Chapter 7: A Losing Battle
Mario stood petrified as C. Mario and C. Peach advanced. Taking one more worried glace at Peach, he assumed a fighting stance and prepared for battle. Sidestepping a golf club, Mario smashed his counterpart soundly. Being careful not to step on Peach, he ran over to C. Mario as he landed, and grabbed him. Spinning around vigorously, he threw C. Mario at the approaching C. Peach. Next, he jumped over and spiral kicked them as he landed, then caught them in a Mario Tornado.
As C. Mario and C. Peach flew into the air, they began to glow purple. In lieu of landing, they hovered over Mario and began to fire purple balls straight down at him. Mario yelped and darted away, contemplating his plan of attack. He looked at Peach again and saw that her entire wounded leg was turning black.
The rest of the smashers were each in a difficult battle as well. Falco fired a laser quickly and then used his Falco Phantasm. C. Falco retaliated with a swift roundhouse kick, sending Falco flying. C. Falco bounded over in pursuit and did a Reflector. Falco, flying away, was able to fire a laser before he landed. Rolling to his feet, the avian rushed over and grabbed his doppelganger. After kneeing him angrily, Falco tossed him down to the ground, fired a laser down, and then used his own Reflector. Taunting quickly, Falco didn't notice C. Kirby coming up from behind.
Kirby had been doing well in his battle, having sucked up C. Bowser's ability. However, his mistimed Brick attack had led him to the unfortunate location of C. Kirby's mouth. C. Kirby walked up and fired Kirby at Falco. Falco flew away, straight into C. Falco's clutches. Kirby landed and used his Final Cutter, following with a quick smash. Running up, Kirby engulfed himself in flames and collided with C. Kirby. C. Kirby responded with a flip-kick, sending Kirby into the air. C. Kirby quickly jumped and flip-kicked, then completed the combo with a Final Cutter. Kirby was stunned for a moment, and C. Kirby quickly smashed Bowser.
After recovering from C. Kirby's attack, Bowser found himself at the receiving end of a powerful headbutt from C. Bowser. C. Bowser then used a Bowser Bomb to add injury to injury. Bowser stood up slowly, but just in time to sidestep a Koopa Claw. Finally getting a chance to attack, Bowser grabbed his opponent and spun around, using his "Blender" throw. Then, he used Whirling Fortress on the airborne Koopa. As C. Bowser fell, Bowser jumped up slightly to impale C. Bowser with his shell. Finally, Bowser jumped up and slashed C. Bowser. Instead of flying away, though, C. Bowser dematerialized. Bowser took this as a sign of victory, and looked for allies that needed help.
Marth and Roy fell into that category. Both of their counterparts were vicious with their swordplay, and their glowing purple swords always seemed to supersede the smashers' attacks. Marth countered C. Marth's smash, but C. Roy's Blazer hit Roy squarely. C. Marth flew backward, but C. Roy caught him. The two crazy fighters then rushed their enemies together, simultaneously starting their sword-swinging combos. C. Marth's Dancing Blade impacted Marth, who was too slow to block. Roy sidestepped C. Roy's first attack of the Double-Edge Dance, but was unable to avoid the ensuing three. Bowser, seeing this, came from behind C. Roy and headbutted. C. Roy flew forward, and Roy used his Flare Blade. C. Marth, distracted, didn't notice Marth charging his Shield Breaker. Marth grinned as his attack caused C. Marth to dematerialize. Meanwhile, Bowser and Roy double-teamed C. Roy until the doppelganger disappeared as well.
C. Pikachu, meanwhile, resorted to its crazy powers. Launching purple bolts of electricity that went through Pikachu's regular blasts, C. Pikachu soon gained the advantage. C. Jigglypuff, meanwhile, glowed purple while singing, and fired a beam of musical notes at Jigglypuff, who fell asleep.
Crazy Clyne laughed and eyed Spiderman and Windu squarely. "Hmm…I must have forgotten to distract you two. Oh well, no matter."
"That's where you're wrong," Mace retorted, with his light saber at the ready.
"Help!" came a voice from behind them. Spiderman and Windu whirled around to see Thyra restrained on the opposite side of the room as Clyne.
"Thyra! How did you get here?" Spiderman gasped.
"Never mind! Get me down!"
Crazy Clyne chuckled and cleared his throat. "Forgetting about me?"
As Spiderman and Windu turned around anew, Spiderman's spider sense began to tingle. Seeing that Crazy Clyne was idle, he backflipped and turned his head around. Sure enough, Thyra was standing behind them, with darts at the ready. Mace had also avoided a dart meant for him.
"Traitor," Mace hissed, confronting her.
"Fine. Leave me with Chuckles here," Spiderman sighed.
Crazy Clyne chuckled. "Bring it on, arachnid."
(A/N: Uh-oh! The smashers are slowly defeating their enemies, but Mario is still all alone! And Thyra and Crazy Clyne will be a tough match for Spiderman and Mace Windu! Find out what happens in the final chapter, coming at some point.)