Review responses:
, anonymous guest, gurrlyoubad13, SilentWhisperingWind: Thanks! I'm nearly finished with the third chapter, so I'm pretty much updating pretty quickly!
Akayuri: It reminds you of City of Ember? Just checked the summary on Wikipedia. It is kinda similar to this fanfic!
Fayhra: Err, I don't really want to burst your bubble, but Ike and (later) Link would probably just be really close friends; no yaoi /shot. I've been watching too many BoF V videos, so that's pretty much why I came up with this fanfic, haha. You think you know who is the "generator"? You may find out in this chapter!
Back at Ike and Marth's house, Marth poured himself a cup of tap water and sat down in the dining room with Ike, who was lost in thought. Now that he and Marth lost their jobs, what should they do? Ike lifelessly stared at the boring blank walls. Although their house was small; only having three rooms, it had a high unfair rent. If he and Marth fail to pay their rent in time... Ike flinched at the thought. He refuses to give up their home that he and Marth worked hard to earn.
"Ike, about the new generator you mentioned earlier today..." Marth spoke up, snapping Ike out of his thoughts.
"Oh, yeah!" Ike said, "You know the assignment I was given today?"
"Yes. You had to deliver something to Bowser. What was it?"
"It was some files. Samus told me that it is about a new generator that produces lots of energy. I saw a graph containing information about the amount of energy produced by all generators in the company."
"Wait, you actually peeked at the files?!" Marth asked in shock.
"Y-Yes." Ike coolly answered, "I didn't get into trouble, though. Anyway, the graph showed a sudden increase in energy produced. It must be the works of the new generator!"
"How does this generator produce energy? It can't generate energy like the other ones!"
"I quickly looked through the files for a description, but there wasn't! It's like Bowser doesn't want the whole company to know about it!"
"This seems suspicious..."
"I know, I'm thinking of sneaking into the company to find out what's with the new generator."
"But Ike, you're gonna get into trouble! Very big trouble!"
"Marth, I-"
"I'm not letting you!"
That night, Ike lay still in his bed, staring at the ceiling. He couldn't sleep. He tried to fall asleep by counting sheep-droids, trying not to think he needed to sleep, burying his head in his pillow, but his thoughts on the new generator were too loud. He needs to find out why Bowser is keeping the generator a secret to the other workers! Also, Bowser referred to the generator as a "he". Machines are genderless!
Ike looked at Marth, who was sleeping soundly on the sofa. He quietly mumbled some garbled words and slowly turned in his sleep. Marth doesn't want him to sneak into the company, but can he stop him from doing so right now? Sure that Marth is in a deep sleep, Ike silently got out of his bed and changed into his usual outfit. Carefully taking a small flashlight out of the drawer, he tip-toed out of the bedroom and noiselessly walked down the hallway. Turning around, Ike made sure that Marth did not wake up and stepped outside.
Ike silently walked down the empty streets, towards the power company. The lights attached to the ceiling of the bunker were emitting a pale blue light, indicating that is was night. The streets were shadowy with no signs that anyone was awake. Ike suddenly felt his stomach flip-flop. It seems to be too quiet here. Maybe it's because Ike usually walks down the streets, when there are more people.
Suddenly, a hand grasped and covered Ike's mouth. Letting out a muffled yelp, Ike turned around and faced Marth, who had a stern look on his face. He was also dressed in his normal clothing, except that his usually-straight hair was tangled.
"M-Marth!" Ike whispered in surprise, "I thought you were asleep!"
"Just because I seem to be asleep, doesn't mean that I am." Marth replied calmly, "I thought about the new generator in the company. After thinking about how it works, I couldn't sleep either. But still, we can't sneak into the company, Ike! If we are caught-"
"Marth!" Ike silently argued back, staring at Marth straight in the eyes, "You want to go to sleep, but you can't because you are thinking about how the generator works, right?" Marth shook his head yes. "The only way to find out how does this thing work, is to see for ourselves!"
"O-Ok." Marth replied, a bit anxious, "I'll come with you."
The two arrived at the entrance of the power company. Although most of the workers aren't there; either because they were fired by Bowser or asleep in their houses, there was a night shift, so Ike and Marth have to be as sneaky as possible. As silent as a cat walking across a fence, the two entered the company.
Just as they walked past the main office, Samus, who was still in the office and spotted them trying to sneak in, called out loud, "Hey, why are you two here?" Ike and Marth gasped, their faces slowly turning white. They got spotted! Hoping that she wouldn't alert Bowser that they are sneaking into the company, Ike and Marth nervously entered the office.
"W-We're sorry!" Ike tried to explain as Samus looked at him with a cold, yet weary glare, "Marth left something at Floor A!" Marth was about to object, but kept quiet.
"Why didn't you two come earlier today?" Samus asked.
"We didn't notice that I left my uh, my scouter here until we were about to go to sleep." Marth answered, hoping that Samus will believe them.
"Pick up your scouter, and leave ASAP." Samus said, yawning and facing the computer. Ike and Marth hurriedly walked out of the main office. Samus appeared to be fatigued. She probably couldn't focus straight.
In the elevator, the two sighed in relief.
"That was close." Ike said, exhaling deeply.
"I wonder if Samus actually believed us." Marth said.
They reached Floor A. Ike listened for a bone-chilling scream, but for some odd reason, it was awfully quiet. The only noise that Ike and Marth heard was the muted buzzing, thumping sounds coming from behind the mysterious door, which was forbidden for entry. The two teenagers slowly approached the door.
"That's strange..." Ike mumbled to himself.
"What's strange?" Marth asked quietly, cautious of his surroundings.
"I did hear screaming here." Ike replied, placing the side of his head on the doors. Ike took his head off the door and grasped the handle, about to pull it open. Marth quickly put a trembling hand on Ike's hand.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" he asked tensely.
"Yes." Ike answered, "Don't worry. If we get caught, I'll be responsible for this."
Ike opened the door, and the two carefully stepped in. The room was very dark. There were four tubes filled with a strange luminous lime-green liquid. A large buzzing machine beeped noisily, it's green and red buttons flickering brightly. Ike and Marth's eyebrows rose in curiosity. Is this actually the new power generator? It looked just like the other generators, only much bigger and complex.
"That's all?" Ike asked, turning on his flashlight, illuminating a metal and plastic container hidden in the endless darkness, "Hey, what's that?" Ike and Marth carefully walked towards the container. Ike shined his flashlight on it, revealing what seems to be a person lying in it. The person seemed to be a young man, about the age of sixteen. A breathing mask was attached to his face. He was dressed in an oversized white collared tunic that reached to his knees. His wrists, ankles, and head were strapped to the bottom of the container.
Ike and Marth were disgusted. Is Bowser using the life of a human being as a source of energy? Not only that, the boy seemed to be in great pain! He whimpered pitifully. A small tear rolled out of his tightly closed eyes. That was enough to anger Ike.
"What the hell?!" Ike shouted furiously, slamming his hands on the container. The boy did not move a bit. "Is Bowser draining the life of a boy to produce power?! This is cruelty!"
"Shh." Marth quickly whispered, "Someone might find out that we are in here!"
"We need to get him out of here!" Ike began to pound on the transparent plastic covering. "Damn it, the container's too strong! If I was just stronger..."
"Hold on, hand me the flashlight!" Ike gave Marth the flashlight. He pointed the flashlight around the room. "There!" Marth headed towards a table. There was a toolbox sitting on it. Taking out a screwdriver and wench, Marth began to take apart the container. "Make sure that nobody is watching us, ok?"
"Got it."
After for what seemed to take hours, Marth finally took apart the plastic surface from the container. Ike took the wrench and pried the metal straps off the boy's wrists, ankles, and head. He took the breathing mask off the boy's face, and being as gentle as he could be, took the unconscious boy in his arms. Although unconscious, the boy quivered slightly and made a small noise.
"Good, he's free." Ike said, looking around, "Is there an exit here?"
"Yes, there is." Marth answered, pointing the flashlight at a back door, "Let's get out of here immediately."
Ike and Marth heard footsteps heading towards them from behind. Gasping in fright, the two hurriedly raced out of the back door. Their footsteps pounded noisily on the floor. Would anyone suspect that they were the ones who took, or stole the boy? That doesn't matter now; they need to get out of here before someone catches them here!
Wolf was calmly walking down the hallways of Floor A, when he froze in shock. The door! Nobody couldn't be that disobedient to enter that room! Can't any of the late-night workers do anything right!? He heard footsteps hastily running out of the generator room through the back door. Fearing that someone had just discovered the new generator, Wolf hurriedly dashed into the room and flipped on the lights.
He gasped in panic at the sight. The container was forcefully taken apart with tools, and the boy- he's gone! The new generator is greatly damaged!
"Boss!" Wolf shouted nervously, rushing out of the generator room, "We have a huge problem with the generator!"
Author's notes: Due to popular demands asking me to update this fanfic, here's chapter 2! (Yes, my writer's block didn't visit me today! Woohoo!) I've also written chapter 3, so that might be uploaded tomorrow.
ZOMG, Bowser has been using a living human(?) being as an infinite energy source? Who could it be? If you think you know who it is, review me who you think it is!