Chapter 28: Declaration of War! Jump into the Judicial Tower!
In the main government HQ…
"It's urgent, Big Brother!" Spandine says to a shadowed figure, which nobody gets to see what it actually is. "As long as that girl is out there, then the world will be in danger! We must capture her before any more people get hurt!"
And because of this, wanted posters of 16 years old Samus is spread everywhere, and it got many people's attention.
"This girl is a criminal?"
"They say she's one of the devils who wanted to take over the world!"
"But she's still young!"
"Such a high bounty!"
And thus begins the 8 hellish years of Samus…
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Wherever she goes, there are people coming after her.
"Don't let her get away! She's a devil! Capture her!"
"There she is! Get her!"
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Even if she found someone to be with at last, she gets betrayed in the end…
"Thanks for your help, little girl," says an old woman.
"It's nothing, granny," says Samus. "I'm glad that you took me in too."
"Let's go to lunch now, but before that, I would like to introduce you to someone." And the old woman calls for the government officials to show up. Seeing this, Samus quickly runs off in fear.
"After her!" shout the officials.
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Even if she found a place to hide, she still gets found in the end.
"This should be a safe place to hide…" Samus says to herself as she enters an old house in the middle of an abandoned pumpkin patch. Inside is very dark and has a creepy atmosphere, but Samus sat among some broken furnitures and drifted off to sleep.
The next day she woke up, she notices a young orange-haired girl sitting in the same room. "Hi, little girl," says Samus. "What are you doing here?" But the girl just looks at her with a rather frightened face and kept silent. "Don't be afraid! I won't harm you! My name is Samus Aran! What's yours?"
The girl hesitated a bit, but then speaks, "Macchi…"
But before she can finish talking, a loud voice shouts into the house, "There's Samus! Get that devil!" And several government officials run in. Samus quickly runs for the nearest window and escapes, and the officials run after her, leaving that girl confused and alone in the old house.
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Samus once even joined a group of bounty hunters called the Galactic Federation. At first, she did a good job there and the people there seems to take care of her, until they betrayed her and tried to turn her into the government, so she had to run.
Her hellish life went on until finally…
"So you're the devil girl who survived the Cosmo incident?" asks Master Hand. "Don't worry; I'm not here to turn you in to anyone. Cosmic Hand is one of my relatives, and I was sad to hear that he was killed. I understand your feelings very much, so come with me. I will keep you safe. I promise…"
END OF FLASHBACK
"All my life, I have not been able to find someone I can trust, until the Smashers took me in," says Samus. "I told myself that I have finally found the true friends that I can trust on. They are the only people I have ever put my trusts in. Because my enemies are the world and its darkness, I will bring trouble on whomever I associate with. The longer I stay with them, the more danger I will bring upon them. They will eventually see me as a burden and throw me out… I am afraid that day will come, so I would rather die than to see my friends suffer! I have seen enough of my best friends suffer in the past! I do not want something like that to happen again!"
Snake listens with silence, for he finally understand why she is rejecting help all these times. The Smashers also listen to her story with silence. "How sad…" says Pichu with tears in his eyes.
"Ms. Samus…" says Pit.
"So that's why…" says Marth, finally understood.
"The Annihilation Call is even used to threaten my best friends here! I would rather die right now to prevent anymore loved ones to get hurt!" says Samus.
"Hahahahahaha! That makes sense!" laughs Spandam. "You are right in saying this! Why would anyone want to keep a troublesome and demonic woman like you?" Spandam then turns to the Smashers and points to the flag on top of the Judicial Tower. "Do you see this, Smashers? That flag symbolizes the whole government of the world! Do you realize how little you are trying to come against us? Do you know how great of a power that the government has in its hands? What can you do to us with your little army?"
"We know very well who your enemy is, Samus," says Captain Falcon. "You should've told us earlier, and then we would eliminate your enemy for you. Pit!"
"Yes, Mr. Falcon?" asks Pit.
"Shoot down that flag."
"As you wish." Pit readies his bow and arrow and aims it at the flag.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing?" asks Spandam.
"Doing what I was ordered to!" Pit lets go the arrow and it hits the flag and tears it into two.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" screams Spandam at the top of his voice.
"You can't!" gasps Samus.
"They dare do this?" says Kaku.
"They sure got guts," says Jabura.
Back on the second island, the soldiers see the flag getting torn in two by the arrow, and they are all shocked. "What have they done! Do those villains know what they are doing? THEY HAVE DECLARED WAR AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT!"
"You guys are idiots!" Spandam shouts at the Smashers. "Do you think you can really get away with this alive?"
"We do not care who our enemy is!" yells CF. "We will do anything to rescue our friend from her dark life, even if we have to destroy the WORLD!"
Samus is very shocked to hear this.
"Samus! I haven't hear you say this yet, so I want to hear it now! Say that… YOU WANT TO LIVE!"
"Live…?" thought Samus. "I thought I don't have the right to live on! Everyone wanted to me to die… But if I had the chance… I… I…" Then she remembers what Adam told her.
"You will find friends out there who will take care of and protect you! They will be your true friends!"
Samus begins to cry, and then she shouts out, "I WANT TO LIVE! I WANT TO LIVE ON FOREVER HAPPILY WITH YOU ALL! PLEASE TAKE ME WITH YOU, MY FRIENDS!"
"YOU ALL ARE CRAZY!" screams Spandam.
"I LOVE GUYS!" says Snake while crying happily.
"Leave everything to us!" says CF.
At this moment, the drawbridge begins to lowers. "The drawbridge is lowering!" says Pikachu.
"They have done it!" says Wario.
"Ahhh! Somebody help me!" cries Spandam.
"Let's get ready to smash!" says CF.
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Back in the towers of the courthouse…
"We did it!" says Punk, standing next to the lever.
"Yes!" exclaim the others.
In the other tower, the same thing has happened.
"We pulled the lever finally!" says Pix.
"Yeah!" exclaim the others.
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In the courthouse…
"Oh no! The drawbridge is lowering!" gasps Baskerville.
"We're gonna save our boss this time!" says Bluto. "There's nothing you can do to stop us now!"
"Right! Meet your fate now!" says Meta-Knight. He raises his sword and flies at Baskerville. "Engine Cutting Slash!"
SLAAAAAASH!
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" screams Baskeville as he is cut into three pieces in between the heads.
"JUDGE BASKERVILLE!" cry the soldiers.
But to everyone surprise, Baskerville turns out to be actually 3 separate people sharing one same suit! "Ha! We're actually 3 people in one suit!" says the right person (the scruffy hair one). "I am Bas!"
"And I am Karville!" says the left one, the one wearing knight helmet.
And because I am in the middle, my name is Princess!" says the middle one, the one with a moustache.
This is how these three are able to get into one suit: Princess has very large legs, but Bas and Kerville have small legs, so they sit on his laps. Princess also has small arms, but the other two has large arms, so they stick one of their arms out the sleeves. And behold, they look like a man with three heads!
"Why are you guys sharing one same suit anyway?" asks Meta-Knight.
"Because we're good friends!" they three reply.
"Lame reason!"
"Quick! We must stop the drawbridge! Destroy it or anything!" says Princess. Bas grabs a nearby cannon and shoots the drawbridge and damages it, and the whole thing stops descending! "Yes!"
"Oh no! They destroyed the drawbridge!" gasp the Stray Fox guys.
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"Somebody destroyed the drawbridge!" says Yoshi.
"Who did this?" says CF angrily.
Spandam grabs Samus and begins to run off. "I'm taking her with me! You guys go and finish off those Smashers as fast as possible!" But then Snake got in front of him. "John Doe! You're coming with me too!"
Snake takes out a blueprint and shows it to him. "You have been looking for this blueprint for the Armageddon, right?"
"Ah yes! Give it to me! It's mines!"
"So you hid it under your shirt all along," says Lucci.
"Yes, and it's the real one at that!" says Snake. "Worker Hand protected this with all his life so that it will not fall into the wrong hands. Otacon was supposed to protect it himself, but he gave it to me to do the job instead."
"Shut up and give it to me!" says Spandam.
"I told him why not just destroy it when someone wants to take it from him, but he didn't. Now that this thing is at the verge of getting taken by evil ones, it is about time I do to this which should be done many years ago!" Snake then tears the blueprint into pieces and throws them into the sky, where the wind blows them off the island.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! THE BLUEPRINT!" screams Spandam.
"Our 4 years of hard work has come to waste…" says Califa.
"The blueprint is gone, but you still have Samus to help you find the Armageddon," says Snake. "However, if she is gone, then you have no more hope left! I am placing my money on the Smashers that they will get her back and bust you guys!"
"YOU IDIOT!" shouts Spandam.
"Hey boss!" shout several voices.
Spandam turns towards the courthouse and sees the SF people there.
"Boss! We're here to rescue you!"
"You guys! Why do you come?" asks Snake, and then he begins to cry. "I… I… I don't need you… to help me! Boohoo!"
"Don't worry boss! We will help you no matter what!"
"Shut up and try to get us to the other side!" says CF, who is rather pissed off.
"Must you be so angry?" the other Smashers ask him.
Suddenly, Spandam charges at Snake and pushes him off the balcony and towards the ocean below. "EEEEKS!" cries Snake.
"DIE!" shouts Spandam.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! I'M FALLING!"
"AAAAAAHHHHHHH! BOSS IS FALLING!" cry the SF guys.
"Oh no!" Mario quickly extends the Fire Rod diagonally downwards and also makes it thicker. The front end smashes through the entrance on the base of the Judicial Tower, and Snake lands on the surface of the Fire Rod and slides down into the entrance. "That-a was close!"
"That's it! We can just slide down this rod and enter from the bottom!" says CF. This idea sounds good to the others, so the Smashers slide down the rod and all the way into the door at the bottom.
"YAAAAAAAAAA! THEY GOT INSIDE!" screams Spandam. He grabs Samus and begins to run off. "Lucci! Come with me and protect me! You guys go kill them all!" He turns to Funkfreed and calls its name, and the elephant transforms into a sword and fits onto Spandam's hand!
"A sword that consumed a Devil Fruit!" says Samus.
"Yes, the Zou Zou Fruit! But who cares about that? You're coming with me!" says Spandam.
Note: Zou is Japanese for Elephant.
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"Yes! Boss is going to join in the big fight!" say the SF guys. "That's just like him!"
"You villains have gone to far!" says Princess. "We will punish you all here!"
"You are the one who will be receiving the punishment!" says Meta-Knight. He begins flying around Baskerville at a very fast speed.
"What are you doing?"
Met-Knight flies around them faster and faster and his sword begins to glow too.
"What the!"
"Final Tornado!" shouts Meta-Knight. The sword lets out a flash and a large orange tornado is formed around Princess, Bas, and Kerville, and they are sucked up and tossed around in the huge column of wind.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
And then they are tossed in random directions and crash into the walls and floors.
CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!
Meta-Knight stops flying and lands onto the floor. "Phew… I could've flew over to that side, but I think it's best that we leave everything to the Smashers."
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In the Judicial Tower…
"Phew… That was a close call," says Snake. "Thanks for the help, guys."
"Talk about that later," says Wario. "What do we do now?"
"Chapapa! You people are very brave to barge in here!" says Fukuro, who is up against a corner and grasping in between the walls.
"It's a CP9 member!" says Snake.
"Samus is being taken by the boss and Lucci to the take-off island. If you want to help her, then you better go fast!"
"That's what we're gonna do!" says CF.
"But you might need this with you first." Fukuro holds up a key. "Samus's hands are cuffed together by a handcuff made from adamantine, one of the hardest substances in the world. There is no way you can cut it in two."
"Then give us that key!"
"Like I'll give it to you so easily! And plus, I don't even know if I have the right keys or not!"
"What?" asks Pikachu.
"5 of us CP9 members have the keys, and one of them is the one to unlock the handcuff. You'll have to fight us for it!"
"That's-a waste of time!" says Mario. "We should-a go rescue Samus first-a and come get da keys later! She would-a be sent to da other island by da time we found da keys!"
"Good idea you got there! So I think I'll throw my key into the ocean instead!"
"Don't you dare do that!" says CF.
"Then come get the keys! If you wanna go for plan B, then you'll lost the keys forever. Chapapa!" And then Fukuro runs off using Soru.
"What do we do now?" asks Yoshi.
"I think the best idea is to send one person after Samus while the rest of us go find the keys," suggests Marth.
"Good idea," says CF. "I'll go after Samus."
"Then the remaining of us goes look for the other CP9 and get their keys. This is a race against time, so we must make it in time!"
"Got it!" say the others, and they all run off in separate directions."
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Spandam, Lucci, and Robin are walking down a staircase. "Those villains will never find us!" says Spandam. "Give up all hope of getting rescued now, Samus Aran!"
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Snake is running through a hallway. "I need to stock up on weapons and ammo! I can't fight unarmed! There's gotta be a place for weapon storage here."
Suddenly, Fukuro drops down from the ceiling and stops him. "Welcome! I am Fukuro the Silent and the lover of rumors! Would you like my key?"
"Dang! Not before I get some weapons!"
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Pit is checking each room he passes by. "Nobody at all… Where can they be?" He enters another room and is surprised by the appearance inside. The whole place is planted with indoor plants and even has a miniature lake! "Wow! What's with this place?" Then he sees Jabura lying on the grass and asleep. "That's a CP9 member, and he has the key in front of him too!"
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Pikachu enters a well-decorated room but sees nobody. "No one…"
Suddenly, Califa appears and closes the door. "Welcome, you cute little animal. Would you like some tea?"
"You!"
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Yoshi is running down a hallway. "I can smell someone here!"
Then Kumadori hops down from nowhere and stops him. "Yoyoi! I have waited for a thousand years for this, you vile villain!"
"So it was your scent I smelled!"
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Marth, with two swords in his hand, enters a room and sees Kaku sitting on a chair. "So you are here," says Kaku. "And you even have your swords ready. That one… Can it be the Level 2 Durandal?"
"Yes, and I can't wait to cut someone with it," says Marth with an evil-looking grin.
TO BE CONTINUED…
The battle between the Smashers and CP9 is starting! Let the battle of the century begin!
Coming up next chapter: The Battle of Alias Lobby! Smashers vs. CP9!