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Chapter 14: The Truth of Samus's Wish! Wario and Yoshi Board the Sky Liner!
After everything has settled down in Great Tech City and after the government officials have left…
"Have you heard?" Crazy Hand asks Otacon. "John Doe is dead… He tried to rescue Worker Hand, but got himself killed instead… Aye, why do unhappy things always happen…? It's all up to you, Hal."
"I know, Crazy Hand," says Otacon. "What are you going to do now?"
"I have no more reasons to stay here. I'm going to visit my older brother Master Hand. Let's hope we meet again."
"I'm sure we will." And then Otacon walks away, and he thought to himself, "Worker Hand, I will change this city… I will!"
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4 years later, Otacon has become the mayor of Great Tech City, which is now a large and wealthy metropolis due to his great engineering skills and leadership.
Otacon is working in his office when Califa comes in. "Mr. Otacon, there is someone out there who wants to meet you," she says. "He says that his name is John Doe and said you will surely know this name."
Otacon thought to himself, "John Doe… Can it be… Snake?"
"Is he someone you know? Do you want to let him in?"
"No. Tell him to leave at once." And Otacon returns to work.
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That evening, at Worker Hand's old warehouse next to the harbor…
"You're a strange guy, Otacon," says Snake. "You kicked me out of your office and then came to visit me yourself instead?"
"I thought you're supposed to be dead," says Otacon. "The government confirmed it."
"I'm more alive than those dogs think! All I need was some rest and then I have recovered! And speaking of those dogs, I heard that you are working with the government now. Why do you do this!" Snake slams the table hard. "Those are the demons who took Worker Hand's life away!"
"And who was the one that started all those in the first place!" Otacon shouts back. "Don't think I have forgiven you these 4 years already!"
After a bit of argument on this matter, Otacon takes out the blueprint and hands it to Snake. "This is the blueprint that Worker Hand protected with all his life!" says Snake. "Why are you giving it to me?"
"Throw away the name John Doe," says Otacon. "John Doe is already dead, now call yourself Solid Snake permanently, for the government doesn't know your nickname and therefore won't figure out the relation between us."
"Why do you give this to me then?"
"If the government ever comes to get it from me, then it is safer that this thing stays with you."
"But they'll kill you if you do not show this to them! Keep it with you, and if you don't wanna give it to them, then destroy it!"
"What would you do if you were me? Worker Hand risked his life to protect this, and I'm going to do the same too. As long as the danger of this girl called Samus Aran and this blueprint exist, the world will fall into the danger of the Armageddon. I am willing to die even for the sake of protecting the weapon from being used! If they want to kill me, then fine! They will get nothing, and they do not now your existence!"
"But Otacon…"
"We'll probably never meet again, Snake. We're always the same: Arguing when placed in front of each other. Surely we never change." Otacon begins to leave, but he says one last thing to him, "Snake… I'm just glad… that…" And he begins to cry. "I'm glad that… you're still alive…!"
"Otacon… I will never leave this city! I will protect the blueprint with all my life!"
END OF FLASHBACK
"The word we got about Worker Hand is he is a great being but very violent," says Lucci. "Surely it was hard trying to defend his name, right?"
"I said don't talk like that about him!" growls Snake angrily.
"Whatever reason you have, our boss wants to talk to you. Blueno!"
"Yes, it just connected," says Blueno, bringing forward a telephone. He places the phone next to Snake so he can hear the voice in there and speak back.
"YEOW! HOT! I SPILLED MY COFFEE! CURSED COFFEE!" shouts the voice in the phone.
"Boss, this is John Doe who you want to speak to," says Lucci.
"Well, so I am speaking to John Doe, the person that ruined my face 8 years ago, right?" says the voice in the phone.
"Who are you?" asks Snake.
"Have you forgotten? What happened to Worker Hand and how you treated me? I'm surprised that you survived your own failed attack!"
"You… You're… SPANDAM!"
"Yes! It is as you say. I am Spandam, and I have promoted to be the boss of CP9! Now that you are still alive, it is time for you to face punishment for what you done to my face 8 years ago! Bring them here, my men! Bring him to Alias Lobby at once! Hahahahaha!" And the phone hangs.
"Let's go," says Lucci. "Boss wants you there at once." They put Snake into a bag and tie it up and begin to carry him off.
"Don't go!" says Pit, threatening them with an arrow. Lucci turns around and gives him an evil glare. "I will not let you hurt Mr. Snake! I will stop you here!" He shoots the arrow, but Kaku grabs it and breaks it into two. "What!"
"You're one of the Smashers, aren't you?" asks Kaku.
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Back at the burning building site, Otacon begins to wake up. "Mr. Otacon! You're all right!" say the people. "You're safe!"
"Where are the Smashers?" asks Otacon. The people point to Mario, Pikachu, and Pichu who are lying on the ground.
Then Mario begins to wake up. "Mamamia… I thought-a I'm dead…"
Otacon approaches him and says, "I want to talk him privately, so nobody listens."
"Yes, Mr. Otacon…" say the people.
Mario goes with Otacon to behind a bush. "What-a eez eet?" asks Mario.
"It's regarding Samus…" he says. "Was she acting strangely when you came here?"
"Um, yeah… She said-a she was sick, and then left for da hotel, but then never returned until what-a happened just-a now."
"I believe I can explain to you a few things. While we were in the building, she said this to me…"
FLASHBACK
"You mean you want to let your friends go safely without you?" asks Otacon.
"Yes, that is my wish," says Samus. "Every organization I had associated with before had collapsed because of me. The Smashers are the only people I have trusted and placed my friendship in, so I cannot bear to see them suffer because of me."
"So your wish is to let them live a safe life without your interference?"
"Yes, and the CP9 grants me that if I surrender myself to the government."
"You would do this just for the sake of your friends and not care about whether the weapon gets revived or not and see the world end?"
Samus nods in response.
END OF FLASHBACK
"I couldn't pull the trigger that time…" says Otacon. "Knowing how much she cares about you guys… I never thought a devil like her would care so much about her friends…"
"So that-a was her wish… To let-a us have a safe life…" says Mario. "So she didn't betray us afta all… But-a we cannot let her go just-a like that! Now that we know what she wants, we must rescue her because we are her friends! I must-a tell da others about it!"
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Pit drops onto the floor for Kaku has beaten him up pretty badly. "So you have left the Smashers already, huh?" says Kaku. "And since you tried to attack us, it is considered a crime. Therefore, we will take you along."
"No…" mumbles Pit.
"It's too late to say anything."
They put Pit into a bag and tie it up and take him along with Snake. "We have to go now," says Lucci.
"Let me go! I demand that you let me go!" yells Snake.
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Meanwhile, at the airport…
"The CP9 will be arriving soon!" says the same government official that visited Otacon yesterday. "Everyone get ready!"
At this moment, Samus steps into the scene and approaches the airplane. "So that's Samus Aran!" say the soldiers. "The woman who is called the devil!"
"I have been looking for you so many years!" says the official. "We finally caught you, Samus Aran!" Samus simply remains silent.
Unknown to everyone, two very peculiar people are hiding by the corner, watching everything going on. "Found her," says Wario.
"Yoshi!" says Yoshi.
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"You mean Samus didn't betray us and is still our friend after all?" asks Pichu, who is conscious now.
"So Samus did this for the sake of us!" says Pikachu.
"Yes, but-a we must-a rescue her!" says Mario. "We must look for Captain Falcon and Marth. Wario and Yoshi must still be looking for Pit. I'm sure we will encounter them soon enough."
"Okay! Let's look for them!" says Pichu.
Meta-Knight gets up and says to the surrounding people, "Hey, give the Smashers a hand. Help them find their friends."
"Why should we?" ask the people. "They are the ones who tried to take Otacon's life! We should throw them into jail at once!"
"THEY ARE INNOCENT!" shouts Meta-Knight. "The real killers tried to frame the Smashers so they will be free of guilt themselves! I don't know for what reason the Smashers are protecting us for, but if it weren't for them, then me and Otacon would've died." The people listen to him and finally believe, and it made the 3 Smashers happy that the misunderstanding is finally explained.
Otacon turns to the 3 Space Pirates and says, "I'm sorry for dragging you into this."
"Do not say that," says Punk. "You hired us because it's our job."
"I have a new job for you. Please help the Smashers all the way to the end."
"Job accepted."
"Um… Help them find their friends?" asks Pix.
"Yes," says Otacon. "And also whatever trouble they need to solve."
"Where is Lucci and Kaku?" ask the people. "We were able to rescue Popeye and Cid in time, but…"
"We'll never see them again," says Meta-Knight. "They have died in the explosion. They are burned to ashes and nothing."
"What! Oh the horror! They are elites and they have died! How dare the killers do this!" And the people cry over the 'deaths' of Lucci and Kaku.
"So they died, huh?" Otacon says to Meta-Knight.
"I do not want to bring the burden on them by telling the truth," explains Meta-Knight. "It is already enough that you and I saw everything."
"You have a point there…" Then Otacon goes to Mario and says to him, "Samus is most likely on the Sky Liner right now, and heading for Alias Lobby soon. It'll take off in 30 minutes."
"30 minutes? I'm afraid we don't-a have much time!" says Mario. "Isn't there a way to delay eet?"
"Alias Lobby is only for government-related people, and even the pilot is one, so he won't listen to me."
"Then we have to find da others fast!"
"We'll help you!" say the people. "We apologize for accusing you, so let us find your friends together!"
"Thank you!"
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"Hmmm… Strange…" says Yoshi. "If Samus is captured, then she should be able to fight herself free without a problem."
"And yet, she's allowing herself to be captured!" says Wario. "There must be a reason for this."
"It's the CP9!" says a soldier. The 4 CP9 members step forward, and all the soldiers are amazed, for it is the first time they see the CP9. Blueno is carrying two bags on both his shoulders, and Snake and Pit's head can be seen sticking out of the bags' opening.
"Let me out, you bastards!" shouts Snake. "Let me out!"
"It's so cramp in here…" says Pit.
Yoshi and Wario watch with eyes wide open. "Pit…?" they both say.
"And who's that other guy in the bag?" adds Yoshi.
"How would I know?" says Wario.
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Meanwhile, the others are running through the city looking for Captain Falcon and Marth. "FALCON! MARTH!" shouts Pichu. "WHERE ARE YOU?"
"FALCON! MARTH!" shout the people. "WHERE ARE YOU?"
"COME OUT!"
"COME OUT!"
"WE NEED YOU!"
"WE NEED YOU!"
Meta-Knight is trying to take Mario to the airport fast. "Maybe we can go there and convince Samus from getting onto da plane!" says Mario.
"It may be worth a try," says Meta-Knight. "I hope we're on time!"
"Let's-a hope they find da others too!"
"FALCON! MARTH! COME OUT AT ONCE!" shouts Pikachu.
"FALCON! MARTH! COME OUT AT ONCE!" shout the people.
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"Damn… These things are heavy…" grumbles CF. Unfortunately, he is stuck between piles of large truck containers. You know, those kinds of large metal box that is carried on the back of trucks. "Curse that pigeon bastard…"
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"Okay… How did I get stuck here in the first place…?" says Marth. "And how will I get out?" There is a gargoyle statue standing on a building, and the gargoyle has its mouth open and is hollow inside too. For some unexplainable explanation on how he got in there, Marth's legs are sticking out from the mouth with the rest of his body inside the gargoyle's body. And his sword is on the ground below it.
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"Because of a storm that is approaching," announces the pilot, "we will be leaving earlier than scheduled."
"Damn! It's leaving!" says Wario.
"We must get onto it fast, even if we must be stowaways!" says Yoshi, and the two quickly run towards the Sky Liner.
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Snake and Pit are tossed into the storage room. "Hey! Be careful, would you?" says Snake.
"Yeah! Burn in hell, you demons!" says Pit. "Wait, I'm going too far…"
"Shut up, prisoners!" says the soldier who tossed them in.
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"After all these 4 years," says Califa, "we are finally going home."
"This is no time for relaxing," Lucci says to her sternly. "I know very well that those people won't give up so easily. They will surely come after us. Always be on guard."
"Sorry…"
"Anyway, it's indeed good to be finally leaving here. Even after these 4 years, I still do not have feelings for this place, and I'm happy about it," says Lucci with a wicked grin.
TO BE CONTINUED…
One Piece readers shouldn't be finding Spandam being the boss of the CP9 surprising, but those who aren't like most of you reviewers here might find it surprising.
The Sky Liner is taking off, but Wario and Yoshi are going to board onto it without permission. Can the others find Captain Falcon and Marth on time before the Sky Liner takes off?
Coming up next chapter: Wario and Yoshi's Heroic Adventure on the Sky Liner!