Mother 3 spoilers ahead, these ones I don't think were spoiled by brawl...
Like the previous Gaiden chapter, this was also 3 chapters added together.
Perhaps I should bring it up that Lucas is my favorite character in Brawl...
I also use the fan translation's name for Yokuba (Fassad)
Gaiden chapter 2: Give light to the small one, who walks his path alone.
During the wars that were occurring on the two other planets, a third war was also about to begin. This third war, although much smaller, had perhaps a much greater importance. This was a battle for a new ally, the winner would receive a person of unlimited power. As a wielder of PSI, one would only be limited to their own imagination, and how one utilized their attacks. PSI, a power of unlimited potential...
Unfortunately, the prize of this upcoming battle had yet to have his powers awaken.
Everything was dark. A lone figure was running in an abyss of darkness. It was a young boy, wearing a striped shirt. "Help!" the young boy screamed, his voice however was swallowed up by the darkness.
'You can't run!" A voice replied. Infront of him appeared the Masked Man. Their faces were identical. The Masked Man quickly stabbed him with his hand, causing him to kneel over on the ground in pain. "You can't run away Claus, after all, we are the same person! I'm you!"
"Leave Lucas alone!" Claus gasped.
The Masked Man however just began to laugh, and the darkness began to consume Claus. "Damn it!"
Olimar's Journal:
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I am beginning to fear that I may have stumbled upon something much bigger than myself. Between the wanted criminal Wolf, the large robot army, and the plump King Dedede, I fear that I may just be becoming a magnet for these strange things.
The Halberd's captain, Meta Knight, is especially calm. I just want to go home. I hope my wife and kids are happy and safe.
I hope I can get through this in one piece... I am constantly getting this feeling deep down, that I will never see them again, but I try to dismiss it. Maybe I can escape. Maybe I can return back to Hocotate.
The Halberd continued its journey. "It's absolutely amazing how much can be accomplished in a day." Meta Knight said looking over the army of ROBs he had obtained. "Surgam. Have you found any one yet?"
"No," Surgam replied trying to concentrate on an energy source. "Everything is just too vast."
Meta Knight let out a deep sigh. "Figures."
"If there was only some large surge of power, or something." Surgam sighed.
Perhaps, someone, or the god of plot convenience, was being kind to them. There was suddenly a large surge of power in the distance. It was so strong that even those who wouldn't be able to feel power could sense it. "Did you feel that?" Meta Knight asked.
"Yes." Surgam replied.
"Do you know where it's coming from?"
"Yes" Surgam said. He looked around and pointed to a direction.
"Look for a planet over there!" Meta Knight ordered. Several ROBs began to scan the area. For several minutes there was silence as the ROBs continued to look for a populated planet. "We can't lose sight of it."
Surgam was beginning to shake. "I don't know what it is, this power, it isn't ending."
"Meta Knight we have found a planet. Most of it is uninhabited except for a small island." ROB said.
"Lock onto the location!" Meta Knight ordered.
"Done." ROB confirmed.
"You can stop now." Meta Knight said to Surgam.
The young boy just stood there afraid. "He is on that island." Surgam said. "At least I think that's him... his PSI abilities aren't as strong as Ness'. In fact I think they are still dormant. But, I don't know what this surge of power is... It feels cold!"
"That isn't good..." Meta Knight moaned.
"Why?" Surgam asked.
"It means that the little pup will be unable to defend himself." Wolf snarled looking up at the planet. "And beyond that he is still pure, he could be tainted by anything. We have to be careful approaching him."
Meta Knights mind was however elsewhere. He was too busy thinking about The Government. Only those high up on the political side of their worlds knew about the Government. Meta Knight quickly began to walk away. Eventually he came to the room that King Dedede was staying in. He opened the door and King Dedede was jumping around the room while he was tied to a chair. "My king." Meta Knight said. "I have a few questions to ask you. It's about The Government!"
King Dedede suddenly stopped fidgeting through the room. "What do you want to know?" He wondered.
"Did they ever approach you?" Meta Knight asked. "I want to know their true objective. What they really are!"
"They approached me a few weeks after my coronation." King Dedede explained. "After my father had passed away and I became King. Because of that they sent somebody to talk to me. He explained procedures and other things."
"I guess they didn't explain their purpose to you." Meta Knight said, turning around ready to leave the room.
"They want eternal and everlasting peace in the universe." King Dedede said. "They want to create a utopia..."
Meta Knight stopped moving. "I find that hard to believe." Meta Knight replied.
"They work in the background telling monarchs and other political parties what to do, how to run their people. The rulers ultimately have no choice to agree or face eradication." King Dedede said, he was shaking with fury.
"So ultimately the Government is all ready in charge." Meta Knight said. Meta Knight quickly realized something that Kirby had said. How the Government had targeted them a month earlier. "The Government sees the Smashers as a threat because they aren't under their control! They don't have the elevated power or anything!"
"So these Smashers are against the Government?" King Dedede wondered.
"Yes, that's one way to put it."
"Well then, I suddenly have a change of heart. I'll help you out! No one tells me what to do!" King Dedede replied. Meta Knight quickly cut the ropes and King Dedede rushed for his hammer. "Now then, tell me when we are going to fight them, and tell me how hard to swing my hammer!"
"Didn't you just say that no one tells you what to do?" Meta Knight questioned.
"This is different. I'm not that experienced in battle." King Dedede replied. "I need some guidance."
"Swing your hammer. And knock your opponent out." Meta Knight replied. "While dodging your opponent's attacks. That's all there is to it."
"Ah good." King Dedede replied, joyfully. "That will be easy."
Meta Knight was now confident that King Dedede wouldn't try to abandon him, at least as long as he was under the impression that the Smashers were going to fight against the Government. "We better continue onwards." Meta Knight said.
The Halberd flew towards the Nowhere islands.
One day ago:
It was a bright morning. Lucas just stepped out of his bed and looked at his messy hair in the mirror. Quickly he grabbed a nearby comb, and began to groom it. He quickly changed out of his pyjamas and into his normal clothing. A yellow and red striped shirt, and jean shorts. He made his way towards a stove, and began to cook his breakfast. An omelette.
If one was to just casually look into his house, one would assume that he lived alone. This however wasn't true. His father also lived there, however he spent all of his time in the mountains. Searching for someone for the past three years.
Three years ago, when Lucas was the age of nine, a tragedy fell upon the Nowhere Islands. Two people were killed, to be more accurate one was killed, the other was missing and presumed dead. The first person killed was Lucas' mother, Hinawa. The second was his older twin brother, Claus.
Now, the twelve year old Lucas was feeling something inside of him. Something changing. Puberty... Or so everyone thought. It was actually his latent PSI powers that were slowly beginning to activate around this time, driven by the hormones that one gets when their body begins to change, as such, puberty is a period where many young psychics learn of their powers. The gifted, learn even earlier. However Lucas was beginning to feel physically sick.
Not to mention, for the past few days he had been having frightening nightmares. They were all so clear. The ground would shake, and split open, and emerging from it was a monstrous beast, a dragon. Not to mention, for the past few days, he had noticed things moving by themselves. At first he thought it was the wind, but the windows and doors were closed. There was no breeze.
Perhaps what was the most frightening thing had occurred only a few nights ago. He had woken up to his bed sheets on fire. He tried to tell his father that something had happened during the night; however his father just brushed it off telling him that he was about that age and that his body was going through changes. His father, a completely normal person, and unaware of the world of PSI, just thought Lucas was going through puberty and Lucas had just had a wet dream. His father was out of it, in his current state was mad with grief, and he probably wouldn't of noticed if the house burnt down. He was constantly searching for what he had lost and was ignoring what he had left.
He just walked outside and to a bakery, where his one friend, Fuel worked.
"Fuel, I don't know what's going on." He sighed.
Fuel just stood behind the counter, constantly kneading some bread.
"The bed being set on fire?" Fuel questioned.
"Yeah." Lucas replied. "My dad thought it was nothing."
"He hasn't been the same for the past few years." Fuel sighed. "Ever since he saved me from the fire. And learned afterwards that his wife died."
Fuel looked up, he saw Lucas doing his best to hold back some tears. "Oh, sorry. I should have known better."
"No, it's okay." Lucas said, as a few tears escaped.
"It must hurt. Seeing your mother die like that, losing your brother, your father going insane."
"Yeah." Lucas whimpered.
Ever since that day 3 years ago, so many things had changed. And they weren't just limited to Lucas' family. A strange man named Fassad came to their village, and began preaching about happiness. The small village was corrupted, losing its ties of friendship. Soon people began to care about money. And the strange Pig masked people began to appear.
Lucas just stepped outside of the bakery, after paying for a loaf of fresh Nut Bread. Standing in the town square was Fassad, giving his daily speech about happiness. He glanced at Lucas. "Lucas, you still don't have your happiness box." He said. "People may get strange ideas; don't you want to be happy?"
"I was happier when you weren't here!" Lucas barked.
"Oh, so you do have some bite in you." Fassad laughed. "Now then, why don't you help me spread happiness across the world? Nwehehehehehehehehe!"
Lucas just ignored him and began to walk up to the graveyard. Every day, for the past 3 years, he would come here. He would visit his mother's grave. He wasn't the only one; there was always a fresh set of flowers. He often wondered who would be bringing flowers. At first he thought it was his father, until one day when he got there first. New flowers were there, and his father came several minutes later. Not to mention that the flower's were often exotic, ones that he had never seen before on the Nowhere Islands.
When he got there at the grave there was a man with long red hair that reached down to his waist. He was wearing mostly black and gray. This person was completely new to Lucas. He had never seen him before. He turned around. "Commander-" the person stuttered, "No, I'm sorry, you're not the person I thought you were."
"Are you the one who is constantly leaving the flowers?" Lucas asked.
"No." He replied.
"Did you know my mother?"
"No."
Both of them remained rather silent. Eventually the stranger decided to speak up. "My name is Asch."
"Lucas."
Asch actually flinched when Lucas said his name. "Watch your back kid." Quickly, Asch began to walk away. Lucas watched until Asch had disappeared in the horizon. He breathed a sigh of relief and then approached the grave. He silently prayed. However, he couldn't shake this feeling that he was being watched. There were a few other days like this, where he felt that someone was watching him from behind the trees. When Lucas went to investigate he found nothing.
Eventually he turned around and walked away from the grave. Lucas slowly walked back to his small village. On the way back he saw several other strange new people. The first two were wearing black cloaks with red clouds on them.
While there had been people in the past who had come and gone from the Nowhere Islands, none were as strange looking as this. Somehow, Lucas could feel malicious intents from them. When he got home he locked his doors.
He began to hyperventilate. Panicking about who those people were. How could he sense their intent? It was almost as though he could read their minds. But, that was silly, right? There was no way he could actually read minds! Almost immediately he felt a pain go through his hands and legs, an unbelievable pain. It was as though his body was being torn apart. He collapsed on to the ground, and blacked out.
When Lucas came to some time had passed. There was some scratching at the door, most likely his dog, Boney, who was concerned about his master. Lucas slowly got up and began to open the door. Almost instantly, Boney rushed in and tackled Lucas down on the ground. Quickly, Boney began to lick Lucas' face. "I'm okay Boney." Lucas said between laughs. "Please, that's enough."
Boney however just continued to wag his tail. Lucas just began to scratch the dog. Eventually Boney stopped licking his face and just sat there. Whenever Lucas stopped, Boney would gently nudge his hand for him to continue scratching his head. "Let's go for a walk." Lucas suggested. Boney just barked cheerfully.
Lucas got up and the two walked outside. Boney didn't need a leash, he was an obedient dog who would stay by Lucas' side no matter what. The two of them decided to take their normal route, going into the Sunshine forest, where the two of them would run and dodge the branches of the trees. As they got to the edge of the forest, Boney turned to Lucas. "Are you ready Boney?" He asked. "Let's race!"
Lucas took off and Boney was right behind them. The two weaved through the trees. Both of them forgot all of their worries.
Lucas then ran forwards, losing focus of what was around him. He jumped up into the air; suddenly he felt that he could jump much higher than normal. He looked down and noticed that there was a good two meters between where he was and the ground. He quickly landed on the ground and looked around confused. "Was I ever able to jump that high?" He questioned. He looked around and then noticed that Boney wasn't with him. "Oh no!" Lucas shouted. "I lost Boney!"
This wasn't really a problem. Boney was a smart dog, and this had happened a few times before. Boney would eventually come back to the house. Or maybe he had all ready gone back to the house. But Lucas just began to walk through the Sunshine forest. "Boney!" He called out. He hoped he could have heard Boney bark. Slowly Lucas progressed further into the Sunshine Forest.
Suddenly he paused. Standing in front of him, looking at a tree was a large white cat like creature. "Cla-" Mewtwo said turning around. He suddenly stopped himself from talking when he realized that it wasn't who he was expecting.
Lucas, being completely normal, and average, save for the budding PSI abilities, was freaked out. He grabbed a nearby stick and pointed it at Mewtwo. "Stay away!" Lucas stammered out.
"Please, I could take that stick from you in an instant." Mewtwo replied.
Shocked, Lucas dropped the stick and began to step back, looking for a way to run away. But would he be able to out run this creature? Was he like any of the other strange creatures that have popped up on the Nowhere Islands in the past 3 years? "You can talk?!" Lucas shouted afraid.
"I can do a lot of things." Mewtwo replied. "Like ending your life right here." Lucas suddenly tripped on a tree root. The next moment his back was against the trunk of a tree. "But, I won't."
"Why not?" Lucas asked.
"Because, I can sense that you have psychic abilities." Mewtwo calmly replied. "Just like-" he had to stop himself once again.
"Just like who? Tell me!" Lucas demanded.
"He was going to say, just like the commander." A voice said. Walking towards the two of them was Asch.
"Asch!" Lucas shouted out, rather relieved.
"Oh, so you two have all ready met." Mewtwo laughed. "This will make things easier. Asch, do you think you can do what we talked about."
"Yeah, it should be easy." Asch replied. "Just make sure that he doesn't squirm."
Lucas was suddenly unable to move. "Done." Mewtwo replied.
"What are you doing?" Lucas asked terrified.
An aura began to appear around Asch. The next moment Lucas began to scream out in pain. "It hurts, but bear with it." Mewtwo calmly said. "Your body is accepting energy from what lives underneath the surface of the Nowhere Islands. You of course don't know that, it was kept a secret from you. Underneath this island rests a dragon. We are going to put its power into you!" The pain was next to unbearable, and Lucas fell unconscious.
When Lucas woke up he was leaning against the tree. Both Asch and Mewtwo were nowhere in sight. Slowly, Lucas got up. Almost immediately afterwards he became dizzy and fell face first towards the ground. Once again he began to get up. This time, he wasn't dizzy, and slowly made his way back to the small village. Once or twice his vision got blurry and he fell to the ground. But each time, he got back up. Slowly he walked into the shop where Fuel was working.
"Hey Luke, back for some more bread?" Fuel wondered.
"No." Lucas replied.
"What's wrong?"
"There were these strange people that I haven't seen in the village before." Lucas whispered, he wanted to make sure no one besides Fuel heard him. "There was one that looked like a giant white cat. And another with long red hair. They were saying something about a dragon being sealed underneath this island."
Fuel looked around rather confused. "Lucas, is this a joke?" He wondered.
"No." Lucas quickly replied. "It's the truth! And then they said that they were going to seal the Dragon's power inside of me, and after that I blacked out, and woke up in the forest."
"Did you eat some mushrooms again?" Fuel questioned, Lucas just shot him a glare. "If you go around saying stuff like that, people are going to think that you're insane!"
"I told you because I trusted you." Lucas replied. "I thought you wouldn't joke about this."
"Lucas, something that farfetched is just impossible. No one would believe something like that even if you told them!"
"They wouldn't believe me if I told them in the first place." Lucas grumbled. Lucas was signalled out because he didn't have a happy box, and his house was constantly struck by lightning. He had tried telling the villagers that Fassad was evil, but they didn't believe him. And that probably did a great deal to hurting his reputation. "Fuel. Everything has changed. Our life isn't what it used to be."
"I know." Fuel muttered. "Listen, I'll believe you. I'll come over to your house tomorrow and you can tell me more about it. Okay?'
"Okay, thanks." Lucas replied back.
Lucas quickly exited the bread shop and went to the town square. However, Lucas quickly hid behind the fountain.
The two people wearing the dark cloaks, with red clouds approached Fassad. "Friends, you two are new here." Fassad said. One just pulled out a scroll and gave it to Fassad. Instantly his tone changed. "I understand."
"Say your goodbyes to this village." One said.
"Goodbyes, ha! This place is worthless to me." Fassad replied. "They are all gullible fools. I'd love to leave this place and serve the Dark Lord once again."
Lucas gasped. He hoped that they didn't hear him.
"What do you want done with the person who is eavesdropping us?" One commented.
"Let him be. No one will believe him anyways. Why wouldn't they believe in someone who doesn't believe in happiness?"
Lucas burned with rage. He stepped out from behind his hiding spot and faced the three. "So you would rather deceive this village? And leave everyone who has placed their trust in you?"
"Of course." Fassad replied. "They mean nothing to me. And I doubt that they would care what happens to you!" He raised a fist.
One of the cloaked figures however stopped Fassad. "The commander doesn't want him hurt, yet, he would like to meet with him first."
"Who's the commander?" Fassad wondered.
"We will introduce him to you. Come." The three of them just began to walk away. Lucas wanted to follow, but something was telling him that the other two were dangerous. Instead he just went back home. He wondered if anyone would believe him. Believe that Fassad was evil, that he was lying all this time, and was about to leave the village. But Fassad was right, they weren't going to believe someone like him, they weren't going to believe that Fassad, the person who brought them happiness, was evil, especially not if Lucas told them that. They would have to find out by themselves. But, odds were, they weren't going to find out until it was too late.
The rest of the day he spent in his house. He couldn't put his finger on it, but he felt like he was being watched. That someone was outside of the house. Eventually, he fell asleep. During the middle of the night, he was woken to loud crashing noises coming from the village. Lucas ignored them and went back to sleep.
The next day. Lucas got up, changed, made his food, ate and walked out of his house. Unfortunately, waiting for him outside was an angry mob consisting of all of the villagers. "What's going on?" he questioned.
"You ought to know!" They shouted outraged. "Fuel, why don't you go tell your friend!"
Fuel nervously stepped up. "It's probably best if we go inside." Fuel said. Slowly they walked inside. Both of them made their way to the table and sat down in the chairs. "What were you thinking? How did you do it? Why did you do it?"
"What are you talking about?" Lucas inquired.
"Don't play dumb!" Fuel shouted outraged. "You should know exactly what you've done!" Lucas just continued to stare at Fuel, rather oblivious to the situation. "You really have no idea, do you? Maybe it's that dragon that was sealed inside of you."
"You're going to believe me now?" Lucas questioned.
"I don't know what to believe." Fuel replied. "But I know what I saw with my own eyes. After hearing all of the sounds I rushed to the village. And I saw you attacking Fassad, really giving him a number. Smashing him into buildings, even through buildings. It's a wonder that he even survived."
Lucas was shocked. He looked down at the table and said, "Fuel, I was sleeping all of last night. I heard something coming from the village, but I went back to sleep."
"And then this morning, Fassad called everyone together. He looked horrible. He said to everyone that he did his best to spread happiness and save us. But now, he sees that there were those beyond saving, and because of you, evil people will be coming to this village and destroy it. He said that in order to save the village, you have to disappear! They want to kill you, please run!"
Lucas just sat in the chair. "Fassad is all playing you for fools."
"I know." Fuel replied. "But, they will no longer listen to reason. They only want you dead."
"I can go live with my grandfather." Lucas replied.
"They won't let you leave." Fuel said. "I can't do anything either to help you. They might kill me if I do something."
Lucas just stood up and began to walk for the front door. "What's all this ruckus!" A voice shouted. Lucas' heart suddenly sank. It was his father, Flint. "Tell me!"
"Your son destroyed the village!" Someone replied.
Flint just laughed. "Lucas, he wouldn't hurt a fly!"
Lucas just looked back at Fuel. "My father is out there, trying to calm them down."
"Your father? I don't know if he can stop them." Fuel replied. "They were rather angry."
Lucas continued to listen. "Maybe violence just runs in the family!" One suggested. "Remember, you once attacked everyone, and we had to throw you in jail!"
Flint flinched. Lucas thought that everyone knew better than to remind his father of that night. The person who said that had most likely found Flint right in their face. "I remember that quite well." He snapped. "I also remember someone telling me that they found a nice weapon impaled in my wife's heart. What I did to him was fully justified! Now, leave, and I will go talk to Lucas."
It took quite a while for Flint to come into the house. The villagers probably didn't want to leave. He entered the house. "Lucas, are you okay? Did they do anything to you?" He asked.
Lucas noticed that Flint was holding his mouth. He had probably gotten into a few fights to make sure the people left, and it wasn't surprising that a few would of gotten a few hits in. "No, I'm fine." Lucas replied. He slowly stretched out his hand. "Does it hurt?"
Flint removed his hand to reveal a deep gash. Lucas looked in shock at it. Blood slowly came out of it. Lucas was terrified. "Not much. One of them used a rock. Few punched me, one slapped me across the face. Listen, Lucas, did you do what they said that you did?"
"No!" Lucas replied.
"That's good. I believe you." Flint replied. "You're a good kid. You wouldn't do something like that." He sat down on a chair and noticed that Fuel was sitting at the table. "Lighter's kid, what are you doing here?"
"I came to talk to Lucas, and tell him what went on in the village." Fuel replied. "But, the crowd got here first."
"I see." Flint replied.
Lucas quickly rushed over with several medicinal herbs. Quickly he applied the to his father's face. Flint however was shocked. "Lucas, remove your hand." He sternly said. Lucas did so, and his face was miraculously healed, it was as though he didn't have a scratch in the first place. "What, just happened?"
Lucas was also in shock. He looked at his hands; his father's blood was on them. "Lucas, where did you learn to do that?" Fuel wondered.
"I don't know." Lucas replied.
"Do you think this is because of the Dragon?" Fuel wondered.
"Dragon?"
"Yeah, there is a dragon sealed underneath the Nowhere Islands."
There was suddenly a knocking at the door. Flint slowly went to the door. "Who is it?" He asked.
"It's me. Leder! I heard the commotion and I wanted to see what was going on." Leder said.
Flint walked outside. "Well, I'm sorry, but you're a little late. I managed to take care of it. Strangely, I was hurt, and then Lucas healed me by touching me. And then, Fuel started saying something about a Dragon being sealed underneath the Nowhere Islands."
Leder's face suddenly went white. "Lucas, Fuel, please come out here." He managed to stutter out. The two boys slowly walked outside. "This is bad. This is very bad. How did you two find out about the dragon?"
Fuel looked at Lucas. Lucas just looked up at Leder. "There was this strange white cat like creature that was talking about it."
"There was indeed a Dragon sealed away underneath the island Lucas. It was sealed away a long time ago. And now it waits for someone to unseal it, to be used for either Good or Evil. What it becomes is dependant on the one who pulls the needles." Leder explained.
"But, they said that they transferred it's power inside of me." Lucas said.
"Wait, what?" Flint shouted outraged. "Why is there a Dragon underneath the island? Why didn't we know about this?"
Leder sighed. "I knew this day would eventually come. Flint, I'll explain everything to you. And to you too Fuel, and Lucas. But for the time being, I trust you can keep a secret." And so, Leder told the three about the white ship, and how everyone's minds were erased so that they could live in peace.
The Halberd landed in the water and slowly approached the Nowhere Islands. It was covered by a cloaking device so that the island's inhabitants couldn't see it, not that they would of noticed, the island's inhabitants were too busy harassing Lucas. Surgam looked out of a window in the Halberd. "You sure he's here?" Wolf questioned.
"Yes." Surgam replied. "I'm positive."
"And what makes you so sure?" King Dedede wondered.
Surgam just looked at the tiny island. "I can feel something."
Lucario closed his eyes. However he suddenly opened them. "What is this? I've never seen an aura like this before!"
"Agreed." ROB said. "I too detect a strange energy radiating from this island. Let's see if I can find the source." Several minutes passed until ROB spoke up again. "I can sense it all coming from one person. This is incredible!"
Surgam just glanced at the picture that Ness had drawn. "Do you think we will find him?"
"Maybe." Meta Knight replied. He steered the ship up, out of the water and over the village, they looked down at the ruined buildings. "But I fear that it may have been too late." He saw a field that looked like it could fit the Halberd. Slowly the ship descended and they exited out. They slowly walked into the village, and no one seemed to pay any attention to them. They just looked down and helped each other rebuild their houses. Those who couldn't help rebuild stayed in what looked like an inn.
"What happened here?" Surgam wondered.
"I am detecting residue that is left over from a fight." ROB replied. "It is different, and not like the previous mysterious energy."
From a path, the boy who was depicted in Ness' drawing appeared. However, the rest of the villagers weren't as happy to see him as Smashers were. The villagers began to throw tomatoes towards the boy. He was hit, and fell down on the ground. More tomatoes were thrown, and eventually they ran out. The boy just sat their cowering, covered in tomatoes. "This is the kid we are looking for?" Wolf said rather shocked.
"It is." ROB replied. "And, all of the energy is coming from him."
The Smashers looked in shock. "What, really?" King Dedede said amazed.
"Yes." Lucario replied.
The boy slowly got up and began to walk towards the Halberd. They followed. It didn't take long for the boy to realize that he was being followed. He turned around and looked at the Smashers. He was partly relived that it wasn't the villagers. However his eyes fixed on them, they all looked so strange, like the monsters that had been popping up.
Surgam was the first to act. "Hello, my name is Surgam!" he said, rushing up to the kid, "What's yours?"
The boy stepped backwards. "Lucas." He stuttered out. "What do you want?"
Meta Knight stared at Lucas. He was clearly intimidated by them. "Let's leave." Meta Knight said walking away. The others followed.
Surgam however wasn't ready to leave despite being forced away. Lucas just ran away and Surgam quickly followed. Lucas had eventually gone to a graveyard where he stared at a lone grave and just began to cry. Surgam stood behind a tree listing to him. "Mom!" He cried. "I'm confused. I don't know what's going on anymore. Everything I know is wrong! This island resides on a Dragon, now the Dragon's power is sealed in me! And all of the villagers hate me for something I didn't do!"
Surgam paused. He stepped forwards, and a twig snapped. Lucas turned back to face the kid. Both of them stared at each other. It was silent and awkward.
"What do you want?" Lucas asked. "Are you here to ruin my life too?"
"Lucas, was it?" Surgam managed to say.
"Yeah." Lucas replied. "And your name is?"
"Surgam. What's going on, why didn't you block those tomatoes? Or do something? What happened here, why are they treating you like this?"
"I haven't seen you around the Nowhere Islands, and you don't know what's going on. You're a new visitor, aren't you?"
"We just got here today."
"From where?" Lucas wondered.
"Another world, we came here looking for you." Surgam explained, bringing out the drawing of Lucas. "You see, we need your help."
"With what?" Lucas asked.
Surgam sighed, and began to explain the situation.
Everyone else had gone to the hotel. In the hotel was a café, where they were seated and began to drink some drinks. "So, now what?" Wolf wondered.
"I don't know." Meta Knight replied. "We have to bring him back."
"But if he refuses?" ROB wondered. "Are you just going to kidnap him?"
"No." Meta Knight replied. "He is but a child. We can't take him away from his parents to fight in this deadly battle."
They continued to eat and drink at the Café. "Meta Knight, listen very carefully and whatever you do don't show any emotion." A voice said. "I'm talking to you telepathically."
"Judging by what we just saw, it might be better to make him disappear." Wolf said.
Meta Knight had to stop himself from looking around his shoulder in surprise. "Go on." Meta Knight thought.
"Just hearing that coming from your mouth makes me think you want to kill him." Olimar pointed out.
"Currently I am against you and with the Dark Lord Smithy, but I want you to hear me out."
"He's just saying that because no one would notice a disappearance." King Dedede laughed.
Meta Knight seemed a bit panicked. "Fine." He eventually said.
"We are talking about this in public, what if someone is eavesdropping?" Olimar questioned.
"My name is Mewtwo, most likely you have heard of me since I'm a former Smasher."
"No one is paying attention, or focused on us. If they were, their aura would be giving them away." Lucario calmly replied. "Besides, I'm using my aura to create a soundproof barrier that is invisible to those who can't see aura or other things." However Lucario suddenly focused on Meta Knight. His aura was acting strange. Even though Meta Knight was masking his emotions, his aura was telling a different story.
"I don't exactly care about your name just tell me what was important." Meta Knight barked.
"The Dark Lord Smithy was here previously... three years ago when a tragedy befelled this village. Two people were killed then; both of them were related to Lucas." Mewtwo calmly said. Meta Knight was trying his best to not show a reaction, but the shock was a lot harder to hold back. "The first was his mother; the second was his twin brother Claus. You have to protect the boy so that he doesn't meet the same unpleasant fate as his brother."
"Why are you telling me this?" Meta Knight wondered.
Mewtwo didn't reply. It was silent for a few moments. "I'm telling you this because I can." Mewtwo said. "And I have my own reasons... Lucas must join the Smashers... for his destiny..."
Meta Knight was clearly hesitant to trust Mewtwo, and Mewtwo was able to sense this. "If you don't believe me, Smithy's men are all ready here. And soon, they are going to try and take Lucas by force."
"But why?"
"I've all ready told you why." Mewtwo said. "Listen I want you to trust me when the time comes. I will be ordered to capture Lucas. But I won't... I will awaken his dormant powers. After that I want you to run away and hide in one of two famous fortress in space. The Battlerock, or the Dreadnought."
"You mean two fortress that the Government attacked several decades ago?"
"Yes." Mewtwo replied. "Now, then, until we meet again. When we do, we will be enemies."
Meta Knight was snapped back into reality. "Are you done?" Wolf asked.
"Yeah. Let's leave." Meta Knight said getting up. They quickly paid money and went out of the café. Perhaps, for the first time they noticed that Surgam wasn't with them. "Where did Surgam go?"
"He followed Lucas." Wolf replied. "I thought you would have noticed."
Meta Knight actually looked shocked. "Sorry, my mind was occupied." He quickly said. "But let's confront Lucas once again."
"What good will that do?" Lucario growled.
"I trust that Surgam has talked with him." Meta Knight replied. "Where is he?"
Lucario closed his eyes and tried to focus. His eyes suddenly bolted open. "Lucas and Surgam are in danger!" He managed to spit out.
"And that's the situation." Surgam finished.
Lucas was sitting down on the ground, his back leaning against a tree trunk. "Do you really think that I would be able to help you guys?"
"With out a doubt." Surgam replied.
"The people here don't like me, it might be better if I just went with you guys." Lucas replied.
"Come on; let's go to back to everyone!"
They turned around; however waiting at the entrance to the grave was a masked person, wearing a black jacket and orange pants. "I'm sorry," he said. "But I can't allow that." Lucas suddenly went pale, as though he had seen a ghost. "He is coming with us to serve the Dark Lord!"
"You and what army?" Surgam taunted, feeling fully confident that he could take on the Masked Man. The Masked Man however snapped his fingers. Behind The Masked Man were six others: Asch the Bloody, Mewtwo, Deidara, Sasori, Fassad, and a mercenary named Ike.
"This army." The Masked Man calmly replied.
Surgam's heart suddenly sank. Out of the shadows a bat like creature rushed for the Masked Man. Quickly, the Masked Man reacted and pulled out his sword. Two swords clashed. The bat like creature was Meta Knight with his wings extended. Suddenly, a scorpion like tail rushed for Meta Knight he quickly jumped back to avoid the attack. The other Smashers also appeared and quickly readied themselves for battle. "Get Lucas out of here Surgam!" Meta Knight ordered.
Surgam quickly clapped his hands together, and they all disappeared, reappearing several seconds later in a clearing in a forest. All of them, both The Masked Man's group, and the Smashers. "Opps." Surgam muttered.
"Opps?" Everyone shouted back rather annoyed.
"I teleported all of us to a clearing in the forest. I was aiming for just the Smashers." Surgam replied. "But we were all too close."
"This kid was supposed to be a psychic prodigy?" Meta Knight questioned.
"It is better this way." The Masked Man replied. "I would of rather not of fought by the dead, and defiled their graves. Now, everyone capture the target!"
Meta Knight however stood in the way, and began to exert killing pressure. He made it clear that the first person to step forwards would most likely die. The Masked Man, who was unable to feel fear stepped forwards, Meta Knight attacked and slashed diagonally, The Masked Man blocked. "Nice try."
Meta Knight quickly countered by bringing his sword back and swinging horizontally. However, a barrier of electricity appeared around The Masked Man repelling the attack. "Just what are you?"
"I am one of Smithy's Body Guards, known as one of the Dark Sages, personally constructed by him to be a body guard." The Masked Man said. "We are more trusted than even the Supreme Dark Generals!"
"Surgam get Lucas out of here I will hold them off!" Surgam nodded and quickly grabbed Lucas' hand and they ran off quickly into the forest.
"Do you think that you can hold us all back? The Dark Lord has sent enough fighters to destroy a small country. He doesn't want this mission to fail." The Masked Man replied.
"Well that's too bad!" King Dedede shouted. "I'm going to personally make sure that you don't succeed! Taking someone away from their home against their will..." Suddenly he paused and stared at Meta Knight realizing how similar the situation was.
"Um..." Meta Knight replied. "It's different... You technically came with your own free will..." Meta Knight was trying his best to stay concentrated on the battle.
"Go!" The Masked Man ordered. "I will take care of all of these idiots!"
Asch rushed forwards past Meta Knight and The Masked Man. Wolf however jumped in front of him and tripped him. "Out of my way dreck!" Asch shouted swinging his sword that Wolf was able to dodge quite nimbly.
"Not today." Wolf replied.
Sasori's tail rushed towards Meta Knight however ROB appeared in front of it and blocked the attack. However it scratched his surface leaving a noticeable mark "Fool you are now poisoned and will die a slow painful death within three days! Was it worth it to defend that kid?"
"Sorry to disappoint you but I am a robot and can't be poisoned." ROB replied. "I guess I'm similar to you, just a puppet."
Sasori was rather annoyed by this and his tail swung around once again this time with the intention to smash ROB to pieces, however when the attack hit ROB just went sliding a few feet. "I forgot to also mention that the company I was made by was known for their durable products. In other words... I'm built like a reinforced tank. Not to mention my own personal modifications!"
Deidara just laughed as he began to fly up on a bird that was made out of clay. Lucario however appeared in front of him by using extreme speed and quickly knocked him back to the ground. Several seconds later the bird exploded, however Lucario had safely landed on the ground.
"Hey sell sword go and get them! We paid you to help us!" The Masked Man barked. "You too Mewtwo! And you as well Fassad, and may I remind you, don't even think about hurting him."
Mewtwo, Fassad, and Ike rushed past them. Olimar tried to stop Ike with several pikmin however with one swing of his giant sword he killed them effortlessly. Olimar however just quickly reached towards the ground and pulled out six more Pikmin. This time all of them were purple. He threw the pikmin towards Mewtwo, Fassad, and Ike. Ike, this time was unable to cut through them, while Mewtwo and Fassad punched them out of the way and continued onwards. Olimar was about to chase after Mewtwo.
"Don't worry, Surgam can take care of Mewtwo and that guy!" Meta Knight said.
The Masked Man just laughed. "You should be paying attention to this fight!" He said thrusting his sword forwards. Meta Knight jumped into the air and sent several sword beams towards The Masked Man, who also jumped into the air, and followed Meta Knight with mechanical bat like wings. Meta Knight threw several more sword beams, however the Masked Man cut right through them. "The target won't escape me!"
Lucas and Surgam were running through the forest. However, since Surgam was leading the way, and he had no idea where they were going, they were lost. All he was trying to guarantee was that they had escaped from them.
"Why don't you teleport again?" Lucas asked.
Surgam paused to consider this. However before he had the chance to do that several shadow balls ripped through the trees and towards the two. Quickly Surgam put up a barrier, however the shadow balls destroyed the barrier. Slowly out of the trees stepped out Fassad, and Mewtwo. "For the son of Giga Bowser, I expected more." Mewtwo said. "His barrier wouldn't of shattered like that."
"I'm not my father." Surgam replied.
"That's true." Mewtwo calmly replied.
"Enough small talk!" Fassad said. "Lucas, come with us, the Commander demands it."
Lucas just stared at Fassad. "No." He snapped back, this actually shocked Fassad.
"Oh, so you do have a bit of bark in you." Fassad laughed. "Or is it because I don't have my Pig Masks with me? Regardless, it's over Lucas! You will become just like the Commander, a servant of the Dark Lord, devoid of any free will. You will just be a puppet!"
Lucas didn't look amused. "Is this commander the masked person?" Lucas asked, in a rather threatening manner.
"Yes." Fassad replied, ignoring Lucas. He had known Lucas long enough to know that any back bone the boy had built up, was mostly a bluff.
"And was the Dark Lord the one who turned him into that?" Lucas asked.
Mewtwo just smiled. Fassad walked towards them. "Yes, it was the Dark Lord that turned The Commander into that person!"
Lucas suddenly snapped. An invisible force began to push Surgam away, while also pushing away several trees. Fassad however ignored all of this. He probably shouldn't of. Lucas disappeared, and reappeared in front of Fassad, the next moment Lucas delivered a punch that sent Fassad flying into a tree, correction, through a tree, and through several others. Mewtwo quickly summoned his Weapon of Heart, a liquid metal, and it formed into chains. He quickly tried to restrict Lucas' movements, however the chains were pushed away.
"What's going on?" Surgam asked confused.
Mewtwo just teleported beside him. "He was consumed with rage. It looks like Lucas figured it out."
Meta Knight was still fighting the Masked Man. Suddenly, they both paused. "What dreadful power!" Meta Knight said rather surprised.
The Masked Man quickly returned to battle. "Pay attention!" He shouted, swinging his sword towards Meta Knight. Meta Knight quickly blocked the attack.
"Lucas figured it out, and is consumed by rage." Mewtwo calmly replied.
"Should you really be calm about that?" Surgam questioned. "And aren't you on the other side?"
"This power that Lucas holds is fighting. If the Dark Lord obtains it he will surely be invincible." Lucas' gaze suddenly fixated on Mewtwo and Surgam. "He is unable to tell the difference between friend and foe right now."
"Are you sure that you should be calm about this?" Surgam asked.
Mewtwo just looked towards Lucas. The young boy was ready to strike. "Lucas, you can free him." This comment immediately made Lucas stop; he seemed to regain some of his senses. "You can break the Dark Lord's grasp on him."
"Really?" Lucas asked.
"You can save him." Mewtwo replied.
All of the pressure that he was exerting was suddenly stopped. Lucas had fully regained his senses. Mewtwo's chains however took advantage of the situation and quickly bound the boy. Surgam quickly rushed for Mewtwo, however with a swat of his tail Surgam was sent flying into a tree. Slowly he got back up. "Let Lucas go!" Surgam demanded. Mewtwo however paid no attention to Surgam.
Surgam quickly got up and rushed for the chains binding Lucas. His hand's suddenly became like claws and he scratched at the chains. "You're brave. What if I had called away the chains and you had scratched Lucas instead?"
Surgam just glared at Mewtwo. "Release him!" he demanded.
Mewtwo just waved his hand and Lucas was released, however Lucas was also sent flying towards Surgam. They collided and were knocked down to the ground. Slowly the two boys got up and faced Mewtwo.
Mewtwo then teleported behind them both and knocked Surgam unconscious. The Pokemon stared at Lucas. Lucas was naturally scared. He was shaking. "Don't come any closer!" Lucas shouted as his fingers began to spark. Mewtwo just sighed and walked forwards. Lucas in an attempt to keep his distance walked backwards however tripped over a rock in the process. Mewtwo just approached Lucas. As it looked like Lucas was about to run away Mewtwo lifted up his hand and Lucas floated into the air right infront of him. "HELP!" Lucas screamed and squirmed.
"You must become strong." Mewtwo said placing his hand on his head. "For your own sake, Smasher. You are safe with the Smashers, go with them join them, fight with them and they will at the same time protect you..." Lucas was now calming down. "You must get stronger."
"Why? Aren't you my enemy?" Lucas wondered.
Mewtwo was silent. "The next time we meet we will be enemies. Perhaps in another time, if things were different we could have been friends." Mewtwo said. "Fellow Smashers... You will find an ally in one named Ness. You two are very similar. He can train you to control your PSI. Listen, for everything that I've done and everything that follows, I'm sorry." Mewtwo then knocked Lucas unconscious.
Meta Knight and The Masked Man were still battling. Suddenly with one attack The Masked Man slashed Meta Knight's mask into two. Meta Knight, who was nothing more than a creature that looked like a dark blue Kirby wasn't shocked at this. He had realized a while ago in the battle that the Masked Man was intentionally holding back and even going against him at 100% was doing nothing. "Your are very strong, perhaps the strongest opponent I have ever faced."
A smile crossed the Masked Man's face. "You mustn't be quite strong then. I've just been toying with you. By now, Mewtwo should have the target."
There was suddenly another power surge. Almost immediately after, Mewtwo came flying from the sky, he was badly damaged and wounded. "Commander," Mewtwo said trying his best to hide his pain. "The boy has awakened. We're too late."
"That's fine." The Masked Man laughed. "He will be more of a challenge. But still, it has only begun to waken." He paused to look over Mewtwo's wounds, they were a lot more severe than someone who's psychic abilities that had just woken up would of been able to inflict. "Mewtwo, what was that power surge a few moments ago?"
Mewtwo began to heal himself. He just pointed to the ground. "The dragon that resides underneath the island. Its power is now inside the target. It seemed to wanted to protect the target.."
The Masked Man just laughed. "I see. Now then, it looks like it's time I went and confronted the target." The Masked Man raised his sword, and lightning began to rain down upon each of the Smashers. They began to howl out in pain, and tried their best to hold on, however after 3 minutes of lightning constantly hitting the same place they collapsed. Not even ROB was capable of grounding himself. "Failure, isn't an option." The Masked Man said walking away.
Though out the onslaught of lightning, the forest was destroyed, what wasn't destroyed was set on fire. He suddenly paused.
Two young boys were at the mercy of a river. Suddenly they looked up, to see the forest on fire. Suddenly it began to rain, dousing the fire.
The Masked Man grabbed his head, a painful memory shot through. "Commander, what should we do about them?" Asch asked, bringing The Masked Man back to reality.
The Masked Man looked at the Smashers. "Kill them." He ordered. "They would only prove to be a problem for The Dark Lord if they are left as is."
All of the Smashers suddenly cursed. It would take a miracle for them to be saved. "Don't you dare hurt them!" A voice shouted, it looked like their miracle had arrived. A now conscious Lucas and Surgam exited out of the burning forest, the flames being pushed away by an invisible force.
"Lucas!" Everyone shouted. Suddenly the Masked Man froze and looked at his target.
"Lu-cas?" He muttered. Suddenly The Masked Man began to scream out in pain. He grabbed his head and began to scream. "LUCAS! LuCAS! LuCaS!!!!" The Masked Man screamed. Lightning seemed to rush down towards the ground, tearing up the ground around him "Who are you?!" The Masked Man shouted in distress. A dark and powerful aura began to radiate off of him. The darkness began to spread and consumed all of the Smashers. "Why do I know?
The darkness began to creep towards Lucas. He just tried to shuffle away afraid. However, he soon found his back against a tree, no longer able to move. No longer able to run. The darkness just began to engulf him. Everyone else was paralyzed, but Lucas was still able to move. He looked up at the Masked Man. "What is this feeling?" The Masked Man said. His hands grabbing his helmet. His eye focused on Lucas. "It's you. You're doing this! I'll get rid of you!"
The Masked Man grabbed his sword and began to run towards Lucas. A horrified Lucas just closed his eyes and curled up into a ball.
"Lucas!" Everyone screamed.
The Masked Man stopped again. He grabbed his head and screamed out in pain. Electricity began to discharge all around him. Each bit was tearing up the ground. The Masked Man quickly brought down his sword to slash Lucas, however Surgam jumped in front of the attack and blocked it. A large gash appeared across his chest.
"Don't hurt Lucas!" The Masked Man screamed.
"You! No, why are you coming out now!" The Masked Man replied to himself.
"Don't hurt him!"
"You won't stop me!" He shouted stabbing his sword through his stomach.
Everyone stared in shock at the crazed Masked Man. Slowly he pulled the sword out of his body. Lucas however got back up and began to walk towards The Masked Man. The Masked Man tried to swing down his sword; however it stopped a few mere inches away from Lucas' body. "Lucas, run!"
"It is you..." Lucas mouthed the words, however no sound came out. He reached up to the Masked Man's stomach.
Lucas just touched the wound, and instantly it began to heal. The Masked Man just backed away in shock. "Lucas, run!" The Masked Man repeated.
"We should retreat!" Someone shouted.
The Masked Man just began to flail around uncontrollably. Something was causing him a great deal of pain. "WHY DO I KNOW YOU!" He shouted.
Mewtwo quickly teleported behind The Masked Man and they both teleported away.
Lucas just stood there in shock. Meta Knight slowly approached him. "Are you okay?" Meta Knight asked.
Lucas tried to nod but instead he just broke down. "No," he whimpered. "I'm not. That was my brother, Claus."
"Your brother?" Everyone muttered.
Lucas nodded his head. "Please follow me, back to my house. I'll explain everything to you!"
"Why did you stop me?!" The Masked Man shouted frustrated at Mewtwo.
"Our goal was to capture him." Mewtwo replied. "Not to turn him into a fried corpse."
"Smithy would be able to repair him." The Masked Man snapped.
"I doubt that." Mewtwo replied. "In your current state you probably would have vaporized him. Not even Smithy can repair that."
"I have another plan." The Masked Man muttered. He removed his helmet, letting his orange hair be revealed. "Bon Clay should have done what he was supposed to right now."
Mewtwo looked down towards the ground. He all ready knew The Masked Man's plan. A rather sinister one. One that would leave the Smashers completely off guard. "Claus." Mewtwo said. Everything suddenly went dead quiet. All eyes were glaring at Mewtwo, like he had declared suicide.
"What?" The Masked Man, Claus replied.
"Do you know the relationship between you and the person we are trying to capture?" Mewtwo asked. "Do you want to know where you know him from?"
"Why do you say that?" Claus wondered.
"I'm just thinking, that if you know, the chances of you having another outburst will lesson." Mewtwo smoothly replied. "We won't have to retreat next time, and can successfully complete the mission. I feel that you not knowing may impede us."
Claus sat down on a chair and glanced at Mewtwo. "Very well, tell me. Just what is my relationship with that boy?"
Mewtwo summoned his Weapon of Heart, it became a flat sheet of metal that appeared in front of Claus. He glanced at his reflection. Due to Mewtwo's psychic powers, the image of Lucas appeared beside Claus' reflection in the exact same pose and wearing the exact same uniform. "That boy, the one we are trying to capture is your twin brother." Mewtwo replied.
Claus suddenly froze. In his mind he could hear dark whispers. "He is your twin brother. He left you to die alone. He is to blame for your fate. You are lucky that you are alive. I could have left you in that ditch, to die." Smithy's voice echoed throughout his mind. "If he cared for you, he would of stopped you, or he would have gone with you to avenge your mother!"
"My twin brother." Claus muttered.
"Yes." Mewtwo calmly replied, thinking that he had weakened Smithy's grip on the young boy.
"I see." Claus laughed. "I guess I'll have to go pay him a visit. I think we have some catching up to do."
They were in the comfort of Lucas' house. They all sat by the warm fire, where Lucario was looking after Surgam. Lucas tried to heal it, but he was unable to, a gash as deep and wide as that was completely unaffected by his powers. "I'm sorry," he apologized. "I'm just getting used to them."
"I don't' understand." ROB said. "He was able to heal a wound that went right through The Masked Man."
"But it was much smaller." Wolf pointed out.
"The wound also has a strange energy radiating off of it." ROB said. "I think that might also be stopping the healing."
"Is there a way to close that wound?" Meta Knight wondered. Everyone however didn't look so confident. None of them had really any experience with healing.
"I can do it." Lucario said. "I can use aura to close his wound, but what it does is just speed up the cells growth. It will shorten your lifespan."
Everyone looked at him rather shocked. "That's a frightening healing technique."
"I did it once before..." Lucario's mind began to go back to when he had to make a painful decision.
An explosion destroyed a building, slowly out of the smoke two figures emerged. One was Lucario, the other was his master. During the struggle, Lucario's master had lost his glasses, they were most likely destroyed in the explosion. "Damn, I didn't expect suicide bombers." he muttered. "All of those Pokemon that knew explosion, and self destruct too. We barely got out of there."
Lucario just looked at his master rather shocked. The front of his body was badly wounded, he was losing more blood as time passed.
"I think it is safe to say that we are the only survivors." his master weakly muttered.
"Master, I can go look for any others." Lucario suggested.
"No." He quickly replied. "Lucario, I need you to use your aura to speed up the process in which I heal."
Lucario looked shocked at his master. "But Master, if I do that, I could shorten your life!"
He just laughed. "Sorry, but that is the only way for me to survive right now." Lucario cried. It was painful for him. To willingly shorten his life. To willingly kill his master. "We can't die here; everyone will be counting on us to finish the fight."
"Master!"
"Lucario, that's an order." His master calmly said.
Lucario just stood paralyzed in fear. Never before had his master ordered him to do something. His master just sat there in pain. If he didn't do anything he would die, but he would be cutting off his life. Reluctantly, he began to heal. The cells were stimulated by the aura and began to grow. "If it hurts I can stop."
"No, I'm fine." Lucario's Master replied. Soon, the wound was closed. Lucario just looked down at his master. "Thank you."
"Master."
"Lucario, we have to live today. We have to find out what happened, and why we were attacked. Somebody knows. We have to find out."
They slowly drifted through the night. They were carful at any sounds they herad, thinking that it could have been one of the remaining people or a wild Pokemon. For them, they were alone in the world. There were only 13 other people in the whole world that they could trust. The thirteen leaders of Colors. Only known by their alias. Or, at least what he thought was their aliases.
Red.
Blue.
Green.
Yellow.
Gold.
Silver.
Crystal.
Ruby.
Sapphire.
Emerald.
Diamond.
Pearl.
Platinum.
One had to wonder, for an organization named colors, why were the leaders named after precious metals, and gemstones?
The world suddenly seemed a lot smaller... Everyone suddenly would seem a lot more harsher. Trouble would follow him wherever he would go. As long as no one knew that they were in Colors, they would be fine. "We will have to find them." he muttered.
Lucario looked at his master confused. "From today, we are no longer a part of Colors. Our alibi will be that we are bounty hunters, looking for the leader and any other members of Colors."
"Understood, Master."
"I know that they know the truth of what happened here tonight, and we are going to find out!"
They managed to make it to a river. They both began to quickly clean up, getting rid of any dirt that was on them, and making them look like civilized people, and not two that had just escaped from the jaws of hell. The sun raised and they then began to walk towards a nearby town, and entered into a cafe. They ordered food and took a copy of the local newspaper.
They looked at the news. Both of them were curious to see if anything had been mentioned about the attack on the base. However, there was nothing. "The Adamant orb has been stolen. This is only a few weeks after the Lusterus orb. Authorities believe that these are connected." His master read. "Nothing. You would at least expect some evil gloating from Dr. Yung saying that the Colors base was destroyed."
They both knew that Dr. Yung wouldn't do that. He would let all of the people hold on to their nonexistent hope. Let everyone think that they had a chance of surviving. That there was still someone fighting for them. It was much crueler that way.
"I understand." Surgam muttered. "Please, heal me."
Lucario began to use his aura to heal Surgam. It was strangely easier this time. Perhaps it was because he didn't have that much of an attachment to the boy. "If it hurts I can stop."
"No, I'm fine." Surgam winced. Lucario suddenly stopped. "Why did you stop?" He looked up to see Lucario crying. "Why are you crying?"
"Master once told me to protect you." Lucario replied. "I thought this would be easier to do, but you remind me so much of him!" It took a few minutes before Lucario regained his composure and finished healing Surgam.
Lucas came out with a pot of tea and several cups. He began to pour the tea. "I don't like to talk about it, but three years ago..." with every word he stuttered.
"I heard a tragedy befell this village." Meta Knight said.
Lucas just nodded. "Yes... My mother was killed by a rampaging mechanized Draco." Lucas said. He was beginning to cry.
Everyone was expecting a snide remark from Wolf, however he didn't say anything. Noticing all of the glares he just looked away muttering. "Even a man cries at the death of his mother."
"Then, Claus went to kill the Draco, but hasn't been seen since."
"And you think that The Masked Man is your brother?" Meta Knight asked.
Lucas just nodded. "No, I know he is my brother, I could feel our link for a moment."
"Link?" They questioned.
"It's a strange phenomenon, but it's believed that twins have a natural telepathy with each other." Wolf explained. Everyone just nodded and looked back at the crying Lucas.
"I could hear him crying out in pain asking, no begging, for me to help him." Lucas replied. "I want to help him..."
"He is probably beyond saving." Wolf coldly replied. Lucas took this hard. But Wolf wanted him to be prepared for the worst.
"No, I'm sure if I'm able to talk to him. I can free him." Lucas replied. "I know Claus is strong and he will be able to win. If I call out, and my voice reaches him, I'm certain that someday he will change back! If I call out, he will turn around!"
"In any case they are clearly going after you again." Meta Knight said he wore a new mask that he had quickly retrieved from the Halberd. "It might be best if you join up with us. Even if you can't fight, your healing abilities will be able to help us greatly."
"No absolutely not!" A voice shouted, barging into the house was Flint. "I've all ready lost your mother and your brother! What would happen if I lose you?" Flint asked with tears coming out of his eyes.
Everyone was silent. Waiting for Lucas to respond. "You will then have to go on!" Lucas replied. "I won't put the whole village in danger if they come to get me again."
"But then you're putting these nice people in danger!" Flint pleaded.
"We are all ready in enough danger." Wolf muttered.
"He won't go and that's final. Now get out!" With that the Smashers were forced to leave.
"Daddy..." Lucas said. "I really wanted to go with them..." He looked up to see his father's face, instead of one of compassion however it was different. With that Lucas was knocked across the room. "Why did you do that Dad?" Lucas cried.
"Any half brain twit would have figured it out, that I'm not your father." he said touching his face. "My name is Mr. 2 Bon Clay!" with that his face reverted back to Mr. 2's. "Now then come quietly..."
"PK Fire!" Lucas shouted. However Mr. 2 just dodged the attack elegantly... okay maybe not elegantly, but the point is he dodged the attack. Mr. 2 then grabbed Lucas. From the front door came The Masked Man.
"Ah Lucas..." The Masked Man laughed. "I told you we would meet again." Lucas was outright terrified. He was quickly restrained. "Now then let's see how long it takes for those idiots to catch on."
"Claus! Fight it!"
The Masked Man just glared at Lucas. "Claus is dead!" He coldly replied.
Surgam was pouting. "We should have done something else..."
"What can we do against his father?" Meta Knight wondered. Suddenly they passed Flint on the road.
"Wait, WHAT?" Everyone shouted.
"Flint weren't you at your house?" Sonic asked.
"Who are you strange people?" Flint asked. "I've never seen you before in my life."
Everyone stared at Flint in disbelief. "What does this mean?" Surgam wondered.
"It means that Lucas is in danger!" Meta Knight replied. With that they dashed back towards Lucas' and Flint's house. And without hesitating they burst through the door.
"Five minutes." The Masked Man sighed sitting down in a chair making himself all cozy and right at home. "I'm sorry but our princess is in another castle. I've all ready moved Lucas elsewhere."
"Claus," Meta Knight said drawing his sword. However a bolt of lightning rushed for all of the Smashers. A moment later they were scattered across the front lawn.
"Claus is dead." The Masked Man repeated himself. "But don't worry, you Smashers will follow and meet him!"
He brought out his sword and approached them, and swung his sword, however Flint jumped in front of the sword and blocked it with a piece of wood. Due to the Masked Man's sword being electricity fuelled by psychic energy, and the wood was an insulator, this stopped the electric sword. "Are you really Claus?" Flint asked.
It actually looked like the Masked Man was struggling to keep control. He quickly jumped back. "Not again." He muttered. Mechanical bat like wings appeared from underneath his cape, and he took off into the air. Unfortunately, the darkness of the night consumed him, leaving him impossible to track.
"ROB, follow his body heat!" Wolf barked.
"His body isn't emitting any heat." ROB replied. "We may have lost him."
Flint slowly walked to the house. "Everyone, please come inside." He said. They once again followed, and sat around the living room. Flint just looked down at the floorboards. "For the past three years, I've been searching for Claus, and now I've found him. For the past three years, I have been ignoring Lucas. I've been a horrible father. Please, I beg of you, help me rescue my sons."
They looked at the begging man. Each of them was exchanging glances. "Very well then." Meta Knight said stepping forwards. "We will help rescue Lucas. And, if possible, Claus. "
Ike leaned against a wall. They had retreated to some shack on the outskirts of the town. "I thought you would have lived in a better place." Asch said putting his feet up on a table.
Fassad just nervously laughed. "I figured it would probably be better for the whole missionary thing to work to live in poverty."
The Masked Man walked into the house. All eyes were on him. Ike just began to think about how he landed this crazy job.
Flashback:
The Masked Man walked through a crowd of people. "You look out of place." One man said as he passed.
"I'm looking for someone." The Masked Man replied.
"For who?" The man wondered. "Perhaps I can help you."
"I'm looking for a mercenary, a legendary one called Ike." The Masked Man replied. "I have a job for him, and I hear that he has never failed a mission set out by a client before."
"Ike of the Greil Mercenaries? Well I guess I can lead you there." With that the man led The Masked Man to a small secluded part of town, where he produced a knife. "If you wanted to hire a mercenary you must have a lot of money on you."
"Typical... I expected no less than thievery from such swine as yourself." The Masked Man replied lifting up his arm. A cylinder appeared around it. He then sent a plume of fire towards the thief. A moment later a large explosion of fire had notified a lot of locals. They recognized the burnt body as a thief. One man however was quite impressed with the power of the magic that was clearly used. Soon royal guards came and took away the body of the thief. Each of them looking cautiously at the blue haired man who was still lingering around.
"General Ike." One said. "Why are you here?" they asked.
"I want to know who did this. There power must be incredible. I would like to recruit the mage that did this." Ike replied. Ike knew that somebody was watching from the bushes. Someone he quickly thought to be the perpetrator. So he cautiously began to walk away. Once he was in the forest he turned around. He was being followed ever since he left the scene of the incident. "You can come out now!" Ike called out.
Slowly the Masked Man exited out from the bushes. "They called you General Ike. Are you the same as the famous Mercenary?"
"The one and only." Ike replied.
"I have a job for you..."
"This job, I should have never accepted it." Ike thought.
In the room next to them, Lucas was now chained up to a table and being tortured.
Lucas began to scream. The visions he was receiving were those of him being tortured by none other than those who he had met previously. Meta Knight, Sonic, Olimar, Dedede, Wolf, ROB, and Surgam. "People will only hurt you Lucas!" The Masked Man whispered into his ear. "You can't trust them... You can't trust anyone. They all hate you. They are happy that you aren't with them. They aren't even going to come and rescue you!"
Hours of this torture went by and when The Masked Man was done Lucas was whimpering. His clothing covered in sweat, and urine. A bucket full of ice cold water was tossed at Lucas slightly cleaning him. The next moment electricity shocked him. Lucas' body shook violently and the chains binding him down to the table rattled. "When I come back you are going to read My Immortal!" With that Lucas began to scream louder than when he was actually being tortured.
With satisfaction The Masked Man walked out of the room. Everyone was staring at him.
"You shouldn't do this to him." Ike said leaning against the wall.
"Ah I knew I forgot something. Here is your money." The Masked Man said throwing a bag of gold towards Ike who caught it effortlessly. "Now then, you are dismissed. Until the Dark Lord requires your services again."
Ike just began to walk away. "I think I might just say no for once and go and join the Smashers."
Everyone was about to attack him however The Masked Man ordered everyone to stand down. "Go ahead and run to the Smashers, I doubt they will let you join them after what you did!"
"Before I leave just tell me one thing." Ike said looking at The Masked Man. "Why are you crying?" Everyone looked at The Masked Man. Tears were indeed coming out from his eyes and going down his face.
"I don't know." He replied emotionlessly wiping the tears away. "Now go unless you wish to join him." With that Ike left.
"Why did you let him go?" Fassad asked. "He is going to go to the Smashers."
A strange smile came across The Masked Man's face. "I want to fight him again!" He laughed. "I want to fight him!"
Ike was running through Nowhere Island looking for the Smashers, but then much like a giant brick to the head, it hit him. He ran to Flint's house, where they had abducted Lucas. However his welcoming wasn't all that pleasant. But it was at least more pleasant than being forced to read My Immortal. Ike was now on the ground with his head facing the sky, he would have been able to see the starry night sky if Lucario wasn't on top of him and had his palm facing Ike's head. "Answer carefully and I may not blow your head off." Lucario growled.
"I understand." Ike said
"Where is Lucas?" Lucario growled.
"Currently he is chained down and being tortured by The Masked Man in a house on the outskirts of town." Ike answered.
Everyone had surrounded Ike by this time. "Why did you come here?" Meta Knight asked his sword at Ike's neck.
"I'm a mercenary, I do what I'm paid to do." Ike replied. "I've gotten my pay and I've been dismissed."
"Then why did you come here?" Surgam asked.
Ike was silent. He could only look up. "I want to rescue him..." Ike said. His voice was honest and sincere.
"Why should we trust you?" Wolf asked.
"You can't." Ike replied. "And I understand why. But please you have to believe me they are going to make him read My Immortal!"
Everyone stared in shock. "You mean the tome that the Government made it a crime punishable by death to read it in order to stop it being spread around?" ROB asked. "A book that has been linked to the tome of Eternal Darkness, and brings forth insanity to whoever reads it?"
"Yes." Ike replied incredibly uneasy.
"You are a mercenary then? How much do you want to be paid?" King Dedede asked.
"For this job, nothing. I want to right the wrong that I have committed."
"I actually had a different job in mind." King Dedede replied. "I want you to take them down while I steal the Halberd and fly back to my kingdom."
"He won't pay you." Meta Knight quickly countered.
"I sort of figured that since his plan revolved around me being stranded here with you guys." Ike admitted. King Dedede quickly let of a clear and audible sign of disappointment. "Not that that would have stopped me from collecting my pay, I have a way of getting around too."
"Don't worry King," Meta Knight said. "Once this whole ordeal is done with and you fulfilled your end of the bargain of 'doing whatever you can to help the Smashers' I'm sure you will be returned back to your planet."
"Well in that case why didn't you say so earlier?" Dedede shouted excited. "Let's go save Lucas!"
"Of course, you also need to remember about The Government that the Smashers may be fighting. I'm sure you want a chance to get even with them." Meta Knight added on.
"Yes, of course." King Dedede nervously laughed.
"ROB, what about Ike?" Meta Knight asked. "Is he telling the truth?"
"I checked his various signs, and there is no proof that he is lying. Lucas is most likely in great danger." ROB replied.
"Please let me help you." Ike begged. "I want to redeem myself."
"Very well." Meta Knight said. "However, at the first sign of defiance we will kill you."
Ike gulped afraid. "I understand. Now please allow me to lead you to Lucas."
"Wait," a voice said. They all turned around to see Flint standing in the doorway of the house. "I'm coming with you. I owe it to Lucas for all of the things I did, I owe him this much.
Ike led them down the beaten path, and eventually to the shack at the edge of town. "Lucas was in there before they kicked me out."
"ROB can you confirm that?" Meta Knight asked.
"One person is indeed in there." ROB replied. "Ike is there any further details that you would like to tell us about how Lucas was kept imprisoned?"
"He was chained to a metal table." Ike replied.
ROB continued to scan the house. "Confirmed, target is chained to the table..."
"Can you check for moisture around him?" Ike asked. "I heard water being thrown on him."
"Although water is surrounding the target, there is none on him." ROB replied.
"Destroy the house, but make sure you don't harm Lucas..." Ike ordered. Everyone glanced at Ike.
ROB began to fire a bunch of missiles at the house ripping through it. The only thing left after the aftermath was Lucas chained to the table. "No one else is here." Meta Knight said. "This is looking awfully suspicious."
Ike just walked towards Lucas and cut off some of the chains binding his arm. Immediately Ike noticed that there were no wounds on his body and drove his sword through Lucas' abdomen. Everyone just stared at Ike and instantly drew any weapons that they had. "Your disguise could have fooled them." Ike said. "But not me Bon Clay!" Lucas touched his face with his free hand and instantly transformed into Bon Clay.
"My sacrifice will be remembered by The Dark Lord!" Bon Clay shouted as Ike pulled out his giant sword from his body. Asch, Deidara, Sasori and The Masked Man appeared from behind several trees. The Masked Man held out a crystal that let out a beam of energy which absorbed Bon Clay.
"You see Lucas," The Masked Man said. It was only then that they noticed that Lucas was hiding behind Asch's cape. "They didn't hesitate killing him. Even when he looked like you. I'm the only one you can trust Lucas."
"Claus." Flint said. "So, this is what you've become. I've regretted many things these past three years. Not paying attention to Lucas, but, one of the many things I've regretted is not stopping you. If I had realized what was going on, I would of stopped you and made sure that you would of never ran off to fight that Drago."
"But you didn't." The Masked Man replied. "And this is what I've become."
"Every night I've been haunted by that dream. You are walking away, and I am unable to stop you. Hinawa, I'm sorry, but it looks like I'm going to have to teach our son some manners." Flint grabbed his two by four and rushed for the Masked Man.
"Don't interfere!" The Masked Man ordered. He ran forwards. Sword and wood clashed. With that one clash everything became apparent. Who the stronger person was, and that the Masked Man had sealed away his emotions. Without the emotions to bog him down, he was nothing more than a killing machine.
The Masked Man stabbed right through Flint. Everyone looked shocked. The next moment Flint was vaporized by electricity. The Masked Man made sure that not even a speck of Lucas' father had survived.
"DADDY!" Lucas shouted.
The Masked Man walked back towards Lucas.
"They let your father die Lucas," The Masked Man laughed. "If they cared for you they would have stepped in the way of the attack and stopped it or sacrificed themselves!"
"Claus." Lucas cried. "Dad loved you!"
The Masked Man however punched Lucas down to the ground. "Shut up!" Lucas looked up at The Masked Man, the boy began to cry. "Silence! You will soon be a solider for The Dark Lord, this isn't permitted. Asch, Deidara, Sasori deliver him directly to the Dark Lord. I'll hold off these fools."
With that the three of them, and Lucas disappeared.
"Ike." Meta Knight said. "You wanted to know how I could trust you. Please rescue Lucas."
Meta Knight drew his sword - Galexia. It sparked with power. He rushed towards Claus who just blocked with his sword. With Claus preoccupied everyone ran passed him and chased after Lucas.
"Nobody can protect you now."
"No, now I can use my strongest attack without fear of hurting anyone." Meta Knight laughed as his cape wrapped around Claus.
With the group of Smashers chasing after the three kidnappers, Deidara and Sasori tried to buy Asch some time by trying to stop the Smashers. ROB, Sonic, and Olimar broke from the group pursuing Asch to fight against Sasori. While Lucario, Wolf, King Dedede and Surgam, stopped to fight against Deidara. "Go!" Wolf barked. "Meta Knight trusts you. I know you can save him."
Ike continued onwards. "Where's Mewtwo?" He questioned. He didn't remember the Pokemon being dismissed while he was there. Perhaps Claus had all ready anticipated this and Mewtwo was waiting for him up ahead. If that was the case, Ike would deal with it. He would not fail.
Ike quickly tried to take in the scenery, and get a basic idea where he was. Off to his side, several feet away he could see what appeared to be a cliff. Ike quickly looked back up making sure that Asch and Lucas didn't get out of his sight. "I'm not going to lose!" Ike shouted. Quickly, Ike pulled something out of his pocket, his trump card. A bronze medallion, which had suffered from oxidization. Suddenly, blue flames began to surround Ike. He swung his sword and the flames rushed towards Asch. Several seconds later the flames formed a circle, trapping Asch in a small area with Ike, not that this really mattered, as Asch had just cornered himself at the edge of a cliff. Only with the blue flames was he able to see that in a few seconds he would of ran off of the cliff.
Asch just turned around to face the mercenary.
"I should have seen this coming." He calmly said. Asch just placed Lucas against a tree. "Tell me, why are you now fighting against us?"
"I made a mistake, and I'm doing my best to rectify it." Ike replied. "Besides, I don't want him be destroyed like Claus, I'm not the sort of person who can stand by and watch that happen."
"You picked the wrong profession then, mercenary!"
Ike just nodded. "I learned something a long time ago. There are three sides to every story, your side, their side, and the truth. My job as a mercenary hasn't always been pleasant. And I've had to watch some things. I've often questioned if I was on the right side."
"And how do you know you're on the right side now?" Asch questioned.
"I don't know how you can ask that." Ike replied. "You're willingly bringing a kid to his death. How can you justify that?"
"I'm just a soldier." Asch replied. "I do what I'm told to do."
"And I'm just a mercenary. I do what I'm paid to do."
Asch drew his sword. "I guess then that we must fight..."
The two of them rushed towards each other and began with trying to overpower each other with pure brute strength; however it appeared that both of them were rather equal. "Aether!" Ike shouted throwing his sword up into the air however Asch jumped back and quickly to avoid Ike coming back down. Ike followed through by rushing towards Asch and swinging his sword that Asch had to duck in order to avoid his head being cleaved right off.
Asch quickly brought his sword up, Ike however swung his sword and actually managed to send Asch flying back a few feet. "I won't hold back to redeem myself from this mistake!" Ike thought as he punched Asch in the face. This caused Asch to stager back several feet.
"You fight quite dirty!" Asch shouted.
Asch quickly trusted his sword forwards, he actually managed to cut Ike's side.
Blue flames appeared around Ike's sword and he swung it towards Asch. Quickly Asch blocked the attack. He then tried to perform a bit of magic, however he suddenly was unable to. "Sorry, but the blue flames are flames of chaos." Ike explained. "With them around, you won't be able to do things that you would normally be able to do. Chaos is like that, you never know what it will do."
Ike ran towards Asch and once again the two clashed their swords. Ike quickly kicked Asch several feet away.
Asch realized that something was up and quickly rushed for Ike. Ike however discreetly pulled out a small bag of something. As Asch approached him, he quickly threw the bag towards Asch. It hit and suddenly runes began to appear underneath Asch, along with a circle. As Asch reached the edge of the circle, a barrier however kept him trapped. Ike just laughed. "Sorry, but I used Warp Powder on you." Ike sheathed his sword and began to take off his left glove. "I wish I could have continued fighting, but you noticed it."
"Yeah." Asch replied. "Your strength had been disappearing."
Ike revealed his left arm. On it were several black marks. "These appear whenever I use the medallion. That's why I only use it in the most necessary situations."
Asch just walked to the middle of the warp zone. "Well then, Ike, I hope we meet again. I want to finish our battle, but that looks like it will have to wait. You have more courage than I do. To tell you the truth, I didn't want to bring him to the Dark Lord. But disobeying orders can get a soldier killed. I look forwards to fighting you again." With that Asch disappeared. Ike stood on guard for several moments, trying to wonder why Asch didn't just teleport behind him, or several feet away and attack him. Eventually he just rushed over to Lucas.
"Lucas, are you okay?" Ike said, slowly the youth began to regain consciousness. When Lucas saw the person who had won the battle he tried to run away, however he quickly found out that his body was all ready against a tree and he was unable to go further. From a distance a barking sound could be heard. Several moments later, Boney rushed to the scene and knocked Lucas down. Instantly he began to lick Lucas.
"Boney, stop!" Lucas pleaded.
Ike just extended his hand, however Boney turned around and began to growl. A twig snapped behind Ike and he quickly turned around. Walking towards him was Fassad, who was beginning to clap. "Congratulations on your victory sell sword." He said. It was at that point that Ike realized Boney was growling at Fassad. "But, it seems like I have to now end this."
Ike just held his sword in front of him. "I'm going to make sure that you don't hurt Lucas!" He barked.
"You're barely in any condition to fight." Fassad calmly replied. He snapped his fingers and Ike was suddenly hit by an invisible force and sent flying several meters. Fassad then walked up to Ike and began to repeatedly kick him in a wounded spot. Ike screamed out in pain. Boney quickly rushed towards Fassad, however Fassad quickly turned around and knocked the dog away.
"Boney!" Lucas shouted, getting up and rushing to his felled dog. As soon as he touched Boney, the wound healed. "Are you okay?" Boney just weakly licked Lucas' face. Slowly Lucas stood up and, held out a stick. "Fassad!" Lucas shouted at the top of his lungs.
Fassad just glanced at Lucas, however he assumed that the small child was all bark and no bite, so he returned to kicking Ike. Lucas however rushed for Fassad. Fassad was actually surprised by this and unable to dodge. Instead, he got hit in the face. In shock, he stepped backwards away from Ike.
"Lucas, what are you doing?" Fassad asked.
Lucas glared at Fassad. "I thought you of all people would be happy Fassad, I'm going to take your advice and spread happiness throughout the world. But I'm not going to stop here! I'm going to spread happiness throughout the entire universe! And the first thing I'm going to do is get you off of this island, and heal Ike!"
Fassad just began to laugh. "There is no such thing as happiness, it is only an illusion, and I played your stupid little village for it. And someone like you will be unable to spread it. Especially with that Dragon sealed inside of you!"
"How do you know about that?" Lucas asked.
"I was one of the seven guardians of the Dragon! Don't think I was a strange person that was preaching about happiness!" Fassad replied. "But now that the Dragon's power is in you, you should know what that entails. Every small emotion you have may bring it out! The smallest negative emotion will cause it to be consumed with hatred! The Dragon could come out and destroy everything!"
"I won't let that happen!" Ike shouted.
"But you also hold another power. The power of PK Love." Fassad continued. "Only you and your brother can control the Dark Dragon with this power!"
Lucas looked at his hands. "PK Love?" He muttered.
"Yes, PK Love!" Fassad said, bringing out a banana and beginning to peel it. He then began to eat it. Finally he threw the peel away. "But, if you can't use it, we have nothing to fear! You could just be another slave for the Dark Lord! Come with me, and I might be kind and spare the traitor's lives."
"Traitors?" Lucas questioned.
"The two who sealed the Dark Dragon in you, Mewtwo and Asch." Fassad calmly replied. "They were fools, they thought no one would notice. Without Mewtwo around, the Smashers will fall. They will lose their motivation to fight. And The Dark Lord will win."
"No." Lucas shouted. "I won't allow that!" He threw a plume of PK Fire towards Fassad. The attack hit, and caused a small explosion, forcing Fassad a few feet back. This resulted in him slipping on the banana peel that he threw away. Fassad then, unfortunately fell down the cliff. Several seconds later, his screams of agony began to fill the air.
"We won't be seeing him again." Lucas muttered.
"Why?" Ike asked.
"Well, down there, there are a ton of jagged rocks, and I doubt he would have survived." Lucas replied.
Ike breathed a sigh of relief. "Well-"
"It hurts!" Fassad shouted. "Help me! Please! Lucas! Please heal me!"
They approached the edge of the cliff. It was far too dark to see down at the bottom. But Fassad's cries didn't let up. He just continued to scream in agony.
The two began to walk away.
"Wait? Who are you? No, what are you doing!?" Fassad's voice rang out and the two of them paused, trying to listen for more. However everything was silent.
"We better get back." Ike said.
Meta Knight and Claus stared at each other both of them were badly wounded. Claus stared at him knowing that he now had the upper hand in the battle. The area around them had been completely cleared of all trees by their various sword attacks so that it just looked like a giant clearing.
"Sword Beam!" Meta Knight shouted. A wave of energy came from his sword. Claus just cut through it using his sword.
Claus held up his sword, and lightning came down and struck it. Quickly Claus sent the lightning towards Meta Knight who just vanished by using his cape. A moment later he appeared in front of Claus and slashed with his sword.
Claus quickly blocked, and another bolt of lightning came down, this time striking both of them. However, only Meta Knight was hurt by the lightning. "Do you think you can fight against me like that?" Claus asked, as he kicked Meta Knight back.
Meta Knight was gasping for air, while Claus just stood there. His body didn't know exhaustion. Battle never left him tired. In many ways, he was a perfect solider. One that couldn't feel remorse for what he did. One who couldn't be exhausted, and would keep on fighting until his body had completely degraded to the point where he could no longer move.
Meta Knight spread his bat like wings and took off into the air. Claus tried to follow his movements, however he couldn't. Meta Knight blended in with the darkness. The next moment The Masked Man quickly turned around to block an attack aimed for his back. He pushed Meta Knight back. Several seconds later multiple Meta Knights appeared around Claus.
"He is going so fast he is creating afterimages of himself." Claus thought. "Only one is real." He closed his eyes and tried to focus. Suddenly, Meta Knight flew towards him.
"STOP!" Lucas shouted. Both Meta Knight and Claus heard him but didn't stop, instead they got stuck in a deadlock preventing either of them from moving without leaving them open.
"Lucas have you come to see your brother kill him?"
"No!" Lucas shouted. "I've come here to stop you from fighting."
"I've killed before, he won't be any different you can't stop me from soiling my hands." Claus replied. "I'm taking this as a sign that you've betrayed me... Let's call this a draw for today Meta Knight!" Claus said jumping back.
The next moment Meta Knight flew towards him however electricity rushed towards Meta Knight and stunned him. "Know that I was holding back all of this time."
"So was I!" Meta Knight replied appearing behind Claus. "One Thousand Sword Strike!" With that Meta Knight began to rapidly thrust his sword forwards. Claus spectacularly stood in place, his hands disappeared. When the attack was over Meta Knight was exhausted. "Amazing..." Meta Knight gasped for air. "You blocked all 1000 shots."
Several rips began to appear across the Masked Man's uniform.
"I'm looking forwards to our rematch then." Claus laughed disappearing. He appeared in front of Lucas, Ike quickly reacted and brought down his sword however Claus blocked and sent Ike flying backwards. "I'll give you one chance to join us of your own free will. Do you want to come with me?" Claus asked stretching out his hand. "Your brother?"
"NO." Lucas shouted. "My brother died 3 years ago."
"Then the next time we meet we will be enemies." Claus sighed. "We could have avoided this. I'll bring you to the Dark Lord."
"And I'll bring you to Master Hand." Lucas said.
"Until we meet again." With that Claus disappeared. Ike got up off of the ground and walked slowly towards Lucas.
"That kid is strong." He muttered to himself. Ike could see beyond Lucas. For a brief second standing there was no longer the timid boy. But someone who had made up his mind, someone who was strong. That timid boy had vanished and had grown up.
"You did good." Meta Knight said appearing in front of him. The timid boy was back and he quickly ran behind Ike.
"It's all right." Ike said patting Lucas on the head. "They aren't going to hurt you."
"Promise?"
"You have my word." Ike was silent for a moment. He didn't know what Claus had forced him to see. Yet it appeared to affect him quite badly.
Lucas rushed out to Meta Knight and extended his arm as though to shake it. Meta Knight reached forwards to shake his hand but the moment they connected a spark of static electricity scared Lucas away.
"That was just static electricity." Meta Knight said. However Lucas didn't hear him he was hiding in terror behind Ike.
They had all gone back to Lucas' house. Lucas sat on the couch with Ike beside him. Ike was looking rather bored, as he was now pretty much Lucas' body guard. Everyone sighed as the silence dragged on. Eventually Ike spoke up. "What are you doing now?" He asked.
Everyone stared at him making Lucas tense up and hold onto him tighter than he all ready was.
"I guess that depends on Lucas' feelings. But he has no one left here..." Meta Knight replied. "Claus has made it known that he will hunt him down no matter what. But we can't take him against his will."
"I do want to go with you...." Lucas said.
"Well come on then." Surgam said The boy's sudden appearance scared Lucas slightly. "We'll help you through your trauma!" He grabbed onto Lucas' hand and began to pull him out of the house.
"But..." Lucas tried to protest. Everything was moving far too fast for him. "I just want to stay one last night... And then we can leave first thing in the morning..."
"However, it is past midnight, it all ready is morning." ROB pointed out.
"Leaving at Dawn would perhaps be a better word." Meta Knight replied.
"Well then gather your belongings, and we will take them to the ship." Meta Knight said. Lucas quickly ran up to his room.
"He may have to fight his brother soon." Ike said. "What will happen then?"
"What happens will happen." Wolf replied. "The pup has to grow stronger... He can't be the shy little boy forever."
Ike nodded. "For now though we have to wait... and protect him..."
Everyone nodded and Lucas rushed down with several items in a bag. "I'm ready to leave in the morning." Lucas said. "Now then... maybe I should make you some food..."
"No need..." Meta Knight sighed. "Some food is being made at the Halberd and being delivered to us as we speak."
At the door several Waddle Dees entered each carrying a plate of food. "Ah it's great being a King!" King Dedede announced. They all ate the food. At first Lucas was really nervous, probably brought on by the fear of the food being poisoned, but he eventually got over that when he saw that everyone else wasn't keeling over.
They stayed in the house for the a few hours, and so ended the second day of their quest for new Smashers.
Early in the morning they got up and left for the Halberd. Each of them was rather tired, the few hours of sleep that they had in Lucas' house wasn't enough. After they took off on the Halberd they would be allowed to sleep in their own quarters while the ROBs piloted the ships.
However, between the time they got into the ship and the time it took for the ship to take off, three people had entered the Halberd. Each of them was wondering where the strangers were taking Lucas and Boney.
One person had watched them leave. "You could of have joined me. Why didn't you?" Claus approached the house and broke in. He looked around the house, reminiscing about the time that he had lived here. He went into his old room. In the room there was a floorboard that could be removed. It was the twin's secret spot. He went to that floorboard and removed it. He felt around for something, but nothing was in there. Lucas had taken whatever remained.
"So, he took it." Claus muttered. That small object that they had found in the forest. A strange badge, with a lightning bolt across it. The two of them had hid it there a few days before they went to their grandfather's for the last time.
He continued to walk through the house as various memories began to stir in his head. Eventually he made his way outside.
Claus stood in front of the house and with a snap of his fingers it was engulfed in flames. "Now you can't come back." Claus laughed disappearing.
Meta Knight sat down in front of a computer. He then decided to call the Smash Mansion. "Hello?" Crazy Hand appeared on the monitor.
"Hello Crazy Hand." Meta Knight said. "How are you doing?"
"Good." Crazy Hand replied. "And how is the status of your mission going?"
"Adequate." Meta Knight replied. "In two days, I have managed to get three recruits and a robot army."
"I see." Crazy Hand replied.
"And, I've also been wondering, how is everyone else doing?"
Crazy Hand just sighed. "The battle between The Dark Lord Smithy, and Master Hand has ended in a draw. Both forces are in critical condition. Or at least Master Hand is, but I know he wouldn't go down without a fight."
Meta Knight closed his eyes and tried to think about what sort of battle had gone on. "And the others?" he inquired.
"Well for the first battle on-" unfortunately, the signal began to break up.
"Crazy Hand. I can't hear you, you're breaking up." Meta Knight shouted.
"I'm now sending medics to them. And return as soon as possible." The signal was lost.
Meta Knight feared the worst. The Government may have intercepted the signal and be heading for them right now. All he could do was hope that the robots had gotten them away from that area, and out of range of any Government tracking devices, if they arrived. He also hoped that the robots improved the stealth ability of the ship while they were doing their repairs and improvements.
Lucas just sat in his room. Too much had happened to him. Now he was all alone. All he had left was his brother. His brother who he most likely would have to kill. He buried his hands in his face and began to cry. "There has to be another way." Lucas cried. He began to gasp through his sobs. "I have to save Claus!"
Boney looked up at his master, and began to whine.
Claus was trapped in a sea of darkness. The sea within his own mind. A world made up by his own subconscious: Magicant. "Hate him, kill him. He abandoned you." A voice rang out. "Destroy him."
"He's my brother! No!" Claus cried back. The Masked Man appeared in front of Claus. "You! You burnt down my house!"
"I thought it would weaken you." The Masked Man replied. "You are rather irritating. You're constantly holding me back. But soon you won't be able to interfere. Soon, you will be an afterthought. I'm taking a precaution to make sure that you can't interfere again."
Outside, The Masked Man was chained up in Yami's chamber. The dark power was seeping out of Yami and going into The Masked Man.
"When your own light disappears, you will lose yourself. You will be nothing more than an empty shell for me to control!" The Masked Man laughed. "But don't worry, I'll make sure you stay alive long enough to see Lucas die by your own hand!"
However, it turned out that the Smashers weren't the only people who had sensed Lucas' power burst. The Government had also picked up signs, and currently were flying towards the planet. "So, this was the planet that the power was coming from?" Someone asked.
"Yes sir." Someone replied.
"Scan the planet for that power source. The Government needs it!"
"Captain Iota." A voice said. "The power source is no longer on that planet. We can't find it anywhere."
Captain Iota was not pleased with this news. He looked frustrated at the planet. In his hand was a glass however he caused it to shatter, and his hand began to bleed. "What a waste of time! This panet! It's an eyesore, destroy it!" Everyone looked at their commander rather shocked. "The official report will say that it was destroyed by the Dark Lord Smithy, who got here and captured that power beforehand! Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes sir." They replied.
They wouldn't dare disobey Captain Iota. He would kill them all without a second thought. "Return back to headquarters. We will report this tragedy immediately."
Among the many members of the Government, there were those like Iota. They feared that if they didn't do anything to stop the Dark Lord Smithy, a great tragedy would befall them. But for the current moment, The Government didn't see Smithy as a threat. This extremist action was done in hopes that The Government would move in and attack Smithy. Iota didn't care that he just killed millions, if he could save billions more he could justify it. Unfortunately for him, his plan backfired.
"Captain Iota. I just ran a scan on the computers for that planet. It turns out it was unoccupied." Someone said.
"What, no!" Iota shouted frustrated.
An unoccupied planet being destroyed wouldn't get the Governments attention, unless it had a large impact on any inhabited planets nearby. During The Government's last census on that planet, they had found all life on it destroyed by war and had classified the planet as uninhabited in all of their databases. They did not know about the white ship, and the last few survivors on the planet.
"We are positive that the power did come from there?" Iota asked.
"Yes sir. We are positive."
Iota looked down at the rubble. "Then this might still work. We will report that The Dark Lord Smithy has obtained this power."
In the Halberd the three intruders were sneaking around. Suddenly a girl fell down. She clutched her head in pain. "Princess Kumatora, are you okay?" An older man asked.
"Duster, I don't know how to explain it. But suddenly I felt everyone back on the Nowhere Islands crying out in pain."
The two of them had infiltrated the Halberd., Along with them was Fuel. "Geeze, you guys better be quiet, we don't want to get caught."
"Shut your yap." Kumatora snapped. Fuel just stood there and looked around the ship. "So, you were positive that they took Lucas in here?"
"Yep. I saw it with my own two eyes." Fuel replied.
"I wonder what they wanted with the kid." Duster said. "And why they took him in here."
"Well, we're about to find out." Kumatora replied. "Let's find him, and ask him."
To be continued...
The Chapter titles when they were individual chapters were:
G4: The Strange Boy Lucas (Which was going to be the name of this chapter until I found the line "Give light to the small one, who walks his path alone" It's explained below.)
G5: Ike's Decision
G6: Rescue Lucas
I'm really hoping this isn't the new default length… (Although I wanted the other two parts longer, for the safety of actually getting this story done sometime, if ever, I decided to cut down just do what was important.)
Fassad, is what the fan translation called Yokuba. (Fassad is also the Arabic word for Corruption)
Boy… I hope Flint Norris isn't in the next Smash, otherwise I'm going to have to make up some way he survived if I'm still writing… Fuel, Duster, and Kumatora were added in last minute. More or less just as a precaution so I don't get screwed over in the future if they are added into the next Smash.
And Boney will represent the Nintendog Assist trophy.
"Give light to the small one, who walks his path alone"... Is not technically from the "We will miss you ~ Theme of Love" The line doesn't translate to that directly, but who cares.
I don't know when I will post the next chapter.
