It may be risky and perhaps dangerous… But I'm going all out with it…
Chapter 36: Gamfax Not What it Seems to Be? The Dark Secrets of the Evil!
Mario's team's warp star landed smoothly on the surface of the Final Destination and the Hands approached them. "You sure came back fast!" said Master Hand.
"Yeah, we didn't want to keep the others waiting," said Fox.
"But they're not even back yet!"
The Smashers looked around and saw nobody else at all. "There's really nobody else…" said Luigi.
"I told you we should just relax there at the moment!" said Roy. "Now we'll have to wait until they come back!"
"Relax; perhaps they'll be back sooner or later!" said Fox.
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The next day…
A warp star flew down from the sky and landed on the FD. "I see that you're back too!" said MH.
"Yep!" said Kirby.
"And I see that we have guests!" When saw MH, he was a bit surprised. "The king of Dream Land!" And he quickly lowered himself in respect for the king.
"Good to see that I still get my respect in places like this!" he said.
"Things won't be as good as you think all the time," Bowser reminded him.
Mario came out from inside the FD and saw the others, "Oh! You people are back!"
"It's been a while, Mario," Meta-Knight said to him.
"Meta-Knight! What-a are you doing here?"
Snake popped his head out from the hole on the FD surface and said, "Did you mention that Otaku Elite's small round guy's name? Hey! What's he doing here?"
"I knew I'd see you too, Snake," said MK. "I am following the king wherever he goes, and so I came here."
"What's going on?" asked Fox. "Why is the king of Dream Land here?"
"I'll explain everything," said Mewtwo.
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A few hours later…
The third warp star carrying the team that went to New York City returned. "We're back!" said Diddy, happily hopping onto the floor.
"It feels good to leave that dangerous place," said Zelda.
"I have to agree with you…" said Nana.
"Hey! Welcome back!" said MH. "We got new guys here!"
"Who?" asked Popo.
Marth saw Meta-Knight on the other side of the FD and was quite surprised. "Uh? It's you!"
"Nice to see you again, Marth," said MK.
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After everything was explained to them…
"And that is why you get to have the honor of fighting alongside me!" said King Dedede, standing on a podium.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever…" said Bowser, looking bored.
"Does this guy think he's a king or what?" asked DK.
"I think he is king…" Diddy reminded him.
When Dedede finished his speech, everything went to do their stuffs while waiting for the last team to return. "So what did you guys do at New York City?" Roy asked Zelda.
"Don't mention to me that place again! I have terrible memories of it!" she replied. "I've never met a city with such unlawful citizens in my life!"
"That's America to you," Mewtwo told her. "It is generally agreed that America is the most corrupted and screwed up country in the whole world."
"Wouldn't that be for Foolurene?" asked Kirby.
"Foolurene is called the dumbest country in the world. As dumb as the citizens over there are, they at least have moral, manners, and respect for other people, which is what Americ is lacking in greatly. Foolurene is proud of its own stupidity and foolishness while America is proud of its richness and power."
"That's funny to hear…" said Diddy.
"Of course; not all Americans are screwed up," said Mewtwo. "There is a possibility of finding ones that have moral value."
"Yeah, we did meet those kinds of people too," said Young Link. "And they're very cool!"
"Way too cool!" said Diddy excitedly. "I should've brought a video camera and tape down everything!"
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The next day, the last team finally returned.
"Took you long enough," said Master Hand.
"Sorry about this…" said Link.
"Hey guys! We have a new company here!" said Ness. "Lucas, you can… stop being scared now…"
Lucas poked his head out from behind Wario's back and looked around while sweating nervously. "Um… hi… I'm Lucas… Nice to… meet… you…"
"Nice to meet you!" said the Ice Climbers.
"He remind-a me of you when you were small, Luigi," Mario said to Luigi.
"Don't say that…"
Wario saw MK and said, "Hey! I remember that guy! He's from that big city of some name I forgot!"
"Yeah! It's Meta-Knight!" said Yoshi. "What is he doing here?"
"It's good to see you two again," said MK. "I am taking orders from the king of Dream Land currently, and because he is here, I am here too."
"The king of Dream Land?!" they both gasped.
Dedede appeared and said, "Ha! Even my appearance is more than enough to make people drool in awe! Now you know why I am the best!" Bowser grumbled silently about Dedede to himself; it's obviously something bad about that penguin.
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Now that everyone is back, they all settled down to discuss stuffs among themselves. "I'm sorry to hear that…" said Zelda with tears in her eyes after hearing Lucas's sad story.
"It sounds like something you would find in a sad drama…" said Nana, who is also crying.
"So sad…" said Jigglypuff as tears flow down her eyes.
"My story is even sadder!" said Dedede. "My castle is so beautiful and it was... Wait a minute…" He turned around and dripped eye drops onto his eyes to make himself look like he's crying, and then he turned around and continued speaking. "And it was a horrible sight to see them collapse into pieces. Boohoo…"
"It may still be sad," said Lucas. "But I cannot cry forever. Because I was too weak, I couldn't protect anyone. I want be brave and fight hard so I can protect the people I love!"
"That's good to hear! I'm rooting for you!" said Zelda, patting him on the head.
"Good luck!" Jigglypuff said to him.
"Is anyone listening to my story?" asked Dedede. "I'm being ignored here…"
MH appeared and said, "Okay, I got some things to share about. It's regarding Gamfax…" This grabbed everyone's attention and they all turned to him.
"What have you found out?" asked Marth.
"Remember the ancient scroll depicting the Age of Gamfax? I found out that was incomplete and there was actually more lines to it."
"So did you find out about the missing lines?" asked Captain Falcon.
"Yeah, I did, for that's what I've been doing these three days." MH turned on the laptop next to him and set up a projector beside it, allowing the projector to display the laptop's view onto a large blank sheet in the front. This is what is displayed on the blank sheet:
Age of Gamfax
It is the darkest time in world history…
There is no such thing as love…
Only evil, hatred, selfishness, and more…
Whenever the mouth of a person opens, only the words of foulness, curses, blaspheme, hate, and complaints pour out like water out of a hole on the dam.
Mothers scold and hit their children not out of love and discipline, but out of fun and boredom.
People kill each other out of hobby and free time.
Rulers and leaders just sat there and watched over the killing spree with glee.
It was a dark age where no light has shown onto the world for several years…
The Age of Gamfax…
"But there's more!" said MH. "Read on!"
But it is not enough…
Gamfax was meant to be more than that.
But technology limitations restricted such cruel event from happening.
The idea of absolute evil…
Gamfax is meant to be more than that.
"So as you can see, Gamfax is meant to be more than just an ideal of evil," said MH. "But because of limited technology back in those years, the full idea of Gamfax did not make it."
"That's interesting…" said Samus. "This makes me wonder what Gamfax really is actually…"
"Now that-a you said-a eet!" said Mario. "Dr. Wily said Gamfax eez not-a important at all and that-a King N haz bigga plans than that-a!"
"Yeah, one of the bad guys I've met on Jurassic Park said the same thing," said Pichu.
"In fact, it seems that they don't even care about the fact we are hunting down the Gamfax at all," said Ganondorf. "They just let us do as we want and not even bother to protect it!"
"This is getting very interesting," said Mewtwo. "Gamfax was supposed to be more than just an ideal of evil and the fact that the Negativities does not seem to care about Gamfax anymore… They must be up to something again with this new plan they are building up."
"I don't care what their evil plan is, I'm going to crush it all!" said Wario.
"I, the king of Dream Land, will not allow them to ruin peace!" said Dedede.
"And I also researched on the backstory of the website Gamfax," explained MH. "I tried to look up info on its webmaster, Jim Smelton…"
The blank sheet then showed this:
Jim Smelton (photo N/A)
Birth: August 12, 1967
Nationality: American
Short bio: Widely considered one of the most successful tycoons in the world, Jim Smelton is the owner of Smelton Inc., an office devoted to new technologies and biotechnologies. He is also the webmaster of Gamfax, a website dedicated to all sorts of information.
"The irony… Gamfax's message board is screwed up badly and its webmaster is an American!" said Ness. "It seems to fit, I guess…"
"Sadly, I cannot find anymore info than that," said MH. "Whether or not the name is coincidence is still up in air…"
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Meanwhile, at the Negativities hideout…
"Winner is… WOLF!"
"I won!" said Eggman.
"I lost again!!! And I thought Fox was supposed to be high tier!!!" cried King N as he hopped up and down madly.
The door opened and King N's beautiful secretary came in. "King N, we have bad news."
"What is it?" asked King N in a grumpy voice.
"We just received report that Dr. Wily has fallen and failed to acquire the meteor too."
King N was not pleased to hear this. "Argh! Why must this happen?! I must have the power of the meteor no matter what! I must gather all the greatest energies of the world in order to make that a success! Where is that geezer now?"
"You mean Dr. Wily? He was imprisoned on the police station of Skull Island for two days, and now he is being sent to the police station in Robot City."
"The meteor's power! I must have the meteor's power! We must get Dr. Wily back here and have him get the meteor again!" King N got up from his chair and stomped out of the room. "Sent someone to Robot City and get Dr. Wily out of prison at once! I don't care who! Just get him back here as fast as possible!" King N looked up and saw Phantom approaching him. "What is it, Phantom?"
"My followers have followed me to this world," he said. "But they didn't have to opportunity to take a tour yet. I think it would be a good idea for them to see the world outside at this time."
"So what about it? Wait a minute… I see where you're coming too. Hehehe!"
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Back on the Final Destination, the Smashers were resting and planning on what to do in the meantime.
"It's been so quiet…" said Falco as he rested on the surface of the FD. "The Negativities haven't been doing anything suspicious lately."
"It's good to have some quiet time once in a while," said Fox.
Meanwhile, Dedede was pacing around the middle of the Final Destination, looking quite bored. Bowser was sitting at the side and asked him, "Like it here?"
"The walking space is big, but there's not enough entertainment around," he replied. "Plus, my room looks too generic and is the same size as everyone else's! I am the king, so I should get some special treatment!"
"You're no longer in your country, so you're no king! Everyone gets treat equally here!"
"You're just jealous that I still have my country and people who serve me and you don't have any!"
"Must you always bring that up?!"
Suddenly, the floor underneath Dedede opened and he fell backwards, and Crazy Hand came out from the door on the floor. "Roy! There's an urgent letter for you!"
Roy heard it and ran up to him. "What is it?"
"It's from your dad!" CH got out a laptop and showed Roy the email. He bent down and read it.
"What does it say?" asked Bowser.
After reading the email, Roy got up and said, "I need to go back to Etruria."
"Something wrong with your country?"
"Father didn't give details on the email, but he wished that I come fast and bring Lilina along too."
"Okay, I understand if it's very urgent," said MH. "I'll find a way for you to get there in a jiffy."
"Using a warp star?"
"No, faster than that! Wait a minute…" MH flew into the hole on the surface of the FD and came back out after a few seconds, holding a silver thingamajig in his hand. "Use this instead!"
"What's this?"
"I've never seen it before…" said Bowser.
"It's a Dimensional ARM," explained MH. "They don't exist in this world by the way."
"Then how come you have it?" asked Link.
"I got it from another world that exists in another dimension. I have a friend there and I used to visit that place back then, so I brought back some useful stuffs from there. So anyway, this Dimension ARM allows you to teleport to your desired location, but since this is a cheaper kind, it can only transport up to two people at a time." He handed it Roy.
"How do I use it?" he asked.
"Simple, just say out Dimension ARM and then the place you want to go. If you want to bring someone along, make sure he is next to you and say out his name too."
"That's how it works? Sounds simple! I think I'll give it a test first." Roy held up the ARM and said, "Dimension ARM, I want to go to the other side of Final Destination!" After saying this, he immediately disappeared in a green flash and reappeared on the other side of FD.
"Whoa! It really works!" said Ness.
"Wow… It's amazing…" said Roy.
"I've never seen anything like this before!" said Mewtwo.
"ARMs… I've heard of those things before," said Dedede, rubbing his chin. "Never thought these things really exist, since they sound like something only found in fairy tales."
"Okay, I'm in a hurry, so I'm off to pick up Lilina," said Roy.
"Good luck and take care!" Peach said to him.
"Dimension ARM, I want to go to Lilina's house!" said Roy, and then he disappeared in a bright flash.
"Why can't we use that to travel to places instead?" asked Bowser. "That way we won't be crashing around!"
"I just said I only have the kind that can transport two people at once. ARMs are very expensive in the world that I bought it from!"
"What world is that?" asked Young Link.
Suddenly, the floor opened up underneath YL and pushed him away, and CH came out with a TV in his palm. "URGENT NEWS!!!"
"What?" asked MH.
Everyone gathered around the TV to see what the big news is.
"We have an urgent report that is happening on live right now!" said the news reporter. "While the evil scientist Dr. Wily was being transported through Robot City to be brought to the court, four strange people with strange powers appeared and attacked the truck carrying Dr. Wily and freed him, and then they proceeded to cause havoc throughout the place!" Then the camera shows the city scene where everything is in ruins.
"How horrible!" gasped Zelda.
"Who has the guts to do such thing?!" said Link angrily.
"They're rescuing Dr. Wily? They must be the Negativities!" said Fox.
"Without-a doubt!" said Mario. "We must-a stop-a them!"
"Hold on! We need a plan! We can't just rush out there! Too many people can make things complicated!" said MH. "If they only have four people out there causing trouble, then we'll send four of us there!"
"Who will go then?" asked Marth.
"Me! Let me have them!" said Wario, raising his hand and jumping up and down.
"I'll say out the names that come to my mind immediately, so don't cry if you don't get chosen or got chosen!" said MH.
"Please not me…" prayed Luigi.
"Okay… Snake, Donkey Kong, Samus, and Dedede!"
"Who me?" asked DK.
"Well, looks like I'm chosen," said Snake.
"I have no problem with this," said Samus. "In fact, I'm willing to go teach them a lesson!"
"So I'm chosen?" said Dedede.
"What? Are you not happy? Scared?" Bowser asked him.
Dedede was not pleased to hear this. "How dare you make fun of the king like this?! I'll show you that I'm not scared! As the king, I will put an end to crime and evil myself!"
"Shall I accompany you, your majesty?" MK asked him.
"You don't have to, for I have to show that big turtle what I'm capable of! It's high time that he start to look up to me!"
"I respect your decision, king."
"Okay, get on the warp star and get your butts there!" said MH.
"Okay!" said the four of them.
"Be careful out there!" said Peach.
And so, the four of them took off. "Will they be all right?" asked Lucas.
"Don't worry; they are very tough!" Ness assured him. "Anyone who gets in their way will surely meet their doom! I don't know about the penguin though…"
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At Robot City, the police are trying to solve the problem themselves, but they all got owned easily.
"Arrest them all!"
"But they're too tough!"
"We need reinforcement!"
"There are only four of them! We shouldn't lose to them!"
"Where's Megaman when we need him?!"
"Ah!!! It's coming!!!"
CRASH!!! BAM!!! POW!!!!!!
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
Various explosions occurred and the policemen were blown away.
"Hehehe! These people are too easy! I thought this world would offer more challenge!"
"I sort of feel sorry for them. They couldn't even fight back or protect themselves…"
"Weaklings like them do not deserve to be pitied."
"Grrr…"
"These people are too tough!" said the police.
Just at this moment, the warp star came crashing down from the sky right in front of the police, and the impact created a shockwave that blew them away.
CRAAAAAAASH!!!!!
"YAAAAAAAA!!!!!!"
Samus got up from the crash and shook her head. "Ow… Another rough landing…"
"I think we hit the wrong people," said DK, looking at the fallen police.
"We'll say sorry to them later," said Snake. "We have bigger fish to deal with here."
"So are you the people that are causing havoc?" Dedede said to whoever was doing all these.
"You're the Negativities, right?" asked Samus.
"My, my... Wouldn't they happen to be the Smashers? They look just like the ones in the picture," said the sexy and beautiful brunette in a revealing one piece swimsuit—Candice. She has an eye patch covering her left eye by the way.
"I think they are. I didn't expect to meet them here," said a blond feminine-looking boy in blue shirt—Rolan.
"Hehehe! What a lucky day this is!" laughed the person with a pumpkin head and a cross tied to his back—Halloween. "So these are the Smashers King N has been talking about, and the supposedly heroes of this world? Haha! Now I get to see what these people are capable of!"
The fourth person was a hunchbacked guy with a creepy skull mask, and he said nothing but growled like a beast—Chimera.
"So you are on King N's side after all!" said Samus.
"You have done a huge crime!" said Dedede. "As the king, I will not allow you get away with this! I will do the pleasure of punishing you all!"
"Hehehehehe!!! Look who's talking big! I have never seen a king that looks like a fat blob like you!" said Halloween.
"Yeah, he looks so stupid and ugly," said Candice.
Hearing this made Dedede see red and steam shot out from his ears. "YOU HAVE OFFENDED THE KING!!!!!! YOU MUST DIE!!!!!!"
"Calm down, pal," DK said to him.
"You guys want to fight? Bring it on!" said Snake.
"Well, um… We can avoid violence as much as possible…" said Rolan, sounding scared. "But if you insist…"
"Hey! What about me?! Are you guys forgetting about me?!" said Dr. Wily, popping out from behind a rock. "Didn't you guys come to pick me up?"
"That was our command, and to make it snappy too," said Halloween. "We would've enjoyed playing with you Smashers, but orders are orders. We must return to the base as fast as possible! But if you really do insist on having a fight…"
At this moment, four figures dropped down in between the Smashers and the bad guys, and all four of these are robots.
"We'll do the pleasure of fighting you!" said the robot with ice shards on his head—Freezeman.
"You were ones who made Lord Wily got captured, so we well avenge for him!" said the robot floating on a cloud—Cloudman.
"I will crush you all!" said the large robot with a body that looks like it's made from junk pieces—Junkman.
"If you want a fight, then you will get it from us Robot Masters!" said the bulky robot with an arm cannon—Burstman.
"It's as they say," said Halloween. "So have fun these guys in the meantime and I hope the next time we meet, we get a duel!"
Suddenly, a large door popped out of thin air behind the bad guys. "What's that?!" said DK.
"Remember us, Smashers! We are the Knights of the Zodiac who serve under Phantom, leader of the Chess Pieces from MAR Heaven! Phantom is one of King N's most powerful followers as he is granted the title Extremo Negativo!"
"Doesn't hearing that make you scared?" asked Candice.
"Ha! You think I'll be scared of something like that?" asked Dedede. "I have been through various wars and battles! Nobody on the battlefield has yet to make me scared!"
"All right! Enough talk and let's get out of here!" said Dr. Wily. "I'll leave the Smashers to you, Robot Masters!"
"You can count on us, Lord Wily!" said Freezeman.
As the Chess Pieces and Dr. Wily began to enter through the large door, DK picked up a rock and hurled it at them. "You're not going anywhere!"
The rock flew towards Chimera, but he turned around fast and bat it away, and then dashed at DK at a really fast speed. He lifted up the large sleeves on his arms and…
"What the?!?" gasped Samus.
"How'd he do that?!" said Snake.
"Chimera! We do not have time for this! Phantom is waiting for our return!" said Halloween.
Chimera stopped attacking DK and hopped back to the others, and they all left through the large door, which then disappeared into thin air.
DK brushed the dust and wound off his body. "Ouch… That guy… What a scary person…"
"Ha! Now it's only you guys and us!" said Burstman.
"We will destroy you all!" said Junkman loudly.
"Get ready to meet your maker!" said Cloudman.
"Ready or not, here we come!" said Freezeman.
"Looks like we'll have to deal with them instead," said Samus.
"No big deal," said Snake.
"I will teach you not to mess with the king!" said Dedede angrily.
TO BE CONTINUED
Just a quick question: How many of you watched Marchen Awakens Romance (MAR for short) or have decent knowledge about it? It's not that obscure of an anime, but when compared to the likes of One Piece, Naruto, and Dragon Ball, it's quite below average on popularity.
Trivia:
1. The term 'He', 'Him', and 'His' aren't necessary used to indicate male, but also people of unknown genders. What does it have to do with this story…?