The Day the Universes Collided
Chapter Twenty-Two
Above Nintendo Homeworld
Game Realm P.C.
Time: 1520 hours
"Hey. Hey, Link! Wake up! Yo! Link! You gonna land or what?!" a voice snapped and Allstar came to with a shout, falling out of his seat in surprise. He looked up at the viewer and gazed upon the face of GC Fox McCloud. "Welcome back to the world of the living, Link. Now, are you landing on the planet or what?" the fox went on.
"What? What's going on? Where are we? What happened? And what are you doing on the Nintendo Homeworld?" Allstar asked as the other Links began to come around and look around groggily, "And I don't know how to land this thing. It's the Legacy of Links, Maverick's mothership."
"Is Maverick there? He should be piloting it." Fox asked, confused.
"Agh! A Keaton!" Link cried upon spotting Fox, "What does it want?!" Fox pouted.
"I'm not a Keaton! Link, what is up with the FanFics on board that ship? Did they pass the survey?" he demanded. Allstar brought up a finger in warning.
"You mention those damn questions one more time, I'll find a way to ram this thing up your ass." he growled.
"Hey, those 'damn questions' were all your idea, Mr. Hero of Time and Space! Now hold on. I'm getting an incoming transmission." Fox snapped and looked aside momentarily. He suddenly looked shocked and yelped, "Allstar Link?! What the?! But, you're on the Legacy of Links, aren't you?! I just got done telling you off!!"
"Fox McCloud, this is the real Allstar N64/GC Link speaking. The one on board the Legacy of Links is from another dimension. If you're about to warp into another StarFox Adventure: Dinosaur Planet game, do me a favor and send a few Arwings up to guard the ship until Maverick and the others arrive." Alt Link declared, "I received a transmission from Maverick at the Sega Planet. Nin and Tendo had used Nintendo's Dream to restart the system. We are all back in our last remembered positions and memory. Maverick had to tell me everything that had happened recently."
"What? Not again! Man, X and Baux are really starting to annoy me. How did they manage to kill us all this time?!" Fox grumbled. "All right. What's your ETA?"
"Ten minutes or seconds. I can't be sure."
"Well, why not?!"
"Sony Song and Sega Sprite are with Maverick. They'll be transporting us to your world once they're ready."
"Remind me why Maverick is good friends with nearly all of the Game Realm's Entities?"
The question was dropped when one little girl with fairy wings and one woman in a regally flowing dress suddenly materialized in Nintendo Homeworld's airspace, followed soon after by the sudden appearance of the Queen of Hyrule, the Zelda planet's flagship. Allstar and Dark Link watched as a shadow passed through the wall of the majestic ship and headed their way.
"Maverick, what happened? What's Nintendo's Dream?" the heroes started asking questions as Maverick appeared in the ship and solidified.
"Is that the wave of light that hit us? And what happened to all the little Links that were piloting the ship?" Waker asked, one of the few to notice that the other personas were missing.
"They were reset into nothingness. Don't bawl; the originals are still in my head. I can summon them again when I need to so there's no real loss of life." Maverick replied, "Though I'm not suprised that all of you weren't affected by the spell. I knew that since Nin and Tendo didn't have memory of you guys, they couldn't reset you. Powerful as the spell is, it won't touch anything that the Twins have no direct memories of or that came from another dimensional plane."
"Say that again? You lost me around the part where half a dozen kids were turned into nothing." Elfin grumbled as the others stood dumbfounded.
"I'll explain AFTER we find the Twins!" Maverick yelled and called out. "Zee! Hyperjump to the Star Fox Homeworld! Now!"
"Hyperspace engine commencing jump sequence. All systems are green. Prepare for hyperjump in five...four...three...two...one...." Zee replied and the Legacy of Links disappeared in a flash of light.
"Can I get back to the game now? The Player must be wondering why I'm just standing in the middle of Moon Mountain Pass doing nothing when he's jamming the Start Button over and over." Fox grumbled.
"First rule of the Game Realm: Don't break the fourth wall! Dammit, Fox, get back to work!" Alt Link yelled, "Sega! Sony! Can you get us to where Maverick is going?!" The Entities nodded and they all vanished in a blink of light.
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Above Star Fox Homeworld
Game Realm P.C.
Time: 1521 hours
Maverick scanned the space intently as the other heroes peeked out over his shoulder, searching for something out of place. As they looked, Maverick explained about the wave of light they had seen.
"That is the spell called Nintendo's Dream, the most powerful spell ever known in this realm. It is capable of resetting Entities to their original status if they are touched by the wave of light you saw. The logs on my ship are erased, reset by that same wave." he explained, "The Twins created the spell after The Great Collision occured between Games and Humanity and destroyed the Game Realm. The other Entities rebuilt the realm, but the Twins restarted everything with that spell."
"Why would it affect the other Entities? Wouldn't their own god-like powers make them immune?" Link asked, curious about what they were looking for.
"No. Nintendo Co., Ltd. was the company that started the whole game industry and everyone came after it. What affects Nintendo would ultimately affect everyone else. So Nin and Tendo's spells would affect everything in this realm, including Entities and FanFics." Maverick replied, "The only bad thing about the spell is that it drains the Twins dry of energy and since they didn't have much of it left after all the characters had been killed and the prayers stopped, they were forced to use their own life energy to power the spell. Nintendo's Dream can only be used when the Twins are in a deep sleep, using all their energy to make their dreams of the realm come to life."
"What are we looking for?" Elfin muttered, bottom lip jutting out as he frowned at the black emptiness of space. Maverick spotted a faint splash of pink and blue and jumped up.
"There they are!" he cried and turned into a shadow again, flying out to reach the floating Twins. Using the Power Pearl to become solid and remain alive in space, he wrapped his arms around both children and bit his lip. The Twins looked pale and made no movements or sounds to show they were alive. Carefully, Maverick flew back to the ship, mentally ordering Zee to open a chamber for him to fly into.
Once on board the ship, Maverick set the Twins down and felt for pulses. He found them after a bit of searching and winced when he felt them to be extremely weak. He thought carefully, then opened his medallion, showing off the marble sized pearl of golden energy hidden within. He reached in and pulled it out, holding it up for inspection. This was the Power Pearl, his source of life energy. Since abandoning Nintendo meant he abandoned the Power Core, the Twins gave him the Power Pearl to live off of while he wandered the stars. Every few years, they would find him and give him a recharge so the Pearl would continue supporting him.
"Tendo, you're the healer. Take this and heal Nin, please! Don't die! If you die, all of Nintendo will die again and your spell to revive them will have been for nothing!" Maverick whispered and set the Power Pearl on Tendo's heart. The pearl gleamed and vanished, lighting up the boy in golden light. When it faded, Tendo seemed more healthy looking. He opened his eyes and sat up, rubbing his head.
"Maverick? What? Nin!" he exclaimed and crawled to his sister, "Nin! Wake up!" Nin didn't move. Her brother bit his lip and sighed. Holding up his hands, he glowed a soft blue color. "Tendo Spirit Healer! Bring my sister from the clutches of oblivion and return her heart and spirit to me!" he intoned and the golden haired girl was covered in light. Maverick turned away to keep from being blinded, then looked again when the light faded. Nin was sitting up, looking slightly groggy but much healthier. Tendo helped her stand as Maverick followed suit.
"What happened? I thought we'd be dead by now." Nin asked her brother then fell silent upon seeing Maverick.
"He helped." Tendo muttered, looking at him in irritation, "He gave me his Power Pearl and told me to heal you."
"Maverick! Without the Pearl, you could have died yourself!" Nin cried and ran to hug him, "Take some of the energy that we've created! Don't you dare die on me!"
"Don't worry too much about me. After all, if you had died, what would there be for me to live for, other than find the Source of Souls?" Maverick murmured, cheek resting on her head. Tendo snorted and stomped off.
"Come on, Sis! We've got to go to the Nintendo Homeworld and power up the core again! We have work to do and...!" he started to yell and stopped in his tracks when a familiar squeal of joy sounded.
"Tendo!!! You're alive!" Sega cried as she rushed forward and leaped into his arms, sending them both tumbling to the floor. Sony stood nearby, smiling and chuckling softly to herself as she watched the sprite attempt to kiss the boy, who struggled to get free. "Oh, my little cutie! My sweetie! My handsome hero in shining blue armor!"
"Sony! Get her off of me! Help!" Tendo wailed. The other Links rushed down to see what the noise was about and broke into laughter at the sight.
"Give your girlfriend a kiss, Tendo!" Dark Link taunted and howled in laughter as Allstar held his sides with one arm and used his free hand to wipe tears away. Nin giggled as she cuddled Maverick, who only grinned knowingly at the two blue-clad Entities on the floor.
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Nintendo Homeworld
Game Realm P.C.
Time: 1530 hours
"Well, the Power Core is fully charged again. Everything's back to the way it should be and we're ready to continue with the next wave of games." Nin remarked once everyone was rested and refreshed. Sony and Sega nodded agreeably.
"I'm glad to hear of that. Sony of the Realm of Humanity must be looking forward to the competition." Sony Song remarked, "I expect my parents to come out with some real winners. We have reputations to maintain!"
"Hey, no sweat! We've got Miyamoto, the developing genius!" Tendo replied with a thumb's-up, "Our games are gonna rock the Realm of Humanity!" Sega caught him in another hug and grinned hugely as he looked startled, turning red.
"With a big help from the software and games from the Sega Corporation and meee!" she laughed and nuzzled him, "Isn't that right, Honey?!"
"Eh, yeah, sure...." Tendo stammered, rubbing his head and looking embarrassed.
"Sorry again about the questionaire we put you guys through. It's regulation, you know." Alt Link told the Allstar Twins.
"I'd punch you if you weren't me." Allstar grumbled as Dark Link elbowed him, then rubbed his side.
"What my brother meant to say was that we understand and accept the apology." he replied.
"It's time to go to my world! Time to go to my world!" Waker cheered and jumped up and down. Maverick nodded and walked to the group of Links.
"Leaving already? Where are you going?" Nin asked worriedly. Maverick looked back at her silently. She blinked and then nodded. "I see. I see the whole adventure in your mind. I could stop you from going, you know."
"Would you?" Maverick asked. Nin shook her head and sighed as Tendo scowled at him, still trying to pry Sega off of his arm.
"It wouldn't be fair. Just come back to me safely,okay?" she asked and held out a new pearl of golden energy. "Take this with you. It's good for another five years of energy." Maverick accepted the Power Pearl and replaced it in his medallion. "Good luck." she added and suddenly stood on her toes to plant a kiss on his cheek. Maverick looked startled, then turned a slight shade of red, nodding briefly at her. The other Links grinned and started whistling and making catcalls, cheering him on.
"Hey! Maverick! Stay away from my sister!" Tendo yelled, shaking a fist at him, "You don't deserve her!"
"Why not worry about Sega? She's the one who's glued herself to ya!" Maverick called back with a grin as he placed a hand on Waker's shoulder. Tendo scowled and turned red as the sprite reached up and played with his hair, laughing. "And not to worry, Nin! I'll return when the quest is complete!"
"I'm warning you, Mav! Stay away from her!" Tendo yelled again just as the group of Links vanished with the aid of the IDG capsule. He blinked away tears as the light faded. "And come back safely, renegade...." he added softly as the Entities resumed their own duties, returning to their worlds.