Chapter 10: VS DK
They walked through the mansion. "How long has it been since we last saw someone?" Marth asked.
"An hour at least." The Melee Master sighed.
They didn't know which rooms they had and hadn't checked. They only had five Smashers left to find. Suddenly Marth's eyes lit up as his hand reached for the small computer on his belt. However he suddenly became depressed as he stared at the blank screen. The computer had lost power quite a while ago.
"Donkey Kong, Mewtwo, Samus, Captain Falcon and Dr. Mario." Roy said out loud. "Any of them can be anywhere in the mansion."
"Why don't we look at this in a different way." Fox replied. "Dr. Mario is probably in his lab or in the surrounding area. There is probably someone also guarding the Aurora Unit. Donkey Kong is probably out in the back yard. So that leaves two unaccounted for. One of them will probably be separated from the group since previously they were traveling in groups of 2."
"Lets go after Donkey Kong." Roy suggested.
"From a tactical point of view we should have gone after DK sooner," Fox sighed. "He will be stronger and I fear any power ups that Kai may give him."
"We have to free him." Marth replied determined. "We have to free them all." His mind just continued to flash back to the foggy graveyard. Everything seemed so clear. "I can't let them die at Kai's hand, I won't."
"To die serving and protecting your master." Pikachu sighed. "Some consider that the greatest honor of all. Do you think that Kai has installed that thought into them?"
Marth was silent. "We best go to the garden." He said walking towards the back of the mansion. He cautiously approached the door and he slid it open. Everyone followed as they entered the 'garden'.
Most of them had unpleasant training experiences in the garden. They had done survival training in the garden, which would probably be more accurately described as a jungle. Within the first week that they were in the Smash Mansion when they were suddenly thrown into the jungle to scavenge for themselves. Teaming up was strictly forbidden. And they were supposed to fight each other if they were to see someone else. For one week they lived in the constant fear in the jungle, having to scavenge for food and shelter. Everyone remembered that DK excelled in this area of training, which would make sense since he did live in a jungle previously. But they knew that DK would have an edge in the upcoming battle. How much of an edge? They didn't want to know.
They walked through the jungle and into a clearing. None of them expected what was going to come next. But Pikachu was the first to sense any danger. He dropped down to the ground and everyone followed suit. They looked up and saw a tree had just been ripped from its roots and tossed towards them. From the trees Donkey Kong jumped down only he was a lot bigger and bulkier. "Only 3 of you can fight me!" Donkey Kong grunted. "Marth has to be one of them."
"Yoshi, Kirby!" Marth shouted. They rushed over to Marth's side.
"Why did he choose them?" Pikachu asked.
"Yoshi has experience fighting in the forest, seeing as how that is where he lived. While with Kirby they will be able to change their strategies quickly and lets not forget to mention that Kirby and DK fought each other during training." Roy replied.
"This Giant Donkey Kong though," Fox sighed. "We don't know its abilities and limitations."
"It's safe to guess that he will be stronger and maybe slower." Falco replied.
Donkey Kong jumped into the trees and motioned for Marth, Yoshi, and Kirby to follow. DK then gestured to everyone else. "Go up that tree if you wish to watch the fight." He grunted.
Marth, Kirby and Yoshi were standing on the top of a tree, balancing themselves on the tiny branches. DK and Kirby of course had no problem. However for Yoshi and Marth they were constantly moving to avoid falling down. "Begin!" DK grunted jumping towards them. Marth tried to roll out of the way however quickly fell, his cape got stuck on a branch, however this happened far to quickly for DK to register it so Marth was able to evade the attack.
Kirby began to inhale. While it did little to make Giant Donkey Kong move, Marth was able to get back up to the top of the tree. Despite his increased size Donkey Kong didn't seem to be moving slower, instead if anything he was moving faster.
Donkey Kong lunged towards Kirby and began to rapidly punch him. Kirby had no way to defend himself and was effortlessly kicked down to the trees below. Yoshi threw an egg and hit Giant Donkey Kong however despite the attack hitting and the egg exploding, DK didn't flinch. Donkey Kong punched Yoshi and knocked him off of the tree and into Kirby who was climbing back up. Donkey Kong glared at Marth who quickly sheathed his sword and used his sheath to guard against DK's pure brute strength. The branch beneath Marth broke and he fell down however during the process of falling to the ground he unsheathed his sword and cut down the tree.
DK landed on the ground and looked at the tree. He stared at it enraged and charged towards Marth. "Don't worry, Master Hand can create a new tree." Marth said avoiding a fast punch. However these words did little to calm down the beast. Donkey Kong threw several punches at Marth who pushed them away with his sword and sheath. Donkey Kong jumped into the air and brought down fists at Marth who jumped to the side. Donkey Kong however had anticipated such an attack and punched at where Marth was going to be. He would have been hit if Yoshi hadn't thrown an egg and stopped the attack.
Kirby appeared in front of Donkey Kong and brought down his mallet upon the beasts skull. Donkey Kong immediately fell down towards the ground. However the three warriors didn't drop their guard. "That shouldn't have knocked you unconscious." Marth said remembering several clear hits that Kirby had given him previously during training. As they expected Giant Donkey Kong jumped into the air and once again lunged towards Marth who dodged the attack and hit DK on his head knocking him to the ground.
"DK's rage was enough to break Kai's control." Roy noticed from the sidelines.
"Yes, I'm sure Kai's strategy doesn't involve lunging hopelessly at Marth and doing nothing different no matter what happens." The Melee Master replied.
"Yes the Goomba rush." Mario commented.
Donkey Kong was visibly crying. There across his face were tears coming down from his eyes. Marth couldn't understand if he was crying in frustration that he couldn't hit him or if he was crying because Marth had destroyed his favorite tree. Whatever the cause Donkey Kong was crying.
"Do you think Kai will be able to comprehend these emotions?" Pikachu asked.
"No," Luigi replied. "He won't be able to understand."
Link raised his bow and arrow and aimed it at Donkey Kong. "We had better remove Kai's control then." He replied.
"Shouldn't we let them finish their battle?" Pichu asked.
"Yes let us finish our battle!" Marth barked. Everyone looked at him. "I want Donkey Kong to defeat Kai's control. Not some magical item."
Link stopped aiming at Donkey Kong. Marth smiled and faced him. "Donkey Kong I know you can hear us. You are stronger than Kai! You can defeat him. You can over power him."
"I'm trying to." Donkey Kong replied. His hands were grabbing his head as though a massive headache was splitting out. From his head a Sword began to be pushed out. It was much like the swords that Kai had used to power up Bowser and Ganondorf. Everyone stared at it.
"Can you dispel it?" Marth asked.
"I'm trying!" Donkey Kong replied.
Suddenly the blade shattered and Donkey Kong fell to the ground unconscious. The Melee Master instantly appeared over his body and absorbed the fragment of Kai that was in him.
"Four more." The Melee Master said before falling towards the ground. He however caught himself. "No... I didn't think that it had taken this much out of me!" Everyone stared at the Melee Master ready to fight at a moments notice.
"Is Kai controlling you?" Marth asked.
"No!" The Melee Master began to scream. His right hand began to visibly change. "I'm beginning to transform." He announced. Everyone stared in fear wonder and awe. His body began to emit light and radiate power. A power so strong it knocked everyone away. Eventually the light shot up into the air and illuminated the night sky. Everything thing was consumed by the light. And then it vanished. The Melee Master was standing up in the forest. His body had become much bulkier; his hair was now white and draped down to his waist. "I can sense it," he said calmly. "I can sense your power flowing through me." he stretched out his right arm and it began to spark. He lifted up his left arm and a fireball appeared. He clapped together his hands with such force a torrent of fire and electricity sent everyone backwards.
"Was that?" Luigi asked
"Yes!" Mario replied. They noticed that it was there attacks that the Melee Master had used.
Link had all ready drawn his sword and was ready to do battle with The Melee Master. "If Kai has all ready taken you over then there is no hope for the other four."
"He hasn't taken me over yet. It was just after that transformation I felt considerably weaker."
"Time seems to be running out for all of us." Ness sighed. "An hour and a half remains. In that time we have to save Samus, and Captain Falcon. The two of them live for fighting. Mewtwo is no slouch either. And then there is Dr. Mario."
"There are only two places left..." Marth replied. They all faced the mansion and walked towards it. "Besides we have to end this quickly. If they send anyone to investigate that light... there can be more casualties than there was previously..."
Everyone except Link and The Melee Master walked towards the mansion. When they were gone from sight Link faced the Melee Master. "Tell me how many people are there in the Smash Mansion right now? Use Ness' PSY to figure it out."
"26 counting Kai..." The Melee Master sighed. "Wait no... There are two more concealed in the Smash Manson... They are quite well hidden."
"Watch over those two carefully. One of them probably brought Kai here. And don't tell any of the Smashers."
To be continued...
Two people who don't belong in the Smash Mansion... One plays a critical part in my next story (The crossover) and the other will be revealed later (and plays a role in a later story) Hmm... Perhaps this is a reason why my stories are flawed... they are constantly building into each other...
Boy... I'm catching up quickly to all of my written chapters... Sigh it didn't help that I just came out of Midterms (Today was my last ones, I had two in one day... Marketing, and Accounting... boy do I hate accounting! Marketing went great... Accounting was abysmal... I'll be happy if I pass it but I doubt it…)
My goal for this story was 30 000 words... Can I reach it... Mind you these long notes are sort of cheating...
Today the wait for Brawl suddenly became unbearable. Mike Tyson's Punch Out is the first game I ever remember playing. Even if Little Mac isn't a playable character I will now happily use the assist Trophies hoping to get Little Mac to help me...