Book of Memories
Chapter 6
They all gazed at the image in the book with awe and intrigue. The image itself appeared to have a similarity to one of the F-Zero props they had in storage. It had a car-like body with a dome covering where up to seven passengers could sit, with a single front driver seat and two extra rows behind it. A back view showed three main thrusters. Levitation thrusters would be in place of where tires would normally be. A complex diagram of the engine was also included.
"We're going to build that?" asked Roy, his tongue dry.
"Yes," answered Mewtwo. "But we need to collect the materials first."
"What do we use?" asked Ike. "A special kind of metal or something?"
"Precisely," said Mewtwo. "All the metallic components have to consist of something that won't corrode, but something that can withstand the extreme conditions of inter-dimensional travel. And the dome will have to be fiberglass."
"Would steel be durable enough?" considered Snake. Mewtwo shook his head.
"The composition of steel wouldn't keep a proper stability," he explained. "And it would interfere with the magnetic field produced by the subspace generator in the engine. Perhaps titanium would be ideal to use."
"Why not something like aluminum then?" asked Snake.
"It may be light with a consistent purity," started Mewtwo. "But it would be ripped of the frame like the wrapping from any parcel Roy receives." Roy laughed quietly, scratching the back of his head at the comment.
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Ike and Roy were wandering around the storage area of the mansion basement. The only light source in the whole basement was a 5-watt bulb hanging above the foot of the stairs and a few windows. This being the case, they each had a flashlight.
"How come we don't have these in the world we came from?" asked Roy, shining his beam across the walls with fascinated excitement. Ike didn't answer. He was focusing on finding some of the material they were entrusted to find, fiberglass. Snake, Zelda and Link had been sent to find some titanium, while Mewtwo had gone to find the materials for the internal parts. "I never realized before just how creepy it gets down here…"
"There's nothing for us to fear down here," responded Ike. "The feeling only comes from the lack of light and our unfamiliarity with the basement."
"That's comforting," Roy muttered with a hint of sarcasm. "Where are we going to find fiberglass down here, anyway?" Ike was silent for a moment, unsure himself.
"This is the storage area of the basement," Ike said, casting his light across the walls. "There's got to be something we can find to use."
They continued looking around through the massive basement, searching across shelves and piles for something they could use. Something then caught Ike's attention, and he walked towards it. However, Roy didn't notice Ike's departure.
"Man, this basement seems to go on forever," Roy groaned as he went around another corner leading to yet another large room. "How long have we been searching for?" He then stopped as he noticed the silence. He cast his light around and saw that Ike was gone.
"Ike?" he called out nervously. No answer. "This isn't funny." Dread washed over him as once again, no answer came. The hair on the back of his head started standing on end as goose bumps formed on his arms. His breathing became harsher as panic started to set in, he was lost and alone in a basement he could hardly find his way around in. He wandered around some more, trying to stem his panic by trying to go back the way he came, but nothing seemed familiar to him. He then heard some strange, scraping noises; he then remembered something Wario had said about a phantom being in the basement.
"Great," Roy, muttered to himself, close to hysteria. "I'm lost and alone, now I'm going to be attacked by a phantom." He then shakily cast the light around until it fell upon someone standing next to him. "AAAAAAAAGGGGHHH!" he screamed, nearly jumping out of his skin.
"Calm down Roy," Ike said, shielding his eyes from the harsh light. He was covered in a light coat of dust. "I found some spare windows that we could probably use; I just need some help taking them upstairs."
"Oh, okay," Roy responded, quite embarrassed with his heart still racing.
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Mewtwo teleported back from the hardware store with a box levitating in front of him filled with an assortment of needed components to the SID. He got to the designated rendezvous point, the garage, and set the box down on the work bench. With the fact that the garage was more often than not vacant, it would be the ideal place to work on the vehicle with a lack of interruptions.
The garage door then opened, revealing three silhouettes carrying a considerable amount of materials. After bringing in the materials, one closed the garage door. Without the interfering light, Mewtwo saw Sheik, Snake and Link with some metal scraps.
"Where did you attain all of that from?" Mewtwo asked with a dead-pan expression, noticing that some of the metal came from something possibly quite valuable.
"Let's just say that some people will have to invest in vinyl fences," said Snake, leaving it at that.
"Never mind," Mewtwo said, rolling his eyes. "There seems to be enough here for the body."
Just then, they all heard a bump from the door leading to the rest of the mansion and some rattling at the handle. It was then pushed open, and they saw Roy and Ike carrying some windows.
"There's a few more just in there by the door," Ike said roughly from the effort of holding up the windows.
A few minutes later, they had all the materials set up in their established work area.
"Okay," Mewtwo said, gazing at the materials with mounting grimness. "Let's see if we can construct a vehicle capable of getting us to and from subspace."