Chapter 11

Esper


Back in the fight at Onett, Sheik watched from the distance as the Big Letdown slowly rose back into the air. "It's rising back up again, and the flames are purple this time…" she thought. "This looks like something Gamfax would do…" Then a cultist appeared behind her and readied to hit her with an axe.

"Sheik! Watch out!" Peach shouted, and she tossed a turnip at the cultist and bonked him in the head. Sheik turned around fast and kicked him away in the head.

"Thanks, Peach," she said to her.

"No problem!"

-

"Haha!" A cultist swooped down on his flying machine while holding a knife to his side, readying to slash Olimar.

Olimar fell to the side fast and barely avoided the hit, and as the cultist was swooping back up, Olimar quickly whistled and the Pikmins that were next to him quickly arranged themselves into a long chain and tossed themselves at the flying machine before it got too far. The purple one at the end gripped onto the back of the flying machine and Olimar began pulling back hard to prevent it from escaping.

"Hey! Let go!" the cultist shouted.

Olimar began spinning in place and the flying machine was spun along too. The cultist became dizzy from the constant spinning and he eventually lost his seat on the flying machine and was sent flying away into the distance. The purple Pikmin let go of the flying machine and the whole thing flew away in the same direction as the cultist too. Olimar then fell down on his back as the Pikmin chain broke down and scattered around him, and Olimar's eyes were swirling. "Oh… The world is spinning…"

-

Within the throne room of the Big Letdown…

"If I knew better, the Gamfax must've done something to this!" Samus said when she and her group noticed that the Big Letdown was mended.

"Looks like we must destroy that one if we want to take down the fortress!" Fox said.

"As you can see, things did not go as you wanted it to be," Caller said. "This is what you call disappointment. In this world, nothing will ever go as planned. It is impossible to satisfy anyone in the world; people will forever complain and complain!"

"Oh yeah? We'll just destroy Gamfax first and this whole thing will be solved!" Captain Falcon said.

"You tried once to destroy it, but it was not destroyed. There is no hope for you to destroy Gamfax! You are surely disappointed about this. Things will never go your way! This world is destined to be drowned in hopelessness since the beginning!"

"But if we try hard-a, we can bring in hope!" Mario said to him. "We will show you!"

"People like you who do not listen to me disappoint me! I will show you the hopelessness that you are in!" Caller said.

Then several more cultists ran into the room with weapons in their hands and they all got in front of Caller and pointed their weapons at the Smashers. "Sorry to say, but we are full of hope that we can prevail through this," CF said, punching his palm. "A person who only has negatives thoughts will never succeed in what they are doing!"

-

Outside, Falco, Leon, and Panther were shooting down some cultists in flying machines. As Falco flew around, he saw the Gamfax which was situated at the top of the fortress and thought, "If I can destroy that thing, perhaps the whole fortress will fall over!" And he steered his Arwing at the Gamfax and began firing at it. To his surprise, the shots were nullified when they touched the surface of the glass orb. "Looks like this thing is still hard to destroy…"

Nevertheless, he flew in circles around it and continued to fire shots at it, but no matter how many times he shot it, the Gamfax remained unharmed. "I don't believe how durable this thing can be!" he cursed. "Eat my bomb!" And he launched a smart bomb at the glass orb and the bomb exploded on contact.

KAAAAAAAAABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!

"Haha! How'd you like that?"

But when the smoke cleared, he was shocked to see the glass orb unharmed! The machines and wires around it were burned up somewhat though. "What the?!"

The other two Star Wolf members were still fighting off the incoming flying machines. "These guys keep coming!" Leon said. "Good thing they are easy targets though." His then noticed something approaching on his radar, and it was not coming from the direction of the Big Letdown. "Now what?"

Falco was still firing at the Gamfax when he also noticed his radar giving off a signal. "What is it now?" He turned around and saw the thing that was approaching. "What the…?"

-

Back inside the Big Letdown, the cultists were obviously no match for the Smashers. "Die and become mincemeat!" shouted a large cultist that is wielding a chainsaw. He slammed it down on Mario, but the plumber leaped up before he got hit and landed on top of the cultist's head and stomped him face first onto the floor. He then grabbed him by the legs and began spinning around in circles. "WHOA!" Then Mario let go of his feet to send him flying in CF, who delivered a Falcon Punch right into his face.

SMAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!!

The punch was so strong that the cultist crashed through the wall and disappeared into the sky.

"Haha! I'm going to blind you!" a scrawny cultist said to Samus, and he got out a camera and pressed it to release a bright light. However, Samus wasn't startled by it as her visor protected her from being blinded, but the cultist didn't know this and got out a knife to stab her. But the knife was bent when it hit her armor because the armor is too tough. "What?!" Samus gave him a sock to the face and he flew back, but before he went too far, Samus quickly shot out the grapple beam and pulled him back again, and then tossed him aside.

CRAAAAAASH!!

"n00b! j00 d13!!" another cultist shouted loudly. "w17N3ss m4 1337 k4r473 Sk1llZ!! LOLOLOL!!" And then the cultist ran towards Fox and leaped up to do a flying kick.

Fox got into defensive stance and grabbed the cultist's leg and fell back and did a judo throw that tossed the him backwards. He flew straight at Wolf, who gave him a knee to the chin and sent him doing several circles in air before falling down like a fool.

After all the cultists had been beaten up, the Smashers all turned to Caller and gave him a glare. "Your loss!" Mario said.

"Disappointment! All is disappointing!" Caller said angrily. "My plans have been ruined by you all! In the end, all is disappointment!"

"It may be disappointing for you, but for us, it's good," CF said.

Suddenly, another cultist ran into the room and he has a bazooka in his hand. "Haha! I have not been beaten… OOF!!" Toon Link did a jump kick into his back and sent him crashing forward.

"Hey guys! Surprised to me?" he asked.

"When did you get here?!" Samus asked in surprise.

"I hopped onto the back of the Falcon Flyer before it took off. Boy! That was an amazing ride!"

"Then how come I didn't know about it?!" CF said.

As TL walked up to them, even more cultists showed up into the room. "We won't let you lay a hand on our master!" they said.

"There's no end to them, don't they…?" Fox said.

"At least it is fun picking on them," Wolf said.

As the Smashers were getting ready for another round of cultist beating, something stomped down on the balcony and stepped into the room. Everyone turned to the direction of the balcony and they were very much surprised to see this new visitor. "What the?!" Samus gasped.

"An unexpected visitor showed up…" Wolf said, sounding surprised too.

Caller was the most surprised, and he and his cultists backed off a few steps upon seeing this new visitor. The cultists were so scared that they said, "That guy! He's one of them! What is he doing here?!"

"What are you doing here, Admiral Bahamut?!" Caller said.

Indeed, it was the one of the Espers of Justice, the great dragon Bahamut, standing in front of them. "I was strolling by the government headquarters when the Pentagloious told me about you, and so I rushed over here to see things for myself," Bahamut said.

"Have you come here to stop me?"

"That was the order I was given, but even if I wasn't given this order, I might have considered acting on my own too."

"You won't stop us! The Cult of Pessimism cannot be stopped by anyone so easily!" the cultists said. "Who cares if you are an admiral? There are a lot of us and we can gang on you and take you down!" Then all the cultists charged straight at Bahamut.

"You're no match for him!" Caller shouted, but it was too late to warn them.

The cultists fired their guns at Bahamut, and the great dragon folded his wings together in front of him and the bullets bounced off the surface of his wings harmlessly. When the onslaught of bullets stopped, Bahamut opened his wings and flapped lightly, and just like this, a powerful gust of wind was created and all the cultists flew back and crashed painfully into the wall, including Caller.

"So that's the power of an admiral…" Fox said in awe.

"You will ruin everything!" Caller shouted to Bahamut angrily.

"The plans of the evil will always be ruined in the end," Bahamut said as he lifted up one hand. He breathed out blue fire onto his hand and folded it into a fist as the fire was still burning. "The central pillar that is holding the entire fortress is just behind you, and Gamfax is above it as well. By destroy that pillar; this whole place is bound to collapse."

"No! Don't you dare!"

"Fist of the Flaring Dragon!" Bahamut threw a fist forward and the fire around it shot forth like a beam.

"NOOO!!" Caller quickly ran aside to avoid the incoming attack and the fire struck the wall behind him and burned right through it. A hole was seen on the wall afterwards, but nothing seemed to be happening. But then everyone felt the whole place shaking.

"The whole place is going to collapse!" Samus said in shock.

"What?! Just a single flame and then the entire place is destroyed?!" CF gasped. "I didn't know an admiral is this powerful!"

Suddenly, the lights on the ceiling exploded and the walls started to crack, as well as the floors.

-

"What's happening?!" Snake screamed as he and ROB ran through the hallways. The engines and computers that were lying around began releasing sparks and exploding one by one, and the whole place was shaking violently as structure and weak walls fell over. They quickly stopped to avoid getting crushed by a collapsing wall, and then they ran over it afterwards.

"The way to the garage which is holding the Falcon Flyer is almost near," ROB said. "I have calculated that this place will fall in approximately 3 minutes."

"Then we better move fast! I hope the others are all right!" Snake said.

-

Outside, the Gamfax was pulsating rapidly as the machines holding it were starting to break apart and burn up. "We are not satisfied. We are disappointed," Gamfax said loudly. "We are Gamfax."

The 3 space animals were watching from their respective jets. "Would you look at that?!" Leon said. "The fortress is exploding!"

"It must be the doing of the admiral," Panther concluded. "Only someone like him can perform such feat. Compared to him, we are nothing but grasshoppers."

"I hope our boss is all right in there…"

-

Inside, it was becoming and more dangerous to stay around, and the Smashers were beginning to panic. "What do we do?! We must get out of here fast!" Fox cried. "Whoa!" He quickly moved back to avoid a piece of the ceiling falling down.

"Not to worry! I can call over the Falcon Flyer using my cell phone!" CF said as he took out his cell phone and pressed a button on it.

-

Meanwhile, Snake and ROB made it to the garage, and they were surprised to see the Falcon Flyer starting to move on its own. "It's getting away!" Snake gasped. "Hop into it fast!"

As the FF was moving off, the duo ran to the door and opened it fast and they were able to make it inside in the nick of time before it took flight out of the door.

-

Caller fell onto his knees and grabbed his hair and began pulling them while shouting, "IT'S RUINED!! ALL RUINED!! CURSE YOU ALL!! CURSE YOU ALL!! YOU DISAPPOINTED ME!! EVERYTHING IS A DISAPPOINTMENT!!"

"The biggest reason for your failure isn't only the reason that evil will always fall in the end," Bahamut said to him. "But it is also because of your negative beliefs. A pessimistic thought will never lead people to do great things. Though you wanted to take over the world, you ultimately failed due to the reason you are unable to think positively. Thinking positive plays a large role in succession. With the belief that you can succeed in anything, you can always make it. Why do you think there are great inventors and famous people around the world? They believe they can do it, and thus they were able to become successful because of their positive thinking."

Caller closed his ears and shouted like a madman, "LIES!! THIS WORLD IS AWFUL!! THIS WORLD IS FLAWED!! EVERYTHING IS LAME!! EVERYTHING SUCKS!! NOTHING IN THIS WORLD IS GOOD!! EVERYTHING IS A DISAPPOINTMENT!! THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS OPTIMISM!! THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS POSITIVE THINKING!!"

While he was screaming his head off, the Falcon Flyer showed up at the balcony, and Snake opened the door and poked his head out to shout, "Hey guys! Get moving before it's too late!"

"Before we go…" CF said as he and the Smashers stepped up to Caller. "Any last words?"

"You have set a wrong example for a world leader," Bahamut said to Caller. "A sinner like you deserves death, but if you have any messages that you want to leave behind for your relatives or people you know, I shall grant you the privilege."

Caller looked up with an angry stare, and he took a deep breath and yelled out at the top of his voice, "THIS STORY SUCKS DONKEY BALLS A LOT!!"

"Okay, if that's your last word, then…" CF said, "FALCON PUNCH!!"

"FIREBRAND!!"

"SUPER MISSILE!!"

"FIRE FOX!!"

"WOLF SHOOT!!"

"TORNADO SLASH!!"

SMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!!

-

"Look! They're coming out!" Leon pointed out to the FF that was taking off from the balcony. "But where is our leader?"

They then realized that the Big Letdown was starting to fall apart and would blow up anytime soon, so they quickly made a run for it as far as they could.

Gamfax, which was at the top of the fortress, said, "All is disappointing. Nothing is satisfying. We hate everything. Nothing is good. We are… Gamfax…"

Then the flames burned up around it as the fortress slowly crumbled down into pieces. As the good guys were escaping, Bahamut stopped in midair and turned to the falling fortress and said, "It's better that I get this thing far away from here so that its destruction will not harm anything." And then he flew at the Big Letdown and began circling around it very fast. As he flew around the fortress, wind began to get created and circled around the fortress walls, and soon, a large tornado was formed around the fortress and caused it to rise up higher into the air.

Bahamut stopped flying in circles and got in front of the wind-covered fortress, and then he flapped both his wings really hard to release a gale that pushed the large tornado away. Just like this, the whole fortress flew over the horizon, where if one looked closely, they could see an explosion occuring.

KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!

The Falcon Flyer had already landed onto the cliff, and all the Smashers were gathered up there to see the destruction of the Big Letdown. "He must be really powerful to blow that fortress all the way into the distance…" Link said in awe.

"The power of an Esper admiral is truly amazing…" Ganondorf said.

Luigi took a sigh and sat down and said, "I guess it's over at last…"

"I hope…" Peach said. "Luckily we were able to stop the cultists from doing too much harm. Good thing nobody lost their lives too."

CF stretched his arms and said, "Well, looks like everything ended in peace! We should celebrate over this!"

The Smashers watched as Bahamut landed onto the ground, and the admiral said to them, "You did a great job trying to fend off them, Smashers."

"It is our town after all, so we should protect it," Ness said. "I was born here if you want to be precise."

"Our home is irreplaceable, so we will protect it no matter what!" Pichu said.

"Jiggly!" Jigglypuff said.

"Will the loss of a world leader be an issue?" Samus asked Bahamut.

"It's not that big of an issue, but if possible, we would want to find a new replacement fast," Bahamut said. "It is a sad thing to see that one of the world leaders is corrupted. This truly puts a shame to the name of the world government. Something like this should never have happened… We should apologize to you for not foreseeing this earlier."

"It's not your fault," Fox said to him. "There are many things in this world that we do not know, so you do not have to blame yourself for this."

"But still, this will ruin the reputation of the world government. What will people say that there is a black sheep among the greatest world leaders that rule the world?"

"Then try to make up for da mistakes!" Mario said. "People make-a mistake all da time, but eet eez never too late to fix eet! Eef you believe you can do eet, surely you will!"

"Being lectured by the same words I've said, how ironic… You are right; we should not let thoughts like this take us down. As long as we believe in ourselves and think towards the bright side, everything will surely go as planned! You really are the chosen people of Master Hand!" Bahamut said in a happy tone.

"Optimism rules!" Kirby cheered happily.

As everyone was cheering, Leon noticed a gloomy look on Wolf's face and so asked him, "What's the matter, leader?"

"My Wolfen… I left it in the fortress…" he replied.


TO BE CONTINUED

Bahamut may have taken the spotlight at the end, but I put this as a showcase on how powerful the Espers of Justice are. A possible foreshadow for the future, you can put it that way.

And in the end… Optimism wins!