PART FIVE - FINAL CONFRONTATION
The Alliance rushed. Team Star Fox rushed. Remember, football-field lounge, filled with bomb-ombs. Took awhile for both teams to MAKE IT to each other. The Alliance was already pretty tired, from the Pichu-bombing, but Team Star Fox was at full strength, which would be pretty helpful in the match-up...
Fox's first instinct was to rush at Falco. After all, that's what he's done for every OTHER fight in my 'fics! But, there WAS no Falco this time, so he went for Ness instead. Those two had never been friends. Okay, they hated each other. Fox had robbed Ness of his money to help fix the Great Fox back in my first storyline. Ness yanked out his Yo-yo and whalloped Fox with it a few times, causing an eventual 50HP damage. Fox retalliated with an illusion, followed up by some blaster shots. Ness's HP was reduced by 29. Ness charged Fox, and threw a Bomb-omb. Missed! Fox had jumped up to avoid it. As he came down, he did his Meteor Smash attack! Ness was pounded into the metal floor, with his feet sticking out the bottom, and the top half of his body out the top. Fox took advantage to pull out his blaster, firing continuously, causing a total of 71HP lost for Ness. At that point, Fox was dragged back by Marth and Roy. They threw him down and slashed him repetedly to cause 75HP of damage. Bowser came to Fox's aid, ripping Marth and Roy off Fox and chucking them across the room, causing them 50HP damage each.
Meanwhile, Peach was facing her nemesis. Again. Zelda paced opposite Peach, looking furious. Eight years ago (yes, ANOTHER flashback), Zelda had beaten Peach and Samus out to become the Women's Champion. Now, Peach wanted some revenge. Actually, she wanted revenge on Samus more, but they were kind of on the same team. So, Peach picked up a lounge chair and hurled it at Zelda. Zelda reflected it back with Nayru's Love. Peach hit the chair back AGAIN, and set it on fire at the same time with a Peach Bomber. Zelda couldn't get Nayru's Love up in time, and was hit for 45HP! Peach took advantage of Zelda's misfortune to run forward and hit her with an Angry Veggie for 10 more HP. She then threw Zelda on the ground and jumped up and down on her, causing more and more damage! Zelda finally was able to roll out of the way, but not before Peach had done another 45HP of damage.
"SEE?!?" Peach yelled at Zelda, whom was still struggling to her feet. "That Trophey should be MINE!"
Zelda glared at Peach with fury, and morphed into Shiek!
"Oh, I BEG to differ..."
Shiek launched himself at Peach! Hitting about a dozen Needles as he went, he pulled out his Chain and whacked Peach with it a few times. Then, he did his Double Kick! Peach soared backwards and landed on another chair. This amounted to 25HP of damage.
I should really explain this lounge. It was the length of a football field, with numerous entrances to other parts of the ship. There were numerous couches and chairs in it, along with some tables to eat or drink at. There were also a few planters scattered here and there. There was also a Jumbotron at one end of the room, where Andross was currently projected, playing around on this "GameCube" invention of his. Not exactly a welcoming environment at the time, though, due to the 24 fighters throwing bombs at each other.
In fact, Mewtwo, Pichu, Pikachu, and Jigglypuff were creating an advancing Poké-wall of bombing. They had managed to take 300HP off C. Falcon, Kirby, Donkey Kong, and Yoshi each! Those four Alliance members were completely tired out after the assult, and were taken out of the equation for awhile. As for the Pokémons, they split up to persue different targets. Mewtwo picked Jigglypuff up, as she started charging her Rollout attack, then he hurled her at the Ice Climbers! They took a whopping 400HP from the hit! The Ice Climbers were knocked in opposite directions, like a pair of bowling pins! Jigglypuff grinned, but was grabbed by Link's Hookshot, which he used to drag her in. He then cut her up with his sword, causing a total of 75HP of damage! Jiggly broke free, and Sang Link to sleep. Jiggly then used her Rest attack, and Link went flying backwards into a wall! A large dent appeared in the wall, and Link slumped to the ground. The Rest had caused 100HP of damage!
Meanwhile, Fox was pummeling Ness with his Reflector. Playing ping-pong with the wall, he sent Ness flying back off the wall, then as Ness flew back, he reflected him off again! He continued this to rack up another 200HP of damage! Finally, Donkey Kong ran in to break things up. He chucked Fox back against another wall for 25HP of damage. As Fox lay on the ground, he picked up a Bomb and sent it walking towards D.K., who didn't notice it until it was too late...
BOUUUM!
That bomb, along with another two at D.K.'s feet, sent him flying back into the same dent Link had caused, finally breaking through it!!! This attack racked up another 150HP of damage! Donkey Kong was knocked out, for now at least. He was almost half-eliminated as it was!
Meanwhile, Luigi took on Mario. Mario had helped him win a Team Trophey eight years back, but that was for Yoshi, and Mario had stolen it. Luigi was pretty angry with Mario, and as he sent some Fireballs at Mario, Mario countered with his own. Small explosions appeared between them where the attacks met. Finally, Luigi connected with one Fireball for 10HP! As Mario reeled, Luigi ran forward and hit his Fiery Green Missile! Mario flew backwards and broke through a coffee table! 65HP damage had racked up from that attack.
Andross looked over the scene he had created. He scratched his head. Apparently, his bombs weren't working, since his team was still losing. Andross bleeped some buttons on his GameCube. Sunnenly, the Bombs all started exploding! Everyone ran around, trying to avoid the large scene of destruction. Everyone took 25HP of damage from the blasts. Andross decided, it was time for some more physical play. He toggled with the controller some more, and suddenly, about 50 Home-Run Bats dropped from nowhere! Fox was actually the one who opened this part of the fight, grabbing a bat and hitting a Home Run on C. Falcon for 100HP!! He then tossed the bat to Ganondorf, who was fighting Link. Ganondorf hit a Home Run on Link for 100HP as well! Ganondorf grinned his appriciation at Fox as they continued the fight.
Meanwhile, Slippy was finishing his charging of the Camera-scrambling device. He finally finished doing so, and activated it. He had about 30 minutes. He knew exactly what to do. He ran over to the same pile of Absor-Balls that Ganondorf used, and pushed them in front of his Arwing. He spent the time firing Charge Shots, Duel Lasers, and Bombs at them to charge them up. (Since he was on Team Star Fox, they wouldn't hurt his own team, only team Alliance.) He then rolled the bombs into the elevator, after they were fully charged, and squeezed himself in as well. The elevator shuddered, and started its ascent...
Meanwhile, Peach was battling Zelda. (Zelda had demorphed to save her energy.) Peach chucked a couple of Bats at Zelda, to cause 20HP of damage. Zelda tried to retalliate with Din's Fire, but Peach blocked it, and hit a Peach bomber! Zelda flew down a passage leading from the Lounge. Peach started to chuck Vegetables at Zelda, who was forced farther and farther back. Finally, Peach ran forward, grabbed Zelda by the hair, and smacked her forwards. Zelda flew through a pair of doors into another storage room. All this had done a total of 180 damage to Zelda. Finally, Zelda gave up being Zelda, and transformed into Shiek again. Shiek whipped out his Chain, and quickly wrapped it around Peach's throat! Peach choked as Shiek whipped her into a stack of transport crates. The crates were obliviated with the force of Shiek's throw. Shiek then took up a steel containment canister, and hurled that at Peach. Peach managed to get her shield up, but the barrel just shattered it. Peach few up, then crashed back down to the floor. Shiek demorphed to Zelda, then started throwing more of Din's Fire. Peach got burned again and again. All this attacking had amounted to 200HP of damage. Finally, as Zelda was still throwing fire, Samus charged in, and hit a Charge Shot on Zelda for 50HP! Samus then hit a Screw Attack! Zelda flew backwards into the corridor again, as another 25HP was deducted from her Stamina.
Meanwhile, Bowser and Luigi were double-teaming Mario. Bowser was holding Mario by his throat, while using his Fire Breath to burn him. Luigi was sending a birrage of Green Fireballs to hit Mario. This was amounting to 300HP of damage, since it continued on for about three minutes! Nobody bothered comming to his aid. Mario was then chucked into a wall by Bowser, which added another 75HP of damage onto his total. Yoshi finally decided to come help Mario. Grabbing Luigi, and tossing him on his back, Yoshi ran up to Marth and Roy, and asked to be thrown. Marth and Roy hurled Yoshi back into a wall as hard as they could. Luigi got completely crushed for 100HP!! Bowser, upon noticing this, came to Luigi's aid, only to be literally EATEN by Yoshi! Yoshi got Bowser in his mouth, and chewed and chewed and chewed, finally Spitting Bowser out onto the floor as hard as he could! Bowser suffered 75HP of damage!
Meanwhile, Slippy had reached the top. All his bombs were unloaded, and went rolling around. They exploded randomly, causing massive damage to the Alliance. Different accumulations of damage came to different members of the team, but the damage done was incredible!
Ness got the worst of the blast, still being stuck in the floor, for a massive 200HP of damage! He slumped, unconcious, for the time, at least. Zelda was safe, since she was down a completely different corridor. The rest took damage ranging from 25-75HP. Andross, seeing the score, was totally shocked. The Alliance didn't lose THIS horribly last time! With his GameCube, they should be WINNING! But they weren't! Andross decided to try a different tactic... he removed all weapons and special abilities! Now, the battlers could only fight with their natural abilities! Andross didn't even realise his mistake: the four Pokemon could use their abilities, since they were BORN with those talents! Others, like Ness, Luigi, and Peach couldn't, since they DEVELOPED their abilities.
However, Pikachu and Pichu DID understand Andross's mistake. Quickly, Pichu got on Pikachu's back, and they let out a series of massive electric shocks to anybody that stood nearby. Those unfortunate souls happened to be Mr. Game & Watch, Marth, and Roy. They each took 200HP of damage!! Pichu also took damage, 150HP to be exact, since he couldn't control his energy. But, it was a small sacrifice to deliver a massive blow to the Alliance!
Meanwhile, Zelda was attacking Peach and Samus at the same time! Zelda ripped Samus's helmet off, and whallopped Peach with it! Peach went over, 50HP lost. Samus charged at Zelda, canon extended, ready to punch. Zelda ducked the canon, and whacked Samus on the back of her exposed head with her own helmet!! 50HP fell from Samus's stamina as she toppled over forwards! Peach, however, grabbed Zelda's legs and yanked. Zelda fell forward, and her head was shoved inside Samus's helmet (backwards!) as it hit the ground! Peach punched the backwards helmet, causing more and more damage to Zelda. Peach finished the combo with a High-Heel kick to Zelda's "face"! The helmet flew off, and Zelda flew backwards into another wall of the corridor! This totalled another 75HP of damage to Zelda! Suddenly... Link ran in!! He tripped Peach up, then slammed her into the ground with a Body Press! As 50HP was deducted, Peach growled in anger, and shoved her High Heels into Link's stomach! Link staggered backwards, and Peach did a high-jump kick to Link's face! Link fell backwards, as he lost 50HP. Zelda lept over him, and whacked Peach in the face! Peach flew into a stack of steel barrels. They toppled over right onto her! She lost 200HP by being crushed beneeth those barrels!
Andross watched as Peach got creamed. "BAHAHAAAA! Now, THAT'S what I paid to see!"
"That's pretty sick, Andross."
"WHAT?? FROG?!?!?" He turned and saw Slippy in the doorway. "I thought I DISCONNECTED all passage between our ships!!!!!! NOT FAIR!!!!!"
"When you're not deformed, your brain DOES tend to get smaller. Poor, poor monkey..."
Slippy rolled his last Absor-Ball into the room...
BOOOOUUUUM!!!
Andross was flung across the room! He landed next to some large control panal, and was knocked out. Slippy ran to the GameCube device and quickly re-enactivated everyone's Special Abilities.
Suddenly... KABLAMO!
Marth and Roy! They had snuck in from behind and sturuck Ness down from behind! Ness slumped, unconcious, to the ground. Marth then took up the controller for the GameCube, and made more Bombs appear in the ship... right overtop of Team Star Fox memebers!
BOUUUM!
BOUUUM!
BOUUUM!
BOUUUM!
Marth managed to hit EVERY MEMBER of Team Star Fox with one bomb, dropping them 100HP each!!! All of a sudden, Team Star Fox wasn't so much in the lead anymore... Marth chortled, and started to launch another assult...
TSEWW! TSEWW!
Both Marth AND Roy went down. Slippy had unholstered his blaster, and shot them both in the head for 100HP each! Slippy dragged himself back to the GameCube and dropped a whole bunch of Beam Swords! He figured that Team Star Fox would be able to put those to use...
They did. They REALLY did. Star Fox had grabbed one Beam Sword, and one Home-Run Bat, and started swinging at any Alliance member that got anywhere close. He managed to hit Kirby and C. Falcon for Home Runs (100HP off each), and cut 50HP off Mr. Game & Watch and the Ice Climbers with the sword. Finally, Donkey Kong managed to grab Fox's Beam Sword away, but Fox administered yet ANOTHER Home Run to D.K. for 100HP!!
Meanwhile, Samus was fighting off Zelda. Zelda managed to grab a Home Run Bat and hit 3 consecuative Home Runs, with the third whacking Samus's exposed head!!! Link just stood back and watched in awe as Zelda took out her anger. (Samus had lost 300HP). Zelda followed up by chucking the bat at Samus, for an additional 10HP. Samus fell, limp, to the ground. Zelda ran up and hopped up and down on her with her high heels! Samus's armor took most of the damage, but she still dropped 30HP from the assult. Zelda then started walking away, but kicked Samus in the head for an additional 10HP!
Meanwhile, Link had left Zelda, assuming she could take care of herself for the time, and started towards Ganondorf. Ganondorf growled at Link. Link got a smug expression on his face, and suddenly pulled out his Fierce Diety's Mask!! Link had morphed into Oni Link, with his double-helix sword!! Ganondorf realised he didn't have the strength to morph to Ganon, so he drew his dark blade and clashed with Oni Link. Ganondorf did do damage, don't get me wrong. He did 150HP from the entire fight. But, Oni Link was just doing more, matching Ganondorf's 150 for his own 350HP of damage! Finally, Oni Link used an Overhead Slash to bring Ganondorf down (doing another 50HP of damage in the process). Oni Link laughed heartily in his victory.
Suddenly, Fox! Fox had rushed over to help Ganondorf out! Siezing Oni Link, he punched him in the face numerous times, and chucked him through another table in the room! Link didn't have enough energy to keep the morph up after taking that 75HP of damage. So, he morphed back. Fox glanced at the mask that lay beside Link's temporarily immobilised body. Fox then put it on, and morphed into ONI Fox!! Fox drew his Helix-Style Blaster and shot Link into the ground!!! He did 200HP of damage before being struck from behind by Kirby. Suddenly, Fox threw Kirby on the ground and did the same thing to him as he did to Link!!! Kirby recieved 150HP of damage!!
Meanwhile, Slippy had recovered most of his strength. He looked at the status screen. Realising that their lead had dropped considerably, Slippy glanced around to see if there was a way he could help out. Checking the Lounge visual, he saw about three Allince members pick up Beam Swords, and get ready to use them. Slippy quickly disabled ALL weapons. The Beam Swords never found their targets! Slippy then tried to drop more useful weapons, but Andross had gotten up! He dragged Slippy away from the GameCube device and knocked him out with a controller! Slippy slumped back to the ground. Andross started to crawl back to the aforesaid control panal he was knocked into earlier...
Meanwhile, Yoshi teamed with Mr. Game and Watch, and tried to get some offence going for the Alliance against Mewtwo and Bowser. Mewtwo tried some Shadow Ball attacks, which Mr. Game and Watch caught in his Bucket. Bowser tried some Fire Breath, but that was also caught in the Bucket. G&W then sloshed the black substance that had formed in the Bucket all over Mewtwo and Bowser, who were each damaged 150HP, and flung backwards across the room, not to mention being covered in the yucky, goupey substance. They slowly got to their feet, trying to shake off the goup. Bad move. They had taken their attenton off G&W and Yoshi. Yoshi took advantage and bowled them both over like bowling pins in his Egg Roll atack! They each took an additional 25HP of damage. Finally, Mewtwo got completely angry and launched a massive Shadow Ball at G&W. The poor black original was engulphed in Dark purple Flames as he soared backwards for 25HP damage. Bowser followed suit with the retaliation and rushed at Yoshi, only to be turned into an egg. Yoshi pumelled the egg with all his fury and totalled a massive 100HP while Bowser struggelled to free himself. Bowser finally broke free, then tried to grab Yoshi to chuck him across the room. He missed, and Yoshi pummelled Bowser with a hailstorm of Eggs! Bowser staggered backwards, and flipped over a couch, getting knocked out for 50HP. Yoshi then turned his attention to Mewtwo, who was being pummelled by G&W. They both hurled Eggs, Saussages, and each other at Mewtwo until he had taken 200 whole HP of damage! Then they just left him trembling on the floor from the beating.
Meanwhile, Marth and Roy were waking up, unknownst to Slippy, whose eyes were still glued to the visual screen. They silently snuck up behind him, and shoved him into a Waste Disposal Unit (a trash can) head first! Slippy blacked out instantly. Marth and Roy then moved to get Andross back up.
Meanwhile, Fox was trying to get to the Control Room of the ship, where Andross apparently was. He darted down the halls, with his natural foxlike speed. He finally skidded to a halt in front of the door that led to the Control Room. He listened at the door to hear...
CLANG! Rattle... rattle... (This was the sound of Slippy's head being shoved in the WDU.)
Fox used his blaster to disable the lock system, and burst into the room. The first thing he saw was Slippy, with his head in a WDU. He then saw Marth and Roy at the other end of the room, helping an Andross to his feet, whom had congealed blood on his forhead.
"Rrrrg... this is the END, McCloud! You and your stupid gang have hung around long enough! With a press of THIS button," he said, gesturing to the control panal, "The Lylat System will be thrown completely off balence! You may have destroyed my device, but that will NOT stop me from ruining YOUR life!! Say goodbye, McCloud!!!"
Fox shrugged at him. Andross wasn't aware of Fox's device that was installed on Dinosaur Planet.
Anyway, Fox said lazily, "Oh, no. You've planted a bomb. You scoundrel."
"MUAHAHA! The BEST part is, McCloud, you won't EVER be able to prove that I did all this!! I'm in the clear! Too smart for YOUR outfit, eh, McCloud?!"
"Oh, yeah. You've really swindled me this time, monkey. Oh, hey. You might not want to step on that."
BOUUUUM!
Slippy had gotten his head out of the WDU, and lobbed a Motion-Sensor bomb at Andross's feet! Andross, Marth, and Roy were flung to the opposite wall. The button that activated the bomb remained unpressed. Marth and Roy had suffered another 100HP of damage each.
Fox quickly glanced at the Status Screen. Much more HP had been lost from both teams as they had battled. Fox also noticed how dangerously close The Alliance had come to beating them in remaining HP! Fox decided that something had to be done, and quickly. He then glanced over at Andross, realising that he had to keep an eye on him to make sure he didn't press that button. Well, of course he was prepared for it, but Fox didn't want to take any chances this time. He wasn't sure if his thrown-together design of his contraption would be enough to aid the Spellstones in controlling all that energy. So... to business. Fox picked up the GameCube device and engaged... Sudden Death mode. It was risky, yes. Bombs could fall anywhere, at anytime, and damage done to ANY fighter would sky-rocket. He had complete confidence in his team, however. They would buy him enough time to get Andross into custody. With the Original Blueprints of the S-C Device in hand, containing Andross's signiture across the back, he had all the evidence he needed to lock the wack-job up until doomsday.
Fox continued to watch the screen. Bombs were rocketing everywhere, damaging many fighters on both teams. Star Fox watched as Link just couldn't take any more damage, and was finally eliminated. As his HP ran out to Zero, Fox watched in wonder as Link evaporated! Fox puzzled himself as to where Link may have gone. He glanced at the security screen for the docking bay, and Link materialised there... inside a steel cage!! Fox was horrified. If everyone that lost was caged, how long until they all eventually aroused and started killing each other again? Would he even be able to OPEN the cage to get his own team members OUT? The cage would undoubtedly be handy in turning in the Alliance members, but, with his own team in there, they would just pick each other apart. Fox had to assure that his team members didn't die.
...Too much thinking, too much thinking! Fox tried to get his train of thought back on track. He finally came to the realization that the room he was in was safe. Like, when Bomb-ombs were dropped into the fight, none were dropped into this room. He had to find a way to get all his team members into the room before ANY of them were taken out. He quickly opened up the intercom.
"ALL TEAM STAR FOX MEMBERS! UH, GET TO THE ONTROL-CAY OOM-RAY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE."
As the Alliance members looked around in confusion (being the doofuses that they were), Team Star Fox charged up to the control room. However, the Alliance caught on quickly enough, and followed Team Star Fox up. Picture it: a group of fighters charging up a corridor, with the Alliance in persuit, with bombs falling left and right. And, yeah, everybody took damage, and some were eliminated. However, all Team Star Fox members were able to avoid Elimination, although some barely made it...
Below is a listing of the current Status of the Teams.
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TEAM STAR FOX
Fox - 800 HP
Luigi - 500 HP
Bowser - 400 HP
Peach - 150 HP
Ganondorf - 300 HP
Dr. Mario - 575 HP
Young Link - 575 HP
Mewtwo - 50 HP
Pikachu - 500 HP
Pichu - 625 HP
Jigglypuff - 700 HP
Samus - 300 HP
TOTAL: 12
ELIMINATED: 0
TOTAL HP REMAINING: 6750
TEAM FALCON ALLIANCE
Captain Falcon - 200 HP
Kirby - ELIMINATED
Mario - 200 HP
Link - ELIMINATED
Ness - 325 HP
Ice Climbers - 400 HP
Game & Watch - 350 HP
Marth - 500 HP
Roy - 500 HP
Yoshi - 200 HP
Zelda/Shiek - 250 HP
Donkey Kong - ELIMINATED
TOTAL: 10
ELIMINATED: 2
TOTAL HP REMAINING: 5175
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Those who were weak, like Mewtwo and Peach, were protected by a ring of other fighters, to shield them from the blasts. At long last, the party reached the Control room, where Fox impatiently waited with Slippy, who had seemed to mostly recover from the earlier conflicts. They all eventually piled into the room (it was a relatively small room, after all, but they managed), chucked Marth and Roy outside the room, and barracaded the door. The Alliance was dumbfounded. Trapped! Nowhere to go! They all started rocketing their highest-power attacks at the makeshift barricade that Team Star Fox had made. It wouldn't hold for long! Sooner or later, they'd break in, and one of them would most likely activate the bomb.
Captain Falcon was hitting the barricade with Falcon Kicks and Punches when he got the contact.
BUZZEEP! "...*cough* Captain Falcon... listen... I've... got... to... speak... you... now..."
BUZZAAP! "Whaa? What are you talking about?
BUZZEEP! "I'm in the... Control Room... Fox has subdued me, but you... you can still stop him from stopping us... get down to the Cargo Bay and open the airlock... an old friend of ours has something that you can use to get this nusince out of our way. Get there! Quickly!"
BUZZOWP! "Yessir. On my way!!"
Captain Falcon tripped over Ness as he ran, but he eventually got to the airlock without taking too much damage. He opened it.
And grinned.
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"FOX! This thing isn't going to hold much longer!"
"Yeah, I noticed. That and the fact that our time limit is on the verge of expiring!!"
"But, we've gotten this far. We're in Andross's CONTROL ROOM! We must be able to disarm the bomb from here!"
"You're right. Start looking!"
BOUM. BOUM.
"FOX!! This Alliance is about to GET INTO THE ROOM!"
"Yeah, I noticed! That and the fact that we can't find any way to shut this bomb off!"
"There IS a panal labelled "Bomb Controls" over there. Should I check that out?"
"You're right. Start looking!"
BOUM. BOUM.
"FOX!!! This is getting REALLY ANNOYING!"
"Yeah, I noticed! The fact that we keep repeating the same form of talking to each other!"
"I've disabled the bomb! Dinosaur Planet is saved!"
"You're right. Start looking!"
"..........what?"
"Sorry. I was in the groove. Anyways, excellent job, folks! Let's blow this fairly stinky joint!"
"Not so fast, Star Fox!"
Andross had gotten up! He had his paw hovering over the Instant Detonation button!
"THIS IS IT! You may not have noticed, but your time is UP! Your adventure ends HERE, McCloud!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Andross pressed the button. He pulled up a visual, percepting an image of Dinosaur Planet.
"Now, we shall witness the destruction of the enire Lylat WHAA???"
The Planet remained untouched! What the heck was going on?! Oh, right. Fox's device. Hey, I may be omniciant, but I forget stuff sometimes.
"Hey, shut up, Narrator! This is OUR story!"
Oh, right. Sorry.
"Why didn't the darn Planet blow up?!?... ah. A minor flaw," he said, realizing what Fox had done. "However, that device won't hold for long. Fox, you may or may not have noticed, but the pressure readings on that thing are going off the charts! This Planet'll be history in about... oh, let's say, about 3 hours!! HAAAH! It's curtains for you and your stupid system now!!!"
"NO! Come on, Team! Let's get back to the Planet! We've got to give that device a little boost... stop looking at me like that! I'll explain as we go..."
Slippy quickly disabled Sudden Death mode on the GameCube. Team Star Fox barged out of the Control Room (noticing how all the Alliance members had been eliminated and caged) and charged towards the docking bay.
"Okay," Fox yelled as they ran, "Listen up! Me, Samus, Bowser, and Slippy'll pilot our four Arwings outta there. There should be a Space Tube there for you, so you can get back to the Great Fox! Tell Peppy to set a course for Dinosaur Planet! FAST!"
The crew reached the docking bay, and Team Star Fox piled into the Great Fox. It immediately took off for Dinosaur Planet. Samus, Bowser, Slippy, and Fox hopped back into their Arwings and started to leave the ship.
All too suddenly...
SHOINK!
Fox's Arwing was attached to some device! He couldn't move his Arwing in any direction! Who had attached that?!?
BUZZEEP! "Fox! We're landing back down to get your ship fixed!"
BUZZEEP! "NO! You're leaving and going to Dinosaur Planet to save Lylat, that's what YOU'RE doing. I'm landing again. Apparently, someone had gotten out of the cage. Whoever threw that just now is going to pay some hell. After I take care of BUSINESS in here I'll join up with you so we can turn these guys in."
BUZZEEP! "Fine, Fox. ...be careful."
Samus, Bowser, and Slippy rocketed out of the Docking Bay. Once the hatch had closed and the atmosphere was safe, Fox jumped out of his immobile Arwing. He glanced around to find his enemy. It didn't take him long to find it.
It was the one. The one Captain Falcon had let in. The one whom had thrown the immobilising device at Fox's ship. It was in the shadows. But, eventually, it moved out, and Fox got a good look at its face.
And Fox dropped his jaw in horror.
The Alliance rushed. Team Star Fox rushed. Remember, football-field lounge, filled with bomb-ombs. Took awhile for both teams to MAKE IT to each other. The Alliance was already pretty tired, from the Pichu-bombing, but Team Star Fox was at full strength, which would be pretty helpful in the match-up...
Fox's first instinct was to rush at Falco. After all, that's what he's done for every OTHER fight in my 'fics! But, there WAS no Falco this time, so he went for Ness instead. Those two had never been friends. Okay, they hated each other. Fox had robbed Ness of his money to help fix the Great Fox back in my first storyline. Ness yanked out his Yo-yo and whalloped Fox with it a few times, causing an eventual 50HP damage. Fox retalliated with an illusion, followed up by some blaster shots. Ness's HP was reduced by 29. Ness charged Fox, and threw a Bomb-omb. Missed! Fox had jumped up to avoid it. As he came down, he did his Meteor Smash attack! Ness was pounded into the metal floor, with his feet sticking out the bottom, and the top half of his body out the top. Fox took advantage to pull out his blaster, firing continuously, causing a total of 71HP lost for Ness. At that point, Fox was dragged back by Marth and Roy. They threw him down and slashed him repetedly to cause 75HP of damage. Bowser came to Fox's aid, ripping Marth and Roy off Fox and chucking them across the room, causing them 50HP damage each.
Meanwhile, Peach was facing her nemesis. Again. Zelda paced opposite Peach, looking furious. Eight years ago (yes, ANOTHER flashback), Zelda had beaten Peach and Samus out to become the Women's Champion. Now, Peach wanted some revenge. Actually, she wanted revenge on Samus more, but they were kind of on the same team. So, Peach picked up a lounge chair and hurled it at Zelda. Zelda reflected it back with Nayru's Love. Peach hit the chair back AGAIN, and set it on fire at the same time with a Peach Bomber. Zelda couldn't get Nayru's Love up in time, and was hit for 45HP! Peach took advantage of Zelda's misfortune to run forward and hit her with an Angry Veggie for 10 more HP. She then threw Zelda on the ground and jumped up and down on her, causing more and more damage! Zelda finally was able to roll out of the way, but not before Peach had done another 45HP of damage.
"SEE?!?" Peach yelled at Zelda, whom was still struggling to her feet. "That Trophey should be MINE!"
Zelda glared at Peach with fury, and morphed into Shiek!
"Oh, I BEG to differ..."
Shiek launched himself at Peach! Hitting about a dozen Needles as he went, he pulled out his Chain and whacked Peach with it a few times. Then, he did his Double Kick! Peach soared backwards and landed on another chair. This amounted to 25HP of damage.
I should really explain this lounge. It was the length of a football field, with numerous entrances to other parts of the ship. There were numerous couches and chairs in it, along with some tables to eat or drink at. There were also a few planters scattered here and there. There was also a Jumbotron at one end of the room, where Andross was currently projected, playing around on this "GameCube" invention of his. Not exactly a welcoming environment at the time, though, due to the 24 fighters throwing bombs at each other.
In fact, Mewtwo, Pichu, Pikachu, and Jigglypuff were creating an advancing Poké-wall of bombing. They had managed to take 300HP off C. Falcon, Kirby, Donkey Kong, and Yoshi each! Those four Alliance members were completely tired out after the assult, and were taken out of the equation for awhile. As for the Pokémons, they split up to persue different targets. Mewtwo picked Jigglypuff up, as she started charging her Rollout attack, then he hurled her at the Ice Climbers! They took a whopping 400HP from the hit! The Ice Climbers were knocked in opposite directions, like a pair of bowling pins! Jigglypuff grinned, but was grabbed by Link's Hookshot, which he used to drag her in. He then cut her up with his sword, causing a total of 75HP of damage! Jiggly broke free, and Sang Link to sleep. Jiggly then used her Rest attack, and Link went flying backwards into a wall! A large dent appeared in the wall, and Link slumped to the ground. The Rest had caused 100HP of damage!
Meanwhile, Fox was pummeling Ness with his Reflector. Playing ping-pong with the wall, he sent Ness flying back off the wall, then as Ness flew back, he reflected him off again! He continued this to rack up another 200HP of damage! Finally, Donkey Kong ran in to break things up. He chucked Fox back against another wall for 25HP of damage. As Fox lay on the ground, he picked up a Bomb and sent it walking towards D.K., who didn't notice it until it was too late...
BOUUUM!
That bomb, along with another two at D.K.'s feet, sent him flying back into the same dent Link had caused, finally breaking through it!!! This attack racked up another 150HP of damage! Donkey Kong was knocked out, for now at least. He was almost half-eliminated as it was!
Meanwhile, Luigi took on Mario. Mario had helped him win a Team Trophey eight years back, but that was for Yoshi, and Mario had stolen it. Luigi was pretty angry with Mario, and as he sent some Fireballs at Mario, Mario countered with his own. Small explosions appeared between them where the attacks met. Finally, Luigi connected with one Fireball for 10HP! As Mario reeled, Luigi ran forward and hit his Fiery Green Missile! Mario flew backwards and broke through a coffee table! 65HP damage had racked up from that attack.
Andross looked over the scene he had created. He scratched his head. Apparently, his bombs weren't working, since his team was still losing. Andross bleeped some buttons on his GameCube. Sunnenly, the Bombs all started exploding! Everyone ran around, trying to avoid the large scene of destruction. Everyone took 25HP of damage from the blasts. Andross decided, it was time for some more physical play. He toggled with the controller some more, and suddenly, about 50 Home-Run Bats dropped from nowhere! Fox was actually the one who opened this part of the fight, grabbing a bat and hitting a Home Run on C. Falcon for 100HP!! He then tossed the bat to Ganondorf, who was fighting Link. Ganondorf hit a Home Run on Link for 100HP as well! Ganondorf grinned his appriciation at Fox as they continued the fight.
Meanwhile, Slippy was finishing his charging of the Camera-scrambling device. He finally finished doing so, and activated it. He had about 30 minutes. He knew exactly what to do. He ran over to the same pile of Absor-Balls that Ganondorf used, and pushed them in front of his Arwing. He spent the time firing Charge Shots, Duel Lasers, and Bombs at them to charge them up. (Since he was on Team Star Fox, they wouldn't hurt his own team, only team Alliance.) He then rolled the bombs into the elevator, after they were fully charged, and squeezed himself in as well. The elevator shuddered, and started its ascent...
Meanwhile, Peach was battling Zelda. (Zelda had demorphed to save her energy.) Peach chucked a couple of Bats at Zelda, to cause 20HP of damage. Zelda tried to retalliate with Din's Fire, but Peach blocked it, and hit a Peach bomber! Zelda flew down a passage leading from the Lounge. Peach started to chuck Vegetables at Zelda, who was forced farther and farther back. Finally, Peach ran forward, grabbed Zelda by the hair, and smacked her forwards. Zelda flew through a pair of doors into another storage room. All this had done a total of 180 damage to Zelda. Finally, Zelda gave up being Zelda, and transformed into Shiek again. Shiek whipped out his Chain, and quickly wrapped it around Peach's throat! Peach choked as Shiek whipped her into a stack of transport crates. The crates were obliviated with the force of Shiek's throw. Shiek then took up a steel containment canister, and hurled that at Peach. Peach managed to get her shield up, but the barrel just shattered it. Peach few up, then crashed back down to the floor. Shiek demorphed to Zelda, then started throwing more of Din's Fire. Peach got burned again and again. All this attacking had amounted to 200HP of damage. Finally, as Zelda was still throwing fire, Samus charged in, and hit a Charge Shot on Zelda for 50HP! Samus then hit a Screw Attack! Zelda flew backwards into the corridor again, as another 25HP was deducted from her Stamina.
Meanwhile, Bowser and Luigi were double-teaming Mario. Bowser was holding Mario by his throat, while using his Fire Breath to burn him. Luigi was sending a birrage of Green Fireballs to hit Mario. This was amounting to 300HP of damage, since it continued on for about three minutes! Nobody bothered comming to his aid. Mario was then chucked into a wall by Bowser, which added another 75HP of damage onto his total. Yoshi finally decided to come help Mario. Grabbing Luigi, and tossing him on his back, Yoshi ran up to Marth and Roy, and asked to be thrown. Marth and Roy hurled Yoshi back into a wall as hard as they could. Luigi got completely crushed for 100HP!! Bowser, upon noticing this, came to Luigi's aid, only to be literally EATEN by Yoshi! Yoshi got Bowser in his mouth, and chewed and chewed and chewed, finally Spitting Bowser out onto the floor as hard as he could! Bowser suffered 75HP of damage!
Meanwhile, Slippy had reached the top. All his bombs were unloaded, and went rolling around. They exploded randomly, causing massive damage to the Alliance. Different accumulations of damage came to different members of the team, but the damage done was incredible!
Ness got the worst of the blast, still being stuck in the floor, for a massive 200HP of damage! He slumped, unconcious, for the time, at least. Zelda was safe, since she was down a completely different corridor. The rest took damage ranging from 25-75HP. Andross, seeing the score, was totally shocked. The Alliance didn't lose THIS horribly last time! With his GameCube, they should be WINNING! But they weren't! Andross decided to try a different tactic... he removed all weapons and special abilities! Now, the battlers could only fight with their natural abilities! Andross didn't even realise his mistake: the four Pokemon could use their abilities, since they were BORN with those talents! Others, like Ness, Luigi, and Peach couldn't, since they DEVELOPED their abilities.
However, Pikachu and Pichu DID understand Andross's mistake. Quickly, Pichu got on Pikachu's back, and they let out a series of massive electric shocks to anybody that stood nearby. Those unfortunate souls happened to be Mr. Game & Watch, Marth, and Roy. They each took 200HP of damage!! Pichu also took damage, 150HP to be exact, since he couldn't control his energy. But, it was a small sacrifice to deliver a massive blow to the Alliance!
Meanwhile, Zelda was attacking Peach and Samus at the same time! Zelda ripped Samus's helmet off, and whallopped Peach with it! Peach went over, 50HP lost. Samus charged at Zelda, canon extended, ready to punch. Zelda ducked the canon, and whacked Samus on the back of her exposed head with her own helmet!! 50HP fell from Samus's stamina as she toppled over forwards! Peach, however, grabbed Zelda's legs and yanked. Zelda fell forward, and her head was shoved inside Samus's helmet (backwards!) as it hit the ground! Peach punched the backwards helmet, causing more and more damage to Zelda. Peach finished the combo with a High-Heel kick to Zelda's "face"! The helmet flew off, and Zelda flew backwards into another wall of the corridor! This totalled another 75HP of damage to Zelda! Suddenly... Link ran in!! He tripped Peach up, then slammed her into the ground with a Body Press! As 50HP was deducted, Peach growled in anger, and shoved her High Heels into Link's stomach! Link staggered backwards, and Peach did a high-jump kick to Link's face! Link fell backwards, as he lost 50HP. Zelda lept over him, and whacked Peach in the face! Peach flew into a stack of steel barrels. They toppled over right onto her! She lost 200HP by being crushed beneeth those barrels!
Andross watched as Peach got creamed. "BAHAHAAAA! Now, THAT'S what I paid to see!"
"That's pretty sick, Andross."
"WHAT?? FROG?!?!?" He turned and saw Slippy in the doorway. "I thought I DISCONNECTED all passage between our ships!!!!!! NOT FAIR!!!!!"
"When you're not deformed, your brain DOES tend to get smaller. Poor, poor monkey..."
Slippy rolled his last Absor-Ball into the room...
BOOOOUUUUM!!!
Andross was flung across the room! He landed next to some large control panal, and was knocked out. Slippy ran to the GameCube device and quickly re-enactivated everyone's Special Abilities.
Suddenly... KABLAMO!
Marth and Roy! They had snuck in from behind and sturuck Ness down from behind! Ness slumped, unconcious, to the ground. Marth then took up the controller for the GameCube, and made more Bombs appear in the ship... right overtop of Team Star Fox memebers!
BOUUUM!
BOUUUM!
BOUUUM!
BOUUUM!
Marth managed to hit EVERY MEMBER of Team Star Fox with one bomb, dropping them 100HP each!!! All of a sudden, Team Star Fox wasn't so much in the lead anymore... Marth chortled, and started to launch another assult...
TSEWW! TSEWW!
Both Marth AND Roy went down. Slippy had unholstered his blaster, and shot them both in the head for 100HP each! Slippy dragged himself back to the GameCube and dropped a whole bunch of Beam Swords! He figured that Team Star Fox would be able to put those to use...
They did. They REALLY did. Star Fox had grabbed one Beam Sword, and one Home-Run Bat, and started swinging at any Alliance member that got anywhere close. He managed to hit Kirby and C. Falcon for Home Runs (100HP off each), and cut 50HP off Mr. Game & Watch and the Ice Climbers with the sword. Finally, Donkey Kong managed to grab Fox's Beam Sword away, but Fox administered yet ANOTHER Home Run to D.K. for 100HP!!
Meanwhile, Samus was fighting off Zelda. Zelda managed to grab a Home Run Bat and hit 3 consecuative Home Runs, with the third whacking Samus's exposed head!!! Link just stood back and watched in awe as Zelda took out her anger. (Samus had lost 300HP). Zelda followed up by chucking the bat at Samus, for an additional 10HP. Samus fell, limp, to the ground. Zelda ran up and hopped up and down on her with her high heels! Samus's armor took most of the damage, but she still dropped 30HP from the assult. Zelda then started walking away, but kicked Samus in the head for an additional 10HP!
Meanwhile, Link had left Zelda, assuming she could take care of herself for the time, and started towards Ganondorf. Ganondorf growled at Link. Link got a smug expression on his face, and suddenly pulled out his Fierce Diety's Mask!! Link had morphed into Oni Link, with his double-helix sword!! Ganondorf realised he didn't have the strength to morph to Ganon, so he drew his dark blade and clashed with Oni Link. Ganondorf did do damage, don't get me wrong. He did 150HP from the entire fight. But, Oni Link was just doing more, matching Ganondorf's 150 for his own 350HP of damage! Finally, Oni Link used an Overhead Slash to bring Ganondorf down (doing another 50HP of damage in the process). Oni Link laughed heartily in his victory.
Suddenly, Fox! Fox had rushed over to help Ganondorf out! Siezing Oni Link, he punched him in the face numerous times, and chucked him through another table in the room! Link didn't have enough energy to keep the morph up after taking that 75HP of damage. So, he morphed back. Fox glanced at the mask that lay beside Link's temporarily immobilised body. Fox then put it on, and morphed into ONI Fox!! Fox drew his Helix-Style Blaster and shot Link into the ground!!! He did 200HP of damage before being struck from behind by Kirby. Suddenly, Fox threw Kirby on the ground and did the same thing to him as he did to Link!!! Kirby recieved 150HP of damage!!
Meanwhile, Slippy had recovered most of his strength. He looked at the status screen. Realising that their lead had dropped considerably, Slippy glanced around to see if there was a way he could help out. Checking the Lounge visual, he saw about three Allince members pick up Beam Swords, and get ready to use them. Slippy quickly disabled ALL weapons. The Beam Swords never found their targets! Slippy then tried to drop more useful weapons, but Andross had gotten up! He dragged Slippy away from the GameCube device and knocked him out with a controller! Slippy slumped back to the ground. Andross started to crawl back to the aforesaid control panal he was knocked into earlier...
Meanwhile, Yoshi teamed with Mr. Game and Watch, and tried to get some offence going for the Alliance against Mewtwo and Bowser. Mewtwo tried some Shadow Ball attacks, which Mr. Game and Watch caught in his Bucket. Bowser tried some Fire Breath, but that was also caught in the Bucket. G&W then sloshed the black substance that had formed in the Bucket all over Mewtwo and Bowser, who were each damaged 150HP, and flung backwards across the room, not to mention being covered in the yucky, goupey substance. They slowly got to their feet, trying to shake off the goup. Bad move. They had taken their attenton off G&W and Yoshi. Yoshi took advantage and bowled them both over like bowling pins in his Egg Roll atack! They each took an additional 25HP of damage. Finally, Mewtwo got completely angry and launched a massive Shadow Ball at G&W. The poor black original was engulphed in Dark purple Flames as he soared backwards for 25HP damage. Bowser followed suit with the retaliation and rushed at Yoshi, only to be turned into an egg. Yoshi pumelled the egg with all his fury and totalled a massive 100HP while Bowser struggelled to free himself. Bowser finally broke free, then tried to grab Yoshi to chuck him across the room. He missed, and Yoshi pummelled Bowser with a hailstorm of Eggs! Bowser staggered backwards, and flipped over a couch, getting knocked out for 50HP. Yoshi then turned his attention to Mewtwo, who was being pummelled by G&W. They both hurled Eggs, Saussages, and each other at Mewtwo until he had taken 200 whole HP of damage! Then they just left him trembling on the floor from the beating.
Meanwhile, Marth and Roy were waking up, unknownst to Slippy, whose eyes were still glued to the visual screen. They silently snuck up behind him, and shoved him into a Waste Disposal Unit (a trash can) head first! Slippy blacked out instantly. Marth and Roy then moved to get Andross back up.
Meanwhile, Fox was trying to get to the Control Room of the ship, where Andross apparently was. He darted down the halls, with his natural foxlike speed. He finally skidded to a halt in front of the door that led to the Control Room. He listened at the door to hear...
CLANG! Rattle... rattle... (This was the sound of Slippy's head being shoved in the WDU.)
Fox used his blaster to disable the lock system, and burst into the room. The first thing he saw was Slippy, with his head in a WDU. He then saw Marth and Roy at the other end of the room, helping an Andross to his feet, whom had congealed blood on his forhead.
"Rrrrg... this is the END, McCloud! You and your stupid gang have hung around long enough! With a press of THIS button," he said, gesturing to the control panal, "The Lylat System will be thrown completely off balence! You may have destroyed my device, but that will NOT stop me from ruining YOUR life!! Say goodbye, McCloud!!!"
Fox shrugged at him. Andross wasn't aware of Fox's device that was installed on Dinosaur Planet.
Anyway, Fox said lazily, "Oh, no. You've planted a bomb. You scoundrel."
"MUAHAHA! The BEST part is, McCloud, you won't EVER be able to prove that I did all this!! I'm in the clear! Too smart for YOUR outfit, eh, McCloud?!"
"Oh, yeah. You've really swindled me this time, monkey. Oh, hey. You might not want to step on that."
BOUUUUM!
Slippy had gotten his head out of the WDU, and lobbed a Motion-Sensor bomb at Andross's feet! Andross, Marth, and Roy were flung to the opposite wall. The button that activated the bomb remained unpressed. Marth and Roy had suffered another 100HP of damage each.
Fox quickly glanced at the Status Screen. Much more HP had been lost from both teams as they had battled. Fox also noticed how dangerously close The Alliance had come to beating them in remaining HP! Fox decided that something had to be done, and quickly. He then glanced over at Andross, realising that he had to keep an eye on him to make sure he didn't press that button. Well, of course he was prepared for it, but Fox didn't want to take any chances this time. He wasn't sure if his thrown-together design of his contraption would be enough to aid the Spellstones in controlling all that energy. So... to business. Fox picked up the GameCube device and engaged... Sudden Death mode. It was risky, yes. Bombs could fall anywhere, at anytime, and damage done to ANY fighter would sky-rocket. He had complete confidence in his team, however. They would buy him enough time to get Andross into custody. With the Original Blueprints of the S-C Device in hand, containing Andross's signiture across the back, he had all the evidence he needed to lock the wack-job up until doomsday.
Fox continued to watch the screen. Bombs were rocketing everywhere, damaging many fighters on both teams. Star Fox watched as Link just couldn't take any more damage, and was finally eliminated. As his HP ran out to Zero, Fox watched in wonder as Link evaporated! Fox puzzled himself as to where Link may have gone. He glanced at the security screen for the docking bay, and Link materialised there... inside a steel cage!! Fox was horrified. If everyone that lost was caged, how long until they all eventually aroused and started killing each other again? Would he even be able to OPEN the cage to get his own team members OUT? The cage would undoubtedly be handy in turning in the Alliance members, but, with his own team in there, they would just pick each other apart. Fox had to assure that his team members didn't die.
...Too much thinking, too much thinking! Fox tried to get his train of thought back on track. He finally came to the realization that the room he was in was safe. Like, when Bomb-ombs were dropped into the fight, none were dropped into this room. He had to find a way to get all his team members into the room before ANY of them were taken out. He quickly opened up the intercom.
"ALL TEAM STAR FOX MEMBERS! UH, GET TO THE ONTROL-CAY OOM-RAY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE."
As the Alliance members looked around in confusion (being the doofuses that they were), Team Star Fox charged up to the control room. However, the Alliance caught on quickly enough, and followed Team Star Fox up. Picture it: a group of fighters charging up a corridor, with the Alliance in persuit, with bombs falling left and right. And, yeah, everybody took damage, and some were eliminated. However, all Team Star Fox members were able to avoid Elimination, although some barely made it...
Below is a listing of the current Status of the Teams.
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TEAM STAR FOX
Fox - 800 HP
Luigi - 500 HP
Bowser - 400 HP
Peach - 150 HP
Ganondorf - 300 HP
Dr. Mario - 575 HP
Young Link - 575 HP
Mewtwo - 50 HP
Pikachu - 500 HP
Pichu - 625 HP
Jigglypuff - 700 HP
Samus - 300 HP
TOTAL: 12
ELIMINATED: 0
TOTAL HP REMAINING: 6750
TEAM FALCON ALLIANCE
Captain Falcon - 200 HP
Kirby - ELIMINATED
Mario - 200 HP
Link - ELIMINATED
Ness - 325 HP
Ice Climbers - 400 HP
Game & Watch - 350 HP
Marth - 500 HP
Roy - 500 HP
Yoshi - 200 HP
Zelda/Shiek - 250 HP
Donkey Kong - ELIMINATED
TOTAL: 10
ELIMINATED: 2
TOTAL HP REMAINING: 5175
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Those who were weak, like Mewtwo and Peach, were protected by a ring of other fighters, to shield them from the blasts. At long last, the party reached the Control room, where Fox impatiently waited with Slippy, who had seemed to mostly recover from the earlier conflicts. They all eventually piled into the room (it was a relatively small room, after all, but they managed), chucked Marth and Roy outside the room, and barracaded the door. The Alliance was dumbfounded. Trapped! Nowhere to go! They all started rocketing their highest-power attacks at the makeshift barricade that Team Star Fox had made. It wouldn't hold for long! Sooner or later, they'd break in, and one of them would most likely activate the bomb.
Captain Falcon was hitting the barricade with Falcon Kicks and Punches when he got the contact.
BUZZEEP! "...*cough* Captain Falcon... listen... I've... got... to... speak... you... now..."
BUZZAAP! "Whaa? What are you talking about?
BUZZEEP! "I'm in the... Control Room... Fox has subdued me, but you... you can still stop him from stopping us... get down to the Cargo Bay and open the airlock... an old friend of ours has something that you can use to get this nusince out of our way. Get there! Quickly!"
BUZZOWP! "Yessir. On my way!!"
Captain Falcon tripped over Ness as he ran, but he eventually got to the airlock without taking too much damage. He opened it.
And grinned.
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"FOX! This thing isn't going to hold much longer!"
"Yeah, I noticed. That and the fact that our time limit is on the verge of expiring!!"
"But, we've gotten this far. We're in Andross's CONTROL ROOM! We must be able to disarm the bomb from here!"
"You're right. Start looking!"
BOUM. BOUM.
"FOX!! This Alliance is about to GET INTO THE ROOM!"
"Yeah, I noticed! That and the fact that we can't find any way to shut this bomb off!"
"There IS a panal labelled "Bomb Controls" over there. Should I check that out?"
"You're right. Start looking!"
BOUM. BOUM.
"FOX!!! This is getting REALLY ANNOYING!"
"Yeah, I noticed! The fact that we keep repeating the same form of talking to each other!"
"I've disabled the bomb! Dinosaur Planet is saved!"
"You're right. Start looking!"
"..........what?"
"Sorry. I was in the groove. Anyways, excellent job, folks! Let's blow this fairly stinky joint!"
"Not so fast, Star Fox!"
Andross had gotten up! He had his paw hovering over the Instant Detonation button!
"THIS IS IT! You may not have noticed, but your time is UP! Your adventure ends HERE, McCloud!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Andross pressed the button. He pulled up a visual, percepting an image of Dinosaur Planet.
"Now, we shall witness the destruction of the enire Lylat WHAA???"
The Planet remained untouched! What the heck was going on?! Oh, right. Fox's device. Hey, I may be omniciant, but I forget stuff sometimes.
"Hey, shut up, Narrator! This is OUR story!"
Oh, right. Sorry.
"Why didn't the darn Planet blow up?!?... ah. A minor flaw," he said, realizing what Fox had done. "However, that device won't hold for long. Fox, you may or may not have noticed, but the pressure readings on that thing are going off the charts! This Planet'll be history in about... oh, let's say, about 3 hours!! HAAAH! It's curtains for you and your stupid system now!!!"
"NO! Come on, Team! Let's get back to the Planet! We've got to give that device a little boost... stop looking at me like that! I'll explain as we go..."
Slippy quickly disabled Sudden Death mode on the GameCube. Team Star Fox barged out of the Control Room (noticing how all the Alliance members had been eliminated and caged) and charged towards the docking bay.
"Okay," Fox yelled as they ran, "Listen up! Me, Samus, Bowser, and Slippy'll pilot our four Arwings outta there. There should be a Space Tube there for you, so you can get back to the Great Fox! Tell Peppy to set a course for Dinosaur Planet! FAST!"
The crew reached the docking bay, and Team Star Fox piled into the Great Fox. It immediately took off for Dinosaur Planet. Samus, Bowser, Slippy, and Fox hopped back into their Arwings and started to leave the ship.
All too suddenly...
SHOINK!
Fox's Arwing was attached to some device! He couldn't move his Arwing in any direction! Who had attached that?!?
BUZZEEP! "Fox! We're landing back down to get your ship fixed!"
BUZZEEP! "NO! You're leaving and going to Dinosaur Planet to save Lylat, that's what YOU'RE doing. I'm landing again. Apparently, someone had gotten out of the cage. Whoever threw that just now is going to pay some hell. After I take care of BUSINESS in here I'll join up with you so we can turn these guys in."
BUZZEEP! "Fine, Fox. ...be careful."
Samus, Bowser, and Slippy rocketed out of the Docking Bay. Once the hatch had closed and the atmosphere was safe, Fox jumped out of his immobile Arwing. He glanced around to find his enemy. It didn't take him long to find it.
It was the one. The one Captain Falcon had let in. The one whom had thrown the immobilising device at Fox's ship. It was in the shadows. But, eventually, it moved out, and Fox got a good look at its face.
And Fox dropped his jaw in horror.