Chapter Twenty-Five

Everyone froze in place, seeing Sweet Tooth's ice-cream truck totaled by the halberd. "Who puts a stupid truck like that here?! Whatever!" Judge snapped his fingers, making the weapon return to him.

"Oh dear…" Clank said, hiding himself.

"This… Looks like it could be bad." Ratchet mumbled.

"Aw crap!" Nathan Drake shouted, while lifting Flandre to run away from impending doom.

"Uh-ohhhhh… He added insults to injury!" Daxter snickered, climbing onto Jak.

"I destroyed his ice-cream before, and he seemed to have wanted my blood. Do I wanna know what happens next?" Walters asked.

"What the hell are you bastards mumbling about?!… Hah! I'm not censored for once!" Judge looked over to Sweet Tooth, who was staring at the ice-cream truck. "You! Fatso the clown! Why are you just standing there?! I'm asking for a challenge of those worth my time! So-"

His head turned instantly to Judge, eye twitching. "Aaaaaaaahh… Ahahaha! How I wanna kiiiiiiiiill yoooooouuuuuuu… See your unholy blood shed all over this world! Who are you to do that to that her? My truck… She's aaaaaaalwaaaaays there for me. Oh, cupcaaaaake… Can I have this one? Don't get involved unless I say so!" Kratos knew that Sweet Tooth meant him, and stepped aside.

Donte and Scorpion stumbled out of the way for the clown to pull out his chainsaw, Sweet Tooth revved it up, laughing in a manner that was more sinister than usual. "Alright then! Let's see what you've got to offer!" Judge cackled as well, pointing his halberd at the clown.

While Kane lunged for the felon, Clank turned around. "Ratchet, we must help in anyway we can in this situation since Needles Kane is distracting this unusual mercenary. If anything, we should contact the other All-Stars in Lowee and inform them of this madman that arrived."

"You got it Clank!" Ratchet opened up his communicator, which instantly picked up a signal. "Hey Sly! Are you there? We got a problem on our hands!"

"I could say the same, but it seems things are being cleared up between us and the Smashers... At least not if for this balloon-shaped knight trying to argue with Nefarious and Radec." Sly responded, looking over to those who were still bickering.

"Wait, Nefarious is there? What the heck did he do this time?"

"So far, nothing except bring back some ancient robot pirate."

"Figures." Ratchet whispered to himself. "Right now, we got this guy who calls himself a CFW on our hands, think you can come help us out along with some of the outsiders from Leanbox?"

That first part made Sly pause. "Wait, did you say CFW? Like, big armored character with a title and such?"

Ratchet and Clank looked at each other. "Uhh, yeah, why?"

"We all just ran into something like that, Doc Nefarious actually kind of saved us back there! Alright, I'll try to get everyone to hush up and get a move on!" This shocked the lombax, and he wanted to ask more but Sly hung up.

They all paused, even those close by managed to hear what the thievius raccoon said. "There's more than one of these guys? That can't be… Wait, I'm getting a message." Master Chief opened up his message receiver, annoyed to see it was Glacius on the other end.

"Chief, are you there? Have you found little sister Scarlet? We're leaving the Skyrim realm with some Loweeans right now due to… Did Vert tell you anything about the small agreement?" Glacius questioned.

"Agreement?"

"That the Loweeans are innocent, and Raiden here wanted to prove the Playstation All-Stars innocent of any foul play going on in these Console Wars... Right now, we're tending to Frinnia, we found her, but we were all attacked by one known as a CFW."

Upon hearing that, Master Chief froze. "At this point, I it's safe to say that someone is trying to set us all up, and the goddesses have nothing to do with it... But who?!" Toro mew'd, with a curious expression.

Most were still arguing with each other, which gave Sir Daniel the perfect time to ask Arle something, mainly about what she mentioned before. "Miss?" Her attention turned to the jawless skeleton. "You mentioned… Satan? Didn't you?"

Arle managed to understand him saying Satan's name, but that was it. "Satan? What about him? Have you met the guy before?" Sir Daniel nodded, then directed to the other All-Stars. "Wha?! You all have?!" Another nod.

"Geez… Listen, I'm sorry I was nasty to you all before. If you want the truth, I'm just angry that your little friend kind of took my reputation and tore it apart with her cutesy adventures! It may not sound related but… Do you want me to explain my backstory?" Sir Daniel thought about it, then nodded once more, as he enjoyed the tales of other heroes.

She let out a sigh. "Alright… Well, it all started when I was only four-years old believe it or not.

"I got lost in a magical forest, obtaining powers of sorcery from fairies that I rescued! Afterwards, I ended up attending a school for magicians, where at age six it was required to enter a large tower and kill the beast inside. Where my real trials of torment began…

"The monster inside was a hideous necromancer, who ate other humans, including children. Forcing me to see the illusion of my classmates rotting away." Sir Daniel felt his eye widen. "I was utterly traumatized, thinking it would all be over... Fast-forward to ten years later where…"

Sir Daniel was able to tell that Arle wasn't lying at all, Dart and Sackboy began listening as well, holding great pity for the girl. As she went on, Sly interrupted Meta-Knight's argument. "Break it up now! Do you have an aircraft by chance nearby? I know that Nefarious won't lend his clearly."

"Yes, but I do not permit that any of you outsiders come with us! Especially when there is complete proof that you Playstation All-Stars are-"

"Aren't the ones who took the Mirror of Twilight. We get that. And they didn't do it Meta-Knight… I don't know how or why, but I can just tell that they aren't the types of characters to do such now that we known them better. I don't even think this insane doctor would try that." Samus responded, while Nefarious began thinking.

He then looked back to the Smashers. "Pray tell, where was this… Mirror of Twilight? At the top of this tower?"

"The Mirror Chamber resides at the top of Arbiter's Grounds, which is where these All-Stars crash-landed and how we all met. Why do you ask?" Nefarious then grinned, remembering what his butler found.

Inhaling deeply, he shouted. "LAAAAAAWWWWREEEEEEEENCE-"

"Oi! Fancy-pants is right behind ye! Don't have t' shout!" Scervo followed up, holding his head from the doctor's screaming.

Nefarious was about to ask for the disk that was found, but Lawrence held it up before he even asked. "Is this what you were going to ask for master Nefarious? For those who don't know, before the upmost part of this tower had a strange tractor beam used on it, a shady figure passed the both of us and dropped this disk."

Before either Meta-Knight or Dr. Nefarious could look at it, Fox snatched it from the robotic butler. "Hold up! We should scan this thing for evidence! It could lead us to who's really behind not only the Mirror of Twilight's disappearance, but Primeval's as well!"

"We all need to head for Lastation anyway, Ratchet said they're under attack, by another CFW." Everyone flinched upon Sly's claim, and Arle stopped telling her stories. "Go back to whatever you were doing for now Nefarious, but we'll keep a sharp eye on you… Some other time!" The raccoon tilted his hat, dashing out of the Arbiter's.

Activating his Level Two, Sweet Tooth pulled out a PS3 controller to aim a missile at Judge. "I would gladly use a Level Three on you, but you destroyed my precious heap!" He dodged the rocket easily due to it's slow movement, which angered Needles Kane further.

Judge yawned. "How many times do I have to swat you around like a fly? I thought your appearance and threats would make a good opponent… But no! This is terribly sad!" Sweet Tooth snarled at him, throwing down the dualshock controller and taking out his machete, only for the felon to knock him down one last time.

"You are quite a bore! I need a real enemy to satisfy my bloodlust! How about you?!" He pointed to Kratos, as Sweet Tooth wanted to get back up and fight more, it was near impossible with the powerful blows Judge kept sending. "One by one, you'll all go down- Agh!"

Kratos jumped up and slashed his Blades of Chaos at Judge, spinning around to gain quick AP. "The Ghost of Sparta bends to no demon!" Donte, Nariko, and Scorpion instantly joined him. All of them figuring that perfectly timed supers could make the battle easier.

'Divine Reckoning' was first due to Kratos and his quick AP gaining, capturing Judge into a vortex that did damage. Donte followed up with his Rebellion Triple. "Hell awaits you big guy!" Swinging his sword, he fired waves at the unholy being.

Scorpion activated his Level Two when it hit the meter, ripping off his mask and spouting flames at Judge. "Dammit, where's Zeus right now? He would be of big help right now for once, wouldn't he?" Nathan Drake was behind a wall, firing his AK-47 as Flandre watched him.

Once Drake gained enough power, he turned on his Level One to throw a propane tank near Judge's feet. It exploded, which gave Nariko the right moment to use her 'Dawn Siege', opening fire with a mounted cannon. "How much stamina does this guy have? He's taken a lot by now! Surely he can't…"

"Argh, dammit! I'm pissed!" Judge swung his halberd around once he snapped out of it, knocking over Kratos and Donte. "You're all too crazy! I have to be drastic, even more than usual! Fear my dark power!" He took aim on Nariko once she got off of the cannon.

Noticing his charged-up blast, Scorpion launched his body to take the hit for Nariko. In fury, Judge shot his immense power once again, except at Nathan Drake who was instantly unconscious from the strike. "He's too fierce now! What do we do now?!" PaRappa cried out as he was hiding along with Blinx, Kat, Spike, Banjo, and Ichigo.

It was tempting to Flandre to step out and help her new friends, but Cole and Toro were holding the girl back. "This is pathetic! All of you! Weak bitches!" Judge grabbed Kasumi's leg, flinging her right at Jack Walters and Sho. "Be glad I'm not using the Primeval vehicle I stole with the other CFWs, or you'd be a crisp!"

There was dead silence.

"So… It was you!" A voice bellowed.

"Huh?! Who the hell said that just now?! Show yourself!" Judge roared, as a tank rolled into the scene, blowing up his armor.

Inside of it was a giant demon. "Bastard! You're the one who took Primeval?! Should've gotten here sooner!" Minion stood there, waiting for Judge to respond. "Stay down you piece of crap! Otherwise you'll be in a world of hurt!" Regardless of the devil's words, he rose.

That's when Flandre couldn't handle it much longer. Partially their swearing, also the fact Judge knocked out Sweet Tooth along with a few others. "Now you seem like a proper foe! I'll destroy you regardless!" The CFW laughed evilly.

"Destroy me?! Think again, asshat!" Minion growled, shooting missiles from the tank, some which were dodged by Judge. "Stop moving around you damn menace! How am I supposed to kill this way?!"

Cole and Toro could see the anger in Flandre's eyes, they stepped aside as she held onto her lævateinn. "Heyyyy! Both of you stop saying bad words! Or else!"

Minion blinked, and so did Judge. "Or else what?" They asked in a threatening tone.

With no hesitance, Flandre blasted the both of them.

((Heeeeeere's Minion! I left his dialogue along with Judge's uncensored this time, because it's more effective... So I'm sorry for that. ;;

We finally learn about Arle's past a bit. She's what I'd like to call… "Jerkass Woobie". Along with the Gunstringer and Scervo in this fic. Kratos and Donte also apply.

For those too lazy to go on TVtropes, a Jerkass Woobie is a character that have a great mean-streak, if not outright cruel to others. For instance…

• Arle beating on Pupuru, and saying nasty things about her in front of the All-Stars. She's also rude in some of the games she comes from.

• Gunstringer showing very little concern for the life of others, or so it seems... Along with interrogating Dillon and others by using Vince to inflict pain on them.

• Scervo… Is Scervo. Skipper even says that he's "a mechanical maniac", that seems to not care if the other robots die and likes going against orders presumably.

The woobie side, is a term used on a character you feel greatly sorry for, like Madotsuki in this fic, because of something that happened in the past that made them a jerk currently.

• Arle's father left for unknown reasons when she was young. Her original game-series consists of rather traumatizing events that could've killed her as a child. I really don't want to go into detail about all the crud she went through… If you're curious, shoot me a review and I'll PM you.

• As stated in chapter 23, Gunstringer was betrayed/murdered by his posse. One which he was in a relationship with and left the marionette broken up..

• Scervo's issues are merely a headcanon, which were implied in the previous chapter, but will be fully revealed later on.

While I'm at it, I should mention… I'm going to a funeral on Tuesday. My aunt died in a car accident…))