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"Well, are you enjoying the celebration?!" shouted Knuckle Joe as he ran up to Fumu and Bun who were talking to Sir Arthur and Sir Meta Knight. With a happy smile, he approached the group and waited for a response. "Yes of course Enjoy the celebration Knuckle Joe!!! Finally there is peace in the universe, we finally managed to bring Nightmare to his knees, it feels so good to have finally defeated him, thanks to Kirby."Said Sir Arthur with a very determined voice and serious look.

"If you ask me, I'm overjoyed that they're selling delicious chocolates at the party, they're delicious!" replied Bun with a laugh. "Bun!!!!" Fumu interrupted, "Mom said you shouldn't eat so much sweet stuff or we'll have to go back to Dr. Yubui again, you don't want that, do you?" "Yes, but this chocolate is the most delicious I've ever eaten, and I can't pass it up," Bun said, "and Mom said I could," Bun reached into his pocket to find some more money to buy some more, "See you around," Bun said as he started to run to buy more chocolate, "Bun!" Fumu shouted as she tried to grab Bun to stop him from buying more. With an angry look she looked in the direction her brother was running. "Be on time for the fireworks!!!!!"she yelled so her brother could still hear her. "YES I will be there on time, I promise!!!!". Strode Bun back. With an annoyed look she looked at Sir Arthur and Meta Knight who were talking quietly and drinking their drinks on the side.

The silence was suddenly interrupted by Knuckle Joe "So I think I'm going back to Sirica, just wanted to know if everything was still okay with you guys". With a smile on his face Fumu replied "Of course everything is fine here and you and Sirica take good care of Kirby OK?" said Fumu with a worried voice. "Yeah sure, don't worry we'll take good care of the pink little ball, I promise. "said Knuckle Joe with a wide smile. "But..."

"But what???" asked Fumu curiously "Is something wrong???""Yes.... and that is, I'm a little worried about Dedede and Escargoon, ever since we defeated Nightmare those two have been so quiet and those two don't even try to attack Kirby or anything..." Knuckle Joe replied. "Oh... don't worry about the two, at least we and the village finally have peace from the two." Fumu said, "Yes, but when I was in the castle to get the rest of the fireworks for the finale of the celebration. I heard voices in the throne room, it was King Dedede, but he wasn't talking to Escargoon, because i saw Escargoon down in the courtyard with some Waddle Dees and Sir Parm. And that's why I got curious and looked through the slit of the door. But all I saw was Dedede sitting on his throne chattering away, saying things like he needs a demon beast to get rid of Kirby or he wants his money back or something. I was totally confused when I saw Dedede sitting in front of the gray screen and blabbing things out. I think Dedede somehow doesn't accept that the company Holy Nightmare can't be of service for him anymore.He even said "Custumer Service" many times. It seems Dedede misses this "guy" a lot.told Knuckle Joe."

"Hmm...strange "Fumu said softly as she rubbed a finger on her chin. "Dedede has always been a weird bird, so really don't worry about him." Knuckle Joe laughed "Haha yup he really is a weird bird" Fumu laughed with him.
As the two were still laughing they were interrupted by the mayor who was about to announce the fireworks. "In 10 minutes the magnificent fireworks will begin over our village I hope you will enjoy it" cheers rang throughout the village, "By all means we will enjoy it" one of the villagers shouted to the mayor. The mayor turned to where Fumu and Knuckle Joe were standing and extended his hand to them. "And we thank our honored guests for this celebration and their courage in fighting Nightmare and winning through the young star warrior Kirby!!!" " Accordingly, we also thank Sir Arthur and his troops and Meta Knight for fighting this beast." The cheers boomed louder and louder than before and the crowd cheered the brave and proud Star Warriors. Sir Arthur just beamed with pride as the villagers cheered them. Meta Knight, on the other hand, was neutral, proud that the war had come to an end and nothing more.

"So I think I'd better get back to Kirby and Sirica, I didn't really want to hang out with you guys for so long. I'm sure Kirby and Sirica are already worried about where I' am!!!" Spoke Knuckle Joe with a worried voice. "Yes we'll see you again, at the fireworks with the others OK?" said Fumu with a very happy face that was rarely seen. "Yes of course me,Sirica and Kirby will be there." Knuckle Joe replied as he started walking away, trying to get around the large crowd.

"Three minutes to go until the fireworks!!!!" screamed the mayor. "What only three more minutes!!!" thought Fumu. She turned to the two star warriors who were still talking about a certain matter, Fumu interrupted the conversation between the two and asked them if they would come with her to the castle to see the fireworks better, because the fireworks were being launched there. The two star warriors agreed and the Starwarriors and Fumu walked towards the castle.

They arrived in time as the fireworks were being prepared by their father and Escargoon. The courtyard of the castle is crowded with the people of the village but everyone had enough space to admire the fireworks. Fumu saw her brother in the far corner of the courtyard with Knuckle Joe, Sirica and Kirby, but she stayed with Meta Knight and Sir Arthur because the fireworks were about to start.

Torn from her thoughts, she was suddenly startled when Tokkori almost flew at her face. "Tokkori!!!" screamed Fumu. "Sorry!!! I didn't mean to, I was in a hurry, I'm just looking for Kirby!"Tokkori apologized. "Kirby is back there with Knuckle Joe and Sirica," Fumu raised her hand and pointed in the direction where the three were. "Thanks and sorry again "Tokkori spoke and flew away.

Another 30 seconds the mayor shouted with a raised voice. "The last time we saw fireworks was when we successfully fought off a planet from Nightmare," Sir Arthur hissed to Meta Knight. "Yes, that was a long time ago," Meta Knight said in a soft but serious voice. The villagers resolutely counted the last numbers until the fireworks.

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Everyone was looking up at the sky to see the beautiful fireworks, but instead nothing happened. "What's going on?,where are the fireworks!!!" complained some villagers, but nothing happened.

"What's going on?" asked Arthur.
I don't know" said Fumu and Meta Knight with confused looks. "Let's see what's going on, maybe something happened or something is not working" Sir Arthur hissed and ran in the direction where the fireworks are set up. Meta Knight and Fumu ran after Sir Arthur, they are as curious as he is.

"What's going on?!!!"paced most of the villagers, both the mayor and Waddle doo tried to calm the villagers down. When Sir Arthur, Meta Knight and Fumu arrived at the fireworks rocket they hear complaints from a certain person in the castle, Escargoon.
"Escargoon what's going on?" Asked Fumu and ran to him. "I don't know, me and some Waddle Dees have been working exactly on these rockets but they don't work!!!" Complained Escargoon while shaking his head "That can't be!!!" Fumu looked at Escargoon with pity, he had worked on this for several days for these rockets, they couldn't just be defective.

Sir Arthur suddenly interrupted the silence "Maybe they were tampered with??." Fumu turned to look at Sir Arthur "tampered with?." Everyone looked at Sir Arthur in confusion, as if he had said a stupid joke that no one would understand. "Who would rig the rockets for a party? "Meta Knight asked. "I don't know..." hissed Sir Arthur.

"But..." suddenly they heard several villagers start screaming. In a sudden panic, the five of them ran to the place where the screams were coming from. "What's going on? "Fumu shouted to the villagers. "There..up there!!!!"came out of the mouth of a frightening Cappy.As Fumu and the others looked up into the sky, they saw nothing at first, but then something caught their eyes. It looked like a twinkling star but this star was moving fast and getting bigger and bigger. "That's..." interrupted Meta Knight as the masses still paced and worried about the star coming closer and closer.
Sir Arthur couldn't believe it himself and spoke in a worried voice.

"It's an asteroid.

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Chapter 2: Mysterious Star

The people's panic grew and grew as this thing came closer and closer. "What should we do if this is really an asteroid and it's threatening to crash?

"Fumu asked as she looked to the star warriors. "Sis!!!!" a voice shrilled from far away. "Bun?" she turned to the side to see her brother trying to reach her at full speed. "What... What is that?!!!" asked Bun out of breath as he raised his finger and pointed at the coming asteroid.

"An asteroid..." Suddenly replied the voice of Meta Knight. "What, but how?" Bun was confused but also afraid that this thing was really going to crash here. "I have an idea to better check out what this really is..., I've seen a lot of asteroids but this one is strange...." Sir Arthur spoke as he reached into his small pocket and pulled out something, a calling device. He wants all the star warriors to gather in the main ship to analyze this asteroid. "Sir Meta Knight we must leave for the ship, we will gather there with the others." Sir Arthur replied. "Wait, what about us?" Asked Fumu with an angry look and stretched out her arms. Sir Arthur looked at Fumu with a very serious look that gave everything away, "This thing is just between star warriors, I am amazed at your determination but please stay here it is a serious thing, we have never seen such a strange asteroid."

Fumu was very angry but still buried her anger because she was also scared like her brother. "Sword and Blade will take care of you, please stay with them."
When the star warriors left the courtyard square, there was still chaos in the square most of the villagers ran home because they thought they would be safer there or some even hid from the asteroid. Escargoon, the only one who didn't say a word during the conversation, was frozen, just silent and watching the asteroid. Suddenly, King Dedede ran through the crowd of people, unable to believe it was happening again. But this time the asteroid was not as big as the last one, it was much smaller. But whether this asteroid is really an asteroid, nobody knows.

"Fumu,Bun" suddenly a voice sounded from behind it was Sword and Blade they were sent by Meta Knight to control the situation a bit and calm people down when there is news, to the asteroid.

"Sword, Blade, where have you been? I thought you were going to see the fireworks too," Fumu hissed. "Ehm... Meta Knight told us to watch out for you in the main ship." said Sword.
"Watch??" Bun asked curiously, "You were inside the ship the whole time, how could you watch over us?
"Meta Knight warned us that even though we defeated Nightmare and blew up his entire company, there might still be some demon beasts running around free, waiting for prey."

"Through the special system on the main ship, we can detect on radar if a demon beast is in the vicinity or not."
"Great technology," Blade said in a soft voice.
"Wow this ship must be really cool" marveled Bun with wide smiling face.

Sword and Blade told more about the system on the main ship and how it worked and that this ship one was the ship from the leader himself. "This ship survived an entire Nightmare attack and was one of the last to survive the war."

As Blade and Sword continued to tell the story of the ship, Fumu and Bun forgot why they were here and that a supposed asteroid was about to crash into their planet. Fumu and Bun didn't even notice that Escargoon and Dedede were standing behind them and listening to Blade and Sword too.

"As Blade finished telling his story of the ship, the call device Meta Knight gave them before they left rang. Sword reached into his pocket that he had taken with him and took out the calling device with a quick jerk. "It's Meta Knight..." Sword said. "Pick it up!" spoke Blade in a harsh voice, "maybe he has news about the asteroid."

Sword pressed the button to answer the call, this thing worked something like a radio but with different functions.
"Blade,Sword" Meta Knight spoke first with a concerned voice.
"Sir, do you have any news about this thing?" asked Blade and Sword.
Fumu, Escargoon, Bun and King Dedede quietly listened to the conversation to see if there was any danger.
"We have analyzed the "asteroid" in detail and found out where the "asteroid" is about to crash," Meta Knight told them in his normal loyal voice.

"What where? Here?" asked Sword in a panicked voice.
"Don't worry, there's no danger, the asteroid won't hit the castle, but a forest area nearby, but I ask you to reassure people with this news.... and one more request. No one is allowed to leave the courtyard, I will call you back when the asteroid has crashed and has been secured," Meta Knight said through the calling device he had given to Sword and Blade.
"How long until it crashes!!?" complained King Dedede who was listening to the conversation all the time.
"In 1 min your majesty" said Meta Knight to the great Penguin King.
"WHAT????!!!!!!"shouted all six with a panic voices.
"I'll get back to you later" Meta Knight said goodbye, before anyone could ask Meta Knight another question Meta Knight had hung up.

As everyone stared at the gray screen and looked hopelessly around, Bun suddenly yelled with all the strength he had left. "It's crashing!!!!!"

With quick movements, they all looked up at the sky and saw the asteroid about to hit at any moment. It was smaller than it looked, this thing could do some good damage, but as Meta Knight said, the asteroid will crash in the forest and not near them, so they are safe and it won't hit the village.

They saw the bright light getting brighter and brighter it was all happening so fast. Then they heard a loud thud and they were sure that this thing had crashed. It was all so quiet when it was over the villagers were frozen in place and made no sound.

"I know Meta Knight gave us the order to stay here, but... we'll go to the place where it crashed so we can be sure no one was hurt," Blade said, and Sword nodded in agreement.
"Wait! We'll go with you!" the two siblings shouted, "we want to help too!"
Sword and Blade were suspicious of taking the two with them, but then they remembered that the two had defeated Nightmare, and were safely out of the fight.
"Alright, but we have to hurry!"
Blade and Sword started running in the direction of the crash site with the two siblings following.

"Watch out, the asteroid has crashed somewhere near here" Sir Arthur called to his comrades who were searching with him. They went deeper and deeper into the forest to find the crash site. After a few minutes they found the crash site about 30 meters away from them. The trees around them were damaged from the impact but many were still standing with healthy roots. Most of them stopped to wait for their leader, who was to investigate the asteroid first.

When Sir Arthur arrived with the rest of the troops, he walked slowly in the direction of the asteroid, his troops watching the site very intently and carefully because something could always attack them.

The star warriors watched as Sir Arthur walked ahead of them, closer and closer but also slowly approaching the asteroid.
As Sir Arthur came closer and closer to the spot, he slowly and quietly took his sword to make sure he could defend himself.

After a few slow steps Sir Arthur soon arrived at the spot, just a few more steps and he would be there. Sir Arthur got scared as he got closer and closer. He saw the spire Golden Horns which looked very familiar to him.

"What?...but.... No, it can't be." Sir Arthur whispered under his mask. He couldn't believe his own eyes as he saw more and more of the figure lying there on the cold ground. "No..." "How?..." Sir Arthur could not believe it himself was he imagining things now, was it the bad air or did he drink something wrong?...

Sir Arthur was rooted to the spot, he looked at the figure on the cold floor from bottom to top and only after a long observation he realized that the figure was not alone, but also held someone much smaller in his arms.
Sir Arthur could not believe it himself to see this face so weakly.

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Sir Arthur had been standing rooted to the spot for several minutes, he just couldn't believe it "Him?" "But how..."
Meta Knight and the star warriors called out to Sir Arthur if everything was all right.
"Yes everything is all right,I would like to observe it alone first,I will call you when I am done."
Meta Knight and the rest of the star warriors were confused as to what their leader had found there, but also curious, yet they remained standing as their leader wanted them to.
Sir Arthur slowly climbed down the floor caused by the impact.

He clutched his sword tighter and tighter to his hand with each new step he took. He was afraid that this figure would suddenly jump up and attack him.

But nothing happened... He stood a meter away from "him". But not even a twitch came from the figure or from the smaller one resting in the arms of the larger one.
Sir Arthur could not believe it himself, he saw how once the greatest enemy of the star warriors just lay there weak, on the cold ground. Sir Arthur was breathless and didn't know what to do, but of course it filled him with pride and power to see Nightmare like this.

Deep in thought, he suddenly heard a noise right in front of him. As quickly as possible, he positioned his sword in the direction of the sound to be able to fight back. After a few silent seconds of standing there, he heard a soft muffled groan, not coming from Nightmare himself, but from the smaller figure lying in Nightmare's arms. Sir Arthur could not see the smaller figure next to Nightmare very well, because the smaller figure was covered by Nightmare's cloak. Sir Arthur stopped and watched everything quietly as the smaller figure tried to somehow free itself or something.

As Nightmare's cloak slid to the side he recognized the smaller person next to him, it was the small human-like guy who had a high position in the company selling demon beasts to customers. Sir Arthur was shocked "Nightmare must really like this little guy" he whispered into his mask "otherwise he wouldn't have saved him from the explosion".
The moaning next to Sir Arthur grew louder, "The little guy must be in pain" Sir Arthur thought as he examined the little human-like guy more closely. Sir Arthur saw blood hanging from the clothes, old but also new, and wounds that were new but also old.

As Sir Arthur continued to examine the humanoid's body from top to bottom, he saw the humanoid's face that was hidden from him just moments ago. He has short brown hair with green streaks, glasses that are broken on the floor and a very pale face. The small humanoid squeezed his eyes very tightly shut, next to them blood ran all over his face. Sir Arthur did not know what to do, he stared all the time at the little humanoid who seemed to be in a lot of pain. Suddenly a voice rang out, it was the voice of the little humanoid, Sir Arthur didn't even realize that the humanoid had opened his eyes and was staring at him. With a quick adrenaline rush, the little humanoid tried to hold himself upright but couldn't because of the pain he was in and could only bend himself halfway right. The little humanoid fell backwards, but he couldn't go any further, because his boss was lying there.
Sir Arthur stared into these frightened eyes in front of him, Sir Arthur tried to talk to him but nothing came out of his mouth.

Sir Arthur had never seen such a humanoid before in all the traveling they did around the universe, he always found Nightmare and his little humanoid strange, five fingers, long nose, different organs than all the others, strange sense of humor, technology that seems quite strange to him. Sir Arthur knows that Nightmare created this little humanoid with his own hands. Nevertheless, he always had a strange feeling, he always wondered where Nightmare actually came from and why Nightmare had protected a certain planet with all his power once they arrived there.

Sir Arthur was torn from his thoughts when the little humanoid first started to speak. "Please...I..." stuttering only came out of his mouth. Suddenly the little humanoid began to shake violently. "Please don't kill me" rang out from his frightened mouth and the trembling became more violent. Sir Arthur knows that Nightmare and his little humanoid have caused many problems in the universe, but were we Star Warriors any better? We Star Warriors killed several million people who worked in Nightmare's company, only after we realized that Nightmare's fortress was a certain city for his customers and employees. Of course, we have to make Nightmare pay for the things he has done, so we will take them with us and arrest and imprison them.

The little humanoid had tried to threaten Sir Arthur with a small knife he still had hidden in his pocket. But Sir Arthur looked at him with a smiling and confused look and said "You can't even stand properly and you are trying to threaten me?".

Suddenly, with a quick jerk, the little humanoid tried to jump at Arthur with the knife he held in his bloody hands. But Sir Arthur dodged very quickly and with a quick movement he held the humanoid's arm with a firm grip and pushed him to the cold ground. Although the humanoid was still trembling, he had overcome his fear and attacked Arthur. Sir Arthur pushed him very low to the ground and took the knife from his hands and flung it away so that the humanoid could not reach it. Although the humanoid was bigger than Sir Arthur, Sir Arthur had the strength to push him down, many of his people marveled that he had such strength and had already put down demon beasts that were enormous. Sir Arthur openly showed his dominance over the humanoid. But the humanoid still resisted even though Sir Arthur pushed him deep into the ground like anything else.
Suddenly the humanoid screamed like an animal being brutally slaughtered, the screams became louder and soon they turned into weeping. Sir Arthur saw light tears streaming from the humanoid's eyes, he had aggravated the humanoid's wounds by pushing him too hard to the ground.

The screams became quieter but the crying remained, after a few seconds Sir Arthur realized that the humanoid had surrendered and Sir Arthur was standing in the light as the dominant one.
As he continued to push him to the ground, his troops called out to him and ran in his direction to see if everything was all right because they heard screaming.
When they arrived they could not believe it themselves.

Who was lying there.

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The Star Warriors did not believe their eyes, Nightmare the greatest enemy of the Star Warriors was before their eyes, weak and helpless.

"How??how can that be, Kirby defeated him???" asked Meta Knight in an aggressive voice and all the other star warriors were left speechless to deal with the situation.

"Defeated but not dead "replied Sir Arthur as he still pushed the humanoid down. "What? I thought the explosion killed him?" asked Meta Knight as he watched Sir Arthur push Customer Services to the ground. "It seems not, Nightmare probably saved him from the real explosion" replied Sir Arthur.

"But why?" questioned Meta Knight.
"Never mind that now! We'll discuss that later Meta Knight but first we have to take care of these two!" hissed Sir Arthur as Customer Service began to struggle again. "Sir Dragato! I want you to take the A2 drug from the main ship and bring it to me as soon as possible because our little guest here won't stop struggling, we need to give him an anesthetic so we can carry him better without him fighting us all the time!!!" hissed Sir Arthur in an annoyed voice.

"Yes sir!!!" Replied Sir Dragato and ran towards the ship to get the drug.

"Where should we put them?" asked Kit Cosmos with a worried face.

"I already have an idea where to put them." replied Sir Arthur.
"How are we going to carry them?" asked Kit Cosmos to his leader who was still struggling with customer service. "We don't have time to use special transport devices, so we'll use our free hands and carry them. We need to get these two into our ship as soon as possible!" Sir Arthur ordered his troops.

"I'm afraid that Nightmare will wake up, so we have to act quickly!" Sir Arthur said in a worried voice, he was very afraid inside that Nightmare would suddenly get up behind him without him noticing and try to push him away because he was causing pain to his humanoid.

But... when he turned around to see Nightmare's figure still lying on the cold ground, he was relaxed.
But the relaxedness didn't last long as he noticed Customer Services trying to reach for Nightmare.
"Sir...please wake up...please...sir..." whispered Customer Services to his boss who was just lying there defenseless. Tears leaked from his eyes, but not from the pain that coursed through his entire body. "Sir please...they hurting me..." he whispered in a trembling voice.

Sir Arthur showed no pity, but still deep in his heart he knows he would rather let go of the humanoid and not cause him pain. The silence was interrupted by Meta Knight who shouted that Sir Dragato was back.
When Sir Arthur was relieved that Sir Dragato was back so quickly. He didn't notice that he lightened his grip, pushing Customer Services to the ground. With a quick shove, Customer Services escaped Sir Arthur's grip and pushed him aside so he still had time to get up. Sir Arthur had suffered a small shock but still tried to grab Customer Service. But his hand missed Customer Service's arm.

"He's going to escape," shot out of Sir Arthur's mind.
But... Customer Services did not flee, but clung to Nightmare like a child to its mother.

Sir Arthur, still half-sitting on the floor, didn't know how to respond. The other star warriors wanted to stop Customer Services and already had their weapons ready, because they thought just like Sir Arthur that the humanoid was trying to escape.

But... they saw how the small humanoid was huging Nightmare and sighing. The star warriors were confused as to how to deal with the situation that the humanoid was trying to protect Nightmare. Sir Arthur was caught up in his thoughts as he continued to look at this happening, "Nightmare must be really important to him, like a "father" or something." Thought Arthur as he was still speechless.

"Please...sir I...am scared.... Please...wake up" Customer Services spoke as he clung tighter and tighter to Nightmare as the seconds passed.
None of the star warriors had moved, they had simply frozen. "Shall we?" Asked Sir Dragato as he held the drug tightly in his hand and continued to squeeze. "Yes" was Sir Arthur's reply as he finally was able to open his mouth again. "Who shall do it?" asked Sir Dragato as he tried to pass the drug to someone. The answer was only the light wind rustling through the woods.

"I could try..." Sir Falspar was the first to break the silence. But he got no answer. "No, I'll do it," said Meta Knight, looking at Sir Falspar. "None of you will do it, I will..." hissed Sir Arthur to his troops who looked at him with a desperate look. "But..." "No buts!!!" hissed Sir Arthur louder than the voice before. With a fearful look,Sir Dragato stepped forward and handed Sir Arthur the drug. With a slight jerk,Sir Arthur took the drug he got from Sir Dragato and prepared it to make the humanoid unconscious with it for a long time.When he had prepared the drug and it can be used,he stopped for a few seconds and saw Customer Service still clinging to Nightmare. He must administer the drug to Customer Service as soon as possible before Nightmare wakes up. He waited a moment to find a good time to administer the drug.

But he really could not take it on his heart, he was a good star warrior who fought for peace and freedom he just could not see it anymore as the little humanoid mourned for his creator and did not let him go at all. Yes of course Nightmare was one of the strongest and biggest enemies the star warriors ever had, but was behind Nightmare maybe a good person who lost everything and then lost everything again? Sir Arthur didn't want to be engrossed in his thoughts anymore as he started walking in small steps in the direction of the humanoid.He had to do it, he had to do it. Sir Arthur just wanted it to be fast, not slow. Sir Arthur reached out his arm to grab Customer Services somewhere, but then he felt a heavy blow on his arm, the drug but still firmly in his Hands. "Don't touch me!!!!"Customer Services hissed to Sir Arthur as he tried to hold him down.

"Leave me and my boss alone!!!!" he hissed, only in a more aggressive voice. Sir Arthur couldn't take it anymore, he took the drug firmly in his hand and showed no mercy. He thrust his arm in the air to grab Customer Services somewhere else, and succeeded. He didn't push Customer Service to the floor this time, but half on Nightmare, since Nightmare was still unconscious, he didn't notice anything.

Sir Arthur had been able to turn Customer Service over so that Customer Service was lying on his stomach. Without thinking, Sir Arthur pushed the drug hard into Customer Services back, a loud scream came out from Customer Services who was still trying to free himself somehow. He was still pressing Customer Service against Nightmare until he becomes really unconscious. Sir Arthur had already removed the needle with the drug and thrown it to Meta Knight who was standing behind him.

When Sir Arthur noticed that Customer Service was getting weaker and more tired he knew that the drug had worked. When Sir Arthur noticed no more frantic movements after a few seconds, he let go of Customer Service and took a step backward.

The drug had taken effect and Customer Service lay with his belly half on top of Nightmare, not moving a bit.
"We did it" said Meta Knight as he gave a tired sigh.
"Yes finally" replied Sir Falspar.

"OK Now we need to get these two to the ship as soon as possible, we've wasted way too much time. "Sir Arthur said with a sigh and looked at the two unconscious men.

"Sir Dragato and Sir Falspar you carry Customer Services and I, Meta Knight, Kit Cosmos and Sir Nonsurat carry Nightmare.".Sir Arthur ordered.

"Yes sir!" Replied the others.
As Sir Dragato and Sir Falspar were already starting to carry Customer Service to the ship, Sir Arthur and the rest tried to carry Nightmare.Although Nightmare was not as small as in their last encounter was funny for them, but even if Nightmare shrunk he was still taller than all of them together.

Nightmare is 5 feet and 7 inches tall, and this size is still very tall for the star warriors, they themselves were under a feet tall. But after a few attempts to carry Nightmare they made it and set off towards the ship.

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Blade, Sword and the two siblings reached the forest area where the asteroid supposedly crashed. But they were intercepted by two Starwarriors and questioned why they didn't stay in the castle as they had been ordered to do.

"Sir Meta Knight had specifically ordered you to stay in the castle and not snoop around!" replied a star warrior who was guarding the piece of the forest area until everything was settled.

"Yes but we just wanted to know if everything was alright and no one was hurt!" spoke Fumu, waving her finger in the air and looking at the star warrior with an angry look.

"Yes, we haven't noticed any injured people yet, most of the villagers were in the castle for the festival, so we can assume that no one is hurt." replied the other star warrior who was standing next to the other guard who was also protecting the forest area with him, as they were ordered to do.

Blade and Sword were still unsure what this thing really was and were eager to find out if it was just a normal asteroid or something else. When Blade went to talk to the guard to see if they knew what this thing was, the calling device that Meta Knight had given them suddenly rang.

When Sword heard the first tone he hurried as fast as he could and answered the call, he wanted to know like Blade and the siblings if this thing had been found and secured yet.

"Sir!!! Is everything alright with you guys and do you have any news on the asteroid?" Blade asked in a curious voice, squeezing up to Sword to better understand Meta Knight.

Meta Knight was very quiet for a short while and sighed "Yes, we have secured the asteroid, don't worry it was just a normal asteroid that crashed, Sir Arthur was wrong.

" Meta Knight had to lie to them, he didn't want to, but the star warriors are the only ones allowed to know that they captured Nightmare and is currently in the ship.

"Just a normal asteroid? it didn't look like that" said Bun who was standing behind his sister and couldn't believe it was just a normal asteroid.

"Yes, just a normal asteroid, nothing more." whispered Meta Knight under his cold mask.

"Fumu!!! Bun!!!" voices rang out, from far away.
It was Sir Parm and Memu, who were already very worried about their children.

They ran down the street to take their children in their arms and never let go.

"Where have you been? We were so worried, we thought you were in the castle, but then we looked everywhere for you and you were just gone! Knuckle Joe and Siricia told us that you ran away with Sword and Blade," Memu said, hugging Bun deeply and never letting go.

"Mom and Dad, we're fine, we had Sword and Blade on our side," said Fumu, who looked at her parents and said they were old enough.

Sword and Blade were watching Fumu and Bun discussing with their parents when they noticed that Meta Knight had already hung up.

"What now?" asked Blade to Sword with a confused tone in his voice. "Like Sir Meta Knight said, it was just a normal asteroid, so I don't think we should worry about it so much." replied Sword.

"Fumu, Bun you come back to the castle with us as soon as possible it's very late you should already be in bed!!!" ordered Memu to her children. "But mom!!!"

"No buts!" said Memu with a very stern voice and face. "Papa?" said Bun, hoping that his father might still allow him to stay awake longer.

Listen to your mother, children, she has the upper hand." Sir Parm said in a frightened voice as Memu stared at him with angry eyes. "Oh, what a pity!" replied Bun.

"So kids we are going home now!!!" ordered Memu. "We'll go with you" said Sword and Blade, they were just tired and wanted to rest, Meta Knight can settle this "asteroid" with the other star warriors.

And so, exhausted, they walked back to the castle and got ready in their bed to forget about the asteroid and start a new day.

The star warriors arrived at the ship several minutes ago and quickly prepared the rooms to lock up their two prisoners when the time comes.

Customer Service have they already locked in a room where is well secured so that he could not escape,the star warriors will take care of him later, because the anesthesia will last for several hours.

They started with Nightmare, who was still unconscious, when he will wake up nobody knew.

The star warriors put Nightmare on a big table surface to examine him more closely, of course they were afraid that Nightmare would wake up suddenly, but Sir Arthur did not deviate and examined Nightmare.

"First we'll take off his headdress, I've always wondered how he looks without it." spoke Sir Arthur with a curious but also serious voice.

"Wait... Nightmare's headdress doesn't belong to his body?" Asked Sir Falspar with a very confused voice and face.

"Yes, that's what I thought too, that this jewelry somehow belongs to his body...but when we Carried him, I saw some hair peeking out from his headdress, so I was very curious because I thought the same as you Falspar." Said Sir Arthur who expressed half a novel with it.

When Sir Arthur tried to lift Nightmare's head somehow to get rid of the headdress Meta Knight yelled out.

"Are you really going to do that straight!!! This is still Nightmare what if he notices everything even if he is unconscious what we are doing to him right now!??." Sir Arthur took his hand away from Nightmare's headdress and turned around to Meta Knight who was still panicking imagining that Nightmare was about to jump up.

The other star warriors were also a bit afraid of this, even if Kirby had defeated Nightmare, Kirby might not be able to win the second time since Kirby was very weakened after the fight.

"Oh, come on, I don't think Nightmare can even hurt us in his condition, look at him, he was weakened a lot by Kirby, he even shrunk." Retorted Sir Arthur to his troops who were really scared because it is Nightmare himself.

"And if it is, we carried him earlier, nothing happened to us!" Sir Arthur said, trying to make his troops look braver. The other star warriors didn't know what to say, Sir Arthur was right.

When Sir Arthur finished talking to the others, he turned back around and carefully tried to remove Nightmare's headdress.

Sir Arthur pushed Nightmare's headdress very slowly, so that it would not hurt Nightmare so badly and Nightmare would suddenly wake up because of the pain.

Sir Arthur pushed the headdress further and further away and saw slightly curly brown hair appear, which shone a bit in the light.

Sir Arthur was amazed he had never seen such brown hair before, not only he was amazed by the revelation, but also the others who were watching Sir Arthur.

Without Sir Arthur thinking, he touched Nightmare's hair to feel if it felt the same as his. When he held Nightmare's hair in his hand he saw the ears, but they were not round like Customer Service's but a bit longer and pointed.

"Wow... really impressive" whispered Sir Arthur who kept examining Nightmare because he had never seen such a life form or even a similar one. Ever since the war broke out against Nightmare, Sir Arthur had always been skeptical of Nightmare because he was so different from anyone else he had met in the universe.

Of course, the Star Warriors and Nightmare are the only ones who really know why the war broke out, Meta Knight had not told Fumu the whole truth.

When Sir Arthur only looked at Nightmare the other star warriors were very confused why Sir Arthur was so curious about Nightmare, yes of course it is Nightmare, the star warriors didn't know that much about Nightmare himself and where he actually came from.

The second thing that interested Sir Arthur were Nightmare's eyes, Nightmare had always hidden them under his glasses, why? He also asked himself.

He carefully took off Nightmare's glasses and of course the first thing he saw was that Nightmare's eyes were closed, so it was hard to tell what they looked like. But Nightmare had heavy circles under his eyes, if they really are circles.

As Sir Arthur continued to look at Nightmare, he didn't even notice how his troops were staring at what he was doing.

" Can you remember?" Spoke Suddenly Sir Arthur with a funny smirk. "When we wanted to complete a mission to a "certain planet" and settle there for a short time, because this planet was a quiet and silent place and there were no demon beasts waiting for us. Nightmare show up in person."

"Yes of course we remember!!!" all the star warriors replied to their leader. Sir Arthur looked to his troops and continued talking.

"Yes, and when Nightmare was standing in front of us in person we all panicked and had all our weapons ready and were going to attack him.But then suddenly he said we sure better leave the planet, and we were all so confused after he said it. He didn't even tried to attack us, he just wanted us to leave the planet, I will never forget that day....."

"Then he told us we had three hours to leave the planet or we would die of air pollution or something, that was really confusing..." Arthur said with a hand on his forehead to deal with the situation.

All of the star warriors remembered that day, they knew Nightmare was lying, but it was so strange that he just stood in front of them that day and just told them to leave the planet or Else. Nightmare had never protected a planet before, it was so strange to them.

Nightmare just protected one normal Planet, why they didn't know, as if this planet meant a lot to him.

"I think it's time to take Nightmare to his cell" Sir Arthur spoke in a cold voice. "Have you prepared everything?" asked Sir Arthur to Kit Kosmos and Sir Falspar.

"Yes sir, everything has been prepared!!!" Said the two with a thumbs up.

Sir Arthur, Kit Kosmos and Sir Falspar carried Nightmare to his cell they had in the ship and after that they all tried to sleep, some of course kept watch to be sure Nightmare and Customer Service don't escape.

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When Sir Arthur and the other star warriors tried to sleep, Sir Arthur was the only one who couldn't get a wink of sleep.

He was so unsure... he was sleeping in his ship where Nightmare is, Nightmare himself.

He himself still couldn't believe that they had found Nightmare and his little humanoid weak in a forest area, although they saw with their own eyes how the company had exploded.

And that Fumu himself said that Kirby had managed to defeat Nightmare.

"It's so strange... "Sir Arthur whispered to himself as he lay in his bed, trying to fall asleep. But he couldn't... he was wide awake. He cursed to himself and got up to get himself something to drink. He found the door, even though it was very dark in his room, he opened it very quietly so he wouldn't wake the others.

He crept to the kitchen to pour himself a glass of water, he took the bottle that was still on the table and a glass. He poured himself some and drank it all.

When he was done he looked at the corridors leading to the rooms where they had locked up Customer Service and Nightmare.

Of course, Nightmare had been given a "special" room with double security so he wouldn't even think he could get out. Sir Arthur watched the corridor for minutes, as if some alien aura was forcing him to look in there.

Sir Arthur got up and walked in the direction of the rooms to pay a little visit to their two prisoners.

He walked there for two long minutes, his heartbeat getting faster and faster, he didn't know why. This strange aura revealed him without mercy, he was captivated by it.

When Sir Arthur had to take only small steps to be able to see Nightmare, he trembled. "What, why...?" whispered Sir Arthur as he tried to steady his hand.

He was afraid.

He doesn't know why, he had carried Nightmare and even examined him why was he scared now? With trembling legs he tried to take more steps and managed to do so, he was no longer trembling so much because his courage had surpassed his fear.

When he had taken his last step, he was reassured.

He saw through the special glass they had used just for Nightmare, how Nightmare was still lying there helplessly, tied up.

The star warriors tied Nightmare with certain cloth loops, for most it was strange that these loops supposedly held so much. But it was true, these loops were made of the toughest stuff in the universe, even a giant creature would fail to free them from these things.

Nightmare was tied to his wrists and neck, the star warriors just wanted to make sure he wouldn't escape.

Sir Arthur, who had been looking at Nightmare for a few minutes to make sure everything was all right, was now relaxed, he was really scared, but he still didn't know why.

As Sir Arthur shook his head and spoke to himself, he took a deep breath and wanted to go back to bed.

As he walked a few steps forward, he suddenly heard the sound of the loops.

He stopped as if frozen. "Is it my imagination, or was that the sound of the loops...?" thought Sir Arthur, as he still stood still and was quiet to hear the sound again.

For a few minutes it was dead silence, when suddenly he heard the sound again, and also a muffled low moan. He was sure it was coming from Nightmare's room.

His fear and adrenaline rose as he ran as fast as he could to the front of the glass to see Nightmare.

"He's awake" Sir Arthur's thoughts flashed through him as he saw the taller figure make slight movements.

Sir Arthur was rooted to the spot he could not walk but he was the first to see Nightmare awake, so dimly. It filled him with pride and strength to see the greatest enemy of the star warriors faintly before him.

Sir Arthur watched Nightmare's every move, Nightmare probably didn't realize yet where he actually was or what actually happened.

Nightmare's grumbling grew louder and Nightmare tried to get up somehow, but he couldn't and just lay there on the ground.

After a few minutes Nightmare still couldn't make it, Nightmare was awake but still disoriented. Sir Arthur didn't know how long he had been standing there watching Nightmare.

He could not control himself and enters Nightmare's room, only certain star warriors are allowed to enter the room because even of many star warriors there can still be cheaters like Yamikage.

Sir Arthur stood in front of Nightmare not far away.

Nightmare didn't even notice that the leader of the Star Warriors was standing in front of him. Sir Arthur could not stop himself, Nightmare deserved punishment and suffering, he lost one of his most loyal soldiers because of Nightmare, a father who despite his son kept the heart of a star warrior and not that of a demon beast, a loyal star warrior who sacrificed herself to keep the universe in balance for the legendary sword.

Sir Arthur could not help himself, he admired Nightmare very much because he knew little about him, everyone wants to know about their nemesis as well as why he did such things, Sir Arthur knew why the war broke out but he did not know Nightmare's perspective of the war they once fought.

Sir Arthur reached out and forcefully pulled Nightmare's hair so he could see Nightmare's face and tell him face to face that he and his troops had won the war finally after Years. He had, of course, taken off his mask ages ago so that Nightmare could better look him in the face.

As he pulled harder on Nightmare's hair, Nightmare hissed very loudly as Sir Arthur held Nightmare in front of his face, so Sir Arthur could look at his whole face, Nightmare didn't know what was going on he was still disoriented.

Sir Arthur looked at Nightmare's face, because this time he could see it better from close up and without jewelry, the only jewelry Nightmare was still wearing was his necklace and his shoulder armor, this time he could see Nightmare's eyes not like a few hours ago.

Nightmare's eyes were completely black, only darkness could be seen in his eyes. Sir Arthur was speechless, when Sir Arthur looked closer at Nightmares eyes he saw small stars, yes small stars like Nightmares cloak which seems to contain a whole galaxy.

Sir Arthur was amazed but not humiliated by them, he looked Nightmare in the eye and pulled Nightmare's hair harder so he could hear Nightmare's crying. He approached Nightmare's face and spoke "Look at you, once so powerful and unstoppable but now helpless and weak" Sir Arthur was angry he had never shown his anger to the other star warriors, but he was just so angry.

Nightmare said nothing, he had only now realized where he actually was he was trapped with the Star Warriors.

Nightmare tried to free Sir Arthur's hand from his hair but Sir Arthur pulled and squeezed more and more, it hurt Nightmare and that pleased Sir Arthur because he felt powerful.

Nightmare tried somehow to free himself from Sir Arthur. Nightmare was getting angrier and angrier as Sir Arthur kept going and not letting go. "LET GO!!!! YOU DIRTY STAR WARRIOR!!!!"Nightmare screamed at the top of his lungs and pushed Sir Arthur away from him.

Sir Arthur fell backwards but did not let himself be stopped, he ran into the next room and tried to find this thing that they were going to tie Nightmare to when he woke up.

He found it and with a cold and angry look he ran out of the next room and tried to tie Nightmare up with this Thing.

Of course Nightmare fought hard against Sir Arthur,but Sir Arthur was nimble and Nightmare was tied up and couldn't move that well. Sir Arthur managed to climb behind Nightmare's back to tie the chain up.

They found the chain on a deserted and old sand planet when they were on a mission, no one knew what it was for,but they eventually found out that this chain could banish the magic of anyone and even create electrical waves that would cause pain to the wearer, the person who tied the wearer to this chain could trigger these waves, you just had to give the chain commands.

This chain was just right for Nightmare to teach him some manners when he was fighting off the star warriors.

After some fighting Sir Arthur managed to tie the chain up to Nightmare, Nightmare was still fighting back brutally against Sir Arthur, as Sir Arthur jumped off and yelled "shockwaves".

Nightmare looked at Sir Arthur very confused, not knowing what Sir Arthur meant by that.

When suddenly Nightmare noticed a very sharp pain on his neck. Nightmare took his hands on this chain and tried to take it off but it didn't work, he pulled with force but this thing didn't come off.

The pain would get stronger and Nightmare became more panic as the pain Growing more painful.

" GET THIS THING OFF!!!!"Nightmare strode up to Sir Arthur who was just standing there waiting to see what would happen next.

"GET IT OFF!!!" The pain didn't stop suddenly it would get to a level even worse than before. Nightmare knelt to the ground as the pain didn't stop and tried to take it off, the chain glowing bright gold and getting brighter and brighter.

Then came the final blow, suddenly Nightmare felt a whole electric shock that made his whole body ache, he became weak and lay on the floor the pain was unbearable he couldn't even move properly because the pain was too strong.

The chain became paler as Nightmare lay on the floor. Sir Arthur stood there and watched everything. "This chain could be a great help for Nightmare to listen to us".

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"Arthur...?" suddenly spoke a very soft and gentle voice coming from the direction of the big door.

Sir Arthur still with rapid breaths and anger stared at Nightmare with his angry cold eyes.

He turned his head slowly towards the door he knew who the voice belonged to, gentle but also cold and mysterious.

Arthur stared at the figure standing at the door frame, piercing him with glances.

"What...did you do? Why didn't you wake us up and tell us he was awake?" spoke the figure who meant this question sternly but also gently.

Sir Arthur looked all around the room because he was nervous and looked at his hands that were boiling with anger.

The silence between the two lasted a few seconds, the only sounds heard were Nightmare's grumbling and groaning from the pain he had suffered because of the necklace.

The figure that was still standing at the door frame started walking towards Sir Arthur, trying to calm him down somehow, sensing Arthur's anger.

The figure put a hand on Sir Arthur's shoulder and whispered." You have to tell us Arthur, something could have happened, we are lucky Nightmare can't use his magic." Sir Arthur turned his head to the side to look into the eyes of the figure.

Bright yellow eyes that can be seen even in the night, a blue cloak and most importantly the legendary sword Galaxia that he always has on his side.

Sir Arthur looked at Meta Knight with angry but also trusting eyes. "I don't know what's wrong with me, I was suddenly so angry I..." spoke Sir Arthur as Meta Knight pressed his grip on Sir Arthur's shoulder.

He waited for a response from Meta Knight, but noticed that Meta Knight was no longer looking at Arthur but...at Nightmare.

Meta Knight looked at Nightmare as he grumbled to himself, still trying to take off the necklace. "So you used the necklace and it worked?" asked Meta Knight with a curious but also sounded voice.

"Yes, I don't know, I was so angry that I used the necklace to try to calm Nightmare down so that he would listen to me and stop struggling," said Sir Arthur as he slowly released his body from the anger.

Meta Knight was still curious and asked his probably last question " So... until you are the only one who can give this chain commands to control Nightmare?" Sir Arthur didn't know what to say, he was the leader of the GSA and had control over Nightmare that's what everyone in the GSA would have wanted but most of all they wanted to kill Nightmare but they couldn't, they had to capture Nightmare, if they kill him, Nightmare could be reborn and the same thing could happen again. That's why it was good that Kirby didn't kill Nightmare properly and that Nightmares and his humanoid crashed here, it was just luck.

"I think so, I'm the only one who can activate this necklace." said Sir Arthur, as he watched Nightmare with Meta Knight, who was still in pain from the necklace.

"Can the necklace actually cause much more severe pain?" Meta Knight asked, walking with powerful steps to Nightmare to see him so weak.

Sir Arthur put his hand on his forehead and wondered if it could be the necklace. "I don't know, but we could give it a try, we did find command cards with the necklace, but we only translated one of them and I used that one." Meta Knight nodded and looked in front of him as Nightmare was still struggling with the pain.

As Meta Knight was about to ask Sir Arthur something else, he heard murmurs, but these murmurs came not from Arthur but from Nightmare.

Meta Knight stood there to understand what this weak creature wanted from him. Nightmare raised his head and stared at Meta Knight with angry and frustrated eyes.

Meta Knight was shocked when he saw Nightmare's eyes, no one saw those eyes except him and Sir Arthur and eventually all the star warriors will see them.

Meta Knight was still in awe of those eyes, he hadn't even noticed Nightmare reach out and try to scratch or hurt him somehow.

"Meta Knight!" yelled Sir Arthur when he saw what Nightmare was trying to do. "Don't worry, I'll handle it" Meta Knight spoke not in a shocked or frightened voice but in a gentle one. Meta Knight was not afraid, he knew Nightmare longer than any other star warrior and he saw with his own eyes every single weakness of Nightmare he saw them all before, maybe he hurt Nightmare badly before or he hurt him.

Nightmare clawed at Meta Knight, as Meta Knight expected Nightmare pushed him to the ground and pushed him very hard so he couldn't breathe,but Nightmare's attack failed.

Meta Knight pushed Nightmare away from him and took out his sword Galaxia for emergency. Nightmare got angrier and more brutal "Do you really think you filthy star warriors can control me with that thing?!!!" Nightmare screamed as he tried to grab Meta Knight but couldn't, the loops hanging from his wrists and neck stopped him.

Meta Knight laughed as he saw Nightmare trying to attack him. Nightmare hissed and shrieked to get free of the loops, but these things were just too sneaky.

After a few minutes Nightmare had given up but his anger had not. Meta Knight turned next to Sir Arthur and marveled at how Nightmare had given up. "I wonder what we can do with him," said Meta Knight, who was still chuckling about earlier.

Sir Arthur wanted to say something but Nightmare had interrupted him first and hissed in an angry voice. "Where is he!!!"

Meta Knight and Sir Arthur looked at each other, confused as to what Nightmare meant. "Who?" asked Sir Arthur.

Nightmare gave the two star warriors an angry look but turned his head to the wall. " You know who I mean, if I feel you star warriors crown him a hair then I will wipe you out!!!"

The Star Warriors now knew that Nightmare meant the little humanoid, Nightmare really means a lot to him. When one of the star warriors wanted to start talking they were interrupted by Nightmare again.

"Where is he, I want to see him! I feel his aura you can't hide him from me!!!" Sir Arthur and Meta Knight had to tell Nightmare, or Nightmare would not calm down and stop resisting, but they could take Customer Service hostage, so to speak, and force Nightmare to listen to them. Sir Arthur was the first to explain to Nightmare where Customer Service is. "He is in the room next to you but he is unconscious".

"I want to see him or I'll rip your eyes out!!!" Nightmare's loud voice rang out. Meta Knight and Sir Arthur turned around and discussed whether they should really do it.

When they were done they turned back to Nightmare and Meta Knight was the first to break the silence. "We will get him out of the next room, but after that you must obey us even if we celebrate our victory over you tomorrow."

Nightmare grumbled to himself and chimed in with a slight
"Yes, because of me."

Sir Arthur and Meta Knight were a bit shocked to hear this answer from Nightmare's mouth but did it anyway.

Meta Knight and Sir Arthur agreed between themselves that Sir Arthur would carry Customer Services from the next room because he was stronger than Meta Knight. When Sir Arthur ran to the next room to get out of Nightmare's room, he briefly heard Nightmare and Meta Knight talking, but it was probably nothing important.

"Put that stupid sword in front of my face away...!" hissed Nightmare, crossing his arms very angrily, because he saw Meta Knight clinging to his sword very tense and a bit embarrassed.

"I will not..." Growled Meta Knight, clinging even more to Galaxia.

There was a brief dead silence as neither of them made the slightest movement, but just stared at each other like wild cats ready to attack the other if the time came. But someone in particular had interrupted the dead silence again for a question.

"Where's my jewelry?" Nightmare asked, a little confused, noticing that his headdress and sunglasses were missing and fumbling with his eyes and hair.

Meta Knight raised an eyebrow and didn't know why Nightmare found it more important to ask about his jewelry and where those things had gone.

"It doesn't matter at all...you look better like this, you don't need that ugly jewelry..." Sounded Meta Knight in a somewhat confused but also angry voice.

Nightmare got angry when Meta Knight said that sentence to him icily and would like to tear Meta Knight into small pieces if only he could.

"Ahh...really...? I don't think you Star Warriors want to look at my ugly eyes and long ears every day?!!!..."

As Meta Knight was still staring at Nightmare Sir Arthur had released him, he saw Sir Arthur carrying Customer Service to them and entering the room, of course Customer Service was still unconscious but he will wake up soon.

Without thinking Sir Arthur carried Customer Service to Nightmare as they had agreed. With a quick jerk, Nightmare took Customer Service into his arms and was just glad that Customer Service was at least still there for him.

Sir Arthur and Meta Knight just stared at Nightmare taking care of Customer Service and Sir Arthur whispered to Meta Knight what he and Nightmare were talking about.

Meta Knight gave no answer to this question and he just wanted to leave. "I don't think it will matter if Customer Service stays with Nightmare this night, because now we can't take Customer Service out of Nightmare's hands," Sir Arthur said, seeing Nightmare hugging Customer Service and being happy that he survived the explosion.

"Yes, I think so too, but please let's go, don't forget to lock the door or one of them will escape," said Meta Knight, who was already running out of the room, wanting to leave.

Sir Arthur followed Meta Knight and took the key that was still in the next room and locked the door.

As he walked down the corridor, he ordered two of his soldiers to watch Nightmare and Customer Service.

In Dedede Castle, however, two particular rioters are still awake in the middle of the night and want to go to the crash site of the asteroid.

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"Sire?do you really think it's a good idea to investigate the asteroid, I mean, we won't find anything because the star warriors have already secured the asteroid?" said Escargoon who was sitting in the car with Dedede, still trying to hold Dedede off because he was scared.

"Stupid answer, Escargoon!" Dedede said, hitting Escargoon on the head as usual. Escargoon rubbed his head because of the injury and hissed at Dedede.

When Dedede and Escargoon arrived at the village they noticed that it was completely empty, every single villager was asleep, it's also the middle of the night.

"All so quiet" said Escargoon who tried to slow down because he was afraid to look at the asteroid, he himself has seen many asteroids through his telescope, but this asteroid that crashed was really strange.

"Since I can't buy demon beasts anymore, it's getting more and more boring." said Dedede with an annoyed and angry look. "I wish I could buy them again to annoy Kirby."

Escargoon looked at Dedede with a quizzical look but turned his head back to the road so as not to get off track.

Escargoon, like Dedede, misses that time, buying demon beasts to destroy Kirby for good, Kirby using his copy ability and winning the battle and then all over again. It was never boring they were all excited to see if the Demon Beast would win against Kirby or not it was fun.

Escargoon had noticed for days that Dedede was still trying to get Demon Beasts sent or trying to get the transport system working again somehow.

But it didn't work because Holy Nightmare doesn't exist anymore, the others blew up the company. But Dedede doesn't want to believe that, he just doesn't want to and still tried to reach Customer Service, but Escargoon was sure that Customer Service is dead.

When Escargoon and Dedede arrived at the forest, Escargoon became suspicious and did not want to go there, he felt so uncomfortable.

Dedede didn't hold back and wanted to know what this thing was. After a few cold minutes in the dark forest, they found the supposed crash site, but had to walk a few more meters to get there because they took a wrong turn and were standing on a cliff.

Escargoon and Dedede got out of the car and wanted to walk there, it must be this place because many of the trees were broken and had fallen down.

"Sire, I still have such a bad feeling do we really not want to go back to the castle?" Escargoon spoke with a fearful voice, this negative aura did not let him go. "Oh, Escargoon stupid slug why should we turn."

"The only one who is stupid here is you, sire," Escargoon thought, not wanting to say it aloud or Dedede would be angry and try to hit him.

Escargoon and Dedede kept walking towards the crash site. Escargoon felt it was getting colder, he didn't want to go there but Dedede did. With an excited face, Dedede suddenly ran faster.

"Sire?!" yelled Escargoon who was running after Dedede. They were only a few steps away when Dedede suddenly stopped and told Escargoon to go on, pressing hard against Escargoon.

"Escargoon?there's someone standing there..." whispered Dedede who was clinging to Escargoon.

"But what?" Escargoon was about to finish his sentence when he also saw the dark figure in the endless cold forest. From the looks of it, the figure didn't notice the two of them as if it was busy.

"Who is that?" Escargoon asked himself. Dedede got angry and pinched Escargoon "What do I know, maybe it's one of the little pests."

"But Sire,Fumu and the others are sleeping in the castle,I saw them staying there and not leaving the room." Said Escargoon as he tried to free himself from Dedede's grip.

"I don't care about that now!!! I'll finish this guy off I wanted to investigate the crash site and find out what our pesky little star warriors are up to now!!!" Screamed Dedede as he readied his hammer to shove the dark figure away from the Crash Place.

As Dedede jumped over the small cliff where Crash had caused, he saw dark red eyes gleaming in the moonlight he was transfixed by them but he struck the smaller figure anyway.

Dedede's hammer left a deep imprint in the earth, but he didn't catch the figure, it just disappeared into thin air.

Dedede stopped, he couldn't move, he was afraid that this thing would try to attack him and wanted to defend himself if it was ready. It became quieter and quieter, no sounds of the wind, just deathless silence....

Dedede was startled when Escargoon suddenly stood beside him. "Sire? What was that?" Escargoon whispered fearfully as he put his hands around his shoulders and trembled.

Dedede gave no answer and wanted to know just as much as Escargoon who this figure was.

"Ah, your majesty to see you again is surprising."

Escargoon and Dedede turned their heads as fast as they could to identify the figure that spoke to them.

Escargoon and Dedede held their mouths open as they saw this familiar face again, well they only saw it once.

"Wait aren't you that weird ninja guy who betrayed the star warriors or something???" asked Escargoon pointing a finger at the figure.

"You can remember?" chuckled the smaller figure,who would have her kantana ready in case of emergency against Dedede and Escargoon.

"Your name was Yamikage, wasn't it?" asked Dedede as his grin grew wider.

"That means you're still my bought demon beast" said Dedede as his grin grew wider and started to laugh.

Yamikage didn't expect this answer, but he is not Dedede's Demon Beast anymore, he just came here to destroy Kirby for good which unfortunately failed.

"No, I will not listen to your orders, I will only listen to Lord Nightmare's orders, but good try." said Yamikage as he approached Dedede and Escargoon and directed his cantana to Dedede.

"I'm just here to investigate something" Yamikage hissed as he pointed his cantana closer to Dedede's neck.
"About the asteroid?" Escargoon asked curiously.

"Maybe" hissed Yamikage who slowly pulled his cantana away and just wanted to keep looking to see if there were any clues here.

"You can search with me if you want, I know you're here for the same reason I am," Yamikage hissed and continued searching resolutely.

Dedede and Escargoon agreed and searched as well as Yamikage. Yamikage didn't care about Dedede and Escargoon, they were just a waste of time, he just wanted to know what this thing was. A few hours ago he even saw the star warriors carrying something heavy and big, but he couldn't see those things so well because of the big trees and he didn't want to get caught.

Yamikage looked around and saw something shining in the corner, thanks to the moonlight he could see where it was.

He walked a few steps to get a better look at the thing, which was a pocket knife? Yamikage bent down to examine the pocket knife better, why would a pocket knife be lying deep in the forest where no one is and at an asteroid crash site?
"This is strange" Yamikage whispered to himself as he held the small pocket knife in his hands.

He turned the pocketknife to get a better look and it looked so familiar. He turned it further and suddenly realized why the pocket knife looked so familiar.

He was a bit shocked to find this thing here in this place. The pocket knife had the symbol of the Holynightmare company on the side of the handle, Nightmare's company sold many different things like pocket knives or other things but this one Nightmare made just for a special someone.

"How... How did it get here." Yamikage was getting more and more suspicious of course he had overheard that Kirby had defeated Nightmare and that the company was blown up.

"Hey weird ninja guy! we found something weird!" screamed Dedede as he tried to pull some card out of the ground but the card somehow got stuck on two rocks.

Yamikage ran to the two with the pocket knife firmly in his hands so as not to lose it.

"We can't get it out somehow it's stuck!" Said Dedede in a strained voice.

"Let me try!!" Yamikage replied, pushing Dedede to somehow pull the card out himself.

"Hey!" complained Dedede.

Yamikage didn't care what the Fat Penguin had to say, he just wanted to know what was going on and why he had found this pocket knife here.

Yamikage tried to loosen the stones somehow to pull the card out and it worked, but the card got some scratches when Yamikage pulled it out.

Yamikage was the first to examine the Card better, Dedede and Escargoon were naturally curious about the Card that was just stuck in the cold ground.

Yamikage's eyes widened as he realized who the card belonged to. It was not just a normal card but an ID card that was mandatory in Nightmare's company, each of the employees should have one or the people who lived there.

He looked at the card more closely, the name has been scratched because of the stones but the picture, age and date of birth can still be seen.

This ID card belonged to the human-like guy who is really close to Nightmare, Nightmare really trusted him a lot.

Before Yamikage was sent to Dedede, he was still working for Nightmare who gave him the order to destroy Kirby but he couldn't fulfill that one wish and Yamikage felt so useless after that, not even that wish he could fulfill the great Lord Nightmare.

"But!!! Isn't that Customer Service??!" screamed Dedede when he could finally see the card Yamikage was holding in his hands as well.

"Yes that's him, I'd recognize that ugly face anywhere." said Escargoon as he pointed to the picture.

"Ugly" Yamikage thought to himself as he looked at the picture, the only ones that are ugly is that Fat Penguin and that annoying snail standing next to him.

"Why do you call him ugly? Yeah, maybe you think so, but still, he's done almost everything for you, you really can't be grateful," Yamikage hissed to the two who suddenly looked at him with a stare.

When he was working in the company, he had often watched Customer Service at work. Once even when Customer Service was talking to Dedede, Dedede was just another one of many customers who were like that, of course there were also customers who were quite nice or even suck-ups who tried to get discounts.

But he believed Dedede was one of the most difficult customers Customer Service had ever had. Of course, he had also heard a few things about what was going on in the company, Nightmare had given Yamikage a phone in case of emergency. He even remembered when Dedede sent Holynightmare his garbage and Customer Services couldn't do anything about it, when he ended the call with Dedede he was so afraid he was going to get fired and almost cried.

Nightmare then comforted him and said he would not be fired just because another stupid customer disregarded the transportation system as a garbage facility. Yamikage found these years that he worked in the company very exciting and surpassing the GSA was for him only like a kindergarten, but he was also glad that Nightmare was his boss, Sir Arthur was just too bitchy for him.

He was torn from his thoughts when one of the two pains in the ass started talking, he didn't even listen to them.

He just wanted to know if Customer Service was still alive and maybe crashed here by mistake when he escaped.

Forgetting about the two annoying fools, he took the ID and the pocket knife and ran deep into the forest, slowly creeping towards the main ship of the Star Warriors.

"Tomorrow they will celebrate the victory over Nightmare, there will be some alcohol, if they get drunk I can sneak in better" Yamikage thought when he heard the screams of Dedede and Escargoon behind him.

But he ignored them and just kept running.

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Slowly the sun shone over the wonderful village of the Cappys and many followed their normal day, but many still wondered if this asteroid that crashed in the forest was really a normal one.

But since Kirby had defeated Nightmare, the village finally had their peace and was no longer bothered by Dedede and his bought demon beasts.

Kawasaki who had opened his restaurant a little earlier was expecting his first customer, and that customer was Kirby.

At the moment, Kirby was always the first one in the restaurant and was eager to have something to eat.

Kawasaki had given Kirby a bonus, so to speak, Kirby may eat in his restaurant for free, because Kirby has saved the universe. But not only Kirby could eat for free but also the star warriors who stay a bit in the village, the village owes them something.

Kawasaki was very proud to be able to cook something for the greatest warriors in the universe but Kirby was one of his best customers.

"Poyo?" asked Kirby curiously as he tried to pique Kawasaki's curiosity.

"Ah! Kirby I was expecting you I already started to cook you something delicious, you are the only customer who at least likes my food." said Kawasaki as he prepared Kirby a delicious ramen soup.

"Poyo poyo?" asked Kirby curiously, getting even hungrier as he smelled the soup.

After a few minutes, the soup would be successfully prepared and Kawasaki prepared the table for Kirby. Kirby then ran to the table and couldn't wait to get his soup.

Kawasaki went to the kitchen and took the soup and placed it on Kirby's table.

"So Kirby my special soup I had prepared just for you, I hope it tastes good!"
Without another word Kirby sucked up the soup under 5 seconds and really wanted a second helping.

"Poyo! Poyo!" squeaked Kirby as he took the bowl and pointed at Kawasaki.

"Looks like someone is hungry again" laughed Kawasaki and took the bowl to get Kirby a second helping.

Kawasaki ran to the kitchen and poured Kirby a second plate and ran back to a hungry Kirby.
"So a second helping." spoke Kawasaki as he placed the bowl in front of Kirby.

Kirby quickly scarfed down the second helping just as he had done with the first. When Kirby finished Kirby shined the bowl to Kawasaki to show that he was still hungry.

As Kawasaki was about to take the bowl to get Kirby a second helping, he suddenly heard shouts coming from outside.

Everyone in this village knew these voices, Dedede and Escargoon were probably very angry again because of something unimportant.

Kawasaki ran outside to see why the two were so angry again. Kawasaki didn't even notice Kirby running after him, Kirby probably wanted to know what was going on.

Kawasaki saw Escargoon and Dedede sitting in their car that was bought by Holynightmare. And pacing around loudly.

Some of the villagers ran out of their houses to find out why their annoying stupid king was pacing all over the village.
"Those stupid star warriors are hiding something from us!!!" screamed Dedede with all the strength he had.

The villagers looked at the king very suspiciously, he's probably trying to convince the villagers to hate the star warriors or something, like with Kirby. But of course the villagers trusted the star warriors more than their stupid king.

Kawasaki sighed and just didn't want to hear these things their king was saying anymore.

He went back to his restaurant, Kirby followed him and Kawasaki poured him and Kirby a soup and just enjoyed it.

"Now that we have peace Dedede still wants to convince us to hate the star warriors but they saved us why should me and the others hate them. "Kawasaki thought as he sipped his hot soup.

"I wonder where Bun and Fumu are, they actually always come at this time.... Probably they are still tired because of the party yesterday, or still shocked about the asteroid that crashed yesterday." Kawasaki thought as he looked at the clock.

"Hmm, and if they are, they must not be doing anything new."

"Wait you mean to tell me dad, you didn't check the firecrackers properly and that's why they didn't go off yesterday??!"

Fumu asked, pestering her father with questions.

"Yes, I think I did... made a mistake but I didn't think it was bad." said her father as he still felt pressured.

"It's okay to make mistakes dad, but you need to tell us sooner!" spoke Fumu raising her voice.

"Yes I'm sorry..."

" Don't be sorry dad..." said Fumu sitting comfortably on the sofa with her father.

As Fumu was about to ask her father something else, someone suddenly stormed through the door and strode around. It was King Dedede and Escargoon.

Out of shock, Parm asked if everything was all right and if anything bad had happened.

"Where is Meta Knight?" asked Dedede to the two who were sitting by the sofa.

"Meta Knight? He's not here but still with the Star Warriors." said Fumu as she tried to process her shock.

"Why what is so important?" asked Parm as he got up from the sofa and put a hand on Dedede's shoulder. Dedede was very agitated, they very rarely saw him like this.

"This weird ninja guy just showed up and stole our stuff!"Escargoon spoke as he tried to explain everything.
"Stole? And ninja guy?" Fumu asked as she placed a finger on her chin. She thought about it but couldn't think of a ninja type. Except...

"What you mean Yamikage!!!? "Fumu yelled and jumped up from the sofa. She knew who Yamikage was, Meta Knight had told her all about him. She completely forgot that he was still on the loose. Kirby had not completely defeated Yamikage.

"Yes! And he stole our stuff!" Said Dedede who was very angry and his head was almost boiling with rage.
"And he just ran away!"

"What did he steal from you?" asked Fumu with a confused look.

"Oh that's not important" interrupted Escargoon as Dedede was about to say something Yamikage had stolen from them. Escargoon took Dedede's shoulder and turned him to him and whispered to him.

"Sire these little pecks must not know what we have found or they will lie in wait for us, in our rage we forgot what we had found.

Dedede turned back to Fumu and Parm and spoke " he destroyed a piece of our car and took it with him..."

"And that's it?" asked Fumu who was suspicious and staring at the two.

"We thought Meta Knight was here to let him know that Yamikage was still loose here..."

Dedede and Escargoon simply wanted Yamikage to be killed by Kirby or the Star Warriors. Yamikage betrayed the two, he was actually a bought demon beast who didn't listen to orders.

But the most important thing is that they want to find out what the Star Warriors are really hiding.

When Fumu wanted to ask another question, Dedede and Escargoon just left and ran towards the throne room?
Fumu stared at the empty door and looked at her father.

"Since her majesty can't buy demon beasts anymore, he's been acting really weird." Said Parm as he took his coffee on his table and drank from it.

"Yes... but the most important thing is that we forgot that Yamikage is still loose, we have to tell Meta Knight or there might be consequences..."

Parm slowly lowered his cup.
"And how are you going to tell him? just now he is in the main ship with the other star warriors, no one can get in there at the moment it is strictly forbidden." Parm asked as he lifted his cup again to take a drink.

"I'll just tell Blade and Sword they have contact with Meta Knight!!!" Shouted Fumu as she ran out the door to head in the direction of Blade and Sword's rooms.

"But!!! They're still asleep!!!" shouted Parm as he tried but failed to stop his daughter.

Since Nightmare was defeated, Sword, Blade and Meta Knight have been sleeping for a very long time, why? No one knows, it seems that they have no more stress and are just happy to sleep in peace without being attacked by a demon beast.

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Warning: Cringe and Violence

In a cold room that was heavily lit by the sun, an alarm suddenly sounded, a clock alarm. A grumble came from the bed of a certain star warrior.

"Shut up already..." Hissed Sir Arthur as he tried to turn over and use his sword lying beside him to push down his alarm clock to finally shut up.

After a few minutes the alarm clock stopped ringing and Sir Arthur wanted to sit up but couldn't, he was still so tired from the things that had happened four hours ago.

He only slept for an hour more, he was too upset about Nightmare.

As Sir Arthur almost closed his eyes slowly at last there came a knock on his door. Sir Arthur hissed and wanted to go back to sleep but maybe it was something important?

"Yes?" cried Sir Arthur as he sat up to look fit and well.

Slowly the door opened and the people emerged. It was Meta Knight and Sir Falspar.

"What do you want?" asked Sir Arthur to the two entering his room.

"Sir we are really sorry to disturb you but it is important..." hissed Sir Falspar as he moved closer to Sir Arthur.

Arthur was terribly tired but still trying to hold his ground to clear up this supposedly important matter. "What is so important?" Sir Arthur asked his most loyal soldiers.

Sir Falspar sighed loudly so that everyone in the room could hear and began the important matter. " It's about Nightmare..."

"Nightmare?!!what's wrong,has he escaped???" squeaked Sir Arthur as his adrenaline suddenly rose and he no longer felt his fatigue.

"No sir... please let me finish..." said Sir Falspar to his leader who was feeling his pure adrenaline.

"Meta Knight has told us all what happened.... And we just wanted to say...we better not separate Nightmare and Customer Service anymore..."

"What why...the two of them might be hatching secret plans between themselves!!!" spoke Sir Arthur to his soldiers who were staring at him with a lazy face.

Sir Arthur had sort of promised Nightmare that Customer Service would stay with him just for that one night, nothing more, he wanted to calm Nightmare down with Customer Service and it worked.

"Yes sir... but Nightmare won't let go of Customer Service, we tried to somehow separate Customer Service from him but it didn't work...even though Customer Service is still unconscious....

Nightmare has even wrapped him up in his cape so that we have less access to him. I tried myself...but Nightmare caught me full force and pushed me against the wall with all his might."

Sir Falspar said as he put his hand on the injury, he was not in much pain from the injury, but for Nightmare to still have such tremendous strength, even though Nightmare is tied up and weakened is really impressive.

Sir Arthur stared at Sir Falspar with a sudden angry look, his tiredness buried by his anger.

"I'll take care of it," Sir Arthur hissed as he marched out of his room with large and quick strides to settle this matter as quickly as possible.

It takes a little time to get to Nightmare's cell, it is at the end of the ship in the long corridors but Sir Arthur did not waste a second.

Meta Knight and Sir Falspar did not know what to do and just followed their leader who was somehow very tense.

"Finally these stupid star warriors leave me alone," Nightmare hissed as he hugged Customer Service closer.

He was so angry he could blow up an entire planet with the rage he felt right now. He slowly leaned against the wall and tried to calm down but he couldn't.

He took a deep breath and tried to calm down. He took again a deep breath and tried to come down somehow. As he continued to do some things to calm himself down, a groan came.

This sound came from his little humanoid, which he held tightly in his hands and wrapped tightly in his cloak so that his little demon beast would not freeze.

Nightmare was overjoyed to see him awake at last, he took his hand and stroked it gently over Customer Services hair.

He had never done things like this before, at the company he had always just worked and worked, he had too little time for his favourite demon beast.

"Sir...?" whispered Customer Service as he realised which arms he was in, but still sounding very dazed.

"Shh... It's all right, rest." Nightmare whispered softly to Customer Service who was still very dazed from the drug he had been given by the star warrior.

The moaning grew a little louder as Nightmare realised he had accidentally pressed too hard on a wound.

He took his hand away from the wound and placed it where there were no wounds to avoid inflicting pain on his demon beast.

Nightmare was still gently stroking Customer Services' hair and smiling at him. Customer Services was still very weak and hardly moved, his eyes were half closed and his dark circles could be seen by everyone.

Customer Service's eyes were not like his, black as the universe and glittering stars, but normal human eyes.

Nightmare didn't want him to have the same eyes as him, he thought his eyes were very ugly and hid them with glasses.

Most of the employees of the company were very confused when they met Customer Service for the very first time, as if they had never seen such a life form before, except Nightmare who looked very identical to Customer Service. That was also Nightmare's goal, he had created Customer Service to resemble him.

"Sir? Where are we..." whispered Customer Service as he tried to stay awake.

"Never mind that now, I just want you to rest," Nightmare replied as he helped Customer Service up so he was in a comfortable position.

Nightmare noticed a trembling that didn't come from him but from Customer Service who clung closer to his boss.

Without hesitation, Nightmare tried to warm Customer Service better with his cloak, wrapping his cloak around Customer Service differently this time so he could snuggle in better.

"So, at least try to rest now..." said Nightmare and hugged Customer Service. Customer Service clung strongly to his boss and didn't want to let go at all, burying himself in his thoughts, he and his boss have lost everything.... it's all gone. He knows that his boss had been running the company for many years and now all the work his boss had done for the company has been destroyed. He wants to turn the heads of those stupid star warriors. Luckily his boss didn't notice his anger, he hid it from him.

Nightmare closed his eyes to get some sleep or distract himself somehow after all the things that had happened.

He hadn't even noticed the smell of blood, earth and burning all this time. He and Customer Service just reeked of it. "A warm bath or shower would be in order..." whispered Nightmare very quietly to himself.

After a few silent minutes, Nightmare noticed that Customer Service had fallen asleep in his arms again, probably another effect of the drug.

As Nightmare also closed his eyes to get some sleep, he heard complaints from a certain person entering his room.

"What do you want?" Nightmare hissed to Sir Arthur, who poked him with an annoyed and angry look.

"We have to separate you, I just gave you customer service so you can calm down, that's all." Sir Arthur hissed back at Nightmare.

"Then go get him!!!you stupid green round ball!!!" Growled Nightmare, pushing Customer Service more towards him.

Nightmare's pointy white teeth were showing, with those teeth you could pierce someone's flesh just like that.

"Nightmare... still so ambitious and pretending he's still on top of the throne!!! we have control over you now, so if I were you I'd stop it!!!" shouted Arthur with bold angry eyes.

Sir Meta Knight and Sir Falspar watched the argument between Sir Arthur and Nightmare very quietly.... they did not want to get in the way of their leader even if it was necessary.

The shouting of the two grew louder and louder, as if two were roaring at each other like wild animals.

Sir Arthur couldn't stand it any longer, he took his sword in his sweaty hands and just wanted to force Nightmare to shut up. Without thinking he jumped on Nightmare and tried to push him down to the ground.

"Sir!!!!" shouted Sir Falspar as he tried to stop his leader.
The two were fighting like wild animals trying to tear each other apart.

Sir Falspar and Meta Knight were so focused on the fight that they didn't even notice that Customer Service noticing the fight and trying to help his boss and grabbing Sir Arthur by his hair.

"Leave us alone!!!!" hissed Customer Service as he continued to pull Sir Arthur's hair to let go of Nightmare. "Oh, who woke up there?!!!" hissed Sir Arthur, hitting Customer Service with his full force and fury so that he could finally let go of his hair and continue to take care of Nightmare.

Sir Arthur caught Customer Service very hard on his nose and Customer Service fell a few steps hard to the ground, holding his nose where Sir Arthur had hit it with all his might.

Warm blood appeared and slowly flowed down to his arm. Customer Service tried not to cry but it was hurting so much. Nightmare, who had just witnessed the incident, grabbed Sir Arthur with fury and just wanted him dead.

Nightmare cannot use his magic, he is still too weak for that, but the only weapons he has now are his hands and sharp teeth. Sir Arthur was not afraid of Nightmare and continued to fight.

When he remembered that he had put the chain on Nightmare to keep him under control, he naturally took advantage of the opportunity.

"Shockwaves!!!" cried Sir Arthur, raising his sword in Nightmare's direction.

Sir Meta Knight and Sir Falspar watched the fight all the while they could not move a single step, they had never seen their leader like this.... he was so changed.

Sir Falspar and Meta Knight were deep in their thoughts when they saw the golden chain on Nightmare's neck start to get brighter and brighter. "What the?" whispered Sir Falspar as he continued to watch the necklace.

Sir Arthur let go of Nightmare and took a few steps back to wait for the chain to do its work.

The chain on Nightmare's neck grew brighter and lit up almost the whole room. Nightmare didn't care though.... Nightmare felt the intense pain but was as angry as he had ever been and just wanted the star warriors dead.

" Take Customer Service and lock him away, very far away from Nightmare!!!!" hissed Sir Arthur as he gave the order to his two most loyal Star Warriors.

Sir Meta Knight and Sir Falspar ran to Customer Service who lay crying on the floor and tried to grab him to pull him out of the room.

But they failed...

Sir Meta Knight was grabbed by the arm and thrown against the cold hard wall.

Sir Falspar looked at the attacker and tried to stand up to defend himself, but he was not grabbed by the arm, but by his hair and was thrown across the room with all his might.

Meta Knight couldn't get up this time Nightmare really hit him hard.

"How can it be that he still have such strength?" whispers Meta Knight to Sir Falspar who was lying next to him on the cold floor, also trying to get over the shock.

"I don't know, but Nightmare is still very dangerous at the moment, we have to be careful," whispered Sir Falspar.

Sir Arthur, of course, watched Nightmare hurl two of his most loyal soldiers across the room. It made him so angry, he didn't want to lose another loyal soldier to his heart, especially not at Nightmare's hands.

And... the amulet did not work either, Sir Arthur saw Nightmare struggling with the pain, but far too focused on attacking Arthur.

This was his chance he has to push Nightmare to the ground and show his dominance, that will be very hard with Nightmare, but he has to do it, otherwise he will have to fight with Nightmare for hours. And if, Nightmare is not that big, he had killed the biggest demon beasts Nightmare had ever created.

Sir Arthur ran with all his might to Nightmare and climbed on his back to somehow push him down to the ground.

Nightmare of course noticed it very quickly and tried to grab Sir Arthur brutally, shaking his whole body to somehow shake Sir Arthur off. Sir Arthur grabbed Nightmare by his hair and pulled as hard as he could towards him. Nightmare hissed and snarled so loudly and disturbingly that even Meta Knight and Sir Falspar were getting goose bumps.

After some brutal struggles, Sir Arthur finally managed to push Nightmare to the ground, Nightmare fell brutally to the ground and could hardly move because he was chained.

"Now!!!take the humanoid!!!"

Sir Meta Knight and Sir Falspar didn't even wait a second and jumped up to grab Customer Service who was still lying there with bloody hands.

Meta Knight and Sir Falspar, took Customer Service by his arms and tried to separate him from Nightmare as quickly as possible.

Customer Service barely resisted as he was carried out by the two star warriors, he was still totally dazed because he had lost so much blood.

"NO.. NO!!!!!!!" screamed Nightmare as he saw Meta Knight and Sir Falspar carrying Customer Service out of the room.

"YOU FILTHY STAR WARRIORS GIVE HIM BACK TO ME!!!!."

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Warning: Cringe,Blood,Gore?...,

Sir Falspar and Meta Knight ran as frantically and swiftly as they could, with full adrenaline rush trying to separate Customer Service from Nightmare as quickly as possible to avoid any further conflicts.

They heard Nightmare's loud and frustrated screams, longing for his creation. Meta Knight and Sir Falspar did not even look back for a second to see Nightmare's frustrated face as he was still busy fighting brutally with their leader Arthur.

They ran faster and faster to avoid hearing those scary screams and shrieks from Nightmare, which just gave the two of them horrible goosebumps.

They held Customer Service very tightly by his arms and tried to get him to his cell as quickly as possible. Although Customer Service was bleeding very badly from his nose from the hard and swift blow he had received from Sir Arthur, he tried to free himself from Sir Falspar's and Meta Knight's strong hands, but unfortunately failed every time, because he was very badly injured and still very weakened from the drug.

"Will you stop squirming!!!" Growled Sir Falspar as he grabbed Customer Service even harder and unfortunately caught an old wound that made Customer Service scream.

Sir Falspar was startled when he heard Customer Service's loud scream and wasn't sure why the humanoid had suddenly started screaming.

Sir Falspar looked at his tense hand, which he had pressed down hard to hold Customer Service, and realized that he had pressed down too hard on an old wound, causing Customer Service to suddenly cry out for no reason at all.

Sir Falspar looked again at his hand, but then at Customer Service's face and was startled by the horrible sight he saw, but not only was he startled by the sight, but Meta Knight had only just noticed all the blood on Customer Service and on them, because they were too busy getting away from Nightmare and were completely lost in another world of thought as they carried Customer Service and the disturbing echoing screams of Nightmare played in their minds.

Meta Knight looked back from the long walk they had taken and saw Customer Service's blood forming a long trail on the steel floor of the long hallway.

Meta Knight was sure they would have to treat Customer Service as soon as possible, otherwise Customer Service might fall over before they did because of all the blood loss he had suffered.

Meta Knight looked back at Customer Service, who was slowly and tiredly closing his eyes and rocking back and forth, unable to stand properly.

"We need to fix him up as soon as possible!..." muttered Meta Knight a bit angrily but also very worried as he looked at Customer Service's face and watched the fresh blood still dripping down from Customer Service's face onto the floor.

Meta Knight tilted to his right to see if everything was all right with Sir Falspar, because he had not received a clear answer from Sir Falspar. He saw Sir Falspar was a bit disturbed by the sight he got from Customer Service and you could easily see in Sir Falspar's eyes that Sir Falspar felt some pity to see such a terrible injury.

Meta Knight was still looking at Sir Falspar with one eyebrow raised, trying to somehow address Sir Falspar and snap him out of his engrossed thoughts, when after several long seconds Sir Falspar finally gave Meta Knight an answer.

"How....how are we going to doctor him? "we...we have never doctored a demon beast before.... and never, ever..." stuttered Sir Falspar a bit strained and pointed with his index finger at Customer Service, wanting to tell Meta Knight that Customer Service was, from all organs and appearance, just different from all demon beasts they had ever seen.

Meta Knight looked again at Sir Falspar, but this time a little more nervously, not knowing exactly how to properly treat Customer Service and who could help them.

"It doesn't matter now...we have to do it...otherwise the injury will get worse...and inflammation can occur!..." replied Meta Knight, pushing Customer Service more towards him so that Customer Service wouldn't fall over in front of them.

A few long seconds passed where neither of them spoke anything, but stood rooted to the spot as they had been a few minutes ago, simply unable to move their legs. The only thing to be heard was the soft silence of the endless corridors and the loud breathing of Customer Service,because he was struggling with his terrible pain.

"We...should get going..." Whispered Meta Knight, not looking at Sir Falspar but forward to the long hallway, noticing that Customer Service's cell is right there in front of them and not far away.

"Yes...we should go..." muttered Sir Falspar, still a bit disturbed by the horrible injury he saw on Customer Services face.

Meta Knight and Sir Falspar lifted Customer Service for the last time and tried to reach the cell as soon as possible in order to treat Customer Service as soon as possible so that no bad inflammation could occur.

They reached the cell and with a quick jerk opened the door, which was not locked, and took the last steps back to the bed in the room.

Meta Knight grabbed Customer Service by the waist and pushed Customer Service into the bed so that he and Sir Falspar could finally be freed and their arms and feet could rest a bit from all the carrying and walking.

"Sir Falspar get the bandages and the other important things to doctor from the medicine cabinet in the closest room next to us..." Meta Knight ordered and raised his index finger right door so Sir Falspar wouldn't stand around uselessly but do something right away.

"I'll take care of our guest here so far..." spoke Meta Knight, pointing his thumb backwards to Customer Service who was lying in bed almost lifeless and in terrible pain, still trying to stay awake to make sure what the star warriors were going to do with him.

"Y..yes I'll get the medicine stuff..." Sir Falspar muttered and ran with his tiring legs to the nearest room to get the medicine stuff for Customer Service.

Meta Knight watched Sir Falspar's last tiring steps until he finally ran out of the door to get the medicine stuff from the room next to them. Meta Knight slowly turned to face Customer Service, wanting to get a better look at the injuries so that he would know what injuries Customer Service had suffered even before Sir Arthur's hard blow.

Meta Knight gently propped herself up on the somewhat hard bed where they had placed Customer Service and tried to remove Customer Service's work clothes somehow to see the wounds he had suffered before.

Meta Knight slowly groped around the work clothes where Customer Service's strange blood was visible, trying to find any other serious injuries that needed to be treated quickly.

Customer Service hissed as Meta Knight continued to probe deeper and deeper into his old injuries, which were still very painful. Meta Knight noticed Customer Service's terrible pain and tried to find the cause of these injuries and whether they were cuts or other wounds that were causing the pain.

Meta Knight reached out to the buttons that were still attached to Customer Service's work clothes and tried to remove Customer Service's clothes so he could see what the terrible injuries were.

Customer Service tried to grab Meta Knight's arm to stop what Meta Knight was trying to do to him, but unfortunately this movement failed because Customer Service could not see well from the blow he got from the stupid green ball and saw and perceived everything very blurry.

Meta Knight realized that Customer Service was trying to grab him and stop him, but Meta Knight was sure that in the state he was in right now, Customer Service was not the slightest danger to the Star Warriors or could do anything against them, as weak as he was.

Meta Knight was still very busy removing the clothes from Customer Service when he heard a familiar and trustworthy voice, finally holding the medicine things tightly in his hand and running as fast as he could with big steps to Meta Knight to finally start doctoring Customer Service.

"Sorry for the long wait...I had to find the keys to open the medicine cabinet first..." Sir Falspar muttered, handing Meta Knight the medicine case he held tightly in his hand.

"It's alright...I think...we need to treat not only his face, but also his entire upper body and arms, they seem to be very badly injured as well." Meta Knight whispered and pointed to Customer Services arms and torso where there was still a lot of old blood.

Sir Falspar nodded resolutely to Meta Knight and knew what was needed now, they had to doctor the entire body of Customer Service immediately, this might take them a few long hours to get right but they wanted..no...they had to do it.

"First we have to take care of the injury on his face..." Meta Knight said and knew that the fresh injury had better be treated first, otherwise Customer Service could lose more blood and pass out in front of them.

Sir Falspar nodded again resolutely at Meta Knight and opened the white star-covered medicine case Meta Knight had laid down next to them and rummaged around in it to put the most important things out first.

"Here's what we'll probably need..." Sir Falspar muttered, taking out a yellowish green glass bottle from the case and gently placing it on his palm to see how old it was and if it could still be used.

"Yes we definitely need this...with the bottle we can clean the wounds a bit so that no dirt or grime can get into the wound and make it worse..." Replied Meta Knight and reached into the medicine case to pull out some soft cloths they can use to clean the wound.

"Do you think this will really help...?" Asked Sir Falspar with a raised eyebrow, analyzing the bottle he held in his hands.
"We have to use everything we have..." Meta Knight mumbled a bit nervously, hoping that they wouldn't hurt Customer Service too much with the treatment they were about to give.

Sir Falspar sighed very loudly and looked very nervously and tensely at Meta Knight and handed him the yellow bottle he was still holding tightly in his hands.

Meta Knight took the bottle Sir Falspar had handed him and with somewhat tense hands opened the tight lid and pressed the cloths against it so that some of the remaining liquid could be used.

"Sir Falspar you take care of the other injuries and try to tie some bandages over them...but we have to see what injuries it is first..." Meta Knight replied a bit stressed and pointed to Customer Services belly so Sir Falspar would know what he meant.

"Yes, of course..." Sir Falspar murmured softly and approached his hand on Customer Services clothes and managed to remove the remaining buttons that were still buttoned up so that the two could glimpse the rest of the injuries.

Meta Knight was still busy with the liquid and soft cloths when Sir Falspar suddenly took a loud breath and sounded a bit startled. Meta Knight looked up at Sir Falspar who had suddenly made those intrusive noises and wondered what was going on, but then he saw it too why Sir Falspar had made those sudden noises.

"Holy... Nova...." muttered Meta Knight, very disturbed by the sight of what he was about to see.

"Are...are those burns...?" asked Sir Falspar in a very low voice, turning his head towards Meta Knight very disturbed but also very confused.

"These..these are burns...but very severe..." whispered Meta Knight, very stressed about what he and Falspar should do about these bad burns Customer Service had probably suffered from the company explosion yet.

"Try these..." Said Meta Knight, rummaging through the medicine case and handing Sir Falspar a Red Bottle, good for burns and soothing the wounds no matter how severe.

"Take some bandages and dump a few drops of the liquid on the bandages and when you're done with that, try to tie the bandages to him somehow..." Meta Knight murmured and pointed to the bandages that lay intact on the cold floor next to them.

"OK...I get it..." Said Sir Falspar and picked up the bandages from the floor and was now ready to finally get it over with.

Meta Knight raised his hand and tried to clean up the injury on Customer Service's face and then somehow tape it up with band-aids or smaller bandages so that Customer Service wouldn't be walking around like half a bleeding corpse.

Customer Service hissed as Meta Knight tried to remove the blood from his face, pressing down a little hard so that the blood could be easily removed.

Customer Service quietly cried out and hissed even more as Sir Falspar started to tape the bandages over his hip and it hurt terribly because of the burns that were a little old but still hurt terribly.

"Ok...I did it..." Murmured Sir Falspar and had applied the last bandage to Customer Service.

"OK...good..." Murmured Meta Knight suddenly somewhat quietly but also very questioningly.
"Is everything alright...?" asked Sir Falspar worriedly, looking very anxiously at Meta Knight.

"Don't...don't you notice this strange aura...?" spoke Meta Knight, looking very questioningly at Customer Service.
"What do you mean...?" Asked Sir Falspar, looking at Meta Knight very confused and questioning.

"This aura...like this aura would somehow try to break out and try to be big...but every time would fail to break out and still remain small..." told Meta Knight and knew where the aura was coming from.

Sir Falspar knew what Meta Knight meant by it...this aura that is very small and trapped but...felt very powerful as if it was slowly trying to break out of its prison.

"I...yes...I feel it too...but I thought I was imagining it all..." muttered Sir Falspar, thinking that his senses were just playing a silly trick on him because he was so upset and distraught about earlier.

Meta Knight looked again at Customer Service and knew that something was wrong, that aura was catching him like a spider's web, where it could not be penetrated and kept catching him.

"Sir Meta Knight Sir Falspar!!!!" Suddenly sounded a familiar voice behind them, making the two of them jump up.

"Kit Cosmos??...what's going on!?!?" Shouted Sir Falspar very startled and without a blink turned to the door to catch sight of Kit Cosmos staring at the two very sweaty and upset, wanting to tell them something important.

"Sir...Arthur..." Gasped Kit Cosmos and covered his mouth with his hand and wanted to continue talking, but his exhaustion won and only confused words came out of his mouth.

"Sir Arthur...is badly injured...but he can't get out of the room.... and continues to fight brutally with Nightmare, even though Nightmare had already weakened a bit...and is about to pass out,because Nightmare had used his last magic against Sir Arthur and had caught him very badly in the right arm..." Told Kit Cosmos exhaustedly, breathing very heavily and with deep breaths, looking at Sir Falspar and at Meta Knight.

Meta Knight didn't even lose a second and ran to the door and ordered Kit Cosmos to go with him.

"Falspar, you stay here, just to make sure he's okay and the injuries don't get any worse," Meta Knight ordered, pointing to Customer Service and turning around and pulling Kit Cosmos behind him.

Sir Falspar wanted to say something important, but was much too late because Meta Knight's and Kit Cosmos' footsteps were getting quieter and quieter.

Sir Falspar lowered his arm and gently scratched his head, and was now all alone in the silent room with a demon beast that was badly injured and struggling with the terrible pain it had suffered.

Sir Falspar looked very bored at the door and could not believe that Meta Knight and Kit Cosmos had left without him and just abandoned him in a cold room with a demon beast.

Sir Falspar was still caught up in his thoughts when he suddenly heard a low growl behind him.

Sir Falspar was immediately snapped out of his thoughts when he heard this menacing growl and turned around as backwards as he could, trying to identify where this low growl was coming from. Sir Falspar turned in all directions, but saw no one who had made that sound, except....

Sir Falspar was frozen as he turned to the bed and saw that the humanoid had disappeared for no reason at all and was no longer lying there. Sir Falspar's eyes widened and he was pretty sure that just a second ago Customer Service was lying on the bed in terrible pain.

Sir Falspar couldn't move a bit, his feet wouldn't move, his arms wouldn't move.... he just couldn't...he couldn't...he couldn't.....

Sir Falspar's blood froze like ice as he felt this aura of hatred and nightmares just filling his senses and felt this hateful aura behind him.

Sir Falspar swallowed very loudly out of nervousness, but to his failure, his swallowing resounded throughout the room, feeding his nervousness to the "creature" behind him.

Sir Falspar heard footsteps, hateful powerful footsteps coming closer and closer behind him, wanting to suck Sir Falspar's feeling of nervousness like a last delicious supper.

Sir Falspar clenched his hand into an angry fist and hated himself for feeling the sense of fear now of all times. Sir Falspar was deep in thought when suddenly he heard no more hateful footsteps behind him, but a growling and flapping of wings.

Sir Falspar was completely confused and felt a sense of fear but also a sense of nervousness. Were Meta Knight and the other star warriors playing a silly trick on him...?

"~Oh don't worry...it's not a stupid prank!" chuckled the creature behind him, causing Sir Falspar even more fear and nervousness.

"How do you know...that I...??... "Sir Falspar thought and was now even more nervous than before,this hateful creature had read his mind,but how??and who...was the creature....

You can be of good use to me..." Laughed the creature, gnashing its menacing teeth.

Sir Falspar recognized the voice very easily, it sounded so familiar to him...but on the other hand, the voice didn't sound familiar to him either, as if the voice had a resemblance to someone else but this voice was set to sound different.

Sir Falspar was still frozen and still could not move, he wanted to... but he couldn't, he was too scared...

Sir Falspar was still deep in thought and wanted to know who the mysterious creature was, when suddenly he felt a soft and metallic hand on his right cheek, stroking him from behind.

Sir Falspar only hoped that all the things he saw and felt were just a stupid trick of his senses and that it was all just a strange dream and he would wake up soon.

The creature grabbed him by his shoulder armor in a flash and turned him very threateningly and aggressively towards it, so that Sir Falspar could finally see the creature's face and identify who was doing these stupid things to him.

Sir Falspar's eyes widened to fear as he saw who just stood menacingly in front of him, smiling at him with a wide familiar grin.

"You star warriors will regret everything you have ever done..." growled the creature, looking Sir Falspar in the eye to show who was the dominant one in the spotlight this time.

"How...how...you're hurt bad like...?"... Nightmare must have slipped you something so you and he could escape!!!" Screeched Sir Falspar with all his might, pointing his index finger at the creature which became angrier as Sir Falspar began to speak.

"No...it's not like that...I have you to thank for it..." the creature chuckled and pulled Sir Falspar's hair and grabbed Sir Falspar forward so that he is eye to eye with him.

"No!!!" Shouted Sir Falspar and knew what was coming now, he was tumbling back and forth but the creature kept holding him with enormous strength and didn't let go.

Sir Falspar tried to close his eyes and tried not to fall for this old trick. Sir Falspar saw the red eyes hypnotizing him completely and with every intention, trying to penetrate deep into his thoughts and memories and wanting any control over his body.

Sir Falspar's eyes widened and he knew that no one would come to his aid and that he could not warn anyone what Nightmare's plans were.

Sir Falspar's eyes went black and he lost all sense of his memories and reality and knelt lifeless on the cold floor knowing that he had failed.

Sir Falspar only hoped that someone would see through the plans of Nightmare and his humanoid and that the conflict was not yet over with their archenemy.

"Oh...? You're really crashing the party already...". Laughed a sinister voice that stood menacingly at the doorframe and looked Sir Falspar in the eye. Sir Falspar recognized the voice...that deceptive voice every one of the star warriors knew.

"Mhhhm...You've been gone a long time...our boss has been really worried that you were killed by Kirby and disobeyed your allegiance to him..." hummed the creature, kicking Sir Falspar aside.

"I would never betray the great Lord Nightmare...and neither would you..." Hummed Yamikage, laughing at Sir Falspar's weakness as he lay on the ground.

"But I must say...you have finally reached your great potential...with that, we can finally get those stupid star warriors out of the way." Chuckled Yamikage, approaching Sir Falspar with powerful and menacing steps.

"You remember our plan...? Hummed the creature to Yamikage.

"Yes of course...why would I have forgotten it...?"

Sir Falspar's eyes felt so heavy he listened to what the two were trying to do to corner them, but he was now weak on the ground and could do nothing but watch.

"I hope but I will be of great help "Ertha via lactea"" Yamikage hummed and looked at Customer Service in his demon beast form which was very similar to Nightmares form.