Hack: Unfortunately, I believe that this story's going to lean away from the humor side and lean towards the dark mood. In other words, this fic will be becoming more dark, depressing, dramatic, and stuff like that. It doesn't mean that the humor will be completely dead, just that there will be less… Noticeably less. Well anyways, enjoy this chapter!

Chapter 37: Katt and Bill

"So this is Corneria?" asked Samus through the intercom.

"Yeah… It's a lot worse than I expected…" Fox replied with a frown.

It was horrible. The entire city was covered by layers upon layers of rubble. Each and every building was knocked down by its side, crushing anyone unfortunate enough to stay below it. Blood covered almost every rock scattered on the city, giving a nasty odor. Fox's Arwing and Samus's ship flew over the city, finding a spot to land their ships.

Captain Falcon appeared by Samus's side, putting his left arm around her shoulder. "Babe, when are we going to land?"

BOOM

Luigi and Jigglypuff appeared a second later, stepping on top of Falcon's charred body.

Samus shook her head. "I don't think we can land anywhere, Fox… Looks like we'll have to jump."

"Are you insane? At that height?" Luigi screamed, looking down the window.

"You have a point there. Luigi, Falcon, and Jigglypuff will have no problem jumping off, but the two of us will have to get some extra time to maintain our ships. We have to use the other three to buy us some time so we can land safely."

Use…

Samus angrily scowled when she heard that word. Luigi looked at her with concern on his face. "Are you okay?"

"No, it's all right," replied Samus. "But you three will have to jump off the ship while we find a place to land."

Jigglypuff looked down through the window. "I can use teleport to get down there safely but… It'll drain much of my energy."

Samus sighed. "Well I'll have to get close to the ground so you three can jump off safely."

Samus's ship hovered over the pile of rubble as the circular door on top opened. Luigi elegantly flipped out of the ship, performing several stylish flips and tricks in the air before landing on his feet accurately. "Kick-Ass Jump tricks! Oh yeah!" Luigi cried, looking up. A loud applause was heard from an unknown invisible audience. The invisible audience even screamed as if they were his fans.

Jigglypuff floated out from the ship, spun several times in the air, and safely landed on her feet as well, right next to Luigi. "Landed Safely!" she cried. Scattered claps and whistles were heard as she straightened herself up.

"I'm next!" Falcon cried as he jumped out and flipped once in the air. However, he was too late and landed face first into the rubble. Painfully. Several boos and jeers were heard as Luigi and Jigglypuff looked down at him.

"Way to impress the audience, Falcon…" said Luigi.

"Shut up! I'm not a jumping freak like you, or a floaty pokemon like Jiggly!"

"Um… We have company…" Jigglypuff whispered. Samus's ship was nowhere to be seen as she left to look for a spot to land. Instead, several dog soldiers carrying blasters and machine guns surrounded the three smashers.

"State your names and purpose in this area!" one of the ordered, obviously the commander of the entire fleet. "Or else you are all assumed to be enemies!"

Luigi sighed. "Attacked the moment we land…"

"Silence!"

"A little touchy aren't they?" murmured Falcon. He felt the cold steel tip of a rifle touching his chin.

Jigglypuff spoke up. "We're all friends of Fox McCloud. Is that enough information for you?"

The dog commander smiled. "Yes, it certainly is. Fire at will!"

By reflexes, all three smashers jumped several feet into the air to avoid all gunfire. Unfortunately for the soldiers, because they surrounded the smashers in a circle, they ended up shooting each other.

"You idiots!" the commander screamed. "They're up in the air!"

Too late. The hesitation of all of the soldiers gave Luigi enough time to charge up a green missile, causing him to fall to the ground. The moment he was on level with all of the soldiers, he released his attack.

"MISSFIRE! WHOO!" Luigi screamed as he felt an enormous explosion release at the end of his bottom. He plowed through a third of the crew, instantly knocking them all out and sending them flying.

Jigglypuff cried, "Agility!" as her body was boosted with the necessary speed. She instantly disappeared, confusing all of the soldiers. In a second, she appeared outside of the mob of soldiers. After another second, half of them fell to the ground, punched to death by the fast puffball.

The commander, who was miraculously still alive, aimed his rocket launcher at Captain Falcon and fired. "Take that!" he cried.

The moment the missile was a hair's length from Falcon, Captain Falcon spun once in the air and literally kicked the missile, sending it whirling in the opposite direction…

Back at the commander!

KA-BOOM!

The remaining soldiers were blown everywhere, as if a bottle of soda was crushed by a fist and the liquid splashed everywhere. Captain Falcon finally landed on the ground between Luigi and Jigglypuff, who were satisfied with the three-second fight.

"…That was a fucking pushover," Falcon commented.

"Agreed," Luigi and Jigglypuff replied simultaneously.

"I heard loud explosion noises from back there," said Fox. "Are you sure you didn't drop them off in the middle of an army or something?"

Samus shrugged as she still searched. "Well it doesn't matter, they can easily handle over a million soldiers single-handedly."

"I take that as a no."

Captain Falcon grabbed a conscious soldier by his neck and suspended him into the air. "You! Tell me who your master is!"

"I really am not for threatening people physically…" murmured Luigi.

The soldier coughed as Falcon's grip on his neck tightened. "I… Know nothing! Ask my commander!"

Falcon rolled his eyes, then held the soldier's gun to the side of the soldier's head. "The info or your head. Either one."

"All right! All right!" the soldier panicked as Falcon smiled. "Our commander said that he was under orders of master Leon, the second-in-command of the Starwolf Team!"

Falcon held the gun up again. "Anything else?" he asked innocently, winking.

"That's it! I swear!"

Falcon gave a swift punch into the soldier's face, knocking him out. "Well we got some useful crap out of this bastard," he said.

"Not really, you should've interrogated him more, though I think he was speaking the truth that he didn't know anything else," said Luigi. "I mean, we already know that the Starwolf Team is behind this battle."

"Shut up, stupid plumber," said Falcon. Suddenly, he lost his balance and fell on his back, narrowly missing the sharp rocks pointed upwards.

"What the fuck?" he cried.

Luigi and Jigglypuff saw a portion of the rubble lifted up by a square portion of the steel ground, revealing a pink cat beneath.

"Hey! Are you three here to save us?" she asked in a quiet yet stern voice.

Falcon rolled his eyes, apparently angry by her tripping him by accident. "No, we're here to shoot you."

"Don't mind that guy," said Luigi. "We're all comrades of Fox. Are you local civilians of Corneria?"

"…Well you could certainly say that," the girl said. "Come on down here and introduce yourselves to us. We're all sheltering back in here away from that Starwolf Team."

She turned around and walked down the stairs below the trapdoor. "Oh, and close the trapdoor after you come in." Then she disappeared down the stairs.

Jigglypuff looked up to Luigi. "Should we trust her?"

Luigi shrugged. "I don't see why not. We don't have any other leads on fighting Wolf, so we might as well."

Luigi lead Jigglypuff and Falcon down the trapdoor, Falcon closing it behind him. After a minute of tedious walking, they arrived in what seemed to be an underground shelter.

"By the way, the way you took out those soldiers in a few seconds… I'm quite impressed," the girl said. "It's nice to meet you. My name is Katt Monroe."

"Katt the cat… Ha ha, what a hilarious name," Falcon laughed out loud. His face was met by several bitch slaps by the cat girl.

"That's something new…" said Luigi. "He gets beat up not for flirting, but for teasing! This is priceless!"

"Shh!" said Jigglypuff. "So you know Fox, right?" she asked.

Katt nodded. "Yeah. I called you down here because I thought you could take care of Starwolf by seeing you guys fight."

"But why are you taking shelter in the first place?" asked Luigi.

"Because the soldiers under command of the Starwolf team are relentless killers. You saw those soldiers up there preparing to kill you if you weren't on their side. They'll kill anybody, even innocent civilians.

So Bill and I prepared a resistance movement underground with our remaining crew members."

"Wait, who's Bill?" asked Jigglypuff.

"Oh, Bill Grey. He's one of Fox's childhood friends. Bill and I are the only ones left that are capable of leading a movement, so we became the leaders. But we need capable fighters on our side to take out the Starwolf Team.

That's where you guys come in. But do you know where Fox and Falco are?"

"Fox is in the skies right now, looking for a place to land…" said Luigi.

"Shit!" Katt yelled. "He's going to be spotted by the air fighters soon if he doesn't find a spot soon enough!"

"Oh I've seen him fight in his Arwing. I'm much more than impressed, really," said Luigi.

"But you left out Falco. What happened to him?" From the sound of how she mentioned Falco, the three smashers could only guess that she was a good friend of his.

Falcon spoke up after recovering from the million slaps on his face. "He um…" His mind was clearly fishing around for a lie that wouldn't disappoint Katt.

Luckily for them, a gray dog with a green cap appeared next to Katt. "Who are they?" he asked.

"Bill, they're friends of Fox."

Bill's eyes widened. "You've seen Fox? How is he right now?" he asked.

"He's perfectly fine!" cried Luigi.

"Right there! I can see a large cave surrounded by rubble!" cried Samus.

"Really?" Fox replied. "Nice job!"

The two smashers slowly landed their ships inside a hole barely big enough to fit their two ships in. They both jumped out of the hole and were instantly surrounded by soldiers.

After more introducing themselves to each other, Luigi, Jigglypuff, Captain Falcon, Katt, and Bill gathered at a small, ordinary table.

"So you're looking for Wolf too?" asked Katt.

"Yup," replied Falcon, punching his right fist into his left palm. "We're here to beat the shit out of him!"

Bill spoke up. "Well in order to reach your target, you'll have to beat his subordinates, the other members of the Starwolf Team."

"Why?" asked Jigglypuff.

"Well that's what our plans suggest," Katt explained. "His crewmates are the main causes of the havoc on our Corneria. After a quick flight in his personal Arwing, Bill learned that Wolf isn't even in Corneria at all at the moment."

"So if we take out his crewmates, I'm sure that he'll come to Corneria periodically to check on his crewmates. And if we took out his crewmates, he'll be a lot easier to take out."

"It's simple…" said Luigi. "Which I don't like… But I think it'd work. Did you learn the flight path of his crewmates?"

"Yes, I have, though I've nearly been shot down several times with Katt while surveying their planes," said Bill. "Wolf has four crewmates in his team, aside from himself. Two we already know: Leon and Pigma. I heard that Pigma betrayed his team for money, but I think they accepted him again for some reason…" He then scowled.

"Wait… I think Fox told me that Pigma sold James McCloud out to Andross for money," said Luigi. "Is that actually true?"

"Yeah…" Katt replied. "Pigma only gives a damn about money. He's a mercenary, though he definitely hates the Starfox Team. I heard Fox got some new recruits in his team. How many now?"

"Um… Well they only have…" Luigi started, but Falcon gave him a glare.

"When are we going to go out to attack then?" asked Falcon.

Katt, clearly suspicious of this interruption, replied, "We're planning on tomorrow, so you guys can rest up a bit. Do you have any more comrades besides Fox?"

"Yes. Her name is Samus, and she wears an orange suit," said Jigglypuff.

"Excellent! So we have five comrades on our side now! And she's landing her ship too, right?"

"Well she should be…"

"What the hell! There's no damn end to these guys!" Samus cried, blasting away another hundred soldiers with a well-aimed plasma beam shot.

A light bulb suddenly lit up in Fox's head. He grabbed a large red rod and planted it vertically into the ground while Samus was covering him.

"What are you doing?" she asked.

Fox pressed a button on the side of the rod then quickly ran the other way, grabbing Samus's hand. "Let's get the hell out of here! Back into that hole we landed in!"

"Wait, what?"

"It's gonna blow up the entire place!" Fox yelled, jumping back into the large caved-in hole. He quickly took out his staff and created a light barrier around him and Samus with it, holding it up.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

The rod shot millions of fireballs out of the top of its tip, scattering them everywhere. Whatever they struck, they exploded with the force of a grenade! They peppered every square inch in a mile radius around the hole, killing every single soldier in sight.

Fox and Samus closed their eyes, covering their ears so they won't get damaged. Some bombs even fell into the hole, yet harmlessly deflected off of the light shield that Fox's staff provided for the pair.

After five minutes, the bombs finally ceased. "What the hell was that?" Samus softly asked as Fox sheathed his staff.

"A fireburst pod… Comes in handy in situations like these," said Fox. "Too bad I only had one, and they're pretty rare to come across too…"

Suddenly, the ground below the two smashers cracked. Immediately, both Fox and Samus fell down the hole, landing directly on top of…

"What the hell?" cried Luigi, stuck at the bottom of the pile of smashers once again. "This is the third time it happened! First at Mushroom Kingdom, then at Kanto, then here!"

"Ow…" Jigglypuff groaned, being the smallest and the most squished up.

Luckily for Katt and Bill, they were not part of the pile of smashers. "Fox! It's great to see you!" Katt cried.

Fox groaned. "Hey Katt… Hey Bill…" He jumped off of the pile, being the one on top of everyone. "Been years!" He gave Bill a hard pat on the back and Katt a high five.

"We were just discussing about how to attack the Starwolf Team so we can stop their attacks on our city," said Bill. He looked around, as if looking for someone. "Strange… I half-expected Falco and Slippy to be here… Where are they?"

"…I don't want to talk about it."

"Fox!" Katt cried. "I need to know! Where is Falco?"

"I don't know… I seriously don't know. Now just shut the fuck up about them." Fox's voice was so stern that everyone else glared at him, aghast at what they heard.

"A-hem! Well anyways…" Luigi started. "I'm assuming that Leon is in the main carrier ship that's orbiting Corneria right now."

"Of course," said Bill. "We'll have to set out tomorrow in secret at dawn. By five 'o clock, we should be exactly three miles east from here. There's a suspended building there that we can climb and hide on top. When the ship flies overhead, we sneak onto the ship.

Can any of you jump that high?"

All five smashers nodded.

"Unless you're Bowser or Zelda, you'd have to be able to jump high to be a smasher!" Falcon teased.

"Well take this time to rest you guys!" said Katt. "Just don't go outside of the shelter, otherwise you'll get attacked and might reveal our shelter location."

When the smashers got the chance, they fully observed the setting around them. It was extremely dark underground, lit up by several candles here and there. Several animals were sleeping in cots, playing cards over tables, eating, or planning defensive maneuvers for the city.

Samus looked at her left hand covered in silver armor, pondering about her new powers.

Is the only way I can become more powerful… The power I have from Ridley… That way? I don't get it. Maybe it's my best choice… Maybe he's right…

My life's been a whole lie…

"Samus!" cried Falcon. "What are you doing there, babe? Get some rest, we have to wake up at half past two!"

Wolf slammed a sheet of paper on the desk surrounded by the four other Starwolf members. "These are your assignments. Read them, and read them well," he commanded. "Tomorrow, you're going to be piloting the mothership on the same flight path. All of the information that we have gathered are on those papers."

Leon picked up his paper. "I have… a man clothed in green."

Pigma spat on his own paper. "What's this? A super hero with tight panties?"

"And I have a puffball," growled Panther. "They shouldn't be strong at all."

"Study them hard, you whelps," commanded Wolf, ignoring their comments. "These papers discuss everything that we've found from fights that Mewtwo has observed. These include the fights with Ridley, Vaati, Mewtwo himself, and Cackletta."

Wolf smirked as he walked up to Falco. "And I have special instructions for you. You are not to fucking kill your own target, only to disarm him and capture him."

Falco smiled as he looked over the paper then ripped it apart. "I already know everything about him. And I won't kill him, showing that I'm more powerful than him is good enough, thank you very much."

Wolf turned around to face the entire crew. "And remember… I will not tolerate with fucking failures. You understand?"

The five smashers were standing on the instructed building miles away from the hole to the shelter. It took them well over an hour because of the endless waves of soldiers constantly attacking them. Katt and Bill rode their Arwings in the skies of Corneria, taking out any fleets that can hamper their simple plan.

"You guys ready?" asked Fox.

Captain Falcon placed his fist in his palm, sneering. "Definitely ready to beat the fucking shit out of these guys."

"I'm ready to do what I can do…" said Jigglypuff.

Luigi pointed up into the sky. "It's coming. Get ready, everyone!"

Samus looking down at her feet. Use… Use… I feel so damn hypocritical…

Am I really that hopeless?

Captain Falcon looked at Samus's eyes. He didn't need her to take off her helmet to know that she's thinking about something important.

Damn it… I wish there was something I could do. My sexy senses would turn on though, and I'd try to hit on her… I have to tell the others about Samus sometime.

But Falcon's thoughts were cut off the moment Luigi yelled, "JUMP!"

All five smashers jumped several meters high onto a large ship that flew overhead. All five landed safely on the top.

"Hey! There's a door here!" Jigglypuff cried, opening a circular lid on top. All five smashers jumped in to invade the mother ship.

They found themselves in a thin hall, trapped between two large groups of robot-like beings.