Time for some boss fights!
Chapter 23: Swords Clash and Krems Krash
Final Brain
The sky over the Brotherhood Base was still gloomy and cloudy as the infamous Sith Lord, out of his canister and in his short, skinny robot body, kicked back and relaxed in his chemical bath. Monsieur Mallah stood beside the pool as King Goobot dumped animal skins in and stirred it up. "Oh, I like baking skins in the acid, it makes-me-feel-so young!" he sang. "Oh, I like baking dead things in the pool, it makes-me-feel-so great! Oh, Braaain! How are you liking my own homemade chemical stew?"
"Er… very… intriguing, Goobot." Brain said, unsure. "Perhaps now you could answer my previous question."
"Oh, yes, the situation regarding Jirachi, I'll get right on that. Ahem. As you know, Jirachi WAS once linked to the Star Rod, and shares his power with it, and whoever would hold the Star Rod could wish for anything from Jirachi. BUT, as you may recall, that dreaded Nigel Uno boy wished Jirachi free from the Star Rod, and all of his powers were lost. But… there is a way to restore it completely." He smirked, rubbing his hands together. "It may have something to do with his Guardian."
"Of course. Ze Guardians are the keys to ruling the Firstborn." Monsieur Mallah replied.
"Who is Jirachi's Guardian?" Brain asked.
"OH ho ho ho!" Goobot laughed. "You are going to laugh when I tell you, Sire! His Guardian is-"
"BRAAAIN!" Just then, Mr. Boss came rushing in, panting heavily.
"Oh. Hello, Mr. Boss. To what do I owe this incursion?"
"You sent Stormtroopers after MY SON?!" Mr. Boss was furious.
"Your son was affiliated with Kids Next Door actions." Brain said.
"But Shaunie wouldn't hurt a fly. He's scared of them, and he'd certainly be too scared to work for KND."
"Well, I never intended to waste my Stormtroopers on such weaklings. It was Bowser who wanted Shaunie captured. He was busy, and I did not want to listen to his constant bickering. So, I sent Stormtroopers out to capture Shaunie, to make him shut up."
"Well, call them back."
"No. We received a message that Shaunie was saved, and evacuated with two younger children around his age. We suspect treachery is afoot. I have sent more villains out to investigate."
"Arrgh! Fine. I'll deal with this myself." With that, the chubby businessman ran out.
"By the way, Mallah, what is our good friend, Ganondorf, up to?" Brain asked his assistant.
"Ganondorf is researching something called the Triforce of Wisdom. He has also come up with a plan to spread more fear amongst ze children."
"I see. Keep an eye on him, will you? I grow wary of Ganondorf's actions. There is something about him that divides him from the rest of us."
"Indeed. Ve vill keep watch on vhat Ganondorf does from now on. I fear even the Dark Master may be in danger around him as well."
Barren wasteland
Rachel and her team were now walking through a grassland under a grey, cloudy sky, thunder booming in the distance. As they walked, Fi emerged from Rachel's sword and spoke, "Master: I have analyzed the weapon that Mumbo used against Shadow. It appears to have been a Darkness Cannon."
"Darkness Cannon? Like the one Yllaw used. What are they?" Rachel asked.
"They are weapons infused with the very darkness that Gnaa possesses. Getting hit by one will let an individual see apparitions of their very Darkness, mending their minds to make them hurt, and even turn them to the Dark Side."
"Shadow. Is that what happened to you?" Rouge asked.
"Hmph… I saw Mephiles."
"Mephiles?" she gasped.
"It was just like him. He… tried to turn me against humanity again…"
"And remembering what you did back there, the Darkness Cannons must be scary." Sonya said, worriedly.
"Ah, don't worry, guys." Rachel smiled. "Things'll get better as soon as we rescue Harvey."
"Oh, how painfully positive you are. You should know better than to think there's any hope for you." The team stopped and looked around, hearing this strange, grim voice.
"You know, if I had a dollar for every mysterious off-screen voice I heard, I'd be one rich little-" Patton was about to say.
"Zip it." Fanny whispered, lightly smacking Patton. They faced forward at a strange, white figure with a red cape. (Cue Ghirahim's Theme from Skyward Sword!)
The demonic figure turned, eyes glaring at the group, his tongue licking his lips as he smiled. "Hello, there."
The others backed away in fear. "Uh… who are you?" Rachel asked.
"The question is who are you?" he replied, walking toward them a little. "The new wielder of the Master Sword? The long descendant of the once great Hero of Time?"
"Uh…"
"Hm hm hm heh heh heh heh! If you are looking for my master… she is long gone with your wretched brother."
"Wait… you work for Lehcar?" Rachel assumed.
The mysterious man then took the time to stretch his arms out and bend back. "First… how rude of me to not introduce myself first. For a moment, I felt like one of you snot-nosed brats. Just look at my otherworldly beauty, and you shall come to know me as the Demon Lord: Ghirahim."
"Ghirahim?" Lee said.
"Of course, I prefer to go by… Lord Ghirahim… but I won't slay you for that." He then snapped his fingers and warped to the right of the heroes, the kids turning their attention. "Did you believe the Master Sword was the only sword in the whole universe that had its own Guardian Spirit? I am the great spirit that dwells within the Devil's Sword… now in the possession of my new master: Lehcar EiznekCm."
Ghirahim warped again, appearing right behind Rachel, startling her as he grabbed her arms and bent his head down to hers. "I can sense the blood within your veins…" Rachel looked terrified as the Demon Lord examined her. "The blood of the Hero that caused the demons so much grief." Rachel glanced her eyes to him worriedly. "And yet you have the nerve to date the so-called Demon Prince. You truly DO have the nerve, Girl." Rachel looked even more disgusted as Ghirahim licked her cheek.
He then teleported back in front of them several feet. "But the master never chooses the sword. It is the sword that chooses the master. Lehcar's heart is filled with anger and rage. That's why I chose her. Her selfish lust for power is just the kind of master I need! I am honored to serve someone so evil."
"Ha! You're wasting your life." Rachel said, aiming her sword.
Ghirahim looked at her and smiled again. "Hmm. You have your own spirit servant, too. But Fi is weak, unlike me. All she has is her precious knowledge. I may be a Sword Spirit, but I have been trained in the arts. I will take this time to please my master, and do away with all you fools."
Ghirahim gently removed his cape and dropped it on the ground as the kids readied for battle.
"Ohhh. Look at my GLORIOUS figure." He grinned, examining his own body. "Never have I seen diamond-hard skin look so… astonishing. You shall be the first to fall by my beauty, and your blood shall be drunk by me to fuel my everlasting lust. Get ready to die, kiddies!" (Play "Ghirahim's Boss Theme 1"!)
Boss fight: Lord Ghirahim
Rachel ran forward to stab her sword, but Ghirahim dodged, knocked it away, then pushed her away. Shadow became a pinball and tried to Spin Dash into him, but Ghira ducked, and when Shadow came back, he kicked Shadow away. Lee spun and tossed his yo-yo, wrapping it around Ghirahim's left arm, allowing the demon to easily pull him over, then kick him back.
Paddy and Sonya ran to grab his legs, but Ghirahim started doing jumping jacks, banging the kids' heads together as his legs touched back-and-forth, then finally kicking them off. Fanny quickly started throwing rapid fireballs at him, but he easily blocked with his diamond-hard skin. Patton ran to try and punch him from behind, but Ghirahim grabbed his fist, smirking as he slowly squeezed it, making Patton feel immense pain. After nearly scrunching his fist, Ghirahim threw Patton away.
That's when Fanny ran up and threw several punches at him, but he swiftly avoided each one, and eventually grabbed the redhead's arm, twisting it, making Fanny scream as he threw her away, too. "AAH!" Rachel cried, running to throw more slashes at the Demon Lord, but Ghirahim dodged right, ducked, then flipped her sword strikes. When she tried to slice him downward, he caught the sword in his right hand. Rachel added more pressure to try and cut him, but he easily took the sword. Rachel ran away as he chased her with it.
"Stupid kids! You'll never strike me by being so predictable!" Ghirahim threw the sword at Rachel, but she grabbed it in her left hand.
"Ugh. We have to overpower him somehow."
"Hey, diamond boy! Eat this!" Angie exclaimed, stomping rocks out of the ground and flinging them to Ghirahim. The Demon Lord swiftly swatted each rock away with his hands, so Angie stomped out a swarm of boulders that Ghirahim ducked and dodged some more. Through all this, Angie rode a bigger boulder and shot herself to him. Ghirahim punched and smashed the boulder, not noticing Angie, and the earthbender leapt off behind him, kicking him clear in the shin.
Angie immediately felt the pain surging through her when her bare foot came in contact with the diamond-hard skin. Ghirahim looked at her and smirked, seeing her frozen expression. He grabbed the little girl and threw her at Paddy. That's when Rouge tried to Screw Kick into him, but he simply grabbed her heel, and spun her around before throwing her off.
Rachel ran to try and stab him again, but Ghirahim dodged left and right, then flipped right over her to kick her away. Sonya ran and leapt from behind, but Ghirahim smacked her away, too, sliding her over to Rachel. "Man… he's tougher than he looks." Rachel panted.
Fi emerged from the sword and said, "Master: as he spoke, he seems to be calculating your every move. Perhaps if you predicted him next, you could deceive him."
At this, Rachel formulated a plan and ran to strike him. Once again, he dodged all of her slashes before flipping right over and kicking her back. "Hey, that might work!" Rachel smirked, standing back up. She ran and threw more strikes which he only kept avoiding. When Rachel sliced horizontally at the legs is when she predicted he'd flip, so she did so, and when he flipped, Rachel immediately swung the sword upwards, successfully damaging him.
"All right!" Sonya cheered.
"A lucky shot." Ghirahim said as he recovered. He leapt back to his feet as Rachel ran to throw more slashes. She tried to perform the same trick and slashed at his legs, but rather than flip, he actually performed a slide-kick, ducking down and knocking Rachel off her feet. Ghirahim stood back up and tried to stomp her, but she rolled away.
"The more damage he takes, the more he's able to predict our moves." Shadow observed.
"And the more he's tricky to predict, too. We better be careful." Rouge replied.
"Let's see if I can attack him." With that, the black hedgehog sped towards the demon, only to be pushed back. He ran around in an attempt to confuse him, but was pushed back again when trying to ram him. "Grrr! There has to be some way to confuse him." Shadow spun into a pinball again and zoomed rapidly around and back-and-forth as Ghirahim kept his eye on him, awaiting his next move.
When Shadow stopped, leapt in the air, and charged a Chaos Spear, Sonya ran and pounced on Ghirahim's head, covering his eyes. "Geh! Get your hands off me!" he yelled, throwing her off. "Huh?!" Shadow was suddenly gone. "OHH! !" he was knocked back when Shadow appeared to the side, shooting into him.
Rouge then tried throwing several kicks at him from the air, but he blocked them all with his right hand before hopping back up. "AHH!" Rachel cried from behind, attempting more slashes, but Ghirahim dodged them once again. When she stabbed, Ghirahim leapt atop the sword, bending back and smirking, sticking his tongue out at her. He flipped back down and kicked her away, taking the sword. Rachel rolled to the side as he tossed it back.
She grabbed the sword, ran, and sliced downward, but Ghirahim only held it back with his right hand. Rachel remembered this and took the sword back before he could take it. She looked like she was about to strike, but Ghirahim held his arm ready, and Rachel slowly switched positions with it as Ghirahim did so with his arm. She threw several fake swings in all directions, immediately pulling them back when Ghirahim tried to grab them, then finally spun and sliced him horizontally, afterward laying several more blows before he teleported.
They saw him appear several feet away, panting heavily. "Haw yeah! Looks like we got you now!" Rachel shouted cockily.
Ghirahim merely smirked, licking his own lips and rubbing his arms smoothly. After rubbing his hips, he snapped his fingers, making a dark-silver sword appear in his right hand, holding it behind his back, ready to strike. "Aw, crud." Rachel frowned.
"HAA!" Ghirahim yelled, running to strike her, but Rachel swiftly defended with her own sword. She tried to strike back, but Ghirahim's blocks and swings seemed much faster. "Hee!"
"OWW!" Rachel yelped when Ghirahim spun behind and sliced her arm, leaving a small scratch and tear in her sweater.
"Ha, silly tiger! Your skills are great, but this marvelous bod is impenetrable!"
"Silly tiger? Really?" Rachel questioned.
"HUH?" Ghirahim gasped when his feet were suddenly trapped in rocks, looking over to see Angie earthbending. He merely smirked as he easily stepped out, snapping his fingers and conjuring a row of 5 darts. Angie made a rock wall in front of her as the darts came, blocking them off, but when Angie lowered the wall, Ghirahim shot toward her, stomped her left foot, and kicked her back. "Hehe!"
Shadow spun into a pinball and shot into him, but Ghirahim held him back by sticking his sword, the metal scraping against the hedgehog's pinball form. Shadow finally shot back and stopped to catch his breath. "It won't be easy now."
"What's the plan, Fi?" Rachel asked to her sword.
Fi flew out and responded, "Master: with his sword, Ghirahim is even twice the threat. The only plan seems to be to deceive him like before."
"Guess that's what we'll do." Rouge said, tossing a few bombs towards him. Ghirahim kicked them back to her and they exploded, however, Rouge flew up through the smoke and did a Screw Kick, which Ghirahim caught in his hand and threw her away.
Rachel ran to clash against his sword again. At one point, the two swords pushed against each other until Ghirahim finally slashed at her legs, but Rachel jumped, then clashed with him some more. When she jabbed at him, Ghirahim hopped onto her blade once more, Rachel ducking as he jabbed his sword at her head. Finally, Rachel swung hers upwards, making him leap off.
Rachel then did various downward strikes that he merely held up his sword horizontally to defend against. After a while, Rachel finally did an upward strike and was able to damage him. He warped away several feet and made a row of five darts appear. He snapped his fingers and shot them, Rachel dodge-rolling. When he summoned and fired five more darts, Rachel slashed upward and knocked one back, making him wince.
"Hey!" she smirked. When Ghirahim summoned another row, they suddenly changed to a diagonal position, but Rachel sliced diagonally, sending them back to strike him.
"Grrr!" the Demon Lord growled, charging and running to slice her, but Rachel swiftly ducked and laid several strikes upon him. He warped away once more, then ran to clash with her sword again. When he jabbed, Rachel hopped atop HIS sword this time, grabbing his arm, flipping behind, and making him punch himself. He tried to slash at her, but Rachel rolled around him and struck from behind.
Ghirahim angrily continued to clash against her blade, spinning behind her, but Rachel fought back. She did a flip over and behind him, continuing to swing their swords. Ghirahim started backing up as Rachel swung faster. His arm was then being forced to the right as Rachel hit his sword in that direction. Afterwards, she did an upwards strike and successfully knocked his sword away, then did a right strike to knock and roll him over several feet away, stopping on his back.
As Ghirahim recovered, he looked up as Rachel angrily aimed her sword at his face. The panting demon held his angered expression as he spoke. "Remarkable! Not only have you the strength and agility of the Hero, you move quick as a tiger as well. Now… DO IT! !"
"…RAAAH!" Rachel instantly rose her sword, the others immediately shutting their eyes as it stabbed down. (Stop the music.)
The kids slowly opened their eyes to see Ghirahim's widened eyes and frozen expression. He weakly looked to his left at Rachel's sword, stabbed right into the ground beside him, looking up at the blonde leader who panted heavily. The Demon Lord's angry visage slowly grew a wide, maniacal smile. "Heh heh heh heh ha ha ha ha ha heh heh heh heh. So… this is what the latest generation of the Hero's family has come to." He slowly stood up and looked down at the girl. "You may have the hair and strength of the Hero of Time… but you've not the eyes OR the heart." He calmly walked over to pick up his dropped cape, putting it back around him. He turned back to Rachel and continued-
"Then again… I suppose I should expect as much. My master is unhesitant and strong! She will kill no matter what! …You are weak. You may bare the Mark of Courage…" Rachel only looked glumly as he spoke, "…but it says not all about your character. You're a disgrace to wield that Triforce…" Rachel just looked down in sadness. Ghirahim could only smile deviously. "Well then… I guess I'd better be off." With that, he snapped his fingers and warped.
"Uh… not to side with the bad guy, here… but it might've made things a lot easier if you killed him." Patton said.
"Patton." Fanny hissed, teeth gritted.
"Hmph. Shoulda gave me that sword." Shadow said. "I would've killed him, no problem."
"Shadow." Rouge said, disapprovingly.
"Why didn't ya kill him, Lass?" Fanny asked.
"Because… it just didn't feel right." She could only say.
As the others looked apologetically at their upset friend, Fi emerged from the sword. "Master. There is no need to linger on the past. Your performance was incredible nonetheless. We must now proceed with our journey ahead."
"Yeah… you're right. Thanks, Fi." The spirit went back in the sword as Rachel sheathed it. "You guys okay?"
"Ah guess so… oi, mah arm's gonna be hurtin' for weeks." Fanny said.
"My fist isn't any better, either. Boy, I wish we had Kami and her medical skills with us now." Patton said.
"Did he have to stomp so hard?" Angie groaned, rubbing her foot.
"Hey, I'm really sorry, guys." Rachel said sadly.
"Hey, don't worry about it, Lass." Fanny smiled. "It isn't your fault. We just have ta be careful next time we see him again. …Ah'd be a little more worried about you, Sir."
Rachel then remembered the small gap in her arm. "Oh… eh, I'm alright."
"We should probably get to a hospital." Sonya suggested. "I hear there's a secret KND medical bay out here. Let's look for that. And maybe we can find out where we are."
"Good idea." Rachel agreed. "Let's keep moving." With that, the operatives and Team Dark kept walking down the plains, the injured ones limping forward.
Oceanic Base
Kami, Ava, and Kweeb proceeded through the Oceanic Base after defeating the Ineptune mermaid. "We need a team name." Kweeb randomly suggested.
"How 'bout Team Alien, Plus One Human?" Kami asked.
"Or just 'Team Alien.'" Ava said.
"I'm not an alien!" Kami refuted.
"Actually, to us, YOU'RE an alien!" Kweeb stated.
"We are all of different species, you know." Ava agreed.
"Okay, Team Alien it is." Kami decided.
Team Alien passed through a door to another darker room, looking around. "Well, an hour or so of looking through this place, and we didn't find anything." Ava said.
"Except somethin' about a Sea Prince and an undersea kingdom." Kweeb replied.
"You know, my brother told me about it, actually." Kami said. "On an adventure he went on… something about Seven Talisman… and Manaphy."
"Well, well. Seems like the little stowaways know a little more than we thought." At the mysterious, loud voice, the three looked around.
"This whole off-screen voice thing is getting too much." Kweeb said.
"I couldn't agree more." A quieter voice said. "Allow us to shed some light on this situation." (Cue Team Chaotix's Theme from Sonic Heroes!) In an instant, the lights switched on, revealing the three members of Team Chaotix.
"You!" Kami exclaimed, recognizing them.
"You were the ones from the disco party." Ava remembered.
"Who are you? !" Kweeb shouted.
Vector spun around and made a pose. "Vector the Crocodile's the name. I'm a lean, mean croc with a fiery gut. Mess with these hard abs, and you'll get crocked."
"My name is Espio." The purple chameleon spoke. "The brains of this little group. I'm a chameleon trained in the art of stealth. I'm smart and quick on my feet. I also happen to be a ninja."
"He's also full of himself." The bee said.
"Hmph. It's better to be full of myself than to be an obnoxious pipsqueak."
"Anyway, my name's Charmy, and I'm a bee that can fly around and sting you! I may be small, but I'm stronger than I look! I'm also an airbender, so watch out! And together…"
"We are…" Espio continued.
They all spun around as bright lights lit above them, making a sign. "TEAM CHAOTIX!"
"The toughest Kremling Klub in K. Rool's Krew." Vector finished.
"So… who are you?" Espio asked.
"Heh! The name's Avalagrogaline Ragasquirina! But please, call me Ava. And my Swords of Glomour will cut you up double time!" Ava exclaimed, drawing her swords.
"I'm Kweeboleemolbo Lypbynopbolus. My friends call me Kweeb. I'm the tiniest, toughest alien around!" Kweeb introduced.
"And my name's Kami Drilovsky! Who apparently has a really short name. I may be just a nurse, but I ain't afraid to kick some butt!" Kami smirked. "And we're…"
"TEAM ALIEN!" they all cheered.
"Hmph. Team Alien, huh? Well, we'll show you how different species work well together." Vector replied.
"You evaded our trap on the SS Kremlicht." Espio said. "But now, we've got you." He then drew out a shuriken.
"Oh yeah? Just bring it!" Ava said, drawing her swords.
"We're gonna squash you like little bugs!" Charmy said, cockily.
"Wanna put your stinger where your mouth is?" Kweeb said, leaping off Ava's shoulder and drawing his gun.
"You kids may think you're tough." Vector said, stepping forward. "But we're the top crocs around here. Once we're done busting you up, we're takin' after those Kongs and bashing them, too." With that, he blew some fire upwards as he readied for battle.
Kami stepped forward and smirked. "Heh. You sound more like a dog. All bark and no bite with that big mouth."
"Get ready…" Charmy started.
"To face the power…" Espio continued.
"OF KREMLING MIGHT!" They all shouted. With that, Kami faced Vector, Ava faced Espio, and Kweeb faced Charmy as they went to battle. (Replay the same music!)
Boss fight: Team Chaotix
Both teams charged toward their opponents and began fighting. Vector and Kami threw punches at each other for a while before Kami leapt over him, then quickly dodged-rolled around him to avoid his fire breath. Kami grabbed his tail and swung him around, throwing him in a wall. Vector got back up, ran, and started snapping his snout at her.
Ava stylishly flipped and dodged Espio's shurikens, running and swinging her swords rapidly, but he was able to duck quickly. As he ducked lower, he slid and knocked her over, but Ava did a slide-kick which Espio countered. Espio back-flipped onto a wall, Ava watching as he started rapidly Wall Jumping around the room, finally pushing her over from behind.
Charmy cockily dodged Kweeb's little ray blasts, while Kweeb also dodged Charmy's stingers. He was able to zap Charmy in the butt, so the bee started trying to stomp him (he was a little bigger than Kweeb). Kweeb was blown back when Charmy clapped his hands, making an air blast, the little alien blowing upwards, about to fall on Charmy's stinger which he held up. However, Kweeb recovered, and shot Charmy's eyes, grabbing onto one of Charmy's antennas as the bee wobbled around, but Charmy shook him off.
"Rah!" Vector cried, leaping in the air, hands folded as he started doing various Ground Pounds, trying to smash Kami, who kept dodging. When he smashed close enough, she fell over, but when he was about to smash her, she kicked her foot up and hit his stomach. Vector performed another Ground Pound close to her, flinging her in the air, in which Kami performed her own kick-down atop his skull, knocking him dizzy.
As Espio continued zooming around the room with Wall Jumps, Ava kept getting dizzy, and Espio rammed into her. She kept getting up to track his movements, but finally stood still and closed her eyes. Her big ears sensed his quick movements, and she shot her eyes open and swung to the right, damaging the chameleon. "Hm. Very good. Now put those ears to the test." With that, Espio vanished, turning invisible.
Ava held her guard up and searched around for the chameleon. "Whoa!" she yelped, narrowly dodging incoming shurikens, which flew out of nowhere from all directions. Espio reappeared behind Ava and kicked her away, turning invisible again quickly. Ava rolled as he threw more shurikens from the ceiling.
Kweeb continued dodging as Charmy launched his stingers, shooting him a couple times with his gun. Charmy then started rapidly buzzing around the room, making little tornados that spun over and blew Kweeb upwards, Charmy trying to jab him with his stinger in the air. Kweeb avoided the stinger and grabbed his shoe, crawling into it and biting his foot. Charmy shook him out back onto the floor, then tried crushing him some more.
Kami and Vector threw more punches until Kami caught his right fist, punching his mouth upward, but it quickly came down and blew fire, Kami barely ducking, then slide-kicking Vector off his feet. When he tried to grab her legs, she leapt up and kicked his head again.
Ava continued dodging Espio's shurikens, but the ninja kept appearing beside and pushing her. When she dodged more shurikens, she closed her eyes to listen closely with her big ears. She finally heard Espio right behind her, ducking a kick, then kicking upwards behind her. Espio was flung above her, allowing Ava to jump and kick him into a wall.
Kweeb narrowly flip-dodged more stingers, shooting at Charmy's nose. Charmy inhaled and blew a massive air blast, pushing him back, but Kweeb used more strength to fight through it, leaping up and biting his nose. Charmy smacked the little alien off, throwing a swarm of stingers. Kweeb started jumping and hopping off the stingers, making it up to his head, then falling in his mouth. Charmy made a disgusted expression when Kweeb grabbed his uvula, making him vomit. Kweeb shook the puke off as he recovered, standing by his partners, who smirked victoriously.
Team Chaotix got their selves up and went beside each other. "Alright, boys… it's time to put these kids in their place." Vector said.
"Roger that." Espio said.
"Bring it!" Charmy followed.
"Now what?" Kami asked.
"Boys… prepare the Chaos Band!" (Pause the music.) Espio drew out a banjo, Charmy a drum, and Vector a microphone as spotlights shone on them.
"Dum…dum…" Espio began.
"Bee bee bee! Charmy Bee!" Charmy sang.
Vector sucked in some breath and erupted loudly into his mike. "Aaaa-AAAAAAHHHHH!" (Resume music.)
The gang covered their ears as they were blown back by the massive, loud sonic waves. They felt their selves getting weaker as the music boomed in their ears. But despite Vector's powerful lungs, Kami stood up and pulled all of her strength to approach the singing Kremlings. She got closer as Vector's voice grew louder, and just before their heads exploded from the music, she clapped his mouth shut, grabbing it and swinging him around, throwing him at a wall and knocking him out. Ava rolled over to Espio, sliced his banjo, then kicked him beside Vector. Charmy was about to shoot into Kweeb, but Kweeb took his ray gun and pressed 'Stun', knocking him out over to his teammates. The three operatives jumped in victory after winning the battle. (Stop the music.)
"Huff…huff…huff…" Vector panted, sitting up. "Well, well. Seems you kids gots more than you let on." He stood up and said, "You should join the Krew! You're a great team!"
"Thank you!" Ava smiled. "But we got our own Krew. Thanks, anyway."
They then felt a rumbling sound, directing their attention upwards. All of a sudden, Donkey Kong broke through the ceiling, water spilling down as he landed atop Vector's head, knocking the croc out. Donkey pounded his chest as Diddy and Dixie came down as well. "Ooh-OOOOH!"
"Hey! How'd you guys get here?" Ava asked.
"Ah, ah, ah! (We stole a sub and followed another one to this base! It looks like the Chaotix were on it!)" Diddy answered.
"Well, now that we're all here, we might as well keep going." Kami said. "Those K. Rool guys are around here somewhere. Let's go." With that, they left the Chaotix Crew and passed through another door.
The three operatives, plus the Kongs, finally arrived at the base's control room. "This does look like the control center. But it looks like K. Rool already left." Kweeb observed.
"On the bright side, we found their computer." Kami said. "Maybe we can finally learn something." With that, they walked forward and Kami started typing on the large computer, looking for anything that might help.
"By the way, anyone wonder what Nigel and his friends might be up to?" Kweeb asked.
"Something tells me they're on an adventure, too." Ava said. "Whatever's on this terminal, we may need to get it to him."
"And I think I got it." Kami declared, finding the information they need. "There. Now, let's see… the Dark Master is looking for the Eight Firstborn, blah blah blah, we never really learned all this, but I'm just skimming it as if we did… okay, here's somethin': when the universe first began, however, there were only Seven Firstborn that existed, while one of them had yet to truly be born. According to legend, the Ocean Spirit, Kyogre, is destined to marry and have an egg, which will one day hatch into the Firstborn Sea Prince, known as Manaphy Neptune. However, the egg will only hatch when Manaphy's Guardian holds it in her own hands. Hmmm… Guardian?"
"Wouldn't that technically be his mother? Like how a bird or a hen hatches her eggs?" Ava asked.
"Wait! I remember… Patton told me they had the Sea Prince with them on their adventure… and that Eva told him, when they were fighting Mandy in a Pirate Fleet, they dropped the egg, but Eva caught it, and it suddenly hatched."
"So, you mean that Numbuh 10 is this Manaphy's 'Guardian'?" Ava asked.
"But that still doesn't explain the Tikis." Kweeb said.
"I have it." Kami said, looking at the screen. "It says that the Demon and Ocean Families were always enemies, mainly due to opposite elements. Long ago, King Malladus Uno created evil spirits known as Tikis, instrument-shaped beings whose hypnotic tunes can hypnotize almost any animal, to terrorize the Ocean Realms. Kyogre disabled the Tikis long ago, but it says they could easily be awakened by feeding them the luscious bananas of… Donkey Kong Island?"
"Ooh OOOHHHH!" Donkey Kong cried.
"So, THAT'S what the bananas are used for!" Ava deduced.
"Ahh ahh ahh! (We have to go after them now!)" Diddy panicked.
"There's a pathway down there." Dixie said, pointing below the control area to the hallway below.
"Okay, then let's-" Kami stopped herself when they all realized what just happened.
"YOU CAN TALK? ?" they all shouted at Dixie.
"Duh. I learned Human English ages ago. Tiny, too. We just never bothered to tell any of the boys." She winked. Donkey and Diddy shot her a glare.
"Let's just go." Kami said. With that, they all leapt over the terminal to the floor below, running down the passageway.
Kami, ahead of them, stopped them all after reaching the path's end. "Shhh." She gestured ahead, and they looked to see the three K. Rool Brothers boarding a large submarine.
"My Knautilus will get us back to the base in no time!" Baron said, proudly.
"That can't be the Nautilus, can it?" Kami asked quietly.
"It's not." Dixie whispered. "Baron built a copy of it himself. It has a silent 'K' at the beginning of it."
"Ahh…" Kami nodded in understanding.
"Let's go." Kroctus said, boarding on. "The sooner we get back to Kastle Kaos, the sooner we can research the Sea Prince."
"ARRR, and I'll be having whatever booty be in that lost kingdom, aye?" Kruckers said before boarding the Knautilus last.
"They're leaving! We have to get back to the subs and go after them!" Ava exclaimed.
"Nope. The subs are too far away, and even if we get to them in time, we'll never be able to follow without being spotted." Kweeb said.
"So, what's your plan, Shortstuff?" Kami asked.
Kweeb smirked as he leapt off Ava's shoulder, holding up his gun. "Well, while we were on that sub, and waiting on that ship, this 'Shortstuff' was installing an upgrade in his little weapon! I programmed the Tri-gun to shrink stuff now!"
"Cool!" Ava beamed.
"Wait, the Tri-gun? Was that the best name you could come up with?" Kami asked.
"Hey, it's got three purposes, don't it? Just stand together, everyone." The five did as told and bunched together as Kweeb set his gun to 'Shrink'. "Stay cheese!" With that, he fired a pink ray at the team, shrinking them all down to his tiny, 1-inch height.
"Whoopsie! Forgot me gun!" Kruckers said, walking out of the submarine over to his gun, leaning against the wall. The 6 tiny characters immediately ran towards the massive crocodile captain, leaping and grabbing his red jacket as he walked back in the sub, closing the door.
The gang let go and ran to hide in a corner as Kruckers sat down. "Hey, Kami! Who's the short stuff now?" Kweeb asked cockily, now face-to-face at equal height with the Drilovsky girl.
"Don't gloat yet, chubby. I'm still tougher than you."
"Finally. Now… set a course for Kaos Kore." Kroctus ordered. "Once our plans are complete, the Kongs will be no more! Mweh heh heh!" With that, the Knautilus submerged beneath the sea and sailed onward.
Ah, that'll do it. Next time, we'll check out that train from before. Anyway, these fight scenes went nicely, I think; and the Team Chaotix battle lasted as long as the music! Try and guess who Jirachi's Guardian is! I'll see you later!