Zelda's Castle, a large banquet hall: Sheik entered the room followed by Link, Dash Rendar, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Lupus, Mewtwo, Ness, Leebo, and Yoshi. They each grabbed an empty seat and sat down beside the occupants who had arrived earlier.
"I'll have to backtrack to bring our new arrivals up to date," said Link. A chorus of groans was heard and the earlier arrivals glared at the new arrivals.
"Don't blame me! It wasn't my fault!" exclaimed Kirby.
"We would've been here sooner if our ship wasn't knocked out of the sky," explained Dash.
"Ship?" inquired Link.
"Yeah. In the chaos I forgot about it. If you could spare a moderately large team and a cart, Leebo could lead you to it," said Dash. Link contemplated the risks involved and then made up his mind.
"Alright, I can spare a team but not a lot. How many do you need?" asked Link. Dash named a figure. Link visibly cringed.
"Yikes! But, I guess its worth it," said Link. Link motioned to Leebo to accompany him and the two left the room.
"Anyway, here's what's up. I've brought you here for the intent purpose of whipping out our enemies," said Sheik. Capt. Falcon visibly cleared his throat.
"Excuse me, but I mentioned this earlier. This wasn't in my F-Zero X contract agreement. If I could have use of your phone or com-system, I'd like to contact my union," said Capt. Falcon.
"That won't be possible. Phones don't exist here. You aren't on you home planet anymore. You're in Hyrule and none of you are from this universe. I've brought you here from other realms of existence into ours because our enemies are from you realms," said Sheik.
"Yeah. I get it," said Kirby obviously lying.
"In other news, I can't force you to help us, but you won't return home until this situation has resolved itself," said Sheik.
"So we could wind up being here for the rest of our lives," said Dash.
"No. Since you aren't from our universe, you can't age. When you are returned to your universe, you will be returned at the exact instant you left so no time will have passed," said Sheik. Link re-entered the room.
"Oh," said Donkey Kong.
"I'll leave you to discuss this among yourselves," said Sheik. As she left the room, her magic faded and she turned into Zelda again. A few gasps were heard as she hurried from the room with Link.
"Yikes!" said Fox.
"Okay, I say we all discuss this as a group," said Dash.
"Screw that!" said Kirby. Kirby burped up a burlap bag and started wandering around putting over golden cup, goblet, plate, and silverware he could find into the bag. Yoshi looked at the food on the table and began eating the chair he was sitting in. Lupus ran over to the open window, got up on his hind legs and started barking at all the birds that flew by. Falco and Capt. Falcon merely began stalking back and forth grumbling to themselves. Ness pulled out his yo-yo and began playing with it. BlackWargreymon and Mewtwo started discussing the situation among themselves. Dash sighed and contemplated what to do when Donkey Kong, Mario, and Fox sat next to him.
"At least we can decide what to do," said Fox. The four of them began talking about the situation.
"I don't believe this is happening," said Mario.
"How do you think we feel?" asked Fox.
"Look, when they get back, the first thing we should do is ask for tactical information. I want to know what we're up against before I make any decisions as to whether or not I help them," said Donkey Kong.
"We know we're facing tanks, droids, and something called 'Bowser'. At least I think that's what Yoshi called him," said Dash.
"I took a few readings of the inner courtyard, the damage in there was caused by an aerial attack. However, who attacked them is beyond me," said Fox. A white blob appeared.
"Excuse me," said Kirby dragging an almost full bag of gold behind him. Kirby quickly scooped up their dishes and emptied them into his bag.
"I can't believe you're openly stealing from them," said Dash.
"It's not like you're going to stop me," said Kirby. Dash was about to reply otherwise when he realized that was the truth. Dash watched Kirby look around, notice something, and then walk over to Lupus. Kirby briefly talked to Lupus about something and then got an affirmative bark. Dash turned back to the conversation.
"I hate to be the spoil sport, but all we have are two Arwings, your ship, and Capt. Falcon's racer to face the enemies with. I hate to count out what the Hyrulians have to offer, but arrows and spears are no match for blasters and cannon shells," said Fox.
"True," said Donkey Kong. Everyone looked around in desperation at the creatures assembled there. Capt. Falcon and Falco had begun using the bricks for target practice while everyone else was just doing their own thing.
"Aaaah! Look out below!" yelled a voice. Everyone looked up to see the chandelier that had been hanging from the ceiling crash on the table splintering glass everywhere. A moment later Kirby hit the table with a gut wrenching thud and bounce off onto the floor.
"Oooh. Ouch," groaned Kirby holding his head in his hands. Dash walked over and grabbed him. He pulled Kirby into the air and held him there.
"You could've killed us!" yelled Dash at him. BlackWargreymon put his hand on Dash's shoulder.
"Ease down! He hasn't killed any of us. He's done nothing wrong," said BlackWargreymon. Dash thrust the puffball aside. Kirby landed on his feet and skidded to a halt.
"I'm sorry, but my inability to do anything has my patience tested to the end. Please go into the adjoining room, I'm sure there's more gold in there," said Dash pointing to a corridor that bent around to another room. Kirby hefted his bag over his shoulder and started out down the corridor.
"Maybe I will. Maybe I will," he said. Kirby entered the adjoining room and saw several torches lit and several cups with ale in them. Kirby sat down and picked up a cup of ale, not knowing what it was. Kirby took a sip and instantly spat it out.
"Yuch," he said. The ale though, continued its forward momentum, hit a torch, turned into a stream of fire, and lit a hanging piece of upholstery on fire.
"Uh-oh," said Kirby. Suddenly the whole room burst into flames.
"That ain't so good," said Kirby. Kirby backed up against the wall and carefully slid out of the room dragging the burlap bag behind him. Kirby ran as fast as he could drag the bag back to the banquet hall. He stopped in the room, panting and breathing hard. Everyone looked at him.
"I've got to go use the restroom. I ate too much and I've gotta go. See ya," said Kirby. Kirby ran out of the room dragging the bag behind him. A minute after he left, smoke started gushing into the room.
"Oh no," said Dash. Flames started pouring in and everyone tried to combat the blaze. Lupus sprayed some fire retardant, but it only weakened the flames. Donkey Kong started hitting the ground where the fire was, but when parts of the ceiling started to fall, he stopped.
"Mewtwo, Blackwargreymon, can you do anything to help?" asked Fox.
"I'd help, but I'd wind up blowing out a third of the castle," said BlackWarGreymon. He started spinning to try and stop the fire.
"I'll try my hyper beam," said Mewtwo. Mewtwo started drawing in energy, but right before he launched it, Ness ran out of nowhere in panic and collided with Mewtwo. Mewtwo stumbled backwards and his hyper beam went wide and blew out a large portion of the ceiling.
"Can you try that again?" asked Falco.
"I've got to recharge," responded Mewtwo. All of a sudden, Kirby ran in, opened his mouth, and spewed out a ton of water that doused all of the fire. As everyone started coughing from the smoke, Kirby said:
"Who started this fire?"
"You did numbskull," said Capt. Falcon.
"No I didn't. It must have been a terrorist," responded Kirby. Link and Zelda ran in to see all of the smoke.
"What happened here?" asked Link.
"A fire broke out in the other room. I don't know how, but I've got an idea as to who it was," said Dash.
"Who?" asked Link.
"I'll tell you later," said Dash glaring at Kirby.
"Excuse me, but the silverware and everything was destroyed in the fire," said Kirby, noticeable absent was the burlap bag. Dash pondered about it when Link said:
"I came to tell you that your ship has arrived," said Link.
"Excellent," said Dash. He ran out of the room accompanied by everyone else.
Courtyard: "What's the damage?" asked Dash. Leebo poked his head out of a mess of wiring from the underside of the ship.
"The repulsorlift drive and engines are shot to hell. The laser cannons are fine, but the energy transfer units were damaged. The landing gear is fine structurally, but some of the hull plates have been damaged. Also, the shields are offline but can be fixed. I find it a miracle that the reactor still works at all," said Leebo.
"Any chance of a jury-rig?" asked Dash.
"Is Kirby the skinniest thing you've ever seen?" responded Leebo.
"Arrggh!" said Kirby.
"Could we cannibalize the Arwings for parts?" asked Fox.
"You're not taking apart my ship," said Falco crossing his arms.
"It wouldn't do any good. If we cannibalize your ships for parts, and some of them don't work, we'd be out of three ships instead of one," said Leebo. Everyone scanned their minds for an answer to this situation.
"Tank parts. Parts tanks," said Yoshi.
"What's that supposed to mean," said Donkey Kong. Ness snapped his fingers.
"I've got it. Those tanks we encountered looked a lot like your ship. If those tanks were damaged, they wouldn't just abandon them, they'd repair them. If you can find their supply depot, you should find enough parts to at least get your ship to partially work," he said.
"The kids right. Thanks Yoshi," said Dash. Yoshi merely shrugged. Link stepped forward.
"We have surveillance photos of this depot you're looking for. The journey won't be easy, it's a three-day journey and you could get caught. As much as I would love to send all our resources to help you repair your ship, we can't. You'll have to pick a small team. The rest of you will have to infiltrate a local prison to rescue some of our people who've been taken prisoner. That's assuming you've decided to join us," said Link. Dash sighed.
"All I know is that D.K., Fox, Mario, I, and Leebo have decided to join you cause. I don't know about everyone else," said Dash looking at them.
"Yoshi!" said Yoshi giving them a thumb's up. Falco groaned.
"If something happens to Fox, it'll be my head. I'll join," said Falco. Mewtwo stepped forward.
"The independent union of super creatures consisting of BlackWargreymon and I have decided to join your cause," said Mewtwo. Link nodded his head.
"It appears I have no choice. I'm in," said Capt. Falcon.
"It feels good to try and save the world again. I can't help but agree," said Ness. Lupus merely gave an enthusiastic bark.
"I'm doing this to get home, not to help your cause," said Kirby finally.
"It looks like we're in business. Dash, assemble your team while I organize the remaining forces into two teams: one to defend the castle, the other to rescue the prisoners," said Link. A captain walked up, handed a map to Link who then presented it to Dash.
"Right. I pick Leebo, Mewtwo, Yoshi, and…Kirby," said Dash. Kirby looked up in amazement.
"Okay. Ness, D.K., Fox, and Falco, I need you to go rescue our prisoners. I've already organized an expedition that heads out tomorrow and they'll brief you on what's up. The rest of you, I want to talk to you about defending the castle," said Link. The groups split off into different directions. Dash motioned for everyone to join him in the Outrider. The entered and sat around a 3-D chessboard. As Kirby sat down, he touched a button and activated the board. A monster appeared on the board and snarled at Kirby.
"Aahh!" yelled Kirby. Kirby stumbled and fell off the bench. Everyone else laughed at him. Kirby growled at them. The chess character wandered around the board and looked at everyone before Leebo shut it off. Dash activated another button and a 3-D topographical map appeared.
"According to the readings the Outrider has taken, flying or not, and the map that Link gave us, the depot is about right here," said Dash. A red dot appeared on the map in a large forest.
"Like Link said, this will be a three day walk. When we get to the depot and 'obtain' our parts, Mewtwo will have to fly them and Leebo back to the ship. Leebo should be able to fix it within a few hours and come back to get us. I hope this mission is routine, but nothing on this planet has ever been routine so I doubt it," said Dash. Everyone merely shrugged their shoulders.
"Right. Let's all get a good night sleep and do things on the fly," said Leebo. Leebo stood up, walked to the middle of the hold, deactivated himself, and fell like a rock onto the ground.
:Down and out," said Yoshi. Kirby stood up and walked towards the ramp.
"I'm going to sleep in a comfy bed," said Kirby. Kirby walked outside followed by everyone else. Night had set in and as a Kirby was heading for the main building, a loud screaming noise was heard. Everyone looked up to see several bright lights plummet to the ground. Several explosions rocked the ground and one of them blew in close proximity to Kirby who went flying off. A roar was heard and several different bomber aircraft flew overhead and into the distance. Dash ran over to Kirby.
"Are you okay?" he asked. A charred Kirby stood up.
"Someone catch the number on that bus that hit me because I've never been better," he said before passing out. Link ran over to them.
"Is he alright?" asked Link.
"He'll be alright. After all, we can't die on this world anyway," said Dash. Together they lugged him back to the Outrider.
Next day: The two teams split up and headed their different ways. Team 1 headed for the prisons while Team 2 headed for the supply depot.
Team 1: Fox, Falco, Ness, and D.K. walked along across the meadow in front of the castle headed for Goron Mountain. Ahead of them was a small team of warriors that they were following.
"Is this safe to be walking in the daylight? The enemy could spot us and kill us," said Ness nervously.
"There's nothing to worry about, we'll be fine," said Fox confidently.
"We could be captured and we'd have to work until we die," said Ness.
"That's not going to happen," said Fox. Falco visibly groaned.
"Why couldn't we have brought the Arwings? I say we should've flown in and blown the enemy to pieces and rescued the prisoners and been done with this stupid mission," said Falco.
"The Arwings would've been spotted miles away and defenses would've been adequately prepared before we got there. Our ships could've been blown out of the sky and then to quote Kirby 'we'd be screwed!'" said Fox. D.K. snorted a little and started laughing at Fox's last remark.
"Laugh it up buddy. The last monkey we faced was an evil psycho named Andross and Fox gave him the once over," said Falco.
"I doubt your 'Andross' could hold a banana to the worst creature ever to exist on my world. The malevolently evil creature that strikes fear in the hearts of monkey's everywhere. The abomination that is…Cranky Kong," said D.K. chuckling. Falco turned to Fox.
"Are you gonna listen to that monkey?" he asked.
"I'm not a monkey, I'm a gorilla and screw you," said D.K. Falco yanked out his blaster with amazing speed and pointed it at the spot where the gorilla was. However, D.K. was gone.
"Where'd he go?" demanded Falco. A heavy hand slammed him to the ground. D.K. loomed over the fallen Falco.
"You're fast," said Falco. D.K. shrugged.
"You wouldn't last a second in my world. Your blaster and your ship are all that you have going for you. In my world, the only way to earn frequent flyer miles is by a barrel. The only form of public transportation is via mine cart or one of Funky Kong's barrel airlines. Air travel isn't exactly popular, and laser cannons don't exist. Our weapons aren't even designed for true destruction. It's hand-to-hand combat where I come from and the battles are extremely fierce. My movements are extremely faster than yours ever will be because of where I come from. Like I said, you wouldn't last a minute in Kongo Jungle," said D.K.
"So why do you lumber around so slowly?" asked Ness.
"I give my enemies false appearances. You don't throw everything into the pot and expect to win. You always have to hid something from your opponents, deception is key to victory," said D.K. They had just climbed up a group of stairs and looked out at the remains of a village. Fox picked up a charred sign.
"Welcome to Kokiri Village," said Fox to the rest of the ground.
"Some village," said Falco. Large cannon blasts covered the ground and the only evidence of any buildings being there were mostly just the remains of the foundations.
"I think we need more backup. I'll go get Mario, Link, and everyone else," said Ness. Ness turned around to leave and ran right into the Hyrulian team leader.
"We should keep moving. According to rumors, there is a scout outpost here and I don't want them to spot us," said the leader. The group followed him to the other warriors. They crept from hulk to hulk advancing through the city. They suddenly stopped when they saw a small contingency of droids and kremlings sat around a small fire. Behind them, there was a radio transmitter and some speeder bikes. A Lambda Class shuttle lay in the background and people were traveling back and forth from a nearby building to the shuttle. Fox looked at all of this through a pair of binoculars before handing them over to the squad leader.
"This is not good," said Fox.
"I say we just charge and take them over," said Falco.
"That would work, but there's the shuttle that could take off at a moments notice and the fact that there's a sniper on the roof of the building," said Fox.
"I don't see a sniper," said the squad leader looking through the binoculars.
"Wait a minute, he'll move. You'll see a small glint of light off of his blaster," said Fox. A moment later the squad leader groaned in acknowledgement.
"We need a plan," said the squad leader sitting down next to the group around a bunch of dirt. Several lines had been drawn and a fairly accurate map was shown.
"Who drew this?" asked the squad leader.
"When you don't have technology, accuracy and a good skill in cartography can do wonders when invading enemy strongholds," said D.K.
"Our biggest problem is the radio transmitter and the shuttle. If they inform the prison colony, we're in big trouble," said Fox.
"The lizard kremlings are no trouble. I can get rid of them in about five minutes tops," said D.K.
"We need to storm both the building and the shuttle at the same time," said squad leader. (hereby referred to as Dack)
"True and for that we'll need a distraction," said Fox.
"I'll take care of it," said Falco heading off.
"What about the sniper?" asked Fox after him. Falco stopped.
"I believe that I can psychically manipulate his mind long enough for you to complete your mission and dispatch him," said Ness. Ness went into a deep trance.
"Go Falco," said Fox. Falco nodded and left.
"You're entrusting him with the distraction and you don't even know what it is?" asked Dack incredulously.
"Nine times out of ten, it's best if you don't know what his plans are," said Fox. They watched as Falco appeared out of the shadows, leapt onto a speeder bike, and zoomed off followed by the mercenaries on their bikes. Instantly the whole image before them flickered, and showed a large furry creature board and a speeder bike, zoom off, and was chased by three white troopers on bikes before the image reverted back to Kokiri Village.
"Okay, what just happened?" asked Dack. Ness opened one of his eyes.
"We just tripped a parallel universe and briefly saw into it," said Ness.
"How? And did they see us in that universe?" asked Fox.
"We had a parallel plot line. An event in this universe was identical to one in that universe and with the thin line separating the dimensions the dimensional gate briefly opened. I believe that was Dash Rendar's world, or at least one of them. Now hurry up! I can't stop this sniper forever," said Ness returning to his trance. The two units charged the building and the shuttle. Instantly lasers and arrows started filling the sky as the enemies responded to the outburst. D.K. leapt forward and hit his hands on the ground causing a massive shockwave to expand outwards and cause a small contingent of troops to fall down. Fox aimed his blaster and dispatched the guards before they could get up. The kremlings meanwhile had noticed that they were facing D.K. and took off running. D.K. brought up his hand and smashed the radio transmitter before following Fox into the building. Fox burst in and saw dozens of technicians operating various consoles that displayed all of Hyrule and enemy troop placements.
"Nobody move," said Fox. D.K. burst in and ran up the stairs to the roof. D.K. quickly removed the gun from the sniper and threw him off the roof.
"Ness, let go!" yelled D.K. Ness instantly lost his trance and watched the sniper hit the ground. Ness grabbed his bat and yo-yo and entered into the fray. A whine was heard as the shuttle began to power up. Ness saw D.K. point to the shuttle when he looked at him. Ness merely nodded and joined the Hyrulian warriors stuck behind an embankment exchanging shots with the enemy forces.
"Kid get down," said Dack. Dack tackled Ness as a large explosion sounded nearby. The shuttle had opened fire on the ground forces even though it hadn't taken off yet.
"P.K. fire!' yelled Ness. The whole ground burst into flame as the troops caught on fire and ran for their lives. Ness hopped up along with Dack and stormed the shuttle. The five stormtroopers inside the ship were extremely surprised as a small boy and an adult Hyrulian came flying right at them. Ness used his yo-yo to tie up two of their blasters and fling them away. Dack tackled one of them, but the final trooper fired his blaster at Dack striking him in the side. Ness used his baseball bat to stun the rest of the other troopers, but Dack lay bleeding on the floor of the shuttle. D.K. raced on board toting the sniper rifle and looked at the carnage.
"Yikes," he said.
"Dack!" yelled Ness running over to him. Dack face was nothing but pure shock.
"D.K., can you help him?" asked Ness desperately. D.K. looked him over and then back at Ness.
"Sorry kid, game over," he said solemnly.
"Don't worry about kid. Save the Hyrulians, I'll be with you in spirit," said Dack. Then his eyes curled up into their sockets and he died. Ness collapsed over his body crying. D.K. walked over into the cockpit and glanced through a technical manual. He quickly shut the ship down and watched as the captured enemy troops were tied together around the fire. D.K. walked out of the shuttle and out to Fox and Falco, who had returned on the speeder bike after dispatching the other bikers.
"Bad news, Dack bit the dust. So, what've we captured?" asked D.K.
"That's too bad, he was a good warrior for the few minutes that I knew him. We'll need to appoint a new commander for the troops. As to what we've captured. It's essentially a base designed for the location and positioning of troops. Unfortunately, one of the technicians activated a code and blew out all of the circuit relays. The whole place is worthless now. I recommend that we throw all of these people into the shuttle and take it back to Zelda's castle. This incident at the base was an unforeseen and unplanned for event. We should try again later," said Fox. Falco shook his head.
"Wrong! This is the perfect opportunity. We round up all of these prisoners, throw them on board and cart them off to the prison. Once there, we escort them inside and then start shooting. The shuttle outside can provide air cover and transportation once we liberate the prisoners," said Falco.
"Umm," said Fox not sure what to say.
"Are you insane! We can't march into a prison that we have no information on. That would be suicide. We'd be caught instantly when we had no idea what to do at all as far as the prisoners are concerned. We don't know what cell they'd go to, how they got their uniforms, who we are, and so forth. Does anyone else see a problem here?" asked D.K.
"We can pull all of the information we need from the shuttle. I say the plan is worth pursuing," said Falco.
"I hate to say it, but Falco's plan wouldn't be expected by the enemy at this point in the battle. Let's get the prisoners onto the shuttle and work out some viable excuses as to who we are and why we've brought them," said Fox. The prisoners were quickly routed onto the shuttle and D.K. prepped it for takeoff.
"Okay, this should raise the ramp," D.K. said. He pressed a button and a missile flew out of the shuttle blowing up a section of nearby forest.
"Whoops, maybe it's this one," he said. The ramp slammed shut and the engines activated. D.K. pressed a few more buttons and the shuttle took off with the wings lowering beneath it. The shuttle zoomed off away from the carnage and destruction headed for the prison colony.