Chapter 28: Exploring the Cosmos
After R.O.B. told the Smashers what he had in mind, Snake, Lucario, Pichu, Zero Suit, Diddy Kong, and Pit wenton their Smash boat, a yacht fitted with built-in water cannons, and set sailed for a lighthouse far away from the coast.
"You believe what R.O.B. says, that this would be the quickest shortcut?" Asked Snake.
"He's one of the smartest Smashers in the mansion; always on target; never wrong in his calculations." Reasoned Lucario, who steered the ship to their destination. "I believe him to the fullest extent."
"But does he know where the Newcomer is located?" Pit questioned whiles looking out of a window.
"He doesn't know exactly where the Newcomer is located, but he has a solid idea of where to look."
"That doesn't sound reassuring, especially coming from someone like R.O.B." Remarked Samus as she reloaded her gun.
"Even the greatest men on earth have their limits, Zero Suit. Let's just be glad he managed to formulate a plan for us to find the Smasher." Said Lucario, rotating the steering wheel very slightly. "If you're worrying about being lost, don't worry. We'll be in contact with R.O.B. the entire time on our mission thanks to the new receiver that's been downloaded in Snake's phone."
Pichu stopped his activity of pulling the fuzz out of a nearby pillow and looked towards the group.
"Pichu? Pic chu hu?" (Reciever? What are you talking about?)
"Weren't you paying attention during the debriefing?" The solider told the yellow mouse.
"No." Samus answered with a sigh "He was too busy playing with a discarded tooth pick he found on the ground, pretending he was a pirate."
"Ugh, of course he did." The legendary Solid Snake moaned to himself. "Since you missed it Pichu, I'll gladly explain it to you. You know that project R.O.B. worked on for the past 6 months?"
"Pichi pic hu pic?" (You mean the radio thingy?) Pichu replied whiles tilting his head.
"Yes Pichu, the radio thingy. R.O.B.'s project was supposed to be a pair of tiny receivers that allow communication from within any location in physical space. There's one located in the mansion's command room, and the other is inside my phone. He told me he completed the device earlier today." Explained Snake.
"Ohh ah ack oh oh?" (When did he tell you that?) Said Diddy.
"Just before I exited the room, you guys already left when he explained it to me."
"Yeah, about that. How did he manage to figure it out?" Questioned the angel.
"He assimilated some of Zelda's teleportation magic into the gizmos. This allowed the signals to teleport from both receivers at the same time. Technology's amazing isn't it?" Joked the solider.
"Land Ho!" Shouted the jackal. "Lunis Lighthouse is in our sight! Get ready everyone."
The ship parked near the beach, the group tossed the anchor overboard before they jumped of the deck, landing on the hat sand. The Smashers put on their jetpacks as the six of them walked calmly to the main area of the island.
The island the group was currently treading on, was called Lunis Island. A small patch of land set far out of sea. This place was named after the lighthouse that was built upon it, the only structure on the land. It shined brightly as the search light pointed up to the sky, staying put in its place
Why is this building so unique you may ask? Well here's why. If anything touches the lighthouse house's light bulb, they will be transported to nearest object the ray of light is touching, which in this case, would be a simple lonely moon floating still on the edge of the galaxy. This was the shortcut the robot was talking about. The only possible way they'll reach the Newcomer in time. The fighters went up the grueling staircase to reach the top, when the six opened the door, they could see the light bulb glowing in the center of the room. Their trump card to saving the day.
Pit walked up closely to the light bulb before speaking to the group. "Can you remind me again what we were supposed to do on this mission?"
"R.O.B stated in the briefing, that we have to touch the bulb for us to teleport into space; then we use the jetpacks on our backs to navigate the vacuum of space to find the Newcomer." Answered Lucario. "Snake, is the searchlight in the correct position?"
"Certainly is!" Replied Snake as he used the lighthouse's telescope that was placed near the balcony, through the eyepiece, he could clearly see that the light was touching the surface of the moon.
Diddy was adjusting his hat as the Smashers talked. "Ohhh ahh ugh okk ahh okk ahh ahh ugh?" (Then if we want to come back, we just go back to the light right?)
"Correct, when we touch the spotlight, we should be transported back here at the lighthouse."
"That sounds tricky, but at least it isn't impossible like reading a book." Pit Commented.
The fighters stayed awfully silent at Pit's comments, trying to wrap their brains around to what he just said.
"Reading?! Pit, are you telling me you don't know how to read!" Pressed Snake.
"Uh…Yes?" The angel answered with a deer-in-the-headlights look.
"And why didn't you tell us this before, wait, better yet, why haven't you been trained to read!" Samus eyes narrowed at the preteen with an annoyed expression.
"Because it was too hard and I gave up?" Pit answered sheepishly
Snake face palmed, an intense headache flowing through his temples. "Unbelievable."
"This is not important; we can give the angel an education when we get back to headquarters." Stated the jackal. "We can't stall anymore; we have to go to space right now."
"Well, alright then."The solider replied, sliding his hand off his face. "Let's have everyone touch the lightbulb one at a time, that way it would-"
"Pichu Pic Pichu!" (Space, here I come!) The yellow mouse shouted as he leaped onto the blub, being transported to the moon.
"Oh no! We have to go after him!" Zero Suit declared. She, the monkey, and the angel had touched the warm glass of the device and were teleported as well.
Snake let out a sigh of defeat. "I'm going to need a long smoke break after this." The Pokémon touched his right shoulder before laying a hand on the bulb, allowing them to vanish out of thin air.
Within seconds, the solider and the canine found themselves in a different place, with the rest of their teammates approaching to greet them. The area the trophies found themselves in was out of this world (Literally.)
The ground was white, craters could be found everywhere on the land, with each one varying in size; up above, the sky was pitch black, bright dots and flying rocks littered the background, creating an interesting view to see. Next to the rescuers, was a pillar of light stretch far then the eye can see, this was their one way back to the planet.
"Wow! So this is what space looks like. Cool!" Pit elbowed the blonde. "Don't you think this is awesome, Zero Suit?"
"I guess, I'm just really interested to how our planet looks like from this distance" Zero said, pointing to the sphere that was mixed with blue and green. Floating way out in the distance
"Pichu? Pic huh u pic pichu?" (Huh? You don't think space is amazing) Pichu asked whiles gazing at the big blue world.
"When you travel through the cosmos constantly, you kind of get used to it."
"Now that all we're off the planet, we should contact R.O.B., Snake would you do the honors?" Spoke the jackal.
"I'm already on it." Snake was pressing numbers into his phone-pressing the "Enter" key when he was finished. The device rang for what seemed to be an awfully long time. The solider thought a mistake had been made before a voice ran through the speaker.
"[Hello! Can anyone read me? If you can, please respond!]"
"We can hear you loud and clear friend." Responded Snake.
"[Oh thank heavens! I thought something went wrong.]" R.O.B. became more relaxed knowing that his friends were safe. "Have you completed your objective of entering space?"
Pit leaned closer to the phone ecstatically. "It's definitely completed! We reached the moon a couple minutes ago!"
"[That's great Pit. Now all we have to do is find the Newcomer, and bring them home!]"
Diddy Kong felt a little bit concerned at the prospect. "Ohh ah oh ack ok? ook ah ugh ook ah." (But where do we start? Space is a big place.)
"[I'm glad you asked that, because now that you're actually near the pin-point, I'm getting a much stronger reading on the computer.]" Explained the robot. "[According to the computer, the Newcomer should be relatively up above, being slightly north of your location. Do you see anything North that looks like a spot to search?]"
The Smashers observed the sky to find anything of worth; Snake took the initiative and took his binoculars to search the sky more effectively. His eyes stopped on an unidentified object in the distance, it was hard to describe its appearance other than its spiral-shaped design, but whatever it was, it's big, and it's white. "I think I found something."
"You did? What did you find?" Asked Lucario.
"Yeah, what is it Snake?" Said Samus.
"Up there in the sky." The solider pointed to the floating object above. "It's far away so I don't know exactly what it is, but I think that would be a good place to search; it's high in the sky, it's North from here, and it looks significant. I feel it in my gut that's the right place."
"Well if Snake feels like we should go there, then I'm all for it!" Spoke Pit, feeling more confident now that Snake was leading the charge.
"[Ok then, you your jetpacks to reach this "object", and remember to be careful, you can't not afford to lower your guard down on situations like these, especially with the recent developments that's been happening.]"
"We'll be fine R.O.B., this isn't our first radio." Replied Samus.
"[Alright, just let me know if anything changes, over and out!]" The phone said before cutting off. Leaving the fighters all by themselves.
"You heard the man, start the rockets and get to our destination. The quicker, the better." Snake told the group, to which they nodded.
The pressed the button on each of their jetpack, the engines took a few seconds to warm up before they were ready to launched, and launched they did.
The six trophies soared through space, forming a near perfect flying formation as they propelled themselves to the strange spiral object.
It seemed like forever, but the group finally reached the unidentified object, they landed on a nearby platform as they deactivated their jet packs.
"Woah!" Exclaimed Pit. "What is this place, it looks so weird!"
The structure they were standing on appeared be technical in nature, the appearance of the layout looking very unordinary. The spiral object had several marked sections that really different from one another. Such as a grassy hill, an icy fountain, a library, and carpeted floor that lead directly to the kitchen.
Not to mention the area was completely deserted.
What was really eye catching, was a glowing sphere that levitated in the heart of this spiral machine. The glowing sphere glowed very dimly as it was held in place by two red spikes. To what purpose this mechanism is used for was beyond the Smashers.
"Ooh ah hook ook ook ahh oo oh?" (Do you recognize this spaceship Samus?) Diddy questioned the blonde.
She raised an eyebrow. "Why'd you ask?"
"Oh hook aah hah ook hee ooh aah ohh akkk ohh." (Since you encounter other alien races in your past, I figured there was a chance you might recognize this place.)
"Oh." The woman relaxed her brow. "Sorry to disappoint fellas, but I'm not familiar with this type of spaceship, I don't even think this thing would even come from my world. It seems too…"
"Extravagant and absurd?" Chimed in Snake.
"Yeah, something along those lines."
"Perhaps R.O.B. may know something about this, his race was technologically advanced after all; they could have had a hand in this. Snake, may I see the phone please?" The solider handed the canine the device, he turned on the phone and dialed the number.
"R.O.B., we landed on the unidentified object."
"[That's good Lucario, where one step closer in completing our mission.]" He took a second to organize the map's data before talking again. "[So what does it look like exactly? The object I mean?]"
"It looks…" Lucario was forming the words in his mind to respond properly. "It looks strange to say the least."
"[Describe "Strange".]"
"Well for starters there's no protective framework to prevent foreign object from reaching the interior, it looks to be a design feature rather than damage. Also, there are sections in this area that have no place to be on a spaceship."
"Pichu hu uh pic chu pic pic chu!" (Such as igloos, water foundations, grass, and a pink swirly top!) Commented Pichu.
"[What?! That's illogical indeed. Hmmm. Can you take a couple of pictures so I can see for myself?]"
"Can do, I'll call you back in a second." Lucario turned off the call and turned the device into its photo mode. Taking pictures all around.
"You think R.O.B's people created this place?" Asked the angel. "I mean it does seem like something they would make."
"I doubt it, this ship doesn't fit their style; they wouldn't make something so flashy." Responded Snake.
"Well who knows, perhaps they had a change of taste, we'll never know unless we send these photos to R.O.B., he was the chief, if his race made this, he would know." After taking the necessary photos, the mutt forwarded it to the robot, which then he immediately called H.Q.
It took a minute or two, but the call eventually connected.
"[Yep, my digital mind is boggled, I can't believe something like this even exists, it looks so flashy.]"
Snake gave Lucario the I-told-you-so-look, whiles the blue Pokémon rolled his eyes. "So this ship is not familiar to you then? Are you sure your people didn't create or even had a hand at this."
"[Not a chance, if they, I would have known about it. This machinery is so alien to me.]"
"Pichu!" (Literally!) Peeped Pichu before being shushed by Samus.
"[But I suppose we can focus on the nature of the ship later, do you see anybody that could possibly be a Newcomer?]" Asked R.O.B.
"No. In fact, I don't see anything living on this vessel." Answered the American Solider.
"[Try looking harder then, If the signal's coming from the ship, then the Newcomer has to be on there. We can't give up.]"
"Actually, I could make a scan of the area with my Aura Vision. We'll have better chance of finding the Smasher if we do that way." Suggested the Aura Master.
"Good Idea Lu! I swear, your aura powers are becoming more useful each passing day!" Joked Pit.
The jackal smiled. "Why do you think I go on these missions regularly? Now stand back behind me, I need to take a scan." The rest of the fighters obeyed the mutt without question. He closed his eyes, allowing his aura sensors doing the work. "….!"
"What's wrong?! You find something?" Zero Suit said in a concerned tone.
"Not something, but rather someone." The Pokemon pointed to the structures over to the right, more specifically the one that had a stone book plastered over the door way. "I sense life coming from that building, that's where the Newcomer is located no doubt. It looks like a library to me."
"[Okay then, since you all are handing yourselves nicely, I'll sign off and keep watch on the monitors, let me know if anything changes, signing off!]" R.O.B. announced as he canceled the call.
"That's a cue." Said Snake. "Let's go over to the library and handle the situation, you all know what to do." The group then walked towards the building, hoping to end this mission safely and quickly.
Meanwhile, a certain trio of Mii's encountered another problem within their game.
Hey guys, it's me: Crystal Brick. I'm almost done with my break, but i still got work to do. I just wanted to release this chapter into celebration of the Smash direct NINTENDO released recently. I still can't believe what i saw. I was so excited.
Anyway here's the chapter, i hope you like it.
Till next time.