Chapter 4

There was a long moment of silence, while the guys decided how to get out.

"Okay guys," Link said. "Let's think here. We're in the middle of a giant ping-pong mountain, that's taller then our heads." He stroked his pretend beard he's working on growing-

(Psht, yeah right)

"Maybe we could use Fox's shovel?" Kirby suggested.

Fox looked on the floor and saw his shovel sinking into the ping-pong balls.

"...Or not?" Kirby sighed.

"Now what do we do?" Roy looked around, then up. "YOU GUYS! LOOK!" Roy's eyes widened, still looking straight up.

Link, Kirby and Fox both looked up, coming to find that there was a bar on the ceiling holding the flourescent lights up.

The four of them stared blankly at the bar for about 10 seconds.

Finally, "...what about it." Kirby cocked his eyebrow.

"HELLO!" Roy yelled in Kirby's face. "We can call Falco and get him to attach a rope to it, and we can just climb out."

Kirby looked up. "...Oh! I get it."

"Took you long enough..." Fox rolled his eyes slightly.

"Alright, cell phone?" Roy looked at Link. Link whipped out his cellphone and called Falco.

Fox scribbled a few things in his notebook.

RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING BEEP!

"Ello?" Falco said quietly.

"Falco! We need your help!" Link said ergently. "Okay here's the mission, we need you to tie a rope to a bar so we can climb out."

Falco looked around. "Aaaaand how does that work?"

"Fox, have the procedure figured out?" Link asked.

Fox took the phone from Link. "Okay here's the plan. Grab a rope, we'll tell you where it is. You'll climb on the lawnchairs section then use the fountains on the shelves as a stool, to climb up on the shelf. Next you'll tie the rope to yourself, and the bar above you while standing on the shelf. Swing across the air to the next shelf. Useing whatever's on the shelf to help you get up. Pull on the rope to slide it over to the shelf your standing on, then untie it. Link it to the next bar and continue this pattern until you get to the shelf on our left. When you get to us, untie the rope on your end, then tie it to the bar over us. Slide it over until it's dangling over us, then we'll climb up." Fox took a breath. "Sound easy?"

Falco paused for a moment. "Uh, yes?"

"GO SOLDIER GO!" Fox barked.

"I'm on my way!" Falco replied, then saluted.

"Okay," Fox began. "Which way are you facing?"

Falco looked. "I'm facing left, looking at the poster hanging from the ceiling saying Eat Fresh..."

"Okay, proceed foreward then turn right at the two way hall." Fox ordered.

Falco saluted. "Yes sir."

Falco kept his phone to his ear, and walked to the hall, then turned left.

"Okay, looking at a shelf now." He replied.

"Alright, see a rope coiled up?" Fox asked.

Falco looked around the shelf, then spotted one.

"Yep! Found one." He took the rope and unrolled it.

"Okay, now climb up on the table and onto the shelf you got the rope on." Fox said, looking on his plan paper.

"I'm on it." Falco answered. He climbed up on the shelf, using the clay fountains as stools, as if he was rock climbing. "Okay I'm up." He panted. "Now what?"

Fox read his paper. "Okay now tie the rope around your waist, then tie it to the bar over your head."

Falco obeyed, and tied the rope in the right places.

"Ready?" Fox asked.

"...For what." Falco shuddered.

"You're going to swing across and land on the next shelf over." Fox explained.

"I AM?" Falco shrieked.

"C'mon it's easy." Fox laughed. "It's like being Tarzan."

Falco sighed. "Alright, here I go..." He held his breath. "One... two... three!" He jumped and swung across the isle, ...then banged into the shelf. "Oww..." Falco sighed. He climbed up on the shelf and untied the rope. "Okay, two more shelves. I can do this..." He said to himself.

Falco swung across two more shelves and finally found Fox, Link, Roy and Kirby. (Who wern't actually that hard to miss, since there's a huge pile of balls covering them...)

Falco was still attached to the rope on the ceiling. He looked down into the pile. "Hey guys!" He waved playfully.

Roy waved his arms. "Careful Falco! You wouldn't wanna-"

Suddenly Falco leaned too far and fell foreward. But since he was attached to the ceiling, he floated on the rope over top of the four people.

"Falco!" Kirby and Fox both waved their arms, trying to get a hold of him.

"Move away shorties," Roy pulled Link under Falco. "Alright guys," Roy began. "We're going to form a human pyra-"

"Human?" Fox crossed him arms.

"Fine... A fox, round pink ball, elf, human pyramid..." Roy said.

"Guys!" Falco called. "Hanging like a bat over here!"

"Okay, Fox, bend over and let Kirby climb on your back." Roy ordered.

Fox sighed, and got on the floor. Kirby scurried over and climbed onto Fox's back.

"Okay... now Link, get on top of Kirby, and I'll stand on you to unhook Falco." Roy said.

Link climbed up and sat on Kirby.

"OW!" Kirby yelled. "Way to squish me dude!"

"Sorry...?" Link rolled his eyes.

Roy got up ontop of Link, then slowly stood up.

"It's about time you got up here," Falco said. "People are starting to stare."

"Alright alright." Said Roy. "I'll get you off, hold on."

Roy reached up, and tried to undo the rope on Falco.

"I cant... reach!" Roy stretched. "Okay Falco, I'm gonna have to get on your back."

Falco sighed. "JUST GET ME OFF!"

Roy climbed onto Falco's back, then undid the heavy rope.

"Hey Roy?" Falco asked.

"Yeah?"

"I just remembered something."

"What?" Roy looked down at Falco.

"We can't fly." Falco answered.

The two dropped like rocks and landed on the floor.

"...ouch." Roy lifted himself up, then helped up Falco.

"Well..." Fox raised his eyebrow.

The five looked at eachother.

"MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!"

"Wait..." Fox looked around. "We're still stuck in here!"