Kid Icarus: Modern Uprising
Episode 018: Friend in the Big City
On a bright and sunny day, we find the youthful angel in white, Pit, flying over the skies of a suburban city. He remains so high in the sky that no one below can see him. To their point of view, his passing shadow looks like a bird.
"Wow Lady Palutena. I can't believe how far humans have evolved. Isn't it amazing what they can do when given the chance?" Pit asked. Palutena, observing Pit's flight from her sanctuary, lightly nodded.
"Yes Pit. Humans are very resourceful. If we didn't have them to watch over, us gods would probably be bored out of our minds." Palutena chuckled. Pit began to fly down closer, still high enough not to be spotted. He viewed all the city streets below and the rooftops of the skyscrapers.
"Not to mention their towns get more HUGE as the centuries past! If I'm not careful, I'll splat against a building like a bug on a windshield!" Pit called. Suddenly, he saw he was coming too low and a skyscraper was ahead of him. Pit yelled loudly before he dove out of the way in time. He looked back with a terrified gaze.
"Oh come now Pit! You know I would NEVER let you become angel goop. I'm being careful." Palutena chuckled. Pit groaned and glanced around.
"Yeah? Well, open your eyes Lady Palutena! Unless you were going to the bathroom a minute ago, I nearly went head first into a building!" Pit exclaimed. Palutena huffed.
"What did I tell you about yelling at me while I'm steering Pit? It doesn't help when I have to listen to your criticizing. I've been keeping my eyes on where you're going." Palutena said. Pit huffed and crossed his arms.
"Sorry. But it's true. I nearly crashed back there." Pit said. As he continued to fly, without him noticing, the light on his wings began to dim. The angel and the goddess were so busy having their "arguement" that no one was noticing. And as Pit closed his eyes and turned away with arms crossed, the light was just about out.
"Okay. Can we just not talk about this anymore and just continue with my...? Wh-Wh-WHOA!" Pit exclaimed, suddenly dropping towards the city at incredible speeds. Pit began flailing around like a fish out of water, flapping his arms.
"GAH! L-LADY PALUTENA! If this is for arguing with you, I'm SORRY! I'm SORRY! PLEASE! SAVE ME!" Pit exclaimed. Palutena gasped.
"P-Pit?! Wh-What's going...? Oh no! Uhh...it seems your flight time...is up. Heh. Guess I forgot." Palutena said nervously. Hearing the news, Pit gawked with eyes bulging.
"NOW you tell me?!" Pit exclaimed. He could feel his cheeks being pulled back from the pressure rushing at him. He continued falling towards the city without anyway to stop. Horrified of the impact, Pit covered his face with his arms, waiting for the crash. But as he was coming down towards a city street, a nearby cargo truck was passing by an alley. And in the shadows of the alley, someone snapped their fingers and caused something strange to happen with the truck. Purple sparkles broke the safety lock on the back of the truck, causing a mattress to bounce out and land in the street.
"Well, this is it! Goodbye Lady Palutena!" Pit groaned. But as luck would have it, he hit the mattress before being sprung off it and sent crashing into the nearby alley, landing safely in a trash can head first. His eyes remained closed the entire time, unaware of what had happened until he smelled the stench of the garbage he landed in.
"Huh? Wh-What the? I'm not dead? UGH! Or is THIS what the Underworld smells like now?" Pit asked, kicking around his legs. From the outside, something bumped against the can and caused it to fall over, spilling out Pit along with the garbage. Pit gasped for air as he shook off the dirt from him. He then glanced around at the alleyway.
"Heh? I'm...I'm alive!" Pit gasped. He then heard a light chuckle, sounding like a young woman from the tone.
"Yep. Don't worry little angel. You're not going to the Underworld...YET." it said. Pit looked back to see, sitting casually on the top of a dumpster, was a black dressed teenage girl with a black and purple striped shirt and a black skirt. She had a large pair of headphones sitting around her neck as she glanced at Pit with bright green eyes and neck length black hair. To Pit's surprise, he could see a pair of black feathered wings on her back, similar to Dark Pit.
"W-Wait a second. Are you...an angel?" Pit asked. The girl looked on before growing a sly smile on her face.
~ KID ICARUS ~
Back up in Skyworld, Palutena was seen in a panic as the giant screen that showed her Pit was now displaying nothing but static. She was hysterical after realizing she let Pit crash into the city alone.
"Oh man! This has got to be the WORST! Why didn't I keep my eyes on Pit's wings?! His power of flight was dwindling away and I didn't notice it! Now this stupid thing went on the fritz again!" Palutena groaned, grabbing and scratching her head frantically. From behind, Viridi was seen entering the room with Dark Pit.
"Hey there Palutena. How's it going today? We wanted to see if you and Pit were free for a..." Viridi said before realizing the mood Palutena was in.
"Uhhh...something wrong?" Dark Pit asked. Palutena turned with a groan, pacing around the room with hands still gripped to her head.
"Palutena? Calm down! What happened?" Viridi asked. Palutena turned to Viridi and explained everything, adding how foolish she felt at the end. Soon after, the young goddess put her hand on Palutena's shoulder and gently patted.
"Its okay Palutena. I'm sure Pit's fine. So he's alone in a human city and your equipment's on the fritz again. Look. All we have to do is head down there ourselves, find Pit and just bring him back up. Piece of cake. We've blended in with humans before." Viridi said. Palutena looked on with tears in her eyes, quickly wiping them away.
"Y-You're right Viridi. Okay. I'm much better now. Do you think you two can help me find Pit? I need to know his exact location before I can use my powers to bring him back to Skyworld." Palutena asked. Viridi and Dark Pit gave a nod.
"Sure. No problem. Besides, I don't want that idiot doing anything that could affect me anyway." Dark Pit said. Palutena and Viridi looked at each other and chuckled quietly, happy to see the two angels watching out for one another.
~ Meanwhile.. ~
We rejoin Pit down below where he has taken a seat next to the strange black winged girl that helped him avoid a painful crash.
"The name's Alice, the angel of mischief. A pleasure to meet ya Pit." she said, turning her gaze to Pit. The angel glanced back at Alice's wings before the girl herself noticed his eyes.
"Oh. You're probably wondering why my wings are black, aren't you?" she asked. Pit quickly snapped back and rattled his head, a bit embarrassed to ask. But Alice smirked before glancing back.
"Its because I've been on Earth for a pretty long time. I can tell...from the way you're dressed...that you're one of Palutena's boys, eh?" she asked. Pit lightly gasped.
"T-That's right. But...how do you know...?" Pit asked. Alice lightly grinned and turned away.
"Because...I used to be one of her "little troopers" too. However, let's just say things didn't work out quite so "well" between the goddess and me...if ya catch my drift." Alice said. Pit gasped.
"Wait. YOU used to be one of Palutena's forces? But what happened? Why are you here alone?" Pit asked. Alice chuckled.
"Guess you could say that I enjoyed pulling practical jokes on everyone I worked with. And I used to just LOVE pranking the goddess I served. Heh. Guess I pulled one too many before Palutena finally decided to dismiss me. Ever since, I've lived my eternity here on Earth and the longer I've been here, my wings lost their shimmer and became these." Alice said, pointing to her backside at her wings. Pit lightly groaned, beginning to wonder if his wings would ever do that as he looked at them. Alice quickly hopped off the dumpster and turned to Pit.
"Anyway, I can tell this is your first time in a modern human city, right? All alone? Heh. Allow me to give you a personal tour before your goddess comes and gets you." Alice offered. Pit lightly smiled and nodded.
"Okay. That sounds like fun." Pit said, hopping off behind her. Alice gave a smirk before leading Pit off with her through town.
~ KID ICARUS ~
Their tour begin through the city park as Pit was looking around at everything intriguing to him. Alice watched as Pit was playfully touring around and taking in the sights, growing a light grin. Afterwards, their next part of the tour brought Pit around a heavily populated district full of various stores and advertisements scattered around. There were so many that Pit could barely count them.
"Whoa! I had NO idea humans evolved so fast!" Pit gasped. Alice chuckled.
"Yeah. Well, that's what humans are like nowadays. You'd get use to it if you've lived here as long as I have." Alice said. Pit glanced back at her, watching as Alice lightly turned away and gently rubbed her arm. When she turned back, she spotted Pit staring at her.
"Uhh...w-what?" Alice asked.
"If you want to, when Lady Palutena finds me, I'll try and convince her to take you back." Pit said. Alice started to stutter and wave her hand.
"Wh-What are you? Nuts? No way would "stuffy pants" want me back. I'd only cause trouble. Besides, all I ever do with my powers now is pull harmless pranks. Watch." she said. She looked around and spotted a middle aged man walking down the street while reading a newspaper. With a cast of her hand, Alice caused the man's shoelaces to tie together, effectively tripping him. Alice lightly snickered before turning back, seeing Pit still staring at her.
"I'm telling you! I CAN talk to Lady Palutena for you! I'm Pit, the captain of her guards!" Pit explained. Alice's eye lightly twitched before she turned with a groan.
"Boy, you sure are STUBBORN, aren't you?" Alice asked. Just then, the two heard a light chuckle from nearby.
"Heh. You have NO IDEA sister." the voice said. Pit gasped.
"Wait a second. I recognize that voice!" Pit thought. He quickly turned around to see Palutena with Viridi and Dark Pit, disguised as humans.
"L-Lady Palutena! And...Viridi and Pittoo too?" Pit asked. Dark Pit approached Pit and stopped at his side, bonking him in the head.
"Ow! What was that for?!" he shouted.
"That's for making me think you were going to do something stupid." he said. Alice lightly gasped, watching as Palutena approached her. As Palutena's eyes looked on, Alice turned away.
"Alice? Is that you? My. The years have not been kind, have they?" Palutena asked. Alice glanced back at her.
"W-Well...I see your still the "all mighty" goddess of light. What do you want? Came for your angel back?" she asked. Palutena lightly nodded.
"Well, of course. I came looking for Pit. But...now that I've found you again, I was thinking...maybe its time your little "hissy fit" ended and you came back home?" Palutena asked. Alice lightly squeaked as Pit glanced at the two of them.
"Huh? Hissy fit? B-But Lady Palutena. Alice told me you dismissed her for pranking you too much." Pit asked. Palutena glanced at the angel and lightly chuckled.
"Not entirely Pit. I never really dismissed her. All that happened was I pull one TEENY prank on her for a change. And before I knew it, Alice must've took it hard and stormed out with a huff. Heh. I guess I forgot all about her after I found you." Palutena explained. Dark Pit and Viridi glanced over at Alice, glaring at them with a gawked stare.
"Sheesh. Talk about not being able to take what you dish out." Viridi sighed. Alice groaned, trying to walk away. But Palutena lightly took hold of Alice's wing, freezing her in place.
"Come on now Alice. Come back to Skyworld. I miss having our little "prankster" around. Besides, things ARE kind of boring with just Pit and the centurions." Palutena said. Pit gasped.
"Wh-Wh-What?!" Pit exclaimed. But the goddess lightly chuckled, saying she was kidding about the boring part. Alice looked back at Palutena.
"P-Palutena..." she muttered. As the two quietly looked on at each other, Viridi watched with a light sigh, seeing it was getting them nowhere. So behind their backs, Viridi casted a little whip from below Alice and struck her in the rear.
"Come on already! Just give her an answer. We DO have other things to do." Viridi groaned. Alice rubbed her rear before facing Palutena again. The goddess lightly put her hand out before Alice slowly took hold.
"All righty then. Time to go home everyone." Palutena said. And in one large flash of light, everyone warped back to Skyworld, Alice and Pit included.
END OF EPISODE 18
