The Day the Universes Collided

Chapter Eight

Lake Hylia

Hyrule Kingdom

Time: 0600 hours

The radio blared suddenly and most of the heroes woke with a start. Mav only looked up at the car in irritation before getting up and stretching, then sliding the two swords into sheaths on his back. Dark Link reached out and slapped the radio button, yawning.

"Miyamoto, I forgot how loud it gets in the morning." he mumbled and got out of the car. Allstar followed him and helped Elfin get out. Link and Waker stared at them as if they were insane.

"What in Din's name was that?!" Link exclaimed. Dark Link shrugged.

"My radio has an alarm. I turned it on last night so we could get a fresh start nice and early." he replied as Allstar staggered up beside him with Elfin looking like a zombie.

"We need coffee." they droned, "We need it now."

"Um, maybe breakfast will do instead. But I don't have any money." Link sighed, "I'm broke." Dark Link blinked and looked thoughtful.

"You take rupees here, right?" he asked. Link nodded. "Bro, don't you have any Hylian currency left over from Majora's Mask?" he turned to his twin. Allstar yawned and nodded.

"Yeah, some Player tricked the N64 into storing over 5500 rupees. I withdrew it yesterday, but didn't get the chance to exchange it for Center currency." he answered, "Why do you ask?"

"Give it to Link."

"WHAT?! Hell no! I suffered for that money! Damn Player jammed me into a corner so the camera would get stuck in my face while I was wearing the Fierce Deity's Mask!" Allstar snapped back, fully awake at the prospect of losing money.

"Who gave you permission to curse? You're Rated E." Dark Link muttered.

"Super Smash Brothers Melee. It's rated T."

"Just give it to him. You can write it off on your taxes as a donation to charity." Dark Link muttered and watched Allstar grumble as he brought out the heavy sack of jewels. He held it out to his Hyrulian counterpart.

"Here. And pinch every rupee! You didn't go through what I did for this." he muttered. Link took the money and looked at him, wide-eyed.

"I...I had no idea you were so wealthy!" he stammered, "I can't accept this!"

"Sure you can. Link can just get more from the Players." Dark Link replied cheerfully, "They're the ones pouring cash into his banks when they play his games!"

"If you're done turning this place into a Goodwill station, you may want to see this." Mav muttered as he looked at the SPC, the silver system gleaming in the early light. The heroes looked at it as Elfin opened his laptop and pulled up a new file. "We got some info."

"Yeah, so did I." Elfin murmured, "The figurine for this world is in the throne room of Hyrule Castle. We have to go in and destroy it."

"Wonderful." Link muttered, "Any weaknesses?"

"Zero's working on it. He'll let us know once we get a scan of it." Elfin replied.

"How do we scan it if we don't have the equipment for that?" Allstar asked in confusion. Mav closed the SPC and frowned.

"My Game Boy is equipped to scan. I installed everything in this thing. With the SPC, I can even hack into Nintendo's Master Control and rewrite a character program." he said darkly.

"Ah, now don't start. Last time you did that, I almost died because you erased my Triforce of Courage and locked my program." Allstar griped, "And you got turned into Advance Dark Link, Silent Snake, The Prankster, Hyper Link, Earth Link, Doctor Link...need I say more?"

"Stay out of my life, Allstar." Mav hissed as he shoved the SPC into his pouch.

"Well, this is a load of bull." Elfin growled, "How the hell do we get into the castle? Link can probably get in any old time, but I don't think they'll extend the hospitality to a whole posse of Links!" Dark Link put a hand on Mav's shoulder.

"Our shadow modes can let us hide in the shadows of people. We can hide in Link's shadow and follow him in." he pointed out. Link nodded dubiously.

"Great for you, Bro. But what about the rest of us?" Allstar muttered, "Man, I can't think on an empty stomach! Isn't there a Denny's around here or something?"

"This is Hyrule, not Center City." Dark Link grumbled, "This isn't the set back at Nintendo-land, okay? Things work differently here." Allstar thought about that, tapping the end of his nose.

"Really? Let's find out. Famicom Starlight!" he declared with a grin and Dark Link stiffened, falling back onto the grass like a statue. "Well, whaddya know? Our codes still work."

"Mmph mph mmphrrrmph!" Dark Link growled, eyes burning red.

"The black balloon sails alone." Allstar remarked and Dark Link jumped up, glowering.

"What'd you do that for?!" he shrieked and paused in surprise. "Wait. Our shutdown and paralysis codes work? But they only do that if we're still connected to the Nintendo Power Core back at the base."

"Zero must have threads of us still in contact with our respective worlds. So we still get energy from the Power Core and Pearl." Mav murmured and looked out at the lake. "We should eat in the town first and then prepare for entering the castle. I have a plan on how to get you other Links inside, but you'll all need to use some of this world's Link's masks." He looked at the Hylian. "His magic masks." Link blinked in confusion as the Allstar, Elfin and Waker looked confused as well. Allstar suddenly blinked.

"You don't mean…?" he started and groaned, "But I hate being Deku Link! I'm not doing it without proper incentive!" Mav whipped out a small gun and aimed it at his crotch.

"You maintain the ability to keep N64 Zelda happy. How's that?" he asked coolly. Allstar grinned sheepishly and held up his hands.

"Hey, no need for that, Mav! Uh, pass the mask and all that! Heh, heh!" he stammered, a sweat drop appearing over his head.