Book of Memories

Chapter 8

Link was the first one to come to. He had been in the back row when the incident occurred. He sat up from the slumped-over position he had been in from his safety belt holding him in his seat, his body sore from all the chaos that had ensued. He rubbed his neck as he looked around, realizing where he was. The seat he was in, along with Zelda and Lucario, was the only seat left inside the body of the vehicle. The seat in front of them was located several feet ahead of them with the back of it on the ground after it was wrenched out of the body by the force from whatever it was that made them wreck. In the seat were Snake, Ike and Roy, still strapped in and unconscious. He then gazed across the pieces of scrap that were scattered across the general vicinity of the wreckage. He then realized the familiarity of the place.

The air was still, not a breeze to be felt, yet it wasn't stuffy like that of an enclosed area. The sky was dark and devoid of any visible light, yet the violet ground was alight with the brilliance of noon on a clear summer's day. The land stretched on without any distinct features before fading into the misted atmosphere, and not a sound could be heard. The emptiness and silence was unnerving, even for the bearer of the triforce of courage. He then turned to Zelda, who was sitting in the middle to his right, and put his hand on her shoulder. She stirred.

"Huh? What happened?" She asked, dazed as her eyes squinted open. She sat up in her seat, holding her head. Even she was unable to remember what had happened after the bright flash. She then turned to Lucario, who was sitting next to her. "Lucario, are you okay?" She gently pressed on his shoulder. She felt concern when he didn't stir, but relaxed at the sight of his steady breathing. Then she and Link undid their safety belts and nearly stumbled as they stood up, blood rushing from their heads. They shook off the brief disorientation and continued over to the other seat where the other three were. All of them were intact and seemed to only suffer minimal injuries, merely knocked unconscious from the shock of the wreck.

They were finally able to get the three of them awake.

"Ugh," groaned Ike, putting a hand to his head. "What happened?"

"That's what I'd like to know," replied Snake, undoing his safety belt and rolling out of the seat. He then walked over to the piece Lucario was still in, examining the debris.

"Ooh," Roy groaned. "Where are we? And what happened?"

"We appear to be in subspace," Zelda said, looking around. Roy and Ike undid their safety belts and got up, Roy took a look around, gazing for the first time at subspace in real life.

"So this is subspace," Roy marveled, looking across the horizon.

"Hmph, looks like there's nothing to greet us," observed Ike, sticking the tip of his blade into the hard ground. Link and Zelda picked up on it right away. There wasn't a subspace creature in sight, not even any evidence of it.

"Is there supposed to be?" Roy asked, walking up to him and noticing how Ike's sword just stood there on its own. He then unsheathed his sword and tried sticking it in the ground as well. His effort only yielded a scratch on the ground. Put off, he sheathed his sword and tried pulling out Ike's sword, it wouldn't budge. Ike then turned and saw Roy struggling with the blade. Ike then grasped the handle above where Roy's hands were and pulled it out with ease. "Show off," Roy muttered.

"Come on," Zelda said to them. "It looks like Lucario finally came out of it." They started walking towards where Lucario was, when Roy suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"Wait a second," he said, looking around some more. "Where's Mewtwo?" The four of them looked across the landscape.

"I don't know," Ike responded, puzzled, hand to his brow as he scanned the horizon.

"You don't think…" Roy began, but didn't bother to finish.

"He's got to be around somewhere," Zelda said, trying to stem the worry welling up inside of her. "Let's take a look around the debris."

They searched every piece of the vehicle they could find, but the psychic feline was nowhere to be seen. In fact, they couldn't even find the front section where the generator had been, along with the front seat. Frustrated, Roy looked again under a large piece, finding nothing.

"Mewtwo, where are you!" he called out with anguish, hands cupped over his mouth. His cry seemed to die down almost instantly with the absence of any sort of object to echo off of. He took a deep breath and called out once more: "Mewtwo!"

Zelda's expression became more forlorn as she watched Roy call out for Mewtwo to no avail. He called and shouted until he couldn't anymore. His voice became raspier and quieter with every shout, until even Zelda could hardly hear his cries. He collapsed to the ground, gasping and wheezing for breath. Ike walked over and helped him up from off the ground and slung Roy's arm over his shoulder to support him, and walked him over to where the others were gathered.

…

"Mm-hmm," Snake confirmed, nodding as he looked at the gathered pieces of the wreckage. "It appears that the vehicle was torn in two where Roy's sword had nicked the hull." Roy shifted in place guiltily, looking down at his boots. "It also appears that the vehicle was torn apart just as we were entering subspace."

"So what about Mewtwo?" Zelda asked.

"We can be certain that the part that Mewtwo was in is still intact," Snake answered, "just in a different part of subspace."

"Which way though?" Ike asked impatiently, "For all we know, he could be thousands of miles in any direction." He emphasized his point by spreading an arm out, indicating the vastness of the terrain.

"We don't know how far," Snake started." But we do know which way." Some of Ike's frustration abated slightly and was replaced with confusion. "Don't you see it?" Snake continued, gesturing to the debris. "The vehicle is facing that way, right?" He pointed ahead from where the vehicle was facing. "And we were thrown out in front as we crashed." Everyone's faces began to alight with realization. "So it can be concluded that Mewtwo, along with the generator, is in that general direction.

"Are you sure though," Zelda asked quietly.

"He's right," Lucario confirmed, opening his closed eyes. "There's a great amount of psychic aura emanating from that direction."

"Well what are we waiting for?" Ike said to the group. "He may need our help, come on." He then started off in the direction they were set to go. The rest didn't hesitate to follow suit.

…...

As it turned out, Snake was right. Many miles ahead, in a small crater, the front of the SID was there, still smoking from the wreck, but intact. Mewtwo had been thrown out of his seat upon impact, and he was a few feet in front of it, unconscious, but alive. A pale blue glow then fell upon his body.

"I've been waiting for you," a voice calm with malice hissed.