Hello everyone, this is big red here. I managed to upload this chapter at 11 pm due to New Years being busy. But a New Year means a new announcement. That is the fact this story is likely to end this year, perhaps in the summer or even the winter. But we will see how things go when things are starting to wrap up. Now I will not rush everything, but try and tie in all the important plot points. G.U.N., the possible war, the President, what would become of the Legion and Smash remnants, the Majora's Mask Moon and more. It's been a long ride, but I will have the story end when it should unlike the time depression got in the way long ago. But that is all about last year, this is a new year. So let's get it on.
The cell room holding the captive Zeti and Assists would await the return of their Octoling ally coming back with the key to their very escape. Zagma and the younger blue Zeti would be talking about what could be one of the future for the Lost Hex once this is all over. These ideas include the idea of having a peace treaty with the humans below and allowing a select few humans visiting the Lost Hex to see just how great Zeti culture is. The latter is the list enthusiastic about it as she always wanted an age where they could potentially get more unique visitors on their floating home. Jill and Nikki were playing the classic game of Patty Cake to try making the most of their time in a fun way. Dr. Wright would be talking more about his wonderful Sim City in an attempt to interest these Zeti as potential new citizens for possible future. Many of them were impressed at the thought of living in a big city with so many interesting landmarks compared to the Lost Hex. Dillon still sits in solitude with his arms crossed to patiently wait for his time to leave. Kururin is messing around with a device to try signaling Helirin to set on remote control mode of it meant bringing him here. His device appears to be depicting a flashing blue circle to represent his prized flight machine as it's already on the move with the door keeping him locked no longer blocking his way.
"Bingo, it's a good thing I keep this remote in my feathers to avoid having it confiscated. I would had been a goner if my previous machine were to get in the wrong hands," the blue bird said.
Jill and Nikki slowly flared at the bird once they saw him using a remote. The bird nervously shivered with the two girls staring him down in an unfriendly way. "Hey guys, wh...what seems to be the issue?" he nervously asked.
"You knew you had a remote control feature for Helirin, yet you never used that to try breaking us all out in the first place,"the pink haired prodigy said.
"Well, I did not want to be caught or blow my cover to the guards, especially that Octoling girl. We did not know if she would be trusted enough or not. I did not want to risk us all getting busted over my own back up plan. And besides, Helirin is one of a kind and having him damaged in any way would be an insult to my mechanic work," the blue bird said defensively.
"Oh sure. At least Drill Dozer has an excuse when he usually acts when Jill is around and never does well when alone. Your blue plan should had been flying out of that room and saving us all the trouble," Nikki said.
"So you would want me to risk having my prized propeller vehicle attempt drilling through solid rock and risk breaking the blue blades that were specifically crafted for only spinning instead of drilling. You two have no idea what it's like even keeping one delicate machine in one piece," Kururin barked.
"Then maybe you should had made your machine more applicable for combat. Like my precious Drill Dozer. What did you spend time doing, cleaning those delicate weak blue wings of your unorthodox machine?" Jill barked.
"For your information, I made sure to upgrade it with the latest fighting technology. Just that I would rather not fully waste it on something minor as escaping. Plus who knows what powerful guards are down there ready to smash him if he tries to escape," the bird once more beamed.
Then a familiar massive drilling machine bursts out of the earth before the cell with a mighty whirring drone to match the ferocity of his spinning drill. Everyone made sure to take a look at the special guest that came in time to see them. Jill would be the first to jump for joy as she knew this vehicle too well.
"Drill Drozer! You came to save your master, oh you couldn't have? But who broke you free?" she said.
Two dizzy Octolings dropped from the back of the drilling machine with their eyes rolling around comically and barely being able to stand very well. Dillon is impressed that she managed to bring back Drill Dozer, but still weren't sold on trusting them just yet when he is awaiting his claw upgrades. The Zeti were speechless at how dizzy their saviors were after what could be a bumpy drilling ride to return to this specific room.
"Next time, I will say that we just swim in ink back to the cell room and not use that stupid machine," the dizzy female Octoling said.
" already told you that it is not my fault and I only wanted to use the controls. Could had did a better job than letting the drill tank move on its own," the male Octoling said.
Jill clears her throat loudly to get both of their attention, she is less than pleased to hear that both of them were badmouthing Drill Dozer. Even the sentient drill machine taps its foot with the drill hands on the side to express that he didn't like the insults for him helping them.
"Anyways, how about that key? We do want to get out of here already and reunite with the other Smash Brothers," she said.
The female Octoling gets back to her senses and dug in her leather pockets for what she needed.
"Did you get my stick back, because this mayor will be needed it before he shows his face in his own city anymore," Dr. Wright said.
"Give me my pad and pencil back, please and thank you!" Nikki called. Sheriff erratically moves left and right as if he were begging to have his pistol back.
"Wait, just wait. I will give your weapons back too. Just let me unlock your cell first," she said.
The Octoling walked her way closer to the lock in question as she continues to scramble inside the dense pocket that is already full of things. This left the male Octoling awkwardly standing next to Drill Dozer who expects an apology out of him. He still did not know what to say since he never expected a machine to actually want him to apologize. Then Color Game-15 pops out of the same hole the machine made to continue their paddle ball match with one another.
"Color TV Game 15! I am happy they did not break any of you lovable paddles. That's just about everyone," Nikki exclaimed.
"Hello, you forgot about Helirin. Oh never mind, I will just keep remote controlling him our way like nothing ever happened," Kururin said sadly.
"Huzzah, now all of us can finally leave this place. Because it won't be long until everything start caving in. Then that only means we will have to make these tunnels all over again for our future mining projects," Zagma announced.
"Your lives are more important than a mining business. Especially when we have to save all of the Lost Hex with how dire things are currently," Dillon said after tipping his hat.
"That is right, you will just have to leave everything behind and start over from scratch. At least with the cave in caused by the Nega Wisps, most of our enemies are running away or have low morale to be a threat to us unlike the last time, Nikki said.
"Which is why we need our weapons back since it's our turn to strike back against our foes,"Dr. Wright said after twitching his small mustache.
The Octoling placed the key inside the hole and twists it in the right way to unlock the gate. It successfully opens wide enough for everyone to be free. Nikki is tossed back her pad and pen, Sheriff grabs the white pistol that lands in his hand, Dillon would have his claw upgrades thrown to his feet, Dr. Wright grabs the stick that's thrown at him, and Jill runs out to reunite with her beloved mechanical partner that awaits her. The first thing she would do is give the mech a hug as he hugs back with the flat sides of his drill hands carefully. Some Zeti would be in aww at how close a bond between a human and their machine could be.
"I missed you so much. Don't you ever get yourself separated from me, you big drilling lug nut," she cried.
The eyes of the machine blinks a few times to signal his happiness to be with his master again.
Zagma then shouts, "We are free at last. Let us all head out of the caverns while there's still time!"
The many multicolored demons started pouring out in a mini stampede while carefully trying not to trample the Octoling that freed her of their fellow captives. Many of them would be cheering that they were all free and only ready to save their fellow enslaved brothers and sisters who are still within the mines. Dillon already placed both claw upgrades on immediately now that it is time for a good old fashioned payback for what happened to him and his allies. Dr. Wright waves around his stick carefully to test out if it works, creating a small drinking fountain before him. This caused the Octoling girl to back away as water is a weakness for her species and the Inklings. Nikki scribbled in her pad to create a replica of her missing cat friend that comes to live and cuddles against her. The glasses wearing girl is happy to be reminded of her furry friend that she longs to find. Sheriff turns around and shoots a few massive bullets to blast holes in the wall with ease and precision. He smiles knowing that his trusty weapon works just fine. This leaves Kururin still using the special remote control to maneuver his prized vehicle, which is actually still a few halls away from reaching his destination.
"Just a little longer. I will be happy to ride you again, my blue flying machine," the bird said.
It wouldn't be long until company arrived just to check on the prisoners.
"Hey rookie, we came back to get your help and…."
The two Octoling Troopers would be shocked to see that everyone is broken completely free from their imprisonment, with the two Octoling traitors staring at them in shock at how easily they were spotted. Even the drawing of Nikki's cat would be staring just as much as her. The Color Game 15 paddles instantly stopped moving as the white ball bounced away for the ceiling and continue its bouncing path. Drill Dozer even drops Jill on accident, who really felt the pain of slamming on the rocky ground on her bottom. All the Zeti were completely frozen like a deer staring at car headlights with their chances of freedom looking very slim. One of the Octoling troopers twitched their lower eye lid in annoyance at how everything is completely out of order before her. The other facepalms as their "rookie" had one job abs failed it miserably.
"Uuuuuuh, I can explain. You see they all had to use the bathroom and I've let them out so they could do their business and..."
"What the shell is the meaning of this! I thought I told you to keep these prisoners contained and never let them out. To make matters worse, you somehow roped our best fighter into this for your schemes. I am disappointed that you proven to be an eel piece of ink to pull this off. Octavio always felt you were rebellious, this is a new low you've made. You realize what you are doing goes against the Octarian Code," the Octoling Trooper shouts.
"We do not care. They could be tricking you to let them out. Never listen to the bathroom excuse, they can walk around in their own waste for all we care. A prisoner doesn't deserve to be treated like they are citizens. They are just a bunch of dirty..."
The Octoling Trooper is shot in the face by an Octosplat in response to her statement. This left the angrier Trooper change from angry to shocked that an Octoling is willing to harm their own kind at all. The black wearing Octoling heard just enough ignorance out of her former allies when she isn't willing to follow their own orders anymore. Even the male Octoling is shocked that she just attacked one of her own that fast.
"What are you doing? You realized that you inked one of your own. Do you want to be banned from the Octo Valley like all the other traitors we no longer consider one of us?" she beamed.
"Shut up! This isn't about us. You do not speak for me and what I really want. Octavio is nothing more than a poser dictator that thinks he speaks for all Octarians while shunning the free ones that chose to live in Inkopolis with the squids. I am tired of all the segregation, tired of being just a tool to help attack innocent nations, and tired of being bossed around by those weaker than me!" the darker skinned Octoling replied.
This left the goggles wearing Octoling shocked at her own choosing to reject the ideal vision that DJ Octavio wants for all of them. The other Octoling is rolling around in pain from the shot, even if it's not lethal with both of them sharing the same ink color. It would be at this point that Dillon finally realize that she's trustworthy enough and on his side instead of being a threat like all Octolings as he originally had thought. Nikki is smiling as the scribbled cat mews in excitement. The blue Zeti that talked with her earlier us very happy that she's fighting for what she believes in than following the same closeted norms that her race follows for any longer. Dr. Wright nods at just how wise her decision making.
"You...you...fake Octoling! Just wait until I tell DJ Octavio about this. Actually I won't because I will only signal everyone to come here and subdue all of you. I was going to let you evacuate when this place will fall apart, but splatting you along with your pathetic friends will only be more satisfying," the Octoling Trooper shouts.
She would hold out a blank device in her hand, one many Octarians use to signal each other when dealing with an intruder in the Octo Valley. This did not phase the female Octoling at all due to having just about enough of being a mere puppet used by a music happy demagogue.
"Shoot that device! She will call all the Octarians to crush us right here," the male Octoling called.
"No, let them all come. Because what better way to remind Octavio that I'm coming for his big head than crushing all his blind followers that can't see the light. Just let the coward do it instead of fighting me like an octopus," the female Octoling said smugly.
The Octoling Trooper refused to listen to her threats, only beginning to press the right numbers to contact every single Octarian that's still loyal to their leader. The device is then shot of her hand by a blue blast that just happens to break the device into many black pieces. She looks at her hand and gasped that her only way of calling fir reinforcements are gone. The two good Octolings would look around to see who did that at all. Turns out the blue Zeti that appealed to her did that on her own as a way to silence her only threat. Unlike her usual peaceful self, she is very angry and had little sympathy for the very aggressors that compared her race to filth in her face.
"Aaaaww, why did you do that? Drill Dozer and I were ready for more action," Jill complained.
The other Octoling Trooper gets back to her feet and wipes the ink completely off of her face despite the severe pain. This leaves the other one that would had signaled the others shaking at the thought that she is completely outnumbered. She slowly backed away while trying to keep a straight face if it means showing that she's still not afraid.
"We are nothing but inferior filth to be treated like animals you say? That's rich comping from a walking cephalopod that would make fine roasted takoyaki. You talk big like you will take over our world, but the Lost Hex isn't yours to take. Me and my fellow Zeti will fight to take our home back. That's not to say all Octolings are bad when some like your "traitor" is proven to be a decent person that just want what's better for her people. Even the mayors of all the Lost Hex would gladly welcome you all here. But you ruined that chance by attacking our home, enslaving our people like we are property, and worst of all, treating us like dirt. Now, we are ready to return the favor by beating every last one of you. A Zeti is stronger than you think," she said.
All the other Zeti around her would have their eyes on the two Octolings, cracking their knuckles and growling with the sounds of revenge for their oppressors. Zagma especially would stretch his bones is preparation for leading his people to break free of their chains. Dillon and his gang would allow themselves to sit on the sidelines as the Zeti are well deserving of having these two for themselves. The female Octoling smiles knowing that these Zeti are on the move to freedom after they deal with these two.
"Stay away! I will have to use force if you lumbering beasts don't head back to that cage where you belong. I'll have to be forced to ink all of you! You will be sorry!" she shouts in fear.
One Zeti would already lunge at her to take all the ink shots she had for them. As Octarians spawned from the ink, they soon would be attacked by their blasts or even have their own machinery used against them thanks to the electromagnetic manipulation these colorful demons possessed. One Octotrooper would already be punched off of his machine only to be viciously beaten by another few Zeti that waited for him. Several Octobot would be blown away easily by another ground of Zeti that willingly swam in the thick sticky ink to reach them. The stronger Zeti lifts the Octotroopers with ease before hurling them at the stone walls with all their might. This would shatter the machines completely and force the octopus creatures to explode into purple ink.
"Don't make me ink you! I have an Octosplat and I'm not afraid to use it. Back down or I will have to use force," the frightened Octoling Trooper warned while pointing at the approaching mob of Zeti.
They all still approached her despite the warnings with their eyes of vengeance on one of the few people that dared to treat them as lesser beings. Her ally is already snatched by a few Zeti to take her well deserved beatdown. The screams of agony made her panic even more as she still try to keep the bravest face for her approaching enemies. Zagma immediately used his powers to disarm her Octosplat before she had the chance to shoot again. She panics when the first click didn't make her weapon shoot, rapidly pulling the trigger hopelessly to try shooting again despite being completely cornered. "Have mercy on this poor adorable octopus. Please?" she begged. It would be too late as the Zeti mob finally jumped her to beat her with all they had as the most ear piercing scream echoes throughout the caves. Soon, the scream echoes throughout even the outside of Lava Mountain itself to be heard by the Deadly Six that fixes Eggman's old machine as part of their plan to stop Mecha Sonic. Zavok looks off into the stormy sky that covers the volcanic valley just to make out what could had made that sound. Master Zik being the concerned one of his pupil grew just as suspicious.
"It seems we have company. But are they friend or foe?" he asked.
"No, more like that's the sound of someone engaging in a battle around here. It came to an end. But that's not why we are here, we need to fix this machine add reverse its effects with the power of this emerald if we will save our home," the red Zeti replied.
Zazz and Zeena were still working inside of the machine's circuits with all they had. Their experience with robots really helped in understanding how to handle Eggman's own tech that he's proud of. Creating their own technology since their defeat truly paid off in a dire situation like this.
"Zazz, what is the status on the rewiring process?" Zavok called.
"Still hard as always. This egg shaped fool sure made things complicated with how the network is set in the inside. I've undone all parts that helped in using the world energy as absorption. Meaning the chances of this machine ever killing a planet is minimal," the pink crazed Zeti replied.
"He's right. Other than the fact some sparks flew in our faces, this is turning out easy. We should take no time in having it reset to something less doomsday. Anything to restore what's left of the Lost Hex before all of it is gone," the female green Zeti said.
Zavok chuckles knowing the two were doing just fine with the process for working on a machine of a much larger magnitude. He eventually focus on Zomom, who sat on a high rocky hill with stacks of rocks ready to toss at an intruder.
"How are things up there?" he asked.
"No pests up here worth squashing. It seems too quiet up here compared to how busy the mines seem. So many of them stupid bad guys are scrambling like roasting chickens. I'm getting hungry just thinking about it," the yellow large Zeti replied.
"Scrambling? The fools are finally running. Good. These less innocents tortured by them, the better. I'll take a look myself just to bask in their failure," Zavok said before laughing.
He instantly lifts himself into the air to hover at a high enough point to see where his fat ally is watching, peering into the distance just to track these enemies that ran around. With enough scanning, he finally saw something usual. He is right about all the invading Legion allies running fir the hills from the chaos happening around the lava mines, but what he really saw is the result of the rampaging Nega Wisps' attack on the mountain. The red rocky formations appear to be rumbling violently all of a sudden. Usually this happens when a cave-in is occurring within the mines or Lava Mountain is preparing its annual eruption. What really caught is eye are the few Zeti prisoners scrambling for their lives instead of staying within the mines to clean up the resulting mess.
"Blast it, the whole mines. They are about to fall. This of any remaining Zeti that are still trapped or failing to escape. I'll have to get over there myself and save enough lives. Zagma's an old man, he will be unable to help everyone out in time," the red alarmed Zeti said.
"What? The eruption is getting ready to happen? Maybe I can drill everyone out of there if you need any help," Zomom proposed.
The gloomy Zor caught wind of what was happening after finishing his usual spying routine.
"It appears some losers from that Smash group gotten themselves kidnapped by those flunkies a few hours ago. Talk about lame. Where are Shadow and the other "useful" allies when you need them? Oh wait, still failing to defeat that ugly metal hedgehog back there or probably dead," he droned.
"Isn't that why we are out here anyway? To help make it easier to crush that metal hedgehog?" Zomom asked.
"No zit, Zerlock. You got to be one of the weakest links of this team," Zor replied. Zavok had no time to sit around when he had to go there as the hero to all Zeti on the Lost Hex.
"Zomom, Zor, come with me. The three of us will investigate further. But mostly prevent a single Zeti from dying. Our home is already dying, but to lose its people is more tragic. Let's go!" he ordered.
"Yay, I get to smash some bad guys, but mostly feed on what's left of them. Zazz is missing out on some fun," the giddy yellow Zeti said.
"Because he's working on rewiring the machine, genius. Whatever, let's just make this pointless trip worth it," the pale purple haired Zeti complained.
The three of them immediately started flying off in the direction of the chaos with haste, leaving the remaining Deadly Six to stick with the original plan. Master Zik sighs as he's stuck having to look after the most reckless members of the team.
"Time to steer these young seeds in a good direction. Not that we have any other problems to face," the cyan elderly Zeti said.
"Hey! You do did that on purpose. You women always are the selfish ones for leaving guys like us in harm's way to protect your dainty bodies!" Zazz bellowed.
"Excuse me? At least I am not the one who can't stop that annoying breathing when we work on this garbage machine. PS, come back to me when you do don't always look like an ugly trainwreck, Jazz. Metal went out of style too many years ago for you to think that style is still relevant," Zeena remarked.
"Better than your stupid hairstyle, girlie. It reminds me of something that would come out of Zomom's mouth. Green and ugly," the aggressive male Zeti shouts.
"Ugh! You are one to talk with your bad breath and ugly spikes bracelets. Please, have you looked in a mirror? Even Zor looks like a model compared to a walking fashion disaster like you!" the female Zeti barked.
Master Zik would be subjected to hearing the two bicker back and forth as if they were grade school children arguing as they struggle to fix the machine. He takes a deep breath and sighs as he bows his head in shame at the immaturity he's heading. "This will be a very long evening," the elderly Zeti said in disappointment.
Tropical Coast would finally see the many Zeti free from their trapped underwater water prison thanks to Gravity Man's gravitational pulls, Aqua Man's water control, and Block Man's expert craftsmanship that lead them to safety. Dark Pit and Phosphora were still there as they were waiting on their end of the deal to be completed. One of the Zeti that stood out is a muscular blue Zeti with a shaved face and slick hair to match his status as the kahuna of this part of the Lost Hex. Unlike Zagma and Zhang Long, he's more laidback and loves to enjoy a nice relaxation on the beaches of Tropical Coast. He is slowly combing his hair to keep it as presentable as possible for his former captures undoing their plans to hold him hostage previously.
"Thank you for letting us all out. Any longer and my coo hair would be nothing more than a wet Wisp instead of something worthy of a kahuna. Now what was the reason you suddenly want to let us out?" the Zeti wondered.
"Nothing personal. We only wanted to fulfill a deal with someone folks that will help get our robot brethren back, nothing more. You are free to do what you all want. These waters will not be terrorized by us any more," Gravity Man said.
"Hit the bricks or cement your bodies. I do not care, this whole hostage stuff was never my thing. And yes, I want to pound the blockhead that dares to take away our brothers in steel," Block Man brags.
"Do not flatter yourselves. I would had gladly kept you all under my water cell longer. But these two wanted me to suddenly stop. Just do not push your luck, air breathers," Aqua Man barked.
Dark Pit shakes his head at how easily these three were astonished by being seen as anything other than a threat for doing the right thing. Phosphora giggles at the scene and crossed her legs as she floats in midair for rest.
"All of you, find somewhere safe. There is a slight chance that this coast would be destroyed or better yet all of the Lost Hex. Your lives are important to us, but mostly your heroes the Deadly Six. We will try all we can to free the rest of your people and undo the mess that happened to this world. You all have my word," the dark angel announced.
All of the freed Zeti would be cheering loudly at his words with enough noise to cause ripples in the surrounding waters. Phosphora is surprised at this many people having faith in their world being saved despite how slim chances are with the strength Mecha Sonic has currently. Block Man jumps along with them as he loves a good cheer to bask in for his hard work. Gravity Man is too modest to think about reacting while Aqua Man would rather cheer for a dirty joke instead. Then Elec Man instantly teleports on the scene just to see the three Robot Masters before him in urgency. Dark Pit knew that he is here for a reason as he keeps watching the electrical robot. Phosphora smiles as she always liked this fellow Assist for his electrifying personality and abilities. Block Man knew that he is one of Doctor Light's robots and instantly froze as he knew he is busted for letting himself be reprogrammed by Wily instead of staying loyal to his original creator. Gravity Man and Aqua Man were more curious as to why him of all Robot Masters were here at all.
"So you finally decide to appear. Listen, we want to business with you or the rest of your Light worshipping friends. Just make like a thunder bolt and flash out of here unless you want to be flattened by my gravity," the robot threatened.
"How about you keep that weight off of your mountainous shoulders. As there are other reason for me to be here in a time that involves a spark to spark between fellow Robot Masters. I would had told all of you to stop your inhumane action to these Zeti, but here I am seeing them free. Were you the one to suddenly gain a noble heart in your steel cage?" the electrical robot said.
"Enough of the theatrics, thunder boy. But as you can tell, the rest of us were sucked up into that metal hedgehog bully just to make up his new powerful body. We need to find a way to free our friends without destroying them in the process. It makes my water boil just thinking about how he backstabbed us like that," the rotund water robot said.
Elec Man stands up and decides to think about what would be a good way of going at this. All of the Zeti were already walking off to their homes or just chilling at the beach to have their final moments in case the heroes were to fail. One of the latter just happens to be the kahuna Zukui as he loves his beach too much to abandon it just for the safety of being in his private hut.
"Why are you and several others still here? Go to your homes and stay inside for safety!" Phosphora yelled.
The Zeti kahuna would turn his face and lift his glasses just to see where that beautiful voice came from. He would be stunned at just how beautiful Phosphora really is. He admired just how lovely her thunder goddess attire of shorts and crop top looked to compliment her luscious figure. Her blonde hair is also captivating to the Zeti as it looked so much prettier than any of the Zeti women that he had ever come across. Not to mention just how fierce yet beautiful her face seems in comparison to her casual body language, this making her the ideal woman for him. Phosphora is wondering why this strange blue creature is leering at her like she is some rare painting that he came across. "Uuuum, can I help you, Mr. Kahuna Guy?" she asked. At the risk of not coming off as uncool, Zukia stands up and holds his breath before flexing his muscles before her. As impressive as they were, she felt that he is trying way to hard to try attracting a goddess like her.
"Say baby, how about we settle the score and have a martini together. A gorgeous lady like you needs a big strong Zeti to be your protection while we have a monster wanting to destroy our beloved world. What do you say, you and I have a little chat on this lovely beach? You seem dressed for the occasion already with a highly beautiful body like yours," the flirtatious Zeti said as he begins flexing his large blue pecs.
Phosphora is trying her hardest not to get any angry at how overt this guy is with his try hard attempt at trying to lure her with his muscles. The muscle flexing along with his pushiness were a few things she really did not appreciate despite caring for his safety as a civilian. Dark Pit steps in and blocks her for safety as he spreads his dark wings and sized him up. "Hey, about you back away from partner. She is not some goddess for you to pick up like she is some fallen dessert. Well, other than that because I have Pitstain on my point is, get away from her or else you will have to answer to me," he warned.
Zukui did not want to give her up without a fight, standing above the short angel with his towering figure and complete glare.
"How about a scrawny brat like you not get involved in a chat between fellow adults. What are you, her son? Because you look way too young to be her boyfriend with a babyface and big stubby fingers like those," he warned.
Aqua Man, Gravity Man, and Elec Man were too busy discussing a possible plan they have if it means saving their allies. Block Man is too busy building an impressive sculpture of the Lost Hex to impress a few beachgoers while they wanted to relax on the beach. If it is one thing no one ever wanted to do, it is to anger Dark Pit by comparing him to a squirt or even doubting his strength as a Forces of Nature commander.
"For your information, I am many centuries years old. Anything but a little squirt when I can outlive you easily. How long a Zeti can live is nothing compared to how long any angel, deity, or monster can live in our country. So how about you make like a tree and leave her alone or I will really get angry," he barked.
The next thing he did would reach out his hand to warn him once more, but something else happened. Zukui would see what is doing and drops his jaw at the shocking sight. Dark Pit wondered why the cocky lifeguard is acting all stunned all of a sudden and lightened up.
"My, aren't you the straightforward one, Dark Pitty," Phosphora said in a flustered by flirty tone.
He instantly turned just to see that his own hand would be clutching one of his own ally's bosom, growing once more just see what exactly he grabbed. The once cool serious composure he had quickly evolved into an embarrassed expression as he tried not to scream.
"It is alright. You are a little frustrated and just need to be electrified by my thunderous clouds. You can tough them all you want since your deserve it, my guardian angel," she replies before winking.
Dark Pit immediately snatched his hand away and shakes his red face to shake off every single ounce of shock he had. The Zeti kahuna is now dropping to his knees and started sobbing al of a sudden. Just the sight of the big blue Zeti crying is rather rare for the Zeti citizens of Tropical Coast, even if he is accepting defeat that someone touched first base of a woman.
"You lucky little… oh who am I kidding. I am never going to get a woman. Where did I go wrong? All the years of skipping the perfect body and boxing with Zavok went nowhere," he cried. Viridi's voice would suddenly interrupt everything going on to the surprise of everyone.
"Last time I checked, this is a serious mission and not some time to try picking up girls in a beach. Dark Pit, you disappoint me. I would sooner expect Pit to be the lecher but you? This is enough to put a dent in the reputation of the Forces of Nature. Learn how to treat a lady, the people of Greece had long evolved past these gross acts. Never touch Phosphora like that again. Or else you will be revoked of your commander status!" the angry goddess beamed.
Phosphora chuckled loudly at just how angry her superior is at the little accident that occurred. Dark Pit would be too busy shivering at the thought that his role would be stripped over something like this and bowed onto the grassy surface to beg her.
"Please Mistress Viridi, I was only protecting her from the kahuna of these Zeti that was making his moves on her like she was available. You have to understand that there was no other way," he begged.
"One of those ways would had been giving him an Electroshock or kicking him, but not be putting your hands on the earthly bosom of my best commander. Still, that is disgusting of you to do that. Don't make me come down there personally," Viridi warned. "Awwww, our little goddess is upset. Maybe one century you can grow the biggest fruits you need to be a woman like me. Feeling a little jealous that your angel loves my figure?" Phosphora teased.
This is before she would grab the dark angel once more and shoves him in between her thundercloud cleavage in a security hug. Dark Pit would be too muffled and red to say a word with his own partner playing around like this.
"Phosphora, I am older than you and you should know that. I would care less about having heavy things to weight my upper body down when my physique is perfect. If anyone isn't blessed, it is you. Maybe those thunderclouds of your are why your lightning speed is slowing down over the years," the goddess beamed.
Phosphora giggles as she knew she successfully gotten under the skin of her commander when she is resorting to insulting her superior body. The robots already teleported pout of the scene to begin their private mission of dealing with Mecha Sonic. This left Phosphora and Dark Pit completely alone to be chastised by the Goddess of Nature.
"And by the way, this robots are already heading for Mecha Sonic to kick his spiky blue butt. The two of you should cut the Cupid act and just do your mission. He is very powerful, do not let your guard down. There is a chance that you may not survive if you make the wrong moves. I am counting on you both," Viridi said sincerely.
Phosphora immediately drops Dark Pit once she knew that it was time to go, grabbing him once more before he could hit the ground. The angel stumbled to his feet and ignored that his head bumped below the bosom of his own partner. Phosphora ditched her flirty persona immediately to focus on being the strong goddess of lightning that no one could stop in combat. Dark Pit also walks forward a little despite his daze and spreads his back swings to prepare for take off.
"And before I go, here is the Power of Flight. Good luck out there, DP," Viridi said for once last time.
His wings immediately begun to glow a bright purple as he started to slowly ascend into the air. Phosphora already starts to float higher than usual before taking off after her long trusted partner.
"Let's go. We will do this. If one of us dies, we will make sure to tell Arlon and the others about our loss. Make sure you take this very serious and do not get too hurt out there," Dark Pit said.
Phosphora nods but also slightly blushed when she never seen this side of him before that is concerned for her this much in a mission. Then the two would finally take off in a high speed flight to leave Tropical Coast completely behind. Meanwhile, Team Rocket are already making the move to leave the factory, armed with guns and having their Pokeballs on their hips too prepare for what could be the most heated war. They all lined up front and center before the factory, with the three Team Rocket admins watching them and a group of native Frozen Factory Zeti finally free from their brief enslavement. The leader would be an ice blue Zeti with a large Santa-esque beard to match his age and a large frame to match the very warm fat that keeps him warm in these parts. His name would be Zenard who serves as the leader of the Frozen Factory region and owner of the famous Frozen Factory itself. The Team Rocket admins decided to free him along with the other Zeti as they had little business with them anymore while chasing to focus their efforts on detsroying the backstabbing Mecha Sonic that dared to endanger their men. Before hand, they had a word with Giovanni who only further reinforced just how he felt about the alliance and want the entire organization to fight that metal monster if it means avenging their infected allies and their Pokemon. Jessie and James knew what they planned to do is the most serious mission ever as lives could be lost. Meowth also has his tail nice and healed, just looking forward to having another mission to head on with his two best allies. Britney and Derrick would be in the front row of Rocket Grunts, now wearing Rocket attire to blend in with everyone else. But mostly because Jessie agreed that the two are best becoming trainees in the ranks. Britney felt the most awkward as she always hated wearing the color black, seeing it is what moody people would wear in her college. Derrick would feel this outfit is just fine since it kept him warmer than his old one.
"Attention all Team Rocket members, we have a new mission. Instead of our old plan, we have a new one to set in motion. Defeating that abomination we agreed to work with that plans to blow up this entire planet along with us. His negligence also lead to certain key grunts killed or infected by the Phazon those damned Space Pirates were misfiring on his own allies. If today isn't an indication that we were better off not teaming up, then now is. These Zeti are now free to reclaim their factory the way it should. Our robot arm will be remote controlled to fly back to our ship that got us here to be saved for the future. The less people know about our plans, the likelier we are at achieving them. We also reminded our leader Giovanni to tell all the other organization leaders about the slight change of plans and our new potential alliance with the Legion of Subspace's worst nightmare. We will only be closer and closer to achieving our goals if we stay along with our plans the way they see fit. Unfortunately, he would rather save our trump card for Mewtwo instead of wasting it on small fry. But I have a back up. My times in the Galar region lead me to find a special device that could make my ace Pokemon reach his full potential in strength. You could say it is a gigantic boost of epic proportions. But that will be all, we should focus on moving out. In the name of Giovanni, Team Rocket will blast away the competition no matter what!" the mysterious red haired admin shouts.
All Grunts began cheering at the words of their master's rousing speech as their voices echoed through the snowy forest that resides near the factory. Britney and Derrick did not know whether to clap or not as they never signed up to join a criminal organization but only wanted to help save the world. The Zeti are unsure whether it was good or bad to cheer for their captors, but some clapped anyway since they were thankful for them having a change of heart at all to free them.
"With the power invested in me, our beloved Frozen Factory can be back running the way it should. Even if these gentleman were less than nice for taking us over, the fact that they are willing to give art back and help defeat the monster behind this invasion warrants a warm congratulations. Hohoho!" the jolly large Zeti announced.
Now the Zeti cheered upon hearing Zernard's words, shouting and hooting to hear that work can finally be resumed for the people of the Lost Hex. Even some would begin to feel more positive about Team Rocket as they promised to undo the very invasion that put their dying planet at a high risk.
"This is your admin Jessie speaking. We have two new rookies that will be joining our humble ranks among Team Rocket. I would like you all to be nice to them and teach them what it means to be a good Rocket member. As for why we recruited them, we figured it was a fair tradeoff if they were going top tell us who is planning to destroy the Lost Hex, it being that stupid mechanical hedgehog we should had never trusted. But also because these poor spies deserve some real training if they ever want to be tough like us. So welcome Britney and Darius to the team!" she announced.
All Rocket Grunts would begin facing the two new members with silence, crickets chirping in the background. Britney is too frozen to say a word, Derrick being highly offended that Jessie gotten his own name wrong. James is awkwardly smiling as he had a feeling that not everyone would accept them as a new member for certain reasons. Meowth facepalms while wondering where that cricket chirping is coming from. Several male grunts would be harshly staring down the two younger members with their cold judging eyes. The female grunts would be curious on why would a bunch of children be interested in working with the hardened adults like them.
"Uuuuuuh high, my name is Britney. I am from Outrun Bay and love to do drag racing with my boyfriend. We were trained by G.U.N., the Deadly Six, and Team Chaotix to make us the spies we are today. We know how to shoot, sneak, fight, and even gather intel in a safe way. I hope we all can get along," she other Grunts would only remain silent ignoring that continued cricket chirp going on in the backgrounds. She nervously smiles despite the silence to show that she is truthful with her own words. Then she piked Derrick in his side to try getting him to introduce himself next. He glared at her briefly, but then focused on introducing himself next.
"My name is Derrick. I am also from Outrun Bay. You see, we always be ones who look for thrills and bending the rules of the law. She is right that we are agents. We even successfully raided your base and gathered information of your plans until we were caught. It is true we are rookies, but all of you can teach us just how good we can all be if you all give us a chance. We can be proven to help boost your organizations credibility and successfully spy on other groups when necessary. Go Team Rocket!" he shouts.
The Grunts all still remained very silent on the issue as the same cricket chirping is starting to drone louder.
"Whoever got that Cricketune rubbing its wings, tell it to shut up!" Meowth shouts.
James looked around to try finding the source of the source and could tell not a single Pokemon is out of their ball. Jessie herself is also growing annoyed by the chirping that's happening.
"That noise is starting to get on my nerves too. I am sure crickets do not survive this amount of cold," she said. "Pardon the interruption, but we do have native snow crickets here. Forgive them as it is their breeding season. Or would be their last with the state of the Lost Hex," Zernard said.
"Well I will make sure it is its last when I find the little bug and crush it!" she shouts.
"Well you do not have to since it is standing on your head," the Zeti replied.
Jessie stops for a moment just to see the white cold bug that happens to be standing on top of her pink hair. James would see the bush in question, beginning to freak out that the bug is daring enough to sit on her head. Meowth gets his claws ready as he had one shot to claw at the bug that's on her head. Jessie finally screamed loudly at the bug and started shaking her head.
"Get it off, get it off, get it off! I hate bugs when they are thinking my hair should be an apartment for their grossness!" she yelled
She wildly swung her hair to try throwing the bug off of her, which Meowth jumped right at to swipe with his claws. The bug jumped off of him and his claws narrowly sliced Jessie's red locks before landing on James' face. He started freaking out himself and before raising his hand to smash it. The snowy cricket jumps off only for the purple haired man to harm his own face with one large smack. The snow cricket would leap straight for Britney's hair while she is too frozen in fear to run away. Derrick jumps in to save her by aiming his gun at the bug and fires it. The cricket somehow jumped on the bullet and bounced off of it to head straight for him. He fires multiple times to try gunning down the jumping white bug that aims for him, which the bullets would be flying around near the people on stage. Jessie, James, and Meowth ducked for cover to dodge the gunfire and Bernard swiftly dodges it thanks to his former experience as a Zeti warrior in the past.
"Watch where you are firing that thing! You want to kill the very organization that accepts you!" the red haired admin shouts.
The cricket managed to hop off of Britney's head and onto the head of another grunt, this one being a younger grunt that recently joined the ranks some time before their Lost Hex invasion. She starts to panic at the sight of the big hanging out on her hair. Derrick instantly puts his gun away and dashed for his fellow Grunt with his hands ready to grab the bug.
"Do not worry, I have you covered!" he shouts.
He instantly slips due to the icy puddle he couldn't see and flies directly for her. The two finally collided and fall onto the ground, leaving the cricket to hop away for a nearby bush for safety. The grunts all grew concerned for what the rookie possibly did to her as they pulled their weapons out at once for him. Britney wondered what happened to her own boyfriend before wandering her way to his fallen body.
"Baby are you ok, because you know a gun is not needed for something small like a bu….you rotten little…"
She is starting to become angrier the longer she sees what is before her. Derrick collides directly into the bosoms of the younger Grunt that is starting to regain her consciousness. She instantly sees where her savior's face is, flustering herself immediately at the sight while catching her own breathe.
"You bastard, look at you thinking you can touch a female member any way you want. There is a place for people like you, which is where we sent all the other Pokemon that we had killed before," one male grunt shouts.
"Poor, Bianca. She does not deserve to have some freak thinking he can force himself on her for his own desires. I am tempted to sick my Crowbat on this pervert," a female Grunt said.
"Do whatever you want to that dork, I am done with him if he thinks two timing on me is a good way to do things after everything we've been through. To hell with him," the angry Britney said.
Derrick slowly lifts his head just to realize the large R in his face is a sign of where he landed on. Not only he flustered, but instantly gets off of her in fright.
"I am very sorry. I only wanted to help a fellow member and sort of lost my footing. Can you forgive me?" he said.
Britney then deals one last hard slap to his face to daze him slightly before walking away in a huff.
"There, you can have her all you want. You missed out on all of this. And you can have your stupid Ferrari to, I can get a ride from any other man better than you!" she shouts.
He is too confused at what is going on that he could not say a word to the girl storming from him. The other Grunts were already aiming their guns and whips at him all at once for breaking an important code of the Rocket Organization.
"Stand down, you are better off saving your weapons for the real threat. Mecha Sonic. We will think of a fitting punishment for him later. For a first impression, it is far from a good one. They will have to both prove themselves really worthy in the next battle," the red haired admin said.
"We? What is about this we? You see him going for some other floozy instead of being faithful like he should. I would rather not work with him at all. Give me another one of your members, a male one. Someone preferably around my age. If he wants to mess with my heart, then I will mess with his own," Britney beamed.
Derrick finally regained his senses after hearing her words.
"But Britney, I did an accident. The ice made me fall onto her and I only wanted to get that bug off. You can't do this to me when I only decided to train with you in the first place just to support you!" he defensively said.
"Just do not mind her, you never deserved someone who isn't willing to forgive you. You are probably one of the more honest people that I've ver met. Just let her bask in her own self pity, I will be willing to team up if you need a partner for this mission," Bianca said.
The pink haired Rocket Grunt felt the way his own girlfriend or former girlfriend treated him was unfair, along with feeling her fellow teammates were only overreacting to what happened with her. Despite being a mere rookie, she still sees herself as an acceptable member and tries her best to keep the rocket name. As thew runt off the litter, she is one of the shortest members of Team Rocket, only being around Britney's height but slightly taller. That is one top of her shy reserved character compared to the more boisterous members of the organization that take their roles very serious. Derrick is glad that someone at least decides to step up and defend his case. Even if it unfortunately means no longer having Britney by his side as promised. He eventually noticed this rookie grab his arm and placed it upon her chest, growing alarmed that she is doing this to him. He did take notice that her heartbeat seem to be rising to match her red face she currently has. Derrick could tell she is starting to fall for me since their collision and trusts him enough to be close to him compared to her fellow members.
This is strange, she is starting to like me when I tried to save her. Not that it matters since I am up for grabs. That damn Britney, always getting angry over the simple accidents. But now that I notice, this Bianca girl is actually pretty cute. Her eyes and mysterious nature is actually charming. I am happy to be dating someone better than that blonde bossy little… never mind. Time to stay positive and focus on the next mission at hand.
"My name is…uh Bianca. It is nice to meet you. I hope you do not mind me holding on. It's just that I want to be closer to you as a token of our new partnership. Sorry if I ruined your old relationship. Many would always blame me for ruining everything for them," she said.
"It is not your fault. I am the clumsy one here and should be apologizing. Britney was always getting on my last nerve. I would be going home right now, but actually being your partner while we become better agents together is a great idea. Never call yourself worthless. People only say that because they do not see your full potential. Even I know that I could do greater things than just doing illegal races on empty beach roads," Derrick said with a smile.
Bianca would soon slowly grow a smile herself knowing someone appreciates her for once instead of seeing her as some pest. Bianca hugged him slightly tighter in security despite the jealous Britney facing away from them in a huff. Suddenly, another tremor would occur that shaken everyone and forced all snow off the trees surrounding everyone. Jessie and James almost stumbled over from feeling the most of the shock and Meowth once against trips over his tail before yelling in pain. Britney would fall to the ground herself from the after effects, clearly hurt since there was no one there to help him up. Derrick almost fell over, but Bianca caught his fall to cushion him with her arms and body. The college girl groans in disappointment after realize how truly alone she is after leaving her ex. The Grunts would also have their guns ready when that is only a sign of more things to come. The red haired admin would only frown knowing that it is time to get sweet revenge for what that monster is responsible for.
"Everyone, let's move out while we can. Get your weapons and Pokemon ready to bring this monster down!" he shouts.
Back to the frenzied battlefield, Mecha Sonic managed to survive the explosive box attacks that Dimentio casted on him with only some minor char markings at best. The beast heavily breaths as he taken multiple of these explosions at once after being trapped from doing a single thing against his own attackers. The Star Wolf team carefully orbit shim just to see what else they could do to the beast while he is still there. Leon in particular keeps his squinted chameleon eyes on him the entire time to try reading his next move. The storms continued to rage in the background to destroy almost every bit of land that is left. Time is slowly running out and Alex can only focus on matching up any near y land where Mecha Sonic is if it means keeping any of her allies from falling. Sheik is already loading another Light Arrow in her special bow just in case he planned on attacking her head on already. Lucario already reverted back to his base form just to take a breather. It was done this way due to Mega Evolved Pokemon going through a state of violent uncontrollable bloodlust if fighting in that form too long. He would rather not lose contours of himself and attack his own allies, feeling he did the right thing for now with more people helping in the fight. Azel keeps a watchful eye as she stood on her massive dragon, with Barbara and Dr Kawashima peering at the wounded blue monstrosity before them. The massive red eye of Mecha Sonic gazed at all the smaller pests that only continue to be nothing but massive annoyances to him. The breathing is loud enough for everyone to hear as they watched for another opportunity to attack him at once. The VPD still surrounds him completely with all assault choppers ready to fire when given the right order. The sight of the beast is reflected on the sinister glasses of Fawful, which the bean scientist and more than rightfully upset at hearing his own ally wants to destroy the Lost Hex with him still on it. If there is one thing he hates, they are traitors as much as he hates those who fail to be of use to him. "Good, breathe while you can. Soon that ugly mug will be destroyed. Trusting that Eggman and Bowser were always big mistake. Fury had reached maximum levels after events.
Prepare to head back to the scrapyard, finkrat," he said in an unexpectedly dark tone.
Aqua Man, Elec Man, Block Man, and Gravity Man all teleported directly onto the blocky ground that Alex finished patching up just to face the creature. Sheik would take notice of Elec Man standing with these rogue Robot Masters with suspicion, as did Lucario since it is unusual.
"What are you doing with them? They are Wily's robots and must be destroyed. Explain yourself, Elec Man," she demanded.
"There is nothing to fear, these machines changed their hearts to realize the true monster worth destroying. You know part of the reason why this behemoth is now a powerful monster? Because he simply absorbed most of the Robot Masters to make up his body. These three are merely here to help if it means freeing them from the clutches of that metal dragon. You can forgive, but not forget. How about we all focus on destroying that creature ahead of us? We have a plan," he said.
"What kind of plan? It seems this creature's shell is just too tough. I rarely fought something that can survive my Mega Evolution's true power. This is the first time I even had to power down before I lost control in the evolution's rage," the blue jackal said.
"We will have to fight it from the inside. Maybe there is a CPU or heart this being has that we have to damage. Then that will destabilize and weaken him completely. That way all of our robot friends are saved. Do not think we are here to cause any trouble," Gravity Man said.
Sheik thought about this plan the robots had, but felt that it can only be so easy with the sheer size along with his many defensive options to stop that.
"I know what you are thinking, but we will have to brick him in every way we can to distract him while a small team gets inside of him to find that heart. But it won't be easy as we may not know how traveling inside of him will feel," Brick Man said.
"I will do everything I can to distract him, boyon. What he doesn't realize is that with all these storms, I can absorb as much fluids as possible to keep my water tank belly full to make use of my Water Balloons or Water Cannon to mess with him a little. You all can count on me or any of the others doing their part, boyon," the water Robot Master said.
"Count me in on the infiltration plan. My arms can stretch as far as they can. Trust me, I will make it out alive," MinMin promised.
"That will be a negatory. You barely survived fighting him on the outside, would the inside be any different for you?" Sheik said.
"That is correct, you are still a rookie and we would rather not lose you too soon. I did learn that the hard way when we tried taking on Tabuu all at once before failing in the past," Lucario said.
Soon everyone would notice Dark Pit and Phosphora homing in on the battle scene from the distance. They two were fast as always and ready to kick all the butt they can at full power. The dark angel had his eyes set on the being's head with the Dark Pit staff ready for attacking head on.
"There you are, you are uglier than the last time we laid our eyes on you. Consider this the last day you will be terrorizing any more living beings," he said.
"That's right, we will defeat him. The best part is that with these storms, I can take advantage of that when I am the Goddess of Lightning," she said.
"Alright, my first order for you is to fly up there and control his storm if it means stopping any more damage to the planet. Leave it to me to distract him with all I've got," he replied.
Phosphora nods then instantly flashed herself into the dense clouds as lightning to start her part of the plan immediately. He smiles knowing that she should do fine on her own before facing the beast once more. Lucina is already standing back due to feeling her last few Critical Hits weren't enough to put the beast down. The blue haired princess would feel nothing but severe disgust at his actions or lack of empathy for the innocent citizens of the Lost Hex. She considers him no better than the Risen that were threatening Ylisse and other parts of the continent in the past. Or even the notorious Grima that threatened her future before coming back to the past to cause trouble.
"I will end your essence, you will only threaten the very future I failed to save. Letting you live will only be my biggest mistake. For my father, I will destroy you with my Falchion!" she shouts before raising her blade in the air.
This would only cause the beast to groan in clear anger at the thought of failing Eggman with how far he's gotten with his current level of strength and power. Even grew cautious once they saw his arms beginning to move as if they were going to try some kind of strike. His massive tail would also be slowly raised into the air with many of the sideways turrets erecting on a whim. The massive being is plotting something and everyone had a very bad feeling about this. Even Leon told some private commands to his fellow team members as they still followed his lead. Alberto would be watchful of his passengers before he would think about turning his vehicle elsewhere. Atolm grows slightly to let his master know that something is amidst, which the black haired creation nods at her dragon's verbal warning. Fawful gets his headset prepare for another rocky flight while Dimentio gets ready to shift between dimensions once more for movement.
"You feeble fools think you are all worth a threat to a God like me. The strongest being that is superior than any weak organic being. Or the very robot traitors who make up my new impressive body. Robots will rule this world and I will make my master the ruler of this universe. None of you can ever think to stop the inevitable. Get ready to fall along with the rest of this pitiful planet!" the massive blue being shouts.
He instantly swung all six of his clawed arms at the flying vehicles before him in an instant. Several vehicles managed to dodge in time while some of the VCP helicopters weren't lucky as they were either blown away by the forces out had their propellers damaged by the sharp claws. The officers within the flying vehicles would get their parachute gear ready as staying any longer could mean their own deaths.
"Commander in Chief Cooles, do you read me! We are going down and will evacuate immediately. The rest is up to you and those who could still fly!" the officer shouts through his walkie talkie.
"Do all you must, your safety is what matters!" the blonde cop replied.
Several police members jumped out of the damaged helicopter and activated their floatation devices just in time to have a safe flight downwards. Mecha Sonic's tail also fired loads and loads of lasers all around the area in an attempt to destroy his enemies that still surrounded him. Leon, Pigma, Panther, and Andrew all split up with fast flight to avoid these raining blue beams. Alberto barely maneuvered his flying Ferrari to dodge the beams, flinging Clarissa and the Virtua Cops to the side. Sheik, Lucina, MinMin, and Lucario all jumps away from the raining beams that chased them. Each beam would destroy large chunks of the blocky terrain that Alex already built. Speaking of Alex, she barely gotten hit by the beams before building her own blocky ceiling to take the hit. Then glass at the constant holes forming in the ground that she would have to rebuild all over again if it means keeping everyone afloat. Fawful used his suction device to absorb the beams with ease while dodging some that could had attacked him from the side. Dimentio already disappeared from sight to plan a whole new counter attack on him. The Robot Masters instantly teleported to dodge the lasers and find a safer location to appear in. Even the lasers would be raising on the World Destruction Committee's ship to begin violently shaking it. Everyone would be thrown around the inside of the ship from the sudden attack, with Athena laying atop Centurion to keep him from hitting the ground. The weak man is still barely hanging in there with the bad state his body is in. Morte is frustrated by the attack, but also by Kyrie still holding on to her legs in fear instead of being a man.
"Damn it, someone should activate the shields. Crew, if you can hear me through this device, do that now or we will all sink!" she shouts.
Shadow knew that sitting around is the last thing everyone should do and Part Two of their counterattack should begin.
"Everyone, get ready to fight because I will use Chaos Control once more before we fight!" he ordered.
Ristar and several others noids despite the ship's rocking as they knew what to do. Even Ecco is erratically swimming round to avoid either hitting the tank glass or getting sick from the socking waters in his home. Mega Man, Roll, Proto Man, instantly teleported back with Dr. Frank N Stein and surprisingly Doctor Mario to help with the operation. Doctor Light grew excited knowing that his robots came back in time with help to make the cure.
"Samus gave us the cure's code, but we also have an excellent doctor from the Smash organization to help in designing it too. That way everything should be smooth sailing," the blue robot said.
"Are we too late? It seems a majority of you are hurt since the last fight with that robot hedgehog," Roll said in concern.
"You stay put and take care of Dr. Light, I will jump out there and deal with that mechanical menace myself. Mega Man, you know what to do," the red robot said before raising his shield.
"Alright, Doctor Light should be read to follow me to the downstairs lab before we all get started," Mega Man said.
"I am. Looking forward to working with these fine minds to cure the innocents. They may be bad, but no one deserves to suffer from that deadly space virus," the white bearded man said.
"Leave it to me, fellow scientists. If I can make one of the best monsters out there, then this virus will be easy for my intellect to crack this case," the mad scientist said.
"Let's a go, everyone. Because my doctor senses tell us we will make this cure in less than an hour if we put our minds together. We all will not fail everyone," the mustachioed doctor said.
All three bright doctors nodded together before they seen Mega Man offering to lead the way to the right room with the coding in his data.
"Follow me, we can make it and get to work on that crew. They can only hang on with the storms getting worse," the robot called.
Shadow and his group already disappeared thanks to his Chaos Control, leaving just Morte, Kyrie, Athena, Marie, Centurion, Maria, and Princess Chelsea left within the room. Even Ecco's tank is empty once more since he wanted to be of use for everyone. Kyrie is still crying under his fiancé's skirt fearing that everything will fail and he could die too soon.
"Please, let us hurry up already. I want to get the hell out of here. Can we just destroy that thing soon, I do not want to die and actually want live!" he cried while rubbing his face closer in fright.
"How about you grow some balls and man up? You have the power to destroy the world and you know that would come in handy right now if you can just tap into that power! Gee, you blonde blubbering mess!" the red haired captain shouts.
Marie is still praying as she wish Phantom R well in surviving out there during his job to guard the infected below.
Shadow and the others managed to reappear in the right spot next to the robot masters and Sheik's squadron in a blue flash. Everyone seemingly ready to go as they see the aggressive beast before them still firing lasers everywhere with his tail and swiping his claws at the flying vehicles near him. Several of the fallen VCP cops were now finding a place to seek shelter before Alex would have an idea of an iron stronghold shelter.
"It's a good thing you all shown up, we have a plan. But someone will have to go inside that robot and damage his heart. That way he would have no choice but to cough up our robot allies," Gravity Man said.
"A shocking summary, don't you all think. Wee all just need to do our best to avoid being absorbed. Perhaps not for the more human allies. Whichever of you want to come inside," Elec Man said.
"I will just not take part of this plan. I have the Chaos Emeralds something he would want and would become unstoppable if he absorbs them. Which is why I am better off stay out here and fighting him," Shadow said.
"Then let me go in. Agent Seven let herself get absorbed and I am the only one willing to save her. Not that I will not save your robot allies either," Princess Sora called.
"Are you sure that you will be alright? You just had your sword brother and gotten it fixed by a blacksmith aboard the ship. Because there is no turning back once you choose it," Rouge said.
"Yes I am sure. I want to be the one to save her. She is my closest ally and my responsibility. If Jack made me realize something today, it is to always be there for the ones you love and she is one of them," she declared.
Shadow fully understood her due to the closeness the two had as allies. Rouge smirks as this is what true friendship is, being willing to risk your life to save others. Ristar thought of an idea after realizing his arms could play into the plan. After stretching one of his arms into the air, the star child smirks knowing that he can do something of use.
"Everyone, I have an idea. My arms have high elasticity and can allow me to pull as far as I want. Consider me a giant slingshot that can launch all of you inside of that thing's mouth to fight him in the inside. It's the only chance we have. Trust me on this one," Ristar said.
"Excellent idea, star face. With your skill, we should get inside and save our fellow robots in no time. But the question remains on how we will keep his mouth open and safely get inside without being eviscerated by his mouth beams. It will not be very easy," the electric Robot Master said.
"Great thinking, but I'm afraid Elec Man's right, we will need a way to keep his jaws nice abs open without being blasted into nothing by his energy blasts. I have my doubts MinMin will be able to pull it off," Sheik adds.
"We do not know unless we try. Give me a chance. I'll prove myself by helping everyone inside. Just because I'm a rookie doesn't mean that I can't help everyone in the best way," MinMin replied.
Sheik did not know how to respond to he request as she knew just how high the risk would be trusting her to stretch her arms to pry open the jaws of a deadly machine that can kill her easily if he wanted to. This is on top of all the trouble he is giving everyone else in this hectic battlefield. It's not until everyone would notice something strange happening in the clouds.
"Not to interrupt anything, but the storm seems to be rapidly changing," Lucario said.
The dark clouds would now begin to swirl around and concentrate into something else. Even the clouds that were over other regions were slowly getting sucked into the massive ball shaped mass that's being created. When even Mecha Sonic is wondering why the storms are acting this way, it's a telltale sign that this isn't his own doing. Snake and his group in Tropical Coast would notice the storm clouds leaving the area. Duck Hunt let's out a sigh knowing that he doesn't have to worry about getting went today.
"I am not liking the look of this. But at least these waters will not need to rage anymore without the storm to worry about," the agent said.
He used this time to smoke a nice cigar while he can with nothing to worry about here.
"We are probably going to follow those clouds. Maybe it's a sign that the greater enemy is located wherever the clouds are. Let's get on the move since these civilians seem to be safe," Robin said.
Luma is less afraid as he finally leaves Rosalina's huge to observe the new clear skies. The star goddess had a feeling that this is the work of a familiar ally than a new enemy.
"Great job Phosphora. The citizens will no longer have to be afraid," she said.
Corrin's group already arrived in Desert Ruins to notice that the sandstorms already started to die down. This isn't even covering how the dark clouds that were here earlier slowly started to shift towards the east. Incineroar is glad he will not be weakened as flying sand is one of his many weaknesses as a Fire Type Pokémon. Isabelle also let's out a sigh in relief that her hair will not be in danger of being messed up any time soon.
"We probably came too late. I don't see Star Wolf anywhere. The citizens are probably at hiding," the dragon knight said.
It wouldn't be until a large yellow creature pops of of the sand, alarming everyone at his sudden appearance. Everyone gathered their weapons and prepared to attack in case this unknown creature is a new enemy.
"Excuse me, but are you the ones that stopped the sandstorm?" this creature asked.
Corrin and the others began to lower their weapons as they see he's just a civilian. The creature is definitely a Zeti, wearing a turban with a large smooth goatee and several curved horns. Other Zeti would soon start popping out of the sand one by one to follow their leader's cue to check what's happening on the surface. One of the Zeti looked familiar. She would be similar to Zomom, but with a more intelligent, aggressive disposition and yellow hair to match her many tiny horns. This would be the mean mother that Zomom always talked about but still loved regardless. She appeared to be armed with a large wooden paddle that she would normally use to beat her son when punishing him. But it appears she had been using it as a self defense tool for the few Venom soldiers that raided Desert Ruins.
"I hope my useless son can hurry up and save this place. I can only hang on when age isn't too kind on a lovely Ruebenesque Zeti like me," she complained.
"We do not know what is happening sir. We only came here to save a few allies of ours. But it appears they are gone. Are all of you completely safe?" Lucas asked.
The older Zeti strokes his beard as he's lost in thought. His name is Zarock, someone who serves as the leader of all the Zeti in these dry parts of the Lost Hex.
"It appears so. Our people were in hiding the entire time as the sands are our elements. But thank you for proving that you are a trustworthy group and nothing like the space animals that previously attacked us," he said.
Corrin could only dislike how when stepping in the sand, the footsteps cause nothing but murky clumpy soil. That's because his special ability is to create constant moisture anywhere he steps his feet on. Therefore never needing any shoes to wear as a dragon warrior. Isabelle politely takes a boy to the nice sand Zeti that thanks them for not being malicious.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, sir. We were only passing by on our way back to our friends in Wind Hill. If possible, can you give us directions to the right place?" she asked.
Zarock leans out with his eyes squinted to observe the blonde Shi Tzu secretary, finding her quite insulated but oddly adorable in her own way. She nervously gasps when she saw he is starting at her, only choosing to blush in embarrassment.
"What is it? Is my hair scruffy in the wrong places? Did I have some apples stuck in my teeth? Oh dear," she panicked.
The jolly sand leader would only laugh slightly at her innocent demeanor and fixation on keeping a clean appearance. Incineroar himself tries his best not to laugh as he also found her behavior cute. Zomom's mother shakes her head as she would rather not compete with someone that happens to be prettier than her.
"Never mind, you remind me of my daughter. She's set to be my successor in ruling these ruins if one day I die. But that can be prevented if all of you are willing to help defeat that metal monster and all of his allies that caused enough damage to these sacred grounds. Me and the rest of the Sand Ruins citizens are counting on you," Zarock said.
Corrin shakes the next round of soaked sand off of his feet into a fresh pile of sand, wanting to get a move on from this grainy region.
"Never fear, the Smash Brothers will do all they can to save everyone. No more lives will be lost as long as we and the rest of our allies around the Lost Hex are undoing the Legion's mess. Unlike the last war my two families were involved in, not a single person will die as long as I'm here. You have a promise," the noble dragon Lord said.
"Roar!" Incinerator boasts while ignoring the countless sand around him.
"Never fear, we are here! You all will have your home safe once we put an end to these bad guys. At least before the mayor worries too much about my well being," the cheerful Isabelle said.
Daisy and her other fellow Smash members were already scouting the ruined area that Azel were last in. From the sliced trees to the burned leaves, one could tell a serious fight already happened here. Richter carefully observed the fallen tree trunks to find any signs of life while Young Link cuts down all the foliage to clear a path. The Ice Climbers were jumping along the treetops to get a better view of this dense forest as the eyes for the group.
"Have you two seen anyone from up there?" Roy called.
"No! There seems to be nothing here as far as the eye could see," Nana shouts.
"Sorry, we will have to keep on the move if we will find anything. But I do see something happening in the sky," Popo shouts. "What is it, an enemy?" Roy called.
"No, but that storm that used to cover these jungles are now traveling in another direction. It's strange for clouds to move that way," the blue Ice Climber replied.
Roy found this phenomenon strange as there's usually no reason these clouds move suddenly without a reason. He had the feeling that it could be the work of an outside force unrelated to the Legion. The red haired boy eventually noticed something strange rustling in the scrubs near him, pulling out the Sealed Sword in advanced. Richter caught on to this as well and started to spin his Vampire Killer around cautiously.
"Looks like we gave company. Get on your guard, everyone," the Belmont warned.
Young Link glares with his Kokkiri Sword ready to strike as Daisy breaks out her Daisy Bat for swinging. The Ice Climbers saw more than enough rustling from atop a tree to see that a large group of enemies were heading for their allies. Popo is the first to jump down with his mallet ready while Nana soon follows after with a cautious look.
"Here we come, guys. There's a lot of them ready to jump us," the blue Ice Climber called.
The d whole group already had their best weapons ready to attack whenever their jungle stalkers decided to jump out. Sweat rolled down the forehead of the red haired Lord as he hopes these weren't a bigger threat than the Legion itself. Richter squints his eyes in a vicious manner in case this could be one of Dracula's monsters.
"Hold your weapons, we were only hiding from those monsters that previously attacked this sacred ground!" a native voice said.
Roy wonders just who this could be after hearing that they only come in piece unlike the other visitors they had. The disappointed Daisy lowered her bat as she only wanted excitement. Young Link silently lowers his sword knowing these are only innocents that were previous victims of the Legion.
"Alright, we will fulfill your request. But please show yourselves," Roy ordered.
The scrubs rustled once more to fill the jungle with a mysterious air of their prescience. The first that appears would be a tall pale and lanky Zeti with sulken eyes, goat-like horns, and a necklace with owl bones. Other similarly dressed Zeti natives walked out of the bushes to get a closer look at their strange visitors. Zagma would be right that these Zeti still follow the historically outdated customs all Zeti once followed instead of getting with the times. They are traditional hunters as well as ones who lived a simple life in these dense jungles. The leader's name would be Zashiki, fitting of a fierce but old tribe leader that cares for the other members of this prosperous Zeti tribe. These other Zeti were curious but relieved that these six visitors mean no harm and actually wanted to find the ones responsible for causing trouble in the jungle.
"We only stayed hidden after seeing a fight happen here. Some large flying beast was controlled by this colorful harlequin and crazy green bean man that attacked. The blasts were narrowly destroying our famed ruins and villages had we didn't get saved by robot abs friends. Are they friends of yours?" he asked.
"If you mean the robot and friends, yes. The bean and jester are not our friends. Trust me, we are going to stop them for everything they did to your sacred home," Roy promised. "Trust our friend Roy when he makes a promise. There's always hope out there that evil will pay. Which we will make sure of once we track them down," Richter said.
Meanwhile, Grey Fox and his allies made it to where Team Rocket were last seen directly in front of the factory. The cyborg ninja uses his special eyes to scan all the footprints to identify who they belong to as he crept slowly in silence. Byleth silently look around the area as the snow crickets chirped in unison, as the male Wii Fit Trainer is stretching in the snow to train his form.
"You know that we are in the cold and all you can think about is body training? That only makes you vulnerable to an enemy attack," the teacher said.
He ignores his serious partner only to do some leg lifts to continue flexing his pale muscular legs in silence. Terry has his dukes ready as he carefully treks the snow for any possible clues to look for. One thing that stood out to him is what appears to be a palm tree hair pin that is dropped on the ground.
Strange, never expected someone to wear this in the snow. Seems to me like someone that isn't native to here.
He bends down to pick up the suspicious hairpin, observing it just to see who it may belong to. He saw that this pin is carefully crafted with the right steel and decorated with the perfect colorful plaster. Another thing the blonde fighter noticed is the signature reading "made in Outrun Bay" on the back of it. This stood out to him since him, Blue Mary, Andy, and Mai once vacationed out there the last summer after their last major King of the Fighters tournament. He remembered specifically how there uses to be vacation souvenir shops for foreigners that ever came for a visit. Byleth came behind him with his same stoic expression just to see what his ally is doing.
"Is there anything wrong?" he asked.
Terry quickly looks at him with the pin still in hand as he observes it.
"I found some pin that came from a place I been to before. Like someone who actually came from here must had last in this area. It sounds familiar somehow," he said.
Byleth instantly remembered the presentation Shadow show everyone of the Sega Super Stars, specifically clip about Alberto and Clarissa originating from that area.
"They are here. Our supposed allies Shadow wanted to regroup with us here. One of them may had been kidnapped by the thieves who raided this factory. We have to get a move on," he said urgently.
"Ok, we can make sure these baddies pay for dragging innocent civilians in this. And of course, the factory workers who are probably still working again," Terry said.
A Zeti guard that was patrolling the area managed to see the four heroes pondering the area before then, holding a ladder that he plans to use for fixing the door. "Hello, I see you all want to find our former kidnappers turned savior, they all went to Windy Hill just to defeat that metal monster who started this invasion. Some young couple who came here earlier to spy on them were caught and taken with them to be one of their own. Pretty neat huh," the factory worker said. Wii Fit Trainer stops stretching just to see who spoke. Both Byleth and Terry knew that this is a good time to ask him a few things.
"You! What were the names of that couple? Describe what they look like too!" the teacher ordered.
"Also, were these saviors the same thrives that happened to raid your factory?" Terry asked. The Zeti thinks hard as he recollects the foggiest details he could remember during the time he was tied up like his fellow Zeti and after they set him free. Grey Fox finished his important scans just to see what the rest of his team plans on doing.
"These trails are clearly the result of Team Rocket's exact handy work. Even down to the very microscopic black fabric from their own trademark outfits. We need to follow the trail now!" the cyborg ninja called.
"Those fellows were the same guys that raised our factory. They weren't jive at first, tying us all up. But then they changed their mind and let us all out due to having their eyes on other plans. Rocket was it? Yeah, they seemed like an essential bunch with their strange animals called Pogeymen was it? I can't see any reason to hate them after they let us all go..."
"Nevermind that since Grey Fox already told us, but describe what the couple looked like," Terry called.
"I wouldn't say they are a couple anymore since they had a little fight and split up. One of them is a young man with brown hair and the other some blonde bossy young girl. The latter did get rid of a nice pin after changing into the out..."
"That's it, they are the ones we are looking for. And to hear Team Rocket kidnapped them, that's awful. We will find them and save those two. Thanks for the tip, civilian!" Byleth said.
The two of them would already start running for the nearest path that leads into the frozen forest. Grey Fox soon leaps after then at high speeds before Wii Fit Trainer quickly jogs after them to avoid being left behind. The Zeti would eventually resume to his work on the factory's doors as scheduled with the sounds of snow crickets filling the area. Lava Mountain would already be in complete chaos with the many Zeti pouring out of the nearest exists of the collapsing mines. They evaded the rampaging Nega Wisps that still attacked the mountains vigorously and chased any Legion soldiers that were already escaping as payback for their abuse. The many Phazon Wisps were already free and running wild around the area to continue spreading their Phazon. In the right places. Some eventually met their end by exploding into splashes of Phazon all over the ground. Some of the Zeti recently backed up from the suspicious crackling blue puddles that formed as they knew there's something bad about. It wouldn't be until a massive Bully appeared out of nowhere from the sky. The massive blue spherical creature with its golden horns and ferocious eyes would intend to charge at the innocent Zeti for daring to enter its path. The Zeti didn't fear the imposing creature, but also feared that it may mutated into a stronger untouchable beast if it were to charge directly into the blue puddles before them. It wouldn't be until a large bowling ball is dropped on its head, bouncing off the steel cranium and angering the beast. It would be the work of the Arcade Bunny's special claw carrying Villager in the air above him to help drop it. The pink haired girl winks in a playful manner to tease the horned creature below as it charges after her movement thanks to the claw moving her. The Zeti were left confused at the sight, especially that this strange claw machinery were never here before. The Bully continues to pursue its flying target with much rage at the mild humiliation that it faced.
"Come here you mean old bully. You wish you can be as high as me, don't you think?" the pink haired Villager teased.
Itonly blew more steam from its head in anger before picking up the pace with its green boots. Then Samurai Goroh appears, radially swinging his katana while he rushed past the running Bully with the widest grin.
"This is the Samurai Electric Stingray Special! Beware of that weak shell of yours, horny hardhead!" he shouts.
Then Sukarno appears to do his famed Tondekker technique to hurl a clone of his head directly at the charging Bully before Inkling shows up with an ink bomb.
"Get splat in the face, jerk!" he called.
Once the prism of ink collides with the Bully to finally cause the chain reaction of damage to it. The blue ink splats all over his plated face to the impact of Sukapon's attack finally denting his armor to the finally take effect and shatter the entire armor. With the armor shattering, his exposed black body would be suffering from severe electric slashes that bruised the large creature's body. It lets out the loudest grunt in agony as it begins falling over from the attack. The pink wearing Villager gives a thumbs up to her allies for succeeding in the successful attack. Same for the Arcade Bunny that's safely standing on a cliff closest to the main entrance of the Lava Mountain mines.
Speaking of which, Zavok flew directly inside with no one noticing along with Zor and Zomom to seek any other Zeti that didn't make it. The red Zeti leader scans his eyes around the collapsing rocky walls as his team speeds throughout the shaking tunnels. Zomom could tell things were not looking so good when rocks were also happening to fall from the ceiling and nearly crush him. Zor is just unphased by everything when this is just how things were when he last encountered Sonic. He actually looked forward to dying when Sonic knocked him into the lava, but he only miraculously survived when certain Zeti can actually survive it for a great while. Just that it would be Zomom and Zazz that saved him after Sonic defeated them earlier. He would never forget that day, even if he was greatly disappointed that his existence did not end like it should. He greatly preferred to die a failure than just living with it unlike the rest of the Deadly Six.
Zomom saw something peculiar before them and points to it, "Hey, what is that heading our distance?"
"Don't you mean heading our way, you big headed lummox?" Zor snapped.
"You are right, there is something coming. But I can tell they are not an enemy. That is too much running to actually be someone who's a threat to us," the leader said.
Upon closer inspection, he squints his eye just to get a closer look at the crowd. Countless and loads of Zeti would be running for the hills as a large group as they could not make out the three flying objects before them. These included the prisoners the Octoling freed and other Zeti they managed to find in the other parts of the mines. Speaking of which, the Smash Assists and Octoling duo would be running along with them among the running crowd to find the exit outside of the mines. Drill Dozer is avoiding the use of his drill at all times if it meant not hurting the civilians that run with him. The Color TV paddles also do not play with the ball for the same reasons as they shifted up and down during their flight path. Kururin is already within his special blue plane that spines its propellers wildly. This also helps destroy any falling rocks that would had hurt anyone below due to the machine flying higher than anyone else.
"Full speed ahead, we will break out of here in no time!" Dillon called.
"I hope we can get out of here soon because the tectonic formations are already shifting only for the molten rock to rise and smolder everything in sight," Dr. Wright shouts.
Everyone would be facing him with blank faces as they did not know what he meant by all those fancy words. The mayor politely tips his classes before cuffing his coat as he knew they wouldn't catch on very easily.
"I was saying that we have magma that will overflow the caverns and swallow us if we do not run fast enough," he bluntly said.
Everyone then slowly turned to the path before them and went "Oooooooh."
Then they all screamed together knowing that a cave-in isn't the only problem that they all had to deal with in this crazy mountain. Zavok's group finally gotten close enough just to see what the whole group were. Some of the Zeti instantly recognized who the three were and started to call their names.
"It's the Deadly Six, even if it's only half of them," one Zeti called.
"Zavok, thank goodness you are here. This is all of us and we need to get out of here soon!" another called.
"The caverns are done for, Lava Mountain already reached its limit and that's why it will only erupt earlier than usual!" a female Zeti panicked.
"Please turn around and get out of here! Our precious mines we worked hard for will never be the same again!" Zagma called.
Zavok hearing this would only realize how badly the Legion messed up by ruining their homes. If it was not Windy Hill that is in flames, it would be Lava Mountain no longer being able to be mined for the people of the Lost Hex because of this medaling. Zomom could sense a lot of anger coming out of the red Zeti leader from seeing his fists alone. Zor even grew slightly shocked that Zavok is this angry after everything that's happened to the Lost Hex by far. His lower ed jaw quivers in the deepest rage as his black upper fangs grinds in the growling hellish fury. Even his own aqua brows were now more furred than ever as the thought deeply about this mess.
My home, everything is already becoming very unrecognizable. It is one thing to mess with out people, but to try doing this much damage to everything we worked hard for during our peaceful life? Monsters, all of you monsters infuriate me so much. Once I get out of here and activate that machine, your days of making a mockery of the Lost Hex are over. You hear me, Eggman? I am coming for you. Your body will be hard boiled until your nerves fails to function anymore. Death is inescapable from this point on. You mess with us, we will fight back stronger than ever.
"Boss, shouldn't we turn around since everyone is about to collide with us!" Zomom called.
"Yeah, we are about to crash into everyone and die if we do not make a detour. Not that I mind just giving up on my life," Zor sarcastically said.
"Make way for all of the Zeti! If we crash, the lava will only reach us. Just turn around!" the blue female Zeti shouts.
Zavok is eventually shaken out of his rage and begins to turn his body around mid-flight. Zomom and Zor managed to do the same thing inches before the entire crowd at met them in contact. Now everyone would be running in the same path to escape all of Lava Mountain with ease. Zagma and the other Zeti are glad that they could see legends like the Deadly Six once more to help them get their rightful home back. Jill opened her eyes knowing that she isn't going to crash into anyone at all, Drill Dozer beeping enthusiastically.
"Hello Zavok, we are wondering what ever happened to all of you. I apologize if me and the others were not strong enough to fight off that threat. You should thank this octopus girl for setting us free and helping with the breakout," the Lava Mountain mayor said.
Zavok glanced at the nervous tentacle haired agent that waves at him with her fingers separately. He would only smile knowing that someone who isn't event related to the Zeti race is willing to save his people when he couldn't.
"Thank you, it is a good thing at least one of your kind are benevolent. You did something that I could not do. I owe you alot," he said.
"It was nothing. I only felt that I should do things my way and not follow what blind path my fellow Octarians unfortunately want. There are good Octarians out there, but they are deemed traitors by DJ Octavio and the few "loyal" Octarians that do not want us to be friendly with other races. Your people are all worth saving. I heard how one of them even want a world where want everyone to meet instead of being isolated here forever," the female Octoling said.
Zavok knew all of this sounded too familiar until he remembered a time he once talked to a naive Zeti that said the same thing. Said Zeti just happens to be behind him and looking away since she thinks he will only treat her like a foolish child like the last time. Zor instantly recognized her and knew something was memorable about her.
"Isn't that you Zatania? It appears you did not change a bit from the time we seen you," he said without any enthusiasm.
"So what? Are you here to mock me about how I am foolish for wanting to see the world below or thinking we are nothing but a close minded race that treat outsiders like they are all bad?" she shouts.
"Well duh. He had reasons to think that way. That fat Eggman treated us like slaves just because we seemed like an easy to use race for him. Other Earth creatures would had been just like him and no different from those cruel black aliens that attacked us either. Get lost before I…"
"Both of you, that is quite enough! We are past the days of treating the child like she is not worse enough when she really is. Another word out of you two that wants us to go back to the days of being ignorant Zeti and you two will be personally kicked out of the Deadly Six. Got that?" the irritated Zavok threatened.
Both Zor and Zomom would be speechless as they never expected him to change his mind compared to how he did feel in the past. Zatania would also drop her jaw since she couldn't believe if this is the real Zavok after all he said to her in the past. Zagma is truly proud of Zavok's growth as he deep down felt his ways of wanting all Zeti to initially never trust anyone non-Zeti were a bit too extreme. Octoling herself is happy for her blue haired friend for finally getting through to Zavok in a way she may never reach DJ Octavio. Zatania would only do nothing but hold back her tears as she smiled just for how influential she turned out in the end out of every Zeti who simply followed what Zavok had to say for the Lost Hex.
"That is right, this young one is the future of the Lost Hex. I terribly apologize for ever doubting her ideas of us expanding to allow new visitors. A few bad apples never spoils the bunch. Something I feel my Master Zik should really learn than simple wrath on all that hurt us. We should give those that never did a chance, just like how today may be a new era of the Lost Hex moving forward. These heroes and even friends of that blue hedgehog who came here today are only part of the first step for our people moving forward. But soon, we should really strike those that dared to damage our home. Starting with that metal abomination that still resides in Windy Hill. We have a plan to deal with him, but all of you will have to follow my lead. Understood?" Zavok announced with a smile.
The teary eyed Zatania would wipe away her tears with the brightest smile and nods as this is all she ever wanted for her people for so long. Zagma also curls his impressive mustache upon listening to the Deadly Six leader's wonderful speech. The female Octoling smiles as her male ally decides to nudge her a little in a friendly way with his own devious smile. Dillon could completely understand everything as someone important the sheriff often calls for to protect from any Grock raids at night. Nikki smiles as her cat doodle rests atop her brown hair peacefully. Kururin heard everything loud and clear within the Helirin before giving a thumbs up with his right wing.
"You know what, we are all ready when you are Zavok. Once again reminding us why you are the perfect influence for all Zeti everywhere. These nice people are only a reminder that we can always depend on other allies than ourselves moving forward. Just give us a holler and we will be ready to hear your excellent plan," Zagma announced.
All the other Zeti cheered along with him despite their running to show all the support they had for the powerful red Zeti and of course the right ideals of their younger blue Zeti. Zatania still continues to cry streams of tears from her eyes at how far things were changing compared to the past, as a bright future for the Lost Hex is on its way to happen.
Back in Windy Hill, the battle between everyone and Mecha Sonic continues harder than usual. Ristar and friends failed to get inside of his mouth multiple times due to failing to reach that right trajectory along with other obstacles like his massive six claws arms that would smack them down within every opportunity. It would be a miracle that his light speed makes it possible for Gravity Man, Princess Sora, Sheik, Lucario, Rouge, and Jack to not be hurt at all. The group were all determined to get inside of his mouth somehow. Even the distractions from allies like Star Wolf and Alberto's gang did little to make it any easier for them. MinMin's arms strength is also mitigated by the fact that she would have to stay in midair long enough for everyone to get inside as part of their plan. More of the VCP helicopters were already destroyed with a good deal of cops taking refuse under Alex's golden housing she created on a whim. She continues to keep watch of any other fallen people worth saving as the support of the group. Lucina and Ken were already growing weary of holding off the metal monster's worst attacks out there.
"There is no end to this. I am starting feel there is no way we can stop him," the blonde fighter said.
The blue haired swordsman spits the little blood she had at the ground as she took the worst of the hits from Mecha Sonic.
"Do…not give up hope. We have to if we want to save the lives of these innocent people or their home. If it gets destroyed, think of it as a omen for what could happen to our own worlds if we fail… to stop the Legion. Don't you dare…. suggest the idea of giving up. We would rather die than give up any hope. This is what it means to be a Smash Brother. Are you in or are you out?" the determined Lucina said.
Ken could understand what his ally is saying, but he knew that there are just some fights not worth picking if someone is way out of their league. His face is bruised enough as if he taken a beaten from Bison, but tries his best to keep standing while he could. A small bird would be smacked onto the ground right next to them at high speeds. This would be Ecco trying his best to use his echolocation on the robot only to fail. Not only his sonar would be proven too ineffective to penetrate his skin, but even he can't sense anything worth exploring in the machine. He quickly shifts into shark form to take the impact of the blow, knowing well that being beached is a huge consequence for a primarily underwater animal like him. He is afraid that using his Vortex Drone or dolphin forms would had guaranteed a worst result from being slammed this hard against the ground. Despite this, the large shark is bleeding a lot from his wounds while snarling sorrowfully from the pain. Not even any of Prince Ali's spirits had any effect on the beast as he wasted all of his Golden Armlet energy with all he did. He decided to hold off on any more summoning as his resources were running quite low. The only spirit he did not summon would be Bow as he needs earth to grow out of for biting. Not that it wouldn't risk the idea of him falling to his doom. Shade is also proven to be as ineffective as the best he could do is save only Ali from the fall and not Orta and her dragon if they were ever hurt.
"Damn it, we will just have to accept that there's no way we can defeat this monster. Even my Armlet's true power is worthless against something as strong as him," the prince said in defeat.
"Prince Ali, we should not give up very easily. Our allies have a plan and we just have to keep going with it until it all works. We did not get this far for nothing. He will promise our allies, the New Blue Rogues, that we would successfully save the Lost Hex. If you give up, then so will I. Our morale should stay high enough no matter what. I would be your queen one day if we do end the Legion soon. Just trust me on this," the white haired woman beamed.
Not only that, it seems that Alicia once again is fighting in her Valkyrian form and still just as unpredictable as ever. She still pursues the massive dragon's lower body will the strong aura induced attacks she has despite her disadvantages with her red emotionless eyes. Selvaria is left panting in fatigue while impressed that her worthy rival is somehow not wavering in spirit at all despite giving all she had with her strongest techniques. Ramirez would still be riding around the G.U.N. tank with Shadow just to watch everyone doing their work below. The silver haired man just had a sinking feeling that despite all the failures, a miracle would be just what they needed to turn the tides. Shadow knew that his job is to keep the only two emeralds he had nice and secure if it means proving that he will never give the rampaging robot below what he is looking for.
"We will just have to think of a Plan B. This is just only going to waste more time and put us in the gravest danger ever. Someone still needs to contact the Deadly Six and remind them that we are doing something completely different than the original plan. But at the same time, I would rather not endanger my men once again since the time Infinite nearly killed them all. Damn, what can we do to phase this mindless creature?" the black hedgehog beamed.
"Just do not worry yourself, I have the feeling that we should do this once more unlikely allies show up. I doubt those flying ships and two masterminds are all we have. More are probably heading their way and had enough of this crumbling alliance. When one mistake happens, everyone falls. This is what will lead to the downfall of the Legion or any possible groups wanting to get involved in them. We have a chance to win this Shadow. Best to just have some faith in everything," the silver haired man said.
"You all are nothing more than tiny pests that outlived your purposes. Get out of my way and let me destroy this pathetic world. Every single one of you deserve to be reduced to ashes one last time!" the metal beast shouts
He instantly begins charging a massive amount of energy within his mouth after a sudden gape that instantly shocks everyone. Shadow had a bad feeling about what's to happen and opts to use Chaos Control again if it meant saving everyone below. Ramirez still remains calm as he expects this miracle to happen. Orta instantly maneuvers the dragon to stop their attack and fly away while they still had time to escape. Azel however still commands Atolm to never give up his relentless beam attacks on the robot to try stopping his next possible attack.
"Keep attacking, we will eventually break through his tough exterior. You are the legendary dragon! Do not let fear cloud your true power. Keep going, you can win this one! Keep fighting until we all win!" she shouts.
The large dragon obediently continues the spam of multi-homing laser beams from his moth to attack Mecha Sonic's impenetrable blue armor. Star Wolf still opts to use all the Barrel Rolls they had and fire away with the powerful plasma blasts their cannons.
"Never give up, we will never fall. Unless we want to bring shame to Andross...no, Wolf O' Donnel, then we should never call ourselves the best bounty hunters of the Lylat System. Carosso! Dengar! Oikonney! Fire will everything you have in the name of Team Star Wolf!" the triumphant Leon called.
Selvaria holds back the belligerent Alicia, who's insatiable bloodlust is keeping her in a state that relentless attacking is the only thing left to do if it meant defeating this creature. She is struggling to hold her back as she's aware that no matter what training she takes, she's still inferior to the Gunther woman due to her immense strength. Her emotionless red eyes were still set on Mecha Sonic as she still wants to defeat him in every way possible.
"Listen, you should stay back and not continue any fighting. He's going to sink us all down below. It's not worth fighting him anymore. Do you love your daughter? Do you want to be alive to see her grow? Then listen to me and stop your meaningless attacking!" the experienced Valkyrian ordered.
Alicia still had nothing in mind but destroying the blue robot as she tries her best to break out of her fellow Valkyrian's impressive grip.
"Negatory. I must destroy this machine. It's a weapon of destruction that's not worth running away from. I will even use the Final Flame if I need to and help us all win this. Just let me go you cowardly wench," the emotionless woman said.
Selvaria had little time to be offended by her untrue words and continues to hold her back.
"Damn you, can you just listen to reason for once! I used it in the past and died. Do you think that's what your husband really wants? For you to just blow yourself up right here for everything to be in vain? Just listen to the conscience in your head!" Selvaria beamed.
Alberto rides around with all he had to keep his girlfriend and the Virtua Cops out of harm's way before they could collide with the beast any further. Clarissa holds on to the ends of the red flying car the best way she could, having her own ponytail fly in the forces of the wind. Hardy and Janet would only see the few remaining VCP copters around them, hoping that Cooles and their former allies were all surviving for the sake of their beloved police department.
"Slow down, baby! I'm going to..."
Clarissa's entire top finally flies off of her chest thanks to the high speeds, leaving her chest to loosely bounce under her own tied shirt. Alberto tries his best to focus despite hearing the snapping sound as he would endanger all of them in one wrong move.
"Just hang on tightly, that's all I can say about your lack of support!" the Latino driver said.
This is where Clarissa had just about enough of all the jokes at the expense of her own attire.
"How about you take your prudent attitude and shove it up your brown whiny a..."
Then her shirt finally rips to reveal her entire vulnerable bust in all of its glory. Alberto couldn't hide the fact anymore and finally glanced at her free bouncing chest in its glory. He did not know what to say but only gawk the beautiful sight before them as his car flies out of balance. Something eventually grew to large proportions from below to match his shock at the unexpected scene. Janet taken notice and eventually covered her eyes with the reddest face ever. Alberto's first instinct is to instantly cup her exposed chest to not only act as censorship from his passengers, but get lost in his own gentlemanly habits.
"Hey! You have a car to drive! Just stop it all before we crash!" she shouts.
"Your well being is more important than some dumb car. It can crash for all I care when your airbags...or you are all I need!" he shouts.
Hardy covers the eyes of his embarrassed ally to erase any memory she ever had of seeing the Outrun star's "rising palm tree" while they all were in enough danger. Alberto's last statement would not only make Clarissa smile, but be very grateful that he finally chooses her over some car that he around always be over protective over for years.
"Baby, that is the sweetest thing you ever said. But right now we are all about to..."
A sudden loud crash would occur that gets the attention of Shadow and Ramirez from above.
"Nooooooooooooooooo!" the hedgehog desperately called.
So all of the Smash Brothers are on their way to help Sheik's group, Wolrd Destruction Committee, G.U.N., and other former enemies take on Mecha Sonic. But it is not an easy task when he is currently too strong to be taken out with how durable his body is. Several allies do have a plan to defeat him, but it is easier said than done. Also, several allies would seemingly get caught in a bad crash. Next Saturday we will see what became of Alberto and his passengers in the next chapter.
