ID: Control
Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers. That goes to Nintendo. All the OCs such as those from the Angel Assembly is mine. Anyone from Queen's Blade is also not mine but by the many authors of Hobby Japan.
Summary: Melona wouldn't let Palutena get away with humiliating her. Her goal now is to find someone in Smash Brothers Mansion who could be the new vessel for the Swamp Witch. She targets Robin unaware that the name is shared by the twins and that Rob is not the perfect vessel for the Swamp Witch…but it ends up working somewhat except that Rob is struggling between his own inner turmoil to give in and allow the Swamp Witch to take revenge or look to a brighter future that he feels like was sealed off.
Pairing: Robin/Shulk, Ganondorf/Palutena, Lucina/Pittoo/Reyn, Pit/Airi, Henry/Female Robin, and Chrom/Olivia (with Melona playing on the Chrom/Rob, Chrom/Robin and Robincest)
Rated: M (for mature) and MA (Archive of our Own)
Genre: Romance, Suspense, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Drama, Friendship and Horror (with dark humor)
Warning: Extreme sexual violence, violence, tentacles/slime monster, non-con incest, yaoi, swearing and unintentional OOC
I had this idea for a while. It's the sequel to Miss Murder (the Ganondorf/Palutena fic) but the character focus is now on the Robin twins in particular and is a dark fic. I have done stories in the past that focused on Rob's insecurities especially when he's compared to his sister, but now its time to show what can happen if someone as evil as Melona decides to take advantage of it. The scene will indeed be censored on this website so AO3 will have the full story. Enjoy! And yes, the title is based on how the songs in Fire Emblem Awakening are written so the title is the implication of Rob's state of mind (or the lack of control he has on the situation).
Chapter 1: Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold
When Palutena told Pit the Swamp Witch would be dangerous once she found a new host, she was serious. The brunette didn't think that the Swamp Witch was that powerful but was proven wrong when the host was too powerful for not one but two powerful beings.
Pit was cursing to himself about not paying attention to Rob at the time. He thought that Palutena had successfully chased off Melona after her brutality was displayed. Melona was a petty individual though, and would always plot for the downfall of her enemies. Now her goal obviously from the beginning was to find a vessel for the Swamp Witch that Airi carried around, but she killed two birds with one stone finding someone at Smash Brothers Mansion who fit the bill.
Robin was the main candidate from the information she got. She was the vessel of Grima therefore nothing would stop her from getting possessed by a deity that was not the Fell Dragon. That was why he and pretty much everyone else were taken off guard that Melona targeted Rob. He worked out better seeing as he was able to use whatever magic the Swamp Witch had on everyone and engulfed the entire Smash Brothers Realm in her darkness.
Only a few Smashers escaped before it became nearly impossible to get back to the realm. Rosalina was obviously one of them seeing as she was able to teleport herself with the Comet Observatory with relative ease. Nothing could really hold the Queen of the Cosmos down. Palutena wasn't so lucky. Her light was being blocked by this powerful darkness therefore she could only send a few Smashers out with Rosalina. Viridi fortunately was able to get away with Phosphora before things went to hell and was waiting on the Comet Observatory with Rosalina.
Palutena could only send two Smashers and Chrom to Rosalina while everyone who had yet to fall to the power of darkness had to stay behind and fend them off for as long as they could. The possessed Rob due to whatever strong feelings he had for him specifically targeted Chrom, and the Ylissean king had a good idea on what exactly it was. The other two were obvious picks. Pit was the captain of the royal bodyguards and Palutena trusted that he would find a way to easily break the spell that was engulfing Smash Brothers Realm. Shulk was the other one due to his closeness with Rob. Rob had a hard time going after certain people despite being possessed so it worked in their favor to be teleported out.
That didn't mean that Chrom was going to let Pit off the hook for allowing this to happen. Shulk probably would have been the furious one given he had to abandon his friends…specifically Reyn (who was caught in the chaos because he was visiting him), Dunban and Riki. He trusted his friends to make it out in one piece (but in the back of his mind, Dunban was safe because he had someone like Magnus by his side). Chrom was the unluckiest person in the mansion in retrospect. He had invited his wife and son to visit the mansion today. It was supposed to be a family vacation between Chrom, Olivia, Lucina and Inigo in Smashopolis. The tactician twins and Robin's family (Henry and Morgan) could come along too if they wanted. The only reason Chrom didn't invite Lissa was because someone needed to stay back home and watch the kingdom (and he promised Lissa he would hang out with her the next time). It benefitted him in the long run that his kid sister was safe but his family was not. When Rob suddenly attacked with his magic, Chrom could not save his family. Rob wasted no time in capturing Robin and Lucina for whatever sick purpose the Swamp Witch wanted, but Olivia threw herself in front of Chrom when Rob tried to turn him into one of his servants. She quickly became part of the darkness and turned on everyone she loved. Chrom then had to leave Inigo with Palutena. He may have been a sobbing wreck for what happened to his mother, but he had faith that his father would save them all. It pained Chrom that it wasn't his son that was going to be teleported but him. He needed to blame someone for not being able to protect his family and Pit was a convenient target when he was the one that failed to grab the soul of the Swamp Witch in the first place.
"Chrom, calm down." Shulk told him firmly as he tried to step in between the two. "We cannot be fighting now. We need to come up with a plan."
The light angel did not resist Chrom's attempt at trying to strangle him in a fit of rage. However, he did not stop glaring at the Ylissean king when he let go. Viridi let out a sight of relief as she looked toward Rosalina who saw the Smash Brothers Realm fall to complete darkness.
"Rosalina…please say you have a plan…"
"I do…" Rosalina murmured softly. "I need you all to calm yourselves so we can discuss the plan."
Rob remembered clearly what exactly lead him to the situation of being turned against his friends in such an embarrassing state. He was angry with his older sister Robin again for out playing him in a team match. Even if Shulk told Rob that it wasn't his fault, the male tactician felt he let his partner down.
It was Rob and Shulk versus Robin and Roy on Battlefield. Roy had just returned after he took a break from the Brawl days and the first two quarters of the recent Smash tournament. He felt out of shape and wanted to do battle with anyone who was available. Of course Robin would be the goodie two-shoe and offer to be his partner in a team battle and of course she would go to Shulk immediately to convince him to participate because Rob wouldn't be able to back out in this situation.
Robin was just too good. She mixed up her attack pattern with her special moves creating a firewall to prevent Rob's attacks from ever reaching her or kept Shulk at bay with her distant Nosferatu spell. Roy was shown to be fast, powerful and overall a dangerous person to fight against. He had no problem throwing out smash attacks if it meant that Robin was going to cover for him.
Rob and Shulk were good teammates but Robin had this habit of ripping apart a team's weakness (with the only team she failed to do that to is the angel twins due to their twin telepathy). Both were good at judging the distance between each other and stopped whatever they were doing to help the other out, but Robin knew that when Rob was pressured, he had a bad habit of trying to dodge everything. It usually worked if the teamwork of their opponent was bad, but Robin knew her brother so well and was able to punish whatever he did. Her getting in close and breaking through his defense was just the tip of the iceberg. She was able to throw Rob into Roy who would often get an early kill on the male tactician. Shulk had used it against them once by waiting for the right moment to get a vision and to counter Roy who tried to style with his explosive special. However besides that the female tactician and the young lion bodied Rob and Shulk with their first time teamwork.
The male tactician didn't want to stick around to see Roy hitting on his sister after that match (oh would her husband curse him for that). While Shulk was telling them "good games", Rob just wanted to be alone after being defeated by his sister again.
Rob wanted to go train at the Smash Arena, but realized it would take too long and someone would find him eventually. He needed a quiet area where he could reevaluate the battle and figure out what to do better next time. This is why he chose to go to Smash Forest that was in between Smash Brothers Mansion and Smashopolis.
He went at night that was the first mistake and went alone which was the second mistake. Rob wasn't in the right state of mind when he also decided to walk all the way instead of asking the Mii's to take him halfway. They were in charge of the bus system, so it was foolish to not request help from them.
The white haired tactician made his way through the quiet forest. In the morning, it was always filled with the voices of nature. At night when the animals went to sleep, it was a place to calm one's mind. Rob just needed to sit by the small lakeside and think about what happened.
"…She was using customs for one." Rob thought darkly to himself as he opened his tome that had some notes in it that he jotted down before he left to Smash Forest. "She always went after me so I couldn't set up for another. She relied on the fact that Shulk and I never fought Roy before. Roy kills early, but has a terrible recovery. I could have out-spaced him better if I knew how dangerous he could be…but my sister wouldn't allow that. Shulk was taking all the blows for me just so I could recover, but I couldn't do it fast enough…it was always me…"
The white haired mage growled as the notes concerning his sister were torn to shreds and thrown into the lake.
"What's the point in trying to take notes on sis?! She'll just change her strategy and win again! She always wins! Not once will I ever get the advantage over her! Just once I want to…" Rob stopped himself from throwing a temper tantrum in case someone followed him. This was ridiculous even by his standards. "…Maybe I should just accept I'll never be as good as her…Shulk should just ask her to be his partner…I'm just…"
"A vessel of Grima."
Rob froze hearing a high pitch voice echoing in the forest. Turning around, he didn't see anything. Was it his imagination or…
"Hee-hee, you should really pay attention to your surroundings."
From the lake? Rob immediately thought as he immediately shot thunder from the spellbook causing the entire lake to face an electric shock that probably fried the inhabits of the lake.
"You make things too easy."
Rob immediately looked below him to see a familiar pink blob trying to grab at his legs. His head became hazy feeling like he had been put in this situation before and let out a small shriek. He got out of the slime in time, but it wouldn't matter seeing as how he fell into a trap.
The slime formed into a pink bunny girl that had a skirt that went to dress length levels and open toe shoes. She smiled sinisterly seeing the terrified look her target had.
"W-Wait…you're that monster…"
"How rude." She snarled hating being called a monster. "I am Melona, and I think I'm going to take revenge on that Goddess by finding the vessel for the Swamp Witch. What better body to use than the vessel of Grima?"
Rob couldn't stop trembling. He wanted to say that she had the wrong person and it was his sister that was the vessel. He was just an imperfect twin that should have died when born, but was spared by his caring mother. Not like being spared has done him any justice. He had only caused problems to everyone around him and he just wanted to disappear.
"The process is going to take some time, but I'm going to need you to cooperate with me, sweetie."
"…Fat chance…I'll get back to the mansion before you even think of catching me." Rob growled as he took a step back while taking out the Levin Sword. "Slime monsters are easy to defeat. You beat them until they can no longer regenerate!"
Melona's expression darkened. "I am not a monster…you're lucky I don't kill you now. In fact, I'll let them have some fun scaring you."
"They?"
Rob didn't notice there was a shadow behind him in the shape of a bull. By the time he turned around, it was already too late. His weapons were smacked out of his hand and he was lifted into the air with a single hand.
"Gahh!"
"And you're supposed to be a great tactician. You can't even check your surroundings." Melona told him in a mocking manner. "You two Minotaurs, be gentle with him. Tie him up and make sure he can't speak. I need to…prepare here." She said with a cute smile. "I need to see his resistance first before anything can really be done."
Rob wasn't powerful against the Minotaurs. Palutena did not slaughter all of them. They wanted revenge against the Goddess of Light for killing their comrades and he was going to be used against her. In moments like these, Rob wished he had some physical strength to him, but there was nothing he could do with how they were holding him close to their body and shoving a rag down his throat so he wouldn't scream.
"Ggg…"
Was a rope even necessary when they were stronger than him? Apparently it was to give a feeling of helplessness. Strong bonds were tied behind his back and he could do nothing to resist them. Melona had already picked up Rob's weapons and put them somewhere for safekeeping.
"The Swamp Witch will need these when she takes you over." Melona reminded him. "Don't look so scared. You're going to love your new makeover more than the boring appearance you have now."
Even if it was useless to resist, Rob still tried to break away from the strong grip that was on him. He was forced to walk to wherever Melona needed him to be. No one was going to save him given he was foolish enough to go alone. He just needed to pray that he wouldn't be killed.
He got dragged off to this small cave where there were more Minotaurs waiting. Airi was at the end appearing rather nervous about what Melona intended to do. She was the one that Pit had a duel with and lost, but she was dragged off by the pink slime girl simply because they were partners. Airi was a liability in Melona's mind, but she still needed to look out for The Swamp Witch's most trusted maid.
"Is everything ready Airi?" Melona asked as her eyes flashed with anticipation.
"Yes…but are you sure this is the right person?" Airi questioned. "There are two people named Robin. They are twins, and only one of them is the vessel. For this to work, we need the right one."
"It's a fifty-fifty chance." Melona said waving off Airi's worry. "Plus, this is the dumb twin."
"…Then chances are he's not the vessel of Grima."
How much did Rob want to verify that Grima was not inside of him. His sister was the chosen one, and she was the one that finished Grima off. He was just the failed vessel that could have been thrown away since birth, but his mother wanted him to live…but for what if no one really cared about him?
"Oh well. Wouldn't hurt to try!"
"Honestly Melona…"
Rob let out a horrible cry underneath the cloth when he felt himself being forced to go into what Airi prepared for the vessel of Grima.
On the surface it looked like they were just going to drown him in this small capsule that was filled with water. However, there was something that was crawling the water waiting to grab at whoever was dumb enough to rest inside the capsule.
"Oh yeah! I forgot that you should not go in with clothes on. You're free to strip him." Melona ordered.
The Minotaurs could be heard snickering immediately causing Rob to freak out feeling big hands on his shoulder. The first thing they grabbed were his robes that was torn as easily as the notes of his elder sister. They got a little carried away and ended up removing the rope that bonded him. The white haired tactician couldn't run away anyway with the firm grip they had.
The cloth in Rob's mouth successfully fell out, but it only made the situation worse when started screaming for help. From clothes underneath his robe to the belts that held his outfit together, it wouldn't be long until the white haired tactician was stripped in the nude. He couldn't even cover himself before they yanked him from his spot and dragged him over to the capsule. The only one who was visibly disturbed of this treatment was Airi who was holding onto the Swamp Witch's soul. She started having doubts doing this.
"Unhand me, you fiends!" Rob shouted again as they attempted to submerge him in the water. "Dammit, when I get my weapons back I'll-arghhh!"
The thing that was swimming in the water became clearer to Rob once he was inside the freezing water. It appeared to be what would be a mix of a black spider and a scorpion. Its eyes glowed red sensing the presence of someone in the capsule. Immediately it launched itself toward Rob and seized at his reproductive organs.
"Arghhh! What is this thing?!"
"Oh, that's what the Swamp Witch uses to have her servants bow to her will." Melona explained in a mocking tone as she held her hand out to Airi. "I will need the soul now."
"Wait…there needs to be some time to make sure things…"
"The Swamp Witch will do the work for us. I want results now instead of waiting awhile. The Smashers will notice that one of their own is missing. We need to do this now Airi…or are you just biding time for your precious angel to see what our plan is?"
"T-That's…"
Not wanting to betray The Swamp Witch, Airi shoved the soul into Melona's hand. She smiled creepily as the tail portion of the spider grabbed the back of Rob's head causing him to scream in pain.
"There are two ways to put the soul inside of you. We can do it this way or we can modify your body and force the soul inside of you. I'm being kind and doing it the easy way. Now open wide."
"G-Get that thing away from me, you monster!"
Rob had to stop calling Melona a monster because all that did was change Melona's plan and make her want to do this the painful way. Everything was a blur at this point with what exactly the pink slime monster did to him. All he could remember was his mind fading into the darkness as pleasure and pain slowly enveloped him.
Rob's disappearance did not go unnoticed, but it took a while for some people to actually care that he was missing. Shulk obviously cared given Rob never came back last night from training. He tried to reassure himself that Rob took the bus to Smashopolis and probably crashed at the hotel where Chrom and Robin's family stayed (since they weren't allowed at the mansion despite there being guests room for them). If Rob didn't come back in the afternoon with the group, then he would be sure to ask Master Hand if he could pinpoint his roommate.
Shulk's worry did not go unnoticed. Robin had questioned the blond about what was on his mind, and he brought up her little brother.
"He'll get over it." Robin told Shulk with a grin. "He mopes around a lot, but he always finds a way to get back on his feet."
"He seemed really down this time…"
"I think he was a little salty. He never fought Roy before."
"A little huh…"
Robin just laughed at her comment rather than think that her brother was upset with himself losing to his sister again. Sometimes Shulk wondered if Robin ever tried understanding her little brother, but he hasn't seen them interact in their world, so he had no right to judge how she was handling the situation.
"You know, if Rob doesn't come back, I'll help you look for him. I wouldn't want him to get in trouble in Smashopolis."
"…You think he's there too?"
"Of course! He's probably trying to S Support some random girl there and failing miserably. I'm certain Henry will cheer him up."
Robin wanted to be right about this. However, when the sun reached its peak, Rob wasn't part of the group that was on the bus. Olivia, Henry, Inigo and Morgan got off the bus, but Rob wasn't with them. Chrom only realized that the male tactician was missing only after Robin brought it up with her husband.
"Where is my brother? Is he still crying in the hotel room?"
"What? Little Rob wasn't here? That's a funny image of him coming to me for comfort. I mean, if he cried that much, I might have to take his tears and water the plants. Nya-ha!"
What was going to be an entire day of Chrom spending time with his family (and spending the money that Robin earned since she promised Frederick that she would make sure that his lord would not overspend in the Smash Brothers Realm) ended up becoming a day for most of the Smashers searching for Rob when Shulk decided to not take any chances and ask Master Hand. He would have pushed things back later, but he got an ominous vision when he was in front of Master Hand's door. Multiple images flashed before his eyes. One was Palutena teleporting him, Pit and Chrom out of the mansion after Pit shouted how he didn't want to leave her or Dark Pit behind despite Reyn and Lucas reassuring him that they will protect the dark angel. Another was Reyn being impaled by Dunban who was now purple with yellow eyes and Dark Pit screaming bloody murder at the samurai for hurting him. There was another image of Rob in this rather sexualized outfit standing over his sister and talking about how he'll make her feel the same way he's feeling now while forcing a spider with a scorpion tail on her private area. Finally, there was an image of Shulk pointing the Monado at Rob who was very well ready to kill the seer if he did not attack first.
"Is there something you need?" Master Hand asked.
Shulk would never get over Master Hand's human form. He called himself Michiko and he was a very tall and very attractive man with short black hair and brown eyes. He dressed up like a butler that would usually follow with a lot of butler jokes ranging from butler stereotypes and the infamous "I'm one hell of a butler" comment. Despite that, he was very business suave when in human form compared to being short tempered when he was just a huge white glove.
"Can you pinpoint where Rob is? I'm worried."
"Again?" Michiko questioned in annoyance. "Shulk, you worry too much about your roommate sometimes."
"I had a vision!" Shulk sputtered quickly losing his composure realizing that maybe he has gone to Master Hand one time too many concerning his roommate whenever he disappeared. "There is this black shadow that takes over and everyone gets hurt and Rob…"
Despite rolling his eyes, Master decided to just humor the Monado boy and look for Rob. He was very disappointed realizing that Rob's presence was nowhere to be found in the Smash Brothers Realm.
"…Odd…" He muttered. "I can't sense him anywhere…"
"W-What?!"
"…Hey brother, what's chilling?" Crazy (in human form) could be heard as he made it out of the bathroom still in his pajamas. "Sup Shulk?"
"Caito…now is not the time to talk…" Michiko began. "I cannot pinpoint Rob anywhere…"
"Bruh…you serious?"
"Combine our powers, so I can determine if its me or not."
Crazy groaned as he went over to his older brother and grasped at his hand. Both of them closed their eyes attempting to pinpoint the Tactician Magician. Even with the second hand, Rob could not be found.
"420 cannot be found…" Caito joked, but realized that he shouldn't have had said that.
"No way…that's…"
Master grumbled realizing that he would have to drop everything and request that the Smashers help search, but that is only after he asked Palutena and Rosalina to help out. If they could not help them…then a serious situation had occurred.
And a serious incident indeed when even with the combined powers of all four of them, they couldn't track Rob down. It was almost like he was erased from existence. Palutena's powers extended throughout her realm in the universe dubbed the Classic Realm while Rosalina was everywhere else in the universe. If they couldn't find Rob then perhaps Master Hand needed a search party after all. Chrom and Robin were the most displeased about this situation because it meant spending less time with their family. While Chrom was dedicated to the task the most due to Rob being his tactician's little brother, Robin was feeling rather callous and decided to skip out. She said she would go to Smashopolis and search but ended up sneaking off with Henry and Morgan to Isle Delfino where they wouldn't return until later in the evening.
The other Smashers weren't that happy either. Perhaps Robin ran off knowing full well the other Smashers were complain about how she needed to keep a closer eye on her little brother so he wouldn't mess up their schedule. Pit had been complaining all day about how the male tactician needed to stop using magic that could prevent Palutena from finding him.
Dark Pit was the first to drop out of the search because he was so hell bent on having a video game marathon with some other people in the mansion and he sure as hell didn't want the short Smasher ruining everything. Dark Pit had to convince Lucina to give up the search since her father was doing all in his power to find Rob anyway.
"He's making himself useful for once in the mansion." Pittoo snarked as he clung onto Lucina's arm like a needy girlfriend. "Come on Luci! You promised you would play Tales of Vesperia with us!"
"But a marathon is…"
"Four player co-op! Come on Luci! Reyn and Lucas are already waiting!"
The female lord doubted they could finish the game in one sitting especially with how Dark Pit was with RPG games and his 100% completion mentality.
In the end, whether or not Lucina helped her father or not did not matter. Rob could not be found anywhere. Smashers gave up rather quickly especially Sonic who was able to rush all over Smashopolis but could not find a trace of the white haired tactician. It wasn't just Shulk that was worried but Chrom more so than normal. Even if his family vacation was ruined (not helped that Dark Pit stole his daughter for the day), he cared a lot for Rob. The younger male had in their world always nagged Chrom about his safety and never going alone because he was someone of importance. Chrom had to remind the young lad that he too was important even if his sister was the tactician in the army. Now the roles were reversed with Rob going in alone somewhere and not being found. The bluenette would have to scold Robin for not caring as much as she should for her twin brother even if he understood that she had been waiting to hang out with her family for the longest time.
Once it was apparent they weren't going to find Rob, Olivia kindly dismissed Inigo so she could be alone with her husband. Inigo was worried about Rob, but decided it would be better to not think about it too much and just wait for the Smashers with locating powers to find him. Inigo wanted to see what Lucina was doing with her "new boyfriend" (Chrom didn't take that comment well at all) and trotted off to annoy his older sister in the game room.
"My lord, you should not overexert yourself like this. I am certain that Rob is okay." Olivia told him softly once the two made it back to Chrom's room that he shared with Magnus. It was a good thing that Magnus promised Chrom earlier that day that he would nag Dunban for the rest of the day and give Chrom some alone time with his wife. It wouldn't stop Magnus from probably leaning against the wall but most walls were soundproof.
"I know…but I have this gut feeling that something bad is going to happen."
"Won't the other Smashers be able to handle it? I mean…you're not alone with your concerns for Rob. Shulk is still searching for him."
"Yeah…he worries a lot. I feel like because of him worrying too much, he ended up becoming the boy who cried wolf."
There was one false alarm with Rob and that was because Shulk misheard Rob telling him he was going to be alone for a while. Shulk panicked and made it seem like enemies of Pit had kidnapped Rob and sold him off to slavery. Rob was completely fine but still upset that he failed to pick up a chick that was interested in him. From then on, Shulk was careful about what he said because even Dunban was disappointed in him for jumping to conclusion (and he didn't have the vision excuse that time).
"That shows he cares, right? You would search for me if I disappeared, right?" Olivia asked cutely.
Chrom just smiled warmly as he gently placed his hand over her cheek. "Of course. You mean the world to me. I would do anything for you."
"Tee-hee, I'm honored my lord."
This would probably be the point where something magical happened but Magnus was indeed leaning on the door with Dunban cursing at him to stop trying to interrupt them. Chrom had to open up the door and yell at them to leave him alone, but the mood was still lost. Magnus felt so accomplished in ruining the moment. Riki, who was also with Magnus and Dunban, cheered for Magnus even if he had little idea what just transpired resulting in Dunban just facepalming at how dumb his little companion could be.
Rob's sudden return in the middle of the night caught the Smashers off guard simply because he disappeared without a trace and showed up without warning. It didn't take a genius to know something was wrong with him…
"Hey Rob, we were looking all over for you! You gave everyone a scare!" Roy could be heard shouting from the entrance.
"You're too loud…" Marth grumbled behind him before looking toward Rob and blinking at the sight. "Huh? What are you wearing?"
A good look at the white haired tactician…one can feel the darkness surrounding him. His eyes lost its color as he walked toward them. The outfit Marth spoke of wasn't much of an outfit. The robe he notoriously wore was wide open with nothing underneath it thus exposing his chest. This went for his legs and feet. What he wore was something that you would see in a brothel or a strip club…add to the fact there was a spider attached to his crotch and no underwear to cover it only made things more awkward for the two swordsmen the more they stared at him. Despite his emotionless eyes though, he still gave a sinister smile to them.
Inigo ended up coming out at the wrong moment to see Rob in that outrageous outfit. He immediately turned red as he looked toward Roy and Marth with scorn.
"Why are you two staring at Rob? I know you two are gay, but I think we should be more concerned about where he went."
Roy chuckled as he went over to Marth despite the Hero King reminding him to be cautious.
"What's there to be cautious about? Its just Rob. What is he going to do to…"
Roy didn't even get to finish that sentence as a purple Levin Sword emerged from Rob's hand. Without warning, he sliced at Roy's chest. If that were a real sword, Rob would have very well killed the redhead on the spot. Instead, Roy's body immediately started changing purple.
"…me?"
"ROY!" Marth screamed as he took out the Falchion. "What are you doing Rob?!"
Inigo didn't realize he took a step back instead of rushing over to help Roy. Why would he? He noticed that the young lion was slowly transforming into what appeared to be a Risen just from that one slash.
"No way…"
The white haired mage just giggled as he pointed the Levin Sword toward Marth. That was to give the order to Roy who slowly stood up after being sliced with the sword. Marth was confused at what his friend was doing until Roy came at him with his sword.
"W-What? Roy, what are you doing?"
Roy did not respond. Rob continued to laugh as he impaled Marth through the stomach when he was distracted. Again, the Hero King did not die, but his body was turning into a being of darkness before he realized it.
"Guhh…"
"MARTH! ROY!" Inigo cried out before realizing he would be the next target. "I…I got to get dad and sis…"
He rushed back into the mansion not caring that he left the door open exposed for Rob and the Smashers turned Risen to chase after him and go after every Smasher who were unaware of what was going on.
Like a zombie raid, it would not take long for the entire mansion to be in disarray especially with how Rob had made it to where attacking Smashers that were close to those already possessed were attacked first. Marth had gone for Link and Roy went for Ryu. Link didn't expect a thing and felt so betrayed seeing Marth take his sword and slash at his throat. Ryu found out that it didn't matter if he blocked Roy's blade. If the sword even touched him, then he would become like them, but it would take much longer especially with Ryu's willpower. Ryu punched Roy against the wall intending to snap him out of whatever was affecting him. At this point, Marth and Link had come back for Roy and Ryu soon joined them.
From there, it was nearly impossible to avoid getting turned into the Risen like enemy. The younger Smashers were too slow to avoid getting slashed and some of them were sleeping when they got stabbed making things worse. Ike and Pit were together when Marth came at the Radiant Hero. He took a blow for the angel captain who had his back turned and was horrified at what he was seeing.
"No way…" Pit mumbled. "Ike we got to…"
"Gahhhh…"
"Ike?!"
Ike being double teamed by Link did not help matters. His skin was turning purple at an alarming rate…and Pit had no choice but to abandon his friend to warn Palutena.
Dark Pit's group was enjoying their video game and barricaded themselves inside the game room (even though it was open to anyone, but Dark Pit used magic to make sure no one came in). The banging against the magic door annoyed the black angel who just got to this really hard boss and needed to concentrate.
"Can someone else get it?" Dark Pit asked in annoyance.
Lucas was too busy snacking on popcorn to actually do it. Lucina thought this was the chance to escape with Inigo (who left to go annoy Marth), so she offered to do it if he let the magic go down. When the angel replica brought it down, the door immediately came down with Inigo falling flat on his face.
"Inigo?"
"S-Sis! It's awful! Rob…he…gahhhhh!"
Inigo had the girliest scream known to man, but Lucina was always quick to react to protecting her little brother. She wasn't expecting Ike to be the one who attempted to slam Ragnell down on the male dancer.
"Ike?!"
This caught everyone's attention noticing the glowing yellow eyes and purple skin he had. Inigo crawled over toward Reyn who was safer to hide behind than his sister who could have gotten hit.
"What has gotten into you?" Lucina questioned furious that her brother was being attacked.
The Radiant Hero did not respond and instead tried to stab the female lord. Reyn was quick to get up and simply sucker punch Ike so hard he was sent flying against the wall.
"We can't stay here." Reyn said rather calmly as he looked toward the trembling mercenary, the dark angel and the psychic boy. "We need to be in a safer location."
"Can we get an explanation on what is going on?" Dark Pit asked looking at Inigo.
"I-I don't know! Rob came back in this gaudy outfit! He stabbed Roy and then Roy attacked Marth and then they started impaling the others and they're all turning purple and…is mom okay?!"
Lucina absorbed the information quickly before rushing out to get to the room where her parents were. The Villager children stopped her. All eight of them have become part of the possessed Risen and all had their axes out ready to chop anyone who stood in their way. Lucas and Inigo screamed the minute they looked outside to see the disturbing image.
"THOSE CREEPERS GOT CAUGHT TOO?!" Inigo shrieked.
"Please stop panicking…" Dark Pit mumbled trembling at the darkness that had befallen the mansion.
"We got no time to be scared! We need to regroup with the Goddesses!" Lucina declared. "Reyn, you have your weapon?"
"Always!" Reyn told her with a smirk. "I'm always ready to protect Lived."
"Your declaration is nice and all, but I don't have anything…" The dark angel muttered darkly. "Uhh…if this is a zombie apocalypse…then I'm going to die…"
"Not if we protect you!"
Lucina and Reyn was an odd combo. Lucina had practice with the redhead outside of Smash simply to train. His different fighting style had forced her to change tactics in battle. When the two were fighting together like right now though, they were a brutal force of speed and power. The Villager children were also quick, but not as trained as Lucina was. She was able to dodge everything.
"Come on, let's go!" Dark Pit ordered. "Stop clanking your legs together! You look ready to pee yourself!"
"Maybe I am…oh why me…"
While Dark Pit's group was making their way to the top, Robin, Shulk and her family were caught between a rock and a hard place. Shulk had only heard the screaming coming from Luigi and he left with Robin to see what happened. Making a Weegee joke probably wasn't a good idea, so the blond got out the Monado while Robin had her Levin Sword ready.
"The vision…it's happening…" Shulk mumbled in disbelief. "Our friends…they're turning into…"
"Risen?!" Robin finished. "They can't be dead! Luigi, speak up!"
Luigi was ready to charge them but Henry was too fast for the man in green. He shot a Ruin spell at the poor man and he was sent flying out the nearby window.
"HENRY!"
"Hey, I was protecting you, my sweet. Also, his feet wiggle when he goes flying. That's awesome! I want to hit him again!"
Robin couldn't shout at her husband when all the Pokémon confronted the group with the same aura around them. They looked like Shadow Pokémon in comparison to the Risen that Robin spoke of. Henry and Morgan were so ready to blast through the Pokémon to get through, but stopped seeing how the Pokémon moved out of the way for someone.
"Rob!" Shulk and Robin shouted seeing the male tactician walked toward them all doll like.
Henry opened his eyes realizing that something was definitely off. He urged Morgan to stand back confusing his future son greatly.
"Well, you're obviously not my wife's little brother. Care to introduce yourself before I shoot your head off?"
"Henry…"
"…I am Robin." Rob told him simply, but his voice echoed similar to Grima immediately catching them off guard. "Don't you recognize me or did you forget that I ever existed?"
Shulk admittingly…was distracted by what Rob was wearing. His eyes were glued to the spider on his crotch that was twitching and keeping a firm grip in that area. He felt his cheeks turn pink seeing his eyes trail up Rob's slim body that was not covered by his clothes for once.
"I know I'm sexy Shulk, but please don't stare. I might stick my sword to you."
"W-What?! R-Rob, what's wrong?! Why is everyone like this?!"
"Oh…nothing is wrong…I'm just giving everyone a taste of the power of my darkness."
"That can't be!" Robin yelled. "You can't be using Grima's power! I killed him!"
"…You did sis…but only in you…" Rob told her simply. "…But not me…when you sacrificed yourself…Grima went into me…he can't wake up unless I die…but I was able to tap into his power…and look what I can do now sis! I can do things that even you can't do!" He smiled cutely taking his purple Levin Sword out and pointing it at Robin. "With powers like this…I'll never be in your shadow again."
Robin could not believe what her brother just said. Her entire expression paled as she backed up slowly.
"N-No…I was certain Grima was…no!"
"You're going to join everyone!"
"NO!"
The younger twin charged toward his older twin without warning. Henry had to think fast. He noticed the Pokémon were ready to back the white haired magician up and Shulk wouldn't be able to respond fast enough. He decided to push his wife out of the way and take the blow meant for her.
"HENRY!"
"Nice shave…" He murmured weakly even though he just got impaled. "Shulk…get my family out of here…"
"But…"
"I have a hard time dying, nyah-nyah-nyah." Henry joked looking over to his wife who was trembling at the sight of her husband slowly turning purple like the rest of them. "Robin, pull yourself together and find Chrom. You can't let him or Lucina fall here…"
"I…I know."
"But father…" Morgan murmured.
"GO!" Henry yelled as he shot Ruin one more time at Rob just to keep him and the Pokémon at bay.
Morgan growled as he led the way taking Robin by the hand and running with his mother. Shulk followed from the rear. Henry continued to smile even if he felt himself losing his consciousness.
"That was foolish of you Henry." Rob told him with an evil grin. "Now you'll be chasing after my sister too."
"Over my dead body…"
"You won't have a choice."
Pit should have known that going alone was more likely to get you killed. This was true in all horror games. Leaving Ike was biting him in the ass especially with how Link and Toon Link weren't going to leave him alone. They kept shooting the hookshot his way and it wouldn't be long until both of them seized his wings that ended up grounding him.
"Dammit…why is karma hitting me now?" Pit asked himself as he found himself struggling to not be dragged toward the Hylians just so they can stab him. "Fuck…If I can just reach you bastards…"
Link could be seen smirking at Pit's unfortunate state with his wings tied down like a bird caught in a net. The light angel was on the fourth floor and only needed to travel one more flight of stairs to get to Palutena, and now he's going to become one of them.
I just hope Pittoo doesn't turn because of me. Pit thought darkly to himself before he closed his eyes waiting for Link to bring the Master Sword down on him.
"PK THUNDER!"
Lucas' sudden surprise attack was able to go all the way over to Link and hitting him in the arm as well as break the hookshot connecting to Pit's wings. The electric attack was enough to paralyze him giving Reyn and Inigo enough time to tackle both Link and Toon Link away. Lucina and Dark Pit hurried over to Pit and ripped whatever was left of the hookshot off of the light angel.
"Pittoo…you haven't…"
"Of course I haven't!" Dark Pit shouted. "I'm genre savvy enough to know to stick with a group!"
"Uhh…I was almost to Lady Palutena…"
"Doesn't matter. We got to keep going up. Have you seen anyone else?"
"No…but I think Chrom is heading to the top too." He frowned. "Master Hand made an announcement before it was cut off. He told us what we're all doing now. We all got to go to Lady Palutena, Viridi and Rosalina. They can teleport us out of here. Then we can think about what to do."
It sounded simple but more Smashers were approaching their way. Meta Knight and Falco as a pair were dangerous. Lucina was able to parry with the veteran Star Warrior but almost got shot from Falco's laser. You just needed to be hit by their attack to turn purple. Lucas' was able to absorb the lasers fired at him allowing him to take a hit should something hit him. The blond was relieved that he had something to keep him safe for a while.
Dark Pit urged his friends to rush toward the last staircase. Pit at first hesitated that the black angel would be hit, but Palutena was the angel captain's priority, so for once in his life, he let Lucina, Reyn and Lucas do the protecting.
"Lucas, go with Pit." Dark Pit ordered his young friend. "…I'm going to find other people who are still fighting back."
"What? You have no weapon!"
Dark Pit smirked looking over toward Reyn. "I got the big guy. I trust he won't get hit for my sake."
Lucas felt a migraine coming on, but obeyed. The blond psychic followed after the older angel twin leaving Dark Pit with Lucina, Reyn and Inigo. Inigo wanted to follow after them, but if his father was making his way up here, then he needed to make sure that his mother was safe and sound. Not to mention if Robin and her family needed to be found.
"Reyn," Dark Pit started, "I know you want to search for Shulk and Dunban."
"Dunban will be fine. And Shulk will too, but…"
"No…we can find Shulk. I don't think he has turned yet."
"Of course not! It's Shulk!" Reyn said as he only needed to extend his hand out to punch whoever was dumb enough to run into his fist. Lucina shook her head seeing it was only DDD. Even when turned, he was still a dumbass.
"Umm…can we stop talking and head out? I think they'll chase us if we go back down." Inigo suggested being rather impatient.
"Yes, let's take Inigo's suggestion." Lucina agreed. "We have no time to waste."
This was the point where Rob would make things worse for everyone. Chrom and Olivia had left the room when Saki tried to come in and shoot the Ylissean King in the head. Chrom was quick enough to take a sword and impale him in the side leaving him in the room with purple blood dripping on the walls. Olivia while disturbed followed after Chrom fearing for her children.
At the same time, Shulk had been careful when any of the Smashers crossed paths with him. Alvis whispered in his ear that the Risen were indeed the Smashers and if he killed this purple form, he would kill them for real. Shulk had to be careful as a result.
It wouldn't be long until Shulk had the Monado pointing toward someone who he thought was another Risen, but sighed in relief seeing it was only Chrom.
"We finally meet up at the midpoint." Morgan said happily.
"Robin, where is Henry?" Olivia questioned with worry. "Have you seen Lucina and Inigo?"
Robin refused to answer. Morgan ended up speaking up for his mother.
"…Father is fighting back there for us. He'll be fine. It's father after all." Morgan answered forcing a smile on his face.
"Oh…I see…and the others?"
"We ran into uncle, but…" Morgan stopped talking seeing the pained look his mother wore. "…He didn't act like uncle at all."
"How did he act?"
"…Like Grima…"
That caught their attention. Robin shot a nasty glare toward her son before realizing how mean she probably looked.
"…Sorry…I'd rather not talk about it."
The blond understood why Robin wouldn't want to talk about it, but for some strange reason, Chrom didn't seem to understand that she wanted to drop the subject.
"Grima? Robin, what are you not telling us? Is Grima back?"
"I-I don't know…I killed Grima, but he's inside my brother…I don't understand! How?!"
Olivia placed a hand on her husband's shoulder as if telling him to calm down. If he pushed Robin…he might end up saying something that would break the female tactician.
"Robin…"
"SHULK!"
Shulk looked up and smiled seeing that at the top of the third floor was Reyn and the others. They were going to make it out once they reached them and traveled two more floors from the main lounge.
The problem was that because this area was so big, Smashers and assist trophies that have turned were showing up from all sides. If that wasn't bad enough, the ground started to shake making traveling up the stairs difficult.
"Morgan, cover me!" Robin ordered as she looked toward the staircase to the left and right. "Chrom, you and Olivia go take the left staircase. Shulk take the right one! I got this!"
"Robin…no. If you're going to stay and fight then I will…"
"Chrom, I already lost my brother and husband! I won't lose you too!" She cried not realizing the Freudian slip she had. "Morgan, I'm sorry for this, but please don't leave my side!"
"Yes, mother!" Morgan exclaimed as he got out his Bolganone tome. "I'll do anything for you mother!"
Robin wished he wasn't so gung-ho about obeying her commands. The female tactician forced them to follow her orders, but from the looks of things, Dark Pit's group had every intention of pulling the two up and running.
"Hey, Viridi! I know you can hear me! Give me the Power of Flight! I'm going to make things easier for them!"
At first there wasn't a response before Dark Pit's wings had a green glow to it. The dark angel smirked as he flew off and went to grab Morgan first so he can shoot from above. This strategy would have set the mansion on fire, but they needed to hold the others off until Palutena could communicate with them and apparently teleport them all away. Morgan's eyes widened in delight seeing how fast Pittoo was flying while he set everything aflame. Robin still had them watching her back, so she was never alone.
The trembling got worse causing Olivia to slip on the staircase. As Chrom helped her up, he felt something or someone was staring at him.
"You're mine Chrom."
Olivia noticed sooner where the voice was coming from and got up just in time to shield Chrom from a shadow figure from appearing in front of the bluenette and impaling him in the heart. The purple Levin Sword pierced through her body causing her to cry out in pain. Both Inigo and Lucina's eyes widened in horror witnessing their mother be injured by someone they cared deeply for.
"MOTHER!" Inigo cried out as he immediately tried to rush toward her only to be held back by Lucina. "LET ME GO! I GOT TO HELP HER!"
Just from looking at how fast the purple was spreading from a distance, Lucina knew it was too late to save the pink haired dancer. Chrom was in a state of shock seeing Rob stand before him with the Levin Sword in hand. Olivia's blood was smeared onto the magic sword but it had a purple color to it.
"R-Rob…why?"
"…Robin isn't here at the moment." Rob answered with a cute smile. "I think for now you can call me the Swamp Witch."
Immediately the name struck Dark Pit's ear. It wasn't Grima but the Swamp Witch that Pit and Palutena spoke about often.
The dark angel landed next to Reyn allowing him to drop Morgan off before flying off to pick up Robin while he was distracted. Unfortunately.
"You think I will let you just pick our main target easily? How naïve…just like your dumb twin."
Dark Pit didn't realize that Melona was above him aiming directly toward his wings. He moved a little too late when she poured white acid down his body causing making a sizzle noise if any part of his skin was touched. She made a direct hit on his wings forcing the Power of Flight to stop working.
"GAHHHHHHH!"
"Dark Pit!"
"Lived!"
The dark angel crashed landed next to the female tactician with his body still burning up. Melona just chuckled at the lewd sight she made with the white acid melting at his clothes and exposing most of his skin. Robin stopped firing her spells to help her comrade.
"Dark Pit, are you okay?"
"Gah…no…it stings so much…"
Shulk had just made it up the stairs next to Lucina and Reyn. He intended to go down and help but there was no need when those two decided to jump down from the top to aid the dark angel. They were too late though when Rob randomly shot a thoron spell from his hands and it hit Dark Pit when he saw the male tactician try to get a lucky hit on his sister. This was not the dark angel's day if he was going to turn soon after Olivia who was resisting trying to turn against her family.
"LIVED, NO!" Reyn screamed as he immediately rushed over and scooped the black angel up in his hand. "DON'T TURN INTO ONE OF THEM! LIVED!"
"Oww…this sucks…" Dark Pit murmured weakly. "Sorry guys…"
Rob scowled seeing something was off with the dark angel. Despite the critical hit, he wasn't transforming at all. Was he immune to these powers? Melona noticed too and hissed.
"What, there's someone who is immune to this?! Unbelievable. Well, we got to kill him for certain."
Robin had to think fast. Things were going to hell really fast. Shulk, Inigo and Morgan could easily escape and go to Palutena. Chrom was intending to stay with his wife until the end and Reyn looked ready to murder everyone in the room. Lucina was in a confused state unable to decide whether to stay behind or help Dark Pit. Rob decided to make the decision for them…
As the male tactician intended to hit everyone with a powerful lightning spell, he ended up clutching his head in pain.
"Guhh…get out of…my head…" The voice was only normal temporary but Rob knew what he needed to do. "Chrom…you have to…run…everyone needs…to leave…don't…come back…to save me…I'm done for…"
Chrom looked up not realizing there were tears threatening to fall from his eyes. "Rob?"
Rob wasn't strong enough to resist whatever as possessing him. The spider on his crotch suddenly began to glow as the male twin immediately screamed in pain. His legs gave up on him when he tried to hold back the pain. Despite the obvious pain that the parasite was giving him, it appeared that it was trying to force an orgasm on the spot to make the human side of him vanish to be replaced with a lustful demon.
"G-Go…ahh…ahh…I can't…save everyone…ahhhh…"
Rob had a hard time holding in his moans as well. Taking the sword, he shot at Chrom forcing him to jump back and letting go of Olivia who was close to turning. The staircase ended up splitting with the bluenette on the top and Olivia at the bottom. Even if Olivia were to turn, she wouldn't be able to reach him. This left only the right staircase open.
"Reyn, take care of Dark Pit." Lucina told Reyn seeing as how he was the one holding onto the dark angel tightly. "I can handle it from here."
"But Lucina…"
"Just make sure Dark Pit lives. His life is in your hands now."
"…Right. And Robin?"
"…I can't leave my brother in that state…" Robin mumbled weakly not bothering to make eye contact with her speaker.
"…Okay. You girls take care of yourselves."
Reyn normally would have hesitated leaving his friends behind. However, Dark Pit was his number one priority. He still didn't understand why that was, but his heart was pounding ready to explode soon something befall Dark Pit.
Melona tried to hit the red headed Homs with her acid but Robin shot the Levin Sword magic upward to hit her from the ceiling forcing her to flop back to the ground. As a slime monster, it wouldn't hurt her but…
"Oh, you want to be covered in my juices? How nice of you…"
Inigo had rushed over to Chrom who started cursing at Rob for forcing him to leave his wife, daughter and tactician behind to save himself. Inigo embraced his father tightly while letting out a small sob.
"Father please…we have to go…I can't…lose you…"
He still had his son to protect at the very least. The boys were forced to leave the girls behind to their fate despite Morgan wanting to stay behind and help his mother.
The minute they were all out of sight, Rob had lost control over his body and let out a cry that sounded similar to an orgasmic one. His eyes seemed to have become slightly slanted now after that pleasant experience from the parasite. He wasted no time walking over to his sister and Lucina with a depraved expression in his eye.
"Sis, when I'm through with you…you will experience the same thing I felt just now."
The odds were not in their favor at all. The Smashers that have turned surrounded the two ladies and Melona had already shifted into a form meant to capture the two. Lucina felt sweat drip down her forehead feeling the worse was yet to come for her and Robin…especially since Olivia finished transforming and was heading toward the two with the same yellow eyes as the others.
Because all attention was to Lucina and Robin, everyone else was able to rush to the fifth floor where Palutena and Rosalina awaited. Besides Pit and Lucas, the only Smasher who made it was Ganondorf and that was because he was relaxing with the green haired Goddess. Viridi and Phosphora had already left before things went sour making Palutena roll her eyes at how much of a coward the Goddess of Nature could be. When the group arrived, Rosalina had already left to start piloting the Comet Observatory away from the Smash Brothers Realm. Pit and Palutena looked toward Dark Pit in horror seeing the state he was in.
"PITTOO!" Pit cried out rushing toward his twin. "WHAT THE FUCK REYN! YOU SAID YOU WOULD PROTECT HIM!"
Reyn said nothing to Pit's cursing. Instead he observed the fragile angel and noted that his injuries were gone despite the state he was in. Palutena picked up on that too hence why she didn't scold him too much.
"Lucas, please heal him."
"O-Okay…"
Lucas had to confirm that Dark Pit didn't need to heal. He needed clothes to maintain his dignity. The replica slowly opened his eyes after what felt like forever and groaned.
"…Sorry…I couldn't save Robin…"
"Pittoo, how did you heal so fast?!" Pit questioned.
"I want to know too. You took acid to your wings and lightning to the back and you don't have a scratch on you!" Reyn added.
"…Don't know…just know that the Swamp Witch is involved in this…and Melona…"
Pit could not believe this…yet he shouldn't be surprised.
"Then Airi…"
"Pit…we need to focus." Palutena told him with a solemn expression. "Everyone…I must confess…I do not have the power to take all of you out of the realm. Only three of you can leave."
So all that saving was for nothing in the end when only three of them could escape while everyone else made their last stand.
"…I already decided who is going to be sent to Rosalina." Palutena continued looking to Pit. "Pit…you will be the one to go."
"What?! But what about you and Pittoo?!"
"I will…protect Dark Pit until the end." Palutena said simply. "Ganondorf will assist me too."
"Tch…not like I have a choice."
"And…I decided on Shulk and Chrom." Palutena finished earning more swearing on Chrom's end. "Shulk, your vision was spot on. I need you to make sure the rest doesn't happen."
"…If I leave…I feel like the one image I saw concerning Rob and Robin will…" Shulk's voice trailed off realizing he said too much. "…Never mind. Reyn…this is cruel of me but…"
"No, it's okay. I wasn't going to leave anyway." Reyn said with a sad smile. "I am going to keep my word in protecting Lived. Lucas is here too to make sure of that. Right?"
Lucas nodded his head nervously. He was disappointed that he couldn't leave, but seeing Dark Pit in this state made him want to fight harder. Plus he didn't see Ness as one of the Risen, so there was hope to find him and band together.
As for Inigo…he wanted to leave so badly. He was scared senseless, but then he understood why Chrom had to go and not him. Chrom was needed…he wasn't. That was how Inigo interpreted it. Morgan was completely fine staying behind of course because it meant being able to fight by his mother's side, but Inigo just needed a place to cry for a bit before deciding on what to do. Now though, he needed to be strong for his father who had just witnessed his wife's possible final moments if there is no cure to this Risen uprising.
"Dad…" Inigo began with a huge smile on his face. "You got this. You can save us all…but only if you leave."
"Why should I leave? I'm a coward if I do! Inigo, I lost Olivia by my carelessness and I might lose both Robins and Lucina! How can you tell me to leave with that same dumb smile on your face?!"
"…I'm Inigo the Invincible, remember? I always smile without a care in the world. Chrom…you're still the king. You need to survive this. I may be your son…but in this world. I don't have that much power…so please go. Go before…" Inigo was trembling. He was going to cry if Chrom didn't leave. "Please go…I don't want my last moments to be of me crying…"
That was it. He was scared of dying. He felt there was no hope, but he had to keep smiling. Palutena believed there was a cure to all of this and expected Pit to figure out what it is. Ganondorf went over to the light angel and patted him on the head.
"We won't go down easily if that is what you fear."
"…I rather…"
"Do what your Goddess tells you."
"…Alright…"
"Pit, Shulk, Chrom…hurry! They're coming here and fast!" Palutena shouted feeling her powers quickly slip away from her. "I wish you three the best of luck!"
Pit didn't even get to say goodbye to Palutena and Dark Pit as she quickly teleported them away leaving the rest of the Smashers and non-Smashers at the mercy of Rob who was waiting in front of the door ready to make them part of his new army under the Swamp Witch.
Me: TBC with 11840 words.
Li: I wonder who suffers the most in your stories.
Me: Everyone really. Notes!
1. I use Smash Forest a lot when it comes to all the bad things happening to Smashers. It should be a given that you never go alone in the forest in fear of demons waiting for you. Minotaurs are common because Melona knows that if she were to catch Pit, she would need them by her side.
2. The Swamp Witch has a parasite on her crotch that vibrates whenever the host is humiliated. It takes the form of a spider and intentionally turns the host on the more disgusted they are with his or herself. Since this parasite comes from the Netherworld, Airi was able to find one. In my other stories, she has access to these bugs given the Disgaea universe. This one in particular works differently because it's a male target and requires more energy to work on someone like Rob hence why it took a day for Rob to get corrupted by the pleasure of the parasite. The parasite also starts out white but once the host is corrupted, it turns black (and that is when humiliation no longer feeds the host but rather pleasure from being humiliated). The reason why it's already black is because Airi took an already corrupted one to speed up the process of Rob's corruption. Also this thing feeds off the pride of the person and Rob is incredibly prideful, so of course it hurts someone more who fails to give in immediately. Finally, this is where Diamond got the idea of using it on Shulk in Serpent Galaxy with the way it worked being different just to break Shulk in particular.
3. The outfit of the Swamp Witch is pretty much what Rob is wearing, but the only thing he has is the spider on his crotch, his robe that has a shade of purple and everything else is exposed.
4. Despite Palutena being a powerful Goddess, she is unable to handle darkness hence why Medusa can easily overpower her. Rob has such strong negative energy from his jealousy of his sister and his own insecurities that it ends up overpowering Palutena and clouding everyone else Rob ends up hitting with his magic. As a result, the people hit look like the Risen from Awakening only they are fully aware of what they are doing and the eyes are yellow like the shadows in Subspace Emissary.
That's it. Reviews are appreciated. Ja ne!