Author's Notes: I am so happy this story is doing so well that I'm posting again this weekend. This may be the only time I do this. Chapter 5 comes next weekend! Enjoy the new chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own Smash Brothers, the characters or anything related.

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Chapter Four- Assistance

Meanwhile on the Halberd…

Meta Knight awoke in a dark room. He sat up, feeling groggy. Having an awful migraine didn't make things better. All he saw was black. When his eyes adjusted to the dim lighting, he felt someone punch him and grunted. He turned to see that a Primid was standing in front of him. Meta Knight was punched again. He gasped in discomfort. The Primid found this fun and kept punching, only faster. He was charging up a strong punch when someone seized his arm.

"What are you doing?" Ganondorf said menacingly.

"He makes funny sounds when you hit him."

"What have you been doing?"

"Sorry, sorry, sorry-"

With a wave of Ganondorf's hand, the Primid fell backwards. "Get back to work." The Primid nodded and left the room, fearful of angering him. Ganondorf looked at Meta Knight. He notices there was a marker nearby and wrote something on the Star Warrior's mask, then gave him a powerful punch. Ganondorf smirked, then left the room.

Meta Knight groaned from the pain, but stood up anyway. He notices something odd about his reflection in the window. He was in his dark form. The only thing that was the same was his eyes. They were still a pupiless yellow. He noticed that there was writing on his mask. He looked closer at the mirror image. He saw the words: punch at will written. He tried rubbing it off, but it didn't work. "Just great."

Meta Knight saw a door and tried to reach for the doorknob. He ended up walking into a wall. Sighing, he tried again. The door was locked. Exhausted, Meta Knight sat down in a corner and went to sleep.

He awoke in complete silence. He knew he couldn't have slept for more than an hour. Where was he anyway? He had a feeling he had been here before. He felt a punch and grunted in surprise.

Wolf smugly smiled. "You DO make funny sounds. That was because you weren't paying attention."

"You were talking to me?"

"Are you that deaf?" Wolf said, irritated. "Our leader wants a word with you. I suggest you come quickly. You're already late as it is."

Meta Knight followed Wolf out the door and through the hallway. This place still looked familiar somehow. Then it struck him. "Is this…the Halberd?"

"It took you long enough to figure it out. As you can tell, we have taken over your battleship. It belongs to Subspace Resistance Elimination now."

"You were very foolish to take over my ship."

That comment earned Meta Knight another punch. 'That's enough from you." Wolf dragged him to the elevator. "Just to give you an early warning, never anger our leader or you will suffer."

They were at the piloting room when the elevator doors opened. "Lord Ganondorf, I've brought the prisoner as requested."

"Very good." Meta Knight realized that Ganondorf was their leader. Wolf was right about not angering him. Ganondorf spoke up without turning around. "You understand why you're here?"

"No."

"You've experienced it many times before. Do you ever recall feeling uncontrollably violent or have lashed out unintentionally?"

"Yes."

"Each time it happens, you become a step closer to being evil. We seek the power you possess in that state. Once you're fully taken over, you'll be on our side forever. You will the one who will crush that petty resistance."

Meta Knight shook his head/circular body. "I will not serve you. What you are doing is wrong."

"You don't have a choice."

"That doesn't matter. I will never lower myself to your level."

"You can resist all you want, but it will do you no good. I grow weary of explaining. Wolf, take him down to his room and lock the door. We don't want him escaping." Ganondorf ordered. Wolf obeyed, bowing respectfully before leaving.

When Meta Knight was alone in his room, he felt strong hatred and pounded on the door in frustration. He felt so helpless and he hated that. He really wanted to see Jigglypuff again. He finally realized he really cared for her. With her by his side, he was happy.

"Jigglypuff, I'm sorry," he whispered softly, collapsing onto the ground.

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Fox and Falco finished the Resistance Battleship. The Smashers had packed the weapons and equipment they would need as well as a good supply of food. Everyone found the mission thrilling so far, except for Jigglypuff, who was worried about Meta Knight. She never knew until now how much he meant to her. Secretly, she had feelings for him, but would not admit it.

Jigglypuff watched intently out the window for any sign of the Halberd. She was asked if she was on the lookout for Meta Knight. She denied it saying she was just passing the time. She was starting to daydream when something caught her eye.

"It's the Halberd!" She screamed to everyone. She was in such a hyper state, she pushed Fox out of the pilot's seat (which really freaked him out) and took control of the ship. Jigglypuff flew the ship directly over the Halberd. "Everyone, are you ready? We're going to jump!"

"Jump? Are you kidding me?" A few of the Smashers said.

Jigglypuff already jumped aboard. "Come on!" She called impatiently.

Reluctantly, the others jumped, but it wasn't as bad as they thought. Falco stayed behind to pilot the ship and keep watch over the resistance base. "Notify me through the communicator when you're ready to go back," he told them.

Jigglypuff found a hatch and opened it. Inside was a ladder going down. One by one, everyone went inside. They expected a fight as soon as they came in but it was strangely quiet.

"That was odd. No one's around." Marth said.

"Don't let your guard down." Jigglypuff advised, looking around. "We have three tasks we must accomplish: rescue Meta Knight, find the trophies of Ness, Kirby and Yoshi and find out the villains true intentions. Once that is done, we can-"

A crash was heard from the end of the hallway, cutting Jigglypuff off before she could finish her sentence. "What was that?" She questioned, now nervous. Perhaps something was in store for them.

It was happening again: the feelings of rage and violence was taking him over. Meta Knight swung Galaxia again, this time, demolishing the door to his room. He sensed a disturbance. At the end of the hallway was the resistance. He felt rage upon seeing the rebellion. All Meta Knight wanted to do was destroy them.

"As I was saying, we should move on. There's no reason to-"

"Jigglypuff, defend yourself quickly!!"

Jigglypuff summoned her sword and got into a defensive position. Another sword struck against hers. She was almost hit by the blow. If she hadn't defended, she would have been seriously hurt. She gasped when she saw her attacker. It was Meta Knight. His eyes were a soulless red, glaring at his opponent.

"Everyone!" Jigglypuff called behind her. "Divide yourselves into two groups and go quickly! I'm the only one who can get through to Meta Knight!"

"But Jigglypuff-" the Ice Climbers began.

"GO!" She shouted. Everyone obeyed, feeling awful leaving her behind.

Meta Knight struck at Jigglypuff again. She dodged. She knew she had to stop him, but not hurt him either. The only way she could do that was to disarm him and counter his feelings of rage.

Before she could dodge again, Galaxia was swung down. She swung her sword too to defend herself. Both swords locked. Jigglypuff pushed as hard as she could. She kept this up for a few minutes, sensing that Meta Knight was weakening. She felt weak herself. She broke away, knowing Meta Knight would soon have the upper hand. Jigglypuff stopped to catch her breath. She was never taught how to disarm. She was now having doubts whether she could do this or not.

Jigglypuff screamed as Galaxia nearly slashed her face. She kept swinging her sword, trying to deflect his series of attacks. She was getting quite exhausted, but desperately tried to be strong. If she failed, all would be lost.

She unleashed a Smash Attack at Meta Knight's sword out of a burst of strength, causing him to lose his balance. She swung at Galaxia once more.

The sword when flying from Meta Knight's hand and became stuck in the wall. He glared at her, furious that he was disarmed.

"Meta Knight, it's me, Jigglypuff! Don't you remember?" She asked him shakily.

Meta Knight remained silent, his eyes continuing to glow red.

"I've come to save you! You must fight this. The way of life depends on you!" Jigglypuff persisted. Seeing as he wasn't going to respond, she had an idea. "Do you remember when we had berries? Remember when we worked on the Resistance Base together? Remember how happy we were when we spent time together? If you can hear me, please say something!"

"I…remember." Meta Knight's eyes reverted to yellow. "We…were happy…"

"Meta Knight, you're alright!"

"…Thanks to you," he said.

Jigglypuff was surprised when he hugged her. They were heading down the hallway to find the others when she suddenly collapsed. "I…I am fine. I am just exhausted from earlier. Disarming you…took a lot out of me…" She was further surprised when she noticed that Meta Knight was holding her in his arms. She blushed, realizing she had been gazing into his eyes. She soon wondered what his real eyes looked like without the mask in the way.

"Poyo?" came a familiar voice. (Am I interrupting the moment?")

Meta Knight recognized who this was. "Kirby, is that really you?"

"Poyo, poyo." (Yeah, the other Smashers saved me!) Kirby noticed that Jigglypuff was in his arms. "Poyo…" (Aw, Meta Knight has a crush!)

"K-Kirby." Meta Knight said, blushing behind his mask. "Now's not the time."

"What did he say?" Jigglypuff asked, knowing Meta Knight could translate.

"He was wondering what was for dinner." Meta Knight replied.

"Poyo, poyo!" Kirby told him. (The Smashers want you to meet them above. They want to speak with you.)

Meta Knight followed Kirby, still carrying Jigglypuff, who was snuggled against his mask. He felt that warm feeling again. There was a few "awwws," when they made it. "Jigglypuff is exhausted and unable to walk," he said, before he could be teased further.

They nodded in understanding. They couldn't help but notice how comfortable Jigglypuff was though. She was even smiling in her sleep. Though she would deny it, they knew she had some sort of feelings for Meta Knight. When he was sure no one was looking, he gently rocked her. All he felt at that moment was happiness. Though he wouldn't admit it aloud, he had feelings for Jigglypuff as well.