Chapter 13: Ganondorf's Reappearance

Roy led the other six along the hall, tiptoeing as they proceeded silently and slowly. The tension was heavy. It was silent, and Roy was looking straight ahead. Often, when it's quiet and someone is looking straight ahead (especially in a stressful or scary situation), their mind begins to play tricks on you. Every turn they made gave Roy a sick feeling in his stomach. He thought he saw Ganondorf in every shadow. He thought he heard Mewtwo every time there was even the slightest noise, other then their footsteps, and even those were very quiet. Half the time he saw something, Roy didn't see any point in raising the alarm. Thankfully, he was open-minded, and fairly intelligent. He knew perfectly well that he had a thing about Ganondorf, so he knew this trip would play his imagination like hell. The only other person who seemed to be extremely worried was Shadow. It was probably their situation, but then again, it could also be being stabbed by Pikachu. Roy also knew that some of his friends, including Katie, couldn't believe they were putting themselves through this. For one thing, no one had even said Ganondorf was anywhere near the school. Who said that, if Ganondorf was going to come back to the school, that he'd actually be coming back that night? Roy began to wonder why everyone else had been so quick to jump on this. It had been nearly forty-five minutes now and nothing had even changed remotely. In fact, Red X finally spoke up after one hour of wandering in the same hall.

"What the hell's going on?" he asked. "We've been walking in this same area for an hour."

"I know, shut up," said Roy. "I can't…"

"Look," said Katie, grabbing Roy's arm. "A change in appearance!"

"Shh," said Jenny.

Shadow touched it. It was just a small table with a purple book on it, but touching it made doors and windows appear.

"What the hell is this?" asked Red X.

"We're in… a holographic generator," said Marth.

"Welcome to the machine," said Roy. "Like Ecco the Dolphin."

"And Pink Floyd," said Jenny.

Roy touched the book himself and made the hall change again. There was a mechanic world all around them and they were surrounded by a glass wall. Roy thumped it with his fist.

"Try the flare blade," said Shadow.

Roy charged the flare blade and tried it on the glass. Nothing was happening.

"We're trapped," said Roy, sitting in the corner.

Katie sat down beside him.

"We'll find some way to get out of this," she whispered. "We will."

Marth and Jenny leaned back against the glass. Red X and Shadow became engaged in rock, paper, scissors. Eliwood was smart enough to bring his cell phone. Every time they tried an escape plan, they checked it off in Eliwood's phone log. Roy looked around, feeling hopeless and weak. He had put everyone in danger, most importantly, Katie. How were they going to get out of that damn generator? But, as bad as things were, they could only get worse. Ganondorf himself came out of the shadows.