Chapter 14: Preliminaries
Back in the abyss, the hands dropped their new prey. The vortex was closed. Wire frames came out with chains. The Crazy hand twitched his pointer finger, "That will not be necessary." The wire frames bowed and retreated back to where they were. The Crazy hand snapped his fingers and the chains and cages disappeared. From the sky fell hearts, one for each person. They all stood up and began to look around. Mario and Luigi were slowly creeping away from Bowser, when they ran into something.
Mario looked around and saw himself, "AAHHH! It's-a me!?!?!"
"He looks-a so much like me, except that poorly trimmed mustache," replied Dr. Mario.
"Poorly trimmed?!?!" shouted Mario, "You shouldn't be-a talkin'. That-a white dress is-a not your style."
"It is not-a dress it's-a doctor's cloak!"
Peach was looking around, keeping her arms close to her body, "It sure is lonely in this dark place"
Princess Zelda spotted Princess Peach, "Hi there," she looked at Peach's dress," Nice dress, where'd you get it?"
Peach looked down at her dress, "Oh this old thing, I got fifty others like it at my castle."
Bowser was looking around, "I'll kill those plumbers!"
Ganondorf crept up on him from the shadows, "By the look of your shell and the curses of vengeance, you must be a bad guy."
"And who are you?"
"Ganondorf, bad guy for twelve years in failed attempts to kill a boy named Link."
"It's good to see another villainous face. Bowser, King of the Koopas, attempting to kill some plumbers for about the same amount of time."
Pichu, Pikachu, and Jigglypuff cowered in a corner, looking up at an angry Mewtwo, "Insolent fools, cower at the wrath of Mewtwo!"
Captain Falcon was looking at a warrior with full armor, "That's a nice suit. You a bounty hunter cause you seem awfully familiar."
"Actually I am," The warrior removed her helm revealing her medium-length blond hair, "Samus Aran. Don't you remember me when we battled the Master hand?"
Captain Falcon's eyes opened up real wide, "You're a woman!?!? WOW!!! You are one exotic bounty hunter. Can I get your number, I can take you for a ride in my big blue falcon."
Samus released her grappling hook, grabbing Captain Falcon by the neck, "Don't hit on me you pervert!" Samus flung Captain Falcon thirty feet toward the feet of a big ape.
The big ape looked at Samus and then down at Captain Falcon, "Oh man, Candy's going to kill me for leaving her like that."
Meanwhile a distance from DK, two sword-wielding warriors stood by a green dinosaur like creature. "Hey Roy, this is Yoshi, he saved me when those hands attacked."
Roy patted Yoshi's head, "It's good to have some friends in such a dismal place."
Link was looking around, holding his sword in one hand, and his other hand was ready to grab his hook shot. In the distance, he saw a small, green thing running toward him, "That looks vaguely familiar…"
It stopped moving and stared at Link. He then spoke, "This is one weird time travel. Master Sword must be broken or something."
Link gasped, "Meh!! It's me, a little me, here!!!" They stared at each other, eying each other's Karoki garments.
Ness walked around with his bat in his left hand as he walked slowly alone, "It's kinda quiet around here."
From behind him came a voice, "|30Y |\|355!! |-|4PPY T0 533 4/\/\ 1, |301|\|G!"
Ness turned around, "Mr. Saturn, how'd you get in here, little guy?"
"|31G P0RT4|_ 5u(| 54TUR|\| UP, |301|\|G!"
Popo and Nana stayed close to each other as they held their hammers ready for attack, "Nana, let's get out of here as soon as we can. I don't like the looks of this place."
"I don't know about you," said Nana to Popo, "but those animals don't look too friendly."
Fox was busy cleaning his laser blaster. Falco watched him in anger, "How can you be so calm when we've just both been captured?"
"Well first off," remarked Fox, "I was the only one suppose to be captured. You decided to come along for the ride. Secondly I've battled the Master Hand before; nothing to worry about." Just then Fox's blaster went off and it was aimed at Falco's head. Falco noticed and quickly put up his deflection shield. The laser shot was sent upward, "Next time, Fox, be more careful when you clean your gun. You almost hit me!"
Sometimes I wish I had thought Fox to himself.
Mr. Game & Watched quickly paced back and forth thinking of the disasters going on in his world while occasionally giving off a beep or two.
The two hands floated to the center of a large floating platform in between a vortex and the abyss. They looked around and then at each other. The Master Hand spoke, "It's time. Let us gather the Smashers for their doom."
All the Smashers were teleported into the main arena one by one. They looked around for their strange hosts. They floated down into the arena and looked at the Smashers. The Master Hand spoke first, "It's good to see you all again, and some new faces too."
Mario broke out from the crowd and shouted up to the Master Hand, "Hey I beat you once, I don't need to battle you again."
The Master Hand pointed a finger at Mario, "Oh but you will and you will lose…if you are the one to battle us."
Ness now stepped out from the crowd, "Hey what's with the us?"
The Crazy Hand spoke, "He referrers to me. I am the Crazy Hand. Do you know what's at stake here?"
"Yeah, your lives. You won't be fit for a rag when I'm done with you!" Kirby said outraged at his capture.
The Crazy Hand floated to the edge of the platform, "Let's see what's behind curtain number one!" He snapped his fingers and lights poured onto a table outside the arena. The table was huge and was covered with trophies.
Captain Falcon noticed one of the trophies in the front, "Hey, that looks like my car. That's a really nice resemblance of it."
"That is no resemblance," said the Master Hand, "It is your car turned into a trophy. In fact, all of you are now looking at things collected from your worlds and turned into trophies. We took buildings and objects, even a few people. They don't mind because they can't move."
Peach spoke out, "As Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom I demand that you restore these trophies to their right forms."
The Crazy Hand looked at her, "I'm thinking…no. You want them; you'll have to beat us. Only one of you can battle us."
Mewtwo spoke, "Sounds simple enough, but who gets to battle you?"
The Master Hand spoke, "It's simple have a battle."
"How did I know you were going to say that," said Mewtwo, "Oh that's right I can read your mind. And your mind is very low in IQ. Look around stupid, there's an odd number of people."
The Master Hand wanted to crush Mewtwo into powder, but he knew he was right. He took a minute to think and then he proclaimed, "There shall be a preliminary round. It shall test strength and brainpower and skills." He snapped his fingers and they were transported to a large stadium. On a platform were two trophies: one of a bat and one of a sock. The Master Hand snapped His fingers and the trophies were brought to life. The bat rested near the edge of the platform. The sock seemed to move as though it were alive. "This is the homerun contest. You have ten seconds to damage the large sandbag and send him flying long distances. The top sixteen longest distances win. Simple, isn't it?"
Ness looked at the bat, "Hey that's my best bat! Give it back right now!"
"Well that's not what concerns me," said Falco, "but the fact that the sandbag is wiggling!"
The Crazy Hand twitched, "It's a cousin of ours. Calls himself Duke Sock. We stuffed him and made him into a nice sandbag, don't you think?"
Mario jumped onto the platform, "Well, let's get started. I want to get out of here as soon as I can."
{The preliminary rounds are underway. Only sixteen will advance. Eliminations shall have to be made in chapter 15.}
Back in the abyss, the hands dropped their new prey. The vortex was closed. Wire frames came out with chains. The Crazy hand twitched his pointer finger, "That will not be necessary." The wire frames bowed and retreated back to where they were. The Crazy hand snapped his fingers and the chains and cages disappeared. From the sky fell hearts, one for each person. They all stood up and began to look around. Mario and Luigi were slowly creeping away from Bowser, when they ran into something.
Mario looked around and saw himself, "AAHHH! It's-a me!?!?!"
"He looks-a so much like me, except that poorly trimmed mustache," replied Dr. Mario.
"Poorly trimmed?!?!" shouted Mario, "You shouldn't be-a talkin'. That-a white dress is-a not your style."
"It is not-a dress it's-a doctor's cloak!"
Peach was looking around, keeping her arms close to her body, "It sure is lonely in this dark place"
Princess Zelda spotted Princess Peach, "Hi there," she looked at Peach's dress," Nice dress, where'd you get it?"
Peach looked down at her dress, "Oh this old thing, I got fifty others like it at my castle."
Bowser was looking around, "I'll kill those plumbers!"
Ganondorf crept up on him from the shadows, "By the look of your shell and the curses of vengeance, you must be a bad guy."
"And who are you?"
"Ganondorf, bad guy for twelve years in failed attempts to kill a boy named Link."
"It's good to see another villainous face. Bowser, King of the Koopas, attempting to kill some plumbers for about the same amount of time."
Pichu, Pikachu, and Jigglypuff cowered in a corner, looking up at an angry Mewtwo, "Insolent fools, cower at the wrath of Mewtwo!"
Captain Falcon was looking at a warrior with full armor, "That's a nice suit. You a bounty hunter cause you seem awfully familiar."
"Actually I am," The warrior removed her helm revealing her medium-length blond hair, "Samus Aran. Don't you remember me when we battled the Master hand?"
Captain Falcon's eyes opened up real wide, "You're a woman!?!? WOW!!! You are one exotic bounty hunter. Can I get your number, I can take you for a ride in my big blue falcon."
Samus released her grappling hook, grabbing Captain Falcon by the neck, "Don't hit on me you pervert!" Samus flung Captain Falcon thirty feet toward the feet of a big ape.
The big ape looked at Samus and then down at Captain Falcon, "Oh man, Candy's going to kill me for leaving her like that."
Meanwhile a distance from DK, two sword-wielding warriors stood by a green dinosaur like creature. "Hey Roy, this is Yoshi, he saved me when those hands attacked."
Roy patted Yoshi's head, "It's good to have some friends in such a dismal place."
Link was looking around, holding his sword in one hand, and his other hand was ready to grab his hook shot. In the distance, he saw a small, green thing running toward him, "That looks vaguely familiar…"
It stopped moving and stared at Link. He then spoke, "This is one weird time travel. Master Sword must be broken or something."
Link gasped, "Meh!! It's me, a little me, here!!!" They stared at each other, eying each other's Karoki garments.
Ness walked around with his bat in his left hand as he walked slowly alone, "It's kinda quiet around here."
From behind him came a voice, "|30Y |\|355!! |-|4PPY T0 533 4/\/\ 1, |301|\|G!"
Ness turned around, "Mr. Saturn, how'd you get in here, little guy?"
"|31G P0RT4|_ 5u(| 54TUR|\| UP, |301|\|G!"
Popo and Nana stayed close to each other as they held their hammers ready for attack, "Nana, let's get out of here as soon as we can. I don't like the looks of this place."
"I don't know about you," said Nana to Popo, "but those animals don't look too friendly."
Fox was busy cleaning his laser blaster. Falco watched him in anger, "How can you be so calm when we've just both been captured?"
"Well first off," remarked Fox, "I was the only one suppose to be captured. You decided to come along for the ride. Secondly I've battled the Master Hand before; nothing to worry about." Just then Fox's blaster went off and it was aimed at Falco's head. Falco noticed and quickly put up his deflection shield. The laser shot was sent upward, "Next time, Fox, be more careful when you clean your gun. You almost hit me!"
Sometimes I wish I had thought Fox to himself.
Mr. Game & Watched quickly paced back and forth thinking of the disasters going on in his world while occasionally giving off a beep or two.
The two hands floated to the center of a large floating platform in between a vortex and the abyss. They looked around and then at each other. The Master Hand spoke, "It's time. Let us gather the Smashers for their doom."
All the Smashers were teleported into the main arena one by one. They looked around for their strange hosts. They floated down into the arena and looked at the Smashers. The Master Hand spoke first, "It's good to see you all again, and some new faces too."
Mario broke out from the crowd and shouted up to the Master Hand, "Hey I beat you once, I don't need to battle you again."
The Master Hand pointed a finger at Mario, "Oh but you will and you will lose…if you are the one to battle us."
Ness now stepped out from the crowd, "Hey what's with the us?"
The Crazy Hand spoke, "He referrers to me. I am the Crazy Hand. Do you know what's at stake here?"
"Yeah, your lives. You won't be fit for a rag when I'm done with you!" Kirby said outraged at his capture.
The Crazy Hand floated to the edge of the platform, "Let's see what's behind curtain number one!" He snapped his fingers and lights poured onto a table outside the arena. The table was huge and was covered with trophies.
Captain Falcon noticed one of the trophies in the front, "Hey, that looks like my car. That's a really nice resemblance of it."
"That is no resemblance," said the Master Hand, "It is your car turned into a trophy. In fact, all of you are now looking at things collected from your worlds and turned into trophies. We took buildings and objects, even a few people. They don't mind because they can't move."
Peach spoke out, "As Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom I demand that you restore these trophies to their right forms."
The Crazy Hand looked at her, "I'm thinking…no. You want them; you'll have to beat us. Only one of you can battle us."
Mewtwo spoke, "Sounds simple enough, but who gets to battle you?"
The Master Hand spoke, "It's simple have a battle."
"How did I know you were going to say that," said Mewtwo, "Oh that's right I can read your mind. And your mind is very low in IQ. Look around stupid, there's an odd number of people."
The Master Hand wanted to crush Mewtwo into powder, but he knew he was right. He took a minute to think and then he proclaimed, "There shall be a preliminary round. It shall test strength and brainpower and skills." He snapped his fingers and they were transported to a large stadium. On a platform were two trophies: one of a bat and one of a sock. The Master Hand snapped His fingers and the trophies were brought to life. The bat rested near the edge of the platform. The sock seemed to move as though it were alive. "This is the homerun contest. You have ten seconds to damage the large sandbag and send him flying long distances. The top sixteen longest distances win. Simple, isn't it?"
Ness looked at the bat, "Hey that's my best bat! Give it back right now!"
"Well that's not what concerns me," said Falco, "but the fact that the sandbag is wiggling!"
The Crazy Hand twitched, "It's a cousin of ours. Calls himself Duke Sock. We stuffed him and made him into a nice sandbag, don't you think?"
Mario jumped onto the platform, "Well, let's get started. I want to get out of here as soon as I can."
{The preliminary rounds are underway. Only sixteen will advance. Eliminations shall have to be made in chapter 15.}