Until the End
Chapter 1: Changing
"Hey Fox, you're ready?"
He sits still on the Great Fox's roof looking nervous, a lot more than last year. We're going to the tests again but it's slightly different for both of us. I'll have to show my true skills since last year Dr. Mario found out that I was faking before choosing me for the week. As for Fox, he is as nervous as hell. I don't know why, he can still fake... Maybe it's something with Samus. She was often coming on the ship for some 'important business' but I believe this 'business' makes the guy who's interested in nervous. He finally stands up.
"Yeah... Let's go..."
Whoa, he never answered me like that. It's that kind of tone that fits when you're depressed. I'll ask him what's wrong at the stadium, if I ask him here, we may get late. We jump off the ship to land, like usually, on Onett. We run toward the stadium but I'm not as nervous as last year. Sure, I don't like it to know I'm certainly chosen but I've got a plan that is quite simple. I team up with everyone except Ganon and Mewtwo. We'll stay in a gang so when one of them comes, we'll be ready to fight all together. We arrive at the stadium after a moment. This time, almost everyone is here. It's kinda sad to see Marth without Roy standing next to him. At least he seems to have gotten over him, not like Link. He's sitting on the stadium's floor with a really sad look. When Ganondorf and Mewtwo arrive, he stands up and gets right in his way. Ganon looks at him, sounded amused but he loses his smile when Link stays there.
"I can't wait to rip your head off."
The Gerudo just grins.
"I'd like to see you try!"
He then walked away casually with Mewtwo like if nothing happened. Fox crosses his arms and looks at his watch. That's when Samus walks toward us. She puts her hand on his shoulder and points behind her with her head. Fox nods.
"I'll be right back, Falc'"
I smirk.
"Are you two dating or something?"
Both of them frown.
"Huh, no."
"Just asking..."
They shrug and head back were Samus came from. It was on my mind for a good time. I mean, when it was for that 'important business', it was only the two of them in the reunion room. I wasn't listening at the door, I'm not a kid anymore I know what's privacy, so I couldn't know anything about what they were talking so I made some ideas of my own. That's when a voice that I perfectly know pulls me out of my thought.
"Hey, Falco!"
I turn to see Young Link waving at me. I wave back as we walk toward each other. I think he grew up. Last year, he was lower than my chest but now, he's at my shoulders' level. I smile.
"Is it me, or your taller?"
He smirks.
"Maybe I am, I was thinking you shrunk."
We chuckle. He surely didn't lose his sarcasm.
"So, you saw Malon, I hope."
He passes a hand behind his neck and smiles.
"Yeah, almost every day!"
"You told her you love her, right?"
He giggles nods and blushes.
"We kissed... I can't wait to see her again!"
I smile. That's what I call cute! That'll be another reason to tell my strategy to every chosen one. He has to get back with her. Oh wait, he can't! After the second year, none of us can come back to our hometown! I couldn't return to Lylat, Kirby couldn't go back to Dreamland! He notices my disturbed look.
"What's wrong?"
"You… won't be able to see her again…"
He frowns.
"But I could come back last year! How come I wouldn't this year?"
I sigh.
"It's like this for everybody. I could go back to my home planet the first year, but when I've been zapped back, I couldn't get back there. It's my sixth year now and it isn't different."
We stand there looking at each other while I wait for his reaction. Something tells me he's going to cry but he doesn't. He lowers his head and closes his eyes.
"So… I guess it's the end for us then…"
I open my mouth to say something but nothing came out. I don't know what I could say to him.
A loud noise makes every Smasher turn. We all stare in awe at a giant hand that seems to hold something. As it hovers toward the stadium, Young Link seems half amazed and half scared.
"That's the Master Hand?"
I nod. It's bigger than I thought. An airwing could easily fit in its palm. When, it's over the stadium, it throws something on the ground. It's crushed things: an airwing and a yellow ship. My eyes open wide as I run toward the airwing. It can't be, he wouldn't have done that, he knew it wouldn't be safe, right? I break the airwing's windows with a few elbow blows and take out an agonizing Fox as Young Link joins me. A Pikachu and Kirby rush to what I guess is Samus' ship. They easily get her out, happily. She's lucky; her armor protected her a lot more than I would think of, not like Fox that didn't have one. I think he's injured really badly. The hand starts talking with a deep voice.
"As you can see, these two decided to betray us and go against me. I was being nice to you as I know, but I can turn really bad and believe me, you'll be wishing my gentle part soon."
A knife appears in my hand and Young Link's as we listen to the speaking hand.
"To prove me you are all still loyal to me, I want you two to 'kill' the betrayers."
The answer is fast for the both of us: it's a no. I don't even think about the next thing I say.
"Ganon would but not us!"
The little Hylian next to me looks at me with his eyes wide open. That's when I realize the horrible thing I did as the knife disappear from my hand. Ganondorf comes right behind me. As I turn, he's raising the knife, preparing himself to stab Fox right in the heart. Just before he does, Young Link stands up and grabs his arm when he lowers it. Ganon grunts and punches him with his free hand, knocking him out. The hand sighs as both knives disappear.
"I see you're splited... Well, I invite every smasher that is still loyal to me to step forward."
As we all knew, Ganon and Mewtwo stepped forward as Bowser and Marth followed. It doesn't surprise me at all. Bowser is slow and can't use any weapons but his mind is still evil. For Marth, well, he's one of those guys who go with the ones that look like they'll surely win. He's one of those that share the same words: Me, Myself and I. My eyes open wide when I see Link join them.
"Link… Why?"
He sighs.
"Since Zelda died I… I can't take it. I don't even know where I'm going with all of this… I…"
He shakes his head as he walks toward the hand rapidly followed by the others. The two "teams" that we just formed stare at each other for a long moment before the hand gives the order to his team to fight. Just when they're about to attack us, Samus presses a button on a weird device. I just have time to blink that we're all in a white hall. Everyone looks at Samus wondering what the hell is going on. She sits up with difficulty.
"I'll explain later, can someone help me?"
Mario helps her to stand and puts her arm on her shoulder to help her walk. She goes toward a set of doors as I follow her while holding Fox still groaning from pain and Yoshi transports Young Link on his back. She opens the first door that leads to a white room with a bed in the corner.
"Let Fox there."
I listen to her and drop him on the bed as she opens a door just next that leads to a room similar than Fox's. She sits on the bed and removes her broken armor. She takes a deep breath.
"Fox and I made a plan that we organized last year. We decided to stand against the hand. Our first plan was to attack with the ships but as you saw, it didn't work. We needed an emergency plan if the first didn't work. We decided to create this place as a base so we could organize a stand with the others. I was able to create a device that could teleport us there just in time for the plan. Now, if it doesn't disturb you, I'd like to talk to Falco."
The smashers leave and head to the hall. We're not a lot anymore. There's just Mario, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Captain Falcon, Fox, Kirby, the Ice climbers, Samus, Young Link, Pikachu, Pichu, Mr. Game&watch, me and Dr. Mario. The doctor does his final checks just to be sure that she's fine before heading to the door. I turn toward him just before he leaves.
"Hey Doc!"
He looks at me, waiting that I continue.
"Not that I don't like you, but I thought you would be by Master Hand's side."
He shrugs.
"I wasn't by his side by will at first so I'm relieved to be against him for once."
He then gets out of the room, leaving me and Samus. I'm about to talk but she raises her right hand to shut me up.
"I can explain. I already asked Fox if we should inform you about the plan or completely include you in but he refused both of the choices, I guess he didn't want to worry you or anything."
I cross my arms. I still have a couple of questions to ask.
"How did you create this base with Fox if you were always in the Great Fox?"
She shows me the device that saved us not so long ago and swipes her finger on the side of it. At that right moment, the device separates into pieces to form a square. A hologram appears just above it as Samus smirks.
"Close your eyes until I tell you to open them."
I obey as I hear some weird noises coming from the machine she's holding. It takes less than a minute before she allows me to open my eyes. When I do, I couldn't say I'm in the same room anymore. It turned a dark blue and bright yellow beside the fact that it's way bigger. I'm probably making a funny face because Samus refrains herself to giggle.
"Impressed?"
I nod while she continues her explanation.
"So, with this we created the whole base. It isn't complete, but a good part of it has been created. You'll be able to design your rooms with it."
"This can teleport here too? That's cool!"
"Yes, but not a lot. It has to charge up its power before it can do it again. It depends how many were teleported. With all the Smashers I just teleported, it can take a week."
She smiles.
"It shouldn't be a problem, we're going to organize a plan and train for a while."
I nod just before a question sparks in my mind.
"By the way, where's the base situated?"
"Behind the fall in Kongo jungle, but it's invisible so there's absolutely no risk that someone finds it."
I frown.
"Then how are we going to get back when we'll go out?"
"I'll explain it when we'll get to it. For now, we must relax a little bit; I guess everyone is still stunned about the events."
She gives me the device she was holding while pressing a button at the edge of the square that creates a new hologram.
"Here, create your room and do the same for the others, I think that's the best we can do for now."
I nod and leave her room as I check the hologram. It isn't very complicated: the furniture is on the left, the textures and the colors are on the right and the number of the room is at the top. I decide to design it just like the room I had before the week. I don't know why but it brings me back good memories. Probably because it has the same color as the sky. So, there you go, the blue walls, the white bed, the desk, the carpet next to the bed, just like in my memory.
I take a peek at my room number, which is five, and press the same button that Samus pressed a moment ago while heading in the hall where the remaining smashers returned. I notice that Young Link woke up. He's now sitting next to Yoshi, talking with him. He turns as I approach them.
"Hey, Falc'! Yoshi told me what happened."
He looks at the device I'm holding.
"What's that?"
"A device to create our rooms. I'm going to let everyone create their own. You want to start?"
He nods as I give him the square with the hologram. He makes his room just like if it was made of wood. In the middle of it, there's a cutten bole that looks a bit like a table. At the back of the room, there's a little bed with a window that will probably show nothing. The kid smiles at his work.
"Just like in the forest..."
I don't really know what he means by that but something tells me that's how his house looks like or something. I give it to Yoshi that starts to create his own room. Young Link sighs, looking worried. I can't help but feel concerned.
"What's wrong?"
"I'm worried about Malon, I told her that I would get back as soon as I can but if I don't she's going to search all over the kingdom to find me! I don't want her to think that I went away from her just like if I didn't love her. If only I could send her a message or something..."
I smile.
"Don't worry, you'll be back really soon, we're taking out the Master hand!"
He doesn't smile back. He looks at the floor under him.
"I'd love to approve but... I have a bad feeling about this."
I don't know why, but I have that exact same feeling...
First chapter done! Please give me honest reviews, it helps a lot than you think!
