those people, more specifically Kirby, are a force to be reckoned with, mostly Kirby. He and Master had a bitter past with each other and his rage flared up against Kirby the most rather than Princess Kailaine, who was the first he encountered and is the reason why this is happening at all. In her POV, honestly and secretly, I kinda feel bad for her, y'know, with both her parent that are dead and all, I think Zero took that too far, honestly, and now she's left without anyone to be with. But, on the bright side, at least Kirby found her lost sister, Kazelaine Gemstyal Starlina."
"Anyway, moving on. During those two days, I went to check out this pink boy that everyone's talking about, Kirby. Since he was knocked out and all, he's resting at the Aqua Resort, owned by one of Kaila's friends, Adena. I don't really know much about her, though. Anyway, I watched Kirby from afar from the branch of a tree while eating Aqua Berry Blast Ice Cream, still unconscious as well as his sister, who was placed right next to him, which I find adorable and a bit funny, since his sister Karly was hugging him near her flat-chest that lacked breasts and was rubbing his hair, and I took a picture of it, which is shown below."
"Their friends, who are particularly odd, are there looking over them. The little princess, Kazelaine, was watching over them with a worried look on her face. She was worried about them, but she still misses her sister, Kaila. Imagine her surprise when she saw them wake up. And now I have this chill that there's a reason why she doesn't remember anything. The two Elemental Princesses were right there, but Master told me to refrain from pulling off any unauthorized stunts. At least not yet."
"The gang of warriors were pretty normal, but there's this one boy with a Spear which I believe it to be a relic of the Ancients known as the Axscharia and a Blue Bandana on his head, it seems that something's bothering him, because he's been going out to the open shores at night by himself, as if he was remembering something there. My only guess is that something happened to him on this planet. Maybe he's… searching, not for something, but someone, that is… someone that was the reason why he's still alive…"
"Well, anyway, I've decided to keep an eye on that there Kirby for now. Probably because if they make their move, we might know how to counter it, after all. But that blue bandana boy, (who is really cute), I think I'll pay more attention to him, because it seems like he knows something here…"
"Well, at least somebody has pity for me," I sighed. "But that's not important. What I am interested is in who she was talking about."
"You mean Bandana Waddle Dee?" Adeline wondered. "I've haven't heard from him in a while ever since we've saved the galaxy from Void Termina that time. I wonder what's up with him."
"Yeah, but I think it's kinda weird that this water knightess has some sort of interest in Bandana Dee. Maybe not only romantically, but maybe she wants to find out about what he knows, probably. That's all I can deduct at this point. Hey look, there's something else."
"Y'know, he kinda looks familiar somehow… if you think about it, he almost looks like the boy that fell overboard on the Aquatanic a few years ago, the only person never to be seen on that ship or anywhere else again. During the two days that Kirby was knocked out, Bandana Dee, that's his name, went around the town for a while, and in disguise (well, not really) I've heard people gossip about him, in a weird way, because they're comparing him to that little boy that fell overboard due to a huge tidal wave that struck. Someone had made a claim that she'd seen someone out in the sea watching and took him away to the sea. Nobody believe that woman, of course."
"No one has ever seen that boy again, or so they've thought. Now, I am pretty positive that he doesn't know that people are comparing him to that boy that was taken and drowned into the sea. Kinda reminds me of that time I kidnapped the previous Water Princess 8 years ago, and that I took down the Aqua Knightess. But, I'm starting to see memories that of the Crystal Knights, and it's so hideous. I… I just don't know why…"
"Now that I'm done with my pity party, anyway, case and point since Kirby and Karly are awake now, it won't be long before they decide what to do and where to start looking. If they want to get to the Water Chamber to retrieve the spirit, Mist, however, the chamber has to be floating in midair, so unless they find out, they'll never know that in order to make the chamber float, they must find the pieces of the Water Orb scattered across the seas, and they can just challenge the spirit like that."
"Well, at the moment, Master did say I have to cause trouble for Kirby, and by that he means do something that can attract a sea creature of a most famous myth and make that creature attack Kirby, and this one has a distaste for humans, especially the ruler of this race. With the right timing, the plan to stall Kirby might be a success. Now, if you excuse me, I have to lure in a creature that hates humans and get her and her kind to attack Kirby."
"Ah, I see," I closed the diary and placed it down as to where it was that I picked it up from its original position. "So, this young boy looks like Bandana Dee from that incident a few years ago. I'd like to ask him that if we weren't in this horrible predicament."
"But I'm confused, though," Adeline replied, stumped. "Did that boy had something familiar that made them think Bandana Dee is that boy? But my main concern is about what they plan to do with Kirby. They said that they were going to lure in some creature and their race to attack Kirby."
"So?" I shrugged. "What about it?"
Adeline sighed. "My real question is, "'what kind of sea creature would even have the heart to hate humans so much that they'd have the guts to eradicate them completely?'"
"Beats me, but I have a better question. Why is nobody questioning the fact that the females in this army and with Kirby have bigger breasts than us, and by "us" I mean me?!"
"Hey, when you have something good in life," said Adeline. "You don't question it." A famous quote made by a paintress. I growled at her in jealous anger.
"How is having a small chest something good in life, Adeline?!" I shot back, glaring at hers. I groped my chest that lacked a bigger bust, and kinda frowned. "It's not fair. Just what is the women's secret to having a bigger bust here?"
"That's for us to know and for you to never find out; I'd never expected you two to come into our room. You were desperate for answers, am I right, Princess?" A young female voice that was somewhat unfamiliar to us filled the room.
A new voice, one that we haven't heard of before, shot us down our spines. To think that we've been caught already and if that person is here, then it could be… a Zero Knight?
"Do we even dare to look behind us?" I gulped, my heart pumping with the force effect of adrenaline. Instead of fearing, we both turned around, as if we were ready to fight. Behind us was most certain a Zero Knight, but this must be one of the other members besides Auralia and Molotov.
"Huh?" Adeline and I sweatdropped in unison. "Um, who are you?"
The girl smiles, in an innocent way. She had in her hand a blue Popsicle and was gently sucking on it like a newborn baby that was drinking milk from a mother's breasts. This girl was blue headed and her hair was radiant with the element water. Her hair was long and smooth and her front hair had thin sideburns and it was straightforward down, but she had a long ponytail, one similar to a half-genie's and her eyes are indigo blue. Boring a golden waterdrop-shaped hairclip, she had a no-sleeved jacket meant for summer and her outfit's a summer wear kind with short pants and her shirt's nothing more than just a short shirt that didn't cover the belly button. She had strap on sandal heels and she had a razor bracelet and blue gloves. She couldn't help but muster a smile at us and giggles. The worst part of it all, is that her bust is actually bigger! God, why does the world torment me with the fact that I have a flat chest and this is some annoying kid with ridiculously huge breasts!
"Silly princess and paintress," She waves a taunting finger at us. "You know snooping into other people's stuff is prohibited, right? You wanted answers, am I right?"
"Um, sorry, but," Adeline said slowly. "Who are you?"
"The name's Coral," the girl introduced. "The Water Knightess of the Zero Seven Force. Pleased to meet you."
I couldn't tell if she was taunting us, but surely she must be playing some kind of game with us now that we're found out.
"So you're Coral?" I restated. "Ah, I see. So, you're one of the Knights are you?"
"You know it, girl," she smiles. "So, I suppose that you want to find out about us more, don't ya?"
We just stared blankly, not knowing what to say.
"It seems I'm right, am I?" Coral smiles. "You know, no offense, but you don't look like the same princess that stopped master before 8 years ago. They say you always do but after your loss over your parents and your little sister, I must say, I think you've gotten weaker, haven't you? Losing those precious things must've scarred you emotionally and physically. I think master might've lost his insanity that time."
I felt a little insulted, but that was nothing compared to the pain I felt 8 years ago and even before that. Losing almost everyone you've loved for your whole life is the permanent sorrow that'll never leave the darkness in my heart. I really hate Zero for that. But have I really gotten weaker? I felt water drip from my eyes.
Adeline pats me on the shoulder after that quick notice. "Hey, Kaila?" She softly says. "Are you okay?"
Wiping off the tears that flowed from me, I sadly smiled. "Really, I'm fine."
"That doesn't sound like you're fine, princess," Coral said bluntly. "I think you've become nothing more than just a Mary Sue. Let's face it, you couldn't do anything when this ship attacked your boyfriend's planet. (I ship you and Kirby). You could've just run from the darn situation and could've fled, but you chose to stand your ground and that let yourself get captured by them, and I could've sworn that we told them not to tell your boyfriend and his friends about what we're up to. At least not all of it. Point is, where is the Crystal Princess that we used to know 8 years ago, one that was fearless, courageous and life-sacrificing for anyone she cared about?" Coral looked actually mad and concerned for me.
"Why do you care about me?" I sternly shot. "You are the bad guy, and I thought you were all heartless, just like your heartless master."
Coral sighed in sadness. "You might be right, but the Knights aren't heartless. Truth is, I don't remember anything but that I live to serve master. But he told us we were special, because we had our own set of emotions as if we borrowed them from someone, their own interests, their likes and dislikes, and so on. I just can't put my finger on it. Truth is, I may've been supposed to be evil but someone, today, I'm feeling… ugh, pitiful. And with that look on your face, just how do you expect yourself to rule over your planet that reminds you of what you truly used to be before you're human if your heart's scarred with sorrow?"
I wanted to say something, but my mouth couldn't spit it out, because we all know it's the truth. That stabbed me in the heart, and even Kirby knew it; everyone in the Cosmic Galaxy knew it!
"Mmm, I thought so," She sighed. "Which is why I'm going to give you back your confidence, the one that you used to have. Let's play, shall we?"
We both looked at each, confused as to what the heck she is talking about. "Play? What do you mean?"
"You'll see," she cackled as she snapped her fingers. "Let's have some fun." The next thing we knew, a portal open below us and without realizing it, we started plunging into it by our consent that let its guard down.
"UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" We screamed as we entered into the abyss.
...
"Oh, my head," I moaned. Looking at Adeline, who was rubbing her bum, I realize that we're in some sort of battle arena that looks like a boxing arena but one of a gladiator and way bigger, one that reminds me of the boxing ring in Dedede's throne room that time. "You okay,Adeline?" I asked. She replies, "Yeah, I am, but where the heck are we?"
"This is where you'll get your confidence back, princess," Coral appeared in a water form. "With a little motivation, you'll be back to your old self in no time!"
"Again, why the hell do you even care?"
"Because I care for my own reasons, and I have a heart, okay? Besides, maybe fighting will get your heart back the way it was before it lost its soul."
After much thought, it seems that there's no way out of this, so I had to comply. I let out a frustrated sigh. "Alright, we'll play your little game then. So, what are we doing?"
"Glad you asked, princess," Coral smiles deviantly. "Because in order to reawaken that old self again, we must first yet awaken that crystal fighting spirit once again, and that's why you're in this arena, because it's a fight with one of our chimeras, or you could say mutant monsters we have been developing for a while. So, you'll be fighting against one of our creations."
With a snap of her fingers, dark balls appeared, targeting into one ball, where it mushed together like a dust ball fight, but it looks more like a person, struggling to get out of a fight clumped together like a ragdoll. After that, the mushed up ball bean to take its form, a form so slithery.
It formed a head that of a serpentine, with dark, illuminous eyes of purple and black, it bore a pair of twins horns that out of a dark beast, its teeth seething ravenously for food as it licked itself, hungry for more, the arms are thee finger, but with sharp dagger claws. The skin of it was dark and purple, and it extended up to the tail where it had a fiery aurora of dark flames. It looked at us ferociously and roared.
"W-w-what the hell is this?" Adeline shivered.
"That," Coral sneered. "Is what you two will be fighting. Probably readers don't know this, but before the incident 8 years ago, the princess has been fighting monsters ever since she was little, all by herself, just like Kirby. This'll get her back up and motivated again. Besides, didn't anyone wanted some ass-kicking anyway, any of the readers here? Now sit back, relax, and enjoy the show, everyone! Princess, Paintress, meet our chimera pet: Dragoon Serpentera! Let's see if you're the princess worth kidnapping for! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!"
The serpent slithered its tongue and hissed, then roared with a snake's sonic screech. It wasn't long before a crowd was attracted. Among those were Coral, eating an Aqua Berry Blast Popsicle and sitting while rocking her legs back and forth, surprisingly, Molotov and Auralia, in which Auralia was waving a fan at herself as if she was some kind of diva, and Molotov was… watching- no, reading and doing something weird… let's not question it.
It looks like there's no way out of this, I guess. I motioned over to Adeline, signaling her to get ready. "Adeline," I say. "There's no way out except to only fight this thing."
"Let the slaughtering begin!" Coral announced. "Time to get your confidence back, princess!"
Adeline nodded as we readied ourselves to fight against this snake. It stick its tongue out and hissed at us, then charged with a moment's hesitation.
Escaping the Despair- Boss Battle
Kailaine and Adeline VS Dragoon Serpentera, Demon Chimera of Dark Matter (Boss Battle 1- Grandia 1 HD/Xerom Arrives- Tales of Hearts)
Boss Description: Formerly a Demon Beast in Nightmare's Era, this serpent is considered one of the strongest hybrid creations Nightmare has ever made and sent to wreak havoc in the Cosmic Galaxy. It was defeated by Kailaine at a young age, however, somehow Dark Matter managed to get its life data to recreate it once again as a chimera, now stronger than ever! Watch out!
Engage Battle!
The serpent charged like a football player, covered in a dark aurora, and we side-step out of the way, and it left a trail of some sort of poison that resulted in an obliterating blast wall. Then, once done, it sweep its tail around, making us jump to avoid it, leaving flames around the well-made circle.
I shot a manipulative handfuls of fireballs and aimed them towards the snake. Aware of the incoming, it smacked back the fireballs as if it was striking a home run. Targeted towards someone. When that failed, I cartwheeled out of the way as the fireballs exploded like water balloons.
Adeline, on the other hand, was trying to get his attention with one of her moves. She aimed and tossed crayon daggers multiple times as it bursts with blinding dust, but the snake shot its tail at Adeline, somehow managing to almost hit her with that much of accuracy and precision. She then grabbed her paintbrush and smack it on the ground, and as a result, the ground was cracking with a paint wave that made the Dragoon flip out in the air a little.
I casted Platinum Laser, making a ball that blasted multiple light beams at the snake. It bounced off the walls, all aimed at Dragoon Serpentera. It was surrounded in light as it fell towards the ground. It didn't hesitate not even one second to get back up again.
"Damn," I thought. "For a second there, I didn't think it would be so quick to get back up on its tail again. That thing, of course, that must've been one of those monsters that I fought years ago. A Dark Matter version of a dragon snake, the same race as the ones Kirby fought: A Demon Beast. There's no doubt about it, and I think I've may've found a secret of them. Those chimeras are actually Demon Beasts that the Warriors faced long ago. But they were all eradicated by the time Kirby destroyed Nightmare. Just how?"
Almost lost in my own thoughts, the roar of the snake snapped me back. Serpentera slashed its tail at me, and I jumped like I just teleported. The tail rammed through the walls of the arena, leaving a giant hole there.
Grinding onto the tail and straight to the head, I pointed my finger like a gun and made light blue bullets of energy come out from my finger, hitting the snake. It flinched, but it whacked me off its tail and tossed me across the arena, but I backflipped-rolled to safety.
Adeline shot paint balls that she manipulated and commanded them to be hurled right at the snake. The snake then opened its mouth and out was radiating electric energy. It struck the ground, and made spinning razors that homed on her, but she somehow jumps over them with ease. She shot more paint blobs at it, then used Bleeding Melter with the manipulation as cover, but it hit on it like it was mere pathetic raindrops.
It smacked Adeline with it tail aside, not before shooting a shadow ball at her that fast. She was slammed against the arena walls, leaving a giant crater to go with it.
"Adeline!" I cry out. But by that time, I let my guard down and the Dragoon Serpentera grabbed me by my right foot and slams me on the ground. Then, I felt really dizzy as it spun me around and sooner, I found myself in the same position as Adeline, smashed into a wall, with a crater to go with it. I moaned in pain as well as Adeline did.
"Ohh," Adeline moaned. "D-damn it."
I could hear Molotov laughing his ass off in the bleachers. "HA-HA-HA-HA!" He almost died laughing. "You got knocked the FUGG out, Princess!"- Molotov hollered. "That's gotta hurt!"
Coral sighs, but smiles. "See, I always knew you weren't meant to be, princess. Considering after your loss of almost everything you had. Master, after all did intended to get rid of your lifestyle, because, y'know, he hated it, so he started with you, of course. Since, you were the source of what he hates in the first place. And of course, we all know the aftermath. Let's face it, princess. I guess you weren't really the princess that did take down Master years ago. You're just pathetic, I mean, look at yourself! You're said to be the most powerful princess in the galaxy, and yet, look at yourself, you and your boyfriend's old friend are lying there because-"
"You got knocked the FUGG out, princess!" Molotov rudely laughed, interrupted Coral and finished her sentence. Coral sweatdropped.
"Shut up, Molotov," she growled. "You've already made you point."
"Anyway, like I've said before, just how do you hope to compete against us if you're all bark and no bite? How vexingly pathetic that is of you-"
"Shut up." Oh no, the last thing I'd want happening to me is becoming her.
Coral was shockingly taken aback. "Excuse me, what?"
"I said: SHUT UP."
I felt like a whole different person than from what I have been before, and I knew why. "I had enough of your lies. Now I'll show you who the pathetic one, Aqua Knightess, is; I'll devour you!"
Negative feelings, composed of pain, sorrow, tears, anger, and regret activates and awakens another person inside me, one that I don't want to awaken. But it's too late. I've transformed into… HER.
"K-k… Kaila?" Adeline gasped weakly. "W-w-what has happened to you? It's as if you've become a whole different person!"
"You wanted to see a performance, am I right?" I declared, acting heartlessly confident. Smirking, I crack my knuckles from my long sleeved gloves that has become red and white. Every part of my body and clothes has been dyed with only red and white. My eyes that once used to be Water Sapphire Blue were now Blood Ruby Red. "Fine. I'll give you a show you'll won't forget. Oh, heh-heh. It'll be entertainment all right. FOR ME."
Auralia spat out her drink at the sight of me. "Whoa, what the heck happened to her? Her color's completely changed and her personality's as if she had an alter ego!"
"Hysteria Mode," Molotov answered. The other two girls looked at him in surprise. "It's what you'd call an alter ego of hers. In Hysteria Mode, your physical body changes appearance and not only that, but all your normal stats shatters the top of the charts and go beyond the usual limit. You'll act confidently and your intelligence and combat sense increases a hundred fold. It's like your heart, or in this case, the real you that everyone knew wasn't there at all. This form is quite rare, but the only thing that triggers is are negative emotions. I hardly doubt Kirby will be like that, though. Just watch."
The Dragoon Serpentera looks at me, then charges and whipped its tail like it got a chance against me. In Hysteria Mode. It wishes. "So, you like to smack others with that tail of yours, I see. How juvenile."
When the tail aimed at me with the end of the tail, it looked as if it was going to impale me- pff, yeah right it's gonna. I just slightly tiled my head the other way as well as my body. It missed, and if you think it was too slow, well, you're wrong. It was fast, all right. The difference is, I was just a bit faster to react than it was. The tail ended up pounding the wall instead since it likes it so much.
It recoiled back and aimed for me again rapidly, but I dodged the fury without even trying. I kept walking over to it, acting almost like an organic cyborg killing machine. Then, at one point, it opened its mouth and blasted a devastating beam directly on point at me. The blast resulted in an organic explosion, as usual. The serpent smirked, thinking it finished me off. But, sadly for it, I'm still there. All I did was sidestep out of the way. I appeared in front of its face, smiling devilishly.
"Okay, I'm getting bored already," I yawned. "I'd thought you'd put up more of a fight since the last time I took your ass down, but even though you're remade to be a chimera you're nothing more than a Demon Beast, one from Nightmare. Now, how about we put an end this, shall we, sweetie?" I stroked its face charmingly in an evilly but sexy-like way.
Placing my full hand on it, it wasn't long before Dragoon Serpentera shrieked in fear, as I blew it up into nothingness, causing a tremendous explosion across the arena.
The burst was like an explosion of blood in a giant balloon that was shot in the sky. I merely chuckle as I watched Dragoon Serpentera fall to the ground, and returning back to its chimera ball form. Everyone remained silent, not even daring to bore out a single word. I did the peace sign. "Looks like we win, suckers."
Dragoon Serpentera has fallen! Victory! (Stage Clear- Kirby Mass Attack/Normal Victory- Grandia 1 HD)
You gained 1,000 experience points! You have leveled up to the same level as Kirby's party!
Kailaine and Adeline's Friendship increased a lot!
You obtained Dragoon's Red and Blue Orb Eyes!
I jumped over to Adeline, who was still on the ground; she must've fallen off after some time. The effects of Hysteria Mode has worn off, and thus I returned to normal, back to my angel self; the other version that you saw there, that was the monster inside me. With that wearing off, I managed to help Adeline up, who almost couldn't stand after that last blow. I then made a green aura light and places it to her. The light has healed her of any injuries or whatever.
"Kaila…" Adeline hesitantly says. "That… was totally on a whole different level! Just what exactly became of you then?"
I hesitated to reply. I regretfully sighed. "That… was an alter ego of mine. The last thing I'd ever wanted ever since was not to transform into her. And as you can see, she's what everyone would not hesitate to call a pure-blooded demon. What Coral said ended up being the complete trigger to unleashing her. Now she could take over if it strikes her fancy."
"Damn, that's deep. Well, the important thing is that we made it out alive."
Coral then appeared in front of us, clapping slowly. "Whoa… that was the best performance I've ever seen from you, princess!" Everyone watching cheered like fans cheering and shouting from the bleachers. "But seriously, though. You had an alter ego that had this much potential of destruction? Hysteria Mode, I believe, Molotov?"
Molotov and Auralia both landed beside Coral as well. "Yes, it is. The rarest form and ability that is most likely uncommon these days, it may as well be your Demon side. A fierce and cocky form that is like our own twin, but eviler. It'd never occurred to me that the most famous Crystal Princess would possess a form that deadly! Wonder what it'd be like for Kirby. I hardly doubt he'd even have some sort of bad side to him."
"Well, I do believe that you'd recognize that chimera, haven't you, Princess?" Coral asked. I nodded simply and that was all to confirm my answer. "I see. It's one of those Demon Beasts that were left remaining on your planet when you were young. Well, I guess that's how it was."
Auralia sighed. "Um, guys? Can we go now?" She complained. "Aqua Town's having a sale today, and I don't wanna miss it! Besides Coral, don't you have a job to do anyway?"
Coral sweatdropped, but gave in because she knew she was right. "Oh yeah, I totally forgot. I'm supposed to lure in a trap for Kirby, yadda. Yeah, I think I know fully of what I am doing, thank you very much, Auralie." She then turns to us.
"All right, now it looks like you've regained your confidence back, princess," Coral said, amusingly smiling. "All you needed was just a little motivation, and it worked out, didn't it?"
"You call that 'motivation,' you lunatic?!" I yelled in a fit of anger. "What kind of people would throw a princess and a paintress in a gladiator's arena and make them fight a one of a kind Demon Beast, for god's sake?!"
"See? It worked. You're now fully enraged and lost your temper! Congratulations!" She cheered as if I was on a game show. I went off my limit and started to run on her, swearing to slaughter her, but Adeline had to hold me off from committing any bloodshed. She pulled out some blue stars, and whistles. "Well, I think it worked too well, in fact. We're cool, princess?"
I sweatdropped in anger. "Hell no!" Then there was the money that I quickly snatched from her hand, feeling embarrassed. "I mean, I'll gladly accept the money, but there's no way I'll forgive you after what you just made me do! God dang it! In fact, my bloodlust isn't satisfied!"
"Geez, calm down. It wasn't that bad-"
"YOU LIAR! I WILL DRAG YOU RIGHT TO MY PRIVATE TORTURE ROOM AND MAKE YOU SUFFER IN WAYS YOU COULDN'T EVEN FATHOM!"
"Coral," Molotov sighed. "I think your plan worked a little too well. I think we should take them back before she-"
At that point, I was shooting bombs everywhere, thirsty to unleash my anger somewhere. Adeline made several attempts to calm me down and tried to hold me back. "IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT, YOU FREAKISHLY LITTLE GIRL WITH HUGE MONSTROUS BOOBS! YOU'VE UNLEASHED THE MONSTER INSIDE ME!" I screamed.
"Tears up the whole place again," Auralia finished the sentence. "Just like last time when she lost to Macy in the whole bigger bust contest or whatever it was. Let's get her back to her ball room, shall we? And make it snappy, because I don't wanna miss that free sale they're having!"
I was pretty tired and almost lost my will of killing; I nearly fell to the ground, exhausted, and breathing heavily with every breath I exhale. Adeline then walks over and helps me up. "I'll take it from here, everyone. Don't worry." A portal appeared in front of us, and so we went inside that thing, which warped us to our starting point.
Main Deck: Pilot Pit
Next thing we knew, we were in the pink prison ball again. No one was around it the time we were here, and that's really good. I could get some peace around here. Adeline slumps back and sighs. "You sure you're okay, Kaila? Y'know, after the way you took down that supposedly said Demon Beast from the past?"
"Yeah," I slumped back and sighed. "I'm fine. Any kind of sorrow I feel will be enough to awaken "her" again, so I should be fine, I guess. You know, at times like these, I sometimes wonder why these things happened, and I wonder why I find myself in a situation that I never was supposed to be in. Would things be different if this didn't happen? I hardly doubt I can imagine the rest of the days supposed to be like if that didn't happen."
Adeline stood blank. Then, she sighs as well. "I guess you're right. I mean, it's one heck of a messed up world these days, and sometimes I wonder if the world wasn't meant to be this way in the first place, as if something was the cause of all our sins and misfortunes. But today, it's like a part of us now. I guess there's nothing we can do but pray for a better future…."
I looked at Adeline and contently smiled. "That's true. There's no turning back on what you did in the past, but you can only move forward and make yourself a good future."
"Yeah. But there's something that I still don't get, though."
"Eh? What's that?"
"Remember when they said they were going to lure in a creature with an intense hatred for humans to get rid of Kirby? I know we've said this before, but what kind of sea creature race were they specifically talking about?"
"I… don't know, actually," I sighed. "Even though I've been on that planet before, the only thing that people claim they see in the waters is what they described as a person that can breathe underwater or something like that, but they must have something that makes them do so."
"I'm not sure what it is, but I'm sure they can't take down everyone's favorite adorable Star Warrior," Adeline told me, reassuring. "Now, since we haven't done so, you wanna take a bath now?"
I smiled, with that realization. "Yeah, I'd like that. I didn't realize that, and plus, we're dirty from fighting so why not?"
Well, I guess I should end it off here. Take care of Kirby for us, alright? Oh, and about my outburst earlier, forget you ever saw that. Our little talks with you are nice, you know?
Mission Complete! Info found out about Zero Seven Force! You learned about their plans to stall Kirby with some creature that was said to be a myth. Whatever happened those many years ago, Bandana Dee seemed to be the topic of everyone in Aqua Town. Better tell the Star Kids on how to get to the Water Chamber.
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End of Episode 2!
Author's Note:
Finally, chapter 13's done! Sorry I took so long with this, I had a lot of stuff called Homework and stupid school stuff. But that has to come first before writing. So, what do you think of this chapter? There were a lot of questions that you may possibly had, but if you find the answer to one of your questions, then you're welcome. I also listed some of the girl's moves and some were basely inspired by a certain thing from somewhere, if you can figure it out, this is. I came up with Paint related attacks for Adeline and I went wild and the same for Kaila, based off the seven elements and crystals. And if you noticed, Kaila has an alter ego, which is known as Hysteria Mode, inspired by Hidan no Aria AA (aka Aria the Scarlet Ammo) where the male butei has a trigger to his personality if a girl gets hurt by a fatal attack. Pretty badass, if I say so myself. That's not the official name, but it will be until I come up with something else.
Anyway, I also have to say that there's a possible chance that I won't be able to post chapters weekly because of the prison we are not fans of and go to everyday: school. Basically, school's the reason why I can't do that with all the work and tests and stuff, and the hurricane only made it worse and now I'm working my butt off before reports come in a few weeks then. I'll still write though, but I'm forced to resort to Method B: Build up chapters and post them at once. I'm sorry, but it'll only be till this whole school madness and till I'm safe for now. Just wanted to let you know this, and possibly I'll post one out of habit.
So, next time, it's time for World 3: Aquarius Star. And boy, am I going to have a blast writing this one. Just know that you might or might not see that many RPG references, because it's going to be off that for a while. And if you remember, they'll have to find pieces in order to make the chambers float again. What I say could be a possible or impossible guarantee, that, I have yet to figure out. So, that's all and see you when the next chapter's posted! Bye!