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Harmony of Heroes: Ultimate Multiverse Explorers - Lucar



Several months after her adventures on Popstar, Sweetie Belle decides it's time to start new adventures in new universes

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Chapter 139: Lab Discovera - Specimen ID-F86

Author's Note:

Before we started, know that I added a little paragraph near the beginning of chapter 124:

Sweetie Void approached the Mage-Sisters. "So, Magolor thinks that these humans may have helped the Ancients or may even have been part of their civilization, and he is going to investigate this in hope of confirming that. Did Hyness say anything about humans?"

"Never. I don't think he knows," Zan Partizanne answered. "Even him doesn't know everything about the Ancients. A lot of information was lost following the wars."

And questioning Void and Galacta Knight didn't hold anything. They were both traumatised by the events of that era and didn't want to think about it for the moment. Maybe after a few years.

I hadn't thought about it at the time, but without this last paragraph in italic, there was a big plot hole. Magolor could have learned everything about the Ancients and the humans by questioning Void and Galacta Knight. Sometimes, simple stuff passes above my head. :facehoof: I hope that this quickly made up excuse works.

As for Two Planets Approach the Roche Limit, I will first put the first phase extended, then put the video with the transitions and let you choose which one you want to use (the timestamps are posted in the commentaries below by a @Flashkirby99), then put the video with phase two extended.

Also, don't ask me to make lyrics for this theme... I refuse categorically. Never. Such a musical chaos would be a major pain to write to. No need anyway.

Something in the elevator's system detected the heroes' presence, because almost as soon as the doors closed, a feminine computerised voice announced, "Automatic language detection... activated."

Some of the heroes looked around in questioning or wonder. Elfilin looked distraught, shaking badly and remaining close to Sweetie Void and Kirby. He didn't like this place. Not at all. And he had a very bad feeling.

"Authentication system... activated." Something started, followed by bips. "Authenticating... Authenticating..." more bip sounds announced the end of the authentication. "Entry code approved. Initiating facility navigation protocol."

The elevator shook before it started its ascension, the lights turning on, before an upbeat music began to play followed shortly by the pre-recorded voice of a woman.

"Welcome, visitors, to the Dream Discoveries Tour of our science facility, Lab Discovera!"

"Great! Hopefully, we will learn more about this place," Present Sonic said.

"On this thrilling tour," the guide continued, "you'll be introduced to the ultimate life-form, specimen ID-F86!"

"I know a black hedgehog who would sue you," Phantom said.

"Specimen ID-F86?" Fox and Jeff both questioned.

"From the moment ID-F86 arrived on our planet, it began a campaign of destruction that threatened the native wildlife of our entire world," the guide recounted.

"An alien. Again. Darn, I hoped for an actual subject created by the humans from experiments gone wrong, for once," Sweetie Void said.

"Luckily, our research team managed to capture it before it could complete its invasion."

"Also, it's totally going to be what we'll end up fighting to save the world," Sweetie continued.

"Also certainly what brainwashed me and all the other Popstarlings," Dedede said.

"Once it was contained, our lab began studying ID-F86's spatial teleportation ability- research that laid the groundwork for the planetary warp technology we enjoy today!"

At this, everyone from the Dream Universe exchanged looks.

"So that's how the humans left this world?" Sweetie asked.

"Seems like it," Meta Knight said.

"Wait! Then, could the humans be the ones who gave the Ancients their warp technology?" Bandana Dee questioned.

Sweetie Void thought about it, having some doubts, and Galacta Knight seemed ready to say something, but before more could be said, they all fell silent as they saw, beyond the window of the elevator, a huge room with hundreds of Waddle Dees running on hamster wheels to generate electricity, obviously to power the laboratory.

"So that's why!" Bandana Dee shouted, angry at seeing his people enslaved like that.

"I'm going to help them!" Galacta Knight exclaimed before he flew through the window.

Then, the guide continued, taking a graver tone. "However, 30 years after our research began, a "warp-experiment incident" occurred in this facility. A new life-form, separated from the main specimen, escaped in the aftermath. That new subspecimen has yet to be recovered."

At this, everyone's eyes turned toward Elfilin who was shaking even more.

"Is... Is she talking about me?" he wondered.

At this moment, the elevator finally stopped before large metallic doors that opened, revealing a large hallway with big claw marks on a wall.

"In the time since, ID-F86 has shown no signs of activity."

The heroes left the elevator.

"It is now kept in a state of permanent stasis within the custom-made Eternal Capsule here on the top level of Lab Discovera."

The guide then marked a big pause as the heroes advanced in the hallway, not paying attention to the large city visible outside through the windows (unless it was just the complex of the laboratory itself that looked like a city), until another big metallic gate at the opposite end opened.

"And here we are! Let's meet the ultimate life-form: specimen ID-F86!"

A light stopped them from seeing what was at the other side of the door.

"Get ready, everyone," Sweetie Void said.

"Can't ya tell us what's awaiting us?" Apple Death asked to Dedede who shook his head.

"I never entered the laboratory. I don't know anything about this specimen ID-F86. But no doubt it's very powerful."

By now, Elfilin was glued to Sweetie Void. He probably just learned how he was born. And learning that he came from some evil alien that tried to destroy the world was not what he wanted. If it hadn't been for the heroes reassuring presence, he would have left right now.

The heroes entered the room.

The first thing that gained everyone's attention when they entered the room was the huge capsule with the strange entity contained inside it. The thing looked like a giant embryo that vaguely resembled Elfilin. Mostly pink with blue at the extremity of the ears, around the eyes, and at the tail that replaced the legs, what was clearly specimen ID-F86 had a huge heart-shaped head compared to their body, and their left ear looked half-melted. Energy was visibly coursing through their veins.

The thing chilled everyone, and most particularly Elfilin. They looked calm, sleeping in stasis, but they gave off a feeling of danger that raised all the red flags.

Everyone's attention was then diverted toward the huge cape-wearing anthropomorphic lion sitting on a throne of stone before the capsule, right leg crossed over the right one and head resting on his right fist. He was almost as huge as Gorimondo! And he was glaring at them.

Awoofys, Primal Awoofys, Rabiroos, and an Orabiroo were also present around him.

"Take a good look, intruders... Isn't this a beautiful sight?" he began. "You're not even seeing the Great One in full form. They're incomplete without their other half. Long ago, the Great One granted the people of this world a miraculous power... Those people left this world behind... and entered a land of dreams."

As we thought, Sweetie Void thought, deciding to let the lion do his expository monologue. It was always nice to be given more info about the history of the humans that confirmed theories and stuff. These humans really came to the Dream Universe and were certainly Adeleine's ancestors.

"Once the Great One is complete again... I know we will also receive this miraculous power. We, the one they left behind in this forgotten land. And now..." He eyed Elfilin. "the time has finally come! Give me the Great One's missing half, and we won't have to fight! We can finally help the Great One reach their complete form!"

"Why do you lose time ordering us something that you know we will refuse?" Fox asked.

Dedede laughed.

The lion sighed. "We have dreamed of this moment for so many years... If you dare to stand in our way...

We'll feast on your hides!"

These words were the cue for the Beast Pack members to attack, but the heroes easily eliminated them, and Sweetie Void teleported their unconscious bodies back to the desert where they won't bother anybody.

Seeing this, the lion sighed, then got up from his throne and threw away his cape while roaring.

"So, guys, duel or all versus one?" Sweetie Void quickly asked while the lion walked toward them, claws ready to strike. He was constantly eyeing Elfilin.

"Let's just quickly defeat him so we can deal with the alien abomination behind him," Phantom said, and everyone else nodded.

Leongar struck, and Link blocked his claws with his shield. Leongar showed to be extremely strong however and the boy was still sent sliding backward into Krystal who stopped him. Leongar was then hit by purple electricity from Apple Death, a PK Freeze from Ness, and a fire breath from Kirby's Dragon Fire Ability, but he tanked all of it, grabbed Dixie Kong who had been about to hit him with her hair, and threw her at Ness who barely jumped out of the way along with Fox who was behind him. Sweetie caught Dixie just before she could crash into the wall. With the strength she had been thrown, head first, she would have gotten a very bad concussion, at the very least.

Leongar's claws could shred metal, so getting hit by them was absolutely out of the question. But he was striking fast, with deadly force. Because of that, it was difficult for the close quarter fighters to approach him. They used their number at their advantage, but Spiky ended up taking a bad it. Being made of yarn, it was even worse for him. Sweetie had to knit some new yarn into his body. Even the Sonics had to be careful as any Homing Dash was welcomed by a swing of the claws, easy to intercept for the lion.

Leongar then slammed the ground with his fists together, sending a shockwave that forced everyone not flying to jump. And while everyone was jumping, he took the occasion to punch the nearest hero, which happened to be DK, while he was midair, sending him right through the window separating the part of the room they were in to the chamber with the capsule containing ID-F86. Thankfully, DK quickly recovered and returned to the brawl. He was hit by stronger punches than this one.

Eventually, Leongar jumped away from the heroes, then ran back toward them while dragging his claws against the ground, creating sparks. After a few meters, the claws ignited, and he did an upward swing, the fire boosting the damage it could give. Nobody wanted to be hit by this one, so everyone did their best to get away. But Leongar followed his escaping targets and ended up hitting Jeff, badly wounding and burning him. Sweetie Void and Link in Goron form both gave Leongar a mighty punch in return, distracting the lion so DK got Jeff away before Ness healed him.

Thankfully, as tanky as Leongar was, the wounds quickly accumulated, and he was eventually forced to place a hand on the ground to stop himself from falling, consciousness escaping him.

But then, he placed a hand on his head, seemingly getting a headache as purple energy escaped his body, before he roared loudly and revealed his now glowing purple eyes.

"This is NOT normal," Diddy said with worry.

"And I know what is causing this," Sweetie Void said as she glared at ID-F86. She could feel a lot of energy coming from them going toward Leongar. It wasn't the lion that they were fighting now, but the alien now possessing him.

Seemingly in pain, Leongar gathered purple energy into his hand and did a cross slash, sending it in the form of a cross-shaped energy wave. He repeated it several times, each time sending the waves at different heights so some could be avoided by passing under them while others had to be jumped above. But the waves were fast and took a lot of heroes off guard.

The heroes promptly resumed attacking Leongar while trying to avoid the energy waves until Leongar stopped, got on all fours, and ran toward the nearest heroes while chomping madly like a feral beast, turning the room into chaos as the heroes tried to avoid being bitten. He almost got Ness, but was stopped just in time by Dedede jumping heavily on him. Leongar then began swiping around with his claws, trying to get the heroes and stopping them from getting too close, before he jumped to get closer, forcing the heroes to run away to not be caught in the violent attacks of the mad lion. Remaining close to him meant being clawed or bitten.

The close quarter fighters didn't go too far however to continue to distract Leongar while the others pelted him continuously with their projectiles. The lighter heroes were also transported by the flying ones so they could be dropped on Leongar's back where they had less risk of being hit, allowing them to land a few hits before they had to get away. Sweetie eventually immobilised him by grabbing him by the neck with a shield-hand before slamming him against the group. Thanks to this, everyone could attack him while being careful of his claws as he was randomly swiping them around.

In this possessed state, he was even more tanky than before. Despite all the hits he took, he still was roaring to continue the fight.

Then, Leongar turned his head toward Sweetie Void and breathed a huge laser that made him roar in pain. Sweetie quickly put up a shield, only for the laser to break it after a few seconds and to engulf the filly who quickly flew out of the way, badly hurt. The laser continued its path through the wall and all surfaces present in its path until it disappeared in the sky.

Being hit by the laser made Sweetie release Leongar who jumped to a corner of the room and breathed another laser. He swept the room with the laser, forcing many heroes to leap out of the way as the laser caused a huge amount of damage to the room's structure. As the lion continued to breathe his laser, Phantom teleported just in front of him, under his head, and she kicked his chin, forcefully closing his mouth. The remaining energy of the laser exploded inside his mouth before he found himself at the receiving end of Marx's own laser, which slammed him into the room's corner.

Leongar quickly got up however and resumed running around wildly on all fours while chomping and swiping madly, this time randomly spitting energy balls between two chomps. Then, suddenly, choosing randomly a victim, he jumped toward Zan Partizanne and snatched her out of the air, biting down on her hard. Sweetie immediately teleported the girl away from Leongar's mouth and followed it by sucker punching the lion hard in the jaw, making him more back. DK then caught his tail and spun around for several seconds before he launched Leongar toward his throne, making him crash through it and through the window to the chamber to land right at the foot of ID-F86's capsule.

Finally, he lost consciousness.

Only to immediately wake back up, eyes still glowing purple, looking even more enraged.

"You... You dare..." he began. "Plan ruined. Important plan. Needed labor. Opened vortex. Found workforce. Brought here. And yet?"

"Uuh... Why is he speaking like a robot?" Bandana Dee asked.

"Because this is not the lion who speaks," Present Sonic answered as his eyes moved between Leongar and ID-F86.

"Error made," the possessed lion continued. "Irksome contaminants... Careful planning. Now wasted. No more planning. No more patience. Instead..."

ID-F86 suddenly opened their eyes.

"EVERYTHING. SHALL BE. CONSUMED."

The alien's eyes then lit up, and they broke the glass of the capsule, liquid spilling all over the chamber while Leongar's body dropped unconscious. ID-F86's body then turned into a blue gelatinous substance that lost form.

As the heroes readied themselves, members of the Beast Pack suddenly arrived into the room, ready to fight.

Sweetie looked at them in horror. "What are you doing here?! Go aw-"

"Watch out!" Link shouted.

A tentacle suddenly came out from the gelatinous mass that ID-F86 became and which had subsumed Leongar's body. The tentacle passed over the heroes and caught a Primal Awoofy before it brought the animal back to the alien's body to be absorbed, much to everyone's horror, both heroes and Beast Pack members.

More tentacles came out, and everyone tried to escape. While the heroes were successful in avoiding a gruesome fate, helping each others if needed, the animals were less so, and they all finished absorbed by ID-F86 who gained mass, grew, and turned into a horrifying amalgamation of everything they consumed, gaining the head of Leongar and of several of the animals. The ground, weakened by the previous fight, then collapsed, making everyone who wasn't flying slide to the floor below, just before a partially opened metal door.

ID-F86 tried to snatch Elfilin with more of their tentacles, but Elfilin escaped toward the door and signed for everyone to go through it, quick! The alien was hot on their tail!

The heroes who didn't slide because they were flying, Sweetie Void, Apple Death, Phantom, Little Ghost, Meta Knight, Marx, Dark Meta Knight, and the Three Mage Sisters, all were left behind and began to attack the mass from behind, failing to slow them down. Thankfully, Fox was able to close the metallic door, stopping ID-F86 from pursuing Elfilin and the others, but only for a few seconds. ID-F86 began to attack the door, giving it powerful hits that made the whole room shake. After a few hits, the doors bents. A couple more, and the doors were destroyed, allowing ID-F86 to finally enter the hallways Elfilin and the others had escaped into.

They were to big that they took the whole space as they slithered ahead. Sweetie and the others with her were right behind them, attacking them from behind, but beside some tentacles trying to capture them, Fecto Forgo didn't pay them much attention. Almost all of their focus was on Elfilin.

The hallway they were in was a very long one, and all the doors in it were condemned, so they had no choice but to run forward while dealing with the tentacles.

"I already had enough of all-consuming aliens with the Aparoids!" Fox shouted as he fired at Fecto Forgo with his blaster.

"Just one hour ago we were fighting cute animals! How did it lead to this?" Dixie asked.

"Welcome to my world!" Dedede said. "Now, run!"

"Sweetie warned us!" Link said before he threw a bomb at Fecto Forgo.

The alien was attacked both from before and from behind, but it was hard to see if they were taking any damage. Despite this, the heroes continued. Some of them like DK couldn't attack however because they didn't dare to try to see if the abomination could be punched without them being absorbed as a result of the physical contact. So the work was left to the other that could attack from a distance.

Every now and then, Fecto Forgo stopped slithering to grab and throw pieces of themself at the heroes before them, leaving slime puddles that the heroes avoided at all cost. They then resumed their advance, sometimes accelerating for a few seconds before slowing down. When a hero was too close, Fecto Forgo attempted to bite them with their Leongar head.

Sweetie Void was sending the most powerful beams that she could fire without risking the lives of her friends, blowing holes into Fecto Forgo, but the alien just reformed themself and continued their chase.

All the while, tentacles constantly went after Elfilin. The heroes did their best to destroy them and protect the little creature but...

What had to happen happened. Fecto Forgo had started to lose consistency, meaning that the heroes were getting close of killing it, but one of the tentacles successfully latched onto Elfilin and brought him into Fecto Forgo's body. The heroes could only watch as Elfilin turned into a light that merged with another light at the core of Fecto Forgo's body, which took a spherical form.

The sphere then flew away from the heroes as they began to attack again, passing above them and going through a hole in the ceiling at the end of the hallway.

"That thing got the little one!" Dedede informed Sweetie Void as the two groups of heroes gathered.

"Let's go after them!" Meta Knight said.

Climbing a pile of rubble, the heroes reached a catwalk that they climbed to the top of a skyscraper, one of the tallest of the complex.

As they climbed, they were joined by Galacta Knight.

"I saw some spherical thing fly to the top of this building. What happened?"

"It's the specimen ID-F86 as we heard from the recording, and they absorbed Elfilin!" Sweetie Void informed. "Your help will be welcome. That thing is powerful."

Galacta nodded.

Before long, they reached the top of the skyscraper, walking on a helipad before parabolic antennas. Above them, the sphere floated before the sunrise, surrounded by a ring of liquid, losing shape. After a few seconds, the ring took an orange color before it entered the sphere which metamorphosed.

The new being, curled up, opened their ear-wings, revealing themselves.

They looked like an "adult" version of Elfilin, majestic, menacing, with the addition of two golden horns that looked like halves of DNA, feelers at the sides of the head, and a fur collar. Then, they materialised a spear resembling a caduceus.

"So that thing is the ultimate life-form? Yeah, seems like Shadow has some concurrence," Present Sonic said.

Fecto Elfilis flew around the helipad, then created phantom duplicates of the spear that they sent at the heroes, starting the fight. Immediately, avoiding the phantom spears, the flying heroes went to attack Fecto Elfilis while the others who remained on ground either had to wait or attacked from a distance if they could.

Sweetie Void had her ten weapons ready in double sword mode, and she was the first one to attack Fecto Elfilis. They didn't even try to avoid or parry the swords. They went straight for the kill, thrusting their spear right at her brain at a speed faster than the eye can follow. Sweetie barely moved her head out of the way. Galacta Knight then came and slashed Fecto Elfilis, only for the alien to take the hit and to return it with a slash of their own. Galacta blocked it with his shield, but he was still sent flying far away to crash into a building below.

Fecto Elfilis was then sliced vertically in half by an Ultra Sword from Kirby in his Stella Knight form, but the two halves turned gelatinous where they were cut and glued themselves back together before Fecto Elfilis kicked Kirby away.

Oh. So this is how it is going to be, uh? Sweetie thought. Cutting you to pieces won't be enough to kill you.

Sweetie wasn't sure if Elfilin could be saved, so she tried to not think about him, but only of how to kill that thing they were fighting.

Fecto Elfilis saw Marx firing his mouth beam, and with a vertical slash, they cut the beam in two that went at their left and right while also sending an energy wave that sent Marx crashing into a building. Fecto Elfilis then flew away before they charged their spear and unleashed a powerful beam that swept around, causing a huge amount of damage to the complex below while going after the heroes, mostly targeting the ones that flew. Since Elfilis could only target one hero at a time while using the beam, the heroes used this to attack it at will. When the alien ended the beam, Sweetie hit them with a powerful punch that sent them crashing on the helipad, allowing the heroes stuck there to participate.

However, Fecto Elfilis quickly got up and spun around with their spear out, sending a small shockwave that sent everyone around that were too close away from them. Ness quickly cast PK Shield for everyone on ground as Fecto Elfilis began to swing their spear repeatedly, attacking everyone. They were fast, too fast, each swing ended up hitting someone. After a few, they then flew toward Little Ghost, not minding the fireballs she sent, and punched her hard. Their fist was easily as big as her! Despite her being a ghost, the attack hit her and sent her flying far.

Sweetie Void winced before she materialized hundreds of weapons of energy and sent them at Fecto Elfilis.

That thing is too powerful for them. They may be even more powerful than Galacta Knight. If only everyone could fly... Wait a minute.

Sweetie Void lit her horn, and everyone on ground was surrounded by an aura.

"You should all be able to fly now! Use your thoughts!" she shouted.

It worked.

Thanks to that, they had less problems avoiding Fecto Elfilis' strikes, but even then, the fight was still very difficult for them. Sweetie Void had to heal them a lot.

Phantom used the full power of her Phantom Ruby to materialized dozens of giant fireballs, more like small suns, that she threw at Fecto Elfilis, but they sliced all of them in half which continued their path around them to destroy the laboratory below. So Phantom materialized her lightning spear and sent lightning bolts from it at Elfilis while also materializing cannons.

Apple Death touched Elfilis to see if she could kill them this way, but it didn't work, and not even putrefaction worked. So she levitated a whole building and used it as a bat that Fecto Elfilis avoided. She was then slashed by them, only to send in return a wind as cold as death that froze Elfilis for a few seconds, allowing Kirby to hit them with the Monster Flame Ability. Sweetie then sliced them into little cubes. While the cubes reformed, Galacta Knight cut open a rift that fired a space beam, totally engulfing Elfilis.

When the beam disappeared, Fecto Elfilis remained floating there, taking more hits without replicating as they instead let out a screech that warped the sky into a dimension rift-like state.

Then they opened a giant star-shaped rift that threw huge meteor-like debris all over the complex.

"Well, they are angry," Dedede said.

"No, really?!" Marx, Flamberge, and Present Sonic shouted all at once.

Ness and Poo both used PK Starstorm to counter the debris, the falling stars destroying the ones falling toward the heroes. Meanwhile, the caduceus part of Fecto Elfilis' spear turned blazing red and they flew toward the nearest hero, Meta Knight, before they swung, the spear leaving behind a trail of flames. While Meta Knight parried the weapon, the flames got him and burned him. In return, Meta Knight caught one of the falling debris in his telekinesis hold and threw it at Elfilis, forcing them to get away only to be punched by DK. But then, Elfilis grabbed DK to keep him close, and skewered him with their spear.

Sweetie promptly beheaded Fecto Elfilis before she got DK away and quickly healed him. The wound would have killed him.

Meanwhile Fecto Elfilis curled into a ball with their wings and created two copies of themself, impossible to differentiate them from the real one. The three then moved at different directions, away from each others, and began to gather energy, a blue laser ring appearing and slowly closing in on one of them. The heroes quickly saw that only the real one had a shadow, and it was also toward this one that the laser ring was closing in.

"They're healing! We must attack the real one before that ring fully closes in!" Galacta Knight shouted.

No sooner said than done. Everyone attacked the real Elfilis and managed to cause enough damage to stop them from regenerating.

Flying away from the heroes, Fecto Elfilis opened another huge rift to make debris fall, then while the heroes dealt with the debris, they opened small rift before them and several bigger ones right above some of the heroes before they planted their spear into the small rift. The spear came out of the bigger rifts, all of them at once, as if the weapon had been multiplied, and they even came out bigger than the original. The heroes quickly moved from under the rifts to avoid being pierced by the spears. Fecto Elfilis repeated the attack a couple more time, targeting different heroes each time. They eventually stopped, seeing that it wasn't working and only opened them to attacks.

So Elfilis went for the classic swings, but this time, they sent energy waves with each swings, and energy spikes when they thrust. Needless to say, this time, it worked. The waves and spikes got a lot of the heroes, especially because they were very fast, and Fecto Elfilis was relentless, giving no respite to the heroes. Excepted whenever the giant rift closed, so they stopped to open it again, making it so it never stopped raining debris.

By now, the laboratory below was even more in ruin than before.

Sweetie had to save Past Sonic from being impaled before she resumed attacking with her ten double swords, avoiding Elfilis' swings and thrusts and the following energy waves and spikes. Kirby, Galacta Knight, Meta Knight, and Dark Meta Knight joining her made it easier. Link also decided to put on the Fierce Deity Mask and joined the sword fight too. Between all of them, Elfilis was badly overwhelmed. Dedede then bonked them hard on the head with his hammer, sending them crashing on what remained of the helipad. Kirby then slashed them one last time with the Ultra Sword, making them collapse on the ground, spear dropped.

A sphere of energy partially came out of Fecto Elfilis' back, and Elfilin was in it!

"Elfilin!" several heroes exclaimed.

Understanding what he had to do, Kirby inhaled and wrapped himself around the sphere before moving around to peel it off Elfilis. At the same time, Elfilis tried to resist Kirby and mentally controlled their spear to throw it at Kirby. Phantom knocked it away with her own spear, allowing Kirby to continue his job. And several long seconds, Kirby successfully peeled the sphere off of Elfilis. The sphere then disappeared, releasing Elfilin who regained consciousness.

Everyone was happy to see him safe and sound.

"You saved me!" Elfilin exclaimed.

"Poyo!"

"Oh, Elfilin, I'm so glad!" Sweetie Void said in joy.

"You're alright!" Link said.

"I really thought you were lost," Diddy said.

But the reunion was cut short as Elfilis got up, now in an unstable state. Their body was returning into a liquid form, looking like they were melting.

They then flew high into the sky and opened a rift that covered all of it. The next instant, it was as if gravity pulled everyone and everything both toward the ground below but also toward the sky, so everything began to float around as if weightless.

Thankfully, Sweetie's power still allowed everyone to fly, thus avoiding randomly floating around.

"Such incredible power!" Elfilin exclaimed. "Whatever it's trying to do, it's going to be pretty bad..."

It was then that everyone remarked what was at the other side of the rift.

"T-that's Popstar," Bandana Dee said.

'What? That's Popstar?" Fox questioned in disbelief.

"Popstar?!" Elfilin and several others exclaimed.

Planet Popstar was present beyond the rift, and that was when everyone saw that the planet was quickly approaching.

"They're pulling Popstar through that rift!" Sweetie Void shouted in horror.

"The two worlds will collide!" Meta Knight exclaimed, sweating.

"They can do that?!" Little Ghost asked.

Some of the heroes began to panic.

"Quick! We must stop them!" Present Sonic said.

At this, almost all the heroes flew toward Elfilis to attack them, but despite losing stability, the alien still was strong and resisted, attacking back.

Sweetie Void remained behind with Kirby to prepare an Ultimate Doom Laser, hoping to kill Elfilis in one hit. Kirby remained beside her.

But then, a Big-Rig truck dropped behind them on the helipad.

And they remarked that buildings and pieces of roads were beginning to form a path toward Elfilis.

Sweetie Void and Kirby exchanged a look, then they both grinned.

"Why do it the boring way?"

"Poyo."

"Can you even wrap something that big?"

Kirby got a determined expression. "Poyo!"

"Wait! Are you going to do what I think you are going to do?" Elfilin asked.

As an answer, Kirby left his Stella Knight form and approached the truck before he inhaled. He successfully wrapped the truck and took control of it. Sweetie then sat on the hood, bringing Elfilin with her, squealing very loudly.

Sweetie pointed at Elfilis and yelled, "Rock and roll!!!"

Kirby started off and sped through debris that blocked the way before he rolled on some giant beam that led to a first floating building. Elfilis saw this and materialized Beast Pack members with their head covered by some black mist, but Kirby simply rolled over them. Pieces of Popstar began to fall all over the place, some of them dropping on Kirby's path, but he rolled through them, easily destroying them. Kirby was unstoppable!

Kirby jumped from building to building, and when it looked like one was a bit out of place, Sweetie moved it. They then arrived at a piece of road that was slowly being destroyed by the falling pieces of Popstar, so Kirby had to be careful to not fall into the holes thus formed. When they were about to reach the end of the road, a debris fell and destroyed it, making Kirby fall to another road below. Sweetie's and Elfilin's heart almost jumped out of their mouth (or nonexistent mouth in Elfilin's case).

Still not minding the Beast Pack members and the pieces of Popstar still falling on the path, Kirby continued, jumping on another road, then on a building that came crashing at the right moment, followed by another. It was as if the universe itself was helping Kirby by forming a convenient path!

More buildings came crashing to form the path to Elfilis, who they were quickly approaching! The others still were fighting them, but more and more saw the Big-Rig approaching and began to get away!

"Are they serious?" Phantom questioned.

Dedede laughed.

"Yes! They are serious! Let's get out of the way!"

Eventually, a tired Elfilis was left alone, and they opened two rifts to call two huge debris that they threw at Kirby. He rolled under the first one while the second one destroyed the last building in the path, forcing Kirby to do a big jump. It was as if he was rolling in the air!

Fecto Elfilis opened an even bigger rift to call an as big debris and threw it at Kirby. Seeing the debris coming, Sweetie powered up Kirby, and Elfilin quickly followed her example. Fire was coming from the truck's back wheels! Kirby suddenly accelerated and pulverized the debris!

"WOOOOOHHH!!!"

"YEEAAAAHH!!!"

Kirby rammed Elfilis who tried to resist with their energy, but against a truck powered up like that, they had no chance. The vehicles charged right through them, totally destroying their body!

Kirby then continued into the sky and passed through the rift. He released the truck, and the three of them eventually landed on Popstar, Sweetie and Kirby recognising the landscape when they woke up.

"Is this... Planet Popstar?" Elfilin questioned.

However, despite Elfilis' death, they quickly saw that the rift was still open, and Popstar was still approaching the other world, with trees, blocks, and other stuff being pulled in.

"Everything is being pulled in!" Elfilin exclaimed.

"We must close the rift!" Sweetie Void followed before she flew toward the rift. Elfilin quickly followed her, leaving behind Kirby.

The two entered the rift, and they used all their powers to close it. By the time it was closed, it took a lot out of them, especially Elfilin who lost consciousness. Sweetie Void caught him, and she moved toward what remained of the laboratory where the others still were.

With the rift closed, the sky was back to normal, and objects stopped floating around. Everything was peaceful again.

The danger was destroyed.

They won.

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