Dang…

I'm late AGAIN FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE!

I mean… Gah!

(Punches himself)

Okay guys, I'm sorry again. But, this time I have a good excuse.

THE FREAKING UNIVERSE WAS CONSIPIRING TO STOP ME FROM WRITING.

Seriously, I have a mountain of homework, and I suck royally at anything educational, and my parents limited me and my other siblings to a single, solitary hour of fun per day. So, then my computer breaks down! And THEN my AC Adapter stops working! And then it turns out that my desk has crappy Wi-Fi. And THEN the site freezes up on me, so I have to cut the chapter short just in case it crashes again! I mean…

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

(Head-Butts the wall until he falls over, then crawls back up, takes some pills of unidentifiable origin, and then gets to work)

Anyways…

Okay, friends, here it is. Sonic and Samus have come a long way, and their relationship seems to have come far. But can it survive against our mystery villain?

So here it is.

One shall stand… and one shall fall flat on his or her face…

And I'm dragging the author's note on as long as possible to make the story look longer er; make it all more epic…

Roll film…

"Damn it, Slippy!" Falco cursed as he blew up several large cannons in order to save his clumsy toad friend. "Can't you stay out of trouble for just one minute?"

"Sorry…" the toad's voice replied, discouraged.

"Cool it, Falco!" snapped Fox from his Arwing. "Focus on those guns, not on Slippy."

Falco grit his beak. As much as he hated to admit it, Fox was right. He should focus on the ship, not Slippy being an idiot.

He growled to himself. Sonic and Samus, along with R.O.B. were still on that monstrosity, and shooting the damn guns wasn't doing much for them, other than by them some time.

"Falco, look out!" Fox's voice snapped.

The bird snapped back to reality and dodged too close for comfort laser. He turned off his communicator to avoid Fox yelling at him.

The, 'You have a message' light began to flash. Fox's name appeared next to it.

Falco sighed as he fired at the ship again.

More of the battleship-type cannons exploded upon several impacts of Falco's cobalt lasers. However, dozens more returned fire furiously, forcing Falco to Barrel-Roll out of the way.

Peppy would be proud.

The message light began to beep again, this time with Fox and Slippy's names.

"I'm ignoring you…" Falco muttered as he fired at the ship again.

More guns were destroyed, more fired back.

However, the beeping continued, now with Wolf of all people's name with it.

"Oh, for the love of…" he muttered, switching the machine on. "What is…?" he began.

"… Behind you!" Slippy's voice shouted.

Falco's eyes widened. He began to turn his head, when his ships shuddered. He felt his heart stop when he saw massive, reptilian claws gripping his wings, literally holding his ship still.

"Holy…!" he began, before the claws shredded his wings.

The computer began to blast warnings as his ship began to skydive down to the sea.

Suddenly, Falco felt a bit of sympathy for Slippy.

"You idiot!" Fox shouted, much like he himself had yelled earlier.

If Falco had a comeback, no one knew, as his ship was plummeting towards the ocean below. Falco gripped the controls, struggling to steer the burning ship (try doing that without wings) as it tore through the air. With a little skill and an unbelievable amount of luck, he managed to land the burning craft onto the Halberd. The Arwing screeched as metal slid across metal, showering sparks in its wake before it stopped moving with a halting screech.

Sighing, Falco pulled himself out of the wreckage, surveying the damage.

"Fox is gonna kill me," he muttered, shaking his head.

He heard a roar from above. His eyes widened as the purple monster began to fly down. He faintly recognized it as that dragon Samus hated. The one that they had seen during Subspace.

The dragon's mouth was wide open as he bombarded the hull of the ship, striking the Arwing. Fuel caught and ignited, and the fighter exploded in a brilliant flash.

Falco closed his eyes, covered his ears, and jumped away as flames and shrapnel flew through the air.

When the smoke cleared, Falco looked over the wreckage of his ship. "Fox is really gonna kill me."

Falco heard a thud behind him.

"Provided I don't do the deed first," a voice hissed.

Falco whirled, pulling his blaster out at the same time. A large hand quickly knocked the weapon aside, and Falco found himself standing unarmed and staring a large purple pterosaur, eye-to-eye.

"Scared, little pigeon?" the monster asked.

Falco grinned. "Yeah, right. Of what, a little iguana?"

The lizard responded with action, a swift left hook, knocking the bird to the ground. Falco tried to pull himself up, but the monster's claws grabbed him first, and with a laugh, through the blue bird off the ship.

Falco screamed as he headed towards the ocean below, air rushing past him, as he descended towards his doom.

However, another Arwing moved quickly to intercept. Its cockpit flew open, and caught Falco inside in the nick of time.

Falco was surprised to see Slippy of all people at the controls. "How did you do that?" he asked, surprised.

"Lots of practice!" the equally surprise Slippy replied. "Guess I'm not so useless anymore, huh, Falco?" he asked.

"Uh, Slippy," Falco said.

"What?"

Falco pointed forward. Slippy looked forward and saw the massive reptile flying towards them, breathing hot flames at them.

"Meep," Slippy peeped, paling.

"Move it!" shouted Falco.

Slippy obeyed, swerving the ship out of the way. "Fox!" he shouted into the communicator. "We have trouble!"

"I'm on my way!" Fox replied. "Did you get Falco?"

"Yeah, I'm here," Falco replied, gritting his beak as Slippy steered the ship away from another fireball.

"Glad to see you're alright, Flyboy," Fox said, sarcastically. "Did the dinosaur cut you down to size?"

"How about you fly up and ask him yourself?" Falco replied, losing his temper with his leader once more.

"Calm down, both of you!" Fox's girlfriend, Krystal shouted. "We have other things to deal with other than your arguments! Settle this later!"

Falco sighed. Fox's girlfriend was always sticking up for him, despite their rocky relationship.

"Incoming!" Slippy shouted, as he swerved away from another blast from the dragon.

"Any chance you guys could shut up and shoot at that ugly thing?" Wolf shouted, joining

Falco nodded. "Alright," he said. "Slippy, get ready to get that salamander. Right in the butt, eh?"

"Yeah, right," Slippy stuttered. "Let's get that-!"

Another fireball struck the Arwing, making the ship shake. Slippy and Falco swallowed as the purple monster, grinning at them maliciously.

Days like this made Falco regret getting up.

"FALCON PUNCH!"

The steel door crumpled like paper, getting knocked away and thrown down the darkened hall.

"I have a key," Meta Knight said to the overly eager Captain Falcon. "Was that truly required?"

"Yep," Falcon replied, strolling down the hall as the others followed.

Zelda had shifted into her Sheik outfit, holding several needle-like darts between her knuckles, eyes searching for any enemies. Lucario had blue flame like energy emanating from him, as he tried to sense the Aura of any enemies nearby. Snake silently moved beside them, his hand hovering over his holstered pistol. Meta Knight and Falcon were at the lead as the team marched through the corridors of the battleship, searching for their captured teammates.

"So, I don't suppose you have a plan, eh, tinface?" asked Falcon.

"I have one, yes," Meta Knight answered. "Lucario, Zelda and Snake will split from the group, to search for the others, and provide a distraction for any enemies that may be hiding in these halls. Snake has a walkie-talkie, and I will contact him once we get to the bridge. Falcon will be coming with me."

"What?" protested Captain Falcon. "Why me?"

"Because I want to keep an eye on you," Meta Knight replied, a bit harshly.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" asked Zelda/Sheik. "Splitting up could endanger us."

Lucario grunted in agreement. "Zelda is right. What if we get ambushed?"

"I'm sure you'll be able to handle yourselves," Meta Knight said. "Don't worry. Once we get to the bridge, we will shut the cannons down, and I can turn the security system on. Understood?"

Zelda was about to protest again, but Snake cut her off. "Alright, let's do this. See you there," he said, as he turned and headed down the hall, Zelda and Lucario following a few seconds later.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Zelda questioned once she was sure they were out of earshot, walking down the dimly lit hallway.

"Relax," Snake replied. "We can get through this."

"If you say so…" Lucario muttered. "Wait…" He froze.

"What is it?' Zelda said, freezing. Snake's hand gripped his pistol.

"I sense something…" Lucario muttered. "Something close…"

And then, something smashed the lights, leaving them in the darkness.

"What was that?" Snake hissed.

"I… Gah!" Lucario shouted.

A blast if frigid air and a hissing sound cut him off and he went silent.

"Lucario!" Zelda shouted, feeling around in the dark for the Pokémon.

Snake pulled his pistol, but was knocked over by something metallic, and fell to the ground, losing his pistol in the darkness.

A hissing chuckle echoed through the air, making Zelda's skin crawl. "Snake!" she shouted. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm alright," Snake grunted. "Lucario, you there?"

There was no response. Zelda swallowed. "Do you have a light of some sort?" she asked Snake.

"Yeah, sure," he replied, feeling around in his pockets for his cigarette lighter. Finding it, he pulled it out and lit it.

It was then they saw Lucario.

The blue Pokémon lay frozen before them. His eyes were widened in fear, and his arms were thrust out like he was trying to fight off something in the darkness.

"Oh, no," Zelda breathed. "Snake, we need to get him out of there! He might freeze to death!"

"Right," Snake replied, still shocked at the sight before him. "Use that fire-ball thing you have to get him…" He paused. "Zelda, you can run pretty fast, right?"

"Yes…" Zelda whispered. "Why?"

"Move!" Snake yelled, pushing her out of the way, pulling an army knife. He ran at something in the dark, ready to use his military training. However, something batted him away, knocking the light out of his hands. Before things went dark again, Zelda faintly saw ice climbing up Snake, immobilizing him like Lucario.

"Snake!" she cried, running towards where she saw him.

A swift kick in the ribs knocked her over before she could reach him. Zelda hit the ground with a grunt. Before she could pull herself up, however, a cold, metal hand gripped her throat, choking her. Zelda kicked and struggle against the figure, trying desperately to get lose from the hand. She tried pulling the throwing darts she used in Brawl out to try and stab the metal wearing creature. However, the hand hauled her off her feet and slammed her into the wall with a sickening thud.

"Let me…!" she choked. "Let me… go!"

Zelda felt something press against her.

"Be quiet," a voice hissed. A voice that was very calm, but filled with hatred at the same time.

And then, everything went cold.

Sigh. I'm beginning to wish that Starscream would come down and squash me. Another day, and another chapter, shortened because of my damn computer freezing.