Chapter 5: Zero to Onett
After stepping out of the portal, I find myself on…a track? Hmm. I hear cars' engines roaring in the background, and I'm on a track. This doesn't bode well.
I start running, and suddenly I get a weird sensation of warning in my head. Ignoring it, I am immediately attacked from behind. What-
Oh. That wasn't an attack. That was a swarm of cars running me over. Ow.
I slowly stand up, and start running. Soon, I see a platform. Oh, I get it. I'm supposed to jump onto the platform when I get the warning sensation. Maybe I should pay attention to it. I run some more, get the feeling, and jump, just in time to avoid the cars again. This isn't so hard…
Whoa! I spoke too soon. Paying too much attention to the warning sensation, I almost ran off a cliff…no, a jump. I jump onto the next platform too slowly, and cars pound me off the side of the target platform. I barely manage to Super Jump Punch up to the middle. This is really irritating.
Continuing on, I find another jump, this one longer. My warning sensation comes at exactly the wrong time, while I am in the air. I land just as the cars come past again, and I am unable to make it back this time. Down to 3 lives.
Luckily, after this jump, it is just a straight run to the end. After that part is finally over, I find myself above the same track, facing down Captain Falcon. Oh yeah…racer…cars…I get it.
Falcon rushes at me with what must be his forward-b, because it doesn't look familiar. His flaming fist knocks me into the air, and he follows up with his dive thing.
"Yes!" he shouts, as I fly away again. I jump back and swing my fist at him. It falls short, and I quickly spin my legs around to keep him away. As he flies backward, I just now notice that the track is moving. We're going along the track at about the same rate that the cars are. Weird.
Falcon's back, and he punches me continuously. Moving away, I swing my cape. Falcon starts punching in the wrong direction, and I smash him away. Now, I end up on the track, and cars are coming to get me again. I jump out of the way, but Falcon, who is just coming back, is not as lucky. He flies into the air, where I eagerly Super Jump Punch him. Falcon hits me with his Falcon Kick, which allows me to punch him away. This time, his dive isn't enough to bring him back.
That was more annoying that I had thought. I don't think I've been giving the guy enough credit.
Well, out of the portal, I find myself in a familiar happy little town. The last time I was here, I had no idea who I was looking for. This time, he's looking to fight me…but there are three of him.
I believe this place is called Onett…and here come the Nesses.
I race forward to attack, but before I get to them I see an item fall from the sky in front of me. It's a-it's a-um…
Before I can react, a Ness throws the object at me. It hurts a little, but not too much. I grab it and throw it back. Then, I activate my Mario Tornado, catching all three. Suddenly, I get a familiar warning sensation. Before I can react, a Ness smacks me with his yo-yo, and all four of us immediately get hit by-a car! What is it with cars?
I recover more quickly than the Nesses, and chase after them eagerly. One is trying to do something he just called "PK Flash", but it's just a really slow green-
Ouch! It exploded!
I fly backwards into another Ness's bat, and bounce off of a building. I get the warning again just as the stupid Nesses follow me down. I jump at just the right moment, and the Nesses get floored. Unfortunately, the buildings are too high to kill any of them. I soon fix that, by smashing straight up, I get rid of one of the Nesses. The other two quickly gang up on me, both doing their PK Fire at once. Arrrgh.
Meanwhile, the only items I've been getting are those stupid-Mr. Saturn! That's right! I read about it.
I smash down to keep the boys at bay while one tries to hit me with PK Thunder. I avoid it easily, and jump-kick him. I follow his path onto a tree and smash him away. One more to go.
As I turn around, the last Ness has just picked up a Mr. Saturn. He throws it at me. Sigh. I run at him, but another Mr. Saturn stops my rush. Arrrgh. I reach out to grab him, and toss him against a wall, then quickly jump out of the way. The Ness gets hit by a truck, and is at dangerously high percentage now. Eager to capitalize on this, I Super Jump Punch him, sending him nearly to death, and a midair flip kick cinches my victory at last.
I'm not even going to bother wondering how I just fought three Nesses…I've found it's not worth it. I'm just going to go into this portal and see what-Brr…it's cold in here.
(A/N: People on this site really don't give Falcon enough credit. Just because of his weird-looking Falcon Dive, people make fun of him, but he's really very good. Just thought I'd point that out. Oh, and by the way, this chapter is somewhat short, but it would be way too long if I did Icicle Mountain too. And, just as a warning, the ending to this fic won't really be an ending per se…more like a cliffhanger, to be continued in my 5th fic. Think of my 5th fic as the next chapter to this one…except if I actually did that it would be too long.)
