Post by bobsnicket on Jun 30, 2008 16:15:50 GMT -5
Chapter 13: The Gathering
{5}The Final Endeavor
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It was the evening before the planned endeavor, and few were able to get a good night’s sleep with what they knew lay ahead, and what they didn’t know. Most laid in their sleeping quarters, contemplating what was about to be done.
Outside in the silent night, however, there were two lone figures standing on the top of a roof, gazing out at the starry sky. Mewtwo and Ness stood side by side; they were on top of the hotel where Ness stayed in one of the rooms with his old friends Paula, Jeff, and Poo. Ness’s mind was filled with all the sorts of thoughts which might be expected of a child about to go to war: worry for his own life, for the lives of others, for the future of his world, wonder at the adventure which had begun for him with the Metal clones whisking him to Master Hand’s fortress where he had experienced a long tormenting imprisonment. The worried boy looked over at Mewtwo levitating beside him, who still stared out into the night, and whose thoughts could not be deciphered by his expression, and seemed incomprehensible to him.
After a while, Mewtwo turned his gaze to Ness. “Do you believe you are ready for tomorrow?”
“No,” Ness said, looking at the ground. “I’m scared. I’ve fought Starmen and Giygas with the help of my friends, but have never thought that I would have to fight in a war like this.” His childlike features seemed to soften the heart of the great cat.
“Wrong,” Mewtwo corrected. “You ARE ready. You have learned well what I have taught you, and if you use your skills wisely, you will be safe from any enemy, regardless of their number. Others will look past your youth, and see a great leader, one to look up to. You will be spending more time protecting others than yourself. I see that leader in you; you are yet a child, but have a mind beyond that of many adults, and a bravery that has raised you among the great; Master Hand never did invite anyone to his tournaments who didn’t deserve it…with the possible exception of Pichu…but even that creature has guts which you would never imagine could be found within a Pokemon. No, you should not be concerned about the war; what you and I and everyone else should truly be concerned about is why Master Hand has been so…merciful at times to us. Yes, it is certain that this is all some sort of amusement to him, but why has he allowed it to excel to this point? I know that he is stronger than he has demonstrated so far, so why is he jeopardizing control over his own domain when he could have overwhelmed us long ago, while the quest in the Dimension Conflux had been going on? There is something wrong, something ill-boding about this whole struggle. If we get out of this alive, I don’t believe that it will end as simply as Professor Gadd thinks it well. So be cautious, Ness, but confident. You have the choice of where you wish to fight, so perhaps I will be seeing you again, or perhaps not. Farewell.”
Mewtwo vanished from the rooftop with a flash, leaving Ness with slightly higher spirits, but ever lonely.
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The Great Nintendo Alliance crossed the border of the Battlefields, their many divisions widespread so that the leaders simultaneously were the first to step into the enemy lands. Before the rest proceeded, however, their head, Professor E. Gadd in his hovercraft, halted and turned the vehicle to face them. The professor, clad in the same lab coat despite the fact that they were going into war, used a super-efficient microphone to magnify his voice.
“Defenders of the Nintendo World! We have gathered this day to restore peace and order to our homes, to destroy forever the threat of Master Hand and Crazy Hand, and to rescue some of our loved ones who have been ruthlessly taken from us. The armies of the Enemy may be great, they may be impossibly numerous, but we, we are greater than them! For they are naught but copies, naught but the spite of Master Hand, his slaves and tools used against us. Each of us are individuals, able to think for ourselves, able to outsmart these artificial creations, able to work together by covering each other’s weaknesses, and magnifying each other’s strengths. And we, united for the same cause, have the most important thing in a war that Master Hand does not: something worth fighting for. He thinks this is all a game, one that he cannot lose, nor that has any rules or limits. But we know better, don’t we? Our enemy is about to find out where his great mistake lies, and that is in our determination, our cooperation, and our purpose and oneness of heart! Even though all of us will not survive this day, the only way we will lose is by giving up. For even the weakest of our Alliance is worth dozens of Master Hand’s Wire Frames, and if we never lose our resolve, we shall surely triumph. So on behalf of everything we love, on everything we have already lost, and everything we hope for in the future, let us go to victory!”
A tremendous cheer echoed across the border, so loudly, so confidently, that it could be heard all the way on the other side of the city, and into all the regions of the Nintendo World, penetrating the ears of those who remained in their homelands. It resounded across the fields of Hyrule, between the trees of the Kongo Jungle, over the steep slopes of the Icicle Mountains, into the very gates of Princess Peach’s Castle, and all heard it, and cheered on their noble defenders.
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Back at the border, Goombas and Koopas jumped up and down, Waddle Dees waved their stubby arms, soldiers ranging from Toads to Hylian Soldiers to the followers of Prince Marth and Roy shook their swords, spears, shields, and other manner of handheld weapons, Mario and Luigi lifted their hats to each other while still piggybacking the Babies before looking onward, King Dedede smiled and twirled around his hammer, the Ice Climbers crossed each others’ hammers, Ganondorf and Mewtwo spun around once and stretched back their limbs as if embracing their power, Link patted Epona’s mane and drew the Biggoron sword, monkeys, Pokemon, and other animals hollered and cried out in excitement, Pichu and Jigglypuff gave a trusting look to their master Red whom they had long been separated from, Bowser let out a roar with Pichu clinging onto the top of his head, Shadow the Hedgehog folded his arms and looked off in the direction of the Room where the former companion he had betrayed existed only as a trophy, Young Link took one last swig of Lon Lon Milk, Marth and Roy crossed blades, Pac-man grinned widely as ever with his gloved hands on his spherical hips, Pit raised the Bow of Palutena while flapping his wings and hovering in the air, Meta Knight and Sword Kirby raised their blades together along with the other Star Warriors, Banjo shook his fist and Kazooie waved her wing as they stood next to Professor E. Gadd, Mr. Game & Watch rang his black bell repeatedly, Prince Peasley laughed gaily while he drew his sword atop his flying bean, Mario’s old companions huddled together and shouted, Donkey Kong bellowed and beat his chest, Tiny and Dixie whooped with their hands on their hips, Lanky Kong leaped into the air and used his linked arms as a jump-rope, Cranky made a fighting pose while in his karate outfit, Funky feigned firing a machine gun while making fake shooting sounds, all the pilots in their airborne crafts, whether they were of the Cornerian Fleet, Team Star Fox, Star Wolf, or a Bounty Hunter, shook their arms in the air or did loop-de-loops amid the mass of flying machines, and Ness tilted his cap with a grim smile.
For about five minutes, this cheering continued ceaselessly, and then finally died down. The professor, smiling, turned his hovercraft back towards the Battlefields where he expected to see their opponents approaching. “Hmm…I don’t see anything…” The downward-sloping and then leveling landscape in front of them seemed completely devoid of occupants. The ground continued to flash white and purple.
(1:15)
But then, an Arwing fired a shot of enthusiasm at the ground about three miles away (they could see far into the distance), and instead of just scorching the ground, it hit something; a small black hole was made from the laser, and it was soon covered up with more purple.
(1:30)
Kazooie’s eyes, as keen as they were, widened as she realized what it had hit. “It’s them! Master Hand’s army is before us, less than three miles away!”
And indeed, the black hole had been so quickly covered because the entire landscape was not empty at all; it was so densely covered with Wire Frames, which blended in with the ground at that distance, that as soon as whatever beings which had been there previously had been demolished by the laser, several others closed in to take up the space.
The Nintendo Alliance was now completely silent, for now everyone could see the massive movement as the legions upon legions of Wire Frames advanced forward mindlessly yet menacingly. So many were they that the Battlefields had become a virtual sea of movement, extending as far as the eye could see.
What was more, in the distant skies another purple mass of airborne things approached them at a distressing speed, and below them at the bottom of the long slope faded in hundreds of the familiar white Boos, cackling evilly and following King Boo across the plain alongside the Wire Frames.
The terror of the enemy entered into the hearts of all who were there to behold it, and the wise professor realized that the longer they delayed, the more frightened they would become of the strength of the enemy. Since his voice was not loud enough, he made a signal to the leaders, and simultaneously, they all yelled the same thing and ran forward.
“CHAAARGE!!!!” Ganondorf’s and Bowser’s voices being the loudest among them, the Nintendo Alliance surged forward, now with more questions to be answered than ever, but not enough time left to even tie a shoelace. The aircraft advanced as the crow flies, bound to reach the enemy first, while the rest surged down the slopes, the arrow point formation made up of cavalry and the others in the middle, and Gadd’s hovercraft flying over the left side with the creatures.
Everything seemed to go in slow motion. Second after second went by, yet it seemed like an eternity. The multicolored alliance of approximately ten thousand flowed from the destroyed city into the barren purple lands towards an army that by contrast seemed almost all to be the same, yet spread across the entire territory, countless in number. The final endeavor had begun at last.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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Character Locations
Present Armies: (not a location) Pokemon, Bowser's Army, Kongo Jungle, K. Rool's Army, Fire Emblem, Dedede's Army, The Star Warriors, Icicle Mountains, Mushroom Kingdom, Beanbean Kingdom, Host of Hyrule, Yoshis, Delfinians, Waffle Kingdom, Cornerian Fleet, Bounty Hunters
BATTLEFIELDS: Bowser, Yoshi, Young Link, Lanky Kong, Kirby, Ganondorf, Bomberman, Goombario, Pit, Tiny Kong, Dixie Kong, Professor E. Gadd, Banjo and Kazooie, Mumbo Jumbo, Humba Wumba, Marth, Ness, Pacman, Pichu, Jigglypuff, Mewtwo, Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Mr. Game & Watch, Ice Climbers, Dr. Mario, Donkey Kong, Meta Knight, Roy, Prince Peasley, Toad, Toadsworth, Star Wolf, Fox, Falco, Slippy, Peppy, Shadow, The Shadow Sirens
: Diddy Kong, Rito Postman
[glow=yellow,2,300]Trophy:[/glow] Pikachu, Princess Peach, Samus, Chunky Kong, Sonic, Wario, Waluigi, Captain Falcon[glow=purple,2,300]Captive:[/glow] Goombella, Toadette, Princess Zelda
[glow=gray,2,300]DECEASED:[/glow] The Shadow Hand, Bottles, Orca, 49 Hammer Bro Soldiers
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End of ch. 13.
