"What…what was that?" Picky asked.
"That was Starman Jr., Giygas' number one right hand man. He's been searching for me as soon as Giygas was aware of my plan to find the boy of prophecy. From now on Giygas' minions will be after you and want to kill you. People will be influenced by Giygas' evil and will be brainwashed into coming after you. Even animals that roam freely will be after you," Buzz Buzz said.
"So I guess this won't be an easy job to save the world?" Ness said.
"No it will not. A very tough and long road lies ahead of you. But now we must head home," Buzz Buzz said.
Ness nodded and began to walk home.
"I'll take you guys back home first," Ness said to Pokey and Picky.
"Thanks Ness," Picky said.
Pokey mumbled something that was indistinct.
"What was that Pokey?" Ness asked.
"Huh? Oh nothing buddy…" Pokey said surprised.
Ness shrugged his shoulders and continued on. The group walked until they saw each other houses. They walked towards Pokey and Picky's house and walked in. Both their parents were sitting in the living room and turned to the boys as they walked in.
"Pokey, Picky, where in the sam hill have the two of you been?" The boys' mother screeched.
"We were…" Pokey started to say but was abruptly cut off.
"I don't want to hear it. You're in so much trouble!" she said.
"Yes, I apologize for whatever trouble these two have caused you. You two get up stairs now," The boys' father said.
The two boys hung their heads low as the trudged up the stairs with their father behind them. Moments later Ness heard what could only be Pokey and Picky getting a pretty severe punishment. Their father came back downstairs dusting his hands off and approaching Ness.
"I would appreciate it if you could leave now. I really dislike living next to your family especially since the loan I have given to your father. I must have loan him over one hundred thousand dollars. Because of my loan, my family has to live in this shack of a home," he said glaring at Ness.
"Um…I'm going to head home now…" Ness said nervously
. Ness turned around and started to walk to the door. Pokey and Picky's mom noticed Buzz Buzz hovering around Ness' head.
"Aiiieeeee! It's a filthy dung beetle, I'm gonna make you go squish!" she screamed and swiped at Buzz Buzz.
Before Ness could react, she smacked Buzz Buzz out of the air and slowly drifted to the floor.
Ness ran over to his fallen comrade. Buzz Buzz lay on the floor shaking and gasping for air.
"I was a lot weaker than I thought myself to be. But Ness, you must start on your quest…" Buzz Buzz said as his voice started to fade away.
Ness' face began to turn a light shade of red. His eyes began to moisten with gathering tears.
"Ness…" Buzz Buzz said.
Ness' eyes widen seeing his see friend still alive. He wiped his tears away before any of them could fall.
"I must tell you one more thing before I go…" Buzz Buzz said gasping between his words.
"In order to defeat Giygas you must channel your powers with the Earth's. Eight points wait for your arrival, make them your own. Think of them as "Your Sanctuary's". The first one is located somewhere in Onett. It's known as The Giant Step. This is where you should head first. Do you understand?" Buzz Buzz said.
Ness nodded to his words.
"Good, you are a very smart boy and…oh the pain, the light is thinning…but before I go on I want to give you this…" Buzz Buzz said as stone appears and floats towards Ness.
The stone lands in Ness' hands.
"This rock is called the Sound Stone. With it you can record the eight melodies that each of "Your Sanctuary's" has. Hmm, the sun is beginning to rise as I slowly fade away…Good bye Ness and good luck…" Buzz Buzz said as he slowly faded away into dust like Starman Jr. did.
Ness's eyes began to water again. He clenched the Sound Stone in his hands as a tear drop fell from his cheek and onto the floor where Buzz Buzz laid.
Ness stood up and wiped his face. He slid the Sound stone into his back pack and walked out.
The sun fully came over the horizon as Ness stepped out into the world. He took a deep breath welcoming the fresh air into his lungs. Ness began to feel tired so he thought he would rest a little before going on his quest for world salvation. As he approached his front door a mystical sound was heard above him. Ness looked up and saw a man twirling down from the sky. The man landed on the ground behind Ness and pulled out a camera.
"Photos taken instantaneously! I am a photographic genius if I do say so myself. Now get ready for an instant memory, say "fuzzy pickles"!" the man said.
Ness turned towards his threw up one hand and held it in front of him and said, "Fuzzy pickles!" The man clicked a button and the shutter closed and opened.
"Wow that's a great photo. This will always bring the fondest of memories," the man said then twirling back into the sky. Ness' eyes followed him upward. After disappearing Ness said,
"That was weird." Ness turned back towards his house and went in.
"Oh Ness your back," Ness' mom said greeting her son.
Ness smiled and yawned.
"I can see you are very tired. I gonna whip up some steaks and then you can go upstairs and rest," Ness's mom said.
Ness nodded and sat down on the couch. Later on, Ness's mom, Tracy, and Ness sat down to have one last meal as a complete family. Ness told his family of what had happened as well as what Buzz Buzz had told him. Once Ness finished his food he hugged his mom and sister and went to bed. Ness closed his eyes wondering what he will encounter in the comings days.
He drifted off into slumber and had a good deal of rest. After resting for a while Ness woke up refreshed. He jumped out of bed and stretched. He grabbed his back pack and headed downstairs. His mom and sister was downstairs waiting for him.
"Well I guess this will be the last time I see you for a long time. So just do me a favor and be careful out there. Be safe and try your hardest to save us all. I know you can do it," his mother said with a smile and a tear in her eye.
Ness walked to his mother and wiped her tear away.
"Don't worry so much about me. I will take real go care of myself," Ness said putting his arms around his mother. She did the same and gave each other a tender hug.
"I won't forget about you as long as you do the same," she said as she gently kissed her son's head.
"I won't forget mom, I promise," Ness said smiling up at his mom.
"Hey Big Bro, I want you to come back home safe and sound. I want to see my big brother again," Tracy said.
"I will Tracy," Ness said as he walked over to his sister and hugged her.
As he walked away from his family to take on his earth task, he fought back his tears to be strong for his mom and sister. He walked out to the main road the lead to the urban part of Onett and turned back to see his family standing in front of their house. Ness raised his hand and waved. They waved back and he smiled.
He turned towards his destiny and walked towards his fate. As he walked, Ness remembered about Liar and how he asked to come back when he was alone. Ness went back and traveled to Liar's house. He noticed that the front door was ajar and went in. Liar was standing next to a big hole in the floor.
"Good Ness you finally got here. What I'm about to show you I know I can trust you with, so let's go down into the cave," he said. Ness looked at him strangely.
"I can tell how odd this seems. By looking into your eyes I can see you don't even want to hang out like we used to. Just come down here and you might be surprised," Lair said then starting to climb down the hole.
Ness followed him into the hole. The ladder reached a ways down. Light began to dim slightly as they reached the bottom. Ness looked around the cavern that Lair had dug.
"This way Ness," Lair said motioning to Ness.
They walked some ways until they reached a turn and walked into a small dug out area. Inside was something that Ness had never seen before.
A huge golden statue stood in place. As Ness looked at it he had a strange feeling come over him. As he observed it, he began to feel very uneasy.
"This is what lies beneath everything. If such treasure is down here then I will do whatever it takes to find it even if it means eating a ton of garlic to keep up my strength.
But go home, because you're getting in my way, you will start to get greedy thoughts," Liar said.
As Ness started to walk away he noticed Lair staring at the statue rather intensely. Ness knew nothing good was to come from this so-called treasure Lair unearthed. He had no idea what was going to happen so he let it go for know. Ness left the cavern leaving Liar alone with his "treasure". He went back to the road by his house to begin his journey once again.
He had no idea what was to come but he kept an open mind and vowed to stay sharp at all times. He ventured towards the hustle and bustle of Onett to start his adventure. As he walked towards the city he passes the Onett Public Library. A woman who stood by entrance came towards Ness.
"Kids like to read maps, so go and take one out of the library," the woman said.
"Alright," Ness said and headed into the library.
He walked towards the main desk.
"Oh hello, would you like to take out a map? It will show you all the important things in town," The woman behind the desk asked.
Ness nodded and she handed him a map.
"Here you go, enjoy," she said.
Ness took the map and put it in his back pack. He walked out of the library and toward the city. As Ness walked down the main street he noticed an open garbage can. Being curious he riffled through the can and found a perfectly good hamburger. Ness' eyes widen in delight and put the burger in back pack. Ness walked the streets and wandered around until he noticed there were posters all over the place.
On them were pictures of guys wearing black rubber jump suits that had a flap on top that looked like a shark fin.
"These must be those Shark gang members Pokey mentioned." Ness said analyzing the poster.
The poster read that these gang members could be found hanging out by the arcade. Ness decided to take care of this nuisance for the city.
Ness took out the map and looked to see where the arcade was. He saw it was only a couple of blocks away. Putting away the map, Ness walked towards the arcade.
He saw some of the Sharks roaming around the entrance to the arcade. As Ness approached the arcade one of the gang members saw him and raced towards him on a skateboard. The Shark member screeched to a halt in front of Ness.
"Hey you kid, you wanna see Frank? Well we're not gonna let ya!" the Shark member yelled. The Shark member rolled into Ness knocking him to the ground.
Ness got back up and raised his bat into the air and charged. He swung the bat but missed hitting the skateboard. The skateboard smashed into pieces.
"Hey man that was my favorite board, you're gonna pay for that!" The Shark yelled and bum rushed Ness.
Ness raised his bat again and swung hard. The bat made contact with the Shark member nailing him in the stomach.
"You win this time…" The Shark member said slowly falling to the ground.
Ness moved towards the arcade and attracted more unwanted Shark gang attention. He took them out and went into the arcade. Some Shark members were playing arcade games and not really weren't paying much attention to Ness. He walked passed them and stopped in front of a Shark member standing in front of a door.
"You want to get passed me to see Frank? Well you have to fight me…" the Shark member said.
Ness readied his bat as the Shark member poised. They charged each other and Ness SMASH! 'ed The Shark member knocking him through the door he was guarding.
Ness walked over the unconscious Shark member and walked into an outside area. Under a big oak tree a man in a red and black pin stripped suit leaned up against the tree. He pushed himself off the tree and walked towards Ness.
"I'm Frank…What's your name?...Can't you tell me your name?" The man said.
"It's Ness and don't you forget it," Ness said clenching his bat.
Frank pulled out some knives and began to wield them. Ness ran at Frank and swung his bat. Frank jumped back making Ness miss him completely.
"What's the matter kid, my grandma can swing better than you," Frank said. Ness felt a sunken feeling in his chest.
Ness fell to one knee and Frank brandished his knives. Ness raised his bat and the knives cut into the wood of the bat. Ness threw the bat to the side and pulled the knives out of Frank's hands.
"You got guts kid, I like that," Frank said.
"Thanks," Ness said then smashing his bat into Frank's ankle.
Frank yelled out in pain and fell to the ground.
"You got moxie kid, but that's not enough to beat Frankystein Mark II," Frank said pulling a remote out of his pocket and pushed the red button.
A big robot that sort of looked like Frank came out from some bushes and attacked Ness. A burst of steam came from its body as it rattled as it came closer. Ness swung his bat just barely denting the robot. The robot moved forward tackled Ness. He fell back into a patch of dirt and it covered his face. Ness stood back up and ran at the robot. He swung his bat swiping at the robots' head severely damaging it.
Ness swung repeatedly smashing the rest of the robot into pieces. "
Huh, I lost. I guess I'm no longer "Fail proof Frank" anymore. I heard of a spot of unusual power, it's called The Giant Step. The power there will allow you to overcome such tremendous tasks.
But as for now a giant insect has absorb the power of this spot. If you want to go there, there is a cave behind the Traveling Entertainers shack. Ness become as strong as you can. You're only at the start of your journey," Frank said.