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Heads-up: There won't be action in this chapter, but there will be next chapter.
Chapter 9: "Origins."
Master Hand growled, "HOW DO THESE FOOLS KEEP WINNING?!" Master Hand then sighed, "No big deal, they have no idea what the other soldiers have been doing all this time." He then pulled up a mirage to see four locations that were occupied by a squad of Polygon soldiers, "Yes, my master plan is coming together, and when those heroic fools figure it out, it will be too late and this world will belong to me!"
After Director Sakurai told them it wasn't over, the heroes had plenty of questions, "And you are?" Asked Fox.
"Director Masahiro Sakurai of the Safehaven from Other Realms' Atrocities, or S.O.R.A." The Japanese man told them.
"Never heard of you." DK said blatantly.
"Of course you haven't," Said Sakurai, "After all, you're all from different worlds."
The twelve heroes' eyes were now the size of dinner plates, "How did you know that?" Asked Samus.
"Well let's just say I know that dimensional travel is possible." He told them, "Also check this out." He then pulled out a tablet which became a hologram showing the heroes' in their respective worlds doing the incredible things they've done from their first respective adventures to their recent domination of the Polygon colossus.
"Have-a you been spying on us?" Asked Mario with a raised eyebrow, a little angrily.
"Not spying, observing." Sakurai said.
"Did it not occur to you that we might've needed help?" Asked Link.
"Yeah," Agreed Kirby, "Those things kept coming. We fought off an entire army! That's not as easy as it sounds."
"You appeared to have the situation under control."
"For a while." DK input, "I know it's hard to believe, even for me, but we wouldn't have lasted long."
"It wasn't because you were able to hold them," Sakurai began, "You were able to work together, effectively, as a team." He gave them a stern yet firm look, "Sure some of you already knew each other and worked together before. Some of you knew a few, some knew none, but there's more to it than that, you were able to analyze the situation and knew what to do, you knew how to get the soldiers out of the city and stop the oncoming forces. You thought, decided, acted and succeeded."
"Well thanks, I guess." Said Ness.
"Also correct me if I'm wrong." He pushed a button on the tablet and a feminine voice described the heroes' powers as the hologram showed still images of them.
The screen showed a picture of the red-clad plumber first, "Name: Mario Mario, powers: use of many kinds of power ups to give him a new form with its own unique set of abilities, natural pyrokinesis, super strength, enhanced speed, and high, far jumping." Next a photo of the tie-wearing gorilla, "Name: Donkey Kong III, powers: super strength, super agility, and a Coconut Gun." Next was the Hylian, "Name: Link, powers: magical spells, Master Sword, tactical brilliance and smarts." Next was the half-Chozo, "Name: Samus Aran, powers: Chozo DNA allows her access to the Varia Suit, arm cannon, bombs, becoming a ball without squishing herself, Screw Attack, missiles and agility." Next was the dinosaur, "Name: T. Yoshisaur 'Yoshi' Munchakoopas, powers: flutter jump, long tongue, dragon form, egg lay, and super agility." Then it showed the pink alien, "Name: Kirby, powers: inhale and copy ability, omnipotent hunger, super strength, super agility, super speed, super durability, the Warp Star and Star Rod." Next was the leader of Star Fox, "Name: Fox McCloud, powers: martial arts, piloting, gadgetry, sniper, guns, bombs, reflector shield, Firefox, Fox Illusion, speed and smarts." Next it showed the electric mouse, "Name: Pikachu, the Electric Pokémon, powers: electrokinesis, minor hydrokinesis, agility, and super speed." Next it showed the timid plumber, "Name: Luigi Mario, powers: use of power ups to give him a new form with its own unique set of abilities, electrokinesis, super strength, Poltergust 5000, enhanced speed, high and far jumping." Next was the slayer of Giygas, "Name: Ness, powers: psychokinesis, pyrokinesis, cryokinesis, electrokinesis, paralysis, hypnosis, healing, purification, teleportation, wide arsenal." Next was the F-Zero champion, "Name: Rick Wheeler AKA Captain Falcon III, powers: pyrokinesis, martial arts, the Blue Falcon and the Reactor Might within it, and speed." Last but not least was the singing puff, "Name: Jigglypuff, the Balloon Pokémon, powers: singing a powerful lullaby, minor psychokinesis, minor pyrokinesis, minor hydrokinesis, minor chlorokinesis, fighting prowess."
The hologram then shut off and the twelve didn't know what to say, "Observing, more like researching." Commented Fox.
"I gotta admit, he's good." Agreed Captain Falcon.
"Can we get back to the situation at hand here?!" Samus impatiently reminded them.
"Right, sorry." Replied Sakurai, "But I think I can explain it better." He gestured for them to follow him into the copter.
Before they did however, "What do you guys-a think?" Mario asked the group.
"I don't-a know Mario." Said Luigi, "We don't-a know this-a guy."
"Yeah but the twelve of us are also trapped in another dimension with no way back home." Link pointed out.
"Not to mention, he seems like someone who knows a lot around here, so he might be able to help out." Added Captain Falcon.
After a silent minute, the older plumber turned to the director of S.O.R.A, "Alright, Sakurai, we'll-a go with you." He told him. Nodding in acceptance, Sakurai gestured for the twelve heroes to hop onto the helicopter, which was conveniently big enough to fit fourteen people, counting the pilot. After a silent minute of flying, they decided to talk.
"So uh…" Said Link, "Nice teamwork back there."
"Yeah." Agreed Fox, "I'm used to working with others, but it was great to work with you all as well."
"Same here." Input Ness.
"I usually work alone, but it felt like a breath of fresh air to work with others." Samus told them.
Two minutes later, Mario walked up to Sakurai, who was in the front passenger seat, "Director Sakurai," He said, "Where-a even is-a this base of-a yours."
The Director of S.O.R.A smiled, "We're almost there."
The slayer of Giygas looked out the window, "Guys, come take a look at this!" They all looked outside the window to see an airborne military base on a massive chunk of earth being supported by four giant propellers facing downward keeping it in the air, it all appeared to be made of a chromium alloy lighter and stronger than any metal found in any of their worlds and it had the same logo Sakurai's suit had (See Prologue) and the initials S.O.R.A above it. The heroes were in complete awe of what they saw.
The copter landed on the helipad just outside of the base and the thirteen of them walked out to inspect S.O.R.A HQ after they had entered the building and saw all of the highly advanced technology within it, "Wow," Ness whispered to himself, "If Apple Kid, Orange Kid, or Dr. Andonuts were here, they'd flip their lids."
"Professor E. Gadd, eat your-a heart out." Said Luigi quietly.
"Pika Pika (If only Professor Oak could see this place)." Said Pikachu to Jigglypuff, who agreed with a nod.
"Impressive huh?" Asked Sakurai, regaining their attention as they all made it to a small table with the S.O.R.A logo on it, "However we can save the sightseeing for later, we have more urgent matters to discuss." He then pulled out a remote and pushed the button on it, which showed four locations on Earth, specifically, Paris, the Amazon Jungle, Egypt and Washington D.C, but it also showed that those places were occupied by the Polygon soldiers and a giant tower in each location.
"What's-a going on-a here?" Asked Mario, taking the words out of everyone's mouths.
"Immediately after you all took care of the attack on Hal City, we intercepted security alerts from these four parts of the globe. This Polygon army isn't finished with us yet, cities and places worldwide have reported these." The Director of S.O.R.A gestured to the images of the citadels guarded by the Polygon soldiers, much to their horror, "The whole world's in a state of panic, and we're putting all resources available."
"So we're talking about a planet-scale invasion? Because that never ends well." Fox told him in a serious tone, with Ness and Kirby nodding in agreement. The latter two have seen the kind of damage done in these kinds of attacks, and the one thing they collectively hate, is the needless destruction it brings to both the planets and their inhabitants, not at all is it a pretty sight.
"It's-a gotten that-a bad?" Mario asked with a dire look, "And this all-a started after we dealt with those-a creatures in-a Hal City?" He had to admit, these Polygons work fast. The Japanese man nodded solemnly.
"So what do we do now?" Asked Ness.
"First thing's first though, I'm surprised no one else brought this up, but am I the only one wondering just who exactly we're dealing with?" Asked DK, making them all face him. "I mean, isn't anyone curious about who this Master Hand is, where they came from and why are they attacking all of a sudden?"
"You know, that's actually a good question." Commented Link, "They couldn't have been creatures from anywhere in Hyrule or else they would've been in the archives. Samus, Kirby, Fox, Ness, Captain, you seem to know a lot about aliens, have you seen them before?"
"Unfortunately, no." Answered Ness.
"Neither have I." Said Kirby, "And I've been to every corner of the universe, my universe at least."
"Same here." Input Fox while Samus and Captain Falcon nodded in agreement.
"Wait, shouldn't-a we be asking Director Sakurai about these-a creatures?" Asked Luigi, which was a good point so they turned to ask him.
"It's a long story." Replied Sakurai, he then explained everything that happened between him and the Hands, how they came to be, how they came to their malevolent ways, why S.O.R.A has a grudge against them, how the Polygon army came to be, how the heroes were brought here, and how he regrets not being able to save his wife. The heroes all felt bad for him after that explanation, but at the same time, they still had some questions. "I know it's all hard to believe, but it's true."
"If you know so much about this Master Hand and his Polygon army, why won't you stop him? Why did you summon us to do it?" Asked Fox, "After all, you have an army of your own on your side."
"Unfortunately, even my army isn't enough to stop them." Masahiro replied, "But I know that the multiverse is in better hands now."
The twelve looked at the director of S.O.R.A, "Y-you mean us?" Asked Luigi.
"Who else?" Replied Sakurai, "After all, I can't imagine any other group of delightfully heroic, gifted individuals other than you. Individually, you are strong in your own right, but together, you have the potential to become something so much more." He chuckled, "The choice is yours, either you decide to work together to stop Master Hand from destroying not just your worlds, but every world in existence or you could just ask me to send you all home and accept your inevitable fate. It's all on choice you have collectively made."
The heroes all looked at each other tentatively, deep in thought. From what they had been told, Master Hand and the Polygon army were perhaps the most vile and detestable beings to ever exist, so many lives were taken by them in their ruthless mission of total multiversal domination, Masahiro was asking a lot out of them, and this was a heavy mission to take on. They were barely able to keep up with the attack that took place in Hal City along with their first encounters with these creatures, but they thought about the millions upon billions of innocent lives that were taken, if they didn't do something, their deaths would have been in vain, and of course they considered the lives of their loved ones from their respective worlds. If they chose to leave now, there's no guarantee that they individually would be enough to stop them from destroying everything and everyone they cared about.
At last, Mario stepped forward, "I'm-a in." He told the head of S.O.R.A.
"Mario, are you sure you wouldn't want to rethink your decision?" Asked Captain Falcon with concern.
The red-clad plumber turned to the group, "There's-a nothing to think about. You saw what these-a monsters are-a capable of, they invade, attack, conquer and destroy without any sense of-a remorse, a lot of-a innocents have-a been massacred by them and-a now they want to do the same with-a us and our-a homes where our-a friends and family also live. If-a we don't-a do something, then we might as well just-a give up. I'm-a not sure about most of-a you, but I'm-a not going to stand idly by and let-a that happen, that's-a not my style. So who's-a with me?"
Luigi and Yoshi shared a knowing smile and stood by Mario, "If-a you're-a serious bro, then we're-a in too." The younger plumber told his older brother as the dinosaur chirped while nodding in agreement and giving a thumbs-up.
Link walked up to him next, "Your heart is very selfless and your spirit is righteous and admirable." He told him, "The Triforce of Courage chose me to defend the weak and protect the innocent, so I would be honored to fight by your side, I will gladly lend you my strength."
"I appreciate it." Mario replied as he and the champion of Hyrule shook hands.
"As I've said before, I usually work alone, but I've grown fond of this whole 'team' thing, working with all of you." Said Samus, "And any scientist would say that there's a probability of us losing, but that can go jump off a cliff. I'm with you until the end."
"I've fought off an alien invasion before, but not alone, and no one person can fight off an alien invasion by themselves and it's not in my nature to leave innocents to suffer." Ness smirked, "So if you need any psychic assistance, you've got it right here."
"As a law enforcement agent, it's my job to keep others safe and I'm not going down without a fight." Added Fox, "I'm in."
"So am I." Donkey Kong told them with a smirk, "Also I'm definitely not letting Mario have all the fun." Said plumber rolled his eyes in amusement.
"I refuse to let evil go unpunished and let our friends and families succumb to a horrible fate, so count me in." Kirby smiled.
"For the sake of the people and the worlds they live in, I'll fight by your side." Captain Falcon gave a salute.
"Pika Pika (Like I'll miss this battle)." Pikachu told the team with a determined smirk.
Jigglypuff was the last to respond, "Jigglypuff (Let's get this done)!" She said with a smile.
"Fantastic!" Said Masahiro, "You've all made your choice. Now is the time to act."
"Alright then." Mario said. "You said places were being attacked by them, which ones exactly?"
Masahiro pointed to the maps, "According to the reports; multiple attacks in the following locations. Egypt, the Amazon Jungle, Paris and Washington D.C." He listed.
Mario turned to the rest of the team, "Okie-dokie, here's-a the plan; there are multiple fortresses in-a these locations meaning they've-a got an advantage in-a manpower and firepower, we could-a strike them all together but I think we'd have a better chance if we split up into four teams of three."
"Sounds like a logical plan." Fox agreed.
"I can supply your teams with S.O.R.A ships for transportation." Sakurai told them.
"So who's working with who?" Asked DK.
"Luigi, Samus and Jigglypuff, you'll-a head to Paris. Yoshi, Fox and Ness will take Egypt. Pikachu, DK and Captain Falcon have-a the Amazon covered. Finally joining me are-a Link and Kirby in-a Washington. Now let's-a go everyone!"
As everyone left, Sakurai thought, "Good luck, heroes."
Author's Note: Hope you enjoyed this chapter. I haven't fully written the next chapter so It's gonna be a while before it comes. Until then, tell me what you think about the story so far. 'Till next chapter, coming... whenever I finish writing it. See you then, everybody.
