Chapter 10
Falco quickly stopped the trailor in the middle of the highway. Yoshi opened the front door a bit worried about what they accidently drove over...
"See anything?" Falco shouted to Yoshi while hanging out the door. Yoshi walked around crouched-over, looking for what they bumped. Everyone in the bus blankly stared out the windows, looking around. Fox's bus was quickly trailing behind them and came to a sharp stop right behind Falco's bus.
Yoshi searched around the bus, then threw his head back and sighed. "It was just a stick". Falco laughed and waved for Yoshi to get back up on the truck. Then gave Fox a thumbs up and started driving again. Fox just shrugged and followed his truck behind Falco.
As they were driving, Fox took out his walkie-talkie. "Yo Falco, what was that about?" He waited for Falco's reply. "Oh, we ran over a stick".
Fox was a bit surprised. "What!" Fox shouted into the walkie talkie. "Are you saying you're gonna pull over to the side of the road for every twig you accidently run over!" Falco laughed, then sighed. "Yoshi thought we ran over an animal or something" Fox replied. "Roger that!" Falco giggled then set down his walkie talkie. He quickly picked it back up again. "Fox, if we're using the walkie talkies then we'll need names to contact us by." Falco let go of the button and waited for a responce. "Okay," Fox replied. "I'll be... Redfox" He released the button. Falco agreed, "Alright Redfox, I'll be Bluehawk" Falco released the button as well. They both agreed and continued driving.
Ganondorf marched back up to the front of Fox's bus again. "Still never told me where we're goin'!" He complained. Fox sighed, "I told you, Falco said we're just gonna follow him"
Ganon went to the back of the bus with the others and got a snack.
The sun grew closer and closer to the bottom of the sky. The moon came out, and the smasher's were driving in the dark. Falco pulled out his walkie-talkie and pushed the button. "This is Bluehawk calling for Redfox, Redfox do you read me?"
Pshht
"This is Redfox contacting Bluehawk, hear you loud and clear" Fox said back.
"Is everything alright over there?" Falco asked.
"Everything's fine Bluehawk, but theres some sharp rocks coming up," Fox replied. "Be careful"
Falco answered back. "Roger that!"
Falco said he'd watch the rocks, then tucked his walkie talkie back in his pocket. The sun nearly disapeared into the foggy sky as the moon shone bright like a nightlight. (That rhymed...)
Suddenly Falco's bus hit a huge boulder in the middle of the road, the bus heeled over on it's side and crashed into the ditch. Fox quickly slammed on the brakes and jumped out of his trailor. "FALCO!" He called. "Are you guys alright!"
Everyone from Falco's bus moaned as Falco tried to open the door (which was facing the sky.) "Yeah we're all fine, I think" Falco answered while climbing up from the door. "Wow, what happend there?" Fox asked while peeking down in the door to see if everyone was okay. Falco answered, "I think one of the wheels hit that rock over there." He pointed. "The bus was out of control for a second and drove straight into the ditch."
Fox looked up into the sky. "Well that's just great! We only have enough room for the people on my bus, we can't fit all your's in too!"
"Well let's look around and see if we can find a place to stay for now." Falco suggested.
Fox agreed. "We need a couple people to come with us!" Fox waved his arm in a circular motion.
Immidiatly, Link, Zelda, Ness, and Peach jumped out from the trailors and followed behind Fox and Falco. Peach raised her hand to her forehead, "Peach reporting for duty!" She swished her hand away from her face. Fox giggled, "We're not in the Navy, we're just finding a place to go."
Peach sighed. "Alrighty, let's head off."
Falco pulled out a flashlight, then turned around facing the bus. "You guy's stay safe here until we get back!" He shouted to his crew.
Everyone listened, and stayed in the bus.
Now, Fox and Falco were pretty good when it comes to venturing through the woods. But Link, Zelda and Ness... Clueless.
Fox leaded the way through a feild of trees, dirt, more trees, and more dirt. Then, they finally came to a small old shack in the middle of- well, nowhere.
"Soooo..." Falco broke the silence of twigs and leaves crackling under their feet. "Anybody know where we are?"
Everyone just looked around. Then Peach was the first to spot the old shack. "Hey look, an old shack!"
(Isn't that a coinsidence)
"Let's see what's in it?" Fox suggested as he walked up to the old deserted shack and opened the door. It creaked as if it wasn't used for years. Everyone followed slowly.
Suddently a large boom was heard from up in the sky.
"Oh no, thunder!" Link said while stepping back. "You think a storm might be coming?"
Fox raised his nose to the sky. "Yes, it could be."
Another boom of thunder happend, then a pitch crack of lightning struck the sky like a bullet.
"Oh man!" Zelda shouted. "It's going to storm in a minute!"
"Hold on a minute, what's that?" Falco squinted his eyes tight. A few yards away was an old stable. A whinny from a horse was heard for miles. "Oh my gosh there's a horse in there?" Falco ran off to the stable. Ness chased him, "I'll come too!" Ness looked back, "You guys stay here!"
Fox sighed, "guys, come in the shack for safety." Peach darted up the steps and into the shack. Link and Zelda were both still outside.
"You guy's coming?" Fox asked.
Link paused for a moment. A growl was heard from in the small area they were in. Zelda bolted up and held her breath. She pointed behind Link, still not moving. "L-l-l-l-l-iink..." She stammered. Link raised an eyebrow then turned around to see what Zelda was looking at. Link nearly jumped when he saw- a black bear crawling around the forest. "It's a b-b-b-b-a-ba-ba-bear..." Zelda mumbled, trying not to make noise.
Suddenly Zelda ran off into the forest as fast as she could. "Zelly!" Link called while running after her. They both ran into the darkness of the forest.
Meanwhile...
"Ness look!" Falco pointed to an old barn door that was swinging in the wind. There was an old horse chained to a pole inside. The horse stomped its hoofs in the sand, and pulled the chain as if its life depended on it. Falco ran inside and flicked on a hanging ceiling light.
"Whoa there buddy" Falco held out his arms in front of him. "It'll be okay, just let me untie you." Falco calmly and carefully approached the horse and un-did the chain.
The horse seemed to be happy, his bright brown eyes beamed at Falco. "I wonder who you belong to?" Falco asked. Ness walked up behind him. "How long has he been chained here?" He asked. "Well you think I'd know?" Falco replied sarcasticly. Ness crossed his arms, "let's just stay here." He said, rolling his eyes.
Falco paused...
"I-I don't think we have a choice..." Falco held his breath and pointed at the door of the stable. Ness quickly spun around and spotted the bear. "A b-b-bear!" Ness stammered. Falco raced his birdlegs to the door and slammed it shut. He guarded the door with his back to it and his arms stretched out. "What do we do now!" Falco panicked.
A mumbly voise was heard.
"Bluehawk! Bluehawk do you read me?"
Falco looked around squinting his eyes. "Fox, is that you?"
"Bluehawk, pick up the walkie talkie man!"
Falco gasped. "Right!" He reached into his pocket and yanked out the walkie talkie. "REDFOX! THERE'S A BEAR OUTSIDE THE DOOR!" He yelled into it.
Fox (in the shack with Peach leaning over his shoulder to listen) replied, "Whoa whoa, where are you two?" He asked. Falco panicked some more, Ness grabbed the walkie talkie from his quivering hand. "It's Ness, we're in that old barn that Falco pointed to a few minutes ago."
Fox thought for a minute. "Ness, get me Bluehawk." Ness was confused, "who?" He asked. "Oh- erm, get me Falco" Fox said back. "Sorry Fox, Falco's a little ... scared right now, I'll get him to call you back" Ness answered.
So now, Fox and Peach are stuck in an old shack, Link and Zelda are off in the forest trying to get away from the bear, Falco and Ness are stuck with a horse in an old barn, and everyone else is still back at the busses. It looks like things couldn't get worse.
"Great," Falco sighed. "Last year we were stuck on a sinking ship that was on fire, now we're stuck in the middle of nowhere in a random barn and a horse!"
Ness sat down next to Falco. "Yeah, but remember Falco? We got off that boat by working together, as a team" Ness explained. "That's what we do, we're the Smash Brothers." Falco looked up, Ness continued, "and the Smash Brothers stick together"
Ness tried his best to bring back memories. "How do you think we would have got off that sinking ship if it were just me and you?"
Falco looked up. "We... wouldn't have?" He rested his chin on his arm.
"Exactly" Ness agreed. "We all worked as a team. Remember when Fox hit that pole and when young Link was trapped in the room that was on fire? We wouldn't have gotten them both safe if it wasn't for our teamwork." Ness explained.
"You know what Ness...?" Falco looked up again. "You're absolutly right..."
Ness nodded yes. "And remember when we found the treasure map to the island last year?" He asked. "You and all the other guys went on that crazy adventure to find it. But you wouldn't have found it if it wasn't for your teamwork"
Falco got up and dusted himself off. "Ness, you are so right!" He said. "All this time I was thinking about what a bad situation we were in, but I wasn't remember that we have friends to watch our backs"
Ness got up and dusted himself off aswell. "So, what are you gonna do?" He asked.
Falco whipped out his walkie talkie. "REDFOX! REDFOX DO YOU READ ME!" Falco barked.
"I can hear 'ya Bluehawk, loud and clear" Fox answered.
"We hit a little snag over here and we need some help!" Falco ordered.
"Well Bluehawk, there's nothing we can do right now." Fox replied. "Me and Peach are stuck in a shack right now while Link and Zelda are gone into the woods!"
Falco thought for a moment, "REDFOX! Did Zelda leave her cellphone in the trailor?"
Fox tried his best to remember. "I think she did, try calling her"
Falco quickly pulled out his handy-dandy cellphone and quickly dialed Zelda's phone.
Riiiiiing... Riiiiiiing... Riiiiiing... Riiiiiing... BEEP!
"Hello?" A voice said.
"Hey, who's this?" Falco asked.
"It's Nana" She said.
"Nana! Thank Goodness!" Falco sighed with relief. "Is everyone okay down there?"
Nana replied. "Oh yeah we're all fine, actually, we're all asleap right now." Nana sighed. "Well except for me of course"
"Oh sorry, but we're all in trouble over here Nana, do you know Link's cell phone number?" Falco asked.
Nana thought for a minute. "Yes! I do! I'm almost positive it's 449-9375." Nana said.
"Yes! Thank you Nana, I can't thank you enough! Hold on, I'll call Link" Falco said.
Nana agreed, she held on to Zelda's phone while Falco dialed Link's number.
Riiiiiing... Riiiiiiing... Riiiiiing... Riiiiiing... BEEP!
"Hello?" Link said.
"LINK!" Falco yelled. "Thank Goodness.. again"
"Huh?" Link was a bit confused.
"Nevermind, Link, where are you and Zelda?" Falco demanded an answer.
Ness crawled up on a hay-bale and listened to the phone. Link replied, "Well me and Zelly ran from that bear, and then we both found this old treehouse that somebody must have built a really long time ago." Link was panting. "So yeah, now we're here and I think Fox and Peach are still in that shack down there. Ask Fox where he is, will 'ya?" Link asked.
"Okay hold on a second" Falco said, he switched from the cellphone to the walkie talkie. "Redfox? Come in Redfox!"
"I hear ya buddy" Fox answered.
"Good," Falco said. "Link wants to know where you and Peach are."
"Oh, we're both still in the shack." Fox replied. "But it's going to start storming any minute. I can hear the thunder."
Falco put down his walkie talkie and raised the cellphone to his ear.
"Link?" Falco asked. "Peach and Fox are both still in the shack."
Link held his cellphone tight, "Okay buddy, but the rain has started drizzling."
After a couple minutes, rain started pouring down from the sky, like the rain was dropping a big bucket on them.
"Falco?" Link called. "The rain's leaking through the boards in this old treehouse."
"Are you guy's gonna be okay in there?" Falco asked, Ness whispered. "Ask him where the bear is"
Falco looked at Ness. "Oh! Right! Link, did you see the bear anywhere?" Falco waited for a responce.
Link in the treehouse with Zelda replied, "I don't see it pal, it's too windy and foggy."
Falco looked around for a moment. "Hold on a minute, Link." He covered the phone with his wing. "Ness, go look out the window and see if the bears still there."
Ness nodded yes and- (Hey that rhymed too) Oh right, yeah, Ness went to the window and tried his best to look past the fog and the rain. Suddenly CRASH!
"NESS!" Falco screamed so loud the stable shook.
To be continued...