Chapter 4
This is so humiliating, I can't believe those villains stole the gauntlet, and we never even saw it coming." Kirby said.
"We'll get it back, we just got to figure out where they took it to after they escaped." Mario said.
"Okay, so far, we managed to make it to the planet Zenlar, we nearly got killed by the traps, we were almost killed by two cybernetic worms, we obtained the gauntlet, the villains ambushed us, we fought them to protect the gauntlet, we defeated them, they stole it anyway and destroyed the Great Fox, and now we don't know where they went." Fox said.
"I still don't understand how they were able to find us, that's still a mystery to me." Link said.
"That doesn't matter right now, what matters is that we have to get that gauntlet back one way or another." Samus said.
"Samus is right, there's no telling what those villains might do next now that they have the EMP Gauntlet" Mario said.
"Once we get back to Corneria, we'll have to get another Great Fox ship." Samus mentioned.
"Yeah, and plus, we'll have ROB 64 to pilot it, right ROB?" Fox asked him.
"Affirmative." ROB replied.
"By the way, how did you survive being blown up when the Great Fox was destroyed?" Kirby asked.
"I abandoned the ship before it was destroyed." ROB replied.
"Anyway, at least we're all okay." Link said.
Meanwhile in the mothership...
"Well my fellow villains, I do believe we are now on our way to victory, now that's we've stranded our enemies on the planet Zenlar, our plans for universal conquest can now go forth." Bowser said.
"But what if the heroes found a way to get off the planet, they could try to follow us to get the gauntlet back." Wolf said.
"Which is why we will hide it in a place where those heroes will never find it, but if they go looking for it, there will be a horde of our minions ready to stop them." Ridley deduced.
"And I know the exact place where we can store it, in my castle." Ganondorf suggested.
"Hmm, sounds like a good solution, after all, it is the perfect place for plenty of our minions to guard without any trouble." Bowser said.
"I also know one person who can stop the heroes, incase our minions fail to do so." Ganondorf mentioned.
"Now to create a portal for us to travel through with our very own OWG control module." Ridley said pressing buttons on a specially made OWG control module, which he had invented himself. Pretty soon a large red portal appeared outside the ship.
Afterwards, the entire ship went through the portal, which closed soon after they entered it.
Later back on the planet Corneria...
"The villains stole the gauntlet and destroyed the Great Fox, this isn't good." Falco said.
"Yeah, and to top it off, we don't know where they took the gauntlet to right after they escaped." Mario said.
"I just hope we can get it back somehow, if only we knew where they would hide it at." Fox said.
A paper plane suddenly flew in towards Fox, who caught it and opened it to realize it was a note.
"Fox, meet me at an abandoned factory, I've got the information that you need. Signed, Shadowdog." Fox said reading the note.
"Shadowdog, isn't that the same guy who we saw at that space bar we went to?" Link asked.
"Yeah, he said for us to meet him at an abandoned factory somewhere here in Corneria." Fox said.
"I know where it is, it's located in the East part of Corneria." Slippy told them.
"Thanks for the direction Slippy." Samus said.
3 minutes later...
The Smash Bros. arrived at an old factory, which had broken windows, missing parts of the building, and a broken door.
"This is a Cornerian weapons manufacturing building. This factory was made to create and manufacture all the items that are used by the Cornerian army. But due to low budget cuts, they were forced to shut it down, and it hasn't been used again in over 50 years." Fox said.
"50 years, this place sure is old." Link commented.
"Well anyways, this is where Shadowdog told us to meet him at, so let's go inside." Mario said walking in ahead of them.
The rest of the Smash Bros followed Mario inside the factory. When they got inside, they saw that the entire inside of the factory was rusted. Some of the conveyor belts were broken, and parts of the walls were cracked.
"Nice of you to show up." said Shadowdog who walked up to them. He then took his hood off his head, revealing his face. Samus was the first to notice that he had an eyepatch over his right eye.
"What happened to your eye?" Samus asked.
"He got shot in his right eye during a war on Corneria. He was taken to the hospital soon after. The operation was successful, but he was left with a scar for the rest of his life. So he decided to wear an eyepatch to cover it up. Afterwards, he resigned from the Cornerian army out of shame for his deformity." Fox said.
"So you were a Cornerian soldier, that's amazing." Kirby said.
"Yes it's true, I was their best soldier of all. But after my horrible accident, I had no choice but to resign. I felt nothing but guilt for my disfigurment." Shadow explained.
"I feel really sorry for you." Mario said.
"Me too." Samus said.
"Anyways, we got your note. You said you have the information we need in order to get the gauntlet back." Link said.
"Correct." Shadowdog said.
"Well, where did the villains take it to?" Mario asked.
"They took it to Ganondorf's castle in Hyrule. You'll be able to find the gauntlet there, but just for a quick warning, the castle is under heavy guarding by all sorts of monster and manty other creatures, including dragons. So you better be prepared when you go there." Shadowdog explained.
"Thanks for the information Shadowdog." Fox said.
"No problem." Shadowdog replied.
Soon after they left the factory, they were approached by Falco.
"So, did you get the information you wanted?" Falco asked.
"Yep, the gauntlet is located in Ganondorf's castle." Fox said.
"Well that's good, because while you were gone, me and the others whipped up a surprise, come check it out." Falco said.
The moment Falco led the heroes back to the others they gasped in surprise at what they saw. Their mouths all hung open as they gazed at what appeared to be a shiny silver colored Great Fox ship.
"Wow, it's looks more improved than the original one." Fox said in astonishment.
"Everyone, I introduce you to the Great Fox 2." Falco said.
"Amazing." Samus said.
"It has a built in automatic shielding system and laser cannons mounted inside the back of it. But they'll only activate if the ship gets attacked. The ship even has its own security system which can be activated by voice command, so anytime you leave the ship by itself, you can activate the security system so no enemies or criminals try to steal it or destroy it. There are also lasers below the new docking bay, which is now big enough for Samus's gunship to fit in." Falco explained.
"Gee thanks, we all really appreciate it." Mario said.
"Well team, we got a gauntlet to retrieve and a bunch of villains to thrash." Kirby said.
"Good luck everyone, including you Fox." Krystal said kissing Fox on the cheek.
"Aww shucks, thanks for the support Krystal." Fox said while blushing.
"Awww, isn't that cute, little Foxy woxy is all lovey dovey with his girly wirly, how sweety weety." Samus teased him.
"Ah haha, knock it off with the teasing and let's just go." Fox said annoyed.
"Whatever you say, Foxy lover boy." Samus teased again.
"Alright enough already, stop the teasing you wisecracker, god." Fox said in frustration.
"Ooh, touchy touchy." Samus commented while chuckling.
"You must have been reading Spider-Man comics, haven't you?" Link asked.
"What can I say, the guy's wisecracking personality just seems to dawn on me." Samus said.
Afterwards the heroes and ROB 64 all went aboard the ship, although Samus quickly loaded her ship in the docking bay before joining the others.
Within minutes, the ship took off into space.
Later in space...
"This is great, we got a brand new base of operations and a source of transportation, things couldn't be any better than this." Link said.
"Good, and the best part about it is, with all the new upgrades on this ship, we won't have to worry about it being destroyed." Fox said.
"Looks like Bowser and his friends are gonna lose big time." Mario said.
"Next stop, Ganondorf's castle." Link said.
Fox activated the OWG control module which created a portal for the ship to travel through.
"Hyrule, here we come." Kirby said as the ship went through the portal.
Hours later...
The heroes exited through the portal and ended up in Hyrule. To their surprise, they saw that the whole land was in ruins. Houses and shops were burnt or destroyed, trees were cracked and yanked out of the ground, innocent people were hurt or killed, and gardens,ranches and grasslands were all wrecked.
"What happened to Hyrule?" Link wondered in shock.
"The Syndicate of Evil must have caused this while on their way to Ganondorf's castle." Mario deduced.
"Those cruel evil fiends, how dare they attack such a peaceful place." Kirby said angrily.
"Destruction and suffering is in their nature, you can't even imagine how much suffering Bowser causes during his countless attacks on the Mushroom Kingdom." Mario mentioned.
"Oh my god, the castle, Zelda's castle, it's been destroyed." Link said in shock as they flew over the wrecked castle.
"Quick ROB, land the ship." Fox ordered.
"Affirmative." ROB complied.
The moment the ship landed the heroes quickly rushed outside to look at the wreckage up close.
"This is unbelievably horrible, the entire castle is completely trashed." Samus said.
Link eventually came across Zelda's discarded sword laying in a pile of rubble. He then picked it up.
"Guys, I found Zelda's sword." Link said showing it to the others.
"They must have captured her when they attacked her castle." Mario said.
"Rrrrrgh, those vile cretins, how dare they kidnap the woman I love, they'll pay for this." Link said in anger.
"It's bad enough that they cause destruction wherever they go, but kidnapping our friends and loved ones really burns me up." Mario said angrily.
"Those villains better not attack Corneria, if they lay a hand on my friends and my girlfriend, things will get ugly." Fox said.
"It would really set me off if they tried to raid Zebes, the Chozo wouldn't stand a chance against them." Samus mentioned.
"I'd go into a fury if they harmed anyone in Dreamland." Kirby said.
"Right now, we have a gauntlet to get back. Let's get moving." Mario said.
They all got back on the ship and headed for Ganondorf's castle.
Sometime later...
The heroes had now arrived at their destination and landed a few miles away from the castle.
"Now listen everyone, we're about to infiltrate a very dangerous place. For all I know, this castle could be infested with enemies and monsters of all kinds, so it's best to be on your guard." Mario said.
"Judging from this 3D holographic image on the projector, I can tell that navigating through this castle will not be very easy. We'll have to fight our way through to the room with the gauntlet inside it." Fox said as he and the other Smash Bros examined the the hologram of Ganondorf's castle.
"It sure looks big. We might need to be extra careful when we break in." Samus said.
"Not to worry, I know Ganondorf's castle very well. I'm pretty sure he wouldn't leave it unguarded." Link said.
"Link's got a point." Kirby said.
"So this is what we'll do. When we get to the castle we'll split up into two groups and go in separate directions. Then, we'll meet up at the location at the highest point in the castle. That's where we'll find the gauntlet." Mario said pointing at the top of the hologram.
"But if we run into some dead ends?" Kirby asked.
"Find another way to the top, either way we have to get that gauntlet back." Fox said.
"Fox and I will go in the North section of the castle. Link, you, Samus and Kirby go in the West section. If you encounter any enemies blocking your way, take them down and continue on. Got it." Mario said.
"Understood." Samus said.
"No problem."Link said.
"You can count on us." Kirby said.
"Good, now let's get going." Mario said.
The Smash Bros all exited the ship and began rushing towards the castle. But not before Fox gave a voice command to activate the ship's security system.
"Wait a minute, stop." Fox said.
Everyone stopped.
"What's wrong?" Mario asked.
"We may need to proceed cautiously, something doesn't seem right."
"Like what?" Samus asked.
"Well, if I know one thing, it's that if there are some enemies guarding the castle, they might be watching us with some binoculars or telescopes. So it's quite possible that they could be planning a defensive attack."
"I think he's got a point, because there's a large black bullet with a mean face coming towards us from the sky." Kirby said pointing at an incoming Bullet Bill heading straight for them.
"Watch out, it's a Bullet Bill." Mario said.
They all jumped out of the way as the Bullet Bill crashed to the ground, exploding on impact.
"We gotta get to that castle fast."
"Right!" the others agreed.
The heroes all started rushing towards the castle once more, this time with desperation. As they advanced, large flaming rocks and Bullet Bills were launched at them relentlessly. They dodged them all effortlessly.
"We're almost there, we just have to keep moving." Link said.
"Yeah, nothing can stop us now." Kirby said.
"Except an army of minions up ahead." Samus said.
They all spotted a group of Space Pirates, Bulblins, Hammer Bros and Goombas heading straight at them. The heroes wasted no time in attacking the enemies. Mario stomped on the Goombas and punched the Hammer Bros, Link and Kirby slashed up the Bulblins with their blades while Samus and Fox blasted the Space Pirates with their weapons. Soon all the enemies were defeated.
"That takes care of them." Mario said.
"Good, now let's get to the castle before we get attacked again." Fox said.
But out of nowhere, two massive dragons flew down and landed in front of them, blocking their path.
"You just had to say that." Kirby commented.
"Forget about that, we gotta defeat these dragons before they roast us alive." Mario said.
Link charged forward and tried to slash his sword at the first dragon, but the large reptile quickly turned around and swung its tail at him, knocking him ten feet away into a large solid rock. The force of the impact was enough to make Link fall unconcious, laying against the rock motionless.
Samus attempted to fire her charge beam, only for the dragon to lift up it's tail and slam it down upon her, smashing her into the ground. Samus tried to get up, only to be knocked back down when the dragon slammed it's tail on her once more, which was damaging her Power Suit severely. When the dragon attempted to tail slam her again, this time Mario jumped in front of her and restrained the dragon's tail, preventing it from hitting Samus.
"Thanks for the help Mario, I would have almost gotten my Power Suit completely damaged or destroyed." Samus said.
"It's no problem at all, now you help Fox take care of the second dragon while I handle this one, Kirby's tending to Link while he's unconcious, got it." Mario commanded.
"Sure, you can count on me."
Fox was currently firing blasts at the second dragon with his blaster, but the beams had no effect on the reptile's tough skin. In retaliation, the dragon breathed out a vicious wave of fire directly at Fox, but he activated his reflector and deflected the fire back at it. But the creature swerved to the side, using it's powerful wings to support it's movement. Before Fox could react, the dragon soon slammed it's front left claw down onto Fox, forcing him to the ground. Fox tried in vain to lift the dragon's claw off of him, but he wasn't strong enough as the reptile tried to crush him underneath it's claw. Fox screamed in pain as he could almost feel his bones begin to break from the pressure.
"Don't worry Fox, I'll save you." Samus said.
"Hurry, this dragon will have me killed in a few seconds."
"Not on my watch."
Samus fired a missile at the dragon's claw. The moment the missile made contact, the dragon roared painfully and angrily. In a rage, the dragon lashed out it's tail towards Samus and wrapped it tightly around her waist, lifting her off the ground. Samus felt herself being constricted, as she noticed her Power Suit was starting to malfunction, as well as noticing her suit about to crushed with her in it.
"Warning, Power Suit is suffering critical damage, percentage level now at 78% below calculation." said a computerized voice on Samus's suit.
"If I don't free myself soon, my suit will be destroyed, I gotta get this dragon to let me go somehow. I know, I'll use my ice beam, it might be a bit of an energy drain, but it's worth a try." Samus said to herself.
"Percentage level, 50%."
"Uh oh, I gotta hurry, I don't have much time left."
Acting quickly, Samus began charging up blue energy in her arm cannon. Once it was at full power, Samus fired out a powerful Ice Beam at the dragon, freezing it entirely on contact. She then punched it's tail, shattering it, thus freeing herself. Fox shattered the dragon's claw with his blaster, allowing himself to get up off the ground. Samus fired a Charge Beam, blowing the frozen reptile to pieces.
Mario in the meantime was still dealing with the first dragon, holding on to it's tail really tightly. The dragon swung it's tail around violently, trying to toss Mario off, but the heroic plumber refused to let go. The dragon tried slamming him on ground, but Mario was able to resist it long enough to keep hold.
"This is pointless, I've taken on enemies more larger than this one, I happen to be strong enough to be able to fight this thing. I just need to muster up enough strength to overpower it." Mario thought.
After doing some concentration, Mario was somehow able to gather enough momentum to force himself back down to the ground, while still gripping the dragon's tail. Suddenly, in a surprising display of strength, Mario yanked on the dragon's tail with incredible force, lifting it into the air and slamming it down to the ground on the right. He then repeated the process over and over, slamming the dragon on the ground back and forth several times.
"Now it's time to kick things up a notch."
Mario suddenly began to swing the dragon around in circles, going more and more faster each time he swung the dragon. The other heroes watched on with surprise as Mario spun the dragon around repeatedly. After a while of swinging, Mario soon let go of the dragon, launching it high into the air until it disappeared in a small sparkle.
"Amazing, extremely amazing, how did you do that?" asked Link who had regained conciousness.
"I've battled all sorts of large enemies during my adventures in the Mushroom Kingdom, including Bowser whenever he made himself enormous." Mario said.
"That was surprising, even I couldn't do anything like that." said Samus.
"All that matters is that we get to the castle and get the gauntlet back."
Meanwhile with the villains...
"Rrrrrrrrrr, this is ridiculous, nothing's working against them. No matter what we throw at them, they just won't give up, it's like there unstoppable." said Bowser as he and the other villains observed the heroes on the monitor. They all watched them enter the castle.
"How could Mario defeat such a large dragon, it's like he's a superhuman." said Ridley.
"He's really strong, why do you think I always get defeated by him everytime."
"I agree, but even Samus isn't that strong, if she was, I'd have a hard time fighting her."
"This is pointless, those heroes won't give up until they've achieved victory."said Ganondorf.
"Ganondorf, you better be sure that those fools don't reach that gauntlet." informed Bowser.
"Not to worry Bowser, I assure you that they won't get far."
Later with the heroes...
The Smash Bros traveled through the castle, eventually coming into an empty room with three passageways in the North, West and East directions.
"Boy, this castle is more creepy inside than it is outside." said Kirby.
Before we go any further, we should each take these wrist communicators so we can contact each other to check our progress." said Fox as he gave a communicator to each of his teammates.
"Remember the plan, Fox, you and I are going in the North passage, the rest of you, take the West passage. Okay, let's move." said Mario.
The five heroes then split up into their groups and went in their exact directions. Mario and Fox went in the North direction while Link, Samus and Kirby went in the West direction.
As Link and his group traveled throughout the Western part of the castle, they kept a close eye out for any enemies that might be lurking in the castle.
"Hey Link, what's that golden thing around your neck?" asked Samus pointing to Link's neckace.
"It's just a necklace Zelda gave to me for good luck. So far it's actually been bringing me luck." said Link.
"That's nice, I wish I had a good luck charm."
"I don't we have time to talk for long, we've got company." said Kirby.
They soon spotted a group of Space Pirates and Bulblins heading straight towards them. Link slashed off the head of a Bulblin, Samus blasted two Space Pirates while Kirby slashed up both enemies with his Final Cutter blade. After all the enemies were defeated the three heroes continued their travel.
Meanwhile, Mario and Fox were currently walking through the Northern part of the castle. So far, they haven't encountered any enemies along the way, but they made sure to be aware just incase.
"Mario to Link, come in, do you read." said Mario into his communicator.
"Yeah, I hear you, everything is fine on our side, we just took down some enemies that were blocking our path." said Link.
"We haven't found any enemies on our side yet, but there may be some prowling around in the deeper parts of the castle."
"The sooner we find a gauntlet, we'll be able to stop those villains once and for all."
"No problem, Mario out."
"Geez, how long is this path, we've been walking for hours." said Fox.
"Actually this is the end of it, we just reached a stairs."
"It may be a long way up to the top, but it'll be worth it."
They soon began heading up the stairs, which was incredibly long. It would be hours before until they reach the top.
Elsewhere, Link, Samus and Kirby were navigating up a flight of stairs as well, and already they were getting exhausted."
"Can we stop please, this staircase is too long." said Samus who was panting heavily while wiping sweat from her forehead.
"We have to keep going until we reach the top." said Link.
"But I'm tired." she whined.
"Come on Samus, keep your spirits up, we're halfway there."
"This isn't fair, I wanna rest."
"Stop being childish, we have to get that gauntlet back, and after we do that, then we'll rest."
"Do you promise?"
"Yes I promise."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Really?"
"WOULD YOU STOP SAYING THAT, I PROMISE ALREADY, GOD."yelled Link.
"I know, I was just being comical."
"You know Samus, for a hardcore bounty hunter, you sure do act goofy sometimes." said Kirby.
"Now he tells me." said Samus to herself.
Mario and Fox were still walking up the stairs on their side of the castle. Like the others, they too were also exhausted from walking up a flight of stairs. After walking several more flights of stairs, the five heroes eventually met up with each other at the very top of the castle.
"Remind me... never to do this... again." said Kirby who was out of breath.
"Who cares, at least we made it, and look, there's a door at the end of this large room, all we have to do is go through that one room, get the gauntlet, and we'll be out of here." said Mario.
"Finally." said Samus.
"Not so fast." said a mysterious voice.
The Smash Bros soon found themselves face to face with a mysterious being that was standing in there path. His appearance looked ominous as he was wearing a cloak, with a large metallic helmet that covered his head.
"Who is that freak?" asked Kirby.
"Zant." said Link venomously.
"Who?" asked Fox.
"Zant, he's an evil and corrupted Twili I encountered several years ago during my previous adventure in the Twilight Realm. Ganondorf originally helped him with his desire to usurp the throne from Princess Midna. She seeked out my help to regain her throne, and together we defeated him. I don't know how he was revived, but all that's on my mind now is getting rid of this psychopath."
"Foolish boy, if you believe that you can defeat me again, then you are mistakened. I am more powerful now than you can possibly imagine."
"Save it, we don't care how powerful you are, we'll stop you one way or another." said Samus.
"Ha, I scoff at such a mediocre threat coming from a useless little weakling like you."
"Useless, I'll show you useless."
Samus began rushing at him in a rage, she then leapt at him, attempting to punch him. Zant stuck out his left arm in front and suddenly, Samus stopped in midair.
"Hey, what's going on, I can't move."
"Stupid girl, you know better than to try attacking me like that."
With one wave of his arm, Zant sent Samus flying backwards into the others, crashing her into them as a result.
"How'd you do that, you can't use telekinesis." said Link.
"I can now, thanks to my resurrection."
"Oh yeah, let's see how you do against fire." said Mario as he charged up a large ball of fire and shot it at him.
But Zant simply stopped it with his left arm and sent it back at Mario,hitting him on contact,sending him backwards into a wall.
"Come on, he's not so tough, we can take him on together as a team." said Kirby.
"Yeah." said Fox.
Zant just chuckled evilly to himself.
"Hahaha, you fools, who said I was going to fight all of you."
Zant waved both his arms to the side, and within minutes, four moving shadows appeared on the floor, gathering in front of him. Suddenly, four dark monstrous creatures arose from the floor in place of the shadows.
"I do believe that my pets will be doing the fighting for me."
"What's the matter Zant, are you too scared to fight your own battles!" taunted Samus.
"How dare you, I show no fear for anything whatsoever."
"Well you should, look at you, you're having your little cronies fight us while you just sit back like the coward you are."
"SILENCE, I have had enough of your insolent babbling, you shall not go any further."
"Oh excuse me, I'm shaking in my Zero Suit."
"ENOUGH, Shadow Beasts, get them."
The Shadow Beasts charged forward in an animalistic fury, attempting to attack.
"Link, we'll handle the monsters, you go take care of Zant." commanded Mario.
"Got it." complied Link.
"Smash Bros attack."
Link headed straight for Zant while Mario and the others fought with the Shadow Beasts. Zant fired purple energy balls at Link in an effort to slow him down, but the Hylian easily dodged them without trouble, and was about to strike him when Zant pulled out his own two swords and blocked the attack. The two engaged in a brutal swordfight, slashing each other's blades against one another, but not able to land a single blow.
Meanwhile Mario, Fox, Samus and Kirby were busy fighting the Shadow Beasts. The heroes were gaining the upper hand however as they effortlessly dodged nearly every attack the monsters could dish out. Samus was the first of the heroes to defeat one as she blasted it's head to pieces with a Super Missile. Mario easily overpowered another Shadow Beast in physical combat before destroying it by blowing it apart with a blast of fire. Fox and Kirby in the meantime already managed to destroy the last two Shadow Beasts by taking them apart with their own weapons.
Link on the other hand was currently having the advantage against Zant, as the more experienced swordsman was able to block every single attack his opponent threw at him. Eventually he managed to disarm him, knocking his swords out of his hands a stabbing him through the chest with his Master Sword.
"I got news for you Zant, you lose, again." said Link before pulling his sword out of Zant's chest, letting him fall to the floor dead.
"That was tough, but at least we won." said Mario.
"I agree, now lets get what we came for." said Fox.
The Smash Bros all rushed for the door at the end of the hall. The moment they walked in the next room they found a small flight of stairs which led up to a pedestal with a light suspended above it.
"Wait here, I'll go up and get the gauntlet, then we can leave." said Mario.
Mario ran up the stairs to the pedestal. When he made it to the top and looked on the pedestal he realized that something was wrong. The gauntlet was missing.
"Hmm, the gauntlet is gone."
"What, how could it be gone?" asked Fox.
"I don't know, but it's not here."
"Wait a minute, there's a broken window behind the pedestal." said Samus who pointed to the window that was shattered.
"I don't believe this, someone else stole the gauntlet." said Link.
"It couldn't have been the Syndicate of Evil, they're the ones who stored it here in the first place." said Kirby.
"Great just great, we came all the way here to get the gauntlet back, and now we find out that someone else got here before us and took it."
"Well, whoever took it may have went into space soon after, at least I think so."
"If that's the case, we'll have to go back into space to find who it was that took it."
Afterwards, the five heroes all left the castle and headed back to the Great Fox 2, taking off into orbit.
Later with the villains...
"Ganondorf you idiot, this is all your fault." accused Bowser.
"My fault!" replied Ganondorf in anger.
"If you had put bars on your windows, then maybe the gauntlet wouldn't have been taken in the first place."
"It's your fault for agreeing to this plan Bowser." accused Ridley.
"Who are you to accuse me Ridley?"
"If we had hidden it on my home planet, that would have been easier."
"Calm down, this fighting isn't gonna solve anything, we still have one thing that can stop them, M.A.C." said Wolf.
"He's right, we can send M.A.C after those heroes to dispose of them for good, but if that fails, I have a secret weapon that can help us."
"What is it Ridley?" asked Bowser.
"Space Pirates, bring it in."
Four Space Pirates came walking into the room carrying a large container with a blue glowing jelly-like substance. They placed it on the floor and left soon after.
"What the heck is that stuff in this container?" asked Dedede.
"Phazon!"
"What's Phazon?" asked Bowser again.
"It's a mutagenic, and highly radioactive substance that is well known for it's abilty to replicate itself, thus creating more and more of it tirelessly. Not only that, but it's also sentient." explained Ridley.
"Sentient, you mean like it's alive?"
"Correct Bowser, plus it serves as a valuable energy source, and it also augments the abilities of anyone it comes into contact with, even at the risk of their lives."
"How exactly do you know so much about this stuff?"
"Because me and my Pirates have all experimented with Phazon for many years now. We know what it's capable of, and further more, it might be just what we need to destroy those foolish heroes."
"So what you're saying is we can use the power of Phazon to make our forces more stronger so that way the heroes won't stand a chance against them, it's perfect, but how we do the procedure?"
"It's simple, we do it through the use of injection."
"Hmm, it sounds good, I like it."
"In the meantime while we prepare our minions for the Phazon , we'll send out M.A.C to dispose of our adversaries."
Later in Space...
"That was a total waste of time." said Kirby.
"I don't understand, who else would want to steal the gauntlet!" wondered Samus.
"I have no clue, but whoever it was, they may have taken it to an unknown planet." said Mario.
"ROB, can you try finding the location of the gauntlet somewhere in space?" asked Fox.
"Affirmative, searching for gauntlet's location." complied ROB as he began typing on the keyboard of the control panel.
"First the villains steal the gauntlet, they hide it in a castle, we go all the way to get it, and somebody else gets it before us." said Link.
"I hope we find it soon, otherwise we won't stand a chance against those villains."
"Gauntlet located, it is on a planet called 'Planet Econimus'." said ROB.
"Alright we finally found the place." said Samus.
"All thanks to me." said none other than Shadowdog, who appeared on the main screen.
"Shadowdog, how did you figure out the location of the gauntlet?" asked Fox.
"I have my resources. Anyway while you guys were off at the castle I contacted ROB and sent him the information through the use of downloading."
"So do you have any idea who it was that took the gauntlet?"
"It was some mysterious person in a red cloak. I don't know who he is, but he's got the gauntlet. Planet Econimus isn't just some ordinary planet, it's a shopping planet. There's a shopping city with plenty of places to search at, so you might find who you're looking for if you just look around for anyone who has on a red cloak."
"Thanks for the info Shadowdog, you're a life saver." said Samus.
"It's no problem." said Shadowdog before the screen went blank.
"We are reaching our destination, preparing to land on Planet Econimus." said R.O.B
"Get ready everyone, we're going in." said Mario.
Here's Chapter 4.
Sorry for the long wait, but I've just been so occupied with other stories that I almost forgot about this chapter.
I hope you guys like this.
Later folks.