Woo-hoo! finally my connection got fixed and I'm back online! Here, my
loyal fans, is the long-awaited (well, maybe not too long) second chapter
of the Smash Force series! Read and Review!
DISCLAIMER - Most of these characters, if not all, don't belong to me.
Chapter 2: Departing For Adventure
For the longest time, the two pilots flew in silence, each knowing the other was just as clueless toward what lied ahead as they were. Since the destination was the only thing on the minds, it made conversations fairly limited. However, Captain Falcon soon learned it was going to be a longer trip than expected, so he finally broke the silence.
Flicking the switch on the comm system, he asked, "I just thought of something. You never had the right to stop my ship, did you?"
Fox swallowed hard.
"After all, you and your crew only pilot a ship for hire, not a vessel of the Lylatian army..."
"Well, we have close connections with the Lylatian government--"
"So? They didn't make you a part of the army!"
"Look, I'm sorry, alright? Besides, if I hadn't halted you in the first place, we never would've been able to...find that thing?"
Falcon's eyes widened in astonishment as a huge, multifaceted purple crystal came into view.
"Quick, fire the tow cables! Maybe our ships can stop this thing from moving!"
Both ships latched onto the crystal, and managed to stop the space debris with relative ease.
"You think it's worth anything?" Falcon asked eagerly, the bounty hunter inside of him trying to estimate the weight of the object.
"Only one way to know. Let's get some pressure suits and check it out."
"Right." Shutting off his ship, Falcon unbuckled his safety belt and headed for the airlock of his ship. He donned a somewhat uncomfortable pressure suit, double-checked it for leaks, then opened the hatch and jetted out into the endless vacuum of space.
"Hmm. It's like no substance I've ever seen," said Fox, apparently running tests on it with the suit's wrist computer. "Odd, it seems to be organic."
"Holy crap! This thing's alive!?"
"No, idiot! It's just that a large percentage of what's in it can originate from living things, like a spider web."
"Well, if it's not alive, how did it 'call' us here?"
"Damned if I know."
The duo explored their find in renewed silence. They searched all over the large, mysterious asteroid for anything suspicious, but still found nothing to answer the questions burning in their minds. It would have been like finding a vault of treasure that wouldn't open, or a tome of knowledge they couldn't read. Fox had nearly given up when Falcon stopped looking on the rock and started looking in it.
Blinking in disbelief, he called out to Fox on the comm. "Look! I can see my reflection in this thing, but it's not a reflected image! It's true-to- life!"
"Eerie," Fox quipped. "Hey, what's this...?" Some strange form appeared to be trapped inside of the crystal. Fox shined a light on it, to reveal a row of gleaming teeth. "An alien species--"
Without warning, the alien burst out from the crystal and latched on to the back of Fox's helmet, who weakly clutched at the limbs around his throat.
"AAAAAAAAAA!"
"What in hell- I'm coming!" Falcon boldly called, just as three more beasts emerged violently from the crystal to cut him off. "What are these things?!"
"I don't know, but this one's trying to crush my helmet!"
"I'd like to say I'm on my way, but I'm not!" Falcon replied, barely managing to fend the creatures off with kicks and punches.
Realizing he was on his own, Fox thought furiously, and a desperate plan finally came to him. "Well, it's do or die!!" he yelled as he activated his suit's jetpack and flew in a wide arc. He acted with every bit of maneuverability he could, but the creature only increased its grip, slightly cracking Fox's visor in the process. Fox sweated a bit, but showed no despair at his failure to shake off his foe on the high-speed turns. Instead, he boosted the jetpack to maximum velocity and slammed the beast into the crystal, killing it on impact.
Falcon drove his fist into a being's skull, then used its unconscious form to batter the others senseless. When one tried to rip open his suit he pulled it off and thrust it back into one of the holes left in the rock, making it stuck. He was using every move he knew, but knew he was hopelessly outnumbered, but he was doing pretty well anyway, all things considered. Fox appeared by his side, helping in their desperate battle, his fighting style perfectly complimenting Falcon's. While Fox could handle many opponents simultaneously (thanks to having five limbs), he lacked the raw strength needed to dispatch any of the numerous foes. Falcon could finish off one or two, but couldn't concentrate on too many at once.
Some of the beasts were knocked out. Others were frightened off. A great number of them ceased to exist, and yet their numbers never seemed to grow smaller, as so many were still emerging from the mysterious asteroid.
"Fall back!" bellowed Fox. "Get to the ships! NOW!"
Both pilots fled in unison toward the safety of their vessels, gaining a head start over the momentarily confused vermin.
"Now what?" asked a frantic Falcon. "Lasers don't last forever, you know!"
"I've got one plasma bomb with me, it's our only chance!" The Lylatian replied as he took careful aim and fired. The missile streaked straight toward the crystal, hitting it head on and lighting the ebony of space with a brilliant display of pyrotechnic fury.
"Aww, is that all we had to do?" taunted Falcon. "Hah! That was nothing! Show me your moves, suckers!" 'Hmm... I like the sound of that,' Falcon thought to himself.
"Crap! They're not all gone yet, Falcon! Fire!"
Both ships gave the last bit of resistance they could, but they were quickly overtaken. All the weapons were ripped off the vessels, and then the beasts started to work on breaking the plasteel windows.
"Nice while it lasted, pal," Falcon muttered over the comm.
Fox slumped in defeat. How could this happen? What did the creatures want? Why were so many of them forcibly put into stasis within the asteroid? Were they guarding something?
"There's got to be something I can do," said Fox. "Something must be able to stop them. Wait, what's happening?"
At that moment, all the shards of the mysterious asteroid sent spinning into space halted, as if time had been frozen (but the beasts hammered on). Slowly they turned, and shot off toward the ships, impaling every last one of the vile creatures still living.
"How the hell did that happen!?" Falcon blurted out.
'I did it,' said a voice. 'And I thank you for freeing me, although it does little good for now. Please, help me in my quest, or all of us are doomed.'
"Who are you?" asked Falcon.
'I am Mewtwo.'
DISCLAIMER - Most of these characters, if not all, don't belong to me.
Chapter 2: Departing For Adventure
For the longest time, the two pilots flew in silence, each knowing the other was just as clueless toward what lied ahead as they were. Since the destination was the only thing on the minds, it made conversations fairly limited. However, Captain Falcon soon learned it was going to be a longer trip than expected, so he finally broke the silence.
Flicking the switch on the comm system, he asked, "I just thought of something. You never had the right to stop my ship, did you?"
Fox swallowed hard.
"After all, you and your crew only pilot a ship for hire, not a vessel of the Lylatian army..."
"Well, we have close connections with the Lylatian government--"
"So? They didn't make you a part of the army!"
"Look, I'm sorry, alright? Besides, if I hadn't halted you in the first place, we never would've been able to...find that thing?"
Falcon's eyes widened in astonishment as a huge, multifaceted purple crystal came into view.
"Quick, fire the tow cables! Maybe our ships can stop this thing from moving!"
Both ships latched onto the crystal, and managed to stop the space debris with relative ease.
"You think it's worth anything?" Falcon asked eagerly, the bounty hunter inside of him trying to estimate the weight of the object.
"Only one way to know. Let's get some pressure suits and check it out."
"Right." Shutting off his ship, Falcon unbuckled his safety belt and headed for the airlock of his ship. He donned a somewhat uncomfortable pressure suit, double-checked it for leaks, then opened the hatch and jetted out into the endless vacuum of space.
"Hmm. It's like no substance I've ever seen," said Fox, apparently running tests on it with the suit's wrist computer. "Odd, it seems to be organic."
"Holy crap! This thing's alive!?"
"No, idiot! It's just that a large percentage of what's in it can originate from living things, like a spider web."
"Well, if it's not alive, how did it 'call' us here?"
"Damned if I know."
The duo explored their find in renewed silence. They searched all over the large, mysterious asteroid for anything suspicious, but still found nothing to answer the questions burning in their minds. It would have been like finding a vault of treasure that wouldn't open, or a tome of knowledge they couldn't read. Fox had nearly given up when Falcon stopped looking on the rock and started looking in it.
Blinking in disbelief, he called out to Fox on the comm. "Look! I can see my reflection in this thing, but it's not a reflected image! It's true-to- life!"
"Eerie," Fox quipped. "Hey, what's this...?" Some strange form appeared to be trapped inside of the crystal. Fox shined a light on it, to reveal a row of gleaming teeth. "An alien species--"
Without warning, the alien burst out from the crystal and latched on to the back of Fox's helmet, who weakly clutched at the limbs around his throat.
"AAAAAAAAAA!"
"What in hell- I'm coming!" Falcon boldly called, just as three more beasts emerged violently from the crystal to cut him off. "What are these things?!"
"I don't know, but this one's trying to crush my helmet!"
"I'd like to say I'm on my way, but I'm not!" Falcon replied, barely managing to fend the creatures off with kicks and punches.
Realizing he was on his own, Fox thought furiously, and a desperate plan finally came to him. "Well, it's do or die!!" he yelled as he activated his suit's jetpack and flew in a wide arc. He acted with every bit of maneuverability he could, but the creature only increased its grip, slightly cracking Fox's visor in the process. Fox sweated a bit, but showed no despair at his failure to shake off his foe on the high-speed turns. Instead, he boosted the jetpack to maximum velocity and slammed the beast into the crystal, killing it on impact.
Falcon drove his fist into a being's skull, then used its unconscious form to batter the others senseless. When one tried to rip open his suit he pulled it off and thrust it back into one of the holes left in the rock, making it stuck. He was using every move he knew, but knew he was hopelessly outnumbered, but he was doing pretty well anyway, all things considered. Fox appeared by his side, helping in their desperate battle, his fighting style perfectly complimenting Falcon's. While Fox could handle many opponents simultaneously (thanks to having five limbs), he lacked the raw strength needed to dispatch any of the numerous foes. Falcon could finish off one or two, but couldn't concentrate on too many at once.
Some of the beasts were knocked out. Others were frightened off. A great number of them ceased to exist, and yet their numbers never seemed to grow smaller, as so many were still emerging from the mysterious asteroid.
"Fall back!" bellowed Fox. "Get to the ships! NOW!"
Both pilots fled in unison toward the safety of their vessels, gaining a head start over the momentarily confused vermin.
"Now what?" asked a frantic Falcon. "Lasers don't last forever, you know!"
"I've got one plasma bomb with me, it's our only chance!" The Lylatian replied as he took careful aim and fired. The missile streaked straight toward the crystal, hitting it head on and lighting the ebony of space with a brilliant display of pyrotechnic fury.
"Aww, is that all we had to do?" taunted Falcon. "Hah! That was nothing! Show me your moves, suckers!" 'Hmm... I like the sound of that,' Falcon thought to himself.
"Crap! They're not all gone yet, Falcon! Fire!"
Both ships gave the last bit of resistance they could, but they were quickly overtaken. All the weapons were ripped off the vessels, and then the beasts started to work on breaking the plasteel windows.
"Nice while it lasted, pal," Falcon muttered over the comm.
Fox slumped in defeat. How could this happen? What did the creatures want? Why were so many of them forcibly put into stasis within the asteroid? Were they guarding something?
"There's got to be something I can do," said Fox. "Something must be able to stop them. Wait, what's happening?"
At that moment, all the shards of the mysterious asteroid sent spinning into space halted, as if time had been frozen (but the beasts hammered on). Slowly they turned, and shot off toward the ships, impaling every last one of the vile creatures still living.
"How the hell did that happen!?" Falcon blurted out.
'I did it,' said a voice. 'And I thank you for freeing me, although it does little good for now. Please, help me in my quest, or all of us are doomed.'
"Who are you?" asked Falcon.
'I am Mewtwo.'