Previously, Mikee recovered from a confrontation with the Horde Commandos, but shows some resistance in telling them about Aaron and Matt Aeros, who seems to be related to the Light Warrior as an older brother. Master Hand reveals a plan to recruit some new allies in the battle against the Horde; Mikee urges to return to his universe or home world, Aeros in order to discover an answer to the defeat of their enemies. They set out and Mikee begins to explain about his past once and for all.

Chapter 6

A Hidden Hero

Mikee's Past

Mikee sighed and remembered his memories. The Smashers were ready to listen to his every word. The Light Warrior cleared his throat and began.

"Aeros, so many memories of that place. Our clan prided itself on the Light Element since most of our technology was based on it. From what I've learned, my ancestors came across the Guardians a long time ago. Those Guardians warned my clan of the Horde early on, and told them about the Hero of Light being born within my time long ago. I just thought it wasn't going to be me at the time. I lived with my mother and father and brother. My family was the strongest, but when I was born, I was the weakest. My fighting abilities were very poor. I could use Light Energy like I could now, but it wasn't as strong as before. Everyone was able to defeat me. I was becoming a disgrace to me, to my family, and to my clan. It was this way in my life, until it happened." Mikee thought and closed his eyes.

"Come on, I could take more from you!" A voice echoed from his head and he remembered the pain he was inflicted. Three older children were firing beams onto a much younger version of the Light Warrior. Young Mikee was on the ground with his arms crossed as he blocked the three's beams. His clothes were burned and he was bruised and burned in several places. One of them charged and punched Mikee in the gut, making him fall forwards. They began to kick him until a stronger beam scared them away. The weakened Mikee looked and saw his brother, who was completely different from before. In the present, he was covered in armor except for some pieces, which were human. In the flashback, he was completely human with jet black hair, hazel eyes, and the Aeros signs all around his body. It faded away as the older brother powered down. The older brother looked down at the weaker one with a glare.

"Look at you. You're nothing but an embarrassment to our own family. The Hero of Light will be revealed soon, and there's no chance for you to be chosen." His brother muttered and turned his back. The older one left Mikee by himself. The broken boy struggled to stand back up, but fell back down. His body was pretty worn out, and he had no drive to get back up.

"That's horrible!" Dawn said as Mikee took a pause. His fists were tightened and almost shaking. She went to be close to him.

"So, Matt didn't care about you at all? He left you there? How did you get home at all?" Toon Link asked.

"I couldn't move, and I lied there until I had enough strength to get back up. I made it home where my mother healed me using her powers. My father was 'training' with my brother. He tried to train with me, but I wasn't ready for any of the advanced techniques my brother learned. In fact, he also despised me as much as Matt did. They were both close while I was with my mother. She taught me nice and slowly until it was the day everything changed."

"When everything changed?" Dawn asked. Mikee shuddered as he thought of that memory once again. It was his worst memory, bypassing the deaths of his friends by a long shot.

"It was the day of a total solar eclipse."

In Mikee's memory, it was a nice day, as the Light Warrior lied on the ground, enjoying the blue sky. Breezes occasionally blew through until there were some dark purple clouds gathering in the sky. He gasped and had a sudden chill go down his spine. Just seeing the purple clouds made everything feel very dark. Mikee leaped up and dashed over to the clan's main site and he heard screams. His sight got a hold of the scene, and beams were firing everywhere. He saw bloodshed, and one of them fighting the other clan members was his brother, skillfully dodging and killing without mercy. His victims tried, but each of them fell. Other members charged and killed others like a killing spree.

The young Mikee stumbled back a bit and dashed for home, making sure he wasn't being noticed by the murderers. Hot tears flooded the child's eyes, questions filled his mind. His home wasn't far, but it was already a terrible sight. There were holes everywhere, and his home was more of rubble. His first instinct was to run in and see if anything remained, but he was shivering. There was a bunch of energy moving fast behind him. He turned sharply and saw a bunch of the murderers sprinting towards him. Mikee ran as fast as he could, dodging the beams they were firing. He was going pretty fast, running across the plains until a beam nicked him in the arm. He sprawled across the ground, skidding a bit. An elbow pierced his back side, breaking a bone or two.

The other murderers gathered around him. Mikee tried to crawl away, almost acting like an injured puppy, but the Aeros warriors charged up beams, and then another beam struck them, completely tearing off their heads. Mikee closed his eyes as the blood of his clan splattered all over his clothes and face. He shuddered a bit and he opened his eyes to see the savior, which happened to be his own brother, and he looked menacing.

"So, you're still alive. I assumed you'd be dead." He said pretty coldly. Matt was unlike anything Mikee has ever seen up until now.

"Big brother, what's going on?" Mikee asked as he rose back up.

"That's easy; we're creating the Hero of Light ourselves."

"Creating the Hero of Light? What?" Mikee asked.

"You wouldn't understand little nuisance. Ultimate power within our grasp, no one will be able to stop us from taking the universe before the dark power mentioned in legend does. Once the power becomes ours, nothing will stand in our way. The Hero of Light is chosen within all the Aeros, so we're just increasing the chances that we'll be picked." Matt explained.

"Take over the other universes? That's not right big brother! Why are you doing this?" Mikee asked as the older sibling simply smashed him to the ground. Mikee's broken rib was hurting the young one more, and the attack just made it worse.

"Easy, I want to be the Hero of Light. There's no one stronger than me at the moment. Even Father is afraid of my growing strength." He told the younger one and with a focused smash, sent his little brother crashing on more ground. His brother held Mikee up by the neck and with the other free hand, charged up a beam. This one was strong, as it radiated with a new red energy. "So long, little brother." He stated with no remorse at all.

Darn it, why can't I ever win? Mikee thought at his last moment, but the attack never hit. The energy faded from Matt's palm, and he gasped. The older sibling looked straight at the sun, and things did become darker. It wasn't the clouds, but the sun itself. Something black and round was beginning to cover it from the side. Mikee looked and realized it was the moon. There was a solar eclipse happening. Matt's powers and strength was weakening as the younger one fell back down.

Suddenly, Mikee felt his heart beat. It was thumping hard, as it hit against his rib cage. Mikee yelled in pain as his older brother turned and watched. He was thrashing around, seeing if he could stop the pain, but a red energy began to envelop him. Matt stumbled back himself as he witnessed his brother's transformation into the current DeathPhoenix. The eight black wings burst out and Mikee roared in anger.

"What…WHAT THE?" Matt yelled and jumped, but couldn't jump away as the beast's wings slammed him on the ground. DeathPhoenix jumped above the injured warrior and roared out a huge beam. Matt barely rolled out of the way, but his entire right arm was vaporized by the blast, and he was now yelling in agony. DeathPhoenix landed on top of the murderer and began to punch Matt everywhere. The onslaught wouldn't stop until he was dead. Now, DeathPhoenix floated up and roared as loud as he could. He floated towards the destroyed city and fired energy beams everywhere, making everything into near dust. No one survived after his onslaught. After the beast faded, he was gasping for air, and he saw his hands covered in blood, the blood of his clan. He cried out and lied there on the ground, sobbing. Everyone and everything he knew was now gone.

"So, that's what happened to you, and the first appearance of DeathPhoenix?" Samus asked. Mikee nodded his glance cold and hard.

"The Hero of Light is a legendary warrior that is said to have stopped the Horde long ago. It was a Light Warrior. Everyone in my clan was Light Warriors, and Matt along with several others wanted to be chosen, so they slaughtered each other. During that time though, a solar eclipse happened. When a solar eclipse happens, our powers die down and we're powerless during the time the sun is gone. I resorted to my DeathPhoenix form at that time. It just had more power and the rage was unbelievable. I highly doubt I'll be able to control myself if it happened again." Mikee explained. The Smashers took several seconds to take it all in. Even Dawn looked a bit frightened by the fact that Mikee went through more than a normal person should. He got up and left them alone, leaving to a different section of the ship. No one followed him.

Mikee walked out to the back of the Great Fox. Outside were countless stars and a comet passing by. His thoughts were on the same beast that hid deep inside of him. The monster that finished off the last of his clan, and the same beast that killed his friends. If another solar eclipse came around, he would have no idea on how to control the beast. He could hurt everyone close to him. He could kill the Smashers, and he could kill Dawn. If that ever happened, he couldn't live with himself.

The Guardians replaced his thoughts. They were masters of the eight elements, and their leader was the strongest. Mikee hoped they could answer the question on why he had the DeathPhoenix. They were the strongest of the elements, and masters at that.

A few minutes later, everyone was back in the main room. Fox pulled up a couple of holograms with flight plans for everyone, but he was talking to the other Smashers. Mikee was at his usual quiet corner in his pose of his arms crossed and his eyes closed. The conversation the others had didn't bother him. All that mattered in his mind was to find the Guardians and get his answers. He hasn't sensed any dark energy lately, which meant the Horde wasn't following them or anything else for that matter.

Dawn was standing away from him far enough for Mikee to not notice her. She was just remembering Mikee's past story on how tough it was. She couldn't imagine what kind of inner turmoil Mikee must be going through. She has always wondered why Mikee's fighting style was brutish at times, and the time when he finished off Ganondorf when they fought. Link told them that it was one of the coldest things he's seen. Sure, Ganondorf mentioned the Horde, but Mikee never did things like that.

Mikee, I wish I could always be there for you, but I'm never strong enough to stand up at your level. I can't be as strong as you, if you really are the Hero of Light. I'm just a normal girl with Dark powers. Sure, lately we've been practicing our secret technique, but still, whenever we do fight others, I can never hold my own. It's you who has to save me in the end. If only I could understand why you enjoy fighting. Someone with that kind of history should be evil, but you're good, and you don't fight. Why is that? What makes you fight? Dawn thought and walked away.

"Everyone, prepare for light speed, we're be warping in several seconds." Fox spoke over the loudspeakers. The team braced themselves and the ship suddenly felt like it was going at an insane speed. Everyone except for Samus were knocked off their feet and headed for walls. Mikee was the first to land and then Dawn was on top of him. Soon, the others hit the walls. After the warping stopped, everyone fell down and there were several dents on the walls. Mikee shook his head, and then realized he was on top of Dawn in an awkward position. He turned red and got straight up. Dawn giggled after turning red too. He helped her up.

A few minutes later, and everyone got up. It was time for them to go their separate ways for their reasons. Mikee opened his eyes as everyone gathered into their group. His group was Samus, Pikachu, Kirby, Dawn, and himself.

"Good luck you guys. I hope you find these Guardians. Maybe they could help with the Horde battle." Fox told them.

"Thanks Fox. I'll keep radio contact with the Great Fox and back at the Mansion during the mission." Samus told the pilot. Mikee nodded and began to walk. Kirby followed happily and so did Pikachu. Dawn and Samus followed after and the ship took off from the Great Fox. Everyone was settled in their compartments as both ships took off in light speed. Mikee and the group hung on for their lives almost as stars and galaxies blazed past them.

Their entrance to Mikee's universe was upon them, and everyone jerked forward. They settled down as Mikee gazed into his familiar brown planet. It was Planet Aeros, his home world. They have arrived.

"So, is this it?" Samus asked the warrior.

"Yes, this is Planet Aer-" Mikee began as they flew around the planet. He stopped and his concentration focused on a black blob. "No." He stated. Dawn saw it too and gasped. Samus flew down into the atmosphere and they had a closer look until the black blob fired off black beams. This came as sudden, but the bounty hunter evaded skillfully. Her ship jerked, swerved, and ducked until they were safe from its range.

"Everyone all right?" Samus asked.

"I'm okay." Dawn said. Mikee was quiet as he stared at the blob.

"What was that?" Samus asked him. Mikee was silent a bit more as he muttered, "Black energy. The Horde is here."

Mikee and group have arrived at Planet Aeros only to see a black substance called Black Energy. Will this halt their plans and make their journey a waste of time? Wait for the next chapter!

Well, this is all I have so far. I've been so busy working on my comics that I hardly updated. I promise to update more after I make more comics. It has Mikee and Dawn as best I could. XD. Just ask me in a PM and I'll tell you where to find it. Please, it has Mikee and Dawn, and I'm making a Super Smash Bros comic at the moment. That has kept up my time lately.

Hope you like this chapter. I feel it's a bit rushed though.

~PerfectPhoenix