((Disclaimer: Cade and his freinds are my OCs, so don't even think about using them without my permission! Any other charatcers are the property of whatever owns their rights as it stands, for I do not know.))
A long time ago, the founder of Midway Games made several characters and made games about them, but as time went on, the characters became unhappy. The founder was forced to place them inside arcade cabinets, where their games were mass produced and shipped to the masses.
To make sure they did not escape at any point, Pixil, a powerful spirit who takes the form of a fairy, was created. She has kept watch over the games for years.
Now, it's 30 years later. The characters are still trapped and have been waiting in the cabinets for an opportunity- any opportunity- to escape. And that opportunity will rise up soon enough...
Cade is an aspiring gamer who is 19. He has black hair, and nice blue eyes. He is tall and pysically strong. When he has spare time, he plays videogames. He has recently become intersted in arcade games and has began playing them.
One day, Cade enters his basement. His parents aren't home and the basement has been unlocked. It is very dark, and Cade desperatly searches for a light.
He says, some slight fear in his voice, "Hello? Is there anyone here?"
As Cade searches for the lightswitch, he stumbles over a powercord, causing it to become unplugged. This basement happens to be the arcade cabinet area! This isn't good...
Questor, the Elf from Gauntlet, cries out, "Hey, someone pulled the plug!"
A Klax tile asks, "Can we get out now?"
One of the Lumberjacks from Timber says, "Somebody go and check if we can escape!"
The Spy Hunter Interceptor flies out of it's cabinet, then it says, "All clear! Let's get outta here!"
In moments, everyone begins to flee from their games, leaving all the cabinets as bare husks. Cade is shocked as he sees all of this.
"What the heck is going on?"
In mere moments, everyone has escaped. Pixil has fallen asleep, and is unaware of all of this. Cade approaches the window in the back of the room where Pixil is.
"Who or what are you?"
Pixil awakens, and begins flying around the room.
She says, "Is everyone here? Defender? Robotron?"
There is no responce from anything. She then sees Cade.
"What did you do, you stupid kid? Those characters are free now, and they'll cause a lot of trouble!"
Cade asks, "Who are you?"
Pixil fills him in on who she is and how the cabinets came into being as Cade heads for his room.
"Unbeliveable! How could I have done this?"
Pixil looks at Cade in anger, and then says, "Since you went and released them, you're going to have to put them back in there!"
Cade says, in shock, "What?"
Meanwhile, the Midway characters all gather up in a base they made beneath the ground.
Sinistar, the great spaceship of death, exclaims, "I name myself leader of this group! Now, I suggest we gain energy by killing humans. With enough energy, I will become powerful enough to destroy this pitiful planet!"
Officer Bob, the cop from APB, yells out, "I want to help you, Sinistar! Some of you will have to go out and take out some humans! Who wants to try first?"
The S.S Defender says, "I will try to gain energy first. Wish me luck."
The ship, accompanied by some Baiters and Landers from Defender, fly off over Cade's town, and begin abducting humans.
One of the Baiters says, "We need your energy! Plus, your corpes make the Landers stronger!"
Looking from his bedroom window, Cade and Pixil see this.
Pixel says, "Cade, I name you as a Game-Hunter. You must capture these Defender ships before they destroy the town!"
Cade retorts, "But I'm just a kid! I cant do anything!"
"You can do something, Cade. And that something is fighting back! Now, say this- Arcade, Grant Me Your Powers!"
Cade calls out, "Arcade, Grant Me Your Powers!"
Almost instantly, in a glorious flash of light, Cade finds himself wearing a tight fitting spandex suit that covers his entire body, expect for his face. He notices a device upon his left wrist.
"What does this do?"
Pixil says, "You'll find out later. For now, stop those ships!"
Cade rushes into town, noticing that he is running significantly faster than normal. He looks towards a roof and leaps up, landing on it.
"I can jump that high? Unbelievable!"
One of the Landers notices Cade and says, "We've got a bogey here!"
Cade leaps at the Lander, and he throws a punch, damaging it. He climbs on top of it and begins using it to shoot other Landers and Baiters.
"Hey, stop it!"
Before long, the S.S. Defender takes notice and fires at Cade, saying, "You will perish in our name!"
With lightning fast reflexes, Cade jumps off the Lander as it is shot, causing it to explode. He lands on top of the Defender.
"Time for you to get shut down!"
Cade starts punching the Defender, smashing at it's hull. Every time he hits it, sparks fly.
Desperatly, the Defender tries to throw Cade off, but he is gripping very hard and stays on.
When the top half of the Defender has been smashed, he climbs to the underbelly of the Defender and begins to smash that, too.
"MAYDAY! MAYDAY! AHHHHHH!"
The Defender crashes to the ground, completly defeated.
Cade leaps off as it crashes, and then, standing in the center of the defeated mess of ships, he bellows in pure victory.
Through a device attached to Cade's ear, Pixil says, "Cade, take all the ships back here."
Surveying the operation, Officer Bob shows fear.
"How did that kid beat the ships? I think Sinistar is going to be really mad!"
Once Cade gets back to his house, Pixil helps him place all the defeated ships inside the Defender cabinet.
The Defender grumbles, "This has been a really bad day. First I get smashed and now I get trapped?"
Once all the ships are back inside the machine, Cade looks at the device on his wrist. It suddendly flashes with the image of the Defender.
Pixil explains to him, "Cade, now that you've captured a character, you can copy it's powers."
Cade, exciting his house, tests out the device and selects the Defender.
When he selects it, his suit changes, making it look like the Defender. He starts walking, and then discovers that he can fly. He quickly starts flying around, shooting lasers from his eyes.
"Woohoo! This is cool!"
And thus, the tale of a legend begins...
