Bonus Awards Show
Chapter 5 – Marathon Runners and Rock Climbers
By Pelican (Pelican_13@Yahoo.com)
Off in the land of Hyrule the hero Link had just arrived. He was searching Hyrule Field for one man in particular. On the horizon Link spotted the object of his search. He was a tall and skinny man and wore a white toga. Strangely, he wore the ears of a bunny on his head. They bounced back and forth as he ran. His sandals kicked up dirt as he drew nearer. Link held up his hands and waved them back and forth, trying to get the man's attention. The runner drew nearer and began to stop. A cloud of dirt followed him and engulfed him and the Hylian melee fighter. Soon the dust settled, leaving Link coughing.
"Can I help you?" the runner asked.
Link stopped coughing enough to get in a sentence. "Do you have the Marathon Man award?"
The marathon man looked at Link strangely. "An award? I can't say I do."
"Oh," Link replied. He then gave a request. "Can I just run around with you until I get the award?"
"You can run with me if you want, but how would you get the award from doing that?"
"I-," Link thought for a moment, "don't know."
The man shrugged once. "As long as you can keep up." He began to jog off on his regular route. Link had to sprint to keep up and was still literally eating the marathon man's dust.
Meanwhile, back at Melee HQ, a few melee superstars had gathered at the lounge where Peach had made the announcement. Fox, Samus, Bowser, and DK were waiting around and talking of their individual attempts at regaining a melee bonus award.
"All I got for that was a lousy gold star," Samus complained.
"At least you didn't have to look at the ugliest statue ever made," Fox replied, ridiculing Captain Falcon.
"And I didn't get an R!" DK complained, continuing to act like he actually wanted an R.
At that time Peach entered the room from the main hall. The four smashers noticed her and turned towards her.
"What gives?" Samus asked, "I should have the Sniper award."
"And I the Shield Breaker," Bowser continued.
"Pichu, Falcon, and I should get the Statue award," Fox said.
"And there is no R for me!"
"What on Earth are you talking about?" Peach asked.
Ness entered the room. He was followed by Jigglypuff and Pikachu, who looked very beat up.
"Peach," Ness got Peach's attention, "did we get the Magnified Finish award back? Pikachu and Jigglypuff fought under my magnifying glass. Ness held up the instrument for all to see.
"Did we get anything back yet?" Fox asked.
About to enter the room was the swordsman, Marth. He was about to turn into the door when he heard Fox's voice and stopped where he stood. He contemplated for a few moments as to whether of not he should be near Fox.
"Maybe it's best I not see him for a while," Marth thought to himself. He turned to leave back down the hallway he came when he came face to face with Roy.
"Ahhh!!" Roy yelled in Marth's face. The younger swordsman turned and ran away. Marth noticed Roy dive into a nearby trashcan. The fighters inside the lounge ran out to investigate the noise. Fox, being one of the fastest, was the first on the scene. Behind him Ness, Peach, and Jigglypuff stood. They watched the nearest garbage can shake, like it was shivering.
"What was that?" Fox asked. The fact that is was Fox speaking began to take hold of Marth. His senses blurred and he was about to lose all control. Another voice snapped Marth back into reality.
"What is Roy doing?" Ness asked.
"Umm," Marth thought for a moment. He had to get away from Fox before any information spilled that he wasn't ready to reveal to the other smash brothers. "He's trying to get the scream in a swordsman's face award…yeah."
The other fighters looked at each other, trying to make sense of what was going on.
"But that's not a," Fox began. Marth cut him off.
"I have to get the outta here award," Marth said, without looking at the other fighters, and dashed off. The remaining melee stars were still confused.
Ganondorf was lying on the cold ground on some mountain in the Alps. He was defeated, dazed, and didn't even know which country he was in anymore. He looked up at the sky, not having enough strength yet to get up.
"Ow…my head," he muttered to himself. He slowly sat up. Just then Mewtwo teleported next to him, looking down at the evil fighter. Ganondorf redirected his attention to Mewtwo.
"Did you get the award?" Ganondorf asked.
"I don't think so. Nothing same out of the sky and gave it to me," Mewtwo answered, "but it might have reappeared back at Melee HQ."
"Then let's go," Ganondorf suggested as he stood.
"But mein Kopf verletzt," Mewtwo complained.
"What?" Ganondorf asked.
"Mein Kopf verletzt," Mewtwo repeated.
"Oh yeah?" Ganondorf replied as if he was offended, "we'll you're an Auf Wiedersehen!"
Mewtwo sighed. He placed a hand on Ganondorf's shoulder and they both disappeared.
In a rather large pile of rocks two siblings were working on climbing towards the top. They were both fighters from melee known as the Ice Climbers. They wore thick jackets, despite it not being cold at all. Popo wore blue while his sister Nana wore pink.
"This is so much easier than climbing ice!" Nana called to her brother.
"I know! It's not slippery at all!" Popo called back.
The two continued to climb the pile of black rocks. They were about 30 meters above ground level and were nearing the top.
"I see the summit," Nana called down to her brother. Nana pulled herself up and was the first to reach the top. Popo soon also reached the top. The two looked down and then turned towards each other.
"We did it," Nana smiled.
The two reached on their backs and pulled out their mallets. They stood next to each other and pointing their hammers towards the sky, executing their taunt.
Back in the lounge of Melee HQ Fox, Samus, Bowser, Donkey Kong, Peach, Ness, Pikachu, Jigglypuff, and Falco were standing around. Falco had recently made his entry and explained how he was the rightful bird of prey.
"Fox, tell the people how I eat meat!" Falco commanded.
"Alright, everyone," Fox got everyone's attention. "Falco is a kind soul who can't stand to eat anything that was once alive. He's a strict vegetarian."
"Why you!"
A few chuckles were heard amongst the smashers. DK finally broke the laughter and got the group back focused on the missing bonus awards.
"Why haven't we gotten those awards back?" DK asked Peach.
"Because, you haven't been doing what," Peach began.
"Wait!" Fox interrupted.
"What is it?" Ness inquired.
"I just remembered I left Pichu alone with Captain Falcon!"
"So?" Samus failed to see the harm.
"Captain Falcon might ask Pichu to show him his moves!"
"Oh no!" DK said issuing a call to action. "We've got to get there right away!"
On the North American continent existed a barren, desolate, and sandy desert. However, somewhere in this seemingly inhabitable wasteland was a city, a fairly large one at that. It had been nicknamed Sin City for obvious reasons. That happened to be Kirby's present location, Las Vegas. He floated up to a stool in front of one of the thousands of slot machines and held a bag full of quarters.
"Now to get that jackpot!" Kirby said to himself in a high-pitched voice. He rubbed his hands together like he could almost taste the money and put the first quarter in. He pulled the slot and the three symbols began changing. The first stopped on a cherry, the second stopped on a lemon, and the third stopped on a bar.
"Hey! What the heck is this?" Kirby angrily asked himself. He reached into his bag and pulled out another quarter. "This time I know I'll get it."
In the mean time, in the skies above the Na Pali Coast on the island of Kauai, Yoshi was with a tour group aboard a helicopter
"These cliffs rise as high as 4,000 feet and are accessible along the beautiful Kalalau Trail on the Na Pali Coast. Many believe that the Na Pali spirits can play tricks on hikers and campers. Some historians claim that the Na Pali region was the first part of Kauai to be settled. More recently, the opening scenes of the film Jurassic Park was filled on the Na Pali coast," the pilot informed. The tourists looked down at the beautiful cliffs and shoreline.
"Jurassic Park?" one of the tourists asked. He glanced over at Yoshi and screamed. "A raptor! A raptor escaped from Jurassic Park!"
"What!? Where?" a terrified female voice called out over the tourists.
"Right there!" the first panicked onlooker yelled, "How can you not see it? It's a green raptor!"
More yells were heard aboard the helicopter, generally throwing everything into confusion.
"Get him!" a more muscular tourist called.
"Are you crazy!? Those things have claws!"
"Does it look like it has claws from here?"