A/N: DARN YOU ALL! REVIEW!
-Vicki
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Snake was not only pushing every button possible along the interior of the Blue Falcon, but he was also pushing on every last nerve of the captain himself.
At the moment, Snake was moving the window switch back and forth, causing the window to rise and fall and rise and fall and rise and-
"Would you quit it?" Captain Falcon snapped. He was not usually the kind of person to get angry at little things. Sure, it seemed like that; what with all the "FALCON...PUNCH!" and not to mention "FALCON KICK!" Captain Douglas Jay Falcon was a generally quiet person. He always kept to himself and got the job done. Well at the moment, the captain wanted nothing more than to knee the man sitting behind him into oblivion.
"Well SOMEONE is a little bit TOUCHY today!" Snake said and leaned back, crossing his arms in the process.
"It's hard enough to concentrate without an annoying-ass CHILD in the back seat!" Falcon hissed.
"Child?" Snake repeated.
"You are a clone," Falcon said, "Therefore you age physically a lot faster than you do mentally."
"Yeah," Snake said sarcastically, "Then in a few years I'll look like an old man. Doesn't sound very likely."
(A/N: I hate to break it to you Snake...)
"Please just be quiet and don't mess with anything," Captain Falcon begged.
Snake made a small humph of defeat before sitting back and watching trees pass by out the window.
Captain Falcon gave a quick thanks to whatever supernatural being that was on his side today and continued driving. But after a few minutes of peace, Snake became restless.
"Are we there yet?" Snake whined.
It took Captain Falcon all of his will power not to jerk the wheel all the way over, which would cause them to swerve hopefully into a tree or some large object that would relieve him of his agony. But he regained some sense, and just decided to answer the "man."
"We should arrive any minute now," he said.
Sure enough, Samus's gunship slowed to a halt in front of a large factory. Smoke continuously fumed out of the tall chimney structures protruding from its ceiling. She walked out of her ship and up to the Blue Falcon.
"The power suit's in there," she told them.
"What do you want us to do about it?" Snake asked.
"I'm going to regret this," she sighed, "But I need Snake to come in with me to get it. He's much more accustomed to stealth and...well...explosive equipment. Captain Falcon, go look around and see if there's anything to lead us where Bowser and Ganondorf went."
Captain Falcon nodded. As soon as Snake was out of the car, he pushed on the gas and sped back into the trees.
(A/N: Just for the record, Falcon's full name really is Captain Douglas Jay Falcon.)
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"We wouldn't have to be looking for him now if you had just let me shoot him earlier," Falco said to Fox as they flew over the forest.
Fox ignored him and just kept scanning the ground for... well just about anything at this point. They had been flying for over two hours and hadn't had any luck.
"That must have been the fourteenth time we've had him pinned just this week," Falco continued, "But every single time, you decide to let him go. Just like that! Poof! Gone! Do you think he'll be grateful and return the favor? Why don't we ask him that the next time his blaster is pointed at our faces!"
Fox gritted his teeth. Falco was just trying to pick an argument, and Fox wasn't going to give in.
Falco still ranted on, and Fox tried to pay as little attention as possible. He focused on the ground, hoping see something.
"This isn't working," Fox finally said.
"No shit," Falco said.
"Land the Arwings. We'll continue the search on foot."
Falco did what he was told and followed Fox. They hopped out of their ships and took a look around.
"We should split up," Fox said, "We'll cover more ground that way."
"Whatever you say," Falco said.
The two of them made sure their blasters were fully loaded before running off in separate directions.
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Ness and Lucas sat on a bench watching Jeff work on his machine.
(A/N: If you're all too lazy to look up which assist trophy Jeff is, he's that little boy with glasses and he shoots rockets and stuff. He's from Earthbound.)
"How's it going?" Ness asked him.
"It should work now," Jeff answered, screwing in a final bolt. "Do you have the rocket?" He asked Lucas and held out his hand for it. Lucas hopped off of the bench and handed Jeff the small rocket. Jeff placed it on the contraption. "Stand back," he said to them. Ness and Lucas obediently ducked behind the bench.
Jeff hit the switch and ducked down, covering his head with his hands. The machine began to vibrate, and then made a loud buzz. The rocket shot off of the machine and into the air.
"It works!" Ness shouted. Jeff looked up to see a streak of smoke that led into the sky.
"I wouldn't celebrate just yet," Lucas said. He pointed to the rocket, which was now plummeting towards them.
"RUN!" Jeff yelled. The three of them scrambled around the bench and hid behind a nearby bush. They heard a loud boom and peaked out to see that the rocket had exploded on the ground.
"Maybe it could use some work," Jeff said and pushed his glasses back into place.
"Maybe," Ness said.
"What happened here?" They heard someone say. They turned around to see Nana and Kat walking towards them.
"Jeff was experimenting again," Ness said, "Where's Popo and Ana?"
"On another date," Kat said, twirling her pink ponytail, "Nana and I decided to take a walk."
"Hi Lucas," Nana called to him. Lucas was still hiding in bush, obviously a little shaken from the explosion. He cautiously came out and stood next to Ness.
"H-Hi," he squeaked and gave a shy little wave.
Jeff solemnly held the remains of his invention. "I need some ice cream," he announced. Everyone laughed and the five of them headed towards town.
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Captain Falcon cruised along the road. Although he enjoyed the momentary peace, he was still bothered by the idea of Snake running around with Samus. Snake would say something charming; Samus would laugh her adorable laugh... Not likely. By now, Samus must have already saved his ass from being blown right out one of the smoke stacks. That seemed more like reality. He was just relieved that Snake would no longer have to ride in the back seat of his car.
Just then, a small streak of light flashed across the road. He pulled the Blue Falcon over and jumped out. He looked around, wondering what he had just seen. He started to walk in the direction the light had gone.
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Meanwhile, Falco was running along the very same road. He, too, had seen a mysterious flash, and decided to check it out.
"You're probably just seeing things," Fox's voice came into his headset. Fox didn't understand why Falco was making a big deal out of this.
"I know what I saw," Falco said.
"You're wasting time," Fox said, "We're not here to chase butterflies."
"It wasn't a butterfly," Falco snapped.
"I don't care what it was!" Fox said, "It obviously wasn't Wolf, so we won't have to worry about it!"
Falco flipped the off switch on his headset.
Much better, he thought and continued down the road.
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"Falco?" Fox said, "Hello?"
"Dammit," he mumbled when he realized Falco had hung up on him.
He continued to walk through the forest. Still nothing. How come Wolf always showed up when they didn't want him to? Fox continued to push through the bushes.
He looked up to see a house-like structure sitting up in the tree. He put his blaster in the holster on his pants and climbed up the ladder. He slowly opened the door.
"Where're those Dreamland freaks?" Fox heard someone say in another room. He quickly dove behind a giant mound of bananas.
"They're heading for the Pokémon Trainer right now," Bowser said.
"We don't have time for this," Ganondorf said, "We're behind schedule as it is, and Wario isn't here to pick up the slack."
"He didn't do anything anyway," Bowser said.
"Neither do you," Wolf scoffed.
"Enough!" Ganondorf said, "Bowser and I will head back to Mushroom Kingdom. Wolf, I want you to go after the angel boy."
"Pit?" Wolf asked, "Are you serious? He's just a kid! This is not what I signed up for! I want my revenge."
"And you shall get it, just as I promised," Ganondorf said, "But I need something in return."
"The hell you do," Wolf said, "I'm not doing anything until I get my end of the bargain."
"If you go after them now, it will ruin everything," Ganondorf said, "Stick to the plan and we won't have a problem."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Wolf asked.
"Just do your job and you'll never have to find out."
Bowser and Ganondorf left the tree house.
As soon as Fox heard the door shut, he jumped out from behind the bananas and pointed his blaster at Wolf. "So you're working for Ganondorf?" He asked.
Wolf spun around and grinned at Fox. "Nice to see you here."
"The pleasure's mine," Fox scoffed, "So you're going after Pit now?"
"Well, I was going to," Wolf said and advanced towards him, "But since you're just conveniently here..."
Fox tightened his grip on his blaster. "You're going to mess with the plan?"
Wolf chuckled. "That's what I do best."
Fox threw a banana across the floor, causing Wolf to slip. He then jumped out of the window and swung down from the tree.
"Falco," he said, "Falco come in."
Silence.
"Where is your little sidekick anyway?" Wolf asked as he jumped down from the ladder, "This just isn't any fun without his cocky remarks."
Fox shot his blaster, but Wolf dodged it.
"See what I mean?" He said, "You don't even try to make conversation." Wolf kicked the blaster out of Fox's hand.
Fox glared at him and prepared himself for the fight.
Wolf chuckled. "Too easy."