An SSBM Fan Fic, by Smoke_Rulz
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Mario, Popo, and Nana pop out of the green tunnel at the about the same place Mario first departed from. Popo and Nana look around as a lot of the villagers attempt to repair damage to the buildings. "Wow, we haven't been here in a long time." Nana says.
"Let'sa head to the castle. The others should be waiting." Mario says.
The three make their way to the castle. Toad meets them outside and leads them to the throne room where Peach awaits with the others. DK, Yoshi, Link, and Luigi are all back, and with them are Zelda, Ganondorf, Pikachu, Jigglypuff, and Captain Falcon. Mario is glad for the turn out, although he seems disturbed, since Ganondorf is there. "Mario! We're glad you're back." Peach says.
"I'ma glad we found so many people to help." Mario replies.
"Yoshi and I did the best we could, but we couldn't gather allies from our worlds." DK exclaimed, "Good thing Captain Falcon came here, though, so we aren't entirely empty handed."
"I've returned with Zelda and Ganondorf to aide on our quest." Link says.
"It's a temporary alliance, elf boy," Ganondorf says, assertively, "as I promise I will have my revenge against you eventually."
"Please don't start, Ganon." Zelda pleads, "We both want to get back at those hands for what they did to Hyrule and Termina. Let the feuds aside."
"Piiii-ka Pikachuuu!" Pikachu says.
Peach translates. "Pikachu says he knows another ally of the hands."
Everyone gasps. "I knew they didn't escape the void alone! Who helped them?" Captain Falcon asks.
Pikachu starts telling what he knows to Peach, who translates. "He says.. the Hands first attacked Kanto and Johto, after Mewtwo leaded them there. He is not sure if Mewtwo freed them from the void, but he definitely is on their side."
"Jig! Jiggly!" Jigglypuff starts talking to Peach.
Peach pauses and listens. "What is he saying?" Luigi asks.
Peach makes a small gasp. "He says that there's no way Mewtwo could have freed the hands from the void alone. He needed to have had help."
"An interesting development." Mario says. "What we need to do now is predict their next move."
"Already done." Yoshi says. The others look at him. "While I was at the Yoshi Island, a good friend of mine, Yolie, said that after the Hand's attack over there, she overheard them saying they were going to go after Icicle Mountain and Onett."
"Egads! Icicle Mountain was already attacked!" Popo says.
"Oh no.. well we have to hurry!" Link says.
Everyone bids Peach farewell as they head to the portal room. After they exit, Toad approaches Peach. "So when are you going to tell me what you meant by 'Us,' Princess?" He asks.
"In due time, Toad. In due time." Peach says.
All of the warriors enter the portal room. The portal room is in the undergrounds beneath the castle. It's a room with a large framed picture, yet the picture is blank. It's actually a portal used for fast travel to the many worlds in Nintendo World. Mario opens a panel on the wall. "Destination.. Onett, in Eagleland." Mario says, as he punches something in on a small keypad.
Suddenly, the large empty picture starts wiggling, like waves of an ocean. After it finishes, it shows a large picture of Onett. Many of the warriors in the room are stunned, as they have never seen this before. Mario looks at the large picture. "Let'sa go!" He yells out.
Mario then runs and jumps straight into the picture, and disappears. The picture gyrates like ripples in water after a water drop. Yoshi, Luigi, DK, and Pikachu follow quickly after. The others stand still for a moment in a small trance. They soon snap out of it and head into the picture. Link and Ganondorf are the last two in the room. Link slowly walks up to the picture, but then stops, and turns towards Ganondorf. The two glare at each other for a moment. Link then breaks the stare and jumps into the picture. Ganondorf follows.
Link and Ganondorf land on ground after falling through what seemed like a bright white bottomless pit. They stand for a moment, as the white slowly fades. They're now standing on the side of a road. Mario, Luigi, and the others stand near them. About 10 feet in front of them all, there's a sign that reads: WELCOME TO ONETT - EAGLELAND'S HEART. In the distance, about half a mile away, is a quite large city. Almost like a rural metropolis. "So what are we waiting for? Let's head out!" DK says.
The group heads into the city at a fast pace. But something is strange. The city seems just fine. "There's absolutely nothing wrong here." Ganondorf says.
"Do you think we beat the hands to here?" Zelda asks.
"Seems improbable. After all.. there were many hours between the attack on Icicle Mountain and our arrival here." Link explains.
"Perhaps we jarred them?" Nana says.
"We did beat them, but only bya tricking them. They're far too powerful." Mario says.
"Pii Ka Pikachu Pika?" Pikachu says.
Zelda understands him as well. "Pikachu wonders if we should meet up with Ness." Zelda translates.
"I met with you first!" A voice yells out.
The warriors turn to see Ness coming toward them. Ness seems quite happy, but the group seems glum. Except for the Ice Climbers. "Hi, Ness!" Nana and Popo say simultaneously.
"Why do you guys seem so tense?" Ness asks.
"Ness.. Master Hand and Crazy Hand said Onett was their next target!" Link says.
"What? The Hands? Oh yeah.. Master Hand is out of the Void," Ness says, "well there's nothing to worry about. They have no idea where Onett is!"
Right after Ness says that, a devastating explosion rockets out from the far west side of the city, about 4 miles away. It causes a large aftershock. "What the..?" Mario yells over the chaos that is emerging.
"We have to go check it out!" Link yells.
Ness stands in the middle of everyone. He puts his hands on his forehead, closes his eyes, and concentrates his psychic power. Then, a large psychic field surrounds everyone. Ness opens his eyes. Then, the force field rises up, raising everyone off ground and above the buildings. Everyone in the field sees the huge mushroom-shaped smoke cloud far to the west. "It's the nuclear plant! Something blew it up!" Ness said.
"It had to have been the hands!" Mario exclaims.
"Impossible. Not even one of the hands could breach the plant enough to blow it up like that!" Ness says.
The force field containing the fighters speeds toward the site. Suddenly, it slows. Ness seems in crisis. "What's wrong?" Zelda asks.
"I.. I don't know.." Ness says.
As they get closer, Ness gets slower and more agitated. "Something is wrong with you. You'll have to take her down!" Captain Falcon says.
"Something.. is interrupting.. my PSI.." Ness says.
On that note, the force field fails, and Ness faints. The fighters fall toward the ground, about 20 feet from the power plant's former location. On the way down, Captain Falcon grabs on to Ness to keep him from getting hurt. The fighters land, and look around. "What interfered with Ness's PSI?" Luigi wonders.
Suddenly, the others notice Pikachu and Jigglypuff staring into the smoke, seeming frozen with fright. "What is it?" Mario asks.
"Pi.. Pi.. Pi.. ka.." Pikachu attempts to speak, but he can't.
"He's mumbling.." Zelda says.
"Soon he won't be speaking at all." A deep voice utters from inside the smoke.
The fighters look, all of them recognizing the voice. Suddenly, Mewtwo comes out from the smoke, hovering a few inches off the ground. "Mewtwo.. I should have known!" Link yells.
"You never should have come here, fools," Mewtwo says, "as you're only delaying the inevitable."
"Dream on!" Captain Falcon yells.
Ness comes to, seeing Mewtwo. "Ahh! No wonder my PSI was blocked! You were canceling it out, Mewtwo!" Ness yells.
"Well it's about time you figured it out." Mewtwo says.
Then, from either side of Mewtwo, the Hands appear, fanning away the smoke. The fighters go wide-eyed. "AaHaHa.. We MeEt AgAiN, fOoLs!" Crazy Hand says.
"The incident at Icicle Mountain meets nothing!" Master Hand says.
"How about we make it another nothing?" Nana yells.
Mewtwo pushes his hand forward, hitting Nana with an invisible psychic blast. "Quiet, you insolent brat!" He yells.
Link draws his sword and pulls out his shield. Everyone else positions a fighter stance. "DoN't MaKe Me LaUgH!" Crazy Hand yells.
Mario, Luigi, and Link have had enough. They jump at Mewtwo and the hands..
TO BE CONTINUED
Next: Chapter 4 - Earthbound, Part 2
