Subspace Vengeance

Subspace Vengeance

He appeared in the vault, amongst the trophies of the greatest heroes and villains of all time. The thick darkness was illuminated by a soft glow as he gathered his magic power, focusing it in the palm of his hand. In the dim light, he made his way to trophies depicting the various items and weapons used in the various Brawls that took place. Explosives, containers, and all the others; he reached out to them and they vanished without a sound. From there he made his way to the Pokémon. From there he chose a number of legendary creatures, including two that, he noticed, looked particularly evil. Moving on, he found his way to the various Subspace creatures. Imprisoned by the heroes of the world, the monsters were trapped in their petrified forms amongst the other corpses of the past. Looking them over, he took one of each creature, careful not to touch the base and revive them. Suddenly he stopped and examined the area closer. His target wasn't with the others. His eyes raced around the room, searching for… Yes, there it was, separate from the army it had once commanded. Various other beings, its allies by choice or by chance, were placed around it. There, away from the other trophies, was the legendary Tabuu.

Upon seeing the fallen King of Subspace, he walked towards the light surrounding its beaten form. As he got closer, the bright glow disturbed his eyes, which had grown accustomed to the dark interior of the vault. Suddenly his eyes shot open as realization hit him. He stopped, moments before a large blast of energy hit the Tabuu trophy from above and blew away the eight surrounding it. One of them flew at him and sent him across the room, spilling graven images of the Subspace Army. A woman clad in blue descended from above holding what he took to be an energy cannon of some sort. He ducked as she flung it towards him, but soon felt the pain of a sword slicing his chest. From the shadows emerged a tiny masked demon wielding a sword that looked as if it could rip him in half with a single attack. Surrounded on both sides, he grabbed one of the trophy stands near himself and brought a Greap to life. In the small space, the massive scythes of the monster scraped the ceiling, creating a screeching noise that could wake the dead. Immediately the woman and the demon attacked the creature.

As his assailants were distracted, he reached around in desperation. Finding the trophy that had flown into him, he looked it over before deciding to take it along with him. Just as he began to take his leave, he noticed the woman's expression of rage. She raced towards him just as he managed to teleport away. He emerged in Subspace, a world of pure darkness. An absolute void, he had discovered this place in his journeys and decided to take its power for his own. In this world, after Tabuu had been defeated, almost nothing had existed anymore. He had stumbled across two entities that made their home here anyway, but he bound them to a body of sorts and trapped it using his magic. Though his powers were incredible, he could not make the world solid enough for his purposes, and so hoped to enslave the being that had once ruled here. Disappointed with his own effort, he looked around the trophies floating in the empty world. Amongst them were all the members of the Subspace Army, great and small. Among the smallest were those mysterious creatures that formed the basis of the army, the Subspace Bugs. As he looked at them, he felt drawn to their base… Tentatively he reached for it, hesitating only slightly, before grasping it and letting loose a plague of unimaginable power. As they came to life, he drew some into his body, feeling the power of them within himself. Like a drug, they made him crave more, and so he absorbed as many as he could. The trophy was deceptively small; more came from it then should have been possible. Even as he tried to take them all in they spread over some of the nearby trophies and formed their bodies. And so, in the vast emptiness from which it had first risen, the Subspace Army returned to life.

In the vault, Samus Aran and Meta Knight looked over the trophies. The intruder, which neither had recognized, had stolen a number of trophies of the Subspace creatures who had caused innumerable problems in the past. As Meta Knight fixed the trophies that had fallen, Samus stood quietly over the spot where their foe had vanished. Finally, when he had almost every trophy back in place, Meta Knight examined the damage. Most of the five hundred plus trophies had been untouched, and Tabuu was still trapped. Looking around the room, there was no serious problem save one. One of the trophies, one of the most dangerous enemies anyone had ever fought, was missing. Taking a quick inventory, he looked. Duon, Galleom, Porky, Master Hand, Crazy Hand, Rayquaza, and Petey Piranha were all there, which meant that…

AN: I'll leave this a cliffhanger and let you guess which one he's got. You can also try to guess who 'he' is if you want, but not enough is known just yet…