Nnnrgh!

The Shin: Re:Code seems to be working well... until Kahtos suddenly calls forth a green figure, which rams into them, creating a ball of light...

As the light fades, Kahtos stands tall...albeit a bit different.

Pay close attention to your surroundings...
...Because it will be the LAST time you see them.

Kahtos takes to the skies using their Nanotech-wings, firing several Kannonballs in the center of the robots.

Kahtos is slightly put off, but regains control of themself.

....No. Those days are long gone. My destiny is to serve the order of the Gangplank Galleon.

Kahtos glides towards the robots and grabs them. Suddenly, the area around them blacks out, though physical sounds are still heard. When the area brightens, Kahtos is standing on top.

---

Shun Goku Satsu- ??????

Kahtos turns to K. Rool.

Unfortunately not. On top of interferences, this DK. Sr made an attempt to undo my programming.

Kahtos meanwhile is shifting back and forth between itself and a familiar state.

What's.... happening... to ....me-
ERROR. ERROR. RE:CODE NOT FOUND. COMMENCING AUTO-PROCOL: GTFO

Kahtos flees, teleporting back to the Ganglank Galleon II.

---

On the South Pole.

Damn. It seems like I underestimated the two of them. Well, it seems like I'll have to wait for backup before I can do anything else.
(Someone say, "backup"?)

Suddenly, a Metall wearing a helicopter comes down to meet Anthem. Anthem smiles at the sight of this, patting him on the helmet.

Just in time, kiddo! Mind giving me a lift back?
(Not at all! Grab on!)

Anthem grabs hold of the Metall, who quickly takes flight to the skies.

Apologies, but you are better of trying to fight someone moronic enough to announce they're either taking over or destroying the world to the entire public. Or whatever it is villains are up to today.
Now, if you excuse me. It may be best you flap your gums at something your interference holds weight to.

Hades nonchalantly opens up a portal and walks inside of it, the portal closing as soon as he is inside.

---

The portal repopens, with Hades in his throne room.

Well. That was something.

Suddently A. Rock and Mech-T come into the room.

Lord Hades? We kinda have some bad news.
The authorities have a new peacekeeping robot?
The authorities have a ne-
Oh.
And then, with an unparalleled one-hit wonder, you two managed to send him to Antarctica.
I assure you two , measures are being made to combat this. If it is War Mayor Dorado wants...then war it shall be.

---

Kahtos avoids the shots, while trying to slice the DK Crew apart.

Both A. Rock and Mech-T immediately start going on the offense against Anthem, Mech-T harrassing him up close with the scythe and A. Rock. While Mech-T, is attacking.

Damn pests!

Anthem then fires an Anthem Fist at Mech-T, who is sent skyrocketing into the air from it.

Darn it!

A. Rock, getting a little desperate, clashes with Anthem as each tries to get the upper hand with an Anthem Breaker and an Earth Gauntlet Punch. A. Rock, however, begins to Overheat.

How?
Sorry, kid. This is the end of the line for you.

Anthem tries to swing at A. Rock, only for his punch to be ducked.

...This is bad.
ROCK UPPER!

A. Rock then hits Anthem with a strong uppercut, not doing much damage but sending him to what is likely a different continent.

....
Oh... oh man.

Mech-T, who has at this point reverted to his base form as well, lands next to him on his face with a solid thud.

...Did anyone get the number on that license plate?

A. Rock heals him up with an Energy Boost.

Okay, we DEFINITELY need to report what just happened.
Yeah, no kidding. If he was telling the truth, then we may be in a sticky situation with the law right now.

The duo teleport back to the Dark Fortress.

---

Anthem Fist- a fist used as a rocket projectile, similarly to Hard Knuckle. May Explode
Anthem Breaker- a move where the user moves at high speeds gaining Super Armor and homes into the nearest target.

Now, are you willing to give up or will I have to turn you in myself?
Alright, but before you do, one question. What's that up there?

Anthem sighs, believing the purpose behind Mech-T's question to distract him.

What do you take me for, some kind of idiot? I'm not going to fall for any of your cheap tri-.

Before Anthem can finish his sentenced, he is ambushed from above by A. Rock, though doesn't move in the slightest from the attack.

Piss off.
...Rock? Your attack form looks kinda... different.
Don't worry about that. Me and my new friend decided to come to an agreement. I give him more of my own Stat Boosting energy and in return my weapons will pack a little more punch.
Ah. There you are. Alias "Alterock"? How convenient. I get to kill two birds with one stone. Minus the killing. Though...that... wasn't one of the abilities we had seen from you registered in the database.

Well....
You'd be surprised how inaccurate a lot of that information is.
(.̶̀.͜҉.A͏t̶t̨̧a҉c̸k ̡͠h҉i͟m.̨͠.̵̡.̷ ̨͟f̕a̵s҉̷t̴.̨͠͝ ́͜͟a͜͏͢n̶͘d̷̨͏ ̛͡s̢̡t͜͏r̢ong̨.̷̸͡ ͢Èxt͘̕r͜e̷͏m̨̀el̷̵y̨҉̡ ̶̧͝t̷҉̧ơ͞u͝ǵ̴h̵́͞.̡.҉.̕͟.̧͠p̢̢h̨͠y̡̛͢s̸̕͡ì̡̨c̡͞al̴͡ pro̶͘͡w̨͘e̸s͏s̛.҉̧̛ Do̕n͡'͠͝t̀..̢̧.l̶̸͜e̡t̸ ̢h͝im g̢e͠t ̴͏h͏̶i̛͏͠s̛͞ ̨̨há̛nds̸̛͡ ͡ǫ̵͘n̵ ͏y͞o̴u̢.̨)
Got it! Mech!

Mech-T, who until now was only watching, responds with a power-up of his own.

Right behind you.

..Huh. Never knew all this corruption lore went so deep.
What's tacking Mech-T so long, though? I get he said he had something to do but he should've been back already.

Rock suddenly hears a beeping noise from his earpieces, alerting him of something.

Awwww, crap.

---

On the other side of town, Mech-T hides behind a building wall.

(Come on, get here already! Seriously, it's like nothing hurts this guy. My Shield Scythe doesn't even pierce him, and on top of that, he hits like a truck. I could use Dark Star Energy for more power, but one wrong move could end up wasting all my WE, with no one to help boost it back up.)

The building wall is suddenly knocked down, forcing him to jump out of the way and make himself visible.

Meanwhile, a figure stands tall, behind the sunken building.

What's the matter? Need backup from a friend?
Just what do you have to do with Quartet Enterprises?
Pal, as long as I'm chosen to investigate it...

The figure suddenly steps out of the shadows, revealing himself.

....Everything.

Hades, still smiling, folds his hands behind his back.

I haven't the slightest clue. You tell me.

---

Kahtos easily avoids the Lance Shots, though ends up getting hit by the Monkey Flip, which does very little to stagger or move Kathos at all. Kathos then fires a huge Kannonball at the DK. gang.

---

Kannonball- a cannonball fired from the Karnage Sabre, which morphs into a cannon of suitable size.

As Mr. Egg leaves, Hades indeed looks at the contents of the blueprints.

---

Kahtos kicks DK Sr. away, and turns to the robots.

You have no authority here. I will not surrender to you all.

Hades then slices at DK. Sr's neck.

Kahtos leaps off the Halberd and prepares to fight them.

You have defied the great King K. Rool for what will be the last time. Prepare yourselves.

Kahtos equips their Karnage Sabre and lunges at the group

---

Out of a nearby Wormhole comes Hades, who seems unphased by this.

Ah. You must be "Mr. Egg", I presume?

The drone heads off back to the Dark Fortress.

---

Meanwhile, with A. Rock...

(So. What now?)
(B͜etray Lo͢rd͏ ͘Hade̡ş.̵..͞Y̢o̷u̶ ̀ar͠e̢.̛.̛own.̸..̡p̀e̸r̶s̶o̧n̵.)
Oh, yeah? How do I know that this isn't some ruse from you? You're the reason why a lot of my Stat Boost powers don't work anymore.
(P̨̧͝o̷͞w̢e͢͟r̴͡s̡.̴҉.̕. wó̵r̢k. ͏N̢͜e̶͝eḑ͢.́.̛͜ ̵̛͢t̢́he en̶͡e̵̢r̴̀gy҉͘͘.̷̷ ͜M͟͟u̸s̶̶ţ̧̕ ͝҉͟s͏̷u̷͘s̡t͞a̛i͟͡n͏̨.̷̨̛.̡́.̨͝ ́͘s̨el̶҉͟f̶̧͘.́҉͏)
Look, just tell me what you are. Maybe then I'll start to trust you.
(A͞m͘.̶͡..́͞͠A͞ń͘t͠͝i͟͏..̴̨O̵m̡͟ni ̡͘͠ȩ̢n̨e͝͏̴r̨͜g̡͟ỳ͞.̶͘ C̸̢r̴̡̕a̷͜c̀҉ḱ͢.̛͘͘.͘͠.̨w̡̧a̢s̴ń͠'̛͏͢t ͟͜o͘͝n̸͞l͝y t͘͢h̛i̷̢ng͜.҉͠.̨͠. ̛͜g̡̕͏i͟v̷̨͠eņ̛ ̵̴to̴̕ ͞ý̸o̷̢͝ú̸.̵)
(L-͢l͏͝ò͟r̡d̴̢̀ ̷͜͞H̨͠ád̨ȩ͟s̵͞҉.̡̕͟..̛͞ y̡͞o̵͡͠u҉̵͞ ̢͢ć̷̕a̸̧n̶̷ ̶̵n̢ơ̷̡t ̡̀t̕̕r̡͠ù̵̕s̶t̶̨͟ ̢́h̸̢i͠m͝͏̴.̧̕͜ ͘H̵e͏̧͘ ̴͠h̸͜íd́͟ès̨̡ t̶́͞h̨͟͠i̴̸͝n̶ǵs.͞.͠҉.͢ ̢͞v̸͡e͏͟͝r҉͡ỳ.̸͢.̢. ͢͢h̷o͡r͟r͘i̵̡b̷le̶.̵̶. ̷̴̡t̷͠h̛҉̡i̵̧n҉g̀ş͘.̵̀͞)
Okay, but if you're Anti-Omni energy, doesn't that make you evil?
(N̵̨͠o̕͜t.́҉́..͟in͡h̨͢e̡͜͢r͏̵͢ȩń͝t̕͏̵l̸͟͢y̢͏̛.͠)
(G͠i͘͘͞v̴̕͝e̵͜ ̸̷m̡e.̕.̴́.̴̶e̴̕͜ner̀́͢g̸̨̕y̢̡.̡ A̷̢͡ņ͏͏d͘͘͠ ̴̢͢Į͢ ̡w̕͠į̴̴l̨l̸͏̡ h̷̵e̕l̢͢p̴ ̷y̕o̧u̴͜҉.̷̧ ̧̀O̵͝pen͘.̴̢́..͢.̶ ͜e̵y͠e̷̴s̶͝ à̶r͘͟ou͘͡͝n̕d t͜͜͏h͏e҉͞ ̨͠w̛͜o̵͜rl̀d̷.̴͜͝ ͜T͘h͞i̶͢n̕g̵s̸̵͝ y̶͏̀o̕͝͡u̕ ̵̕ḑ̧ǫ̕͢ņ̕'̸͟t ̵̡̀kn̵oẁ.̀͟.̶̶.̨͜ Ì cą̀n̕ ̨s̀h҉ò͘w͟ ̧̕y͝o̧͜͜u.͟.̕.͝ ͢͜a̷n͜d͠͞҉ ̢͏m̴a̴ķ̧̛e͞ ̀you̷͞ ́҉e̸vę͘͜n ̢s͡t̷͠r̸̢o̧n͞g̨̕e͜r̨̀.́̕...͘)
.....

Rock sighs heavily at it's request.

....I'm gonna regret this. But sure. Why not?

After reading the letter and seeing the bottle, Hades opens up a random wormhole pulling out another one identical in size. He then proceeds to distort, or rather, infect the insides of it. he then calls for the attention of one of his drones, who respond immediately:

How may I be of service?
Put this in a package and deliver it to "14156 Nowheresville".
Processing...
14156 Nowheresville found. Storing item.

The drone leaves the room, leaving Hades, who gets up seconds later.

Now then, I believe I have somewhere to be.

Hades opens up another, much larger wormhole and walks through it, disappearing through the wormhole.

Then we are in agreement. I shall see you there.

Hades then hangs up, and turns to the letter from Quin.

Now... what could this be?

Hades delicately opens the letter to read the contents inside of it.

Yet again, in the Dark Fortress.

I'm telling you man, you lucked out.
No, YOU lucked out! This weird scar thing is messing my powers up!
Have you tried getting it repaired?
....No, but I've constantly been Energy Boosting it. Before it did nothing. Now, I feel like every time I do it's growing.
What next? Is this scar of yours sentient?
Is hearing voices other than your own in your head a good qualifier for that?
.....You know what, maybe we should talk to Lord Hades about this.
Probably, but he's busy right now. Something about business.
....Wanna play video games?
The hotel I resided at was obliterated, remember? I'll have to get a new one... and with the way I look, good luck without raising any suspicious eyebrows.

Hades begins to respond, but then stops to look at Quin.

How did...? Nevermind. Guard, bring me the letter from him.

The Mech-KII bot walks up and takes the letter from Quin in a delicate manner, then hands it to Hades, who before opening it, gestures the Mech-KII to escort Quin out. He then redirects his attention to Mr. Egg.

Now, as I was saying. You may bring them towards here. Please make sure to drop them by the outside of here within about an hour.

Suddenly, Mr. Egg finds a huge transfer of money loaded into a bank account of his!

Consider it done.

---

Meanwhile, A. Rock and Mech-tenant are fighting outside, too fast to actually be seen by the naked eye. A. Rock in specific, however seems to be struggling to keep up.

(Agh. I'm not doing anything wrong, but I can feel my speed being drained. On top of that, he's already got the edge in raw power.)
Come on, Rock! I know you're faster than this!

Mech-T tries to swing his Shield Scythe at A. Rock, who only narrowly dodges the first few times. It seems like he's about to hit Rock during the final swing, but suddenly, he vanishes.

.....Where?

Mech-T finds himself surrounded by a collection of A. Rocks, or rather, Hyperspeed Afterimages. Each one aims a Alter Buster at him.


.....Oh, hell.

Mech-T is then hit with Alter Busters from all sides, shot at everywhere. This seems to overwhelm Mech-T, who slumps in his knees. After being bombarded, the afterimages disappear, each phasing into the real A. Rock.

......
(Phew. A moment more and I might have lost that. He did mention Dark Star Power being able to siphon other forms of energy before, but I don't think me getting slower and weaker was him doing that.)

A. Rock is then suddenly forced back into his base form, losing his Speed Switch for some reason.

.....Huh? The hell just happened?

He uses an Buster Charge to try and get his stamina back, but he only manages to flicker Speed Switch.

Oh, great. I guess that rules out Speed-based weapons.

Mech-T suddenly kicks himself back up, ready to fire a DS Buster at A. Rock.

!
Was just playing dead. Checkmate.
.......

Mech-T suddenly falls back to the floor, the result being him not used to maintaining so much Dark Star Energy at once.

---

P̛͟ow͏é̀r̡͞.͜.̨͘. n͠ǫ̷̛t́͟ ̷̛͘e̴̢n̵͢͟oư͠͡g҉̶h̀͢.̸̢ Mų͞s̵͜͞t̸͞ ҉.͢͏͏.̡҉̀.̴̶͝.͟͡.̷ ́͝sus̵͠t́ą̵̶ì̴̵ǹ̀͞ ̸s̀e̕l̴f͝͏.̨̕ ̡͜͝N̡̢͡e̢e͢d̡.͢.҉̢͡.̛͞ m̷̸ớ̡r͘ȩ ̷͜e̴͘n̛͝e͡r͝͡gy͝.̸̨..̸ ̨͝͡ţ̷̀o̵̢.͝.̨.̕ ̡̕sư̵rv̡̨i̡̕v̕͜è̸͟.̨͢.͢͏.

---

Shield Scythe- A shield morphed into a long scythe. (Mech-T exclusive.)

Hyperspeed Afterimages- Afterimages created from the sheer speed of Hyperspeed Switch.

Alter Buster- A. Rock's main weapon. Shoots a Charged Shot.

Dark Star Buster- A buster shot forged with Dark Star properties. (Dark Star user exclusive.)