Chapter 4: Future Connections
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"You want me to do what?!" Wily said, a bit flabbergasted at the warlock's request. The mechanical genius and the dark magic master Ganondorf were currently back in Ganon's home world of Hyrule. Within the vast sands of the Gerudo Desert, the two found themselves beneath the entrance to the towering Desert Colossus, Ganondorf staring out into the abyss of sand all around them.
"You said you were a genius, right? If so, I can't imagine a device that could traverse time would be out of your limits, no?" He said, back turned to the doctor who was floating in one of his mechanical capsules, the machine floating a few feet off the ground.
"Its not a matter of if I can, but a matter of why. What do you have to gain from a time machine when we are already combining forces?!" Wily sneered, finding Ganon's sudden request alarming. The warlock had asked Wily to follow him back to his world alone while the other three could scope out their own worlds for drawing up an invasion plan. To hear that it was one that desired temporal travel was not something the doctor was exactly prepared to drop everything for.
"Listen closely to me, Doctor," Ganon replied, motioning with a hand to the sands around him. "The sands of time are eternal, that much is true of all our realities, no? Here, legends are passed down of Heroes, their tales against the darkness and their triumphs in the name of the Goddesses and Light. We are in the precipice of one such Legend I imagine, should my timeline have continued without your arrival." Ganon turned around to face Wily, his face lowered slightly as a nefarious look adorned the warlocks face, his cape blowing in the desert winds.
"And yet, you and your comrade have given me a new idea. What if we could call upon not just the Legends of the Past, but those yet to be told? Imagine the darkness that each of these so-called Heroes of Hyrule clashed against, all at our beck and call!" He clenched his fist at the thought, the back of his palm facing Wily. "And not just mine, your own future could prove to be an invaluable source of information for us. Gazing far into the future, finding how we've advanced, and calling upon the villains that succeeded you. How does that sound?"
Wily hated to admit it, but he knew Ganon not only had a point, but a damn good one. In a world such as his that would be right out of a storybook back in Wily's home, there had to be a number of Legends that could potentially be not only true, but potentially usable if they had the technology to access them. And his own Future…Wily had tried a time or two to utilize future technology, he'd even gone so far as to kidnap a future Mega Man and reprogram him for battle under his command. It didn't work, in fact that was one of his more embarrassing flubs as Mega Man dispatched his future self far easier than he should have, but still…Going much, much further into the future, and seeing what all he could learn from it and bring back…Tempting.
"I see your point Ganon. And truthfully…I wish I had thought of it first. It certainly has a lot of potential for us to capitalize on, and it has my mind racing at the possibilities" Ganon smirked hearing that, as Wily himself grinned. "It's been a long time since I have dabbled in time travel, but I've done it before, and I can do it again!"
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"THIS is what you call home? Seriously?"
"I swear it's not all this…colorful. I don't live in this area at all, My castle is WAY cooler, there's lava surrounding it and everything!"
"Yeah yeah, whatever you say." Ridley roared as the two observed Bowser's homeworld from above, Ridley taking flight while Bowser sat in his reliable Koopa Clown Car, with Ridley increasingly baffled as he described the world. The Mushroom Kingdom, home of Bowser's main target, Princess Peach, and his mortal nemesis…a middle aged plumber named Mario.
"You mean to tell me that among our foes, from robots specifically made to fight, bounty hunters, hedgehogs that can outrun sound and children with magic, you've been getting your turtle butt kicked by some portly guy?" A slight screech that almost resembled a cackle escaped the dragon's maw, prompting the Koopa King to fold his arms and scowl.
"Look here you! He may not sound like much but that plumber is a lot more durable than he has any right to be! Mario has ruined my plans on scales that would make Eggman blush!" Bowser grumbled, turning his head away from his fellow reptilian. "I've gone so far as to go for Universal Domination, and he STILL found a way to stop my plans…Though the aftermath of that whole thing is a bit fuzzy…"
"Alright, now THAT I want to hear more about later. We've been galactic level threats, but Universal is a level the Space Pirates haven't gone before." Ridley admitted, at least a little impressed by the Koopa he was just a second ago mocking.
"That's more like it! And truthfully, aside from Mario and his closest friends, most of this world is pretty ripe for the picking! It's JUST those pests that make it hard out here, so if we can get them out of the picture, this world is ours!" "GRAHAHA" Bowser bellowed, laughing at his proclamation, with Ridley letting out a shriek in agreement with the King.
"Excellent. Now…What are your thoughts on Bounty Hunters?"
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"Father, the calculations appear to be complete and in order, anything else needed before we proceed?"
"No Sage, that should be everything, thank you." Eggman replied, fingers a blur on the keyboard as he was running through code, a newly constructed Neo-Conduit a short distance away behind some blast-proof glass.
The Doctor had been working hard at testing for any possible snags in their potential operation, assigning himself for last minute bug testing while the others were off doing their own thing. "The last thing we need is for something to go off the rails while we're just starting the plan, so I have to make sure we can keep things stable when crossing dimensions."
And not only that, getting to be alone with the Neo-Conduit with both mine and Wily's bots, I get free reign to go looking for worlds beyond our current scope. After all, if things go well, there's nothing to stop us from going further. The Doctor leaned back in his seat to check the code before him, a hand twiddling the tip of his mustache.
"Alright boys, fire it up and clear the way! We got unlucky with the last one leading to Ridley, as it appeared in the vacuum of space." Eggman smirked, recalling watching Wily panic as many of his bots were sent flying out into the void, thankful that they were working in Wily's dimension instead of his own.
The Egg Pawns got the message and quickly finished up, hurriedly fleeing from the danger zone around the gateway as it was all set to activate. With one final check Eggman opened a tab for notes and pressed the button to start up the machine. "Neo Conduit, let's see what else is out there!
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