Susie finished building the new armor for Mecha Knight within twenty minutes after the start of the surgery. After she wiped off the sweat from her forehead, she decided to take a long break to relieve her stress with tea and cookies. Because there were hours left from finishing the surgery, she took this time to relax. She even turned off the monitor that contacted Dedede and Escargoon. As she chewed on her cookies and sipped some tea, she read over the documents of Haltmann's plan to take over the universe, and smirked as she fantasized defeating Kirby and taking over the universe with President Haltmann. "We're gonna rule this universe..." she evilly snickered. "Huhuhu... hopefully I will get a planet of my own where I can build robots. A lot of them! First, create robots that collects trash and put them in cubes, a robot that can preserve life of a plant, and another robot that can read one's mind and treat them! Life is gonna rule!" Then she thought for a second. "Wait a minute. I can do that now. But then, I need those time to take over the world with President Haltmann. Plus, I don't have much materials yet. Ah, what the heck, just wait for it."

She went back to her cookies and fantasies. "By the way, the star that Kirby had... I want it. I want that badly. Instead of building a robot to destroy it, defeat Kirby so that I can have the star for me, myself, and I. Woo! I can't wait! By the way, that short annoying girl called it a Warp Star... let's look it up." Susie searched Warp Star. "Mmm... so it only accepts Star Warriors, eh? Well, then I should fake it so that it seem that I AM a Star Warrior. I should take some Bio-engineering class to teach myself how to genetically engineer myself so that I can fake to be a Star Warrior."

"Susie," Haltmann called.

"Yes, Mr. President," Susie replied as she opened the door for him.

"I just wanted to check up on the progress with Mecha Knight," President Haltmann said.

"He's doing fine," Susie replied. "However, it will still be difficult due to the Robobot Armor that Kirby has. That one is very powerful."

"Perfect timing," said President Haltmann. "I built another one. Just exactly like the Robobot Armor."

"Oh, you found the materials?" Susie asked.

"Yes, I hired some people to disguise themselves as the aliens on Earth," President Haltmann said. "You know, a planet where your favorite bands live. We found bunch of diamonds there and did thick coating with it. Also, I brought capsules of carbon so that you can make some diamonds for me. That would be great for coating the robots so that they're sturdier than before."

"That's perfect, Mr. President," Susie said.

"I'll increase your wage by 12%," Haltmann said. "Thankfully, no one needs to pay tax when they're working for me."

"One thing that I love about this work, Mr. President," Susie replied.

"Sly girl," Haltmann said. "Now I got some other employees to take care of. I'll expect the diamonds by the end of the month."

"Anything you say, Mr. President," Susie said. As Haltmann left, she sat back down on her seat. "With the increase of wage, I can pay for the class next year without such burden. Plus, my favorite band released new album, and I must buy that!"

********

Tiff took Kirby to Kawasaki's place to cheer him up. Even though he was happy when he was eating, he suddenly became depressed when there was no more food leftover.

"Why is Kirby so sad lately?" Kawasaki asked as he brought more food.

"Meta Knight was kidnapped," Tiff replied.

"What?! A strong knight has been kidnapped?!" Kawasaki exclaimed by unexpected scenario.

"Even though one may be strong, if they do not have as much resources, it is easy to lose," Tiff said. "Our enemies know a lot about us, but we don't know a lot about our enemies. This is pretty difficult. Only chance we have is gain Meta Knight back. and start over from there."

"Who is this enemy that you're talking about?" Kawasaki asked.

"Haltmann Works Company..." Tiff said as she gritted her teeth in anger. "They're now behaving worse than Nightmare Enterprises..."

"Nightmare Enterprises?" Kawasaki reacted. "You mean those we defeated almost a year ago?"

"Yes! Now Haltmann Works Company is trying to take over the world!" Tiff said, still gritting her teeth in fury.

"Would we fight them again?" Kawasaki asked.

"Maybe, but we need to prepare ourselves," Tiff said. "We need Meta Knight back so that he can finish rebuilding the Halberd."

"That ought to be fun!" Kawasaki said.

"Kawasaki! This is not fun and games!" Tiff scolded.

"Oh, sorry," Kawasaki said as he scratched the back of his head.

"Hey guys! What's up?!" Tuff greeted as he entered Kawasaki's restaurant along with Iroo, Spikehead, and Honey.

"Where's Meta Knight?" Iroo asked.

"He's usually with you guys," Honey said.

"Is he busy?" Spikehead said as he showed Tiff a sample.

"Uh... well..." Kawasaki stuttered.

"I'll tell them, its' fine," Tiff said as she crossed her arms. "Meta Knight has been captured by Haltmann Works Company. He's on their side... for now..."

"What's gonna happen to us?" Tuff asked.

"Nothing, hopefully," Tiff said. "Let's just hope that Haltmann Works Company is not that cruel enough to kill anyone."

********

"He's almost finished..." Susie said to herself as the meter on the machine that was brainwashing Mecha Knight almost reached to the end. "I even looked over the new armor. He wouldn't have any problem."

Ding!

The machine finished Mecha Knight's surgery. Mecha Knight groaned. Susie used anesthetic on him so that he can be asleep for few moments. She replaced his armor with a new, sturdier ones.

"There, there," Susie said as she finished repairing Mecha Knight. "Mecha Knight, your name will now be Mecha Knight+."

"Mecha Knight+," Mecha Knight+ said. "Yes, I understand."

********

Tiff took Kirby for a walk so that both of them can clear their heads before Mecha Knight strikes back, but then Sword and Blade Knight came up to them.

"There you are! We were looking all over for you!" Sword Knight said.

"Chakorum Issamay!" Blade Knight said.

"Is it about Meta Knight?" Tiff asked. "Please, we're, well at least Kirby, is not in a mood right now..."

"I think we found a way to get him back," Sword Knight said.

"What?! Really?!" Tiff asked.

"Poyo?!" Kirby asked.

"We think we know why he's behaving that way," Sword Knight said.

"Arayoma!" Blade Knight said.

"What's your theory?" Tiff asked.

"Before we explain, to our room for better explanation," Sword Knight said.

"Right, let's go," Tiff said.

At Sword and Blade Knight's room, Sword Knight turned on the monitor.

"Whoa, what's with all the fancy monitors? How did you guys manage to get all of these in the first place? And... when did you guys get a room in a first place? Does Dedede know about this? I don't think there was a room here before..." Tiff asked so many questions.

"Enough talk," Sword Knight said as he opened the screen with bunch of waves. "Look, this is Meta Knight's brain wave..."

"What does that mean?" Tiff asked.

"It's not normal," Sword Knight said. The waved definitely did not look normal as some of the waves were... curvy...

"Ah I see, they're pretty curvy," Tiff said.

"He's probably brainwashed by a shock," Sword Knight said.

"Shkramus boramae," Blade Knight said.

"Susie..." Tiff said as she gritted her teeth.

"Yes, no one else are smart to do this," Sword Knight said.

"Is there a solution to this?" Tiff asked.

"Our theory is give a shock strong enough to get him back to normal," Sword Knight said.

"Any ideas of how to do that?" Tiff asked.

"I'm glad you asked," Sword Knight said. "We advanced the combat and martial art skills for the Robobot Armor. We wanted Kirby to try it out before he battles Sir Meta Knight again."

"Burleo Robobot Armor," Blade Knight said.

Tiff pressed the button to call the Robobot Armor. "Give it a test, Kirby," Tiff said.

"Not so fast..." Mecha Knight+ said.

"Sir Meta Knight!" "Sir Meta Knight!" "Meta Knight!" "Poyo!" They all called.

"I told you to not call me by that name..." Mecha Knight+ said as his eyes turned red and drew his sword. "Prepare to die..." Mecha Knight+'s voice was very low but very stern and intimidating.

"Not so fast!" Sword Knight said as he swung a needle at Mecha Knight+. Mecha Knight+ flinched as the needle got stuck into his skin. He pulled it back out and prepared to fight.

"Kabu! Send the Warp Star!" Tiff called.

"Warp Star!" Kabu said as he opened his mouth to send the Warp Star.

Mecha Knight+ glided to strike Tiff, but Sword and Blade Knight blocked him. The blades resisted against each other.

"Sir Meta Knight! It's us!" Sword Knight said. "Don't you remember us? You saved our lives!"

"Exopiecto Petronomum, Sir Meta Knight!" Blade Knight said.

"Shut up!" Mecha Knight+ said as he gave more force on his blade that he pushed away both Sword and Blade Knight.

By that time, Kirby's Warp Star arrived and the Robobot Armor was in the position on the Warp Star. Kirby punched Mecha Knight+ so hard that he flew off as the wall shattered and Mecha Knight+ fell to the ground as the shattered bricks partially buried him. Mecha Knight+ painfully groaned as he stood up slowly as he used his hands and feet to help him stand up.

By the time he stood up, the fist of the Robobot Armor was thrusting down towards Mecha Knight+ and created a large dome of wind and dust. When Kirby thought it was over, he heard a voice from behind. "Did you really think defeating would be that simple?" Mecha Knight+ said. Before Kirby was able to completely turn back, Mecha Knight struck Kirby out of Robobot Armor.

"Poyo, po!" Kirby grunted as he bounced on the ground.

"Pathetic," Mecha Knight+ said as he raised his sword. However, the Warp Star blocked it.

Tiff watched it the whole time. Why didn't the Warp Star block Meta Knight's attack in the first place? Tiff thought.

The Robobot Armor came back to Kirby. Kirby then activated it again, and then released the punches that Mecha Knight+ all dodged. If Kirby aimed from sideways, Mecha Knight+ jumped upwards. If Kirby aimed upwards, Mecha Knight+ dodged sideways. Mecha Knight+ was able to predict where Kirby would smack him. When Mecha Knight+ got a chance, he strucked the Warp Star as strong as he could. Both Kirby and Mecha Knight+ flew from each other and bumped into the wall. Robobot Armor acted immediately and rushed its fist towards Mecha Knight+ without Kirby's control. Whoa, what?! Tiff thought as she watched the Robobot Armor from the distance.

This time, there was no trick. It was real Mecha Knight+. However, he had large stamina and high durability that reduced the impact by half. "So you want to play..."Mecha Knight+ said as he gritted his teeth and took out his sword. Robobot Armor automatically copied the blade and turned into Sword Mode. When Robobot Armor tried to forwards slash,Mecha Knight+ quickly dodged and performed side slash, but was bounced off by the Warp Star. "Max power and max defense... how cheap..."Mecha Knight+ said to himself. However, that did not stop him from giving up. He looked for an open space to at least get one hit. "I should use this skill then... Kirby... it's over..."Mecha Knight+ said as he took his stand. Suddenly, hundreds of his duplications emerged from Mecha Knight+. They all performed Blade Beam. Warp Star managed to block... majority of them. Some did get to Kirby. Some Blade Beam was able to get through the open space. Also, by the hits, Warp Star was damaged. "Bingo,"Mecha Knight+ said.

"Poyo..." Kirby groaned. The outer shell of the Warp Star went back to Kapu, leaving only the inner Warp Star.

Oh, no! Tiff thought. He will have less defense in this case!

"Gotcha,"Mecha Knight+ said as he glided to strike Kirby, but then he underestimated the knowledge of the Robobot Armor. The Robobot Armor automatically performed an uppercut. For another combo, Kirby activated Explosive Blade Beam.Mecha Knight+ was sent back to the transporter room. Tiff quickly sent him back before he caused more trouble.

********

Susie tried to hold her anger in when she sawMecha Knight+ being sent back to her room. She calmly told the medics to take him to the medics room. She grabbed a pillow and screamed into it as loud as she felt that she needed to. She coughed as her throat hurt. "I can't believe it..." Susie has been looking at the recording that she secretly hid inside Mecha Knight+'s armor. She believe that it would be sturdy enough to protect Mecha Knight+, but he was defeated much easier than she thought. "This is the last surgery... last..." Susie said. "Or else he's going to completely turn back normal, and the electric shock to brainwash him would be completely useless." She gritted her teeth, but then her teeth-gritting turned into toothy grin. "At least I know where everything in the castle is..." With the duplication technique, she was able to have Mecha Knight+ create many clones as he can so that she can have them roam around the castle to capture every image of the castle for herself.

********

Tiff, Sword Knight, Blade Knight, Fololo, Falala, Tuff, Iroo, Honey, and Spikehead were trying to cheer Kirby up by taking him to Kawasaki's place, but Kirby's heart was full of grief by Meta Knight not recognizing him, and by guilt that he and the Robobot Armor beat him up so badly.

"We had to make it smart enough to attack automatically," Sword Knight said. "We needed to complete what Sir Meta Knight started..."

"Ridikule experiarm Robobot Armor," Blade Knight said.

"Do you think there are any other way we can bring his memories back?" Tiff asked.

"First, we need to capture him from Susie," Sword Knight said. "And then reverse shock him. That's our theory..."

"Knight," Blade Knight said.

"Hopefully that works when he comes back," Tiff said.

"We'll be able to bring Meta Knight." "Yeah, we believe in you guys." Fololo and Falala encouraged.

A/N: Please folks... no more spoiler comments... I must keep deleting them. There are some people who did not play this game and some may even only watched the anime and not played a single game. So please, pleASE, PLEASE, PLEEEEEEEASE no spoiler comments. If this continues, I will have to mute you. Please do not make me do this. People are here to enjoy the stories, not be spoiled and ruin the fun. Please have mutual respect to not only me but to other readers as well. This will be the only announcement. Other than that, Cappy New Year!