Bonus Awards Show
Chapter 2 – A Sniper, Lufthansa, and a Broken Shield
By Pelican (Pelican_13@Yahoo.com)
Zelda and Donkey Kong were having a conversation in one of the hallways of the huge building. Unknown to them they were being watched, watched by a being most foul, a being hiding behind a potted plant. That being was Marth. He was peeping through a hole in the leaves of the bushy plant. His sight was directed at the princess of Hyrule, Zelda. He looked up and down her figure, only imagining what lied beneath that royal dress. Zelda and DK began walking away from Marth. He slowly lifted up the clay pot containing the plant and followed them. Zelda heard some rustling behind her and spun around. Marth quickly dropped the plant and ducked down, trying to remain concealed. Zelda shrugged it off and followed Donkey Kong.
Luigi made his way down a hallway. He spotted Mr. Game and Watch juggling three pokéballs. The green man didn't know what to think of it and paid no mind to the 2D superstar. He entered the same closet storage room.
Luigi looked at the mass of stored melee items. A box labeled, "Pokéballs" had been left open. Other boxes were stacked and the walls were lined with a few longer items like Hammers and Star Rods. Luigi found what he had been looking for in the corner, a broom. He grabbed it and left the closet. Game and Watch was still there, but didn't notice Luigi. At least, Luigi didn't think he was noticed. He couldn't really tell as Mr. Game and Watch had no eyes and it was almost impossible to see which way his 2D body was facing. Luigi wielded the broom and began to walk down the hallway, sweeping left and right as he went. He whistled to himself as he rounded a corner and left Game and Watch's sight.
Samus was in an indoor firing range. It was kept away from the entrance room by a wall of bulletproof glass. The range itself could only have one person at a time occupying it. Samus stood behind a counter, which was the safety firing line. Before her was an extremely long room with three targets at scattered distances.
"Samus, are you ready?" the voice on an intercom asked. It was coming from the man that worked at the firing range. He sat at a computer on the other side of the glass, looking at weapon's schematics. Samus nodded and picked up the sniper rifle before her. She rested it on her arm wielding a missile launcher.
"Go!" the PA system boomed. The targets began moving; the outer two moved closer while the middle one moved farther away. Samus was lined up with the middle target. She took aim and fired five bullets, each hitting the yellow bull's-eye. She then directed her aim towards the left target, which was now moving away. She shot once and hit red, then red again, then gold, and lastly one that hit the backboard but missed the target. Samus dropped the rifle and pointed her arm forward. A hatch opened on her metal suit and a missile fired, directed at the target. She aimed for the right target and did the same. In an explosion both were destroyed.
"Umm," the firing range worker began, "to earn gold for this weapon you need to score 150 points, or 15 bull's-eyes, in less than 15 seconds. We can't award you for using your missiles. Now that you know how the targets travel would you like to try again?"
Samus nodded and picked up the rifle. She pulled the cartridge out and replaced it with one resting on the counter. Three targets reappeared. Samus sidestepped to the left and lined herself up with the first target. She shot five bull's-eyes right off the bat. She then sidestepped to the right a bit and shot the middle target five times. It crumbled into fragments after the fifth bullet hit. The magazine fell out and Samus replaced it with a loaded one. She got lined up for the last target and shot five more, just as the time ran out. All five bullets hit gold.
"Very good, Samus! You've earned the gold medal for this weapon!"
The layer of bulletproof glass on the gunner's side of the counter slid open and Samus approached the man who worked at that station.
"Now where's the Sniper award?" Samus asked almost demandingly.
"The Sniper award?"
"You know what I'm talking about."
"I'm afraid I don't, love. It's
definitely not here."
"What? Ohh, someone's going to get it," Samus said as she turned to leave the firing range.
"Lufthansa fünf drei sieben vier wird in Berne in einer Stunde landen," a stewardess informed. Ganondorf and Mewtwo were traveling by plane, first class of course. They were extremely odd figures to be seen in the mass of normal humans onboard. Unfortunately, they didn't understand much of anything.
"What did she say?" Ganondorf asked.
"How would I know?" Mewtwo responded.
"Aren't you psychic?"
"Why does that mean I should be able to translate?"
"Well read her mind and find out what she said."
"She doesn't THINK in a language I can understand either!"
"Arg!" Ganondorf was disgruntled. "You're so useless."
"All I want to do is get to Switzerland and pick up the award," Mewtwo stated.
"I wonder if they serve those peanuts on this plane," Ganondorf said to himself.
"Why don't you try and ask someone," Mewtwo said deviously.
"Alright I will." A stewardess passed by. Ganondorf was sitting in an aisle seat and got the woman's attention. "Excuse me, can I get one of those bags of peanuts?"
"Was? Ich verstehe Sie nicht," she replied.
"Oh, never mind." Ganondorf gestured for the stewardess to leave and turned back to Mewtwo. "You knew that was going to happen!"
Mewtwo chuckled to himself. "Of course I did, who didn't?"
Bowser passed Zelda and DK in the hall. For some odd reason, the sage and the ape were being followed by a potted plant. Bowser was still holding Link's Hylian shield. He entered one of the doors to his right and made sure to close the door behind him. Inside was a desk with a computer, which was nothing of much interest to Bowser. He tossed the shield to the floor in front of him.
"One bonus award coming up." Bowser cracked his knuckles. He jumped into the air over the shield and used his Bowser Bomb. His mass crushed the shield. Bowser stood up and looked at the target. It had a few cracks but wasn't completely busted. He used another Bowser bomb, this time a few pieces broke off and a large crack appeared down the middle. Bowser began to punch down at it, trying to widen the longest crack in the metal.
He continually pounded into the shield. More parts broke off. Eventually, the shield was just a pile of bits of metal.
"Ha ha ha!" Bowser laughed maniacally to himself. He looked around for the alleged entity that would give him back the award.
"I busted that shield! Where's my award?" Bowser demanded. No response came. Bowser looked down at the crumbled shield. He picked up a fragment that the symbol of the triforce was imprinted on. He left the room grumbling to himself and with the fragments lying on the floor.
Fox and Pichu had encountered a problem. They had covered Captain Falcon's legs with cement, but had gone no higher. Pichu, being too short, couldn't reach any higher, and Fox, being straight, didn't want to go any higher.
"Hmm," Fox thought to himself. "How to work around this."
"Pi pi pichu pi!" Pichu suggested.
"Good idea, Pichu," Fox said. He picked up the container the poured come of the cement on Falcon's chest and let it slide down to the regions he didn't care to get close too.
"Pichu!" Pichu said while pointed to a stool on the other side of the room. Fox went off in that general direction and came back with the stool. He placed it on the table and let Pichu jump to the top.
"Pi!" Pichu thanked.
In another room, Jigglypuff and Pikachu were waiting. Ness entered the room, carrying a cardboard box.
"I got it," Ness informed. He set the box down and opened it. Inside were plenty of poison mushrooms jostling each other around. On the table the three were situated around a small stage had been set up made of soda cans. 16 cans formed the border, being stood up with four on each side. Pikachu and Jigglypuff jumped into the box full off poison mushrooms and in an instant they shrunk. The only difference was they shrunk that much more for each mushroom they touched, and they wouldn't grow back anytime soon. Soon the two pokémon were the size of ants. Ness picked up the box and dumped its contents into the battlefield. Pikachu and Jigglypuff fell into the square of soda cans and struck fighting poses. Ness held up a magnifying glass.
"Ready when you are."