//------------------------------// // ACT 3 the Godfather Kirby PART 4 // Story: The Great Fandom Man! // by Jake Witt //------------------------------// Kirby... why did he have to be Kirby?! Also, I'm afraid of General Elmo. That's what I saw when the bass dropped. Kirby was abusing Echo's powers, using a frequency to mess with my tech... except for my ultimatrix, which means I have to cycle through the data base instead of voice commands. I don't know how Elmo does it, but he was able to hold off Kirby for a minute with his hairy hands, but my systems had to take longer recalibrate. Great. I took off my metal back pack, grabbing some small items to use like grenades and Captain America's Shield. My version of the shield is different though, with the use of summoning magic- you get the idea. I ran over to Kirby in time for him to almost swallow Elmo, thankfully I have a form for that. I became Lodestar, using my claw to magnetize Elmo's bits, which are kept in heavy duty pockets in his nearly indestructible pants. I pulled him out just as I attracted batarangs at Kirby. "What have you done?!" Elmo cried, a nuke in his arms. "I didn't give him a nuke that he could use against us." My buzzing voice replied, "You realize his stomach is a pocket dimension, right?" I transformed into Wreck It Ralf Fourarms, not holding Elmo as he fell behind me while I made a U-turn back to our foe. Kirby tossed shirikens at me, no damage being made thanks to my huge fists. I held my fist high, sending them down until they stopped in Kirby's paw. "Nice try, kid," he said, a gleam in his eye. "I'm a lover and a fighter. Shuriuken!" I was shot up, almost hitting the ceiling, but stopped when I became Gravattack, hovering in place. "So, you're quick on the draw, hmm?" "Ryu... I'm not an expert on Street Fighter, but I may be in trouble." Kirby sprout wings, flying up to me with a bow and limitless arrows. Using my gravitational field, I returned his arrows with ease... but something seemed off. "Cortana.exe is active. Quick, back away!" I floated in reverse as a ball of energy passed where I used to hover. Cortana turned me into Vynal Scratch Echo, dropping me in front of a blue Godfather Kirby, who multiplied the same way echo did except the clones were different colors. I countered with my own clones, screaming a sound canon formation at him before our hands began to glow, bringing out smaller versions of my keyblade. The four Kirbys drone out the sound and took out Kingdom Key D's, flaring a clone's anger. One me pointed out, "That's Mickey's blade!" The rest of the me's gasped before glaring and getting into wrecking ball formation. A few clones hung from the ceiling, using their keyblades to stay up as a ball of me's with keyblades pointed out were swung at the Kirbys. It was suddenly a no clone fight with me and Kirby locking blades. Speaking of blades, Kirby winced, looking back to see Elmo's knife in his back, with its owner moving it around in the would. He took out a salt shaker, empting it into Kirby's back. Kirby took out a remote, pressing a red button, "Save your girl, Elmo!" He ate the remote, healing the wound. "On second thought, let the sharks deal with her." "Sharks? They have guns pointed to their heads!" Elmo reminded. "I'm saving money, killing off back stabbers," Kirby darkly chuckled. "Tick. Tock. Tick." Elmo ran out, taking out a gadget I assume tracks things. I hopped backwards, glaring at Kirby when I stopped. He smirked, summoning Cyclops shades on his face that shot a red light up and down me. "And they say copy was useless." "What?" That was literally unexpected. He sucks things up, gains powers- Why does he have an ultimatrix hat that clearly resembles my ultimatrix in watch form?! "Where did you get that?!" "You just now. Temporarily sacrificed my other powers for yours... pretty weak until you find the watch. Or hat in my case." The dial popped up, allowing him to use it before he stopped. "This will be the ultimate opportunity to permanently kill and absorb you." "Ultimate: Level One: Active." JARVIS droned from both ultimatrixes, evolving us. I simply became Ultimate Vynal Scratch Echo while Kirby... Kirby glowed green as his body grew to a PAC MAN shape, limbs being given to him. The ultimatrix ring was below his mouth, which had rows upon rows of spiked teeth and blood red eyes. His arms looked strong and his legs looked like they could kick my head clean off. His suit adapted to the new look as he fixed the rose on it, "I have an offer you cant refuse: yield." He commanded in a raspy voice. "In the words of Avicii," I said, taking a battle stance. "Wake me up when this is over." As soon as the music starts, Kirby stops long enough for me to swing my foot across his face and rapid punches to him a few times. He caught my fist, but was screamed away by a speaker next to him. Kirby began to create a black hole with his mouth, luckily voice commands work. "Ultimatrix: Thangarian!" I commanded. "Thangarian," JARVIS droned, transforming us into strong, winged men. I held my mace in both hands as I made it make contact with Kirby's mace. Kirby still had his suit, but the rose was gone. He swung around, using his tie to choke me. "Goop." JARVIS droned. "We can control what you two become!" "Well, isn't that convenient," I said in my high pitched, gurgling voice as my blue slime self floated away from the pink slime that was Kirby. "Rath." We stopped in place, transforming into two angry tiger aliens that looked similar to each other. Both Raths stared at my ultimatrix, "Stop Rick Rolling Rath!!!" We made quick eye contact, growling and still syncing, "No, I'm Rath! Stop it! I will end you!" We lunged at each other, clawing and punching without strategy or even attempting skill... like a slap fight with fists and super strength. It was actually amusing having the recording from the security cameras. "Let me tell you somethin' not Rath! Rath will make you eat dirt and you will be dirt!" I shouted. "Bored." "Cannonbolt," JARVIS droned as we transformed into identical round aliens, Kirby's shell being pink instead of yellow. "Warning: Princess closing in on your position." "Wrap this up, Celestia brought some guards!" Cortana informed as we clashed in our rolled up ball forms. "We can handle her!" Rouge declared. "Oscar is not a ruthless killer or merciless brawler," Cortana reminded. "I'm going to try something." "Kirby." Our suddenly squishy bodies bounced off each other, crashing into damaged books and shelves. "What're you doing?!" I demanded, watching Godfather Kirby leaped out of his pile of books. "What happens when a Kirby sucks a Kirby?" Realization suddenly hit me, "The power of the sucked Kirby is transferred to the sucking Kirby!" The windows behind the desk broke as pegasi guards filled the room, blocking my access to the Kirby as spears were pointed at me. "Sorry, sir," I said before sucking the poor guard into me, gaining gold armor with a blue Mohawk, wings, and a spear in my grasp. I summoned Cap's shield as I plowed through the guard's comrads, firing the guard out of me as a star. When he returned to his normal form, he already took out some guys in front of me. A stabbing pain followed behind me as I ran, arrows finding a place along my back. I tossed my shield skyward, knocking out some guards with the lucky toss as I finally got to Kirby. Apparently he had the same plan, but Cortana was quicker than I, giving him a pillow that made him fall asleep. I sucked the Godfather Kirby inside of me- he tasted like pasta and cheese. I turned around, meeting Celestia's glare as her wings flared. Before she could speak, I held a paw, "You might want to back up, Tia..." I opened my mouth as light shown inside, Celestia's eyes wide, "Mother of me-" The force of the blast of stars shot me through some walls and down the hall as the stars became people and ponies again. I fell down the flight of stairs and past Optimus Prime as I saw Celestia and guards get shot from high a few buildings over. Optimus stared at me and the Princess, "So he really did warp reality..." The more stars that left me the more clear the sky was as the sun displayed itself, shining all over. "He's not going to get them all out in time!" Cortana shouted, displaying the leftover power I had. "Combining Kirby and Echo." In a flash of green light, to the surprise of Celestia and her nearing guards, a pink Echo clones themselves into twenty Echos firing stars. "How many did Kirby eat?!" Suddenly a wide variety of enemies were shot out. From the weakest of soldiers to the strongest of warriors from any time and franchise were being shot out. The Kirby Echos increased to compensate and the flow quickened until it slowed down. The last star to be shot was Godfather Kirby, who was too weak to stand and just lied on the ground. I took my pillow from him, placing it in my inventory as the Echos merged into one. The ultimatrix made three shrill beeps before returning me to normal, it power drained. I took a knee to the ground to gather my breath as a shadow loomed over me, and it wasn't from Kingdom Hearts. "Fandom the Random," Celestia began, "I don't know if I should send you back into stone or congratulate you for returning lost ponies-" I stood up, accidentally using my head to strike Celestia's chin. "Sorry about that, but I guess we're even for the dumb name." My Iron Man helmet was swapped out with my Mega Man X helmet. "Also, your description of me need some tweaking. It was your tenth try, there was no proof of foalnapping, my sword doesn't allow me to phase through walls, and my name is 'the Great Fandom Man'." Among the crowd I spat out, some called me jerks while Optimus said, "Still sounds stupid." "Anyway, I wont allow you take me anywhere so I'll give you a warning: I'm a struggling spirit. There's evidence of murders happening when my balance is dark," she rubbed her chin, glowering at me. "...so tread carefully. I intend no harm to your ponies so you can take me off your hit list." "I still wont allow you to leave," she said, her guards nearing me. "Fine, take me with you. I can free some innocent stone statues and have scum like Kirby take their place." "You will be in my garden alright." "Quiet!" I voice shouted, cutting us off. General Elmo gave Zoe baby Elmo, walking near Celestia. He gave a Roman salute before bowing. "Elmo," the princess addressed. "Princess, if I may." "Proceed?" "This kid just brought back long lost ponies both recent and somehow preserved." He stood up, directing a hand to Derpy Hooves and a green pony in a hood to come over. He whispered to the former to return to the crowd as he pointed to the latter, who seemed nervous. " read a history book and in mentioned book, there was a mare named Clover the Clever, who ran off and was never seen again." With a green aura the brown hood was pulled back as Celestia's eyes widened. A green, brown maned pony stood there, "H-How do you d-do?" she asked bowing. Elmo smirked, "With all due respect, your highness, he just defeated a dangerous foe that wasn't taking him seriously. I still don't take him seriously, in fact. Who wears armor and a huge back pack?" "I also wear capes on occasion and I'm relearning magic so I can turn you two into an orange!" I shouted. "I see what you mean, General. I expect your men to keep an eye on him," the princess said. "Yes, ma'am." He turned to the crowd, "Those of you in my army, seek out civilians and those still under control. You're also allowed to help send ponies to Canterlot Castle, where the nobles and royalty will take over. Dismissed! Go home!"