Captain N: Re-Edited Episode 4: Videolympics!

On the dark and dangerous Metroid, the evil and ever vengeful Mother Brain is about to discover a sinister secret that will help her retake Videoland.

Mother Brain faced a blank screen.

MB: Metroid Mirror, tell me how I can regain power over Videoland!

The screen faded to an image of Mount Olympius, and three dots were blinking on it.  In the north, a green dot blinked over near the Coliseum, to the immediate west of the peak that was west of the tallest mountain in Mount Olympius.  A red dot blinked in the east, near the world’s archway.  Finally, a blue dot blinked over the village to the southwest, and it was directly south of the Coliseum, though it was far away. A female voice came out of the screen. 

Voice: Within Mount Olympius are the Three Sacred Treasures. Each box contains great power. For ten thousand years, they’ve been hidden to all,none successfully found them.

The screen shifted to a view of clouds which withdrew to reveal three treasure chests. . . a green one in the upper left of the screen, a red one in the lower right of the screen, and a blue one in the lower left of the screen, as the dots had been before.

Voice: If one brings the 3 treasures together,they will have limited,but awesome power!

When the presentation was over, Mother Brain smiled wickedly.

Mother Brain: Yes!  with thhose items,I'll finally regain my hold on Videoland..and kill the N-Team! (addressing her minions once) Get me the princess!

Dr. Wiley: Yes,Mother Brain.

Meanwhile, at the Palace of Power. . .

At the Palace, the N Team had set up a huge device to simulate the first level of Donkey Kong.  The large ape had Princess Lana in a jail cell up at the top of the maze, and Kevin was trying to reach her.

Lana: Kevin, hurry!

Donkey Kong flung down barrels at Kevin.

Kevin: (evading barrels) Uh, don’t worry, Princess, I’ll be right there in a flash!

Kevin leapt over all the barrels. When he arrived on the top girder, Donkey Kong slipped and fell over and off the girders,screaming. The cell around Lana disappeared.  He and then Lana leapt down to the floor.

Pit: Nice Work,Kevin!

Kevin(in awe when he had landed on the floor in front of Simon, Mega Man, and Pit). Whoa! A life-size Donkey Kong simulator!  What a concept!

The simulator’s projection of the Donkey Kong game field faded in an instant, revealing the large viewscreen behind Kevin and Lana.  Suddenly, Mother Brain’s image appeared on the screen.  Her face showed something that the N Team had never seen from her before: remorse.  But something about it did not seem quite genuine.

Mother Brain: I hope I’m not interrupting anything

Lana: If you’ve called to threaten us again,it won’t work, Mother Brain.

Mother Brain: (smiling nicely) You’re absolutely right, my dear.  Threatening hasn’t worked, and I apologize for my rude behavior.  All of this fighting gets us nowhere.  What do you say we settle our differences in a more sportsmanlike way?

Lana(quietly,to kevin) I don’t trust her,She’s up to something,I know it.

Kevin agreed, but he felt it best to at least hear the crafty villainess out.

Kevin: What do you suggest, Mother Brain?

Mother Brain: A challenge, We’ll hold a Videolympics on Mount Olympius!

The screen faded to show Wily, Hippo, and Eggplant.  As Mother Brain elaborated her suggestion, the N Team felt increasingly incredulous.

Mother Brain: My minions—er, uh, athletes—against Captain N and his N Team.”

Her wondrously disgusting visage returned to the screen.

Mother Brain: If we lose,I'll finally realize that I can never beat you and retire from villainy.  If we win, I regain control of Videoland!

Lana: (giggles) Never in a million years.

Kevin: Let's give here the benefit of the doubt,she may be sincere. 

Duke barked in accord.

Pit: But this is what we’ve been waiting for, Your Highness. A chance for peace.

Lana: I know, but Mother Brain can’t be trusted,What if it’s a trick? 

Kevin: (with assurance)If it is,we'll be ready for it.

Lana: (concerned) What if we lose?

Simon: (vainly) Lose, with me on our team?(flexes his muscles) Ha! Don’t be ridiculous.

Simon continues flexing.

Mega Man: With Captain N leading us, we’ll have the power to win, What do you say, Your Highness?

Lana: (uneasy) Well, I guess.

Kevin: You’re on, Mother Brain.

Mother Brain :Wonderful!  We’ll see you at Mount Olympious Coliseum tomorrow for the games. . . and for your funerals, fools!!

Laughing madly, MB disappeared from the screen.

Lana: I hope we’ve made the right decision.

Kevin: Don’t worry, princess.

Simon was still flexing, and by now it was getting pretty ridiculous.

Kevin (indicating Simon with his left thumb) With a little workout, we’ll be unbeatable.

A short while later, in the Palace Courtyard, Kevin and the others go into training to prepare themselves for the upcoming games.

Everyone in the N Team now had on a blue shirt with a large yellow N in the middle of the chest and another in the middle of the back.  Kevin, Simon, Mega Man, and Kid Icarus each had on light blue pants.  Duke himself even had on a shirt.  Kevin’s and Mega Man’s shirts had hoods, while Simon’s, Kid Icarus’s, and Duke’s had collars.  Lana’s shirt cut of just before her abdomen, and it was V-shaped at the top, but it was not too revealing.  She also had on light blue shorts that did not go very far down her legs.  She retained her tiara and her necklace.  Simon Belmont looked quite idiotic, for he had put on his white undershorts with a green elastic band only after he had put on his pants!  He kept his goggles on his head and his backpack on his back as usual, and he kept his whip.  Kid Icarus had a turquoise sweatband around his head.

Kevin stood before Lana and Simon, and each of them had a jump rope. He stepped away a short distance and began jumping rope.  Lana then started.

Simon, however, was ever disdainful of Kevin’s methods.

Simon: Simon Belmont is in tip-top shape. He doesn't need you're methods.

Kevin and Lana ceased jumping to watch him.  Simon dropped the jump rope and unfurled his living whip. He took the handle of the whip in his right hand and the end of the whip in his left hand and began jumping.  He immediately started to show off by crossing his hands and reversing the rope over his head.  Duke softly howled when he grew dizzy of Simon’s jumping.  Simon switched the end of the whip to his left foot and jumped one-footed over the rope while holding his left hand above his head.  Then, he switched the handle of the whip to his right ankle and jumped with his hands.  After switching back to the ‘standard’ method of jumping rope, he began to grow exhausted and gasped for air.  However, when he tried to stop, the whip kept swinging on its own!

Simon: Hey! Stop!  Take it easy, you stupid whip!

He then started trying to run clear of the whip, but it followed.

Simon: Cut it out!  Whoa!  

Duke whined, lay down, and covered his eyes with his forepaws, afraid of seeing Simon get hurt. The vampire hunter cried as he crashed.  He was lying on his chest, and the whip had tied his hands and feet together! Lana giggles.
  
Kevin: I don’t know about you, Simon, but your whip’s in great shape!

Lana giggled again.

Simon was most displeased, and he did not appreciate the Game Enforcer’s joke.  He looked back at Kevin.

Simon: Very funny!

Meanwhile, Mega Man was beside a pile of heavy metal balls.

Mega Man: (approaches kevin) What am I supposed to do with these balls, Captain N?

Kneeling down, Kevin took a ball, stood back up, and held the ball from underneath with his right hand.

Kevin: It’s simple, Mega Man. You just place it like this and throw it as far as you can. (Grunting, he throws the ball. It landed a few feet away from them) Like that. Go ahead; you try it.

As Simon approached, having finally gotten his whip under control, Mega Man took a ball in his left hand.  However, he flung it almost as soon as Simon was next to him, and he almost hit the vampire hunter!  

The ball took off like a rocket and flew across the courtyard.  Meanwhile, Pit Icarus was practicing archery, and with skill he hit the bull’s eye of the target he was using.  However, the ball Mega Man had flung flew over his head and dead through the center of the target!

Pit: My target!

The ball crashed some distance away.

Kevin: (astonished) That was incredible!

Duke was jumping on the trampoline nearby.  After a few bounces, though, he accidentally bounced off the trampoline and into his master’s arms. Pit Icarus flew to Lana’s left as Kevin gently set the dog down.

Pit: You can count on me to win the archery event, Princess!”

While talking, he set an arrow in his bow and carelessly fired it away from Lana, Kevin, and Duke.
 Meanwhile,Halfway across Videoland, at the strange world of Punchout, Mother Brain’s minions are also getting ready for the games.

The Punchout building appeared to be quite run down, but it was still functional.  In the workout room, several people were working out.  This included the Count, who was punching a punching bag, and Eggplant Wizard, who was jumping rope.  All of Mother Brain’s ‘athletes’ wore orange-red shirts with a frowning yellow face on the front over the belly.

Eggplant Wizard’s jump rope was actually a long French fry. The Count’s shirt was a little different in that it had bats on it and the frowning face in the upper left corner. Dr. Wiley, who had an orange sweatband, stood before King Hippo.  He had joined a long steel bar to the walls on either side of the building.

Wiley: All right, King Hippo! Let’s see if you can lift this—wheeze!—much weight!

Hippo: “Ha!”(grasps the bar) “No sweat!

He summoned all his strength in attempting to lift the bar.  He tore the building’s walls away from its foundations and lifted it until the bar was above his head!  Meanwhile, some of the clients who were in the middle of changing clothes grew quite embarrassed and irritated, as their dressing rooms were no longer private!  King Hippo gasped for air as he held the bar and the building above him.  Mother Brain appeared in a hologram before him, Wiley, and Eggplant.
 
Mother Brain: Will you fools stop fooling around!”

King Hippo set down the building slowly.

Hippo: Aw. . . but we’re practicing for the games, just like you told us to!

Mother Brain: I didn’t expect you to practice sports! I expected you to practice cheating, you blimp-o!”

Eggplant Wizard: Ooh, but why do we need to cheat if you’re just going to destroy them with the power of the three Sacred Treasures?

Mother Brain: Because,cauliflower brain, winning the games will improve my image as Goddess of Videoland.”

She disappeared.

Hippo: Well, if it’s cheatin’ she wants, it’s cheatin’ she’ll get

King Hippo walks over to a box full of heavy junk, pulled off his right glove, crammed a handful of the stuff into his glove, and put the glove back on.  Then, he walked over to a large punching bag with a picture of Simon Belmont’s vain face on it.

Hippo: Like my famous wrecking-ball punch!  Ha, ha, ha!

With one punch, he tore through the picture and made a big hole in the bag.

Eggy: Yeah! And my broccoli bazooka!

Using his wand, he fired a bunch of broccoli florets. However, the vegetable was not watching where he was shooting, and the florets hit King Hippo in the back.  King Hippo lost his temper immediately and turned to the wizard.  “Why, you!” he said as one final floret hit his face and spattered light green juice all over it.

Eggplant Wizard: No!  Wait!(several vegetables popped out of him) It was an accident!

King Hippo grabbed Eggplant Wizard by the front neck portion of his shirt.

Hippo: I’ll give you an accident on purpose!”

The furious boxer replied.  He flung the sorcerer into the boxing ring, and Eggy came to a halt flat on his face.  As King Hippo climbed into the ring, Dr. Wiley hit the starting bell.

Hippo: Defend yourself!”

Eggplant Wizard :Okay, You asked for it!  I’ll squash you!

He cast a spell on King Hippo that turned him into a giant zucchini!
 Now, Eggy was standing.

Eggy: And I’ll beet you!

This spell turned the boxer into a giant beet!

And I’ll get you in an artichoke hold!

This final spell bunched the boxer up in an artichoke.

Gurgling, Hippo got up and stomped on the floor.  Eggy screamed as the quaking caused him to jump towards Hippo.  King Hippo stopped Eggplant Wizard by holding up his left hand, and the wizard flew headfirst into it.  Hippo nabbed Eggy’s wand and broke it in two as the wizard fell on his back.

Hippo: Oh, yeah?(turns back to normal) Well, I’m going to give you the ol’ ‘Flying Hippo Eggplant Jam Slam’!

He thrust himself backwards against the rope barrier of the ring, and the ropes propelled him forwards and into the air like a cannonball.

Eggplant Wizard: (crying, spouting vegetables and fruit ) “No! Not the ‘Flying Hippo Eggplant Jam Slam’!

He turned around and tried to crawl away, but Hippo landed right on top of him.  The vegetable sorcerer spurted a purplish liquid that spattered onto all the spectators, including Wiley and the Count.
 
Meanwhile, back at the Palace of Power, the princess grows fearful of losing Mother Brain’s challenge.

Kevin: Don’t worry, Princess, I know how to get these guys in shape.  All right!  One hundred pushups! Let’s move it.

The five dropped to the floor and began their pushups.  Kevin definitely proved the best in this, because he had been used to it from gym class.  Despite her lack of experience, Lana also did fairly well.  However, the others were struggling.  After that, the five did jumping jacks.  However, Simon tripped, and as he fell, he collided with both Mega Man and Kid Icarus and brought them falling to the floor also.  Kevin then had them running, including Duke, and they all did fine.  However, when they arrived at a spot where a wall extended for a few feet from the main wall, Kid Icarus, Simon, and Mega Man took a breather behind the wall, as they were exhausted.  Afterwards, Kevin broke several eggs into a glass and drank them raw, and everyone else found this so disgusting that they ran out of the room!  Then, Kevin had them climbing rope in another room.  First, he climbed up and back down.  Then, Simon pulled out his whip and had it wrap around the bar near the ceiling that all the other ropes had been tied onto, and he climbed with this, while Mega Man and Kid Icarus each used a rope that was already there.  Mega Man afterwards hand-wrestled Kevin, Lana, Simon, and Kid Icarus simultaneously, and he won after a few seconds, knocking them aside and creating a dent in the table.  After this, they more easily did left-handed pushups while holding their right hands behind their backs.  They then easily jumped rope, except for Kid Icarus, who just swung the rope around his body.  Finally, all of them, including Duke, ran up a staircase to a goal (except for Kid Icarus, who flew), and when they arrived at the same time, they held their hands above their hands and jumped happily.  Kevin then knelt down and hugged Duke.

The next day, on Mount Olympius, thousands have gathered to watch as their fate is decided by the Videolympics.

At the Mount Olympius Coliseum, Kevin and the rest of the N Team were together in one area.

Kevin: Now, don’t forget to keep an eye out for anything suspicious

Everyone: Right

The all simultaneously slapped a high five.

Meanwhile, in Mother Brain’s section of the Coliseum, she and her ‘athletes’, who were King Hippo, Eggplant Wizard, Dr. Wily, and the Count, were gathered together.  She was on the top of a set of stairs before them as she addressed them.

Mother Brain: Now remember, it’s not whether you win or lose—”

Eggplant Wizard (hopped up the stairs to her) But how you play the game?

MB (screams): No, you idiot! (shocks Eggy and knocked him screaming back down to the ground) I’ve arranged for the events to take us to the three locations where the Sacred Treasures are buried. And once I possess their sacred powers, I’ll destroy Captain N and the Princess!  Then Videoland will be mine once again!

She laughed most despicably.
 Coliseum announcer: Ladies and gentlemen of Videoland,(the people began cheering) let the games begin!

The Coliseum announcer was an inhabitant of Mount Olympius, and he had wings like Kid Icarus.  He was in a small electronic chariot-like vehicle that allowed him to fly and hover anywhere in the Coliseum.  It may be worth noting that the spectators cheer throughout the games.

Lana: You can do it, Kevin,I know you can!

She kissed his cheek, and he smiled to her just before he left to enter the arena.  A wrestling ring had been prepared in the center of the arena.  King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard approached one side of the arena, while Kevin and Kid Icarus approached the other.

Announcer: The first event:  Greco tag-team wrestling!

As he attempted to enter the ring, King Hippo tripped on the rope and fell on his fat belly in the arena.  Pit Icarus went a small way inside the arena as Kevin and Eggplant Wizard each stood on the outside of the ring, just outside the rope.  These two held onto the rope as the ring flew to a point several inches off the ground, where it hovered as a pool of lava opened up below it.  Pit Icarus was most unhappy about having been selected as a wrestler.

Pit: But,I don't know how to Wrestle! If King Hippo sits on me, I’ll be squashed for sure!

Kevin: They picked our names out of a hat, Pit, We’ll just have to do the best we can.

Announcer: Just a moment, There’s been a mistake in the draw.

However, though the judges thought that this was so, there really had not been such a mistake.  This was actually Mother Brain’s first stroke of cheating.

King Hippo turned around and left the ring.  This made Kevin and Pit Icarus quite happy.

Kevin: King Hippo’s out of the match!

Announcer: Wrestling for King Hippo will be. . . Donkey Kong!

The large ape stepped into the ring.  He had on a shirt like the rest of Mother Brain’s ‘athletes’.

Lana: Oh, no!

Duke gulped and whimpered. Putting his hand to his mouth, Simon laughed for a few seconds, eliciting a frown from Lana.  He soon gained control of himself. 

Announcer: First to pin an opponent to the mat is the winner! No holds barred!

Eggplant Wizard hopped into the ring.

Kevin: You take care of Eggplant Wizard, I’ll handle Donkey Kong.

When Pit had flown in to start, Kevin looked up and held up his right hand.

Kevin: Yeah, sure I will.

Pit Icarus flew over to Eggplant Wizard.

Eggy: Come on, Pit!  Make your move!”

Pit Icarus landed in front of him and pulled at his ‘feet’, trying to turn him over, but his strength did not suffice.

Eggplant Wizard: Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo!  What a shrimp,(conjured up several vegetables with his left hand and buried Pit Icarus) And every shrimp needs a shrimp salad!

When Pit Icarus was completely buried, Eggy held up his hands in victory, but then he realized:

Eggy: Oops!  Almost forgot the breadsticks!
 Pit Icarus got out from under the veggies, and he grabbed Eggy’s ‘feet’ and toppled the vegetable sorcerer onto his belly.  He got on top and prevented Eggplant Wizard from getting up.

Announcer; One, two. . .

However, Eggplant Wizard managed to tap Donkey Kong’s toe.

Announcer: Donkey Kong has been tagged!

Growling, the large ape got to work.  First, he gently took Eggy by the head, pulled him out from under Pit Icarus, and placed him outside the ring.  After pounding his chest, the ape then used his left index finger and pinned the small archer to the mat. Pit Icarus cried, fearing that he might be squashed.

Announcer: One, two,. . .

During the count, though, Pit took out his bow and shot an arrow with a hand-shaped tip, and Kevin caught the arrow by this soft tip, so the turn was switched to him. Kevin leaped into the ring and challenged Donkey Kong.

Kevin: Okay, you big ape!  Let's see how you do against the Game Enforcer!

Donkey Kong looked down evilly at him.

Lana: Oh, no!

Duke whimpered, and a great crash was heard throughout the Coliseum. Donkey Kong had sat on Kevin and Pit Icarus.

Announcer: One, two, three! And the winner is Donkey Kong!

 He went down to Donkey Kong’s left arm and tugged at it, and the huge jungle dweller flung up his left hand with a huge grin and sent the announcer flying away. Donkey Kong jumped up and left the ring, revealing a huge rear-end-shaped hole he had made in the middle of the ring.  Pit Icarus and Kevin climbed out, gasping for air; they concluded Donkey Kong had a really bad gas problem!  That was far worse than the crushing defeat.

Announcer: Donkey Kong wins the first event.  The score:  Mother Brain’s team:  one; the N Team:  zero!”
  King Hippo  Ha! We don’t need the Three Sacred Treasures, Mother Brain!  We’re going to pulverize those pip-squeaks!

“Mother Brain: I’m sure we are, but that’s no reason I shouldn’t have one of the greatest sources of power in Videoland!  Go get me the first Treasure.

King Hippo bowed and departed.
 
Lana stood as Kevin and Pit Icarus approached.

Lana: That’s not fair! Donkey Kong weighs more than you!

Kevin: This was defiantly a result of Mother Brain's cheating!
 Announcer: In the next event, Mega Man and Dr. Wiley will compete in the four-hundred-yard dash..through the electric maze!

The four-hundred-yard dash was actually a long climb with several ladders.  The halfway point was marked with a ‘50’ flag, the finish with a ‘100’ flag.  There were several electrodes to impede the racers’ progress.  Mega Man and his archenemy ran to the starting line.

Announcer: On your mark. . . get set. . . go!

He fired a laser gun away from everybody, and the two racers started.  In a fair race, the old Dr. Wiley would never fare well against the young android Mega Man. . . but this was not a fair race as far as Mother Brain was concerned.  Mega Man took the lead.  “Mega Man is off to a good start.”  Mega Man waited for the electrodes blocking the first ladder to discharge before he started climbing.  Both racers did well anticipating the electrodes.  A flying device fired at Mega Man, but Mega Man evaded its shot and blew it away.

N Team: (shouts) Go, Mega Man! You can do it!

Dr. Wiley is falling behind as Mega Man approaches the finish line However, Dr. Wiley was not finished yet.  He took a Blader out of his pocket and wound it up by winding the propellers, and it flew up to Mega Man.  Mere inches away from the top, Mega Man saw the Blader and paused too long.  Wiley’s insidious little robot shot a blast that knocked Mega Man off, and Mega Man fell screaming past Dr. Wiley.  The small robot continued its blast, which combined with the electricity of the electrodes to destroy Mega Man.

Lana: Mega Man!!!.

Kevin: He disintegrated! .

Wily finished climbing and reached the top.

Announcer: And Dr. Wily wins the electric maze dash! It’s two to nothing for Mother Brain’s team!

Wily started jumping gleefully.  Mega Man rematerialized in front of Princess Lana and the others.

Mega Man (sadness)  Sorry, Your Highness, I tried!

Lana: It’s not your fault, Mega Man, They cheated again!
 Meanwhile, in a sunken chamber beneath the surface of Mount Olympius, King Hippo searches for the first Sacred Treasure. King Hippo’s eyes went wide as several red bats flew around him. He shooed the bats away as he neared a bag that was on a platform.  However, when he opened this bag, a snake poked its head out and laughed!  Screaming, the boxer fell over.  Getting up, he went to another bag.  A hand popped out of this bag and tried to choke him!  He fell backwards onto a trigger device, and a red treasure chest came up out of the floor.  He smiled, relieved.

Hippo: The first Sacred Treasure!  Heh, heh!  

He took it and departed through a warp, as he shooed at the bats that pursued him. Back at the towering Mount Icarus, the Videolympics Coliseum arrives at the location of the next event. This location was an enchanted waterfall that seemed to fall into a body of water in midair; the only visible part of this was the surface, which had a radius of several feet.  The Coliseum, capable of flying and hovering, arrived so that the surface of the body of water was several feet above the ground, while the top, where the diving platform was, was at the top of the waterfall.

Announcer: And now, Princess Lana and King Hippo will compete in the waterfall high-dive!

Lana, Kevin, and Duke were already at the diving platform, but King Hippo was busy with other matters at the moment.
 Where Mother Brain was, a warp opened in the floor, and King Hippo rose out of it.  Several bats were still around him.  

Hippo: (screaming,fighting with the bats) Yaah! Get off of me!

Mother Brain: (angry)What took you so long?”

King Hippo gave her a meek smile and waved, and the bats fluttered off.

Mother Brain: Now get out there before you’re disqualified!

King Hippo: Yes, Mother Brain!

He turned and ran, leaving the first Sacred Treasure spinning in the air before her.

She laughed as she grabbed it with her tentacles.

MB: One down, two to go!
 Lana: I’m a little nervous about diving down these floating waterfalls

She was wearing a one-piece diving suit that was black with a pink stripe going down the middle on the front and back.

Kevin: (growing suspicious) Why did Mother Brain pick Mount Olympius for these games,when there are clearly better venues.

As he was not diving, Kevin had no bathing suit.

Announcer: Dives will be judged on a combination of their grace and difficulty

King Hippo climbed to the diving platform.  As he had not time to change clothes, King Hippo had simply taken off his shoes.
 
Duke barked a few times, and then he dove just for the fun of it.  He rolled and evaded the flying sharks that popped out to snap at him, and he landed in the water.  The weird-looking judges gave him the scores 6.9, 7.0, 6.9, 7.5, and 6.0.

Kevin: Nice dive, Duke!

King Hippo (as he reached the platform) Hey, no fair!  Dogs don’t count!

Kevin: Yeah, but hippos do, huh?

He and King Hippo faced each other in tense stances, but Lana came between them.

Lana: That’s enough! We’ll settle this with a dive.(turns to King Hippo) Blubber before beauty.

King Hippo was happy with this, and he bowed.  Then, he dove, and he simply fell through the air belly-down. A shark popped out and bit at King Hippo’s rear.  “Yow!” the fatso cried, spinning.  He wound up vertical as if standing, and then he ran around spinning, and this is how he hit the water.  He splashed water all over the Coliseum.  The soaked judges gave him the scores 9.5, 9.0, 9.5, 9.0, and 9.9.  This made Lana even more nervous.

In Mother Brain’s booth, she and her other minions applauded.  During the applause, she whispered to Eggplant Wizard, who was next to her.

Mother Brain: (wispers) Quickly, get me the second Treasure!

Eggy: Yes, Your Wrinkledness

As he hopped away, Mother Brain shocked his rear, and several veggies popped out of him!

Mother Brain: (annoyed) Never say the word ‘wrinkles’ around me!  These are beauty lines.  Now get going!!

Eggplant Wizard hopped away.

Lana: King Hippo got an awfully high score.

Kevin: Don’t worry, Princess, You can beat him.

Lana leapt and dove with great grace and agility, avoiding the sharks completely and entering the water without splashing it everywhere.  The judges all gave her 10.0’s, the first victory for the N Team.

Announcer: Princess Lana wins the high-dive, It’s Mother Brain’s team:  two, the N Team:  one!

Everyone was cheering, especially, Simon, Pit Icarus, and Mega Man.  Kid Icarus’s cheering consisted of high-pitched sounds.  Simon picked up Mega Man. Simon cheered happily, and then accidentally dropped Mega Man on his rear, but this did not faze the android one bit.

There was one, whoever, who did not cheer:  Mother Brain.  

Mother Brain: Hmph! I could have do ne better, and I don’t even have a body!

The diving platform sank back to the ground.  However, it paused at the surface of the water so that Lana could climb out and join Kevin.  When it landed, she and Kevin walked away towards the N Team.

While everyone’s attention was elsewhere, Eggplant Wizard hopped onto the diving platform.  It rose back up to the level of the water.  He then put on a snorkel and dove into the water.  There, he swam into the unseen lake created by the waterfall and immediately saw the green Sacred Treasure.  He struggled to pull it out of the ground; however, he was too weak.  However, he was loaned a helping tentacle, which pulled the treasure out of the ground for him.  He turned around and shrieked.  It was a large octopus that had helped him, and it looked hungry for eggplant parmesan!  He swiftly swam away, leaving a bunch of veggies behind, as the octopus attempted pursuit.  It failed to capture him, and Eggy leapt out of the water and landed soaked on top of Mother Brain’s jar.  She looked up at him.

Eggplant Wizard: Uh, I got it, Mother Brain!

Mother Brain (lowered her face and grinned a most evil grin) Two down, one to go!

She laughed wickedly.
 The next event was a ski jump with Simon versus the Count.  Simon arrived at the bottom of the jump platform first and landed gracefully on the snow. As Simon skied towards the finish line, the Count also went down the jump platform, but after the jump he transformed into a bat.  He flew over Simon and extended his legs, shoving Simon down into the snow!  Simon popped his head out from under in time to see the Count cross the finish line.  So the Brain-Team gained another unfair victory.

Next was the weightlifting contest.  King Hippo lifted a pretty heavy weight, but then Mega Man topped him by effortlessly lifting him up as he was holding up the weights!  So, the N Team won that.

Next was the pole vault.  The judges gave Eggplant Wizard the scores 6.7, 6.5, 6.0, 7.0, and 6.0, most likely losing to his competitor. As the final event approaches, the score is tied.  The fate of Videoland will be decided by the outcome of the ten-kilometer rocket chariot race.

The Coliseum was back at its normal location.  At the starting line, the racers were gathered in their rocket chariots.  Wiley was in a yellow chariot shaped vaguely like his face.  Eggy was to his right in a green chariot.  King Hippo had a pink chariot with a bellybutton.  Pit Icarus’s chariot had a white face with eyes and a blue outline with yellow rocket thrusters.  Simon had a lavender chariot vaguely shaped like his own face, and it had ‘goggles’ on the top.  Finally, Kevin had a chariot with a red front and bottom and yellow sides, and there was a large white N on the front.  Lana and Duke were with him before the race started.  He was busting his brain trying to figure out Mother Brain’s scheme.

Kevin: Maybe she’s after a special warp.  Then again,it could be a secret password.  Ah, this is driving me crazy!  I haven't played Kid Icarus in years,I'm sure its something in this world,but what?!

Lana: Forget about that Just remember, we’ve got to win! (indicating King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard, and they turned towards her and grinned) Or those creeps are going to be in control of the Palace

She and Duke hopped off the chariot before the race began.

Announcer: On your marks, get set, go!

The racers took off.  King Hippo has taken an early lead. Near the back were Wiley and Pit Icarus.  They were beside each other as they passed over a lake, but Wiley fell back and hit a red button that transformed his chariot into a small submarine that entered the water!  Pit Icarus looked back and did not see him,wondering where he went. The evil scientist was now underwater, and he looked up at the archer with his periscope.  He fired a red torpedo that jumped out of the water and literally had Kid Icarus’s chariot for supper! Pit Icarus cried out as he fell into the water.  He gasped as Wiley flew out of the lake.

Announcer: It looks like Pit Icarus is out of the race!

Wiley unwisely chose to look back at Kid Icarus.

Wiley: So long, Stu-Pit!  Ha! ha! ha! ha!

When he looked back forward, however, he gasped.  His chariot crashed into and dented a huge gong, which reverberated from the strike.  Dr. Wiley fell to the ground dazed, pieces of his destroyed chariot all around him.

Announcer: Dr. Wily’s been given the gong!

Simon and Eggplant Wizard came beside each other as they passed over some rolling hills.

Eggy : Hey, Simon! Can I offer you a piece of fruit?

He took his wand and by touching Simon’s chariot with it, cast a spell on Simon’s chariot that turned it to a banana! Simon cried as he descended to the ground. Lana, Mega Man, and Duke were watching from the Coliseum. 
 
Lana (covers her eyes) I can’t look!

Simon slid on the ground, and the banana burst open, splattering him all over with ooey, gooey banana.

Announcer: And another of the N Team is out of the race.

Closing his eye, Eggplant Wizard giggled.  However, when he opened his eye again, he gasped, seeing a petrified tree approaching rapidly!  He crashed into it, and it destroyed his chariot.  He landed on the ground and saw carrots and Brussels sprouts spinning around his head.

Announcer: It’s now down to Captain N and King Hippo!”

Kevin was behind as he and King Hippo were back in sight of the Coliseum.

Kevin: Time to kick it into turbo!

He pressed the button on his Power Pad the farthest to his left.  His chariot sped up.

Kevin: Adios,King Snail!”

King Ha, ha, ha! (preparing his fist) Captain N is going ‘N’ for ‘nowhere’!

As Kevin was passing him, he swung his fist down and smashed Kevin’s chariot to pieces!  Kevin and his chariot fell towards the ground.

Lana: Kevin!!! .

Kevin suddenly got an idea.

Kevin: This better work!

A rocket was above him, and the front plate of his chariot was in front of him. He took the plate, put the rocket on the bottom, and rode the plate like a flying skate board.

Hippo: Huh?!

King Hippo sees Kevin approach.  The two were nearly neck and neck as they entered the Coliseum and neared the finish line, except that Kevin could not seem to pass King Hippo.

Announcer: They’re approaching the finish line,King Hippo looks unbeatable—

Suddenly, a warp opened below the boxer, and he went through it!

Announcer: Wait a minute!  He’s taken a wrong turn!

Kevin crossed the finish line.

Announcer: Captain N has done it!  The N Team has defeated Mother Brain!

The N Team and all the spectators cheered wildly.  All the N Team was back in the Coliseum.  Kevin landed in front of his friends Unfortunately, King Hippo’s chariot emerged from another warp and stopped right in front of Mother Brain and on his dashboard was the 3rd Sacred Treasure!  She took it with her tentacles.

Mother Brain: And that makes 3!

Kevin: Three!

Kevin exclaimed as he and the rest of the N Team approached Mother Brain’s group.

Kevin: That’s it!

Lana: What’s it?

Kevin: What Mother Brain is after!  The three Sacred Treasures!

Lana gasped.

Mother Brain: You’re too right, Captain N, but unfortunately, you’re also too late!

She put the blue treasure on the ground in between the other two treasures.  Her minions left the immediate area so that what she was about to do would not harm them.  First she opened the blue one, and then she opened the green and red ones simultaneously.  They showered her with energy.

Mother Brain: My power is too great for even you now,Captain N! Behold! The Warp of Oblivion!!”

As Mother Brain laughed quite despicably and maniacally, she fired an energy beam that blinded the N Team. However, the beam also cracked open the ground before them and sent them falling through a chasm-like warp zone to the deepest depths of Videoland!
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Notes: That's it for the 1st half, the 2nd half will be done soon. Then I'll be adapting "Metroid Sweet Metroid"