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Chapter 13

Fox, Wario, and Samus

"Maybe we should just show them the racetrack," Zelda said as they walked back down the hall. "Then people will stop asking about it."

"What in Starclan is a racetrack?" Graystripe asked. "Why do people keep asking about it?"

"You'll see," Luigi said, trying to imitate Gollum's voice from Lord of the Rings, as Frodo went into the spider's lair. "Oh, yes. You will see."

"What the heck was that?" Link asked, turning to him.

"Oh, nothing," Luigi said. Link had never seen Lord of the Rings. He'd probably wonder where he was while all that was happening.

"Whatever," Link said. "Did you like Pikachu, you two?"

"There's something weird about it," Graystripe answered.

"Of course," Mario said, looking over. "A mouse that shoots electricity."

"Oh, hey Fox," Link said. They all looked up.

In front of them was what looked like a fox-human hybrid. The warriors stepped back instinctively. "Hey, guys, what's up?"

"Nothing," Zelda answered. Turning to the warriors, she said, "Firestar, Graystripe, this is Fox Mcloud. Fox, this is Firestar and Graystripe."

"I haven't seen you two around here before," Fox said, looking at them. "Where do you come from?"

"The forest," Mario said. "They had a bad experience with a fox while they were out there, so sorry if they're a little jumpy around you."

"Ah, foxes getting a bad rep again," Fox sighed. "Well, I guess not all foxes can be as charming as I am."

"Do you know any other humanoid foxes?" Link asked. "Around here, I mean?"

"Come to think of it, no," Fox said. "But there were more of us back home."

"Well, we're just going down here," Mario said, looking down the hall. "Since they're new here, we're showing them the place."

"Lots of new people here lately," Fox said. "Hey, they didn't have a friend who came with them, did they?"

"Why do you ask?" Zelda asked.

"Last night, I went down to get something from the kitchen, and as I did, I ran into this one guy in the hall. White skin, black everything else, and claws on his hands. He was jumpy around me too. You know him?"

"Sort of. Hey, did you catch the color of his eyes?" Mario asked.

"Blue."

"Like the sky?"

"No, not like that. More like chips of ice. Does any of this matter?"

"Oh, it matters," Firestar said darkly. "I think we do know him, Graystripe."

"You do?" Luigi asked, turning to him.

"Unfortunately, yes."

"Ah, you don't like him?" Fox asked.

"That's a mild way of putting it."

"Well, let's continue on," Mario said. "Is there anything else, Fox?"

"Oh, yeah. Samus is on the warpath, so if you see her, don't mess with her."

"That's not a good idea at any time," Mario pointed out. "What's going on?"

"Wario stole her power suit. She's not that happy about it."

"Well, if we see him, we'll let him know, shall we?"

"Yeah, that might be a good idea."

"Well, see you around, Fox."

"See you."

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"So, who are Wario and Samus?" Firestar asked as they continued on.

"Wario is our insane cousin," Luigi said.

"Like that giant twoleg paw?"

"No, a different kind of insane than that," Mario said. "Though I don't think anyone's denying that Crazy's insane."

"What about Samus?" Graystripe asked.

"She was a bounty hunter before she came here, and as a result, she's not exactly someone to mess with."

"What does it mean, Wario stole her power suit?"

"She has a special sort of suit that increases her power. Wario's probably wearing it."

"Yes, I am!" shouted a voice behind them. They turned to see Wario wearing Samus's suit, which wasn't fitting that well. In fact, it was a little frightening.

"Wario," Mario said, "you do know that Samus is coming for you, right?"

"She'll never catch me!"

"You want to bet?" said another voice from behind Wario. He turned around to see Samus in her zero suit, holding her gun-whip. She picked him up and slammed him into the ground, shooting him with the gun.

"Ah! Get away from me!" Wario shouted, taking off the suit and running.

Samus made to follow him, but Mario held him back, saying, "You got your suit, you'll probably get a chance to smash him in the next brawl."

"Yeah, whatever," Samus said, putting on her suit. "Hey, who are those two?" she asked, seeing the warriors. "I haven't seen them."

"Well, Samus, these are Firestar and Graystripe."

"From Warriors?"

"Yeah, it's a long-" Suddenly Mario paused, looking at her. "You've read Warriors, Samus?"

"Hey, my job required me to travel a lot. I have an autopilot, so I read while I was in my ship. Since I never know when I'll be home again, I was looking for the longest series I could find, and Warriors won that contest hands down."

"Ah," Mario said. "So you know them?"

"Yeah," Samus said. "I read all the books. What are they doing here?"

Zelda told her, and Samus spoke again. "Which book are they from?"

"The Darkest Hour," Mario said.

"Oh, the one with Scourge?"

"That's it!" Luigi suddenly shouted.

"What's it?" Samus asked, turning to him.

"When they came through, someone else came through with them," Luigi said. "I saw him when he ran past my room, and Fox saw him in the hall. I just realized, it's Scourge!"

"Oh, boy," Mario said.

"Is that bad?" Link asked.

"In a word, yes," Mario said. "Scourge killed someone in warriors, a cat who was considered the strongest in the clans, and had nine lives to lose. Scourge killed him in one hit."

"Where is he now?" Samus asked.

"Not here," Zelda said. "He probably didn't stick around."

"Well, we've got to tell Master Hand," Samus said.

"Can you do that?" Luigi asked. "We're giving them a tour of the mansion."

"I wasn't doing anything anyway," Samus said. "Oh, and by the way-"

"Please, for the love of all that's good and pure in this Starclan-forsaken universe, PLEASE, don't ask if we've shown them the racetrack," Mario begged.

"Never mind, then," Samus asked, and ran off.

"Come on," Mario said, "Let's show them the racetrack before I go insane."

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