PM: And here, we begin… The first chapter in the oneshot series devoted to the most awesome Smash character ever, Wolf O'Donnell. I devote this chapter to fellow author Fire Emblem MewMew, who suggested the plot via the SUPER SMASH BROS.: BRAWL! forum… Which I recommend visiting. Cough-cough
Disclaimer: Wolf, Star Fox, Landmasters (YAY!), and Smash Bros. don't belong to me.
Chapter One: LANDMASTER!
A gray-furred canine delivered the finishing blow to his opponent, a pink puffball clad in little more than red shoes. Kirby, hero of Dream Land, rocketed away from the hovering, stone-made stage that was Battlefield from Wolf O'Donnell, the newest and last newcomer of the Brawl tournament, and his Down Smash attack. Kirby's last life was taken away as a bright explosion of red and white light came from an invisible wall, the stage's left blast line.
Wolf disappeared, and reappeared in an empty, endless area with a cloudy, orange-yellow background. Kirby was waving his stubby, pink arms above his head behind the canine, trying to clap. Wolf leaned over, growled, and then stood back up, making another sound, which sounded like a mix between a laugh and a groan.
The fight announcer yelled: "The winner is… WOLF!"
Wolf chuckled as he and Kirby disappeared again.
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Wolf O'Donnell, leader of the "outlaw" band Star Wolf in the Lylat System, a solar system in the "Star Fox universe", was quite the fighter. He had two days of experience under his belt, yet he could take down many of his opponents, or at least go toe-to-toe with them.
The ferocious pilot was a very aggressive fighter, his typical finishing moves being either strong enough to KO the opponent twenty damage points before, like his back-and-forth claw-sweep Down Smash, scissor-kick Up Smash, or potent edge-guarding Back Aerial, or flashy, like the end of his rapid forward-and-up dashing move, the Wolf Flash.
These traits earned him many names from the nearby Smash Town, such as "Bloodthirsty Monster", or "Crazy Sadistic Mutt". Even Captain Falcon, one of the bravest and strongest Smashers, gulped when he was assigned to fight Wolf after his second match. The racer one by mere damage, since his signature, electrifying Knee Smash and Wolf's Back Aerial attack both collided, Wolf being closer to the blast line.
Wolf took nothing from anyone. He clawed at the Hyrulian princess Zelda one time for insulting him after a match, the Crimean mercenary Ike stopping him from inflicting serious harm upon the fragile ruler.
But behind his back, out of his excellent hearing range, many of the Smashers and townsfolk spoke teasingly about his Final Smash, the ultimate move attained from breaking a rainbow-colored Smash Ball open…
Falco Lombardi, ace pilot of the Star Fox group, thought he had it bad enough; despite his preference of aerial combat, he had to utilize a Landmaster, a blue and white tank modified for the Star Fox team, as his Final Smash, just like Fox.
Wolf, too, was stuck with a Landmaster, though it was black and red, much like his ship, the Wolfen. He had never piloted one before, though he had planned on building one himself to help combat and defeat his rival, Fox McCloud, leader of Star Fox…
The gray-furred canine stepped into the Smash Mansion's bar later that evening, which typically sold non-alcoholic drinks. He approached the counter, a certain gray and dark blue-clad human man being the clerk. It was Solid Snake, a legendary reconnaissance soldier.
"…I'll have the usual." said Wolf, in his moderately deep, slightly country-accented voice.
Snake nodded, pulling out a shining martini glass. He filled it with three ice cubes from beneath the counter, and an orange soda.
Wolf grabbed the glass with his clawed fingers and sat down at a table in the left corner of the bar, looking out the window toward a small river, and the beautiful pinkish-orange sunset. He brought his drink to his white-furred lips and sipped his orange beverage.
How the heck did I get stuck with that stupid tank, anyway? Those two hands must've been at a loss for creativity, or perhaps had an abundance of stupidity, when they assigned a vehicle I've never, ever piloted to be my Final Smash! At least the controls are simple…
A television set in a small shelf above the bar counter was showing the last match of the day… Of all things, Wolf's lifelong, bitter rival, Fox McCloud, fighting against the rival pilot of Wolf's associate and most trusted team member, Leon Powalski, being Falco Lombardi.
The match was on one of ten stages brought back from the previous tournament, named Corneria; fights took place on the gigantic airplane and base of operations of Star Fox, the Great Fox, as it cruised through a section of Corneria City.
Fox was down to a single stock from five, Falco under the same conditions. According to the damage meters at the bottom of the screen, Fox had sustained sixty-six damage, measured as a percent, and Falco 59.
Suddenly, as Fox began approaching his friend from the end of the ship, a sphere of multiple, glowing colors, having an off-center cross in it, materialized from nowhere. That was the Smash Ball.
Falco ran toward the floating item from the head of the ship, the cobalt falcon nailing it with the initial strike of his rather feared Down Aerial attack; Falco spun around with his legs straight out, the initiation of the attack being a powerful Meteor Smash, an attack of downward knockback. The Smash Ball flew over to Fox's side of the stage, where the brown-furred canine jumped at it and hit the ball with his Up Aerial attack, a strong move involving an upward flip-kick, followed by a smack from his brown, white-tipped tail.
The sphere broke, as Fox gained an aura of multiple colors; red to yellow, to orange, to blue…
The camera zoomed in on him as the pilot yelled, "Landmaster!"
He flew up to the top of the stage, out of camera view, and came down inside a large, white and blue tank- the Landmaster of Fox and Falco.
Wolf growled quietly as his ears flinched at that cry, closing the single usable eye he had, the other being covered by his signature gray-with-a-blue-lens eye-patch, or scouter, as some called it.
…That yell… Oh, how I loathe that yell… he thought, watching as Fox shot several blue and white energy shots from the tank's large cannon.
At least I didn't have to copy that irritating noise for my Final Smash… 'We're gonna have fun with this thing!' sounds a lot better than…
Wolf gritted his many teeth as he did a squeaky, mocking imitation of Fox. …'LANDMASTER!'…
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The next day…
Wolf had been assigned to another fight; this one against Ike, a blue and red-clad, sword-wielding mercenary from the continent of Tellius, of the Fire Emblem universe. His sword, an orange blade called Ragnell, had been described as "holy", having been blessed by the creator of Tellius.
It was a two-stock match, with a few items on a high appearance frequency- Containers, like Crates and Capsules, Smart Bombs, powerful explosives, Cracker Launchers, missile launcher-esque cannons, the ever-hated Banana Peel, and Bumpers, bouncy, Smasher-reflecting objects.
And, Smash Balls. Of all things… Smash Balls.
The fight began. The stage was Final Destination, a stage made of blue steel. A spinning red triangle was in its center. The stage was completely flat, its sides having steep ledges, which could easily trap someone inside them, preventing recovery.
The background slowly revealed many blue and purple lights as Wolf jumped out of his Wolfen, a red and black ship with four backward-bent, white-tipped wings, and Ike appeared from a bright flash of light.
"3… 2… 1… GO!"
Wolf and Ike ran toward each other. The canine, being much more nimble that the sword-wielding blue-haired man, struck with his Dash Attack, a flip kick. Ike popped up into the air, landing in front of Wolf. The pilot of the Wolfen performed his Forward Smash, hitting Ike with a quick dash forward, his claw hitting the mercenary with the initial dash and when he stopped, for whatever reason. Ike was sent forward, landing just in front of the edge.
He turned around, performed a small jump, a jump of very low height, and hit Wolf with a backward sword slice, his Back Aerial attack. Wolf went backward a short distance, and was hit by Ike's fist, then his boot, and then a downward slam from the Ragnell. It was Ike's standard attack combo.
Wolf landed on his feet, seeing a Smart Bomb behind him. Smart Bombs came from his own universe, being a tapered explosive of red color, a white circle with a black B in the middle. The canine grabbed it and quickly tossed it at Ike, creating a slowly-widening explosion upon impact. Ike grunted as he was thrown into the air from the blast, already having over 50.
The mercenary rolled away from his rough landing, and grabbed a silver and green Rolling Crate, a wheeled Crate, that had just spawned. He threw the heavy item at Wolf, making the mobile container speed toward the gray-furred canine.
Wolf instantly put his hands together, which signaled for something on his back to activate: a red, pulsing Reflector, Wolf's Down Special attack, which sent the Rolling Crate back at Ike as two pulsating scythe blades of red light flashed upon contact.
The swordsman put the Ragnell at a downward angle in front of his body, gripping its handle with both hands. This was Ike's Counter, his Down Special attack. As the Rolling Crate hit him, Ike slammed it with his sword, crushing it. Two Bumpers, white circular objects with a black Smash symbol in the middle, the circle with an off-center cross, and a blue ring around them, appeared from the mechanical debris…
Along with a Smash Ball. The rainbow-colored ball hovered around as Ike and Wolf noticed its presence.
Both instantly ran for the item, which was hovering in the stage's middle. Ike brought his sword behind his head, slashing the Smash Ball with the downward swing of his Forward Aerial. The Smash Ball made an odd noise as the blow landed. Wolf also hit the spherical object, with his Back Aerial, a strong kick behind him.
With its lowered stamina, a single hit would break open the power-filled "piñata". As it hovered above the right side of the flat stage, the background changing from a purple warp tube to a beautiful scene in a cloudy, starry night sky, Wolf brought out a black handgun, which had a bayonet on the front. A green arrow-like shot of energy was launched at the Smash Ball.
It broke apart, as Wolf gained a flashing aura, his only visible eye becoming nearly pupil-less from the bright yellow light that enveloped it. He smirked as Ike groaned, running to the other side of the stage.
Wolf struck a pose, and yelled out: "We're gonna have FUN with this thing!"
As he flew up and began to come down in his red and black version of the Star Fox tank, he thought to himself.
…Heh, maybe having this huge thing as my "ultimate move" ain't so bad after all… Ike, you're road kill.
PM: Well? Did I do the fight scenes okay? I was as descriptive as I felt needed with the characters and moves… R&R please! :)