Chapter 4: It's Time To Go! Formation of the Teams!

"Faster! Faster!" shouts Crazy Hand outside the mansion. "I don't have all day to wait for you!"

"Hey Peach, which dress should I bring?" Zelda asks Peach. "The white one or the purple one?"

"I think the white one looks better on you," suggests Peach.

"Really? Then I'll bring the white one."

CH appears outside their window and shouts, "WHO CARES ABOUT WHAT YOU WEAR! YOU DON'T HAVE TO PACK A WHOLE LOT!"

"Yes sir…" says Zelda and Peach while saluting, and their legs are trembling too.

After a few minutes, all the Smashers, including Parry, are standing outside their mansion. CH checks the attendance sheet, and then notices that Kirby and Yoshi are carrying a huge bag. "What's inside the bags?"

"Food! Yoshi!" replies Yoshi. "Edible stuffs," replies Kirby also. "Food is necessary for such a long harsh trip."

"You don't have to bring that much! Just bring a few bags of chips!"

"But…"

"DO AS I SAY OR ELSE I'LL PUT YOU INSIDE A STEEL CRATE FOR 10 YEARS!"

Kirby and Yoshi tremble in fear and run back inside to put the foods away. They came back with only a bag of chips.

"Okay, everyone brought their Holy Weapons?" CH asks them. "Yes," reply the Smashers. "Okay, let's go!" says CH.

The Final Destination descends to the ground and all the Smashers board it. The FD then rises high into the sky. "Yahoo! We are high in da sky!" says Mario happily.

CH reports to everyone about his findings, "As I have said before, there are nine places that contain the dark reactors. Since there are 27 of you…"

"Twenty seven?" asks Captain Falcon. "Yes," CH assures him. "Parry is included."

"He's a parrot! For heaven's sake!" complains CF. "Why must he come with us!" Parry looks at him with cute puppy eyes. "Please, let me go with you guys…"

"Can't help it since he came along," says CH with a sigh. "I want to go on an adventure!" cries Parry. "I don't wanna stay on the Final Destination and do some pointless guarding!"

CH continues his lecture. "Since there are 9 places, I decided to divide you all into 3 groups. But then I thought it over, thinking only groups of three isn't safe enough, so I decided to make it groups of 9. One group will go to three places."

"Shall we make teams right now?" asks Roy. CH got out a box and says, "Now pick a number in here. If you get number 1, then go to the right corner; if two, then to the left; and if three, to the upper-right corner."

Everyone took their turn on picking numbers and three teams are finally formed.

Team 1: DK, Marth, Peach, Yoshi, Pichu, Falco, Jigglypuff, Dr. Mario, Young Link

Team 2: Link, Luigi, Pikachu, Zelda, Ganondorf, Captain Falcon, Kirby, Ness, Bowser

Team 3: Mario, Mewtwo, Game & Watch, Popo, Nana, Fox, Roy, Parry, Samus

"Okay… Team set!" says CH. "But I wanna be with my brother!" complains Luigi. CH ignores him and says, "Each team will ride on a warp star, and it will take you to your destinations. When your mission is finished, ride the warp star back here and I will refresh you all. Did I make myself clear?"

"YES!" replies the Smashers.

"Now I will show you three of the nine places that are infested with Darkling." Three wire frame people appear and show them a poster. "The infested places are: Congo Bongo, Pokemon Coliseum, and South Island!"

"Congo Bongo!" exclaims DK. "My homeland! I wanna go there!"

"If DK insists, then let's go to Congo Bongo," Marth tells his teammates. "Okay," they reply.

"Congo Bongo is taken by DK's team," says CH. "Now for the two other teams."

The remaining two teams discussed among themselves on where they should go. Their discussing took a long time, so CH grew impatient and suggested that they flip a coin. "If it is head, then Link's team goes to Pokemon Coliseum, and the other team takes South Island. If tails, then vice versa." CH flips the coin and everyone stares at the coin as it flies into the air, drops back down, rolls around for a while, and then stops…

"HEADS UP!" shouts CH all of a sudden. "Well, it's head," says Link. "So we go to Pokemon Coliseum, eh?" says Pikachu. "We go to South Island," says G&W. "It looks rather relaxing there."

After making their final preparations, each of the three teams got onto a giant warp star and zooms off to their destinations. "Good luck!" CH calls out to them, and then he looks into the distant sky. "I wonder how you are now, Master Hand."

In that unknown place…

"The Smashers are on the move," says Orochimaru. "They have split into three groups."

"Congo Bongo… Well, I have to go and get business done!" says K. Rool, and then he walks out the place. Archie gets up from his seat and says, "I'll head to Pokemon Coliseum right away. I happened to recruited a new member that will surely finish up the job!"

"Looks like I have to go too," says Eggman. He gets into his Egg Carrier and flies off into the darkness.

TO BE CONTINUED…

First, we will focus our attention on DK's group as they head for Congo Bongo.