Hah! These space pirates were a cakewalk! Or maybe he really was getting stronger... Pit grinned as he blasted some more down with ease.

His campaign forward was soon to be fruitful. Over there... could it be? Oh, good! It was Mac, all in one piece! He'd already cleared a safe path with which he could dash on over and meet up with him, so he ignored the stunned pirates off to the side and hurried to his comrade.

"Mac! What are you doing here?" he shouted. "How did you get on the space pirate ship?"