Hack: Now this is what I call my most rushed chapter… Definitely. Well, wait anxiously for the next chapter, the big fight between the Mario brothers and Grodus! Enjoy!


Chapter 54: Pride of an Ape

"This is a great hiding place, Link…" said Jigglypuff, smiling cutely.

"Thanks. This room's been locked, but Ganondorf unlocked it from the outside, then locked it again once we're in here," replied Link. "Give thanks to him, not me. I doubt the X-Nauts would try looking in here, since they probably think it's locked…"

Link and Ganondorf (carrying Fox) met up with Jigglypuff in the middle of a hall, the pokemon being chased by another army of X-Nauts. They found a hiding spot inside a locked room.

"So how are we going to get out of here? We need to get on the Halberd after we finish off Grodus…" said Jigglypuff.

"First… We need to wait until Fox wakes up," said Link.

Jigglypuff looked down at Fox's unconscious bloody body. "He doesn't look all right… Who was he fighting that got him beaten up so bad?"

Link and Ganondorf looked at each other. "Don't tell Fox or anyone from his team this but… it was him that was doing the beating up," said Link.

Jigglypuff looked curious. "What happened?"

"We faced Doopliss, the transformer," said Ganondorf.

"When he transformed into Falco, Fox just… cracked up," Link explained. "At first he just seemed angry, then he snapped. He became insane and hacked away at Doopliss's Falco body. He continued to hack at it way after Doopliss was dead…"

Ganondorf held up a fist. "I knocked Fox out afterwards."

Jigglypuff sighed. "I'm afraid Fox hasn't… been the same since something happened to Falco."

"Let me guess…" said Link. "He got killed."

"Yes… But it's more of how he got killed," Jigglypuff replied. She then gave them a quick story on what had happened between Fox and Falco… Or from what she knew.


KRAK-OW!

The green egg thrown by Yoshi exploded directly above the five Axem Rangers, blinding them temporarily. Bowser immediately let loose a singeing breath of fire upon the five rangers. He immediately felt several scythes clanging off the back of his shell.

Bowser roared as he turned around, swinging his claws violently. He completely missed as all five Axem Rangers split apart. He looked up to see the yellow fat Axem Ranger and the black sunshade-wearing Axem Ranger directly above him, aiming their scythes at him. With quick reflexes, the Koopa King shot his arms out and grabbed both of his enemies by their throats. He smashed their bodies together and tossed them aside.

"Oooog…" Yellow and Black groaned painfully, using their scythes to stand up.

Meanwhile, Peach and Yoshi were fending off Red, Pink, and Green. It didn't seem like a hard thing anymore, though, since the three Axem Rangers were all encased in eggs already.

Red instantly broke out of his egg, but Peach was ready to beat him up. Before Red could raise his scythe up in defense, Peach smashed her palms into his face while running at him, sending him up into the air a bit. She jumped up next to him and grabbed her crown, smashing it into Red's head. The princess hovered above the ground, following Red's limp body in the air then kicked him upwards. With Red directly above her, Peach jumped up in midair again, shooting her parasol upwards and stabbing him. She opened it up to float to the ground, allowing Red's body to bounce on the sharp, stinging parasol repeatedly.

By then Pink and Green both broke out of their eggs. Yoshi short hopped into the air and smashed his head downward into Green's head, smashing him up into the air.

"YARR!!!" Pink cried as she swung her scythe at Yoshi. Yoshi ducked underneath her scythe and accurately swept his tail, tripping her. He immediately swung his tail upwards to hit Green's falling body, juggling him in the air longer. Yoshi jumped up into the air and let loose a powerful sex kick with his right boot, sending Green flying into the wall. He finished off his combo with a well-aimed egg, blowing up on Green's body.

Yoshi saw Pink below him, aiming her scythe upwards. He flipped once in the air and shot down like a missile.

"Ground Pound!" Yoshi cried, crushing Pink's body underneath his heavy body.

Yellow and Black finally regained their posture, charging speedily towards the sluggish Bowser. Bowser crawled into his hard shell, causing the two Axem Rangers to clang their scythes off of his shell harmlessly. Suddenly, Bowser spun several times within his shell, the Whirling Fortress attack.

SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!

Bowser zoomed across the room and through the two Axem Rangers, knocking them up into the air. He instantly climbed out of his shell and swept his claw in an upward arc, making slash marks on their bodies.

"ROAR!!!"

Bowser then aimed his face up at Yellow and Black and let loose another breath of fire, an inescapable one.

At the same time, Yoshi threw another egg at the two burnt Axem Rangers, inflicting total PAIN on them!

Yup, Yellow and Black are down!

CLANG!

Peach smashed her frying pan on Red's face, sending him up a few feet. She switched to a tennis racket and hit him like a tennis ball, towards Bowser and Yoshi!

"Noooooooooooooo, this can't beeeeeeee…!" Red cried as he was struck by another tennis racket by Yoshi. Bowser jumped up into the air and pointed his bottom down at Red, who was now lying down on the ground.

"BOWSER BOMB!" Bowser roared, using his own version of a ground pound. The moment his butt touched Red, the ground cracked. Red's head was crushed.

"Glad those guys are gone now…" Peach grumbled under her breath.

"They seem pretty annoying…" said Yoshi. "Can't be worse than the Koopa Brothers, though… Never saw them for a while, actually."

The three of them smiled then walked out to search for whatever can help the others.


Croco and Rawk Hawk were sitting at a table, playing Texas Hold 'em.

"Aw man, the Hawk can't be rawked like this… I only got two pair…" said Rawk Hawk, frowning.

Croco smiled devilishly. "Nothing beats a healthy, good Royal Straight."

"Punchinello! Didn't you rawk those guys' sox yet?" Rawk Hawk barked at the bomb expert.

"Yup, I sure did!" said Punchinello. Several feet from him was a huge pile of huge bomb-ombs, all about to explode. "Nothing like a good explosion… And a couple painful screams of pain too. They're all inside that pile."

KA-BOOM!

A huge explosion in the large science room erupted from the pile of bomb-ombs. Nobody could have survived that explosion.

"Whoa, nelly, big explosion there," said Croco, subtly stealing a few chips right under Rawk Hawk's nose, unnoticed.

"Don't know why Grodus can't rawk them…"

"FALCOOOOON PUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNCH!!!!"

Punchinello whirled around to see a flaming fist make contact with his face. Punchinello screamed as he was sent flying into Donkey Kong, who threw a powerful giant punch into his face. There was a loud explosion and DK's face was completely pitch black.

Punchinello held his right smoking hand out, which was carrying a burnt out bomb-omb. "You can't beat me dude!"

"All right, nothing to worry about, let's get back to our game…" said Rawk Hawk, glancing down back at his hand. He noticed something was wrong. "Is it just me or didn't I have more chips before?"

Croco shrugged. "Probably just your imagination. What do you have?"

"You can't beat this! I've got a four of a kind!"

"Too bad… I have a Straight Flush hearts. You lose again," replied Croco, revealing his hand.

Punchinello tossed another bomb-omb at DK, who rolled backwards to dodge a small explosion. Captain Falcon quickly dashed in front of Punchinello and delivered a flaming fist in his face. The bomb expert blocked with another bomb-omb, creating another scorching explosion that damaged Falcon!

"You can't beat me! I've got my bombs!"

"Ugh…" DK groaned. "It seems like he's got infinite bombs…"

An idea lit up in Falcon's head. "I've got an idea," he said, then whispered to DK.

DK looked at his partner. "It seems like a really obvious idea."

"You know, dude…" Falcon started. "Obvious ideas work sometimes, and that's where my sexy thinking skills come in play man."

"…Yup. Very obvious, but I can't deny that it'll probably work," DK replied with a sigh. He lifted up his palms and immediately slammed them into the ground, creating a vibrating earthquake that damaged anyone standing on the ground.

"Whoa, nelly!" Croco cried as all three of the villains instantly jumped into the air. Captain Falcon jumped up directly behind the vulnerable Punchinello and delivered a straight jab into his ribs. Before Punchinello could react with a bomb, Falcon threw his powerful knee into his stomach, knocking all of the wind out of him. Punchinello crashed into the wall, creating a huge dent in it.

Simply put, the bomb-expert was completely knocked out.

Rawk Hawk and Croco looked at Captain Falcon and DK in disbelief as they landed on their feet.

"…Remember, buddy, you owe me over three thousand coins, whether you die or not," said Croco.

"Funny, cuz I think I'm the one who's gonna do the rawkin…" replied Rawk Hawk.

The yellow wrestler jumped at DK. Much to DK's surprise, Rawk Hawk was surprisingly agile for someone his size and strength. He threw both of his hands at DK, who threw his two hands to grab Rawk Hawk's hand, each now trying to wrestle each other down with raw strength.

"You can't rawk the hawk, man!" Rawk Hawk cried as he shoved DK away with his superior strength. DK grunted as he jumped back on his feet, charging another Giant Punch briefly.

Rawk Hawk dived with his right leg pointed at DK, like Falcon's Falcon kick attack. With blinding reflexes, DK paused his charge as he grabbed the flying wrestler and threw him at the wall behind him.

Rawk Hawk instantly flipped in midair and kicked off of the wall, flying at DK like a charging missile. DK could only block with his tough arms, but his defensive maneuver couldn't save him. DK was sent flying off of his feet and on his back, groaning in pain.

"You can't rawk the hawk, man!" Rawk Hawk repeated as he sent a fist flying at DK. DK held up his palm, grabbing the fist and using every ounce of his strength to push Rawk Hawk away. However, Rawk Hawk's superior strength pushed forward, shoving DK back to the ground. Before DK could react again, the wrestler placed his knee on DK's chest, pinning him to the ground. He pinned DK against the floor more by using his hands on DK's throat.

"Pah! You're weak!" taunted Rawk Hawk. "Can't even break away!"

Meanwhile, Captain Falcon was holding off Croco the speedy thief. Unfortunately, Croco amazingly outran the racer, constantly dropping bombs behind him to slow Falcon's chase down. Occasionally the thief stopped to throw even more bombs more accurately, but Falcon dodged them all flawlessly.

"Can't you give up, man?" cried Croco, running from Falcon again.

"Psh, no way, especially since you're in my gal's way!" Falcon yelled back. He then cried, "Falcon Dash!" and his feet were lit on fire. Instantly, he ran twice as faster, leaving behind trailers of fire wherever he ran.

And he was running towards Croco.

Croco, stunned by Falcon's sudden burst in speed, could do nothing as Falcon's flaming Raptor Boost came flying into his cheek, blowing him into the ceiling.

"OW!!!"

Croco fell from the ceiling just to be met by Falcon's flip kick. He was knocked to the side, still in midair, and stunned when Captain Falcon zoomed at him in mid-air.

"Feel the might of… MY SEXY KNEE!!!" Falcon cried as he thrusted his right knee into Croco's small body. Croco screamed as electricity flowed through him and he was instantly blasted into the wall.

Croco didn't have time to recover as Falcon zoomed at him and used TEH KNEE again! Croco's body crippled further as the racer grabbed the thief by the collar.

"You've got no idea who you dealin' with, man!" Falcon gritted through his teeth. He turned to see DK pinned by Rawk Hawk and prepared to throw Croco at Rawk Hawk.

"No!" DK roared, holding a hand out to stop Falcon from interfering. "This is MY fight!"

Falcon hesitated. Oh. Right. DK prided himself in strength… If it's a battle in strength… he'll never fucking forgive me for helping him.

All I can do is back off and deal with this little rascal…

Falcon instantly threw Croco up into the air and charged his fist.

"Falcooon…"

Croco's eyes widened as he struggled to take out anything from his loot bag, anything to save himself, but it was too late.

"PUUUUUUUUUUUUNCH!!!"

The powerful infamous flaming fist crashed into Croco's fragile body, shattering every bone in it. Croco was sent flying into the wall, completely lifeless and dead.

"Fine, Kong…" said Falcon. "But you better not die on me."

"What ya gonna do about it, little chimp?" Rawk Hawk taunted the ape. "Can't rawk me, can you?"

With both hands, DK grabbed the wrist of the hand pinning his throat and squeezed as hard as he can. After a second, Rawk Hawk yelped in pain as he heard several bones crack, jumped off of DK and looking at his broken hand.

DK took this chance. He finally released his powerful Giant Punch at Rawk Hawk's chest, blowing him to the other side of the room.

KA-BOOM!

The collision of the punch and Rawk Hawk sounded like an enormous bomb cracking through the room. Rawk Hawk staggered as he finally stood up, still massaging his throbbing right hand.

"All right… I've been rawking you the easy way… But now the hawk has got it. The hawk is serious! YOU'RE GONNA GET RAWKED!!!!" he yelled angrily.

Rawk Hawk sped at DK with his agile body, but the giant ape was waiting. When the wrestler threw his left fist at DK, the ape grabbed it with his right hand.

"Ya think that's gonna work? You're gonna get rawked again! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

Every muscle in DK's right arm bulged violently, as if they were about to explode. DK gave an angry aura of strength as he used every inch of the strength left over in his right arm to twist Rawk Hawk's fist. He felt the resisting strength of Rawk Hawk's fist disappear as ones cracked with every degree that he twisted. The wrestler continued to scream, forgetting about his legs and only thinking of the pain in his hand.

"OOOOGAAAAAAAAAA!!!" DK cried as he gave a violent twist. There was a disgusting crack and he literally broke the bones in Rawk Hawk's left hand off of the bones in his arm.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Rawk Hawk screamed as he looked at his limping hand, unable to move it at all. It sagged like a bag, hanging down and hanging by the bone ending at the wrist.

DK charged both of his fists and proceeded to punch Rawk Hawk with every inch of his strength again, disregarding the pain throbbing through his pulled muscles.

"NO! PLEASE! SPARE THE HAWK!"

"Hell no," said DK as he released his fists on Rawk Hawk's face. Instantly the life left the wrestler as he was sent sprawling to the ground.

DK swayed for a moment until he fell to the ground. Captain Falcon sped to catch him before he fell.

"…Nice job, dude. You are definitely the strongest guy I know, man!"

Donkey Kong blinked several times, panting. "And that was my strongest opponent… Let me rest a bit… Ooga… Keep me safe, man…" He closed his eyes, unconscious.

Captain Falcon lifted the unconscious ape on his right shoulder. "My friend… You've just won a battle pride, man. Congrats… Now let's get with the others."


Luigi found himself in another hall with another grand door at the end of it.

This is it, brother… I'm coming.

You knew, didn't you? You knew I was going to come… It's funny, really. It seems as if you're hiding something from me, but really you just wanted to show that you love me as your dearest brother…

Brother… I love you too. And I'm not going to let you lose again Grodus.

"Brother! I'm coming! Get ready, Grodus, because I'm going to kick your damn ass!" Luigi screamed out into the air, running through the door.

Little did he know that Mario really was hiding something.