ROB

By Ability King KK


In his laboratory, a short balding man with white hair, a white mustache, and wearing a lab coat was busy typing away on his computer.

"Hm, interesting," spoke the old man as he found something in his research.

"BEEP BLIP BEEP. Is something wrong, Professor Hector?" asked a robotic voice.

The Professor turned to the large white and red robot. "Ah, R.O.B. I need you to do something for me."

"What would that be, Professor?"

"Do you remember that black pyramid we explored in Sand Canyon? It seems that I have found new information concerning it. I need you to go back to the pyramid to see if my findings are correct," stated Professor Hector.

"Professor, while I am not one to go against your orders, is this wise? The last time we were there, I was dismantled. If it were not for Kirby, I would have never been returned to my proper state. BLIP BEEP," replied R.O.B.

"That is why I had installed battle capabilities into you, my friend. I wanted to make sure you could protect yourself so something like that won't happen again," explained Hector with a smile, though it was hidden by his mustache.

"…Very well. I shall set off for Sand Canyon."

"Thank you, R.O.B."


The desert winds blew as R.O.B. traveled across the sand dunes. His target was soon coming into sight.

"Destination will be reached in less than ten minutes."

"Help!" came a desperate cry.

R.O.B. came to a stop when he heard the cry. Turning to where the cry came from, he saw a young black-haired girl dressed like a shrine priestess being chased by monsters that were round in shape and covered in blue diamond-shaped armor. Despite being a robot, R.O.B. knew he couldn't let the girl get hurt.

"Robo Beam!"

R.O.B. shot a pink laser from his eyes, taking down some of the monsters. Since there were monsters still there, the robot dashed forward, spinning his arms like a helicopter propeller and knocking all of the monsters away. Not wanting to deal with the robot anymore, the monsters took their leave.

Brushing off the sand from her clothes, the girl bowed at the waist before R.O.B. "Thank you for saving me, Robot-san."

"BLIP BEEP BLIP. Your thanks are unnecessary. I am programmed to help others and you needed help. Now I must continue with my original objective and head for the pyramid."

Just as R.O.B. was about to leave, the girl spoke up. "Wait! If you were heading for the pyramid, would you please save my little brother? He was taken there by some monsters and I couldn't do anything to prevent it!"

"…Very well. I shall rescue your brother. What is his name so as I may know who exactly I am looking for?"

The girl gave a grateful smile. "Thank you, Robot-san. His name is Donbe and my name is Hikari."

"I am R.O.B."

With the introductions done, R.O.B. continued to head to the pyramid to not only collect the data Professor Hector needed, but to now rescue Hikari's brother.


Meanwhile in the pyramid…

"You fools! You were supposed to capture the girl! Her powers were needed to power this ship!" shouted a diminutive purple alien with fangs and pointed ears. He was currently yelling at a group of Spark-i. "Now how are we supposed to conquer this planet?"

From behind the alien, three diamond-shaped crystals – one red, one green, and the last blue – started to blink. They blinked in a way that made it seem like they were talking in their own way.

"They are your minions, Pix. They should be better at what they do!"

The crystals blinked again.

"Fine! I'll take care of this myself!"

As soon as the little alien said that, an alarm went off. Pix started to blink again, telling the alien something.

"What? An intruder? Grr, it looks like I'm going to have to take care this myself."

With that, the alien left to go and deal with the intruder.


R.O.B. had entered the pyramid and made his way deeper in the strange structure.

"BEEP BLIP. It is almost as if this is an entirely different dimension. Could this be what the professor wanted me to collect data on?"

"So you want data, huh? I don't think that will be happening!"

R.O.B. turned around to see an alien in a small spaceship looking down on him.

"Alien life form detected. Treat as hostile!"

"You're darn right I'm hostile! I am Tatanga the Mysterious Spaceman and you are intruding on my spaceship!"

"Negative. I am currently in a pyramid."

"Grr, you stupid pile of scrap! This whole pyramid is a spaceship, of which I will use to take over this planet!" yelled Tatanga as he glared at R.O.B.

"…New objective. Defeat Tatanga and protect the planet."

Tatanga could feel his eye twitch in annoyance. "You actually think you can defeat me and my warship Pagosu? I bet you can't even beat my men!"

Tatanga summoned a group of Mini Ships and Star Twirlers. With the monsters between them, Tatanga took off laughing.

"Enemy monsters sighted. Objective: defeat them and then pursue Tatanga."


While R.O.B. was dealing with the monsters, a young boy was trying to escape his cage. Though the boy had tremendous strength, the bars of the cage were more than he could handle.

"Grr, Donbe no like this! Let Donbe out!" yelled the little boy, glaring from behind his long hair.

"Keep quiet, you little brat!" yelled a Jiang Shi-like creature, most likely a minion of Tatanga's. "Just because we have to guard you doesn't mean we have to listen to you!"

"Donbe no like you…"

"Well I don't like you!" yelled the minion, glaring back at Donbe.

"Would you pipe down, Pionpi. You're making my headache worse than the brat," said a short robed figure with a white mask over his face.

"I wouldn't have to yell, Bandit, if the brat would just shut up," growled Pionpi, giving a side glare to Donbe, who in turn stuck out his tongue.

"I really should be out stealing some coins," muttered the desert dwelling thief.

"Remember, we're getting paid after this. Just as long as we keep an eye on the kid and then get that girl, we'll be rich!" stated Pionpi, his eyes lighting up.

"…First off, you're practically a zombie. What could you possibly need money for?" questioned Bandit with a sweatdrop.

"…I don't know."

Bandit facepalmed at that. "Secondly, can we even trust Tatanga to give us our payment?"

"Of course we can! Tatanga-sama is very trustworthy!"

"Donbe thinks purple alien stupid!" laughed the little boy.

Pionpi whirled around to glare at Donbe. "You shut your little mouth!"

Donbe's response was to stick out his tongue. The Jiang Shi looked ready to strangle the boy while Bandit was on the floor laughing like a maniac. Bandit's laughter and Pionpi's rage were soon put to a stop though, when the door burst open and in hovered R.O.B.

"Current objective: rescue Donbe and defeat Tatanga," said the robot as he scanned the room. As he continued to scan he found the little cave boy. "Hand over Donbe."

"You honestly think we'll listen to a tin can like you?" questioned Bandit. "You've got another thing coming if you think that's the case!"

"In the name of Tatanga-sama, we will defeat you!" exclaimed Pionpi.

Bandit gave him a deadpan look. "Dude, that sounds like something a girl would say."

The two henchmen started to get into an argument, which R.O.B. took as an opportunity to get Donbe and leave. Using his Robo Beam, the robot cut the cage bars and freed the little cave boy.

"Thanks for helping Donbe, Mr. Robot!" exclaimed Donbe with a grin.

Hearing the noise, Pionpi and Bandit stopped arguing and looked over. Shocked that they let this happen, the two jumped forward to take down the robot.

"Arm Rotor!"

Pionpi and Bandit didn't stand a chance when R.O.B. started to spin his outstretched arms like a helicopter. The two henchmen went down like sacks of potatoes and laid on the floor unconscious.

"That cool!" shouted Donbe, waving his arms in the air.

"We need to leave. Your sister is worried."

"Hikari-neechan is worried? Donbe no want Neechan to worry!"

With what could be considered a nod, R.O.B. grabbed Donbe and made his way back the way he came and headed for the pyramid exit.


"Argh! Things are not going the way I planned!" shouted a seething Tatanga.

Pix blinked a few times.

"What do you mean you knew this would happen? Why didn't you do anything about it?" demanded the alien, glaring at the pixels.

Blinking commenced.

Tatanga growled. "I hate you, you know that, right? Fine! Then I'll just have to deal with this myself."

With an evil grin, Tatanga typed a few commands into the computer. The fun was about to begin.


As R.O.B. made his way down the corridors, alarms were going off around them.

"It too noisy!" yelled Donbe.

"Tatanga must know that we are trying to leave and is making sure we do not. BLIP BEEP BLIP."

"What we do?"

"…We will need to find the main computer room so we can escape."

Turning around, the two made their way further into the pyramid. They soon came to a large room, which R.O.B. figured was the computer room. Up above floated three crystals that were blinking.

"Look at the pretty lights!" exclaimed Donbe.

"Hostile entities detected. Proceed with caution."

"No caution is needed, you pile of scrap! I have you right where I want you!"

R.O.B. turned around to see Tatanga, in his Pagosu, blocking the way out. The pixels started to blink again.

"As Pix just said, give us the boy and then we might let you go in one piece," said the purple alien.

"New objective. Protect Donbe and defeat Tatanga and Pix."

Boss: Tatanga & Pix

With that said, Tatanga charged forward, blasting energy balls from his spaceship's cannons. Pix on the other hand created a spike-like protrusion on each of its three "bodies". Being attacked on both sides, R.O.B. had to get out of there as to keep Donbe safe.

"Activate Robo Burner!"

Surprising his opponents, R.O.B. blasted into the air thanks in part to the hover rockets in his undercarriage. Hovering to a safe distance, the robot then turned to the aliens.

"Robo Beam!"

Firing the laser, the aliens barely had time to dodge the beam.

"You'll pay for that!" shouted Tatanga.

Pix started to spin around and came towards R.O.B. on the intent to slam into the robot.

"Donbe scared! Donbe want Hikari-neechan!" cried the little boy.

"Do not be frightened. BEEP BLIP BEEP. I will protect you and bring you back to your sister," soothed the robot, showing that he was more than just a machine.

"Not going to happen!" shouted Tatanga.

R.O.B. turned to Pix, who was closing in. The robot's eyes then started to glow with an eerie light.

"Activate Diffusion Beam!"

Out of R.O.B.'s eyes came a powerful laser that spun like a corkscrew. The laser hit its mark by connecting with Pix. Since the laser was so powerful, it pushed Pix back and the three crystals went flying. Unfortunately for Tatanga, he was in Pix's path and got hit by both Pix and the Diffusion Beam. More unfortunate news for the aliens was that behind them was the computer to the pyramid-like spaceship and they just so happen to collide with it. Upon doing so, the whole thing started to explode.

Boss Battle End

"Six minutes until self-destruction," spoke a computerized voice from the speakers.

"What self-destruction mean?" asked Donbe as alarms went off around them.

"BLIP BEEP. It means we need to leave."

R.O.B. quickly grabbed Donbe and hauled out of the pyramid, leaving behind the disgruntled aliens.

"All of my plans ruined!" wailed Tatanga as explosions rocked the ship. "I knew I should never have had left Wario's army."


Outside the pyramid, a few meters away, Hikari watched as the structure was rumbling and the sound of explosions could be heard.

"Please let Donbe and Robot-san be okay," said Hikari in silent prayer.

As the explosions got worse, Hikari could see a figure rush out of the pyramid. As it drew closer, a happy smile appeared on Hikari's face when she saw that it was Donbe and R.O.B. When the robot got closer to her, he quickly grabbed her so all three could escape from the upcoming destruction of the alien spaceship.

"Hi Neechan!" cried Donbe with a grin.

"I'm so glad that you are safe, Donbe!" said Hikari as she gave her brother a hug.

With brother and sister reunited, R.O.B. decided to bring them back with him to Professor Hector's lab until it was safe to return them home. Hopefully with whatever Tatanga was planning now nothing more than a pipedream, they would no longer have to worry.


It had been a few days since Tatanga and Pix's defeat and Hikari and Donbe were still at the Professor's lab. Professor Hector really didn't mind, especially after seeing the data R.O.B. had given to him. As long as the children were safe, that was that mattered to the Professor.

Hikari, not wanting to feel like she was taking advantage of the Professor's kindness, took it upon herself to do some chores around the lab. She was currently sweeping the lab's walkway, when they were greeted with a visitor.

"Hey!"

Hikari looked up to see a very strange looking man coming up the path. The man had wide eyes and pointed ears and he was wearing a white tank-top, white short shorts, sandals, a red cap with a black bill, and a red flag was strapped to his back with strange writing written on it. What was stranger was that on his shirt, cap, and flag were insignias of bunny heads.

Not wanting to be rude, Hikari gave the man a bow in greeting. "Hello, sir. How may I help you?"

"Hello, little lady. I'm here on official postman business and I need to deliver a letter to someone named R.O.B. Is he here?" explained the Postman with a smile.

"He's currently helping the Professor at the moment. If you would like, I could give the letter to him," replied Hikari, returning a smile of her own.

"Thank you so much, little lady! I have many other deliveries to make, so make sure he gets that letter. Thank you again!"

The Postman handed Hikari the letter and then took off with a speed Hikari didn't think was possible. Once he was out of sight, Hikari headed inside to give R.O.B. the letter. When she reached the lab, she found the robot to be preoccupied by Donbe, who apparently wanted to play.

With a giggle, Hikari called over R.O.B. "Robot-san! You have a letter!"

R.O.B. and Professor Hector looked over to the young girl and made their way over to her. Since he was the only one of the two who had fingers, Hector took the letter, opened it, and then read it. When he was finished, he looked over to his creation with a smile.

"Well this is interesting. I guess congrats are in order, R.O.B."

"Why is that, Professor?"

"It seems that news of your recent exploits with Tatanga and Pix got around and you have been invited to participate in the very first Smash Bros. Tournament," explained Hector, his smile getting wider.

"That's wonderful, Robot-san! Congratulations!" said Hikari, happy for her robotic friend.

"BLIP BEEP BLIP. Would it be okay for me to participate, Professor?"

"Of course it is, R.O.B. This is a prestigious honor and you should take up the offer. I have heard rumors that a tournament was being planned. Hopefully the tournament will be a success and will continue on in the years to come."

"Then I shall go as soon as possible. BEEP BLIP."

"Excellent! Come here for a moment so I may download the directions into your memory banks. Luckily they gave directions in the letter."

The two went over to the computer, where Hector, plugged a cord into R.O.B.'s head and then typed a few commands. Once the directions to the Smash Mansion were downloaded, Hector disconnected the robot from the computer and R.O.B. made his way out of the lab

"Good luck, Robot-san!"

"Donbe want Mr. Robot to kick butt!"

"Make me proud, R.O.B."

With the well wishes and goodbyes done, R.O.B. left and headed in the direction of the mansion. What could be in store for our robotic hero?

CHAPTER END


This is part one of two for my contribution to a SSB collab fic. While I knew choosing R.O.B. was not going to be easy, I didn't think it would take me this long to write it out, so I apologize for the wait.

Since there are not a whole lot of characters from R.O.B.'s series to use, I had to improvise and use other Nintendo characters. Since R.O.B. and Hector cameoed in Kirby's Dream Land 3, I decided to set the story in Sand Canyon and bring in Hikari and Donbe, two characters who also cameoed in KDL3 and originally starred in the Japanese-only game Shin Onigashima.

For villains, I went with Pix, since the pyramid level in KDL3 is very similar to the one where you fight Pix in Kirby 64, and I went with Tatanga from Super Mario Land and Super Mario Land 2 since he is also an alien-based villain. Plus it gave the villains some much needed screen time since they are all but forgotten.

Lastly, since this is supposed to be about R.O.B. getting an invite to SSB, I brought in the Postman, since who better to deliver the letter than him?

Up next is R.O.B.'s first day at the mansion, which should be much, much easier since I will have more familiar characters to work with.

Also, if any had not noticed, I based R.O.B.'s personality on Thursday's from Disgaea.