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[b][color=FD0000]Level 2 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=FD0000]///////////////////[/color]/ (19/20)
[color=EAE11C]Location:[/color]  Scrapyard - Right
[color=EAE11C]wordcount:[/color]  882 (+2)
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The king grinned toothily as his orders to the sprites bore fruit, the two seemingly combining together as they began to glow intensely. The king release them from his grip and allowed them to drift to the floor, where they took on physical forms once more, this time fully coloured and free of Galeem’s influence.

“GAHAHA. EXCELLENT. RISE MY MINIONS AND GIVE ME YOUR NAMES”

The two righted themselves, the smaller one saluting after doing so. “I’m Mallet boss,” he responded, identifying himself “and this is Sledge” he concluded, indicating to his brother with his free hand who simply nodded in affirmation to this introduction.

“GOOD. GOOD. I HAVE AN IMPORTANT TASK FOR YOU BOTH. YOU’RE GONNA CARRY MY HAT FOR ME” Bowser indicated to kirby’s current transportation receptacle “BUT FIRST, PICK OUT SOME OF THESE SPIRITS AND CRUSH THEM IN YOUR FIST TO MAKE SOME EXTRA EQUIPMENT. YOU TWO ARE GOING TO GUARD KIRBY. THE WANNABE  USURPER GALEEM’S FORCES WANT HIM, SO YOUR GOING TO STOP THEM.” 

The pair nodded in response, “Another one boss?” the less hammer bro asked as he set about the task of picking out souls. Bowser made gave a disgruntled affirming noise as he scooped up the Rabbid Supporter’s soul to keep it from the bro’s scavenging “they never learn do they” he responded, picking up a slicer, engineer and scout sprite from the pile and crushing each in turn while his brother waited patiently for Mallet’s handy work to pay off.
 
“HA. NO. THEY DON’T” bowser said, before turning his attention outwards to the rest of the team. Some had run off back to the entrance to deal with a few of the small slicers and things looked to be well in hand. Instead of heading over the king flexed his left hand a few times, testing out the new gauntlet that he had mounted upon it. The gauntlet switched satisfyingly back and forth from being an energy buckler when his fist was closed tightly and a lethal energy claw somewhat like ones he had once played [url=https://banner2.kisspng.com/20180406/sbe/kisspng-mario-strikers-charged-super-mario-bros-super-mar-bowser-5ac72292d77807.5272027415229999548826.jpg]football wearing[/url] when it was open. Others had taken to the loot pile has he had and had ended up with a wide variety of equipment. Guns, ammo, small electronic devices and a  digging tool, there was a whole host of things of varying usefulness and power, which meant that the king was unable to determine whether the faded souls where producing lower quality results or not. Their ninja also seems a lot more energetic after absorbing one, sprinting and hopping around like nobody’s business. Was that a good result or a mediocre one he wondered. After a few moments of thinking about it he shrugged to himself, mentally dismissing the topic, and instead turning his focus to where ratchet was talking to Kirby.   

“YEAH, YOU WON’T BE GETTING MUCH OUT OF HIM. PRETTY TYPICAL THAT THE ONLY ONE OF US THAT AVOIDED THE BLAST DOESN'T TALK. OTHER THAN THE HOOD GUY WHO’S MORE THAN WILLING TO FILL IN FOR KIRBY WHEN IT COMES TO WORDS” he said after the pink blob was done miming. “ANWAY. KIRBY. I’VE GOT YOU SOME GUARDS” he informed their vip just as Sledge and Mallet arrived from their armament session to take charge of their duty. The larger brother grabbed hold of the hat and with an “alley-oop” picked it up while the smaller took on the duty of keeping watch. “THEY, AND ANY MORE OF THESE ‘STRIKERS’ I RECRUIT, ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THIS WHOLE MESS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. RIGHT BOYS?”

“Yes boss” “Eyup”

“RIGHT. NOW THEN” Bowser rose from where he had been crouching slightly to speak with kirby and hollered at everyone, in the pitstop and entrance way allike. “WE’RE MOVING OUT, SO FINISH UP WITH SCRAPPING OVER THERE AND ITEMS OVER HERE AND LET’S KEEP MOVING.” He ordered, before heading off down through pitstop towards the area boss. 

The king got a little ahead of everyone initially while his minions followed after, Kirby cargo well in hand, letting him have a quiet moment with the Rabbid supporter sprite so that, where it being unruly or disobedient, it wouldn't be so noticable. “OK LITTLE RABBIT. YOU WORKED FOR MY SON BEFORE, AND NOW YOUR GOING TO WORK FOR ME, BECAUSE I’M THE BIGGEST AND BADDEST GUY AROUND. GOT IT?” 

Whether or not it worked, the king continued onwards along the right hand side path until they came into sight of the same scene that the right team had wandered into a little while ago after their sneaking session. Some way of to the left he could see a large vehicle that was perhaps the hq of the robots. Between him and it lay both the engineer and the central battlefield however, so any investigation could be left till later. He was still some way off when the rabbids where gunned down by the engineer’s turrets, the king mostly hearing rather than seeing the carnage that went down as a result: namly the sound of hails of bullets and rockets flying followed soon after by the subsequent panic/death Bwahs they had induced. The king picked up the pace at hearing the sounds of combat, but was unlikely to arrive before the left team had dealt with their current predicament.