Inter-dimensional relaps

When Link was having Mario checked in, he felt some of the hair on the back of his neck stand-up, like something was watching him. He (temporarily) convinced himself, he was safe. He had no idea of the nightmare beast that stalked him, a creature that could already taste his flesh, and it found Link good to eat.

When Link, Mario, and Sonic had just left the castle, it was dusk and the dim light was beginning to become prominent. Just then, Mario heard a rustling in the bushes and his head almost turned a hundred and eighty degrees.

"Hey," Mario asked suspiciously, "What was that?"

"Nothin'. " Answered Sonic, trying to be assuring. "Probably just a squirrel."

“Oh, really?” Another voice asked.

Without warning, something leapt out of nowhere and attacked Link, but he ducked just in time. When the hylian hero got up, his attacker turned around, revealing a familiar cat-like face.

"Ah," It said, "Link. I expected someone of your skill to be a man instead of a mere brat."

"Who are you?" Link shouted

"I," Said the thing "am Lord Concolor!"

Something stirred in Link's memory. It was the exact same creature from the dream he had a few days ago.

“But we can introduce ourselves later. Right now, I have business to take care of.” Concolor growled as he smiled, baring his fangs.

Concolor advanced on Link, but Mario and Sonic got in the way.

“Listen, Con-whatever-your-name-is, if you want Link, you’ll have to come through US.” Mario said, defensively.

Concolor scowled at this, but it quickly turned into a toothy smile as he said, “Very well.”

"Alright! Let's get this party started!" Said Sonic, with a cocky grin on his face.

He started running in place--a sign that he was ready for a fight.

Mario took out a hammer from his pocket and threw it at the cat creature, but Concolor dodged it like it was in slow motion. Mario stood there, transfixed at what Concolor just did.

"You'll have to better than that, Plumber!" Concolor snapped as he planted a foot in Mario's face.

Sonic started spinning really quickly, but he got the same results as Mario's hammer. He also got grabbed by the leg and hurtled right into Mario.

"You missed, hedghog!" Concolor sneered.

Link threw a bomb, but Concolor grabbed it and threw it to parts unknown. Another bomb was tossed only to end up shredded by the two-inch claws. He then took those very claws and put five huge gashes across Link's chest. Link was knocked to the ground and Mario had just gotten Sonic off him. Mario threw a punch, but Concolor grabbed him by the hand.

"You're no lion! You're just a little kitty!" Mario said with frustration.

Concolor began to apply pressure to Mario's hand and Mario was beginning to kneel in pain. Mario felt like Concolor would break his hand if it kept up.

"If I'm no king of the jungle, why are you on your knees before me?" Concolor asked before he tossed Mario away yet again.

Link came again, this time with his sword and swung only to miss the catlike assailant like a fly he longed to swat. Concolor then seized Link by the throat and threw him to join Sonic and Mario on the ground.

"I knew it." Said the cat-like creature "You're not this ‘almighty hero’. It turns out you’re just a HARMLESS LITTLE boy!”

That made Link mad. When Sonic and Mario came to, they began fighting very differently. Sonic began spinning again, Link got his Gilded Sword, and Mario had fireballs in his hands.

Link gave Concolor a beginning slash. Concolor dodged, but when he landed, Sonic was there to meet him. Concolor had to jump again to evade Sonic's spin attack, but Mario caught him in midair with a kick to the stomach. He had the wind knocked out of him and fell to the ground without even attempting to catch himself. Then, Link and his friends caught up to him and attacked when he was getting up. Link's sword grazed Concolor's shoulder just when Mario virtually burned the cat. Before Concolor had time to react, something like a blue cannonball collided with his back. Concolor was knocked down and had a nasty gash, a bad burn, and a virtually snapped spine. He had no choice now, he knew they would have to meet again some other time. However, he wasn’t acting like a snarling animal like Ganondorf would usually do, he was somewhat calm like a good sport after losing.

"I’ve underestimated you, Link. I look forward to the day we really fight. We'll meet again and when that happens, I will be victorious." Concolor said in a calm tone, before he lept into the sky and vanished completely.

Mario was deeply satisfied and Sonic was equally proud.

“Yeah! We showed that guy we mean business!” Sonic said, very pumped up.

"Yeah," Mario said, virtually puffing out his chest, "This is truly a victory."

"A 'Victory'?" Said Link "I think that this is only a taste of what's coming. I have a bad feeling that we haven’t seen the last of him…"

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