Skyworld
The Great Fox soured through the clouds. "How we doing, Falco?" Fox asked.
"We should have enough energy to reach Subspace."
"Hey, Fox," Slippy said. "Do you wanna hear the new music project I've been working on."
"I don't want to hear that now, Slippy. Or ever for that matter."
"Come on, Fox. You'll love it." Slippy plugged in the massive musical machine he had created. He plucked the guitar and a single massive wave of sound came out. Everyone held their hands to their ears as the after effects of the sound vibrated.
The Great Fox began to dip. "Well done, Slippy," Falco said. "It looks like you've used up the last of our energy."
Fox buried his head in his hands. "Well that's just fantastic."
"No point staying in here like a sitting bird. We might as well look around." Falco landed the falling ship on the clouds. The group got out.
"Woah," Popo said. "Me and Nana have climbed through the clouds many times. We've never walked upon them."
"At least it's-a not those clouds that fade away," Mario said, prodding the surface with his foot.
They walked the clouds, eventually coming to a land of buildings, temples and roads built in the sky. There was a clicking sound. "We've been expecting you." An angelic creature stood atop a roof aiming a loaded bow at them. "You better come with me." Falco and Fox pulled out their guns. "I wouldn't do that if I was you," Pit said. He fired his arrow, which split in two directions as if he has fired two. The animals' jaws dropped at the arrows disappearing into the distance. "Now, please. Come with me."
Pit led them inside an ancient temple which looked as holy as the rest of the city in the sky. There was a goddess at the back of the room, her back to the group. "Well done, Pit. I'll take it from here." Palutena turned around, a warm smile on her face, a staff in her hand. "I'm glad you came. That means all hope is not lost."
"What do you mean?" Captain Toad said.
"You must have seen the purple domes emerging in the world below. Everything in life is not as it should be. A great evil stands on the brink of devouring not only this world, but the entire universe. Come." She beckoned them over with her finger, to the mystical cauldron by her midriff. "I have seen the orchestra of all this chaos within my cauldron. He demanded I surrender Skyworld, or he would send a great evil to wipe me out. I watched you fly through the sky. You reached us before evil could plague this land. Perhaps fate is giving us a chance. Skyworld has not yet fallen. You see that door to my left?" The door radiated in a golden glow. "That is a secret passage to space. We can take it and escape from the evil that heads this way. Or, we can take the chance fate has given us by bringing us all together and send evil back into the underworld where it belongs."
"Let's-a go!" Mario said.
"I'm in!" Toad said.
"Us two!" Popo said as Nana jumped up and down.
"On behalf of our team I'd like to declare our support for this battle," Peppy said.
"Are you mad, Peppy?" Fox said.
"He has a point, Peppy," Falco said. "There's an escape right there. Why should we fight?"
"You don't understand," Palutena said. "Sure, you can run now, and you'll be safe. But only for a short while. We may fall, and the corruption of evil will spread to furthest galaxies of space. If you do not fight, eventually, you will be taken down."
"Suppose you've got a point," Falco said. "What d'ya say Fox?"
He sighed. "Fine. We'll fight that stupid dragon-looking thing. Even though we just wasted our entire ship's fuel to get away from it."
The clone of Pit lingered within the clouds, watching Ganondorf and Ridley ascend. "Greetings," Dark Pit said to him. "Perhaps I can be of assistance to you both. I know where…"
Ridley bit Dark Pit's head off and spat him into the sky.
Palutena's army lined up along the clouds. Palutena, Pit, Mario, Toad, the Ice Climbers, and Team Star Fox stood in the centre of the army. There was a curdling shriek. Evil and his beast reared their ugly heads. Palutena banged down her staff. "Fire!" Her army released their bows, unleashing a blue hurricane of arrows. Ganondorf cast his arm out, creating a purple forcefield that protected them both from the first wave of arrows. "Keep firing," Palutena said. "They can't shield themselves forever." Pit joined in with the army, as did Team Star Fox who fired the laser beams from their guns.
Mario led Toad and the Ice Climbers forward. Palutena charged her staff and fired a blue beam that pierced through Ganondorf's forcefield. Ridley screamed, letting out a wave of fire over her army. Captain Toad threw his rope, hooking it around Ridley's leg. Before Ridley could deal with the pest, Palutena fired another blue laser. Ganondorf jumped from Ridley, holding a hand up and creating a purple mist that absorbed the power of Palutena's attack. Ridley looked down to see the Ice Climbers climbing the rope connecting to him. He swiped his tail, whacking them into the sky. Mario jumped over Ridley's tail as it came around once more. Toad could not do such a thing, receiving a stinging crack on the head that sent him following after the Ice Climbers. Ridley kicked Mario, sending him flying over Palutena's army and crashing into her temple. Ridley puffed his chest out and roared, hovering over Palutena and unleashing a wave of fire. She turned her attack from Ganondorf, using her staff to create a reflecting barrier. Ridley swivelled out the way of the fire that bounced back his way.
Palutena's army closed in on Ganondorf. A sadistic smirk rose to his face. He pulled out his sword, cutting through them whilst he forged a purple forcefield to protect himself in his free hand. Pit flew down at his feet. "Why won't you just leave us in peace?" he yelled. Ganondorf grabbed him by the neck and cut the wings from his body.
"We've gotta get out of here, Fox," Falco said. To the side of them, fire recoiled from Palutena's shield and set her army on fire, including Peppy and Slippy.
"You're right," Fox said. "We should have never tried to fight them in the first place." They snuck away, heading towards Palutena's temple.
"Hey!" Mario said, holding his hurting head. "Where are you-a going?"
"The fight is over," Fox said. "We're not defeating them."
"You can't give up! They're killing them!"
"Give up, man. Some fights you just can't win. Let's go down that secret passageway and live to fight another day."
"No!" Mario's eyebrows came together. "I will not run away." He turned, and Palutena's staff smacked him in the face, knocking him to the ground. He held his head, dizzy.
Wicked laughter filled the air as Ganondorf slaughtered the army, the heavenly landscape of Skyworld overcome by the hellish purple haze of the underworld. Palutena screamed as Ridley climbed on top of her. Fox and Falco lifted Mario by his shoulders and carried him into the temple, heading towards the passageway to space.