Chapter 2: Falco's Folly

A ship lay wrecked, the wings broken off and shards of the craft scattered about, slammed in front of a green pipe. The body of Falco Lombardi lays limp, motionless, and crushed underneath a sheet of metal that fell off the ship.

The Master Hand came upon a high platform, where some dinosaurs rested. He looked down upon them, "So you thought you'd walk off scot free, eh Yoshi. Now you and your loved ones shall perish." The Master Hand was about to go crashing down on them when he noticed some smoke a ways back. "Hhhmm. What's all of this?!?! There's mass destruction going around and I'm not there?" He began to float away and he looked back at the Yoshis, "I'll deal with you later." He floated back toward a large green pipe. He looked at the wreckage, "A ship similar to Fox McCloud's. He must of warped here and crashed on impact. I hope he isn't dead cause I want to torture him later. I'll leave him a little something just in case he is." He snapped his fingers and from the sky came a heart. It fell through a piece of metal that came off the ship. He started to float back toward the Yoshis, "Enjoy life while it lasts, Mr. McCloud, because you won't suffer my wrath." He floated away, back toward the Yoshis.

The sheet of metal began to move to the right side. Falco got to his feet wiping off some dust, "Man I thought I was a goner. Where am I." he looked around, "Maybe I can get a better view from this pipe." He jumped up onto the pipe and looked into the distance, "It looks like the hand. Well, it's one of them. I better see what plans of universal domination are they plotting this time. He jumped off the pipe, crushing a Goomba beneath his feet, "Woops! Sorry about that," another Goomba rammed into Falco from behind knocking him down. Falco flailed his legs, destroying the Goomba and flipping him back on his feet. He jumped up onto another pipe, "Looks like this isn't a friendly place." He fell from the pipe and dashed forward with a Falco phantasm. He looked up at some blocks over his head, "Wonder if I can break those." Falco's body was lit ablaze and energy formed around him. "FIRE!!!!!" Falco shot upward breaking two blocks, and sending a turtle recoiling into its shell. He poked it, "what an odd thing. HOLY ANDROSS!" The shell hit two other turtles, making them recoil into their shells. "What odd creatures are those gloves using this time?" He picked up one of the shells and examined it. Over a period of time it began to shake, "IT'S ALIVE! RUN FOR IT!" He dodged backwards as the turtle came out of his shell. It began to walk toward him. "You want a piece of Falco? Come get some." Falco grabbed the turtle and threw him into the air. It disappeared in a puff of smoke. He dashed forward when he came to a line of Goombas coming at him fast. He looked around and decided to jump upward. Falco landed in a platform of boxes. He made his way to the edge and jumped off. A turtle recoiled into his shell as Falco landed right on top of his back. Three Goombas ahead of him were trapped on a lower area. He threw the shell at the Goombas, sending them flying in different directions and the shell kept on rebounding against the sides of the lower platform. Falco jumped upward and grabbed a hold of the ledge. From there he jumped onto a big, green pipe, boarded up and rusted. It was obvious that it hasn't been used in a while. Falco looked forward at what lay ahead. He saw the Master Hand float quickly across a huge gap in the terrain, covered with a pathway of ledges and blocks. Falco rushed forward; jumping on top of a flying turtle, send the turtle falling to the ground as he landed on a ledge.

The Master Hand floated over the Yoshis, staring down at them, "I hope you enjoyed your rest, Yoshi, because you are mine now." He wiggled his fingers and dust was sprayed over the Yoshis. They got up from their slumber, their eyes glowing red. "Do my bidding. No one shall pass here. Do not fail me." He floated away toward his destination. A hand reached the platform, pulling up a struggling Falco. From the sky came a blue Yoshi, using a Yoshi Ground Pound. He rolled onto the platform as the Yoshi plummeted to his doom. "What the heck is going on around here?" Three Yoshis surrounded Falco, getting ready to strike. One shot out their tongue. Falco dodged behind another Yoshi and kicked him into the Yoshi tongue grab. The egg fell off the side of the platform. A Yoshi came kicking from up above dealing some minor damage to Falco. He grabbed the Yoshi and flung him behind his back and shot him. The Yoshi ran into another Yoshi appearing from the sky, sending them both flying off into space. A head smashed into Falco from behind, sending him face down on the platform. He got up and released a volley of kicks. He rolled behind the Yoshi and booted him upward. Falco releases his reflective shield as a Yoshi with a laser gun fired a couple rounds at him. The shots reflected back, sending the Yoshi sailing off into the clouds. Instinctively, he dodged downward, and barely avoided a Yoshi swinging a bat. He grabbed the Yoshi, punched him in the face a couple of times, slammed him into the ground, and released his reflective shield. He dodged behind two Yoshis and the injured one that was not getting up from the fall. Falco used his powerful barrel roll kick, sending all three Yoshis off the platform. Three more came down, along with a ba-bom. Falco jumped up onto a floating ledge and punched a Yoshi off it. It got up just as the bomb connected, exploding, and sending it flying. Falco took to the air and began burning with flames of fury. "FIRE!!!!" Another Yoshi was sent skyward, leaving one lone Yoshi. It curled itself into an egg and launched itself toward Falco. Falco dodged, but too early, taking damage from the Yoshi as it rolled right through him. It made a u-turn for a second pass. Falco charged up a split kick and connected, cracking the Yoshi out of the egg roll. The Yoshi shot out its tongue, swallowing Falco. Yoshi grinded his teeth on the tough bird before spitting him over the edge. Falco double-jumped upward, grabbing the ledge of the platform. Yoshi attempted to knock him back over, but Falco was able to avoid the attack and kick the Yoshi back a ways. Falco ran up with divine speed, smashing through the Yoshi. As the Yoshi got up onto his feet, Falco grabbed him by his huge nose and began to give him a pummeling. He pulled him closer to his body and whispered, "Target practice time, Yosh." Falco heaved Yoshi Backwards over his head. With lightning speed, he pulled out his laser gun, twirled it on his finger, fire behind his shoulder, and twirl it back into its holster before Yoshi disappeared into the distance from the immense blast. Falco looked into the distance, still seeing the Master Hand in sight. He rushed forward, "You'll have to do better than that!" The Master hand continued to float onward. Then from the sky came something large, moving at a fast speed, "Ouch! That really hurt!" He looked down at the Yoshi that lay on the ground, trembling from the insane amount of damage he received. The Master Hand looked behind him to see an infuriated Falco jumping on top of turtles, coming right for him. "You're stronger than I expected.what a second." He glared into the distance, "Falco! I thought it was Fox! No matter." He looked down at the Yoshi, still trembling. He snapped his fingers and sent the Yoshi into a portal, "You disappoint me, my strong, green friend. Back to your natural habitat. I have more important matters to attend to." He continued onward, floating faster, and beginning to lose Falco.

Back in the abyss, the Crazy Hand pounded his fist against some rubble of what use to be the battlefield. "No! Stupid mushroom! Why won't you work?" He threw it against the Bowser trophy. It bounced off it and rolled toward the Crazy Hand. There was a little sticker on the bottom 'Best if used by April 1999.' "WHAT! AN EXPIRATION DATE?!?!?" He began to concentrate, "Maybe my brother can pick me up one before he leaves Mushroom Kingdom."

{Falco is a force not to be reckon with. But the Master Hand still has lots of plans. Falco's quest continues in Chapter 3.}