Chapter 18: A Power Charge
"[Okay. Let's try another one.]" Said R.O.B.; feeling mentally drained. Powering up the generator has been unsuccessful most far. They tried many of the Smasher's projectiles: Such as Luigi's fireballs, Dedede's stars, and Pikachu's electricity on this machine but each attempt failed to create a suitable battery for the device. To make things worse, R.O.B. is running out of potential fighters to achieve this task. The robot is practically praying that'll he'll get the machine running in time before the next black out; worrying that the mansion can't handle any more shortages. The Veteran then turned to the jackal and said "[Lucario. You're up; use your aura sphere on it.]"
The animal nodded "As you wish." He walked towards the entrance of the glass box, standing firm as let his life-force course through his body. The Pokémon then put his paws together, forming a large ball made up of compressed aura; which was growing larger by the second.
Lucario shot the glowing projectile, into the cage; the Smasher known as Wolf, closing the door the second it went inside; locking it with post-haste.
The Generator's ring caught the sphere the moment it went near the device; its pull putting it in place inside the rims of the hoop. The psychic energy seeped into the ball of aura, making it grow in size and luminescence.
"Do you think this will work?" Said Pit.
"Hopefully so." Answered Gannondorf.
The room was full of trophies, they were on edge as they looked at the display. Nervous on what's about happen next. Unfortunately, the projectile rejected the psychic power, deforming and twisting into unnatural shapes at the box begins to vibrate with heavy force.
The ball exploded with fury' there wasn't a space inside the glass cage that was left untouched by the blast, which was greedily swallowed by the mass of chaotic aura.
After a moment or so, the mass of life energy began to fade away; leaving an unchanged box, with an unpowered generator.
"That went well." Sarcastically said Brawler, appearing to be unimpressed.
"Stay positive Brawler." Replied Lucario. "We will get this."
"Stay Positive?! Most of the Smashers had tried to get the generator running, and they failed. There's nothing worth being positive about!"
"Brawler. I know it looks bad, but we have to keep going." Spoke the solider. "We can't give up without trying."
"I'm not saying 'Give up'!" Answered the fist-fighter. "What I'm saying, is that we need to rethink our strategy. We're essentially just throwing things at a wall to see what sticks! There's gotta be an efficient way to do this!"
"[Perhaps your right, maybe there is a better way to power up the generator.]" Acknowledged the robot. "[However, we're limited on resources and time. This is the best we can manage on short notice.]"
"Okay then, what happens if none of the fighters can turn on the generator? What happens then?"
"[We find another solution.]"
"Find another solution? Is that seriously the plan!? What kind of schemes are you guys gonna cook up next? Clone Pikachu a thousand times and wrap them around in wires? Attach a lightning rod on the roof and hope for the best? Call a damn electrician?! What!?" Shouted the Mii.
Lucario was about the speak sense into the Newcomer but Brawler kept talking "Oh wait, don't tell me. You're going to twiddle your thumbs and hope that someone comes along to save the day aren't you? Well I can tell you guy's one thing for sure; There no chance in hell that's ever gonna happen!"
As if on cue, the doors to the Command Center slammed open; revealing a fitness trainer and a blond ninja. "Guys! We might have found the key to our energy problem!" Shouted Sheik. The Trophies stood there, stunned at the sudden intrusion of the two fighters.
All except Brawler, who scream on the top of his lungs "OH FOR # $% SAKE!"
Wii Fit and Sheik Stood there in shock out the Mii's outburst until the jackal spoke to them "Ignore him, what do you guys mean you found the key?"
"He's talking about me." Said the pale women. "I discovered something new about myself today; an ability I never knew I had before till now."
"What kind of ability?" Questioned Wolf; folding his arms in suspicion.
"Pic Pichu chu pichu!" (Yeah! What's your power!) Squeaked a small yellow mouse.
"Well." Said Wii Fit, holding her hands nervously. "I don't know what Is exactly. After the meeting I headed to the gym to get some exercises done, you know to relax and enjoy myself. But, when I tried to do some yoga, something…something came out of me."
"Something came out of you?" Said a perplexed Snake.
"A projectile of some sort." Answered the warrior. "Was about the size of a large cannonball and was emitting intense light and heat; based on that assessment, I'm betting that it's an energy based attack."
"Hmm interesting." Said Mewtwo. "Do you think you can show us?"
"Ummm…I don't know if I can."
"You did it once before, I'm sure you can do it again." Said the ninja. "Just try to remember what you did back at the gym, I believe you were doing that yoga pose before your powers activated."
Memories from earlier had flooded her mind like a tsunami. Upon recollection, she nodded to the group and stood very straight. She raised her arms in the air, as a ball of yellow light had formed near her chest. The Smashers took noticed, staring at the sphere whiles several people gave out "Oohs" and "Ahhs"."
"It's so bright." Said Lucas.
"What is that thing made of?" Questioned Ike.
"[Let me check. Wii Fit Trainer, can you hold that pose for a moment? I need to examine this object.]" Said R.O.B.
"Uh, sure thing R.O.B." Replied the instructor.
The robot moved in front of the Newcomer, focusing his eyes on the projectile. A series of red lights were projected from his lens; scanning the sphere in every detail. After approximately 15 seconds, the Veteran has ceased his task, and spoke to the trainer.
"[You can stop now Fit, I got everything that I need.]"
The woman than lowered her arms to her sides, which in turn made the ball disappear into from existence.
"So what exactly is Wii Fit generating from her body?" Said Pokémon Trainer.
"[According to my scanners: That sphere is entirely composed of Infrared radiation, Ultraviolet radiation, and light. Energy that is commonly found in sunlight.]"
"I can generate solar energy?!" Shouted Fit.
"[Unless my readings were incorrect, I say that you have the power to project ball of solar radiation.]"
"Huh." Said the Newcomer, now realizing something. "Kind of makes sense actually."
"How so?" Questioned the jackal.
"My ability seem to only work when I perform the yoga pose known as Sun Salutation; surprised I didn't see it sooner."
"Now that's just stupid." Said the fist-fighter.
"Brawler. Hush." Spoke the blue canine.
"Okay, having the power of the sun is nice and all, but how is that going to power the generator? What makes you think that this projectile will be different from the others?" Wolf asked the instructor, and the ninja.
"Because I saw how strong it really was." Said Sheik "When Fit first used her powers, she accidently discharge a sphere at one of the punching bags we have hanging around in the gym; it was vaporized immediately."
The fighters were surprised upon hearing this revelation, whispering with one another until a voice spoke up. "So now we'll just let Wii Fit launch a solar ball at the generator, and then the mansion will have unlimited power?" Asked Ness.
"That's the plan." Said Sheik.
"But what do we do if it doesn't work?" Asked the boy.
"We can panic, that seems fun." Joked the turtle.
Marth, rolled his eyes at Bowser's joke. "If it comes down to that, then we'll deal with it. We defeated gods before, a simple electric job to us is child's play."
"Don't jinx it Marth." Said Gannondorf, shaking his head in disapproval as he opened the door to the glass cage.
"[I'll get the generator started.]" Spoke the robot as he face the instructor. "Are you ready?"
Without hesitation, Wii Fit said with shaky confidence "Ye-yes."
"[Alright then.]" R.O.B. then moved towards the entrance of the glass box, pointing with his metal claw at a piece of red tape that was plastered in front of the door way. "[I need you to stand right here, a discharge a solar sphere at that generator. Just focus, and try your best.]"
The Newcomer took a breath as stepped onto the tape, raising her arms high up into the air. Just like before, the ball of sunlight materialized again; glowing with vibrant energy. The trainer stayed put for several moments as the ball grew, becoming larger by the second. Once sphere reached maximum size; she fired it at the machine.
The ring took hold of the attack, placing the orb insides its inner rims. The coil gave out a purple hue as it discharged beams of psychic energy into the projectile. Gannon closed the door, locking it tight as he backed away from the cage; with the rest of the Smashers looking through the glass in anticipation to what happens next.
The paranormal essence had an effect on the globe of light; the object began to warp and compress under the sheer power of the machine; it's yellow glow becoming a dark sickly orange.
"It's going sideways!" Shouted Marth. "We need to shut it down!" The swordsman ran to the electric power strip that was generator was connected to. He was about to pull the cord out, when he felt Mewtwo's paw on his shoulder.
"Hold on." Said the Pokémon "It seems to be stabilizing."
The blue-haired Smasher blinked a couple of times before turning his head towards the glass cage. The orb appeared to be calming down. It had stopped its erratic warping and was now reforming itself to its original shape. When the ball had stopped its movements, it emitted a flash of light; covering the room in a blanket of photons.
The blinding glow only lasted for a couple of seconds, fading quickly shortly after. When the trophies uncovered their eyes; they saw the generator, roaring to life inside the cage. With a new battery hovering inside the hoop.
"Did it work?" Asked Villager, peaking his head from under a table.
R.O.B then ran over to the computer; plugging himself in as he ran diagnostic of the entire palace. "[The mansion is at full power; it worked!]" The robot answered with glee. The Smashers reacted to this news by clapping and applauding, raising the spirits of Wii Fit.
"See? I knew you could do it. Good job!" Replied Sheik.
"Way to go Fit!" Said Falco as he playful punched her shoulder. "You got the generator to work! Gold star!"
The pale women smiled, feeling proud of what she did. Being overwhelmed with positive support. The trainer had faced her body at Snake, who was leaning his back off a nearby wall.
"Guess you were right Snake. That gym was all that I needed."
The solider gave out a short chuckle, raising his hand to show a thumbs up. He was suddenly taken off guard by his codec, ringing loudly in his ear. He then knelt down to floor; answering the call whiles the fighters were talking among themselves.
"Sooooo, what next?" Asked the fist-fighter.
"[Well, now that the generator is up and running, we have to relocated it.]" Said the robot. "[I'm going to need the heavyweights to carry this down to the basement. The rest of you can leave if you wish. See you all later. Dismiss!]"
The larger fighters groaned in annoyance as the trophies were pilling by the door to exit the room. Lucario was about to go, when he heard Snake call out his name.
"Lucario." Said the solider as he walked up towards the jackal. "I just got confirmation from Samus that she and her team had finished their task of analyzing the evidence."
"Did they find anything?"
"They did, but Samus wants us to come to lab so she can tell us what they found in person."
"Alright, I suppose we should head there now." The canine turned to look at R.O.B instructing the heavies on how to lift the machine. "Do you need any assistance?"
"[Nothing we can't handle. Go on ahead, we'll be fine.]"
"If you say so." Said Lucario as he and Snake exited the command center; leaving R.O.B. in charge of the brutes.
"[Okay, I need all of you to get a good grip on the generator, after you do so, just exit follow my lead until we reach our destination. Did everyone get that?]"
All the grunts nodded.
"[Good, let's move; and remember be careful.]"
The heavies used their brute strength to lift up the device. Carrying it with ease. As they began to move, they unknowingly began to head straight towards a table, fitted with a couple of computer monitors.
"[OH WAIT! WATCH OUT FOR THAT-]"
*CRASH*
"[Work station.]"
"Ooh, ahh." (Oops, sorry.) Said Donkey Kong.
The Robot then face-palmed, groaning loudly as he lamented the words "[This is going to be a long day.]"
The door to the lab opened, revealing a certain blue Pokémon and buff solider. "We're here Samus." Said Snake. "There's something that you want to show us?"
The room was pretty much empty; Gunner, Mario, Bowser, Jigglypuff, and Diddy had left the area, having being dismissed once the task was complete. The only people in the room were Samus and Fox, who were resting on some chairs by their desk.
"That's correct." Said the bounty hunter. "Sorry for calling both of you here so suddenly; I didn't feel comfortable about talking about it over the radio."
"It's no big deal Samus." Replied Lucario. "So what did you find?"
"We finally found out what that blue substance was." Spoke the vulpine. "Apparently it was a hybrid of mucus and nitroglycerin, according to the scans it's very volatile when directly exposed to intense heat. Which does explain how that blast was activated."
"Ugh, that's revolting." Said war veteran, shaking his head in disgust.
"Is that all?" Questioned the jackal.
"No, we found something else." Said Samus.
"Really? What is it?"
Fox walked over to the computer and turned it on, gesturing the rest of the Smashers to come closer.
"When we had analyzed the shards, we found a small; inscription on one of the pieces." Explained Fox "It was so tiny, that we had to put the microscope on the highest setting to be able to see it."
"An Inscription?" Said Snake.
"Yes, let me pull it up."
He typed in a series of commands in the keyboard, bringing up a message made entirely of numbers.
01000001 00100000 01100111 01101001 01100110 01110100 00100000 01100110 01110010 01101111 01101101 00100000 01101101 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00101110 0001010 0001010 01000110 01101001 01110010 01100101 0001010 0001010 01001001 01100011 01100101
"What is this nonsense? Why's there so many 0's and 1's?" Asked the Lucario.
"It's Binary Code." Answered Snake.
"Binary Code?"
"It's a coding system that uses these digits to represent a letter, a picture, a video, or any other character in an electronic device. Think of it as a language that only computers can understand."
"You're right on the mark Snake." Said Samus. "This is indeed Binary Code."
"So if this is a language of some sort, then what does it say when translated?" Asked Lucario.
"When we put it through the translator, we got this message." Said the fox as he pressed another key on the computer, bringing up another box.
A gift from me to you.
Fire
Ice
"Fire and Ice?" Questioned Snake
"What does this mean?" Said Lucario.
"We're just a confused as you are." Answered Samus. "We don't what it stands for or why it's here. It's a complete mystery to us."
The four fighters stayed their silent. Staring at the monitor before the solider spoke up.
"There's no use worrying about it now, let's call it a day and keep an eye out for anymore strange occurrences. For now, just turn off the computer, and keep the file somewhere safe, I have a feeling we're going to be needing this in the future."
"Sure thing Snake!" Said Fox as he typing more on the keyboard.
"I'll be checking stock on the armory." Said the solider. "Need to decide on what to take for the next Newcomer we pick up."
"I'll come with you." Said Lucario, before they left, the canine turn back towards the Samus and Fox, saying the words. "Good job analyzing the evidence, we couldn't have done it without you." He said with a smile.
"Your welcome." Said Samus as she smiled back.
Lucario and Snake then left the room, closing the door behind them as they left the bounty hunter and the vulpine to their work.
Hey Guys, It's me! Crystal Brick. I have to study up upcoming English exam, so i'll be busy for this week, but I'll still find a way to cramp this story in my schedule.
I want to ask you guys something. Would you guys like a SYOE? (Sign Your Own Enemy) Where I present a theme and you guys can create enemies based on that theme. Would you guys like that, or should I scrap that? Leave your thoughts in the comments.
Till next time.