Chapter 2: The Launch New Characters: Gim: The chief engineer onboard the Halberd, being mechanical himself he well understands the operation of the Halberds Main Reactor. Jet: Navigations officer Bio spark: Kirby, who was having a nice dream of a huge turkey dinner was awoken by a sudden knock at the door. He floated over and opened it, standing in the morning light was waddle doo. Waddle Doo: Kirby come quick! The world is in danger! Kirby still rubbing his eyes looks at Doo as if hes heard that one before Kirby: *yawn* Whats going on now? Waddle Doo: Its Metaknight, hes about to launch his gigantic battleship, if we hurry we can still stop him!! Kirby: Is there time for breakfast? Waddle Doo: Not really no.. come on!! Waddle doo dragged kirby out the door towards a nearby warp star, hopping on he and kirby sped towards the island where metaknights fortress was located. Onboard the completed Halberd's Bridge, Meta chain, Meta Axe, Metaknight, Captain Falcon and Waddle Dee are all in a large room with computers and guages, Falcon is stationed at a large wheel, Chain and Axe are at various stations and Metaknight is on a platform a bit above the main entrence to the bridge with a row of computers in front of him, the windows outside are covered by a large metal plate Captain Falcon: All stations are reporting at the ready sir! Gim: This is Chief Engineer Gim reporting, the reactor is online and ready to power the ship! Jet: This is Navigations officer jet reporting, course laid in, target, King Dededes castle Metaknight: Excellent, begin pre launch preperations Captain falcon grabs a microphone to the side Captian Falcon: Attention all hands, Prepare for launch, lock down all systems and man stations. Metaknight: Set reactor to 300% Gim: Reactor at 150% and rising sir Metaknight: Power main engines, prepare upword thrusters A loud rumbling occurs as the engines of the ship begin coming online Metaknight: Now then.. open the blast windows and unfurl the sails Outside the ship massive sails shaped like wings extended off of the sides of the ship, people were running on the deck, doing final checks etc. Also the metal shield in front of the bridge windows open up, the view being of the "Beak" Section of the halberd Gim: Main reactor is at 300%, Engines are 47% charged Metaknight: soon kirby.. soon.. i will have my revenge As kirby and waddle doo raced towards the fortress, their expressions changed to shock as they saw the massive doors of metaknights fortress open to reveal the halberd, nearly afloat Kirby: that things HUGE!! Waddle Doo: oh no.. we're too late!! Kirby: How can we get onboard that thing? Waddle Doo: Well theres hatches all over the ship but.. kirby no, its covered in turrets, youll never get through!! Kirby: Watch me Back onboard the halberd, Alarms were going off and the lights in the control room had dimmed to a low red Metaknight: Attention all hands, man your battlestations, red alert, kirby is approaching Captain Falcon: Deck gunners take your stations, adjust balance to..... 000003 Gim: Antigravity plants 1,2 and 3 are operational, solar panels operating at 100% effecieny Metaknight: All Hands FIRE!!!! Kirby and waddle Doo race towards the ship when suddenly machine gun emplacements rise out of the deck as the crew begin firing at kirby. Kirby: Hold on! Kirby rides the warp star directly towards the halbird, zooming over the beak and whizzing by the command bridge. As they passed along the side of the ship, dodging bullets and lasers its size became all too apparent. Eventually they land along a balcony type platform near the rear of the ship, the landing takes out a few deck gunners. Waddle Doo: Come on, the engines are this way Waddle doo opens a hatch for kirby as they both race inside, a maze of corridors and some crew member snacks later they made it to the rear of the ship. They enter a pitch black room, with no lights of any sort. Waddle Doo: this.. should be the engine deck.. Suddenly a blast cover raises from around the engines, it is now apparent they are right behind the ship, and an enormous lobster type machine was in front of them. Captain Falcon: Introducing heavy lobster kirby, its time to meet your maker!! The lobster takes a step forward, its claws opening to reveal cannons. It then proceeds to fire blue rings of energy at kirby and waddle doo. Kirby: Why didnt you tell me about this thing?? Waddle Doo: I uh.. kinda forgot.. sorry.. Kirby and waddle dee scramble out of the way of the shots, as the lobster fires a huge booster behind itself, propelling towards kirby. Kirby just barely manages to make it out of the way in time as heavy lobster breaks through a guard rail. It then proceeded to turn around and fire some missiles from its back towards kirby, the resulting explosions making small holes in the deck Back in the control room the fight was being put through to several monitors. Waddle dee is parading around while captain falcon is working a remote control Captain Falcon: Gim get a repair team to that part of the hull!! Waddle Dee: WOO HOO!!! Look at kirby go!! GO KIRBY!! Captain falcon proceeds to hit Dee over the head Captain Falcon: We're cheering for Heavy Lobster, Dee! Waddle Dee: oh.. go heavy lobster!! In the mean time metaknight is on a video chat with Gim Metaknight: Are you ready? Gim: Yes sir.. all systems ready Metaknight: ok.. wait for my word.. Metaknight watches the fight, kirby and H.L. are duking it out in front of one of the main engine nozzles. Metaknight: wait... wait.. NOW!! Gim yells at a person to the right "MAIN ENGINES ENGAGE!!" Waddle Dee: KIRBY LOOK OUT!!! Waddle dee cried out to kirby but it was too late, the main engines were just brought online. Within seconds Heavy Lobster, Kirby and Waddle Dee were thrown into the ocean. And back on the bridge the lights had resumed to normal, and a cheer arose from the different sections of the ship Captain Falcon: That actually worked?? HAHAH!! WE DID IT!! We've done it folks, break out the champagne, we just repelled an attack from kirby!! Metaknight: Indeed.. this is a proud day.. with him out of the way dream land is mine, lock in the course for Mt Dedede, we're going to pay the king a visit. Waddle Dee: YahoOOOOOooooo!! The flaps on the halberds wings locked into place as the whole ship made a huge U-turn and sped off towards King Dededes castle.