UNKNOWN VOICE

Eragus? Eragus?

FIELD - DAY

ERAGUS opens his eyes lying down in the middle of a field, he turns to see KINTUNE

KINTUNE
Didn't brother ask you to help him with farming

ERAGUS
He did but I offered an alternative to that

KINTUNE
Which was?

ERAGUS
Not doing that and resting

KINTUNE chuckles

KINTUNE
Of course, these tasks are too meaningless for you but if I told you brother was talking about the next actions we take on our creations you would be there before he could finish the sentence.

ERAGUS
All of you wanted to go and live this life of "normalcy and humbleness" I never wanted that

KINTUNE then sits next to ERAGUS

KINTUNE
Maybe after sometime here you'll come around to it

ERAGUS
Don't hold on to that hope

KINTUNE sighs

KINTUNE
You know life cannot move and grow if it is constantly suppressed, there is no growth of learning and improving to better

ERAGUS
You give them too much credit

KINTUNE
And you don't give them enough. Eragus we didn't create them to be subservient, we always wanted them to live their lives without us, pouting like a child won't change things

ERAGUS scoffs

ERAGUS
In time you'll see that leaving to their devices will be their downfall, you care so much about them and yet as we speak they are destroying each other and we're doing nothing about it.

KINTUNE sighs and stands up to leave

KINTUNE
I do not like to see suffering, but their is a line we should not cross, a line of becoming tyrants, we step in and change something, where does it end, so far we've used our power for good, but I fear brother that you are becoming too radical in your thoughts

ERAGUS just takes a deep breath

ERAGUS
Let our brother know that I will join him shortly, I just want to clear my mind for a moment

KINTUNE looks at her brother with worry but heads off, ERAGUS looks up at the blue sky

DARK REALM

ERAGUS is looking up a the black sky of the dark realm, ERAGUS looks around to see the heroes are all gone and looks down at his wound, ERAGUS struggles to move and cringes in immense pain, he is able to summon an orb to send a message to his forces

ERAGUS
All forces need to retreat back to the Nexus. Our next move will be made from there, fall back now.

After the message ERAGUS tries to breathe normally

9

RETRO BRAWL/THE GREAT ESCAPE

GREEN HILL ZONE - NIGHT

The team of CHROM, ROBIN, LINK, DONKEY KONG, MEGA-MAN, SONIC, LUCINA and GRENINJA along side AMY, TAILS and KNUCKLES are scoping out the darkrealm soldiers stronghold, soldiers move through the stronghold and small ships fly up into the portal in the sky

ROBIN
So from your drawing Sonic everything seems to be accurate

SONIC
I feel like that's an underhanded compliment

AMY
Well Sonic with how crazy things are you can never be too sure

SONIC
Okay umm does anyone else have any slight comments they want to make right now?

MEGA-MAN
So we're sure this plan is going to work?

ROBIN
Nothing is ever guaranteed but it is a solid strategy

LINK
So if this works, what's our next move?

CHROM
Let's get this done first, as much I love having plans let's clear them out and take a moment to collect ourselves on what we need to do next

LUCINA
We should get moving soon, the quicker we strike the quicker we can get lives to safety

As everyone goes to move DONKEY KONG sees something that makes him screech out in somewhat shock and anger, everyone freaks out worrying that their position will be exposed however GRENINJA quickly acts and covers DONKEY KONG's mouth

LINK
Easy, easy what's going on? What's wrong?

MEGA-MAN looks back down at the base and his expression reads "Am I actually seeing this"

MEGA-MAN
Ummm, I think I know why he's freaking out

Everyone looks back down and their eyes go wide as they see KING K. ROOL

ROBIN
What... What in the name of the gods is that

SONIC
That looks like a big problem for us

KNUCKLES
It's a giant crocodile wearing a crown. Because why not

TAILS
Ummm it seems like we have another problem as well

Down at the base BOWSER, KING DEDEDE and GANONDORF all meet with KING K. ROOL

CHROM
That giant creature with the hammer attacked our home, (sighs) this makes things more difficult

CHROM notices LINK has a clenched fist and enraged expression

CHROM
I take it someone down there isn't your friend

LINK
The one with the cape, Ganondorf. Every time I am challenged in life he is always that challenge

LUCINA
What happens now, should we still go with original plan?

SONIC
I prefer we don't do that since I'm the distraction party

LINK
Any move we make against them will take all of our effort, especially against Ganondorf

MEGA-MAN
Well how are we going to do this, I'm open to all suggestions that don't involve us getting brutally destroyed

ROBIN thinks on what to do

CHROM
Is there another plan you have Robin?

ROBIN
The plan was to focus their attention on a single spot while we snuck behind them, but what if everything around them got their attention

LUCINA
Wait, you're not suggesting what I think you're suggesting

SONIC
Wait what is she suggesting, I didn't go to tactics school

MEGA-MAN
She's saying we hit them from all sides

CHROM
Are you sure about that Robin?

ROBIN
I'm not sure about a lot of things right now but if there's so much noise all around them they could split up which would make it easier for us to take one of them on at a time

LINK
But that does make our numbers at best two against one

AMY
Plus the whole thing of their army down there

ROBIN
The best way to blind your enemy is to make them open their eyes, let them see everything.

CHROM exhales

CHROM
I think it's worth the risk.

Everyone looks amongst themselves and relents

LUCINA
I'll follow your lead

CHROM looks at everyone who nods

CHROM
Alright, now what's the plan of attack?

ROBIN gathers everyone close to explain the strategy

COMMAND VESSEL - PRISON CELL

ZELDA is lying down while PALUTENA has her hand on her head and preforming some magic on her. ZELDA shoots up trying to catch her breath, PALUTENA is by her side trying to calm her

PALUTENA
Easy, easy. Taking in that much information in a short of period of time is quite a lot for the mind, the others are still feeling the effects

ZELDA looks to see PEACH sitting holding her head, ROSALINA lying down and DAISY stumbling around before crashing into a wall

PALUTENA
Just take a moment to breathe

ZELDA does some breathing exercises

LATER - All five ladies are gathered around each other

ZELDA
I thought I knew my history and the history of my world, it turns out I clearly don't know anything

PALUTENA
What you know is still true, just the true origins of existence is quite different

ROSALINA
I still find it so astonishing that this information was not something that we immediately knew, I feel like it should've been something we should've known

PALUTENA
After centuries of time and new threats arising, the focus shifted to dealing with the threats that were there instead of the one that we were unsure even really existed anymore.

ZELDA
Well we know now that the threat very much exists

PEACH
So this weapon, the Lightsbane is the weapon this Eragus wants

DAISY
And we can't let that happen but we can't exactly get out of here either

ZELDA
Wait Palutena, when I saw the Lightsbane I only saw very little of it, why is that?

PALUTENA
The idea was that no one person should carry the knowledge of the weapon but several people should know parts of its location so that if one person was captured they could not find it with that person alone.

ROSALINA
That is a smart act to take

DAISY
Unfortunately they captured all of us, so that's still a big problem

ZELDA
We need to get out of here, the longer we're here the closer this Eragus gets to controlling life as we know it

PALUTENA
It's not like we can just get off this ship and we'll be somewhere safe, plus who knows where we are exactly

ZELDA
We have to get out of here, we can't walk this information to him, if we do that the fight is lost, every world will lose before they have a chance to fight back.

PALUTENA thinks on it for a moment

PALUTENA
If we get out of this cell, I can use more of my power and hopefully we can take care of whatever gets in our way

ROSALINA
But how will we get out, they only will come in here if we make a commotion like last time and they sent alot of their people, so our escape ends right then

DAISY
Maybe... Maybe if someone could get outside and sneak back here to let us all out, before they can act we're already on the move

ZELDA
Well that would be something but they're not going to just let one of us out of here because we want to use the bathroom

DAISY looks at PEACH and gives her a look that reads "you know I'm suggesting". PEACH shakes her head

PEACH
No, no, not that, we are not doing that.

DAISY
It could work, it's worked before

PEACH
Rarely and I always have to be the one doing it.

ZELDA
Do what?

DAISY
Then we'll settle it the old fashion way

ROSALINA
I'm confused what's going on here?

DAISY and PEACH get ready to play rock, paper scissors

PALUTENA
Wait... What are you doing?

DAISY
Deciding who's going to be the person who leaves the room

ZELDA
What exactly is your play here

PEACH
When we've been captured before Daisy came up with a way to try to escape which she calls ...

LATER

From outside the cell two darkrealm soldiers stand guard when they hear from inside the cell

DAISY
Help, she's fallen ill!

The two guards open the cell to see PEACH on the ground seemingly unconscious. The guards grab PEACH and take her out of the cell and to an infirmary. Only one person is watching PEACH in the infirmary who is lying down on a table, the dark realm soldier goes to check for supplies and when he turns around PEACH is gone, he looks around and gets knocked out by PEACH with a large metal box

PEACH
She'll never let me live this down now

PEACH then sneaks out of the infirmary

The two darkrealm soldiers stand guard when they hear someone call out to them, one of the soldiers goes to investigate and after he turns a corner a thunk noise is heard followed by the sound of someone hitting the ground. The other soldier goes to look and after a few seconds another thunk and crash.

Inside the cell the four women sit waiting for PEACH

ROSALINA
Are you sure this will work?

DAISY
Yeah... I mean it hasn't always worked but...

ZELDA
Saying that now is really not inspiring confidence

PALUTENA
Have patience, she will come through

The door to the cell opens and standing on the other side is PEACH, DAISY runs over and hugs her

DAISY
Oh thank goodness for a moment I thought this might not work

PEACH
If you are to suggest that again please be sure that you are fairly confident that it will work

DAISY
No promises

PALUTENA
Alright we need to move, it won't be long before they know we're out.

PEACH
Of course but you and Rosalina might need something

The women look over to PALUTENA's staff and ROSALINA's wand in a locked container near the cell

ZELDA
Well maybe they aren't so smart after all

LATER

A small patrol of dark realm soldiers makes their way down a hall, after they leave the five women sneak down a hall

ROSALINA
What exactly are we looking for?

ZELDA
A way off this ship

DAISY
Well that's clearly obvious

PEACH
This place is very large trying to find a way out of here might take some time

PALUTENA
There's something strange on this ship, something familiar

ROSALINA
What do you mean?

PALUTENA then notices something

PALUTENA
Hide
Everyone comes to a stop and presses against a wall, they go to peek and see WALUIGI walking around the ship

ROSALINA
(Disgusted groan) Him.

DAISY
I just hate how we carries himself

ZELDA
Is he alone right now?

PEACH
It would seem so.

ZELDA
Well who better to know how to get off the ship than one of our captors

Everyone looks at each other and somewhat smirk

WALUIGI walks down the corridor and gets grabbed by the ladies who pull him off to a side room where the sound of punching can be heard and WALUIGI letting out pained noises

Over by the cells a few darkrealm soldiers walk by to see no one standing guard, they go to investigate and see that PALUTENA's staff and ROSALINA's wand are gone, they open the cell and see the two unconscious soldiers

On the bridge WARIO gets word that the prisoners have escaped

WARIO
I want everyone looking for them!

Soldiers then start moving to find the women

WALUIGI awakens tied up and having some bruises on his face surrounded by the women

DAISY
So you're awake good, would you be so kind as to tell us how to get off this ship

WALUIGI just laughs

ZELDA
Right he still isn't getting it, should we try and persuade him again, Rosalina do you want to give it the first go again

ROSALINA
Yes I would

WALUIGI
Wait, wait! Southend of the ship, there are escape pods. But you'll never make it there, not without me

DAISY
Give us one reason, why we should even consider that

The ships alarms blare

PEACH
Desperate times right?

A FEW MOMENTS LATER

The five women move fast holding WALUIGI in front of them as he guides them to the escape pods, as they round a corner they face down a dozen dark realm soldiers, the ladies throw aside WALUIGI out of harms way and fight with the soldiers. PALUTENA is able to use her magic to knock down four soldiers, ZELDA uses her shield magic to protect herself before using fire to take down another four soldiers, ROSALINA dodges a strike and then uses her magic to lift a soldier in the air before throwing him at another soldier. PEACH and DAISY fight back to back, DAISY dodges a soldiers slash before throwing him over her shoulder while PEACH hits the soldier in the face and kicks him in the stomach knocking him down. After the fight the ladies brush off their outfits and straighten their hair, WALUIGI is in disbelief

WALUIGI
I've never seen you fight like that, I've never seen you fight period

DAISY
It's interesting how when you catch someone off guard they really don't have to fight back

PALUTENA then lifts WALUIGI to his feet

PALUTENA
Alright we need to keep moving

The team nearly reaches the escape pods when they once again stop, this time at the sight of BOWSER JR. in his junior clown car, the trio of PEACH, DAISY and ROSALINA all look somewhat scared of the small koopa.

ZELDA
What's the problem?

PEACH
Well that's Bowser Jr.

DAISY
And his dad has had us captured on more than one occasion

ZELDA
So why are we not moving past him

ROSALINA
Well that little car he's in is not just for fun

PALUTENA
Are you really scared of a small child?

Two giant drills come out of the side of the clown car which causes everyone to have an expression that reads "Oh... Oh no"

DAISY
So who wants to deal with him first?

PALUTENA notices that BOWSER JR just looked behind them and she turns to see WARIO charging a large blaster

PALUTENA
Behind us!

WARIO fires the blaster but PALUTENA and ZELDA use their shield magic to protect everyone. BOWSER JR charges at them and ROSALINA is able to stop the charge and pushes him back a few feet. More soldiers then rush their position

DAISY
Nothing can ever be simple, why can't nothing ever be simple

PEACH
Has any part of our life ever been simple?

DAISY
Point taken

The five women then hold off more dark realm soldiers along with WARIO and BOWSER JR in a hectic brawl

GREEN HILL ZONE

GANONDORF, BOWSER, KING K ROOL and KING DEDEDE are discussing their next move

GANONDORF
Why are we here, we've scoured this land and found nothing of use

KING DEDEDE
Well I wouldn't say that

KING DEDEDE pulls from his pocket a chaos emerald

GANONDORF
What is that?

KING DEDEDE
Well they call this thing a chaos emerald, now I'm not sure what it does but the people around here don't like that we have it so by that alone it must be of value

GANONDORF
Is that the only one?

KING DEDEDE
The men are out there looking for the rest in no time we will have all of them. No one is going to stand in our way now

After KING DEDEDE finishes that sentence a large explosion goes off in the southside of the base, another explosion goes off in the west, then another in the east and the last to the north.

GANONDORF
What is going on?!

From the north GANONDORF can see LINK standing past the flames before disappearing. GANONDORF's face turns to great anger

GANONDORF
I will take care of the threat in the north, each of you go to one of the attack sites and deal with the fool who decided to die today

GANONDORF then rushes north while KING K. ROOL heads south, BOWSER heads east and KING DEDEDE heads west

Up north GANONDORF reaches a blaze that is burning very intensely, from the fire a blue bomb is thrown through the fire and explodes in front of GANONDORF. After a few seconds GANONDORF's hearing and vision comes back in and he sees LINK standing in front of the flames, GANONDORF stands and faces LINK

GANONDORF
You never know when to quit, you never know when your beaten, so I have to teach you this lesson again

LINK draws his sword

LINK
Alright, but before we begin I'd like you to meet my friend

From the fire a blue blast comes through and hits GANONDORF in the chest sending him back a few feet. Jumping next to LINK is MEGA-MAN

LINK
His name is Mega-Man

GANONDORF gets up and charges at the two who also charge at him

Over at the south end of the base KING K. ROOL looks around to see who is attacking the base, punching sounds are heard and a few dark realm soldiers are tossed out from the forest. From the forest DONKEY KONG and KNUCKLES step out from the forest, KING K. ROOL taunts DONKEY KONG while DK pounds his chest ready for the fight

KNUCKLES
Alright so we going to do this or what

KING K. ROOL res at the two, KNUCKLES dives under the ground while DONKEY KONG jumps over KING K. ROOL, KNUCKLES comes from underneath KING K. ROOL an uppercuts him in the air which DONKEY KONG still in the air grabs the kremling and piledrives him back onto the ground

Over westward KING DEDEDE makes his way to destroyed darkrealm equipment and sees scores of darkrealm soldiers on the ground

KING DEDEDE
Alright, whoever is out there you made the biggest mistake of your life

KING DEDEDE then gets hit by something he can't see, then again and again before falling over, KING DEDEDE sees that the chaos emerald has fallen from his pocket, he goes to pick it up but it disappears before his eyes, he looks up to see CHROM, ROBIN and LUCINA

KING DEDEDE
You

CHROM
Yeah... Us

SONIC then comes to a stop next to LUCINA holding the chaos emerald

SONIC
Now now now, this is very dangerous, so I'm just going to hold onto this for a moment

SONIC then zooms off with the chaos emerald

CHROM
Now when we last spoke you said that you were in charge of things, well your not king around here and this land does not belong to you

The three warriors stand in an attack position, KING DEDEDE jumps up in the air and brings his hammer down on them but they avoid his hit, ROBIN hits DEDEDE with wind before LUCINA strikes at DEDEDE's back before CHROM slashes the king down to the ground. KING DEDEDE is slow to get up

ROBIN
Consider this mercy, stay down, now!

KING DEDEDE gets up and defiantly continues to fight

In the east AMY, TAILS and GRENINJA are dodging BOWSER's fire breath, SONIC rushes in and kicks BOWSER across the face which temporarily stuns BOWSER but SONIC is caught off guard by a few darkrealm soldiers and who pile on top of him. AMY dodges a strike from BOWSER while GRENINJA throws water shurikens at BOWSER which does stifle King Koopa and TAILS rolls into a ball and flies into BOWSER knocking him back down which AMY then uses a giant hammer to incapacitate BOWSER. SONIC then breaks free of the soldiers who piled on top of him and runs around them, trapping them in a vortex before sending them flying miles away

SONIC
Oh I think they're out of here folks!

Back up north, GANONDORF is shielding himself from blasts from MEGA-MAN while LINK quick slashes at him before letting MEGA-MAN shoot GANON. GANONDORF then has enough and draws his sword slashing down at the two, MEGA-MAN is caught off guard by GANON's speed and he gets slashed across his side knocking him down. GANON quickly turns on LINK striking at him with powerful strikes that LINK is able to hold back but is clearly being overwhelmed, GANON finally knocks the mastersword out of LINK's hand and kicks him to the ground

GANONDORF
I told you that you would know failure and yet you still persist, you know I hoped she would see your demise but I think I'll end you myself and finally be rid of...

From out of nowhere YOSHI lands atop GANONDORF knocking him to the ground, LINK is just stunned

YOSHI
Yoshi!

LINK then looks in the sky to see a darkrealm starship in the sky

Dropping down onto the ground is MARIO, KIRBY, LUIGI and META KNIGHT. BOWSER and KING DEDEDE are enraged at the sight of their mortal enemies

SONIC
Alright, who sent out the invitation for help cause I definitely didn't

MARIO and LUIGI help SONIC, AMY, TAILS and GRENINJA fight BOWSER, the koopa roars at his long time foes

MARIO
No matter where we go, you always are causing pain, but we will always...

BOWSER breathes a flame blast that disperses the heroes

SONIC
Look friend I got the whole heroic speech thing really I do, but let's put that aside for a moment

SONIC runs around BOWSER and spins him up in the air, MARIO and LUIGI then jump and kick BOWSER back into the ground, BOWSER tries to get up but both AMY and TAILS hit him on the head knocking him out

KIRBY lands with CHROM, ROBIN and LUCINA facing off against KING DEDEDE

KIRBY
Poyo!

KING DEDEDE
You! You're not changing anything, you're still going to lose

CHROM
That's funny

ROBIN
That was something we were about to say to you

KING DEDEDE charges the heroes, who evade him. LUCINA is able to stun the king with a flurry attack while ROBIN uses thunder to knock him back, KIRBY continues sending DEDEDE back by headbutting the king in the stomach, DEDEDE is flat on his back when CHROM strikes down at KING DEDEDE breaking his hammer in two, KING DEDEDE is in shock and at the mercy of the heroes

KING K. ROOL has just picked up KNUCKLES and tosses him a few miles away, before turning his attention to DONKEY KONG. DK tires to unleash a fury strike on the kremling but he is able to absorb the hits and knocks DK back, however META KNIGHT lands in front of the kremling and slashes at him. KING K. ROOL tries to hit META KNIGHT but he is able to dodge his hits and fly above him, META KNIGHT works to tire KING. K ROOL out by making him chase him, however the kremling is able to catch META KNIGHT and slam him into the ground and he looks to slash META KNIGHT

META KNIGHT
Made you look

META KNIGHT then looks behind KING K. ROOL which causes him to turn around and a be hit with an uppercut by DONKEY KONG and sent flying into the air

GANONDORF stands alone against LINK, MEGA-MAN and YOSHI. GANONDORF moves first and brings his sword down at the heroes who evade him, MEGA-MAN fires an array of blasts at GANON causing him to fall to his knees, LINK then knees GANON across the face and slashes at his chest a few times before YOSHI runs full speed into GANONDORF knocking him back a few feet. GANONDORF then roars out in anger and rushes into the three heroes knocking them down, he then sets his sights on LINK who is slow to get up and charges a dark magic attack at him. GANONDORF fires his dark magic at LINK but KIRBY lands in front of LINK and inhales the dark magic, KIRBY's inhale is so strong that GANONDORF is now struggling not to be inhaled, he plants his feet but it is to no avail and GANONDORF gets inhaled by KIRBY, everyone is freaked out by what they just saw

LUCINA
I... I had thought that I had seen the most disturbed things a person could see, but this... This is definitely up there

SONIC
Yeah today has been really crazy

KIRBY then spits out GANONDORF and his form starts to resemble GANONDORF. GANONDORF is angered by KIRBY

GANONDORF
You... You dare mock me!

GANONDORF rushes at KIRBY and delivers a powerful strike at KIRBY which he catches. GANONDORF is stunned at what is happening, KIRBY then charges a strike similar to GANONDORF and hits him with it sending him flying back and onto the ground in immense pain. GANON struggles to get up but the master sword is in his face, with LINK standing over him

LINK
Tell me now, what is it like to fail?

GANONDORF struggles to get his words out

LINK
Where is she? Where is Zelda?!

GANONDORF just chuckles

GANONDORF
You'll never see her, even if you strike me down now, it won't bring you closer to her. I told you, you would know failure

Before LINK can act SONIC tackles him to the ground as small darkrealm fighters attack their position, soldiers quickly land and grab GANONDORF, BOWSER, KING K. ROOL and KING DEDEDE and get them onto the ships and fly off into the portal in the sky
The heroes all stand looking at each other, DONKEY KONG then moves towards MARIO and the air is tense, LUIGI hides behind MARIO. Everyone is on edge wondering what's about to happen, DONKEY KONG then extends his hand out and MARIO shakes it

LATER - All the heroes are gathered together just having finished introductions and catching each other up on what's been happening

CHROM
Life keeps getting stranger and stranger

ROBIN
So you managed to take one of their ships

MARIO
Yes, and we know how to fly it

META KNIGHT
That's still up for debate

LINK
So where are you off to next?

LUIGI
Uhh... well, we're going to set off to help more worlds and fight more bad guys

LUCINA
So... You don't have a plan

MARIO
Well plan is an interesting word, we think of it more as... as... Ok we have no plan

MEGA-MAN
So how did you decide to come here?

LUIGI
We locked onto a great surge of energy and made our way to it and well we ran into you

MEGA-MAN
So you're just going head first into any place with strong energy signatures

KIRBY
Poyo!

SONIC
Can someone just tell me what exactly is this thing

ROBIN turns to CHROM

ROBIN
As plans go it's not the most sound

CHROM
No it's actually pretty reckless

ROBIN
Agreed

CHROM
But...

ROBIN
They have a ship, a way off world, maybe we can get home and work from there to figure out how to face our enemy

CHROM
It is a plan, what say you all, ready to continue this journey

Everyone except SONIC nods

LUCINA
Sonic, aren't you going to come with us?

SONIC
I mean I shouldn't leave my home or my friends

AMY
Sonic?

SONIC turns to AMY and TAILS

AMY
You should go with them

SONIC
But... But...

TAILS
Hey we'll be fine, the bad guys are gone from our home, now we just have to help everyone get back their lives, but you should go and fight this, Help put an end to this Sonic

SONIC smiles

SONIC
Right, I am going to miss you guys

SONIC then notices something

SONIC
Ummm... where's Knuckles?

At that moment KNUCKLES comes out of the forest soaking wet holding someone on his shoulder

KNUCKLES
Hey sorry, I was thrown pretty far, Like into the ocean far

SONIC
Knuckles who is that you're carrying

KNUCKLES
Beats me, when I landed in the ocean I saw this guy floating out there and I wasn't just going to leave him there

KNUCKLES sets the individual down revealing it to be RICHTER (but no one knows who he is), ROBIN goes to check on RICHTER

ROBIN
He's still breathing but he sustained some injuries, we should take him with us Chrom

CHROM
Right, let's get him to the ship

AMY and TAILS then hand SONIC a bag

SONIC
What is this?

AMY
Take a look

SONIC looks inside to see the chaos emeralds

TAILS
One of the bad guys said that they were gathering them, well he wasn't lying. Take them

SONIC
I don't know about this

AMY
I'd rather you have them and not need them, than need them and not have them

SONIC then hugs his friends, he then looks at KNUCKLES

KNUCKLES
I'm not one for hugs. Just make sure you come back in one piece Sonic

SONIC nods

STARSHIP - BRIDGE

The fourteen heroes (CHROM, ROBIN, LINK, MARIO, LUIGI, KIRBY, SONIC, LUCINA, MEGA-MAN, META-KNIGHT, GRENINJA, DONKEY KONG holding RICHTER and YOSHI) all get on the bridge, their newcomers faces are just in astonishment

MEGA-MAN
Wow this is something else

ROBIN
I can't even begin to comprehend how this works

CHROM
I thought Ylisse was the forefront of pushing new frontiers, clearly we have a long way to go.

SONIC zooms around the bridge taking in everything, before sitting in the captain's chair

SONIC
This place is incredible

SONIC notices the panel near the captain's chair

SONIC
What do these buttons do?

META KNIGHT slashes near SONIC which causes him to leap out of the chair

META KNIGHT
Don't touch things

MEGA-MAN comes over and takes a look at the panel

MEGA-MAN
So how exactly did you guys navigate this thing?

MARIO
Well there was a big dot on the map and we followed it

MEGA-MAN is somewhat at a lost for words

MEGA-MAN
Okay then, would you mind if I handled navigating things?

LUIGI
Okie dokie

MEGA-MAN then fiddles with the navigation. LUCINA then goes over to DONKEY KONG

LUCINA
Donkey Kong can you come with me so I can take care of our hurt friend here

DONKEY KONG then goes with LUCINA take RICHTER somewhere he can heal. CHROM looks on at LUCINA

CHROM
Do you think we'll know who she really is?

ROBIN
If she wants to tell us, she will but we shouldn't make her.

CHROM
Yeah of course

LINK then sits off by himself looking out of the ship, GANONDORF's words still ringing in his head. KIRBY then stands next to LINK and smiles at him

KIRBY
Poyo!

LINK cracks a smile

LINK
You are such an interesting creature

LATER

LUCINA is tending to RICHTER for a few moments before SONIC enters the room

LUCINA
Oh Sonic, what's going on?

SONIC
Just wanted to see how you are holding up?

LUCINA
After that fight, surprisingly I'm doing my best, can't say too much for our new friend here, he looks like he really went through a lot.

SONIC then sits next to LUCINA

SONIC
Hey Lucina, do you think it'd be wrong for you to let your parents know, that... well they're your parents

LUCINA sighs

LUCINA
I'd want nothing more than to say that but... There's alot going right now and putting that on them wouldn't help

SONIC
Well I'd think that with everything that's going on, it's best to say it now than to not say it at all

LUCINA
If I reveal who I am, I may not come to be

SONIC
I don't believe that. I think when you tell them, it assures that you'll be born. Because you are amazing, and they'd be crazy not to want you.

LUCINA cracks a smile and hugs SONIC which catches him off guard but he returns the hug

LUCINA
I'd never thought I'd have a friend like you

SONIC
Blue, super fast and incredibly good looking?

LUCINA chuckles as the two break the hug

LUCINA
Go, I'll think on what you said

SONIC then leaves the room, LUCINA has new resolve from hearing SONIC's words

The starship flies off into the portal

COMMAND VESSEL

The five ladies are still holding their own against WARIO, BOWSER JR. and the darkrealm forces. ZELDA pushes back a few soldiers using her magic, ROSALINA shields herself from BOWSER JR's attacks, PALUTENA is deflecting blasts from WARIO and PEACH and DAISY are dodging hits from soldiers and knocking them down. WARIO then gets pushed back by PALUTENA and in frustration charges his blaster to it's maximum power and fires it at them, PALUTENA creates a large shield to protect everyone and struggles to hold it against the blast, ZELDA is able to help diverge the blast away from them but it hits some of the escape pods

DAISY
That's not good right?

PALUTENA
No it is not

Some of the escape pods explode and create a hole in the ship. Everyone hangs on for dear life as the vacuum of space sucks out many of the dark realm forces, DAISY loses her grip but she is grabbed by PEACH and ROSALINA. PALUTENA is able to use her magic to seal the hole in the ship however major damage has been dealt to the ship and it is crashing down onto a planet below. In the confusion WARIO and BOWSER JR. are able to grab WALUIGI and get in one of the escape pods and get to safety. Only one escape pod remains, PALUTENA tries to get everyone inside it, there is enough room for PALUTENA to fit but she stops and looks back into the ship

ZELDA
Palutena what are you doing, c'mon we have to go!

PALUTENA looks somewhat saddened

ROSALINA
Wait, what are you doing?

PALUTENA
You have to go on without me

PEACH
No, there is no way we're leaving you here!

PALUTENA
Something is on this ship that I need to get to and If I make you wait there is a chance we all go down, this way at least only one of us might be lost

DAISY
Palutena no!

PALUTENA closes the escape pod

PALUTENA
Goodbye my friends

PALUTENA then rushes back into the ship as the escape pod jettisons from the command vessel
PALUTENA rushes down the corridors of the ship as explosions rip through the ship, PALUTENA reaches a large door and uses her magic to open it, PALUTENA somewhat smiles seeing what's on the other side of the door

PALUTENA
I had a feeling I sensed you

The command vessel is crashing down on a desert planet

Inside PALUTENA has created a shield in the room she's in and braces for impact, as the ship crashes into the ground everything goes black

LATER

FOX
We got two people inside

MEWTWO
These two individuals have immense power but are in a weakened state

FOX
Alright that might give us an advantage if they're not friendly

CAPTAIN FALCON
Rob, can you open the door?

The door opens, FOX, FALCO, CAPTAIN FALCON, PIT, MEWTWO, OLIMAR, JIGGLYPUFF and R.O.B are standing ready for a fight but stop once they see the people, PIT is shaking and lets out a soft shocked breath. PIT rushes in to see PALUTENA unconscious and tries to wake her up

PIT
Lady Palutena! Lady Palutena!

PALUTENA slowly opens her eyes to see PIT

PALUTENA
Pit? Is that you?

PIT hugs PALUTENA with tears in his eyes, FOX then notices a large cell in the room

FOX
Mewtwo is the other energy coming from behind this cell?

MEWTWO nods and opens the cell everyone is stunned and not quite sure what they are looking at

CAPTAIN FALCON
Wait a minute, they had ... A child here?

PIT then corrects CAPTAIN FALCON

PIT
That's not a child, that is the Goddess of Nature... Viridi

VIRIDI is then shown in the cell unconscious

SPACE

Hundreds of darkrealm ships are gathered above a desolate world, the nexus

STARSHIP

The villains (GANONDORF, BOWSER, KING K. ROOL, RIDLEY, DARK SAMUS, WOLF, BOWSER JR. WARIO and WALUIGI) are all gathered in a dark room standing side by side. Appearing before them as a hologram is ERAGUS

GANONDORF
Why did you make us retreat, you had us out there scouring the stars for something you need that you continue to not let us know what it is!

ERAGUS just remains quiet

GANONDORF
If you'd even really take this serious you would be here

ERAGUS then walks forward and reveals that he is actually in the room with them which causes all the villains to take a step back in fear

ERAGUS
You're right, I should tell you what I want. What I want is a staff, when I gave you the items to start the convergence, they were meant to be temporary solutions, if I do not get the staff the realms will collapse in on themselves, the staff is the only power able to permanently keep the realms together. I will admit my strategy of attacking world after world searching for clues to its location was flawed but I now I have a new one.

WOLF
And that is?

ERAGUS
Let them find the staff

Everyone looks amongst themselves with an expression "has he lost his mind"

ERAGUS
I assure you my mind is quite clear, in fact, my mind has seen the future and I see them getting to the staff, so we let them take us to it and once there we will hit them with everything we have and take the staff

GANONDORF
Wouldn't they just use the staff?

ERAGUS
None of you could wield it without it destroying you. The most they will do is try to prevent me from claiming it, but they will fail.

WOLF
So what happens now?

ERAGUS
We hide in the shadows, keep small patrols on planets and wait, wait until they reveal the location of the staff, then and only then do we strike

The villains look unsure

ERAGUS
I promised you that you would reign supreme over your domains, and I intended to keep that promise but how we go about that has changed. If you don't want to be apart of this, well please speak up now

Everyone stays quiet

ERAGUS
That is good, I'm glad that we still see the same goal. Soon, very soon everything will return to order.