The SSBM Chronicles – Chapter 7: Simulation
An SSBM Fan Fic, by Smoke_Rulz
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Mario opens his eyes. He sees a stone ceiling. He sits up, and sees he is lying in a bed. He looks around the room. Some computer screens are on the wall, and a camera is in the corner. A small table and a comforter rest near the entrance to the room. He hops out of the bed. His body is well rested, but is still aching. He decides to leave the room and find some of the others. He walks up to the door. The door looks like the inside of a calculator. Mario can't see a way to open it. Then he notices an infrared panel on the left side of the door, showing a handprint. He decides to place his hand there. Upon doing so, the panel seems to scan his hand. Then, the door opens, moving from the ground up. Mario walks out of the room into a hallway. He's at the end of the hallway. Several doors litter both sides of the hallway as it continues far down. Mario walks down the hallway. As he passes by many doors, he hears one open. He had just passed it. He looks behind him, and sees Falco come out. Falco is holding his head, as if he had a piercing headache. "Falco!" Mario says.

Falco looks over. "Mario! Good to see you." He says.

"Feeling hurt?"

"You bet. I feel glad to be here though. I thought I'd wake up in the void between realms."

"Like DK probably is doing righta now.."

"Don't fret. We'll get him back. Jigglypuff as well. Those bastards will pay."

"I thinka so, too."

"Where are we anyway?"

"I suppose we shoulda follow the hallway."

The two continue down the hallway. The hallway ends at a huge room. Computers and other tech things litter the room. A small den-type area is in the middle of the room. Some couches and a TV are there. Mario and Falco walk over to that area. "Huh. Weird." Falco says.

"Mario!" A female voice yells.

Mario and Falco look over to where the voice came from. Samus is standing in an open doorway. "Samus! I never would havea guessed." Mario says.

Samus comes walking toward them. Kirby, Yoshi, and Fox follow her. "I never would have guessed we would end up here." Falco says.

"Kirby brought all you here. My assistants and I gave you medical attention. Kirby then told me what happened." Samus explains.

"I'ma grateful for what you did, Kirby. I watched you do it." Mario says.

"Anything to help friends," Kirby says, "although I couldn't do that do save Pop Star..."

"It's alright. We'll get revenge for everything they've done." Fox says.

"I heard they got DK." Yoshi says.

"They did. He's in the void now." Samus said.

Yoshi stared off to side, in thought. Mario gazed at Kirby. "I havea something to ask you, Kirby." Mario says, "What did Crazy Hand mean when he didn't know how you escaped?"

"Oh, that." Kirby says, "I was fighting them in the main town, trying to keep them from attacking civilians. While I was fighting though, Ganondorf charged an attack and hit me. It was the dark warp."

"The dark warp!?!" Link says.

The others look over. Link, Zelda, and Ness had approached. "Yep.. the dark warp." Kirby says.

"How did you escape it?" Zelda asks.

"I had Warp Stars ready. Like I did when I bailed you guys out. I can't normally come across them, but I was lucky to have some at that time." Kirby explains.

"Howa did we end up here?" Luigi asks.

"Kirby used his big Warp Star to warp here to this planet system, and found my ship." Samus explains.

"Crafty." Fox says.

The rest of the warriors came out from the hallway. Samus notices. "Ah! Good. You're all here." Samus says, "All of you, come this way. I showed this to Yoshi and Fox already."

Samus leads the group through the doorway where Mario and Falco first saw her. In there, a large machine was seen. The machine was a walk-in. It was huge and plain, and was completely blue. It seemed like a room within a room, or a huge walk-in closet. The walls, floor, and ceiling of the machine were designed like a grid, with a square pattern. "What is it?" Captain Falcon asks.

"A battle simulator." Samus says.

"For real?" Link asks.

"Yes. I've had it perfected." Samus explains, "I practiced with it a lot, just in case Master Hand ever came back. Now, he is back, but with more allies and power then I had imagined. I've duplicated their power onto this machine and have been training. Now that you're all here, I think some training will do you all good."

"I need no training." Falco says.

"After the massacre on Pop Star, we all could use some training, Falco." Fox says.

Falco says nothing. Samus continues. "I can simulate the battle with the Hands you had at Pop Star, to see if you can do any better."

"I say we try." Popo says.

"Kirby and I were not in the battle, so we'll monitor you." Samus says.

The group steps into the machine. Samus goes over to a computer and inputs some commands in. Kirby looks at a large screen. Samus finishes with the computer and walks back toward Kirby. "I guess they'll be watching us on the screen." Nana says.

Suddenly, the machine makes a buzzing sound. All the blue of the machine begins to glow. Then, a bright flash of white.




The flash dies. The group finds themselves back on Pop Star, facing the city being attacked. It's almost as if they went back in time. A few fighters are bedazzled. Then, Zelda turns around and fires a bright yellow magic beam. It blocks a dark blast coming straight toward them. They were right back at the battle on Pop Star. Crazy Hand is there, surprised at how Zelda saw that attack. Then, Ness jumps toward the back of the group and activates a PSI magnet. A dark blast from Master Hand hits him, and is absorbed by the magnet. Now both Hands are surprised. "HoW oN eArTh DiD yOu SeE tHoSe?" Crazy Hand says.

"That's for us to know and for you to die deliberating!" Falco yells, as he lunges at Crazy Hand, firing his blaster while doing so.

Crazy Hand moves to the side, and as Falco comes close, he swats Falco away. Falco flies like a bullet straight through a tree. The group is stunned. Then, Master Hand comes from behind with a big flying punch. The warriors are grounded, but some fly forward. Crazy Hand grabs onto Pikachu and squeezes him. A muffled scream is heard, then silence. Crazy Hand flings Pikachu toward where Falco is. The warriors spring to attack. Attacking seemed to be in vain. When one Hand is being bombarded, he either explodes with energy or flings free, then helps the other. With his allies dropping left and right, Mario decides to act. He positions his hands in front of him. Link, Fox, and Luigi continue attacking to the best of their abilities. Fire surrounds Mario's hands. The Hands notice and try to stop, but their little lack of attention only results in pain. Mario then pushes his hands forward and fires two large fireballs at the Hands. Link, Luigi, and Fox jump out of the way. The fireballs hit the Hands. The Hands are engulfed in flames. The Hands jolt around like mad. Mario and the others watch on, almost compelled to laugh. Then, the Hands stop, and start laughing loudly. Mario is bewildered. Master Hand yells to him, "Did you think a few flames would hinder us?"

The two Hands clench fists and release energy. The flames surrounding them lift off and surround them like a shield. The Hands then send the flames straight at the warriors. The warriors dodge the fire, only to be hit by a ray. The ray freezes them in place. Master Hand is controlling it. "C-C-C-Crap." Link stutters.

Crazy Hand approaches. "I sHaLl EnJoY tHiS." He says.

Then, Crazy Hand and the rest of the environment freezes and crackles like static. Then, a white flash. When it dies, the warriors see themselves back in Samus' ship. The other fallen warriors pop up, suddenly unhurt. Falco stands up. "That simulator is pretty real." He says.

"You guys lost again!" Kirby says.

A few warriors hang their heads in shame. Samus walks up. Mario looks at her. Samus looks around to everyone else. "This... may take a while." She says.


THE END
Next: Chapter 8 - Scorching Heat