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Chapter 28: Fate on Their Shoulders
The cold winds of Subspace blew quietly. Mighty sat on her own as she looked out in the distant darkness, the exact direction where Ebony and Sara had disappeared from. Far off, Dillon was kneeling next to Shadow, the bandanna that he usually had around his neck was off and he was using it to pat down on the dark hedgehog's wound. But the injury was too deep. No matter what, it wouldn't stop bleeding. Dillon looked at his teammate's condition and sighed and stood up.
"This can't go on any longer." He said. "Sara and Ebony will not get away with this. We have to get the others' souls back as soon as possible before it's too late for our worlds. We have to go after them." Hearing his words, Mighty turned around to face him.
"But, what about Shadow?" She asked worriedly and looked to the injured hedgehog. "He's-"
"Just go." Shadow interrupted in a hoarse voice. "Go and get the souls back. Don't worry about me."
"Are you crazy?!" Dillon told him in disbelief. "We can't just leave you here! We're not leaving you behind."
"I said, don't worry about me." Shadow replied back. His eyes were barely open and looking to the two. "I'll only hold you back. I can't do much in my condition or else I'll lose more blood. Just go, I'll be fine."
Dillon opened his mouth to argue but stopped. The dark hedgehog was stubborn, but he was right. If he went with them, he would just lose more blood, which won't be good. Heaving a sigh, Dillon closed his eyes and tipped his hat to Shadow.
"Alright. We'll be back, we promise." He said. He motioned to Mighty and turned to leave. The Vulpix turned back to the hedgehog and dipped her head.
"Stay strong, Shadow." She told him and turned to head off.
Shadow watched the two as they left. "Good luck..." He said quietly. Once a few yards away, Dillon and Mighty turned around and gave on last regretful look to their teammate. Finally, looks of determination came across their faces.
"Let's move." The armadillo said.
Mighty gave a nod. "On it."
With that, the two ran in the direction Ebony and Sara had headed. Their mission to save their friends, begins.
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The pattering of Mighty's paws and Dillon's boots echoed in the empty Subspace around them as the two headed up a flight of stairs. The Vulpix had tracked their enemy's scents and it led them up to the Great Maze, most likely leading to the battlefield of Tabuu. Once they reached the top, they stopped and stared in surprise.
In front of them, a large, blown-out hole penetrated through the many orbs of the worlds of the Great Maze. The two continued to stare in astonishment. "Did...Did Satan do this?" Mighty finally asked.
"Looks like it." Dillon responded. "Probably to make it easier for them to enter and exit."
"Is it safe?" When Dillon only shrugged, Mighty took a cautious step forward. Lifting her paw, she gently placed it on the orbs of the worlds. Surprisingly, nothing happened. The orbs felt like smooth gel under her paws. Eyes widening, Mighty stepped fully on the orbs with Dillon following after. Once seeing that it was secure, they nodded to each other and proceeded on.
Once they moved through the hole, they then arrived to the large door to the battlefield. "For our friends." Dillon said in determination.
"For our friends." Mighty repeated.
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The ground tapped as the duo walked along. Once they had entered through the door, they made their way toward the battlefield. But, they didn't want to be spotted right away, so they circled around as they moved forward. Now, the two were walking up a hill made from the Subspace ground. Dillon and Mighty finally reached the top of the hill and looked down into the battlefield.
Sara and Josh were watching over the lands through the dark orbs. Ebony sat a little ways away, twirling an Ice Shard in her claws. Satan was busy putting the souls of the heroes and the families into glass cases until they know what to do with them. After a moment of silence, Josh spoke to the Sneasel without turning around to face her.
"So, Ebony. You said that your plan has five phases to it." He said. "So far, we've done phases one and two, what's phase three and when will we be acting on it?"
Ebony let a smirk grow on her face as she got up. Looking to the Ice Shard she held, she gripped it tight and looked to the unaware Sara. "Phase three? Oh, we'll be starting that...now." She then shot toward the Espurr, ready to stab her again. However, Sara calmly turned to her at the last second, causing the older Pokemon to skid to a stop in surprise. But she seemed to be completely and stupidly oblivious to the Ice Shard the Sneasel held dangerously at her.
"So, what do we do to the souls of the heroes?" Sara asked. Ebony glanced at the piece of ice in her claws and quickly tossed it away.
"Dah, um, what will we do to the heroes' souls?" She repeated. Satan let out a deep chuckle and turned to face them.
"We'll do what we've been doing to all the resident and Pokemon souls." He replied. "We turn them into our own, mindless Shadow Creatures."
"No!" Mighty whispered in shock."
Dillon narrowed his eyes and got up. "We have to stop them, now." Ebony smirked when hearing the Giratina's words. She crossed her arms and nodded approvingly. Sara and Josh looked at him in amazement.
"Turn them into Shadow Creatures?" The Espurr asked then smiled. "That's such a great idea! Knowing how powerful those liberals are and the Smashers, they'd be the perfect recruits!"
"Then let's begin." Satan made his way to the glass cases where the heroes' and families' souls floated within. As his eyes turned red, his claws emitted the dark energy. But before it could move toward the souls, a large beam of fire shot out of nowhere and scortched his tentacles. Satan let out a roar of pain and drew back, but right then, some rolling thing came up and rammed him in the face.
As the Giratina was knocked to the ground, the rolling ball came down and uncurled itself, landing on it's feet. Sara, Josh, and Ebony looked in surprise as Dillon stood before them. A ball of fire shot down and revealed Mighty standing in it's landing-spot, standing next to the armadillo.
"Ebony, Sara." The Vulpix said quietly.
"Well, if it isn't Mighty and Dillon." Sara responded, glaring coldly at the two. "Even after Ebony nearly killed Shadow, you still come to face us? Heh, you're all so stupid."
"We'll stop at nothing to get our friends back." Dillon replied. "Both Nintendo and reality depend on us now, and we won't let them down."
"And once we free our friends, we'll rid both of you Sues from our worlds." Mighty said. "So get ready for a serious ass kicking, 'cause that's as easy as we're gonna give you all."
"Oh ho, we sure are ready, Vulpix." Ebony then formed two Ice Shards in her claws and advanced toward them. Mighty was quick to dodge the Sneasel and fired a Flame Thrower. The attack hit her staright on, making her flinch from the effect. Dillon was then quick to roll into a ball and ram into her. Ebony tumbled away, but swiftly jumped back to her feet.
Dillon was about to hit her again, but he was caught in a Psychic and lifted up. Satan came at him and slashed the armadillo into the ground with Dragon Claw. Right after, Mighty got him hard in the gut with Flame Charge. Landing back on her paws, she was about to strike him again, but an Ice Punch sent her to the ground.
Laying on her back, Mighty looked up and gasped as Ebony stood over her and was about to hit her with a Poison Jab. The Vulpix reacted fast and rolled out of the way before the Seasel could hit her. Bullets hit the ground beside her and she looked up to see Josh flying in the air above. He had his gun out and was shooting at her. Mighty narrowed her eyes and pulled out her crossbow. She started firing many arrows up at him.
The Archeops swerved around, dodging them, then shot his gun once more. This time, he landed a hit. Mighty felt a sharp pain strike her left ear and she yelped, falling to the ground from the force. Josh smirked now that he got her down. With a roar, he used Arial Ace and swooped to the Vulpix for a blow. A red ball had rolled to him and smashed him head-on, sending Josh away. Unrolling, Dillon stood back on his feet, but immediately saw Satan fly high up with Fly, and dropped back down to smash him. The armadillo narrowly got out of the way in time, but immediately after, he saw Sara targeting the downed Mighty with Energy Balls. Dillon curled into a ball once more and interrcepted the attack before it could hit.
But Ebony had came up from behind and slashed at his leg with Ice Shard. Dilllon flinched and fell into a kneeling position. Sara then fired a large Psybeam and blasted him, sending him away and hitting the ground hard.
Mighty reopened her eyes and got back up. Putting her paw to her ear, feeling a small part of it torn off from the bullet. Looking over, her eyes widen in alarm when she saw Dillon on the ground, looking very beaten. Sara, Ebony, Josh, and Satan were all going toward him with attacks for a finishing blow.
"Dillon!" She shouted. All the groups' souls were taken, Shadown was slowly losing blood, she didn't want to lose another friend. Eyes glaring, Mighty shot forward with Flame Charge and barged past the Sneasel and the Espurr. Standing in front of the armadillo, she activated Double Team, and she and all her clones fired the largest Flame Thrower she could muster. The four's eyes widen at the sudden turn of events and ducked under and tried to avoid the many beams of fire.
Growling, Josh flapped his arms and started up a Sandstorm. The blowing sand broke through the Flame Throwers, made the clones disappear, and blew Mighty away. Dillon had opened his eyes and saw his teammate get blasted away.
"Mighty!" He called in panic.
Mighty had hit the ground hard and stayed there. Now very tattered, she struggled to get back up, only to have Satan cause everything around her to darken, using the move, Shadow Force. The surroundings turned pitch black and everything, plus the Giratina, had disappeared from view. Mighty's breath quickened as she looked around in fright.
"Foolish, foolish girl." Satan's voice spoke to her, causing her ears to twitch. "You never seem to learn, do you? We destroy Smashville, you come after us. We steal souls, you still come after us. We combine the worlds, you still come after us. We kill you family, you still come after us. We kill your friends, yet you still come after us. You never seem to understand; we will always be the victors out of everything. Ebony and I are only using Sara and Josh as puppets; fooling them into thinking we're helping them, just so they can kill you little parasites for us.
"Once you're obliterated, we'll kill them as well. Then both worlds will belong to us. It's usually not wise to tell your nemesis your plans, but you, the armadillo, and the dying hedgehog can't do a thing. You all won't even live to tell the tale. Your world and Nintendo, will. be. OURS!"
Mighty snapped around to see Satan charge right at her. She didn't get any time to react when he slashed her with his claws with great force. Thrown out of the dark limbo, Mighty flew back, rammed straight into Dillon, and the two rolled roughly on the ground. The two lay still, the Vulpix on top of the armadillo. They weakly flickered open their eyes to see Ebony, Sara, and Josh standing ahead of them, smirks on their faces. Satan had hovered above them, his claws starting to glow to fire the soul-stealing beams.
Dillon had closed his eyes and let his head fall on the ground; he had given up. However, Mighty had looked to and focused on something beyond the enemy Pokemon. The glass cases containing the souls of the Smashers, Smash Rescuers, Assist Trophies, and the families stood behind to Giratina. Her eyes narrowed in pure determination. She knew what she had to do.
Quickly jumping away from Dillon, she ran forward as her body became surrounded with flames in a Flame Charge. Using as much power and enegy that she could find left, the flames blazed brighter and Mighty shot forward at a great speed. Running past Sara and Ebony, jumping off Josh's head, and climbing up a startled Satan, Mighty boosted off the Giratina and toward the trapped souls.
We will live to save our worlds. She said to herself. We WILL survive!
She smashed right into the cases and all the glass shattered, causing all the souls to release. The Flame Charge died down and Mighty fell down to the ground. Landing on her paws, she stood tall as all the souls rushed past her to their freedom. Dillon had reopened his eyes and was now watching it all in awe. He then gave a smile of relief.
"She did it." He said aloud. "She saved them."
Sara, Ebony, Josh, and Satan looked in wide eyes as their enprisoned souls escaped. "Damn it!" Ebony snapped in anger, slamming her claws on the ground.
"No, no, NO!" Sara whined, hopping up and down in a fit. She turned to Mighty and shot her a glare. "Don't think this is over. Meet us at the center of the Subspace land. We'll settle this once and for all." With that, she turned and rushed to Satan with Ebony and Josh following after. The three jumped on the Giratina's back and they took off in the air, fleeing from Subspace.
Mighty watched them leave with a scowl, but faced Dillon as he ran to her. "You've freed the others!" He congratulated, high-fiving her. "You did good."
"Thanks!" Mighty replied cheerfully. "Speaking of which, though, we have to get back to them."
"Right." Dillon nodded.
With that, the two turned and made their way out of the battle field, heading to their friends.
HAZZAH! THE HEROES HAVE BEEN FREED! *confetti flies everywhere* Also, excitement awaits! The chapter after next chapter will be the final battle! Get ready for awesomeness coming in the horizon!
...Wow. This story is actuall almost done? I just realized it's also shorter than the first one. Well, I think that's mostly because I kept some of the chapters pretty lengthy instead of breaking them into many parts, and I didn't do any side stuff and story arcs. I just kept it short, sweet, and to the point. Well, you all still love it and there will be more after this story, anyway, so all is good! ^_^
Thank you guys for reading! The next chapter will be up soon! See ya!
