Hey guys! I'm still alive! Sorry about not posting for slightly longer than usual. I had a lot of stuff to do over that time so I sincerely apologize for the long wait. I'll be back on track with my posting schedule this week so don't expect delays any time soon. For this section of the story, we pick up with Mario, Sonic, and Lucario as their journey through space comes to an unexpected end. How will it end? Read on to find out!
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Disclaimer: I don't own Super Smash Bros. It is owned by Nintendo and Masahiro Sakurai.
Upper Atmosphere of the World of Light
Mario, Lucario, and Sonic were receiving an alarm from the main controls of the ship. This caught them off guard with Cappy, Mario's hat partner, jumping back in shock.
"What's-a going on?" Asked Mario.
"I think the computer's telling us we're here, but the landing gear isn't working!" Responded Lucario.
"It looks like we're gonna have to land the hard way." Said Sonic.
"Can we control the ship?" Asked Cappy.
Lucario responded rapidly. "No. This ship's still on autopilot and we can't regain the controls thanks to the brawler we fought."
Mario took a look at the ground only to see a blanket of clouds below them.
They were rapidly descending by the second, and there was no way to control the vehicle they were inside.
The aura Pokemon then looked at Sonic.
"Can you use your super form again?" Asked Lucario worriedly.
Sonic grew more concerned. "If I could, I would've already got you all out of here!"
Just when they were reaching the stratosphere and passing through the barrier of clouds, they could all see a vast green forest below them.
Mario then thought of an idea. The plumber reached into his pockets and pulled out a couple power ups. This got the attention of his allies.
"Mario! What're you doing?" Asked Sonic.
He then threw a star shaped item at the hedgehog. "Use-a that item! It will protect-a you from the crash!"
As soon as Sonic grabbed it, he found himself covered in a rainbow-like aura that provided temporary invincibility.
The plumber then gave Lucario a green box with a silver exclamation point on its front side. "Use it! You'll be metal, but-a you'll be impervious!"
The fighting type did what Mario said and put it on, making his entire body covered in metal. This made him tougher than steel, and allowed him to withstand a ton of damage.
"Now everyone-a hold on to something!" Shouted Mario as the ship was passing through the white clouds.
"Wait! Mario!" Screamed Cappy. "What're you gonna use to protect yourself?"
"This." Said Mario as he pulled out a special leaf. Once the plumber used it, he turned himself into a brown raccoon creature before transforming further into a still stone statue.
In a few more seconds, the ship violently crashed into the high vegetation below, easily mowing down dozens of trees as it dragged along the ground. Along the way, the ship lost numerous pieces, reducing it to half its original size. After around twenty seconds of going through a few miles of forest, the craft finally came to a halt.
Back in the mostly destroyed interior, Mario was lying unconscious on the ground with his raccoon leaf power up gone.
Cappy then turned into his normal ghostly form and tried to pull Mario up. "Mario, wake up! We need you buddy!"
After a few seconds, the plumber picked himself up. His hat partner then turned back into Mario's cap and sat back on his head.
"Phew! I thought I was gonna lose you!" Said Cappy in relief.
"I can withstand-a more than a ship crash, Cappy." Responded Mario through a smirk. "But-a now we need to focus on-a finding the others."
After a few minutes of searching, he found Lucario knocked out from the crash and without any metal protection. Mario decided to carry the unconscious Pokemon to a safer spot before looking for Sonic.
However, there was no need for a search because Sonic was crawling up to them. He was slightly injured due to the star power not lasting as long as it should have, but it provided him just enough protection from the worst part of the crash.
"It's-a good that you're okay despite-a the injuries you took." Complimented Mario.
"Thanks, Mario." Replied Sonic. "But what's wrong with him?"
The plumber then set the unconscious Lucario down onto the level floor to tend to his injuries. "He's-a still alive. Just-a knocked out-a cold."
As Mario was about to do what he could to heal his ally, blaster fire came from a hole outside the craft.
This got the two old rivals in battle positions as they waited for their foe to show themselves.
Soon enough, a humanoid figure appeared. However, he had the face of a wolf complete with a dark pilot outfit and a distinctive eye patch.
"You boys just threw yourselves into a world of hurt!" Spouted the wolf-like being before pulling out his laser pistols and firing on the two fighters.
They were both able to evade the shots, but Mario knew it wouldn't be enough. "Sonic! Take-a Lucario and-a get-a out of here!"
"No! Not without you!" Replied the hedgehog.
"I'll catch up with-a you!" Shouted Mario. "Now-a go!"
Sonic reluctantly followed what Mario said and grabbed Lucario before making his way out of the ship in the blink of an eye. Once he got to the lower chamber of the ship though, he was intercepted by another anthropomorphic creature with a pilot uniform. However, this one had the face of a blue colored bird of prey.
He started his attack position, but not before recognizing Sonic's figure through the dark lighting inside the ship.
"Sonic?" Asked the bird-like being. "Is that you?"
"How do you know my name?" Asked the hedgehog skeptically.
The pilot then came into the light coming from a hole above him, revealing his face.
"Falco! What are you doing here?" Asked Sonic before running up to his ally in relief.
"It's a long story." Responded Falco simply. "But we didn't come here of our own free will."
"I see." Said Sonic.
"You also have Lucario with you. Been a while since I saw him." Said a surprised Falco, looking at the unconscious aura Pokemon. "Is anyone else here?"
"Just Mario, who I think is fighting some wolf dude in the chamber above us." Explained the hedgehog.
"Oh that reminds me." Said the Star Fox Pilot before turning on his communicator.
Wolf was doing battle with Mario in the wrecked command center of the Lightspace Ship. After a minute, the plumber was being worn down.
The Star Wolf leader realized this and knew that one more shot could bring him down. "After I kill you, Lightspace scum, I'm coming for Galeem next!"
This only got Mario confused. "Wait. What?"
Just when he was about to deal out another shot, he got a message from his communicator.
"What is it Lombardi?" Said Wolf unamusingly.
"Lombardi?" Asked Mario under his breath.
"~Stop your attack! They're not with Galeem!~" Cried out Falco.
"If they're not with Galeem, then what are they?" Asked Wolf confusedly.
Falco responded quickly. "~They're friends that fought with me against Tabuu ten years ago! They're friends!~"
As soon as the Star Wolf leader heard that, he lowered his weapon and reached his hand out to the confused plumber.
"What's-a this?" Asked Mario.
"Apparently, my 'ally' says that you people aren't the enemy here." Explained Wolf. "Come on."
"Really?" Said Cappy. "You're really not gonna believe this guy are you? I mean he looks like a bad guy!"
"What-a choice do we have?" Replied Mario.
Unsure of what else to do, the plumber took the pilot's hand and headed down into the lower chamber of the wrecked ship where the other fighters were.
Once the two fighters reunited with the others, Falco was relieved to know other allies were with him.
"Hey Mario!" Said Falco. "It's been a while!"
"Falco. Unexpected-a pleasure to see you too." Responded the plumber. "Isn't-a Fox normally with-a you."
Falco winced at the response. "Yeah… About that… "
The Star Fox pilot then explained what he saw, from Galeem's origin to how they escaped from the Lightspace fortress.
After Falco was done explaining his side of the story, Mario and Sonic were still processing the slew of new information.
"So Galeem really is a new-a being created from-a Tabuu merging with this-a Master Core along with-a controlling R.O.B. and Wolf's-a crew." Concluded Mario. "I had a hard-a time believing it after Fox-a told me."
Falco grew surprised by what the plumber said. "Wait, Fox is alive?"
"Yeah, but he seemed-a distressed when we first-a saw him." Replied Mario. "He's-a currently on-a the World of Trophies last-a time I checked."
"I'm just really glad to know my partner's still alive!" Said Falco in complete joy and relief.
"Well, despite the good news, we also can't look past the fact that the brawler we fought before is still alive." Added Sonic. "He might be on this planet trying to hunt us down."
Falco grew curious by the hedgehog's response. "Wait, what do you mean 'fought before?'"
This gave Mario the incentive to tell the two pilots how he and his allies got to where they were now. He told them how he got the warning from Fox as well as how he and his allies ended up on the World of Light. He even told them the enemies he faced as well as whatever dangers may come ahead. As soon as the plumber wrapped up his story, Falco knew the World of Trophies was in more danger than he originally anticipated.
"We need to head back there." Surmised Falco. "If we go to the World of Trophies, we can all take a stand."
Mario and Sonic had to disagree. "I'm-a gonna have to disagree, Falco."
"Why is that? "Asked the Star Fox pilot. "We're in enemy territory. If we stay here we all die. "
"Well, first of all, we don't-a have a ship to go back to our world since this-a one can't-a fly anymore. Second, it's-a better if we take out-a the head controlling the army than the army itself." Explained the plumber. "We can end this-a war a lot-a sooner if-a we stay."
"Yeah…" Said Falco as he was processing Mario's plan. "You're probably right, but it's still too risky."
"Look buddy." Added Sonic. "If you're worried about Fox, R.O.B., and Samus, don't worry, dude. Once this fight is over, we'll have the chance to see them again."
"Okay." Said Falco as he started to slowly cave in. "I can see that you win here, Mario."
Lucario then woke up from his unconscious state. The first thing he saw was Mario and Sonic looking down at him. "Mario… Sonic…"
"Don't forget about me too!" Said Cappy.
The aura Pokemon then let out a small chuckle before seeing Falco and Wolf alongside the former rivals.
"Falco?" Asked Lucario in a groggy state of confusion. "What are you doing here?"
Suddenly, small pieces of metal started falling around them as the walls and ceiling started to bend.
"No time to explain." Replied the pilot. "First we need to get out of this thing."
Bigger debris then started to fall. Soon enough, the entire ship was starting to fall apart on them.
Luckily, the five fighters all saw a huge hole they could escape through.
Sonic was the first one to get out as the other fighters rapidly followed suit.
At the moment the last fighter made it out, the entire vehicle completely collapsed in on itself.
Once they all got their bearings, they soon realized that they were in a forest with trees too high for any of the fighters present to climb. They also didn't give the group much of a view in other directions either.
This gave Mario an idea.
"Cappy, are-a you able to provide a better view of-a the land?" Asked the plumber. "We can't-a see anything with all these-a trees in the way."
"On it, Mario!" Said the sentient hat before ascending further into the sky.
Once Cappy made it past the high canopy, he was completely surprised at what he saw from every possible direction.
The Bonneton Native then came back down to Mario, completely flabbergasted.
"What's-a wrong?" Asked the plumber out of curiosity.
"You're not gonna believe the things around us." Replied Cappy.
"He's right." Said Wolf. "When we saw this planet for the first time, we were completely shocked as well."
"What did you see?" Asked Sonic.
"Icy mountains that were covered in glittery blizzards, light green valleys that stretched far and wide, volcanic ranges that could burn anyone to a crisp if they got close enough to the lava, a lake that looks like a perfect blue mirror. There were so many different biomes all throughout the place." Explained the sentient hat. "There were even some that looked like they were made of candy!"
"We came from an expansive canyon just west of this forest." Said Falco. "We were collecting supplies for a few days before we found you guys."
"Well, it's-a good to have-a people you can depend on in a time like-a this." Said Mario.
"Likewise." Responded Falco. "We could use your help in laying low here in this forest. It's likely Galeem's forces are still trying to hunt us down."
After a quick nod from Lucario and Sonic, Mario made his decision. "We would be more than-a happy to help-a you after everything that's-a been happening."
"That's good." Said Wolf. "We'll show you to our hiding spot. After that, we can salvage whatever we can in the ship you guys came in."
The group then went off further into the dense forest. Although they all were safe for the moment, it would be only a matter of time until Galeem found them.
Until then though, the fighters would have no choice but to rely on each other.