OK! First off, I owe everybody an apology. Life caught up with me this time around, and I guarantee updating won't be so glorious as it once was.

School's to blame, but I don't want to be an ignorant bum, either.

So, School is important to me, although I hate it to pieces. I'm going to get an education and do it right the FIRST time, so, after all my homework and stuff, I'll work some if I feel in the mood, which, since I'm typing and all, is proof enough that I am!

Anyways, time to get to the chapter. Please, don't hold the slowness against me…Pretty pwease?

I LOVE the reviews you people been givin' me! I'm also sorry if me not replying to them has hurt your feelings, but please understand, I don't usually respond anyways.

I'll make sure to spin out an update at least every week or so, so keep your fingers crossed, peeps!

Let's start!

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"Cherub, that was a most amusing, yet pitiful attempt." Saix laughed cruelly. He and Cherub were in a silvery room, which was bare. The glimmer of the room made one's eyes water.

Saix, one of the main members of the former Organization XIII, was now one of the top members of Organization Neo.

He really looked…mean. His yellow eyes glared at anything he looked at, and he had a gigantic, somewhat X shaped scar across the bridge of his nose.

"…" Cherub only glared back at Saix.

"…Ha ha…don't even pretend you're angry." Saix said. "You know us Nobodies have no hearts, and, therefore, no feelings. You don't fool me."

"Yeah? Who died and gave you the right to pick on us?"

"Ah! Ezel." Saix said. "You've been way to free. I think I shall report you to Superior if you decide to stray from orders again."

"Yeah? So what! I can take Xemnas any time!" Ezel boasted.

"…For one without a heart, you are pitifully ignorant of your situation, and your status." Saix said. "As it is, both of you are in deep trouble, for you failed in the simple task which you have been given. Even Palutena's nobody could have done better!"

"You mean that anti angel we've seen about?" Cherub asked. "She's a creep."

"It looks like Cherub here is scarred of the old pussy!" a taunting feminine vice mocked.

"Larxene. Just in time." Saix said. "I think these two need a lesson."

"Really?" Larxene asked, shocked.

"Really."

"Then, I shall do it with…:" She spun around, and in a flash, she held three golden, Nobody symbol shaped Kunai in between each of her knuckles. "With pleasure!"

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The smashers…They seek to regroup, and overthrow the empire I have given to you…

It was an empty, sinister voice that echoed inside the GUN commander's head.

Usually a rather brash and impulsive man, but well-meaning, this time the commander had gone other the edge, thanks to the wicked jewel embedded in his brain.

"Of course." He said aloud.

They are weak, and in hiding. Like pests…if not eradicated the first time, they only come back stronger, and in GREATER numbers.

"What must I do, to obliterate the pests?"

They hide…But I see all. Follow my eye, as I show you all…We must destroy them!

"…Destroy…The Smashers…" The commander moaned.

He closed his eyes, then opened them.

What were once soft blue, and brown eyes, were both now flaming red.

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"Man, this thing is complicated!" Fox panted, wiping sweat from his forehead while working on some wiring in a big red gummi block. It was like pliable plastic, but after a while, it retained its shape very well.

Tons of the pieces could be stuck together, and they'd fuse to form a formidable wall of rubber, only it was super rubber.

It COULD be knocked apart, but that was hard to do. VERY hard.

"Sorry, I know my enhancements are a lot harder to do than the original blueprints, but those GUN soldiers really didn't know what the fudge they were doing." Matt replied absent mindedly, working on the other side of the rectangular block.

"I'm not complaining." Fox said, because, if this thing is as strong as you say, then nothing stands a chance against us!"

"Hey!" Luigi's voice called out from up above. "The team's comin' back, and MAN, do they look like trash!"

"Ya think they've been attacked?" Link asked.

"Nah, some bear went and hugged them." Matt said sarcastically.

"Don't joke about that." Fox shuddered.

"Oh, right." Matt said, remembering what had happened when he and Fox had been acting in Red Riding hood, only about a week before.

The four ran out of the ship, and down the ramp jutting into the desert. They were nearly blown down by the home-coming heroes, as they bolted into the ship.

"What the dickens!?!?" Fox yelped, extracting himself from the pile of heroes on the floor. "…And who the heck is the old guy? And why are you running like Hades is on your tail?"

"Thankfully, Hades ISN'T on our tail." Paul sighed. "If he was, we'd be toast. Look, we need to get out of here now." Paul said urgently.

"Why?" Link asked.

"I'd love to tell you, but if we fail to exist in five seconds, it isn't my fault!" Paul said. "Then, maybe I'm exaggerating…"

"Let's move it!" Matt yelled. Since everybody was inside the ship already, he slammed a button that closed and sealed the hatch, then ran up a staircase nearby that led to the cockpit. The team piled into the cockpit, and Matt seized the controls and started up the engine, just as a mechanical hum became noticeable.

"…What's that I hear?" Fox said. "I don't like it…"

"Look!" Link said, pointing at the radar.

There was a huge green blip, rapidly heading towards them.

There was a crash, and everybody looked up to see a gigantic GUN robot blow a hole through a sand dune as it charged at them.

It was built like one of the smaller, floating units that had a single camera and laser blaster that stuck from under it, but it was at least two hundred times the size of one, and it had a few extra cannons to go with it.

"Snap." Ness muttered.

Matt grabbed the controls, and soared into the air just as a massive laser blasted the sand where they were, and blew blobs of molten glass everywhere.

"Take over for me!" Matt said, getting up and dashing out of the cockpit before anybody could reply.

"Mine!" Link shouted, springing from his chair, and landing nicely in the pilot's seat.

"Link! NO!" Fox screamed, covering his eyes in fright.

Link leaned the steering wheel up, which made the ship plunge to the ground.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

"Oh, I guess that makes it go down." Link muttered. He tilted the wheel down, which made the ship curve upwards and just miss the ground and another laser.

"MAAAAAAAAAAAKE IT STOOOOOOOOOOOOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Ness screamed, hanging onto his seat for dear life.

Fox's fingers danced across the control deck, inputting attack commands and such. The cannons on the ship replied with a boom, and shot a few lasers at the robot.

DING!

The lasers glanced off the robot's shiny exterior.

"DANG!" Fox said, pounding the buttons.

Link was busy driving the ship, with no clue as to how he was evading everything so easily. Currently, the ship was shooting off into the desert in a straight line, spinning like a drill. A laser hit the gummi ship, but the spinning made some of the laser reflect, only causing minimal damage.

"AAAH!" Everybody shouted. The ship bucked, and sent Ness shooting up into the air. He splatted on the windshield, then Link made the ship shoot into the sky again. The GUN robot pursued, and launched a volley of homing rockets after the ship.

Matt suddenly swung the hatch door open, and leaned out top take a bunch of well-aimed shots. The rockets exploded, missing the ship completely. Matt swung himself back in and closed the hatch, so that he could continue fixing up the cannon.

"Try this!" Paul said. He jumped forwards, and while he braced himself against Fox's chair with one arm, he typed with the other arm.

The cannons glowed for a moment, a bunch of flaming energy gathering up in the cannons. The cannons flashed and fired a huge, dual laser.

PING!

"…We know one thing…" Paul sighed. "…WE'RE SCREWED!"

He got back in his seat, and started screaming along with everybody else.

Link was being careless with the ship now.

First, it dove to the ground, then went up and turned left really hard, spinning out of control as it ascended. They shot way above the robot as it fired at them again, missing them because they were out of range.

Still screaming, Link twisted the wheel the other way, stopping the ship from spinning momentarily, only to go spinning the other way. The robot rose up in a vertical line, and spun around to aim its cannon directly at the gummi ship.

"IT'S DONE!" Matt cried triumphantly.

"YES!" Fox yelled. He punched Link on the arm, then threw him out of the seat and grabbed the controls. In a second, the ship was upright.

Paul dashed down the staircase, and helped Matt start installing the gummi cannon. The GUN robot was directly behind the Gummi ship, charging up one, final laser.

Matt grabbed the gummi block RIGHT in the back of the ship, and pulled it out, making a hole that showed the robot behind.

Paul handed Matt the cannon, and he shoved it into the hole. The cannon's sides melded with the rest of the ship around it, sealing it up. In the back of the cannon was a small control panel, and a gem-shaped slot.

"Here goes nothing…" Matt said. He grasped the Chaos emerald, and slammed it into the slot. The emerald lit up and bathed the room in red light.

Matt focused his energy into the emerald, then pressed the button.

"Brimstone Cannon, FIRE!" Matt yelled.

There was some flashing, and the engine behind them started groaning, before grinding to a halt.

"It's using too much power! We're going to crash!' Matt yelled.

Thinking quickly, Paul looked out the window, and saw the robot was about to fire. He summoned up all of his strength, and put his hand on the emerald.

"SELF- DESTRUCT!"

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The GUN robot was about to fire, when there was a flash from the Gummi ship, then a roaring sound as huge waves of fire erupted from the cannon in the back of the ship in circular waves. A huge ball of fire formed, then exploded from the cannon creating a sonicboom.

The gigantic ball of plasma soared towards the robot leaving behind a streak of plasma. It slammed into the GUN robot, and one split second later, a huge mushroom cloud erupted from the robot, blowing it apart in a huge, violent explosion.

The whole sky went dark as the tower of flame shot into the sky, and started spreading out like an umbrella.

"STEP ON IT!!!!!!!!!!!" Link screamed.

Without even bothering to agree, Fox floored the gas pedal, and urged the ship to go faster. They shot forwards, while the veil of fiery death above descended.

"Comeoncomeoncomeoncomeon!" Fox muttered wildly.

WHOOSH!

The ship just barely cleared the umbrella of flames, just as it dropped behind the ship.

Everybody watched as the dome completely closed over the ground, dousing the land in flame.

There was an ominous humming as a single red ray of light shot upwards into the sky, then the ship was thrown about in a wild ocean of wind waves as multiple explosions erupted from the dome of flame, tons of mushrooms shooting up into the sky.

"Who here agrees that we shouldn't use this until we're absolutely sure we're screwed over?" Ness asked.

Everybody raised their hands.

"I…think we should call it Meltdown." Luigi squeaked, finally speaking. He was too scared to speak beforenow.

"That sounds cool, and it fits it just perfectly." Matt said. "..What WAS that you did to it, though, Paul!?!?"

"I gave it the push it needed to activate." Paul gasped, tired out. "That cannon drained my magic like a vacuum! I swear it was about to suck me dry…"

"…That's too dangerous." Matt said. "We can't risk the cannon killing anybody just to use it. We'll have to find another Chaos emerald to balance the energy flow out."

"Try the ice emerald." Ness said knowledgably. Ice and Fire cancel each other out. If we find it and use it, we'll be able to make the cannon five times as destructive!"

Paul looked backwards at the sea of molten sand behind the ship, then looked back at Ness, visibly more pale.

"I think I'll pass." Paul whispered.

Everybody burst into raucous laughter as Paul sat back down.

They felt like they could pull it off, Saving the world…

Maybe they WERE the right people for the job, after all!

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It failed…it would seem.

"Yes…Pitiful human technology can't hope to compete with these…Devils." The commander said.

That is why…You must free me…Free me from my everlasting Seal…

Free me from the depths of the void…

"Free…Master." The commander moaned, his eyes flashing red again.

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Short notes, because long ones would spoil the atmosphere! HA!

There's something very dark behind everything.

YOU, my friends, must keep reading (When I update ) if you wish to find out.

Thank you all for reading, and I'll see ya next time! I'll update within the week, so hang in there.

Thank you all again!

With that said, Adieu, and Review!

-Shining Riku-

(All the smashers are ok. I'LL POST A SPECIAL CHAPTER SOON! When, and in which order, I SHAN'T TELL YOU!)