Chapter Eighteen: Two Miracles Make a Difference
They attacked and they attacked. Master Hand felt pain he never felt before. It was amazing what they could do when their friends were killed before their eyes. Master Hand had little time to attack, but he had a trunk card move. It was untested, but he had a plan in mind to do it. He had to test it on some one, but who? Yoshi was a good choice. He had to wait for the right moment, though.
Mario attacked with punches, kicks, and his fireballs. DK with his punches and kicks. Link used his sword, bombs, boomerang, and kicks. Samus stayed farther from the group with Yoshi. Samus shot energy blasts and Yoshi threw eggs. Kirby had copied Samus's power, without killing Samus, and was doing the same thing. Fox and Pikachu shot out at Master Hand with their energy attacks. Fox would use Fire Fox occasionally.
Master Hand was running out of energy and time. It was now, or later. He chose now.
"Urg!" he screamed, pulling himself up above Yoshi, Samus, and Kirby. He pulled into a fist and shot down at the three heroes. Samus jumped out of the way, but Kirby and Yoshi weren't so lucky. Master Hand hit them, going right through the stage. Yoshi and Kirby were gone.
Purple Pikachu and Kirby Clone both gasped and filled with anger. Purple Pikachu ran towards Master Hand and jumped at the rip in the glove. He crawled inside and did his most powerful attack, Thunder. In an explosion, a piece of Master Hand blew off. Purple Pikachu was nowhere to be seen.
The hand landed onto the stage.
"Yeah!" cried Link and DK, who were nearest the evil. In a muffled grunt, Master Hand lifted up and slapped Link and DK off the stage. Only Link came back.
"That attack may have weakened me, but there is only seven of your left."
"What?" said Mario, counting Samus, Fox, Pikachu, Link, and himself.
"Oh, didn't you notice that Metal Mario was blind. I don't have a video link to this room and he had no eyes. So, he had to have some help to aim himself to hit me. Evil Kirby helped him."
Samus gasped and looked up. Evil Kirby was floating down and landed in front of Master Hand.
"Why did you do this?" asked Master Hand.
-You were so willing to kill your most trusted warrior, so what made you think I would still work for you?- asked the clone in reply.
"Stupid clone!" called Master Hand, trying to grab Kirby. He dodged it and grabbed Master Hand. Summoning all his strength, he flew up with Master Hand and shot down into the furious fire. The two exploded as they went deep into the flames.
Mario saw nothing in the flames, but he still felt something. Samus and Fox did too, but Link and Pikachu were celebrating.
"Errrrrrrg!" came the scream from Hades itself. Master Hand flew out of the flames, revealing his mechanical self. He was sparking all over his body and only had a few places where the original glove had been. One place was where Metal Mario's feet imprints were. The memory board would be close by.
Metal Mario!
The clone, weakened from attacks, slowly got up and jumped out at Master Hand and held him at bay.
"We need to hit the memory board!" said Mario, preparing to attack. Samus and Fox did as well.
The hand shook off Metal Mario into the hole where Yoshi and Kirby disappeared. The clone tried to grab the edge, but slipped off into the fire.
Master Hand shot out bolt of electricity at Link and Pikachu, blowing them off the stage. They never made it back.