Introduction: This story is an interactive fan fiction currently being
serialized on the Medaforce message boards
[http://www.medaforce.com/boards.html]. This is an ongoing, perhaps never-
ending work, with a variety of authors contributing chapters. I,
storm_the_castle, wrote this first chapter, and was the one who pretty much
got the ball rolling on this project. I will upload each chapter here as
it is released, and I will note the name (or alias) of each author, as well
as an email address. So for now, enjoy!
Chapter 1: Alpha Point
by storm_the_castle
It was a dark and stormy night. Rain was falling with a ferocity rarely seen by man. Every few seconds, lightning flared, providing some much needed illumination, but was followed by thunder claps so terrifying as to send even the most hardened souls scrambling in fear. The three figures making their way through the tempest, however, had no where to run.
"Ash, where are you taking us?"
"Pika!"
"Brock and the camp are somewhere around here, I'm sure of it!"
"That's what you've been saying for the last hour! Admit it, we're lost!"
"Pika?"
"We are not! Don't listen to her, Pikachu."
"If I'm wrong then where's Brock, huh? We should have found him by now."
"I told you, it's some- hey! There's a light up ahead!"
"That's just the lightning!"
"Nuh uh! The lightning flashed behind us; the glow is up ahead!"
"Pika pi!"
"I told ya so! Come on, Pikachu, Misty can stay here if she wants."
"Hey! Wait for me!"
Ash, Misty, and Pikachu ran towards the light, which turned out to be coming from the windows of a house shaped like a mushroom. When Misty saw this, she couldn't help but exclaim, "This isn't the camp! We're in Toad Town; you led us all the way to Toad Town!" As she shouted, the young girl advanced menacingly on her companion.
Ash ran up to the house, Misty hot on his heels, and began banging on the door. "Hey, open up! Come on, let me in!" The door opened, and a portly little man with a mustache stepped out of the house.
"Hello! Itsa me... you! You can a-just get-a outa here. We a-dunno serve your kind!"
"Not even if we brought pizza?" Ash asked, whipping the steaming boxes out from behind his back.
"Brother Ash! Itsa so good to a-see you! Come-a in, come-a in."
Minutes later, the Mario Bros. and their guests were seated around the fireplace, scarfing pizza. Misty watched as Luigi took another double helping, and couldn't keep herself from mumbling, "I hope Brock isn't too hungry tonight." The two kids took turns in the bathroom changing into an extra set of dry clothes, then joined their hosts in a rousing round of Super Smash Bros while they waited out the storm. It would have been better for them if they could have remained that way for the rest of the night, then continued going about their lives the next day. But then we wouldn't have a story, would we...
"This game is a-so fun! The should-a make-a de sequel, only with-a more characters!"
"What-a you talkin' about, Luigi? There aren't-a anymore good fighters owned by-a Nintendo!"
"What about-a..."
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK.
"Who is it?" Mario called.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK.
"All right, I'm-a comin'" The plumber got up and answered the door. Standing in the rain, wheezing tiredly and shaking with fear, was a fat guy, with a bad complexion, wearing glasses thick enough to give a normal man x-ray vision. He didn't speak.
"Hello! Itsa me, Mario! Who are-a you?" The man said nothing, but just stood there silently, having stopped his panting.
"Well?" Mario prompted. The man fell forward, landing flat on his face. A long-bladed knife was sticking out of the center of his back.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!" screamed Mario.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!" screamed Ash.
"Pikahhhhhhhhh!" screamed Pikachu.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!" screamed Misty.
"Ahhhhh- *cough*hack*cough*" gagged Luigi.
"What-a was dat?"
"Sorry, I-a choked on-a anchovie."
Suddenly, impossibly, the man got up, though he was obviously in great pain. He siezed Mario by his overalls, and gasped, "My name... Justin Bailey... tell you... assemble the All-Stars... find... the Kube... beware... beware..." Then Justin Bailey died.
The Mario Bros called the police, and soon Moun T arrived to investigate. He wrote down everyone's statement, then had the body removed. Hours later, the group was still discussing the gastly happenings. "What did he mean by the 'all-stars'?" Misty asked.
"I-a dunno know. Riddles are-a not my forte," Mario answered.
Pikachu seemed to have an idea, though. "Pika pi, pi pikachu, pika pika chu!" he called out.
"What-a diddee say?"
"He said we should go ask Link. He's real good with riddles," Ash translated.
"Yeah! Atsa great idea. Tomarrow we-a take the warp pipe to-a Hyrule!" Mario declared. Misty scarcely heard him. Like most females, the mere sound of Link's name sent visions of golden-haired warriors dancing through her head.
Elsewhere, King Bowser was not so resolute. He tried to avoid making the call, but his fear of the consequences was too great. With a sulfuric hiss, he pressed the button. A static-plagued hologram appeared, depicting a heavily cloaked man whose face was lost in shadow. "We got the guy you told me abut, sir, but there was a... complication," Bowser burst out.
"What kind of complication?" the soft yet weathered voice inquired.
"One of my Troopas killed that Bailey guy, but we didn't catch up with till he arrived at Mario's house! I think... I think he may have talked," the Koopa King stammered.
"I see... well, it was beyond your control. You shall live for now."
"Yay!"
"But I don't want to see you ever again. You're off the case."
"Well, that's not so bad. I didn't really know much about it anyway."
The holographic man gestured. "These are my apprentices, Master Hand and Crazy Hand." Two giant hands appeared holographically on either side of the figure. "They will deal with your vaunted Mario..."
The next day, on her way into Toad Town, Samus Aran saw Mario, Luigi, Ash, Misty, and Pikachu approach the warp pipe that led to Hyrule. The bounty hunter was on a secret errand to go shopping for some more of those "Princess Peach"-brand pink gowns she so enjoyed wearing, and therefore scrambled to find a hiding place before the others noticed her. It was unlikely that anyone would recognize her without her Power Suit, but as Samus well knew, a good bounty hunter didn't take chances. Hurrying to avoid the group, who were hopping one by one down the pipe, Samus stumbled and tripped over something lying in the road. As she examined it, she heard the last person drop down the pipe.
The object Samus found herself holding was a empty wooden box, missing its lid. She turned it over in her hands, and saw the "Caution: Dynamite" label stuck on the side. Then, the armored warrior heard a loud explosion, and turned to see a column of fire sprouting from the warp pipe.
To be continued...
Chapter 1: Alpha Point
by storm_the_castle
It was a dark and stormy night. Rain was falling with a ferocity rarely seen by man. Every few seconds, lightning flared, providing some much needed illumination, but was followed by thunder claps so terrifying as to send even the most hardened souls scrambling in fear. The three figures making their way through the tempest, however, had no where to run.
"Ash, where are you taking us?"
"Pika!"
"Brock and the camp are somewhere around here, I'm sure of it!"
"That's what you've been saying for the last hour! Admit it, we're lost!"
"Pika?"
"We are not! Don't listen to her, Pikachu."
"If I'm wrong then where's Brock, huh? We should have found him by now."
"I told you, it's some- hey! There's a light up ahead!"
"That's just the lightning!"
"Nuh uh! The lightning flashed behind us; the glow is up ahead!"
"Pika pi!"
"I told ya so! Come on, Pikachu, Misty can stay here if she wants."
"Hey! Wait for me!"
Ash, Misty, and Pikachu ran towards the light, which turned out to be coming from the windows of a house shaped like a mushroom. When Misty saw this, she couldn't help but exclaim, "This isn't the camp! We're in Toad Town; you led us all the way to Toad Town!" As she shouted, the young girl advanced menacingly on her companion.
Ash ran up to the house, Misty hot on his heels, and began banging on the door. "Hey, open up! Come on, let me in!" The door opened, and a portly little man with a mustache stepped out of the house.
"Hello! Itsa me... you! You can a-just get-a outa here. We a-dunno serve your kind!"
"Not even if we brought pizza?" Ash asked, whipping the steaming boxes out from behind his back.
"Brother Ash! Itsa so good to a-see you! Come-a in, come-a in."
Minutes later, the Mario Bros. and their guests were seated around the fireplace, scarfing pizza. Misty watched as Luigi took another double helping, and couldn't keep herself from mumbling, "I hope Brock isn't too hungry tonight." The two kids took turns in the bathroom changing into an extra set of dry clothes, then joined their hosts in a rousing round of Super Smash Bros while they waited out the storm. It would have been better for them if they could have remained that way for the rest of the night, then continued going about their lives the next day. But then we wouldn't have a story, would we...
"This game is a-so fun! The should-a make-a de sequel, only with-a more characters!"
"What-a you talkin' about, Luigi? There aren't-a anymore good fighters owned by-a Nintendo!"
"What about-a..."
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK.
"Who is it?" Mario called.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK.
"All right, I'm-a comin'" The plumber got up and answered the door. Standing in the rain, wheezing tiredly and shaking with fear, was a fat guy, with a bad complexion, wearing glasses thick enough to give a normal man x-ray vision. He didn't speak.
"Hello! Itsa me, Mario! Who are-a you?" The man said nothing, but just stood there silently, having stopped his panting.
"Well?" Mario prompted. The man fell forward, landing flat on his face. A long-bladed knife was sticking out of the center of his back.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!" screamed Mario.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!" screamed Ash.
"Pikahhhhhhhhh!" screamed Pikachu.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!" screamed Misty.
"Ahhhhh- *cough*hack*cough*" gagged Luigi.
"What-a was dat?"
"Sorry, I-a choked on-a anchovie."
Suddenly, impossibly, the man got up, though he was obviously in great pain. He siezed Mario by his overalls, and gasped, "My name... Justin Bailey... tell you... assemble the All-Stars... find... the Kube... beware... beware..." Then Justin Bailey died.
The Mario Bros called the police, and soon Moun T arrived to investigate. He wrote down everyone's statement, then had the body removed. Hours later, the group was still discussing the gastly happenings. "What did he mean by the 'all-stars'?" Misty asked.
"I-a dunno know. Riddles are-a not my forte," Mario answered.
Pikachu seemed to have an idea, though. "Pika pi, pi pikachu, pika pika chu!" he called out.
"What-a diddee say?"
"He said we should go ask Link. He's real good with riddles," Ash translated.
"Yeah! Atsa great idea. Tomarrow we-a take the warp pipe to-a Hyrule!" Mario declared. Misty scarcely heard him. Like most females, the mere sound of Link's name sent visions of golden-haired warriors dancing through her head.
Elsewhere, King Bowser was not so resolute. He tried to avoid making the call, but his fear of the consequences was too great. With a sulfuric hiss, he pressed the button. A static-plagued hologram appeared, depicting a heavily cloaked man whose face was lost in shadow. "We got the guy you told me abut, sir, but there was a... complication," Bowser burst out.
"What kind of complication?" the soft yet weathered voice inquired.
"One of my Troopas killed that Bailey guy, but we didn't catch up with till he arrived at Mario's house! I think... I think he may have talked," the Koopa King stammered.
"I see... well, it was beyond your control. You shall live for now."
"Yay!"
"But I don't want to see you ever again. You're off the case."
"Well, that's not so bad. I didn't really know much about it anyway."
The holographic man gestured. "These are my apprentices, Master Hand and Crazy Hand." Two giant hands appeared holographically on either side of the figure. "They will deal with your vaunted Mario..."
The next day, on her way into Toad Town, Samus Aran saw Mario, Luigi, Ash, Misty, and Pikachu approach the warp pipe that led to Hyrule. The bounty hunter was on a secret errand to go shopping for some more of those "Princess Peach"-brand pink gowns she so enjoyed wearing, and therefore scrambled to find a hiding place before the others noticed her. It was unlikely that anyone would recognize her without her Power Suit, but as Samus well knew, a good bounty hunter didn't take chances. Hurrying to avoid the group, who were hopping one by one down the pipe, Samus stumbled and tripped over something lying in the road. As she examined it, she heard the last person drop down the pipe.
The object Samus found herself holding was a empty wooden box, missing its lid. She turned it over in her hands, and saw the "Caution: Dynamite" label stuck on the side. Then, the armored warrior heard a loud explosion, and turned to see a column of fire sprouting from the warp pipe.
To be continued...
