Memories
Summary: Link is rescued after being kidnapped by a mad scientist, but he has no memories of what happened. As he starts remembering the ordeal, an unlikely Smasher comes to his side to help him recover. Rated for disturbing scenes and mild language.
Chapter 1 – Caught in a Web
He looked through each of the Smasher's files on his computer, studying each one carefully. He needed the right one for his plan to work. As he searched each file, he started to grow more frustrated; none of the Smashers so far were going to meld well with his plan.
"Too generic," grunted the man. He clicked to see the next profile. "Too emotionless."
Click.
"Too young."
Click.
"Too weird."
Click.
"Too—wait a minute…this is it! He'll work perfectly!" He stared at the profile on his screen and laughed. "Why didn't I think of using him sooner!? Now all I need is to bring him here!" He punched a few keys into his computer and saved the desired file to a special disk. As the disk finished getting prepared, he stood up and walked over to the intercom in the control room where he resided. "Miss Ubel, could you come into my office?"
"Yes, Doctor Spinne?" responded the female on the other line. A few moments later, a slender female in her early thirties walked into the control room. Her buttoned-up white lab coat showed off her busty, curvy figure. Her black stockings and high heels showed off her well-toned legs. Long, black hair flowed behind her as she walked. Her long bangs framed her icy blue eyes, making her tanned skin look darker. "What is it that you desire, Doctor?"
"I have an assignment for you, Miss Ubel," answered Doctor Furcht. He was a middle-aged man, no older than fifty-five-years-old. His messy gray hair fell down over his forehead to frame his brown eyes, which looked at his assistant through thin-framed glasses. He had an average build which was mostly hidden in his baggy, white lab coat that he left unbuttoned. He wore white dress pants, a light blue polo shirt, and black dress shoes. His pale skin looked even paler in the fluorescent lights that illuminated the control room. He grabbed the finished disk and handed it to his assistant. "This is the man that I want you to bring to me. Use the Spider Drones only if necessary." Ubel grinned wickedly.
"Yes, Doctor Spinne," she replied. She bowed lightly, then strutted out of the control room. Spinne walked back to the main computer he was at and looked at the profile on the screen, grinning even more wickedly than his assistant had.
"Soon…soon my plans will commence…This world will have no choice but to bow to me if all goes according to plan," he chuckled to himself. His chuckle soon turned into a maniacal laugh that echoed throughout the control room and into the halls of the building.
"All-a rightie!" shouted Mario as he watched Link and Fox duke it out on the Final Destination stage. "This is-a turning out to be a good-a fight!" It was mandatory that at least one Smasher was operating the controls for the battle room to make sure the systems didn't malfunction, and to press the abort button if anything happened during the fight or if someone surrendered. Link and Fox were best friends and enjoyed battling each-other for fun, and, at their request, Mario was usually the one keeping an eye on things. It didn't bother Mario, especially since he got to fight the winner of the match each time, so he wasn't left out.
He was so focused on the fight that he didn't hear the door to the control room open behind him. He felt someone tap his shoulder, and he turned around to be faced by a tall, dark, and beautiful woman. The woman merely smiled.
"Excuse me," she greeted. "I am Miss Ubel. I'm Doctor Spinne's assistant. I hate to interrupt, but is there some way that I can speak with this man right here?" She took a picture out of her file and handed it to the plumber.
"Link?" asked Mario. The woman nodded. "What for?"
"The doctor wishes to speak with Link about his medical records," explained Ubel. Mario narrowed his eyes suspiciously at her.
"I am-a Link's doctor during his-a stay here," stated Mario. Ubel narrowed her eyes dangerously.
"You leave me no other choice then," she hissed. She snapped her fingers and two large Spider Drones came in. They looked like large Skulltulla's, but they were, in fact, robots. They were able to stand on their back two legs like a Human. Mario looked toward the door to see his attackers, but he turned too slowly as one of the Spider Drones smacked him all the way across the room, causing Mario to hit the back wall hard enough to make him pass out from the impact. Ubel snickered, then studied the controls of the system. She spotted the large "Abort" button on the upper left hand corner of the panel on the counter and grinned wickedly.
Fox used his reflector shield to bounce back the arrow that Link had fired at him. Link didn't move in time and got hit, causing his damage meter to go up. The vulpine then darted at Link, leaving ghost images of himself behind. Link quickly put up his shield and successfully blocked the attack. He then did a spin attack while Fox was recovering and knocked his friend back. As the two charged at each other once more, the scenery soon turned into a large, square room about the size of a basketball stadium. The lighting in the room gave the walls and floor a gray tone to them.
"What's going on?" asked Link, confused.
"Mario must have pressed the Abort button, or we took another power hit like last week,"
"I hope it's not the latter of what you just said," groaned Link. "We were stuck in this room for hours before they could get the power back on to operate the door."
"Seriously, whose idea was it to put the mechanical door on a separate circuit breaker?" snickered Fox. Link and Fox laughed a bit, then started walking up the stairs to the exit. They stopped short when they saw the door open on its own and there stood Ubel and her two Spider Drones. "What the--!?"
"Who are you!?" shouted Link, narrowing his eyes and drawing his sword and shield once more. He was getting bad vibes from this woman.
"And where's Mario!?" roared Fox, aiming his blaster at her.
"Temper, temper, you two," chided Ubel calmly. "Is that any way to treat a lady?"
"Just answer the question," growled Fox dangerously. "What have you done with our friend!?" Ubel grinned.
"He's just taking a nap, that's all," she replied. "Now, if you'll step out of the way, I have some business that I need to conduct with your friend there." She gestured to Link.
"What do you want from me?" asked Link, keeping his guard up.
"Actually, I need you to come with me," she spoke as she approached the two men. "My boss, Doctor Spinne, requests your presence."
"He's not going anywhere with you!" barked Fox. He fired a warning shot at Ubel's feet, causing her to stop walking. "Leave now, or I won't miss next time!" Ubel sighed.
"Very well," she resigned. "I will depart…but not before you get acquainted with these fine Spider Drones." Link and Fox both narrowed their eyes more, then jumped out of the way when the two Spider Drones dove into the room. "Do what you want with the fox, but bring me the boy alive!" Link and Fox ran down the stairs to lure the Spider Drones onto the floor.
"I get one, you get one?" asked Link, grinning at Fox. Fox grinned back.
"Just be careful, okay?" warned Fox. "They're after you, not me."
"I don't go down without a fight," boasted Link. Once the drones were upon them, the two let out battle cries and darted at the robotic spiders, attacking them mercilessly. However the two were not doing so well, as they were slowly being backed up against a wall.
"Damn, how do we take these things down!?" cursed Fox. Just then, the lights in the room began to flash red and a loud, deep beeping noise was heard. Link looked up at the window to the control room and saw Mario through it, pressing the alarm button. Link grinned.
"Help is on the way," assured Link. Ubel hissed.
"Just grab him and let's go!" she shouted above the alarm. The drone in front of Fox grabbed him and flung him across the room, then jumped up and attached itself to the ceiling. Link rolled out of the way of the other one and ran towards Fox, who was slowly getting up off the ground. Link didn't quite make it as the drone shot a string of webbing out at Link, which immediately wrapped around the Hylian and caused him to fall onto the ground with a grunt.
"Link!" shouted Fox. He quickly forced himself up and darted toward his downed friend, but was stopped when the other drone dropped down in front of him, blocking his path. He skidded to a stop before he crashed into the drone, then looked above it as the other drone started carrying a struggling Link up the wall. Ubel leapt up into the air and landed on the shoulder of the drone holding Link and grinned at Fox.
"Let go of me!" screamed Link as he tried to get free. He looked down and saw Fox jumping up onto the drone, then jumping off of it and running toward them. "Fox!!"
"Hang on, I'm coming!!" yelled Fox. Ubel grinned and took out what looked like a remote control. She pressed a button on it and the drone behind Fox began to glow brightly. At that moment, Mario ran down the stairs and started firing fireballs at the drone holding Link. Ubel held on tightly as the drone hopped off of the wall and attached itself onto the ceiling, punching a hole into it. As soon as they were on the roof, Ubel cackled loudly and watched Fox and Mario's impending doom. Link looked on in horror as the Spider Drone in the room self-destructed with his friends inside.
"No!! Fox!! Mario!!" he screamed. He struggled more to get free, but his efforts were futile. Ubel hopped off of the drone's shoulder and stood in front of Link, taking out a syringe.
"Sweet dreams, Link," she said coolly. Before Link could protest, she stuck the needle into the nape of Link's neck and injected the liquid into his system. Link cringed as the needle went in. His vision began to turn blurry and he felt dizzy, even though he wasn't moving. His eyelids grew heavy, and he soon lost consciousness, the welfare of his friends the only things on his mind.
