Invaded (IN NEED OF REVISING)

Chapter XXII

Heath

Music: Prelude of the Last Battle from Salamander 2

We stood in front of the gigantic throne, where a man who we presumed was the leader of the St. David's tribe sat, laughing maniacally.

When he finally stopped laughing long enough to look down on us, he sneered, "So, we finally meet face-to-face. I am the Great Big Boss, leader of this tribe. I see you brought those orbs along with you, which will benefit me greatly."

"There's no way in hell we're giving them to you," Mackenzie growled.

The man pretended to be taken aback. "Well, I should've figured. You wouldn't just give the orbs to me if I asked, oh no. That would be too easy." He laughed after he finished that last sentence.

I asked him, with an eyebrow raised, "Your point is?"

The Great Big Boss glared at me, his big eyes wide open. "I'm not necessarily going to fight you for them myself. Instead, we're going to play a little game."

"A game where we win?" Sam smirked. Jack gave him a high-five, whispering to him, "You tell him, man."

"No. A game where I win. I will tire you out to the point where you will admit defeat, and then you have to give me the orbs." Then he grabbed a microphone and yelled, "ROBOTS, ATTACK!"

Music: Big Bob-omb Boss Battle #2 from Shining Stars 2 Mirror Madness

What happened next was to be expected. A hundred or so of the robots we encountered earlier came from all sides, surrounding us. We entered a fighting stance for no reason, and I whispered to Sam, "Let's do this, my man."

He simply nodded in reply.

Jackson

The robots were armed, but they were quite weak against us. A simple kick from most of us was able to take them out. Most of them fell victim to gunshots from either Sam, Heath, or I.

After about a minute or so, only twenty of the robots were left. Sam looked at Mackenzie and told her, "It's time."

She nodded, and pulled out the grenade from earlier. She lured all the robots into a corner, then took them all out with one grenade. It was quite a quick encounter, if I must say so myself.

Music: Bowser, Almighty Koopa King (Fast) (Choir/Drums) from Super Mario Galaxy 2

Afterwards, the Great Big Boss hopped into his spaceship and yelled, "Alright! Time to play a different game!" Then he flew to the top of a tower, and seven escalators came down for us. The escalators were going downwards, which made climbing up them difficult, but it wasn't impossible.

When we finally reached the top, Sam snarled, "We have you now."

"Or do you?" the Great Big Boss grinned. With that, he pushed a button, and seven arms flew out and knocked all seven of us down to the ground. Then, he appeared right in front of us and said, "That game was boring! Let's play a little game of cat and mice now!"

"The proper term is cat and mouse," I corrected him.

"YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!" With that, he began flew up into the skies, sending his ship's arms for random people at random times. The seven of us began running in different directions.

Every so often, one or two of the arms would appear right in front of us as we ran, and we'd scream as we turned around and begin running the opposite way, only to find out a few seconds later that the arm had moved somewhere else.

Finally, after about 30 seconds of being tortured like this, each of the seven arms grabbed one of us and threw us straight to the ground. The Great Big Boss began cackling evilly as we made brutal contact with the hard, almost concrete-like ground.