Darkwarrior17: Hi. I don't really have much to say, so yeah.

NIYANNA: READ THIS! READ THIS! In like, the second chapter, I explained that the Ping! was going to be a way of switching scenes. I think I stated that again in chapter four. And here I will say it again.

REMINDER: Changes between places will be marked with a "ping!"

Night Genie: People getting shocked is still going. I just haven't used it much.

Guns and Swords

XI

Power Outage

The power went out.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !" The Crazy Hand's scream could be heard for miles over the thunder and lightning. And he was about to scream again when his psychologist shot him with a dart gun. He tensed for a second and then fell limp.

The doctor quickly picked him up and strapped him to a stretcher. He wheeled him out, saying to Grothlik, "Use the generator to tell everyone that the tournament is canceled until further notice."

"What about him? He'll have a fit if he finds out."

"He won't be up for a day or so. I'll make sure of that."

Ping!

Inside the Guns cell, Commander Keen was playing Pong on his wrist pad when the victors were thrown in. The tubes were dark except for the glow of Keen's game.

"Okay… this is bad news." Samus said, looking over at the glowing face of Keen as he played his game.

"And why is that?"

"Well, um, you see, uhhhhh…"

"You're really convincing, you know?"

Ping!

"I think we might be able to get out of here." Fox said, after some people had finished chaining Marth and Roy to the cave.

"What? How!"

"It's simple enough. We just break the chains and make a jump for the ledge over there." Fox explained.

"Fox, you're forgetting the electrical shield." Falco pointed out.

"No, I'm not. I seriously doubt that they got a generator rigged so fast."

"But still that's one long jump."

"Except for the swordsman, we all have incredible recovery moves. And I'm sure we can figure a way for them to make it."

"It's still risky…"

"It's our only chance."

"I vote we take it!" Link shouted from where he was hanging

"Fine! But who's going first?"

"Uhhhhhhh…"

Ping!

Ganondorf and Young Link were in complete darkness, except for the seemingly far off glow of the other tube.

"Man, I wish we had technology." Ganondorf said, looking over to where he had last seen Young Link.

PHHTHHH

"YA! Get those fire arrows away from me!"

Young Link snickered. "Oops sorry. I didn't light anything, did I?"

"GIVE ME THOSE!"

Ping!

"NOW!" Fox shouted and shot Falco's chain with his blaster. Falco fell for a minute, and then…

"FIRE!"

He jumped onto the ledge and landed perfectly. Unfortunately the noise caught the attention of the guards and they came running.

Falco quickly shot the chain holding Fox, turned and shot one of the guards, which were the same type of people who had captured them in the first place. Fox soon joined him and together they momentarily drove the guards back.

"QUICK! Shoot me down!" Zelda shouted. Falco quickly shot her chain and she teleported over to them, where she changed into Shiek. Falco then shot Link, who tried to use his recovery move but missed and began tumbling down… down… until Shiek caught him with her whip and pulled him up most of the way. Sheik was shot with a dart, momentarily stunning her. Link quickly used his grappling hook and caught onto a ledge and pulled him self up when he noticed a small path way that was almost completely hidden from any other angle. He also noticed that some of the guards were trying to encircle those who where up there. He pulled himself up, and began to climb.

Ping!

"God, this is boring. Can I borrow that wrist thingy?" Samus asked.

"Once I'm done." Keen answered.

It was silent except for the "bleep" of Pong. Samus coughed politely and asked "Does that thing play music?"

"Yep."

"…"

Bleep

"Uhhhhh… Could you play some?"

"Sure." Keen said.

He pressed a button on the wrist pad and…"ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST" started to play at max volume, popping the ears of all around them until Keen turned it off.

Captain Falcon, who had been sleeping, was banging his head against the tube in an effort to escape from the sound.

"Oops, I guess the volume's broken." Keen snickered.

"WHY COULDN'T YOU HAVE TOLD US!"

Ping!

"SHOOT MARTH AND ROY OFF THEIR CHAINS!" Fox shouted to Falco, who had managed to break away from the melee.

TSWEE!

TSWEE!

Fox quickly shot them both down and they tried to jump up but… Marth didn't make it. And this time there was no whip.

"MARTH!" Roy shouted as he saw Marth falling down towards the lava.

PHWAAA!

"What was that?" Fox asked.

Just then the group that had been coming down the path appeared behind them.

"Freeze!" one of them said, holding a pistol up.

"AHHHHHH!" Link jumped up and sliced the person in half. The head tumbled down, making a tin can noise.

"They're just machines!" Fox shouted.

"Yeah, we noticed!" Link shouted back "There's this tunnel over there that we can get out of. C'mon, follow me!"

Ping!

"Bad news. The master woke up early." The psychiatrist said to Grothlik.

"Oh shit."

"Bad news. He found out about the power still being out."

"Ooh shit."

"Bad news. He heard about the cancelling of the games."

"Oooh shit."

"Bad news. He's holding you responsible."

"OH SHIT!"

"GROTHLIIIIIIIK!"

"More bad news. He's-"

"Oh shut up, will you."

Ping!

The escapees had made their way out of the area and were making their way across a small pathway.

"I don't like this." Roy said, looking down into the lava far, far below.

"Yeah, the lava is kind of freaky."

"No, it's not that. It's that if any of you wobble, you're going to grab onto me, since I'm the strongest built and I'm in the middle."

Fox and Falco looked at each other.

"You know, he's amazingly perceptive for a guy who lives in the Stone Age."

"I DO NOT LIVE IN THE STONE AGE, YOU LITTLE WEASLES!"

"Guys, come on. I think those little guys are following us." Shiek said, looking back.

"Oh cripes, you're right. C'mon, faster, faster Falco."

"Shut up and don't rush me."

"They're getting closer…"

"I said shut up!"

"SHIT, THEY'RE COMING FASTER!"

"Move it, man!" Fox pushed Falco forward, who tripped and almost fell off.

"DON'T DO THAT!"

"THE EXIT'S RIGHT THERE! MOVE IT OR LOSE IT!" Unfortunately the path was beginning to crumble where they were standing and everyone made a mad dash for the doorway. Everyone but Falco.

"C'mon you loser! Don't tell me you're afraid of heights!"

Then the path fell.

Falco barely grabbed on to the ledge. Fox managed to grab his wrist before the part where he was holding crumbled.

The little men were coming in fast as Link and Zelda shot arrow and needle into them.

"Get him up!" Roy shouted, ducking a stun dart. "I feel really useless right now."

"YOU COULD HELP, YOU KNOW!" Fox shouted trying his best to hold on to Falco. Roy ran up and grabbed onto Fox, trying to heave him up.

"THE ROCKS ARE CRUMBLING!" Falco shouted, falling down farther.

There was a whooshing sound and a net spread over the gap, ensnaring Fox and Falco on the bottom side.

"They're crossing! Link, take care of them." Sheik shouted to Link as he jumped onto the net, hacking madly at the crossing robots. Sheik teleported slightly above Falco and grabbed his head, and teleported back up with him. Roy shot back along with Fox and they almost went off the cliff themselves.

"WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THAT BEFORE!" Falco shouted at Sheik.

"Because you didn't ask me to." Shiek said, shooting off a few more needles.

At this point more and more little guys were swarming the net and Link was losing his position. He was beginning to retreat when Roy came forward, slashing and hacking with him.

"Get going. I'll hold them off." Roy said to Link, slashing at a robot that was coming too close.

"And let you take all the credit? No way!" Link said back, firing off another arrow.

"Fine, but let's get onto solid ground and blow up the net, shall we?"

They hacked their way onto the next ledge, the robots flying off as they went.

"What the hell are you two doing? We need to get out of here!" Falco shouted.

"They aren't coming…" Fox whispered.

"What?"

"They aren't coming. Now let's go, before all this goes to waste." They ran down the path, and they had gone no more than ten feet when a great explosion caused the area behind them to crumble away.

"C'mon" Falco shouted to Sheik as he looked back. Then she turned and ran.

Link grabbed the limp net and threw it onto the mass of the little people. He caught five or six of them, and then with the help of Roy threw them off the cliff.

"We would be good in a video game together." Roy said, slashing out quickly.

"Too bad there isn't much chance of that, eh?" Link grinned, hacking a few more off.

"At least we can give them a chance to escape."

"Let's see how many we can take in the process…"

They grabbed each other by the arms and threw themselves into the mob.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Ping!

Fox and Falco quickly shut the door and bolted it, hoping that they could hold them off long enough to get somewhere useful.

"Okay. Let's take stock of our position." Fox said. "We lost Marth, Roy and Link. We are in some moron's castle, with robots the size of toddlers shooting stun darts at us. Anything else?"

"Yeah, one of the toddlers just shot me." Falco said. He then collapsed and behind him was three of the robots, reloading their guns.

"Oh shit…" Fox immediately shot out the first two, and Sheik took out the other one.

"Help me carry him. They know where we are now."

Ping!

"Um, Mr. Grothlik sir, we have more problems." A random minion tugged on his sleeve.

"Oh, God. You tell the master."

"Well, sir, I had better inform you first. The prisoners are missing from the, uh, lava flow."

"Oh, boo hoo. We don't have to tell him that. We've got these." Grothlik held up a remote with the names of the Smashers on it.

Ping!

"Okay, where do we need to get him?" Sheik asked.

"Some corner that nobody goes to. Now- OW!" Fox grabbed his neck as and electrical jolt went through his body.

"What is it- Ow!"

"Shit! I forgot about these things! Here, hold still…"

"What the hell are you going to-"

Tswee!

The collar snapped off and dropped to the floor. Sheik grabbed Falco's gun and shot both of the other collars off.

"Damn, these could be tracking devices. Quick throw them somewhere." Sheik quickly stuffed them in some random corner, and as he turned around they heard a whirring noise.

THUNK!

A dart impaled Sheik in the back, almost instantly putting him down. Fox had no choice but to run, and run he did.

Ping!

"Damn, they took their collars off. Flood the place with guards. And get more people on the power problem." Grothlik shouted orders to anyone around.

"Not bad being in command, eh, Grothlik?" A voice stated coldly.

"Master, I did not see you there!"

"SHUT UP, YOU FOOL! I am in charge again. Now, why do you want to flood the castle with people?" Grothlik made a squealing noise as the Crazy Hand grabbed him by the neck and lifted him into the air.

"The prisoners hanging by the chain! They escaped and I only just heard about it! It's not my fault!"

"Oh shut up, you sniveling little toad. I still have a use for you."

Ping!

Fox was still dragging Falco along when he started to come to.

"Oooh, my head!"

"Shhhh! They might hear us at any moment. Just be quiet."

BREEBREEBREEBREEBREEBREE!

"MY HEAD!"

"Shit!"

"Freeze, you scumbags!" One of the little men shouted, pointing his dart gun at them.

WOOSH!

The wall behind them opened and they were yanked in.

WOOSH!

The wall shut just as fast as it had opened.

"Hi there. I believe you have met me, although I will say my name again. My name is Rasaara Veelandik, ex-technical genius of this place. Welcome to my lab."

Would now be a good time to give them power?

Yes. Now is the time.

Darkwarrior17: I got ungrounded early! Yes! At least I was halfway through this chapter before I was grounded. Okay then, review and I will update as soon as possible.