A/N: Okay, now for all of you who have been following the series, here is Episode III for you. And specifically for the one who want's to do Clone Wars, here is my choice for General Grievous, Enjoy!
D/C:I'll put up one of these every episode. Super Smash Brothers is the property of Nintendo, and Star Wars is the property of George Lucas. I'm not making a dime off this, so you won't make a dime by suing me.
A long time ago in a video game far, far advanced…
SMASH
WARS
Episode III
REVENGE OF THE SITH
War! The Republic is crumbling
under attacks by the ruthless
Sith Lord, Count Mewtwo.
There are heroes on both sides.
Evil is everywhere.
In a stunning move, the
fiendish droid leader, General
An dross, has swept into the
Republic capital and kidnapped
Chancellor Dragmire, leader of
the Galactic Senate.
As the Separatist Droid Army
attempts to flee the besieged
capital with their valuable
hostage, two Jedi Knights lead a
desperate mission to rescue the
captive Chancellor…
CHAPTER 1: MUTE CITY DOGFIGHT
A ship flew over the planet of Mute City; one used by Republic Clone Troopers. Before long, two small Jedi Starfighters skimmed over the surface of this ship. As they reached the nose of the ship, they pushed down to reveal that they were in the biggest aerial dogfight in the history of the republic, yet this was another long battle as the Republic battled the Separatist movement. The two Jedi Starfighters stuck close together as they dodged enemy fire and oncoming ships. They were forced to dodge when a part of one ship was blown completely off and shrapnel scattered everywhere. A Game and Watch droid beeped to the pilot of the Green Jedi Starfighter.
"Lock onto him, Mr. Game and Watch." Link Timehero said. "Master, General Andross's ship is directly ahead—the one crawling with vulture droids."
"Oh I see it." His master, Marth Lowell, replied from the Blue Starfighter. "Oh, this is going to be easy."
Some of the said Vulture Droids leaped off of General Andross's ship and flew into the fray. The two Jedi had their eyes on them, and contacted their comrades, who were flying smaller Republic Fighters right behind the Jedi.
"Oddball, do you copy?" Marth asked, going with a codename for the leader of their Clone troopers.
"Copy, Red Leader." The trooper replied.
"Mark my position." Marth said. "Form your squad up behind me."
"We're on your tail, General Lowell." Oddball replied. "Set S-foils in attack position." Since the beginning of the Clone War, the Jedi had been given unofficial General positions in the Army of the Republic. Even Link was a General, having passed the trials and made into a full fledged Jedi Knight.
"This is where the fun begins." Link smiled as the Vulture Droids drew closer to the Starfleet.
"Let them pass between us." Marth said. The fleet obeyed and the Vulture droids missed their targets. As the battle got more intense, the Jedi and their platoon opened fire on the enemy forces. A few clone troopers were lost, but the Vulture Droids suffered more.
"They're all over me! Get them off my—" That was the last that was heard from another Clone as his ship was destroyed.
"I'm gonna go help them out." Link said.
"No." Marth replied. "They are doing their job so we can do ours." Another droid then launched a new attack and fired four missiles at the Jedi.
"Missiles, pull up!" Link warned. The two Jedi pulled up, allowing the missiles to pass.
"They overshot us." Marth said.
"They're coming around." Link corrected. These were obviously missiles of a homing nature. Two missiles targeted Marth and the other two went after Link. Marth's Game and Watch droid noticed this and computed to Marth that it was going to try something.
"All right, Game and Watch, Red." Marth said as his ship went a little more wild. "Nothing too fancy."
The other two were gaining on Link, but the Jedi Knight had a plan.
"Surge all power units, Mr. Game and Watch." Link said. "Stand by reverse thrusters." Link's engine roared as he went into a spin, forcing the missiles to follow him in a spiral pattern, and eventually collide, detonating them both.
"We got 'em, Mr. Game and Watch." Link chuckled. Marth on the other hand was having a tough time shaking off the two following him.
"Flying is for droids." Marth complained, showing his distaste for the air. Speaking of Droids, the missiles soared ahead of him and unveiled a bunch of smaller droids that engulfed Marth's ship.
"I'm hit!" Marth called out. "Link?"
"I see them." Link confirmed. "Buzz Droids." These droids could do some serious damage, ripping into the ships hull, into the main computer, and completely shutting it down. Marth didn't have much time, and Link knew this since the buzz droids wasted no time.
"Game and Watch Red, be careful!" Marth warned. "You have a—" Marth then saw a buzz droid completely rip the small droid's head off. That droid was done for. "Oh, dear." As the buzz droids continued, Marth was having problems. "They're shutting down all the controls."
"Move to the right so I can get a clear shot at them." Link said.
"The mission." Marth reminded. "Get to the command ship. Get the chancellor. I'm running out of tricks here." Link then opened fire, scoring a couple of buzz droids, but a miscalculation took off the tip of Marth's left side wing. "In the name of..! Hold your fire, you're not helping here!"
"I agree. Bad idea." Link said. One droid punctured Marth's coolant tank, and at that sped, it froze upon making contact with the cockpit window.
"I can't see a thing." Marth complained. "My cockpit's fogging. They're all over me. Link!" Marth looked to his left, and saw Link right next to him. Link then rammed his master, and crushed a droid between his wing and Marth's cockpit.
"Move to the right." Link urged.
"Hold on, Link." Marth warned. "You're gonna get us both killed. Get out of here, there's nothing more you can do."
"I'm not leaving without you, Master." Link replied. Link tried his ramming tactic one more time, and that eliminated the rest of the droids—except one that was able to climb onto Link's ship. The first face it met was Mr. Game and watch, who was hammering away with his judgement attack.
"Get him, Game and Watch!" Link said. "Watch out." The Buzz Droid and Mr. Game and watch poked and prodded at each other, like two dogs about to get in a fight.
"Mr. Game and Watch, hit the buzz droid's center eye." Marth said. Mr. Game and Watch did as ordered, and a Judgement attack to the center eye wielded a five. The electric jolt was enough to short out the droid and knock it off of Link's ship and into oblivion.
"Yeah, you got him!" Link cheered.
"Great, Mr. Game and Watch." Marth congratulated. They then refocused on their mission.
"The general's command ship is dead ahead." Link said.
"Well, have you noticed the shields are still up!?" Marth panicked.
"Sorry, Master." Link said as he opened fire on the shield generator. The explosion started a chain reaction, locking the hangar bay with a big sliding steel door.
"Oh, I have a bad feeling about this!" Marth said as the door continued to slide shut. Quickly, the two starfighters landed in the hangar Bay of General Andross's ship. Marth leaped out of his cockpit with his Lightsaber glowing and begin to slice through the battle droids that made up the welcoming party. Link got out of his cockpit and began to do the same.
"Mr. Game and Watch, locate the Chancellor." Marth commanded as they fought the droids. Within seconds, the droids were down for the count as Mr. Game and Watch was hacking into the computer to find where Chancellor Dragmire was being held.
"The Chancellor's signal is coming from right there—the observation platform at the top of that spire." Marth said as he pointed at the top of the ship's protruding tower.
"I sense Count Mewtwo." Link said.
"I sense a trap." Marth replied.
"Next move?" Link asked.
"Spring the trap." Marth smiled. As they began to walk off, they heard Mr. Game and Watch following them.
"Game and Watch, go back." Link said. "I need you to stay with the ship."
"Here." Marth said as he handed Mr. Game and Watch a communicator. "Take this and wait for orders."
An older, sickly ape walked through the main door into the cockpit of the ship. The droids and pilot immediately saluted the ape they knew by only one name; General Andross. He coughed a few times before turning to the pilot.
"What's the situation, Captain?" Andross asked.
"Two Jedi have landed in the main hangar bay." The captain replied. "We're tracking them."
"Just as Count Mewtwo predicted." Andross nodded. He coughed a few more times and chuckled as he made his way towards the front of the cockpit.
Link heard something approaching fast behind him as he and Marth waited for an elevator. He turned his head, and immediately reached for his weapon.
"Destroyers!" Link warned as he ignited his weapon. Marth turned around and did the same as the two of them began to block the attacks from the shielded Droidekas. At that moment, the elevator door opened and the two Jedi backed their way into it. As the door slammed shut on the Destroyers, the two Jedi extinguished their weapons.
"Drop your weapons." They heard someone command. Marth and Link turned around and saw that they were in an elevator with about eight battle droids.
"I said drop 'em." The droid repeated. Instead of dropping them, Marth and Link re-ignited their lightsabers and made short work of the droids.
Mr. Game and Watch had to hide behind a console when he saw two Super Battle Droids round the corner to inspect the intrusion.
"Those are Jedi fighters all right." One of them said. Mr. Game and Watch peered out from the corner and watched them.
The elevator was on a smooth course until it came to an abrupt halt.
"Did you press the stop button?" Marth asked.
"No. Did you?" Link replied.
"No." Marth answered.
"Well, there's more than one way out of here." Link said as he ignited his lightsaber and took it to the ceiling.
"We don't want to get out, we want to get moving." Marth said as he grabbed a communicator. "Mr. Game and Watch, activate elevator 31174."
Mr. Game and Watch wasn't exactly in a position to answer Marth, as his voice on the communicator caught the attention of one of the Super Battle Droids.
"Come in, Mr. Game and Watch." Marth said.
"What that?" It asked.
"Game and Watch, do you copy?" Marth asked. At that point, Mr. Game and Watch put the communicator in his mouth and swallowed it, but he could still hear Marth trying to reach him.
"Get back to work." The other Super Battle Droid said. "That nothin'."
"Game and Watch, we—" Marth was stopped short as a circular piece of ceiling dropped next to his feet, and Link force jumped through the hole in the roof.
"Always on the move." Marth sighed. "Mr. Game and Watch, switch on the comlink." At that moment, the flat black droid ran over to another control panel, did a Judgement attack that revealed the comlink, and got back to work.
"Mr. Game and Watch?" Marth asked, but once he finished his sentence, he fell to the floor. Link, who was standing on top of the elevator, jumped and grabbed a ledge to keep from falling. Marth staggered to his feet, and saw that he was heading in the wrong direction.
"Stop, Mr. Game and Watch." Marth said. "We need to be going up."
A pair of doors opened above Link, and two battle droids pointed their blasters at him.
"Hands up, Jedi." One of them commanded.
"Game and Watch, do you copy?" Marth asked. "Do you hear me? Game and Watch, we need to be going up, not down."
"Hey, you!" One of the Super Battle Droids yelled as it noticed Mr. Game and Watch. The droid finished his work, and sent Marth back on his way up.
"Now, that's better." Marth said. He was unaware that Mr. Game and Watch had been picked up by the neck by one of the Super Battle Droids.
"You stupid little Game and Watch droid." The bigger droid scoffed.
"Uh-oh." One of the Battle Droids complained when it saw the elevator headed back up. Thinking fast, Link did a backflip and landed back on the roof of the elevator; which had decapitated the droids. Marth heard something drop behind him, and quickly spun around and ignited his lightsaber.
"Oh, it's you." Marth sighed in relief when he saw it was Link. He then extinguished his weapon.
The two Super Battle droids were caught off guard when Mr. Game and Watch produced a bucket and threw oil on the both of them.
"What was all that about?" Link asked.
"Well, Game and Watch has been—" Marth began.
"Uh, no loose wire jokes." Link interrupted.
"Did I say anything?" Marth asked.
"Well, he's trying." Link continued, defending the droid.
"I didn't say anything!" Marth said, defending himself. At that moment , Mr. Game and Watch and dropped a spark from a second Judgement attack, setting the oil on fire, and with it, the two Droids bullying him! Quickly, Mr. Game and Watch produced a parachute, which he used to glide to safety.
A few minutes later, Link and Marth stepped out of the elevator and reached their destination. Mr. Game and Watch was right on the money, as Chancellor Dragmire was there strapped to a chair.
"Chancellor." Marth said as he bowed.
"Are you all right?" Link asked.
"Count Mewtwo." Dragmire said. Sure enough, the Sith Lord was standing on a balcony above them accompanied by two Super Battle Droids.
"This time we will do it together." Marth said.
"I was about to say that." Link agreed. The two watched as Count Mewtwo did a flip over the railing, and landed at the same level as the two Jedi.
"Get help." Dragmire said. "You're no match for him. He's a Sith Lord."
"Chancellor Dragmire." Marth smiled. "Sith Lords are our specialty."
"Your swords, please." Mewtwo said to them, prompting the two of them to reveal their lightsabers. "We don't want to make a mess of things in front of the Chancellor."
"You wont get away this time, Mewtwo." Marth growled as he ignited his lightsaber. Link then did the same, as well as Mewtwo.
Link and Marth began the attack as they swung fiercely, putting Mewtwo on defense early. The Sith Lord blocked a few swipes before stepping back. Marth and Link were working more as a team this time.
"I've been looking forward to this." Mewtwo admitted.
"My powers have doubled since the last time we met, Count." Link warned.
"Good." Mewtwo said. "Twice the pride, double the fall." Marth and Link swung again, keeping Mewtwo on defense. The two of them entered a contest of power with Mewtwo, but the Sith lord did a Force push on Marth, knocking him away several feet. However, he had to duck quickly, for Link's next attack would have scored a death blow! The two lightsabers clanged together as Link pushed Mewtwo up the steps toward the area where he entered.
Marth was back on his feet, and met Link and Mewtwo up there, slicing through the two Super Battle Droids that accompanied the Sith Lord.
"Yeah!" Dragmire whispered as he saw the Jedi getting the upper hand.
Marth came in for another slice, but he was stopped in his tracks as Mewtwo showed off another power of the dark said, a Force Choke. He kicked back and caught Link in the chest, knocking him away, and then Force threw Marth lower-back first into a balcony railing! Mewtwo continued by forcing another portion of the balcony to fall right on Marth's legs! The Jedi Master was out cold!
Link got right back up and kicked Mewtwo off the railing, but he wasn't done. The Jedi Knight followed him and began to swing with his weapon for all it was worth! Another contest of power began, as Mewtwo spoke.
"I sense great fear in you, Timehero." Mewtwo said as the two of them circled each other. "You have hate. You have anger. But you don't use them." Link then pushed Mewtwo away and began to swing like crazy. Right before the Chancellor, Mewtwo took a swing for Link's head, but the Jedi blocked. He grabbed the Sith lord's arms and slicked through them at the wrists!
Count Mewtwo's lightsaber fell into Link's other hand. The unhanded Sith lord dropped to his knees as Link held the two lightsabers in an 'X' pattern across his neck.
"Good, Link, good." Dragmire chuckled. However, the chuckling soon stopped as Dragmire said something that made the both of them shiver.
"Kill him." Dragmire said. "Kill him now."
A look of conflict took over Link's face, and a look of fear took over Mewtwo's.
"I shouldn't." Link debated.
"Do it!" Dragmire urged. Somehow, Link knew it was right, and dealt the final blow on him.
Count Mewtwo's head rolled off his shoulders as his body fell at Link's feet. Count Mewtwo was dead.
"You did well, Link." Dragmire said as Link extinguished both Lightsabers. "He was too dangerous to be kept alive."
"Yes, but he was an unarmed prisoner." Link said, no pun intended as he used the force to release the Chancellor's shackles. "I shouldn't have done that. It's not the Jedi way."
"It is only natural." Dragmire said. "He cut off your arm, you wanted revenge. It wasn't the first time, Link. Remember what you told me about your Mother and the Zebesians?" Link would never forget that, it was the darkest think he had ever done. He could still hear the screams of the Zebesians he murdered that night.
"Now we must leave before more security droids arrive." Dragmire said, changing the subject as he headed for the door. However, Link had run over to check on Marth, who was still down.
"Link, there's no time." Dragmire said. "We must get off this ship before it's too late."
"He seems to be alright." Link said as he freed Marth's legs.
"Leave him, or we'll never make it!" Dragmire pleaded.
"His fate will be the same as ours." Link said stubbornly as he hoisted Marth onto his shoulders.
As the dogfight continued, General Andross continued to bark out orders to his troops. A Republic gunship approached, and prepared to fire on Andross.
"Prepare for attack!" Andross yelled. As the separatist General gave the order, the ship was rocked as a hit was scored.
"All batteries, fire!" The pilot called. "Fire!" Andross ship began to retaliate as the two ships began to blast each other as forces from both sides began to fall.
"Elevator's not working." Link said as he pulled out Marth's comlink. The battle outside continued as Link tried to come into contact with his droid in the hangar bay. "Mr. Game and Watch, activate elevator 3224." Mr. Game and Watch began to make his way to the panel, but then a critical hit was scored by the other ship, and Andross' ship began to fall. Gravity took hold as Mr. Game and Watch began to fall in the opposite direction. Acting quickly, Link forced open the elevator doors as he and the Chancellor struggled their way into the shaft.
"Reverse stabilizers." The pilot commanded. A droid responded, but not much was being done. Mr. Game and watch began to slide down the hangar bay and was soon buried in a pile of droid limbs. At this same time, Link and Dragmire were running down the shaft.
"Magnetize! Magnetize!" The pilot ordered. Still, nothing was happening.
"Fire the emergency booster engines." General Andross ordered. This began to work, as Link and the Chancellor began to slide down the shaft.
"We're leveling out, sir." A droid said to his commanding officer.
Link quickly grabbed onto a cable protruding from the wall and the Chancellor grabbed his leg. The commotion woke up the Jedi master on Link's shoulders.
"Whoa!" Marth cried as he saw the seemingly endless shaft below them.
"Easy." Link said. "We're in a bit of a situation here."
"Did I miss something?" Marth asked.
"Hold on." Link said. Soon, a sound was heard.
"What is that?" Marth asked.
"Uh, oops." Link saw as he saw the elevator falling towards them! "Mr. Game and Watch! Game and Watch, shut down the elevator!"
"Too late, jump!" Marth called. Link let go of the cable as the three of them began to fall. The two Jedi pulled out grappling hooks and threw them onto a beam. From there, they swung into an open door into the hallway. Chancellor Dragmire went with them, still holding on to Link's leg as the elevator zoomed past.
"Let's see if we can find something in the hangar bay that's still flyable." Marth said as the three of them got to their feet.
"Mr. Game and Watch, get down here." Link said.
"General, we found the Jedi." A droid said to Andross in the cockpit. "They're in hallway 328."
"Activate ray shields." Andross ordered. As the Jedi ran down the hall, they were soon surrounded by the said barrier.
"Ray shields." Link said to his comrades.
"Wait a minute." Marth said. "How did this happen? We're smarter than this."
"Apparently not." Link scoffed. "I say patience."
"Patience?" Marth asked.
"Yes." Link continued to elaborate. "Mr. Game and Watch will be along in a few moments and then he'll release the ray shields." At that moment, Mr. Game and Watch flew in, unable to control his speed, and impacted with the wall. "See? No problem."
Link almost immediately retracted that statement, as two destroyer droids and two Super Battle Droids surrounded the flat black droid.
"Don't move!" One of the droids ordered. Mr. Game and Watch's reply was to shock the droid, who then kicked him to the ground.
"Do you have a plan 'B'?" Marth asked.
Upon their capture, the four of them were brought to the cockpit before General Andross.
"Ah, yes." Andross cackled. "The negotiator. General Lowell, we've been waiting for you."
"Excuse me." A droid said as it walked by.
"That wasn't much of a rescue." Andross said as he snatched the two lightsabers out of his droid's hand.
"You're welcome!" The droid said as it walked away.
"And Link Timehero." Andross continued. "I was expecting someone with your reputation to be a little…older."
"General Andross." Link said. "You're shorter than I expected." That was meant to be a joke at Andross' expense, for Link still had to look up to see his face.
"Jedi scum!" Andross hissed with a few coughs.
"We have a job to do, Link." Marth said. "Try not to upset him."
"Your lightsabers will make a fine addition to my collection." Andross said as he stuck both of them inside his cape. Link and Marth could see four more inside. A few Jedi had been killed by Andross' hand, and it's obvious he kept their lightsabers as trophies.
"Not this time." Marth said. "And this time, you won't escape."
"Game and Watch!" Link called. At the mention of his name, the droid went haywire. The distraction was enough for Marth to Force pull his lightsaber to his hand and free his arms. His first order of business was to free Link's arms as well, who force pulled his own weapon.
"Crush them!" Andross barked to his two highest ranking droids. "Make them suffer!" The two revealed batons that sparkled with electricity at both ends.
"Stay at your stations!" Andross ordered to the rest of the droids. In mid combat, Marth took one of the droids heads off, but was surprised when it kept fighting! Link made quick work of the other one and then sliced through the droids leading away Chancellor Dragmire while Marth finished off his own opponent.
"Don't bother with them!" Andross ordered to the rest of his crew. "Keep the ship in orbit!" They didn't get to do much, as the two Jedi eliminated the rest of them before surrounding Andross. Marth at his front, and Link to his rear.
"You lose, General Lowell!" Andross yelled as he smashed the front window. Link and Marth grabbed onto a control panel in order to keep from getting sucked out of the ship by the vacuum of space. Andross allowed himself to be pulled out, but fired a hook into the hull of his own ship and began to crawl across the surface.
Thinking quickly, Chancellor Dragmire seized the controls and shut the metal flaps, restoring order to the cockpit. At that very moment, General Andross had re-entered his ship and made his way into an escape pod.
"Time to abandon ship." He said to himself as he took off. The critical hit scored earlier by the clone troopers was beginning to take its toll as the ship began to break apart.
"All the escape pods have been launched." Link said upon inspection.
"Andross." Marth sighed. "Can you fly a cruiser like this?"
"You mean, do I know how to land what's left of this thing?" Link corrected.
"Well?" Marth asked.
"Well, under the circumstances, I'd say the ability to pilot this thing is irrelevant." Link said about the breaking ship as he took the pilot's seat. "Strap yourselves in. Open all hatches. Extend all flaps and drag fins." Marth took care of this as the ship began to fall to the surface of Mute City. An explosion rocked the ship again as the back half broke off and erupted into flames!
"We lost something." Link said.
"Not to worry." Marth said, trying to keep everyone's cool. "We are still flying half a ship."
"Now we're really picking up speed." Link said as flames began to appear on the surface of what was left of the ship.
"Eight plus sixty." Marth said, referring to the altitude. "We're in the atmosphere."
"Grab that." Link said as he pointed to a lever. "Keep us level." The ship continued to break apart as two fire fighting ships flew in and began to spray the ship.
"Steady." Marth said through gritted teeth. "Five thousand. Fire ships on the left and right."
"We'll take you in." The fire fighters said as they continued to spray.
"Copy that." Marth replied. "Landing strip, straight ahead!"
"We're coming in too hot." Link warned. The landing made the ship skid several hundred feet, and even take out a watch tower! At last, the ship skidded to a halt. The four passengers were shook up, but otherwise OK.
"Another happy landing." Marth smiled.