Author's Notes: Wow, I finally finished this! So, I wrote this story as an entry to Star's Smashing Secret Santa Contest. I know it's a bit late, but the final result should be worth the time it took to create this masterpiece - hopefully.
A few points I'd like to make about this story:
1. This story is based on the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. For the sake of sanity and relevance, the characters and part of the plot have been changed. However, I have incorporated several quotes and film references into the story. Kudos to those who can recognize them.
2. Yes, I proofread this story before I published it, so I'm hoping that I didn't miss any typos, errors, etc. Any misspellings and/or bad grammar are intentional, especially in dialogue.
3. There is no number 3; I ate it. XD
4. Lucario's dialogue is telepathic, and the other Pokemon can speak normally.
That's about it. So, I officially dedicate this story to SL the Pyro (I wrote this for you! :-D), and I hope he/she enjoys it. The rest of you ought to enjoy it, too.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Super Smash Brothers or Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid...sadly. DX So, Without further ado, I present...
Butch Ness and the Lucas Kid
The Smash Mansion is a wondrous place, which serves as a residence to some very interesting characters. If you think that this is a normal mansion with normal happenings…well then, you'd be very wrong. Allow me to tell you the tale of two boys who once caused great mischief to this place: Butch Ness and the Lucas Kid.
Butch Ness and the Lucas Kid were two young boys with special talents – they both had PSI powers. That, however, was not the only thing that forged their reputations, and it also has very little to do with the tale. What truly made history was the fact that these two boys became the leaders of a small gang of Smashers – kids, small characters, and most of the Pokemon – who caused mischief under the command of the PSI boys. They caused trouble for most of everyone in the mansion, and they even—
Wait, back up! I'm delving too deep into the story too quickly. Let me go back to the beginning and explain to you how these boys came to be Butch Ness and the Lucas Kid. That just might make more sense to you.
Ness and Lucas were sitting in their room one afternoon being incredibly bored. The reason that they were so bored is because Master Hand put the Smash Tournament on hold for a whole month – holiday reasons, I think. Anyway, the boys were bored, and they couldn't think of anything to do. That is, until someone knocked on their door.
"Come in," Lucas called to the door. The door opened, revealing the twin Ice Climbers, Popo and Nana. They both had large grins on their faces, so they must have brought some good news to the bored psychic boys. Nonetheless, they had to ask.
"So what brings you two here?" Ness inquired.
"Nana and I are having a movie night tonight, and we're inviting a bunch of the young and small Smashers to join us," Popo explained, obviously excited about the ingenious plan. "Would you two like to join us?"
"Hey, that would be fun!" Lucas answered for the two boys. "So what is the feature film tonight?"
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," Nana announced. Ness and Lucas both ooed and awed when they found out that were going to watch such an action/adventure-filled movie. During the next few minutes the four of them made the arrangements of when and where to meet, whom to invite, and what to bring for the feature presentation. After that the Ice Climber twins left the room to get prepared for the party.
"Wow, an old Western movie," Ness mused. "I've always wanted to see one of those movies that's full of action, adventure, and funny stuff, of course."
"Yeah, me too," Lucas agreed. "I'm sure this movie night will be lots of fun."
A few hours later after everyone finished dinner, the two PSI boys made their way to the entertainment room. This room was completely equipped with a giant flat-screen TV, a Nintendo Wii, a DVD player, a popcorn machine, a soda fountain, a candy dispenser, and several places to sit, including the couch, some beanbags, and a couple reclining chairs.
Nana and Popo were already waiting in the room by the time that Ness and Lucas arrived, so all they had to do was wait for the others. Soon enough, the rest of the group filed into the room. The Ice Climbers invited Ness, Lucas, Toon Link, Pikachu, Jigglypuff, the Pokemon Trainer (Red) and his Pokemon, Yoshi, Kirby, Olimar with his Pikmin, Mr. Game Watch and Diddy Kong.
"Sweet, everyone's here!" Red exclaimed. "Let's get this party started!" Everyone grabbed popcorn, candy and drinks, and they all picked a place to sit facing the TV. Popo dimmed the lights, while Nana loaded the DVD into the player. Moments later, the screen came to life, and Nana chose the 'play movie' option from the menu.
"Shh, the movie is starting," Toon Link whispered to the group. As soon as he said that, the movie began rolling the opening credits, and the party commenced.
The old Western movie played on for hours, mesmerizing its audience, as if it had cast a spell on its viewers. They made almost no noise at first. All that could be heard was laughter during funny scenes, gasps and cheers during action scenes, and the occasional whisper of "Pass the popcorn" during the slow parts of the movie.
As the end credits indicated the end of the movie party, the group got up to stretch or yawn. Part of the group decided to stay awake and play video games for a few hours, while others called it quits for the night, including Ness and Lucas. The two of them bid good night to the others and returned to their room, hoping to sleep well that night.
As the boys slept, images of the movie flashed through their minds, causing them to be restless. They spent the entire night thinking of nothing but the infamous Butch Cassidy and his partner, the Sundance Kid, as well as their adventures.
The PSI boys awoke the next morning to sound of knocking on their door. Lucas groaned and slowly made his way to the door to answer it. He opened it to reveal Nana, Popo and Toon Link standing before him.
"Hey guys," Lucas weakly said, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. "What are you doing at our door this early in the morning?" Ness climbed out of bed moments later and stood beside the blonde boy.
"Hiya guys!" Nana exclaimed, clearly wide-awake. Popo and Toon Link also showed signs of having plenty of energy. "We wanted to cause a little mischief this morning. Wanna help?" Lucas was skeptical at first, but when they found out that mischief meant pulling a small prank on a few of the Smashers, Ness became excited to be involved. Lucas decided to not argue about it and just play along.
Ness and Lucas followed the Ice Climbers and Toon Link as they made their way to the corridor that led to the dining hall. The five of them hid within a doorway that cut into the wall. After cramping into the tiny space, Popo explained what they were going to do.
"Breakfast will be served soon, so the others will make a mad dash to get first dibs on food," he stated. "Sonic will likely be the first and the fastest one to get here, so when he comes along, that's when we make our move. Got it?" Everyone nodded and ducked down to wait. Ness poked his head out from behind the corner of the doorway to look out for any approaching Smashers. After a few minutes some of the Smashers like Wolf, Mario and Ganondorf, began to make their way to the dining hall. Sonic appeared and raced past the group, yelling his annoying trademark catchphrase "You're too slow!" along the way.
"Sonic is coming this way right now!" Ness whispered as he ducked back behind the doorway. Nana then peeked her head out just enough to see Sonic zooming towards them. At the very last second she threw a banana peel into his path, and Sonic couldn't stop himself in time. He slipped on the peel, and due to the ridiculously high speed at which he was running, he skidded on the peel across the hall, eventually slamming face-first into the wall at the end.
Wolf and Ganondorf instantly burst into laughter after seeing the incident that just occurred before them, especially since Sonic's face became stuck in the wall. Mario, however, dashed towards Sonic, attempting to pull his face from the wall. Once he did so, Mario watched Sonic sit on the carpet, rubbing his forehead.
"Sonic, are you okay?" Mario inquired with concern. "What the heck happened back there?" Sonic didn't say anything at first, perhaps because he was dizzy from the facial impact into the wall, but then he managed to mutter something about being just fine. He put up a thumbs-up, smirked, and then fell back unconscious. Before Mario could figure out how this happened or who did this, the five kids snuck away unnoticed, even by the still-laughing Wolf and Ganondorf.
The five kids went to the lounge to celebrate the success of the prank with high-fives and pats on the backs. Red also met up with them to congratulate them on their so-called success.
"That was awesome!" Red exclaimed. "I saw Sonic slide into the wall, and I could tell that you guys did that." Toon Link nodded frantically at Red's comment. "How about we all sit together for breakfast?" Everyone agreed and headed to the dining hall for a buffet.
Endless chatter among the young boys and Nana emerged as they gathered at a table to themselves and stuffed their faces with waffles, toast and other breakfast delicacies. They brought up everything related to the movie from last night as well as this morning's prank on Sonic.
"You know what I think?" Ness questioned the group at the table. "I think that we should pull pranks on the Smashers more often." He said the last part in a slightly hushed tone, so that the other Smashers wouldn't hear him.
"You know what would be even better?" Toon Link added to the conversation. "We could do that and form our own gang, like the one in the movie!" The others looked at Toon Link with interest, but Lucas eyed him with a feeling of skepticism.
"That's a great idea!" Nana agreed. "What should we name the gang? And who's gonna be the leader?"
"Whoever becomes the leader ought to be the one to name the gang," Red suggested. "Also, we could have a small spar to determine the leader, and the new leader can pick a co-leader of sorts." Everyone thought out this idea, until Red spoke up again. "So, any candidates?" Popo and Ness both raised their hands, while Nana and Lucas simply stared at them as if they were crazy.
"Then it's settled," Toon Link cut in. "We'll meet outside after breakfast and find out, between Ness and Popo, who our leader will be." Everyone agreed, even the skeptical Lucas. After all, he did want to see his friend win.
Two hours later the same table group met in the courtyard of the Smash Mansion. Ness and Popo faced each other inside a circle of the other small and young Smashers. Mr. Game and Watch, Yoshi, Kirby and some of the Pokemon overheard about this fight and decided to watch as well, perhaps also interested in joining the gang. Normal 0 !-- /* Style Definitions */ , , {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} , , {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:justify; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} 1 {page:Section1;} --Nana and Lucas were cheering on their favorites, while Red and Toon Link discussed amongst themselves.
"All righty here, boys," Toon Link blurted in some strange Western accent. "Red and I are gonna make sure you two don't cheat." Red and Toon Link then assumed positions on either side of Ness and Popo. Popo then whipped out his hammer and glared at Ness, the latter of whom merely giving the other a stern look.
"Bring it," Popo muttered. Red was about to give the signal to being the fight, but Ness interrupted him.
"No, no, not yet," he said. "Not until me and Popo get the rules straightened out."
"Rules? In this fight?" Popo interrogated. "No rules—oof!" Ness interrupted Popo by kicking him in the stomach, causing him to keel over and clutch his abdomen.
"Well, if there ain't gonna be any rules, let's get the fight started," Ness retorted in such a manner that would suggest approval. "Someone call one, two, three, go!"
"One, two, three, GO!" Lucas shouted out very quickly. Ness then hit Popo square across the face. The former used so much force that his inertia caused him to spin and fall to the ground. The latter fell to the ground very roughly and clutched his face; he was hit so hard that his nose began to bleed. Nana and Yoshi rushed to Popo's side and attended to his wounds, astounded by Ness' abilities.
"I was really rootin' for ya, Ness!" Red said to him. Ness chuckled and grinned as he picked himself up off the ground.
"Well, thank you, Red," he replied, patting him on the back.
"Well, then it's settled!" Toon Link yelled. "The leader of our new gang shall be Butch Ness!" Some of the group cheered at this announcement. Others simply smirked and stared at Ness, especially since he was granted a new nickname. Nana and Lucas had other feelings that couldn't quite be explained.
"If that's the case, I get to pick a gang name and a co-leader," Ness thought out loud. "I choose Lucas. He'll be the Lucas Kid." Lucas felt rather flattered that he would help his friend lead a gang, even if he thought it wasn't exactly the best idea. Thus, he approved the appointment. "As for a gang name…"
"What about the 'Wild Bunch'?" Kirby suggested.
"Nah, that's too cliché," Ness answered. He pondered the thought for a few more seconds and then said, "I'll call it the 'Hole-in-the-Brawl Gang'."
"I approve," Popo said even while clutching his still bleeding nose. He used his free hand to congratulate Ness on his victory and his skills with a thumbs-up. Ness beamed at him and the others. The newly formed gang made its way back inside the mansion.
Little did they know that two figures were spying on the group from afar, curious and yet nervous of the things that the new group could possibly scheme.
"I have a very bad feeling about this," a certain Captain Olimar whispered, patting the heads of his Pikmin.
"Me too," a certain Diddy Kong agreed. The two of them continued to look on at the 'Hole-in-the-Brawl Gang', eager to find out what the gang members were going to do next.
Approximately two-and-a-half weeks went by as the Hole-in-the-Brawl Gang slowly dominated the Smash Mansion. The things they did at first were simply the things that typical children would do on the playground at school – pulling pranks on the others and collecting candy wherever they went, but after a while the pranks soon elevated into minor offenses and then borderline major crimes. But I'll get back to that later; first I need to explain the situation between a certain blonde boy and a girl in a parka.
Shortly after Ness and Lucas became the leaders of the new gang, the other members looked up to them and took a greater liking to them. Nana especially took a greater liking to Lucas. There was something about Lucas that Nana adored – something that Nana hadn't seen in him before. Whenever the gang wasn't causing mischief around the mansion, Nana and Lucas would hang out with each other and spend some quality time together, without having to deal with the rest of the gang.
At this particular point in time Nana and Lucas were outside at the back of the mansion. Lucas found a bicycle that no one was using, and so he took it for himself. The two of them decided to go for a ride on the bike, despite the fact that it was a bit difficult to share one bike between two people at the same time. Nonetheless, they still had fun enjoying themselves in the fresh air and under the warm sun.
"Shall we have lunch together?" Nana made the invitation to Lucas. He grinned and walked with her to the dining hall of the mansion, the two of them walking hand-in-hand as they went inside. Of course, Lucas forgot about the bike, and Ness picked it up after Nana and Lucas went inside.
"Of course he would forget about this," Ness thought aloud as he went for a ride on the bike, performing a few tricks as he rode. "Oh well, it's mine now."
Meanwhile a small group of Smashers gathered in the lounge, and surprisingly it wasn't the Hole-in-the-Brawl Gang – they were still stuffing their faces in the dining hall. They were sitting in one corner of the room as they listened to the speeches of a certain space man and a certain monkey.
"This has gone on for too long!" Olimar, the first speaker, complained to his small audience. "That Hole-in-the-Brawl Gang has completely taken over Smash Mansion, and it seems like no one is willing to do anything about it!"
"Olimar, I think you're overreacting about this ordeal," Peach, one of his listeners, softly expressed her opinion. "They are just kids, after all."
"That is not the case!" Diddy Kong, the other speaker, strongly retorted. "They're not just kids. Yoshi, Kirby, Mr. Game and Watch and most of the Pokemon are also members of the gang."
"Although that is true, that gang is only causing mischief," Marth put in his two cents. "It's not like they have done any serious harm."
"Ah, now that is where you'd be wrong," Olimar countered the prince's words. "Do any of you remember the time that Sonic slipped and skidded into the wall?" A few listeners murmured amongst themselves. "Well, that accident was the result of a banana peel that was placed in front of him by a few members of the Hole-in-the-Brawl Gang, particularly the leaders, Butch Ness and the Lucas Kid. So in essence, they were the ones that pulled the prank on Sonic. Sure, it might have been all in good fun, but Sonic could have been seriously hurt!" More listeners conversed amongst themselves, deciphering the meaning of Olimar's explanation.
"Wait a minute, how did you find out about that prank?" Falco inquired. "And how did you find out the names of the leaders?"
"To answer your question, Falco," Olimar started. "I found out about the prank from Wolf and Ganondorf. They saw what happened to Sonic, and they burst out laughing. Mario tended to Sonic's wounds, and he found the banana peel. He also caught a glimpse of the culprits, especially Ness and Lucas, sneaking away. That's what Mario told me." Falco simply scoffed. "As for the names of the leaders, Diddy and I personally spied on the gang, and we overheard them granting leadership to Ness and Lucas as well as giving them their new gang titles."
"Well, those are just small pranks, and Sonic was just being an idiot, right?" Captain Falcon cut in.
"Or so you think," Diddy quickly dismissed the racer's thoughts. "They only began as pranks. The gang did small stuff, such as making people slip on banana peels and dying the pool water to make it orange, and they got a few laughs out of such. But as the time went by, the gang decided to step it up a notch, and eventually their pranks turned into serious offenses! For example, they vandalized Snake's cardboard box, and they ransacked Luigi's room and took some of his stuff! What's worse is that they tried to make homemade explosives, but they nearly killed Link in the process!"
"What?! How could they do that?" Samus cried out as the others chattered even louder at Diddy's testimony.
"Don't worry, Samus," Olimar told her. "Link is currently being treated in the infirmary, and he'll be fine soon." Samus calmed down a bit, but she couldn't help but express a feeling of concern – or even fear.
"I'm not sure how they could do that or why they would, but what Olimar and I do know is that this gang has become far too dangerous for us to merely ignore."
"Diddy and Olimar are right," Meta Knight added. "If we allow them to continue their actions, they could eventually destroy the mansion or kill some of the Smashers, as was nearly the case for Link. We must do something to stop this gang from causing further harm, and the best way to do that is to confront the leaders." A couple of the listeners agreed with Meta Knight with shouts and cheers, while others remained quiet to hear the rest of what Meta Knight had to say. "Once we do that, the mansion should be at peace once more."
"So let me get this straight," Lucario started. "We have to restore peace to the mansion by disbanding the gang, and in order to do that, we must get rid of the gang leaders. So that means that we can either kill the leaders, lock them away, drive them out of the mansion, or simply make them change their ways. After that we can punish the remaining gang members for their actions. Is that what you're saying?" Meta Knight simply nodded at Lucario's summary.
"All right then, let's get to work on this now," Olimar suggested. "Who's with me?" Everyone who was listening to him and Diddy Kong raised their hands, some very excited about this plan of action and others somewhat reluctant to take part in the plan.
""Well, that's ten of us," Diddy Kong stated. "While we're at it, we can try to recruit even more Smashers to help us execute this plan. So, with that said let's take down Butch Ness and the Lucas Kid!" Everyone shouted and cheered as they became pumped up with excitement and energy.
However, what these listeners didn't realize was that their plan had already been ruined before it even started. Two rather young Smashers were hiding behind the wall, eavesdropping on the group and the conversation that was occurring.
"Well, it seems that we now have some opposition," Red commented.
"Yeah, no doubt on that," Toon Link agreed. "Come on, we have to warn the gang about this." Red nodded, and the two of them took off as quickly as possible to meet up with the gang.