Return of Marx

And you thought it ended with Galacta Knight…

Far, far in the darkest part of space, a giant clock creature known as NOVA floated in a state of defeat and sorrow. NOVA is somehow bound to making people’s wishes a reality, that’s how the legend goes. But although most people think of NOVA as just some piece of junk floating in space, they’re wrong. NOVA has a heart, soul, and feelings. True he was bound to this terrible state but it made him sad. Twice now the universe was almost destroyed and lives were almost lost because of him. But now he was redeeming himself. Deep within him was the creature that had manipulated his abilities to be used to destroy the universe. His name was Marx.

Marx was a carefree fellow from Popstar and a valued friend of Kirby. He originally was good and sweet but he became greatly jealous of Kirby and his ability when he had none. He sought this great power more than anything, and slowly his plan began to shape. He went into space and got the Sun and Moon to fight (to this day no one knows how) and told Kirby his only option was to find NOVA. That’s when things went wrong. Kirby did just what Marx told him but Marx stopped him from wishing and wished to destroy Popstar. NOVA went forward to do this terrible task and gave Marx the power he asked for and he was turned into a giant bat creature. But before NOVA could reach Popstar, he was delayed by the moon and sun fighting. Kirby flew into his mainframe and destroyed his heart before going after Marx. Even though Marx was powerful he was no match for Kirby. But that was all over now. Marx was dead and held inside NOVA to prevent any further damage.

But from NOVA’s fight with Kirby and being blown up by Marx he was once again weak. He could slowly feel his heart pulse drop.

“NO-> I…HAVE…TO…DO…THIS FOR POP…->POP…” Slowly NOVA’s eyes closed for the last time, every piece of him stopped in its place, and his parts fell off him. And in these parts was Marx, lifeless and still, but there was something abnormal about it.

Then a small spark of magic from NOVA flew over to him. And more, and more, and more and more. Marx’s body slowly regenerated itself. His long bat wings returned, only this time they were red and sinister. His shoes become pointed, his bow around his neck was replaced with a necklace that looked like it had parts of NOVA’s machinery on it, his hat became spiked, and his body became zombified. His big creepy eyes shot open and he let out a long menacing scream.
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“Bew bew bew!” A small blue Kirby-like creature cried running around Etch. Etch giggled.

“Calm down Little Blue.” She told him.

“Poyo poyo poyo! Bew bew bew!” He cried running around again.

“He’s adorable!” Atlanta16 cooed looking down at him.

“I know I love taking care of him!” Etch smiled.

“Bew!” Blue said smiling.

Atlanta16 looked at the clock on the wall and gasped. “I forgot! Tara12 and Taylor are waiting for me at the beach! They’re gunna kill me if I’m late again.” She grabbed her bag. “I’ll see you later Etch bye!”

Atlanta16 sprinted as fast as she could manage to the beach, she couldn’t be late again. Finally when she ran over the hill she saw her two friends talking to a little creampuff known as Pearl.

“Hey guys!” Atlanta came to quick stop. They turned to her.

“Hey Atlanta. Where you been?” Taylor asked.

“Babysitting Blue with Etch. I miss anything?” She asked.

“Nope we’ve just been playing with Pearl.” Tara12 said. “You guys wanna get something to eat?”

“Sure.”

“Yeah! Today’s going to be the day where I eat Kawasaki’s super hot curry!” Taylor started to run off.

“Oh no you don’t!” Both grabbed her shirt and pulled her back.

“Remember last time you tried that? You couldn’t speak for three days!” Tara12 reminded her.

“Well I can’t stand there being a type of food I can’t eat!” Taylor argued.

“Well now you sound like Kirby.” Atlanta16 rolled her eyes.

“Poyo?” Pearl tilted her head.

Luckily by the time they made it to Cappy Town, it wasn’t too crowded-a surprise since it was around lunchtime. The one person they did notice was Joseph00 writing in his journal.

“Hey Joseph00!” Tara12 waved.

Joseph00 looked up and went back to writing.

“…Hi.” He said.

Atlanta16 looked around. “So where is everyone?”

But when they turned he was gone.

“Ok since when does he act like Meta Knight?” Taylor crossed her arms and they all went in.

Kawasaki was inside reading a book when he heard them. Without looking up, he leapt out of his seat.

“Welcome! How m-” But when he saw them he became less excited. “Oh girls it’s you.”

“Yeah that’s a good way to get return business.” Atlanta16 rolled her eyes.

“Where is everyone anyway?” Tara12 asked.

“Oh,” Kawasaki said, “well you see I was trying out new recipes cause everyone said my food was ‘boring’ and ‘inedible’ or ‘nasty’ so I decided to fix up my menu with a few new things. But I was experimenting with a way to make a fish dessert and-”

“Eww we get the picture!” Taylor waved her arms around.

“Riiiigght. So do you have any thing else that’s new that’s not so-no offense-puckish?” Atlanta16 asked.

“Define puckish?” Kawasaki said.

They all looked at each other.

“Uh on second thought I’m not hungry anymore.” Taylor said running off.

“Yeah me neither.” Tara12 ran after her.

“Later!” Atlanta16 chased them.

“EVERYTIME!” Kawasaki screamed.

But by the time they were outside, everything was dark. A storm cloud moved in while they were inside and blocked off any sunlight.

“Looks like it’ll rain.” Tara12 said.

“Too bad. All we did was wait for Atlanta16.” Taylor crossed her arms.

“Its not just any storm cloud…”

They all looked up and saw Meta Knight standing on top of the restaurant.

“Sir Meta Knight?” Tara asked.

“Seriously how do you get up there so fast?” Taylor asked.

Meta Knight looked up. “Remember the last time Popstar was almost destroyed?” He asked.

“Yup, yesterday. Aw good times.” Atlanta16 put her arms behind her head.

“Wait,” Tara12 stared at him, “do you mean Marx?”

“Marx?” Taylor asked.

“Oh that’s right!” Atlanta16 exclaimed,. “Taylor was back in her universe when Marx attacked us.”

“He’s a friend of Kirby that took advantage of him, tricked him, sent him into space, and used NOVA’s powers to try and take over Popstar.” Tara12 told her.

“WHAT A JERK! So what’s he doing back here?” Taylor asked. Before anyone could respond, a thunderbolt flashed splitting the sky in half and landing feet away from the three. They all screamed and ran to safety.

“What just happened?!” Atlanta16 screamed.

“That wasn’t normal.” Tara12 mumbled. The next thing they knew, a loud scream echoed through Cappy Town. They plugged their ears to prevent too much damage. A portal opened deep in the sky and the zombified Marx burst out.

“What in the-?!” Taylor screamed.

“Girls get out of here and hide! Its not safe for you to be here not with that monster here.” Meta Knight’s eyes turned red.

“Gotcha. Let’s get the heck outta here!” Atlanta16 screamed running off. Tara12 and Taylor followed.
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After an hour of running and realizing how stupid Taylor was for forgetting she could fly, the three safely made it back to Castle Dedede. They were hiding in Taylor’s room that Carmen made for her, the door barricaded and the blinds closed. It was too risky for Marx to find them. Right now all three were sitting on the floor hoping Marx would just leave. Taylor had the Triple Star gripped in her hands and was trying to transform.

“Star form star form STAR FORM!” She shook it repeatedly but nothing happened.  “This isn’t fair. I’ve had this thing for over a year and only went into Star Form twice but Tara12 had it for an hour and could go into it at will?”

“Probably because Tara12’s older and stronger than you.” Atlanta16 said.

“Maybe…”Tara12 said, “or maybe it has something to do with my copying ability.” Atlanta16 nodded.

“You think that what-ever-it-is is still out there?” Taylor asked.

“I wouldn’t be surprise,” Tara12 seemed halfway distracted by the thought.

“Hope Meta Knight’s ok,” Atlanta16 murmured.

“Me too,” Tara12 said sadly. Just then, a clap of lightning struck outside. “Sounds like its getting rough out there,”

“So that guy can control weather too?” Taylor asked.

“If he can we could be in big trouble,” Tara12 told her.

“It'll be ok,”Atlanta16 reminded them, “I bet Marx'll just come looking for us, won't find us, give up, and go somewhere else,” Tara12 looked out the window.

“But Marx will still be out there! We'll have to go out and stop him sooner or later!” Tara12 said bravely.

“Good point,” Taylor said although looking in a position like she wasn’t ready to do anything.

“We need a plan,” Tara12 returned to where her friends were sitting.

“I have one,” Atlanta16 suggested, “Taylor could distract him and-”

“Nu-uh! I’m not going to be bait!” Taylor snapped.

“I meant a battle plan,” Tara12 said. Taylor looked relived.

“Too bad we can’t turn invisible,” Atlanta16 murmured, “that’d make it easier,”

Tara12 looked up. “That may just work!” With that she transformed from her normal outfit of a black burette, yellow shirt, and jeans to an outfit with a yellow burette with stars on it, a golden shirt and pants with a star that had wings in the middle, and golden shoes with stars at the front tips. “Let’s try it,” She nodded. Taylor stood up holding her Triple Star by her side. Both the girls concentrated as hard as they could and with it, they both turned completely invisible. Atlanta16 looked awestruck.

“So how do we turn Atlanta16 invisible?” Taylor asked.

“I dunno can the Triple Star do that?” Tara12 asked.

“Mine can’t but yours probably could,” Taylor told her.

“I’ll try it then,” Tara12 said focusing to turn Atlanta16 invisible. Just as Tara12 and Taylor did, Atlanta16 turned completely invisible.

“I did it!” Tara12 smiled, “Cool!”

“Wow you gotta teach me that!” Taylor smiled.

“Alright but first Marx!” Tara12 ran out of the room. Atlanta16 and Taylor followed.

“Alright.Tara12 you attack from the highest point on the castle, Taylor you attack him on top of Kawasaki's restraunt and I'll alternate,” Atlanta16 told them

“Sounds good to me,” Tara12 nodded. With that they all raced off to their positions while being sure to make sure they had walkie talkies with them.

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In a random position, somewhere outside of Cappy Town, Atlanta16 watched the storm clouds rolling in the sky.  She pulled out a walkie talkie. “You guys in position?”

“Ugh,” Tara12 groaned. Being on top of the Castle with a storm going wasn’t a good combination. “I feel like a lightning rod up here,”

On Taylor’s side she looked down at the restraunt below her. “And being around all this food is making me hungry,”

“When do we strike?” Tara12 asked shivering as a breeze brushed against her.

“As soon as you see him,” Atlanta16 replied.

“Got it!” Tara12 responded.

“Tara12,” Someone said. She spun around with a gasp. That someone was Meta Knight who was severely wounded from the battle with Marx. His skin was bruised and had several small cuts, all of which had been bleeding, he had a claw mark on his mask, and part of his cape was torn.

“Meta Knight are you ok?! And how could you see me if I’m invisible?” Tara12 asked.

“He can?!” Taylor asked over the walkie talkie. “Freaky.”

Meta Knight ignored the second question. “I’m fine but-” He stammered a little, “I’ve been meaning to give you this,” He took out a sword with stars engraved in several places and handed it to her.

“What’s this?” She asked examining it.

Meta Knight’s eyes glew blue, a sign of happiness or pride. “Since the day you arrived on Popstar, I knew you were his daughter,”

Tara12 looked surprised. “This is my dad’s?!” She blinked, “Meta Knight did you…know him?”

Meta Knight nodded and turned away from her. “I’m not sure if your mother told you this but he was a Star Warrior who fought beside me in the war against Nightmare,”

Tara12 shook her head. “No she didn’t. She…she just said he disappeared around the time I was 7,”

“I thought something like that would happen. Regardless, I imagine your father would want you to have this,”

“Woah,” Was the only word to come out of Tara12’s mouth as she stared breathlessly at the sword. By the time she looked up, Meta Knight was gone.

“Tara12 what’s going on?” Atlanta16 asked.

“I’m trying to figure out how to use this special sword,” Tara12 answered.

“You got a sword?” Taylor asked, “Cool!”

“Apparently it belonged to my dad,” Tara12 examined it more carefully.

“Cooler,” Taylor said, “but I don’t get it-where’s Marx?”

Tara12 looked up. All was the same. Had Marx disappeared for good this time? Maybe it was possible Meta Knight beat him.  “Don’t let your guard down, this could be a trick,” Tara12 told them.

Taylor looked up too. “Hey guys do you see that thing in the sky or am I imagining it?” She asked.

“I see it too!” Tara12 said panicking slightly.

“Me too,” Atlanta16 stared at it, “is it a portal or a really dark cloud?”

“It could be either!” Tara12 told her.

Taylor tilted her head slightly. “Hey what’s that thing coming out o- OH MY GOSH!” She screamed. After that they only thing that could be heard on her end was static.

“Taylor?! Taylor?!” Tara12 screamed.

“What happened?!” Atlanta16 screamed in return.

“TAAAAYLLLOORRR!” Tara12 screamed. No response. “I dunno she could be in trouble!” Tara12’s attention returned to the sky. “Atlanta16 you go check on her I’ll keep an eye for further development on the vortex.”

“Got it!” Atlanta16 nodded running off. While Atlanta16 looked for Taylor, Tara12 began wondering more and more about her father’s sword. She wanted to swing it around and see how it handled but it was dangerous considering how high she was.  A while later, Atlanta16’s voice returned. “Found her,” She said in an unimpressed tone.

“Hi Tara12!” Taylor’s voice came.

“Yay you’re ok!” Tara12 smiled breathing a sigh of relief. “What happened?”

She heard Taylor take in a breath getting ready to explain but Atlanta16 spoke before her. “Thunder came out of the portal, it scared her and she dropped her walkie talkie,”

“Heh heh,” Taylor sounded embarrassed. Tara12 nodded in understanding but before she could speak, a bolt of lightning struck by her causing her to jump.

“I knew it I am a lightning rod!” Tara12 was relived she wasn’t burnt by it. “Can I get down now? Marx is getting hard to find.”

“Alright I have a new plan,” Atlanta16 started, “we’ll all meet at Kirby’s house and try and lure him out of the portal then attack him head-on.”

“Sounds good to me,” Tara12 agreed. Finally, I can get down now, Tara12 thought. She held up the Triple Star and watched as all three colored star attached to her shoes. Slowly she levitated downwards and flew over to Kirby’s house.

It took a while for both Atlanta16 and Taylor to come but they finally did. “Hey Tara12!” Taylor smiled. Tara12 stood up and waved before pulling her dad’s sword out. “Is that the sword you were talking about?” Asked Taylor, amazed. Tara12 nodded.

“Yup it belonged to my father,” Tara12 told them, feeling sad.

“What’s wrong?” Taylor asked.

Tara12 didn’t respond right away, something seemed to be troubling her. “I haven’t seen my father since I was seven…I’m only learning about him now“ Taylor hugged her.

“I’m sorry,” Taylor said.

“Thanks,”  Tara12 looked up at the sky, “alright, now let’s go get Marx!”

As if on cue, the giant monster Marx had transformed into burst through the portal laughing manically. The three girls held back screaming at the sight of it.

“THAT’S Marx?!” Taylor screamed.

“B-b-b-but when we sealed him away he was Kirby sized…wasn’t he?!” Atlanta16 screamed.

“Yeah how’d he get like that?!” Tara12 screamed.

Marx or as he should be called Marx’s Soul searched the valley bellow for them. Upon finding them, he let out a creepy laugh and lunged at them.

“Look out!” Tara12 screamed as they all jumped out of the way. With that, Marx’s Soul hit the ground bellow with a crash, but didn’t even look hurt. Taylor took out the Triple Star.

“Alright Tara12 lets take him out!”

“Yeah!” Tara12 nodded only to realize she wasn’t in Triple Star Form anymore. “What the-I don’t remember reverting back!” She then realized her father’s sword, it must have been a new ability. She blinked. “Ok so uh if this is a new ability…oh crap how do I use this?! Come on do something!” Without even knowing she did so, a sword beam flew out from it. It hit Marx’s Soul in an explosion which made Tara12 and the others jump. “Did I do that?”

“Yeah I bet you have the same strength as your dad or something,” Atlanta16 said.

“Maybe,” Tara12 nodded. Slowly, Marx’s Soul rose off the ground and attacked the group with sharp razors. They jumped out of the way just in time to watch the razors shred blades of grass to bits.

“Since when is Marx so strong?” Atlanta16 asked.

“I think it has something to do with his sudden wardrobe change,” Tara12 suggested.

“He must still have the same weaknesses though,” Atlanta16 said.

“Which is?” Taylor asked cluelessly.  

“Probably his head,” Atlanta16 told her.

“Right,” Tara12 nodded.

“Sounds good to me!” Taylor ran towards him.

“Wait!” Both Tara12 and Atlanta16 screamed. Too late, Taylor leapt up to attack but Marx’s Soul anticipated this. He shot a beam of arrows at her knocking her backwards. Taylor hit the ground hard and felt dizzy as she tried to look up. What she managed to see was Marx’s Soul launching another beam at her. She covered her eyes waiting for the end but felt no pain, instead she saw something different. It was a boy named Terry, one who had come to Dreamland from her world and later became the new Miracle Matter. He was a boy around the age of fifteen, had short dark brown hair, a crystal strung from his neck that made him turn into a Miracle Matter, and his eyes were normally brown except now they were sky blue. A giant wall of ice in front of him holding back Marx’s Soul’s attack.

“T-Terry?” She asked. He turned to her and gave her a cute smile. “What are you doing here?”

“You didn’t think I’d let you get hurt did you, baby?” Taylor blushed. He took her hand and helped her up. He gave Tara12 and Atlanta16 a wink. “Mind if I help out?”

“Not at all,” Tara12 nodded. With that, Terry spun around slicing the ice wall with an icicle that appeared on his wrist. As soon as it disappeared, he shot a storm of icicles towards Marx’s Soul. Tara12 continued to launch star beams, Terry transformed into fire form and began throwing fireballs at him and Taylor launched a stream of stars towards him. Marx’s Soul froze and looked paralyzed.

“All right!” The four of them cheered.

“Now let’s get him while he’s down!” Tara12 screamed running at him. Marx’s Soul’s eyes shot open when she did this and his entire body became unparalized (he was apparently faking), his wings shot at Tara12 and knocked her into the air. Tara12 screamed when she heard something.

“Tara12!!!!” And out of nowhere, Knuckle Joe jumped up and caught her in his arms. Tara12’s eyes opened and her scream vanished as they landed.

“Knuckle Joe?” She asked. She smiled. “Thanks for catching me!” Without her knowing, her father’s sword began glowing.

Knuckle Joe blushed. “I-it was nothing,” Tara12 looked down on her sword.

“Wh-What’s happening to my father’s sword?!” She asked franticly. With that, the sword sent a beam into the sky which seemed to make even the darkest of the storm clouds to turn golden.  Slowly, another sword descended from the clouds, this one had rainbow striped going down it with a golden base. “What’s going on?” Tara12 asked just as surprised as anyone. In another burst of the light, Tara12’s father’s sword morphed with the Rainbow Sword causing a completely new ability. Tara12 found herself in a complete white suit-like outfit with golden sleeves and a golden belt, armor covering her hands, knees, elbows,  and shoulders with rainbow colors and a star, her beret turned white with a picture of a shooting star that had  a rainbow trailing behind it, and last but not least, a mask like Meta Knight’s but with stars on it covered her face. Tara12 stared downwards because by now she was floating. “I feel…Amazing power. This must be my newest form,”

“By the looks of it,” Terry smiled, “I’m guessing its powerful,”

“With that I bet you could beat Marx!” Taylor smiled. Tara12 nodded at her before turning her attention to Marx’s Soul who was fuming mad. He lunged at the four ready to attack but was stalled by Terry’s ice walls. “Now to finish this!” Tara12 leapt up beyond the ice walls and launched a rainbow beam at him. Atlanta16 pulled a sword out of no where and jumped at him. Taylor, however, stayed close to Terry. Finally, Marx’s Soul launched an attack at the ice walls shattering them and launching Terry and Taylor backwards. Terry’s crystal began glowing and his eyes turned white. As quick as possible, he used an air ability to get both he and Taylor to the ground safely. Taylor blushed.

“You’re so heroic,” She smiled. He smiled back and kissed her on the cheek, which made her blush more. They had actually forgotten about what was happening until Marx’s Soul let out another deathly scream.

“I hope he enjoys those last few moments!” Terry’s eyes turned green, a symbol of earth. He launched at Marx’s Soul using an technique known as earth smash. Atlanta16 continued what she was normally doing which was hitting Marx’s enormous wings with all her might. Tara12 began launching stars at him and Taylor followed. Knuckle Joe jumped up and used Vulcam Jab as many times as it took. Finally, with one last rainbow sword beam, Marx’s Soul let out a final eerie scream before splitting in half, exploding upon doing so.  
   
The next day, the five exhausted heroes woke up still in the valley. Signs of damage were everywhere and in Tara12’s was the Starainbow sword but she had changed out of her newest form. Knuckle Joe began rubbing his head.

“Ugh what a migraine,” He yawned.

Terry opened his eyes slowly and looked around. He sat up looking down on the exhausted Taylor who was still asleep. Terry bent down on his knees and began stroking her hair until she woke up. When she did, she was greeted by a kiss on the nose from him, making her blush once more. Tara12 peeked her eyes opened and sat up with a yawn. “Morning,” Terry smiled to both girls.

“Hi…” Taylor yawned wanting to go back to sleep.

“I had the weirdest dream last night,” Tara12 told him.

“What happened in it?”

“We were all fighting Marx’s Soul and I think we won,” Tara12 yawned, “I even got a new f-” She froze when she saw the sword in her hand.

“Really? I had the exact same dream,” Terry told her.

“Me too,” Taylor said half asleep.

“Terry?” Tara12 asked. Terry looked up and Tara12 gave him a smile. “Something tells me it wasn’t a dream,” She held up the Starainbow Sword.