"Let me out of here!" the blonde-haired boy cried as he stared out of the bars of his cell. Meanwhile, a Waddle Doo carrying a spear was standing guard. He tried to ignore the human's wails.
Lucas sat down in a corner of his cell and whimpered. How did he get into this situation? He and his friends were just on route, when all of a sudden, a huge hand had appeared out of nowhere, grabbed him and let him fall... directly on top of that fat penguin's head. And while the psychic boy didn't know how that could have happened, he wished it hadn't happened. The so-called King Dedede went into an angry fit and let his minions lock him into the dungeon. And all the while, that scary crystal he was holding had been glowing in an ominous light.
Lucas sighed. He wished his brother was here...
The door opened with a creak, and Lucas sighed. Every hour, that penguin had come to question him.
"Well, are you willing to talk?" Dedede grumbled as he bit into the turkey leg he was carrying.
"But I already told you," Lucas sniffled. "I don't know how I got here."
"You still refuse to listen to reason?" Dedede frowned. "Well, another hour in that cell will teach you to respect your king!" He turned to the guard. "Make sure that he stays inside. I don't want Kirby to learn that I have a prisoner."
The Waddle Doo saluted. "Sir, yes, sir!"
Suddenly, an orange-colored Waddle Dee came running down the stairs. "Sir, Kirby and Meta Knight request an audience."
Dedede blinked in confusion. "Kirby REQUESTED? Since when does that puffball say anything else but 'HIIIIII'? And what does that grumpy swordsman want from me?"
"Sir, they are accompanied by a fairy and a human girl. What shall I tell them?"
"Tell them to go away!" Dedede shouted. "I am busy. I don't want them in my castle, either."
"But sir... I'm afraid I already let them in."
"You whaaaaaat?" The king opened his mouth so wide that his food almost fell out.
The Waddle Dee cringed. "I'm sorry, sir, but... Meta Knight insisted to let them in. And he can get very scary with that mask..."
"You idiot!" the penguin huffed. "Do I have to do everything by myself? Oh well, out of the way, I'll take care of them..."
Dedede walked up the stairs until he was outside on the inner wall of his castle. In front of him, Meta Knight, WD, Adeleine, a fairy he knew nothing about and that accursed pink marshmallow were waiting for him.
"Is that him?" Kirby just asked the masked swordsman. Dedede frowned. Now that was weird. Kirby really did talk.
"It's him, alright..." Meta Knight replied in a serious voice.
"Whaddya want?" Dedede asked harshly while biting into his turkey leg. "I'm a busy king, so make it quick!"
Ribbon fluttered forth and smiled politely. "We don't want to be a bother, but have you seen a glowing piece of crystal raining down on your castle? It would be pretty important."
Dedede rubbed his chin. So that's what they were after. He smirked. If they wanted it that badly, it had to be worth something. "You mean THIS crystal?" he asked and pulled it out of his pocket.
"That's it!" Ribbon gasped. "Please, give it to me! It's part of the royal Fairy Crystal!"
Dedede chuckled. "I don't think so. I think it's very pretty. Pretty enough that I will make it my lucky charm."
Shinji frowned. He didn't like that king one bit. "You can't just take what isn't yours!"
"Did I ask for your opinion, marshmallow?" Dedede barked. "Besides, since when do you talk?"
"That is not important now," Meta Knight glowered. "I warn you, Dedede, don't make any trouble! Hand over the crystal shard nice and easy, or else..."
"Are you talking to me?" Dedede shouted. "WADDLE DOO!"
The spearman with the huge eye came running. "Sir, yes, sir?"
Dedede pointed at the five intruders. "Those scoundrels have threatened your king! Throw them out of my castle!"
"Um, all by myself?" Waddle Doo sweatdropped.
"Right now!" Dedede showed his subject forwards.
"Um, all right..." Waddle Doo gulped. He nervously raised his spear. "Um, you heard the king... go away!"
"Is that supposed to be some sort of joke?" Meta Knight grumbled. One slice of his sword later, and Waddle Doo was only holding a tiny piece of wood.
The guard blinked. "Um, well... don't think you have won... I mean..."
Shinji chuckled. If Dedede's minions were all like that, it was no wonder that Kirby had no problems dealing with them. "Sorry, but we need that crystal," he said and started inhaling. One swallow later, he took on a yellow color and wore a colorful hat.
One second later, Waddle Doo came popping back out of his body. He was trembling. "Never... never again..." he whispered and crawled away.
"Beam Power!!" WD commented with a nod. "Very nice!"
Shinji experimentally let a short beam of energy whip through the air before turning to Dedede. "The crystal, if you would..."
Dedede grimaced. "Never! That's mine!"
"Don't be foolish!" Meta Knight said and came a step closer. "YOu are outnumbered!"
Dedede realized that as well and gulped. "W-well, how about we make a deal? I can keep the shiny stone and you, um, can keep that whiny brat in my dungeon."
"WHAT?" Adeleine gasped. "You have a prisoner?"
"How low can you get?" WD complained as he and Adeleine ran past the king and downstairs.
"Who... who are you?" the timid boy in the cell asked nervously.
"Don't worry, we'll get you out of there in no time," Waddle Dee said. "If I only knew where to find the key..."
"No need for a key!" Adeleine smirked and pulled out her paintbrush. A few strokes later, and there was an additional door in the cell, which she opened. "Come on out, we won't bite!" she giggled.
"Um, thanks!" the blonde youngster shyly said. "Uh, my name's Lucas."
The young painter smiled. "And I'm Adeleine. Nice to meet you!"
Meanwhile, Dedede had realized that he wasn't to get out of this. But he didn't want to let go of the shiny crystal... it was so nice and glittery... it was his!
He was surprised, when all of a sudden, a dark shadow fell upon him. He turned around and gasped when he saw a huge ball of shrouded shadows hovering above his head. A single eyeball was staring at him from out of these shadows.
"Wh-what?" he yelled. "Wh-what do you want from me? Leave me alone!"
But the Dark Matter never listened to those who weren't his master. Realizing that this creature was filled with greed, he decided that it could prove useful to get back the crystal shards his enemies had already gathered. So the dark sphere dove down into the body of the surprised king... and possessed him!
Ribbon let out a squeak of terror. "Th-that's the Dark Matter!" she shouted.
"It's possessing Dedede!" Meta Knight yelled. "Shinji! Be on guard!"
Shinji nervously watched how Dedede's body slowly turned around, like a marionette that was controlled by an invisible puppeteer. Dedede looked like he was sleeping, but he still moved like a zombie. And then... the possessed penguin grew, until he was twice as large as before.
And then the scariest thing happened: Dedede's belly opened up to reveal the same staring eye that they had seen in the dark sphere. "YOU WILL ALL... SURRENDER!" the being spoke in Dedede's emotionless voice. "ALL WILL VANISH... IN NOTHINGNESS! DO NOT RESIST! SURRENDER THE CRYSTAL SHARDS! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!"
"Never!" Ribbon shouted.
"THEN YOU, TOO, WILL VANISH IN SUBSPACE!" the Dark Matter spoke. Dedede's body moved on its own and raised the king's trusty mallet. Shinji gasped when he dodged the blunt weapon.
Meta Knight had taken flight. "You are nothing but a puppeteer, and now we will cut the strings!" he shouted. He brandished his sword and dashed at the possessed king. The tip of his sword hit the middle of the huge eye, but then a dark spark flared up and shoved the swordsman to the side.
Meta Knight groaned. "That thing... it's tougher than I thought."
"Shinji, watch out!" Ribbon cried.
"Gah!" Shinji gasped when the eye shot two smaller spheres of darkness at him. "Don't do that!" And then he fired a beam at his opponent. 'This is so different from fighting an Angel...' he thought.
Dark Matter didn't even flinch. If the attack had hurt it, it certainly didn't show it. Once again, it raised the mallet and this time, smashed it against Shinji's head/body.
Shinji got flung through the air like a golf ball and fell down as he hit the wall of the tower behind him. "Ouch..."
The Dark Dedede came closer and raised its hammer for another, devastating blow.
"No!" Meta Knight shouted and dashed at his enemy. But he realized he wouldn't make it in time.
"PK FIRE!" a high voice yelled. Then, a spark came flying out of nowhere, hit the possessed king with a sudden burst of fire which flung him to the side.
"That's it!" Meta Knight yelled. "Time for the finishing blow... MACH TORNADO!" And he spun his body and sword around like a living twister of destruction. He hit Dedede's body multiple times, until the dark eyeball grew wide and shattered into shards of darkness. A sphere of darkness came out of the king's body and flew away.
Dedede collapsed with a groan.
Shinji, Meta Knight and Ribbon looked over to the door that lead down to the dungeons, where a young boy with a striped shirt had appeared. He panted. "I... did it," he said to himself. "I really did it!"
"Nice work, Lucas!" Adeleine smiled.
Shinji sighed. These battles might be different from an Angel's fight, but they could still be pretty intense...
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