(Hey, this is my first ever rewrite/revision and it hopefully won't be my last because I've just had no motivation to write since all my works have been pretty low-tier stuff. I really want to up my game and give you guys who actually enjoyed my old writing 10x the experience so here we go. This is Quirk: Copy Ability but with less mediocre writing)
Being immersed with the Halberd was a pretty strange and surreal feeling. Then again, Kirby may have wondered what it felt like to soar so powerfully like the Halberd does from time to time. Just, maybe without all the meteors aimed at his face currently.
Apologizing to Meta Knight internally for the bumpy ride as he spun out of the onslaught, Kirby brought himself around to break apart some stray space rocks to "inhale"/convert them into more star power. Noticing his star power was full, Kirby let loose a barrage of stars from his Planet Buster attack.
Countless yellow projectiles crashed and tore against Kirby's current opponent: Star Dream, a super computer attached to the Access Ark, which is a ship the size of a small planet. Said ship was also revealed to actually be an entity resembling the legendary Clockwork Stars, also known as wish-granting comets.
Insane, ain't it? In fact, Kirby has fought a Clockwork Star before in the past. That one was named Galactic Nova but he destroyed it from the inside which, in his opinion, was a lot easier to handle than Star Dream.
Back to the fight at hand, Kirby kept the Combo Cannon firing, hoping that Star Dream would run out of energy soon. His wish was granted as a couple more seconds of firing led to Star Dream recoiling with its large eyes rotating in place.
Opening its mouth, Star Dream let out an unnatural cry that sounded like a slowed "meow" from a cat. It seemed to be going "unconscious" as its eyes were slowly closing.
Kirby started a victory dance in his mind and was about to redirect the Halberd back to Popstar before he was rudely interrupted by Star Dream disconnecting from the Access Ark/Clockwork Star and slowly floating into the center of Kirby's vision.
Readying himself for hopefully the final phase of the fight, Kirby was slightly surprised when Star Dream instead simply relayed a bunch of nonsense. (To him, anyways)
Meta Knight was standing in the control room of the Halberd and was looking out of the window to gaze upon Star Dream. Or rather, he was standing in the control room of...Kirby? The knight didn't want to think too hard on that. Instead, he'd like to focus on what Star Dream was saying since it could be important and he knew Kirby wouldn't be able to pick up on any valuable information, if there was any.
"CALCULATING CHANCE OF VICTORY: 0.02%
ATTEMPT PROCEDURE "HLTMN-BCKP"
PROCEDURE REQUIRES ADMIN PERMISSION
ERROR; ADMIN NOT FOUND
RECALIBRATING
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RECALIBRATION COMPLETE
WELCOME ADMIN STAR DREAM
PERMISSION FOR PROCEDURE "HLTMN-BCKP"
PERMISSION GRANTED
PROCEEDING WITH "HLTMN-BCKP"
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FIRING [PROJECTILE-BASED TEMPORAL/SPACIAL RIFT]"
Star Dream's pink circuit board-like pattern suddenly glowed a bright blue as the yellow orb on it retreated within Star Dream's frame. Replacing the orb was a metallic sphere that shot out towards the Halberd at a steady pace.
Avoiding the attack quite easily and letting it pass them, Kirby was puzzled but Meta Knight was more wary as he thought over the name of the projectile. Figuring that the attack Star Dream just sent wasn't only a metal ball, Meta Knight yelled to Kirby. "Kirby! Fly towards Star Dream!"
Heeding his friend's advice, Kirby activated the Halberd's boosters just as the projectile behind them exploded.
Now, the projectile didn't explode in a traditional sense. There wasn't any fire or even a shockwave. No, what the ball did was less explosion and more of a rapid expanding of color. Behind the Halberd, a vortex of green energy was forming into a tunnel shape that released a bright light from within. Then it began to pull.
Similar to Kirby's inhale ability, the tunnel sucked the Halberd towards it, intending to swallow it completely and send it to who knows where.
Firing the boosters as strong as he could, Kirby tried to take down Star Dream for good. The Combo Cannon made hasty work of Star Dream's passively floating body, the battle using up too much of its energy source. But the vortex was still pulling.
Panic was setting over both Kirby and Meta Knight as the Halberd continued to lose the struggle with the tunnel's pull. Looking left and right, Meta Knight dropped his gaze before looking back up with vigor. He rushed out of the control room and jumped onto the deck where a slot was sitting. Taking out Galaxia, Meta Knight stuck the blade in and, with a heavy heart and plenty of hope, pulled it like a lever.
The bow of the Halberd was designed to pop off if any maintenance was required and as of right now, Kirby's Robobot Armor was stationed at the bow. Meta Knight hoped it would be enough to get Kirby out of the reach of the vortex.
Feeling a change, Kirby was shocked to find he was back in his normal Robobot Armor. Wondering why he wasn't in Halberd mode anymore, Kirby turned around.
"P...poyo?"
Kirby didn't fully understand what he saw. He saw the Halberd back in its normal state and Meta Knight was standing on the deck of the ship just...looking at him. He saw the green tunnel pulling the Halberd and he saw that the distance between the ship and him was getting larger.
Kirby didn't fully understand a lot of things but he did understand two things. The first was that Meta Knight was willing to leave himself behind on the Halberd alone so that Kirby could be safe. The second was that he was ready to make Meta Knight's actions be in vain and he couldn't find it in himself to regret it.
Turning the Robobot Armor around, Kirby punched the boosters into high gear and flew right back towards the Halberd. He saw Meta Knight's expression, as hard as it was to see it behind a mask, and he saw that it was resigned. Looks like Meta Knight knew his attempt to sacrifice himself was in vain, but he had hoped Kirby would be selfish just this once and allow himself to be safe.
Both pink and blue warrior closed their eyes as they were enveloped by the tunnel together.