Kid Icarus: The Sequel

Chapter 2: The Pirates' Return

Pit ran out the door as Palutena activated the power of flight.

Palutena made Pit soar high. "Pit, Pandora is going to have to wait. Do you remember the space pirates we thought a long time ago?"

Pit was happy as he remembered their defeat. "Yes! That was a tough battle, though."

Palutena sighed, "Unfortunately the defeat of that crew was bad news. It seems that their home planet sent another ship after us to get revenge for the fallen."

Pit was scared, "Please tell me they won't have another space kraken!"

"I'm not sure, not even my all-seeing eye can tell what exactly is in that ship."

"A-all seeing eye?" Pit nervously chuckled.

"I know I am clowning around but the least you can do is realize it." She smiled from above.

Pit was confused. "Wait a second. How can you clown around if you are not a clown?"

Palutena chuckled and made Pit hear a clown horn she had through their telepathic communication. "See? I am a clown!"

Pit was shocked. "Whaaaaaaat?!?! I thought this whole time I was worshipping an awesome goddess!"

"Don't be stupid!" Viridi interrupted them. "Palutena is clearly joking."

Palutena asked Viridi. "What are you doing?"

Viridi scoffed, "Making sure you two don't destroy nature on your crappy quest!"

Palutena placed a finger on her face from above. "You typically trust us to not cause harm to the earth. I sense that there is something that you want."

Viridi happily replied. "Bingo! I saw that a spaceship was coming down to earth and I could tell that it ran on a special kind of fuel, safe for the environment. It would be useful to send my troops to places without releasing CO2 in the air!"

Pit rolled his eyes and sounded annoyed. "This is what your interference is about? I do not think CO2 is a problem yet. Give it a couple thousand years." Then his voice switched to confused. "Wait, what is CO2?"

Viridi was mad. "Well, you stupid idiot! CO2 is carbon dioxide! It is bad for the atmosphere and causes the planet to heat up! It is also bad for humans to inhale."

Pit decided to tease her. "Does Viridi finally have a soft spot for humans?"

Palutena decided to interrupt. "Don't plants and trees convert CO2 into oxygen?"

Viridi was happy with Palutena's knowledge. "Yes! But it is not enough."

Pit huffed. "I appreciate this science lesson but can we focus on how space pirates want revenge against me?"

Palutena was in agreement. "Yeah, we got better things to do."

Viridi admitted defeat. "Fine, but I am keeping that ship. I have sent two of my most loyal army members to retrieve it."

"Who?" Pit asked.

Viridi sighed. "Unfortunately, you'll see."