A World Embroiled in Chaos

Chapter Forty-One: Dark Plan V

A/N: Sorry for not updating. I needed a little break. However, I've made my self a schedule on how this series will go. I plan on finishing up this story around the time that the school year ends. Over the summer, I'm going to write one based on things that happened before this story. When the next super smash bros. game comes out, I'll write the direct sequel to this. Sometime after that is done, I'm going to write one about their descendents. When I finish the fourth one, I'll probably have ideas for a fifth. Anyway, let the story continue.

DISCLAIMER: Refer to chapter one's disclaimer.

Somewhere in Kirth's plane of existence…

"You know… if people have a high bounty on their heads, there should be a lot of bounty hunters on their asses." Kirth sighed. "The problem is, they're all scattered around the continent… and the ones that are easiest to reach by the bounty hunters are also the ones with the highest bounties on their heads… so high a bounty that it scares everyone." Zalthyr replied. "Either way, bounty hunters would be useless against Kyle and Alyssa. They'd just kill them off in the blink of an eye." Kirth stated.

"Anyways, did you dispose of Tamrin like I told you?" Kirth asked. "I bested him in combat, but, unfortunately, Kyle and Alyssa showed up… and I had to retreat." Zalthyr replied. Kirth sighed. "Great. I only have myself, and four others to rely on. While they have Kyle, Alyssa, Tamrin, Harris, Badge, and Yureidoru, not to mention the others. Their best fighters outnumber us, and Kyle is stronger than me… what to do?" Kirth yelled in frustration.

"It is true that you are no match for Kyle… but… if you had the scroll of eternal omnipotence…" Zalthyr began. "I told you, that is forbidden. It's sealed in the core of existence. There's a reason it's there. The words contained within can unleash so much power within its reader… that… the power obtained may be able to destroy all…" Kirth stated. "Yes, but aren't you the least bit curious as to how the ultimate power works?" Zalthyr asked. "You do not know as much of this scroll as I do. Trust me. Such a power is best left untouched." Kirth replied.

"Is there any other course of action available?" Zalthyr asked. "Well… you could tell Kevin that while he's in Grandville, to contact our friends there. It's time to put them into the action." Kirth stated. "I'll get on it." Zalthyr replied, leaving the room. Kirth smirked to himself. "As loyal as it gets, that one." He muttered. "If only they were all like that. Like him and his younger sister…" He added.

Zalthyr was walking down a hallway to the exit. "That Alyssa… I want to test her power. My Link form against her sheik form. Lunasieg against the Tiiru Kyoubou… this is getting interesting." Zalthyr stated as he left.

Meanwhile… on the hills outside of Grandville…

Kevin was taking a rest. He looked pretty comfortable. His face was covered by his derby to block his eyes out from the sun. Zalthyr walked onto the scene. "Sleeping on the job? That isn't good." He smirked. "I'm just enjoying my time, unlike the rest of you." Kevin's voice said from underneath the derby resting on his face. "You know, if you take too long here, Kirth will execute you." Zalthyr stated. "Why do you care?" Kevin asked. "Because I like your style of fighting. Especially when it involves shoving grenades down your opponent's throat and blasting him in the nuts." Zalthyr replied. Kevin chuckled to himself. "I guess I've spent enough time here." He stated, getting up. "Thanks for the wakeup call." He said to Zalthyr, and then walked off toward the city.

Before Zalthyr knew it, Kevin was gone from sight. "Fuck. I forgot to tell him about contacting our friends…" Zalthyr sighed. "Oh well." He added. "I guess I'll do it myself." He muttered, walking off toward the city.

Kevin walked through the town, thinking of the easiest way to get to the hidden catacombs. Of course, he could just blast the ground, and blast his own entrance to the catacombs, but Kirth told him not to. Apparently, he had something planned for Grandville. Of course, the locals wouldn't know anything about this… these were ancient catacombs… built before Grandville, itself, and sealed up for some unknown reason. Perhaps there was something in the library…

Kevin walked into the great library of Grandville. It was definitely a large place. Fifty stories of marble filled to the brim with books and scholars. Kevin walked to the front desk. "Do you have a section of ancient books?" He asked. "The oldest books we have can be found in the basement." The librarian replied. Kevin nodded, and headed down the stairs, and into the basement.

The basement was the complete opposite of the brilliant upper floors. It was a lot smaller, and the walls were made out of dull, gray stone, instead of the clean, white, marble. It was dimly lit, and cobwebs littered the walls. A single wooden table was in the center, instead of the long modern tables on the floors above. Kevin sighed to himself. "The ancient section lives up to its name."

The books were in alphabetical order. He checked through the A's for 'Ancient Catacombs'. Though there were a lot of Ancient-titled books, there were none about the catacombs. He looked under C for 'Catacombs.' Again, he found nothing. It seemed like any information on the catacombs had been lost forever… until he came across a secret shelf in the wall. Time had weakened its concealment, so it wasn't too hard to find. He picked up an age book. "… The diary of Vertiliox Borimo… famed creator of the ancient catacombs." He read. 'This must be an old book. He isn't very famed anymore, seeing as how nobody knows about the catacombs, anymore.' Kevin thought.

He discovered that Vertiliox was the best friend of Tamrin, the savior of the good people of the world long ago, and was just as powerful. He was a very old man, and nobody is sure whether he died, or lived just long enough to catch the stopped aging effect of the humans' evolution. Some think he still lives, but due to the fact that nobody has seen him in the past two thousand years, he is assumed dead. The entrance to the catacombs is hidden in a secret trapdoor in the library's ancient section.

Kevin sighed to himself. Unfortunately, the diary lacked information on navigating the great maze. He'd just have to figure it out himself. Kevin moved the wooden table, and moved a mound of dust off the ground with his foot. Sure enough, the trapdoor was there. He lifted the latch, and climbed down the later placed there. However, the later was extremely old, and cracked when he landed on the third step. He managed to land safely, though. "I bet everything down here is old…" Kevin sighed.

Soon enough, he found a split in the tunnels. He decided to go left. The next thing you know, a gigantic boulder fell down from the ceiling ahead of him, and rolled toward him. Kevin morphed into his dark link form, and threw a grenade at it. The boulder exploded. "Was that supposed to be a trap?" He asked himself, walking along. He found a three-way split in the road.

"Eenie… meenie… mieny… moe… in which fucking direction, shall I go?" He asked himself. He decided to go straight this time… but it turned out to be a dead end. The floor beneath him vanished. "What the?" He exclaimed, before falling down.

He found himself in a small circular room. It was pitch black, with only a dim lantern coming from the direction of a small desk, where a figure was writing with a quill pen. "Um… aren't quill pens a bit out of date?" Kevin asked. "Really? I didn't know." The figure replied. He had the voice of a really old man. "I've been buried down here for the past 1,600 years… I don't know what happens in the outside world." The man added. "You must be… Vertiliox?" Kevin asked. "So… the outside world still knows of me? That makes me happy… and yes, I am Vertiliox. Vertiliox Borimo, at your service." The old man stated.

"Yeah… look, can you help me find my way through the catacombs? I'm looking for my legendary scroll." Kevin asked. "Hm… I can do that… if you prove your strength to me." Vertiliox replied, transforming into his old-looking Ness form. Kevin smirked. "Sure." He stated, transforming into his Dark Link form. It was safe to say that Kevin was at an advantage. Dark Link likes darkness. It seemed like he vanished into the very shadows, themselves. "What is this?" Vertiliox exclaimed. "Your downfall." Kevin replied. Suddenly, Vertiliox felt a brass knuckle collide with the back of his head. The force from it knocked him out of his transformation, and into an injured and highly fatigued state. "Yes… that proves your power well enough. Go into the next room. It has several passageways, and each will lead you to a different areas, which are actually labeled on a map in the next room." Vertiliox said, as a stone slab in the wall behind him opened, revealing more light.

"Now, why haven't you used this network to escape, already?" Kevin asked. "My life is in this book… I'll return to the world when my work is done." Vertiliox said. "I see. What's the book called?" Kevin asked. "A World Embroiled in Chaos." Vertiliox replied. "Cool. I'll be sure to read it." Kevin said, exiting the room, and into the new one. The stone slab closed behind him. Kevin sighed. He looked at the map in the room, and headed off in the direction of his scroll.

He found the altar of his scroll. "This is it." Kevin muttered. Suddenly, a completely white link with blue eyes stepped forward. Kevin turned into his dark link form. "Die!" Kevin yelled, shooting at it with his magnum. The other Link dodged aside, and shot off his light arrows. Kevin ducked to the side, and threw a grenade, which was countered by the other Link's bombs. Kevin then equipped his brass knuckles, which clashed with the other Link's sword. This went on for about ten minutes, until Kevin disappeared, and then reappeared behind his opponent, and shot him in the face at point blank. That ended the match. Kevin sighed, reverted back to his normal form, and grabbed the scroll. "Now, how do I get out of here?" He asked himself.

Coming up: Next is an interlude, and after that is an Alex and Jason chapter. Whew. This was a longer one. Anyways, review, peoples!

Until next chapter,

Biggoron