Chapter 19: Arrival at Alias Lobby, the Judicial Island!
The sun is rising…
Wario, Yoshi, and Pit have been rescued into the Halberd when it extended out a long mechanical arm to grab them in.
"Pit! We miss you!" cries Pichu as he hugs onto Pit tightly.
"I'm sorry for making you all worry," says Pit. "I really didn't have the face to meet you guys again after…"
"Don't talk about it now, Pit," says Marth. "What's good is you're finally back again with us."
"Thanks, everyone…"
"Okay, so let's get this straight," says Captain Falcon. "You said Samus refused to come back with you guys and even rejected your help?"
"Yeah," says Yoshi. "And she even threatened us… And also, that CP9 guy said something about Annihilation Call or something."
"Plus, I can't believe Blueno from the bar is a CP9!" says Wario.
"Whatever that is, there must be something bothering Samus so greatly that she refuses our help. What burden can it be that she doesn't want to stay with us?"
"And boss sacrificed himself to let you guys escape?" asks Bluto.
"Yeah," replies Wario.
"Boss is such a great man! We must repay him by rescuing him! We must not fail him!"
"Everyone, Alias Lobby is near now," says Meta-Knight. "We must drop altitude so we won't be seen easily."
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Meanwhile, the Sky Liner has landed on Alias Lobby. The CP9 and the two 'criminals' are then escorted out. "So that's Samus Aran!" says a soldier.
"For 8 years, she's finally caught!"
"And she's so beautiful too!"
When Snake is escorted out, he hisses fiercely at the soldiers around him. "Watch out! This guy seems like he's going to bite us!" cries a soldier.
"He sure likes to cause trouble," says Lucci.
"Sir Lucci! The boss of the CP9, Spandam, is waiting!" a soldier tells him.
"You don't have to tell me; we're going there now."
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On the far side of the island is a tower called Judiciary Tower...
Inside, Spandam is sitting on his desk. Because his face was damaged 8 years ago by Snake, Spandam now wears a metal mask that shows only his eyes, nose, and mouth. "It's been 4 years, and finally all the members of the CP9 are reuniting again," says Spandam as he feeds his pet elephant Funkfreed, and then he returns to his desk. "But I just receive a message that Nero was fired for failing his job. Anyway, the three of you… When you went on the mission to kill the criminal organization leader, you were ordered to kill only their leader, but you ended up killing 27 more unnecessary people! I demand an explanation on this!"
In front of Spandam's desk sits 3 people on a sofa. The first person is a big, fat, and round guy with green, short hair, and the oddest feature about him is that a zipper replaces his mouth! His name is Fukuro.
The second person is a lanky man with black hair ending in a long Chinese braided pigtail, and he wears sunglasses over his head. His name is Jabura.
The third person is very tall and big. His face is pure white and his hair is pinkish white. He drops down onto the floor and bows down, "Yoyoi! I'm so sorry, boss! I have done something that cannot be forgiven!"
Jabura turns to that guys and says, "Kumadori! A real man never accepts his mistakes so easily! I'll explain everything to the boss!"
"Yoyoi! I am so wrong!" says the third man named Kumadori. " Yoyoyoi! I will commit seppuku to atone for my sins!"
"Enough of that nonsense, Kumadori! Anyway, boss, it's like this. Everything was going really smoothly when…"
Then Fukuro unzips his zipper mouth and says, "I told everyone on this island already. Chapapa!"
Jabura turns to him and says, "Idiot! We're supposed to keep this failure a secret! Who told you to spoil the beans?"
"Sorry, couldn't resist. Chapapa!"
"Chapapa your head! What on earth is your zipper mouth for when you cannot keep quiet?"
"Sorry, Chapapa!"
"I will now disembowel myself as a punishment for doing wrong!" says Kumadori. He takes out a knife and readies to stab himself. "Tekkai!" But he used Tekkai in the last moment and the knife bounces off his body. "Yoyoi! I failed to kill myself again! Am I not allowed to die just yet?"
"I wish you would die!" Jabura yells at him.
"Sheesh… These guys can't get along," says Spandam, and he reaches for his coffee but accidentally spills it. "YEOW! I SPILT MY COFFEE AGAIN!"
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The Halberd has finally reached Alias Lobby, and is docked afloat in the sea next to a high cliff. Alias Lobby is situated on an island with an elevation of 1000 meters above sea level!
Meta-Knight gathers everyone around a table and explains the plan to them, "Okay, I have been here before to repair some machines, so I drew this map out of memory. This island is split into two parts, and both parts are the same height. Your friend is most likely taken to the tower on this top part of the map, which is the second half of the island."
"What's this gap between the first and second island?" asks CF.
"That's like a canyon. It's a long drop to the sea down there. So this is our plan, since you guys are really powerful, it's best that you save your energy until the strongest opponents come. We will climb to the top of the island and try to open the gate that leads into the main square."
"Why don't we just fly up and take on them?" asks Marth.
"It's very risky that way. Since this island is so high, they assumed that invaders cannot attack by land force, and would take the air instead, so the people here focused their security on the sky instead. Taking them on land would be a safer choice."
"The Flying Fox is very good when it comes to land combat," says Bluto. "We will dispatch the Flying Fox and run through the center until we reach our destination."
"And one last thing, Smashers," says Meta-Knight. "If you want to rescue your friend, then you must do it before she reaches the third island which is behind the tower. That is the take-off area to the main government center, where she will then be sent to eternal prison. Therefore, it's all over for us if she gets there."
"Got it!" says CF.
"Okay, then let's carry out fast! You Smashers stay here until we fully dispatched the Flying Fox!" says Bluto.
"Meanwhile, us and some of the Stray Fox people will climb up there and clear the way and open the gate first," says Punk.
After much discussion, they all agree on the plans they came up with. Most of the Stray Fox people launch grapple hooks up to the top part of the island, and then they get pulled up when the grapple hook retracts. Using this way, they successfully reached the top.
"Hey! Someone's coming onboard the island!" says a soldier. "Who are they?"
"Give back our boss!" shout the SF people as they all climb up and charge forward.
"We're under attack by unknown people! Get ready to fight off intruders!" All the soldiers grab their weapons and begin to engage the SF people.
Punk, Pix, and Pork got onto the island too. "Let's go," says Punk.
"Okay!" say both Pix and Pork, and the Space Pirates also engage in the battle with the soldiers.
POW! SMASH! BAM! BANG!
The battle is very rough, but the good guys are gaining the upper hand before they ambushed the soldiers by surprise.
"Ah! They're so strong!" cry the soldiers. "Someone report this to the boss at once!"
"Big Belly Flop!" yells Pork as he drops down onto the ground with a hard slam, creating a shockwave that knocks out several soldiers.
"Pix Rush!" Pix dashes forward with his pincers wide open, and cut through several soldiers at once.
"Laser Firework!" Punk jumps up and shoots laser beams in every direction, and shot down many soldiers.
While the three are busy fighting the soldiers, the SF people quickly rush to the large gate in front of them. "We must open the door and let the Flying Fox in!" they say.
"You're not going to do that!" says a soldier, but then he got blasted away by the SF guys.
The SF guys begin pushing on the giant gate. Though the gate is huge and heavy, their determination to rescue their boss gave them a boost of energy and they made some progress. "Keep pushing! We are doing this for boss!" After much hard pushing, they finally opened it. "Yes! We did it!"
"Oh no! They breached through the first door!" cry the soldiers. "But they'll never get through the Metal Gear TX-55 who are guarding the second gate!"
The SF people quickly run towards the second gate, but they spot two large bipedal machines with mounted rocket launchers standing in front of the gate! "What are those?"
The large machines turn to look at them, and then say in a computer voice, "Intruder alert. No one passes this gate." Then the machines fire several rockets at the SF people, blasting them away.
"Ah! They must be different version of Metal Gears!"
The two MG TX-55 begin walking towards the SF people to attack them. "Be brave, everyone!" says a SF guy. "We must get pass them if we want to rescue boss! We must fight them no matter what!"
"Yeah!" The SF people charge forward bravely and fire their weapons at the giant bipedal machines. One of the Metal Gears lifts up its leg and kicks away a good amount of people. The second one fires a rocket that sends then flying backwards.
BANG! BOOM!
"Ah! They're too tough!"
Suddenly, Pork charge forward and rams the leg of on Metal Gear very hard, and actually making it lose balance. "Sorry, we're late," says Pork.
Punk jumps up into the sky and shoots the head of the MG rapidly with lasers while Pix shoots its bottom part. The MG fires a rocket at them, but they are able to avoid it. "This can be tough to beat," says Punk.
Suddenly, they all hear a loud stomping sound, and they turn around to see an airship with four mechanical legs walking forward. "It's the Flying Fox! We're saved!" say the SF guys.
"Sorry! It was hard trying to climb up the cliff!" says Bluto. "Now let us show these machines who is the best!"
"We'll handle it!" says Popeye.
"Oh yeah!" exclaims Cid.
Popeye and Cid run to one of the Metal Gears to attack it. Cid pulls out a large hammer and hits the MG's leg very hard, and Popeye swings a large saw at it and actually cut through one of the legs! While that Metal Gear is trying to balance on only one leg, Cid whips out a bomb and throws it at the Metal Gear. The explosion made the MG fall over and it plummets off the cliff and in the sea below!
SPLAAAASH!
"Yeah! We got one!" everyone exclaims.
"Now to see the power of the Flying Fox!" says Bluto. The FF fires several rockets at the remaining Metal Gear, and instantly blasts it into smithereens.
KABOOOOOOOOOOM!
"Oh no! They destroyed both the gate guards!" cry the soldiers.
"And you guys are going down next!" says a voice behind them. They turn around to see the Smashers standing there, and the one speaking just now was Captain Falcon. "All right everyone, time to claim back our friend!"
"Oh yeah!" they shout.
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On the other side of the gate, the soldiers are desperately making the preparations to engage the intruders. "Captain T-Bone!" a soldier cries out. "The intruders are going to come in!"
"Really! I must stop them, even if it means costing my life!" says T-Bone, who is a tall guy and has an ugly face that resembles a skull. "I must not allow any evil to pass here! I am the kind Captain T-Bone, and I must protect everyone from harm and danger!"
"Don't worry, captain! The Metal Gear TX-55 surely will defend the gate! The intruders cannot pass here!"
Suddenly, the gate slams open and the Flying Fox and all the others can be seen standing behind it! "We're here to rescue you, boss!" shout the Stray Fox people.
"Not…"
TO BE CONTINUED…
This chapter perhaps isn't as action-packed as the previous ones. I want to save the best actions for the next chapter and so forth, so this is just awarm-up. Still, I hope you still look forward to it!
The last of the CP9 members have been revealed. Metal Gear TX-55 is from the first Metal Gear game released on the MSX console. T-Bone is another character from One Piece. So I own nobody here besides Punk, Pix, and Pork.
Coming up next chapter: Battle on the Judiciary Island! Smashers vs. the Government!