WORLD NAME:

ONETT

Chapter 3: Search For the Reactor! Someone is Possessed by the Darkling!

The Smashers are wandering around the streets of Onett, looking for the Dark Reactor. "How in the world are we going to find the reactor!" complains Bowser. "This town isn't small! It can take forever searching it!"

"Crazy Hand didn't even tell us exactly where in Onett…" says Popo. "But he said all he knows is it's in Onett," states Nana.

Yoshi walks up to a house and presses the doorbell. A woman steps out and greets him, "Hello! May I help you?"

"Did you happen to see a machine reactor somewhere here?" Yoshi asks her. "I haven't seen any reactors," the woman replies. "And that's a weird question you're asking…"

Yoshi thinks over it. Why did he even bother asking someone who has no idea about the Darkling. "Sorry for asking you that," Yoshi apologizes to her. "Well, take care!"

Right when he turns around to leave, he spots a Darkling standing in front of him! The Darkling pounces at Yoshi, who quickly ducks down. The Darkling flies over Yoshi and latches onto the woman, who screams for help while trying to pull the Darkling off. The Darkling opens his mouth to reveal sharp fangs, and he bites off the woman's head! Yoshi was totally freaked out at the terrible sight and he is too scared to move. The Darkling turns to Yoshi and approaches him slowly. Yoshi gives off a war cry and raises his Meteor Mace, and then smashes it down on the Darkling's head, killing it.

"That… was… scary…" Yoshi said, still trembling in fear. "I think I've wet my pants…" And then he noticed how stupid he was… He isn't wearing pants!

Roy pulls out his Sealed Sword and swings it at a couple of Darkling that are pouncing at him. The Darkling get chopped in half and disappears. "Darkling are invading Onett," Roy says to himself. "This proves that there's a dark reactor somewhere in this town. But where?"

Zelda and Peach are walking together, looking for the reactor also. They heard a scream and turns around to see a man being cornered by a Darkling. "Help!" shouts the man in fear. "Somebody help me from this monster!"

"That man is in trouble!" says Zelda. "I must save him!" Zelda does a finger gesture and with a bright flash, she transforms into Sheik. Sheik pulls out the Snake Whip and whips the Darkling. The Darkling turns toward Sheik and roars evilly at her. The Snake Whip extends and coils around the Darkling's neck. Sheik swings the whip upwards, carrying the Darkling into the sky and then slams him down against the hard pavement.

"Now's my turn!" says Peach. She uses the Frying Pan to smash the Darkling's head, killing it.

"Thank you so much!" says the man. "How can I ever repay you?"

"You don't have to repay us," Sheik tells him. "We are doing what must be done. But tell us, did you see any reactors around here lately?"

"Reactor? Sorry, there's no reactor in this town. Or so I think."

"Never mind. Thanks for the information." Sheik and Peach then left the man and walks away.

Mario walks up to Bowser and tells him, "I'm starting to think-a that da reacta eez hidden unda-ground."

"That can be true!" says Bowser. "Let's try digging!" Bowser puts on his Sharp Claws and digs into the pavement in just a blink of an eye. Mario pokes his head into the hole and calls out, "Found-a anything?"

Bowser crawls out from the hole and says, "Besides a carcass of a sewer crocodile, nothing else… But I'm not stopping here!" I will keep on digging until I found it!" He goes back into the hole he dug and starts digging through the sewer walls. "I think-a a betta follow him," thought Mario, and then he jumps into the sewer to accompany Bowser.

Ness and Young Link are searching around the neighborhood when Pokey comes running up to him, panting. "You… gotta… save me… My good pal… Ness…"

"What's the rush, Pokey?" Ness asks him. "I thought you've always hate me."

Pokey then delivers a strong punch in Ness's face, knocking him onto his back. "What are you doing!" Young Link shouts at Pokey, but then he notices that Pokey's eyes are glowing with an eerie purple light. "Oh no! He's been possessed by a Darkling!"

Pokey punches hard in YL's abdomen and kicks him in the crotch. While YL is in pain from the blow, Pokey headbutts him in the face. YL falls onto his back and his nose is bleeding severely.

"Pokey!" Ness calls out to him. "Wake up! Resist the Darkling! Don't let him control you!"

Pokey says in a creepy voice. "Pokey has no control of himself anymore! I, the Darkling, has taken full control of him!" Darkling Pokey leaps into the air to perform a body slam at Ness, but Ness quickly rolls aside and Pokey slams face flat onto the pavement. Ness pulls out his holy weapon, the Homerun Bat, and smashes Pokey in the face. Pokey flies across the sky and rams into a tree, toppling it. "That should do," thought Ness. Pokey gets up from the fallen tree, and his eyes are still purple. "That hurts, you twit!"

"What!" gasps Ness. "The Darkling haven't left you yet!"

Meanwhile, Tom is outside his house, coming up with a plan to get Jerry. When he sees Jerry walking towards him, he quickly hides around the house corner and lifts up a steel hammer. When Jerry appears in front of him, Tom brings down the hammer with full force, smashing the mouse. But to his surprise, the hammer shatters when it hits Jerry! Amazingly, Jerry levitates into the air until he's at the same level with Tom's face. Tom observes Jerry's face and notices that his eyes are purple. Jerry winds up his tiny arm and punches Tom in the nose. Normally, a small punch from such a small being would do nothing to a larger being, but having been possessed by a Darkling, Jerry has become stronger than before, so Tom was sent flying over the fence and onto Kirby's head.

"Oi! What's this cat doing here!" cries Kirby. "Hey! Isn't this Tom?" Nana points out. "He's that cat who always has a grudge with that mouse named Jelly."

"It's not Jelly! It's Jolly!" Popo corrects him. "I think it's Jerry," Kirby corrects them both. Then they all see Jerry hovering in midair and over the fence. When Tom sees him, he cowers with fear behind Kirby. "It seems that Jerry is possessed by a Darkling…" says Kirby. "But I thought he was a nice little mouse!" says Nana. "How can he be possessed!"

"I think it's because he always laughs at Tom getting beaten up by that certain bulldog and getting punished by his master. That indicates Jerry doesn't like to help people but see them suffer," says Game & Watch, who appeared all of a sudden. "Remember, Darkling possess people with a unclean heart and mind, and also those with evil ambitions."

Jerry charges at them, but instead of attacking the four Smashers, he goes behind Kirby and grabs Tom by his tail. The cat screams in fright and tries to run off, but Jerry grabs his tail tightly, so he couldn't go anywhere. He swings Tom around in the air and hurls him across the sky.

"Getting possessed by a Darkling seems to make the victim strong too!" exclaims Kirby. "Let's free this poor mouse from the Darkling!" says Popo. G&W pulls out his Mega Swatter and swats Jerry, sending the possessed mouse crashing into an electric pole. Jerry collapse onto the ground and lies unconscious. Suddenly, a small black Darkling comes out from his body. "We did it!" cries Nana with joy. "We freed him from the Darkling!"

The Darkling grows to the size of an average adult and proceeds to attack the Smashers. He charges at Kirby and opens his jaws to bite him, but Kirby quickly turns himself into a stone and the Darkling just can't bite into the hardened Kirby. Popo swings his Quake Hammer at the Darkling with broken teeth, sending him high into the sky and back onto the hard street with a bang. Nana lifts her Quake Hammer and brings it down on the fallen Darkling with full force. After getting hit, the Darkling disappears.

"Phew… We did it…" says Nana. Their victory is short though; more Darkling appear and surround them. Kirby gulps and says, "This looks bad."

Suddenly, the group of Darkling to their left were suddenly sliced in half. Marth is seen standing behind those dead Darkling, holding the Durandal. "Marth!" shouts Nana happily. "You saved us!"

The remaining Darkling all turn to Marth and charge at him. "So you want more?" Marth asks the Darkling. He swings the Durandal again, killing all the Darkling that were charging at him. "Marth is the coolest!" says Nana happily while clapping her hands.

Suddenly, the fence bursts open and a gray bulldog steps out. "Hey! Isn't that the dog who Tom is scared to death of?" asks Game & Watch. "He is!" Kirby tells him. "I believe his name is Pike. Or was it Spike?"

"Whatever his name is, he's also possessed by a Darkling!" says Popo, pointing to Spike. Spike barks out loudly and a horde of Darkling appear around him to support him.

Ness is still dealing with the possessed Pokey. Pokey turns around and farts out a purple smelly gas. The gas shoots forward like a bullet, but Ness was able to dodge aside. "You're disgusting as ever!" Ness yells at him. He points his finger at Pokey and uses PK Fire. Pokey gets hit by the spark and is set on fire. He runs around screaming, "HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT!"

Ness runs up to him and bashes him rapidly with the Homerun Bat. Pokey collapse onto the ground and his face is all bloody because of the beating just now. The Darkling possessing Pokey rises from his body and stares angrily at Ness. Young Link gets back up and says, "I'll handle him, Ness. He'll pay for breaking my nose!" Young Link pulls out his bow and fires a Light Arrow at the Darkling. The Darkling dodges aside the arrow and runs at Young Link. YL didn't have time to react and the Darkling slashes him across the face, leaving a bloody slash mark.

"Young Link!" screams Ness. Ness starts to get mad. He charges at the Darkling and swings the bat at him, but the Darkling ducks under the swing and kicks Ness's feet, tripping him onto the ground. The Darkling stands on top of Ness and raises his sharp claws to prepare to tear his head. Right when he is about to it, a Light Arrow is shot at the Darkling's chest. The Darkling roars out in pain and then disappears. YL was the one who shot the Light Arrow. Ness gets back up and thanks YL for saving him.

Next, Ness runs to Pokey and shakes him up. "Are you right, Pokey?" Pokey slowly opens his eyes and mutters, "What… happened…?"

"You were possessed by an evil spirit!"

"I did…? The last thing I remember is that a black monster is standing in front of me, and then he jumps onto my head… And then I don't remember anything after that…"

"It's all over now, Pokey! You're saved!"

"But why did you save me?" Pokey asks him. "We are enemies. Don't you remember?"

"Even though you're a bully to me, I still cannot let you die. It is because you are not truly evil."

"You're so kind… Ness…"

Marth and the others are facing Spike and his army of Darkling. "There's a lot of them!" cries Nana. "We'll never defeat them!"

"That's nothing to me," says Marth, showing no fear. "I can take them all out in just two seconds."

Spike commands the Darkling to attack them. When the horde of Darkling charge at them, Marth steps forward and swings his Durandal wildly, killing all the Darkling. "1.5 seconds!" says Game & Watch, looking into his stopwatch. "You did it faster than you said!"

Spike growls out evilly, "Do you think you have won! Those Darkling may be easy to kill! But not me!" Spike charges at Marth at a quick speed and punches him in the abdomen. Marth flies backwards and falls on his back. "What!" gasps Popo. "The almighty Marth fell before a dog!" Spike then punches the unsuspected Popo in the side. The punch was so hard that blood spurts out from Popo's mouth!

"AHHHH!" shrieks Nana. "You hurt my brother!" She raises her hammer and runs angrily at Spike. Spike just laughs and jumps over Nana, and then kicks her in the butt. She flies forward and bangs into a fire hydrant.

"We're the only ones left!" cries Kirby. "We'll have to handle him ourselves now!" says Game & Watch. "I'll make a short work out of you two!" says Spike.

Kirby throws his Boomerang Dagger at Spike, who dodges it with ease. "Ha! Missed!" laughs Spike. Kirby just smirks and says, "You're wrong!" The dagger flies back to Kirby and slashes Spike across the back of his head in the process. "Arrrghhh!" growls Spike. "I didn't saw that coming!"

Spike runs to the nearest electric pole and lifts it up with his hands! "What amazing strength!" exclaims G&W. Spike swings the electric pole at the two Smashers as if he's hitting a baseball. The two Smashers were knocked aside and onto the ground. "You're finished!" laughs Spike. "You cannot defeat me!"

Suddenly, a laser beam is fired at him. Spike quickly dodges aside, but his hand is shot. "Ouch!" he cries. "Who did it!" Fox appears to him and says, "Don't touch my friends!"

Spike growls and jumps into the air to perform a body slam on him. Fox sees this coming and he shoots upwards using Fire Fox and rams Spike onto the street. The possessed bulldog gets back up and says, "You cannot defeat me using that move! Only the holy weapons can hurt me!"

Fox pulls his Atomic Gun and points it at him. "Perhaps this shall do!"

"Oh no!" gasps Spike. "You have the weapon too!" Without saying a word, Fox pulls the trigger and fires a beam at Spike, but the bulldog was able to dodge it again. The beam keeps going forward until it hits a market, blasting it into bits. "Oops… What have I done…?" says Fox. Spike uses this opportunity to punch Fox in the face. "You lose, fox boy!" laughs Spike.

Suddenly, Spike is knocked up into the sky. Marth was the one who did it. He used Shield Breaker to knock Spike into the sky.

Meanwhile, Bowser and Mario are still digging through the ground. "I don't-a think we can find-a anything here," says Mario. "I'll just dig a few more yards and then we'll surface," Bowser tells him. They kept on digging until they found themselves inside a basement! "I think we dug into someone's basement…" says Bowser. "But look!" He points to a circular machine that is glowing with a purple light. "That-a must-a be da dark-a reacta!" points out Mario. "Da movie yesta-day shows eet!"

"Woohoo! We found it!" cries Bowser with joy. "Now to destroy it!"

But then, several Darkling appear before them. "So they're guarding the reactor," says Bowser. "Well, time to destroy!" He slashes the Darkling with his Sharp Claws, killing a couple of them. Mario's Fire Rod extend to about one and a half meters long and he smacks the Darkling away.

Outside, Spike was flipped into the air by Marth. Kirby flies up next to Spike and says, "Good-bye!" He pulls out his Boomerang Dagger and performs a Final Cutter attack with it. He boosts into the air and then drops back down, bringing the dagger down on Spike. Together, Kirby and Spike drops down at full speed towards the house below and smashes through the roof. They kept on going down, smashing through the floors!

Bowser and Mario are still fighting off the unlimited amount of Darkling, when suddenly, the basement ceiling bursts open and Kirby and Spike drops down! The both of them falls onto the Dark Reactor with full force, and Kirby's holy dagger actually cut through the reactor when he dropped down. The reactor starts to rumble in a loud voice, and then it starts flashing. The Darkling all scream in fear and run around aimlessly. "What's with them?" wonders Bowser.

Spike screams out at the top of his voice, "NOOOO! THE FIRST REACTOR! ARGH!"

Then a bright flash engulfs the entire basement.

Outside, the rest of the Smashers saw beams of light shooting out from the house's window. "What's happening?" asks Luigi. Crazy Hand shows up and says, "What do you know? Da first reactor is destroyed!"

"Really!" exclaims the Smashers in unison. After a while, the bright light fades. Bowser and Mario uncover their eyes and sees that the reactor is gone. Kirby and Spike is lying on the ground. Kirby is alive and well but Spike is unconscious. He checks Spike's heartbeat, breathing, and even his eyes. "He's still alive," says Kirby. "And best of all, the Darkling possessing him has left!"

"Even the Darkling that were here just now are all gone!" says Bowser.

Outside, Tom walks up to the still unconscious Jerry and shakes him up. Jerry slowly opens his eyes and is shocked to see Tom. Tom grabs Jerry, but instead of attacking him, he hugs and kisses him. Jerry wonders what happened. "Hey, why doesn't Tom beat up Jerry instead?" asks Popo. "I thought he hate him."

"I don't think they really are enemies," says Nana. "They are just like rivals. If Jerry is dead, then Tom will feel lonely. Same thing probably goes for Jerry."

Bowser, Mario, and Kirby walk out from the house. "We destroyed the dark reactor!" Kirby shouts with joy. The other Smashers also shouts with joy. "HOORAY!"

"Now that the reactor is destroyed," says CH. "Onett is safe from Darklings!"

"I thought you said there is no 's' in Darkling," Mewtwo tells him.

"Oops… My mistake…"

"By the way," Roy asks CH. "Where were you while we were busy searching for the reactor."

"Oh! I went to check on this serious situation. And guess what I found out?"

The Smashers got close to CH to listen to him. "I found out that there are NINE more reactors to deal with!" CH tells him.

"WHAT!" gasps Pikachu. "Nine more! That's a lot!"

"Where are they?" Falco asks CH. "They're hidden in several places. And you dudes are going to hunt them down!"

"We will!" says the Smashers in unison.

"Good! That's the spirit! But let's go home and refresh first. It will be a very hard journey!" So the Smashers went back to their mansion to refresh.

WORLD COMPLETE!

In an unknown place… Several people are watching them from a 3-D hologram vision.

"So they destroyed the first reactor…" says a man in black shirt and with a blue bandana on his head, whose name is Archie.

"They are really strong…" says a fat crocodile named K. Rool.

"It will be a matter of time before they find all dark reactors!" says a fat bald man in red, named Dr. Eggman. "Oh ho ho! I'm so scared! Haha!" laughs a plump fat bag, named Oogie Boogie.

"Yeah right! You're a coward!" Eggman scolds him. "What!" replies Oogie Boogie angrily. "I'm just being sarcastic! Those so-called heroes will have no chance against me!"

"Stop arguing, would you?" says a man with pale face and long hair, whose name is Orochimaru. "If you ask me, they can make great minions if they work for us."

"Dream as you want!" a man in gray armor tells him. "There's no way they will ever work for us!"

"I know they will never work us, Shredder," Orochimaru tells that man in armor. "But of course, we can always possess them with the Darkling."

"You're such a fool, Orochimaru!" Shredder scolds him. "You know very well that the Darkling will never possess anyone with a righteous mind!"

"What right do you have to call me a fool?" says Orochimaru. "How about you? Always throwing childish tantrum when your plan fails."

"What did you say!" shouts Shredder angrily. He raises he hand and is going to pierce him with the spikes on his hand armor, but then someone grabs him. "Calm down, would you? You're such a hot-head," says the person holding his hand. "You leave me alone!" says Shredder angrily. He turns around and punches the person's head, the one who is holding his hand. When Shredder's fist impacts the man's head, the head turns into sand and disappears, followed by the entire body.

A cloud of sand floats next to Shredder and forms a man! The man wears a big fur coat and he has a grayish skin, along with a horizontalstitches just below his eyes. On his left arm is a giant golden hook instead of a hand like other people else. "Are you forgetting the fact that my body is sand?" the man tells Shredder. "Nothing, I repeat, nothing can ever hit me!"

"That's until someone splashes you with water, Crocodile," Archie tells the man, whose name is Sir Crocodile.

An old scientist steps up and says, "My robot masters are powerful! Do not underestimate them! The Smashers are definitely no match for them!"

"Wily!" Eggman calls out to the scientist. "Your robots may be powerful, but mines are even stronger!"

"Is that what you think?" says the scientist, named Dr. Wily. "All you make are robots whose A.I. are limited! My robots can think and do whatever they want! They are exactly like humans!"

"They may be like humans, but mines are more destructive!"

"Mines are more destructive than yours!"

"Would you both please shut up?" shouts Ridley angrily. "What we are talking about now is about the Smashers, not who is stronger!" He pounds the floor hard, making a dent in it. "Those cursing Smashers! I will never forget what they did to me!" He looks at his metallic hand. "What was I thinking about during that day…? I should've left them in Feudal Japan! Why did I even bother bringing them back to present day! But now, I can get my revenge!"

TO BE CONTINUED…

The real quest begins next chapter…