The SSBM Chronicles – Chapter 4: Earthbound, Part 2
An SSBM Fan Fic, by Smoke_Rulz
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Mario, Luigi, and Link unleash their attacks, but Mewtwo and the Hands move out of the way. The three land and look around, looking for where they went. The rest of the fighters behind them look as well. Suddenly, Crazy Hand appears out of nowhere in a clenched fist, and slams into Ganondorf. The Hand stays on him, up until slamming him into a building. Captain Falcon, Yoshi, and Donkey Kong run toward Crazy Hand. Before they can reach him, Master Hand appears in front of them and attacks. The three dodge, and DK hits Master Hand with his Giant Punch in mid-attack. Master Hand flies back a few feet, but regains his composure quickly. "You'll pay for that, furball!" He yells out.

Before he can go after DK, the Ice Climbers attack him from behind. Yoshi, DK, and Falcon take advantage of Master Hand's lack of attention. Meanwhile, Crazy Hand notices Master Hand's dilemma. He stops pummeling Ganondorf and zips toward the attacking fighters. They see Crazy Hand coming and leap away. Crazy Hand zips upward mid-attack. "If YoU tHoUgHt I wAs GoInG tO fAlL fOr ThAt AgAiN, yOu'Re SaDlY mIsTaKeN!" He yells out.

Before he is able to do anything else, he's it by a psychic blast from Ness, who is floating behind him. He starts heading toward ground. Zelda takes advantage of this and attacks with Din's Fire. A large fireball nails Crazy Hand, sending him flying straight to Earth. Mario, Luigi, and Link take advantage and attack him while he's down. Master Hand is pinned by the others as well. Ness looks around. "Where did Mewtwo go?" He says.

Suddenly, Mewtwo appears right in front of Ness and propels him about 15 feet back. The others see it. Then, Mewtwo holds his hands out. His arms begin to violently shake as purple energy surrounds his hands in large orbs. He then yells out a big "YAAH!" as he fires two huge blasts toward the warriors attacking the hands.

The warriors have no time to dodge, as they take the blasts full force. The Hands are somehow immune to the attack. The Hands get up off the ground and begin to unleash their fury on the fighters. But the fighters aren't ready to give up now. Yoshi, DK, Jigglypuff, and Zelda go after Crazy Hand, while Pikachu, Captain Falcon, and the Ice Climbers go after Crazy Hand. Mario, Luigi, and Link decide to go after Mewtwo. They approach Mewtwo, but he doesn't seem to move at all. "You'll never win, fools." He says.

"You just watch us!" Link yells, as he lunges at Mewtwo.

Mewtwo disappears, leaving an after image for Link to attack. "What the-" Luigi says, but he's cut off from a shot to the back. Mario quickly turns to Mewtwo and nails him in the stomach. Mewtwo flies back a bit with a loud "Oomph!"

He regains his composure and glares at the three warriors. 'Maybe I've underestimated these warriors.' Mewtwo thinks to himself.

The three warriors attack all at once, but Mewtwo vanishes again. This time, Mario catches him and jumps upward, hitting Mewtwo. Mewtwo flies upward a bit, then zips over to the top of a building. He stops and looks for a second. 'How in the world did he see me?' He thinks to himself.

Caught up in his own head, Mewtwo doesn't notice Link's Boomerang straight for his face. He's nailed by it. Mewtwo then holds his face in pain, and accidentally falls off the building and hits the ground below. He stands up and sees the three coming at him again. He does a front flip straight over them. He lands and turns around quickly. The three stop and exchange glares with Mewtwo. Mewtwo appears too be furious. "FINE! You've pushed me too far, you cursed warriors!" He yells out.

On that note, he begins to center his energy. He becomes surrounded in a purple aura. The ground begins to shake slightly. Ness seems alarmed. "This is bad, Mario! You gotta stop him!"

Mario turns to him. "What?"

"I foresee a bad omen!" Ness tells him.

Mario turns to Mewtwo. The aura surrounding him is darker, and the air around him is turning black, and is spreading. Mario lunges at him and attacks. His attack is in vain, as he is shocked like electricity and flung back toward Link and Luigi. The rest of the fighters around notice Mewtwo. The darkness Mewtwo is projecting is spreading near them. Then, Ness fires a PK Thunder at Mewtwo, but it proves useless. "We have to stop him!" He yells.

The Hands now immobilized, the other warriors concentrate on hitting Mewtwo with whatever projectiles they have. Link uses his Bomb, Mario his Fireballs, Yoshi his Eggs, and so on. None of the attacks are taking effect. The darkness is still spreading, as it reaches the Hands, who are lying on the ground defeated. But suddenly, to all the warriors' horror, the darkness starts to heal the Hands. The Hands come to, and it seems the darkness is powering them up. "Ha. Hahahaha! You should have foresaw this long ago, Ness!" Master Hand yells.

Ness says nothing. The Hands then start spinning around like power drills, and come flying through all the fighters. Some are able to jump and dodge, but the others are hit and taken out. "This is bad!" Ness yells.

The darkness that Mewtwo has been spreading has stopped spreading, and instead holds in a sphere-like container around the battle area. The Hands continue to assault the fighters still standing. Mario tries his best to counterattack, but his friends are still being taken out. He and Link are the last ones left. Mario attempts to battle Master Hand, while Link desperately dodges Crazy Hand's swift attacks. Link lands near Ganondorf, who is still out from the assault earlier. Link stands ready, eyeing Crazy Hand has he nears closer. Then, Link hears Ganondorf moaning behind him. Ganondorf appears to be coming to. Link turns around slightly. "Ganon! Stay down!" he says as quiet as he can.

Link then turns his attention back to Crazy Hand. Crazy Hand seems not to be doing much but approaching slowly. Link decides it's time to attack. But before he does, he hears Ganondorf doing a slight yell behind him. Before Link can turn around completely, he is nailed with a Warlock Punch. He goes flying straight into Crazy Hand, who grasps him and begins squeezing. Mario sees this, but is unable to help and Link is thrown through a building. Mario continues to attack Master Hand, but is soon nailed by Crazy Hand. Mario hits the side of building hard. He feels himself fading from consciousness. He looks up and sees Ganondorf and the two hands. Suddenly, Mewtwo comes up to the three. He holds his hands in the air, and all the darkness surrounding the battle area starts waving. Before Mario can make a reaction, Ganondorf comes up and punches him in the face. Mario blacks out.




"Mario! Mario, wake up!" Mario hears as he's being shaked.

He opens his eyes and sees Link and Ness in front of him. Most of the others are still knocked out. "Man.. how long has ita been since the battle?"

"Several hours, we think. We're not entirely sure." Link says.

"Oh, Mario! They've destroyed all of the city!" Ness says.

"WHAT?" Mario says, surprised.

The three hop up to the top of a tall house. Mario looks out upon what he can see of Onett. It's nearly leveled, although a large majority of the buildings still remain. A strange darkness looms over the entire city. "This is bad." Link says.

"It's that darkness again.." Mario says.

"I knew this was bad!" Ness says, "This darkness will keep the whole place frozen.. as if time has stopped."

"Oh no.. They could have moved on to all the other places the Hands attacked previously to unleash this darkness." Mario says.

"How did you get that idea, Mario?" Link asks.

"Mario.. you make perfect sense." Ness says. "If Mewtwo was able to do this all along, why didn't he do it before?"

"Do you know why?" Link asks.

"Yes! I think that Mewtwo didn't think we'd give him and the Hands a run for their money, so he felt it to be unnecessary to do this. But now he has a reason!" Ness explains.

"Exactly. But something puzzles me.. Why did Ganondorf join him?"

"Ganondorf was behind it all along. I know it!" Link says.

"With Mewtwo and Ganondorf's dark power, Nintendo World seems doomed to this frozen state!" Ness says.

"We can stop him. I know we can!" Mario says.

The three head back down to ground and revive all the others, and tell all of them of the present situation. "That's it. We must stop them now. There's no time to waste!" Zelda says.

"I think that we should go back to Mushroom Kingdom and regroup. Develop our next move. We can do this." Mario says.

The others agree. Without haste, Mario pulls a small device from his pocket. The device can activate a warp to the portal room at the castle. Mario punches a few keys, and then a large framed picture appears in front of everyone, showing a picture of the portal room. The warriors jump into it, and the portal disappears, leaving behind the forsaken Onett.


THE END
Next: Chapter 5 - Sky Battle