The SSBM Chronicles – Chapter 15: Evil Strikes Back
An SSBM Fan Fic, by Smoke_Rulz
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The smashers appear through the warp, back in Peach's Castle. "Curse them. They're working apart, and quickly." Fox says.

"We might lose all of Nintendo World if this continues." Peach says, hurtfully.

"Let'sa not waste any more time. Samus. Track Ganondorf." Mario says.

Samus checks her scanner. After a moment, she speaks. "Huh? Strange."

"What is it?" asks Kirby.

"I've got an Unknown Area warning." She answers.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Falco asks.

Samus works a panel on her armor for a moment, then brandishes a disk. She walks over to the computer in the room and boots it up. The screen turns on, showing an advanced version of her scanner. The scanner shows a model of Nintendo World, which appears to be scanned. The words "Unknown Area" then appear at the bottom. "You see? Apparantly, Ganondorf is still in Nintendo World somewhere, but the area isn't found on the scanner." Samus explains.

"That's pretty strange." Link says.

"Well, I've got this program constantly scanning, so all we need do is wait." Samus says.

"I need to take care of some business here in the castle. Mario, care to join me?" Peach says.

Mario nods, as if he knows what she means. They head out. Everyone else remains in the portal room. "I wonder how we'll be able to get everyone back." Captain Falcon says, breaking the momentary silence.

"I'm pretty sure defeating those goons will do it. They are the ones who have them trapped." Kirby says.

"I see what you mean. Defeat the ones who claim them, and they'll be freed. It's like a fairy tale." Falco says.

"I just hope they don'ta get any more of us." Luigi says.

Everyone nods.




Back in another area in the castle, Mario and Peach force an unruly door open. Once inside, Peach hits a light switch. The room is a storage area. A fallen crate had leaned against the door. Mostly boxes and crates are in the room, through some single items such as chairs are about. "Now wherea do you think we put those things?" Mario asks.

"Oh, they're here somewhere." Peach answers.

They look around the room, searching for something or other. After a moment, Mario speaks. "I think I found them!"

Peach goes over to him. He's huddled over a rather large crate he just opened. A large circular symbol is on the side. Inside the crate are tons of little capsules. Mario picks up one, and hits a trigger on it. It grows about 5 times larger. It's half-pink, half-white. A large button is on the top. Mario hits the trigger again, shrinking it. He then puts it in his pocket. "Yep, you found them alright. Let's take them back to the others." Peach says.

They work together to carry the crate back to the portal room. They reach it, and the others look in surprise. Mario and Peach let the crate down in the middle of the room. "What's this crate?" Captain Falcon asks.

Before Peach can answer him, the computer begins to sound off. They look over, and realize Ganondorf has been found. After a moment, the location comes up: Mushroom Kingdom. "They're here?" Roy says, surprised.

Just then, a large crash is heard. The castle shakes a bit. The groups rushes out of the portal room. Once upstairs, they look around for the source of the crash. At that point, another crash erupts. Everyone heads to the area where it is was heard: The main hall. Once there, they find a large hole in the stone wall. Marth looks around the large area, spotting one of the Hands. "There you are." Marth says.

Everyone looks over and sees him. "HeLlO tHeRe. NiCe CaStLe YoU hAvE. i HoPe YoU dOn'T mInD iF i TrAsH iT." He says.

"You'll do nothing of the sort, Crazy Hand." Peach shouts.

Crazy Hand laughs. "HeAdS uP."

Just then, Master Hand comes barreling through the group from behind, sending everyone to the ground. Crazy Hand zips forward, barreling through the fallen warriors. Marth and Roy jump to their feet and attack. Everyone else gets up, ready to take out some Hands. Master Hand begins firing his bullets. Fox and Falco jump in front of the group and raise their reflector shields, taking the bullets full force. Master Hand stops firing, just in time to see Roy leaping up next to him. Roy knocks him backward with his trademark flare blade. He then smashes him downward to the ground. Captain Falcon attempts to attack before he can fly. "Not this time." Master Hand says.

When Falcon gets close, Master Hand swings with all his power. Captain Falcon goes flying like a speeding train to the far side of the room, where he smashes through the solid stone wall. Crazy Hand laughs, in which Marth sneaks up behind him with a sword attack. Crazy Hand turns around and attacks Marth, who counters, knocking Crazy Hand off-guard. Samus comes up to him and ties him up in her grappler beam. Crazy Hand then breaks out of it, and backhands Samus. Samus suffers the same fate as Captain Falcon. "Okay. These Hands aren't playing around today." Fox says.

The Hands pair up and speed towards the remaining warriors, who dodge. The Hands immediately speed around and charge again, this time hitting. Pikachu and Luigi fly backward toward Marth, who catches them in midair. Samus gets back up from her crash into the wall. She's about to attack the Hands, when she stops. "Ganondorf!" She yells.

Everyone looks over. Ganondorf is standing on the far wall. He holds up the unconscious Captain Falcon. He laughs as Falcon becomes ungulfed in red energy. Link starts running toward Ganondorf to stop him, but Captain Falcon fades away quickly. Link attacks anyway, but Ganondorf suddenly catches him and flings him back at the group. Marth gets ready for his move, when he's frozen in his tracks. He looks over, and sees Mewtwo. He has frozen Marth in place with telekinetic power. Mewtwo lashes his arm to the side, and Marth goes flying across the far end of the giant room, crashing into a table. The sound is heard by the rest of the group, and they see Mewtwo. Mewtwo moves his hands upward, and the injured Luigi and Pikachu float in the air. "Release them, Mewtwo!" Mario yells.

Mewtwo simply chuckles, and blasts the two warriors with the red energy. They promptly fade away. "Sorry. I seem to have sent them to the void between realms. I do that sometimes... I really should learn control of myself." Mewtwo states, sarcastically.

"No... Luigi..." Mario says. Samus charges up her blaster shot and fires at Mewtwo. It hits on target, but Mewtwo doesn't flinch. "What? How?" Samus says, confused.

Just then, Samus is hit from behind. Bowser appears from the hole in the wall behind her. "How? That's our business!" He growls.

"Wait a minute..." Peach says.

She looks outside the castle. The entire castle is surrounded in a dark energy field. Roy looks over at Peach and sees the field as well. "Hey... what is that?" He asks.

"It's a field. They might be getting power from it." She answers.

"Bingo." Ganondorf says.

"That field is our secret weapon. As long as we're inside it, you stand no chance against us." Master Hand explains.

"That's not true! Watch me!" Mario says, as he charges Master Hand.

Master Hand easily moves, and grabs Mario. With one single squeeze, Mario passes out. Master Hand hurls him to the ground. "Oh no!" Peach yells.

Everyone is then blasted by a single dark blast generated by Mewtwo and Ganondorf. "This was far too easy." Mewtwo says.

"ShAlL wE eXtErMiNaTe ThEm?" Crazy Hand asks.

"Nah. Let's trash the place." Bowser says.

The 5 then group up. Peach sits up and sees them. They laugh and disappear. Peach tries getting up, when everything begins to shake. She looks out the window, and sees the dark energy field is closing in on the castle. Before she can do anything, the great castle comes falling on top of all the warriors.


THE END
Next: Chapter 16 - One Way Mission