Star Kids Origins III Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Fight for the fate of Earth

(Disclaimer! I owe nothing of Crash, Nintendo, Spyro, or any quotes you may recognize!!!)

Me and the gang were riding back home after the tournament. “Now that’s what I call superior fighting,” said Coco, “You totally took that guy out.” “Do I know my stuff or do I know my stuff?” I asked. I saw some red lights. “What the hell?” I asked. We pulled up to my apartment and saw people surrounding someone. I went up to see. “Sir, please stay back,” said an officer. I saw it was Toadbert. “Stay back,” she said. “That’s my guardian!” I said. I saw him laying there. “What happened?” I asked. “Someone hit him, but he’s still alive,” said the officer, “We just called an ambulance.” He woke up. “Toadbert, are you ok?” I asked. “Nicholas buddy…. You’re home,” he said. “Yeah,” I said. “I saw you save those people in that tournament,” he said as he smiled. “Well I wasn’t gonna turn my back on them,” I said, “We do what we have to do right.” A hospital truck came. “We have to get him to the hospital right now,” said a doctor. “I’m coming with you,” I said. “No,” he said, “They…… they have your sister.” “Daisy?” I asked, “Where is she?” “I don’t know,” he said, “They took her away.” I clenched my fist with anger. “Who took her?” I asked. “The….. The Hammer Bros,” said Toadbert, “They say they work for some guy named the Cactus King.” “Well we gotta find her,” I said, “Will you be ok.” “Don’t worry about me,” he said, “Just go find your sister.”

They put him on a bed in the truck. “Damn it, I am so proud of you,” said Toadbert, “Always have been. I love you cuz.” “I love you too Toadbert,” I said. They drove away. “Nicholas?” asked Saria. “Let’s go save my sister,” I said. “Nicholas!” said Sly, “We got a problem.” “What is it?” I asked. “Some thugs saw me escaping and the hammer bros decided to flood the entrance!” “Hammer bros?” I asked. “Yeah,” said Sly. I went into Toadbert’s room and saw some plumbing tools and belts. I gave one to Saria. “Strap the belt on Saria,” I said, “We’re goin in.” We went to the casino from the tournament and found the entrance. “Wow,” I said, “Looks like they really didn’t want us to know their secret.” I got out a wrench and started rewiring pipes. “! And 1 16, open ended!” I said. “1, and 1 16 open ended,” said Saria as she gave me the tool. I stopped a pipe from flooding water. Saria saw a strange pipe. “What’s in here?” she asked. She went in and saw herself in a sewer. “Saria, wait up,” I said as I followed her. “Where’d she run off to,” I said. I heard her scream.

“What is it?” I asked. She saw a crab like creature running around. “Looks like some bad plumbing,” I said as I got out a plunger. I tried to hit it but it avoided me. “Come on hold still!” I said. I hit a block and it shook the ground making it fall. Saria kicked it into the water. “And stay down freak,” she said. More came in the room. “You gotta be kidding me,” I said. We took them down by hitting the floors. “This is really starting to tick me off,” said Saria. One crab snapped her in the butt. “YEEEOOOOOW!!!” she said as she fell in the water. She got pissed. “That’s it,” she said, “I’ve had enough of these (Pipe bang) krabs in this (Pipe bang) sewer!!!!!” She went crazy and blasted gusts of wind at all of them. One of the blasts broke a hole in the wall and pushed me through it. I opened my eyes and saw Professor Elvin Gadd. “What’s with all the hoopla?” he asked. Saria peeked through the hole. “Um….. I can fix this,” she said. “I figured I owed you for accompying me on that little theft the other day….” said Sly, “oops…. Wrong place.” “You mean to tell me….. that pipe led to the professor’s house?” I asked as I looked at Sly. “heh,” he said. “YOU’RE GODDAMN RIGHT YOU OWE ME!!!!!!” I said. I threw something at Sly and he jumped out of the window. Luna slammed the door open. “Will you all shut up?!!” she said, “Do you know how early I have to wake up tomorrow?!!” She saw me and Saria and the wall from the sewer. “I can explain,” I said.

The Hammer Bros brought Daisy into a room. “Lord Cactus King, the mission is complete,” said Leo. Cactus King turned around. “Well ,well,” he said. “Who are you?” asked Daisy. “I am the king of fighters, The Cactus King,” he said, “And you have been brought here to lure the champion of the tournament.” “Nick?” she asked. “So that is his name,” said Cactus King, “This battle will be legendary.” “What are you planning to do?” asked Daisy. “I plan to take control of this world once I defeat Nicholas in a battle to the death,” said Cactus King. “You won’t get away with this!” said Daisy, “My brother will stop you.” “That remains to be seen,” said Cactus King, “Take her to my dungeon.” “As you wish,” said Leo. The Hammer Bros took her away. “I see,” said Elvin, “So this man called the Cactus King has your little sister.” “Yeah,” I said, “And we’re trying to find her.” “All we know is that he is hiding her in some kind of ship in space,” said Saria. “Why don’t you just get some power-ups and take him down?” asked Luna. “We can’t,” I said, “These powers don’t work in the real world aside from my fire magic.”

“Well I know how we can fix that,” said Elvin. A message came on a big screen. “Well, if it isn’t the champion of the tournament,” said Cactus King. “So you’re the one behind all this,” I said. “That’s right,” said Cactus King, “And I challenge you to a fight.” “Where’s my sister?” I asked. “She’s safe,” said Cactus King, “For now. I won’t do any harm to her if you do as I say.” “I’ll do what you want,” I said, “Just don’t hurt Daisy.” “That’s a good little boy,” said Cactus King. I snapped. “Who are you calling little?!!!!” I said as I tried to hit the screen. Saria and Luna held me back. “I don’t think he was talking about your height,” said Luna. “Well it still pissed me off!” I said. “That’s why you should drink milk,” said Elvin. “No way,” I said, “I hate milk.” “If you don’t drink milk you’ll be short for the rest of your life.” “You mean like you, you soiled up old man?!” I said. “What was that?!” he said, “You little bean boy.” “Shrunk down magikoopa!” I said. “Micro Goomba!” said Elvin. “Shrimpy Blooper!” I said. “Shorty Shy Guy!” said Elvin. “ENOUGH!!!!” said Cactus King, “Bottom Line, you come to my temple alone and fight me.” “Very well,” I said. “I’ll send you the coordinants,” said Cactus King. A map appeared in my hand. “See you soon little boy,” he said. I punched the screen and it went blank. “Um….. I can fix this,” I said.

“No need,” said Elvin, “It can fix itself.” “So what’s this invention you were talking about Dad?” asked Luna. “This,” said Elvin. We were looking at some kind of blue crystal. “What is it?” I asked. “This mushroom crystal has every power-up I could find in the parallel dimension,” said Elvin, “And there were some new ones even you didn’t know about.” “Like what?” asked Saria. Elvin clicked on the crystal and a feather showed up in the reflection. “The cape feather gives you the ability to fly like the raccoon suit,” he said, “But it also has the power to reflect projectiles.” “Cool,” said Saria. He gave one to me and Saria. “This is my responsibility,” I said, “I have to deal with him myself.” “I don’t think you have a choice,” said Saria, “You’re my friend and I promised Toadstool I wouldn’t let anything happen to you.” “I didn’t say I was going alone,” I said, “Crash, Coco, and Spyro are along for the road.” “Well I called Link and DK,” said Saria. “The more the merrier,” I said.

Daisy was in a cage in the dungeon. “There’s gotta be some way out of here,” said Daisy, “Daisy has to help her big brother.” She saw a dog. “Awww, so cute,” said Daisy. The dog came over to her. “Aren’t you adorable,” said Daisy, “Did Cactus King capture you too?” The dog nodded and sniffed her paw. “Can you help me out?” asked Daisy. The dog nodded. “I think he likes me,” said Daisy. We took Elvin’s car to a tube leading to a giant spaceship. “Holy crap,” I said. “Daisy’s in there somewhere, I can feel it,” said Saria. “But where do we start?” I asked. The dog brought Daisy a key from one of the guards. “Thank you,” said Daisy. She opened the gate and she was free. She noticed a duck on the dog’s back. “So I take it you’re friends with the duck?” asked Daisy. The dog laughed. “I think I’ll call you….. Duck Hunt,” said Daisy. Duck Hunt licked her face and she giggled. We were down in the basement of the ship. We were looking at pipes. “Holy shit,” I said, “These pipes weren’t serviced for years.” “Must’ve fired their old plumber,” said Saria.

I suddenly got an idea. “Turn the pipes,” I said. “Huh?” asked Saria. “It’s the heating system.” She touched a wheel and it was hot. “Use the tools and keep them by you,” I said, “They’ll always help you out in situations like this.” “So what’s your plan?” asked Saria. “To freeze the place,” I said, “It’ll keep them busy while we make out way up.” “How are we gonna get up?” asked Saria, “We can’t take the elevator.” “Well we gotta do something, we tripped the alarm,” I said, “What do you think I am, an idiot?” “Yeah, how are we gonna get up?” asked Saria. “Like the Mario Bros,” I said. I saw a locker and opened it. There were some costumes. “Aha!” I said. I took them out. “Ingeniously,” I said, “Come on.” A few minutes later we were in the elevator dressed in the costumes. We looked like the Super Mario Bros, minus Saria’s green hair. We high fived each other. Some people came in and we hid. “This was your idea,” I said. “Shut up,” said Saria. Daisy and Duck Hunt were in some kind of room. “Wow,” said Daisy, “Looks like they’ve been busy. She was looking at instructions for an attack on Earth.

“What’s this?” asked Daisy. The instructions were for a plan to dominate the Earth made by the Cactus King. “Daisy’s gotta tell the others about this,” said Daisy. She was running across a bridge when she heard footsteps. “What was that?” asked someone. She saw a tub of water and jumped in to hide. She peeked out to see if anyone was gone. “That was close,” she said. She reached for the bridge and realized her hand stretched. “What the…” she said. She stretched her arm again. “This could be useful,” she said.

The Hammer Bros saw her. “Aha!” said Lenny, “An escapee.” Daisy saw them. “Stand back!” said Daisy, “Daisy knows how to fight!” They went at her and she used her self-taught defense moves to avoid them. Duck Hunt attacked Leo. Saria and I escaped by climbing to the top of the elevator. “That was crazy as hell,” I said. We started heading up for the rear of the space ship hoping to find Daisy. Daisy was still fighting the Hammer Bros. “Just you punks wait!” said Daisy, “Nicholas Shay will come and kick your asses!” Leo stopped before he swung his hammer. “Nicholas?” asked Leo. “Wow, looks like the name makes you shudder,” said Daisy. “How do you know Nicholas?” asked Leo. “Daisy’s his sister,” said Daisy. Some guards were coming down. The hammer bros took Daisy away from them. “Daisy, we’ve always been loyal supporters of Nicholas Shay,” said Leo, “He’s a well known hero to the Mushroom Kingdom.” “We’ve been with Ike since his demise,” said Lenny. “That’s swell and all but what’s with this plan?” asked Daisy, “And where are all the other fighters?” “Come with us,” said Lenny. They brought her to a room.

Daisy saw that the other fighters were locked in some kind of capsules. “What’s all this?” asked Daisy. “This is where all the fighters are having their abilities copied,” said Leo, “He wants to make an army of fighters to take over the Earth.” “Daisy has to find Nicholas,” said Daisy. “Its too dangerous,” said Leo, “But there is a way you can locate them.” “But….” Said Daisy. Lenny looked at her. “Trust us and everything will be good,” he said. Daisy started to blush a little. “I’ll never leave you,” said Daisy. Saria and I were navigating through the spaceship. “This is insane,” I said. “Nicholas,” said Daisy over an intercom. “Daisy,” I said. “Saria?” asked Daisy, “Nicholas.” “Its Daisy,” I said, “Daisy we’re coming!” I saw a gap between two doors. I pressed on my mushroom crystal and got the raccoon ability and carried Saria to the other side. “Its weird being carried by a boy who’s shorter than I am,” said Saria. “I could easily drop you,” I said. We made it to the other side.

“Saria, Nicholas, can you hear me?” asked Daisy. “Daisy where are you?” I asked. “In Room 49,” said Daisy. “We’re on the way.” A guard came into the Cactus King’s room. “Sir, we have intruders,” he said. “What’s going on?” asked Cactus King. “The basement feels like its freezing,” said the guard, “It looks like we have some plumbers on board.” “Plumbers?” asked Cactus King. He looked at Bullet Bill and Ninja Kong. “Both of you,” he said, “Find these two ‘plumbers’, and eliminate them.” “As you command,” said Ninja Kong. We were making our way to Room 49. Saria saw another mushroom and picked it up. “Why are you getting so many items?” I asked, “You have the crystal.” “They’re luck charms,” said Saria. “Saria, it’s a mushroom,” I said, “Come on.” We kept going. “Guys, in here!” said Daisy. We saw the room and I saw Daisy. “Daisy!” I said. “Nicholas!” she said as she gave me a hug. My communicator rang. “Are you guys alright?” asked Coco. “Yeah,” I said, “We found my sister.” The door broke down and Bullet Bill and Ninja Kong came in. “Hidey Ho, humans,” said Ninja Kong. “Its Ninja Kong!” said Saria and I in unison. “Watch out!” said Saria, “He’s got thunder punches!” He tried to punch me and I dodged. Coco was watching. “I’ll go down there and help them,” said Crash. “Ok,” said Coco, “I’ll find an escape route.” Crash jumped down.

I was flying around with my raccoon suit avoiding Ninja Kong. I shot a fireball at him and it hit him. The room started to change and go down to another area. “Come on!” said Daisy. She, Leo, and Lenny jumped down. Saria jumped down with them. I threw more fireballs at him and took cover. When I got up he was gone. “What the….” I said. He grabbed me by the neck. He was throwing me around. Saria saw. “Nicholas…” she said to herself, “I gotta help him.” He threw me down and I lost my raccoon power. “Time to end this,” said Ninja Kong. He was about to finish me off when Saria stopped him. “This is between you and me!” said Saria. I got up. “You go on ahead and face Cactus King,” said Saria, “I have a score to settle with him.” “Be careful,” I said. “Time to end this monkey man!” said Saria. She got out a cape feather and got a cape on her back. “Sweet,” said Saria, “Let’s do this!”

The rest of us went to the top room and found all the other fighters. Crash made it right on time. “What are we doing?” he asked. “Saving the other fighters,” I said. I tried to deactivate the machine absorbing their fighting styles. “Let me try,” said Daisy. She pressed some buttons and the machine shut down. “I can’t believe you can do that,” I said. “Comes from sitting on my ass playing games,” said Daisy. All of them were soon free. “Get them outta here Crash,” I said. “Got it,” said Crash. We kept going. Saria was fighting Ninja Kong and Bullet Bill. Bill shot some bullets at her and she swung her cape reflecting them. He kept shooting. “Why is she so damn fast?!” he asked. Saria flew at him and kicked him down. He dropped his guns. Ninja Kong punched her and she blocked and kicked him in the face. “Is that all you got?” asked Saria, “Wow, I sound just like Nicholas.” He got a sword and started attacking her. Saria got out the way and pulled out her Deku Stick. “You humans are all the same,” said Ninja Kong, “You think you’re strong enough, and you’re foolish. Now you will die a fool.” They attacked each other.

Daisy and I made it to the Cactus King’s Lair. “Well, if it isn’t the so-called champion,” said the Cactus King as he appeared from the shadows. “We meet at last,” I said as I got into a fighting stance. “I’ve been watching you,” he said, “I never expected someone so…. Short to be a champion.” “Damn it don’t call me short!” I said. “Temper, temper,” he said as he stepped closer, “You really think you have what it takes to fight me?” “I don’t think I do,” I said, “I know I do.” We went at each other. Daisy saw Coco’s flying car. “That’s my ticket outta here,” said Daisy as she left. Saria was fighting Ninja Kong. “You’re foolish to come against me,” he said. “Not as foolish as you think I am,” said Saria. She blew a gust of wind at him and he dodged. They kept battling. Cactus King avoided my attacks and made it to a switch. “Now you will face your doom,” he said. He pulled the switch and some battle droids came out. “You call this a fair fight?” I asked as I got out my staff. “Call it more of a…. survival,” said Cactus King. Daisy waved at Coco to get her attention. I was battling the droids and they had me outnumbered. Daisy knew that I needed help.

Not Gonna Die by Skillet

Death surrounds
My heartbeat’s slowing down
I won’t take this world’s abuse
I won’t give up, I refuse!

This is how it feels when you’re bent and broken
This is how it feels when your dignity’s stolen
When everything you love is leaving
You hold on to what you believe in

I was losing energy fast but I knew I couldn’t give up. The Earth was counting on me to save it. I kept fighting.

The last thing I heard was you whispering goodbye
And then I heard you flat line

No, not gonna die tonight
We're gonna stand and fight forever
(Don’t close your eyes)
No, not gonna die tonight
We're gonna fight for us together
No, we’re not gonna die tonight

Saria kept fighting Ninja Kong. She felt weak but she knew that she could keep fighting. “I’m not giving up that easily,” she said. She kept going at him. One of the droids had a hold on me. I used all my might to break free and keep fighting.

Break their hold
'Cause I won’t be controlled
They can’t keep their chains on me
When the truth has set me free

This is how it feels when you take your life back
This is how it feels when you finally fight back
When life pushes me I push harder
What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger

The droids had me outmatched and even copied my moves. I felt like I couldn’t go on and almost fell to my knees. Saria kept going at Ninja Kong and felt blood coming down her cheek. “I’m not giving up,” she said.

The last thing I heard was you whispering goodbye
And then I heard you flat line

No, not gonna die tonight
We’re gonna stand and fight forever
(Don’t close your eyes)
No, not gonna die tonight
We're gonna fight for us together
No, we’re not gonna die tonight

Don’t you give up on me
You’re everything I need

One of the droids kicked me in the stomach and I finally fell. The Cactus King laughed as I was about to lose my life. “Finish him!” he said. Saria and Ninja Kong kept fighting. “Time to die little girl,” he said. Daisy saw me being surrounded. She wanted to escape, but she knew that she had to fight. “NOOOOOOOO!” she said as she ran back.

This is how it feels when you take your life back
This is how it feels when you fight back

Daisy fought off all the droids with her new abilities. “Leave! My! Big! Brother! Alone!!!!!” she shouted with every punch, “You! Buckets! Of! Bolts!!!!!” I saw her fighting and everything went blank. I suddenly heard my voice. “I will never EVER turn my back on people who need me!” I said. Those words gave me strength to get back up. I helped Daisy fight the droids. Saria finished off Ninja Kong with a sweep kick. He fell out of the ship and into an escape ship. “I’ll remember this you brat!”

No, not gonna die tonight
We’re gonna stand and fight forever
(Don’t close your eyes)
No, not gonna die tonight
We're gonna fight for us together
No, we’re not gonna die tonight
No, we’re not gonna die tonight

Not gonna die
(Not gonna die)
Not gonna die
(Not gonna die)
Not gonna die tonight  

We finally took out the droids. “Its time to end this!” I said. We heard an explosion. Coco was shooting down the defenses of the ship. “Guys get outta there!” she said. “You’re not going anywhere,” said Cactus King, “You will die!” “Not if I can help it!” I said. I kicked Cactus King in the face and he was caught in an explosion. He fell down to a tub of strange liquids. We went down to see if he was down. “Is he dead?” asked Daisy. “I don’t know,” I said. He came out transformed. We both screamed. He was transformed into some kind of monstrous gorilla creature. He was about to attack me when Saria flew down and caught me. “Thanks for the save,” I said. Crash and Coco were flying around to find us. Daisy, Saria, and I were running from Cactus King chasing us through the ship as it was being torn apart. “Die!” he said. “This place is gonna blow!” I said, “We gotta get outta here!” We kept running. Cactus King shot fireballs at us and we dodged them.

“Guys where are you?!” asked Coco, “The ship’s gonna blow if you don’t hustle!” “We’re coming,” I said. I tripped. Cactus King caught my leg and I kicked him off. He kept trying to attack me and I avoided him. He came running at me. I saw a sword and grabbed it and got in a defense form. Cactus King stopped in his tracks. I opened my eyes and saw the blade struck his body. I pulled it out and he fell into space. I sighed in relief knowing that the battle was finally over. Saria helped me up. “That was amazing,” said Saria. “Oh, here’s your hat, big brother,” said Daisy. I put it back on. Some debree fell off the ship. “Let’s…… go home,” I said as I smiled.

3 WEEKS LATER……

We were having a celebration feast after our big battle. I was watching TV and flipping channels. I looked at the necklace given to me by Toadstool. “I’ll find you princess,” I said, “I swear it.” “Hey Nicholas are you gonna stop staring at the screen?” asked Toadbert, “Come and eat. Its amazing.” “Coming,” I said. “You got a letter from a music teacher,” said Saria. I opened it up. It read; “Dear Nicholas, my names is James Donovan Mark, a band director and leader I have seen videos of your amazing performance at the blues club with one of my musicians. I think your guitar playing would be perfect for my Seattle All Stars Jazz and Rock Group. If you have any interest in auditioning for a spot as a guitarist, the directions are behind this letter. I hope to see you in action. Best regards, James.” I smiled knowing I started something amazing.”

“I gotta do this,” I said. “You also got another letter from a person named Samuel,” said Toadbert. That named rang a bell. I opened it. It read; “Dear Nicholas, it has been about 2 years since you left the Mushroom Kingdom and returned to your world. This is not just a latter asking how you are feeling. It is a letter telling you about a challenge that is soon to come. Dark times are about to come for your world and ours, and as your master I want to make sure you are ready for those dark times. You and 6 other youths will be chosen to create a fighting force to save your world from many monsters and creatures made by Tatanga. The youths are people who I am sure you know and carry a Star Spirit like you do and their own element. I hope you are ready for your training, because you’ll need it to face the evil that is coming. Wish you the best, Samuel.” I looked at my Star Spirit. A mysterious man was looking at a hideout and got out some tools. “Time to get to work,” he said as he started redecorating. A few minutes later a little star pressed a button and some gas appeared and a face emerged from it. “Let the games begin,” said the face.

THE END

Cast:
Nicholas Shay
Saria Fate
Crash Bandicoot
Coco Bandicoot
Daisy
Toadbert Shay
Siqquan
Spyro
Crunch
Hunter
Bianca
Dingodile
Liu Kang
Ristu (From K-ON!)
Azusa (Also from K-ON!)
Mrs. Haggle
Sly Cooper
Orphans
Professor Elvin Gadd
Luna Gadd
Cactus King
Ninja Kong
Cyrax
Bullet Bill
Zero
Hammer Bros, Leo and Lenny
Harley Quinn

Battle Cry by Imagine Dragons
Just one more time before I go
I'll let you know
That all this time I've been afraid
Wouldn't let it show
Nobody can save me now, no
Nobody can save me now

Stars are only visible in darkness
Fear is ever-changing and evolving
And I have been poisoned inside
But I, I feel so alive

Nobody can save me now
The king is crowned
It's do or die
Nobody can save me now
The only sound
Is the battle cry
Is the battle cry
Is the battle cry
Nobody can save me now
It's do or die...

Oh

Nobody can save me now
The king is crowned
It's do or die

Nobody can save me now
The only sound
Is the battle cry
Is the battle cry
Is the battle cry
Nobody can save me now
It's do or die...

Just one more time before I go
I'll let you know
That all this time I've been afraid
Wouldn't let it show
Nobody can save me now, no
Nobody can save me now