Darkness Unleashed

Chapter Seventeen: One loss, one suspicion

Note: Longer chapter because I haven’t updated for ages.

Kirby woke up.

He was in a frozen lake, cracking very slowly.

He ran around, looking for his friends.

“Kirby?” said a voice.

Kirby turned around, startled.

There was Kyora, standing there.

She had fangs, purple robes and a Dreamlander like, dark coloured body.

“It is not Gooey, but I, Kyora,” said the Shadow Minion. “It’s interesting seeing you for the first time… yet I already knew so much…”

Kirby attempted to spit out the Light Crystal then inhale it again, but a pain in his head hit him like a bullet, causing him to fall on the ground.

“Don’t try it, Kirby. You may be much stronger than me, but I have other tricks,” Kyora said, smiling.

“I have friends…” Kirby managed.

“I have armies,” Kyora said, moving back.

She stopped.

Kyora felt the cold feeling of a blade on her neck.

“Don’t let your guard down, Kyora. As cunning as you think you are, you are still a mere Shadow Minion,” said Meta Knight, holding a blade around her neck.

“Shadow Minions have more power than you could imagine,” she said, flicking her snake like tongue out.

Kirby stood up, and spat out the two crystals he held.

“Would it be possible for me to use both of these crystal’s powers at the same time?” Kirby asked Meta Knight.

“Be careful. The Dark Crystal is more powerful than all the Star Warriors combined,” Meta Knight said.

“You filthy Star Warriors only destroyed Nightmare, a pathetic demon. Dark Matter even said that himself!” Kyora taunted. “Wait – All except you two died in a weak demon’s hands. You Star Warriors are a bad excuse for beings.”

Kirby inhaled the two gems.

A black cape appeared on his back, a sword of light appeared on one hand, and a dark sword on the other.

“This form… Eclipse Kirby,” Meta Knight said, blinking.

“This feels different,” Kirby said.

Suddenly, he screamed.

His body turned black, fangs shot out of his mouth and a crown of black fire appeared on his head.

“No… it can’t be…” Meta Knight said.

Kirby smiled in a way that looked evil.

He walked towards Kyora.

“Many Star Warriors didn’t survive, but the remaining are all powerful. They are strong. They possess power that almost nobody could get hold of,” Kirby said, in a deep, evil voice.

“Don’t let the power overwhelm you, Kirby. Stay calm…” Meta Knight said, pulling the sword away from Kyora and stepping back. “We almost failed against Xarl, Kirby. We are still weak.”

Kirby glanced up, showing no expression.

“Didn’t you hear me? I said the remaining Star Warriors,” Kirby said, smiling.

He ran at the speed of light at Meta Knight, and charged his light sword with dark energy.

“I am the only Star Warrior!”

Kirby started to swing the sword, when suddenly, he was forced onto the wall by a shuriken.

Morphyx, Gooey and Scythe stood there.

“What in the world happened!?” Morphyx exclaimed.

“I guess we got here in the nick of time,” Scythe remarked.

Later, on the frozen lake…

Kirby spat out the crystal, which was still trying to possess him.

“The crystal is normal, except there is a dark barrier around it,” Meta Knight said. “Why is this so?”

“I dunno. Every time I dump an ability, it usually disappears,” Kirby said.

“Kirby… you combined the two crystals… meaning your powers have evolved, changed…” Meta Knight said.

“That can’t be! I still have 2495 or so years to go!” Kirby said.

“Dark Kirby was trained. In all the battles you’ve had, you ought to have gotten something out of them,” Scythe pointed out.

“Where is Kyora anyway?” Kirby asked.

“She must’ve gotten away,” Meta Knight said.

“Is that exactly a bad thing? If Kirby can use his uber powers with the gems, he could block out Kyora’s dreams, right?” Gooey suggested.

“Right, but Kirby cannot control how he uses the gems’ powers, thus making him weak to Kyora,” Meta Knight said. “We need a better plan.”

“Take down Kyora?” Morphyx suggested.

“Her power can affect almost anyone. We need a better plan,” Meta Knight sighed.

“Kyora can give painful dreams, or just pain itself. Except she doesn’t know we are wherever we are. She only located me before because Dark Matter showed her. We need to sneak up on Kyora and destroy her. Demons aren’t all that smart, you know,” Kirby said.

Meta Knight considered this for a moment.

“It would work, except we only have so much space…” Meta Knight said, slowing down.

Kirby whispered something to all of the group.

“Sadly, you are slightly too late. Any last words?” Kyora said, standing behind Meta Knight.

Meta Knight turned around.

“No, actually. Because we aren’t the ones that are going to die,” Meta Knight said, using a hand sign towards Scythe.

Scythe pulled out a shuriken and threw it at Gooey and Kirby’s mouth, turning them into… Ninja Gooey and Ninja Kirby!

The three ran, splitting up.

“You think you’re so smart, don’t you?” Kyora said, smiling.

She unsheathed a sword hidden in her robes.

“In fact, I am,” Meta Knight said, swinging Galaxia at Kyora.

Kyora dodged, and threw a shuriken at Meta Knight.

“Your life is over as it is,” she grimaced, approaching Meta Knight, who was dodging at the time.

Suddenly, Scythe slashed Kyora while jumping from one of the small, icy cliffs above.

“You fool,” Kyora said, swinging at Scythe.

By that time, Scythe had already disappeared.

“You may be cunning, but I am more!” Kyora said, swinging the sword again.

On top of the cliffs…

“Where is Morphyx? Didn’t he hear the plan?” Kirby said to Scythe.

“He did. You know how I always had suspicions about him?” Scythe said.

“Yeah, what about it?” Gooey said.

“He is going to try to get rid of Meta Knight. We won’t do anything, though, because we are still weak against him. Meta Knight will survive, I told him what would happen,” Scythe said.

“Gooey, we’ll both attack Kyora at the same time,” Kirby said.

Down on the frozen lake…

Gooey and Kirby hit Kyora while jumping down.

“Why don’t they see that they are causing me no harm?” Kyora said, swinging the sword.

“Stop holding back the pain, Kyora. I know how it feels like that,” Meta Knight said, swinging Galaxia. “Back when I fought along side Star Warriors.”

“Don’t keep talking about Star Warriors. It makes me feel sick that you care,” Kyora said, swinging her sword.

A dagger flew at her, and she dodged.

“Is this an invitation to the party, now?” Kyora smirked as she jumped onto one of the cliff sides.

“She’s coming! Split up!” Kirby said, running.

“Too late, Kirby. Time’s up!” Kyora screamed, charging energy into her sword.

“Kirby! No!” Scythe said, throwing a shuriken at Kyora.

When the shuriken was about to hit her, she turned around, and the shuriken fell.

“How is that even possible!?” Gooey exclaimed, running backwards.

Kyora swang the sword at Gooey and Scythe, and a beam of lightning came out of the blade, hitting the two and making them fall off the cliff onto the land below.

“Now it is your turn, Kirby!”

Kyora swang the blade at Kirby, and he fell onto the ice below.

She jumped down back to Meta Knight.

“Where were we? Oh yes, I was about to kill you!” Kyora screamed, slashing at Meta Knight.

Meta Knight sheathed Galaxia when dodging, then pulled out a flaming sword.

“I am sad to say that it is your turn to die!” Meta Knight said, sending a torrent of flame at the frozen lake.

“You look like you have improved,” Kyora said, on the floating piece of ice she was on. “Of course, you haven’t!”

Kyora swang her sword at Meta Knight, missing by an inch.

Meta Knight jumped onto another floating piece of ice, and held up his sword.

“Don’t even think about it!” Kyora said, running at him.

Meta Knight planted the flaming sword into the ice, and then, suddenly, an inferno of flame came from the sword, destroying the whole frozen part of the lake and all in it, except for Meta Knight, himself.

Kyora’s body had been destroyed by the inferno.

Either that or she had teleported away.

“Meta Knight, you just more or less destroyed the island,” Kirby said, while Meta Knight just raised an eyebrow.

Suddenly, an invisible force pushed Meta Knight back into the lake.

“Morphyx…” Scythe mouthed.