Chapter 18: Lost in Space
Sonic and Link zoomed through the universes and came to a halt at a strange planet with plants none of them had ever seen before. It looked like it was…staring at them and something about it made Link want to throw up.
"Ugh, I don't know where we are, but it's obviously not a clean place to be." Link said as he looked around.
Link's foot then sank about knee-deep into a strange, smelly liquid and he yelped in surprise as he yanked his foot out and began to rub it on a rock. However, when this "rock" moved away on spidery legs, Link flinched.
"Yikes!" Sonic said, slightly startled.
Little did Sonic know that his little yelp alerted someone to their presence. It wasn't a Dragonoid, but it wasn't a good guy either.
Suddenly, something rolled out of nowhere and tried to impale it on spikes that jutted out of it. Link quickly hit the dirt and Sonic proved more than fast enough to avoid it. As they watched in horror, they saw the rock uncurl into a rocklike being with spikes on its shoulders that bore surprising resemblance to lava. It turned to look at them and even its eyes bore resemblance to molten rock. Before either of them had time to register what it was, the thing turned back into the rock and hurtled itself at them again.
"Hmm…Nice attack. Let me show you mine." Sonic said, accepting the challenge.
Sonic turned into his spinball move and charged the rock man, causing the two to collide with bone-shattering force. For a few seconds, sparks littered the ground and flew through the air like fireworks as well as some dirt flying behind both of them. Eventually, the rock flew backward from Sonic's attack and crashed through the undergrowth. Sonic uncurled and brushed back one of his spikes.
"Huh, too easy." He said as though he just won a simple game of chess.
"Now, to find out where we are…" Link said as he took his sword and hacked his way through the undergrowth with Sonic close behind.
Miles away, iron talons were piercing the strange floor of the planet. It kept skulking through the undergrowth and even snapped the largest of branches with his metal fingers. Someone was late for this guy, seeing as he was pacing across the jungle floor. The strange rock thing that attacked Link and Sonic rolled out of the growth and uncurled to reveal the rock man. It went up to the metal thing and spoke in an alien voice we will translate now.
"Sir, I have seen two new trespassers on this planet. I do not know what they are, but I fear they are allies with Samus." The rocky man reported.
"What? What do they look like?" The metal being asked.
"One looks like a human, but he has green garments and a sword while the other is short and blue. The blue one's ball mode was very powerful, it knocked me off course and I had to retreat." The rock thing answered.
The iron thing growled and brought his metal fist into the rock one's face. The metal was so hard it almost cracked the stone armor and it showed; the rock man's armor now had deep, red cracks.
"Spire, I advise that you not go on this alone. Take the others with you. In fact…why wait?" The thing said as he activated a communicator.
"Send them all in." The creature ordered.
"Ridley, why do you even THINK about sending these in?" Spire asked.
"Because," Ridley said, very impatiently, "If your enemies are as powerful as you say they are, you need all the help you can get. Now move out!" Ridley barked.
As the metal figure walked into the light, it was none other than the Space Pirate and Samus' arch-nemesis: Ridley. However, Ridley had changed a lot since he last saw Samus. Now his metal arms were bulky with iron muscle and his head was a good bit longer. His tail didn't have a simple spearhead on the tip, it had a large blade like a sword and his claws were like jagged knives. His wings were longer and wider and his chest plate was locked tight so that he wouldn't make the same mistake as some time ago.
"Samus will not escape my grip this time." Ridley growled as he picked up a rock and smashed it into pebbles.
Around the planet's orbit, a large portal opened and five figures flew out like bats out of a cave. They were none other than Dragonoids. Wyvern, Drache, Salamander, Amphis, and Firedrake: Ryu's five generals to be specific.
"This planet looks helpless enough. Let's see what we can find." Red Wyvern said with a crocodilian grin.
Four spread their wings and took off while one ran off at top speed like an Olympic sprinter. They were sure going to find this Key Item sooner or later and whoever did the best would get more attention from their master.