...! I... I can move again....
Inside Castle DeDeDe, our heroes are locked in cages hanging from the cieling...
...! I... I can move again....
Finally thawed out, eh?
Kirby!
I'm glad you're okay, pal...
Kirby, you...
...?
You're... You're a real piece of work, you know that?! I told you all along that I didn't want to come here, because I was deathly afraid that something like this would happen! Well look at us now! It happened! Why don't you ever listen to me?!
Uh-oh! Mom and Dad are fighting!
...DeDeDe...
In the flesh! How's the cage, my little apricot?
As cold and unmoving as your heart.
Ouch! Feisty today, eh? I heard you even threw three of my men off the rooftop! What happened to my little orange marshmallow?
The more time passes, the less I can tolerate being walked all over.
Is that so? I'm not worried...
I can always break you again.
DEDEDE!
I'm sorry, Pinky, did I say you could talk?
Listen... I...
Why would I listen to YOU?
BECAUSE!
You can keep all my food. You can even keep me. Just let Waddle Dee go.
...!
Unfortunately for you, Mr. Heroic, I was already gonna keep you, your food AND Waddle Dee, so you're basically asking me to give up a third of today's haul! No thanks!
...Sorry, Waddle Dee...
Just let me out of this cage already, DeDeDe...
And risk going three rounds against Iron Dee Tyson? Not yet, Sunshine! First you have to promise me that I'm you're one and only! Your true-blue sweetheart!
What?!
And you gotta promise me that you love me much more than this loser, Kirby!
!!!
Huh...?
Kirby...
...Oh! Because last time we saw him, we made up that excuse on the fly... DeDeDe, we aren't really together.
Y-yeah! Right!
You think I'm stupid, boy?! You think I can't see the spark in your eyes when you're with Kirby?! You think I don't recognize it as the same spark I saw when we were first dating?! I want that spark back!! It's mine!!
...Ahh...
Do... do you really—
NO! SHUT UP! NEW GUY! GET OUT HERE! I HAVE YOUR FIRST MISSION!
...
Bring me Kirby's eyes.
...
To be continued...
Published 8/8/2024