Smash Brothers Civil War

Chapter 55: The Elevator

The Elevator

Collective Repeater Tower

As the entire nanite army descended onto the enormous elevator lift, the Smashers fought back with all their might. The nanite soldiers were somehow a lot stronger than previously, only in such a short time. The Smashers had to increase their strength as well. Mario and Bowser threw the nanites off the elevator, and soon everyone followed suit. But, soon the nanites thrown off the elevator easily climbed back up. Then, some of the nanites began to halt the elevator by stopping its outer cables from moving the elevator upwards.

"Team, we have to shake them off as fast as possible", said Bowser.

"They're cutting off the cables from the elevator. Quick! Stop them!", said Mario.

The Smashers removed the nanites from the cables, allowing for the elevator to go up again. But even more nanites swooped down from below. The Smashers couldn't handle any more incoming soldiers. As if it weren't enough, fighter jets loyal to the Collective circled the Tower ready to shoot down the Smashers at a moment's notice. Soon, pods began flying from the sky and onto the elevator. Then, more of the nanites from previously climbed back up again.

"It's no use! The Collective has us cornered!", stared Samus while fighting off the nanites.

"Cornered?! Ha, don't make me laugh!", Dark Pit jumped off the elevator, sprung his wings, and flew out to shoot down the flying jets. Greninja secretly followed suit, behind Dark Pit, and aided in stopping the jets too.

"I refuse to allow myself to be considered prey among these weaklings", Mewtwo ascended from the elevator and went to join in the fight in the skies.

"Oh, hey. That's the spirit, Mewtwo!", Palutena cheered on. Mewtwo gave a look of disgust as he left.

The Smashers battled it out by destroying the meteor pods first before more could spawn out. The elevator lift was wobbling at that point on because of the force of the ongoing fight. Some of the nanites began to fall off. Palutena released a relenting shockwave of energy to push off the rest of the nanites. Even then, more nanites crawled on the elevator.

"They just won't stop, will they?", complained Samus.

"Then we gotta hit em' harder", Snake attacked a group of encroaching nanite soldiers.

"Guys, we need a strategy to get to the top faster", Mario said while holding back a squad of nanites. "Samus, can you accelerate the elevator's speed?", Mario suggested.

"Not a problem. We may have to hold on", Samus hacked into the elevator's control panel and made the lift move up twice as fast.

The Collective Tower itself began flashing streaks of light blue from its wires and tons of energy signals were being sent; the power was greater than that of the normal extremely gradual nanite energy. Samus read the frequency through her armor.

"Nanite signal is off the charts. My frequency is jammed!", said Samus.

"What?! They've already got a hold of the World?! DAMN! Everyone, do whatever it takes to stop that signal!", shouted Mario.

The pods increased in numbers and more nanites awaited at the top. More flying jets appeared in the skies, and they appeared to be intercepting the elevator, trying to take it out. Fox decided to phone in some heavy artillery. He tapped into his comm. and sent a message to the Great Fox.

"I didn't want to risk it, but I have a solution that can help all of us", Fox called in the Great Fox.

In quick timing, the Great Fox appeared from the skies, firing at the nanite jets. Immediately, his signature Arwing flew out of the Great Fox. Falco also called in his Arwing, and he jumped off the elevator as soon as the time was right. Fox was about to fly off as well until Peach tugged his arm.

"Will you make it back?", Peach's worried look have Fox a little confidence in him.

"I always do", Fox stated back. Peach proceeded to kiss him gently on the lips and so suddenly, surprising Fox and getting him to kiss back.

"Go get em', Star Fox", the pink princess whispered happily as the anthro fox fell off the elevator and entered onto his Arwing. Team Star Fox swooped into action and shot down the nanite jets out of the sky.

"Hey, loverboy. Did your girl kiss you goodbye?", Falco taunted his friend.

"Shut up, Falco", Fox smirked.

"Alright, 'boss'. What's our first order of business?", Falco asked in a sarcastic tone.

"We shoot down them down until they fall back", said Fox.

"I said we need a plan. Man, I wish Peppy were here", replied Falco.

"Okay. Okay. Let's tear down the base where the jets are being deployed. It has to be somewhere around the island. We just got to find it", Fox and Falco flew around the island.

At last, the Star Fox pilots discovered the nanite aircraft base hidden in a cave in the outskirts of the island, near the snow forest. Fox and Falco used smart bombs to blow up the base entirely. They sped up back to the Collective Tower.

"Whew. That may have been the easiest run we ever had. No hits. No problem. And best of all: no missiles", Falco laid back and let his Arwing go into autopilot.

"I guess so...whoa! I'm detecting heat-seeking missiles-", Fox looked on the radar.

"Shoot! Let's shake em', Fox", Falco realized this and turned off autopilot. "Too soon?"

"Not the time, Falco. Try a U-turn", ordered Fox.

"How about 'Do a barrel roll!'?", Falco poked fun at Peppy.

"Not now, Falco. Shoot back at the missiles!", Fox ordered once more.

Both Star Fox pilots fired back at the missiles, destroying them all. They sped quickly to the Tower and took down the remaining jets. The other Smashers waited patiently when the elevator finally reached its peak.

"This is it. We send the signal; we save the World. We don't; then it's all over", said Bowser.

"Let's-a Go!", Mario yelled out his catchphrase.

"Let's finish what we started!", Samus declared.

"Yes!", Captain Falcon nodded in agreement.

Link and Zelda carried out a hopeful expression on their faces. Peach had a worried look. Lucario silently closed his eyes before the action began. Rosalina had a look of wonder to see what the future holds next. The Psychic boys were certainly more than prepared. The Fire Emblem fighters brandished their blades.

Nanite Endgame

Collective Repeater Tower

The Collective Repeater Tower's primary lift made a final stop at its peak. The rest of the Smashers joined their allies. Fox and Falco ejected from their Arwings and joined in as well. Doctor Eggman appeared out of thin air and uploaded something onto the computer for sending signals.

"You're too late, heroes. The World belongs to Us", Eggman stated.

"Not gonna happen, Eggman", Sonic charged at Eggman and tried to remove him from the computer. Sonic was paused by a super-powered nanite fighter. The very stoic stare pushed Sonic away.

"Hohohohoho! Did I forget to mention our more superior nanites? They're different from the elites in many ways I'm sure you'll figure out for yourselves", Eggman introduced the latest the Collective has to offer.

These Nanite Superiors had on impervious armor and dealt extreme damage. The rapidly glowing tendrils on their backs indicated a stronger sense of energy. More nanites from previously rose up as well. The pods continued to be launched from the air. The Smashers were given no more options but to fight on even more.

"Smashers, fight!", Bowser roared out.

Lucario became Mega Lucario and struck every last one Nanite Superior soldier. Mewtwo used his Psychic Bomb to blow away the strongest of nanites. Ness, Lucas, and Claus shot with their PK Fire Omega blasts. Greninja transformed into Mega Greninja and assassinated the remaining soldiers. Samus charged up her Zero Laser and shot the rest of the Nanite Superiors off the Tower.

"IMPOSSIBLE! I didn't calculate for the Superiors to be that weak!", Eggman tried to make a getaway when Sonic stopped him.

"Nowhere to go Eggman, tsk tsk", Sonic smirked.

"GRRR, curse you hedgehog and your meddling friends too!", Eggman was in anguish. Bowser grabbed Eggman and tossed him onto a nearby pod. "No please, STOP! I'm sorry. I'll change, I promise!"

"Until next time, Egghead", Bowser gave a toothy grin and threw Eggman and his pod far-away.

*WHAM*

"AHHHHHH! NOOOOOO!", Eggman's voice faded away in the skies.

"Quick! Send that signal through the computer!", instructed Bowser now that everything was out of the way.

Samus uploaded their signal, which was the synthesized version of the nanite cure. In no time, the signal was sent in and distributed across to the other repeater towers. The Collective Tower itself shined bright blue through its wires and then died down to nothing after the signal was sent.

"Readings all over the World. It looks like the entire Collective is down", Samus reported. "We'll begin rounding up with the cleanup and treat the nanite-infected population. Only then we'll...What the hell?!"

The Collective Tower began flashing again with the wires turning bright red. If that weren't enough, the strong nanite signals from previously returned and they were stronger than ever. The Smashers were as prepared for anything.

"Something's channeling in strange energy readings back to the network. It's being directed to back our vicinity. I think-", Bowser detected when-

*CRACK* *BOOM* *WHAM*

Meta Kamek broke from the nanite chamber and jumped forward to face the Smashers in action. Something was strange about Meta Kamek; his eyes were glowing fiercely and there was a pair of long glowing tendrils on his back. It was not just that, but the amount of nanite energy stored in Kamek.

"Did you honestly believe we wouldn't see it coming?", Meta Kamek stated.

"It's over, Kamek. You're alone. And there's no way-", Bowser retorted.

"Oh, I'm not alone. You may have frozen the Collective, but you haven't eliminated it", replied Kamek.

"What did you do?", asked Mario with fire.

"The good doctor stored every ounce of nanite energy into my body. It was an elaborate ruse to get all of the signals back to this Tower specifically. The doctor implemented all of the available nanite energy and sent them to augment my power to the maximum", explained Meta Kamek.

"But why? You'll be under the Collective's control", asked a surprised Samus.

"Wrong. I'm in complete control of the nanites in my body. I'm the only independent host. I am the Collective! And once I've killed you without breaking a sweat, I'll shut that annoying signal of yours for good!", said Kamek. "In another minute, it will be all so clear!"

Nanite Meta Kamek

Collective Repeater Tower