The 64 was again traveling down another dimensional tunnel. The P2 was still in robot mode, so the 64 transformed back into its ship mode. With the better speed it offered, the 64 was gaining up on the P2 quickly, and Zero charged up all four lasers. The 64 then fired the massive laser beams, but the mother ship then turned around and put up a shield just the same as the 64's. The P2 struggled against the force of the blast, but otherwise caused no damage. Just after the beam stopped, the P2 transformed back to its ship mode, and sped through the tunnel.

As they came out of the portal, the heroes became temporarily stunned with beauty. They were in the clear blue skies, soaring over a planet lush with life. Half of the planet was covered in oceans, and the land was filled with green plants, but the most beautiful thing was the cities. There were countless tall, white buildings, built with advanced technology in mind. The unblemished cities were interwoven with the plants, giving a balance between nature and civilization. The only problem with this was that every being that walked the planet was a Zox.

"Heads up!" Sonic shouted. The P2 fired two massive laser beams at them, and they were about to hit them. It was too late to go into robot mode and use the shield, so instead, Ash came up with a different idea. Using the strategy they used to fight the M-rates, he opened up a portal right in front of them. The laser beams that were about to hit the 64 instead were sent through the portal.

Inside the mother ship, Sandfire sneered to the screen showing the 64.

"Eh, very smart, warriors." Sandfire was about to give an order to attack again, but another pilot interrupted him.

"Sir, there's a portal opening right behind us!"

"What?" Just as he said that, the P2 was struck from behind by their own lasers. The ship was rocked hard, and started to loose some altitude.

"Damage report!"

"We've lost twenty percent of our shielding, sir, as well as one of our engines."

"Wonderful." Sandfire said with a sigh. He looked back at the screen, only to see the 64 charging towards them with two energy sabers in hand. The P2 lowered its altitude, and instead of the sabers cutting them in half, the middle fin was sliced off. Sandfire saw that the 64's momentum kept them flying away a bit, so Sandfire gave the order.

"Quick, transform now!" The mother ship was engulfed in light, and by the time the 64 turned around to face them again, they had already transformed back to robot mode. The 64 was about to strike again, but the Zox fired two large lightning tentacle spheres. As they approached the 64, they attacked them with their blades, which caused them to explode.

The 64 continued to drive forward even through the explosion, and as soon as they reached them, the 64 struck out with its fist. The fist was directed to the head, as the view screen was blocked by the 64's hand. The P2 was sent flying back, but once it regained its balance, they noticed that the view screen was showing things at a higher angle.

"What's wrong with the screen?"

"Sir, the P2's neck has been bent! We're situated at a ninety-nine degree angle!" Once the officer said that, Sandfire slammed his hands against his arm rest. His head was facing the floor, and his eyes were closed, rage building inside of him. The other Zox could feel the anger growing inside of the otherwise calm War Master. For a moment they felt like they were feeling his anger, but as the seconds passed, they noticed that it was the temperature, as it was getting increasingly warm inside the control room.

"Uh, sir? Your orders?"

"Argh! Take us out of here!"

"Where?"

"Anywhere but here!" The pilot did as he was ordered, entering in random coordinates for an alternate dimension, not knowing of whether they had control of it or not.

"How…why…I don't understand." Sandfire thought to himself as he sat there, anger getting the best of him. "I've been trying and trying to get rid of these pests. After years of dreaming and planning, I was able to assume the position of War Master, I've tried to succeed where Karlnak failed, and even managed to build the most powerful ship the Empire has ever had, and yet still I can not succeed! How can this be? Why? I've worked too long, too hard for this!"

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A weather-torn silver dodge truck pulled up to the parking lot of a hotel in Los Angeles, and as the truck came to a stop, a young man stepped out. He closed the door, only for it to not close all the way.

"Piece of junk." He opened the door again and slammed it harder, completely closing it. "Why do I always get stuck with the junky cars?" He was about to turn around and go inside the hotel, but as he did, everything suddenly darkened. For a moment he thought it was a cloud blocking the sun, but it was too dark, almost as if it was night. He looked up at the sky, and though he didn't see any stars, it seemed dark enough to be night. A more frightening sight was the sun, as it was still there, but appeared to be much smaller, and dim enough to look at.

"Wha…what's going on here?" As he looked to the sky, he noticed something strange, like some sort of portal was opening high in the sky. It grew to a large size, seeming to be almost as big as a baseball stadium. What happened next was completely shocking, as a huge black ship came flying out, that looked somewhat like the Playstation 2. Lasers then came flying out of the hole in the sky, followed by what appeared to be the Nintendo 64.

The hole then shrank and disappeared, and the noonday light reappeared. The two giant ships flew around in the sky, shooting large lasers at each other, which thankfully flew off into the sky. Then, they were both engulfed in a ball of light, and came out of them looking like giant robots. They came flying at each other with their fists out, and ran into each other, slugging each other at the same time.

They continued to fight for a few minutes longer, pulling out different techniques with lasers, when the sky darkened again, and another portal opened. The Playstation 2 ship flew in it, and the 64 followed. The portal then closed, and everything was back to how it was before he drove up.

The young man stood there utterly confused and shocked, wondering if he was going crazy.

"Did I just see…what I think I saw? Perhaps…I should start playing less video games."

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"Any idea of what Dimension that was?" Mario asked.

"Don't know, but it seemed that there was only humans there. No Zox or anything."

"Wonder why they took us there?" The heroes continued to chase the P2, unknowing that they had come across the very dimension that the beings from Dimension X had mentioned of having many ties to their own Dimensions.

As they began to emerge from the portal, the heroes of N and D were surprised that they came back to Dimension N, just beyond Nintendo. The P2 then stopped and turned around to face the 64, and they in turn stopped. The two machines looked at each other, each having received significant damage. There were cracks in several places in their armor, many dents, as well as gashes and sliced parts. However this battle would end, it wasn't going to last much longer.

"Forget it! I'm tired of playing around with you. It's time to end this, and right in front of the planet you serve to protect!"

"We'll just have to see about that!" But just as Mario said that, the P2 disappeared.

"They're in stealth mode!"

"No problem." Zero said. He then had the 64 place small orbs of energy all around them, having them completely surround them. He then had the 64 place its hand together in front of them, then all of the orbs shot out in all directions. It wasn't long before they saw that three exploded to the upper right of them, and as they turned around, the P2 came out of stealth mode. However, it had its palms stretched out, and facing them, charging up a powerful laser beam.

The mother ship then fired, so the 64 did the same, and fired back a beam of their own; however, the P2's beam had charged up longer and was therefore more powerful, so when it hit the 64's, it merely slowed down, engulfing their beam. Zero put more power into the beam, and soon it was theirs that overpowered the Zox's.

Seeing their beam being overpowered and coming closer, the P2 put on the locks, keeping the ship in place as more power was put into the beam. The laser was coming back again to the 64, so Mario likewise locked the 64 in place, and Zero put all the power they had into the laser. The two forces, now at an even power, battled to succumb the other, but neither beam moved. It was like to streams of water hitting each other, its excess flying off in different directions as they hit, only that the beams were 370 feet in diameter.

The two forces were trying to push each other back, with the ships' thrusters keeping them locked in place, though the ships were rattling from the pressure.

"We're not getting anywhere! Zero, can you put more power into the beam?" Mario asked, having to raise his voice over the noise from the vibration.

"I'm giving it all she's got, captain!"

"Then I bet the Sandfire is too." Samus said. "It's true, the P2 has the same power as us, and now we've reached a stalemate."

"Then let's stop this and get out of here!" Ash said.

"It's too late! All of our power is being put into the beam, and if we stop now, then…we'd never be able to escape the Zox's beam in time." Mario finished with a sad tone.

"So then…what happens if we keep this up?"

"We'll run out of power." Link said. "This ship has an amazing well of energy, and I've never seen the energy bar go any lower than ninety percent, but now it's at forty, and still dropping."

"And then the beams will loose its power, and explode." Theo said.

"What?"

"I'm surprised it hasn't already. When two lasers at a relatively same power collide with each other, they explode, but I'm guessing it didn't happen here because ours was weaker at first, but now, I don't know. Either way, when this is done, it's not going to be pretty." Theo then looked rather depressed. "To think it all ends here. I still haven't looked at all of my hot rod magazines!"

"Professor, you're impossible!"

"I could send a charge down the beam; it'll make the beams explode sooner." Zero said. Mario closed his eyes, giving it thought. He then sighed, seeing what little choice they had.

"Do it. If we go down, then so will they."

"Wait! There's still hope!"

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"Zelda?" Link asked out loud. The video screen then switched to a view of Fox's cockpit, with Zelda sitting right behind Fox. They were surprised to not only see Zelda, but what she was doing. Her eyes were closed, obviously using much concentration as a multi-colored orb was floating in between her hands, with the Chaos Emeralds circling her.

"What's going on here?"

"We're here to help! Zelda has a plan, so now we just need to get on board."

"But you can't! The docking bay can only open in ship mode."

"That won't be necessary." Zelda said through her mind. "Just take me close to the 64." The communication channel was closed, and the Arwing flew behind the 64. Then, using her powers, Zelda vanished from the ship, and teleported into the 64.

Zelda was inside the engine room, next to the power core. It was a large pillar that connected to the top and bottom of the room. Inside it were crystals, along with other machines, that powered the ship.

What Zelda was doing was a feat that was beyond even most Hylians. It took much mental concentration to hold not only a sphere of the Sages' power, but keeping the Chaos Emeralds at hold as well. Speaking telepathically and teleporting herself only added to the strain that her mind was going through, but Hyrule, even the planet, was at risk, and she'd do even more if she had to.

Zelda then opened her eyes with a stern look on her face, and initiated the plan.

"Chaos Emeralds, go! Give this ship your power!"

The emeralds that were circling her then spiraled away from her, and circled the power core. They then vanished from sight as their powers entered the 64's.

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"Does Zelda know what she's doing? The Chaos Emeralds aren't simply batteries!" Sonic said. "While it may give you incredible power, it also drains the users energy!"

"And that's why she's borrowing the power of the Sages. She's using it to fuel the emeralds, while we receive the power we need."

As the power core took in the energy, it began to be fueled with the power of chaos. The 64's chest then began to give off a golden glow, and that glow spread out to the rest of the ship. A golden aura emanated from the Nintendo 64, and the laser beam that it was firing grew even larger, and shot out even faster then before.

As Sandfire sat in his chair, looking at the screen, his jaw dropped. Their laser beam was being engulfed by the 64's, and it came speeding towards them like a tidal wave. As the light intensified and the beam filled the display of the video screen, all he could do was stand there and wait their destruction.

"Aw, crud."

The laser beam struck the P2, cutting right through it. The parts of the ship that remained exploded, and a powerful explosion it was. Space was lit up as a bright, white light lit the entire area, like an exploding sun. The explosion was massive, its range being as big as the moon. Everyone on Nintendo could see it, as it even made the night seem like day. It was a powerful explosion for a powerful ship, and an appropriate light display for the victory of the heroes.

With the battle over, the golden glow faded, and everyone was cheering. Marina jumped up and down with excitement, and hugged Zero, who merely smiled. Ash was cheering with joy while holding Pikachu; even Starfox was celebrating. Link, however, was concerned for Zelda, and left the control room.

He walked down the halls and down stairs, reaching the engine room. As the door slid open, he saw Zelda laying on the floor. Link ran over to her and tried lifting her up, hoping she was all right.

"Zelda, are you okay?" Her eyes started to open slowly, appearing to be exhausted.

"Link? I'm…okay, just…drained."

"Come on, I'll take you to one of the beds so you can rest." Link was about to pick her up, but then a horrible expression came over her face.

"Wait! Something's not right!"

"What? What is it?"

"There's someone else here on the 64!"

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Mario was jumping for joy, but then he started to feel hot and tired, so he sat back down in the pilot's chair. He rested there, smiling that the battle was finally over. Even against a foe with the same strength and abilities, they were able to pull through. Mario rested; it had been a long day.

But as Mario rested, he wasn't cooling down. In fact, he was only getting hotter. He lifted his hat and put his hand through his damp hair, and waved his hat to cool himself down.

"Whew, is it just me, or is it hot in here?"

"No, I'm feeling pretty hot, too." Ash said, also sitting down.

"What's going on? Is something wrong with the temperature?" Donkey Kong asked. His answer, however, was not what he had expected, nor what he wanted to hear.