Bonus Awards Show
Chapter 3 – Magnification, a Stalker, and a Meat-Eating Bird
By Pelican (Pelican_13@Yahoo.com)
Pikachu and Jigglypuff stared each other down, ready to do serious battle. Well, not really serious as they were only fighting to get back the award. Ness towered over the stage, looking at the match through a magnifying glass.
Pikachu started with a Thunder Jolt. Jigglypuff rolled past it and toward Pikachu. Pikachu let loose another jolt of electricity through his cheeks. Jigglypuff jumped to avoid it this time. She positioned herself over Pikachu and came down with a drill kick. Pikachu was forced backwards as Jigglypuff landed. Pikachu attacked with a head butt, then two more quick head butts. Jigglypuff took the three hits and was knocked backwards. She hopped forward on her right foot and rammed Pikachu with her left foot. The electric rodent was sent into the air away from Jigglypuff, but not very far. Pikachu lowered its head and began a Skull Bash attack.
"Piiii," Pikachu said as he charged up.
"Chu!" Pikachu released the attack and was propelled forward. Jigglypuff was just fast enough and dodged the attack by rolling to the side. Pikachu slid across the wooden surface behind Jigglypuff. The balloon pokémon turned around and used another forward smash attack. It connected to Pikachu's back. This time it sent Pikachu farther. Pikachu was almost cornered. He acted how any cornered animal would, aggressively. He ran right up to Jigglypuff and grabbed her. He jumped over her and flung her forward with pure upper body strength, which was surprising considering Pikachu's smallness.
Jigglypuff rolled to her feet. She now stood in the middle of the makeshift arena. Pikachu charged again and used a running tackle. Jigglypuff raised her shield just in time, creating a white blast of energy as the attack hit. Jigglypuff quickly lowered her shield and grabbed Pikachu by the skin on his neck. She threw him into the ground and head butted into him. She didn't stop there. Jigglypuff continued pounding into Pikachu by moving left and right. Pikachu rolled out after three hits. Jigglypuff continued the offensive and used a Pound. The attack sent Pikachu into the air, almost back to the wall of soda cans.
Ness continued to watch the match. The door opened and Peach stepped into the room.
"Hey, Ness," Peach tried to get Peach's attention.
Jigglypuff and Pikachu dropped to the surface, doing their best to cover their ears. Peach's voice wasn't exceptionally loud but to the super tiny pokémon the sound waves were magnified ten fold.
"Shhh!" Ness ordered while holding a finger to his mouth.
"Why?" Peach whispered.
"Because Pikachu and Jigglypuff are really small and you're really loud," Ness answered in a whisper.
"Why?" Peach asked again, even quieter now that she knew why she must whisper.
"We're getting the Magnified Finish," Ness answered. "Now get out of here!"
"But you're not going too," Peach began.
"Go!" Ness did the best he could to issue and order in a whisper. He spun Peach around and pushed her out of the room. He closed the door and returned to the match.
Jigglypuff and Pikachu stood up. Pikachu was at a higher level of damage and decided to get more aggressive. He ran straightforward at Jigglypuff.
Jigglypuff acted first and jumped upwards once. She came down with a drill kick at Pikachu. Pikachu failed to evade and was hit by a spinning Jigglypuff with her legs down. Pikachu hit the floor and bounced up once. He came down right on Jigglypuff. As Pikachu made contact Jigglypuff used her Rest attack. The awesome power of a sleeping Jigglypuff was released on anything outside its body, in this case Pikachu. Pikachu was knocked high and away. His body caught on fire from the release of energy. Pikachu sailed past the wall of empty soda cans.
"Game!" Ness declared in a whisper. Jigglypuff and Pikachu returned to their normal size. Jigglypuff's body pushed the cans off the table. Pikachu became visible on the other side of the room.
"Good match," Ness congratulated. "Now let's see if we got that award."
Ness and Jigglypuff left the room. Pikachu slowly rose to his feet and followed.
Elsewhere in the world, more specifically Paris, France, even more specifically, on the first level of the Eiffel Tower, Yoshi was enjoying the sights. He had a camera attached to a strap around his neck. He raised his camera and took an exposure of the Arc De Triomphe across the river. Like the two evil melee superstars aboard 'Lufthansa fünf drei sieben vier,' Yoshi really stood out in a crowd. Why wouldn't he? He was green, reptilian, and wearing virtually nothing. Maybe that last part didn't stand out in France, but we was odd nonetheless.
"Okay, you study your script and I'll get ready," Zelda suggested. She went off another way while DK looked down at a piece of paper. Nearby was a counter, which an officer clerk had vacated. Behind was counter was not vacant, however. Roy was ducked down, hiding behind the counter for dear life. Although it didn't look like any melee stars were on the prowl for him, he remained in fear.
A potted plant sat itself down near DK. The ape apparently didn't notice its presence as he was looking down at the paper. The plant couldn't continue to follow Zelda without risking being discovered by DK.
Down the hallway Zelda had left someone else was approaching. Marth recognized the person's size and tail to be that of Fox McCloud. He had to reposition himself to make it harder to spot him if Fox passed by. For some reason though, he couldn't take his eyes off Fox. Marth looked up and down his body, much the same he had done to Zelda earlier. Only this time he began to lose all rational thought just looking at Fox's body. The fur, the tail, the rugged good looks were all too much for Marth to handle. The swordsman was about to lose it but shook his head to return to reality. He ducked down behind the plant as Fox passed.
"I can't think like that," Marth thought to himself. "I need to get that award. I must stalk Zelda!"
In another part of the building, a kitchen, Falco was digging into a refrigerator. He pulled out two plastic bags. One contained cold slices of turkey and the other ham. He opened them and walked over to the table. He had two pieces of breed laid out on a plate. He placed his selected slices of meat onto the breed and formed a sandwich.
"I'll prove I'm a bird of prey," Falco thought to himself. He lifted the sandwich up to his beak and was prepared to eat it, but thought for a moment. He held the sandwich with one wing and with the other threw down the two pieces of bread. He tilted his head up and raised the ham and turkey above his open beak. He dropped them in and devoured them.
"There!" Falco said in his head, "now to see if we have that award."