A/N: Here we go again! So, because I'm kind of dumb, I just discovered there is a TV crossover section on this website. So this fic and the one before it should probably be residing there. But it's more trouble than it's worth to move them, so I might just start with Volume 3 over there when the time comes.
Anyway, there's a 1-time appearance by some characters from Volume 1, and the introduction of some new ones. Hope you like the selections!
I do not own NBC, Heroes, Nintendo, Super Smash Brothers, Sega, or anything contained herein.
(Open on the kitchen in the Bennet house in Pallet Town. Peppy sits at the kitchen table with his laptop, looking again at the picture of his death. Vivian comes in the door with Yoshi.)
Vivian: Yoshi and I just did 2 miles down at the beach. You wouldn't believe it, but this little guy can power walk.
(Peppy closes the laptop and speaks carefully to his wife.)
Peppy: Do you know if Peach is dating anyone?
Vivian: Dating? That's what you're worried about?
(Peach has come downstairs and enters the kitchen.)
Peach: What's dad worried about?
(Peppy and Vivian look at each other.)
Peppy: You and boys.
Peach: (cringing) Oh dad, not the sex talk again. It was painful enough –
Peppy: No, not that. We just want you to be…careful.
Peach: What, I'm not allowed to talk to boys now?
Peppy: No, it's just, getting involved with the wrong person could be a threat to us.
Peach: (slightly annoyed) Dad. Don't you think you're being a little extreme here?
Peppy: We're not saying you can't hang out with boys. It's just, if there is one, I'd like to meet him. We can help you decide if he's trustworthy.
(Peach appears to consider this for a second. But then she shakes her head.)
Peach: There's no need to worry anyway. There's no boy.
(Peppy and Vivian nod and smile.
Cut to Diddy's apartment. Mew suddenly shoots up in bed, screaming. D.K. and Diddy run in.)
D.K.: Mew! Are you OK?
Mew: (nodding, scared) Yeah. I just need some water.
D.K.: Water. Of course.
(He gets up from the bed. He and Diddy whisper in the doorway.)
D.K.: She's getting worse. It's up to twice a night now. Every time I try to get in her head during one of them, something pushes me back out.
Diddy: I just wish we knew what to do.
D.K.: Me too. (He leaves to get the water)
Diddy: (going to the bed) You're OK, Mew. We're here.
Mew: (still scared) When will they stop?
Diddy: I don't know.
(Cut to a private school in the Mushroom Kingdom. Luigi stands outside a gate. He then sees two familiar faces amongst the students.)
Luigi: Nana! Popo!
Popo: Dad! (The two run over)
Luigi: How are you guys?
Popo: We're good.
Nana: Did you grow a beard?
Luigi: (smiling) Yeah. Do you like it?
(The kids look at each other, then shake their heads 'No'. Luigi looks slightly disappointed.)
Luigi: You want me to shave it?
(The two nod enthusiastically.)
Luigi: I'm just here to tell you that your grandma's in the hospital.
Nana: Is she OK?
Luigi: Yeah, she's fine now. I just think you should have your mom call her when you get home, OK?
(The kids nod again. Popo looks a little sad.)
Popo: When you will come home, dad?
Luigi: Soon. There's just something I need to do first, understand?
(The kids nod as a security guard comes up.)
Guard: You can't be here.
Luigi: I'm their father.
Guard: You're not allowed here, I'm sorry.
Luigi: (putting on a brave face) It's OK. Go and play, kids.
(He stands as he watches the guard lead the kids away. He looks resolute.
Cut to inside a car in Game Cubeland. Eggman drives, Amy next to him and Sonic in the back seat.)
Amy: So – you are from Pallet Town?
Eggman: Huh?
Amy: The license plates on the car.
Eggman: Well, originally I'm from Fichina.
Amy: And this Fichina – it is close to the Mushroom Kingdom? That is where we are going.
Eggman: Well, unfortunately, we're all going to have to split up before we reach Nintenworld. We're all wanted by the cops.
Sonic (translated): What is he saying?
Amy (translated): (turning back to him) He's saying we need to split up –
Eggman: Geez!
(He slams on the brakes. They all look forward to see a body lying in the road. They slowly get out of the car and walk up to it.)
Amy: Is he…alive?
Eggman: I don't know.
(They slowly turn the body over. It's Mewtwo, looking in pretty bad shape.)
Mewtwo: (gasping) Help me.
(Cut to a bedroom in a house in Dreamland. On the window blinds is the title card: "Chapter 4: The Kindness of Strangers."
We pan down to see Pit in bed, sleeping. A voice speaks.)
Voice: Piiiit. Wake up.
(Pit stirs, but doesn't get up. A glass of water gets dumped on him. He gasps and sits up in bed, soaking wet. He sees a short orange-red creature with one large eye, holding the glass.)
Waddle Doo: Wake up, fool!
(Some time later. In the kitchen, Dedede makes breakfast. Waddle Doo and Pit come in and sit at the table.)
Dedede: Good morning, boys.
Waddle Doo: Dedede, I need 65 dollars.
Dedede: (rolling his eyes) That's funny, so do I.
Voice: Good morning!
(This is said by a short, round, pink creature coming into the room. He has wide eyes and smiles brightly. This is Kirby, Waddle Doo's brother.)
Kirby: (brightly) And why is it such a good morning? I aced that test for the regional manager program.
Waddle Doo: Awesome. So can I borrow 65 dollars from you then?
Kirby: No! (to Dedede) He only wants it to watch stupid wrestling on pay-per-view. All these people around here, barely getting by, and you wanna watch grown men in spandex hitting each other?
Waddle Doo: Well, yeah!
Dedede: You'd be better off watching something educational. Like this!
(They look at the TV. It's a cooking show. The host is demonstrating the process of cutting a (Maximum) tomato into the shape of a rose.)
Kirby: Who's got time to do that?
Dedede: Unfortunately, I do.
Kirby: (cringing) Right, sorry. Anyway, I have to get to work. I'll bring dinner home!
(He leaves. Waddle Doo looks disappointed. He turns back to the table to see Pit smiling at him.)
Waddle Doo: What are you smiling at?
Pit: I think I know how to get you pay-per-view. Without paying.
Waddle Doo: I'm listening.
(Cut to the hospital in the Mushroom Kingdom. Samus sits up in her bed, D.K. and Wario with her.)
Samus: It was me. I killed Ike Nakamura.
D.K.: All your wounds were shown to be self-inflicted.
Samus: I was scared. I wanted it to look like I'd been attacked.
(D.K. doesn't look like he believes this. He hones in on Samus's thoughts.)
Samus: Write down the statement and let it go, Parkman.
Samus: (continuing) The only way out of this is for me to confess.
Wario: Sounds good. I'll go start the paperwork.
(He leaves. D.K. hones in on Samus's thoughts again.)
Samus: If they keep digging, they will find out about all of us and what we can do? Let it go.
(D.K. looks uncertain about this too.
Cut to the school in Pallet Town. Peach closes her locker to find a medium-height brunette wearing a cheerleader uniform there.)
Cheerleader: Got something for you.
Peach: What is it?
Cheerleader: (handing her a paper) Release form to join the cheerleading squad.
Peach: O-kay…(she takes it) Why do you think I'll be any good?
Cheerleader: Standing up to Pikachu on your first day? Takes guts. Just think about it, OK?
Peach: Sure.
(The cheerleader leaves and Doug runs up to Peach.)
Doug: Hey! I couldn't wait to see you again, after that awesome time yesterday.
Peach: Right…Turns out, I can't see you any more.
Doug: (worried) Wait, what? I thought you liked me.
Peach: I do, it's just –
Doug: You think I was abducted by aliens or something, right? (He gestures to his neck) I told you, it was a guy with horn-rimmed glasses.
Peach: It's my dad. (after a pause) He's just…overprotective.
Doug: Well, why don't I talk to him?
Peach: That's…really not a good idea.
Doug: Alright, look. I'll make you a deal. Tomorrow I'll totally back off…but tonight, I'll take you anywhere you want to go. OK?
Peach: (after a second) OK.
(Doug smiles. He runs off to class as Peach stands looking wary.
Cut back to the hospital in the Mushroom Kingdom. Luigi, now shaved, comes in to find D.K. exiting Samus's room.)
Luigi: How can you question her under these circumstances? It has to be invalid –
D.K.: We didn't do anything, she confessed right away. But I know she's innocent.
Luigi: (pausing) How?
D.K.: (quietly) The same way I know that you can fly.
(He looks around to make sure no one heard. Luigi looks at him with a little more respect.)
D.K.: I can read your mind, OK?
Luigi: Are you reading my mind right now?
D.K.: No. (after a pause) Yes. Sorry. (another pause) Look, I just need to find out the truth. I've got a little girl who wakes up screaming from nightmares. It's all connected somehow. Your mother, Ike Nakamura. See?
(He pulls the two pictures, covered by the circular symbol, out of his pockets and shows them to Luigi. He looks at them with interest.)
Luigi: I recognize these pictures. They're from a larger one, it's somewhere in my apartment. I'll help you.
D.K.: Great.
Luigi: Just give me 5 minutes alone with her first, OK?
D.K.: (reluctantly) OK.
(Luigi walks into Samus's room. She finishes getting dressed in normal clothing.)
Luigi: Why are you confessing to something you didn't do?
Samus: You were right about me.
Luigi: (going to her) Ma, I want to help you.
Samus: No. (She turns to him) You need to help yourself. (She takes his shoulder) Just because you shaved doesn't mean you're clean and sober. You still have to get yourself into a program. Get your family back. Don't let your children hate you. Not if you can help it. (She walks off to the bed) And I confessed because…I've committed enough sins. It doesn't matter which one I confess to. I know you're looking for redemption too. If you try to help me, you'll just get yourself killed. I can't lose another son.
(Luigi nods, going to her. They hug. D.K. and Wario come back in with handcuffs.)
D.K.: I'm sorry, we have to do this now.
(Luigi breaks the hug and watches as Samus is handcuffed.
Cut to the car in Game Cubeland. Amy and Mewtwo sit in the back seat, Eggman continuing to drive.)
Eggman: Why are you travelling so lightly?
Mewtwo: I got robbed. I've been wandering for three days now.
Sonic (translated): Ask him where he's going.
Amy: Where are you going?
Mewtwo: (looking out the window) Home. To the Mushroom Kingdom.
Amy: (excited) That's where we are going too!
Mewtwo: Visiting family?
Amy: No. (She rummages in her backpack, and pulls out the Seganese translation of Cranky's book) We are looking for this man.
Mewtwo: (with interest) This is a coincidence. I know Doctor Kong, we're old friends. You helped me, now I can return the favor. I can take you to him.
Sonic (translated): What's he saying?
Amy (translated): He said he knows Doctor Kong! He can take us to him.
Sonic (translated): I don't know. We don't know anything about him, not even his name.
Amy: (to Mewtwo) Thank you for helping us! And we don't even know your name.
Mewtwo: (looking back out the window, sadly) My name is Gabriel. Gabriel Giovanni.
Amy: Gabriel. (smiling) Like the angel.
Mewtwo: Yeah…just like the angel.
(Cut to the Burger Bonanza restaurant in Dreamland. Kirby slices (Maximum) tomatoes as his friend and coworker, Knuckle Joe, comes in.)
Knuckle Joe: Why are you in such a good mood today?
Kirby: Because I'm gonna get that promotion.
Knuckle Joe: I dunno. It's a pretty big job.
Kirby: That I'm totally qualified for!
Knuckle Joe: Maybe. But you've always talked about moving up, moving on. And we're still here in town.
Kirby: It's not fair. One storm rolls in and blows away my whole life. My mother, my college education, my dreams.
Knuckle Joe: I know. But I just wouldn't get your hopes up, is all. (He glances down) What the heck is that?
(Kirby looks down too. He's cut the tomato into a tomato rose, just like on the TV. He looks mystified.)
Kirby: I…don't know…
Escargoon: (poking his head out from the back) Kirby? A word?
(Cut to the back room. Escargoon and Kirby sit at a table.)
Escargoon: Unfortunately, you're just not qualified for the management program.
Kirby: (shocked) I don't understand. Did I fail the test?
Escargoon: No, you did fine. It's just, candidates have to be ready to work anywhere in the state. And with your situation –
Kirby: Look, the point of me getting the job would be to move us out of town. I can't just flip burgers for the rest of my life.
Escargoon: You're good at your job. You should be thankful you have one. Many people around here don't.
(Kirby sighs, disappointed.
Cut to the Bennet house in Pallet Town. The family is eating dinner together.)
Vivian: I'm thinking for dessert, we could go to that adorable yogurt place near the bus depot.
Peach: Oh, I can't. I have to go to the library for a research paper.
Slippy: The library? Haven't you ever heard of the Internet?
Peach: Actually, the paper is on libraries. And how they're becoming increasingly irrelevant in today's society.
Peppy: Well that sounds good. Need a ride?
Peach: …What?
Slippy: Your car got stolen. Remember?
Peach: (shaking it off) Right. That's OK, I'll just walk.
(Peppy nods and smiles.
Some time later. Peach walks down the corner, Peppy trailing her a good distance behind. She turns a corner and pulls her hair out of her ponytail. She smiles and she walks up to Doug, waiting for her.)
Doug: Hi.
Peach: Hi back.
(Peppy goes into a light jog and comes around the corner. There's no one there. He looks back, confused. Behind him, from behind a garage, Doug and Peach fly up into the air.
Cut to Luigi's apartment in the Mushroom Kingdom. He digs through boxes of old family stuff while D.K. waits.)
Luigi: I remember the photo. Ten, twelve people in it. My parents, Ganondorf, Ike Nakamura, Daniel Deveaux. (He pauses, realizing) A lot of them are dead now.
D.K.: (picking up a picture of Luigi, Daisy, and Nana and Popo) These your kids?
Luigi: (glancing at it) Mmhmm.
D.K.: You see them much?
Luigi: Look, I'm helping you with this. Doesn't mean I want to share everything about me.
D.K.: Hey, I understand. I lost my marriage, my wife…my soon-to-be son…
Luigi: If you want to unload, go ahead. (He goes back to digging)
D.K.: You know, it's nothing much. Member of the Viridian City P.D., happily married, and then…(he gestures at his head) this started happening. Found out she was pregnant, then found out she was cheating on me. Then I wind up across the country working as a detective.
Luigi: I found it.
(He holds the picture out as D.K. comes over to look at it with him. It's of twelve people in 2 rows. The top row is an unknown woman, Ganondorf, a man turned sideways and blurry, Samus, Ike, Ash, and a tall gray wolf. Seated in front of them are another unknown woman, Daniel Deveaux, a short man with an oval-shaped head and large nose, and two unknown men.)
Luigi: About half of these people are dead now. Maybe the killer's trying to finish them off.
D.K.: And maybe the killer's one of them.
Luigi: Well, (pointing at the top middle) There's my parents. (pointing under them) Daniel Deveaux. Ganondorf's next to them here, Ike here. And this guy, his name's Ash. Those are the only ones I know.
(D.K. looks at the picture harder, and suddenly grabs it. He stares at the wolf on the right side.)
Luigi: What is it?
D.K.: (amazed) That's my father.
(Cut to the Burger Bonanza in Dreamland. Kirby sits a table, sad. Knuckle Joe comes up and sits with him.)
Knuckle Joe: How are you feeling?
Kirby: Just frustrated. I know I'm supposed to be somebody, I just...don't know how.
Knuckle Joe: Well, you did lose a lot in the storm. Maybe it'll take some time.
Kirby: Or maybe God's punishing me.
Knuckle Joe: Punishing you? For what?
Kirby: Before the storm, every night…I would pray for a way to get out of this town. To go somewhere, do something.
Knuckle Joe: (smiling) I think that sounds pretty normal to me.
Kirby: (looking disappointed) Normal, huh?
(Cut to Doug and Peach. They're sitting somewhere outside.)
Doug: I offer to take you anywhere, and this is where you wanted to go?
Peach: What can I say? I'm a cheap date.
(We pull back to see they're sitting on top of the stadium atop Indigo Plateau.)
Peach: It kind of reminds me of this water tower I'd go to, back in Corneria. I'd go there to test my powers.
Doug: What, you'd jump off?
Peach: Yeah. But now my whole life there went away. I had one friend who knew, who helped me. I don't know if I can ever open up to anyone again.
Doug: Well, I'd like you to try with me.
Peach: (sincere) I want to trust you.
Doug: Then jump.
Peach: What?
Doug: Trust begins with a leap. Cheesy but true.
Peach: I don't think that's a good idea. It'll be gross. My arms pop out of their sockets and sometimes my feet come out facing each other, it's…not cute.
Doug: Peach, you'll be fine.
Peach: All right…
(She slowly gets to her feet and takes a breath. Then she leaps off the edge of the stadium.
As she's falling, something suddenly catches her. Peach looks to realize Doug flew down and caught her. They hover in the air.)
Peach: Doug, why'd you do that? I would have been fine.
Doug: I know you can heal, Peach, but I never want to see you hurt.
(She smiles at him. They kiss, hovering in the air.
Cut to the house in Dreamland. Dedede sleeps in a chair while Waddle Doo and Pit walk over to the T.V.)
Waddle Doo: You sure this is gonna work?
Pit: Definitely.
(He puts his hand on the cable box and closes his eyes. After a few seconds, the screen lights up with the pay-per-view.)
Waddle Doo: Nice!
(He runs and sits on the couch, Pit following him. Kirby comes in the door with bags of burgers. He notices Dedede asleep and the boys watching wrestling.)
Kirby: Hey, what are you doing?
Waddle Doo: Pit's some kind of genius. Rigged up the cable to get us pay-per-view.
(Kirby sighs and sits at the kitchen table, looking defeated. Pit sadly comes up to him.)
Pit: I'm sorry. I just wanted to help.
Kirby: I know you're sad with your mom gone and everything. But you have to follow the rules, OK?
Pit: OK.
Kirby: (smiling) I'll get you some plates. You can eat in front of the TV.
Pit: Thanks Kirby.
(He hugs him. Kirby smiles and returns it. Pit lays his hand on Kirby's back for a few seconds. They break the hug, Kirby looking at him questioningly.)
Kirby: You OK?
Pit: I just wish I could fix your dreams for you.
(He goes back in the living room and sits with Waddle Doo, who's excited about the match.)
Waddle Doo: Ooh, here comes the 619!
(They watch as a wrestler leaps out of the rings between the ropes, swings back on them, and hits the other wrestler off his feet. We pan around to see Kirby watching, the instant replay of the move reflected in his eyes.
Cut to Diddy's apartment in the Mushroom Kingdom. Diddy and Mew come in the front door as D.K. paces, waiting for them.)
Mew: D.K.! (She runs into his arms)
Diddy: Is everything OK?
D.K.: It's fine. I need Mew to find my father for me.
Diddy: Your father?
D.K.: He left me when I was thirteen. Gave me 100 bucks and a pat on the head. I haven't seen him since, not for lack of trying. He's a criminal who doesn't want to be found. My dad stole a lot of money from a lot of people. And the case that I'm working on right now, I have a feeling that he's in the middle of something really dangerous. And I need to talk to him, so I need you to help me find him.
Mew: Sure, D.K. I'll help you.
(They go to a desk. D.K. puts the picture down and points at the wolf.)
D.K.: That's him. That's my dad.
(Mew backs up and gasps. Then she grabs the photo and throws it in the desk.)
Mew: Put it away!
Diddy: (alarmed) Mew!
D.K.: What's wrong?
Mew: (scared) Don't make me find him. Please don't make me find him.
Diddy: It's OK –
D.K.: Mew, what is it?
Mew: (fearfully) He is the man in my dreams. He is the Nightmare Man.
(Cut over to Luigi's apartment. He looks at some old pictures of Mario. He puts one in the mirror frame.)
Luigi: I'll make things right, Mar.
(He looks down for a second, then back at the mirror. His reflection is barely recognizable. Half of his face is twisted in a grimace and almost all of his skin is severely burned.)
Luigi: (angry) Get away from me!
(He punches the mirror. It cuts his hand and shatters the glass. He looks at it again to see his reflection is back to normal.
Cut to Pallet Town at night. Doug lands on the ground, putting Peach down. She looks at her watch.)
Peach: Oh crap. Look how late it is.
Doug: And where did you say you'll be?
Peach: The library.
Doug: Ouch. We're going to need a consistent cover story if we're going to keep this up.
Peach: (rolling her eyes) I could say I'm volunteering at a soup kitchen.
Doug: Peach, the credible lies are the ones that make you look bad. Is there anything your dad doesn't want you to be doing?
(Peach thinks for a second, then smiles.)
Peach: I've got it. Thanks.
(She starts to walk back to her house.)
Doug: Aren't you going to give me a good night kiss?
(Peach rolls her eyes, but grins and goes back to him.)
Peach: You're killing me.
(They kiss, and she heads for her house again.
Cut to a roadside shop in Game Cubeland. Eggman and Mewtwo wander over and look at the newspapers. Eggman lifts a brick to pick one up. On the front page is a drawing of Sonic and Amy, with "Wanted" written above it.)
Eggman: (alarmed) Gabriel, come look at this. (Mewtwo comes over and sees the paper) We're riding with two killers.
Mewtwo: Well golly, they seem so...
Eggman: We gotta ditch them.
Mewtwo: (as clocks are heard ticking) All right. You go inside and call the police. I'll make sure they don't get suspicious.
(Eggman nods and heads over to a pay phone in an alley. Mewtwo grins and puts the paper back down on the pile. He keeps the brick in his hand.
Some time later. In the car, Amy sits in the shotgun seat while Sonic rides in the back.)
Sonic (translated): Where are they? They've been gone for a while.
(Suddenly, Mewtwo opens the door and climbs into the driver's seat.)
Mewtwo: I need to ask you something. And I need you to be honest with me.
Amy: Okay…
Mewtwo: (holding up the newspaper) Is this you?
Sonic (translated): (worried) Tell him that's not us!
Amy: It is! But we didn't mean to hurt anyone.
Mewtwo: Well you can tell it to the police when they get here. Eggman's calling them right now.
Amy: What? No! (gasping) Oh no!
(Her eyes start to fill with black. Mewtwo's eyes also fill, and he slumps over the wheel.)
Mewtwo: What are you doing to me?
(Sonic reaches forward and takes Amy's hand. He concentrates, and the blackness disappears from Amy and Mewtwo. After a few seconds, it disappears from his eyes as well.)
Mewtwo: (realizing) You both have power. That's why you need to find Doctor Kong. Believe me, I understand. Being held responsible for things that you didn't mean to do. Being hunted. Doctor Kong will know what to do.
Amy: What about the police?
Mewtwo: (holding up Eggman's keys) They have to catch us first.
(He starts the car and grins evilly. The sound of ticking clocks is heard.
Cut over to the alleyway. The pay phone hangs down, beeping. Eggman lays next to it, a pool of blood forming under his head. The brick is next to his head, bloodied. A cockroach crawls over it.
Cut to the Bennet house in Pallet Town. Peach comes in to find Peppy waiting, eating yogurt.)
Peppy: How was the library?
Peach: Dad, I can explain –
Peppy: (accusing) You were with a boy.
Peach: No. (She takes out a form) I tried out for the cheerleading team. I forged your signature on the release. I made it on the team, the girls took me out to celebrate.
Peppy: (eyes going wide) Cheerleading? Peach, I specifically forbade you from this!
Peach: But dad! Cheerleading makes me happy! I've given up everything else. I just need one thing that's normal.
Peppy: (touched) I didn't realize it meant that much to you.
Peach: Took me by surprise, too
Peppy: Alright, you can do it. But absolutely no boys.
Peach: Sure thing. Good night, dad.
Peppy: Good night.
(She turns to go to her room, rolling her eyes at her dad.
Peppy watches her go, then hears wind chimes outside. He goes out onto the back patio. The dragon is waiting there.)
Bowser: I have a lead on the paintings. They're in Sauria. What are you going to tell your family?
Peppy: I'm sure I'll think of something.
(Cut to Diddy's apartment. Diddy tucks Mew into bed and heads into the hall, where D.K. is waiting.)
D.K.: I'm sorry.
Diddy: It's OK, you didn't know
D.K.: No, I meant I'm sorry, but she still has to find my dad.
Diddy: That's a terrible idea.
(He walks into the kitchen, D.K. following him.)
D.K.: Look at this picture. A lot of these people are dead. I need to find out if he's dead, or the next victim, or the killer.
(Diddy looks at the picture. He recognizes Ash.)
Diddy: Look, this is Ash. He runs the Company, I can take you to him.
D.K.: Sure. After we find my dad.
Diddy: You're asking a little girl to face her worst nightmare.
D.K.: Maybe that's what she needs.
Diddy: (getting angry) And maybe you just need to resolve your daddy issues.
D.K.: (also getting angry) Oh, you'd know all about those, wouldn't you?
Diddy: Yes, I would –
Mew: D.K.? (She slowly walks into the room) I'll do it. I'll help you find your dad.
D.K.: Thanks. (He hugs her) Thanks, Mew.
(Cut to Burger Bonanza in Dreamland. It's empty except for Kirby and Escargoon.)
Escargoon: All right, it's dead tonight. You lock the front door, I'll get the back.
(He heads into the back. Kirby goes to the front door and is closing it when a guy sticks his head in.)
Kirby: Sorry, we're closed.
Guy: I'm hungry.
Kirby: I'm sorry, my boss is making me close up –
Guy: (pushing the door open) Yeah, but I'm hungry! And I also want everything in the register! (He takes out a gun)
Kirby: OK, OK!
Guy: Just sit over there!
(Kirby sits at one of the tables, frightened. The guy goes over to the register and starts emptying it of money. Kirby looks around with wide eyes.
Suddenly, he stands up. He runs toward the support pole next to the register. He jumps up and swings around it, just like he saw the wrestler do. He hits the robber, who flies through a glass divider, smashing it.
He scrambles to his feet and runs out the front door. Escargoon rushes in from the back as Kirby shakily gets to his feet.)
Kirby: (amazed) Did you just see...?
Escargoon: (nodding, also amazed) Where'd you learn that?
Kirby: On TV…
(Cut back to Diddy's apartment. Mew sits on the couch holding an atlas, Diddy next to her. D.K. brings her the picture. Mew closes her eyes.)
Mew: I see…(she flips through the atlas, settling on a page) Fortuna.
D.K.: Fortuna, good.
Mew: (concentrating) There's the apartment building. (She puts a pin in the map) I don't want to go inside.
Diddy: He can't hurt you.
D.K.: What floor?
Mew: Second floor.
D.K.: And the number?
Mew: (getting scared) He knows I'm here. He's coming!
D.K.: What number is it?
Mew: (after a second) Six. (A/N: My old apartment!)
D.K.: Good. Great, get out of there, right now.
Mew: (Scared) No! He sees me! He – leave me alone! No!
D.K.: (grabbing her) Mew! Mew, calm down. It's OK –
Mew: (slowly opening her eyes) D.K.?
(She slumps down, unconscious. Diddy and D.K. jump up. Diddy puts his hand to her neck.)
Diddy: She's still breathing. She must be in shock.
D.K.: Mew! Mew, wake up!
(He shakes her, but gets no audible response. He hears her thoughts, though.)
Mew: D.K.! Help me!
D.K.: (worried) Mew!
Mew: D.K.!
(Slam to black.)
New Characters:
Simon and Monty Petrelli – Nana and Popo Petrelli (the Ice Climbers) (31st/38 Smashers)
Damon Dawson – Waddle Doo Dawson
Monica Dawson – Kirby Dawson (32/38)
Camille – Knuckle Joe
Mr. Lamont – Escargoon
A/N: Another chapter done! I promise it should get (a little) better. I hope you've been enjoying these, as well as Heroes Volume 3. I'm excited for the future episode tonight, since Five Years Gone was one of my favorites of Volume 1. Hope it goes well! R/R and I'll catch you for some more new characters next time!