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BGM: Starship Mario C (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
"While I'm honored you decided to commission me for a new mural… I question why you decided to go with that pose." Yusuke said.
"What, you haven't seen a Koopa look this good?" Bowser smirked, lying on his side a la Sexy Bowser pose.
Luigi walked by. "Hey Yusuke, I got some more paint for your- NOOOO! NOT AGAIN! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS AGAIN?!" He yelled.
"And now you know why I asked you to do this."
"…To scar Luigi for life?"
"PEACH, I NEED EYE BLEACH NOW!" Daisy yelled.
"Sorry Daisy, I'm too busy covering my eyes!" Peach groaned.
"It's better if you don't ask." Kamek said. "His Nastiness believes this to be some sort of "fear tactic" on enemies."
"And it still works!" Bowser boasted.
Weiss stared at Bowser's pose. "I'm… gonna need a shower after this."
"Yeeeeeah… same." Blake agreed.
"Aren't they overreacting?" Yusuke wondered.
"They're not overreacting enough in my opinion!" Bowser smirked as Yusuke shrugged it off and continued working on the mural.
"So wait, let me get this straight… you were busy playing poker with the villains?" Viridi asked.
"Yup! It was pretty fun too." Hades said.
Earlier…
"I see your skinned dalmatian puppies and raise you a magic lamp!" Hades said, putting his cards down.
"Argh!" Cruella growled.
"Where is this lamp that you proposed? Give it to me!" Jafar ordered.
"It's a figure of speech, ya old coot."
"DO NOT TEASE ME WITH A MAGIC LAMP, YOU BLITHERING GOD!"
In the present…
"Ol' magic boy couldn't take a joke. Heheheh. That magic lightning bolt to the face was worth it."
Viridi turned to Pyrrhon. "And YOU gave Tucker pointers?"
"Yup!"
Earlier…
"Heeey Elsa! I was wondering if you and I could go hang out under the sun where I can put my popsicle between your melons! Bow chicka bow-" Elsa froze Tucker over. "-Wow! Man, first I got frozen by Esdeath and now you? Wow, I could go for a frozen threesome~! Bow chicka bow-" Elsa froze his head. "Mmph!"
She would then walk over to Pyrrhon. "Isn't he a charmer?" Pyrrhon grinned as he got frozen over too. "Mmph!"
"Ugh… men." Elsa mumbled.
Back in the present…
Viridi facepalmed. "Oi vey…"
"What can I say? He'll get the girl eventually!"
Doubtful… Palutena thought.
With Washington…
"Hmm…"
"What's up?" Carolina asked.
"Oh, I'm just been thinking."
"Over what? You've been thinking while staring at those two robots." She pointed over to WALL-E and EVE who were curiously looking over the Observatory and interating with the others. "I'm actually surprised Penny and SAPR brought them along."
"Eh, they're cute… what can you do?" Washington shrugged. "However, I'm just curious about something."
"What is it?"
"How far do you think the Hand's powers can take someone?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well… I haven't really thought of it much but I've just been thinking for a while. I was wondering if they could take us back to our universe where we can bring the Director to justice once and for all."
"Wash… are you-"
"I know you haven't worried about it ever since you came to Remnant and you were starting to relax a little more… but as for me, I was honestly trying to find a way back with Maine so I could take him out even if it was by myself. I almost had a lead… until we ran into Ruby's darker self, Maine wanted to destroy Pyrrha and… well, we all know how that went."
"I know what you mean. I was trying to figure out a way back myself but I couldn't find a way to get back to our universe and take him out. I was even thinking of asking the Hands at one point like you are now." Carolina admitted with a tight fist. "And honestly… it's something I still need to do. I haven't been showing it but knowing that the Director may still be alive, being involved with more illegal experiments and using others like he used us, York, North and South, Connie, Wyoming, and even Maine, it infuriates me."
"And he'll pay for it one day." Washington assured.
"But not the way I want. You may want to have him locked up, but I can't truly rest until I know that he's dead." She said with a stern voice. "But maybe he's already dropped dead by now, who knows?"
"And how do you know that?"
"…I'm… honestly not sure."
"Well… when I get around to asking Master Hand, we can finally put it to rest for good."
"Make sure that we do." Carolina would say and walked away, but paused and turned her head to Wash. "And Wash, if anything happens and your plan goes wrong… then we'll be doing it my way."
Why do I feel like I made a mistake? Washington thought to himself as he say Carolina walk away.
"I wouldn't sweat it too much, Marnie." Roxas said, casually eating Sea Salt Ice Cream with her, Neo and Luigi. "Just think, months or years from now, we can look back on it and laugh."
["I know I am!"] Neo signed, then playfully elbowing Marnie with a wink.
"I mean… it is rather funny." Marnie admitted. "I just didn't think he would have taken my joke so seriously." She let out a small giggle before looking up at the sky. "Never thought I'd see the day where we'd invade and take over a whole galaxy all because I joked around, yet… here we are."
"Who knows, he might spruce up the place a bit more." Luigi chuckled.
"True." Marnie giggled. "I wonder how Mickey's holding up."
Roxas looked over, seeing Mickey having his arms folded and looking absolutely annoyed with Bowser while he was still posing. "Oh… I'd say he's still annoyed."
"Might as well give him some space." Marnie said as the others nodded in agreement.
Meanwhile, with the Xiao Longs…
"Dad, what did you bring us here for?" Tai asked as he, Zhang and Yang were in the Garden Dome.
"Have I ever told you about where our dragon-like powers come from?" Zhang asked.
"Well, yeah, I think it has something to do with inheritance or something like that." Tai responded.
"But did this power come from? Have you ever thought of it?"
"Not really." Tai rubbed the back of his head.
"I have meant to tell you for the longest time but unfortunately, we had our falling out. That said, considering we are close to the final battle, I might as well tell you."
"Why's that?" Yang asked.
End BGM
"It may be key to help us win." Zhang informed. "You see, long ago there was this powerful golden dragon in Remnant. It had slain those who dared to challenge it… until one day, a man had come to challenge the beast. The dragon taunted this man, saying he will not succeed in slaying him as did the others. The two engaged in battle and to the dragon's surprise, he was putting up more of a fight than he looked, but he was still confident that he would win. However, the man was quick witted and smart enough to win the fight. The dragon was impressed and in his dying breath, he granted the man one wish before he passed. The man requested that he take his dragon powers for himself, and used the power to destroy the dragon."
"Oh, I heard about this fairy tale!" Yang said. "The Golden Sun, right?"
"Precisely." Zhang nodded.
"Dad, where are you getting at?"
"That man in the fairy tale? It was our ancestor."
"What?!" Tai and Yang yelled in shock.
"Indeed. This special power is within us and has been for many generations. We have dragon-like abilities within us."
"So… we technically have dragon blood in us." Yang pointed out.
"Correct."
"Whoa…" Yang whispered.
"That would explain a few things." Tai nodded. "So-"
"I should clarify something real quick." Zhang spoke up. "Our semblances that carry the dragon blood are only a small part of the dragon's power. Not a single descendant has been able to access all of it. One descendant actually tried… however, his body was unable to handle the full power and it ended up destroying him from the inside until he succumbed."
Yang paled. "Oh…"
Tai grimaced. "That'll do it… so, I'm taking it you're teaching us a technique that took generations to develop."
"So I will teach yo-… yes, that is correct!" Zhang nodded. "I will teach you how to do this super secret technique. After all, we are Xiao Longs and I will be damned if I didn't teach the both of you this power and see it fall into obscurity. My father had taught me this, his father taught him and so on. Now… let us begin."
With Rosalina…
"Okay, so there's three galaxies surrounding us." Rosalina said.
"Three of them? Interesting… what do we got?" Polari asked.
"Rainbow Road Galaxy, PNF-404 and… Space Graveyard."
"Space Graveyard? Huh… that's a little ominous…" Polari mumbled.
"PNF-404?!" Viridi suddenly blurted out. "Let me take a look at that galaxy real quick." She said as she enlarged it. "…There's no phazon in this world. I thought for sure Dark Samus destroyed this one!"
"Hmm… could it be possible that Dark Samus thought Hocotate was the Pikmin world?" Palutena asked.
Viridi laughed. "Oh, if that's the case, that's gonna be rich." She smirked. "I think I know where I'm headed."
Rainbow Road Galaxy Power Star #1 - We Don't Need Roads Where We're Going! - Ibuki, Daisy, Mikan, Dante, Luigi, Rosalina, Ruby, Summer
The group landed on a planet, where Luigi would spot a ? Block and hit it, and suddenly, every kart, bike and ATV popped into existence. "Oooh, this takes me back on our first adventure." Ruby smiled.
"Dibs on the Mach Bike~!" Daisy said, happily getting on it as it changed into her colors while Luigi went for the Jet Bike.
"I feel like this fits me…" Rosalina looked at the Shooting Star before getting on it. "Oooh, feels nice!"
"Eh, I'll take this one." Dante said, hopping on the Wario Bike.
"Just like old times!" Ruby said as she hopped into the P-Wing.
"This one seems cute." Summer said, climbing onto the Yoshi Bike while Mikan decided to go in the Prancer.
"Oh, what the heck!" Ibuki hopped onto the Sport Bike.
"I'm guessing there's a Power Star here somewhere." Ruby said.
"There has to be." Rosalina nodded. "I'm guessing we just have to drive there."
"And Ibuki'll be providing the BGM!" Ibuki winked.
"…I'm almost afraid to ask how she'll pull that off." Summer said.
"Knowing her, she'll find a way." Mikan responded.
"Just leave it all to Ibuki~!" Ibuki grinned as they would drive off where they would come across a Launch Star and flew off toward Rainbow Road… however, midflight, Ibuki decided to stand up and pulled out her guitar. With a smirk, Ibuki took one look at the screen and winked. "C'mon, you KNOW Ibuki would try something like this!" She smirked and got ready as they homed in on Rainbow Road. "And a one… and a two… and a ONE TWO THREE FOUR!"
BGM: Rainbow Road (F-Zero X)
The moment they landed, they would immediately start driving with Summer and Ruby looking absolutely floored over the fact Ibuki was driving while standing while also playing her guitar. Even Mikan looked surprised by this, especially when they drifted as Ibuki leaned to the right, her bike would start lean hard to the right, while Ibuki had a confident grin on her face.
As they drove, they would jump over small ramps as they would drift to the left and would see Rainbow Thwomps slamming into the ground to try to throw them off balance or accidentally smack into one, but they would avoid it as they made a hard right turn where they would see a ramp going over a gap between a fork in the road that contained a rainbow Thwomp. Dante would snag a ? Box and a Mushroom popped out of it.
"Make way!" Dante said, using the Mushroom to floor it as he jumped over the gap and did a trick before landing on the ground as they made a hard right next… and then they would see a cannon up ahead where they would go inside it and launch away to another Rainbow Road.
"Wait, another one?!" Ruby spoke up.
"Oooh, from Super Mario Kart to 64… Ibuki sees what's going on here~!" Ibuki chirped as they landed onto the next Rainbow Road as they landed on the track, where a train would drive on by alongside with them, then they all would drive over some boosts and drove off a ramp, as gliders would come out of their respective vehicles.
"Woooooo!" Daisy cheered, gliding alongside Luigi as they went through some star rings, boosting their way through as they gracefully landed and then drifted, the anti-gravity kicking in as their wheels turned sideways as they drove around the curve and would see a giant Chain Chomp bouncing around the road, forcing them to weave around the Chain Chomp as they would drive on, the train driving alongside them.
"The train's kinda cute." Rosalina giggled as she drifted around the loop, then would see two bouncing Chomps on the road. "My word, two of 'em?"
"Could be worse… there could be three!" Summer said as they drifted through the curve while the train threw out coins for everyone to grab, then they went over the last few curves while drifting, fireworks exploding nearby as they would drive through some boosts before launching off a gliding ramp, where a Launch Star waited for them and they launched away to the next Rainbow Road.
"What's with all the ramps on the sides?" Rosalina wondered as they drove, seeing her Observatory in the far distance as Ibuki would drift and drive off a ramp, cutting through the track and landing in front of the pack.
"Oh, I see what you're doing." Mikan smirked as she did the same thing.
"Atta girl, Mikan-chan~! Cheese strats for the win!" Ibuki exclaimed.
"Cheese what now…?" Summer wondered as they would watch Ibuki and Mikan jump all over the place.
"They're all over the place!" Dante said.
"Tell me about it!" Daisy agreed as Ibuki and Mikan would jump over on a small road and drove over the boosts where they would launch high into the air and went into a Launch Star and flew off toward the next Rainbow Road.
"Double Dash time, woo!" Ibuki cheered as the others would land far behind them as Ibuki and Mikan drifted down the curves as shooting stars rained down on the track, both of them driving through the boosts and landing on the platform below them.
"Okay, seriously… how are you driving with your feet anyway? …Let alone standing!"
"She'll never reveal her secrets that easily~!" Ibuki snickered as they went through the loop as the others would slowly catch up to them, then the Shooting Stars would land on the road, becoming Invincibility Stars where Ruby picked one up.
"Coming through! Woooooo!" Ruby cheered as she would drive around the curves before getting into the cannon and shooting up into the air before being shot out into another Rainbow Road. "Geez, how many of these are there?" She wondered as she drifted around the large spiraling curve, and when she got to the top, she would see a loopdeloop in front of her.
"Whooooa…" She said in awe. "…Of course these don't come with seatbelts." She mumbled as she drove through it, the anti-gravity kicking in again as she closed her eyes and hoped that she wouldn't fall off until she was back rightside up. "…Phew!" She sighed with relief as Summer and Luigi drove past as they went through some star rings before driving off and going through more rings as they drifted over a curve and saw a corkscrew ahead of them.
"Don't get dizzy now!" Luigi said.
"I'll try not to!" Ruby responded as they went through the corkscrew and once they got out, they would find themselves on another Rainbow Road, where Star Bits floated around them as they would drive down a ramp. "I don't know why, but this looks a bit infuriating!"
"What makes you say that?" Summer asked.
"I dunno, it just does!" Ruby responded as they drove down the ramp.
"Oh, lovely… Wii's Rainbow Road." Mikan said unenthusiastically.
"Yeeeeah…" Ibuki shook her head. "Not a fan of this either!"
"It's sure gorgeous though." Rosalina said.
"Comin' through!" Daisy said, popping a wheelie as she went through the boosts and jumped over the ramp, doing a stylish trick before landing gracefully, then she drove down and boosted toward the ramp, spinning her bike around and then landing, boosting past the Roses as she would pull up next to Luigi. "Sup, sexy man!"
"Sup?" Luigi chuckled.
"Meet ya at the finish line!" Daisy went off the ramp and backflipped before landing, then weaving around the large holes while Rosalina had the idea to jump through them and used her telekinesis to have her bike fly through the air before landing next to Mikan.
"Man, Ibuki wishes we could actually do that in the game!" Ibuki grumbled as they went through the tight curves before going into the launcher and launching up, landing on the road as they would drive up the ramp as all of them would do flips as they would gracefully land on the other side, then half of them would drive to the right and half to the left where they would drive off two separate ramps and do some tricks before going through the star tunnel, and then as they got out they would find themselves on another Rainbow Road as they drifted past a moon.
"I've counted seven of these things. How many are left?" Dante wondered.
"One more to go!" Ibuki responded.
"Then let's make it interesting!" Dante smirked as they would drive off a series of ramps with boosts until they would drift around the moon while dropping down on some platforms before drifting to the left, jumping off and bouncing off of a mushroom as they would land on the road and then drive up a ramp before drifting to the right and then drove off a gliding ramp where they would glide toward a ring orbiting a Saturn-like planet as they would land and drift through the rings before launching off another gliding ramp, soaring through a star ring and then landing on the ground as they would drift through some curves and drove over a waving road before dropping down on a moon.
"Whoa… gorgeous!" Ruby breathed as they would drive through the craters and dodged the Chomps as they would soon drift off the moon and then drove through some boosters until they went into a tunnel, then they'd boost out and glide their way to a space station.
"Is that a space station?" Summer wondered.
"Yup! The last Rainbow Road!" Ibuki grinned.
"…So we go from actual Rainbow Roads to a… rainbow-ified space statio-… what?" Ruby tilted her head in confusion as they would land on the "Rainbow Road" as they drove through it, the anti-gravity once again kicking in as they drifted around the sharp curves before they would drive off and glided their way over a gap and then landed on the space station, all of them driving on the floor panels before half of them split up and drove off the two separate ramps, gliding through and landing on the separate roads, drifting their way through until they regrouped and drifted the final corner as they would see the finish line in front of them with the Power Star shining brightly in front of them.
"Hmm…" Rosalina looked toward Daisy and Dante who had popped wheelies as she decided to try the same, leaning back as she started doing a wheelie as well. "Whooooooa!" She yelped in surprise as she boosted her way through and crossed the finish line first as she jumped off and snagged the Power Star with Summer coming in second, Ibuki in third, Mikan in fourth, Ruby in fifth, Dante in sixth, Daisy in seventh and Luigi in last.
End BGM
"…How did I end up last?" Luigi wondered before shrugging it off while Ibuki put her guitar away and glomped Rosalina happily.
"That was amazing, Rosie-chan!"
"Heh, thanks…" Rosalina smiled, hugging her back as heavenly lights surrounded them all and took them back to the Observatory.
PNF-404 Power Star #1 - Gone Spelunking - Forces of Nature, SPBR, Pichu, Newt, Penny, SAPR
BGM: Forest of Hope (Pikmin)
Samus landed her ship on the ground as they walked out shortly after. "Whoa… it's pretty." Blake said.
"Pika!" Pikachu agreed.
"The Pikmin reside here? It's gorgeous." Samus said. "Too bad Rosie's not here with us."
"Oh, I'm sure she'll come around after heading to Rainbow Road." Viridi said. "Besides, she looked excited heading over there."
"Excited? I think Ibuki took her along."
"I'm pretty sure she invited Rosalina." Arlon said.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure she did." Blake nodded as they walked around.
"I'm picking up on a large enemy up ahead." Adam spoke up. "…Along with a lot of tiny things."
Viridi grinned. "Sweet." She said as they headed over to their destination and saw several Pikmin going toe to toe with a Bulborb… a rather big Bulborb.
"Okay, either we shrunk or they grow rather big here." Blake sweatdropped.
"Nah, we didn't shrink. They just like to grow huge." Samus responded.
"Yah! Yah! Yah!" The Pikmin cried, attacking the Bulborb as it was trying to bite down on some Purple Pikmin, but it couldn't get past it as some Winged Pikmin dropped a few Rock Pikmin on top of it.
"Oh my goodness…" SAPR said in awe. "They're so cute!"
Penny smiled. "I agree!" She said as the Bulborb would soon fall on stomach in defeat.
"Wow! Look at you little guys kick some butt!" Viridi exclaimed as the Pikmin would soon turn to them as they would run/fly over toward them out of curiosity.
"You know…" Blake knelt down and offered her hand to a red Pikmin. "I never realized how cute these little guys are." She said as the Pikmin climbed up and waved at Blake.
"Boop Boop!" ROB said, as the Pikmin crawled all over him. "Boop…"
"I think they like you!" Penny smiled when suddenly, some Purple Pikmin pushed ROB down.
"Booop!" ROB yelped as he fell on his back as the Pikmin proceeded to carry him.
"Hup too, hup too, hup too-"
ROB managed to squirm his way out of there and headed back to his team. "Boop…"
"Pika?" Pikachu turned his head, noticing some Pikmin unearthing something nearby after the fight with the Bulborb. He would move over to see what they were pulling out… and pulled out a very large Game Boy Advance. "PIKA?!"
"Whoa! That's the biggest GBA I've ever seen!" Phosphora exclaimed.
"I believe that we have indeed shrunk. It is rather obvious." Arlon mused.
"We didn't shrink! They just made a jumbo sized Game Boy Advance here." Samus said.
"…Uh-huh." Blake had her arms folded. "And how do you explain that?" She pointed her thumb to the side to see a large Kirby Amiibo that the Pikmin were also carrying, not to mention trying to fit into Samus's ship.
Samus sweatdropped. "They… like to worship Kirby?"
"We shrunk. Amiibo aren't that big." Blake said with Newt chirping in agreement.
"We didn't shrink. I guarantee that we didn't." Samus said.
"There must be something about this planet that makes every day objects look like they ate a Mega Mushroom." Penny said.
"Oh, don't be ridiculous, sis." SAPR said as she leaned on a blade of grass. "These trees are normal!"
"Sis, that's a blade of grass."
"It is?" SAPR scanned it. "…I'll be darned, it is a blade of grass. We shrunk."
"We didn't shrink! Those are just the trees of this planet."
"Explain that then." Viridi pointed to a very tall tree nearby.
"…Okay, so maybe the grass grows gigantic here, but I can assure you, we didn't shrink to the size of ants." Samus said.
"How long can a human be in denial for?" Phosphora whispered.
"Their insistence knows no bounds…" Arlon responded back as they started to walk ahead with the Pikmin following them, mostly crowding around Viridi while Pikmin proceeded to dig out a large wedding ring, a Gamecube controller, a large pizza box and a Sega Genesis.
"Are you sure we haven't shrunk?" Blake asked. "Seriously, that pizza box was huge."
"We're in a land of giants, obviously."
"Uh-huh… then how come the Pikmin are so small?"
"Pi Pi Chu Chu." Pichu agreed.
"…Natural selection." Samus responded, causing Blake to sweatdrop.
"Riiiiiight…"
"Oh, according to this, it says here that the Power Star is underneath this hole." Adam said.
"Well, in we go. It can't be that deep." Phosphora said as she hopped in as did everyone else along with the Pikmin.
End BGM
Thirteen floors later…
"Boop boop." ROB said.
"Yes, I know this is floor fourteen. You don't have to hang it over my head!" Phosphora said.
"Strange… there's energy spikes all over this place." Penny said.
"Hmm? Hey, I see something glowing down there!" SAPR pointed out.
"There's our Power Star." Samus said before getting in her stance. "Alright, anyone want to drop in?" She asked as they got closer to the Power Star, and then suddenly a gigantic bug like creature rose from the ground. "Rising from the ground… I'll take it."
"What the hell is that?!" Blake yelled as Penny scanned the creature.
"Titan… Titan Dweevil?" Penny informed as the creature turned toward them, activating one of its mechanics and shooting out flames that forced them all to dodge.
BGM: Titan Dweevil (Pikmin 2)
Elemental Junk Lover - Titan Dweevil
"We need a giant flyswatter." Arlon said.
"Saw one a few floors ago." Viridi admitted.
"I'll go get it! Come on, little guys!" Phosphora flew up with the Winged Pikmin accompanying her.
"Guess we'll have to fight this thing ourselves!" Samus said as she shot at it with the Wave Beam, where it would respond by shooting out poison, before it decided to glow blue and sprayed phazon everywhere, causing the White Pikmin to curiously look at the Phazon on the ground.
"Of course it's spraying out Phazon!" Viridi groaned as Penny and SAPR flew around and shot lasers at the center of the body where it would spray out water, only for it to get knocked off when Arlon fired a laser at it, then Pikachu and Pichu both used Thunderbolt on it.
Viridi would pick up several yellow Pikmin and threw them at the creature as it would attempt to skewer them with its giant legs, but Samus rolled out of the way and fired Fire Dust infused Super Missiles at it before bombarding it with Storm Missiles. It would respond by throwing out electric mines in order to try to electrocute them but Blake would back flip while ROB flew up and fired lasers as Blake would fire a Wave Beam with Samus.
The White Pikmin jumped into the Phazon and started slurping it up. "Whoooooa!" The Pikmin cried as they went from white to neon blue. Their red eyes went purple and their purple flowers went to a blue violet color. They would start screaming as they would start climbing on the Titan Dweevil's legs and start heading toward the center. The Dweevil attempted to shake them off but they would all hang on as they would head on top of the large bulge as they would violently punch and kick the Titan Dweevil.
…Of course, it didn't really do that much damage until they started kicking the junk off of the Dweevil until there was one left, then they would join hands together and light up. "Da da da daaaaa!" They all cried before exploding in a violent Phazon-like explosion that destroyed the rest of the junk and made the Titan Dweevil completely exposed.
"Well, that's one way to do it!" Penny said.
"Did they just… suicide bomb that thing?" SAPR asked in surprise.
"Who's gonna tell Olimar about that kind of discovery?" Blake asked.
"COMING THROUGH!" A voice yelled as they would turn to see Phosphora and the army of Winged Pikmin coming in with the giant flyswatter and swung it down to crush the Titan Dweevil, where it would disintegrate into bubbles shortly after and disappearing, leaving behind a giant Power Star.
End BGM
"That takes care of that." Phosphora smiled, high fiving the Winged Pikmin. "…Wait, where are the little white ones?"
"Oh look, a giant Power Star." Viridi said. "Looks like we shrunk."
"We didn't shrink!" Samus responded.
"Hey Palutena, back us up here!" Viridi requested.
"Hmm… judging by your size next to that flyswatter and the Power Star… yeah, I say you shrunk." Palutena said.
"Honey, we shrunk SPBRR and friends!" Hades chuckled.
"Yes yes, you're hilarious."
"We didn't shrink!" Samus insisted with a sigh.
"Hang on… I'm picking up on more activity below us." Adam said. "What's going on down there?"
"One way to find out." Viridi responded as they created a hole and they all jumped down while the Power Star was taken back to the Observatory.
BGM: Dark Samus Approaches (Metroid Prime 2: Echoes)
As they landed… they would see a huge lab-like area, filled with tubes and other scientific junk. "What's all this?" Phosphora wondered.
"I dunno… something feels-" Samus would spot Newt flying ahead. "Huh? Hey sweetie, where are you going?" She asked as they would follow him. However, Blake would stop moving as she turned her head but saw nothing.
"Mmm…" Blake quietly hummed as she would catch up with the others.
"Bud, what's got you all antsy all of a sudden?" Samus asked as Newt turned to her and let out a few chirps. "Huh? What do you mean you sense something calling to you?"
Blake looked around herself, her gut was telling her something was amiss as they kept walking. The more they walked, the more tense she got… and the more scared she became. "Boop boop." ROB said lowly.
"I agree. I don't like this either." Adam agreed as they turned the corner and once they got into a room, suddenly a door shut behind Blake, making her jump as she nervously looked back. She would immediately hurry over to Samus.
"I say we get the hell out of here…"
"I just want to know what's gotten into the little guy." Samus said as they kept walking until they reached a dead end.
End BGM
Newt turned his entire body, letting out a few chirps of disappointment. "Come on, bud… I'm sure it was nothing." Samus said while suddenly, Blake tensed up… a small shiver ran up her spine. It did not help that the area they were in was dimly lit.
Please don't be behind me, please don't be behind me, please don't be behind me…
She nervously turned around, only to see nothing. However, she held her breath… until something landed on her shoulder. She turned her head and saw saliva. Her eyes widened in fear as she slowly looked up… and then a large creature landed between her and the rest of the team. Before she could scream, it would backhand her and send her crashing to a wall. "Nngh!" She grunted as she came to and saw the creature in front of her.
An Omega Metroid.
The Omega Metroid roared in her face as Blake let out several whimpers.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Meanwhile…
Space Graveyard Power Star #1 - It's Quiet… Too Quiet. - Chiaki
"Hmm…" Chiaki flew around the empty graveyard in her newly restored X-Wing, seeing nothing but destroyed ships and debris.
"You picking up on anything, Chiaki?" Hiyoko would ask.
"Not yet, so far I've been seeing junk and ships all around me." Chiaki responded. "It's too quiet… I don't like this."
"Let us know if you need back up."
"Right." Chiaki nodded as she would continue to fly around, pressing a button to activate the flashlights on the X-Wing as she continue to scan the area. She would spot something flashing on her radar. "Oh?" She curiously flew toward it, weaving through debris and the occasional meteor.
When she got closer, she would see the Power Star in front of her. She smiled… but immediately frowned. Something in her gut was eating at her. The Power Star was right there and was ripe for the taking. It was easy to grab.
…Too easy.
"Mmm…" Chiaki summoned a Galaga enemy ship as it flew over toward the Power Star and would try to grab it with its tractor beam… but it didn't move. Chiaki narrowed her eyes as the ship would desperately try to grab it. She dismissed it soon after and replaced it with a pixelated Kirby as he tried to snag it, but he went right through it.
"Just as I thought. It's a trap." Chiaki said as she dismissed Kirby.
"How clever of you!" A voice said on her radio as she let out a gasp, her radar picking up enemy movement as she turned to the source and saw Dark Samus's ship nearby.
"Dark Samus!"
"I had a feeling someone wouldn't fall for such an easy Power Star to grab." Dark Samus taunted. "However, you weren't smart enough to realize that you're right where I want you!" She smirked.
"Let me guess, you're going to use a tractor beam on me, take me prisoner, torture me to death and then by the time my friends come, I'd succumb to your torture!"
"That's not my style. They'd just blow up another ship. However, you're about to have a very bad day, little girl." Dark Samus smirked.
"Oh yeah? We'll see about that!" Chiaki said as she flew toward the ship. Chances are, she's going to try to wear me out with waves of enemies. I'm not going to let her get to me! She thought as she opened fire… when suddenly, a laser hit her on the side. "Agh!" She yelped.
"Can't let you do that, pilot girl!"
Chiaki's eyes widened. That voice… don't tell me they're working with her! She thought as she looked to the side and saw four red ships coming toward her… but they weren't ordinary red ships.
They were Wolfens.
BGM: Star Wolf (Star Fox Assault)
Can't Let You Do That! - Star Wolf
"Grahahaha! The hunt is on, boys! Andrew! Leon! Panther! Flank her."
"Yes, Wolf!" The three of them said in unison and flew away.
"You gotta be kidding me…" Chiaki said before she turned around and started to fly off. The odds are four to one… but if I know my Star Fox, I should be able to take 'em out easily one on one… however, since this is one on four, this might get a bit tricky. Here goes nothing!
She started to open fire at Wolf, but he weaved through the lasers as he turned to the side to avoid collision with Chiaki while Leon came around and shot at her, but she barrel rolled out of the way as she turned around and fired at Leon, only for Panther to come up from under her and shot a device at her, which in turn would disable her radar. "What?!"
"We disabled your radar. You will be fighting us blindly from here on out." Panther said.
"Rrrgh, alright… bring it on then!" Chiaki responded as she would start to fire at Panther but he would barrel roll out of the way as Andrew would shoot at her from above. Chiaki would do a somersault to get behind Andrew and shoot him, but Leon and Wolf shot her from both sides.
"Hahaha! You are useless against the four of us, girl!" Leon taunted.
"Why are you siding with Dark Samus?!" Chiaki demanded.
"Hmhmhm, she was the highest bidder." Wolf responded as Chiaki would turn toward Wolf and flew at him, shooting at him. "Mmph! Impressive, but you shall not land another hit."
Chiaki barrel rolled over a few laser shots at Panther and Leon as she would attempt to shoot at them, but Andrew came in and shot her from behind, destroying part of her thrusters. "Agh!" She yelped as she tried to shoot back but Wolf came in from behind.
"You're good, but I'm better." Wolf shot out the rest of her thrusters, leaving her X-Wing to stall.
"Crap!" Chiaki exclaimed as the Wolfens would circle around her. "Okay, here goes." She said, pulling the trigger as she would fire at the ships that came in front of her, but to her dismay, they would somersault or barrel roll to avoid the laser shots until Panther shot her in the front, disabling the rest of her controls.
"No!"
"Hmhmhm, looks like I have a victory here. Star Wolf... finish her!" Dark Samus ordered.
Chiaki closed her eyes. Got caught up in the moment... She thought as she pressed a button. "This is Chiaki to the Observatory, requesting back up! I repeat, requesting back up! Can anyone hear me!" She called out as the Wolfens circled around her. "Can anyone read me!"
End BGM
No response.
"Hmm, it seems as if your luck has run out." Wolf taunted.
"Mayday! Can anyone hear me! I need backup now!" She called out. "Oooh, don't tell me my radio's disabled..." She would look up to see the four Wolfens stopped flying as they would slowly turn to her, their weapons aimed at her. "Can anyone hear me!" She pleaded, closing her eyes.
"Location confirmed. Backup has arrived."
"Huh?" Chiaki wondered as suddenly, a ship came out of hyperspace... the Great Fox.
BGM: Star Fox Theme (Star Fox Assault)
"WHAT?!" Dark Samus yelled in shock as five Arwings came flying out.
"Can't let you do that, Star Wolf!" Fox spoke up.
"Heh, how's it feel to be fashionably late for once?" Wolf smirked as he would suddenly turn his Wolfen around as did the others. "As for you, Dark Samus. You have made a mistake." He said as the Wolfens flew toward the ship as they and the Arwings would shoot at the ship together.
"HOW?!" Dark Samus yelled. "How did the Great Fox get here so quickly?! I CONTACTED STAR WOLF, NOT THE DAMNED GREAT FOX!"
"Don't you get it, you expired blueberry? We were in the Great Fox when you contacted us." Wolf explained. "Because of that, we hatched a plan. We would pretend to side with you and ambush anyone who would come to this graveyard. Once we engaged battle, I secretly gave the signal to the Great Fox. Once that happened, we just merely toyed with her. We weren't actually going to kill her. Not only that, but when we disabled her radar, we also disabled her radio so no one would interfere with our plan."
"But you go for the highest bidder! You should be working for me!"
"You can give me all the money in the world, but when you go ahead and throw Phazon everywhere for some petty reason, I ain't budging. Besides, I can't make money when the world is dead, you short sighted imbecile."
"You... YOU...!"
"By the way, pilot girl. Your ship should be coming back up any moment now." Wolf said as Chiaki's X-Wing came back online. "You can thank Peppy for the paralysis shots."
"Ah, it was nothin'!" Peppy responded as Chiaki smirked.
"Alright, let's give 'er everything we got. GAME ON!" Chiaki cheered as she activated the thrusters as she, Star Fox and Star Wolf would fly around the ship and start shooting at them.
"FIRE AT THOSE IDIOTS!"
"We're trying! They're all squirrelly!"
"Well, try harder then!"
"Well, why don't you come down and fire at these boneheads yourself!"
Dark Samus snarled, grabbing a hold of the Zebesian and tossing him to the side. "Give me those controls!" She growled as she tried to shoot at the ships, but they would outmaneuver them.
"Hey, you dumb blueberry! Eat some of this!" Falco said, shooting at the cockpit of the ship.
"Peppy. Slippy. Krystal. Wolf. Panther. Let's bomb those turrets!" Fox said.
"On it!" Krystal nodded.
"You don't have to tell me twice!" Wolf responded as they would fly around, all of them barrel rolling as they would shoot at the turrets, where they would all explode after enough shots were fired.
"All the turrets are offline!"
"Rrrgh! Send backup then!"
"Can't. They're all refueling!"
"ARE YOU SHITTING ME?!" Dark Samus yelled as they would see the X-Wing coming in with Leon and Andrew next to them.
"Bombs away!" Chiaki yelled, as they would shoot out bombs, with Fox and Falco shooting at the cockpit to open up the window as the bombs flew inside, as they would start to light up and exploded.
"GAAAAH!" Dark Samus cried out.
"I've sent in a drone inside the ship." Slippy said.
"Please tell me that has a bomb inside!" Krystal said.
"Yes. It should be blowing up right abooouuut-" They would see a massive explosion. "Now. The generator is hit!"
"Atta boy, Slippy!" Fox praised.
"Alright, young lady. Let's get out of here!" Falco said.
"Agreed." Chiaki nodded. "I had a feeling there's no Power Star here anyway." She said as she turned around and flew back to the Observatory, the others following as the Great Fox shot at the ship for good measure before taking off as well.
"Generator is destroyed! This ship is about to go down in ten seconds!"
Dark Samus opened up a portal. "This isn't over." She said and walked inside, and then closed it before any of the surviving space Pirates could have a chance to go in the portal.
"What?! HEY! LET US IN! COME BACK!"
"...Oooh, I despise her." Another grumbled as the ship lit up and exploded.
Back on PNF-404...
BGM: Omega Metroid (Metroid: Samus Returns)
Blake let out a terrified shriek as the Omega Metroid had roared at her. The others had turned around and opened fire at the creature but it ignored her as it walked over to its cornered prey as it breathed fire but Blake quickly dove out of the way as Penny would fly over and slashed it and SAPR shot at it.
The Omega Metroid ignored the robots and the others attacking it. It was more interested in it's terrified prey. Blake would get back up as she trembled in fear, then they would all hear roaring as several Zeta Metroids would jump in, followed by several Gammas, Alphas and even Larval Metroids.
Samus's eyes widened. "These Metroids... they're from the BSL Station!"
"You mean the ones they manufactured?!" Adam exclaimed in shock.
Samus would quickly grab a hold of Blake with her Grapple Beam and pulled her away. "I got ya!" She said, where the Pikmin got in front of Blake as if to protect her as the Metroids all closed in on them.
End BGM
Suddenly, Newt let out several loud chirps and flew in front of them. "Newt, no!" Samus yelled.
"Wait!" Penny spoke up. "He's communicating with them!"
Newt would let out several chirps. The Omega Metroid would roar in response, followed by several chirps from Newt.
"What are they saying?" Arlon asked.
"Newt is requesting them to stop fighting. The Omega is demanding to know why he's siding with us. Newt is telling them we are not the enemy and we should fight Dark Samus together."
Newt would let out several more chirps before turning over to Samus and let out another chirp, to which a few Zetas let out a few small inquisitive growls.
"Why should you fight us when a Metroid had defeated Metroid Prime herself. My mother. She's the new alpha." Penny translated.
"New alpha? But... she's not even a Metroid!" Blake said.
"Remember the Metroid DNA in me?" Samus spoke up. "I'm part Metroid."
Newt let out a few more chirps, and suddenly all the Metroids, minus Newt, all bowed before Samus.
"Metroid Prime abuses you. Mom takes good care of me and my siblings. To me, she's not just a mom. She's the Metroid Queen... and we should fight alongside her."
Samus blushed a deep red. "W-wait a second, honey! I'm just a warrior! Not some royal-... oh, never mind." She sighed before she had an idea. I wonder... She thought. "Eeee. Eeee. Eeee."
"What are you doing?" Viridi asked.
"Trying to speak Metroid." Samus responded. "Eeee. Eeee."
Newt let out a few high pitched chirps, as if he was snickering at her. "Oh come on, hon! I'm trying my best here!" Samus blushed as she looked at the Metroids rising up. "Alright, you might not understand me, but we have a common enemy. The Metroid Prime. Will you guys help me? All of us?"
The Metroids all let out several collective roads and chirps after Newt translated for her. "They said yes." SAPR responded.
"Don't let those things get anywhere near me!" Blake responded. "Newt's the only exception!"
"I can't believe it... we have a Metroid army with us now."
Adam chuckled. "I believe Dark Samus's days are numbered."
"Welp, time to go." Viridi said, taking them all in beams of light, sending them back to the Observatory, which also included Samus's ship.
At the Observatory...
"Apologies for the scare, girl." Wolf said.
"No, don't be. You were just putting on a show for her." Chiaki waved it off. "It's no big deal!"
"Heh, how about that." Wolf chuckled as they walked off as the Great Fox parked next to Starship Mario.
"We put the evacuees on the Halberd, just so they wouldn't be caught in the crossfire of what we had planned to do." Peppy explained.
Rosalina smiled. "That makes sense. Glad you guys came." She said as the heavenly lights came down as Viridi and the others came by, complete with an army of Pikmin and Metroids.
"What the?!" Weiss exclaimed in surprise.
"Long story." Samus chuckled.
"Hmm..." Wolf would take a look at Ruby. "Ruby? What's with your-"
"Oh this? Some weird clown from a different universe came by, dipped me in Phazon, got rid of the corruption bit and now I have Phazon powers."
"She can enhance someone's power! Speaking from experience!" Nora said from afar.
"Hmm, so does Dark Samus know about your Phazon powers?"
"I'm not sure. I don't think she noticed my Phazon colors when we were at Fleet Glide. As far as I know, she doesn't realize I have Phazon coursing through my veins."
"So, she doesn't know." Wolf mused, closing his eyes before letting out a chuckle, smirking. "Most interesting."
Ibuki: *cackles* Oh, this gets better and better!
Yup! Now, for those who are curious:
Rainbow Road - Replacing Rolling Coaster
PNF-404 - Replaces Stone Cyclone
Space Graveyard - Replaces Twisty Trials
Ibuki: *grins* Fun~!
Mhm! Shout out to Cody for these other two replacements. And a shout out for Log and DK for the super secret technique for the Xiao Long family!