The Adventures of Ness and Marth

The Smash Brothers disappeared... except for two: Ness and Marth. They must work as a team to find the others, and then destroy whoever caused the others to disappear.

Action! Suspense! Mystery! Co-Fic!

SSBM belongs to Nintendo.

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~Chapter II... Act I~
(Marth's point of view...sarcasm alert matched with gory descriptions... read at own risk)

Well... I am now stuck between a rock ceiling, a rock floor, and a bubbling pool of molten lava... how fun. The agonizing screams of pain and anguish made it even more fun... yippee.

At least my cape had an almost-invisible ceramic lining that would help deflect extreme heat... I could survive for a few minutes more as I traced the path of the screams...

As I neared the source of the screams, they got louder, they were filled with more pain... they were shaken as if they were filled with fear. I understood that this was very serious. I ran faster that I usually could so I could save the victim before it was too late.

"Nothing can beat the music of hundreds of voices screaming in unison!" Kefka might say... but, I'm no Kefka. I panic when I hear voices of those I don't hate screaming in pain. I finally reached the source of the screams, only to find...

...Roy... with a behemoth.

It looks as if the behemoth was about to devour Roy... its bulk towered over me... its many muscles that represented its power could be seen... it's claws were caked in the old blood of its victims of long ago... its devilish eyes burned with the fires of hatred and rage... its teeth glistened in the light as they were closed in a grin that only Lucifer could love...

I drew my sword, Falchion. The behemoth noticed this, however, and charged towards me. I was too fast for it... I slashed its side, breaking through its semi-scaly skin, causing it to bleed...

It seemed to be surprised that I could damage it... I quickly began to charge my blade as it ran towards me, fury glowing in its eyes... as soon as it almost slashed me, I slashed it with my fully charged blade, sending it reeling... it landed into the lava. It screamed a high-pitched scream of agony as it burned in the lava.

Roy was ok... he had a few deep cuts in his arm which I could repair easily with a cure spell of sorts. He didn't speak, neither did I... I just handed him the Sword of Seals and we were on our way.

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~Chapter II... Act II~
(Ness's point of view)

I had to continue what I was doing before Ukime rudely interrupted... and that was to find a stairway. I looked around for one, and just then, I noticed four cages in the wall with very familiar people in them... Young Link, Kirby, and the Ice Climbers... and I could sense the fear they felt...

I heard a rattling behind me... soon enough, Ukime stood before me, pissed... and when I say pissed, I mean really, really pissed. You can see it in her face... red with anger. Fire in her eyes, her knuckles were white because she held her hands in tight fists.

"You can never win, loser... I'LL BEAT YOU!" she screamed.

"Talk is cheap... let's see you try," I calmly said.

She charges towards me, resembling an angry bull if she were not human... I merely dodged, and she ran into the wall. What an idiot...

"ARGH!!!" She became even more pissed. She charged towards me again... but this time, I tripped her. She fell face-first onto the ground. I just had to laugh... boy, is she ever an easy opponent when she is angry.

Then, she started her wave of magical attacks... but, since she was so angry, she missed every time she tried to aim at me. One Ice spell almost hit me, but I carefully dodged it, and it hit the wall.

"PK Thunder!" I shouted as I sent the bolt of thunder after her. The bolt of thunder hit its target (Ukime's butt)... but that just made her angrier. Seems like I have to trap her somewhere to stop her...

Seems like one of her Bolt spells triggered a trap... a cage fell from the ceiling and trapped Ukime within it. Like a raging bull, she tried to pry her way through the titanium bars... but it was no use.

Using my psy powers, I pried the locks to the cages that contained Young Link, Kirby, and the Ice Climbers open, and I set them free.

"What is this place? We were waiting for you to come out to the courtyard, Ness, then this man appeared," Young Link said.

"Thank you for saving us," Nana said.

"It's not safe here," Kirby pointed out as he was creating a warp star. "Young Link, Ice Climbers, climb on to this Warp Star with me... we gotta go back to the SSBM Headquarters!

"Got it," Popo said.

Young Link, Kirby, and the Ice Climbers climbed on to the warp star, and warped away. Now, my main priority was to find Marth...

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~Chapter II... Act III~
(Marth's point of view)

The heat of this cavern was becoming unbearable... I tried my best to find my way out, and Roy followed closely behind me. We have been in here for what seemed like hours, the heat made it seem longer, but there was no exit in sight...

"This cavern seems to be quite solid, Marth... and, it's hot..." Roy said as he searched the walls for some sort of secret passage.

"We need to keep trying," I calmly said... but, how could I act so calm when I was close to panicking inside?

Roy kept searching... I decided to help, even though I was not at all an expert at this, I got out the device I made in my free time that was similar to the Lens of Truth and I tried to help. It seems that we have searched every little corner of this cavern... wait, what about the cell that Roy was trapped in?

"Roy, did we check the cell you were trapped in yet?" I asked.

"I guess not... hold on a sec." Roy ran over to the cell, and checked the walls. "Marth, I found something..."

I used the device I made on the wall... it was a secret passage, but it was a puzzle as well, a puzzle that I did not know the answer to, nor have I seen it before. But, Roy knew about it...

"This is the Red Door Puzzle," he said.

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~Chapter II... Act IV~
(Ness's point of view)

I opened the door at the end of the corridor, and it led to another corridor, and the next door led to another corridor... these corridors are driving me nuts! It's a big maze, here to drive me utterly mad... I can't allow that!

I used my ESP to study my surroundings... it looks like that door I was going through led through the same corridor, and I was going in circles. I tested that theory by going back through the door instead of forward... and yes, I did end up in the same room where I battled Ukime.

How was I going to correct this? I looked near the door, and by it was a small, but familiar puzzle... the Red Door puzzle.

"Crap," I thought... "This is going to take a while..."

Strangely, I noticed that some of the pieces were moving on their own... I moved some pieces into place also, remembering what the Red Door looked like so I could complete the puzzle. Eventually, I completed the puzzle, and the door opened for me... it didn't lead to a corridor this time, it led to stairs!

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~Chapter II... Act V~
(Marth's point of view)

I noticed that the puzzle was solving itself... strange puzzle, puzzles don't normally do that... unless either this puzzle is rigged or someone else is solving the puzzle. I just stood there and tried to solve what I can. When the puzzle was complete, and the Red Door was formed, the wall slid aside, leading to stairs.

"This is our escape," I said.

"Here, talk is useless. We should go instead of talk," said Roy as he began to climb the stairs. I nodded, and followed.

These stairs were narrow, and cavelike... the railings were held up by stalagmites in the floor of this stairway, and it was like an oven... A door in front of us opened...

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~The Author's Place To Rant~
(you may skip this part... it is recommended that you do)

TKF: So, Kefka... did you enjoy writing that?

Kefka: I liked the description of the Behemoth best...

Roy: It was scary... I don't think I'll be able to sleep for a few days without an overdosage of sleeping pills...

Marth: Meh... who needs sleep when this world can kill you while you sleep?

Roy: Now you're scaring me, Marth...

TKF: I wrote it while listening to some music by System of a Down.

Kefka: Of course... you can never write a fic without heavy metal music these days...

TKF: Not your problem, Kefka. Anyways, what's behind the door? BlueMage15 and
Ness will reveal that!