Ganon's Tower, Death Mountain, Golden Land, Hyrule.

Steelheart, the Thunder Kittens, and Quiverwing warped into the entrance chamber of Ganon's Tower.  "Okay, my young friends," said Steelheart, "be extremely quiet.  Follow me with great caution."  They quietly descended the stairs.  They arrived in a room where a shutter-door to the south was open.  They moved quietly to the door.  "Kittens, on the west side of the door," ordered Steelheart silently.  Wilykit moved to the west side of the door frame; Steelheart to the east.  Wilykat went behind Wilykit, QW behind Steelheart.  "The two are in there, all right," Steelheart silently whispered after glancing in.  "Let's strain to listen."

            "Well, Ganon," said Ludwig, "those twin buzzards you encountered were two of the Silver Hawks' blasted Weapon Hawks.  They were obviously put there to stop you or anyone else from grabbing the Triforce."

            "Obviously!!" said Ganon.  "However, I shall keep trying until I get it."

            "Your next opportunity," Ludwig said, "will be in about thirty-five minutes when the next race begins."

            "Excellent, Your Evilness."

            "Good luck, Ganon.  Farewell!"

            "Farewell, Prince Ludwig, and good luck!"

            As Ludwig turned to leave, Wilykit silently whispered, "Let's hide!"  When Ludwig came through the door, he would spot the four.  Steelheart nodded.

            "Kittens, west door!  QW and I, east!" quietly ordered Steelheart.  Wilykit and 'Kat ran through the west door; Steelheart and QW ran through the east door.  As soon as they got through the doors, Ludwig had turned and left through the stairway in the north wall of this room to the entrance chamber.  When he got to the entrance chamber, he warped to second-Earth.

            In the chamber in which she and Steelheart were hiding, Quiverwing silently asked, "Has Ludwig left?"

            "Yes, he's left," said Steelheart quietly, "but Ganon has not.  We shall go to the Kittens."

            "I hate to say this," said QW, "but I'm scared."

            "So am I, but we have no choice.  Let's go!"  The two could have picked no worse time.  Ganon saw them as he began to leave the chamber to the south.

            "Hmm!" said Ganon.  "I shall see if I can score a few birdie-points with Prince L.!  Heh, heh!"  When the two ladies reached the centre of the room, Ganon stopped them. . . with noisy magic!  "Well, well!  What are a couple of nasty ladies like you doing in a nice place like this?  Ha, ha, ha!"

            "Skip the pleasantries, pig-face!" said Quiverwing.

            "Flattery will get you nowhere, young lady.  Well, Steelheart, you're to answer to the future emperor of the galaxy, Prince L., since you so unwisely decided to eavesdrop on us!  Heh, heh!"  The Kittens leapt out of the adjoining chamber.

            "Not if we have anything to do with it!" shouted Wilykit.

            "Another couple of kids?  Ha!" laughed Ganon.  He then noticed their Thunder Cat insignias.  "Oh, no!  Don't tell me that you are the Thunder Kittens!"

            "Would you want us to lie?" asked Wilykat, pretending to be shocked.  Wilykit tossed a laughing gas pellet at Ganon.  As Ganon laughed uncontrollably, his spell on Steelheart and QW wore off, letting Steelheart and QW go.  "Let's beat it before Wilykit's laughing gas wears off!"

            "Great idea," said Steelheart.  They ran up to the entrance chamber and warped to second-Earth.

            * * *

            Racetrack, second-Earth, Silver Hawks' Home System.

            When they arrived, Kevin sighed with relief.  "Whew!  You're all right.  When Ludwig had gotten here and you did not arrive soon after, I got worried.  What happened?"

            Steelheart explained, "We had gone to Ganon's Tower and overheard Ludwig's conversation with Ganon.  When he was ready to leave, Quiverwing and I darted into one room while Wilykat and 'Kit darted into another.  When Ludwig had left, QW and I decided to dart across to the room in which the Thunder Kittens had darted.  No sooner had I reached the room's centre than Ganon froze us two with his noisy magic.  He said that the two of us were to answer to a certain 'Prince L.' because we'd 'eavesdropped.'  When 'Kat and 'Kit leapt into the room, he laughed because they were 'another couple of kids.'  His laughter terminated abruptly and turned into fear when he noticed the Kittens' Thunder Cat insignias and correctly concluded that they were the Thunder Kittens.  Wilykit blasted Ganon with her laughing gas, allowing the four of us to escape.  If it were not for her, we might not be here talking to you right now."

            "You're lucky that I did not remember my laughing gas, 'Kit!" whispered Wilykat.

            Wilykit said, "It was Wilykat's idea to use the laughing gas, Steelheart.  He deserves most of the credit."  She put her right hand on Wilykat's left shoulder.  "The only reason he let me use my laughing gas was because he had forgotten his."  Wilykat smiled.

            "Why, thank you, Wilykit.  That's very kind."  Eyes turned toward him. . . the eyes of Steelheart, Quiverwing, and the N-Team racers.  Special pride for him was held in the eyes of Lion-O, Tygra, Panthro, Cheetara, and, most especially, his own sister, Wilykit.  "Well, I had to do something, even if it was making a plan.  Two of my friends were in trouble, and I merely felt that I had to do everything in my power to save them.  Now, fifteen of you have a race to win.  I want to be as proud of you at the end as I feel that you are of me."

            * * *

            The race commenced at the proper time.  Steelheart, the Thunder Kittens, and Quiverwing Quack sat in the same position relative to each other.  QW kept a constant watch on the Triforce by using the electronic notepad that Steelheart had given them.  Wilykit, speaking with Wilykat and keeping an eye on the race, made occasional glances at the screen of the notepad.  Wilykat kept an eye on the race and talked with Wilykit.  Steelheart kept her attention toward the race only.

            At the end, Kevin again won, Liquidator (near the boiling point) again was in second, and Kidd again is in third.  Steelheart, the Thunder Kittens, and Quiverwing went down to congratulate them again.  "You do good work, guys," said Steelheart.

            "Thank you, Steelheart," said Kevin.  Wilykit, who had the device, looked at its screen.

            Wilykit gasped and said, "Ah, pardon me, Commander."

            "After I've congratulated our friends, please, Wilykit," said Steelheart.  Wilykat glanced at the screen of the device and gasped, too.  "Now, as I was saying,. . ."

            "GANON'S ABOUT TO STEAL THE TRIFORCE, STEELHEART!!!" interrupted both Thunder Kittens.

            "He is?" asked Steelheart.  She glanced at the screen.  "HE IS!!!"

            "That," said Wilykit rather impatiently, "is what I tried to tell you, Commander Steelheart!"

            "Sorry," said Steelheart.

            "Well, it seems to be time for some more action," said Kevin.

            "You three go, Kevin and Kittens," said Steelheart.  "I'll deal with Prince L. so you, Kevin, won't have to."

            "Thank you," said Kevin.  He pressed a button on his Power Pad to warp the Thunder Kittens and himself to the throne room of Hyrule Castle, where Ganon still had yet to touch the Triforce.  "The game's up, Ganon!"

            Ganon said, "Captain N and the Thunder Kittens?"

            Plucking a sneeze pellet off of his pellet-belt, Wilykat said, "Right first time, Ganon!  Oh, and I'm not going to say, �Gesundheit!  {geh-zúnt-hahyt!}  [German]  (Bless you!)' "  Wilykat tossed the pellet at Ganon.  Ganon commenced sneezing uncontrollably.

            "I get it, Wilykat!" said Kevin, who then poured a warp formula that opened a warp to Ganon's Tower onto the floor.  "You may do the honours, Wilykit!"

            "Thank you!" said Wilykit.  She took the rope off her pellet-belt, lassoed the sneezing Ganon, and yanked him into the warp.  She managed to get the rope off of Ganon before the warp closed.

            As the warp closed, Ganon screamed, "I'll get you yet, brats!!  Just you wait!!"

            When the warp had closed, Kevin warped the Thunder Kittens and himself back to second-Earth, where the N-Team racers, Steelheart, and Quiverwing waited anxiously.  "Well?" asked Steelheart.

            "Thanks to Wilykat's sneeze powder, my warp formula, and Wilykit's rope, Ganon was extricated easily before he got any or all Triforces," said Kevin.

            "Good!" said Steelheart.  "That one felt too close.  Ol' Ludwig came over here and congratulated us in his own disgusting manner.  The next race, the wide, five-lap race around the Mushroom World, is to take place in half of an hour."  She then saw Liquidator angrily toss a radio transmitter on the ground so hard that the transmitter was completely destroyed.  She smiled.  "Liquie must be mad about something.  He just destroyed a radio transmitter."  Over at the Brain-Team. . .

            "What is wrong, Liquidator?" Ludwig asked calmly.

            "Either the radio transmitter was a defective product, OR CAPTAIN NIT-WIT AND THE THUNDER BRATS JUST STOPPED GANON!!!" screamed Liquidator.  "You know now why I wanted to get the kitties from Magica.  If I could right now, I'D JUST GO OVER THERE AND BLAST THEM TO SMITHEREENS!!!"

            "Cool it, Waterhead!" said Mega Volt.

            "DO NOT CALL ME THAT, SPARK-BRAIN!!!"  Liquidator short-circuited Mega Volt.

            "Yow!  Wow, are you angry!" exclaimed Mega Volt.

            "Sparkie got short-circuited!  Sparkie got short-circuited!  Nyah, nyah!  Pbbbb!" mocked Quacker Jack.

            "BOY, DO I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE CALL ME 'SPARKIE'!!!" screamed Mega Volt before he fried Quacker Jack.

            "Mega Volt, thou art quite mad!" said Quacker Jack.

            "I am not as mad as thou, Quackie!  Heh!"

            "Yeah!  One must be mad to call you S - P - A - R - K - I - E."

            "You're right, Quacker Jack."

            "I am going to talk to Captain Nerdnick and those Thunder Twerps," said Liquidator.  "Would anyone like to come with me?"

            "Me!  Me!" exclaimed Bushroot excitedly.

            "Okay.  Anyone else?"  Silence.  "Okay.  Let's go, Bushie."  The two went over to Kevin, Steelheart, the Thunder Kittens, and Quiverwing.

            Bushroot said quietly, "Do not forget to stay calm!"

            "I shall try to do that, Bushroot," replied Liquidator.

            "It seems that we have just met again, Liquie," said Steelheart.

            "It does, indeed, seem so," said Liquidator.  "How are you?"

            "We are fine," said Steelheart.  "And you?"

            "Oh, we are okay," said Liquidator.  "What was Captain N's purpose in going to Hyrule with the Thunder Kittens?  It seems that they wanted to stop Ganon from getting the Triforce."

            "That," said Steelheart, smiling, "is precisely why they went there, Liquie."

            "Why," said Liquidator, becoming more agitated, "I ought to. . ."

            "Cool it, Liquie!" said Bushroot.  "My, but you're a grouch today."

            Cooling down, Liquidator said, "Thanks, Bushie."

            "What would you say," said a smiling Steelheart, "if Quiverwing told us that she was going to go to your hotel in Saint Canard and get back every last cent of McDuck's fortune?"

            "I'd ask you to tell her to be careful, Steelheart," said Liquidator.  "We'd be there and would get on her in a matter of seconds with our sophisticated look-out devices.  Got it?"

            "Got it," said Steelheart.  "You have about twenty-five minutes before the next race begins, Liquidator.  I suggest you clean Sparkie's mouth out with soap by then."  Mega Volt, sparking, stormed up.