Chapter 25: With Sword and Gun

The Smashers, Aaron, and Toasty were sitting in the store. A while ago they had noticed that Lucian had entered. But in order to avoid drawing attention to themselves they didn't confront him. The members of the guild were all talking praise about Aaron.

"Almost makes you jealous." Dr. Mario sighed listening in to the various conversations. "Ah well it's a good thing they aren't praising us."

"Why?" Pikachu asked.

Dr. Mario leaned back and stretched out. "We really shouldn't be getting involved with the planet's politics..." Dr. Mario replied. "Its against the Government regulations. Even just being here is enough for us to be shot on site. But then again... With the Dark Lord and all of that who knows how much the Government has fallen back..."

"What happens happens..." Samus sighed. Everyone nodded in agreement. Dr. Mario just gave a nervous glare.

Lucian was still in the pub talking with Nero. Pikachu was eavesdropping into their conversation. Lucian and Nero were also eavesdropping into the various conversations of the drunk Guildsman. One conversation quickly caught both Pikachu's and Lucian's attention it was about vampires.

"Vampires? So they've finally shown their faces..." Lucian smiled ready to once again go out in battle.

Nero however sighed. "The Smashers and Bea are here."

"They will just get in my way..." Lucian said.

Aaron had finally gotten tired of waiting for Bea to return. Quickly he got up and dashed towards the door however Bea entered. He looked up at Bea happy, but a quick moment later he saw that she was alone and the expression of happiness changed into one of sadness. "Bea... Where are Ernest and Kay?" Aaron asked trying to hold back his tears.

Bea just gave a grim expression noticing that everybody was looking at her. She held up a pair of green solar goggles. "I found this by a sewer entrance." She replied.

Aaron was clearly devastated. Quickly he regained his composer and took the solar goggles. "These are Ernest's." he said after looking at them. "The vampires must of beaten them... I'm going to rescue them" Aaron began to walk towards the door however Toasty floated in front of the door.

"Use your head kid!" Tasty said. "Its a blatant trap! They are using them as bait and are going to lure us into the sewers where the sun can't reach!"

"So what?" Aaron asked, looking as though he was on the verge of tears. "I don't care if it's a trap!"

The Smashers were staring at the event unfold. "His dedication is real." Marth whispered so that only the Smashers could hear. "Who ever Ernest and Kay are they must be important to him."

Samus nodded in agreement. "He's going to go no matter what." Samus replied having quickly analyzed the situation. "The problem is that people are nervous. After the recent monster attacks they are on edge and they could come back."

"So what are we doing?" Peach asked.

Everyone was silent. They noticed that Aaron and Bea were also silent. Bea looked up and suddenly shouted: "Hold it! Stop! Don't run away from me!"

Suddenly Lucian was frozen in place. He had gotten up and was rushing towards the door he turned around and faced Bea, making it known from the very start that he didn't like being held up. "Honestly." Lucian sighed. "What makes you think that I am running away from you?"

Bea stared at him. "The moment we made eye contact."

"What about it?" Lucian wondered.

"You stood up from your seat." Bea pointed out.

Lucian just began to laugh. If every person in the bar wasn't staring at them now they were now. "I got what I wanted!" Lucian snapped. "And that was the information on the vampires. I have no reason to stay here anymore especially since you are going to give me some other pointless chore to do!"

"Lucian you helped us earlier!" Bea shouted.

"That?" Lucian scoffed. "I was just taking out the trash nothing more, nothing less."

"Well at least let me thank you for your help." Bea sighed realizing that talking to a brick wall was probably more productive than talking to Lucian. "Everyone is safe thanks to you."

"Like I care." Lucian spat.

"This is getting us nowhere." Mr. Game and Watch whispered to the other Smashers.

"I agree." Pikachu said.

"Lucian please help us. Help us rescue our comrades!"

Lucian was silent. He looked agitated beyond all belief. "Don't make me say this again. I fight alone. I only fight for myself period! Why should I care about your friends?"

"Well then I'll go with you!" Aaron said interrupting Lucian and Bea catching them both off guard. "You can take on the vampires and I'll rescue Ernest and Kay! Everything will work out perfectly! Okay?"

"Okay?" Lucian shouted enraged. "Like hell! I'm not going to baby-sit you kid!"

"Go right a head Aaron." Bea said.

"Really I can go?" Aaron asked shocked.

"Um... Didn't you just hear what I just said?" Lucian asked.

"Yes." Bea replied to Aaron completely ignoring Lucian.

"Really?"

"Yes, go with Lucian."

"Why am I being ignored..." Lucian muttered.

"I'm not going to baby-sit you either." Bea said.

"Thanks Bea!"

"You people." Lucian cried.

The Smashers were staring at them in complete disbelief that the conversation actually managed to get somewhere.

"Just make sure you come back alive." Bea sternly instructed Aaron. "Its okay to run away if you're in over your head."

Lucian was looking away muttering to himself. "You know this might not be such a bad thing." Nero said. Lucian just shot him a threatening glare. "His solar gun is bound to come in handy if we are fighting vampires."

"Not you too!" Lucian said annoyed. "Fine, whatever, I don't care anymore! He's bound to make a nice shield at least."

"I promise I won't let you down Lucian!" Aaron said.

"One more thing Aaron. Take this." Bea threw a Solar Gun to Aaron who caught it. "Its a spare version of my Witch. Use it well."

Aaron looked at the Solar Gun his eyes filled with excitement. "I promise to take good care of it. Thank you Bea!"

"I'll get some comrades together to help rebuild. Bring those two back safely, all right? May the Sun be with you!" With that Aaron and Lucian left. Bea instantly turned towards the Smashers. "You six. I have an important job for you. You're watching over them... Make sure they don't die."

"So we get stuck with the babysitting?" Pikachu moaned.

"Good luck." Bea smiled.

The six Smashers were walking a safe distance away from Aaron and Lucian. However Lucian all ready knew that they were following them, he didn't care however as he figured they were capable of weakening the vampires for him.

"Should we really be doing this?" Dr. Mario wondered.

"We have to help the people of this planet." Marth replied.

Eventually they came across an opening to a sewer. They hesitated before going in.

"It reeks..." Peach said.

"Do we have to go in there?" Pikachu asked. "Its dark... and smelly..."

"It also echoes you idiots!" Lucian shouted back. Everyone realized that their cover was blown so quickly. "Hurry up. You will at least make decent shields against those vampires..." The Smashers rushed into the sewers and waiting for them was Aaron and Lucian. "Why did you come?"

"Bea told us to watch you." Dr. Mario said.

"Isn't that nice of her." Lucian scoffed. "Just don't get in my way."

They began to traverse deeper into the sewers. As one would expect the deeper they got the worse it smelt. Eventually they felt a gust of fresh air. Slowly they walked towards it. Eventually they came to the entrance of a large spacious room. There was no ceiling to this room so the fresh air was able to enter.

Slowlyeveryone walked into the room. "So you've come." A voice said. Everyone looked up surprised to see two Vampires. One male the other female.

"You!" Aaron shouted out drawing the witch and began to rapidly fire towards the two. However the male vampire just stood in front taking all of the missiles.

"I was hoping that you would at least put up more of a fight than those other two. Please allow us to introduce ourselves. I am Edgar."

"And I'm Virginia."

"And we are going to kill you all right here! Vampire Hunter's"

"And Smashers." Virginia finished the sentence.

"Let us begin!" With that the vampires turned into two large mechanical cat like creatures. "My Wind armor will deflect any bullet!" Edgar laughed.

"And my Earth armor will block any blade!"

The Smashers, Lucian, and Aaron stared dumbfounded. "Our power must be too great for them!"

"They are speechless. This match will be quick and easy!"

"Did they just practically tell us their weakness?" Aaron asked.

"Yeah it seems like that." Lucian laughed grabbing his Dark Sword. "Guess that means I'm taking on Edgar. You have Virginia kid." Lucian, Marth, Dr. Mario, and Pikachu stepped in front of Edgar while Aaron, Peach, Samus and Mr. Game and Watch stepped in front of Virginia. "Lets make this a quick match."

Marth and Lucian ran towards Edgar and slashed at his Casket Armor. However Edgar jumped into the air. Pikachu followed and delivered an Iron Tail upon the Casket Armor sending it towards the ground where Dr. Mario was waiting with several scalpels that he threw and scratched the Casket Armor with. "I'm not going down that easily!" Edgar shouted. Marth ran forwards and slashed the Casket Armor vertically, leaving a noticeable gash. Lucian rushed towards Edgar to deliver the final blow but a gust of wind knocked everyone back several feet. A wind barrier appeared around Edgar preventing anyone from approaching. Pikachu quickly fired a thunder shock at the barrier but it only got mixed in with the current of wind. Dr. Mario grabbed several more scalpels and threw them. Each of them hit the barrier and immediately went flying in a different direction. One came back at Dr. Mario and cut him across the cheek.

Lucian rushed towards the wind barrier and hit it with his Dark Sword. However it was unable to get very far in. "To get to him we have to pierce that barrier..." Marth said. He quickly sheathed his sword and stretched out his hand. "Weapon of Heart!" In Marth's hand appeared a sword in its scabbard. The most defining feature on the sword was a jewel at the top. "For hurting my friend, I will not forgive you!" He drew the metallic sword and rushed towards the wind barrier. With a swift horizontal swing Marth cut through the wind barrier.

"But how?" Edgar asked shocked. He then noticed around Marth's sword was a small current of wind.

"It ends now Vampire!" Marth said as he slashed vertically upon what remained of the barrier. The wind barrier suddenly turned on its creator and blades of wind began to cut him up. Pikachu fired a thunderbolt at him while Dr. Mario threw more scalpels at him, which impaled the Casket Armor. With that Pikachu's thunder shocks were able to get to Edgar who was underneath the armor.

Aaron, Peach, Samus and Mr. Game and Watch were rapidly firing all of their projectiles towards Virginia. For Aaron he was constantly switching between his Witch missiles and his normal Solar Gun. Peach was throwing turnips at Virginia, while Samus was firing shots from her arm cannon. Mr. Game and Watch was throwing sausage. It appeared that they were doing actual damage to her until a mound of earth came around her and engulfed her. "Break through this!" Virginia taunted.

Samus just shrugged as she turned into a morph ball and lay beside the pile of rocks. She then dropped a Power Bomb. It exploded heavily damaging Virginia. "How dare you do that! You barbaric man!" Virginia shouted.

"Here is a twenty-two year old spoiler for you." Samus said raising her blaster. "I'm a woman!" Samus fired a super missile that sent Virginia flying across the ground. The two vampire siblings were now side by side in their Casket Armor.

"It appears that we underestimated you..." Edgar laughed.

"What's so funny?" Lucian barked.

"We still have one last resort." Edgar replied.

"The ultimate in teamwork: Fusion!" Virginia said. The two of them began to glow. They then turned into a golden cat like robot with four eyes. Marth and Lucian rushed towards the new creature. Both of them slashing at it in a 'X' fashion however they didn't leave a scratch.

"Lucian!" Nero said. "Two can play at this game! You can temporarily fuse with me and enter Trance Mode!"

"Sounds good..." Lucian laughed. "Darkness!" Lucain began to transform. His hair stood on end and changed color so that it was orange, purple and black. His skin became a pale blue and his hands became claws.

"You too Aaron!" Toasty said.

Aaron however hesitated. "I really don't want to turn into something as ugly as that..."

"Don't worry about that." Toasty replied.

"Well then... Sunlight!" Aaron also transformed. It looked like his whole body was on fire.

"Looks like we need to go up a level too..." Marth said. "All right... Seal of Smash unlock!"

"Seal of Smash unlock!" The other Smashers said.

Lucian ran towards the Poes and slashed with his claws. This time the attack left notable gashes upon the casket armor. When Aaron attacked anywhere that he touched there were noticeable burn marks. The Poes began to rapidly punch trying to stop Lucian and Aaron from getting any closer. Marth ran to their backside and slashed them. While Pikachu let out a super charged thunderbolt. Mr. Game and Watch hit them with a hammer sending them flying backwards while Dr. Mario jumped and punched them to the ground. Peach paced her hand on the ground and lifted up a vegetable, which was four times its normal size, she then threw it at the Poes. Samus finished off the onslaught with a powerful Zero Laser. When the attack hit them, it inexplicably caused them to defuse.

"How could you best us?" Edgar asked.

"We were fused..." Virginia whined.

"Sword and Gun."

"Sun and Darkness."

"Vampire Hunters."

"And Smashers..."

"Our fusion…"

"Couldn't stand up to yours"

"I've heard enough talk." Lucian said snapping his fingers. The next second a coffin sealed the Poes in. "Now then lets go seal these vampires up in orbit..." At those words Laplace came down and Lucian walked towards it.

"Wow this is awesome!" Aaron said.

"You know, kid you can be pretty annoying." Nero grumbled.

"But... but..." Aaron was becoming rather hyper. "This is just too awesome! Come on, Lucian, we have to go for a spin!"

"I'm not going to take you..." Lucian moaned irritated.

"Oh come on." Nero prodded on. "You can always leave him in space you know."

Lucian just moaned as he boarded Laplace. Aaron followed Lucian and the two of them soon took off.

"We better wait for them to return at that pub." Samus said.

"Think Lucian will ditch us again?" Pikachu asked.

"He has Aaron with him." Dr. Mario replied. "I'm sure that kid will drag him back."

"Lets hope." Mr. Game and Watch said.

To be continued...