A deadly foe
It was the afternoon and things were the usual around the Mansion. In the training room, Bowser and his son were sparring together. The battlefield created a simulation of Luigi's mansion, the one with all the ghosts roaming about. Junior spent more of the match dodging his fists than being able to attack. One fist swing and Bowser knocked a pillar down in 5 seconds.
"Yeesh Dad, you mind at least letting me make a move?"
"Like I said the other day, I go all-out. No holding back one little bit, so brace yourself." He then roared and charged towards Junior full speed ahead. Junior was smart however, and used his paintbrush to throw paint blobs at at his father's feet. He slipped and slid into the kitchen and crashed.
"Oof!"
"(laughs) Oh man, that was so funny." Junior laughed
"Laugh now boy, because I'll get the last laugh." Bowser said and lifted the table over him, then threw it at Junior. However, it was a distraction because Junior was hit by Bowser's shell attack and sent up into the air.
"Got ya."
Bowser came back around and hit Junior a second time sending back up and he hit the ceiling. When Junior came back down, he landed on Bowser's fist.
"I can tell you've been training a lot, but you still got some learning to do."
"No fair. You're bigger than me."
"I felt the same way when i was little."
Just then, the stage transformed back to its original state and Tabuu appeared.
"All right you two, time's up. Others are waiting to train here."
"Yeah, yeah, we hear you." Bowser said annoyed and the father and son koopa left the training room so Pac-man and Mr. Game and Watch could have their hour session. Meanwhile, Fox was looking around the Mansion trying to find Falco.
"Where is that bird of a hothead? We agreed to spar together and he would never miss this chance." He said to himself. Just then, Peach and Palutena coming around the corner of the hall.
"Looking for something Fox?"
"More like someone. Falco isn't here in Mansion and i've looked everywhere."
"What about outside?" Peach asked
"That's the last place i would have checked. The forest is huge in itself."
"Still worth looking."
(sighs) "If you think so."
Fox went to the lobby and out the doors and right away, he saw Falco's feet on the other side of the fountain.
"Falco?" No response. Fox started walking closer to Falco.
"Falco?" Still no response. When Fox saw Falco's body, he was shocked. His partner was beaten so badly, it was painful just looking. Falco had a black eye, his clothes were torn, arms dripping blood, bruises on his hands and face, and his breathing was labored.
"Oh my god, what happened to you?" He was about to pick him up, when he sensed something coming at him at top speed. He jumped out the way as a fist came rocketing at him.
"You stay from him!" shouted a metallic voice. A robotic hedgehog came crashing down in front of the Mansion. It had spikes like Sonic, but it was bigger than Sonic and more menacing looking.
"Who are you?" Fox asked.
"Wouldn't you like to know, vermin? All shall tremble before me, Mecha Sonic, the true hedgehog! Your friend here was foolish to think he could stand up to me." Just then, he formed a rocket launcher with his arm and fired a rocket. Fox jumped in front of it and used his Reflector to bounce it back.
"What are you doing? He's already in pain from his last beatdown."
"He's not finished until he's dead." Mecha Sonic said in a cruel tone. That got to Fox as it made him angry. He then darted at the metal menace with a vengeance. Mecha Sonic prepared himself and blocked every punch/kick Fox threw and slipped a killer hook to his gut. That dealt a heavy blow and sent Fox back a few feet.
"Cheap shot, tin can." Mecha Sonic made his way to Fox and retaliated with attacks. Fox blocked and fought back to the best of his ability. When the two opponents separated, Fox pulled out his blaster and fired at Mecha Sonic. But the shots just bounced off his body.
"Huh?"
"Nice try, but my metal armor is superior to your puny gun blasts."
Fox knew he was fighting a losing battle, but there was no way he could turn tail and run. He had to fight, no matter what. Otherwise, Falco is as good as dead. He made a move and aimed for Mecha Sonic's feet, but the menace saw it coming and jumped. Fox managed to jump and follow up with a surprise attack.
"What?"
Fox used a series of aerial kicks on the robotic adversary and knocked him down to the ground. The impact kicked up dust in its wake. Fox took the chance to catch his breath, but then he heard something.
"I'm just getting started." He said and zoomed behind Fox for another punch. He was so fast, Fox couldn't protect himself from the punch thrown at him. That sent Fox into the ground leaving a dirt trail from the impact spot. Mecha Sonic fired his hand and grabbed Fox's tail. The hand retracted and he used the momentum to throw Fox at a tree. Fox hit the tree face first and it knocked him out cold.
"Pathetic little wretch."
He went over to Fox and continued beating on his body until he looked as bad as Falco. Fox even lost a tooth or 2. The final kick sent him rolling right next to Falco's body.
"This will be done before you know it." He took both arms, and created a huge 2-armed laser cannon.
"You've lived long enough. Die!"
The cannon fired a massive laser blast at the 2 Star Fox pilots, and big flash appeared on impact. However, when the light faded Fox and Falco were gone. The area looked as if the blast never even happened.
"What? That's impossible! They weren't in any condition to escape from that blast, unless..." He ran all possible solutions for the scenario and came to a conclusion.
"Must be, but how? Nobody can pull off a rescue in a timeframe that small." He looked back at the Mansion and was gonna head inside, but his power supply signaled that he was low. The laser cannon drained a heavy portion of his power.
"Gah, I'll return later to finish where I left off." He said and flew off in the direction of the forest. But things were going to get serious in the future.
Until Mecha Sonic is defeated, nobody was gonna be safe outside the Mansion.
Author's Note: Hope you enjoyed the chapter and please review.