A/N: I'm baaaaack! Hope you guys didn't miss me too much. I'm super excited for Volume 2 here. I won't bore ya too much, but I'll jump right in!
Disclaimer: I do not own Heroes, NBC, Super Smash Brothers, Nintendo, Sega, or anything contained herein.
(Open on the globe, spinning in black space.
Cut to Mario Petrelli on a rooftop. He stands at the edge, his eyes upward and his arms spread.)
The sun rises on a new dawn.
(Cut to Peach Bennet, holding the gun at the Royal Plaza. She points it at Mario, who's glowing.
Cut to Zelda Sanders at the Royal Plaza. She grabs the parking meter from Mewtwo and hits him with it. He falls to the ground.)
Yet few of us realize…
(Cut to Marth Nakamura at the Royal Plaza. He yells and charges. He stabs Mewtwo through.)
…the debt we owe to those responsible for this.
(Cut to D.K. Parkman at the Ketchum residence. He opens a cupboard under the stairs to find Mew Ketchum hiding in there.)
To those who dwell among us…
(Cut to Peach standing in a line with the other cheerleaders.)
…anonymous…
(Cut to Marth in Tokyo. He's on the subway with his eyes closed.)
…seemingly ordinary….
(Cut to the Royal Plaza again. Zelda, Link Hawkins, Pit Sanders, and Mew walk forward, looking up at the sky.)
…whom destiny brought together to repair…
(Zelda hugs Pit.)
…to heal…
(Cut to Mario at the Royal Plaza. He's pulsing with light, his hands up showing his helplessness.)
…to save us from ourselves.
(Luigi Petrelli walks forward. He grabs his brother around the waist and the two fly into the sky.
Cut to Peach, in a house, talking to her father.)
Peach: If someone here...found out about me, what would happen?
(Cut to Diddy's apartment. Mew and Diddy talk, Mew laying down in bed.)
Mew: When will they stop?
Diddy: I don't know.
(Cut to a car. Mewtwo stands, his nose bloody, grinning.)
Mewtwo: She's a shiny new toy, and she's all mine.
(Cut to Zelda in her garage. She looks, terrified, into the shattered mirror.)
And they're still out there, among us…
(In the mirror, Sheik puts her finger to her lips and shushes her.
Cut to Amy Herrera, a pink hedgehog, sitting on the ground. She appears to be crying, but someone takes her hand.)
…in the shadows, in the light.
(Cut to the Mushroom Kingdom. Mewtwo stands behind a pillar, eating a bowl of ice cream.)
We pass them on the street without a glance…
(Cut to a house. Kirby Dawson, a short pink round ball, smiles and closes the door.)
…never suspecting, never knowing.
(Cut to an open field. Marth is face-down on the ground, unconscious. A brown-haired man with a goatee, wearing armor, steps over him as a woman with long green hair is held captive by samurai behind him.)
Do they even know yet?
(Cut to inside a house. Peppy Bennet backhands someone.)
That they are bound together by a common purpose…
(Cut to Diddy's apartment. Diddy hugs Mew.)
…a glaring reality…
(Cut to another field. Takezo Anri stands proudly with his hands on his hips. Around him in the ground are twelve swords.)
…to be extraordinary?
(Cut to the Mushroom Kingdom. Marth appears there, as he did the first time he teleported. He looks around and then breaks out into a grin. He raises his hands.)
Marth: Yatta!!
And when destiny does anoint them ...
(Cut to the time-stopped subway. Future Marth walks up to Mario.)
Future Marth: My name is Marth Nakamura. I'm from the future.
…how do they hide from it?
(Cut to a store. Peppy Bennet talks to Peach.)
Peppy: You may feel confined here, but this is far freer a cage than the one they'd put you in.
(Cut to a drainpipe. Amy Herrera crawls through it.)
How long can they dwell in the shadows…
(Cut to Amy and Sonic Herrera, a blue hedgehog, running through the streets.)
…before either fate or their own flawed humanity…
(Cut to Diddy, walking around in some lava fields. He looks amazed.)
…draws them out into the light again?
(Cut to the roof of the Deveaux building. Luigi runs out to see ash falling.)
And how will they know what awaits them when it finally does?
(Luigi looks out to see the city destroyed. Fade to black.)
(We see the title card: "Chapter 1: Four Months Later…"
Fade in on a lecture hall in Zebes. Diddy Kong, a short chimpanzee, gives a speech with images of cells behind him.)
Diddy: Teleportation, tissue generation; these are no longer simply theories. I have seen them with my own eyes. If evolution can do this for even the smallest of creatures, then why not our characters?
(We zoom out to see the crowd watching Diddy speak.)
Diddy: But these new challenges are not all they face. They also have a disease. A virus that stops them from using these abilities and eventually…their death. Only those with these abilities have exhibited symptoms so far. But if they die off, what will we have gained from this evolutionary advancement?
(He looks into the back of the room to see a man walk in. He is in a suit, and he has a pair of thick glasses and short spiky black hair.)
Diddy: (resuming) Without these special characters, the entire race may be affected. Global warming, nuclear war, what will happen to us without these characters among us, helping us? I urge you all to take up the cause. Fight for what you believe in. (He nods) Thank you all for coming.
(The room is silent as he walks off the stage.
Cut to a hallway. Diddy walks down it as the man from before comes up to him.)
Man: Doctor Kong. Inspiring lecture. Could I get an autograph?
Diddy: Of course. (He takes the book the man hands him) My father's book. (He starts to sign it)
Man: Yes. He would have been very proud of you. As would have…your brother.
(Diddy slowly looks up at him. Then he grabs him and throws him against the wall.)
Diddy: Who are you? Why are you following me? I've seen you at three of my lectures so far.
Man: My name's Ash, I'm with a company.
Diddy: Ah, a company, of course. Have they sent you here to bag and tag me?
Ash: No, I came to offer you a job.
Diddy: (laughing) A job. I've done that already, it didn't end well. I'm leaving.
Ash: And where will you go? No one will believe you. I found this book in the science fiction section of the library. Look, (he approaches Diddy) if you want to save the world, save these characters, the least you can do is let me buy you a drink.
(Diddy just looks wary.
Cut to a street in Segaworld. Sonic Herrera, a blue hedgehog, and his sister Amy, a pink one, run through the streets. They have small satchels on their backs as they're being chased by a police car. They duck into a side street and Sonic pulls Amy into a building. They pause and catch their breath as the car drives by. Sonic speaks to his sister in Seganese.)
Sonic (translated): Come on. We need to go.
Amy (translated): I can't. I'm tired. And what if they catch us crossing the border? They'll kill us!
Sonic (translated): If we don't get to Nintenworld, more people may die here. We need to go and get answers.
Amy (translated): All right. Let's go.
(They sneak out of the building. They look around to make sure no one sees them, then resume running. They go past a sign. It's a wanted poster, showing sketches of Sonic and Amy. They're wanted for murder.
Cut to a high school in Pallet Town. Peach Bennet, a blonde of about sixteen, and Peppy Bennet, a tan rabbit and Peach's father, exit the school.)
Peach: All the electives I want are full, can you believe it? As if I wasn't going to fit in enough already.
Peppy: Oh, you'll make plenty of friends. I'm sure teenagers here are just like those in Corneria.
(A shorter girl with short, curly black hair walks past. She's wearing fishnets on her arms and a t-shirt with a guitar on it. (A/N: That…may or may not be my ex-girlfriend. Ahem. As you were.))
Peppy: OK…except for her.
(They arrive in the parking lot of the school.)
Peppy: Remember, you have to keep your story straight. You have to be less than ordinary.
Peach: (sighing) Right, I'm Peach Butler now. Don't stand out in any way.
Peppy: Don't raise your hand in class. And don't even think about trying out for cheerleading.
Peach: Don't worry dad, that's all behind me. (They arrive at their car: a 2008 Nissan Altima.) You know, I might fit in better if I had my own car. I mean, getting dropped off every day? How lame is that?
Peppy: (smiling) Well, your mother and I were going to wait for your birthday. But here you go. (He hands her the keys)
Peach: Oh my gosh, you're giving me Vanessa?! (A/N: Yes, that's my car's name.) Thanks Dad! (They hug)
Peppy: Of course.
(The bell rings.)
Peach: Crap. I gotta get to class.
Peppy: See you later. (As she starts to walk away) Oh, and Peachy? (She turns back to look at him) I'm sorry for everything I've put you through. I hope you know how much I love you.
(She goes to him and they hug again. Another bell rings. Peach turns to go and nearly gets run down by a big Ford Explorer. The driver, a young guy with short brown hair, stops it short. He gives her an angry look.)
Peach: Sorry!
(She walks off as Peppy watches, nervous about the close encounter.
Cut to an open field with a title card: "1671, Outside of Kyoto, Japan." Suddenly, from the sky, Marth Nakamura falls to the ground. He groans, and then gets up. He looks over and suddenly sees a group of samurai warriors on horseback. The leader raises his sword and the samurai draw their bows.
Marth turns and runs. Then he sees a lone samurai on top of a hill. He's flying the circular symbol on a large banner. He brandishes a sword, which Marth notices is Falchion.)
Marth: (turning back) Dai pinch.
(Suddenly, everything goes dark. The samurai lower their bows and look up. The lone warrior too looks up, and so does Marth. The moon falls across the sun as there's an eclipse.)
Marth (translated): Not again!
(The leader of the samurai raises his arm and yells. The rider continues to wave his sword in the air. The warriors re-draw their bows and fire. The arrows come right at Marth, who closes his eyes in desperate concentration.
There's a whoosh and Marth slowly opens his eyes. Time is stopped – with arrows right in front of him. He pushes one away from his face.)
Marth (translated): The past is not a very safe place.
(He kind of shrugs and walks toward the masked warrior, also with arrows time-frozen close to piercing him.)
Marth (translated): Not so safe for you either!
(He looks up at the banner and sees the circular symbol again. And he looks at the sword, breaking out into a grin.)
Marth (translated): Wait a minute! You're Takezo Anri! I'm your biggest fan!!
(He looks back at the archers.)
Marth (translated): I must save you!
(He closes his eyes, putting his hands on the horse and man. They disappear.
Cut to a hallway in an apartment building in the Mushroom Kingdom. D.K. Parkman, in a police uniform, bangs on a door while holding his gun.)
D.K.: M.K.P.D.! Open up!
(He waits a second, doesn't here anything, then goes in. He has his gun out as he moves through the apartment. A man pops out from the left, but D.K. shoots him. He continues in the back room to find a man and woman both yelling at him.)
D.K.: Hands up! Both of you!
Man: Go on, shoot her!
Woman: No no, I'm the hostage!!
Man: No, shoot her! I'm the hostage!
Woman: Don't! Shoot him!!
(D.K. pauses, listening in on their thoughts.)
Man: I hope he shoots her. I am the hostage.
(D.K. turns quickly and shoots the woman down. He breathes heavily.
Suddenly, large lights snap on. The woman gets back up as people rush in, disassembling the room. It was a training area, not a real apartment building.)
Woman: (surprised) How did you know!?
(A large man in a yellow suit comes in.)
Man: Well done, Officer Parkman.
D.K: Thanks, Captain Wario.
Wario: How'd you know which one to shoot?
D.K.: Uh, just instinct really. Body language. Hostage looked me in the eye, shooter was looking for a way out.
Wario: Well personally, I would have shot the one who had a gun under her shirt.
D.K.: (embarrassed) Uh, well yeah.
Wario: You know, most guys get shot up like you did, they'd just take the worker's comp and call it a day.
D.K.: I've wanted to be a detective my whole life. Four bullets to the chest won't change that.
Wario: Mmhmm. Well, give me that.
(D.K. sighs and hands him the fake badge from around his neck.)
Wario: Thought you'd rather have a real one. We were going to make you wait and sweat it out, but there's no point. Congratulations.
(D.K. looks up to see the captain handing him a real badge.)
Wario: You're a detective.
D.K.: Thank you, sir.
(Cut to a classroom in Pallet Town. Peach enters a science classroom and sits down. She looks jealously at a yellow mouse, dressed in a cheerleading uniform. The other girl doesn't notice. So Peach puts her hand out over the lit Bunsen burner in front of her. She looks at it sadly.
Suddenly, the guy who nearly ran her over comes and sits next to her.)
Guy: What are you doing?
Peach: (pulling her hand back) What? Nothing. I just wanted to see how hot it was.
Guy: I'm guessing…hot. It's called a flame.
Peach: Ha ha…yeah.
Guy: You seem to have a death wish. With this, and me nearly hitting you this morning…
Peach: Sorry about that.
Guy: No worries. Made my day more interesting. I'm Doug Falcon.
Peach: Peach Butler.
Doug: So what are you?
Peach: Excuse me?
Doug: Are you…one of them? Or one of the others?
Peach: (scared) I…don't know what you're talking about.
Doug: Are you a robot? Someone who does what they're told? Or an alien, who thinks for themselves?
Peach: (relieved) Uh…I don't know. What are you?
Man's voice: OK, class –
(A tall white robot wheels in to the room. This is Professor R.O.B., their science teacher.)
R.O.B.: "In the struggle for survival, it is the fittest who win out at the expense of their rivals." Who said this?
(No one in the room says anything. Peach writes in her notebook: "Charles Darwin." Doug looks over and notices.)
R.O.B.: Evolution. Journey of the Beagle. Come on.
(Still, silence.)
R.O.B.: Charles Darwin. It's Charles Darwin. That's a gimme.
(Doug looks at Peach with interest.
Cut to Segaworld. Sonic and Amy approach a truck.)
Sonic (translated): I don't know about this, Amy.
Amy (translated): We need them to get us over to Segaland.
(Out of the truck comes a large albatross and a smaller hawk. The hawk talks to them.)
Jet (translated): I'm Jet and this is Storm. I can get you to Green Forest, just a few hundred miles from the Nintenworld border. It'll be 10,000 rings.
(Sonic gets the money out of his satchel.)
Jet (translated): You two married?
Sonic (translated): She's my sister.
Jet (translated): (grinning) Even better. (To Amy) You can ride in front with me.
Sonic (translated): (angry) She stays with me. We'll ride in the back together.
(Jet shrugs and goes up front. Sonic and Amy go to the back of the truck. They open it to see a variety of characters back there.
Cut to a schoolyard in the Mushroom Kingdom. D.K. comes up to find Mew Ketchum. She hugs him. They turn to go when a tall, blue and black fox-looking creature comes out. This is Miss Lucario, Mew's teacher.)
Lucario: Mr. Parkman? Can I have a word?
D.K.: Sure thing.
(Mew runs off and gets on a swing set.)
Lucario: It seems that Mew's been falling asleep in class. And when she has nightmares…it's disrupting to the other students. I can sense something's not right.
D.K.: I know, we're trying to make her feel safe at home.
Lucario: I'm not sure that's the best environment for that. I mean, your situation –
D.K.: If you mean my shooting and my divorce, those are both private matters. And they're both done with.
Lucario: Well, what about these? (She takes out a bunch of pictures) Mew has only been drawing these.
(D.K. looks at them. They're pictures of big scary eyes with the circular symbol where the nose would be. They're all the same. D.K. looks worried.
Cut over to the Royal Plaza. Ike Nakamura sits on a fountain, looking on. Roy Masahashi comes up to him, carrying a newspaper and cup of coffee. He bumps into a man.)
Roy: Excuse me.
(The man turns back. It's Luigi Petrelli, but with a huge beard covering his face. Roy doesn't recognize him. Luigi walks off. Roy approaches Ike.)
Roy: You do not have to wait for him. It's been four months now.
Ike: No. I used to be disappointed in Marth. But then he went on his quest to save the world. Now I see his strength, his courage. There is a legacy that I am meant to hand down to him. No…I will wait for Marth to return. I am a man of patience.
(He opens the newspaper and a small picture falls to the ground. Ike picks it up and looks at it. It's a picture of him, obviously torn from a larger picture. Over Ike's face, in red ink, is the circular symbol.
Ike's eyes widen. He gets up and looks around, frightened. Roy stands too.)
Roy: What is it, sir? What's wrong?
Ike: (somberly) In 24 hours, I will be dead.
(Cut to Mario's apartment. Samus Petrelli is there. She holds the picture of Mario and Luigi from Luigi's wedding. She fondly touches it.
Luigi comes in the door and is unpleasantly surprised to see his mother. He looks completely worn out and lost.)
Samus: We have to move on, Luigi. Mario's never coming back.
Luigi: He won't want you touching his stuff, Mom. Leave it.
(He grabs the picture.)
Samus: Let it go –
(She pulls back on the picture. It falls to the ground, its frame smashing.)
Samus: Great. You're no help to anyone like this. (She starts throwing things into boxes.) A drunk? This wouldn't have happened if you had just followed the plan.
Luigi: To think I almost listened to you. (He slowly looks up at her) You're evil, Ma.
(Samus stops packing. She looks up at her son.)
Luigi: (pointing) Get out.
(She throws some books down into a box and storms out. Luigi goes and looks at the picture sadly.
Outside, Samus slams the door and stops. She catches her breath. Then she notices something across the hall. She walks over and takes a picture down from the small platform on the wall. It's a picture of her, torn out of a larger picture. It looks like the same one that Ike is in. Her face, too, is covered in red ink by the symbol. She looks around in fear.
Cut to a small forest in 1671. Marth, the horse and the masked rider appear. The horse rears up in fear, throwing the rider to the ground.)
Marth: (raising his arms) Yatta!
(The horse runs off as the rider slowly stands up.)
Rider (translated): (brandishing his sword) What happened? What did you do?
Marth (translated): I saved your life!
(The guy pauses. Then he throws the sword down. He starts to run off.)
Rider (translated): Fifty ryo is not worth dying for! Tell Takezo Anri to keep his money!
Marth (translated): (watching him go) But…if you are not Anri…
(Another man, wearing the same armor and mask as that rider, comes around the tree. He has a crossbow pointed at Marth. Marth raises his hands in surrender.)
Man (translated): You scared them off. (He picks up the dropped sword) If I had been able to put a sword through the chest of their leader, I would have been a very rich man. (He looks at Marth curiously.) Are you a monk?
Marth (translated): No.
Man (translated): And you dress so strangely. You wear glasses like a doctor.
(Marth says "Oh" and removes his glasses.)
Marth (translated): Takezo Anri! I am your biggest fan! I know all your stories! You are a great hero!
Man (translated): Me? A hero?
(He slowly removes his mask. He's not Japanese, but a white man with short brown hair and a goatee.)
Marth (translated): Huh?
(He puts his glasses back on.)
Marth (translated): (surprised) Takezo Anri is gaijin?
Anri (translated): Anri? I go by that name here, but I've never been called a hero before.
(Marth looks confused.
Cut to a paper store in Pallet Town. Peppy arrives in a purple uniform. His boss, an orange fox, comes up to him.)
Fox: You're late, Butler.
Peppy: Was dropping my daughter off at school.
Fox: What about those new print cartridges that shipped this morning?
Peppy: I was here when they arrived.
Fox: And when did you think they would get installed?
Peppy: Was going to do it now.
Fox: Listen, Butler. (He gets in his face) The paper industry is dog-eat-dog. You have to want it. Do you?? Really want it?
Peppy: (after a pause) Yes sir.
(Cut to a restaurant in Zebes. Ash and Diddy sit at a table.)
Ash: The Company was formed 30 years ago by several like-minded characters with extraordinary abilities. We thought it our duty to find those like us and protect them. We find characters and make sure they don't become dangerous. Sometimes this means showing them what they are and how to use their abilities for good.
Diddy: And other times?
Ash: We have to take precautions to ensure the survival of the species. So we might have to remove those who become a threat to themselves or others.
Diddy: Who the hell are you to decide who lives or dies?
Ash: You're not so different, Doctor Kong. You tried to put a bullet in the head of a character called Mewtwo.
Diddy: That was different. (He looks down) And it doesn't matter. Mewtwo's dead so he's no threat.
Ash: Well that's all we do, look out for everyone's best interests. For instance. We know that you and Officer Parkman are taking care of Mew Ketchum. And we're not interfering there.
Diddy: So what is it you want?
Ash: Just to help you. Give you funding for your research. Save those who have these abilities.
Diddy: The magnitude we're talking about…it's far too much money.
Ash: (grinning) Let's just say we have our own private Fort Knox.
(He holds up a spoon. Suddenly, it turns to gold. Diddy is shocked.)
Ash: So what do you think? Can we count you in?
(Cut to Diddy's apartment. D.K. closes the door, bringing in a pizza.)
D.K.: Mew! Pizza!
Mew: (coming in the room) Is that all we eat? I miss Diddy, at least he cooks. You're supposed to give me vegetables.
D.K.: And that's why I got a vegetable pizza.
Mew: (sitting down) That doesn't count.
D.K.: Sure it does. Hey, I wanted to talk to you anyway.
Mew: About this? (She holds his badge up)
D.K.: Just got it today.
Mew: Well…did you earn it?
D.K.: Of course. Why wouldn't I?
Mew: (with a look) You know what I mean. Did you cheat?
D.K.: I just used my talents. You wouldn't think bad of a baseball player because he's athletic, would you?
Mew: It's not the same, and you know it.
D.K.: Anyway, no. (He pulls out her drawings) I wanted to talk to you about these.
Mew: They're nothing.
D.K.: They're not nothing, Mew. They're all the same. Is this the man from your nightmares?
Mew: I don't want to talk about it.
D.K.: I just want to help you, Mew –
Mew: (standing) I said I don't want to talk about it!
(They both are silent for a moment.)
Mew: …Can I finish my pizza in my room?
D.K.: (defeated) Sure.
(Cut to the truck in Segaworld. Sonic and Amy look at a copy of Activating Evolution in Seganese.)
Amy (translated): This book, it explains everything.
Sonic (translated): This man seems to have it all figured out.
Amy (translated): (nodding) He will have a cure.
Sonic (translated): Don't worry, Amy. It won't happen again when I'm with you. I won't let it.
(The truck stops. After a few seconds, the flap opens. Jet sticks his head in.)
Jet (translated): You two. Out.
(They get out as Jet and Storm wait for them.)
Jet (translated): (pulling Sonic away) When I said 10,000 rings, I meant that was if your sister rode up front with me.
Sonic (translated): (angry) No. She stays with me.
Jet (translated): Oh. Then I guess I misspoke. What I should have said was that it will be 10,000 rings for each of you.
Sonic (translated): That's not what you said before!
Jet (translated): It's what I'm saying now.
Sonic (translated): (going to his sister) Come on, Amy –
(Storm blocks his way. Jet comes up and punches him down.)
Amy (translated): No! Sonic!!
(Jet repeatedly kicks Sonic while he's on the ground.)
Amy (translated): Stop!
(She starts towards her brother. Storm grabs Amy. He pulls her away.)
Amy (translated): Sonic!! Help!!
(They all pile in to the front. The truck slowly drives away.
Cut to a gym in Pallet Town. Peach stands in her gym clothes, watching the cheerleaders practice.)
Girl's voice: Peach!
(Peach looks back to see a birdie coming toward her. She hits it back over the badminton net. It's returned again and her partner dives on the floor to try to hit it. It deflects away. The girl lands at the foot of the yellow mouse.)
Pikachu: Nice moves, Sarah.
Peach: (coming over) Leave her alone. (She helps her up) Are you OK? I'm gonna go find the birdie thing.
(She goes off and spots the birdie. She bends to get it when a shoe steps in front of it. She looks up to see Doug.)
Peach: Can I have that back?
Doug: Sure thing. (He hands it to her) Robot.
Peach: So I'm a robot now?
Doug: Yup. You didn't raise your hand in class when you knew the answer. You don't want people to know how smart you are.
Peach: You're right then. I'm a robot.
(She walks back to see Pikachu talking to her partner.)
Pikachu: Come on, Sarah. It's just one jump off the tower. You know the girls will catch you.
Peach: (coming up) Hey, leave her alone.
Pikachu: OK, one, don't know you. Two, it's my duty as captain to recruit new talent. I think Sarah has what it takes to be a cheerleader.
Peach: What, you think you're so special just because you can do a back tuck?
Pikachu: You think you can do it? Tell you what. You do one back tuck off the tower, and Sarah here is off the hook.
Peach: Sure, no problem.
Pikachu: This should be good.
(They walk over to the tower. The rest of the class watches as Peach climbs up. She stands at the top, prepared to do it.
But then she looks like she remembers her father's advice. So she stops and turns around.)
Peach: Sorry. Can't do it.
Pikachu: (rolling her eyes) There's a surprise.
(Peach looks down to see Doug looking disappointed in her.
Cut to the bedroom in Diddy's apartment. Mew is tossing and turning in her sleep. D.K. comes in and listens in on her thoughts.)
Mew: Help me! No! Don't hurt me!!
Man's voice: I can see you, Mew!
(Mew wakes up with a jolt. D.K. grabs her in a hug.)
D.K.: You're OK, you're OK.
Mew: I'm scared of him.
D.K.: I'll tell you what, Mew. You find him and I'll take care of him, OK?
Mew: No! (She holds him at arm's length) If you go after him, he'll kill you. I don't want you to die like my parents did.
D.K.: OK, OK. No one's going to get killed.
(They hug again.
Cut back to Peach's gym. She sits on top of the cheer tower alone. She gets up to leave, but stops herself. She looks around then prepares to jump off.
She does a perfect back tuck and lands. Then her ankle snaps and she falls to the floor with an "Ow!". She resets it and a bruise heals up over it. The door slams and Peach looks up in fear. Doug is there.)
Doug: What are you doing?
Peach: Nothing.
(He looks like he doesn't believe her. He glances back up at the tower, then back at her. Peach looks nervous.
Cut to a break room at the paper store in Pallet Town. Peppy sits, drinking coffee and reading a magazine. His boss comes in.)
Fox: Butler. You're still on your break?
Peppy: Yup. Just five more minutes.
Fox: There's a line of customers out there. Let's go.
(Peppy leans around him to look. There are no customers out there. Everyone else looks bored.)
Peppy: (leaning back) Just a few more sips.
Fox: I don't think so. (He sticks his finger in Peppy's face) You're done. Get out there. Do you hear me?
Peppy: Oh, I hear you.
(He grabs the boss's finger and twists it back, then throws him on to the table. McCloud gasps in pain and surprise.)
Peppy: Now hear me. I am through eating your crap. From now on I will work how and when I feel like it. I will take breaks when I want to. And you will not say one damn word to me ever again. Understand?
(McCloud nods furiously and goes "Uh huh.")
Peppy: Good.
(He releases the finger and finishes his coffee. He walks off as McCloud lies there shaking.
Cut to Japan in 1671. Marth and Anri walk along.)
Marth (translated): I can't believe it…Anri…not even Japanese…
Anri (translated): 'Scuse me friend, I've got to pee.
(He walks over to a tree as Marth turns around.)
Anri (translated): Anri's a good name, huh? "Sword Saint." No one wants to trifle with that. I thought of it on the boat over from Gamewatchworld.
Marth: (turning around) So you are English!?
Anri: Oh, fantastic! (He takes Marth's shoulders) There's very few villagers that I can talk plain with.
Marth: (wiping his shoulders off) Ew!
Anri: Yes, I came over on a tea boat. I stayed to make my fortune. I make my money fighting off bandits and the like.
Marth: What!? Takezo Anri does not fight for money! He fights for honor!
Anri: As long as it's honor I can spend. I hire an impersonator to distract the men in a field. He waves the sword around and says how he's fearsome Anri. Meanwhile, I climb up a tree and pick them off, one bye one.
Marth: (stunned) That's fighting dirty!
Anri: That's fighting smart! Besides, I give him a fair wage! …If he lives!
Marth: No! (He steps in front of Anri, stopping them both) I come from the future! I read all about your triumphs! (Many people start walking past them)
Anri: The future? That's a good one.
Marth: (as more people walk by) Your trials are my people's legends! How you defeated the great black bear! Your love for the swordsmith's daughter! How you saved Otsu!
(Then he catches something on the wind. He sniffs the air.)
Marth: Do you smell something burning?
(He turns and looks in to the distance. There's a village on fire. It's where all the people are walking from.)
Anri: That would be Otsu.
(Marth looks completely shocked.
Cut to the rooftop of the Deveaux building. Roy and Ike stand on it, looking out at the city.)
Roy: Who sent you this message, sir?
Ike: I don't know. It could be any of them.
Roy: "Them"? Who are they?
Ike: And they are all very powerful. (He turns back to Roy) You must leave. It is not safe with me.
Roy: No. It is for Marth that I will stay and fight for you.
Ike: (nodding) Very well. I will require a sword then.
Roy: Of course.
(He goes to leave. As he reaches the exit, Samus Petrelli comes in. Roy watches as she goes to Ike, tears on her face.)
Samus: Let me see it.
(He holds up his picture and she hers. They actually fit together, with Ike standing next to Samus. So they definitely were from the same original picture.)
Ike: So it is true.
Samus: Someone's playing a trick on us.
Ike: A trick? I don't think so. (He walks off, thinking) Your husband. Daniel Deveaux. Ganondorf. Now, there are only nine left. (He suddenly turns back) Someone is getting revenge on us. For all the people we killed in the name of our beliefs. I sought redemption by helping Marth on his quest to save the world. (He steps up close to her) How did you help your son?
(Samus seethes in anger. Then she reaches out and slaps him. From the doorway, Roy bows his head and leaves. Samus turns to leave.)
Ike: Samus. (She stops, looking back) I am leaving for Japan tonight. I suggest you disappear as well.
(Cut back to Otsu in 1671. Marth runs up to one of the villagers.)
Marth: What happened?
Woman: Bandits! It was Medeus and his samurai! (She walks off)
Marth: (to himself) Oh no! I broke history!
Anri: (coming up) You mustn't fret everything, my strange little friend. (He holds up a jug) Some sake? It'll brighten your day!
Marth: This isn't right! You're supposed to be a hero! And then you get gold and riches more than anyone could even dream of. And you take the swordsmith's daughter, the most beautiful girl in all of Japan, as your princess.
(Suddenly, a girl with long green hair stalks up to them. She slaps Anri across the face.)
Anri: …Oww?
Girl (translated): We gave you everything we had to protect us! Now our village is burned and we have nothing! They took my father hostage! (She grabs the sword from Anri)
Anri and Marth (translated): (simultaneously) My sword! (They look at each other) Huh?
Girl (translated): We gave you this as payment for stopping them. Now I'm taking it back. (She walks off)
Marth: Wait…the sword was your payment, and they took her father. So that's –
Anri: – the swordsmith's daughter. Doesn't look like she wants to be my princess, now does it?
Marth (translated): (chasing after her) Wait! Swordsmith's daughter! Where are you going??
Girl (translated): (turning back) To rescue my father! Somebody has to.
Marth: (coming back) That's it! That's what you have to do! Rescue the swordsmith and make his daughter fall in love with you! Then you can become the hero I know about! It will be easy! I will show you –
(Anri reaches out and punches Marth in the face. Marth drops to the ground.)
Anri: The only thing I have to do…is find me a drink. (He walks off)
Marth: This is going to be harder than I thought…
(Cut to the dinner table at the Bennet house. There's awkward silence as Peppy, Vivian, Slippy, and Peach eat. Vivian holds Yoshi in her lap. After several seconds of silence, Peppy speaks.)
Peppy: I tell ya. Eighty-six days straight over 80 degrees. Doesn't get better than that. Does it, Slippy?
Slippy: Uh, no. Guess not. (He grins nervously)
Vivian: How was your first day of school, Peach? Anything…special happen?
Peach: Uh… (she looks at her father) No. I skated by unnoticed. It's like I wasn't even there.
(Peppy nods and smiles at her.)
Vivian: And how 'bout you, sweetheart? (Peppy looks at her in fear) Anything interesting happen at Copy Kingdom?
Peppy: I…uh…made a calendar for some grandparents. And a co-worker brought in donuts.
Vivian: Well, I think it's great that we've all adjusted so well. I mean, us Bennets. Life gives us lemons, and what do we make?
(There's another awkward silence.)
Peach: Uh, lemonade?
Vivian: Lemonade, exactly. We're all flourishing. Well, except for Yoshi here. (In her baby voice as she holds him up) Nobody knows that he won two regional championships, five all-breed rallies. Poor little guy. I mean, how do you go back to the farm after you have seen gay Paris? N'est-ce pas? Mais oui. (Yoshi licks her face) Oh, merci.
(There's another weird silence. (A/N: For good reason.) Then Peppy's phone rings.)
Peppy: Oh, uh…it must be work. Sorry.
(He gets up and leaves the table. He walks into the other room and answers it.)
Peppy: Hello?
(Cut to Diddy's hotel room. He's on the phone.)
Diddy: It's me. They finally caught up with me in Zebes. But they took the bait. I'm in.
(Cut back to Peppy. He grins.)
Peppy: Good. It's all falling into place. Just be careful. And you and I will bring this whole company down.
(Cut to Segaworld. Sonic comes upon the truck – it's not moving. He looks worried.)
Sonic (translated): No.
(He opens the passenger door of the truck. Storm falls out, dead. Black tear stains run down from his eyes. Sonic looks into the cab to see Jet's eyes are the same.
Sonic runs to the back of the truck. He looks in to see the rest of the passengers are also all dead with black tear stains running down their faces. Sonic looks distressed as he hears crying.)
Sonic (translated): Amy?
(He goes to the driver's door. Amy sits on the ground, sobbing.)
Amy (translated): What have I done?
Sonic (translated): (taking her hand) You didn't mean to.
Amy (translated): My God. Forgive me.
Sonic (translated): Come on. (He pulls Jet out of the truck) We have to get to Nintenworld, to the Mushroom Kingdom. The doctor is the only one who can help you.
Amy (translated): (standing) And the others?
Sonic (translated): When we get some place safe, we'll bury them. Come on.
(Amy nods. The two get in the truck.
Cut to Peach's bedroom. She dials her phone.
Cut to a bar in the Mushroom Kingdom. Luigi sits, obviously having drunk a lot. He answers his phone.)
Luigi: I told you not to call me any more.
Peach: (through phone) I know.
Luigi: I'm gonna hang up then.
Peach: Look, I know why you're doing this. But I miss Mario too. And I don't know if I can pretend to be someone I'm not any more. I feel like I'm gonna burst.
Luigi: Look, I know you're looking for answers. We all are. But trust me, I am not the guy to give them to you. I'm sorry.
(He hangs up and looks in a mirror on the wall. The reflection looking back is him, but he's horribly burned, especially on one side of his face. His mouth is twisted in a grimace as well. Luigi looks at it in fright.
Cut back to Peach. She hangs up her phone and sighs. She lies back on her bed as we zoom out. We pan out her window and turn. We see a tree outside her window – and floating next to that tree, in the air, is Doug. He's watching Peach. Then he slowly turns and flies off into the night.
Cut to the Deveaux rooftop. Ike stands at the edge, looking somber. He hears something behind him.)
Ike: Roy?
(He turns around to see no one. But then a hooded figure walks out from behind the pigeon cages. The hood is obscuring the figure's face as it slowly walks toward Ike.)
Ike: Of all of them, I never expected it would be you.
Roy: (coming through the door, carrying a sword) Sir! I have it!!
(The hooded figure bursts into a run, right at Ike.)
Roy: No!
(The figure tackles Ike and they both fall over the edge of the building. Roy runs toward them.)
Roy: Sir! No!!
(He reaches the edge and looks down. He sees Ike's body, dead on the ground in a pool of blood. But the figure has disappeared.
Cut to a shipping dock in Eagleland. A security guard walks around. Suddenly, he's hit over the head. He falls to the deck as a blonde guy appears behind him. Another guy with short black hair appears too.)
Ness: What were you trying to do, kill the man?
Lucas: Sorry.
Ness: Just make sure he's alive.
(They drag the body off and resume searching for something.)
Ness: It's supposed to be container 9109.
(They come upon another container, with a short round creature in armor standing here.)
Meta: Hey! Over here!
(They all strain and lift the bar holding the container closed. Then they walk in, getting out flashlights.)
Lucas: Well? Where are the iPods?
Meta: Hey, what's that??
(They look into the corner of the container. There's a shirtless male body sitting there. The men move forward to see it better.
The man turns to face them. It's Mario Petrelli, his hair buzzed down short. He looks terribly confused.)
Ness: Who are you?
(Mario doesn't say anything, just looks confused.)
Meta: Did you hear the man? Who are you?
(He moves forward threateningly.
Mario raises a hand in defense and a blue lightning bolt shoots out. It knocks Meta to the ground.)
Lucas: Geez!!
(Mario looks absolutely stunned that he just did this. He stares at his hand as Ness leans down next to him. He notices Mario's handcuffed to the inside of the container. And that he's wearing a necklace with the circular symbol on it.)
Ness: Who are you? What's your name?
Mario: I don't know.
(Ness looks curious.)
Mario: I don't know.
(Slam to black.)
A/N: That's it! Yup, uh…not that many people died in that finale, huh? Heh. More will be revealed in the chapters to come! (Of course, if you've seen the show…it won't be a surprise. Alas.) And, what I've decided to put at the bottom and not the top:
Your list of new (and returning!) characters:
Mohinder Suresh – Diddy Kong (1st Smasher/38)
Bob Bishop – Ash Bishop (2nd Smasher - he's the Pokemon Trainer)
Maya Herrera – Amy Herrera
Alejandro Herrera – Sonic Herrera (3rd Smasher)
Claire Bennet – Peach Bennet (4th Smasher)
Noah Bennet – Peppy Bennet
West Rosen – Douglas Falcon (5th Smasher)
Hiro Nakamura – Marth Nakamura (6th Smasher)
Takezo Kensei – Takezo Anri
Matt Parkman – D.K. Parkman (7th Smasher)
Detective Fuller – Detective Wario (8th Smasher)
Debbie Marshall – Pikachu Marshall (9th Smasher)
Mr. Zern – Professor R.O.B. (10th Smasher)
Coyote – Jet the Hawk
Hulk – Storm the Albatross
Molly Walker – Mew Ketchum
Miss Gerber – Miss Lucario (11th Smasher)
Kaito Nakamura – Ike Nakamura (12th Smasher)
Ando Masahashi – Roy Masahashi (13th Smasher)
Nathan Petrelli – Luigi Petrelli (14th Smasher)
Angela Petrelli – Samus Petrelli (15th Smasher)
Linderman – Ganondorf (16th Smasher)
Copy Kingdom Manager – Manager McCloud (17th Smasher)
Whitebeard – Medeus
Sandra Bennet – Vivian Bennet
Mr. Muggles – Yoshi (18th Smasher)
Lyle Bennet – Slippy Bennet
Ricky – Ness (19th Smasher)
Will – Lucas (20th Smasher)
Tuko – Meta (Knight) (21st Smasher)
Peter Petrelli – Mario Petrelli (22nd Smasher)
You were probably expecting the Ice Climbers as the twins, right? I thought about it. But 1) the Climbers technically already have a part, and 2) it doesn't make sense should they ever be separated. Anyway, there's 17 Smash Brothers, former and new! Please R/R, and I'll see you next time for "Lizards"!