Chapter 31: Asteroid Hell
The smashers went inside the building, search for the Newcomer that the star was desperately trying to save. They kept walking until they suddenly froze in their tracks, with Zero Suit and Snake letting go of the angel and rat.
Pichu groaned when his head hit the rug, he rubbed his temples to sooth the pain.
"Oww that hurt! Why did that star…ah. Guys what are we-…guys?" Pit asked his friends but they didn't respond. The team was staring at some else. The angel and Pokemon followed their line of sight to a statue that was positioned in the middle of the room.
A statue of a young princess, with blonde hair, a blue dress, a sliver tiara, and a big wand.
"She's a trophy?!" The words fell out of Zero Suit's mouth with the utmost of surprise, inspecting every angel of the statue to make sure her eyes didn't deceive her. "She should be up and running, why is she in her trophy state?"
"How is this bad?" Asked Pit; rising onto his feet. "Didn't Smashers start off as statues when they are first created?"
"Yeah, in the past." The voice of Snake boomed with steady confidence, but if one takes a closer examination, you could feel a sense of concern in his tone. "In the 64 and Melee era, all Newcomers resort to their inactive state; waiting for an outside force to awaken them again. This ended when the Brawl era began. The last time something like this happen was when…Master Hand was at the height of his power."
The room was unnaturally quiet; everyone in the room was trying to comprehend what Snake was trying to say.
Lucario, being his right-hand man, decided to be the one to speak up. "Snake. What do you think this could mean?"
The solider was deep in thought, tapping the exterior of his gun holster as he tried to think of an answer. "This may sound crazy, but what if-"
"HE-CHU!" The star-like creature blurted out to the group, getting their attention.
"Huh?" The canine looked down at the yellow life form as he pointed to the statue. "That's right, the woman. We got to bring her out of this condition!" Declared Lucario; remembering the promise he gave out.
"Ook ahh ugh yaah ook ahh?" (All we have to do is to touch the base right?) The monkey said adjusting his hat.
"That should be the case; even though we haven't had a Newcomer become trophyfied at conception for some time now. It wouldn't be anything too difficult to manage; it'll just a simple act of reviving."
"Alright, I'll just touch the base so-"
"Pichu!" (Wait!) The mouse shouted, interrupting Zero Suit in the process.
"Yes Pichu?" Snake sighed in annoyance.
"Pichu pich chu? hu chu hu pic pic hu chu pichu hu chu chu." (Can I do it? I never had the chance to revive someone before. I really want to experience it!) The Pokemon then puffed out his cheeks, giving out the best "sad puppy face" he'd done in a while "Piiiiccchhuuuuu?" (Pleeeaaaasssseeeee?)
The solider didn't want to give in mouse pleas but he wasn't in the mood to reject the offer. "*sigh* Fine, you can do it. Just-"
"PICHU!" (YAY!) Exclaimed the yellow rat as he sprinted over to the trophy. "Pichu pic chu hu!" (I'm going to be a hero!) Squealed the mammal as he tapped the golden base. The statue began to glow, blinding the room in a white light; when the luminescence came to pass. It revealed that the princess wearing the blue dress; was now active.
Upon waking from her trophy state, she closed her eyes and rubbed her forehead with her left hand. "Mmph, my head is killing, must not have gotten enough sleep." When the woman opened her eyelids, she was startled to see a handful of strangers gathered around her, each one looking different that the last.
Before she can utter a word, she was playfully tackled by the star-like creature, who hugged the woman's waist as if it let go, she be gone again.
"It's nice to see you're alright. We were worried for a second that you were hurt." Said Snake; who examined the princess in all her fine detail.
The floating blonde was conflicted: She was cautious with having strangers coming to her home, but at the same time, she saw no visible malice coming from any of them. "Who are you?" The woman said, starting the conversation off.
"That answer to that question would be very tricky to answer, but if you're wondering what our names are. We can gladly give it to you. My name codename is Solid Snake. Glad to be of service." The soldier said with respect.
"My name is Zero Suit Samus, but you can call me Zero Suit for short."
"Pichu pic!" (Hi, I'm Pichu!)
"Ook ahh ugh ook hah hoo." (Name's Diddy, nice to meet ya.)
"What? Oh were doing instructions?! Uh, I'm Pit the Angel, Palutena's finest solider."
"And I'm Lucario, I know how strange this may seem, but trust us. We have no ill intent."
The princess listened to each and everyone of the Smasher's taking mental notes. When the introductions were finished, she pet the star on its back and questioned the group's motives. "Well those are…some interesting names, but I want to know is what you're all doing here? This is place is supposed to be a secret."
"Oh! Sorry about that. We didn't mean to intrude onto your ship!" Stammered Pit. "We didn't know what this place was, we just came here because we found that someone was in trouble here. So we came to place to help out!"
"Trouble? What on earth do you mean?" Asked the Newcomer. The star that was holding onto her waist let go and began to talk to her. It let out a series of noises that sounded gibberish to the Smasher's but the woman could understand the creature just fine. When she got the full picture, she opened her eyes wide in shock. "We were locked in library and I turned into a statue?!" The star nodded, pointing to the Rescuers. "And these were the one's who brought me back to normal?"
The star did a twirl as it nodded again.
"That doesn't make sense, how—wait, where are you're siblings?! What happened to the other Lumas?!"
The yellow creature expression had faltered, shrugging its shoulders.
"Oh, no no no no no!" The princess panicked, levitating over to the Smashers. All of you! Have you seen anyone when you came on to my ship?!"
"Sorry, but we haven't." Zero Suit answered truthfully. "We didn't find anyone here besides you two."
"This is not good! I have to find my children!" Shouted the woman; concern being visible on her face.
Lucario took a step forward, standing up straight with a sense of honor. "I can't imagine how worried you are miss…?"
"It's Rosalina."
"Well Miss Rosalina, I know it may seem freighting to have your children vanish out of nowhere. But I assure you, they are not in danger. They haven't transported to anywhere where they could be harmed."
"Yeah, in fact they're not even in this dimension." Pit said, earning slap to the back of the head by Snake.
"Not even in this dimension?!" Gasped Rosalina.
"Listen, we'll explain later what happened to you and you're kids when we get to our base. It's too dangerous to stay out here for long. Are you willing to come with us?" The blue Pokémon asked sincerely.
With all the information coming into her brain, she had trouble deciding on what to do. "I-"
*RIIIIIINNNNNNGGGGG*
All of a sudden, the alarm in the library sprung to life, providing an almost ear-splitting noise that emanated throughout the room.
"What's going on!?" Spoke the solider.
"The alarm system has been activated. That means we're in trouble!" Rosalina said, who quickly flew to the door, opening it wide for everyone. "Come on! Follow me!"
All the Smashers ran towards the exit, wondering to see what the woman was going to do about the alarm.
The six fighters followed the woman near a computer terminal, right in front of the glowing sphere. She waved her wand over the keyboard, pulling up a small message on screen. "This is not good, we have to evacuate immediately!"
"Why?" Asked Zero Suit Samus.
The blonde then tapped a key on the computer with her finger, pulling up a holographic screen above her head. "Because of this!" Rosalina pointed to the digital square.
The hologram showed a video of a countless asteroids flying through a hazy orange background. It almost looked like twisted piece of art.
"What is that?!" Pit shouted nervously.
"It's a meteor shower." Explained the princess. "And it's the largest I ever seen, it's big enough to cover a galaxy. If we don't evade the storm, our chances of get demolished will be very probable."
"Ookk ahh ohh akk ugh ohh ahh?" (Can we just light speed out?) Said Diddy.
Rosalina and the Luma were confused upon hearing the monkey speak. "What did he say?" Spoke Rosa.
"He's asking if this ship has a light speed function, you know, to escape the storm." Explained the solider.
"Yes, my ship is capable of that! Let me see if it still works." The floating Newcomer waved her wand over the computer, to which a message popped up besides the hologram. "This is not good! We don't have enough energy for light speed travel! With the amount of power we have, we can only propel our rockets normally to get away. It might give us more time, but eventually the meteors will catch up, and then we'll be in more trouble!"
"Can I take a look at the ship's gauge?" Interrupted the bounty hunter.
The princess and the star stepped aside and let the blue-suited woman examine the ship's data. "Hey guys! If we put this ship into high gear! We could potentially reach the light beam in time for us to get out of here!"
"Light beam? How is a beam of light going to help us at all?" Rosalina asked inquisitively.
"We'll explain on the way there, all you need to know is that we found a shortcut from space to our home planet. How fast can you get this ship up and running?" Lucario said.
"I can do it right now. Just tell me where to go and I'll fly us there."
"Can you get us here?" Samus pointed over to the screen, pressing her index finger right onto the moon; the one they to teleported when they arrived in space.
"Okay, I operate the ships controls immediately." She then faced down towards the star creature "Luma! I need you to look over the Comet Observatory's computer whiles I pilot the ship. Can you handle that?"
The cute Luma gave her a salute. As he floated over to the computer.
"Good." She declared before turning over to the group of Veterans. "Can you look over him whiles I'm gone?"
"Absolutely, you can count on us." Nodded Snake.
Rosalina gave a sigh of relief before levitating over to the top of the space vehicle. Seconds later, the spiral object began to move. The engines roared with life as the princess did her best to drive her precious treasure away from the monstrous storm.