Hi everyone! This is the end of the round one battles. I hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I only own Pi2 and Scales.
Scales looked out the window of the lounge, tense. In only moments, it would be her turn to fight. She was really quite anxious. She glanced at Razorbeard, who was sharpening his beard and whistling "Fifteen men on a dead man's chest." He looked very confident of victory, unlike her. Scales looked back at the window. The forklift had just finished taking the boulder off of Grunty, and she was being escorted to the medical ward. Chaos had opted to watch the match from his room, and had left. Scales had good reason to be anxious. She had never fought before. Well, not in her current form at least. She was more used to the powerhouse that had been her original form. She didn't know if she could pull this through. She looked at the crowd, trying to see her friends. Her enhanced vision quickly spotted them. Shadow and Sonic were chatting with everyone else, placing personal bets and the like. Shadow looked confident. He obviously had faith in her. She wished she could say the same. Her viewing was interrupted by the P. A. system. "Scales, Razorbeard, please report to the arena now. Oh, and Scales, I would like to remind you that your Chaos Control technique cannot be used to its full extent. You may only use it to move at super speed, like Fox's Fox Illusion or Falco's Falco Phantasm, but you may not freeze time or warp. Got that? Good. Have a nice match." Said Pi2.
Razorbeard chuckled. "Yarr, looks like I'll be feasting on roast lizard tonight, mateys."
Scales scowled at the machine. "We'll see how confident you are when I rip you apart piece by piece."
He grinned. "Uneasy, are ye? Aye, that'll make it an easier victory then."
As he walked for the door, Scales blinked. Had it really been that obvious? She frowned. She would have to be more careful with what she said from now on. She couldn't let her emotions slip like that. Shadow was always better at that sort of thing. As the artificial life form headed for the door, she pondered her purpose some more. Shadow and her friends had faith in her. They needed the money. She could not lose, even though Chaos was there as a sort of backup. Too much rode on this. I can't let them down. We'll never get home back without the prize. She thought. Her eyes narrowed. I am the prototype ultimate life form. I will win this.
The stage was set. A large brownish platform, with pillars and a shrine of some sort in the background. It was the core of the Space Colony ARK. "Ladies and gentlemen, the battle will begin in 3" Razorbeard flew up in a hovercraft. He jumped out, the hovercraft flying away. "2" Scales warped to the stage using Chaos Control. "1Go!"
Razorbeard leisurely transformed both of his arms into their deadlier forms. Scales kept her eyes on her opponent, not making a move. Scales could unconsciously feel everyone's eyes on her. She shrugged it off. She waited for Razorbeard to make his move. The two stood there, watching each other for a few minutes, like something from a Western movie. Then Razorbeard started to raise his cannon arm. Reacting on instinct, the Biolizard leaped over the cannonball that was immediately fired. Using a double jump, she positioned herself over Razorbeard's head, then performed a Dragon Dive. She shot downwards at the pirate. Her body flaming. Razorbeard didn't move quickly enough, and got hit. Angrily, he swiped at the experimental animal with his hook, missing. Scales leapt behind him and slashed at him with her front claws, tearing into the metal. Razorbeard spun around and fired his cannon, but the lizard was already airborne by that point. Scales pulled off another Dragon Dive, but the pirate rolled out of the way just in time. Before Scales could get up, the robot slashed at her life support with his hook, damaging it. Scales roared in pain, hitting the pirate squarely in the chest with a powerful kick from her raptor talons. Razorbeard staggered back then tried firing his cannon again, missing once more and barely dodging another Dragon Dive. Razorbeard backflipped away from Scales as she slashed at him with her claws, trying to get a safe distance away from the Chaos-fueled reptile. Razorbeard leapt over Scales' arm, kicking her in the jaw. As she staggered back, Razorbeard fired his cannon, hitting Scales in the chest with the explosive. The pirate laughed as Scales screeched in pain, right until Scales' foot made contact with his jaw. As his head spun, (literally) Scales jumped in the air, pulling off a Homing Kick that knocked Razorbeard across the arena. Razorbeard fired his cannon arm. Scales immediately used Chaos Control, moving so fast that she left after-images behind her. At her speed, she was easily able to grab the explosive in midair and carry it back to a surprised Razorbeard. He cursed as the incredibly fast Scales leapt over his head, dropping the cannonball. It exploded, completely destroying his nifty captain's hat. "Argh! Ye scurvy snake! I'm bald! Now everyone can see me unprotected head!" he moaned, totally disregarding the fact that all robots were naturally bald.
"Well, what are you going to do about it chrome dome?" she replied.
Razorbeard yelled and charged, waving his hook. Little rockets in his feet ignited, causing him to move faster. He slashed a surprised Scales in the chest, resulting in a long cut. As she clutched the cut, Razorbeard attempted to get another hit at her life support system. He completely forgot about her long tail. Her fifth appendage cracked, smashing into Razorbeard and knocking him into a pillar. Scales let go of her chest and ran at Razorbeard. As he tried to pry himself from the pillar, she hit him with a Homing Kick, causing him to smash right through the pillar and out the other side. He groaned and got to his feet. His cams widened in disbelief when he saw his right arm lying on the ground a few feet away, severed by the impact of being driven through a few feet of stone. It was easy to say that the pirate captain was now sufficiently pissed. His eyes went red. "YOU F&*@!#$ LIZARD, THAT WAS ME CUTTING ARM!" The enraged robot ran at Scales, firing multiple cannonballs. The lizard easily dodged all of the explosives, running towards Razorbeard while under fire. The pirate grinned, a scary look in his eyes. "Oho, think it's that easy do ya girly? Well, take THIS!" He fired an incredibly powerful cannonball at Scales, one with a homing mechanism to keep it from missing.
As Scales saw the cannonball, hurtling towards her, she smiled and uttered two words. "ChaosControl!" The black emerald in her life support flared to life, giving her the power boost she needed. She ran at sublight speed, once more snatching the cannonball out of thin air, holding it away from her to keep it from getting any closer and exploding. Razorbeard tried to move out of the way, but she was moving too fast. She ran right past him, slam dunking the ball into the cannon as she ran past.
Razorbeard didn't even have time to curse as the cannon exploded, costing him his left arm. Now he was really mad. "ALL RIGHT, THAT DOES IT! HAVE A TASTE OF THE RAZORBEARD SPECIAL, BITCH!" His beard launched from his chin, unfolding into a buzzsaw blade. It started spinning frantically, eager to shed blood. The saw blade spun after Scales, homing in on its target.
Scales turned to see the blade. She was surprised to see that her Chaos-enhanced speed was unable to put distance between her and the powerful weapon. The thing was getting closer and closer. She quickly formulated a plan. She slowed down, breaking into a normal run. She would need her regular speed to pull this off. As the blade ate up the distance between them, Scales ran straight for a pillar. As she was about to crash into it, she jumped, running up the side for a second before flipping off. The saw passed right under her, imbedding itself with a shower of sparks into the stone. She smirked and walked back towards the furious Razorbeard. She stopped in front of the pirate, who was too weakened by the loss of limbs to attack. Not like he had anything left to attack with, anyway. "Well Razorbeard, it seems to me you have two options. You can either forfeit the match or try to keep fighting and get thrown off the stage. It's your choice."
Razorbeard stayed silent for a moment, stalling for time as the blade pulled itself free from the pillar and started spinning right for Scales, who didn't know it was coming up behind her. "Well, I chooseNEITHER!" Scales' keen hearing caught the whine of the buzzsaw. She leapt into the air. The blade spun right underneath her, decapitating Razorbeard. His eyes flickered. "Good" His eyes went black. His neck sparked a little, and then his whole body fell over.
Razorbeard's crew angrily aimed all of their weapons at the lizard that had killed their captain, but Pi2 intervened. "Hey you guys there, put your weapons down or I'll electrify the lot of you! I'll have Razorbeard fixed up later. Now, due to the pirate's decapitation, I declare Scales the winner of this match! Congratulations to everyone who cleared this round! The next one will start tomorrow afternoon, so all you Smashers can rest up and train. You deserve it!" The stage faded, and Scale sand Razorbeard's corpse were lowered to the ground. As all the spectators and her brother cheered, she just stood there, slightly bemused and shocked. I did itI can't believe I actually did it! She burst into a wide grin as she strode back to the lounge, secure in the knowledge that she could really win this thing.
And so ends round one! The next couple of chapters will have less to no action, as the Smashers kick back and relax for the coming round 2. I appreciate all of you who have stayed on this long, and next chapter will be one you will not want to miss! Stay tuned!
Next time: The Smashers and losers relax. Mewtwo gets a visit from his mom and friends. Majora has a run-in with Skull Kid. Gary, Oxygen, Boo, K. Rool, Cortex, and Razorbeard all languish in the bar and their reasons for entering the tournament are revealed. Grunty's sisters come up with something that seriously cheers up the failed witch. Heinrich stays in his cage. Garm is in a coma, still. Bowser doesn't do much of anything. Scales gets a pep talk from her brother. Wario has a serious talk with Waluigi. Chaos gets a call from his girlfriend. (Yes, Chaos has a girlfriend!) Ganondorf has a run-in with his rival from the last game. How will all of these encounters turn out? Find out next time onSuper Smash Bosses!