An SSBM Fan Fic, by Smoke_Rulz
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The picture frame portal at Peach's Castle glows and waves, as the group of smashers comes out of it. "Now that was a close call." Marth says.
"I should havea predicted that!" says Mario.
"First the skyscraper at Fourside, and now this. We need to watch ourselves." Fox says.
"Fourside..... *sigh* Poor Ness." Peach remarks.
Samus nods. "This isn't good. Zelda's magical abilites and Ness's PSI were quite helpful." She says.
Link backs up into a wall, and sits the ground. He stares blankly at the floor. Peach looks over to him. "Link. Please don't be sad." She tells him.
Link looks over at her. Peach is startled. She can see the pure rage illuminating in his eyes. "I told you she shouldn't have done it." He replies.
He then gets up and walks out of the room. Peach tries to follow, but Falco stops her. "Let him go. He needs to be alone." He says.
"He is a bit right, though. Not even Zelda's barrier could stop those fiends if what they said was true." Captain Falcon says.
"She did what she had to for her kingdom. Something that I could not." Peach replies.
Mario comes up to her. "Don't feel so bad. It'll all be restored." He tells her.
"Well. On the bright side, we have Marth on Roy on our side." Luigi says.
"But we don't have Altea." Roy says.
Everyone is silent. Marth puts away his sword and walks out of the room. Kirby breaks the silence. "We've all lost our homelands. We could all use some reconciliation."
No one says anything. They simply nodd, and file out of the room.
Sometime later, Link is standing near a castle window. Marth approaches him. "Hey there, Hero of Time." He remarks.
"Hey, Marth." Link replies, quite unenthusiastic.
"Still feeling down in the dumps?"
"You wouldn't even know."
"Hey. Don't feel so bad. I know you've probably heard this a million times, but she did what she had to do."
"2 million."
Marth chuckles. "At least you have your sense of humor."
"I don't see anything funny about that."
"Link, listen. You don't need to sit here grieving. While you and the others fought on ground, those two Hands invaded the castle and attacked ruthlessly. They took out some of our highest nobility."
"Your father?"
Marth nods. "By the time Roy and I reached them, they were all decimated. And even then, the Hands flanked us. We barely made it down to where you guys were."
"I'm sorry about your kingdom."
"As am I about yours. But listen. From one swordsman to another. Sitting here and grieving will result in nothing. If you want it all to be back to how it was, then you need to do something about it."
Link turns toward Marth. "You're right. I've known. I just can't seem to get it off my mind."
"Well you're going to have to. You're a great warrior, and we'd rather your head is in the right place on the battlefield. Now, we're getting ready to go find those bastards. You with me?"
"Yes. I'll be there soon. Just give me a second."
"Of course." He walks away.
Link turns back to the window and looks up into the sky. He then takes out his sword and looks at it. "Zelda. I swear on my sword - the Master Sword of legend - that I will avenge you. And all of Hyrule and Termina. No mercy for the evil." He puts his sword away and walks back toward the portal room. Everyone is now gathered in the room. "We're ready for ya, Samus." Kirby says.
"They're in... Superflat World." Samus reveals.
"I'm on it." Mario says.
A moment later, the picture frame portal shows Superflat World. Everyone heads through it.
The group is now in the odd Superflat World. "This place is... strange." Fox says.
"It's also trashed." Falco points out.
He's right. Everything seems to be destroyed. Many of the small buildings around are in half. Trees lie on the ground. An odd fire blankets most areas. Everyone looks around for any life. Pikachu attempts to enter a building, when the signature dark mist pops out. Pikachu leaps backward. The mist spreads around to all the buildings. "They're working fast." Luigi says.
The group follows the trail of destruction, leading through the wilderness. Still no sign of life. They reach another village, also decimated. Dead quiet. They are about to move on, when Peach stops. "Anyone else hear that?" She says.
Everyone listens. Sure enough, several beeping sounds. They come from a building that's still intact. Mario, Fox, and Falco rush over. Inside, they see someone pinned underneath a fallen wall. It's Mr. Game & Watch. "Helpa me lift this." Mario says.
The three begin to slowly lift the wall. It's rather heavy. They lift the wall high enough for G&W to crawl to safety, but he doesn't. Falco lets go of the wall and pulls G&W out of the way. Mario and Fox let go of the wall, which slams back to Earth with a giant thud. Falco lifts up G&W. "He's hurt pretty bad." He says.
They walk out of the building to the rest of the group. "Oh, no! Mr. Game & Watch!" Peach says.
"Yes he is. He must have tried to fight back." Samus says.
Just then, G&W gets the group's attention. He warps his hand into a flashing arrow pointing somewhere. "What the...? Is he trying to lead us somewhere?" Captain Falcon wonders.
G&W does his best nodd "Yes." They decide to follow his arrow pointing. Falco, carrying G&W, leads the way while G&W moves his arrow. Sure enough, G&W's arrow leads them to a freshly destroyed area. Then, a chunk of a nearby building comes flying toward the group. Captain Falcon sees it, and busts it with a falcon punch. Everyone looks over to see Bowser was the one who threw it. "Nice shot, Falcon." He says.
"Bowser? But where is everyone else?" Roy asks.
"Well Ganondorf and I were here, but he left early. I was just having a little fun." Bowser replies.
"Oh, of course! My scanner only tracks Ganondorf." Samus says.
"We weren't all here. One of the advantages of splitting up is you can cover more ground." Bowser says, grinning evilly.
"That's it. I say we stake him to the mountain." Marth says.
"Sorry there, smashers. But my work is already done." Bowser says.
Just then, darkness engulfs the entire area. The dark mist freezes most surroundings. Bowser cackles, and disappears in a wall of fire. "We were way late to this party." Link says.
"Let's leave. Game & Watch could use some restoration." Peach says.
Mario prepares his portal device, and the smashers head back to the Mushroom Kingdom.
THE END
Next: Chapter 15 - Evil Strikes Back
