Gee, I feel like I should say something. Hmm…Uh, I have a mosquito bite and it is bugging the hell out of me. How's that?
If someone wanted to learn about Captain Falcon, a good clue would be the arena he chose for his first battle. It was large and the ground was a road on which speeding race cars zoomed across and disappeared at the right side of the arena. There were so many cars on this road that it was impossible to touch the ground without being run over by one. Platforms floated above so the fighters would have something to stand on while they fight. But thing that reflected Captain Falcon most was that, like him, the arena was one of the most intimidating things Zelda had seen in her life.
Everything she said last night was forgotten as she stepped through a large door and saw Captain Falcon stretching, his muscles bulging in his suit as though he had gotten a child-size instead. Zelda breathed deeply and tried to be confident but she could not. Her mind could not leave the fact that Captain Falcon would probably kill her.
"Hey baby, you looking pretty good," the flirtatious racer called to Zelda. "If I wasn't supposed to hurt you, I would have to ask you to dinner."
"I already have a boy friend, and he's not a jerk like you. Or as much of one anyways," Zelda retorted. "So quit checking me out."
"Alright baby, if that's the way you want it to go down, it's time to fight- or not."
The seats in the arena were beginning to fill with people and the room was soon as loud and excited as the day before, but the noise died down immediately when the announcer began to speak.
"Our two contestants for today's battle is the attractive Princess Zelda versus the um…sweaty Captain Falcon." Captain Falcon flexed his arm and several fans whistled and hollered in approval. He smirked and adjusted his goggles in a conceited way. He and Link should get together, Zelda thought; it would be fun to see who has a bigger ego.
"Smashers ready?" boomed the announcer.
"Ready," the two fighters said simultaneously.
The loud fog horn-like noise that signaled the start of the match filled the room. The fight had begun.
Zelda stood on a platform that was floating above the stampede of speeding cars not sure of what to do. Should she rush in or wait for him to attack. Should she use magic or fist? Neither seemed capable to her right now. But before she could decide how to attack, her sweaty opponent was leaping towards her for an attack. He threw a large fist towards her head, but the princess ducked, narrowly missing it.
Captain Falcon gave several more punches, but only the final blow struck his challenger in the eye.
"Don't like to hit a girl, doesn't seem fair, but that's the way the game goes" he called out to Zelda who had been thrust backwards onto another platform when she was hit.
"Oh, I don't blame you for not wanting to. Because this is what happens when you do!"
Zelda closed her eyes and suddenly wind was blowing every where. The crowd watched in silence as a burst of blue light shot forward out of her hands and struck Captain Falcon squarely in the chest knocking him down of the plat form landing in front of another speeding race car. He let out a shout and suddenly disappeared in a fountain of light.
All was silent for a brief moment while Zelda and everyone else in the audience wondered what had happened. Both to her relief and dismay, Captain Falcon reappeared unhurt.
"Alright, one point for the pretty girl with big ears. But the fights just started."
He lunged forward, fury in his eyes. Zelda knew that now that he was aware of just what would happen if he underestimated her again striking him alone would be tuff. And not getting hit would be even harder. No thoughts of what to do came to her; any battle techniques she had ever learned were completely forgotten. All she seemed capable of doing was running away and breathing, though that was becoming more difficult now. She took a deep breathe, and jumped as far as she could, which was surprisingly very high, into the air above.
Captain Falcon almost forgot to stop himself as his target suddenly moved. His toes were nearly off the edge of one of the larger 8 ft by 4 ft plat forms when he finally realized that Zelda was now above him and he halted to a stop. Determined to make Zelda pay for knocking him off the edge, he jumped up in the air and grabbed the Princess's skinny ankle. She gasped as she felt his strong hand grasp on to her, and she began to kick downward onto his face. Now very irritated, he brought her ankle, and the scrawny girl that was attached, down hard against the ground with a loud 'thud'.
This did not feel good, but it wasn't enough to knock Zelda down for good. She sprang back up and did a low kick knocking him down onto his back. He got back up and both he and Zelda began to throw blows at each other. Most were blocked or dodged, except for an occasional blow that managed to slip past.
Zelda could tell that Captain Falcon was almost as exhausted as she was and his punches were slowing down. Both contestants could barely make a fist, let alone actually hit their opponent. Finally, Captain Falcon managed to hit Zelda in the eye, and she fell backwards onto her back. She wanted to get up, but she was too drained to do it fast enough. As though making a strong blow re-energized him, Captain Falcon bounded forward ready to beat Zelda senseless.
Zelda saw three things before her world erupted with pain. She saw Captain Falcon hold his fist above his head ready to strike, the crowd yelling out to both her and her opponent, and Roy. Zelda did a double-take. Why should she notice him when she is in the middle of a battle? What made him stand out from everyone else, including Link?
But there was no denying what she saw. Light reflected of his golden armor, and she could faintly see her reflection in it (not a pretty sight). His blue eyes were shining, as always, but they looked pained rather than dreamy. His whole body seemed to give of a gentle glow, but this was probably just her imagination. But the brief moment in which she could tell what was going on passed, and everything became out of focus. At first, she could feel nothing but throbbing pain as this awful man's flaming punches rained down upon her. Then the blows stopped, though the burning sting did not. She could feel her self being picked up and thrown over Captain Falcon's shoulder, but she had no power to stop him. She screamed, but it was as though she was standing in a cloud of fog where no one could hear her. She let out another shriek only to receive another bruise to her already inflamed head.
Though everything around her was blurred and nothing seemed quite clear, Zelda could still here the shouts of the people. It was the ten second countdown; the entire room burst into a chorus of "10…9…8…" This was it- if dropped her off the edge, like she knew he would, they would be tied and the battle would continue into Sudden Death in which each fighter starts out with an extremely high amount of damage and if they take to long to knock each other out, bombs begin to rain down upon them (who's dumb idea was that?). In her case, this could be renamed 'Certain Death'. She had read in a magazine the Captain Falcon never lost a Sudden Death match. Never.
Zelda could feel her captor swinging her back into his arms and then letting go completely. She was falling but her helpless body seemed to not to react. Captain Falcon stood in triumph over his almost assured victory. His body moved up and down as he took deep exhausted breathes while he, and the entire audience, waited to hear Zelda scream.
Finally, after about a minute of waiting, there was a scream. But the sound did not belong to Zelda, it belonged to Captain Falcon.
Not as much humor as the other chapters, but it sure is action packed, don't you think? What will happen? Who will win? Guess you will just have to wait and find out!
