Hey, guys! 7caleb7 here with my second FanFic! All characters go to their respective companies. Without further ado, let's-a go!
Chapter 1: The Message
"Grab the trophy!" Pit yelled. Little Mac nodded and continued to sprint towards the trophy head-on.
"Oh, no you don't!" Fox yelled from across the battlefield. He dashed towards the trophy from the opposite direction.
"Link, take him out!" Pit ordered. Link was on a stationary platform, aiming his arrow at Fox. Right before he released the arrow, a missile exploded in his face. "Huh?" Pit was confused until he saw Samus with smoke emitting from her arm cannon. "Stupid bounty hunter!" the angel yelled with a raised fist.
"I'll handle this one," Sonic said with a smile.
"Go for it," Pit told the blue hedgehog. Sonic sped over to a spot under the platform Samus was standing on as fast as lightning and turned into ball. Samus was caught off guard as she was hit by the blue blur, making her stumble backwards. Sonic ran behind her and sweep kicked her, making her trip. He then jumped up off of a spring came back down in a flash with his foot out, kicking Samus in the face. He grabbed her and kneed her repeatedly and ended with a backwards somersault that tossed her into the air. Sonic sprinted to the edge of the platform, ready to jump into the air and end the intergalactic warrior with a midair combo. Just as he jumped into the air, Meta Knight sliced him back to the ground. Sonic hit the platform with a thud, and Meta Knight flew onto the platform ready to battle. Sonic lay on the ground for a few moments until he jumped back onto his feet. He dashed to Meta Knight and proceeded to fight him. The sword swings and kicks were too fast for the naked eye. Sonic attacked him with everything he had, but Meta Knight blocked every punch and kick thrown at him. Meta Kinght decided he played too much defense and began to attack. Sonic was surprised at the turn of events, but managed to hold his ground by dodging every sword swipe the knight had for him.
Little Mac and Fox were only yards away from the trophy, gaining ground fast. Both fighters knew the other wouldn't go down without a fight so they both came up with a plan of attack. Just as they were both in reach of the trophy, Fox used his Illusion tactic and snatched the trophy just before Little Mac could grab it. Little Mac, though, had no intention on grabbing the trophy first. He used Counter, punching Fox in the jaw as he came in contact with the boxer. The trophy flew out of Fox's grasp and into the air. Little Mac jumped up and snagged it while it was airborne. Just before he could touch the base of the trophy, Fox shot Little Mac in the hand with his blaster. He dropped the trophy and Fox dashed to grab it. Little Mac attempted to bend down and grab it, but was stopped by Fox's kick to the face. He stumbled backwards, and Fox grabbed the trophy. Before Fox could do anything, Little Mac leaped at Fox and Superman-punched the living crap out of him. The blow was so hard, it knocked Fox to the ground. Fox dropped the trophy, and Little Mac dashed to get it. Fox saw him coming and rolled to the trophy, covering it with his body.
"Haha, now what are you gonna do?" Fox taunted his opponent. Little Mac punched Fox in the side. "There's no way you can get it," Fox said again. Little Mac punched him again, this time harder. "Face it, you lose." Little Mac punched him even harder. "Just like all of our other matches." Little Mac punched him again. "You'll never win." Another punch. "You'll always be a failure." This statement put Little Mac over the edge. He grabbed Fox with his gloves and pulled his face close to his. There was a look of sheer terror on Fox's face as Little Mac tossed him into the air. The sound of a bell at a boxing match went off, and Little Mac's face grew red out of anger. He then hit Fox with an uppercut so hard, it could've leveled a building. The trophy hit the ground, and Fox flew out of sight until a star replaced where he once was.
Little Mac breathed heavily as he stared at the trophy, his trophy, with triumph. His peace was broken, though, by the ground shaking slightly. Little Mac looked up to see a giant ape sprinting on all fours towards him. Donkey Kong was only a few yards away, coming in hot. Pit saw this and decided to jump into action. He aimed a light arrow at the primate and released it, hitting DK's shoulder. He winced in pain, and Pit flew over to Little Mac.
"Go ahead and sit this one out, okay? Make sure to take the trophy with you!" Pit commanded Little Mac. Little Mac tried to grab the trophy, but sidestepped just in time to dodge the fist slamming onto the ground, making the ground shake. DK grabbed the trophy and tossed it behind him. He then attacked the duo with a headbutt that landed right between them. Little Mac then grabbed DK's head and punched it repeatedly. DK then punched him, and Little Mac stumbled backwards. Pit sliced and diced at DK, making him flinch so Little Mac could land more punches on him. Pit caught a glimpse of an orange figure over DK's shoulder picking up the trophy. He then realized who it was; Samus Aran. Just before she touched the base, Pit hit her with a light arrow, making her drop the trophy. She then shot a fully charged Charge Shot at Pit, hitting him in the chest.
"Missed me, did you?" Samus said, taunting the angel.
"I don't know," said a voice that wasn't Pit's, "Missed me?" Link asked as he jumped over the other fighters and threw a bomb at Samus, making her fly backwards onto her back. She slowly stood up, only to get hit back down again by a boomerang. Samus was jarred too much to stand up again, so Link decided to take the initiative. He sprinted over to her and lunged forward with a downward strike of his sword, performing his dash attack. Samus flew back even further until Link got a hold of her with his hook shot. She came back to where Link was standing, and he proceeded to smack her with the knob of his sword repeatedly. He then kicked her in the other direction into the air, making Samus hit the ground with a thud. Link sprinted at her again until Samus shot another missile at him. He used his shield to block the projectile, but the impact was so hard, he flew backwards onto his back. Samus stood up shakily and shot more missiles at him. Link sat up just in time to see the three missiles closing in on him. He jumped backwards onto his feet and readied himself for the onslaught. The first missile hit, and he moved backwards quite a distance before stopping. The second missile hit, and he moved backwards again, this time scooting him all the way to the ledge. The impact of the last missile made him lose his footing and he fell off. Link used his hook shot just in time for it to latch onto the edge.
The two fighters on the single platform were still duking it out. Neither of the competitors could gain the upper hand. It all boiled down to stamina. Meta Knight was tired at this point of the battle while Sonic, on the other hand, was doing just fine. Meta Knight swung his sword upwards at Sonic's chin, but Sonic did a back flip, the tip of the sword only millimeters away from his chin. Sonic then tried to roundhouse kick the right side of Meta Knight's body, but he blocked it with the flat part of his sword. Meta Knight then sliced downward at an attempt to slice Sonic's left leg that he just blocked, but Sonic spun around quickly to the left to move his leg out of the way and then tried to kick the left side of Meta Knight's body with the heel of his left leg. Meta Knight tried to block the kick, but he was too tired to get the sword there on time. Sonic's heel connected with Meta Knight's face, and he flinched. Sonic then found his opportunity and started punching and kicking Meta Knight relentlessly. The combo was too much to handle for the Star Warrior. Meta Knight stumbled backwards, and Sonic began spinning his arm vertically at a fast pace. Meta Knight looked up only to find Sonic nailing him in the face with his fist. Meta Knight fell off the platform, and Sonic followed. Sonic turned into a ball and started charging up. After a few more seconds, Sonic let loose and he sped over to Meta Knight and smacked against his body, making him fly past Samus and into Donkey Kong.
Donkey Kong hit the ground, and Little Mac found his chance. He started charging up a punch, and after a few moments, he lunged forward with a punch that could shatter bones. It connected with the giant ape's rib, and DK flew into Samus, knocking her down, and flew off the edge of the main battle ground.
"If only he had a hook shot," Link said as he watched the primate falling to its doom. He then climbed onto the edge. Samus was still on the ground, recovering from the blow. Link sprinted at her, ready to strike her again with his sword. Samus saw him coming and turned into a Morph Ball, dropping a bomb where she once was. She then back flipped over the bomb, putting it between her and Link. Link saw it and jumped into the air. He shot the bomb with an arrow in midair, and readied his sword to stab Samus from above. Samus saw it coming and grabbed Link with her grapple beam. She spun around and slung Link to the ground behind her. She jumped over him and dropped another bomb, landing on the other side of Link. Link watched the bomb dropping from where he lay and put his shield up to guard himself. The bomb connected with the Hylian Shield and exploded. Link couldn't hear anything other than ringing, and he felt dizzy. He stood up and stumbled around, as if there was no such thing as balance. Samus ran to him and lowered her shoulder, knocking him back onto the ground. She grabbed him by the shoulder and started pummeling him with her arm cannon. Link was defenseless at this point. He thought it was all over, until Samus was tackled to the ground by a certain blue figure. Pit galloped over to Link and held out his hand. Link grabbed hold of it, and Pit helped him to his feet. Little Mac dashed over to Sonic and Samus.
Samus was being overpowered by Sonic's speed and Little Mac's strength. Pit sprinted over to the trophy and grabbed it. Samus saw this and decided to shoot a missile at Pit, which she could barely manage to do. Just before the missile hit Pit, Link dove into the way and blocked the missile with his shield. He hit the ground with force, making him tumble onto the ground. Pit then finally touched the base of the trophy, and a bright flash took over the battlefield.
"GAME!"
Fox and Donkey Kong sat in a red, leather booth in the dark preparation room, all bruised up. The booth took up the edges of the room, except one side, where a giant screen used to watch the matches was present. A door opened, and the two losers walked out of the room.
"The winner is: Red Team!" Pit stood in front of the rest of his team holding up a peace sign, Little Mac and Doc Louis were behind him and to the right, Little Mac holding up his right fist with Doc holding up his own left fist, Link was on the other side of Pit holding up his sword in triumph, and Sonic was behind and to the left of Link, holding and showing off an indigo Chaos Emerald in his right hand.
Samus, Meta Knight, Donkey Kong, and Fox stood to the side, clapping for the victors as a sign of sportsmanship, and they deserved it too. Crazy Hand floated over to the red team and handed them 326 coins.
Pit spoke up first, "Thanks, but where's Master Hand?"
"He's talking to Mario for some reason. He told me to give the winner coins and to announce this match. So of course, I declined," Crazy Hand answered. Pit just stared at him with the most confused look on his face. "Oh yeah, then he told me that if I did it, then I'd get half the profit... so I'll be taking this, thank you," Crazy Hand took about 200 coins from the pile. Sonic then sped over to the floating hand.
"Excuse me, but I'm pretty sure that's not half," the blue hedgehog said, a bit irritated.
Crazy Hand paused for a moment. "You're right. I need a little more," Crazy Hand took the rest of the stack and sped off, Sonic chasing after him. The other seven Smashers walked towards the direction the other two went, exiting the winner's circle.
"You got it, Mario?" Master Hand floated behind the desk in his office. Mario was sitting in a chair, looking at the envelope he was holding.
"So, you want me-a to just read-a this to the others?" Mario asked, making sure he knew the Master's orders.
"Precisely."
"What is-a in it?"
"It's a surprise!"
"Uhhh... o-okay," Mario said, a bit uneasy about this.
"Go now, I have other matters to take care of at the moment," Master Hand said, motioning towards the door.
Mario stood up, still staring at the envelope and what secrets that could be within it. His train of thought was put to a halt as he walked into a wall. "Maybe I should-a look where I am-a going I suppose," Mario said, scratching the back of his head with a face of red and a goofy smile out of embarrassment. Master Hand responded with a hum. Mario then opened the door and exited the room, closing it behind him. R.O.B. rolled by Mario in the carpeted hallway they were alone in.
"Hey-a, R.O.B., could you-a do me a favor?" the plumber asked the robot.
R.O.B. stopped and turned to look at Mario. After a few moments, it nodded.
"Okie dokie, could you-a tell the others to-a meet in the-a conference room? Master Hand gave-a me this to read for-a all of us," Mario asked, referring to the envelope. R.O.B. nodded again and rolled off. "Thank-a you!" he responded happily. Mario turned left and headed down the hallway to an elevator. There were about eight floors, the main floor, which had the cafeteria and other recreational activities, the six floors which held all the Smashers, and the top floor, where all the matches took place and where Master Hand and his brother stay. Mario looked at the buttons and pressed the button with a "1" on it. Mario did this quite often, as he was practically the only one that ever talks to Master Hand in his office. The doors closed, and Mario felt the elevator dropping. He enjoyed riding in the elevator, mostly because of its soothing music. It was a slower piano version of the Melee theme. Mario closed his eyes as swayed his head side to side to the tune, remembering the friends he made and the moments he shared with them. The elevators opened as soon as they closed, and Mario walked out. The main lobby was empty, and no one could be seen anywhere. Mario stroked his chin, "Hmmm... I-a wonder where everyone-a is," he said to himself. He turned right and into a hallway. The only sounds that were heard were the sounds made by Mario's shoes as he walked.
At the end of the hallway was a pair of metal doors. Mario pushed one of them open to find a white room filled with occupied metal chairs in a semi-circle around a stage. All of the Smashers were already inside, and reeking havoc. The kids were all running around, and a group of men were surrounding two Smashers chanting "Fight! Fight! Fight!" R.O.B. stood alone on the stage watching the uproar happen.
"Whoa!" Mario yelped and ran over to the two Smashers, Bowser and Donkey Kong. He hopped over each row of chairs like hurdles in the Olympic Games. He pushed through the circle and got between the two giants. "Stop-a this right-a now!" he shouted, but no one seemed to listen.
"Outta my way, puny Mexican!" Bowser yelled as he picked Mario up and threw him aside. Mario hit his back on a group of empty chairs and knocked them all over.
"I am-a Italian!" Mario yelled back with a raised fist. He ran up the steps onto the stage and ran over to R.O.B. "You sure don't-a mess around when someone-a gives you an order!" he had to shout over all the ruckus, "How did you-a even get everyone-a here so quickly?!" R.O.B. responded with a shrug. "Well... I guess it is-a time!" Mario walked towards a microphone placed upstage. Mario cleared his throat through the microphone. "Excuse-a me-" Mario tried to get everyone's attention, but no one listened. "Excuse-a me!" Mario tried again, this time louder.
Peach was sitting near the back in her chair, ticked. She jumped out of her chair and stomped to the stage and onto it. She grabbed the microphone from Mario and screamed, "HEY, LOSERS! THINK YOU COULD PAY ATTENTION FOR TWO SECONDS?!" Everyone stopped where they were. Donkey Kong was raising his fist with Bowser in a headlock. Ness and Villager stopped mid-sprint. Everyone stared at the princess with horror. Peach let out a deep breath to compose herself. "Thank you," she said sweetly. "Go ahead, Mario," the princess turned to her savior and kissed him on the nose. Mario's face was pink out of embarrassment. She walked down the steps and back to her seat next to Princess Zelda. "That went peachy," she said to herself, pulling out a pink fan. Everyone casually sat back in their seats.
Mario began his speech, "I have-a called you all here-a today to-"
"You didn't-a call us, scumbag, R.O.B.-a did!" Wario yelled from the crowd. Everyone nodded in agreement. "Wario #1!" he said in triumph. There was a dead silence in the room.
Mario closed his eyes and let out a deep breath in the same manner Peach did. "I have-a ordered R.O.B.," Mario said, looking directly at Wario, "to call you-a all here today to-a discuss this-a letter. I, myself-a, don't know what is-a in it, but Master Hand-a told me to-a read it aloud," Mario opened the letter with a read seal that showed the Smash symbol on it. Mario gently pulled the piece of paper out and unfolded it. Mario read it quietly to himself first. His eyes grew wide at the words on the page. A bead of sweat dripped down the side of his face. The piece of paper started to shake within Mario's grasp. He couldn't believe what he was reading.
"Well, what is it? I'm getting impatient!" Sonic yelled out, rolling his eyes.
Mario looked up from the paper. "We-" he looked around the room nervously, "We're-a going on vacation."
A/N: And there you have it, guys; the first chapter! I hope you liked it. If you didn't, well, tell me why with a review. If you haven't already, check out my other FanFic if you have the time, it's called The Epic Comeback. It's still a work-in-progress, but at least it's deeper in the plot than this one! XD Well, that's about all... DEUCES!