Ultimate F-ZERO: Chapter 84

    Federation ships patrolling a lone sector in space were all hovering about. Each of them torn to pieces; no survivors. The ships were vagabonds just littering the area. Whatever landed such an assault, going by normal standards, would have to be an army with superior technology. At this moment, one of the Federation's ships just entered the immediate scene. The pilot saw what had happened and quickly got on radio.

    "This is Shrimp-Cocktail 15, reporting to HQ, come in."

    "Transmission received, Shrimp-Cocktail 15. Status report."

    The reporting pilot shook his head, and said, "I'm just completing a patrol of Sector 5AF, and it looks like a whole fleet of Federation ships were shot down."

    "Are there any remaining officers present?"

    "Negative. There are no bodies."

    "Roger. Standby for further orders. Over."

    The pilot turned off his radio, but just as he did, he heard a big bump. Curious, he went to investigate. It took him at least a few seconds before he saw a bright white mechanical beast just outside of the window. He didn't scream, but rather, he pulled out his gun. As he got himself prepped for the attack, he felt a sharp hit on the opposing side of the ship. It was a good thing he had it on auto-pilot.

    When he looked back up, he didn't find it. No enemies were present. Then, as he turned his back, the creature attacked.


    The only thing that remained were his brief screams, and the noises of steel cutting apart flesh and spandex.



    Immediately, the radio came on.

    "Shrimp-Cocktail, come in."

    No answer. The message was repeated again, but this time a mechanical claw picked up the radio.

    "This is Terminux, your god! Listen well, humans! I possess the Ultra Core and an armada of my brothers! If you wish to spare yourselves any annihilation--" the radio quickly cut itself off. "What? H-how dare you cut me off!"

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    Grand Commander Jody Summer frowned as the reporting Sergeant relayed news. Once he was dismissed, she headed to the top floor. "So, the old war between the Metadroids and the Humans continues..." 

    There was a slight sparkle of light, emanating from a flash. Jody didn't really see it, but her radar picked up an unfamiliar signature. Quickly trying to determine what it was, she had her other officers try to get an ID on it. Whoever just arrived was a potential threat. Jody simply hoped that that threat wasn't Terminux.

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    Aboard the Falcon Fortress, the Majestic Hornet and Blue Falcon parked in their slots. E. Miru and the bounty hunter quickly raced to the central section of the starship.

    "Hey, Falcon...that's an odd helmet you have there." E. Miru commented. The helmet that Capatin Falcon did have on actually looked different. Instead of hiding his eyes, this helmet showed bright eyes, just like it did in the GX Grand Prix. 

    "I have more than one helmet." He quickly said.

    E. Miru sighed, giving up in trying to unmask Falcon. She returned to a pressing task.

    "We've got some strange enemies right behind us."

    "Well, we're almost close to Black Shadow."

    E. Miru snapped her fingers. "If we don't deal with our new friends, the Falcon Fortress could get destroyed." Falcon grunted, allowing her to continue. "We've got two giants and a fleet of aliens."

    Falcon set up an immediate answer.

    Turrets awakened and began their assault on the upcoming enemies.

    The fleet retaliated, but ultimately got destroyed as blue lasers cut them like paper. However, the two giant mechas were left. Captain Falcon rushed out of the room quickly, while E. Miru handled the enemies. As if automatic, he maneuvered his way to the Mega Falcon. Once it was dispatched, Mega Falcon took off quickly to keep up with a fleeing Falcon Fortress.

    The first mecha lunged with a heavy strike, but Mega Falcon rapidly punched it, seeking answers. Its torso was rendered apart, with Mega Falcon remaining clean. Before long, the enemy began headbutting, but again, Mega Falcon asserted control, and landed a hard elbow. While this severed the enemy's head, this left the attacker open, as the other began firing heavy lasers. These compressed walls of energy were able to reach far ahead of it, hitting Falcon Fortress if it ever got hit.

    "E. Miru--" Captain Falcon said on the transmitter, "Activate shields!"

    She complied with the order, slowing down. Mega Falcon knew how far his ally was, so he challenged his difficult opponent to a bout of speed. The two giant mechas were screaming at high speeds. The way both of them evaded asteroids was uncanny, making their movements hard to counter. Alas, Falcon wasn't trying to fight. The opponent wasn't able to either, what with all the movement. Laser fire was useless. At last a glowing green light was in sight. Mega Falcon moved way over the Falcon Fortress, but the enemy now needed time to adjust and before it did, it crashed right into the shields. Thanks to its speed, and Falcon Fortress's powerful shields, the impact was so great that nothing on that mecha was able to survive. 

    "Excellent work, E. Miru." Falcon said, clearly exhausted, "Slow down and let me dock."
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    When Captain Falcon closed the doors behind him, he had a hand grip his left shoulder. Quickly, he turned around.

    "Yo, Falcon," the guest said, "I heard you needed a 'dynamite solution,' so here I am."

    The man the two heroes were in front of had a red helmet with a redone thunderbolt logo. He was dressed in a blue Kevlar vest with green camo pants and silver boots. His left arm was armed with an elbow pad and near metallic glove. Meanwhile his other arm only had a glove of the same type. On his sides were advanced explosives, each being as small as ninja stars. Lastly, his weathered face sported dark shades, identical to Samurai Goroh's.

    "Antonio Guster," Captain Falcon said, crossing his arms, "How on earth, did you get in the Falcon Fortress?"

    "No need to explain now. You honestly should be happy that I reached you when I could. Jody Summer basically...sent me to you."

    E. Miru looked at Guster, and placed a hand on her hip. "Interesting. I thought you were back at Red Canyon?"

    "Nah. I suppose you forgot last time you raced there: He and I are separate."

    Captain Falcon headed to one of the rooms to find the other artifacts. He quickly ordered the two to stay put.

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    "Another pilot traveled to this dimension," he said solemnly. His next instinct was to check some computer records with OTIS. After doing a search of F-ZERO pilots, one result showed that Antonio Guster died a while ago."If this Guster came here, then that means...other people can travel to this dimension...people like Black Shadow."