New Abortion
Chapter 1 - Old Adversaries Meet

A Short Branch-Off Fic, by Smoke_Rulz
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DISCLAIMER - For both chapters:

The characters Smoke Rulz, Infernus, Embro Grendal, and Slifer Asmodios (who is only mentioned) belong to ME and no one else. Yoshi and Link belong to Nintendo Inc. Master Link, Max, Bogey Man, Kat, Ace, and Mazada (only mentioned) belong to the author Link McCloud. Colleen and Critic (mentioned) belong to the author Kigari of Hyrule.

Anyway, how's it going? Well, I'm doing fine, myself. This story is a little side project I decided to do. If you've read the story Twenty-Six Days in Melee Land here in the SSBM Section, (and I'm sure you have) you've probably seen the confrontations between my characters in the first couple Hunt chapters. Well, I decided to branch off of Twenty-Six Days (like Kigari did once) and tell the story of their confrontations in more detail, expanding off of the original Twenty-Six Days text.

Of course, I have some characters in this story who do not belong to me, as I said above. I hope the authors don't mind if I include them in here. (They're important to the story, anyway.)

If any of you are Twenty-Six Days readers, just to avoid confusion: This fic starts at the beginning of The Hunt Chapter 2, when Mazada's army is breaching the walls. Embro appears behind ML and threatens him, whereas SR and Infernus jump down to meet him.

I've rated this PG-13 for language and violence. And the reason this story is in the SSBM section is because it's a branch-off of Twenty-Six Days, which is an SSBM story. So I feel this section is totally appropriate.

Anyhow, enjoy, and be sure to check out my other SSBM stories.


"And you fall down... and hey, you fall down... whoa, there you go..." Infernus says, as he stands on top of wall, knocking down the soldiers of Mazada's army as they get to the top.

Nearby, Smoke Rulz notices him. "You know, you shouldn't be having much fun with this. They are trying to kill us." He says, sending a few soldiers flying.

"Well I can easily return the favor... HA!" Infernus says, releasing a withheld ki blast, which blasts straight through the chest of one, instantly killing it.

"Kick down the ladders while you're at it." Smoke says, kicking one down himself.

"We're all alone up here. There's already a bunch who have scaled down the other side." Infernus says, kicking a ladder down.

"Alright, screw this," Smoke says, as he begins charging energy in his palms, "go for the ladders."

Infernus nods, and summons energy himself. Smoke cups the blast in one hand and throws it like a bowling the ball across the edge of the wall. The blast takes the form of a large ball and cuts straight through several ladders, toppling them and all the soldiers climbing them. Infernus releases his own beam of energy down the other edge, cutting up the remaining ladders. The two turn around and look down at opposite ground, where they see their comrade Master Link fighting with the soldiers who made it over. He's annihilating them. "Should we help him, or just grab some popcorn and watch?" Infernus states, jokingly.

"Hold that thought... look who's right behind him." Smoke says.

Down on ground, Master Link destroys the last of the soldiers with an energy blast. He smiles, but then is shaken by a slam behind him. He turns around, and sees a large, navy-blue rock beast, apparantly a Grendal. His eyes are completely white. He has cracks around his rock-looking skin that almost appear to be veins. They slowly flicker & glow orange. He's arched over: Non-humanoid. "And just who might you be?" Master Link asks.

The Grendal speaks in a deep, coarse voice. "I... am Embro Grendal. And I am the last person you will ever see!"

Embro gets ready to charge in, when Smoke Rulz lands next to Master Link. "We meet again, Embro." He says.

Embro just stares at SR. Finally, face to face with the person who ended his life so long ago. At that point, Infernus lands down on the other side of Master Link. Embro looks over at him in surprise. "WHAT? I destroyed you!" He yells.

"Well I'm standing right here, so I guess you fucking failed!" Infernus says.

"So... how's your old buddy Slifer doing?" Smoke asks, chuckling.

Embro growls, SR's comment obviously hitting a nerve. He clenches his fists and slams them down on the ground violently. The shockwave knocks the other three men off their feet. Embro immediately jumps into the air, ready to come down on Smoke. Master Link then hops to his feet and knocks him away. Embro lands on his feet just a ways away, and immediately comes at Master Link. Master Link thrusts his hands forward, sending Embro flying away into the dense forest with invisible force. Smoke and Infernus come up to him. "He's all yours. I have business to intend to." Master Link says.

With that, he rushes away. Smoke and Infernus look at each other. They then head into the forest in search for their rock-hard enemy. "So how are we supposed to find him?" Infernus asks.

"Use your head, man." Smoke replies.

Infernus looks around the trees. He then notices a bunch in disarray, most knocked over. "Ohhh... of course. Follow the path of destruction." He states.

"Exactly. And I see a path this way as well, leading toward the mountains. We shall split up." Smoke explains.

"Alright, so I'm going to the canyon. I'm guessing we communicate telepathically?" Infernus asks.

Yes, Smoke says to Infernus telepathically.

Gah! You know I hate it when you do that! Infernus says.

Smoke is already heading out toward the mountains. Infernus shakes his head, and speeds on toward the canyon. The place is a large crevasse, with many plateaus and steep cliffs. Majority desert. I know the canyon is wide and open. You spot him? Smoke says, butting into Infernus' thoughts.

Absolutely nothing. I'm not sure many people have been here. Infernus replies.

Well the mountains are all trashed. Some battles have been waged. Nothing to find here.

Why hasn't he just come and attacked us?

I do not know. Let's do a sweep of the forest and meet back in the middle.

The two jump into the dense forest, looking for any sign of the easily-spotted rock beast. Smoke notices a few of Mazada's soldiers and gives them a nice blasting. Hey, I found Ness! Infernus suddenly says.

Oh well. Leave him be. Smoke replies.

I want that clue back...

Embro's destruction is of the upmost importance to us at this point. The mega-super-hyper-00b3r weapon can wait.

Infernus sighs and continues his sweep of the forest. Yoshi spots him. "Hey! You got a clue?" Yoshi yells.

"Not at all. I'm searching for a murderous golem with a steaming pile of horse shit on his head, which he calls a face. Seen him?" Infernus asks.

"Nope. But good luck in that endeavor." Yoshi replies, walking away.

Infernus continues on, noticing Smoke standing in their meeting place. "So I guess you found nothing either." He says.

"Ah, to hell with this." Smoke says, levitating off the ground and rising above the trees.

Infernus follows him up. "Why didn't we do this before?" He asks.

Smoke ignores him, and instead closes his eyes and concentrates. "De stralen, de zon's alle, verzorgen!" He utters.

A flash of yellow light radiates around him. Small sun symbols appear on the back of his hands. "Mmm hmm. The Light Magic incantation." Infernus says.

Smoke keeps his eyes closed. "The rays of the sun will carry my vision across this whole arena." He says, still concentrating.

"I wish I could do that..." Infernus says.

Smoke remains motionless. His vision begins to move across the whole arena, first scanning over the mass of dead soldiers by the fortress wall. It moves across the botton of the crevasse at the canyon, where some battles are going on. Just then, his sight moves toward the north exit of the forest, by the ocean. He sees none other than Embro out on the island in the ocean, slowly advancing toward the cave in the middle. Smoke opens his eyes.




"I think I'm sitting on a freaking... rabbit of some kind." Bogey Man says, shifting around where he's sitting.

"I wouldn't be surprised if it's dead." Kat says.

"Neither would I. Now... what are we doing here again?" Bogey Man says.

"*sweatdrop* Guarding the weapon, numbskull!" Kat replies.

"SSSH! Quiet! Someone is coming in!" Ace says, in a loud whisper.

The three remain silent. Max, in Link's body, enters the cave. He notices the treasure chest. "Well what do we have here?" He says, approaching it.

Just then, Bogey Man, Ace, and Kat jump out from the darkness, surrounding Max on all sides. "If you want the weapon, you have to fight us for the key!" Bogey Man says.

Max raises his sword, glancing across at the three of them, waiting for one to make their move. At this point, Colleen the Yoshi appears at the cave entrance. "Hey, you guys! Critic has appeared! And Master Link is fighting Mazada!" She yells out.

"Ah man. I want to see this." Ace says, as he begins advancing toward the cave entrance.

"Stay here. We have to guard the weapon!" Kat says.

Just then, a scream is heard outside. It's Colleen. Ace immediately begins running out there. "Ace! Wait!" Bogey Man yells after him.

Ace sees none other than the rock beast Embro, slamming Colleen to the ground. "Leave her alone!" Ace yells, charging at him.

Embro responds with a backhand, sending Ace into the rock wall. Bogey Man, Kat, and Max see the hit from the entrance. "Okay. There's no way I'm going out there." Max states, backing away into the cave.

"Ace! Get your dumbass back here!" Kat yells, to no avail.

Embro grabs a long vine from a nearby tree. He ties the struggling Colleen to a large boulder with it. He then hurls her fall off into the ocean, where she immediately begins to sink. Ace, just getting up, sees the whole thing. Embro turns his attention to Ace, and begins slowly advancing toward him. "Let's see if she's really an immortal," he says, sadistically, "but in the meantime..."

Ace begins to back away, but Embro grabs him with his massive hands. He proceeds to literally crush Ace's rib cage. A small snap is heard, and Ace screams out in pain. Embro just laughs deeply, enjoying this slow method of torture. Then, his laughs are cut off. "EMBRO!" Someone yells, from far off.

Embro turns around. He sees Smoke Rulz and Infernus standing way back on the far shore, by the forest. "Ace is of no importance to you. We are." Smoke yells.

"Yes. Now get your big boulder ass over here and fight, so we can fuck you up!" Infernus yells.

"Finally! It's time to die!" Embro yells back.

"Funny. I was just about to tell you the exact same thing!" Smoke yells.

Embro smiles evilly. He throws Ace far into the ocean, in the same spot he threw Colleen. He walks toward the end of the island shore, staring down his two worst adversaries. Infernus raises his hand up, and begins to motion a "Come on" gesture. Embro leaps far up into the air, coming down toward the other shore. Smoke and Infernus gather energy in their palms and fire it into the air at the falling golem.


TO BE CONTINUED...
Next Up: Chapter 2 - Old Adversaries Collide

The 2nd and final chapter will also be a song fic. Which song, do you ask? The same one the story is named after. ;) You'll see it eventually.