Chapter Four: Hide 'n Space
Space was thought to be the biggest thing in the universe. Maxwell totally blew that away. That kid was super intelligent, with a mind faster than a super computer. He should be eleven or twelve by now, so his mind must have increased, too. What would happen if he was to become an adult? End of all the universes most likely. Fox, get a hold of yourself.
Fox sat up in the broken down Arwing, looking out at the night sky. Where is everyone?
"Rrrrrrr," growled Fox, kicking the console of the Arwing. The lights flickered on, then off. He spent the last few years trying to get it to work, but to no success. He wasn't an inventor like Slippy. Poor, poor Slippy, dead like the others.
Thoughts of the past flashed through his eyes of the good old days. Well, good as any day with Andross around.
Fox's ears turned to the right, towards the Great Fox, which was an ancient ruin, now. He thought he heard static that he had been hearing since he landed on this planet. He had tried to find it, but he didn't, and, most likely, wouldn't.
Fox leaned back again and rested his eyes. His mind was racing, trying to figure a way off the planet. In a frustrated gruff, Fox kicked the console again. The lights flickered on, but they didn't go off.
"Hello?" asked Samus, picking up the signal by accident. She was trying to locate a planet with fuel resources when she picked up the faint signal. She tried to tune into it, but she couldn't make contact. It was strange, too, because it only seemed to be a few planets away. She turned her ship towards the planet, hoping it wasn't a trap.
Fox looked at the console in disbelief.
"I don't believe it!" he cried, jumping in joy. He started to press buttons on the console and a screen appeared in front of him.
"Okay," he muttered looking into the files to see if it could tell him what happened on the ship. It took him a few minutes, but he found the camera archive. His ears pricked up again. It was that static again.
"Focus Fox, you probably won't be able to do this again for a long time." He opened the archive. It was empty.
"No!" he cried, hitting the console. The lights flickered and went off. Fox pulled out his gun, which was almost out of ammo, and shot the console. The laser shot through, frying the console's computer chips. Fox could still hear the static.
He jumped out of the Arwing and ran towards the Great Fox. He opened the door and entered.
Inside he ran all over trying to find the source of the static. It was driving him mad. He pulled out his gun and started shooting everything that he thought was making it, but nothing stopped it. He finally ran out of ammo, so he tossed it away and started destroying things by hand.
"Where are you, you stupid static!" said Fox, throwing his fist into the wall. He heard a faint crack, but he didn't mind it. He was running blindly now, running somewhere as far from the static as possible. He ran into Slippy's room and threw himself under the dusty cot. The static was louder than ever in there.
There, Fox slept and awful sleep, dreaming he had nothing to live for anymore, and knew he was going to die soon.
"Okay, it should be that planet," said Samus, looking at the planet she tracked the signal from. The planet looked gassy green, except for the purplish oceans and a small section of blue clouds in the north. She headed towards the planet, homing in on the signal.
-I'm going to get you.- said Red, laughing at the pink blob before him.
-Not if I get you first.- said Kirby, going into his fighter stance. This made Red laugh more.
-You think you can withstand my power? Maxwell gave me more power than anything you could muster.-
-Then we shall see about that.- Kirby charged Red, but he jumped up and behind him. red made a grab for Kirby, but he swung back with a drill kick. Red grabbed his feet and threw him done into the ground.
-See?-
-Nope.- this remark earned Kirby another throw into the ground.
-Why do you defy Hauteur?-
-Because he is an arrogant being!- Kirby pulled free of red and started to comet punch him. A thought popped into his head.
-I'm going to take over your mind, Kirby, and there is nothing you can do about it.- sneered Red, power up an attack Kirby never seen before.
-This is my mind, it is my control, and I bring forth something that'll definitely beat you down to a pulp.-
-Oh, really?- Kirby held out his hand and something came to him. A yellow hammer he had used before to deal major damage.
-Bring it on, powder puff.-
-No, you bring it on, midget.- This seemed to tick off Red, who charged at Kirby in a blinding speed. Kirby was ready, though, as he brought the hammer in front of him. Red ran head first into it. He fell back, holding his head, while Kirby jumped over him. He started to spin around, with the hammer in front of him. It picked up Red, sent him around twice, and went, face first, into the floor of Kirby's mind.
-Still want some?- asked Kirby, pulling the hammer back. Red just laughed at him mercilessly.
-You think that weak attack hurt me?-
-What the...?- asked Kirby, watching Red surround himself in a dark blue aurora. He started to get bigger and bigger, before his eyes. He grew bigger than Kirby's mind, and soon, Kirby was only standing on Red.
-You will bow before me, now, Kirby!- said Red's new, booming voice. It sounded like Master Hand's. Kirby just laughed at this though.
-You think you can take control of my mind? Is this how you snared Luigi, Ness, Captain Falcon, and Jigglypuff? Is this how you got them to be cloned into super clones? You should no that my mind works just as fast as Maxwell's, and you're no match. Kirby started to meditate, starting to grow like Red.
-You're not suppose to do that!-
-Oh, but I can.- Kirby was now as big as Red, who was stunned and appalled. The big pink balloon started to suck in the air around Red.
-Nooooooooo!- cried Red, not being able to with stand the power, as he was sucked in and devoured.
Kirby woke up from his afternoon nap. It was strange, though, because that was the first time, in many attempts to take over his mind, that Red actually mentioned Master Hand as Maxwell Hauteur. It was strange.
Something blipped on Kirby's console. He looked at the blipping button and pressed it. A 3D map appeared of the surrounding solar system. Some one was coming his way.
Fox woke up three hours after his rampage, and he woke up with a banging headache. That wasn't what woke him.
"Fox, Fox, Fox, Fox, Fox, Fox, Fox..." Something was continually saying his name at a rapid pace. He looked out from under Slippy's bed and saw Slippy's computer flashing off and on, repeating Fox's name.
"Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle." He realized this could be an opportunity to figure out what was going on. He had tried to use the computer before, but it wouldn't work for him.
Fox walked over to the computer and stared at the screen. A vidlink was on, showing Slippy speaking his name. The picture was being looped, so Fox press the stop key. Slippy stopped. Fox then pressed play.
"Fox, some how these purple guys got on our ship after you and Falco left. They set a crash course for some planet in an unknown territory...I think it is called Chozo, or something, but listen Fox. Those new projects I was working on when you two left have been finished. They are being held in the secret cargo bay. An invisibility cloak that hides you and protects you from most physical damage. Also, the new Arwing-SP has been finished with the same functions as the cloak. There's room for Falco, too, so be careful. Don't let our pain go without venegence."
On the screen, Slippy turned around in horror as three purple guys walked in and grabbed Slippy. They then started to rip him apart. Fox couldn't watch, so he turned the screen off and walked out of Slippy's room. Where was the secret cargo bay?
"Hello?" asked Samus, finally connecting with the signal.
"Reeeeeeee?" A loud screech sounded from the signal, making Samus's ears hurt.
"Stop it!" she cried into her link. The screech stopped.
"Aero finni, o aero ninni?"
"What?"
"Lonio bi, lonio wertro de?"
"Do you speak English?" Samus was getting mad, not being able to understand
"Co awéè? Co wequer?"
"Do you speak English!"
"¿Qué puedes hablar?"
"Engles!" In her frustrated state, she had said something that would help her.
"Ingles?"
"Yes, English."
"Sorry it took so long, but I understand over fifty thousand languages, and it is so hard to figure out the exact one."
"It was about time. Are you good or bad?"
"It depends on how you define it, but I should say, good."
"Who are you?"
"Name's Ridson, and yours would be?
"Samus Aran, can I land on your planet and get some supplies and fuel."
"Yes, land in the blue patch of clouds, there's solid ground there, should be about fifty kilometers from where you are."
"Thank you," said Samus, punching in the coordinate and heading for the only blue patch on the planet. She didn't see the other ship moving in, towards her.
Kirby looked at the magnificent ship as it landed next to his starship on the planet he landed on. On the side of the ship were the words 'Falcon Flyer.' It was Captain Falcon's ship.
Kirby got out of his ship and looked at Captain Falcon slowly get out of his.
"Kirby, is it really you?" asked the bounty hunter, looking at his long, lost friend. Kirby nodded his head and jumped into Captain Falcon's arms.
"Where have you been?" he asked, setting Kirby back down on the starship. Kirby tried to mime his experience, relaying that his adventure was dull and boring except for Red interrupting his dreams, and his nightmares.
"Well, I guess you got off better than I did. It took me months to rebuild my ship, and even then, I couldn't take off until I found some fuel. It was tough, especially with those robots spreading the evil of Andross all over. I managed to take off about half a year ago, but I was chased by those creatures, until they seemed to head off for some place in unknown territory. The only thing I don't get, is why are you here?"
Kirby looked at Captain Falcon in confusion.
"Master Hand said he took us from different dimensions, right? How come I was able to reach your solar system?"
Kirby mimed how this wasn't his solar system.
"Then...then what does that mean?" asked Captain Falcon.
"It means that not only did Master Hand get the last laugh and upper hand, but he managed to retain his prisoners in his realm." Captain Falcon and Kirby looked in the direction of the voice. They saw a big, blue bird, wearing a black jacket, walk out from behind the Falcon Flyer. He ran his hand across the side of it.
"Who are you?" asked Captain Falcon, watching the bird, so that he didn't cause mischief. The bird just smiled.
"My name might appease, you, Captain Falcon, because my name is Falco. Nice race car."
"How did you know my name and that my ship was also a racer?"
"The same way Master Hand did, he knew, so I know. I was once a Secret Character like you, Captain."
"How come I never saw you?"
"You probably don't remember, but when you were stuck in that cage, don't you remember seeing other cages?"
"Yes, about ten others, but only three others had people."
"That is where you are wrong, those cages were in the shadows, so you never saw anyone in them, but didn't you hear our voices?"
"I was unconscious most of the time."
"You'll have to talk to Samus about it then, she read a list of everyone that was captured. Another thing, though, when Master Hand captured you, Ness, Jigglypuff, and Luigi, he made an announcement to all the dimensions, proclaiming his victory over ya'll. He then went and captured the others, but he hadn't made copies, because his minions caught the eight before he could. That's why they never saw our clones. His proclamation was a scam. So he made a new one."
"That would be?"
"He said he would be ready this time. When I heard this, I just had to escape and warn you guys. We need to find Fox and Samus, because they are in trouble if we don't help."
"Where are they?"
"They, too, are in this solar system. Fox is two planets away, and Samus is on the other side of the solar system. Let's go!"
"Where's your ship?"
"Right here," said Falco, jumping over the Falcon Flyer and landing into his Arwing. Kirby jumped into his starship, and Captain Falcon jumped into his. They took off to find Fox first.
Fox, however, had different plans. He had managed to find the secret cargo bay and Slippy's new Arwing-SP. He also tested the other invention, the cloaking device. It worked on the invisibility part, but he had to test the damage part. He climbed up into the rafters and jumped off onto a metal bar. Slippy must have been a little off in what he said. Fox couldn't bare the pain when he landed. Some how, though, he felt like he could get up and do it again, and again, and again. It worked.
"Slippy, you will not have died in vain." Fox got up off the bar and got into the Arwing-SP. He turned off the cloaking device and started up the ship. It started to run like it never was stuck in the hull for three years. He opened the hatch between the secret cargo bay and the take off hangar. He started the turbo on the ship and started to move forward.
"Let's see, I've been out of practice for a long time, so I hope I don't crash." Fox moved the accelerator forward and he shot straight out of the hanger in blinding speed.
'When ever I see Slippy again, I have to remind myself to thank him,' thought Fox, pulling back on the accelerator. He shot off so fast he didn't see where he was going. What he saw, though, was a gaseous planet and a small, yellow spaceship heading towards it.
Fox was going to celebrate, but he decided to see if the person was friend or foe. So he tried to establish communication with it. No answer.
"Reeeeeeeeeeee!" Went off the screech
"Ouch! Don't do that!"
"Sorry, but it's our only way of deciphering what your language is. It was easy for me today, because some one else has the same language as you."
"Who was it?"
"Samus Aran, is she a friend of yours?" Fox couldn't believe it. Samus Aran? How, though? He thought he was in his own dimension now.
"How can that be?"
"Old, old friend?"
"No, I met her three years ago, but she was from a different dimension."
"What do you mean?"
"An evil monster called Master Hand took several people from different dimensions and brought them to the planet he created, which is just one big maze. We escaped, but I thought we went back to our own dimensions."
"Maybe you never left, maybe he retained you."
"I'll follow her to make sure." Fox put on his homing beam on Samus, but he saw something. Another ship was already doing the same.
Kirby was scanning the planet, seeing Fox's Arwing-SP shoot off at a rapid speed. Captain Falcon saw it, too. The three space travelers followed as fast as they could behind Fox. Falco was smiling as he saw Fox speed of.
"Welcome Samus, welcome, welcome!" said a shadowed figure, helping Samus out of her ship.
"Thank you very much," seeing that she was being treated as a lady, which she kind of resented. Samus looked around at the landing sight as saw it was slimy and grimy. Sludge and filth covered the place. On her ship's readings of the planet, she found out that almost all of the gases were methane and hydrogen.
"Follow me, please," said Ridson, leaving through a darkened doorway. Samus followed behind him, getting a sudden feeling of dread.
Ridson led her down a dark hallway, leading to who knows where. Turning around a bend, she saw light at the end. She followed the shadow towards the light and looked into the lit room. It was a banquet hall, with about a thousand chairs up against hundreds of long tables.
"This is where you and you friend will be dining when everyone gets here." Samus wasn't paying attention to him, being awed by the size of the place.
"Samus?"
"Did you say a friend of mine will be here?"
"Yes, I believe his name is Fox."
"Fox?" she said in surprise, looking at Ridson in full lighting for the first time. It was Ridley.
"What's the matter?" he asked, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"You! I thought I was rid of you!"
"What are you talking about? This is the first time I ever saw you."
"Well, in that case." Samus started charging up her blaster, pointing it at Ridson.
"What are you doing, don't you fire that at me! Aaah!" Ridson jumped out of the way, seeing the blast rip down the tables and chairs. He got up and ran out a darkened door. Samus followed.
Captain Falcon saw Fox tailing the ship that was tailing Samus, but only for an instant.
"Those ships are faster than mine, and it's a race car!" said Captain Falcon, pushing the accelerator forward to Max, and was still one hundred times slower than Fox. Kirby had attached a line to his ship, so he could keep up. The Arwing of Falco's was barely keeping up, too. Falco was still smiling.
Fox saw the tailing ship disappear through the blue clouds, but didn't see them again after he went through.
"How strange." Fox looked at his radar, but didn't pick anything up.
"Come out where ever you are," said Samus, charging her weapon again. She knew where Ridson was, so all she was doing was playing around with him. Ridson was smart, leading her through several traps already, but they were ineffective.
"Where are you?" she laughed, seeing his tail go around a corner. She followed him out into an open field. Ridson was waiting for her.
"Hold still you little freak!" she yelled shooting her charge at him. From no where, a giant monster swapped the blast back at her. Samus put up the shield she had learned from Master Hand, stopping the blast.
"Samus, I would like for you to meet a friend of mine, Kraid...and Andross." Ridson held his hands up to two towering figures.
"I'm screwed," said Samus, taking off for the door. She ran through the dark hallways and traps, through the banquet hall, and back to the docking area. there she ran into some one else.
"Oomph!" cried the other. It was Fox.
"McCloud, we got three seconds to get out of here!" cried Samus, grabbing her long, gone friend, throwing him into his own ship. She jumped into hers and started it up and took off. Fox did the same, still a little winded from the knock down. He followed her and out into space. There, they saw three ships waiting.
"Ambush, let's get them before they get us!" called Samus, preparing to shoot.
"Don't, it's Falco!" yelled Fox, looking into the vidlink, seeing his friend talk to him.
"...I glad to see you again, Fox," said Falco.
"Falco, I thought you were dead," said Fox, putting his hand on the screen. This was happening too fast for him, he turned his head away. It couldn't be real. As Fox looked at his friend again, his saw an evil smile disappear. It was, but he wasn't going to say anything.
"Lets go!" said Captain Falcon. "We got company!" Fox looked at his radar and saw thousands of things heading their way.
"Oh, shoot!" said Samus, looking at the ship that was tailing her. On all five of their screens, eight images appeared to them.
"Hello, Fox, Falco." The voice was so easy to recognize.
"Star Wolf!" cried Fox, looking at the evil creature. His anger turned to fear, however, seeing four of the figures in the background. Shatters, like when he fought Evil Pikachu. Only, they were of Peppy, Slippy, Falco, and himself. Star Wolf laughed as the hordes fell upon. Samus called to him, but his fear reigned supreme in his mind.
'Don't let our pain go without venegence." Slippy's ghostly voice said this, and he snapped. full of raged, he put on the cloak and rammed Star wolf's ship.
"Where did he go?"
"I don't know, follow the others."
"I was brought back to kill Fox, and that is what I want, now let's find him!" their voices were drowned out by the rage, but he understood them, somehow. He flew the Arwing-SP through the ship shooting at everything.
"Eject! He's here!"
"No!" cried Samus.
"Come on, we couldn't do anything," said Falco flying off towards a brightly colored planet. Andross's minions followed them, and star Wolf's ship was smoking, following Falco's path. Samus, Captain Falcon, and Kirby followed, too, but they wouldn't make it to the planet.
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"Hmm." called the voice of a recognizable person.
"What is it?" said a childish one, in reply.
"It seems Fox has become unconscious in his rage and is tumbling down towards planet 214-KB."
"Kirby Brigade?"
"Yes, but I do believe that Fox will die in that crash. It should produce a nuclear blast strong enough to destroy anything in a twelve mile radius."
"What if it doesn't."
"Who said it wouldn't."
"Oh."
"Make sure he's dead, take your friend with you."
"Yes, Maxwell!"
"Slippy."
"Yes?"
"Don't fail." In the darkness, the person called Slippy gulped, leaving his master to do what was asked of him. Maxwell laughed as Slippy laughed, and he was joined by another.
"Cindy?"
"Yes?"
"Was it successful?"
"Yes, he fell to your power."
"Excellent, show him to me." A small boy was thrown into the little light being produced. It was Ness, and he was stuck in a frozen tomb with something else. Maxwell and the other laughed.
Space was thought to be the biggest thing in the universe. Maxwell totally blew that away. That kid was super intelligent, with a mind faster than a super computer. He should be eleven or twelve by now, so his mind must have increased, too. What would happen if he was to become an adult? End of all the universes most likely. Fox, get a hold of yourself.
Fox sat up in the broken down Arwing, looking out at the night sky. Where is everyone?
"Rrrrrrr," growled Fox, kicking the console of the Arwing. The lights flickered on, then off. He spent the last few years trying to get it to work, but to no success. He wasn't an inventor like Slippy. Poor, poor Slippy, dead like the others.
Thoughts of the past flashed through his eyes of the good old days. Well, good as any day with Andross around.
Fox's ears turned to the right, towards the Great Fox, which was an ancient ruin, now. He thought he heard static that he had been hearing since he landed on this planet. He had tried to find it, but he didn't, and, most likely, wouldn't.
Fox leaned back again and rested his eyes. His mind was racing, trying to figure a way off the planet. In a frustrated gruff, Fox kicked the console again. The lights flickered on, but they didn't go off.
"Hello?" asked Samus, picking up the signal by accident. She was trying to locate a planet with fuel resources when she picked up the faint signal. She tried to tune into it, but she couldn't make contact. It was strange, too, because it only seemed to be a few planets away. She turned her ship towards the planet, hoping it wasn't a trap.
Fox looked at the console in disbelief.
"I don't believe it!" he cried, jumping in joy. He started to press buttons on the console and a screen appeared in front of him.
"Okay," he muttered looking into the files to see if it could tell him what happened on the ship. It took him a few minutes, but he found the camera archive. His ears pricked up again. It was that static again.
"Focus Fox, you probably won't be able to do this again for a long time." He opened the archive. It was empty.
"No!" he cried, hitting the console. The lights flickered and went off. Fox pulled out his gun, which was almost out of ammo, and shot the console. The laser shot through, frying the console's computer chips. Fox could still hear the static.
He jumped out of the Arwing and ran towards the Great Fox. He opened the door and entered.
Inside he ran all over trying to find the source of the static. It was driving him mad. He pulled out his gun and started shooting everything that he thought was making it, but nothing stopped it. He finally ran out of ammo, so he tossed it away and started destroying things by hand.
"Where are you, you stupid static!" said Fox, throwing his fist into the wall. He heard a faint crack, but he didn't mind it. He was running blindly now, running somewhere as far from the static as possible. He ran into Slippy's room and threw himself under the dusty cot. The static was louder than ever in there.
There, Fox slept and awful sleep, dreaming he had nothing to live for anymore, and knew he was going to die soon.
"Okay, it should be that planet," said Samus, looking at the planet she tracked the signal from. The planet looked gassy green, except for the purplish oceans and a small section of blue clouds in the north. She headed towards the planet, homing in on the signal.
-I'm going to get you.- said Red, laughing at the pink blob before him.
-Not if I get you first.- said Kirby, going into his fighter stance. This made Red laugh more.
-You think you can withstand my power? Maxwell gave me more power than anything you could muster.-
-Then we shall see about that.- Kirby charged Red, but he jumped up and behind him. red made a grab for Kirby, but he swung back with a drill kick. Red grabbed his feet and threw him done into the ground.
-See?-
-Nope.- this remark earned Kirby another throw into the ground.
-Why do you defy Hauteur?-
-Because he is an arrogant being!- Kirby pulled free of red and started to comet punch him. A thought popped into his head.
-I'm going to take over your mind, Kirby, and there is nothing you can do about it.- sneered Red, power up an attack Kirby never seen before.
-This is my mind, it is my control, and I bring forth something that'll definitely beat you down to a pulp.-
-Oh, really?- Kirby held out his hand and something came to him. A yellow hammer he had used before to deal major damage.
-Bring it on, powder puff.-
-No, you bring it on, midget.- This seemed to tick off Red, who charged at Kirby in a blinding speed. Kirby was ready, though, as he brought the hammer in front of him. Red ran head first into it. He fell back, holding his head, while Kirby jumped over him. He started to spin around, with the hammer in front of him. It picked up Red, sent him around twice, and went, face first, into the floor of Kirby's mind.
-Still want some?- asked Kirby, pulling the hammer back. Red just laughed at him mercilessly.
-You think that weak attack hurt me?-
-What the...?- asked Kirby, watching Red surround himself in a dark blue aurora. He started to get bigger and bigger, before his eyes. He grew bigger than Kirby's mind, and soon, Kirby was only standing on Red.
-You will bow before me, now, Kirby!- said Red's new, booming voice. It sounded like Master Hand's. Kirby just laughed at this though.
-You think you can take control of my mind? Is this how you snared Luigi, Ness, Captain Falcon, and Jigglypuff? Is this how you got them to be cloned into super clones? You should no that my mind works just as fast as Maxwell's, and you're no match. Kirby started to meditate, starting to grow like Red.
-You're not suppose to do that!-
-Oh, but I can.- Kirby was now as big as Red, who was stunned and appalled. The big pink balloon started to suck in the air around Red.
-Nooooooooo!- cried Red, not being able to with stand the power, as he was sucked in and devoured.
Kirby woke up from his afternoon nap. It was strange, though, because that was the first time, in many attempts to take over his mind, that Red actually mentioned Master Hand as Maxwell Hauteur. It was strange.
Something blipped on Kirby's console. He looked at the blipping button and pressed it. A 3D map appeared of the surrounding solar system. Some one was coming his way.
Fox woke up three hours after his rampage, and he woke up with a banging headache. That wasn't what woke him.
"Fox, Fox, Fox, Fox, Fox, Fox, Fox..." Something was continually saying his name at a rapid pace. He looked out from under Slippy's bed and saw Slippy's computer flashing off and on, repeating Fox's name.
"Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle." He realized this could be an opportunity to figure out what was going on. He had tried to use the computer before, but it wouldn't work for him.
Fox walked over to the computer and stared at the screen. A vidlink was on, showing Slippy speaking his name. The picture was being looped, so Fox press the stop key. Slippy stopped. Fox then pressed play.
"Fox, some how these purple guys got on our ship after you and Falco left. They set a crash course for some planet in an unknown territory...I think it is called Chozo, or something, but listen Fox. Those new projects I was working on when you two left have been finished. They are being held in the secret cargo bay. An invisibility cloak that hides you and protects you from most physical damage. Also, the new Arwing-SP has been finished with the same functions as the cloak. There's room for Falco, too, so be careful. Don't let our pain go without venegence."
On the screen, Slippy turned around in horror as three purple guys walked in and grabbed Slippy. They then started to rip him apart. Fox couldn't watch, so he turned the screen off and walked out of Slippy's room. Where was the secret cargo bay?
"Hello?" asked Samus, finally connecting with the signal.
"Reeeeeeee?" A loud screech sounded from the signal, making Samus's ears hurt.
"Stop it!" she cried into her link. The screech stopped.
"Aero finni, o aero ninni?"
"What?"
"Lonio bi, lonio wertro de?"
"Do you speak English?" Samus was getting mad, not being able to understand
"Co awéè? Co wequer?"
"Do you speak English!"
"¿Qué puedes hablar?"
"Engles!" In her frustrated state, she had said something that would help her.
"Ingles?"
"Yes, English."
"Sorry it took so long, but I understand over fifty thousand languages, and it is so hard to figure out the exact one."
"It was about time. Are you good or bad?"
"It depends on how you define it, but I should say, good."
"Who are you?"
"Name's Ridson, and yours would be?
"Samus Aran, can I land on your planet and get some supplies and fuel."
"Yes, land in the blue patch of clouds, there's solid ground there, should be about fifty kilometers from where you are."
"Thank you," said Samus, punching in the coordinate and heading for the only blue patch on the planet. She didn't see the other ship moving in, towards her.
Kirby looked at the magnificent ship as it landed next to his starship on the planet he landed on. On the side of the ship were the words 'Falcon Flyer.' It was Captain Falcon's ship.
Kirby got out of his ship and looked at Captain Falcon slowly get out of his.
"Kirby, is it really you?" asked the bounty hunter, looking at his long, lost friend. Kirby nodded his head and jumped into Captain Falcon's arms.
"Where have you been?" he asked, setting Kirby back down on the starship. Kirby tried to mime his experience, relaying that his adventure was dull and boring except for Red interrupting his dreams, and his nightmares.
"Well, I guess you got off better than I did. It took me months to rebuild my ship, and even then, I couldn't take off until I found some fuel. It was tough, especially with those robots spreading the evil of Andross all over. I managed to take off about half a year ago, but I was chased by those creatures, until they seemed to head off for some place in unknown territory. The only thing I don't get, is why are you here?"
Kirby looked at Captain Falcon in confusion.
"Master Hand said he took us from different dimensions, right? How come I was able to reach your solar system?"
Kirby mimed how this wasn't his solar system.
"Then...then what does that mean?" asked Captain Falcon.
"It means that not only did Master Hand get the last laugh and upper hand, but he managed to retain his prisoners in his realm." Captain Falcon and Kirby looked in the direction of the voice. They saw a big, blue bird, wearing a black jacket, walk out from behind the Falcon Flyer. He ran his hand across the side of it.
"Who are you?" asked Captain Falcon, watching the bird, so that he didn't cause mischief. The bird just smiled.
"My name might appease, you, Captain Falcon, because my name is Falco. Nice race car."
"How did you know my name and that my ship was also a racer?"
"The same way Master Hand did, he knew, so I know. I was once a Secret Character like you, Captain."
"How come I never saw you?"
"You probably don't remember, but when you were stuck in that cage, don't you remember seeing other cages?"
"Yes, about ten others, but only three others had people."
"That is where you are wrong, those cages were in the shadows, so you never saw anyone in them, but didn't you hear our voices?"
"I was unconscious most of the time."
"You'll have to talk to Samus about it then, she read a list of everyone that was captured. Another thing, though, when Master Hand captured you, Ness, Jigglypuff, and Luigi, he made an announcement to all the dimensions, proclaiming his victory over ya'll. He then went and captured the others, but he hadn't made copies, because his minions caught the eight before he could. That's why they never saw our clones. His proclamation was a scam. So he made a new one."
"That would be?"
"He said he would be ready this time. When I heard this, I just had to escape and warn you guys. We need to find Fox and Samus, because they are in trouble if we don't help."
"Where are they?"
"They, too, are in this solar system. Fox is two planets away, and Samus is on the other side of the solar system. Let's go!"
"Where's your ship?"
"Right here," said Falco, jumping over the Falcon Flyer and landing into his Arwing. Kirby jumped into his starship, and Captain Falcon jumped into his. They took off to find Fox first.
Fox, however, had different plans. He had managed to find the secret cargo bay and Slippy's new Arwing-SP. He also tested the other invention, the cloaking device. It worked on the invisibility part, but he had to test the damage part. He climbed up into the rafters and jumped off onto a metal bar. Slippy must have been a little off in what he said. Fox couldn't bare the pain when he landed. Some how, though, he felt like he could get up and do it again, and again, and again. It worked.
"Slippy, you will not have died in vain." Fox got up off the bar and got into the Arwing-SP. He turned off the cloaking device and started up the ship. It started to run like it never was stuck in the hull for three years. He opened the hatch between the secret cargo bay and the take off hangar. He started the turbo on the ship and started to move forward.
"Let's see, I've been out of practice for a long time, so I hope I don't crash." Fox moved the accelerator forward and he shot straight out of the hanger in blinding speed.
'When ever I see Slippy again, I have to remind myself to thank him,' thought Fox, pulling back on the accelerator. He shot off so fast he didn't see where he was going. What he saw, though, was a gaseous planet and a small, yellow spaceship heading towards it.
Fox was going to celebrate, but he decided to see if the person was friend or foe. So he tried to establish communication with it. No answer.
"Reeeeeeeeeeee!" Went off the screech
"Ouch! Don't do that!"
"Sorry, but it's our only way of deciphering what your language is. It was easy for me today, because some one else has the same language as you."
"Who was it?"
"Samus Aran, is she a friend of yours?" Fox couldn't believe it. Samus Aran? How, though? He thought he was in his own dimension now.
"How can that be?"
"Old, old friend?"
"No, I met her three years ago, but she was from a different dimension."
"What do you mean?"
"An evil monster called Master Hand took several people from different dimensions and brought them to the planet he created, which is just one big maze. We escaped, but I thought we went back to our own dimensions."
"Maybe you never left, maybe he retained you."
"I'll follow her to make sure." Fox put on his homing beam on Samus, but he saw something. Another ship was already doing the same.
Kirby was scanning the planet, seeing Fox's Arwing-SP shoot off at a rapid speed. Captain Falcon saw it, too. The three space travelers followed as fast as they could behind Fox. Falco was smiling as he saw Fox speed of.
"Welcome Samus, welcome, welcome!" said a shadowed figure, helping Samus out of her ship.
"Thank you very much," seeing that she was being treated as a lady, which she kind of resented. Samus looked around at the landing sight as saw it was slimy and grimy. Sludge and filth covered the place. On her ship's readings of the planet, she found out that almost all of the gases were methane and hydrogen.
"Follow me, please," said Ridson, leaving through a darkened doorway. Samus followed behind him, getting a sudden feeling of dread.
Ridson led her down a dark hallway, leading to who knows where. Turning around a bend, she saw light at the end. She followed the shadow towards the light and looked into the lit room. It was a banquet hall, with about a thousand chairs up against hundreds of long tables.
"This is where you and you friend will be dining when everyone gets here." Samus wasn't paying attention to him, being awed by the size of the place.
"Samus?"
"Did you say a friend of mine will be here?"
"Yes, I believe his name is Fox."
"Fox?" she said in surprise, looking at Ridson in full lighting for the first time. It was Ridley.
"What's the matter?" he asked, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"You! I thought I was rid of you!"
"What are you talking about? This is the first time I ever saw you."
"Well, in that case." Samus started charging up her blaster, pointing it at Ridson.
"What are you doing, don't you fire that at me! Aaah!" Ridson jumped out of the way, seeing the blast rip down the tables and chairs. He got up and ran out a darkened door. Samus followed.
Captain Falcon saw Fox tailing the ship that was tailing Samus, but only for an instant.
"Those ships are faster than mine, and it's a race car!" said Captain Falcon, pushing the accelerator forward to Max, and was still one hundred times slower than Fox. Kirby had attached a line to his ship, so he could keep up. The Arwing of Falco's was barely keeping up, too. Falco was still smiling.
Fox saw the tailing ship disappear through the blue clouds, but didn't see them again after he went through.
"How strange." Fox looked at his radar, but didn't pick anything up.
"Come out where ever you are," said Samus, charging her weapon again. She knew where Ridson was, so all she was doing was playing around with him. Ridson was smart, leading her through several traps already, but they were ineffective.
"Where are you?" she laughed, seeing his tail go around a corner. She followed him out into an open field. Ridson was waiting for her.
"Hold still you little freak!" she yelled shooting her charge at him. From no where, a giant monster swapped the blast back at her. Samus put up the shield she had learned from Master Hand, stopping the blast.
"Samus, I would like for you to meet a friend of mine, Kraid...and Andross." Ridson held his hands up to two towering figures.
"I'm screwed," said Samus, taking off for the door. She ran through the dark hallways and traps, through the banquet hall, and back to the docking area. there she ran into some one else.
"Oomph!" cried the other. It was Fox.
"McCloud, we got three seconds to get out of here!" cried Samus, grabbing her long, gone friend, throwing him into his own ship. She jumped into hers and started it up and took off. Fox did the same, still a little winded from the knock down. He followed her and out into space. There, they saw three ships waiting.
"Ambush, let's get them before they get us!" called Samus, preparing to shoot.
"Don't, it's Falco!" yelled Fox, looking into the vidlink, seeing his friend talk to him.
"...I glad to see you again, Fox," said Falco.
"Falco, I thought you were dead," said Fox, putting his hand on the screen. This was happening too fast for him, he turned his head away. It couldn't be real. As Fox looked at his friend again, his saw an evil smile disappear. It was, but he wasn't going to say anything.
"Lets go!" said Captain Falcon. "We got company!" Fox looked at his radar and saw thousands of things heading their way.
"Oh, shoot!" said Samus, looking at the ship that was tailing her. On all five of their screens, eight images appeared to them.
"Hello, Fox, Falco." The voice was so easy to recognize.
"Star Wolf!" cried Fox, looking at the evil creature. His anger turned to fear, however, seeing four of the figures in the background. Shatters, like when he fought Evil Pikachu. Only, they were of Peppy, Slippy, Falco, and himself. Star Wolf laughed as the hordes fell upon. Samus called to him, but his fear reigned supreme in his mind.
'Don't let our pain go without venegence." Slippy's ghostly voice said this, and he snapped. full of raged, he put on the cloak and rammed Star wolf's ship.
"Where did he go?"
"I don't know, follow the others."
"I was brought back to kill Fox, and that is what I want, now let's find him!" their voices were drowned out by the rage, but he understood them, somehow. He flew the Arwing-SP through the ship shooting at everything.
"Eject! He's here!"
"No!" cried Samus.
"Come on, we couldn't do anything," said Falco flying off towards a brightly colored planet. Andross's minions followed them, and star Wolf's ship was smoking, following Falco's path. Samus, Captain Falcon, and Kirby followed, too, but they wouldn't make it to the planet.
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"Hmm." called the voice of a recognizable person.
"What is it?" said a childish one, in reply.
"It seems Fox has become unconscious in his rage and is tumbling down towards planet 214-KB."
"Kirby Brigade?"
"Yes, but I do believe that Fox will die in that crash. It should produce a nuclear blast strong enough to destroy anything in a twelve mile radius."
"What if it doesn't."
"Who said it wouldn't."
"Oh."
"Make sure he's dead, take your friend with you."
"Yes, Maxwell!"
"Slippy."
"Yes?"
"Don't fail." In the darkness, the person called Slippy gulped, leaving his master to do what was asked of him. Maxwell laughed as Slippy laughed, and he was joined by another.
"Cindy?"
"Yes?"
"Was it successful?"
"Yes, he fell to your power."
"Excellent, show him to me." A small boy was thrown into the little light being produced. It was Ness, and he was stuck in a frozen tomb with something else. Maxwell and the other laughed.