DOORWAY HIDEOUT

IKE sits with LUCAS, NESS, PAC-MAN, MR. GAME and WATCH, POPO and NANA playing a card game while in the background ROY is going through different doors.

ROY
Okay let's try this one

ROY goes through a door only to come running out a few seconds later covered in slime screaming, ROY attempts to close the door but a slime creature is trying to get in, ROY slashes at the creature and is able to close the door

ROY
Alright not that one

ROY grabs a paint brush and marks the door with a red x.

IKE
(To NESS) Wait how does this game work?

NESS
You want to get your card amount as close to twenty one, if it goes over you lose and if any of us have a higher number you also lose

IKE
Right, that's simple enough

ROY then passes by doors with red x's and goes to an unmarked door

ROY
Right let's see where you lead

ROY enters the door and a few seconds later runs out with a flame blast behind him, he is able to close the door before it gets to him. ROY then sees part of his outfit is on fire and tries to put it out. Back at the card game everyone is looking at their cards wondering if they have the highest number, the DUCK HUNT duo sits close to LUCAS and watches him check his cards

LUCAS
No using your PSI powers

NESS
I was going to say the same thing to you

ROY then finds another unmarked door

ROY
Third time has to be the charm right

ROY enters the door and after a few seconds he doesn't come out, everyone then turns their attention to the door ROY went through. Everything is quiet and after a few more seconds ROY is thrown out from the doorway in a rush of water, IKE quickly goes to close the door before more water gets in. After IKE closes the door he goes to check on ROY who is coughing up water

IKE
Roy are you okay?

ROY
One of these doors has to lead somewhere better

IKE
Look I don't like being stuck here either but going through each door and hoping it's the right one is not going to be the way we get out of here, let's take a moment to collect ourselves before we make our next move

ROY then sits up

ROY
Is there a towel or something someone could give me?

IKE then goes to get ROY something to dry himself off with

7

EVERY NIGHTMARE I'VE HAD/HISTORY LESSON

SAMUS' GUNSHIP

SAMUS' Gunship is flying through the emptiness of space. Inside SAMUS is laughing while SNAKE is sitting letting her laugh. SAMUS catches her breath after laughing so much

SOLID SNAKE
You gonna be okay there?

SAMUS
Oh, oh my gosh. (Chuckles) Snake, none of that is real, I can suspend my disbelief only so much

SOLID SNAKE
Every word I said is true

SAMUS
So the bad guys, the patriots right want to control giant bipedal robots?

SOLID SNAKE
Metal Gear is powerful weapon

SAMUS
Uh-uh, and one these guys was your half brother who also just happened to be a major world leader

SOLID SNAKE
I never said my story wasn't crazy

SAMUS starts laughing again

SOLID SNAKE
No please continue

SAMUS
It's just so unbelievable, If I saw it maybe I'd believe it but it just sounds...

SOLID SNAKE
Insane. Trust me I know, I've lived it. What about you, your story is weird as well, I mean you were raised by bird people

SAMUS
Hey, they are called the Chozo and I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for them

SOLID SNAKE
And apparently in that suit you can roll into a ball and be just fine

SAMUS
Alright, alright my story is also hard to believe, I'll admit it

SOLID SNAKE
Well the journey we're on now is insane and when we get back who knows if anyone will believe us

SAMUS
That's true

SAMUS turns back to PIKACHU and PICHU

SAMUS
What about you two do believe our stories?

PIKACHU
Pika, Pika!

PICHU
Pichu!

SNAKE cracks a smile

SOLID SNAKE
Well we got some believers at least

SOMETIME LATER

SAMUS has fallen asleep in a small nook with PIKACHU and PICHU by her side. SNAKE is awake looking out the cockpit, SNAKE starts to cough and starts breathing irregularly, after a few moments he is able to breathe normally, SNAKE looks back at SAMUS and sees that she and the Pokemon are still asleep, SNAKE deeply sighs and wonders if he should tell them the whole truth.

LATER

SNAKE is struggling to stay awake, he then is tapped on the shoulder by SAMUS

SAMUS
You know it wouldn't be a bad thing for you to get some rest, I mean we've been out here for what feels like months and I never seen you get solid rest

SOLID SNAKE
I'm just used to being on a planet that has a sunrise and sunset

SAMUS sits next to SNAKE

SOLID SNAKE
Those two really like you

SAMUS
Yeah, It's.. Nice having others around

SOLID SNAKE
Does that include me?

SAMUS
Ehh... You're okay

SOLID SNAKE
Wow, that's hurtful

SAMUS
Okay don't start crying I'm joking

SOLID SNAKE
Really... I'm surprised you can do that

SAMUS
(Chuckles) Okay you know what I take it back you're not okay

SOLID SNAKE
That stings so much

The two share a laugh

SAMUS
Seriously Snake you should get some rest, we all need to be ready for whatever happens next

SOLID SNAKE
So how long till we reach that ship?
SAMUS goes over to the captain's chair and looks at the navigation screen

SAMUS
Seven, eight hours. Which is what you need right now

SOLID SNAKE
I will but since you're awake I wanted to ask you about something, if this ends up being a dud how much fuel will we have left after this?

SAMUS checks the fuel cell readings

SAMUS
Once we get to the ship we'll have a little over half of our fuel left

SOLID SNAKE
So I don't anything about space ships but I notice that you do have what I can assume to be an escape pod

SAMUS
Yes it is but don't think if things get rough here we can just use it to get us all out, it was designed for one person, maybe the little ones can fit in their with one of us but not all four of us.

SOLID SNAKE
Well if worse comes to worse you three can take it and I'll stay behind

SNAKE chuckles however SAMUS doesn't

SAMUS
Snake please don't joke about that

SOLID SNAKE
I'm sorry

SAMUS
I was actually thinking of taking the fuel cells from the pod and putting it towards the ship

SOLID SNAKE
Whoa, whoa, whoa don't do that what if we need to use the escape pod

SAMUS
I just said only one of us can really use it, I'd rather take the fuel from it and use it on the ship

SOLID SNAKE
What if we can't use the ship and we need to get off, then were stuck, I just think we need to keep our options open, we don't know what we're going to run into.

SAMUS
But our choice shouldn't come down to which one of us gets to live

SOLID SNAKE
Maybe we might have to

SAMUS is at a lost for words

SAMUS
Snake you're scaring me, please don't talk like that.

SNAKE just lets out a exasperated sigh, SAMUS then places her arm over SNAKE

SAMUS
You should seriously get some rest, I think you're a little strained

SNAKE nods and goes off to get some rest while SAMUS looks at him concerned

DOORWAY HIDEOUT

Everyone is sitting in a circle wondering what they will do next

IKE
So there are how many doors here again?

NESS
Three hundred

IKE
Alright and besides the door we came in through how many of those are not the right way out of here

ROY
Uhh... about maybe thirty of them

IKE sighs

IKE
That still leaves two hundred plus doors to check

ROY then stands and paces back and forth

ROY
There has to be something, something that will tell us a way out of here

IKE
That's only part of the problem Roy

ROY
What do you mean?

IKE
Look I'm not sure these doors will lead us back home or even if that's somewhere we should go back to.

NESS
But I thought we wanted to get back home

IKE
I just have a feeling what's happening won't just end with us going home, there's a threat that we have to fight for this to end

POPO and NANA hold hands somewhat scared that they will have to continue to fight

ROY
(Sighs) You know I don't back down from a fight, especially if innocent people are in the crossfire but we don't know who we're fighting or where they come from, it's hard to fight an enemy that we know nothing about

IKE
Lucas you said that you just came upon this place right?

LUCAS
Kind of I mean, Mr. Game and Watch brought Buddy, Teddy and Pac-Man here

IKE then goes over to MR. GAME and WATCH

IKE
Do you know anything about this place, why it's here, why you are here?

MR. GAME and WATCH just shrugs

LUCAS
He says he just woke up here and went through a door and found Pac-Man and then Buddy and Teddy

IKE holds his head in frustration

IKE
There has to be more than that, there's a reason this place exists, a bridge to different worlds doesn't just exist without reason

ROY
A doorway to different worlds

IKE looks at ROY annoyed

IKE
Doorway to different worlds, something here has to give us some insight into what's going on

IKE then starts going through the things in the hideout tossing aside many different items, the rest of the heroes then start going through the hideout trying to find something useful for them to get out.

SOMETIME LATER

The heroes have turned the hideout upside down and haven't found anything, and sit amongst the mess

LUCAS
Nothing, not one thing on what this place is or what doors lead where

PAC-MAN holds a wooden ball and hands it to ROY

ROY
All this stuff is just junk, nothing useful

POPO and NANA have a spear looking object and just set it down

NESS
Is that it, we're just stuck here opening every door until we find one that leads us somewhere better?

IKE just rubs his face in frustration when the DUCK HUNT DUO bring him a wooden cube which IKE cracks a smile and pets the dog

IKE
Maybe I was wrong, maybe there is no purpose to this place and we're just stuck here

In frustration ROY tosses the ball across the room and it shatters but inside there is a glowing item, everyone's attention is focused on the item. ROY goes over to the item and picks it up, once he touches the wooden cube IKE is holding starts glowing from the inside and the spear by POPO and NANA also starts glowing. IKE then smashes the cube against the ground and the ICE CLIMBERS do the same with the spear and inside are pieces of what looks to be a figure, IKE has the head, ROY having the body and the ICE CLIMBERS having the legs, they get ready to put their pieces together while the DUCK HUNT DUO hides under neath some things, PAC-MAN braces in case something happens, MR. GAME and WATCH falls flat to the ground, LUCAS and NESS don't hide as they watch in anticipation. The pieces then all get connected and the figure stops glowing and seemingly nothing happens

NESS
Wait... That's it?

LUCAS
I thought something would happen, maybe...

An explosion of light knocks everyone back as the figure then turns into a being of light. After a few moments the light dies down and everyone sees the being, a woman made up of light wearing a white gown

KINTUNE
Hello there

Everyone is too stunned to respond

KINTUNE
You are at lost for words, I can tell you all been through alot, and I can only feel that what I had feared has become reality

IKE
Who, who are you?

KINTUNE
My name is Kintune. In a way, I am your mother, of all of you

ROY
Well unless you also can turn into a dragon, I doubt that your my mother

KINTUNE chuckles

KINTUNE
Roy I am not saying that I am your actual mother

ROY
You know my name

KINTUNE
I do, it is my duty to know all the beings in the universe

LUCAS
What did you mean by your our mother?

KINTUNE
Sweet Lucas, I wish you did not have to see this conflict. You as well Ness

IKE
If you don't want this conflict to continue then help us, you seem to know what's happening, so please let us know

KINTUNE
Ike, what I will tell you now I want you to understand, that what you now need to do, will change the fate of the universe

KINTUNE eyes light up and the world around them starts to change to darkness

KINTUNE
Long before time began we the seven entities came together and brought forth life

Seven balls of light collide and the universe is then formed

KINTUNE
We knew that when we created life that we wanted to be there along side it so we gave ourselves sentient forms

The six entities then form into human like beings still made up of light.

KINTUNE
We created many different species and many different types of worlds

Worlds are created and life is formed on these worlds

KINTUNE
For sometime we lived along side our creations, they worshiped us as gods

Many civilizations gather at a temple and praise the seven entities

KINTUNE
But I implored my brothers and sisters that if life is to prosper and grow it needs to do so without our presence. So we retreated far away onto a deserted world

The entities live normal lives on their world, harvesting food and talking amongst each other

KINTUNE
But one of my brothers could not accept that we now let our creations live freely, he believed they always needed to live under our control. My brother Eragus, had too much anger residing in him.

KINTUNE shows the heroes the entities creating powerful weapons to hold their power

KINTUNE
We all had powers that we kept after we retreated into the stars, Eragus and I both could open portals so that traversing the worlds could be instantaneous. However we decided to put much of our power into a staff we called the Lightsbane, a powerful weapon that we created only to defend the worlds but in the wrong hands could cause their extinction

KINTUNE then shows the heroes her talking with the five other entities

KINTUNE
I wanted to move the location of the staff and give the information of the staff's location to the worlds we created, I worried that it was only a matter of when not if Eragus was going to attack our creations, but I was too late

A flashback shows the entities world in ruins and all but KINTUNE have fallen, ERAGUS stands holding the Lightsbane ready to wreak havoc on the universe

KINTUNE
In that moment I thought all hope for the universe would be lost, but one of my brothers stood tall and gathered the energies of our fallen and fought Eragus, even though he was my brother I gave my energy over so that he could be stopped

KINTUNE gives her energy to the other entity and it glows brightly and charges at ERAGUS who is caught off guard by the other entity, ERAGUS is disarmed of the Lightsbane and beaten down before the entity opens up a portal

KINTUNE
My brother banished Eragus to a place where all that exists is darkness, nothing of joy or life, the realm of eternity

The entity throws ERAGUS into the realm of eternity and the portal closes, however that surge of energy weakens the entity who collapses

KINTUNE
A sacrifice was made so that the universe could live freely, he gave me the energy of our fallen. So I worked to hide the Lightsbane and to be sure that if Eragus was to return I wanted to make sure it would be difficult to obtain it and I split the world into different realms

KINTUNE then returns them back to the hideout

ROY
That is... I don't even know how to take all of that in.

IKE just sits trying to comprehend everything

IKE
I don't even know what I believe in anymore

KINTUNE
I understand that this is a lot to take in

IKE
So we need to stop your brother from getting this weapon, where is it?

KINTUNE
That is the predicament I do not know

ROY
Wait you said you hid it though

KINTUNE
Before separating the realms I went to the most powerful leaders of those worlds and asked them to hide it, and to leave behind the way for the later generations to find the location of it.

NESS
How come you just didn't hide it

KINTUNE
If my brother had found me, I know he would've gotten that information from me, I felt the only way to protect the Lightsbane was for me not to know of it's true location

LUCAS
So how are we supposed to find it?

IKE
Wait if we find this that means we can use it against your brother

KINTUNE
No, if you find the Lightsbane you cannot touch it, the power that resonates from it would destroy you

ROY
So we can't touch it but we make sure your brother who is a god, also can't touch it. I don't think the ten of us can hold him off on our own

KINTUNE
My brother is strong but he is no invincible, he wields great power but he knows without the Lightsbane he can be defeated, I sense many other warriors fighting against his forces, in time you will join forces with them and bring the realms back into order

ROY
Wait how come you can't help us fight

KINTUNE sighs

KINTUNE
I only have so much power left, and the power I have left was to preserve myself for when he returned, the last thing I will do will be to take you to the beacon

ROY
Wait so you're...

KINTUNE
It saddens me that I cannot assist my children in this fight, I wish I could but I am confident that I would not be awoken if I was not brought the warriors who could bring an end to my brothers madness

IKE
How do you know we can end this?

KINTUNE
I do not, but I believe with all of my being that once you all stand together, you will win.

IKE looks at everyone for their approval and they nod

IKE
Alright, alright let's do this then

ROY
Wait I do have a question though, what did you mean by we were brought to you?

KINTUNE
I had created a retriever to find heroes to bring here if my brother were to return and he has done an exceptional job

KINTUNE is looking directly at MR. GAME and WATCH and everyone looks at their two dimensional friend who shows confusion

LUCAS
Mr. Game and Watch, but he said he doesn't remember anything before he got here

KINTUNE
Yes he exists to find heroes, his existence only began yesterday.

ROY
Well isn't that something

MR. GAME and WATCH shows confusion but does shake KINTUNE's hand

IKE
So what happens now

KINTUNE
Now I take my final act, I bring you to the beacon

KINTUNE then starts to shift the world and all of the doors shift and a secret door emerges

ROY
Huh, you know we probably wouldn't have found that one

KINTUNE
I do apologize in advance, this journey might cause some... discomfort

IKE
Wait wha...

Everyone is then sucked into the door and the door closes as everyone is taken out of the hideout

SAMUS' GUNSHIP

SNAKE is sleeping when he is awoken by SAMUS

SAMUS
Hey wake up

SNAKE darts up

SOLID SNAKE
What... How long was I out?

SAMUS
Eight hours, we're here

SOLID SNAKE
Oh that's good

SNAKE walks with SAMUS to the cockpit

SAMUS
Not exactly

SNAKE looks out the window to see a giant ship that is heavily damaged and looking abandoned

SOLID SNAKE
What, what happened?

SAMUS
I don't know, but we should find out

SOMETIME LATER

SAMUS is in her varia suit checking her weapons

SOLID SNAKE
So I don't suppose you have an extra one of those for me?

SAMUS just stares at SNAKE

SOLID SNAKE
Right, right

PIKACHU and PICHU stand next to the two

SAMUS
Hey you two, stay close I don't need you wandering off in there

PIKACHU and PICHU nod

SOLID SNAKE
You think we'll find something hostile aboard

SAMUS
I'd like to say no but in my experience, yes we should expect it

SAMUS' Gunship flies into a docking station on the ship

ABANDONED SHIP

The four heroes walk carefully through the ship surveying their surroundings, the ship looks to have been abandoned for years

SOLID SNAKE
Something about this feels wrong

SAMUS
Welcome to everyday of my life

The heroes continue into the ship coming across the engine room, SAMUS sees that their are some fuel cells and goes to check them

SAMUS
These fuel cells, I can use them in my ship

SNAKE looks at their surroundings starting to theorize what might be happening. SAMUS straps two fuel cells to her back

SAMUS
Snake see if their are other fuel cells around, maybe we can... Snake?

SOLID SNAKE
Sam, Something feels off... It just feels too convenient that a random ship in the middle of space just so happens to have fuel cells we need. Tell me you don't think that's off. This place looks like it's abandoned for years. Did the crew take this hunk of junk fly into the middle of space and just leave it? You know this feels off

SAMUS
So you're saying we just walked right into a trap?

SNAKE nods, then a loud roar is then heard, PICHU hides behind PIKACHU in fear while SNAKE looks back at SAMUS who is frozen

SOLID SNAKE
What was that?

SAMUS
Every nightmare I've ever had. We need to get out of here now

Before they can move a large Phazon blast almost hits SNAKE but he is able to dodge it, SAMUS looks to see DARK SAMUS with a few dark realm soldiers

SAMUS
You

DARK SAMUS charges another blast but is hit by a lightning bolt from PIKACHU. SAMUS then charges a blast and knocks away a dark realm soldier, SNAKE manages to sneak behind the other one and slam them into the ground. DARK SAMUS then gets up and looks to attack SNAKE but SAMUS tackles her and throws her across the engine room, the two then trade blasts from their arm cannons

SAMUS
Go get back to the ship, I'll meet you there!

SNAKE is hesitant to leave SAMUS

SAMUS
Snake go!

SNAKE then runs out of the engine room with the two Pokemon behind him, they make it to the hangar where SAMUS' ship is but crashing down in front of them is RIDLEY who causes the three to freeze in fear, before RIDLEY can do anything SNAKE throws down a smoke grenade that gives them cover

SOLID SNAKE
Pikachu, Pichu run!

PIKACHU and PICHU then run away from RIDLEY, SNAKE then throws down C4 and gets away from the monster and detonates it, after a few seconds of staring a ball of fire RIDLEY flies up from the flames and dives at SNAKE who is barely able to dodge him. PIKACHU and PICHU run into a few dark realm soldiers who try to capture the Pokemon but the two evade them. SNAKE is slow to get up and right as he does he is grabbed by RIDLEY who brings SNAKE right to his face and roars, SNAKE does not flinch

SOLID SNAKE
You don't scare me you monster.

RIDLEY smirks, the monster then slams SNAKE into the ground before tossing him across the hangar, SNAKE is barely able to stand before RIDLEY grabs him again and tosses him into the hangar wall. RIDLEY continues to slam and throw SNAKE across the hangar, PIKACHU and PICHU try to help but are cut off by dark realm soldiers. SNAKE tries to crawl away but RIDLEY picks SNAKE up by his leg and holds him upside down, SNAKE spits in RIDLEY's face

SOLID SNAKE
Do your worst

RIDLEY is about to use it's plasma breath on SNAKE

SAMUS
Hands off him

RIDLEY turns to see SAMUS who fires a charged blast at RIDLEY then knocks him down. SAMUS rushes to SNAKE to check on him

SAMUS
Snake, Snake, hey stay awake Snake!

SNAKE is badly injured, SAMUS throws SNAKE over her shoulder. PIKACHU finally uses tackle to knock down the dark realm soldiers, and meets up with SAMUS and PICHU to get onto the ship however entering the hangar is DARK SAMUS, also RIDLEY is now standing and heading their way. PICHU then stops and stands her ground, SAMUS looks back

SAMUS
Pichu what are you doing?!

PICHU charges up and delivers a giant shockwave that knocks down the two villains and collapses part of the hangar ceiling so that the heroes can get away unfortunately that large blast knocks PICHU out, the ship then starts to explode, PIKACHU goes back into the hangar and grabs PICHU to bring her aboard the ship, SAMUS then exits her varia suit and sits in the pilots chair and flies them out of the ship.

SAMUS' ship flies away from the exploding ship and immediately comes face to face with a dark realm starship

Inside SAMUS looks at the starship feeling that there is no options she has. SAMUS then starts entering coordinates into the ship and starts charging up her engines

SAMUS ship turns around from the dark realm starship

DARKREALM STARSHIP

Entering the starship bridge is DARK SAMUS and RIDLEY, the starship has a lock on SAMUS' ship

DARK SAMUS
Fire

The ship begins charging its weapons

SAMUS' GUNSHIP

SAMUS' engines are done charging

SAMUS
Hold on to something!

SAMUS then jumps to hyperspace and her ship disappears out into the stars

DARKREALM STARSHIP

The two villains stand seething that SAMUS got away, before they can pursue her a call comes through on a hologram of ERAGUS

ERAGUS
There are new developments happening, I am sending you the coordinates of a planet I want you to investigate

DARK RIDLEY growls in anger

ERAGUS
I do not care for your personal vendettas, my mission takes precedence, once it is over you can spend all of your time hunting for her but now get to these coordinates, I will not ask again

The call ends, DARK SAMUS and RIDLEY relent and start to make their course for the planet ERAGUS told them to investigate

LATER

SAMUS' ship shoots out into another part of empty space

SAMUS' GUNSHIP

SAMUS has a moment to try and catch her breath before something in the ship breaks and the ship's alarms go off, SAMUS heads to the engine room

Inside the engine room two fuel cells are damaged, and SAMUS ejects them from the engine, she then goes to grab the two fuel cells she picked up and puts them in the engine, the alarms stop but as SAMUS checks the fuel status the other fuel cells are low and with the two new ones the ship's fuel is at fifty two percent. SAMUS bangs her hand against the wall in anger, she then remembers that PICHU and SNAKE are hurt.

SAMUS goes to check on PICHU who is breathing normally but exhausted, PIKACHU stands by her side worried, SAMUS places her hand on PIKACHU

SAMUS
It's okay buddy, she'll be okay

SAMUS then goes to check on SNAKE who's breathing is more strained, SAMUS starts administering first aid, after some time SAMUS has bandaged up SNAKE and given him some medicine that has made his breathing normal but SNAKE is still unconscious. SAMUS finally starts to break

SAMUS
I'm so sorry David. I'm so sorry. I wish I didn't get us on that ship

SAMUS holds SNAKE's hand, and starts running her hand through his hair

SAMUS
I don't know what happens now, I don't know what we can do now. I just want you to be here with us, please keep fighting David, please, I don't know what I'm going to do without you.

SAMUS then wipes away some tears and lies down next to SNAKE still holding his hand, and tries to sleep. PIKACHU then lies next to PICHU also with tears not knowing what to do.

REALM OF ETERNITY

ERAGUS watches on an orb an old memory of he and KINTUNE

KINTUNE
Because of that mind-set you do not fully understand what those lives need

ERAGUS
Kintune we are their creators, they should always be grateful to us, what happens when they need our protection

KINTUNE
We shall protect them but only if the threat requires us to, we cannot treat them like children, how will they grow if we do not let them.

ERAGUS
You think too much of them, they cannot make these decisions for themselves, they will only cause harm to the worlds that we built for them, they will make mistake after mistake before they even understand how to make the right decision

KINTUNE
You speak as if we are perfect beings, we are flawed, that is a trait we share

ERAGUS
We may have flaws but their flaws are egregious, we leave them to their devices, their will be war, destruction and death, but not under our watch, not under our rule.

KINTUNE
Brother you scare me when you speak like that, we created them but they are not our slaves, they are living beings and they have the right to live their lives in freedom. Yes they might fight and kill one another but I believe in them to come together more than they will fall apart

ERAGUS
Do not be so sure, Maybe our brothers and sisters were swayed by your words but I know the truth, and you will see it too one day

KINTUNE
I just wish you could see the good in them brother.

The memory ends

ERAGUS
Why wouldn't you stand with me Kintune, none of you had to die for them, we could've returned to the days before, together.

ERAGUS then stands

ERAGUS
I will return us to those days, no matter what it costs. The universe will be put back to its rightful order