5: Two More Evils

The Spirit Train emerged from the evil green portal and charged ahead. They could see the outline of their enemy in the distance. Link switched the train into double speed and they continued pursuing the Dark Train.

"Get ready, guys!" Link shouted. Zelda, Lyra, and Gold nodded in agreement. Lyra checked the cannon and loaded it. Gold drew his sword with a shing! Zelda readied the Bow of Lights in her palms.

Now, the Spirit Train and the evil train were right next to each other. Suddenly, four blue lasers shot out from the evil train's spikes on its side. Different sections of the train slowly rotated, moving the lasers toward the Spirit Train. Lyra slammed on the trigger, blasting one of the lasers with a cannon ball. A light arrow streaked through the sky and penetrated another laser.

"Flamethrower!" Gold commanded his Pokémon. It breathed out a highly damaging fireball that struck the remaining lasers, utterly destroying them.

"Way to go, Gold!" Lyra commented.

The Spirit Train passed the Dark Train. "Aim for its face!" Link yelled over the noise of the two trains. Lyra turned the cannon 106˚ and repeatedly punched the worn-out trigger. The Dark Train made crazy sounds while being smashed by iron spheres at speeds up to 100 mph.

Gold sent out all six of his Pokémon. "Return!" he shouted. All of his Pokémon punched and kicked the evil locomotive furiously and forcefully.

"Get back!" commanded Zelda. She pulled back an arrow in the Bow of Light. Light energy enveloped the single arrow, converting it into a Light Arrow. "Go!" Zelda yelled. She loosened her grip on the bowstring, sending the arrow of light towards the Dark Train at over 1,000 mph. The arrow struck the locomotive in less than 1/1,000 of a millisecond, breaking the sound barrier and creating a sonic boom.

The evil train screeched to a halt and so did the Spirit Train. "Board the Dark Train!" Link shouted while tossing a grappling hook towards the roof of the Dark Train. Zelda, Lyra, Gold, and then Link climbed onto the enemy train and stood up. Link unlatched the grappling hook for further use.

"You've gone far enough, Cole," Zelda spoke. "This is where it ends."

The evil magician and two-hatted chancellor sighed heavily. "You again…" he said. "The Demon King's return is nigh, you know. Yet, here you are, making a nuisance of yourselves!" Without warning, he spun around and glared at Link. "You insolent little fools! It's time you received the punishment you deserve!" he shouted at the top of his lungs. Then he smiled and snapped his fingers. The evil train started to roll away from the Spirit Train.

Chancellor Cole stared at Zelda. "Wait…I took your body in the first couple minutes of the game! Did someone glitch it up?" He turned to Lyra and Gold. "You! You're from Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver! How did you get here?!" He opened his DS™ for proof. "See? You should be here!" He pointed at the DS screen.

"Remember, Cole. This is a story," Zelda hissed. "The readers are expecting an epic battle and you're playing on a DS. Get back to business!"

Chancellor Cole closed his DS™ and shot purple energy at Zelda. "Take that!" he yelled while laughing uncontrollably in an evil tone.

Zelda's body fell over. Suddenly, a blue ghostly thing rushed into Zelda's body. 'Zelda' stood up and opened her eyes. They were red and yellow and evil-looking.

"Behold! Malladus reborn!" Chancellor Cole grinned.

Malladus stared blankly at nothing. Finally, it said, "What are my lines?!"

Link jumped forward and drew his sword, pointing it at Malladus. "How dare you ruin our story! You messed it all up! YOU DON'T HAVE ANY LINES YET!"

Link looked as if he were about to smash Malladus into smithereens. "Sorry, Link!" Malladus said. It floated to the end of the train and waited.

"Get Malladus!" Link ordered.

"Oh, no you won't!" Chancellor Cole sad. He produced four electro-rats that circled around Link.

"Spin attack!" Link shouted as he spun around with his sword, damaging the rats. "Here, Lyra. You get the Bow of Light, I get Malladus, and Gold gets the rats," Link said.

"Got it!" Gold and Lyra replied. Link rushed towards Malladus, only to be fried by its laser vision.

"Oooppss…forgot about that," Link said. He continued more cautiously this time, with his shield.