Post by bobsnicket on Mar 20, 2008 21:59:19 GMT -5
[glow=purple,2,300]Book 3: The Hand of Fate[/glow]
Chapter 11: The Dimension Theory
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“You see,” the professor explained to the others in his lab, “once you combine their DNA with the Wire Frame material, the substance will assume their shapes and physical characteristics. This has been true for as long as they have existed. But now, with my new formula, the Wire Frames will inherit their magical and natural abilities as well. Obviously this is a huge improvement over the last models, being a much more formidable force on the battlefield. So what do you think, Master?” This professor happened to look extremely similar to Professor Elvin Gadd. Except for a few key differences.
Firstly, the tuft of hair on Professor U. Reeka’s head was not white, but an ashy brown-gray. Second, his glasses had, instead of a dizzy circle pattern, a perplexing diamond pattern of four geometrically similar diamonds placed on top of each other, with the fourth diamonds being the rim of the glasses. Thirdly, his lab coat was a darkish gray color instead of white. Fourthly, he did not have a tooth rather comically sticking out of his mouth, but instead had two rows of razor-sharp teeth that glinted dangerously when he spoke. Fifthly, his voice was for the most part the same as E. Gadd’s, but with a slightly higher pitch and a touch of growing insanity mixed in it. Lastly, and probably most importantly, he did not invent things for the people’s common good or for his personal amusement, instead indulging himself in weapon-making and biological experimenting, not unlike the mad scientist Andross who had been dead for years.
“Excellent! Very excellent! You have permission to create our army immediately!” Master Hand judged.
And as this evil professor presented his latest project, with many of his other sinister ideas displayed throughout his laboratory, he gave no thought to his shadow experiment who had recently been destroyed, or to his long-forgotten rival who also happened to be explaining something at that very moment miles away.
Professor E. Gadd’s Laboratory, NW Fourside City
“You see,” the professor explained to the others in his lab, “legend has it that there is a door in this very city that leads to an alternate existence, or dimension, if you will. It is a place of untold power and unimaginable creatures. But the key has been lost for centuries; no one within the world’s memory has managed to enter it, or return, in any case.”
“Ah, I see,” said Professor Frankly. “So if we are to enter this alternate dimension and harness this power, we must find the key and the door which the legend speaks of.”
Professor E. Gadd, with his tuft of hair as white as ever, gave a toothy grin. “Exactly. But I believe I have already found the location of the door. The key is our problem.”
Professor Frankly, along with Mario, Mr. Game and Watch, and the Ice Climbers, gasped, and the first spoke. “Really? But Where?”
“Mario, we came through an underground passage into an old storage room with a locked door, did we not?” Mario nodded. “And wasn’t there another locked door beside the one which we came out of?” The plumber nodded again. “This,” and the professor gave a dramatic pause, “is what I hypothesize to be the door of legend. For our purposes, let’s call these mystical items the Dimension Door and Dimension Key. I have personally tried various inventions on this door, and none have been able to unlock or break through it. So the real issue comes in finding this key and doing the deed.”
“Now I have, from my research, a rough description of the key. It is chrome in color and texture, and has the sense of something ancient, but from appearance looks shiny and brand new. Sticking from the sides of the end that you stick in the keyhole are the letters N and D, which I guess to mean New Dimension. Finally, this key has strange magnetic properties that keep it from moving farther than 10 miles away from the door. So the key, too, I assume, is somewhere in the city.”
“I have called you here for two specific reasons. Frankly, I just thought you’d be interested in my lab and research.” Professor Frankly gave an old sigh of disappointment at Gadd’s words. “Frankly the professor, that is. Mario, Mr. Game and Watch, Popo, and Nana, I have chosen you to embark on the quest for this key and then to travel to this alternate dimension to aid us in our fight against Master Hand. Why you specifically, you might ask?” Professor E. Gadd spoke louder over the others’ surprised jabbering. “Because you four are particularly well known for your history, and have plenty of experience in dimensional change. I believe that when you go through the Dimension Door, you very well might lose a dimension to yourself or two. This would make you four the best prepared to face such a strange phenomenon.”
“Now before you start asking if this hazardous journey is absolutely necessary,” the professor had to raise his voice again to quell the others’ protests, “let me explain why it is. I have done some crucial calculations since what happened last night, and I have concluded that there is no force within reach in this world or in any other that can stop Master Hand if he uses his growing power to its full potential. Neither the Triforce nor the Power Stars nor any other power source can match it. The Star Rod could possibly have worked, but now we know that it won’t be available. We don’t have the time or the materials needed for me to construct a second Cobalt Star, either. And of course, turning to the Sony or Microsoft Worlds for help is out of the question. Our only chance is to find this ancient unheard-of power that has been sought after since the beginning of time but has never been grasped. To make history, to change the future of this world, we must grapple and struggle to understand and master the forces of time and space. Any questions? Let’s have some lunch before we leave.” The professor left for his kitchen to whip up some Shroom Roast and Elixir Soup, leaving the others standing bewildered and dumbfounded.
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After the Star Spirits had left, no one had had the energy left to resist sleeping, either in their hotels or on the streets. The morning sun came bright and terrible, and roused the first of the city’s least exhausted occupants (or what was left of the city, in any case). As more and more people awoke, the terrible reality of what had happened hours before dawned upon them (no pun intended). What had previously been a sparkling, bustling, magnificent city was now a ruin of fallen, blackened, disintegrated, or otherwise destroyed buildings.
The buildings that were still standing and in usable condition were used as refuges for the now-homeless residents, and a plan for distributing food to the helpless was organized by the city council. Many left the city in search of a new home.
And when those who had fallen or had been seriously injured in last night’s battle began to be found, a great mourning rose from the horrified population, spreading to the edges of the giant city, and beyond, even. The losses were later noted to amount to 25 deaths and 94 injured, some on the brink of death themselves. Among the dead that were found were Bottles, Charizard (whose burning tail had been extinguished by the rain), the Kremling, the Iron Knuckle, and Super Toad (who was credited with saving the life of his girlfriend, Cute T., and giving up his own in the process). The other fatalities included 6 Toads, 5 Hylians, 3 humans from the Kanto Region, 2 Koopas, a Beanbean, a Pianta (not the same whose popcorn bucket had been impaled twice in a row), a knight who was once one of Meta Knight’s companions, and a poor baby Yoshi.
In addition, a large number was declared missing, and most of them were presumed dead. This included Bowser Jr., Doopliss, Captain Falcon, Chunky Kong, Samus, Diddy Kong, Jigglypuff, Parakeet the Paratroopa, Meta Knight, Roy, Luigi, Toadsworth, The Master, Ridley, Birdo, Darknut, Megaman, Andrew Oikonny, the Rito Postman, Zelda, Wario, Waluigi, Sonic, and Shadow (all those who had been turned into trophies had disappeared from the room under the colosseum or wherever they had been transformed--but that isn’t to say that these were all transformed). Among the seriously injured were Pit with his stricken wing, the Mario Fan who was still suffering from his severe burn, and Peppy Hare, who had been dragged into the street by Slippy in the morning, revealing his torn ear, mangled leg, heavily bruised face, and dried blood caked on his stomach. Of the three, however, Peppy was the only one in critical condition, too weak to describe how he had been injured, and all Slippy would say in his worry was that he and Peppy had gotten lost and had been attacked by something.
Following the knowledge of Bottles’s death, Professor E. Gadd was chosen to be the leader of the Resistance, with Banjo as second in command. The professor had already convinced many others in the city to join, and was secretly sending out messengers to far-off kingdoms to seek more help, one for each area. The only scout that was widely known was Prince Peasley, who had been sent to the Beanbean Kingdom to explain the situation and bring back as many fighters as possible, although it was rumored that the Rito Postman had left on such a mission himself, even though he had departed during the battle. A select few among the resistance (those who had fought the previous night, for instance) knew that the other chosen scouts included Jigglypuff to the Kanto Region, Parakeet and Toad to the Mushroom Kingdom, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong to the Kongo Jungle, Meta Knight to Dreamland, Roy to his homeland, and Toadsworth and Luigi to the outer islands around the Nintendo mainland. No one was deployed to the F-Zero Grand Prix, Icicle Mountains, or the Spooky Forest because there was a very remote population in those areas, but the Star Wolf team had agreed to travel to surrounding planets. Fox, Falco, and Slippy planned to do likewise after Peppy’s good health had been ensured.
A journey back to Resistance HQ in Master Hand’s room was planned to confirm Professor E. Gadd’s new position of leadership.
And now E. Gadd had called on Mario, Mr. Game and Watch, and the Ice Climbers to undertake this strange journey. So the party of six (counting Gadd and Frankly), after their nourishing meal, departed for the enigmatic door in the middle area of the demolished city via Gadd’s black and yellow circular hover car.
In a spacious cave below a large fortress, there was silence. Not a single figure moved within sight. That is, except for one beaten, heavily injured person that was crawling across the ground in a dark tunnel leading southeast to an old storage room. This figure was holding on to his life with the determination that he must give his message to someone before he let go. His ribs had been crushed, and the blood flow around his old heart was having a sort of traffic jam. His breath came fast, heavy, and rasping, but he knew he must go on, so he continued to slide across the dirt tunnel, a few feet at a time.
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Character Locations
Fourside City: Slippy Toad, Peppy Hare, Bowser, Yoshi, Young Link, Lanky Kong, Mr. Game and Watch, Popo, Kirby, Fox, Ganondorf, Bomberman, Falco, Nana, Goombario, Banjo and Kazooie, Professor E. Gadd, Pit, Pichu, Tiny Kong, Dixie Kong, Mario, Young Link
Messengers: Prince Peasley, Jigglypuff, Parakeet, Toad, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Meta Knight, Roy, Toadsworth, Luigi, Star Wolf, Rito Postman?
: The Shadow Sirens, Shadow
[glow=yellow,2,300]Trophy:[/glow] Pikachu, Princess Peach, Samus, Chunky Kong, Sonic, Wario, Waluigi, Captain Falcon[glow=purple,2,300]Captive:[/glow] Marth, Ness, Goombella, Toadette, Princess Zelda
[glow=gray,2,300]DECEASED:[/glow] The Shadow Hand, Bottles, Orca
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The afternoon after the previous night’s events, a funeral service was held for those who had perished in the battle. There was quite a large crowd there. Many wild Pokemon had come to show respect for the brave Charizard. A group of notable knights and swordsmen had come to pay respects to the Iron Knuckle and Meta Knight’s companion, and awarding each of them the Hero’s Crest. A large family had come to mourn the loss of Super Toad (his actual name had been Todd T.), along with his girlfriend Cute T. His brother, Bert T., had joined the Resistance, along with Cute T. and the rest of his family. And many other families and friends of the dead had come besides these, weeping over the tragic deaths of their loved ones. A good number of them had joined the Resistance as well.
All of the Resistance that wasn’t otherwise occupied was gathered around Bottles’s grave, and Banjo and others were taking turns recounting all the amazing and courageous things Bottles had done in his lifetime, and how he had even returned from the dead once before. However, there was no life energy available to revive him a second time, and it was apparent that Bottles’s spirit was not visible in the middle of the Nintendo World like it was on the Isle of Hags (to which, by the way, a message had been sent to inform Bottles’s family, which was extremely risky considering how close the island was to the Microsoft World nowadays).
Finally, near the end of the service, Ganondorf (yes, Ganondorf!) stood on a small hill above everyone else and declared, “The dead we have gathered around today should not have died. They were unjustified casualties, cruelly taken away by an even crueler enemy. But I want everyone here to know that I, Ganondorf, King of Darkness, swear that these brave loved ones shall be avenged! The Resistance is as we speak constantly striving to defeat our one great enemy, Master Hand, and as long as I am alive, we will not stop until we have succeeded! And you are all welcome to help in this great work, if you aren’t already; all you have to do is ask another member, and you too can join the fight against the greatest enemies the world has ever known (including me!)!
Ganondorf had unexpectedly proved to be one of the most successful scouts around the city, drawing attention with his unrestrained aura of power.
And so the people left the graveyard to return to their lives or take up Ganondorf’s offer.
The building with the two mysterious doors looked like all the others: tall, grand, and covered with small windows. However, it stood out more now because it was among the few buildings that had survived the attack and the storm. And when Professor E. Gadd and the others entered it, they knew they were in the right place.
On either side was a staircase leading to the higher levels, concealed quickly by the low ceiling. A few potted plants dotted the corners of the short hallway, and a reception desk was positioned in front of the right hand wall near the entrance. Everything was office-white, and at the end of the short hallway were the two ordinary-looking doors.
The only difference between the two doors was that the right door had a small window looking into a small storage room; the other door had no window. Both had keyholes below the chipped doorknob, and the paint was peeling off the wood.
The professor and the rest hurried down to the two doors. Mario, just to make sure, tested the left-hand doorknob, predictably finding it locked.
“Well, this is it,” E. Gadd sighed. “I really don’t know where to start looking for the key, though. Maybe we should call a meeting and ask if anyone has any information on it. Yes, I’ll do that now.” He took out a radio and spoke with someone. “To the auditorium, then. The meeting will start in 15 minutes,” he told the others.
Fifteen minutes later, the Resistance was all seated in a spacious auditorium, where they had decided to hold meetings with the whole group. There was a podium at the bottom where hundreds of seats were positioned around the stage in a not-quite-semi-circle.
The professor stood up and walked up to the podium. “Attention! May I have your attention, please!” The crowd obediently quieted down. “For reasons that cannot be explained at this time, we are in search of a shiny chrome key, with the letters N and D sticking out of the sides. Does anyone have any information on it? If so, please raise your hand to speak!”
No one moved for a few seconds, and then a Toad in the second to top row on the right side tentatively raised a hand.
“Yes?” Professor E. Gadd said excitedly, pointing to the raised hand.
The Toad stood up. “Well, my car keys are chrome, but I don’t think the letters ND are on it.” He quickly sat back down, his face bright red.
The professor looked disappointed. “Well, um, thanks, but, er...it has to have those two letters on it. Anyone else?”
Then, unexpectedly, Slippy in the front row raised his hand.
“Yes, Slippy?” E. Gadd asked, not expecting successful information after the Toad.
“Well, I’ve recently seen a key that looks just like you described,” Slippy said confidently.
“Really?” Gadd said, getting excited again. “Where did you see it?”
“Well, Peppy and I were running through a dark alley last night behind the Grand Snifit Hotel, and then suddenly we fell down a pipe. We were in a dark cave, and after wandering around by laser light for a while, we found a larger cavern that had a pile of different objects in the center, including this key, I think. But then Peppy was attacked by a monster, and it was so dark neither of us saw it clearly, so I shot it with my laser, but I don’t think I killed it, and Peppy and I barely escaped by going back the way we came.” Slippy sat back down, apparently finished.
“Excellent! Thank you!” the professor said excitedly. “Slippy, can you lead us to this pipe?”
Slippy looked startled. “Take you there? I think so. But I’m not going in, and be careful if you do.”
And with that the meeting was ended, and the party of seven (with Slippy included) began zooming towards the Grand Snifit Hotel in the hover car.
“Hmm. This pipe appears to be used as a garbage disposal for the hotel. Very interesting.” E. Gadd and the others gazed down the gaping blackness of the green pipe almost level with ground before them. The dark alley they were in made it apparent how Slippy and Peppy had failed to notice the hole, especially considering how dark the night had been. “Slippy, thank you for leading us here. May I ask you to now wait outside for our return? If we are not back within three hours, get help. Professor Frankly, would you like to wait outside as well?”
The bespectacled Goomba gave a sigh of slight disappointment, but of relief as well. “Yes, I think I shall sit out on this one, professor.”
E. Gadd nodded, then took out his Lightatron 5000 (which was basically a souped up flashlight), and leaned over the hole. “The rope, Slippy?”
Slippy handed him a rope, with the professor promptly tied to a loop in a nearby dumpster, threw the rest of the rope into the hole, and, attaching the Lightatron to his head, began climbing down, telling the others to follow.
Mario climbed down after the professor, followed by Mr. Game and Watch, Popo, and Nana. The hole went down so far that the light at the top was but a distant speck above them. The vertical passage was narrow, and was revealed by the Lightatron to be wet rock.
They finally reached the bottom, and from the illuminating but limited light coming from the Lightatron, they could see they were in a small cave, with a smaller tunnel leading farther down. Small stalactites and stalagmites were formed along the ceiling and floor.
Professor E. Gadd set his Lightatron down and, pushing a button on the right side, said, “I’ll bet you’ve never seen a flashlight like this before!”
At that point several things happened to the large flashlight. Metal gears and hinges unfolded out of the light, and soon it was separated into four identical parts (including the beams of light). Then, each of the four beams of light separated into two circles, and the four machines unfolded robot-like arms, and their bases represented that of a tank’s, rolling over terrain.
“These,” Professor Gadd announced proudly, “are Mini Lightatron R.O.B.’s (Robotic Operating Buddies). They will be distributed evenly through the group, using their eye sockets to provide light not only for the front, but for the back, and in any direction you point. Now let us proceed. Mario, would you mind leading? I’m not afraid of the unknown, but I fear this old body isn’t prepped to fight any creatures at the moment.” So Mario took the lead, and they began walking through the narrow passage, with the six beams of light helpfully pointing at the ground, up ahead, or any direction one of the travelers pointed to.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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Character Locations
Cave Under Hotel: Professor E. Gadd, Mario, Mr. Game & Watch, Ice Climbers
Fourside City: Slippy Toad, Peppy Hare, Bowser, Yoshi, Young Link, Lanky Kong, Kirby, Fox, Ganondorf, Bomberman, Falco, Goombario, Banjo and Kazooie, Pit, Pichu, Tiny Kong, Dixie Kong, Young Link
Messengers: Prince Peasley, Jigglypuff, Parakeet, Toad, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Meta Knight, Roy, Toadsworth, Luigi, Star Wolf, Rito Postman?
: The Shadow Sirens, Shadow[glow=yellow,2,300]Trophy:[/glow] Pikachu, Princess Peach, Samus, Chunky Kong, Sonic, Wario, Waluigi, Captain Falcon[glow=purple,2,300]Captive:[/glow] Marth, Ness, Goombella, Toadette, Princess Zelda
[glow=gray,2,300]DECEASED:[/glow] The Shadow Hand, Bottles
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There will be 1 more addition to this chapter, and then on to one that is about 4x longer!
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