Chapter Seventeen: Secret Characters vs. Master Hand
"Ur!" called some one in Metal Mario's dream. Who was it? He didn't know. He opened his eyes. The explosion killing his master and his friends was too vivid to be real. When he saw nothing, he thought the explosion had happened.
It was only the darkness. Nightmares! He was put in the room marked 'Nightmares.' Master Hand had done this to him. He would get his revenge. Metal Mario got up and jumped towards the door.
"Revenge!" called Metal Mario, grabbing the door knob, breaking it.
"Luigi! Wake up!" called Mario to his brother, shaking him.
"Wha?" he asked, looking at his brother in a unstable manner. His eye twitched for a moment before stopping.
"Where...Where am I?" he asked, looking around at the others with him. They were all there except for Purple Fox and Purple Kirby. Purple Pikachu was there, but was unconscious. The back of his head was caved in, looking like half his head was gone.
Luigi then looked at the cage they were in. Lasers were blocking their exit. Luigi clone was standing guard.
"Don't touch the lasers, Samus lost a piece of her armor trying to get out," said Mario, pointing at the chunk of metal on the ground, outside the cage.
"All you have to do is press the button on the side over there," said Luigi, pointing at the red casing on the wall across from them.
"Is that all?" asked Link, looking hard at the case.
"There's one catch, though. If you touch it in the wrong pattern, it'll explode, possibly killing the brave man who saves us."
"That's horrible!" said Samus, smiling under her helmet.
"Not only that, but they have to be strong to defeat my clone."
"How are we going to defeat him if we're stuck in here?" asked Link.
"I wonder if Metal Mario is still around," asked DK, remembering the certain pain from earlier.
"If only he could come and save us," said Captain Falcon.
"Yah!" cried Kirby, who got a little to close to the laser. He was small enough to get through the lasers, but they kept changing patterns. He then started staring at them, watching closly.
"What is he doing?" asked Luigi.
"Ness came up with a plan that if Kirby found the pattern in the laser bars, he could sneak out and find Metal Mario. Luigi would follow him, but it would be useless, giving us time to get Pikachu through," whispered Fox. Luigi clone looked at them, but turned away when they looked back.
Kirby continued to stare at the laser bars and slowly went into a trance.
"Hey, what is he doing?" cried Luigi, but was hushed by Ness.
"He's in a trance to find the pattern. He'll find it easier doing that."
"Oh," muttered Luigi, watching Kirby. He almost went to sleep himself.
Kirby saw the flashing red bars. RED, screamed the voice from a while back. He ignored it and focused on the laser bars.
'I'm still here, Kirby,' said Red, laughing at him.
-You can't effect me anymore-
'Is that so?' asked red, walking towards Kirby.
-Get out of my mind-
'Sadly, I can't do that.'
-Why?-
'You have to beat in a real battle, to find the pattern.'
-Then fight!-
Kirby launched himself forward, head-butting Red. He fell back, but flipped over nd caught his footing. He then shot out a lighting bolt that hit him. Kirby caught on fire, put jumped out of the flames. Red jumped at him and he sucked him up. Kirby, knowing he wouldn't get the pattern if Red was gone, shot him off the platform. this is when Kirby saw the stage. It was one small platform with two smaller, leveled platforms above it, and one small platform above them in the middle.
Red landed back on the platform, but Kirby knocked him back off, so far he couldn't jump back.
-You die now!- he called after Red. He just laughed. He shot out a thunder bolt that swung around and hit him. The energy blast from it sent him straight at Kirby. Kirby sucked him up and stole his power. However, Red didn't disappear. Kirby threw a PK Fire at him, but he held up a shield that absorbed the energy. Red charged Kirby and knocked him off the stage. Kirby tried jumping back onto the stage, but Red wouldn't allow him back on. Kirby was running out of air to jump on.
'It is your mind,' said a new voice, similar to Red's.
-Huh?-
'Recreat an old move to win,' said Ness, showing himself.
Final Cutter!
'Yah!' Kirby shot up and landed on top of Red, he was sent off stage. Ness disappeared. Kirby thanked him.
Red got back on the stage.
'You'll pay for that,' he threatened.
-I don't think so- Kirby ran up to him, grabbed him and shot forward, over the ledge and down.
'Aaaaaaaaah!' cried Red, hitting the bottom first, being erased from Kirby's mind.
Everything was black, except for the red. Red? No, just the light. The lasers. Kirby saw them flashing before him, some brighter, showing him a way out for himself and Pikachu.
"He's awake," said Ness, two seconds before Kirby woke up. Kirby turned around and looked at Fox. He was closest to the lasers. The balloon ran towards him, jumped up ontop and jumped through a hole in the lasers.
"What?" cried Luigi's Clone, falling back as the pink blob jumped at him. Kirby made a face at him and ran off.
"You little sac of mush!" Luigi Clone ran out after him.
The heroes waited patiently for someone to come. They totally forgot about Pikachu escaping.
Luigi's Clone returned.
"I'll kill that thing when I get the chance," he muttered, cursing Kirby.
"I wonder if Kirby found some one that will help us?" asked DK, looking at the others anxiously.
"You mean some one like me?" called some one, walking in through the door.
"Hey, you're not suppose to be in here!" said Luigi. Metal Mario grabbed him by the throat and threw him at the lasers.
"Good one!" celebrated Luigi, looking at the smoldering remains of his clone.
"Now to get you all out!" Metal Mario pulled back his arm and hit the laser. Kirby, who entered right after him, yelled no in his language. The clone thought it would reflect and make an opening for them to get out of. It didn't work. His arm was gone, with silvery blood slowly coming out.
"Arg!" he said, grabbing the stump of his arm.
"You need to hit that red casing, Metal Mario," said Luigi, pointing at it on the wall. Metal Mario looked at it and hit it with his left hand. It came open, revealing several buttons. Four by four.
"I know that it is the second button, then the first on the second row, and the fourth on the last row. I don't now what is on the third row."
"I'll take the chance!" said Metal Mario, hitting the second button. He then hit the first button on the second row. He paused for a moment, thinking off the nightmare he had. It was a great explosion killing everyone in this room.
He then pressed the third button. Nothing happened.
Metal Mario sighed and hit the fourth button on the fourth row. The whole wall exploded, forcing the occupants in the cage to hit the far wall.
through the smoke, they saw that the lasers had been shut off.
As the smoke cleared, they saw nothing but rubble where Metal Mario had stood.
"NO!" cried Luigi, running out to the pile, trying to dig out Metal Mario. Samus and Fox pulled him away.
"We got to go, Luigi!" said Fox, almost being punched in the nose.
"No, we can't leave him!" yelled Luigi, trying to get free of their grasp.
"You said it yourself, there was a chance he'll die, and he did, now lets go!" With this, Luigi was pulled out of the room. DK grabbed Purple Pikachu and carried him out of the ominous room.
The pile of rubble slightly moved.
They made their way back to the dreadful door, marked 'Master Hand.' The remains of Purple Fox and Purple Kirby were still there. Purple Pikachu, who woke on the way there, was looking at his lost friends.
"Dang it!" said Mario, looking at Purple Fox's caved in face. Purple Pikachu started to cry, but he stopped after of few seconds. He then shot a blast of electricity at the door. It had no effect.
"Lets go," said Mario, opening the baneful, double doors. They all entered. They all hoped to come out of it alive. Only one would make it to the end.
"Back again, I see," said the evil hand, waving his fingers at them. Mario saw the black hole where he had ripped the glove part of him. Sparks didn't emit from it anymore, but it gave you a feeling of dread. Samus would like that.
"Yes, but this time, we won't be defeated!" cried Luigi, going into a stance. Suddnely, the hand slapped the ground. A few energy bolts shot out and hit everyone but Luigi, Captain Falcon, Jigglypuff, Ness, and Purple Pikachu.
The thunder bolts paralyzed them, making them unable to move.
"I'll deal with the Secret Characters for right now," said Master Hand, moving up and down, waiting for an attack. Luigi abruptly got out of his stance and stood straight as a board.
"Wa?" asked Master Hand.
"You are using your full strength this time, aren't you?" asked Luigi, not moving from his position.
"Yes, but why do you ask?"
"You could have killed all of us at anytime. You just wanted to see if we could make it this far. You corrupted Jigglypuff, Ness, Captain Falcon, and me so that there would be a challenge for the Original Characters. It is complicated, but you just wanted what you wanted. You are nothing but a child in your real world. Here, though, you can control anyone at will. So why don't you fight us in your real world?"
"I would, but then I would be nothing more than a human child again. For now, I will reduce myself to a mortal state so you can 'try' to defeat me. It won't help, though, because I have more power than you realize."
"We'll see about that. So, is it a deal?"
"Want to shake on it?"
"No, I'll just take your word."
"Fine!" Master Hand, then, went into a meditative state. Energy surrounded him and flew off, showing he was doing what he was asked do. With a slight explosion, he was ready.
"I did what you asked, so you ready to fight?" asked the hand, preparing to attack. Luigi and the others were ready before him.
"Yeah!" screamed Luigi, hitting Master Hand hard in the palm.
"Arg!" he cried, before turning to hit Luigi. He was gone before he could grab him.
Captain Falcon charged up and punched at Master Hand with full force. This left a dent in his pinkie. Jigglypuff started to slap him in numerous places. Ness was hitting Master Hand with all his psychic powers and his specail bat and yo-yo. Purple Pikachu was staying in place, pretending to be paralyzed like the others. He was scared stiff now that he actually had to face Master Hand. He hated being heroic, especially when his master was out cold.
Luigi ducked a slap and did his coin attack. Ness came around with a PK Thunder. Captain Falcon did his Falcon Kick, nearly falling off the edge. Jigglypuff was singing to Master Hand. It wasn't working, giving Master Hand the chance he needed. With a quick swap, Jigglypuff was falling down. This time, however, fire replaced the empty space. Jigglypuff screamed a scream that could wake any dead soul.
That was what Evil Kirby felt, as he came out of hiding.
-Dang it!- he cried, looking around where he was. He had run away so fast he hadn't realized where he was going. He was near the 'Confinement' rooms. He used to be in there, but he was let free when he was needed to do Master Hand's bidding. He now knew that if Master Hand was willing to kill one of his trusted warriors, he was no longer going to need clones with minds. He went into the jail room to release all of them. He was suprised to see none of the clones in there. One of the walls had been blown down, but that was all. He then saw something glittering across the floor. Silver blood?
Kirby went to look at it, but he then realized he was also standing in Luigi Clone's blood. Master Hand's handy work, obviously. He took what was left of Luigi and started to bury them in the rubble. A hand shot out and grabbed him.
"Who goes there?" asked a metallic voice.
-Kirby Clone! I mean you no harm!- yelled the evil balloon. Metal Mario released him and he rose up, looking at Kirby. Kirby then saw that Metal Mario had his eyes blown away. There was nothing there but a big hole across his face. His mouth was only attached by a single jaw hinge. His metal hat was in shreds and so were his clothes.
-What happened?- asked Kirby, not really wanting to know.
"I saved my master, Luigi. He tried to dig me out, but they thought I was dead. It wasn't their fault, but I need to show them I'm alive. Let's go find them."
-They probably went to fight Master Hand.-
"Then let's go save them!" cried Metal Mario, grabbing the balloon and taking off. The explosion had returned his video link. That was all he needed. Except for luck and enough strength.
"Jigglypuff!" cried Captain Falcon, seeing the balloon explode as she was covered in the furious flames. Captain Falcon was mad now.
"Awe, is your sweet heart dead, now?" asked Master Hand, slapping at Ness and Luigi.
"No, but at least I don't...Arg!" Master Hand swept behind Captain Falcon, hitting him off the stage. He met the same fate as Jigglypuff. Master Hand laughed, but didn't see the attack from Ness in time.
"PK Thunder!" cried the kid, doing huge damage by hitting the ripped part of the glove.
"Urrr!" muttered Master Hand, back-handing Ness. He hit the stage hard, almost into unconscious. Luigi did his tornado attack, doing minimal damage. Master Hand waved him off and did his own tornado at Ness. Luigi kicked the kid out of the way and dodged the attack at the same time. Master Hand was getting frustrated, now. He was having second thoughts about being mortal. He was about to do something drastic. With a quick dodge, he slammed into Luigi, knocking him down into Ness. Master Hand started to become immortal.
"Hey, you can't do that!" bellowed Luigi, trying to get up. The power emitting from Master Hand kept him down, though.
Metal Mario reached the door marked 'Master Hand' and opened it.
"You're going to have to aim me where Master Hand's middle is," said Metal Mario to Evil Kirby.
-Okay,- he said, not really certain it would work.
"I'm going to jump onto his memory board. If I do, his circuit units will fry and we won't be in this evil world anymore. Only if I hit the memory board, though."
-Okay, but I don't know if I can give you a good hit or not.-
"If I miss, my weight from this high up will keep him at bay for a while. Enough for them to attack the memory board. Now aim me!"
-Okay,- said Kirby, looking into the room. He didn't see anything until he looked down. Master Hand was becoming immortal again. He aimed Metal Mario and then pushed him off with all his might. Metal Mario fell, not even remembering the plan.
"Almost there!" said Master Hand, starting to get larger. Suddenly, with a horrific crunch, Metal Mario landed in the middle of Master Hand.
"Erg!" cried Metal Mario, feeling his metal body bend from the impact. He couldn't move anything. His mouth was stuck tight, and he had to tell them what was going on. If only he could remember.
"What the..." said Master Hand, going unconscious. Mario and the others started to get up, no longer under the influence of Master Hand's thunder bolts. Purple Pikachu cheered as Yoshi got up, unharmed.
"Estroy a emery ord!" said Metal Mario through clinched teeth.
"Destroy what?" asked Mario, trying to make sense of what he meant. Metal Mario had to think for a second, before he could remember the plan.
"Estroy a iddle ov a und."
"Destroy the middle of the hand?" asked Ness, slowly getting up from his crash.
"Es!" Metal Hand.
"Okay," said Ness, jumping up onto the hand and went to where the middle finger met the actual hand.
"Here?"
"Es!"
"Okay, PK...Ah!" Master Hand suddenly caught up with reality and shook Metal Mario and Ness off.
"That hurt you useless piece of lead!" cried Master Hand, pulling back to hit Metal Mario.
"No!" cried Luigi, pushing Metal Mario out of the way. Luigi was hit and was sent flying off. Master hand pulled back again and then shot three bullets. One hit Ness and the other two hit Metal Mario.
Ness followed Luigi down to the fire, but Metal Mario stayed in place.
Mario fell to his knees, seeing his brother, conterpart, and friend die before his eyes. He then thought of something.
"Master Hand!" he called.
"Yes?"
"You can no longer be immortal."
"Why is that?"
"We won't give you the time." In a burst of energy, Mario and the others, except Purple Pikachu, charged at Master Hand. The evil monster sweat-dropped and backed away from the onslaught of good.
"You will die!" screamed one of the Original Characters. Master Hand was in trouble, but not for long.
"Ur!" called some one in Metal Mario's dream. Who was it? He didn't know. He opened his eyes. The explosion killing his master and his friends was too vivid to be real. When he saw nothing, he thought the explosion had happened.
It was only the darkness. Nightmares! He was put in the room marked 'Nightmares.' Master Hand had done this to him. He would get his revenge. Metal Mario got up and jumped towards the door.
"Revenge!" called Metal Mario, grabbing the door knob, breaking it.
"Luigi! Wake up!" called Mario to his brother, shaking him.
"Wha?" he asked, looking at his brother in a unstable manner. His eye twitched for a moment before stopping.
"Where...Where am I?" he asked, looking around at the others with him. They were all there except for Purple Fox and Purple Kirby. Purple Pikachu was there, but was unconscious. The back of his head was caved in, looking like half his head was gone.
Luigi then looked at the cage they were in. Lasers were blocking their exit. Luigi clone was standing guard.
"Don't touch the lasers, Samus lost a piece of her armor trying to get out," said Mario, pointing at the chunk of metal on the ground, outside the cage.
"All you have to do is press the button on the side over there," said Luigi, pointing at the red casing on the wall across from them.
"Is that all?" asked Link, looking hard at the case.
"There's one catch, though. If you touch it in the wrong pattern, it'll explode, possibly killing the brave man who saves us."
"That's horrible!" said Samus, smiling under her helmet.
"Not only that, but they have to be strong to defeat my clone."
"How are we going to defeat him if we're stuck in here?" asked Link.
"I wonder if Metal Mario is still around," asked DK, remembering the certain pain from earlier.
"If only he could come and save us," said Captain Falcon.
"Yah!" cried Kirby, who got a little to close to the laser. He was small enough to get through the lasers, but they kept changing patterns. He then started staring at them, watching closly.
"What is he doing?" asked Luigi.
"Ness came up with a plan that if Kirby found the pattern in the laser bars, he could sneak out and find Metal Mario. Luigi would follow him, but it would be useless, giving us time to get Pikachu through," whispered Fox. Luigi clone looked at them, but turned away when they looked back.
Kirby continued to stare at the laser bars and slowly went into a trance.
"Hey, what is he doing?" cried Luigi, but was hushed by Ness.
"He's in a trance to find the pattern. He'll find it easier doing that."
"Oh," muttered Luigi, watching Kirby. He almost went to sleep himself.
Kirby saw the flashing red bars. RED, screamed the voice from a while back. He ignored it and focused on the laser bars.
'I'm still here, Kirby,' said Red, laughing at him.
-You can't effect me anymore-
'Is that so?' asked red, walking towards Kirby.
-Get out of my mind-
'Sadly, I can't do that.'
-Why?-
'You have to beat in a real battle, to find the pattern.'
-Then fight!-
Kirby launched himself forward, head-butting Red. He fell back, but flipped over nd caught his footing. He then shot out a lighting bolt that hit him. Kirby caught on fire, put jumped out of the flames. Red jumped at him and he sucked him up. Kirby, knowing he wouldn't get the pattern if Red was gone, shot him off the platform. this is when Kirby saw the stage. It was one small platform with two smaller, leveled platforms above it, and one small platform above them in the middle.
Red landed back on the platform, but Kirby knocked him back off, so far he couldn't jump back.
-You die now!- he called after Red. He just laughed. He shot out a thunder bolt that swung around and hit him. The energy blast from it sent him straight at Kirby. Kirby sucked him up and stole his power. However, Red didn't disappear. Kirby threw a PK Fire at him, but he held up a shield that absorbed the energy. Red charged Kirby and knocked him off the stage. Kirby tried jumping back onto the stage, but Red wouldn't allow him back on. Kirby was running out of air to jump on.
'It is your mind,' said a new voice, similar to Red's.
-Huh?-
'Recreat an old move to win,' said Ness, showing himself.
Final Cutter!
'Yah!' Kirby shot up and landed on top of Red, he was sent off stage. Ness disappeared. Kirby thanked him.
Red got back on the stage.
'You'll pay for that,' he threatened.
-I don't think so- Kirby ran up to him, grabbed him and shot forward, over the ledge and down.
'Aaaaaaaaah!' cried Red, hitting the bottom first, being erased from Kirby's mind.
Everything was black, except for the red. Red? No, just the light. The lasers. Kirby saw them flashing before him, some brighter, showing him a way out for himself and Pikachu.
"He's awake," said Ness, two seconds before Kirby woke up. Kirby turned around and looked at Fox. He was closest to the lasers. The balloon ran towards him, jumped up ontop and jumped through a hole in the lasers.
"What?" cried Luigi's Clone, falling back as the pink blob jumped at him. Kirby made a face at him and ran off.
"You little sac of mush!" Luigi Clone ran out after him.
The heroes waited patiently for someone to come. They totally forgot about Pikachu escaping.
Luigi's Clone returned.
"I'll kill that thing when I get the chance," he muttered, cursing Kirby.
"I wonder if Kirby found some one that will help us?" asked DK, looking at the others anxiously.
"You mean some one like me?" called some one, walking in through the door.
"Hey, you're not suppose to be in here!" said Luigi. Metal Mario grabbed him by the throat and threw him at the lasers.
"Good one!" celebrated Luigi, looking at the smoldering remains of his clone.
"Now to get you all out!" Metal Mario pulled back his arm and hit the laser. Kirby, who entered right after him, yelled no in his language. The clone thought it would reflect and make an opening for them to get out of. It didn't work. His arm was gone, with silvery blood slowly coming out.
"Arg!" he said, grabbing the stump of his arm.
"You need to hit that red casing, Metal Mario," said Luigi, pointing at it on the wall. Metal Mario looked at it and hit it with his left hand. It came open, revealing several buttons. Four by four.
"I know that it is the second button, then the first on the second row, and the fourth on the last row. I don't now what is on the third row."
"I'll take the chance!" said Metal Mario, hitting the second button. He then hit the first button on the second row. He paused for a moment, thinking off the nightmare he had. It was a great explosion killing everyone in this room.
He then pressed the third button. Nothing happened.
Metal Mario sighed and hit the fourth button on the fourth row. The whole wall exploded, forcing the occupants in the cage to hit the far wall.
through the smoke, they saw that the lasers had been shut off.
As the smoke cleared, they saw nothing but rubble where Metal Mario had stood.
"NO!" cried Luigi, running out to the pile, trying to dig out Metal Mario. Samus and Fox pulled him away.
"We got to go, Luigi!" said Fox, almost being punched in the nose.
"No, we can't leave him!" yelled Luigi, trying to get free of their grasp.
"You said it yourself, there was a chance he'll die, and he did, now lets go!" With this, Luigi was pulled out of the room. DK grabbed Purple Pikachu and carried him out of the ominous room.
The pile of rubble slightly moved.
They made their way back to the dreadful door, marked 'Master Hand.' The remains of Purple Fox and Purple Kirby were still there. Purple Pikachu, who woke on the way there, was looking at his lost friends.
"Dang it!" said Mario, looking at Purple Fox's caved in face. Purple Pikachu started to cry, but he stopped after of few seconds. He then shot a blast of electricity at the door. It had no effect.
"Lets go," said Mario, opening the baneful, double doors. They all entered. They all hoped to come out of it alive. Only one would make it to the end.
"Back again, I see," said the evil hand, waving his fingers at them. Mario saw the black hole where he had ripped the glove part of him. Sparks didn't emit from it anymore, but it gave you a feeling of dread. Samus would like that.
"Yes, but this time, we won't be defeated!" cried Luigi, going into a stance. Suddnely, the hand slapped the ground. A few energy bolts shot out and hit everyone but Luigi, Captain Falcon, Jigglypuff, Ness, and Purple Pikachu.
The thunder bolts paralyzed them, making them unable to move.
"I'll deal with the Secret Characters for right now," said Master Hand, moving up and down, waiting for an attack. Luigi abruptly got out of his stance and stood straight as a board.
"Wa?" asked Master Hand.
"You are using your full strength this time, aren't you?" asked Luigi, not moving from his position.
"Yes, but why do you ask?"
"You could have killed all of us at anytime. You just wanted to see if we could make it this far. You corrupted Jigglypuff, Ness, Captain Falcon, and me so that there would be a challenge for the Original Characters. It is complicated, but you just wanted what you wanted. You are nothing but a child in your real world. Here, though, you can control anyone at will. So why don't you fight us in your real world?"
"I would, but then I would be nothing more than a human child again. For now, I will reduce myself to a mortal state so you can 'try' to defeat me. It won't help, though, because I have more power than you realize."
"We'll see about that. So, is it a deal?"
"Want to shake on it?"
"No, I'll just take your word."
"Fine!" Master Hand, then, went into a meditative state. Energy surrounded him and flew off, showing he was doing what he was asked do. With a slight explosion, he was ready.
"I did what you asked, so you ready to fight?" asked the hand, preparing to attack. Luigi and the others were ready before him.
"Yeah!" screamed Luigi, hitting Master Hand hard in the palm.
"Arg!" he cried, before turning to hit Luigi. He was gone before he could grab him.
Captain Falcon charged up and punched at Master Hand with full force. This left a dent in his pinkie. Jigglypuff started to slap him in numerous places. Ness was hitting Master Hand with all his psychic powers and his specail bat and yo-yo. Purple Pikachu was staying in place, pretending to be paralyzed like the others. He was scared stiff now that he actually had to face Master Hand. He hated being heroic, especially when his master was out cold.
Luigi ducked a slap and did his coin attack. Ness came around with a PK Thunder. Captain Falcon did his Falcon Kick, nearly falling off the edge. Jigglypuff was singing to Master Hand. It wasn't working, giving Master Hand the chance he needed. With a quick swap, Jigglypuff was falling down. This time, however, fire replaced the empty space. Jigglypuff screamed a scream that could wake any dead soul.
That was what Evil Kirby felt, as he came out of hiding.
-Dang it!- he cried, looking around where he was. He had run away so fast he hadn't realized where he was going. He was near the 'Confinement' rooms. He used to be in there, but he was let free when he was needed to do Master Hand's bidding. He now knew that if Master Hand was willing to kill one of his trusted warriors, he was no longer going to need clones with minds. He went into the jail room to release all of them. He was suprised to see none of the clones in there. One of the walls had been blown down, but that was all. He then saw something glittering across the floor. Silver blood?
Kirby went to look at it, but he then realized he was also standing in Luigi Clone's blood. Master Hand's handy work, obviously. He took what was left of Luigi and started to bury them in the rubble. A hand shot out and grabbed him.
"Who goes there?" asked a metallic voice.
-Kirby Clone! I mean you no harm!- yelled the evil balloon. Metal Mario released him and he rose up, looking at Kirby. Kirby then saw that Metal Mario had his eyes blown away. There was nothing there but a big hole across his face. His mouth was only attached by a single jaw hinge. His metal hat was in shreds and so were his clothes.
-What happened?- asked Kirby, not really wanting to know.
"I saved my master, Luigi. He tried to dig me out, but they thought I was dead. It wasn't their fault, but I need to show them I'm alive. Let's go find them."
-They probably went to fight Master Hand.-
"Then let's go save them!" cried Metal Mario, grabbing the balloon and taking off. The explosion had returned his video link. That was all he needed. Except for luck and enough strength.
"Jigglypuff!" cried Captain Falcon, seeing the balloon explode as she was covered in the furious flames. Captain Falcon was mad now.
"Awe, is your sweet heart dead, now?" asked Master Hand, slapping at Ness and Luigi.
"No, but at least I don't...Arg!" Master Hand swept behind Captain Falcon, hitting him off the stage. He met the same fate as Jigglypuff. Master Hand laughed, but didn't see the attack from Ness in time.
"PK Thunder!" cried the kid, doing huge damage by hitting the ripped part of the glove.
"Urrr!" muttered Master Hand, back-handing Ness. He hit the stage hard, almost into unconscious. Luigi did his tornado attack, doing minimal damage. Master Hand waved him off and did his own tornado at Ness. Luigi kicked the kid out of the way and dodged the attack at the same time. Master Hand was getting frustrated, now. He was having second thoughts about being mortal. He was about to do something drastic. With a quick dodge, he slammed into Luigi, knocking him down into Ness. Master Hand started to become immortal.
"Hey, you can't do that!" bellowed Luigi, trying to get up. The power emitting from Master Hand kept him down, though.
Metal Mario reached the door marked 'Master Hand' and opened it.
"You're going to have to aim me where Master Hand's middle is," said Metal Mario to Evil Kirby.
-Okay,- he said, not really certain it would work.
"I'm going to jump onto his memory board. If I do, his circuit units will fry and we won't be in this evil world anymore. Only if I hit the memory board, though."
-Okay, but I don't know if I can give you a good hit or not.-
"If I miss, my weight from this high up will keep him at bay for a while. Enough for them to attack the memory board. Now aim me!"
-Okay,- said Kirby, looking into the room. He didn't see anything until he looked down. Master Hand was becoming immortal again. He aimed Metal Mario and then pushed him off with all his might. Metal Mario fell, not even remembering the plan.
"Almost there!" said Master Hand, starting to get larger. Suddenly, with a horrific crunch, Metal Mario landed in the middle of Master Hand.
"Erg!" cried Metal Mario, feeling his metal body bend from the impact. He couldn't move anything. His mouth was stuck tight, and he had to tell them what was going on. If only he could remember.
"What the..." said Master Hand, going unconscious. Mario and the others started to get up, no longer under the influence of Master Hand's thunder bolts. Purple Pikachu cheered as Yoshi got up, unharmed.
"Estroy a emery ord!" said Metal Mario through clinched teeth.
"Destroy what?" asked Mario, trying to make sense of what he meant. Metal Mario had to think for a second, before he could remember the plan.
"Estroy a iddle ov a und."
"Destroy the middle of the hand?" asked Ness, slowly getting up from his crash.
"Es!" Metal Hand.
"Okay," said Ness, jumping up onto the hand and went to where the middle finger met the actual hand.
"Here?"
"Es!"
"Okay, PK...Ah!" Master Hand suddenly caught up with reality and shook Metal Mario and Ness off.
"That hurt you useless piece of lead!" cried Master Hand, pulling back to hit Metal Mario.
"No!" cried Luigi, pushing Metal Mario out of the way. Luigi was hit and was sent flying off. Master hand pulled back again and then shot three bullets. One hit Ness and the other two hit Metal Mario.
Ness followed Luigi down to the fire, but Metal Mario stayed in place.
Mario fell to his knees, seeing his brother, conterpart, and friend die before his eyes. He then thought of something.
"Master Hand!" he called.
"Yes?"
"You can no longer be immortal."
"Why is that?"
"We won't give you the time." In a burst of energy, Mario and the others, except Purple Pikachu, charged at Master Hand. The evil monster sweat-dropped and backed away from the onslaught of good.
"You will die!" screamed one of the Original Characters. Master Hand was in trouble, but not for long.