Ness left the area and felt something pull him towards city hall. He walked into the building and the woman behind the desk said
"Oh you're Ness, Mayor Pirkle is waiting for you," she said.
Ness walked up the stairs and into Mayor Pirkle's office. In the middle of the room a desk sat and a middle aged man wearing sun glasses stood by it.
"Hey, I'm B. H. Pirkle the mayor of Onett. It's so great to finally meet you. You're the one who took on those viscous Sharks," the man said.
Ness nodded and smiled. "
Yes you punched in their noses, bashed in their knees, bit their heads off, and spit in their faces. You stopped them from making any more trouble. Thank you," Mayor Pirkle said.
"Not a problem Mayor. By the way I need the key to the Entertainer's Shack," Ness said.
"Hmm? Key to the Entertainers Shack? Well giving a key to such a person would bring peace to this town. But if you get yourself backed into a corner don't come crawling back and telling me to take responsibility, okay?" Mayor Pirkle said.
"Sure…whatever," Ness said rolling his eyes.
"You're a smart kid, here you go," Mayor Pirkle said handing Ness the Shack key.
"Thanks Mayor," Ness said then walking out of the city hall.
He headed towards the area that Frank was talking about. Ness saw one of his friends standing over by some trees.
"Ness, I'm standing here to guard the secret hideout, can you take over for me?" Ness's friend said.
"I'm out trying to save the world, so…" Ness said.
"Oh you're busy, I understand, see you later then," Ness's friend said.
"See ya," Ness said then walking towards the hideout. He climbed the ladder steps and into the tree house. More of Ness' friends stood in the tree house. A friend of his greeted him.
"Hey Ness, I'm gonna give you my baseball cap, a kid as brave as you should wear it," his friend said handing him a baseball cap.
"Thanks," Ness said putting the cap on.
Ness climbed out of the tree house and worked his way to Giant Step. He walked down a small winding dirt path that led to a small dilapidated shack.
Two men in red shirts and hats stood near the shack. Ness walked up to the shack and looked around. A fence sat sticking out of the each side of the shack and one side had a sign that read, "Don't Enter".
"Hey kid," one of the men said.
Ness turned his head towards the man. He noticed the man's clothes were dirty and ragged.
"It's such a drag man, That Mayor Pirkle locked up our shack here and we can't get in, not even to change our clothes," the man said.
"Why was it locked?" Ness asked.
"Frank and his Shark rejects came in one night and trashed it. We haven't slept for days because we don't have enough money for the hotel," the man said.
"Well I think I solved your dilemma," Ness said walking towards the shack.
"Huh? There's no way you could help us unless you have the…" the man said then stopping after Ness pulled out a key from his pocket.
Ness placed the key in the lock and unlocked it.
"Wow. Thanks man, we definitely owe you. Wait, take this," the man said handing Ness a flat piece of metal on a string.
"What is it?" Ness said looking at the object.
"It's Travel Charm. It really doesn't do much except bring a little luck to those who travel the world," The man said.
"Thanks I guess. Well I have a task that I need to take care of. So later," Ness said walking into the shack.
As Ness walked in, he noticed that inside was more run down than the outside. There was a huge hole in the back wall of the shack. From where he stood, he could see a cave entrance. He jumped through the big hole and walked to the cave. He stared at the huge opening.
"Well, here goes nothing," Ness said then walking into the cave.
As his feet cleared the opening, he looked around and saw that the cave was enormous. The light wasn't as bright inside as it was outside but Ness was able to see enough. After taking a few steps in, he heard a squeak coming from somewhere near him. He raised his bat and readied himself. Ness scanned the area quietly but didn't see too much. Just then, out from the darker area, a small rat came towards him. The rat looked up at Ness inquisitively.
Ness lowered his guard and as soon as he did the rat stood up on two legs and jump at him. The rat bit hard giving a world of hurt to Ness. Ness grabbed the rat and pulled it off and tossed it to the ground. The rat jumped up and went for Ness's neck. Ness jumped back and swung his bat. The end of the bat and the rat made contact and the rat got smashed and knocked back into the darkness.
Ness stopped and took a breather. After collecting himself he wandered further into the cave. He came to what looked like a dead end but noticed a rope hanging down from a high cliff. He climbed up the rope and as he reached the top he saw a small ant waiting for him. Ness jumped up and looked down at the ant. Ness smirked and raised his bat. The little ant made a high screeching sound and a second ant came.
The second ant did the same and a third ant came. Again and again this happened until there were six ants in front of him. The all looked at him and hissed. Ness felt a little nervous as he looked at all the ants.
"Wait a minute, these are just ants. Why should I be scared?" Ness said aloud. He raised his bat and swung down repeatedly until the ants were crushed under his power swing.
Ness stood alone out of breath huffing and wheezing. He took his bat and rested it on his shoulder.
"That takes care of that," he said.
Just then, he had some unknown feeling in the center of his body. It wasn't anything he had ever felt in his life. He was compelled to close his eyes so he did. In the distance of his own mind feint words echoed. At first he could not hear them but they soon got louder.
"PSI Rockin α…" the words said clearly.
Ness wasn't sure what it meant but knew it had significance. He put it in the back of his mind and continued on. Ness traveled more into the cave climbing ropes and fighting rats, ants, and slugs as well. Ness reached a cave that led outside. He walked out into the fresh air and took a big whiff.
Walked around a small piece of land he was eventually led back into the main cave. He traveled and eventually reached a small room with a long rope and something very bright atop where the rope led to.
Ness slowly but surely climbed the rope and reached the top. A bright light shown from an opening. Ness threw his arms up covering his eyes. From the light a titanic figure came through it. The light faded and in front of Ness stood an ant that was bigger than he was.
"You're finally here. This is your first sanctuary location. But I Titanic Ant, own this spot now. Take it from me if you dare…" the giant ant said.
Ness raised his bat and swung at the small ants that stood behind Titanic Ant. After hitting them a small light surrounded each ant and shrunk around them. Titanic Ant laughed as the light disappeared.
"You foolish kid. Those weak attacks won't do anything. And even if you do weaken them, they will use LifeUp α and heal completely," Titanic Ant said.
"LifeUp α? That sounds like that other thing I heard in my head before," Ness said.
"Stop mumbling to yourself and die!" Titanic Ant yelled.
The two ants charged and hit Ness. Titanic ant rushed towards Ness and bit him with its large fangs.
"Face it kid, you can't win. And now for once I get to do the squashing," he said laughing manically.
Ness didn't know what to do. He for sure thought he was going to die. But he then remembered those words from before.
Ness stood up straight despite the pain he was in and held up his hands.
"PSI Rockin α," Ness muttered slowly.
"Stop talking to yourself and taste the defeat I'm about to serve," Titanic Ant said.
Ness glared at overgrown insect.
"PSI Rockin α!" Ness yelled. Bursts of multicolored light came from Ness's hands and shot forward and slammed into Titanic Ant and his cronies. The two small ants disintegrated and Titanic Ant fell back.
"What? How can this be?" Titanic Ant yelled.
"Because…I am the savior of this world. I will be the one who will stop Giygas," Ness said.
"You stop Giygas? Don't be stupid. Giygas will destroy this planet," Titanic Ant said.
"Well we'll see about that….PSI Rockin α!" Ness yelled as his attack slammed into Titanic Ant again.
Titanic Ant fell to the ground. Ness walked up to it and raised his bat.
"You won't beat Giygas…" Titanic Ant said looking up at Ness.
"Well you may not think I can but my friend here has a different opinion," Ness said.
Ness raised his bat and swung down smashing his opponent. Titanic Ant's body slowly turned to dust. Ness walked into the opening that Titanic Ant was guarding and walked out into an open area. In the middle of the grass a giant foot print sat sunken in the dirt. Ness approached it and stood in front of it. The pain in Ness's body disappeared and his energy recovered.
As he stood in front of the foot print a flash passed in front of him. Ness saw a vision of small puppy. He thought the puppy looked familiar but couldn't place where he saw it before. The vision disappeared as quickly as it came. Ness looked up and felt the warn sun on his face. After a few moments he went on his way and backtracked through the cave.
As he went back he noticed all the creatures that attacked him before were now trying to get away from him. Ness laughed and went back to the entrance of the cave and walked out. Standing right on the other side of the entrance a cop stood tapping his foot in the dirt.