Darkwarrior17: Wow. Apparently Chapter 11 was really good. I got a record of four reviews from four different people, with two of those people new! And I made it onto a fourth person's favorite author list! Let's see… my sister, Xiao-DarkCloud, Streak Has Returned and myself. How I made it onto my own list I don't know. Well, here we go again.
Guns and Swords
XII
The Second Round Ends
The day after the power outage was sunny. The tournament would continue in half an hour, and crowds were coming in fast. Most people were happy. Some weren't.
"Dang. I can't believe we ended up here again." Link, Roy, and Zelda were hanging from their old spot above the lava.
"I figured we'd get pushed off the cliff. But noooo, they shoot us full of darts and hang us back up here." Marth complained. "So, what happened to Fox and Falco?"
"I don't know. Their either dead or escaped. I lost track of them when I got shot."
"QUIET THERE! You heard the Crazy Hand! NO TALKING!"
"Well, I don't think we will be getting out again." Link said, looking at the battery powered guns pointed right at them.
Ping!
"Fox, I don't feel so well."
"What?"
"I said I don't feel well."
"What's wrong?" Rasaara said, wheeling over to where Falco was laying down.
"He's having an allergic reaction to the dart that hit him. I don't think we can help him here." Krima suddenly popped out of nowhere.
"Don't do that…" Fox said.
"What?"
"That thing… where you just pop out of nowhere."
"I didn't 'pop'."
"Anyway, what's this about an allergic reaction?" Rasaara asked.
"It's from the dart. The bird's blood can't take it, and he needs a transfusion." Krima answered.
"Why?"
"I don't know. Why didn't you get shot?"
"BECAUSE I'M TOO SMART TO GET SHOT!" Fox retorted.
"Oh, God, this is going to be a long week." Rasaara mumbled.
Ping!
"I believe before the power went out, I was saying who was going to be helping Commander Keen." Troy was back in the blimp, giving his announcement. "The helper is going to be a Vortican bear, which is a combination of long ranged blasters and brute strength. The arena will be fought at a randomly selected place. We will now select the area. Chlöe, what's the scoop on that?"
"Well the drawing is about to start, and after that the fight will commence." The camera switched to Chlöe, who was standing about five or six feet away, next to a raffle-type thing. The thing then began to spin.
Rattle rattle rattle… dink!
"And the area has been chosen… ONETT! Ness' home town."
"That's great, Chlöe. And the fight's about to begin!"
Ganondorf and Young Link were out on the arena that had just generated itself.
"Okay, you've got Keen and I'll take the Vorticon. Try to snipe them from the awnings up there." Ganondorf said, looking at the drug store.
"5…4…3…2…1…GO!
WHAM!
Ganondorf's kick came fast. The bear was totally taken off guard by the quickness and the powerfulness of the move. He slammed into the wall behind them and Ganondorf came in for another hit.
Brzzapp!
The laser blast missed Ganondorf's head by inches.
"HOLY SHIT!"
Wham!
A blow to the stomach was not something Ganondorf expected.
"ARG!" Young Link lashed out at Commander Keen, only to miss yet again. Commander Keen was dodging with in the instant that Young Link's sword would have hit, making Young Link very aggravated.
"WHY WON'T YOU STAY STILL!" He shouted, missing yet again. He finally threw his boomerang, catching Keen off guard, and knocking him back a few feet.
Bong!
Keen quickly used his boomerang and shot straight up, and then down on top of Young Link.
WHAM WHAM WHAM BRZAP!
Ganondorf was also doing badly against the Vortican, who was taking advantage of being slightly faster then Ganondorf. The Vortican swung again, only this time his arm was caught by Ganondorf. Ganondorf quickly swung him around and let go, sending him flying into the wall.
"Dang… I didn't think I'd have to take this dang thing out till later… Dang sissy thing." Ganondorf pulled out THE GOLDEN BUNNY HOOD!
(AN: Sorry, I just kind of got carried away.)
So, anyway. Ganondorf put on the bunny hood and got super speed and super jump.
Wham Wham Wham Wham Wham Wham Wham Wham!
Up on the awnings, Young Link was managing to keep Keen away from him by shooting fire arrows as Keen jumped up. This worked… until the awning collapsed.
"YAAA!" Young Link screamed as he fell.
Wham!
Keen pogoed up into Young Links back, shooting him back up, where he again fell into Commander Keen. But this time there was no coming down.
WHAM!
The Vortican nearly KOed Keen as it went flying through the air.
"Damn… I missed…" Said Ganondorf.
Unfortunately for Ganondorf, Keen had seen what he hadn't. An item barrel. Two quick shots were all it took to distract Ganondorf. Keen took off running for it.
BEEEEEEEEP!
WHAM!
A car sped out of control and hit Commander Keen. The force knocked far, far out of the arena. Ding…
By this time Ganondorf had seen the item barrel, only to be shot in the back by the Vorticon bear. Then Young Link grabbed it. With a quick throw the barrel went over Ganondorf's head and exploded on top the Vorticon, revealing a warp star, a metal box and a Mr. Saturn.
Everyone in the audience: AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! IT'S SO CUTE!
"What the hell?" Ganondorf asked, looking around.
"No idea…"
(AN: Remember from chapter six, there's a little explanation. Rasaara put contact lenses with cameras and everything in the contestant's eyes, and at the very end of chapter six he explained that he could choose what they see. So everyone heard the people in the arena, they just couldn't see them, therefore confusing them. Wow, that was a long author's note. And it probably wasn't necessary.)
There was a small pause and, while everyone was busy in thought, Ganondorf quickly grabbed the Metal Box and threw the Mr. Saturn at Commander Keen. It did next to nothing.
"Man that sucks."
Well, Ganondorf was not about to waste his metaly-ness and started to pound the Vorticon into the dirt.
Well this was happening; Keen and Young Link had a quick scramble for the warp star. Young Link, being much more skilled at close range, got the warp star first. He warped to right where Keen was and, using that as a distraction, got up onto the top of the awning and began shooting again, this time being wary of the weakness of the material.
"Oh darn. The metal wore off…" Ganondorf said disappointedly.
At this point the Vorticon was about to get it, and after being beat into a bloody pulp by Metal Ganondorf, it wouldn't be too hard.
Keen, seeing this while he was dodging, rolling and cursing Link, rolled towards the Mr. Saturn and grabbed, throwing it at Young Link and took off running, while Ganondorf was continuing beating the Vorticon. It didn't matter if he had hit Link or not. The thing is, he did.
Riiiiiip!
Poof!
Riiiiiip!
WHAM!
Link landed directly on top of Keen, who was drawing his blaster and taking aim at Ganondorf. Unfortunately, Keen still shot, but (obviously) the shot was off, and instead of hitting Ganondorf, he hit The Vorticon.
Finally noticing that Keen was standing back there, he quickly threw the Vorticon out of the area, hoping he went far enough. The thing is, it did.
"This is astounding! They are almost completely evenly matched! Chloe, what are the stats?"
"Well, since The Vorticon just died, he's obviously at zero. Young Link's fall added a bit, he's got a fifty-five percent chance of being KOed. Ganondorf has twenty, and he's still on his first life. And Keen… He's at fifty-six."
"HA!" Young Link laughed.
WHAM!
"Oops. Young Link's at fifty-seven."
Link slashed at Keen with his sword, only for it to be blocked by Keen's Pogo-stick. They began to fence with these two items, Keen with the obvious disadvantage: One: He's not a swordsman. Two: The Pogo-stick is less effective then my grandma (Anyone's grandma for that matter) wielding a sword. And three: IT'S A POGO-STICK! State the non-obvious one last.
Keen was just beginning to realize this (boy genius my foot) when Young Link slashed his leg, and the shot him with a flaming arrow.
Ping!
"Will my blood work?" Fox asked, sitting over the constantly sweating Falco.
"No, I'm afraid that none of our blood will work. You see, he's a bird, I'm a bat, you're a fox and he's a giant bug."
"Reptile bug."
"Yeah, whatever. The point is that none of our blood would match. We need another bird with the same blood type. Now, in the area, the only way we can get the blood… is…"
Ping!
"Hi-Ii!"
Ping!
"WHAT!"
"You heard me. If we can get Kirby to suck his blood a little-enter vampire Kirby, or something- then we can get some more blood. Simple, right?"
"Wrong. We have no idea where Kirby is, and the chances of us finding him without getting sucked up are slim to none."
"He's in the castle."
"What?"
"ARE YOU DEAF? HE'S IN THE CASTLE!"
"How? More importantly, where?"
"Somewhere in the lower levels. He has friends, as well."
Ping!
Back at the fight, Young Link and Keen where almost completely evenly matched. Ganondorf and the Vorticon were not.
WHAM!
CrrrrUnch!
The sound of the Vorticon's spine breaking was quite loud. And as he began to fall to the ground, Ganondorf picked him up and threw him at Commander Keen, killing both off.
"That was amazing! Ganondorf totally blew both of them away! If Keen and the Vorticon don't do something soon, the match will be over quite quickly."
The thing is, they did do something.
The Vorticon grabbed Keen and threw him straight up into the air. Keen the pulled out his pogo-stick and bounced onto the head of the Vorticon and bounced up high, and began firing at Ganondorf and Link. Most missed, but that wasn't the point.
WHAM!
The Vorticon hit both at once, coming in while they were distracted. Link was sent up, but Ganondorf was unlucky. Out.
Stweeee!
An arrow hissed by the Vorticon and hit Keen, who was just landing.
"Oof!"
Link threw his boomerang, catching both of them. They got up again, only to be hit again. Link dodged his boomerang and it chased him over, hitting the two again.
Ganondorf caught the boomerang in mid flight, and threw it at the Vorticon. It buried the point into the ground right next to its head.
"I'd prefer to make your death longer." He said, picking the boomerang up and throwing it to Link.
Bonk!
A turtle shell hit him in the back of the head, taking him by surprise.
"Dang. I missed that one's movement." He said, looking at Keen, who had grabbed the turtle shell when nobody was moving.
WHAM WHAM WHAM!
Keen was sent flying into the air and then kicked onto the awning where he stayed, trying to get a good shot at Ganondorf.
Link noticed him, and tried to shoot him with an arrow. It missed horribly, but it got Keen's attention. He then focused on Link, and they began firing at each other, Keen with the advantage.
Ping!
"Um, sir? Patrols one and eight are missing."
"Grothlik, how long have they been missing?"
"Um, sometime now, sir."
"I thought so. Do you want to know when I want to know bad news? WHEN IT HAPPENS, YOU IDIOT!"
"Sorry, sir."
"Where do they patrol?"
"The lower levels, sir."
"Hmmm. Someone is coming through the basements."
"What should we do?"
"At the precise moment? Nothing! Now shut up so I can watch Ganondorf beat the Vorticon into a bloody pulp."
Ping!
That was exactly what Ganondorf was doing. While Keen and Link were shooting at each other, Ganondorf and the Vorticon were having a fist fight. And Ganondorf was winning, easily.
Wham!
Another punch sent the Vorticon sprawling.
"Are you ready to die yet?"
The Vorticon smiled, if that was possible, and nodded.
"Okay then." Ganondorf picked up the Vorticon and began to spin him in the air, and then released. The Vorticon was out in a few seconds.
"Hey, Link, need some help!"
"Aww, shut up!" Young Link said, dodging another bullet and firing his arrow.
"Hey, I've got an idea!"
Ping!
"Okay, so what's our best plan of action?" Fox asked.
"Sit tight and wait a bit. Rasaara, you've hacked into the security files?"
"Well, duh. They just upgraded security in the last few days. I think he's expecting someone to come."
"Someone named Kirby. Now try to get the cameras tapped. And the phones and radios."
"Cameras okay, so are the phones. But I can't tap into radio waves. It's physically impossible!"
"Yeah, for your special computers. Give me a minute."
Ping!
Link and Ganondorf were hiding under the bottom awning. And Keen was getting impatient.
"Why won't they come out!" He said, looking down.
Just at that moment, Ganondorf went rushing out, grabbed the green turtle, and flung it at Keen.
Wham!
It struck directly in the head, knocking him off the awning. He was flying out when Link jumped up and slashed him straight down.
WHAM!
Ganondorf did a jumping kick, taking Keen on yet another voyage in outer space.
"I've got three letters for you Keen: K-O!" Ganondorf shouted at the disappearing Keen.
"That was truly amazing! Join us in five minutes for Tourney Talk, where we analyze both of the fights of the semi-finals!"
Ping!
"So, sir, what do we do?"
"Flood the tunnels with men. I want it so not a flea gets by them. You hear me? A flea!"
Darkwarrior17: HAPPY EASTER/ SPRING BREAK EVERYONE! Well, I hope I didn't disappoint any one who just recently started reading. If I did, I must say this. READ THE WHOLE THING INSTEAD OF THE NEWEST CHAPTER!