Disclaimer: I don't own Smash Bros. The series itself belongs to Nintendo.
Super Smash Bros. 3D
Royal Battle 2 in 3D (1/2)
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New York City
-Jace stared, aimlessly, at the tallest skyscrapers of New York City and the people in it surrounding him at that very moment.
Then someone shouted, "Hey, I know you!"
Jace turned to the African-American teen girl who shouted, "Uh… you do?" he asked nervously.
"You're the guy who took down the Space Pirates down Fulton Mall Street! You're a hero!"
The crowd surrounding Jace agreed.
"Yeah, and a criminal too!" a blond Hispanic man shouted. "He assaulted an army of police officers!"
And in an instant, the crowd roared in agreement. Jace couldn't believe his ears. "Wait…what? Police officers?"
"There he is!" a police officer shouted from the distance.
The crowd split, giving way to a large squad of police officers. The flashing red and blue lights cut through the mid-afternoon air as they screeched to the full stop before Jace.
"We have caught up with the suspect!" one of the police radios blared.
"I thought we had him in custody. How did he escaped?" another police officer shouted.
Jace turned to run, but saw more police cars blocking his way. He was surrounded. Dozens of red and blue lights bounded him in a nerve-wracking yet colorful circle.
"White Knight Jacen," spoke Phi from out of thin air. "Use your Global Smash Power."
The words just startled Jace, "Wait… what?"
"It lives within you. Tap on your chest."
Jace looked around. No sign of Phi. He could hear her but not see her.
"Global…Smash… Power?" he croaked, "What are you talking about—?"
"It's the White Knight's secret weapon! Just do it. Activate it before it's too late!"
Jace glanced back and forth. Crowd full of people have gathered to watch him get arrested. And all the police officers and squad team were getting out of their vehicles and pulling out their guns at him, ready to give the audience just that dramatic entertainment.
"Freeze!" one officer shouted.
"Mr. Riders, I don't know how you escaped custody, but getting away from the police can mark you with serious offense." Another officer warned.
Jace raised his arms in the air.
"You have to right to remain silent." An officer was approaching, one hand on his gun while the other reached for his handcuff, "Anything you say, or use, to prove your innocence, can be used against you in the court of law!"
An African-American officer rolled his eyes, "Stuart." He called out his partner approaching Jace, "Do you always have to butcher the Miranda Warning?"
"Hey, it needs some touch-up." Officer Stuart said, clicking one handcuff to Jace's left wrist, "Excuuuuuse me for being creative."
Jace's mind spun. He couldn't believe he was being arrested for something he didn't even do! Officer Stuart on the other hand should be arrested for trying to be a comedian!
"White Knight Jace!" Phi's words rang into Jace's eardrums once more.
Global Smash Power…? Isn't that one of the latest score ranking feature created for that latest Smash? But in real life, it's a secret weapon? What could it possibly do to him?
Officer Stuart wrapped his hand around Jace's other wrist to handcuff it also, when Jace snapped off from his grasp and pounded his chest. Before he knew it, his entire body glowed gold and a powerful blast of wind sent Stuart and the gun-pointing officers flying.
He froze, staring at his glowing hands… and the police officers he just knocked out. He didn't know what he should be more afraid of: his newfound super-heroic like powers, Global Smash Power, or the facts that he just attacked not just a police officer but a police squad!
He turned around to flee when more policemen pulled out their guns at him, "DON'T MOVE!" they shouted just as the siren sounds filled the air again. More police backups. His heart pounded.
He dashed toward another direction.
The police open fire. Bullets pelted him like a million stones but he felt nothing. No flesh-tearing pain. No blood. His body continued to beat a golden hue as he continued to run. He slipped behind a black van among the stopped traffic. Shots continued to fire at him. The police had no regards to the innocents they were putting on the line of fire, screaming in panic.
"What's happening to me?" Jace gasped, staring at his glowing hand and glowing self.
"DON'T MOVE!"
Jace jumped back. A police officer cornered him with a gun. The officer pulled the trigger. A blast struck Jace's chest. Jace recoiled in pain. The officer fired again. And again and again, pelting Jace with bullets. No blood oozed out of him.
The officer's jaws dropped, "Guys! He's not human!" he shouted to his radio. "He's not dropping on the ground!"
Jace threw a palm thrust at the officer, sending him flying right onto the windshield of a bus. More screams from the city folks filled the sky.
He sprinted out of hiding, only to see three SWAT team trucks come to a screeching halt before him and the circle of police. He watched the SWAT army dropping out of the trucks and pulling out grenade launchers and AK-47s.
"G-guys, come on!" Jace shouted, "That's police abuse!"
"FIRE!" someone shouted.
That's when Jace reacted. He took a step and his movement was like lightning-speed. He stepped in front of a police man and threw a punch. The police man flew out into the sky.
He zipped past another and threw another swing. Two more police men flew.
He cut across a SWAT team line with a flying punch. All of them rocketed through glass buildings.
He grabbed another one by the neck, twirled him and tossed him at another army like he was a bowling ball and that army were the pins.
One by one, the officers of the law were knocked out cold. It was like real-life Multi-Man Smash! And the crowd watching his criminal performance was really reacting.
He stopped and watched more SWAT backup charging in. He had to get out of here, fast. He spotted a sports bike parked at the other side of the city. He ran toward it, stepped out of cars way and jumping over some convertible.
He reached the bike, hopped on it, and hot-wired it. He waited to see the new SWAT force army pour out of their trucks and charging toward him before he took off.
xxx
Nintendo World: the Seven Hells
Medusa loved attention.
But the day she ended up in the Sixth of the Seven Hells, she didn't get any of that. It was a terrible day. No one listened to her. No one bowed down to kiss her feet. Everyone in that fire-flooding cave didn't give a damn. It was really a terrible day. Worse, it was also the day Pit defeated her.
Another day past her by. She glided across the steamy halls of the Seven Hells. Once again, broken pillars on both her sides greeted her with melancholy while the hot and arid atmosphere greeted her with shame. A group of demons and snakes eyed her. A gossipy trio of Gorgons giggled at her sight.
She turned to another direction and got shoulder-bumped by a pale-faced yet beautiful cross-dressing man in a red cocktail dress and stiletto.
"Ugh, watch where you're going, love." He taunted and took his leave.
Medusa turned around, drew her finger at him and his form exploded into smoke. The smoke faded to reveal an upside down cockroach in his place. Medusa went to pick up the roach and stared at it.
"Was about to tell you the same thing, love." She licked her lower midnight black lip and dropped the bug into her mouth. Chewing and licking her fingers, she turned to stare at those staring at her.
Yeah, that's right. I ate a bully. So don't mess with me. She said in her head. But instead she snapped, "What?" at them and they quickly averted their sights of her.
"OHHHHH!" a scream almost knocked her by surprise. She turned to spot Thanatos a couple of yards away.
"Why if it isn't Medusa! The twin goddess of Skyworld!" he said.
"Ex-goddess." She muttered with bitterness.
Thanatos sauntered to her with that big grin of his, "My lady! How you have wounded me!" he jested, "I thought you had taken care of your plan to take over Skyworld!"
"And I thought you had taken care of getting rid of Pit." Medusa said, "But nooo, you had to do that at the last-minute. No, scratch that. You had to try to do that at the last minute."
"Wuh—well," Thanatos stammered, "it wasn't that much of a challenge."
"I was there." She snarled. "You couldn't keep up with him in that slithering body of yours."
Thanatos tried to object but couldn't. Medusa was right. Pit was challenging, even for a tween boy entering puberty back in the day.
"Enough about the past. Let's try to make the most of Hell here. Hey, I know! Let's form a clique!"
Medusa scanned the dry environment again, "I don't know if you've noticed, but this isn't a prison. Or a high school. It's Hell! There's no clicks. Even if I wanted to make one. Let alone, be in one."
Thanatos grinned, "Well then…" he said, "What if we actually do make one?"
Medusa could've said it was pointless. But then she thought about that little snack she had moments ago. Hell may be the place where evil people get stuck in here forever, but her dark powers seemed to work very well here. She could use them to her advantage.
xxx
NYC Nintendo Corp. Office
-"Medusa!"
"What?" she snappily responded, but then caught her breath. Thanatos wasn't with her this time. It was Noir Deroi.
"I need your help." The young Nintendo Executive said. Last time she saw him was yesterday, battered and messed up by Wolf O'Donnell, the sworn enemy of Fox McCloud. She never met the wolf before but she knew him well enough to know that he was a force to not mess with since he just made Noir to walk on a cane and have a cast wrapped around his arm.
"Oh," she said, "about the 3rd Dimensional Screen?" She just found out the magical device she's been hunting for has finally been found.
"Yes." Noir replied before turning to the other two Nintendo villains: Bowser and Ganondorf. "I saw Dr. Dimentio with it yesterday and I told him to come to the office with it. But because this is a stolen device, I don't want any one of you villains to come near it! I know how much you want your hands on it for your 'world' domination."
Ganondorf let out a scoff. Bowser let out a hearty laugh, "Have you met us, Noir? We were born villains and we will always be villains."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Just do as I'm about to tell you, okay? Once Dimentio comes with the 3DS, we lock it into this little security box here," he gently tapped on the black security box at the glass table of the store's meeting room, "and then, we…"
Noir paused, as if waiting for an end to the sentence. Medusa soon realized that end sentence should come from her or the other two big idiots before her. Since the idiots were too proud to say it, she had no choice.
"We all make it disappear." She muttered, all monotone.
Noir snapped and pointed a finger, "Bingo. A-la-Dingo."
"Nobody says that." Ganondorf said.
"No chiz." Noir said, "Now if you'll excuse me," he pivoted on his crutches, "I have a criminal abettor to fire." He wobbled out of the meeting room and closed the glass door behind him. The second he disappeared out of the villains' sights, Ganondorf let out a roar and punched the wall behind him. A crack formed around his fist.
"Just when we finally get ahold of the 3rd Dimensional Screen, Corporate boy here plots to take it away from us!" he snarled, "How is he actually helping us dominate the world, if he's going to lock the key to the world away in this little box?"
Bowser just rolled his eyes.
"I noticed Mewtwo and Dedede are absent." Medusa said, noting a few missing members of her Nintendo villains alliance. "No one could take the heat?"
"Who cares about them?" Bowser said, "They'll show up again before you know it! What about your dearly beloved? The warlock with the damaged eye?"
"You mean Nergal?" Medusa made a rotten face, "He failed me. Defeated by a Pokémon. I can only imagine the shame." She noticed Ganondorf's large lion mane hairstyle, "By the way, Demon Lord. Love the new look. Trying out a new fashion trend?"
Ganondorf gritted his teeth. "Trying to get a haircut. Can we focus?"
"Sure," she said, "we have a plan to go through."
Bowser reached for Ganondorf's hair for a quick stroke. Ganondorf slapped his arm away. Bowser grunted.
"But," Medusa went on, "it won't be the same plan we'll stick ourselves into for the pretty boy outside those doors."
Bowser and Ganondorf exchanged knowingly glances after seeing Medusa form a crooked smile.
"Ahh, a goddess with a plan." Ganondorf said. "What's on your mind?"
Bowser crossed his mighty arms, "We're waiting, goddess of darkness." He then growled under his breath, "Patiently waiting."
Medusa smiled. She didn't have to pull up a few strings like she did years ago back in Hell when she formed her own click. Her villain alliance was back in her corner.
xxx
-Dr. Andre Dimentio didn't know why he had been summoned to Noir Deroi's office at the NYC Nintendo Corp. Office.
-But after the young little executive suddenly told him to bring the Smash Bros. Nintendo 3DS console with him, the engineer had a pretty good idea on what was concocting in his mind.
Dimentio was in trouble. In huge trouble with the company and possibly with the law. And whose fault is this? His troublemaking nephew Jace Riders, who stole that same 3DS console from the company! The same 3DS console that so happened to be a portal to the Nintendo World, a magical interdimensional rift to all wonders of that alternate universe, and the one game console that Jace should've kept his sticky little fingers off from the very beginning.
And now, Noir is calling him, and asking him, to bring the device with him along with himself for a serious talk. Does Noir know? If he does, how did he know? All he knew for sure was that the summoning was a bad, bad thing.
He stepped off the elevator on the tenth floor of the NYC Nintendo Corp office and crossed the large hallway to his office. Not many people was there, except for the gay receptionist who was too busy catching up on his latest gossip from Star magazine online.
"Oh my god, André!" he squealed and Dimentio jumped. His heart couldn't stop racing. "What?"
"Did you read the latest news about your nephew?" the receptionist said, "It's all over the news man. How he kicked ass out of that wolf man!" he batted his hands over his face, "Phew! Wish I had caught it all on tape because THAT… would've been HHOT!"
"Yeah-yeah, whatever Frankie. Catch you later." Dimentio headed down the hallway and reached the door to Noir's office. It was a see-through glass door and Dimentio spied Noir watching over the city from his top-to-bottom windows. He was about to crank it open.
"Ohhhh! And by the way," the gay boy said, "Your boss wants to see you. He looks maaaad… phew! I wouldn't wanna be the sucker behind his explosive anger."
Dimentio swallowed hard. Noir may be young but he sure was intimidating, "Don't we all." He muttered and cranked the door open. He let the door close behind him.
"You called me, Mr. Deroi?"
Noir turned around, "Please, call me Noir." He said, easing his way into his large black swivel leather chair and not bothered to look at Dimentio in the eyes. "And come on in and have a seat."
Dimentio went to sit at the tiny black leather guest chair.
"Did you bring it?"
It took Dimentio a moment to respond, "Uh… y-yeah…" he dug his hand into his lab pocket and pulled out the 3DS. The Smash symbol on its front size shimmered under the afternoon sunrays.
"Here." Dimentio set the device at the table and pushed it close to Noir with ease. Noir picked up the device.
"At least it looks good as new." Dimentio cracked a laugh. Noir raised his icy-black eyes at Dimentio. That made him stop laughing.
"Dimentio, I'll get right to the point." Noir pushed his chair closer to the desk, "My father hired me to look after this company. Your nephew didn't get hired to work for us whatsoever but he did stole company property and made it his own. Now—!"
"Noir, if I may…"
"I'm not done talking." Noir said, "Now, if you had hired him to do some company work and he stole that item from that company, I would've considered pardoning you and him for your crime with free parking."
Noir leaned toward Dimentio and rubbed a finger over the 3DS, "Instead, he got a free ticket Downtown to the precinct, where he's spending the rest of his… …how many hours?"
"48." Dimentio muttered.
"48 hours in the slammer!" He tossed his arms up and leaned back to his swivel chair, "Boy, it's like nobody's business up in there."
Dimentio somehow knew what was coming. "What do you want to have me do?" he said.
"Simple." Noir said, "I want you to clear out your office desk as soon as you leave my sight, because you're fired."
Dimentio's mouth dropped open. "You're kidding me?"
Noir's exasperated face tightened, "Do I look like I'm kidding?"
"Look, Noir, I…" Dimentio fought to speak, "…look, please. Lemme talk to my nephew, and then…"
"And then what? You'll get your job back?" Noir scoffed, "Like that will happen. Hand me over your passcode card and get out of my office."
Dimentio remained silent. He pulled his badge out from around his neck, set it on the table, and pushed it close to Noir. Noir snatched the badge, stood up from his chair and walked to stare at the window for more city view.
Dimentio stood up and walked out of the office. But that wasn't going to be the last time he'll hear from his young stern boss.
xxx
New York City
-Jace cut through the freeway, swerving past cars and trucks that were coming at him.
It was at that moment that made him realize he was driving on the wrong lane!
He watched the police on the other side of the highway, their lights flashing and their sirens squealing, they were following him in packs. He didn't know how long he's been driving but he knew he was very far away from Manhattan and was crossing the Bronx area. Plus his Global Smash Power he just unleashed had stopped because he was no longer glowing like a bronze god. So he could get hurt any second now.
Then he saw the police helicopter hovering above him.
"Oh boy, welcome back Jace." He whispered to himself, "Way to make your big return."
HOOONK!
A large truck carrying propane was charging toward him.
"Ohhhh, sh—!" he cursed.
The truck swerved to another lane, trying to get out of his way, but barely collided with an SUV. The truck screeched to a halt and so did most of the cars in his way. Jace zipped past them. Thank God no one got hurt.
He reached an exit. More like an entry to the freeway. He pushed right past a pile of cars waiting to get on the freeway. He was greeted by honks and angry screams.
"Sorry!" he shouted back, "Won't happen again!"
He was about to get into another street to the right lane when a Dodge Ram trying to get on the freeway stepped into his way.
SHREEECH! The Ram pulled on the break. Jace tried to pull on his break too. But too late. The bike slammed on the truck front and launched Jace off the bike into the air. He was heading straight for a freeway concrete. The gray slate of death was spinning toward him! He was screaming for dear life!
But then he stopped, midway past a bridge and the floor. Huge wings have casted their shadows over him and he could feel his shirt tugged from behind by two huge claws. Someone was carrying him to safety.
He looked up and gasped at the sight of the person—no, the fire-type Pokémon—that saved him.
"Charizard?"
The dragon Pokémon roared.
"Don't forget about me, White Knight." Spoke another voice. Flying next to Jace and Charizard was Meta-Knight.
"Meta-Knight?" Jace gasped. He glanced at his two saviors, still breathing heavily, "…you… you guys saved me…"
"No." Meta-Knight said, "We deserved the saving around here. Right, Charizard?"
Charizard growled, not caring about the pile of people in their cars watching in awe of his majestic flying.
"We spotted the suspect!" the cops on their helicopter intercom informed, "And oh sweet Anne of Green Gables…you won't believe what I'm seeing. He's escaping… with Charizard? And that weirdo bat creature with a mask?"
"Charizard? You mean that fire-type Pokémon?" another cop asked.
"The one and only!"
Meta-Knight flew back into the city, with Charizard carrying Jace along.
xxx
The gang reached the Nintendo World Store. But Charizard and Meta-Knight dropped Jace on top of the building: 10 Rockefeller Plaza.
Charizard settled him down to his feet. Meta-Knight settled next to the fire-type Pokémon.
"No police men on sight." Jace breathed, "I think we lost them."
"For now anyway." Meta-Knight said.
"I don't get it." Jace said, "What did you mean by you guys deserving saving around here? And why is the police after me?"
"It all points out to your doppelganger, Simon." Meta-Knight said. "…after that acrobatic move he just pulled. I knew we shouldn't have trusted him." He said. "And you of all people should've known what he was plotting."
Jace instantly remembered his conversation he had with Hunt about Simon. Seconds before Master Hand claimed him back, "Wait, you talked to Hunt?"
"No, Hunt is in the hospital."
Rage flashed through Jace like a flame, "What?" he grabbed Meta-Knight, "Which hospital? Where is he?" his eyes widened, "Did Simon hurt him? Did he hurt Jenn and my uncle? If he did, I swear—!"
Meta-Knight pulled away, "They're fine, boy." He said, "They're at University Hospital. They were attacked by Space Pirates, but Simon and the Smash Brothers drove them out. But right now, we need to find the 3rd Dimensional Screen and the Smash Brothers."
The beating of the helicopter propeller caught their attention once more. They looked up. It was the cops again. This time the helicopter didn't look like a helicopter at all. It looked like a flying helicarrier!
"We have you completely surrounded!"
Meta-Knight and Charizard raised their hands in the air. "Aw come on…" Jace reluctantly raised his also.
"Surrender yourself!" the police said.
"If you don't shoot me, I will consider!" Jace shouted.
The helicopter dropped their rope ladder next to the trio. Then a familiar head popped out of the helicopter.
"Sorry to keep you waiting!" It was Pit.
"Pit!" Jace exclaimed and climbed the ladder. Charizard and Meta-Knight took flight next to the helicopter. Jace entered the helicopter and gave Pit a big hug, "Boy am I glad to see you!"
"Am I glad to see YOU, buddy!" Pit laughed, "We missed you! Simon is out of control and now he got himself arrested!"
"It's like Déjà vu all over again," muttered another familiar voice at the copter's cockpit. It was Dark Pit, sitting at the front seat and maining the helicopter. Fox was next to him.
"Déjà vu?" Pit asked.
"Yeah, remember that day when you went all heroic and you almost died? And I had to take you to the Rewind Spring in the Underworld? You still owe me big for that for that y'know?"
"Wasn't a thank you big enough?" Pit muttered.
Jace laughed. He didn't know what was funny: seeing Pittoo or Dark Pit for real, or seeing him and Pit bickering like old times.
"You guys just can't stop surprising me." He said.
"Welcome back, Jace." Fox greeted.
"Thanks Fox!" Jace said, "Hey, are the others safe?"
"I think so." He said, "I know they're on their way to the police station to break Simon out of jail."
"But if Simon is in jail, why was the police after me?"
"Actually, Simon escaped." Dark Pit said. To Fox and Pit's surprises.
"Really?" Pit said.
"Yes. The Smash Bros. pulled him out of the precinct 15 minutes ago."
"Where were we this entire time?" Pit asked.
"You were sleeping. Both of you."
Fox and Pit turned red of shame.
"Oh, and this is why the police's after you." Dark Pit pulled out the Mirror Shield, in the form of a compact mirror. He handed it to Jace. Jace gasped.
"Hey, I'm… I'm back to my old self!" he couldn't contain his joy at seeing his regular slender spiky-haired form again, and back in his street clothes too! "But how…?"
"Wish we knew." Dark Pit said, "But one thing we know for sure from Mario and the others is that the Police is corrupted. Half of the force has been brainwashed by Dark Samus."
"So now we must defeat the police?" Jace said.
An explosion vibrated the sky. Then something struck the helicopter on the side, knocking everyone inside off balance.
Fox looked out the copter door and spotted an army of battleship helicopters.
"Apparently so." He whispered.
Meta-Knight and Charizard flew before the helicopter. "Looks like we have company." Meta-Knight said.
"Lower your vehicle!" an officer was heard shouting, "Now! Or we'll be forced to shoot you!"
Jace shook his head, "Don't listen to them. They will not negotiate. They shot me before."
Dark Pit, Pit, Fox, Meta-Knight and Charizard exchanged glances.
"Oh-ho! Well, it's on now." Dark Pit chuckled as the copter shot straight ahead.
xxx
New York City Police Dept.
-Jace, Fox and Pit climbed on the platform of the helicarrier.
-Meta-Knight and Charizard were gliding besides them. The heroes got greeted by a crowd of police officers. But they all looked rather different. Heck, when Jace saw them, his jaws dropped.
"Mii Fighters?" he gasped.
The NYPD police squad were all Mii Gunners, sporting police officers outfits with their arms equipped with glowing flesh-ripping arm cannons.
"We have you completely surrounded, Jacen Riders!" they said.
Jace turned to Fox and Pit, "Am I really seeing this?"
"What else are you seeing?" Fox asked, "A bunch of clowns?"
"That's what I'm seeing." Pit joked.
"We'll go take care of any intruders in the sky." Meta-Knight said. "Make sure you survive. Or you'll hear from my lawyer."
Charizard grunted, as if in agreement. The two flying characters took off.
"No pressure right?" Jace said, trying not to sound nervous. "Noooo pressure."
"GET HIM!"
The police men charged. Jace raised his hand up and his Smash Sword appeared to his hand. Before he could make his first move a policeman Mii grabbed him from behind, while the two charging ones were on his face.
One of the officers threw a punch in the gut. Then another punch with his cannon. Then delivered multiple hits. Just as he swung for the final arm cannon blow, Jace kicked the officer holding him in the crotch. The officer let go off him. Jace moved down seconds before the officer throwing the blows nailed his partner in the skull and sent him flying.
Another police man ran toward Jace. But Fox tackled him from the side and pinned him on the ground, blasting gun fires at him. He then threw him asides and fired another shot, sending the officer flying. A cannon shot flew toward Fox, but he pulled his reflector and propelled it back to the sender, sending him flying. Another officer dropped toward his head. Fox backflipped out of the way and growled just as a circle of flames moved around him. He dashed at the officer with enflamed body. The officer screamed in burning pain as he flew out into the sky.
Pit dashed away from a horde of officers chasing him. He stopped at the edge. He turned around to see an officer run toward him with another swing of his arm cannon. He dodge-rolled and cut him with his blades. He flew out into the sky. He grabbed the next one and sent him flying with another consecutive blade slashes. Pit then spotted the next one who barely had time to charge his cannon. He drove at him with a blade thrust. Everyone of the officers were flying out of the helicarrier like fireworks.
Jace lost track of how many went out, but he didn't bother checking. They were coming by the numbers. He cut his blade here and there, sending officers flying back and forth. But they just kept coming and he was getting exhausted.
Jace stood his ground, raised his blade in the air and it took a shimmering glow. The officers together aimed their cannons and fired projectiles toward him.
Jace pulled the sword back and with a mighty cry spun in place with it. The blade struck every cannon blasts, propelling them back to the attackers. The blasts nailed them all and they disappeared into the sky.
By the time Jace stopped spinning like crazy, he was dizzy and the officers were gone.
"We did it!" Jace gasped, breathless. He turned to face Fox and Pit, "Now we can—!"
Fox and Pit were on the ground, unconscious. And Dark Samus was standing right before them, his hand cannon leveled right on Jace.
"Dark Samus…"
"Am I surprised to see you?" she said, "Not really. I was expecting you to break out of your prison."
Her hand cannon started firing multiple cannon blasts. Jace jumped out of the way, roll-dodged, moved back and forth, all trying to dodge her multiple attacks while screaming in sheer panic. He turned and ran as the cannon blasts cut past him and struck him near his feet.
"Damn it woman, what are you doing?"
"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm trying to KILL YOU!" she barked.
A scream was suddenly heard from a distance. Jace stopped running and Dark Samus stopped firing her shots. They looked up. A large stone was heading toward Dark Samus. Dark Samus barely had time to sprint out of the way when the stone landed. It struck her hard and she flew out into the sky, screaming.
Jace looked at the stone that landed. It was Kirby, and next to him was an unconscious Luigi, his eyes twirling with dizziness. Kirby morphed back from stone form and noticed Jace. A huge smile on his face came up. "WHAO!" he squealed.
"Kirby!" Jace cheered, "And Luigi! You guys came!"
Luigi groaned, "My head…"
"This isn't over yet!" Dark Samus barked. Jace and Kirby looked up. Dark Samus dropped from her revival platform. She was alive again. The whole battle really felt like a Smash match now.
Jace grew frustrated, "Can't you ever give up?"
"Not ever!" Dark Samus charged toward Jace and shoulder-tackled him. Jace slammed on the metal ground. She shot out her grapple beam. It snaked toward him and caught him by the neck. Jace tried to pull the beam off his throat but it tightened.
Then suddenly the beam got loose and disappeared into Dark Samus's cannon just as a powerful suction caught the dark bounty hunter. Kirby was sucking her. Dark Samus vanished into Kirby's huge void of a mouth. The pink, now fat, warrior gulped and instantly his body shone, shooting out many tiny stars. One of the stars hit the ground and broke to reveal Dark Samus on the ground. Kirby itself looked completely like Dark Samus.
Dark Samus crawled back to her feet, "You little pink brat!" She snarled.
Dark-Samus-Kirby proceeded to charge his cannon shot. But Dark Samus was too fast for him. She pulled her grapple beam again and caught him on the end of it. She tossed him up and shot a series of electric homing projectiles across the air and let the high altitude wind blow it toward Kirby. Kirby air-dodged but Samus wasn't done. She slammed her arm cannon on the ground and glowing phazon-like tentacles shot out of the ground and went after Kirby.
"Kirby, watch out!" Jace shouted. Kirby watched the tentacles coming for him. He wasn't gonna make it.
Before they knew it, the tentacles got caught on fire. Green fire. They moved and cringed as the fire consumed it until they crumbled into black dust.
Kirby landed on the platform. Both he and Jace noticed Luigi was on his feet, a greenish glow were fading from his hands.
Dark Samus turned around. "Damn you!" she snarled before running toward Luigi. Luigi didn't move. Heck, he braced himself. Was Luigi suddenly becoming brave or becoming stupid?
"Luigi, be careful!" Jace shouted and so did Kirby, "WHAO!"
Dark Samus now jumped. She was in the air right on top of him with a powerful down Smash. Finally Luigi's bravery broke and he cradled into a ball, whimpering.
Another scream caught the world. Dark Samus barely landed on Luigi when another Nintendo character came running toward her, fists ready. No… boxing gloved fists ready!
Little Mac!
The petite boxer threw a Star Punch, crushing Dark Samus's jaws and sent her flying into the sky.
Jace and Kirby ran to join Luigi and now Little Mac. Fox and Pit recovered from the unconsciousness.
"Is everyone okay?" Fox asked, sounding groggy.
"Actually I should be asking this question to you guys." Jace said, "Dark Samus knocked you out!" he then turned to Little Mac, "But Little Mac dealt with her, thank you!"
"Aww…" Little Mac bashfully rubbed his hair, "…just doing my job here."
"Yeah sure…" Luigi muttered, "I could've taken her."
Suddenly a grapple hook wrapped around Luigi and yanked him out of sight, startling everyone on top of the helicarrier.
"Luigi!" everyone shouted.
"I'm here now." Dark Samus threateningly whispered to Luigi's ear, "Wanna take on me now, greenie?"
"I… I take it back! I take it back!" Luigi wailed.
A cannon blast struck Dark Samus's shoulder. She dropped Luigi and staggered back.
"Let him go, Dark freak."
It was Samus. Her arm cannon aimed at her evil counterpart. And she wasn't alone. The Pokémon Pikachu and Lucario were there too. And so was Simon, the White Knight. And Jace's body thief.
Jace couldn't stop staring, shooting daggers at him right now. But Simon wasn't fazed by it.
"Samus." Dark Samus sounded like she was happy to see her rival, "We meet again. At last. After many years of cowardice."
"I'm sorry, but I don't fight trolls who are trying to be but failing horribly at being sexy as I am."
"Have you met my Earth form, Officer Samantha?" Dark Samus argued. All of the sudden her body took a shimmering glow, then it exploded. Instead of Dark Samus, the crowd's jaws dropped at the sight of Dark Samus's Earth alter-ego: the female police officer Samantha. Blonde and hot in her cop uniform. Jace had now turned his focus on her.
"I could crush you in a beauty pageant. But then again I can crush you in a cat fight also. You know what I'm talking about, right Simon?"
"No comment." Simon said, still staring at Jace, while Jace was trying hard to ignore Dark-Samus's new look of Samantha.
"You mean, #NoComment." Jace countered.
A confused Simon cocked his head on one side.
"That your best shot?" Samus said, before her own body took a shimmering glow and exploded. Instead of Samus in her Metroid Suit, it was Zero-Suit Samus… in sunny citrus-colored short shorts, with a sports bra.
Now Jace, and all the Nintendo guys had their eyes on her. Even Simon turned to stare at her. Even Lucario couldn't pull away. Dark Samus in Samantha form dropped her jaws.
"So you mentioned you could crush me in a beauty pageant? Well, from the look on your face, I'd say I've already won it. And I'm sure the boys will vouch for that."
The boys were still staring. Dark Samus growled.
"Just give up already," Samus said, "and tell us what you have done with the princesses." She paused, "And boys, you might wanna wipe those drools off your lips. It's disgusting."
The boys quickly snapped out of their trances; meanwhile Dark Samus snapped her fingers and more of her police officers in Mii Gunners forms dropped into the platform, facing off against the Smash cast, Jace and Simon.
"Hey, chumps!" came the voice of Dark Pit from the helicarrier-shaped copter's telecom, "Hate to break your fight this early, but I've got news. We've arrived at the Nintendo headquarters."
Dark Samus rolled her eyes. "And why should we care?"
"Err… you should care. That's where the 3rd Dimensional Screen is being—!"
"DARK PIT!" Pit screamed.
There was an awkward silence in the helicarrier platform. Jace and Simon exchanged knowing yet surprised glances, like they knew what they were both thinking: the missing 3rd Dimensional Screen has finally been found! Inside the headquarters!
And Noir Deroi, the man who orchestrated this whole shindig, was there!
"Oops." Dark Pit muttered.
"Get 'em." Dark Samus whispered.
The police force charged at the Nintendo characters. Fists and kicks came flying. Smashes and bashes were delivered and KOs were inflicted.
But Jace ran toward the very front of the helicarrier, where the large flying copter was facing the Nintendo headquarter building. He had to get that 3DS back! Without it, he was pretty much powerless.
Suddenly Charizard flew right in front of him. The Pokémon growled sternly, as if asking Jace where the hell he was running off to, abandoning his comrades.
"Charizard, you can judge me later, but I really have to get that 3DS. And a score to settle with Noir." He said.
"And just where the hell do you think you are running off to?" spoke Simon.
Jace turned to face him.
"I don't have time to listen to you." He said.
"Just one second—!"
"You had over a thousand seconds to ruin my life, buddy." He snapped, "Your game is over now."
Simon grabbed Jace by the arm, "Game over huh?"
The duo were nose-to-nose.
"I'm getting that 3DS," Jace whispered threateningly, "And there's nothing you can do to stop me."
"Well then if you want that 3DS, you might want to find your uncle. He has it. Not Noir."
Jace broke from Simon's grasp and turned to Charizard.
"Charizard. Take me to the office. Now."
Charizard roared and eased his back near Jace. Jace jumped on top of the Pokémon and he took flight, leaving Simon there alone while the Multi Man Smash was going on.
"(sighs) What a stubborn little boy." Simon sighed, "Still don't see what's so special in him."
A scream startled Simon. He watched a Police officer Mii fly right past him and struck a building.
xxx
NYC Nintendo Corp. Office
-Medusa, Bowser and Ganondorf spotted Noir approach them in an empty executive board room. And they spotted more than just the teen executive.
"Do I spy the 3rd Dimensional Screen?" Medusa asked.
Noir waved the 3DS to them. "That thing?"
"Yes." Ganondorf darkly smirked.
Bowser went for the 3DS but Noir pulled away. "Now just wait a second."
"Buh?" Bowser gasped.
"The only way for you guys to get access to this device is if you go through me." He said. Then upon noticing Medusa eying Bowser and Ganondorf, he added, "Now, this is meant to be a challenge, but not the one that requires me to fight, because let's be honest. I'm a mature professional, not an animal."
Bowser growled. Ganondorf placed a hand on his shoulder just as the Koopa King was about to take one step toward Noir.
"What does that supposed to mean?" Medusa asked, frowning for she already guessed the unwanted answer.
"That means the 3DS shall stay into my possession until things settled down with the troublemaker we call the White Knight. Now that's where you come in."
A telephone rang. Noir went to press the button.
"What is it?"
"You've got a call from Officer Samantha!" spoke the secretary on the line, "Her suspect has escaped. Plus she's in trouble. She requests reinforcement and—!"
"Reinforce—!" Noir paused to take a huff, "You think I'm some sort of Marshall navy guy or something? I don't do reinforcements. Tell her to deal with the pest."
An explosion was heard on the other line. Medusa, Bowser, and Ganondorf all exchanged glances. Noir blinked.
"What was that?" Ganondorf asked.
Noir turned to a TV screen hung at the top of the wall near the ceiling. He pulled out a small table drawer from the table and unearthed a small remote from it. He pressed the Power button. High-quality security footage of Link, Samus in Shorts, Fox, Pit, Little Mac, Kirby, and the Pokémon Pikachu and Lucario were shown in the lobby. They weren't alone. That White Knight kid was there too.
Fox, Little Mac, Lucario, and Jace were towering over the secretary, while Samus in shorts was holding on to her laser gun.
"Where is he?" asked Jace with a stern tone.
"I swear! I-I don't know where he is…!" squealed the secretary.
Samus in shorts cocked her gun.
"He's in his office! He's in his office!" she screamed.
Noir couldn't stop staring at Samus in shorts. Medusa wondered why people were afraid to stare at HER?
Oh right. Her hideous look. Matter of fact, when she was banished to the Seven Hells and cursed by Palutena, her beauty was cursed too, so that when someone just took one glimpse of her, the snake hairs on her scalp would turn that person into stone.
She was able to control the snake hair though.
"I can't believe they're here." Noir snarled before walking out of the room.
"Hey! Where do you think you're go—?"
Bowser stopped. Noir was too far away and too ignorant to listen. The Koopa king roared with anger.
"Seriously!" he said, "We've been stalling for as long as I could remember! When are we going to take action?"
Medusa just couldn't stop smiling. She pulled out from under her robe, the 3rd Dimensional Screen.
"How about right now?" she said.
Ganondorf and Bowser stared at the device, totally flabbergasted. How did she made this thing appear without Noir's knowledge? Medusa's smile already answered the question.
xxx
-Noir heard the footsteps. Fast and resounding with edginess. He knew who it was without bothering to turn around.
"So, you've decided to come." He said.
It took the person in his office a long while to respond. "After being gone for so long, why not?"
Noir took in the voice he heard. He did not sounded like the so-called Simon the White Knight.
"Don't tell me." He whispered, "Jacen Riders."
"The real deal."
Noir turned around. Jace stood there, eight feet closer to him.
"Last time we talked, you tricked me and you almost kill me."
"Actually, I tricked you and Ryan almost killed you."
"Yeah? Well now it's my turn." He said, "I will deal with this coward later," he started walking toward Noir, "but you on the other hand—!"
Noir pulled open his desk drawer, grabbed his gun and pointed at Jace. Jace froze.
"…are going to stick right there where you are." Noir said.
Jace stared at the gun, then back at Noir. For the first time he met Jace, he was finally quiet.
"Hello again, Jace." Bowser spoke behind the teen. Noir and Jace watched Bowser and Ganondorf stepped into the office.
"Long time no see." Ganondorf greeted, "Enjoyed your stay at the Nintendo world?"
The two Nintendo villains each grabbed Jace's arm. Jace tried to struggle but their grip on him tightened.
"Damn it, guys." Jace gasped. "You're working for him?"
"We're villains." Ganondorf said, "We're a team no matter what."
"And you're right Jace." Noir said, his gun still trained on Jace, "I tricked you and Ryan almost killed you. But I could very well finish the job for him."
"All I want is the 3DS back." Jace said.
"The 3DS back? You mean the same 3DS you stole from corporate? You know I could make one easy choice for you and that is to call the cops on you right where you are. They will haul you out of here to prison for the crime you committed, including assault on a police officer and the entire police squad."
"The police part was Simon's doing, not me." Jace snarled, "And may I remind you that we switched bodies so technically I'm innocent."
"Innocent or not, I could make that call." Noir smirked, "But I do actually have a better idea."
Noir pulled out the 3DS from his pocket, set it down on the desk and popped it open. He did it all while leveling his eyes and that gun on Jace.
"I could send you back into the Nintendo World." he said, "Like you said, you and Simon traded places and Simon is basically a stupid person from that world not familiar with this world. So the proper punishment is for you to suffer back in the other realm."
Jace's face fell, "You wouldn't."
"Watch me." Noir moved his finger toward the Home button. Jace pulled back a gasp, looking like he was ready to bolt out of here if it wasn't for the villains grasping on him so tight.
Noir pressed the button and in an instant, the 3DS crumbled into sand. The gang stared at the pile of dirt on the ground.
"What the—?" Noir gasped, "What happened?"
"Wow, look at that. Looks like somebody tricked you." Ganondorf said. He spoke as if he wasn't surprised that was going to happen.
"No kidding." Bowser replied.
"Yeah, but… who—?" Noir stopped talking when he turned on Ganondorf and Bowser. The villains have released their grasps on Jace. Even Jace looked surprised.
"Don't… tell me." He whispered.
"Okay, we won't tell you." A female voice startled Noir from behind. He turned around to see Medusa standing there in front of him.
"But we can show you what we do to people who don't STICK to the plan!"
"NO!" Jace shouted, ready to tackle Noir out of Medusa's way. But Bowser and Ganondorf grabbed him in the split second Medusa flipped open the 3DS—the real magical 3DS—and pressed the Home button. A flood of light overwhelmed the office and so did Noir's scream of terror.
xxx
Dr. Dimentio heard a scream, and something that sounded like a blast of waterfall, echoed through the hall lobby. His heart felt like it just dropped. Something horrible happened to his nephew. He just felt it in his guts.
"Dr. Dimentio!" a voice called out to him. He turned around to see Link, Samus, Fox, Pit, Little Mac, Kirby, and the Pokémon Pikachu and Lucario approached him.
"Guys!" he said, "My nipote! He's in—!"
The blast of waterfall was heard again. Only this time they could catch a glimpse of a bright light inside.
"What the heck was that?" Link asked.
"That sounded like Noir." Dr. Dimentio sounded surprised.
They all looked at each other, getting that same vibe and curiosity in mind to see what was going on. Then they took off into the office.
xxx
Back in the office, the flood of light vanished. Everything was just like it was in Noir's office. The office chair, the desk, the pile of sand from the fake 3DS, and Jace, Ganondorf, Bowser, and Medusa were there. All except Noir Deroi.
Medusa closed the 3DS.
Jace pulled out of Bowser and Ganondorf's grasp, but he still felt cornered.
"We finally have it gentlemen." Medusa said, "The 3rd Dimensional Screen and…" she pulled out from her other hand, a glowing black orb, "…the 3rd Dimensional Sphere."
"We can finally rule the world." Ganondorf cackled.
"What have you guys done to Noir?" Jace said.
"What he did to you, my boy. We sent him to the Nintendo World." Ganondorf said.
"Well technically, we sent him to the part of the world frozen in time by the sphere." Bowser said.
Medusa walked around the desk until she was couple of feet close to Jace. Jace stepped back until he could feel Bowser's hot breath around his neck and Ganondorf's large chest inches behind him. Now he was really cornered.
"What are you going to do to me?" Jace tried to sound brave. Medusa was now on his face.
"I want you…" the goddess paused, her hot breath made him tremble in place.
"…to take this." She handed the 3DS.
Jace, Ganondorf, and Bowser looked like they saw a car accident.
"WHAT?" they screamed together.
"WHAT?" another set of scream startled the group. The Smash Bros. and Dr. Dimentio have just entered the office.
"You don't believe me? Fine. Here." Medusa grabbed Jace's hand and placed the 3DS onto it. Jace was totally flabbergasted. So flabbergasted he couldn't breathe.
"ARE THE SNAKES ON TOO TIGHT ON YOUR SCALP, OR HAVE YOU COMPLETELY LOST YOUR MIND?" Ganondorf barked.
"Yeah, what are you up to, Medusa?" Pit asked.
Medusa shrugged, "Nothing. Yet." She turned to the villains, "Look, I know we're so close to achieving our dream. But all of this isn't fun without the White Knight ACTUALLY opposing us. Getting the 3rd Dimensional Screen was just too easy of a challenge we've pulled out."
"So with that let's try this again." She turned to Jace, "Only this time, I WANT a challenge!"
Jace looked at the 3DS, then back at the villains. A smirk formed over his lips, "And I will gladly give you one."
A frightening ghastly hum was suddenly heard. The gang turned around to see Lucario's aura energy permeating a flaming glow all over his skin. His eyes were closed and he was breathing in a restful manner.
"What's up with Lucario?" Fox asked.
"Some aura energy maybe?" Link wondered.
The gang all watched in awe and suspense of Lucario's aura energy pose. Once the energy faded, the Pokémon flew his eyes open like he just woke up from a nightmare.
"Lucario, what happened?" asked Jace.
"I've got news." Lucario spoke calmly.
"What kind of news?" Samus asked.
Lucario turned to them, "We've found the location of the Space Pirates led by Mother Brain. And the Classics team are on their way."
"The Classics team?" Jace and Dr. Dimentio asked, looking confused.
"A group formed from our team," spoke Simon from outside the office. He just came in to the conversation, but decided to chill by Noir's office door rather than join the large group of Smash Bros. and Jace and his uncle.
"I thought together they'd be fitting to take on tough challenges." He said. "Plus I personally nominated them."
"And who asked you to do that?" Jace sternly asked, which Simon replied with a shrug.
"Where are they now?" Link asked Lucario.
"Some hospital called the University Hospital Rooftop."
"That's where my daughter is!" Dr. Dimentio said.
"And all the princesses too with Lady Palutena!" Pit exclaimed.
"Wait…Palutena?" Fox asked.
"She spoke to me just now with her goddess powers." Pit said, "…well, actually, Rosalina's goddess powers. She said the space pirates were there and they were trying to inject them with that Phazon liquid!"
The news startled Jace to the very core. "No." he said, "If anyone gets infected by that phazon thing they could—!"
"Turn to monsters and then die." Samus added.
Jace sprinted out the door.
"Where are you going?" everyone shouted at the same time, or rather they all shouted something very similar to that.
"To rescue my friends!" Jace shouted as he disappeared into the hallways, "I'm not going to let them die to some phazon!"
xxx
To be continued...
Next Episode: Royal Battle 2 in 3D (2/2)