The stadium quakes as Giga Bowser takes a step closer to his prey. DeDeDe and Mario maintain stationary positions, readying themselves for battle. Luigi tries his hardest to stand his ground, however anyone can see him shaking from a mile away as if he desperately needed to use the bathroom. Giga Bowser roars as fire spews out of his mouth and falls behind him, giving it the impression of a meteor. He brings his right claw down like a guillotine, leaving nothing but a crater of dirt and grass.
Mario was in the air before he striked. DeDeDe jumps on his snout, covering the beast's eyes and nostrils. Luigi clumsily jumps to the left to avoid getting smashed. DeDeDe pulls hard on Giga Bowser's eyebrows, making him wring his head back in pain. His left arm rises at an alarming speed. However, his palm gets acquainted with his face as DeDeDe super jumps out of the way a split second earlier.
The Mario Bros. sprinted several yards amidst the chaos. Mario dashes ahead of Luigi, delivering his signature Super Jump Punch. His fist grinds across Giga Bowser's belly, sparking a trail of golden coins.
At the peak of his jump, Luigi, using his brother as a footstool, propels himself towards the behemoth's chin. Inches from the massive jaw above him, Luigi, in spite of his adrenaline in his body telling him to run away, flexes his left arm, transferring every fiber of strength into it. As soon as his knuckles makes contact, he extends, releasing his true might.
An orange cloud covers the towering creature, his entire body suspended in midair like a fish caught on bait. He lands on his feet, imbalanced, causing a devastating shock wave that spreads across the interior of the stadium. Meta Knight stands unfettered as his cape rustles in the air. Mario flies a few feet before flipping himself into an upright position. He leans forward against the wind, holding himself down with sheer tenacity. Strength too, but that's not as poetic.
"Should have eaten your greens," Luigi says triumphantly as he descends head first towards the ground.
Mario facepalms.
"Mama mia," he says. "You said you wouldn't say that. You promised."
The wind subsides. Meta Knight's cape turn into a pair of bat wings and he dashes ahead. Giga Bowser makes a quick recovery, grabbing an airborne DeDeDe by the foot. He tosses him into Mario, sending both of them crashing past Ike, who was standing behind a broken section of the bleachers. Luigi is backhanded towards the left, sending him flying like a bullet. He disappears into a gray cloud of debris.
Meta Knight swiftly slashes Giga Bowser's left foot more times than he can count. The behemoth lifts it up and brings it crashing down, causing another shockwave. However, Meta Knight rode atop the foot, jumping off before its descent. Giant claws slash at the after images of the swift knight who manages to get in several swipes of his own at Giga Bowser's snout. He brings his head back yet again. Then, he suddenly launches it forward, sending Meta Knight skidding against the ground until he slides next to Little Mac.
"So I know I was talking shit earlier, but…" he begins. He is cut off by a devastating roar that makes Little Mac and Falco cover their ears.
"Jeezus!" Falco exclaims.
"I like how I said 'go fight' and yet here you are, not doing that."
"It's called a tactical retreat," Ike interjects.
"It's called being a pussy. And if you don't help us out then just like pussies, we're gonna be-"
Meta Knight is cut off by massive shadow. Giga Bowser looms over his prey with eyes reminiscent of a child looking at his favorite toys.
"...fucked."
"Guys," Mac says. "Is shitting myself in any way an appropriate response to our current predicament?"
"Yes," Ike responds without taking a second to think it through.
"No," Meta Knight saysat the same time.
A trail of flames fly towards the group. Falco sighs as he kicks up his reflector shield.
"Go team," he says sarcastically.
Marth observes the scene before him from the other side of the stadium. He pants with each passing second. Sonic dashes past him and spin jumps into the air, hitting Giga Bowser directly on the top of his skull with his famous homing attack. Mega Man follows, albeit much slower carrying a buzzsaw in each hand.
This is bad, Marth thinks. He places his left hand on the side of his head as if to mend a headache.
Within the abyss that is the Central Smash Framework, the astral projection of Mewtwo's senses flare up. Ness and Zelda don't notice and continue forcing a sea of items across the seemingly endless void.
What is it Marth? Mewtwo inqures.
Mewtwo, we're in deep, Marth frantically responds. We can't- DK look out!
Silence.
Marth? Marth?!
...DK has been defeated. Look-listen. We cannot, I repeat, cannot hold out much longer. We've been fighting Giga Bowser for nearly twenty minutes. We can hurt him we're not strong enough to leave a lasting impression.
Dammit Marth, what the hell do you want me to do about that?!
Mewtwo also said that outloud. His distraught voice masks his frustration. Ness turns his head slightly to the left. Zelda's right eye points at Mewtwo.
Calm down. Have you found a way to deliver multiple Super Mushroo-
No. But Zelda says she's working on that. You all need to hold off Giga Bowser for a few minutes longer until Sheik and Fox show up. Ten max.
Mewtwo, we don't have a few minutes. He's effortlessly mowing through us and we're barely keeping pace with him. But that's not why I'm contacting you. I propose a solution, if only temporary. Send us a Smash Ball.
Mewtwo's voice grows harsh. Marth, we can barely control which items you get. What makes you think we can can forcefully send one?
I believe in you.
I'm not a Fairy type you dolt.
Mewtwo, our friends are dying. If Giga Bowser destroys us all, many worlds will be left defenseless. Let me reiterate: the fate of many worlds rests on our shoulders. All I'm asking of you is to try.
Zelda and Ness stare at Mewtwo. He sighs.
We'll send a few precautionary items an assist trophy that will buy you some time. I'm not making any promises.
Marth sounds relieved.
All I need is some effort. Good luck my friend.
Whatever.
Mewtwo looks at Ness and Zelda.
"I take it you two caught all that?" he inquires.
"Call it curiosity," Ness responds.
"In any other instance, this eavesdropping would be met with swift punishment."
"If you've got time to joke," Zelda adds. "You've got time to work."
"Apologies," Mewtwo says.
"Well, excuuuuuuuse me-" Ness begins but cuts himself off at the sight of two soul penetrating scowls.
"Uh, Mewtwo, you want to lead the course or…?"
"Not that it matters but, all together now."
Mewtwo, Zelda, and Ness close their eyes and let their hands fall to their sides. An bright, blue aura surrounds them. It shoots up and bursts like a newly lit fire.
Samus strides across a meadow sparsely lit with flames. Her arm cannon shines. Sonic darts right past her followed by Captain Falcon. Marth swiftly out paces her before Ike blazes past her, seemingly flying. A glowing Mega Man eventually outruns Samus as well.
In his left hand, Giga Bowser holds King DeDeDe with Meta Knight wedged beneath his right foot. His roar is strong enough to shake the ground.
A blue blur curves into Giga Bowser's left elbow, weakening his grip enough for DeDeDe to Super Jump to safety. Captain Falcon leaps into the air and does backflip, nailing the beast in the chin with his right foot. Marth thrusts his sword into the foot pinning down Meta Knight, making it shoot up instantly. Ike comes crashing in with his Quick Draw, slashing Giga Bowser's other foot. He topples over, kicking up a dust cloud. The horns on his shell paste him into the ground. Meta Knight teleports a few meters away from the action.
Mega Man and Samus both jump a few feet above his navel with a considerable gap between them, aiming their arm cannons downward. DeDeDe comes crashing down between them as they release their energy blasts. The three fold attack hits Giga Bowser in the center of his stomach. The sound of something smacking against flesh fills the stadium, as does a huge cloud of dust. DeDeDe launches himself into the air to prepare for a follow up attack. Samus curls into a morph ball and leaves several bombs in place. Mega Man jumps into the air and aim fires a rocket fist back down, filling the stadium with a another smack.
Giga Bowser wiggles back and forth only barely moving himself any closer out of the ground than he was before moving. Sonic chuckles upon observation. Ike throws a lectorial glance at him.
"What's so funny?" he inquires.
Sonic speaks without looking at him, smirking.
"You ever see those Life-Alert commercials? You know, the ones where there's an old lady on the ground who says 'I've fawlan and I cawn't get up!'"
"You think seniority is a laughing matter?"
"Wow. Has a sense of humor been invented where you're from?"
"Everyone ages. One day, you'll be a husk of your former self too."
"Me? Oh, no siree. With my crazy workout regimen I'll be fit well into my 90s."
Giga Bowser roars, spewing fire into the air. DeDeDe quickly dodges it and floats out of his range. Mega Man and Samus continue their assault.
"Oh really?" Ike inquires as he twirls his sword with his dominant hand, resting it on his back. "You sure that isn't your ego doing the talking?"
"Eh," Sonic nonchalantly replies with his arms extended in front of him, cracking his fingers. "Maybe. Maybe not. Either way, we'll see after we kick lizard breath's spiked butt."
Ike chuckles. "Hhpm. I guess we shall."
"Race ya to the top!"
Sonic bolts ahead and in the literal blink of an eye is feet above Giga Bowser's stomach. He is joined in mid air with Captain Falcon who folds his right leg back.
"Falcon…" he begins. He is cut short by the weight of a ten ton creature's stomach. He and Sonic are sent flying through the air past Ike, grinding against the ground until they slow to a stop. They are covered in a hill of dirt. Samus and Mega Man are swept into the air with the creature.
Wha… Samus thinks. What happened…? How did we end up here?
Samus looks in front of her and sees a light blue sky filled with clouds. Then she turns to her left to see Mega Man seemingly looking up into oblivion. Her musings are interrupted by an enormous rear crashing down on them. Samus sees the pain on the expression of the robot's face. Then she looks down and sees the stadium getting closer. A blue light catches her attention.
Samus' pupils dilate. Mega Man's charging Mega Buster is aimed right at her.
What are you…? She thinks.
Samus can practically feel an electric impulse throughout her body as she pieces together the blue boy's plan. She struggles in vain to force her arm cannon in a proper position. Mega Man smiles sorrowfully as he reaches full power.
"No…" Samus quietly pleads.
"Thank goodness for team attack," Mega Man says with a smile and tears in his eyes.
"Mega Man, DON-"
A large white sphere with a tint of blue smacks Samus head on. She is launched horizontally, rolling to a stop between Ike and Marth. A cloud of dust engulfs her sight. When her vision returns, she notices her plasma whip lay extended on the ground. She redirects her gaze on a swarm of ascending blue orbs. She observes the many lights as they merge with the sky as if she were unable to gaze elsewhere.
"Megs…" Sonic solemnly says, leaving his jaw hanging slightly.
Ike clicks his teeth and squeezes the heavy blade in his right hand.
"BASTAAAAAAAARRRRD!" the mercenary shouts as he sprints towards with his pupils dilated. The corners of his eyes are decorated in red veins and are opened as far as possible.
Giga Bowser looks down with half open eyes disinterested at the comparatively tiny speck heading his way. A few feet away from him, Ike leaps into the air with his sword hoisted over his head, airing all of his rage with a shout.
Giga Bowser swings the back of his right arm. A powerful gust of wind follows him. However, he noticed a distinct lack of impact. Stunned at the gap in logic, he does not anticipate a spinning blue sphere rolling his way. He is struck in the gut and met with a knee by Captain Falcon across his right cheek.
Ike swings his sword forward, swiping nothing but air. He lands, surprised that he is now several meters away from his target. He looks to his left and makes eye contact with Princess Peach, Little Mac to her right. He shifts his view to Sonic and Captain Falcon avoiding a barrage of claw swipes. He takes a step forward but nearly falls backwards. It appears my cape is trying to strangle me, he thinks. He turns his upper body back, tilting his head downward. He can't tell by looking at his mask but Meta Knight is immensely irritated. Ike turns back around with a very annoyed expression.
"Shut up," he says coldly.
"If this were a suicide mission," Meta Knight begins.
"Shut up."
"You'd be just the man to lead."
"Shut up."
"But it's not."
"Shut up."
"So get your act together…"
"Shut up."
"And start actually thinking…"
"Shut up."
"Before we lose our other supposed leader..."
"Shut up."
"And half our chances of defeating this monstrosity."
"Shut up."
"You shut up."
Marth walks up to Ike.
"How about you both shut the fuck up?" he harshly says.
Sonic and Captain Falon land a few feet away from Giga Bowser. He slowly turns his head towards the two.
"Oh no," Captain Falcon gasps. "He can take a The Knee of Justice without receiving any damage!"
"Has your grammar been nerfed?" Sonic inquires without shifting his sight from the foe before him.
Captain Falcon turns to Sonic and frantically raises his voice.
"You're missing the point! Everytime he defeats someone, he becomes more powerful."
Giga Bowser crouches and takes swipes at the two. Sonic jumps into the air as Captain Falcon backflips out of the way.
"My The Knee of Justice has one of the best knock backs in all of Smash and it barely made him flinch. Heck, it looked like it annoyed him more than anything!"
Giga Bowser retreats into his shell and starts rapidly spinning towards the two. Clumps of dirt and grass fly into the air, turning into large blocks of ice. One flies right above Captain Falcon with Giga Bowser closing in at an alarming pace. Sonic sweeps in sliding under an incoming ice pick, tripping Captain Falcon and forcing him into his arms. He speeds ahead, stopping between Ike and Meta Knight in seconds. He lets Captain Falcon down.
"Cap," Sonic says. "If you;ve got a point to make, do it now. And fast."
Giga Bowser comes out of his shell. He sees his prey is now far out of his grasp. He takes a step forward but is acquainted with a speeding green missile making contact with his right cheek. He slashes the smoke away with his left arm as if he were swatting at flies. He sees Samus charging her plasma cannon. Before he can make his next move, Luigi comes crashing from the sky, delivering a downward elbow to the base of the creature's skull. Giga Bowser moves his head down about a foot.
Luigi does a quadruple backflip before landing a few meters to the left of Giga Bowser, out of striking range. Giga Bowser rubs the back of his head with his left arm and looks up, confused. He felt as if someone dropped a coin on his head from atop of a fifty foot castle. Luigi remains on his left foot and right knee for a few seconds, looking down at the ground. Then he looks up, grabs his left elbow and inhales. Finally, he rolls over to the ground and curls his body. He hisses for five seconds before exhaling. Mario facepalms again.
"Giga Bowser becomes more powerful and more durable with each fighter he defeats," Captain Falcon quickly says. "Grunts or foot soldiers don't seem to have much of an effect him but but if he defeats a character like DK or Yoshi, his power spikes significantly. We've reached a point where attacks with high knock back such as my The Knee of Justice have minimal affect."
Silence consumes the immediate area where the fighters are gathered. The sounds of explosions and lasers flying echo from the background.
"Meaning," Marth adds with a grave tone. "We're almost out of time. With Mega Man's defeat, he's reached a whole new level of power that we can't even begin to contain."
Little Mac and Peach have discouraged looks on their faces as they stare at the ground. Sonic looks at Marth disapprovingly. Captain Falcon joins as he folds his arms.
"Way to keep up our morale team leader," Sonic sarcastically remarks.
Samus fires a slow purple missile at Giga Bowser. He looks offended that she thought he could hit him with that. However, a full powered Charge Shot rips right through it. Alarmed, Giga Bowser dodges with surprising speed, sending it into the other side of the bleachers. Interestingly enough, there is no explosions when it reaches there.
"Let me finish," Marth continues. He wipes off a stream of sweat running down the side of his cheek with his free arm. "Moments ago, I made contact with Mewtwo requesting assistance. We should be getting a few more items that will aid us in or objective in containing a Smash Ball."
King DeDeDe floats several feet above the the group. He drops, landing face first right next to a visibly distraught Little Mac. DeDeDe is covered in burns and charcoal. He looks up at Marth, irritated and tired. Peach rubs his shoulder and gives him a sympathetic look. Cartoon hearts appear in his eyes.
Falco yells, running up to Giga Bowser as he fires both his laser pistols in succession. He flips over and incoming tail swipe and circles around Giga Bowser's left..
"THE HELL YA'LL TALKIN' BOUT?!" he angrily shouts as he continues his assault.
Samus charges another attack. Giga Bowser lunges towards her. Samus halts charging and steps to the left but Giga Bowser is already about eight feet away from her. He raises both of his arms above his head and growls. As his shadow eclipses her, Samus realizes she is within his range. Additionally, she knows she isn't fast enough to get to avoid the upcoming attack.
Good, she thinks.
A full powered Charge Shot hits the back of Giga Bowser's head, stunning him and bring his chin close enough for Samus to follow up with a Screw Attack. The skin on his jaw appears somewhat rustled as Samus grinds on it. Sonic observed the whole thing while trailing off during Marth's speech.
"Wish I could do that," Sonic says insincerely.
"Focus," Ike commands him.
Sonic turns back around like a student caught by a teacher doing something he wasn't supposed to.
"Telling me what to do…" he snickers under his breath.
"The plan," Marth continues. "Is to use the Smash Ball to achieve a super transformation and fight Giga Bowser toe-to-toe. A Final Smash that's an attack has the possibility of missing and might not be strong enough or last long enough to deal the finishing blow. Additionally, we've all taken considerable damage. We might not be able to get close enough to him before he dispatches one of us. Sonic, Little Mac Falco, and if Fox he shows up are the only ones here who have transformations. I don't care who but know this: You must defeat him before the transformation runs out. This is our greatest chance of success for the time being. I don't need to go over what could happen should we fail."
Sonic chuckles and pulls down on his right glove.
"Of course you don't," he confidently says. "Cuz' we're not gonna fail."
Ike smirks and stands up, swinging his sword over his back.
"I heard that," he says with a smile, looking at Giga Bowser with a look of determination in his eyes.
Meta Knight grunts.
"For once, we agree on something." he says.
Captain Falcon stands tall, his right arm clenched as fire surrounds it.
"Together, we shall triumph over this adversary and-"
Falco crashes into a wall behind Marth. He doesn't flinch but the rest of the fighters are startled. DeDeDe jumps into Peach's arms. Her face turns red with exhaust. Falco slowly slides down from the wall until he sits on the ground.
"Ah, Falco," Marth says jubilantly says. "So nice of you to join us."
Falco tired eyes roll over to Marth. He didn't have the energy to yell.
"Gentlemen, Peach," Marth continues. "It's do or die. We've got about five minutes until the Smash Ball shows up. This goes without saying but if you see an assist trophy or a Stopwatch, grab them immediately. They are invaluable assets."
With clear goals set before them, everyone in the group prepares to face the coming storm.
"Wait," Little Mac says, forcing everyone's attention on him. "Now when you say five minutes…"
There are mixed groans in anticipation for the question.
"Now, now hear me out because this is super important...When you say five minutes, do you mean five real minutes? As in three-hundred seconds? Or do you mean Goku vs Freiza five minutes?"
Various looks of intrigue and nods are exchanged among the group.
"That…" Ike says. "Is actually a very good point.
Marth stares blankly at Mac for a few seconds. Then he smiles.
"Yes," he finally responds.
"Oh my God," Peach silently says.
Meta Knight squints and groans.
"Quit screwing around," Ike demands.
"Blue Falcon's ghost," Captain Falcon says.
"I ain't dead," Falco responds, looking at Captain Falcon.
"Dynomutt's dingus," Sonic says.
Everyone looks at Sonic with puzzlement.
"Oh…" he nervously says. "I thought we were...um…still doing the uh...thing were we uh...say our version of...OMG…"
Suddenly, his voice sounds over enthusiastic.
"Hey, let's go stomp us some deranged, dragon-turtle butt, ay?"
With that Sonic runs back into the fray, viciously circling around Giga Bowser, lifting a few blocks of ice in the air. Mario floats towards one of them and from there hops from one to another until he is right in front of Giga Bowser's face. Flame engulfs his right hand as he swings it down at the behemoth's forehead.
"Dammit Sonic," Ike shouts as he dashes towards the scene. "Don't recklessly charge in!"
"Hypocrite," Meta Knight says as he flies past him.
"Shut up."
"Not again," Peach complains.
"I will stab both of you right now," Marth remarks.
"Guys, I think I actually shit myself," Little Mac says to no one in particular.
"FOR SMASSSSSH!" Captain Falcon shouts as he sprints ahead.
"I hate you all," Falco says bluntly.