SR388
Samus return to Planet SR388, after destroying it the planet has return because of R.O.B unintended machinations, Samus decided to return to this planet to see if all the planet's wildlife also return as well, but most importantly if the X Parasites have returned as well.
Samus scan the animals with her visor on her suit, the first one is a bat like creature with a stinger tail. "Hmm...those Gullugs seems to be the real one, not the X infected or copied one...I just hope the X Parasites doesn't gets revived."
Samus decided to walk further until the ground begins to shake, Planet SR388 are known for it's unstable surface, quakes happened very frequent on this planet, and so most of the wildlife live underground. "This isn't good." Samus struggled to keep her balance as the planet is having another earthquake.
The ground under Samus beginning to split apart and she falls down below.
Comet Observatory
Wolf wanted to investigate the whereabouts of Panther and Leon, his crew members, tagging along with him is Cpt. Falcon and Rosalina, as he can't use the Beanstar to wish to know their location, Wolf decided to find his crew whereabouts by finding an informant, Wolf the one telling Rosalina where to go as she steer the Observatory following Wolf's instruction.
Right now, the three of them traveling using Rosalina's Comet Observatory with Blue Falcon and Wolfen parked at the landing pad. The Observatory itself is surrounded by Rosalina's barrier prevent anyone from falling and to make sure the Observatory is protected from outside harm.
"You know Wolf, all we have to do is to follow Andross and we may find Panther and Leon." Said Falcon.
"Do you know where he is then ?" Asked Wolf.
"Umm...well Rosalina ?" Cpt. Falcon turned to Rosalina.
"Sorry, I can't find him around here, the space is vast place, Andross can be anywhere." Rosalina used her telepathic powers but she still can't find Andross.
"I thought so, then *sigh* there's only one place that usually have everything." Wolf scratches his head, and his tone like he doesn't want to do whatever he's about to do."
"You sounds like you don't want to go to wherever it is we're going ?" Asked Rosalina.
"Because I really don't, I can't bring you two to a seedy bar for starters so i had no choice but to go here." Answered Wolf.
"Rosalina I can see why, but me ? My reputation is still in the gutter." Said Cpt. Falcon.
"You can't get information from causing a bar brawl, besides Falcon do you really think your enemies going to just let bygones be bygones just because you're 'on their side' now ?" Wolf air quote the last part. "The Galactic Federation already clear Samus's name, but you ? You haven't yet."
"Yeah, you got a point, but won't it be also a chance for you to slip from our watch if you're going to a place where Rosalina and I can't go ?" Asked Cpt. Falcon.
"First Rosalina can always use her telepathy anyway, and second I don't gain anything by turning against you guys, if R.O.B hadn't scheme this, I either brainwashed by Andross into serving him, or he hired me and my crew and i obeyed his every order because he pay me, knowing nothing of the bigger plot behind Andross's revival." Wolf give his reasoning.
"I can't always throw down with McCloud, but I can bear with that at least." Continued Wolf. "Hmm...maybe I could demand a sparring session with him later, after all with no one able to die at World of Trophy we can go all out."
"You know Wolf, your relationship with Fox really resemble Bowser and Mario, always at each other's throats, but willing to work together when situations call for it." Remarked Rosalina.
"Hmph, there's no point in beating Fox if the universe going to end soon, besides defeating a being like Galeem, everyone either revere me as their savior or fear me for taking down an ancient being, heh maybe they're going to write my name in history books." Wolf smiled giddily.
"Well if you want fame, Master Hand just give you one when he summon you to his tournament." Said Cpt. Falcon.
"He made a wise decision by inviting me, and to think I would meet big names like Cpt. Falcon and Samus in person, and how even you two aware of my reputation." Bragged Wolf.
"The bounty on your head isn't small if I'm being honest." Replied Cpt. Falcon.
"Through my years of drifting across the galaxy I have heard the Star Wolf team, but I never managed to encounter them, until now." Said Rosalina.
"Oh yeah Wolf didn't get an invite at the fourth tournament." Remind Cpt. Falcon.
"But don't feel bad, you're not the only one not getting an invite." Rosalina tried to softened the blow to no avail.
"Yes, I've heard, now stop reminding me." Wolf folding his arm in anger.
Wolf looked in front of him and he saw a small building with a billboard with the word 'SHOP' written on the left of the door.
"There it is ! We're getting close !" Exclaimed Wolf.
"Wait that shop is..." Cpt. Falcon seemed to be familiar with the building as well.
"Yep, now you know why I don't feel like going." Grumbled Wolf.
"Something about that shop ?" Asked Rosalina.
"Yeah, let's just say the owner is a bit...shady to say the least." Falcon also seemed not to keen on going inside. "But at least the quality of the merchandise is the real thing."
"If anything that's the only good thing about that shop." Snarked Wolf.
"The owner have a motto 'it's bad business practice to cater to just one customer.'" Said Cpt. Falcon.
"We got in trouble several times that not only after we Star Wolf team buy weapons from that shop, the information of our whereabouts are sold to the authorities after that." Grumbled Wolf.
"So whether it's the criminal underworld or the law enforcer, the proprietor takes everyone as customer." Said Cpt. Falcon.
"The only reason we don't go after this shop for revenge is because the building equipped with space time travel device to teleport anywhere, and also because this shop is a boon to us as much as it is a bane to us." Explained Wolf.
The Comet Observatory is getting close to the shop.
"I think we should stop here, Polari ?" Rosalina turned to the black Luma.
"Got it, I'll watch over the Observatory." Polari decided to stay to watch over the Observatory, Rosalina encase Cpt. Falcon and Wolf in a force field and telekinetically fly them to the shop entrance with Rosalina flying behind them.
Once the heroes arrived, Wolf opened the door and inside there's a blonde woman with light blue shimmering dress standing at the counter, the woman greeted the heroes. "Welcome to my shop, how may I help you ?"
Wolf is not happy to see her. "Hello again Sylphie."
Hocotate - Olimar's House
Not knowing how long their adventure would take Olimar decided to return home for the time being. Olimar live in a middle class two story house, and in the backyard is where he placed the Pikmin Onions.
Olimar opened the door and he's greeted by his family.
"Daddy you're back !" Olimar's daughter hugged him.
"Welcome home dad !" Now Olimar's son jumped to hug him.
"Olimar you're back !" Olimar's wife also join in the hug.
"Hahah, it's good to see you all again, Sorry I've been away for so long, but uhh how are things here dear ?" Olimar asked his wife.
"We all miss you you know, okay kids daddy just got back, he needs to rest for a bit." Mrs. Olimar lead her husband to their bedroom.
Olimar's House - Bedroom
Inside Olimar remove his space suit and helmet and put on normal clothes.
Once that done he turned around and apologize to his wife. "I'm very sorry for going away a long time."
Mrs. Olimar sit on the bed. "Well i did de ide i wont pry too much, but what about now ? Would you at least tell me why you decide to leave ?"
"It's an unbelievable story." Olimar decided to explain everything to his wife.
Upon hearing this she's at a loss for words. "The world is going to end ?"
"I know, it's hard to believe, but I'm telling the truth." Said Olimar. "But please don't tell the kids about this."
"But you're here now, does that means it's over ?" Asked Mrs. Olimar.
"Unfortunately no, I only came back because I don't know when it's going to be over, this...takes longer than I thought." Olimar looked down. "I'm sorry for giving you bad news and when I just got back."
"But you are against them right ? The people who tried to end the world ?" Asked Mrs. Olimar.
"Yes." Answered Olimar.
"Then if anyone can do it, it's you." Mrs. Olimar hugged her husband.
"Wow ? Didn't think you would take things well." Olimar looked surprised.
"It's the least I can do, after squandering your earnings long ago." Mrs. Olimar said with regret.
"As long as you lesrn your lesson, well let's get downstairs, I miss the kids." Olimar and his wife went downstairs and head to the living room.
Olimar's House - Living Room
The kids are watching a TV and right now the TV is showing a commercial.
"Dad you just missed it ! There's a new superhero show just aired, let's watch when the commercials are over !" Exclaimed Olimar's son.
"Okay Sagittarius, I could use a relaxation at the couch myself." Olimar take a seat with his wife next to him.
A new commercial begin, and it's a toy commercial, while Olimar's family see nothing unusual, Olimar on the other hand did, as the commercial is selling action figures of the Axem Rangers.
SR388
"That was a close one." Samus after falling down quickly use her Space Jump to save herself from plummeting as she managed to reach a stable solid ground safely.
"Hmm...now that I think about it there's no way I can search the entire planet by myself, I wonder if there's an easier way ?" Samus then got an idea. "Of course I should've just use the Beanstar for this !"
Samus then contacted Rodin with her golden plate as a hologram of Rodin appear. "Rodin, it's Samus, I would like to use the Beanstar."
"For what purpose ?" Asked Rodin.
"I want to know if the X Parasites are revived or not in this planet." Answered Samus.
"Okay, I'll get the Star for you." Rodin teleports the Beanstar to his hand. "Okay Samus make your wish, don't worry as long as the Beanstar can hear you it doesn't matter where you are."
"Right, alright Beanstar I wish to know if all of flora and fauna of Planet SR388 have been revived ?" Samus made her wish.
The Beanstar emits a bright light and the word 'yes' appear above the Beanstar.
"Does that includes the X Parasites ?" Samus made another wish, more like asking questions, but same thing.
Beanstar emits another bright light and the word 'yes' appeared above again.
"So they did gets revived...Beanstar what about Metroids ?" Asked Samus.
This time the word 'no' appeared above Beanstar.
("Hmm...Metroids aren't native to this planet because they're created by Chozo, but without any Metroids to keep them in check, the X Parasites would have no one to stop them.") Samus thought to herself. "Beanstar I have another wish, gather all the X Parasites in one place in this planet, create a barrier to specifically prevent the X Parasites from escaping, after that teleport me to that location."
Beanstar grants Samus's wish as it teleports all the X Parasites on the planet on one singular location, once that done Samus is teleported to that location as she ended communication.
SR388 - Queen's Nest
Samus is teleported to where she fought the Metroid Queen, and there she saw a huge number of X Parasites flying around the location, Samus waste no time as she begins to absorbs all the X Parasites to the last one.
"All done." Samus grabbed her golden plate again and contacted Rodin. "Hello again Rodin, can I use the Beanstar again ?"
"Here." Rodin don't ask questions and hold the Beanstar in his hand.
"Beanstar I wish to know if the X Parasites in Planet SR388 have extinct ?" Asked Samus.
The word 'yes' appeared above Beanstar.
"Good, at least I can wipe out the Parasites without destroying this planet at least." Samus is relieved, however she soon hear footsteps, realizing she's not alone Samus proceed to find a place to hide and watch from afar.
Samus saw three men entered the Queen's Nest, one is a man dressed in Galactic Federation uniform, the other two is Gharnef and Miloah.
"Where are all those Parasites !? Weren't they all flying this way !?" Yelled Gharnef.
"Gharnef ! You must stop this madness ! We've seen what these Parasites are capable of ! They are not meant to be played with !" Miloah objected to Gharnef schemes.
Angered, Gharnef blasts Miloah with black lightning. "You're the one asking to come along ! So stop with your whining ! How can you not see the potential of these Parasites ?"
"I only asking to come so you would stop teaching Linde dark magic, and maybe to get you to see the error of your ways." Miloah stand up again.
"Your friend here is holding you back, I can say the same to my colleagues who oppose our projects, with the X Parasites under our control, the Federation will be unstoppable." Said the officer.
"Your ambition and desire of power is worthy of respect, if only Miloah have some of your personality." Gharnef sneered at Miloah.
("Great another idiots who think they can bend the X Parasites to their will.") Samus overhearing everything they say.
"Are you truly that blind ! Even with our magic we barely able to contain those things ! We have to resort to using the Chaos Emeralds to pacify them !" Yelled Miloah.
"And with that is enough excuse for us to hog a Chaos Emerald to ourselves, there won't be any need to rotate who gets to use the emerald in this mission or that mission." Replied Gharnef.
"There don't seem to be anymore X Parasites here, let's return to the space station and have the ones we caught to reproduce instead." Suggested the officer.
Gharnef agreed as he used his magic to teleport all three back to the BSL.
Samus came out from hiding and ponder to herself. ("So they keep more X Parasites on the BSL, I guess I should word my wish carefully, the X Parasites in this planet may be extinct, but that doesn't mean the ones on other places also extinct.")
Samus pull out her golden plate. "Hello again Rodin."
"Still want the Beanstar ?" Asked Rodin.
"Yes please." Answered Samus.
"Here you go." Rodin once again teleport the Beanstar to his hand.
"Beanstar, I wish for the X Parasites on BSL to be destroyed." Samus made her wish.
Beanstar emit a bright light, however this time the light dissipates faster.
"Sorry Samus, it seems this wish can't be granted, there's a chance the enemy already made a wish so that the X Parasites can't be wished away." Said Rodin.
"Looks like I have to eliminate them the usual way then, luckily I still remember a few layouts of the BSL, thanks Rodin." Samus ended communication and use her golden plate to head to BSL.
Sylphie's Shop
"So what can I get you Mr. O'Donnell ? Today we have discounts on smart bombs, laser guns, or I could even upgrade your weapons." Sylphie begin promoting her merchandise and services.
"Yeah, none of those right now, I need information." Said Wolf.
"Of course, what would you like to know ?" Asked Sylphie.
But before Wolf can say anything Sylphie saw Cpt. Falcon next to Wolf. "Cpt. Falcon in the flesh ? It has been a while isn't it ?"
"Yeah it has Sylphie." Replied Cpt. Falcon.
"I heard the news, so you've gone rogue, well not to worry, my store is still open even for people like you." Smiled Sylphie.
"She's really not caring about affiliations does she ? It's a miracle she's survived this long." Commented Rosalina.
"Those accusations are false, I was framed !" Cpt. Falcon clarify things.
"Sure it is..." Sylphie winked as she doesn't believe Cpt. Falcon. "Ahem, apologize for getting sidetracked Mr. O'Donnell, so what information will it be ?"
"I'd like to know the whereabouts of my crew mates Leon Powalski and Panther Caroso." Answered Wolf.
"That's surprising, shouldn't you be the one to know where they are ?" Asked Sylphie. "Those two are your teammates after all."
"A lot happened and I'm separated from them." Said Wolf.
"Okay, okay I won't pry further, anyway here's what I get from my connections." Sylphie pull out a notebook and flip the pages until she finds it. "I did find it strange the Star Wolf crew operating without their leader, so I dismiss it as a rumor, but I figure it's worth remembering and what do you know my business instinct never fail me as usual." Sylphie tore the page and give it to Wolf.
"What does it say ?" Asked Rosalina.
"It seems they recently seen at Planet Macbeth, that's where Andross used to do his mining operation." Said Wolf.
"And not only that, Andross seems to be continuing his mining operation on Titania, ɓut how is that possible ? Wasn't he supposed to be dead." Pondered Sylphie as she doesn't know what really happened.
"You may not believe it, but lots of dead people are coming back to life...well technically speaking." Said Rosalina.
"And to reply to your question I do believe it, I'm no stranger to such events after all." Answered Sylphie.
"Right, you got involved with Ryu and Ken world hopping crisis weren't you ?" Asked Cpt. Falcon.
"You know them ? That makes things easier, and yes I did provide them with weapons, armors, medicines, etc." Smiled Sylphie. "Their group makes excellent customers."
"I'm sure you're over the moon, being able to extort from so many people." Snarked Wolf.
"I sure am, well the cost of the information is 600G." Sylphie charging Wolf.
"600G ! Just for that info !" Yelled Wolf.
"I also provide additional info about Macbeth suddenly active mining operations didn't i ?" Smiled Sylphie.
"I can see why you two are wary of her." Said Rosalina.
"Oh right, will the lady interested in some shopping ?" There's no way Sylphie would ignore Rosalina, anyone that enters her store is a potential customers.
"I'm not looking for weapons." Rosalina tried to decline.
"I have more than just weapons, I also have everyday stuff like beauty products, cleaning supplies, etc.
"We're in a hurry, heres your money." Wolf grudgingly pay Sylphie as the three ready to leave.
"Thank you for your patronage, please come again soon !" Sylphie thanked the heroes.
Rosalina teleports the heroes back to the Observatory.
Comet Observatory
The heroes return and begin to plot their next move.
"So now we know where they are, that means we'll be going to Macbeth next ?" Asked Cpt. Falcon.
"Yes, our mission objective is to retrieve Leon and Panther." Said Wolf.
"Those two are brainwashed into serving Andross right ? I can help with breaking the mind control, the question is when should I do it ?" Asked Rosalina.
"A dogfight with those two is inevitable, I doubt it's safe to remove their mind control during that time." Said Cpt. Falcon.
"Rosalina, I'm going to ask you to stay put while Falcon and I deal with Leon and Panther." Said Wolf.
"You know I can help right ?" Rosalina sound offended. "And Andross must pay for bombing my home."
"And you'll get your chance, here's the plan, Rosalina I need you to placed the Observatory quite far from Macbeth, Cpt. Falcon and me will get there using our vehicles." Asked Wolf.
"Okay." Nodded Rosalina.
"Good, next there's a chance Pigma will be the ones leading Leon and Panther, find out what his goal is for starting the mining operation in Macbeth." Continued Wolf as Rosalina nodded again.
"Falcon, we must defeat Panther and Leon at all cost, once their ship badly damaged, Rosalina will teleports them here and used her psychic power to knock them unconscious so they cant resist and then she can begin to undo the brainwashing." Explained Wolf.
"Got it, then our destination is Planet Macbeth on Lylat System."
Olimar's House - Living Room
"So, is this a new show or something ?" Asked Olimar.
"Yes, they are called the Machine Rangers, fighting against the evil Mushroom Empire to save the world !" Sagittarius detailing the show premise.
The show is back on, and as Olimar watched it, right now the episode is shifting to the villains side, the Mushroom Empire is like a parody of Mushroom Kingdom, ruled by Empress Toadstool, an obvious nod to Princess Peach and her red and green underlings, which is a nod to Mario and Luigi.
"Don't worry dad, I won't ask you to buy these toys for me, tomorrow my school is going on field trip to Smithy's toy factory." Answered Sagittarius.
"Smithy's toy factory ?" Asked Olimar.
"There's a new toy factory opened near here not too long ago, their products are a hit with the children here." Answered Mrs. Olimar.
"I-i see..." Olimar can only nodded. ("Smithy open a toy factory here, I need to investigate this.")
Olimar continues watching the show, Once the show is on another commercial break Olimar went to the bathroom.
Bathroom
Olimar pull out his golden plate and contacted Isabelle. "Hello Isabelle ?"
"Yes Olimar ? How can I help you ?" Asked Isabelle.
"I have some news to tell you." Olimar told Isabelle about what he witness in his world.
"I see, so you think Smithy opened a toy factory here." Said Isabelle.
"Yeah, I don't know what he plans to do here, but I need to find out why." Said Olimar.
"Do you need a backup ?" Asked Isabelle.
"It's fine, I'll investigate this myself, I'll call for back up when things gets dicey." Said Olimar.
"Okay, I'll let everyone know what happened at your world." Said Isabelle.
"Yeah, thanks Isabelle." Olimar ended communication.
Olimar exits the bathroom and headed outside.
Hocotate
"Going somewhere dear ?" Asked Mrs. Olimar.
"Yeah, it's been a while since I return here, so I want to take a walk before I got sent to work again." Said Olimar.
"Okay, enjoy yourself then." Mrs. Olimar waved her hand as Olimar waved back and went to Smithy's toy factory.
Along the way Olimar greeted the neighbours, telling him where Olimar's been, etc. and in turn, Olimar asking direction to Smithy Factory, after receiving direction from friends and neighbours Olimar finally arrived.
Smithy's Toy Factory - Outside
The factory is busy and seemed to be shipping a lot of cargos, using trucks to deliver them.
"This place is really busy, I need to get in undetected." Pondered Olimar. "Maybe if..."
Olimar contacted HMS with his golden plate. "Hello HMS."
"Yes Mr. Olimar what can I get you ?" Asked HMS.
"I need something that can turn me in invisible." Said Olimar.
"Well we have a Boo Biscuit, or a Magic Cape, and also a Stone Mask, though this one doesn't turn you invisible, just make you ignored by almost everyone." Explained HMS.
"I'll take the Boo Biscuit, 3 of them." Said Olimar.
"Okay, I'll deduct the cost from the war funds, here you go." HMS teleported the Boo Biscuits to Olimar.
Olimar eat one of the Boo Biscuit, put the other two in his pocket, he turned invisible and begin to infiltrate the factory.
BSL - Storage
Still remembering the layouts of BSL Samus managed to just teleport inside using her golden plate without any issue.
"Okay, now to see what these villains up to here." Samus get out from the storage and sneak around to investigate the space station.
BSL - Hallway
Samus activate her Phantom Cloak ability as she turned invisible and walked slowly, as using this technique consume her aeion energy.
Samus keeps seeing soldiers and guards passing by her as she keep on walking.
("Just a little more.") Samus entered the women's restroom as she deactivate her Phantom Cloak.
BSL - Women's Restroom
"I see this place is heavily guarded as ever, now then I need to decide where do I want to go ?" Samus pondered to herself.
Samus entered one of the stalls, lock the door and sit on the toilet. ("The obvious choice is the restricted area where previously the Federation is working on a Metroid breeding program, but I'm also curious about the other locations as well...I need to prioritize, it's just one of me inside this massive space station, it's impossible to cover the entire place in a single day, and who knows what I would missed if I happen to be at the wrong place when they discuss their plans.") Aftier doing some thinking and reaching a conclusion, Samus grabbed her golden plate and immediately teleport to the Restricted Zone
Restricted Zone - Entrance
Samus arrived at the door that leads to the Restricted Zone. "Strange, I'm intending to teleport inside, so why am I appear outside ? Could it be there's a way to block teleportation ? Either way it seems I can't be too reliant on the golden plate."
Samus tried to open the door but it's locked. "Locked...i suppose that's obvious, it is restricted area after all, luckily there aren't any alerts from the PA system this time, maybe I should try entering through the other door." Samus leave the door and decided to head to the other entrance.
Samus decided to use the same tactic she used to entered the Restricted Lab, she teleportes to where she used to fight the security robot B.O.X.
BSL - Sector 6
Samus teleported to Sector 6 which was designed to resemble insides of a cave, teleporting directly to the door that leads to the Restricted Lab Samus about to use her Wave Beam to open the door, before that Samus hear a loud *thud* sound from behind as if something big is falling, Samus saw a spider like robot is approaching her.
Samus realizing it's the security robot B.O.X, she doesn't want to waste time fighting it, so Samus quickly shot the door with Wave Beam, the door opened and Samus quickly run inside, the door then closed before B.O.X can get in.
Restricted Lab
Once inside Samus sneaks in carefully as not to make any noise, she saw large tubes used to contain experimental subjects inside, but this time, most of it are life forms from SR388, Samus then saw several tubes containing X Parasites, however they float docilely and don't bother coming out from their tubes nor do they even react to Samus Metroid DNA within her.
"Did they really manage to pacify these things...no it doesn't matter if they did, they're still dangerous and needs to be eliminated." Samus still insists on killing the X Parasites, but there's other things she must do first.
Samus keep on walking around the lab, and because this is a restricted area there are very few guards in here, allowing her to move around easily, soon however she heard a sound of people talking, Samus gets closer and activate the her Phantom Cloak ability to hear the conversations, she saw a Federation official, Gharnef, and two other sorcerers, one is an elderly looking man wearing a black cloak, and the other is a man wearing brown cloak, but the more distinguishing feature is the second sorcerer seems to have no pupils in his eyes.
"As you can see even with our advance scientific knowledge, it's still very difficult to unleash the full potential of Aeion energy, the Chozo seems to be able to combine magic and science, allowing them to harness Aeion energy for their use." Explained the officer.
("So this time they're studying Aeion energy here huh ? That explains why I don't see any Metroids in the tubes.") Guessed Samus.
"So you asks us for help ? You made a wise choice." The sorcerer without pupil smirks.
"Well I do have interest in Aeion energy, Manfroy, Veld ? What say you ?" Asked Gharnef.
"I don't see how harnessing this power will help our goal to revive Loptous ?" Manfroy sees no use of Aeion energy.
"You're still stuck on that ? Just give Julius Loptous Tome, that'll solve your problem." Said Gharnef.
"Loptous is dead for real, giving Julius the Tome won't have any effect on him now, which is why i need a method to resurrect him." Answered Manfroy.
"Let's not dismiss it too early Manfroy, Aeion energy is like a life energy right, generated by that world near here ?" Asked Veld.
"Yes, everything that live on planet SR388 contains Aeion energy." Answered the officer.
"Well then, why don't we harness that energy ? Use it to bring Loptous to life." Suggested Veld.
"You think we can bring Loptous to the land of the living with this ?" Asked Manfroy.
"We should at least try, with this body we at least have eternity to accomplish our goal." Veld doesn't seem to have issues with his curent state.
"Fine, it's time for the world to kneel before it's rightful ruler." Manfroy is finally on board with Veld's idea.
("Two sorcerers are planning to revive a being named Loptous, but what is Gharnef interest with Aeion energy ?") Samus is curious.
Unfortunately for Samus, her Phantom Cloak effect is wearing off, and she's visible again.
Samus notices this and then, someone tapped her shoulder from behind, causing Samus to jumped and accidentally making a noise.
Gharnef, Veld, Manfroy, and the Federation officer looked to see Samus.
"That's Samus Aran !" Exclaimed the Federation officer.
"We've been briefed about her, she's one of Marth's companions." Remarked Manfroy.
Samus looked at the room where the three evil sorcerers gather, but then she turned around again to see who touched her, Samus saw a bipedal white robotic figure in front of her.
"Ghor ? Is that you ?" Samus wanted a confirmation.
"Yes, the same Ghor who you worked with during the Phazon incident." Ghor confirms Samus question.
"If you're here, then Rundas and Gandrayda must be..." Samus looked around.
"Yes, but they're not at this station, I'm sorry Samus, but my mission requires me to put you down." Ghor is ready to attack Samus, however before he can get a hit, Samus got blasted by a dark energy, causing her to crash to a wall.
Gharnef was the one who shot the dark energy.
Samus is on a sitting position on the floor, she fire an energy shot at Gharnef only for the Imhullu spell to protect him.
"You don't have the means to break this spell, let me show you the power of magic." Gharnef fired off another dark energy, but Samus turned into her Morph Ball form and scurry off.
"Get her ! We can't let her get away !" Gharnef issuing an order.
The ex Federation officer sounding the alarm as Samus has infiltrated the BSL, alerting the BSL personnel of her presence.
"We will make sure she can't leave the Restricted Lab, the golden plate she was given have similar powers to our black plate, if she's able to leave the lab she can just teleport out of here." Point out the Federation officer.
"Then I believe it's time for her deployment right." Gharnef looked at the officer.
"Yeah, I will give a call." The officer pull out his phone and begin to contact someone.
Samus arrived at a storage room and decide to lay low and catch her breath. "Okay, so Ghor is here, and Gharnef, there's also two other sorcerers named Manfroy and Veld, I wonder if I should activate the BSL self destruct sequence and repeat what I did to SR388 again ?"
"Regardless I may caused unnecessary damages should I persist on fighting ? No not now, I need to leave." Samus grabbed her golden plate and try to teleport, however the teleportation function is disabled.
"I can't teleport, looks like I need to find another way to leave the Restricted Lab." Samus decided to make her move again as she finds a way to escape the Restricted Lab.
Outer Space
Rosalina teleports the Comet Observatory rather far from Planet Macbeth, the intent is not to alert Andross's forces.
"This is as far as i can take you, let's communicate with telepathy from here on out." Said Rosalina.
"Okay, we'll be going now." Wolf and Cpt. Falcon entered their vehicles and made their way to Planet Macbeth.
Wolf opened a portal using his golden plate for quick travel as the two of them entered the portal, they came out on the skies of Macbeth.
Once both Wolf and Cpt. Falcon leave, Rosalina grabbed her golden plate and contacting someone. "Hello ? Can I have it back now ? I need it for my mission."
Macbeth
Wolf and Cpt. Falcon arrived at the planet at a relatively short time thanks to the portal.
("We're here ! Now let's go look for my crew !") Exclaimed Wolf.
("Wait Wolf, looks like Andross is restarting his mining operation in this planet !") Cpt. Falcon point out the mining robots below.
"Sorry, but I'm prioritizing my crew first, once we got Panther and Leon on our side, whatever Andross have planned can be halted." Wolf makes it clear getting his crew back is priority as he ignores Andross's robots and vehicles on the ground below.
As Wolf and Cpt. Falcon fly around the skies of Macbeth, they saw three ships trying to attack one ship.
("Is that them ?") Asked Cpt. Falcon.
("Yeah no doubt about it ! That's Leon and Panther's ship !") Confirmed Wolf.
("And the third one ?") Asked Cpt. Falcon.
("That's Pigma's ship, I knew he would be the ones leading Panther and Leon.") Answered Wolf.
Wolf begin to open fire, forcing the three to break pattern and letting the ship they chase get away.
("Rosalina, who do you think on that ship ?") Cpt. Falcon point at the ship that gets away.
("I'm...not sure I can't sense anything or anyone on that ship.") Rosalina seems perplexed.
("We can figure that out later, for now let's take out Pigma and save my crew.") Wolf is gunning for Pigma's ship.
"He got away ! Who dare get in our way !" Pigma saw the Wolfen speeding towards him and begin open fire again.
"Waaah !" Pigma quickly running away as Wolf aggressively trying to shoot him down.
("Wolf's bloodlust is plain open for anyone to see.") Remarked Cpt. Falcon.
("I guess that's just goes to show how much he cares about his crew.") Replied Rosalina.
"Panther ! Leon ! I order you to cover me !" Pigma gave his order as Panther and Leon stand against Wolf.
"Don't listen to him ! Panther ! Leon ! You two are members of Star Wolf ! Not Pigma's lackeys !" Wolf tried to get through to his crew.
"False, we have devoted ourselves to serving Andross's Empire." Stated Panther in flat tone.
"And we will destroy anyone who gets Iin the way of our master's ambition." Followed by Leon.
("Wolf ! You with Pigma, I'll deal with Panther and Leon.") Cpt. Falcon rammed towards Panther and Leon as they lose balance and spinning on the skies.
("Fine I'll leave them to you !") Wolf agreed to chase after Pigma. "Once Pigma is gone there's no one to follow orders from anymore."
As Panther and Leon they got their balance back, they saw Wolf and Pigma already too far away.
Leon and Panther insists on chasing Wolf and Pigma, however Cpt. Falcon decided to get in their way.
Comet Observatory
Rosalina begin to read Pigma's mind, and with that she finally knows the reason why he's there.
("Everyone ! I know why Pigma is here ! He's looking for someone named Dash Bowman.") Said Rosalina.
("Dash Bowman ? He's Andross's grandson.") Said Wolf. ("I've seen him in action, let's just say he's a way better pilot than Andrew is.")
("Why is Andross looking for him ?") Asked Rosalina. ("Isn't he already part of Andross's army ?")
("No, Dash doesn't want to be like Andross.") Explained Wolf. ("But if Andross sees him as a worthy successor, it makes sense he wants to groom Dash to inherit his empire.")
("We can't let Dash fall to the enemy hand !") Exclaimed Rosalina.
Macbeth
("Yeah, but first Pigma needs to go down, without him Leon and Panther won't need to take orders anymore.") Wolf managed to shoot one of Pigma's ship wing. ("Got him !")
"Aagh ! I'm hit ! I have to call for backup...wait I know what to do." Pigma descends down and fly above the mining drones and vehicles.
Wolf is aiming for Pigma to put him down for good, but despite the damages, Pigma is still able to dodge some attacks, Wolf ended up shooting all the mining robots and vehicles, and even on Andross's employees in the crossfire, not only disrupting the mining operation, but nearly killing them as well.
Wolf's actions has caused many of the vehicles and machines got badly damaged, and employees injured.
"Heheheh, this should force them to get involved." Pigma grab his black plate. "Help ! We're under attack, many of our mining machines have been destroyed !" Pigma exploiting the crisis he deliberately caused.
Wolf finally get a lock on Pigma. "Say goodbye Pigma, hopefully forever." Wolf fire a laser from his turret, however something fly towards Wolf's ship and shielded Pigma from the laser attack.
Wolf is surprised, but after the dust clears Wolf is even more surprised at who's the one protected Pigma.
Cpt. Falcon ended up getting the ire of Panther and Leon as they realize with Cpt. Falcon in their way, they can't complete their mission and so Panther and Leon focus on taking down Cpt. Falcon first.
Panther and Leon keep shooting at the Blue Falcon with Cpt. Falcon able to avoid every hit.
Cpt. Falcon looked downward and descend down as he also wants to disrupt Andross's mining operation, hhowevertheres something he notice about the people below him, he recognize a 'H' symbol on some of the machinery, informing him that it's not just Andross's forces doing operation in this planet and in fact, it seems Andross is working alongside someone.
"That logo ? That's Haltmann Works Company logo !" Cpt. Falcon realized the logo.
Just like Wolf and Pigma, the worker belows got hit by Panther and Leon shots in the crossfire, destroying several machineries, equipments, even injuring several employees.
One of the Haltworkers below, furious abiut what just transpired, seeing his machines destroyed and coworkers injured, grab a phone and make a call.
Haltmann Works, responding to the call, Soon open a portal and Holo Defense API was sent to Macbeth, the device suddenly activate and create a hologram of Winged Aparoid.
The Winged Aparoid firing laser beams from the spots on its wings as Cpt. Falcon maneuvering to avoid being hit.
("Falcon !") Shouted Rosalina. ("Hang on i'll help you out.") Rosalina envelop the Blue Falcon with a barrier.
Thanks to Rosalina's barrier, all attacks from both Winged Aparoid, Leon, and Panther unable to harm Cpt. Falcon, as all three bombard him with their weapons.
"I don't know what this is, but I will end this with one strike." Cpt. Falcon activate the reactor might in his vehicle as the Blue Falcon turned into a massive saw blade and go after Panther, Leon, and Winged Aparoid, however the Winged Aparoid use itself as a shield and this give Panther and Leon a chance to escape, Cpt. Falcon slashed the Winged Aparoid from different angles to many pieces and destroyed the hologram.
Back at Wolf, he's surprised to see who's getting in the way. "Meta Knight !? Why are you...wait ? Is that really you Meta Knight ?"
'Meta Knight' pull out it's laser blade and dashed to slashes the Wolfen, but Wolf managed to dodge on instinct.
"Hahahahah ! How'd you like Haltmann Works greatest weapon the Mecha Knight !" Laughed Pigma. "The CEO said this masterpiece is created using data of a powerful warrior from a backwater planet !"
("Haltmann Works, Kirby once said his planet got invaded by them, and with this Meta Knight look a like, this must be what Pigma meant.") Wolf gritted his teeth.
"I'd love to play some more Wolf, but I'm a busy man, and I have something else to do, so you can play with this one instead." Pigma fly away, leaving Wolf to deal with Mecha Knight.
"Hey ! Get back here you !" Wolf yelled at Pigma, but he can't give chase as Mecha Knight fire missiles at Wolf which he able to shoot with his turrets.
Meanwhile Pigma decided to report to Andross. "Boss, Wolf is here, he must be planning to take Panther and Leon with him, what should we do ?"
"We can't let Panther and Leon fall to their hands just yet, Pigma, land in this location, I will send you the Slot Machine." Replied Andross. "It's time to tests it's modifications."
"Yes sir !" Pigma went to the designated location and land on a helipad on top of a mining rig.
Mining Rig
Pigma get off his ship and soon the Slot Machine is transferred using Andross's teleportation technology.
Pigma's black plate is beeping, he tapped it and hologram of Andross appears. "Did the Slot Machine arrived safely ?"
"The Slot Machine arrived safe and sound boss." Said Pigma.
"Good, the joint work with Haltmann Works better be showing great results." Said Andross.
"So, how's this one different from the previous Slot Machine ?" Asked Pigma.
"We modified it using Star Dream A.I, with heavy restriction on the A.I of course to prevent it from getting sentience, so it's just a mere machine with reality warping powers, we will not let Wolf get in the way of our operation, Pigma pull the lever !" Ordered Andross.
Pigma pull the lever and the slots spinning like a regular slot machine, all three stopped at red arrow pointing up.
And then a beam of red light fire upwards from the Slot Machine and disperse in several directions.
"What just happened ?" Asked Pigma.
"That red light has the effect of increasing strength and power of people and machines, on our side of course." Explained Andross.
"Ah i see, so it's like a punch can feel like being hit by a bomb or something right ?" Guessed Pigma.
"That's right, and best of all, the Slot Machine is completely rigged to our favor, no matter what picture it lands on, it will always benefit us and detrimental to them." Continued Andross.
"Ooh I love it boss, stacking the odds against them and not giving them a chance, sounds like my kind of style." Pigma giddy at the unfair advantage he has.
Andross's Ship
"Hmm...even if we're able to get rid of the barrier, they can always recreate it back again, i have to do something just in case..." Andross grabbed his black plate and make a call. "Hello, i need to ask a favor, i need your minions help just in case."
Macbeth
Meanwhile...
Wolf still protected by Rosalina's barrier got hit by a missile, and the impact is a lot more devastating than before.
"Whoa ! That blast was a lot larger than the previous missiles !" Exclaimed Wolf.
("Must be from that red light that hits Mecha Knight.") Guessed Rosalina.
("Maybe, after it got hit by that light, this Meta Knight knockoff attacks gets much more destructive.") Replied Wolf.
("You should be fine inside my barrier, it's indestructible.") Said Rosalina.
("Yeah, no way I'm letting this fake get the best of me.") Wolf refusing to back down.
After Cpt. Falcon defeated the hologram Winged Aparoid, the Holo Defense API create even more of them, this time 5 in rapid succession on top of having to deal with Panther and Leon.
Pigma watching the fight using his black plate, seeing the barrier surrounding Wolf and Cpt. Falcon means no matter how much attacks his side dish out it won't matter as the barrier is much stronger.
Pigma grab his phone and gave a call to Andross again. "Boss, there's a barrier surrounding Wolf and Cpt. Falcon, their vehicles still remained unharmed despite our attacks."
"Use the Slot Machine, keep pulling the lever until you get the Disruptive Wave, that would undo any modifications or anything like that." Said Andross. "I didn't work with Mordegon for nothing !"
"Yes sir." Pigma ended the phone call. "If only more casinos are this friendly to players." Pigma pull the lever again and it lands on a picture of broken machine.
Suddenly both the Wolfen and Blue Falcon engines got damaged.
("Something's wrong ! My engine somehow busted.") Cpt. Falcon beginning to lose control.
("Mine too ! I could've swore I tuned up my ship before this !") The same thing happen to Wolf.
Pigma pull another lever and this time it's stop at pictures of fog, and both the Wolfen and Blue Falcon covered in small but thick fog that obscures their vision.
"A fog in Macbeth !" Wolf tried to shake off the fog, but it doesn't work as it seems to follow Wolf wherever he goes, further more his ship got hit by something as the Wolfen begin to fall.
Pigma pull the lever again and this time it landed on pictures of cherries, this has the effect of multiplying the enemy numbers.
The fog finally subsides, but now Wolf is surrounded by around 20 Mecha Knights, and Cpt. Falcon is surrounded by 20 Panthers, Leon's, and Winged Aparoids.
("Wolf ! Falcon ! You two need to get out of there ! There's something strange going on !") Warned Rosalina.
("No ! Not yet, we're so close !") Wolf decided to stay as he make his way to Panther and Leon being chased by the 20 Mecha Knights, unfortunately with the ship damaged so badly Wolf can't fully control it anymore.
("Your engines are damaged ! How long are you going to keep this up ?") Asked Rosalina.
Pigma pull the lever again and this time it landed on a blue colored beam, the Slot Machine unleashed the Disruptive Wave and dispel Rosalina's barrier.
The enemy quickly seize the chance and Mecha Knight speeds up and slashed the Wolfen's wings with it's light saber, the Wolfen now finally going downwards, out of Wolf's control and about to hit the ground.
Cpt. Falcon got hit by the Winged Aparoids pulse rings and badly damaged the Blue Falcon.
Rosalina, unable to see this anymore forcibly teleported both the Wolfen and Blue Falcon back to the Observatory.
Pigma who's watching the whole thing reports back to Andross. "Hello boss, both Wolf and Cpt. Falcon seems to have disappeared."
"Disappeared ? What do you mean by that ?" Asked Andross.
"Like they just vanished or teleported." Answered Pigma.
"Ignore them for now, focus on your objective !" Said Andross.
"Yes sir, and what about the Slot Machine ?" Asked Pigma.
"I will retrieve it for now since there's no one else to fight, I will need you to write a report later about the machine." Said Andross.
"Yes sir, maybe we should run a casino with completely rigged games, that's one way to rake in profits don't you think ?" Suggested Pigma.
"We already have that, some of our allies already built a casino with that purpose." Replied Andross.
"Oh yeah, OK I'll go back to look for Dash." Pigma ended the conversation. "Time to call Panther and Leon back." Pigma used his black plate to regroup with Panther and Leon.
Panther and Leon soon back to Pigma side as they begin to continue looking for Dash.
With his black plate Pigma was able to lock on Dash's ship, preventing him from getting away.
Pigma notice the ship doesn't seem to be moving anymore. "He's not moving, I wonder if this means he gives up on running away."
Soon Pigma, Panther, and Leon arrived at the destined location.
Comet Observatory
Wolf and Cpt. Falcon got out from the vehicle, both are badly hurt from the fights earlier.
"You two are badly hurt !" Rosalina rushed to their side.
"We were so close, how did things ended up disastrous ?" Wolf cursed his failure as he slam the ground with his fist.
"Andross is working with Haltmann Works, I should've arrested Susie back then." Cpt. Falcon lament his decision from earlier.
"Enough with the self pity, I will use my clairvoyance to see what Pigma up to now." Rosalina used her psychic powers to see Macbeth from the observatory, specifically using Pigma's eyes.
Macbeth
Pigma opened the ship canopy to find out the ship is empty, that the ship turns out to be controlled remotely.
Pigma quickly called Andross at this discovery. "Boss ! We've been played ! The ship is empty ! It's been controlled remotely !"
"Is that so ? Well played Dash, Pigma, take that ship back and analyze it, return to hq for now." Ordered Andross
"Yes sir." Pigma ended communication, and as he picked up his black plate it flew off his hand and thrown away, Pigma looked behind to see Rosalina behind him, Panther, and Leon.
Comet Observatory
Earlier...
"Looks like the ship is empty, no wonder I didn't sense anyone in there." Said Rosalina as she already done seeing through Pigma's eyes.
"At least he fails to get Dash...ouch." Cpt. Falcon move too much.
"Don't move too much, anyway there's something there that can dispel my barrier, I need to look into this." Rosalina wanted to go to Macbeth.
"Rosalina, can you bring my crew back ?" Asked Wolf.
"No promises, after seeing what you two see, it's clear we're not just dealing with Andross Army, but also whoever he's collaborated with." Said Rosalina. "However I do have a plan."
"And that plan is ?" Asked Wolf.
"This." Rosalina showed Wolf a black plate.
"Didn't Palutena take that to study it ?" Wolf surprised to see a black plate in Rosalina's hand.
"Well she's done with it, and yeah this thing has the same capabilities as our golden plate, I'm going to plant this on either Panther and Leon, I'm going to use the golden plate tracking function to get a lock on their location.
"That way we will always know where they are !" Exclaimed Wolf
"Exactly, well time to get started I'm leaving, Lumas ! Take Wolf and Cpt. Falcon to the Terrace dome, let them rest and treat them there." Commanded Rosalina as the Lumas carry Wolf and Cpt. Falcon to the dome
Rosalina then teleports to Macbeth.
Macbeth
"You ! Rosalina am I correct ?" Asked Pigma.
"Yes, tell Andross his punishment will come for destroying my home." Rosalina glaring angrily.
"You know what they say if I can't have it no one can...Panther ! Leon ! Now !" Pigma pull out his blaster and Panther and Leon follow suit and begin shooting at Rosalina.
Rosalina however form a barrier surrounding herself as the trio attacks fail to harm her.
"That barrier, so you're the one protecting Wolf and Cpt. Falcon with that barrier !" Pigma keep on shooting.
"I won't waste any time here, Panther and Leon are coming with me." Rosalina lifted Pigma with telekinesis and throw him at Dash's decoy ship.
Rosalina turn her attention to Panther and Leon as both still continue to shoot her, however a large shadow loom behind her.
"I think not." The figure unleashed a blue colored energy wave that dispels Rosalina's barrier.
Rosalina turn around to see a large blue skinned humanoid figure and he wears a helmet shaped like a dragon's head.
Rosalina got hit by Panther and Leon's blaster as she falls down, however the figure isn't alone as soon a dark black serpentine dragon with yellow horn arrive and spews Burning Breath at Rosalina, the breath have paralyzing effect, numbing her body.
"You will not ssstop usss." Said the dragon.
Pigma got up and bragged to Rosalina. "Meet my colleagues Rosalina, this is Indignus and Auroral Serpent."
("This isn't good, it's seems I won't be able to take Panther and Leon with me...then I have to execute plan b, but i need to be fast.") Rosalina casting illusion to trick the enemies, Rosalina create an illusion of herself flying away.
"Ssshe'sss essscaping !" Auroral Serpent quickly follow after 'Rosalina'. "No where for you to...hold on ! I just sussed my Burning Breath attack on you, you ssshouldn't be able to move."
"Could this be an illusion ?" Indignus cast another Blazing Blue Blast, dispelling Rosalina's illusion. "Nice try, but unfortunately for you there's no point in further resistance."
Rosalina however glared at Indignus, signaling her defiance despite the odds.
"So you choose to remain defiant to the end ? I admire your courage, but this is the end for you, as a sign of respect i'll make sure your death is a worthy one." Indignus raised his blade and about to impale Rosalina, however she teleported away as he missed and stab the ground instead.
"Ssshe vanissshed." Said Auroral Serpent. "Isss thisss another illusssion ?"
Indignus using Blazing Blue Blast again, but it doesnt affect anything, "It's the real thing this time, but no matter, we'll meet her and her companions again, so Pigma where's the one your looking for ?" Indignus Asked Pigma.
"Not here, he blindside us with a fake signal." Said Pigma.
"Ssso you got tricked ?" Auroral Serpent ask in condescending tone.
"Auroral Serpent, we witnessed what Andross and his technologies are capable of, if they're able to be blindsided which means this Dash Bowman maybe more crafty than we thought." Indignus defending Andross's army.
"Either way he's not here, there's no point in staying longer, Panther Leon, we're leaving, our mission here is to locate Dash, not to oversee the mining operation, the guys from Haltmann Works and Andross other minions can deal with the damages from the fighting earlier." Pigma pull out his black plate and teleport himself, Panther, and Leon along with their ships.
"I guess we should be leaving too, we're only sent here to check if the enemy has backup hiding somewhere." Said Indignus.
"To think we would be working together like thisss." Said Auroral Serpent.
"Our masters having a truce for now, so expect cooperation for a while, the Luminary and his allies better watch out with who he's up against." Indignus and Auroral Serpent teleports away as they also finish their mission.
Smithy Toy Factory
Using the Boo Biscuit Olimar decided to infiltrate the factory, so far he manages to avoid the employees and security cameras thanks to being invisible.
Olimar's body then begin to slowly turns visible again, signifying that the effect almost wore off, Olimar quickly trying to find a place to hide.
He saw the men's room and run there.
Men's Room
Luckily one of the stall is empty and Olimar decided to hide here and lock the door.
"I should be safe here, now how am I gonna go for it from here on out ? I haven't found the production room, and there's only two Biscuits left."
Olimar looked upwards to see a vent. "Maybe that's my answer."
As Olimar stand on top of the toilet, he hear the door opened and proceed to sit back down.
"Man, work sure is tough, but the benefits sure is nice."
"I agree, who knew we got to work under nice boss."
("These must be the employees here.") Thought Olimar.
"But man, who would ever thought that this show would be a huge success."
"Yeah, my son really love this show, apparently the same goes to his classmates."
"You know I have friends from other planets too and the Axem Rangers seems to be just as popular in those planets as well."
"Really ?"
"Yeah, it won't be exaggerated to say they can rival Space Channel 5 in ratings."
"You know the reporter Ulala said some outlandish things about aliens, demons, and got involved with Cpt. Commando once, not sure I believe it, but sure is entertaining."
"I know, I watched that news too, I believe the ratings were through the roof with that one."
The two employees continue chatting for a short bit and then left the restroom.
("So this show is aired not only here, but on other planets too huh ? I'm getting a bad feeling from this.") With the two employees gone Olimar used his golden plate to teleport several Winged Pikmins.
Olimar ordered them to open the vent hatch, which they did, and Olimar ordered them to lift him up and entered the vent, the Winged Pikmin closed the vent shaft again and Olimar teleport them back to the mansion.
Vent
Olimar crawl around the vent, his goal is to reach the production room and take the Axem Ranger toy to be investigated and also to find out the secret behind this factory.
Olimar crawl the vent, and he have crawled quite far. "How big is this factory ?" Olimar begin to complain.
As Olimar press onward he saw a shaft pointing down, he take a look and he can hear two people talking.
"And that's today's report sir." An employee reporting to the manager.
"Good, thank you for all of your hard work." The manager thanked the employee.
"Oh no sir, if anything it was us who needs to thank you, if you didn't show up during our economic crash, most of us would be out of a job." Said the employee.
("There's economic crash on Hocotate ? Wow, I spent so much time in World of Trophy I didn't know what happened in my world.") Pondered Olimar.
"The timing was a coincidence, Smithy Toy Factory was looking to expand, and we believe doing so in this planet would be beneficial to us, and looks like we were right, Hocotateans truly have great work ethics, with this sales number, everyone will be given high bonuses." Continued the manager.
"Yes, thank you sir, well I'll be going back to work now !" The employee left the room.
("Hocotate economy was in shambles, and here they are coming and acting like a savior to our economy, I need to look into this.") Olimar continued to look down, but the manager doesn't continue talking and focusing on his work, realizing there's nothing more to gain Olimar press onward.
As he keep pressing on Olimar finally reached the production room.
There he saw the factory workers assembling the toys, and the toys are placed in a box.
("I'm finally here, now how am I going to get one of these toys without being seen ? There's the security cameras, and doesn't seem like break time is happening soon.") Olimar then remember he still have his golden plate. ("It's very anticlimactic, but I have to use this to avoid attention.")
Olimar decided to just teleport the toy using his golden plate, he got the Axem Red toy in his hand.
("Now to get out of here.") Olimar teleported out from the factory.
Olimar's Bedroom
Olimar return back to his house, specifically to his bedroom with the toy in hand, he grabbed his golden plate and contacted Isabelle.
"Hello Olimar, what can I do for you ?" Asked Isabelle.
"Isabelle I'm sending this to you, please have someone examine this toy." Olimar showed Isabelle the Axem Red toy.
"Is that an Axem Ranger toy ?" Asked Isabelle.
"Yeah, I'll tell you everything later, for now see if there's anything suspicious about this toy." With his golden plate Olimar teleport the toy to Isabelle.
"Okay I receive the toy, I'll have someone examine this later." Isabelle ended the conversation.
Suddenly the bedroom door opened, and Mrs. Olimar is surprised. "Oh honey, you're back ! I didn't see you using the door."
"Yeah, I teleported with this, and just so you know this isn't a gold bar, it's just look like a gold bar." Olimar then told his wife about the golden plate and it's uses.
"Wow, that's quite the gadget you got there." Replied Mrs. Olimar.
"Yeah it's really handy, by the way I heard something while I was taking a walk earlier, that we got economic crash ?" Asked Olimar.
"Oh that's right, prices went up, people getting fired, but Smithy Factory came just in time and help resolve the issue." Said Mrs. Olimar.
"So things are back to normal now right ?" Asked Olimar.
"Yeah, fortunately it has, the money you send us really help us getting by." Mrs. Olimar thanked her husband. "Well I'm getting ready to make dinner, why don't you come downstairs ?"
Mrs. Olimar went down as Olimar follow suit. ("Is the economic crash from government mismanagement ? Or Neo Subspace Army behind it ? If it's the latter, what are they after in Hocotate ?") Olimar is getting worried.
BSL
Samus continues to search for the way out, along the way she got many ex Federation officers in her way as she blast through them easily.
Samus keep running as she entered a door in front of her.
"No good, I don't know where i'm going anymore thanks to these soldiers chasing me down, if things comes to worst then..."
"Well now, what do we have here ?" A woman's voice can be heard as Samus turned around, Samus can't believe what she saw as this woman is very familiar to her.
"Melissa !? Melissa Bergman !? It can't be ! I saw you dead !" Samus expressed her surprise. ("Wait...MB's not a human, she's a robot, could they be rebuilding her ? Theres no way she has a soul to bound to Warriors of Fallen Stars.")
"Hmm ? Melissa Bergman ? Not sure I recognize that name, but it does fit my MB designation, maybe I should use that name to blend in." MB doesn't seem to know what Samus is talking about.
"Melissa Bergman, that's your name, you were created as a weapon by the Galactic Federation, but you turn on them and they...shot you." Samus tries to tell MB.
"Hmm ? Such a thing happened ? I'm afraid I don't recall, I remember I was just deployed here in the BSL." Continued MB
"So you don't know anything ? About the BOTTLESHIP ? Queen Metroid ?" Asked Samus.
"I had no idea abput all these things you're talking about, what I do know is inferior life form should obey the superior ones." MB extend her hand and levitate Samus with telekinesis.
MB throwing Samus around like a ragdoll, crashing her to a crates or walls.
"I know things about you, you're Samus Aran, the famous bountt hunter renowned throughout the galaxy, destroyer of space pirates, not even dangerous life forms such as Metroids and X Parasites are no match for you, but now the famous bounty hunter, reduced to a mere playthings before me, how did Mother Brain have a hard time dealing with you ? Well looks like i'm about to accomplish what she can't do before." MB stops playing around and begin to strangle Samus psychically.
Unbeknownst to MB Samus charging her arm cannon, letting MB toy with her to distract her, Samus then fully charged and begin to shoot at MB, MB caught off guard as she got blasted and release her grip on Samus.
Samus managed to break her fall as she aim her arm cannon at MB. "I suppose you're not the same Melissa, you're just another replica of Mother Brain." Samus proceed to shoot MB, however she managed to teleport out of the way and reappeared elsewhere.
"I don't know how you deal with the previous MB but I can tell from your words that I'm much more powerful than the previous model." MB levitate all the metal crates and hurl all of them at Samus, Samus used a Wave Beam to destroy them all.
MB snapped her finger and summon two helpers, Samus eyes are wide open as she recognize MB's helpers.
"Hahah...makes sense, Ghor is already here, so Rundas, Gandrayda, obviously you two would be here as well." Samus saw two familiar figures standing before her.
One is a humanoid male blue colored alien, and the other is a pink female alien.
"Nice to see you again Samus, although I wish we could meet again under different circumstances." Said Rundas.
"Great, I'm under your mercy again, this is embarrassing, here i was boasting about wanting to beat you." Remarked Gandrayda.
"Rundas, Gandrayda ! Attack !" MB gave her orders as Rundas and Gandrayda forced to obey.
Rundas creste multiple icicles and hurl all of them at Samus, while Gandrayda follow suit by firing electrical waves.
Samus was able to dodge the combine attacks with her Space Jump, Rundas then use his ice slides to soar across the air and Gandrayda shape-shift into Ridley.
Rundas kept firing ice bursts at Samus, but Samus managed to dodge them, She retaliate by firing her arm cannon at Rundas, but the ice alien able to dodge as well, by increasing the speed of his ice slides.
Ridley-G managed to grab Samus, slammed her to the ground and pin her down, with Rundas descend down and point his hand at Samus.
"I'm truly sorry for this." Rundas about to fire his ice bursts, but then..
Samus deactivate her suit and turn into her ninja form, the form she gain by absorbing the copy essence. Samus used smoke bombs as she vanished.
"She's gone !" Ridley-G felt her hand no longer holding Samus.
Samus reappear at a wall near the door and begin throwing kunais at the bounty hunters.
Rundas firing a stream of ice energy to freeze the incoming kunais,while Ridley-G use her tail to swipe away the incoming projectiles.
Ridley-G fly towards Samus to slash her with her claws only for Samus to use another smoke bomb to teleport away, confusing Ridley-G.
MB also shocked by these abilities Samus displayed as she also looked around, then she finally picked up Samus's presence. "Rundas ! Watch out !"
Rundas looked At MB only for Samus to slash him down with a sword, Rundas screamed in pain as he kneel down.
Ridley-G fly towards Samus, but Samus managed to grab her barehanded, she now use Air Drop, technique, she jumped to the air and slammed Ridley-G to the ground, turning her back to her base form.
Now the door behind Samus got blasted as Ghor entered the room. "Nowhere for you to run."
"Not the kind of reunion I'm hoping for." Remarked Rundas as he tried to get up.
Behind Ghor Gharnef, Manfroy, and Veld also arrived.
"You got nowhere to run." Gharnef ready to cast a spell on Samus as she reactivate her suit.
("So I'm trapped, I got my three former colleagues, Mother Brain clone, and evil sorcerers behind me, it's still possible for me to take them down, but do I want to destroy the BSL and SR388 again ?")
"Hmm...destroying this space station, that's what you're thinking right ?" Asked MB.
"How did you !? Right you must've read my mind." Said Samus.
"Go on, do it, assuming you can that is." MB allowing Samus to destroy the BSL again.
"You seem confident about this." Replied Samus. ("She's actually encouraging me ? Is it because she has backup plan, should I really go through with this ?")
Samus aim her arm cannon at the wall and fire the Sonic Boom, destroying the wall, turns out what's behind the wall is outer space itself and it's vacuuming the air inside the BSL, the villains are holding on to something to avoid being sucked to space, while Samus deliberately entered the hole in the wall and got sent outside.
Rundas used his ice powers to seal the hole with ice, and Gharnef used his magic to reinforce the ice, making it harder and unable to melt.
Outer Space
With Samus floating in space outside of BSL and Restricted Lab, she quickly used her golden plate to summon her ship.
The ship hatch is opened and she went inside.
Samus drive her ship and begin shooting at the BSL, Samus is going for the room that contains the computer that can activate the self destruct function.
"If i recall, this is where the main computer is." Samus finally found the room and entered by ramming her ship to the wall, to avoid air being sucked outside.
Samus got out and begin typing on the computer, however the code to activate the self destruct has been changed and Samus is denied access.
"Changed, I knew it...well I can at least ram this thing to the planet instead." Samus decided to crash the BSL to SR388 without the self destruct sequence, by typing into the computer she removed the security and changed the station's trajectory.
The BSL trajectory has changed and now on collision course to SR388.
Samus quickly returned to her ship and fly away. "I'll just use the Beanstar to eliminate the X Parasites on the BSL later.
BSL
"We're going to crash on that planet !" Shouted Gandrayda.
Gharnef pull out a Chaos Emerald, the yellow one, the one he got from King K. Rool. He begin to harness it's power and empowers his magic with it.
Gharnef able to affect the entire space station, he stops the BSL from moving, undid the tampering Samus did, and return the BSL back to it's former place.
"We're back to where we are." Gharnef have just demonstrate his power.
("So this is the power of Chaos Emerald...") MB thought to herself.
Manfroy is at awe at seeing what just happen.
"Sir Manfroy, with the Chaos Emerald, Lord Loptous return can happen sooner than later." Whispered Veld.
"Patience Veld, we will seize the chance to do so." Replied Manfroy.
"We're saved thanks to you Gharnef, she really does try to take us out along with the station." MB thanked Gharnef.
"She's gone for now, let's just resume our task." The villains return to work.
Outer Space
Samus witness the entire thing from her Space ship. "I knew it, destroying the space station isn't an option, at least I got what I need to know." Samus decided to head back for now, succeeded in her objective.
Comet Observatory
Rosalina returned, however the paralysis is still in effect, she had to move herself using telekinesis.
"So how'd it go ?" Asked Wolf as he's wearing a body cast in several parts of his body.
"Sorry, I fail to bring back your crew members, but i did managed to plant the black plate on Panther, his location will no longer be a secret anymore." Said Rosalina.
"Right, what about you Rosalina ? Why are you in that pose ?" Asked Wolf.
"My body is paralyzed, beings named Auroral Serpent did this to me, alongside him there's someone named Indignus.
"Another enemy we're unfamiliar with huh ? We need to consider every possibility now." Remarked Wolf.
"Sorry this is all I could do." Rosalina apologized.
"Wait ? How able to plant the black plate on Panther when your body is paralyzed ?" Asked Wolf.
"I use an illusion as a distraction, when Indignus and Auroral Serpent got fooled, I quickly used my telekinesis to quickly placed this on Panther's pocket." Answered Rosalina.
"Impressive, very cunning mind you got there, the enemy is getting more coordinated, we need to counter this somehow." Wolf grabbed Rosalina and carried her to to the Terrace dome.
BSL
Back at the BSL the ex Federation officer is speaking to someone from a computer.
"I'm ready to hear your report." Said the voice from the computer.
"Yes, MB proved to have great potential, going further I believe she can be a very powerful asset to our operations." Said the officer.
"Well I shouldn't expect anything less for my champion." Replied the voice.
"So you believe this is the best course of action ?" Asked the officer.
"The Chozo trained Samus to be their legacy, and I'm forced to admit she is their greatest masterpiece, so it's natural to use the same method against them, MB will be my greatest masterpiece, I entrust you with my AI template, make sure it does not go to waste."
"It will not be, we'll make sure of that Mother Brain." Mother Brain then ended the communication.
Finally done, I'm focused on the space chapter this time, so Nintendo characters where the main setting in space got the spotlight.
There doesn't seem to be a bad guy bar on Nintendo franchises so I have no choice but to use Sylphie as information broker, making her second Non Nintendo, Non Smash character to appear, Tarosuke the first one, since I made Otohime and Hikari is the same person in this fic so...
Gandrayda can shapeshift, so why not take Ridley's form.
Yeah so since its rather unlikely we got to see a Pikmin game where we explore Planet Hocotate, please use your imagination in imagining what Planet Hocotate looks like.
This MB is an entirely different character from Other M MB, appearance wise she's just made identical to Other M MB.
Slot Machine is a secret boss in Star Fox game.
Character debut : Mrs. Olimar, Olimar's Son, Olimar's Daughter, Rundas, Gandrayda, Ghor, Veld, Manfroy, MB, Winged Aparoid, Slot Machine, Indignus, Auroral Serpent, Mecha Knight.
Boss Battle : MB, Rundas, Gandrayda, Panther Caroso, Leon Powalski, Pigma Dengar, Mecha Knight.
Guest Character : Sylphie