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Chapter 10: Dark Times at the Smash Manor
Smash Manor- Clinic
(Jordan's Pov)
"YOU HAVE TO WHAT!?"
"Kimani, calm down!"
"NO! KEEP THAT (Censored) NEEDLE AWAY FROM ME!"
"Everyone, Grab him!"
The next minute was a whole ruckus of shouts, stuff being thrown and punches being swung. Then Kimani bolted out the room. Everyone was on the ground with swirls in their eyes.
"Crazy, is that the only way we can get the Sub-Space out of him?" I slurred. Kimani had brutally Power Punched me in the head when I had caught him in a reverse bear hug. He had slipped out then swung out of pure panic.
"No..." Crazy said with a guilty expression. The three Teens and also Toon glared at him in sheer hatred. Mario had ran after Kimani so he wasn't here but DK, Diddy and Yoshi were also giving Crazy a dark look.
"CRAZY!" Master roared as he transformed into his true form.
"Ye- yes Brother?" Crazy meekly said.
"WHAT IN GRAMBI'S NAME MADE YOU DO THAT!?"
"I didn't think he was that scared of needles..."
"...I'm pretty sure ANYONE would be scared of that needle..." Dylan deadpanned as he thumbed the extra large needle that was sitting on the table. Crazy sweatdropped before he turned back towards Master, whos fingers were glowing.
"Crazy... Since this is your fault, you are in charge of getting Kimani back in here and explaining to him that the needle was a fake."
"But...what if I cant find him?" Crazy asked. I was pretty frustrated so I decided to answer his question. Activating my Berserk power, I picked up Crazy by his collar and pinned him against a nearby wall. (Gently of course. He was still a friend.)
"Then you'll have to answer to me. So you better hop to it BEFORE MY LITTLE BUDDY TURNS INTO A PRIMID!" I threatened him as I narrowed my eyes. Due to the fact that my eyes were glowing, Crazy nodded violently and swore that he would find Kimani, even if it killed him.
"...Maybe we should help him so that he doesn't get killed..." Austin suggested. Crazy sighed in relief.
"Oh thank Grambi. If I went alone, Kimani would detach my head from my shoulders."
"Great. Typhoon, can you track down Firebrand's location?" I asked.
"Yeah, Give me a minute and I'll find your wimpy friend.." He told me, making me smack the controller in response.
"I've never seen Kimani like that..." Dylan randomly brought up. Austin nodded in response.
"I have actually. It was when he came over and we could use the pool. Josh was there too," I added quickly, making the two already groan at the sound of his name, "When Josh had picked up Kimani and started walking towards the pool, I thought he had a heart attack." I told them.
"Wow. Josh is such a dick..." Austin said while shaking his head. When he said that, I started chuckling due to an inside joke that me and Kimani knew about.
"OK, I found them. He's hiding in the Smash Room." Typhoon blurted out. We nodded before the four of us went after Kimani.
Smash Manor- Smash Room
We followed Crazy into the Smash Room and looked around for Kimani. But then we realized that the room was too small for him to hide in.
"Where could he have gone?" Austin wondered as he walked over to a desk that sat under a bunch of monitors. Beside it were two capsule on each side.
"Oh, you slippery dog..." Crazy muttered before he walked over to the desk and sat down. He then started typing on the keyboard that was sitting on top of it.
"What? What are you up to, Crazy?" Dylan asked as he hovered over Crazy's shoulder.
"You guys remember when you had a Smash Battle?" We all said yes, "Well, we used this room to send you to a stage to fight on. Those capsules are what we used to teleport you to the stage, and one of the capsules are opened. So I'm finding out where that capsule sent him." Crazy explained. After a second, Crazy made an a-ha sound as the monitors said that he was at the stage called New Pork City. Everyone groaned.
"He had to pick the biggest stage here..." I sighed as I went to a capsule. Dylan and Austin nodded as they went to the other two. Crazy told us to bring him back by any means necessary. With a few clicks from his keyboard, we were whisked away.
New Pork City Stage
(Austin's Pov)
When we arrived on the the stage, Jordan had appeared from a puddle from the ground with a tough face on while his arms were crossed. He then made Typhoon appear in his hands, which he twirled skillfully before he slammed the hilt on the ground. Dylan appear when a Lightning Bolt struck the ground and he appeared in a kneeling pose with his goggles on his eyes. He stood up, flip his goggles up and winked to no one. When I arrived, I landed on the ground, did a back flip (somehow) while throwing my daggers in the air. I then stuck the landing and even caught my daggers. I quickly made a pose before I went over to my friends.
"Uh... exactly why did we do that?" I asked no one in particular.
"That was your intro I guess. Not bad if I say so myself." Typhoon said. With that out the way, we started looking around for Kimani. Jordan went left while Dylan went right, so that left me with the lower levels. Seeing an opening in the floor, I looked down before I jumped down and landed on a wooden platform. Glancing to the left, I saw a streak of red go lower. Knowing that was Kimani's jacket, as he gave his grey one a break, I started running after him. My hunch was right as I saw Kimani looking around franticly when he ran out of ground.
"Kimani, come back so we can get that Sub-Space out of you." I told him calmly. Kimani flinched before he turned in my direction. His whole arm was darker as the Sub-Space had spread. I yelped at the sight.
"NO! YOU ARE NOT STICKING ME WITH A NEEDLE!" Kimani yelled as his eyes started shifting from his normal brown eyes to a neon red.
"Crazy lied. Theres another way we can get it out and it will be painless." I tried again as I took a step forward, only to stop as he had a Fireball in his other hand.
"I'M NOT FALLING FOR YOUR TRICKS! NOW LEAVE ME ALONE BEFORE I SMASH YOU!" Kimani retorted as his voice changed from his to a demonic one.
"Oh no... The Sub-Space inside of him is starting to corrupt him by tapping into his anger." Venom told me.
"Its taking over his anger?" I asked while I readied my daggers just in case.
"Yes! Kimani's true self is inside him somewhere but the Sub-Space is overshadowing it!" Ivory exclaimed.
"And the Sub-Space is using his natural anger as a catalyst! You gotta knock him out so that we can get him to the clinic safely!" Ebony finished. I sighed as I looked at Kimani, whos eyes were neon red right now. He growled before he leaped towards me. Panicking, I caught him before I threw him behind me. He landed on his feet before he shot a dark blast at me. I sidestepped it before I rushed toward Kimani, but I couldn't bring myself to hit him with my daggers, so I grabbed him and flung him on the ground.
"Good thing hes still bad at grappling.." I mentally thought to myself. He got up quickly before he cloaked his fist with fire and socked me hard in the face. I went skidding back until my back hit the wall. I slumped to the floor.
"Austin, you cant hold back. Give Kimani all you have!" Venom shouted as I picked myself up and grabbed my head.
"Easy for you to say. This isn't your friend your fighting..." I muttered before I avoided another fire fist. I quickly swept his leg from under him before I jumped off the wall I was against and shot him with an arrow while I flipped over him. The arrow struck him in the chest but he yanked it out like it was nothing. As soon as I landed, Kimani roared as his body was literally on fire now.
"AH GEEZ!" I yelled as I started to sweat when he came close to me. I couldn't hit him so I had to retreat for now. I used my Stealth ability and disappeared from sight. As Kimani looked around for me, I used my double jump and climbed up the wall I was against. Thats when my ability ended and I appeared again. Kimani saw me so he charged up a Focus Blast, added some Sub-Space inside it then fired it at me. I rolled out the way as the blast soared past me. When it exploded in the air, it caught Jordan and Dylan's attention, making them sprint over.
"What was that?!" Jordan exclaimed as I was trying to get my heartbeat to slow down.
"Kimani... Sub-Space... Taken over!" I panted, earning a confused glance from them.
"Hes saying that the Sub-Space on Kimani had spread and now its corrupting Kimani, making him hostile." Venom simply said. Dylan and Jordan's faces turned white.
"Did he turn..." Dylan started, but I quickly shook my head.
"No, hes still him, but his arm is completely darkened from the Sub-Space."
"So...I'm guessing thats new then right?" Jordan shakily said as he pointed at something behind us. We both turned and instantly blanched. Standing there was Kimani, but he was darker in color. His hands were surrounded by a dark aura as was his feet. His eyes had turned completely red and in his mouth, we could see a fang popping out from it. The look on his face screamed murder in 15 different languages.
"HOLY SHIT!" "GEEZ!" "AHHH!" The three of us screamed.
"DEAR GRAMBI! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH KIMANI!?" We heard Crazy shout in shock.
"I THOUGHT YOU KNEW!? HAS THIS EVER HAPPENED BEFORE!?" I yelled as I felt my heart rate go up again.
"NO! Ahhh...ERRR...I'M BRINGING YOU BACK!" Crazy said before a light shone over all three of us. We grabbed each other as Sub-Kimani sprinted towards us. We yelled before our vision went dark.
Sub-Space Base- ?
The leader paced back and forth before a bunch of Shadow Bugs flowed from a portal that opened up in the middle of the main room. He stopped his thinking and watched as the Shadow Bugs formed into Sub-Petey.
"Ah Petey. I'm guessing your mission was a success?" The leader asked. Petey nodded his head then grabbed his stomach in pain.
"Your stomach? Oh yeah. The fat one did stomp on you didn't he?" Petey nodded, "Well dont worry. As long as you affected the short and angry one, im sure he will get revenge for you."
"Sir. My readings show that there was a massive spike in Sub-Space Energy." A random grunt informed him. The leader walked over to the grunt with Petey following.
"Does it say where?"
"Sorry sir, I cant get a bearing on it. But the energy levels did increase a lot." The grunt told him. The leader gained a creepy smile on his face.
"My guess is that the Sub-Space has found the perfect host. The short one's natural rage should be enough to trigger it. And I'll bet he got angry again and triggered it to take over his body."
"Sir, did you plan that to happen?"
"Well, I was actually thinking about affecting the fat one, but I've seen the small one take him down enough times to know that he was a better host than him." Petey whined something, making the leader pat him on his side.
"Calm yourself. You'll get another chance at them. But for now, go and get some rest. I might need you in the future." He told him, making Petey nod before he stomped off somewhere.
"So what should we do now?" The grunt asked. The leader walked back towards his chair and sat down in it.
"Nothing. We'll let the Sub-Space within that hero take care of them..." He said before he turned his chair the opposite direction while uttering an evil laugh.
Smash Manor- Smash Room
(Crazy's Pov)
I had furiously typed a command on the keyboard and brought the three back just as Sub-Kimani sped towards them with his fist out stretched. They appeared in the middle of the room, hugging each other while screaming their lungs out.
"Guys! Your OK!" I said as I sighed in relief. As soon as they heard me, they all slumped to the ground, mentally exhausted.
"Oh, be still my beating heart.." Austin muttered as he collapsed on top of Dylan.
"I think I left my lungs back there..." Dylan breathlessly said as he started taking deep breaths. Jordan was speechless and was hyperventilating into a paper bag he found. Master warped into the room moments after.
"Did you find Kimani?" He asked before he saw everyone on the ground. I had placed my head on the desk as a way to calm me down," What happened?"
We all simply pointed at the monitor. Master looked at it and instantly wished that he hadn't. On the screen, Kimani was walking around, growling and roaring loudly. He would even periodically throw a ball of dark energy out of rage. One hit a flying car in the background, sending it crashing down to the ground.
"Thats... Not..." Master started but we nodded as a way to tell him it was. Master lowered his head in frustration then he punched the closest wall to him. It created a hole in the wall and made us jump in fright.
"Damn it... DAMN IT!" He shouted in rage as he punched another hole in the wall. Austin went to calm him down but Master shook his hand off violently. I lowered my head in disappointment. This was all my fault... If I never made that needle appear when Master said that there was one way to get rid of the Sub-Space... Frustrated with myself, I stood up and walked over to the nearest capsule.
"Crazy, what are you doing?" Jordan asked me as he took the bag away from his mouth. I didn't answer him as I pushed a button inside the capsule, making it glow inside as the clear door to it closed.
"What are you thinking!? Why are you going in there!? ANSWER ME!" Master shouted as he made his way over to the capsule and started banging on the door.
"...To fix my mistake." I quietly whispered before my vision was blinded by the bright lights.
Smash Room- New Pork City Stage
(Crazy's Pov)
I floated down and landed a good distance behind Kimani. I looked and saw that Kimani's clothes had turned 3 shades darker than they were and his skin was in fact, darker than it was suppose to be. Sighing deeply, I slowly started walking towards Kimani, who was growling at the moment. I had stepped on a loose panel and it made a loud clang noise. Kimani instantly got quiet, making my heart skip a beat, before he slowly turned around and glared at me with his red eyes.
"Kimani, Its me, Crazy..." I told him as I raised my hands up to show him that I meant no harm. As soon as I mentioned my name, He visibly flinched before he started breathing heavily. He then roared, making a shock-wave push me back slightly. I raised my arms up to shield my eyes from the fierce wind that was whipping in my face.
"CRAZY!" Kimani roared as he dashed towards me. I barely had time to move before he appeared and punched me hard in the stomach, sending me flying into the air. Before I could reorient myself, he had jumped above me and hammered me back down towards the ground. I slammed into the ground harshly. Groaning, I struggled to pick myself up before I heard Kimani coming back down with his fist covered in violent flicking flames. I winced as I forced my body to move, seconds before Kimani slammed his fist on the ground, sending a Fire Wall in my direction. Eying the way to the lower platforms, I threw myself down the hole, wincing as the flames barely fried my shoes. I unintentionally slammed my back against the wall then my head hit the floor, making my vision go temporarily blurry.
"Ugh... I gotta snap Kimani out of it. I've barely been here for a minute and hes mopping the floor with me." I muttered as I used the wall to stand up. Slouching slightly, I looked up to see Kimani standing at the edge, hatefully staring at me.
"Kimani! I'm sorry about the needle! I didn't know you would react like that!" I pleaded. Kimani's facial expression never faulted as he charged up an Focus Blast and shot it towards me. I yelped as I dove out the way, tumbling when the blast broke the wooden floor I was standing on. Thinking of the spot beside Kimani, I snapped my fingers and teleported right behind him. Before he could turn around to back-knuckle me, I grabbed him in reverse bear hug, making him flail his body around in frustration.
"LISTEN TO ME DAMN IT!" I yelled as he continued to shout in frustration. He then threw his head back, nailing me in the face. I let him go and cried in agony as I clutched my face. I then felt him grab my throat and throw me halfway across the floor. I almost slid of the edge of the platform and prayed to Grambi, thanking him for watching out for me. I stood up wobbly and panted as Kimani glared at me the whole time. I was thinking about transforming into my true form but I would be a bigger target. That and I wasn't trying to hurt Kimani.
"Kimani...Please...I know your in there! Fight the Sub-Space inside of you!" I attempted once again. Kimani's hands started glowing red, signaling he was about to launch a fire attack. I gasped as he launched a crescent wave of Fire at me. I quickly hit the dirt as the wave flew over me, heating me up quickly. I snapped my fingers and made a straight-jacket appear on Kimani, making him look down in confusion before he used his Fire Form Ability and burned it off. I snapped my fingers again and made a hailstorm appear out of nowhere. Kimani got hit by a couple of hail, which did hurt him due to his element, but then he got frustrated and roared again, making the shock-wave blow the clouds away.
"Crazy. You have to knock him out..." I heard my brother tell me via intercom. I panted as I stood up and groaned as my head was killing me.
"I dont want to hurt him..." I muttered.
"You have my permission to hurt him so that we can help him." Jordan told me.
"Ditto." "Same here." The other two replied. I sighed before nodding.
"OK... I'll try." I said before snapping my fingers and making my boxing gloves appear. I also made some light-weight armor appear under my clothes.
"Do your best, Crazy. I'll bring you back if things get too dangerous."
"Got it. Sorry Kimani, but I have to take you down." I muttered. Kimani simply cracked his knuckles and his neck before he got into his fighting stance. I put my boxing gloves on before I walked towards Kimani with my gloves up. He roared again before he ran towards me, me doing the same. We both threw our fist out and they collided, making a shock-wave. We then started to throw and block strikes at a breakneck pace. I sensed him falter a bit when I threw a hook and he barely blocked it, so I stepped on his toe and uppercutted him swiftly. He staggered back but I went after him with a flurry of jabs. Aggravated, he caught my glove before he started punching me in the face with his right hand. I tried to yank my hand free but he wouldn't let me escape that easily and continued to assault my head. Noticing that my vision was going blurry, I yanked my hand out of the glove while dodging his strike. I then held my palm out and blasted him with an energy ball, sending him flying away.
"Sorry.." I instantly muttered as I saw him clutch him stomach in pain. Kimani stood up quickly before he came at me again, this time with his body on fire. Panicking, I snapped my fingers and made a hose appear in my hand, along with a fire hydrant attached to it. I then sprayed him with it, making him tumble away. His Fire Form was deactivated and he sat there with a disdainful face.
"Bah... I hate being wet!" He whined as his voice changed back to normal and his eyes turned back to his regular shade of brown.
"Kimani?" I asked, hose at the ready. He raised his eyebrow in confusion.
"What? Is there something on my face?"
"...Check your arms.."
"Why would I... AHH!" Kimani started, only to freak out and make his eyes turn back to their neon red color. A question mark appeared over my head.
"Kimani, calm down... We can get rid of the Sub-Space easily. Without a needle of course.." I added that last part fast. Kimani glared at me with the same facial expression he had moments ago.
"I'LL RIP YOUR (censored) THROAT OUT!" He roared again in his demonic voice. Wow... that escalated extremely quickly.
"Did you guys see that?" I asked as I avoided a Sub-Space blast from hitting me.
"Yeah. When Kimani got hit by that water, he turned back into the short little time bomb we all know and love." Jordan joked. Everyone quietly snickered at that until the "little time bomb" exploded into a fit of rage and tackled me. He then started punching me in the head again. I was able to get him off of me but he left me with a splitting headache.
"I think he heard you.." I muttered as I checked to see if I was bleeding anywhere. Besides a small cut on my forehead, I was fine. Although, I had to stop him soon as he always went for my head. Thank goodness, im technically a deity.
"So, if we hit him with things that annoy him, will that work?" Master questioned. I shrugged after I vaulted over Kimani as he attempted to tackle me again.
"If thats the case, try the hose again. If it worked once, it might work again." Dylan told me. I snapped my fingers and made the hose appear again. But Kimani was quick and fired a wave of fire at me again. It burned my hand, making me yell in pain and drop the hose. He then (rudely) drop-kicked me in the chest with his feet covered in fire. I tumbled away before I picked myself up and gingerly touched my chest, only to be washed over by a wave of pain.
"OW!" I yelled as I looked at my hands. They were red and they had blisters on them. When I went to snap my fingers to heal them, my hand started hurting, making me stop mid-motion.
"Crazy. Are you OK?" Master asked me.
"No. Kimani burnt my hands and now I cant snap my fingers!" I panicked as he grinned, sending a chill down my spine.
"Crap... I'll yank you out OK?"
"No! I'm so close to bringing him back!"
"I understand, but we can't get you killed over it!"
"Yeah. Crazy, you did your best and because of you, we might have a way to get him back." Austin said.
"But..." I whined, avoiding Kimani's rage-filled tackle once more.
"Look, I'm glad you tried to fix your mistake. But, its not worth getting killed over it." My brother told me. Looking at Kimani one more time, I sighed before I muttered OK. A light shun over me before my vision went dark.
Smash Manor- Smash Room
(Master's Pov)
Crazy appeared in the room with a disdainful look on his face. Austin patted his shoulder, making him cringe in response due to his body being bruised. Austin yanked his hand away while apologizing.
"I almost had him..." Crazy said dejectedly.
"I know.. But, thanks to you, we know that we haven't lost him just yet." I told him, trying to cheer him up. Crazy flashed me a weak smile before he sat down next to me.
"So what now?" Crazy said as he looked at his burnt hands.
"Well first things first.." I said as I snapped my fingers and made his hands glow. When the glow subsided, his hands were healed.
"Thanks." He said as he snapped his fingers just to check. He made an anvil fall and almost crush Austin, who yelped. Crazy smiled sheepishly while Austin had steam coming from his head.
"And as for Kimani, we need to find a way to either calm him down or knock him out so that we can get that Sub-Space out of him."
"Well, we know he hates water.." Jordan said as he attempted to make a water ball. It popped, making him swear out loud.
"I think I remember him saying he hates snakes." Austin piped in.
"He despises bear hugs." Dylan said as he randomly gave Austin one, who started squirming and told him to "let go before he poisoned him."
"...But what if this backfires and we end up pissing him off even more?" Crazy asked. The room fell silent.
"Uh... I... dont know.." "Beats me..." "Your guess is as good as mine.." The three responded before they looked at me. I glanced at all of them before I shrugged. They sighed as I pondered about what to do. I mean, I could whip up an antidote but it would have to be administered with a needle. But seeing as how Kimani reacted in the Clinic and how he is now, it would be highly impossible to get it to him.
"Master, exactly how would you get the Sub-Space out of Kimani?" Austin asked me.
"Well, Crazy wasn't lying when he said that we could use a needle and suck it out," I started as I saw everyone cringe, "but its extremely un-conformable. The way I was thinking was to expose him to a source of Light Energy for a while so that the Sub-Space would slowly deteriorate from his body."
"So what source were you about to use?" Dylan asked this time. I dug into my pockets and pulled out 3 Energy Orbs.
"These. They are full of Light Energy and would get rid of Kimani's Sub-Space problem in no time."
"Energy Orbs? So what, get him to use them?" Jordan guessed. I shook my head.
"No, If Kimani were to use them, they would do more harm than good. Since Kimani's corrupted now, the only way he can heal is with Sub Orbs, orbs filled with Sub-Space energy." Jordan clutched his head.
"Oy... There are so many items here..."
"I know. Everyone go into the living room so that I can make an announcement." I said after thinking for a while. Everyone nodded before I snapped my fingers and teleported to my room so that I could use the comm system that was linked to every comm unit in the manor.
Smash Manor- Living Room
(Bowser's Pov)
Ugh... Why in the Darklands is Master telling us to meet in the Living room? Doesn't he know that we need sleep? Sighing, I was leaning against a wall and was looking at Master, who was standing in the middle of the room. DK and Diddy had strolled in 15 minutes after everyone had showed up.
"What took you so long?" I grumbled, making DK stick his tongue out at me. Diddy lightly slapped him then chirped something, "How did you end up on the roof?"
DK grunted something rudely, making Diddy facepalm. I almost fried him with my Fire Breath but Master cleared his throat, gaining everyones attention.
"Hello everyone. I have some... shocking news to tell you." Master begun, earning a few mutters and questions. I looked at the humans and realized that the short one was missing. Also, the other ones had disdainful faces on as well as Crazy and Master. What was going on?
"First thing: We were able to acquire Diddy and DK." DK and Diddy both waved as a few smashers came over and scratched their heads, making them nuzzle them. I rolled my eyes at the scene and told Master to get on with it. Earning annoyed looks from almost everyone, Master continued.
"And the second thing is... well... Kimani was injured in the process." The room instantly went quiet. He got hurt? So what? People got hurt all the time..
"Injured? Is he OK?" Toon asked as he turned from DK to Master. Master gave him a so-so look, making Toon slouch slightly.
"Hes still moving, but he was hit by Sub-Space and well... was corrupted." He finished, making everyone gasp. I raised my eyebrows in surprise. He was hit by Sub-Space? I knew how bad it was because I remember when they had captured me and Yoshi, they had injected me and him with Sub-Space. It was only that I was already evil and my Koopa-Dragon blood that made me immune to its effects...except for the brain washing... Yoshi was affected but his pure will dispelled it and made him able to break out of the brainwashing spell that Primid put on us. That and his Dragon blood helped him.
"Hes infected!?" "Oh no..." "NOT-A KIMANI!" "What will we do!?" "Poor kid..." "OOK!" "MAMA-MIA!" Was the mixed reactions he received in response.
"Calm down, my Smashers! Its not over yet!" Master cried out, making everyone calm down slightly, "Hes not fully infected but we have to somehow restrain him or knock him out so that we can treat this."
Everyone looked at each other with feared reactions. Everyone knew how mad Kimani got on a daily basis and could only imagine how angry he was now.
"Crazy tried to calm him down and discovered that Kimani is still inside there somewhere so hope isn't lost. Now, if anyone wants to try, speak up now. I know this is a hard mission so I'm not forcing anyone that doesn't want to-"
"I'll go." I muttered, making everyone look at me with surprised expressions.
"Really?" Master asked me. I nodded.
"Yeah... Even though I hate that kid as much as the plumbers," They made a face at me, " I know what Sub-Space feels like inside of you, and even I'm not evil enough to do that to someone... or see it happen to someone else.." I felt Peach stare at me in shock and I shot her a sidewards grin. She noticed it and huffed while turning her head. She still glanced at me however.
"Well, I'm going with you. Its my fault that Kimani ran off.." Crazy muttered. Everyone, except the heros, gave him a look, but Master's expression when everyone glared at him was enough to make them stop and sweatdrop.
"Since he hates water, maybe I'll be effective." Jordan volunteered. Master nodded.
"OK, you three head on over to the Smash Room. Austin and Dylan go with them. Everyone else, get the area ready just in case Kimani still has some fight inside him." Everyone nodded before Master asked Mario to assist him in the Clinic in preparing the room. Mario took his hat off and spun quickly, gaining his doctor's attire. His hat transformed into his headband with the light on it and he slipped it on. I saw everyone scatter in order to prepare for Kimani and I saw Master snap his fingers and teleport his group that consisted of Dr. Mario (Mario), Luigi, since he had a bit of knowledge due to the many times hes fixed up Mario after he got banged up by me, and Toon, who wanted to help. Crazy rounded up his group.
"You guys ready?" He asked. Me and Jordan nodded while the others shrugged. Crazy gave us a toothy grin, "Lets get our time bomb back." He then snapped his fingers.
Smash Manor- Smash Room
We appeared in the Smash Room and thats when I got a good look at Kimani. His clothes were a darker color and his skin was noticeably darker.
"Holy Darklands..." I muttered. Crazy gave me a understanding look.
"Bad right? We need to subdue him so that we can get that Sub-Space out of him."
Jordan sighed, "This is going to be so hard..."
"No shit.." I muttered, gaining a glare from Jordan.
"Don't say stuff like that or you'll have to answer to me." His Wii-Mote growled, startling me.
"Calm down, Typhoon.." Jordan said as he glanced at his controller. I sighed as I squeezed myself into the capsule next to the closed one.
"Well, we wont get anywhere by just standing here. Lets get going." I said as Jordan and Crazy nodded then went to the other capsules. Crazy was instructing Austin how to select the stage, what capsules to select and how to activate them. After Austin, with some help from Dylan, pushed all of the corrects buttons, the doors to the capsules closed. He flashed us a thumbs-up before it became too bright to see.
Smash Room- New Pork City Stage
(Jordan's Pov)
We all appeared via our intros and looked at Kimani, who had a few scuff marks from when he fought against Crazy. He was standing there with his back turned.
"There he is..." Crazy quietly said, a sad look on his face.
"Yep... He's definitely infected..." Bowser muttered, a hint of disdain in his voice.
I sighed, "I can't believe he turned into that.."
"Well, whats the plan?" Bowser asked as he kept his eye on Kimani.
"I guess either exhaust him or subdue him." Crazy said. Bowser cracked his knuckles and had a small grin on his face, slightly angering me. Typhoon tried to calm me down and told me to focus on the task at hand. Glaring at Bowser again, I reluctantly agreed. We all started inching towards him before Crazy stopped us and pointed down. He was looking at a loose panel. Sighing with relief, we stepped around it...only to step on another one, making a loud clang sound. Everyone face-palmed (Bowser made sure his claw didn't impale him) as Kimani quickly turned around. He visibly flinched as he saw Crazy standing there in the middle with his arms crossed, Bowser was on his right with a snarl on his face and I was on his left with a confused expression until Crazy nudged me and told me to look threating.
"Shouldn't we not do that?" I asked. Both him and Bowser sweatdropped before they agreed.
"Alright, now we can do this the easy way or the-" Bowser begun only to see Kimani instantly dash up and punch him in the snout extremely hard. Bowser fell back while shouting incoherent things while me and Crazy looked at him in surprise and shock. Kimani then glared sharply at Crazy, making him yelp.
"Do not want, DO NOT WANT!" Crazy shouted as he temporarily ran away. I sighed as I slammed Typhoon on the ground, making a wave wash Kimani away. Kimani didn't change back to normal but he did get pretty pissed. Before he could lunge at me, Bowser had snarled and punched Kimani square in the jaw, launching him across the floor. I gave Bowser a sidewards glance.
"...He punched me in a sensitive spot..." Bowser muttered. I nodded in understanding. Crazy came running back.
"Well... that was a bad start." He said. Bowser snorted while I gave him a look.
"Lets go on the OFFENSE!" Bowser snarled as he dashed towards Kimani and attempted to punch him, but Kimani blocked at the right time and used his Super Guard and punch Bowser three times in the face, chest then neck. Bowser gagged as I went past him and hit Kimani with Typhoon. He went tumbling into a brick wall Crazy made. After throwing the bricks off of him, he growled at us.
"SUB-BLAST!" He shouted as he shot a giant ball of Sub-Space at us. Bowser and Crazy both yelped before they put up their shields but I started panicking. What if my shield didn't hold up against it? What if I turned into something like Kimani was right now?
"Well if you can't shield it, use your Liquefy Ability!" Typhoon told me quickly. I quickly repeated him and turned into water just as the blast blew through Crazy and Bowser. When it flew over me, I turned back into myself as Crazy got up and moved his hand so that the water on the ground went under Kimani. He then snapped his fingers and watched as the water erupted like a geyser, sending Kimani far into the air. As Kimani was stuck in the air by the torrent of water, he told me and Bowser to get ready. Bowser tensed up as I had an confused expression. But before I could asked, Crazy had snapped his fingers and teleported me and Bowser above Kimani. Kimani, who was hovering for a second, stared at us as we came down apon him. I swung my hammer at the same time as Bowser swung his fist. But Kimani caught Typhoon in one hand then stopped Bowser's punch with his other hand.
"What the..." "HOW THE!" We both said in confusion as he threw us back down. We screamed as we landed hard on the ground. I was pinned underneath Bowser's heavy body.
"GAH! Get...off!" I heard someone under me beg. I instantly sweatdropped as I realized that was Crazy. Bowser groaned as he crawled off, freeing me. I then rolled off Crazy, who was about to suffocate.
"You OK?" I asked as I hoisted him back up. He wobbled slightly.
"My... life...flashed before my eyes...AND IT WAS BORING!" Crazy exaggerated, making me sigh in response. The roar above forced us to look up and yell as we saw Kimani above us with his fist covered in flames.
"NOT THIS TIME!" Crazy shouted as he snapped his fingers and made an hole appear. We stepped slightly away and watched as Kimani fell through it. Crazy then snapped his fingers again and made the hole disappear.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM!?" I shouted, grabbing Crazy by the shirt collar.
"I'M NOT FINISHED!" He panicked, making me drop him after I glared at him for a second. He then snapped again and made a box with energy walls appear. Snapping yet again, he made a hole appear over the box, which he told Bowser to open, and we watched as Kimani fell head-first into it. He bumped his head pretty hard on the ground and slumped into a pile onto the floor. Bowser quickly pushed a button on it and closed the lid. We sat there for a moment and looked at him. He was still breathing as we saw his body slowly rise and fall at a steady pace, but he did tire himself out. That or he knocked himself out.
"Dear Grambi, that was nerve-wracking..." Bowser muttered as he flopped on the ground in exhaustion. I nodded and looked at Kimani's face. His eyes were closed, but his skin was still dark(er) and so were his clothes.
"Who is Grambi? I've heard you, Mario, Yoshi and Luigi say it now." I asked in confusion. Bowser snorted in response.
"Don't you know anything? Its our God in our world." He explained with a sneer.
"I thought that was the Star Spirits." I retorted rudely.
"Shows what you know.."
"THATS IT!" I yelled before I tackled Bowser and we started rolling around in a flurry of fist and feet. I saw Crazy sweatdrop.
"Hey guys! We are ready to be teleported!" Crazy shouted, while avoiding us. He then snapped his fingers, making the box with Kimani disappear. The same light from last time shined over us and my vision, as always, went dark.
Smash Manor- Smash Room
We appeared in a flash and I was still attacking Bowser.
"I'VE HAD IT WITH YOUR SHIT!"
"DITTO!"
We continued to roll around, threating to crush the others as they darted around before Crazy snapped his fingers and made some invisible force yank us apart. Before we could lunge at each other again, (and we were in the process of doing so..) Crazy tackled Bower while Dylan and Austin dog-piled on me.
"WILL YOU TWO CUT IT OUT BEFORE I DROP A NUKE ON YOU!?" Crazy threatened as he got off Bowser and prepared to snap his fingers. How fast everyone got up and calmed down was astonishing. Dylan had helped me up and had even dusted me off, Austin cleared his throat and was seen sitting at the chair as if he was there the whole time and me and Bowser fist bumped. Satisfied, he told me and the guys to go and check on Kimani while him and Bowser checked to see if anything was damaged. (Besides the New Pork City Stage)
Smash Manor- Living Room
When we walked in, I was instantly crushed by DK when he tackled me and pinned me to the floor. He had his fist ready to pound my face in. An assortment of weapons and noises rung out and I was on the ground with Link and Toon's swords pointed at me, Zelda's fire infused palm ready to ignite me, Diddy's peanut popgun aimed at my face and Peach's frying pan ready to hit me.
"WAIT! WAIT! ITS ME, JORDAN!" I yelped in panic. DK looked at me funny before he order everyone to back down. He then lifted me up (his facial expression when he did was priceless) before he "patted" me on the back.
"Sorry Jordan, we thought you was Kimani." Toon said as I rubbed my back where DK had slapped me.
"No problem.. why is everyone tackling me?" I muttered. Dylan, Austin and DK smiled sheepishly in response. Rolling my eyes, we continued towards the Clinic.
"Did you get Kimani?" Toon asked me as he ran in front of me. Oh yeah... I had forgotten to tell them..
"Yeah, Jordan and the others were able to subdue Kimani and Crazy teleported him into the Clinic." Austin explained, ignoring the look I gave him.
"I could have said that.." I muttered in spite.
"But you didn't, did you?" He smugly responded. I quickly pulled him into a headlock as I dragged him to the Clinic with him scratching at my arm and Dylan poking him in the side.
Smash Manor- Clinic
"Ah, your here! ...But where Crazy?" Master said to me as I walked in, still choking Austin.
"I don't know..." I answered, feeling Austin pound at my side.
"Can you let me go now?" Austin said, too exhausted to try and move my arm anymore. I released him, making him fall over.
"Well, nevermind that. Mario, ready the Energy Orbs." Master instructed. Mario, or rather Dr. Mario, nodded before he went to a table that had 4 Energy Orbs and placed them on each side of the box Kimani was in. Crazy had just warped in at this moment.
"How is he doing?" He asked as he walked over to his brother. Master shrugged.
"He appeared a few moments ago. We just placed the orbs. Luigi, can you stay here with Me, Crazy and Mario and keep an eye out for Kimani? This process will take at least all night."
"Sure-a." Luigi nodded as he handed everyone a cup of tea he pulled from an unseen dimension. Mario took a sip of it and quietly gagged, but Luigi didn't see him.
"I'm not-a sure tea suits me.." Mario said with a sweatdrop as he placed the cup down on a nearby table. Luigi responded a shocked face while the other two just sipped their tea and watch the scene unfold.
"NOT LIKE TEA!? That-a like saying you dont-a like pasta!" He shot back.
"Tea is just flavored water; Terrible flavored water.." Mario deadpanned, leaning towards Luigi with that last part.
"YOU TAKE THAT BACK!" Luigi hollered, making everyone quickly retreat back in to the Living Room.
Smash Manor- Living Room (yet again...)
We went back into the Living Room and I instantly braced my body, just in case someone else wanted to tackle me. To my satisfaction (and slight surprise) I wasn't, so I relaxed as I walked to the sofa and plopped down next to DK. I glanced at DK, who was giving me a look.
"What?" I responded. I felt someone nudge me and turned to see that it was Toon. He whispered something before my face turned blue with a sweatdrop. (this was a new one...) I reached under me and pulled a paper-thin Diddy from under me. Toon did me a favor and asked Yoshi for his bike pump. He then tossed it to me, which I caught without looking before I used it to bring Diddy back to 3-D.
"Sorry." I sheepishly responded to DK and Diddy's Glare-O-Deaths. Diddy then chirped something, which I took for his forgiveness before he jumped up and curled up on my lap. I scratched him behind his ear before I started to doze off. But I couldn't completely fall asleep because Austin and Dylan were talking to the other Smashers quite loudly. They were chatting up a storm with Toon, Link, Zelda and Yoshi. Curious, I got up while placing Diddy in DK's lap, who was asleep as well, before I walked over and sat down on the ground next to Austin and Dylan.
"So besides a few problems, I would say that mission went quite well." Toon brought up as Austin, Dylan and Yoshi nodded.
"Yeah. Although, I wished Kimani didn't get infected by that Sub-Space. With his anger, he could have caused some serious damage here. I'm glad he had enough sense to go into the Smash Room and force himself into a stage." Zelda said with a hand on her chin. Link snuggled up next to her.
"But we got him and now hes being treated. Watch, tomorrow, he'll be up and having temper tantrums in no time." He reassured.
"Yeah!" Toon pipped up as he threw himself between the two Hyrulians, making them softly glare at Toon. Before they did anything, Austin's stomach growled, making everyone look at him.
"What? I'm hungry..." He muttered as he rubbed his stomach.
"Well, without Luigi, how are we gonna eat? None of us know how to cook!" Toon said as he raised his hands in exasperation. Since he had his Wind Waker out (as usual..), he made a gust of wind blow upward, making the heavy people feel lighter and the lighter people float and bump their heads on the ceiling. I quickly snatched Toon's Wind Waker and gave it to Zelda.
"HEY! GIVE THAT BACK!" He whined as he walked over to Zelda, who was rubbing her head. Zelda scolded him and told him not to fool around with it all the time. Toon nodded his head rapidly before Zelda gave it back. Toon cheered before he placed it back in his endless pockets.
"Anyway, I can cook." I proudly said, making everyone give me strange looks.
"You can?" "WE WON'T STARVE!" "Thats surprising..." " *growls* Sorry, stomach..." A few people said in response. Peach told me that she can cook as well...but can only make cakes. I told her, don't worry about it.
"I guess, I'll make Philly Cheese Steaks.." I muttered.
"Why those?" Austin asked me.
"One: I dont have any other ideas. And two, once Kimani recovers, he might be upset and I know that his favorite food is that."
"Oh right. Kimani makes a mean one too!" I then started towards the kitchen, silently hoping that I didn't screw this up and that Kimani got well soon... and won't wake up yelling his lungs out.
Another chapter completed. I was sorta iffy about this chapter. Tell me what you think about this one and I'll see you guys next time! ^_^