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BGM: Luma (Super Mario Galaxy)
"Is she okay?" Ling asked with concern as Sea5ons, Blake and Ibuki were in the Bedroom dome.
"Poor girl's been through a lot in that galaxy…" Chelsea said. "Apathy and… whatever those other creatures were called." She mumbled. "It's heartbreaking… no one should have to go through that."
Kokoro said nothing as Yukina was curled up next to her while purring. She would pull out a notepad and scribbled something down and gave it to Whitley.
"Sorry for causing you guys so much trouble…?" Whitley read. "Kokoro, you know that's not true."
"Oh, honey…" Chelsea knelt down and gave her another hug. "You're no trouble to us. In fact, the one who does give us trouble is that Dimentio jerk."
Ling knelt down. "Don't beat yourself up. We're here for you." She said, smiling and gently ruffling her hair, causing Kokoro to give a faint smile. "We'll be here if you need anything."
"Hey, and you know what? Not only are you just a singer and composer, Kokoro. You're also a fighter. You always have been." Whitley handed the notepad back to her along with a chuckle. "I admire your spirit, Kokoro." He petted her head affectionately. "About that song you're working on, I can't wait to perform that song with you once you finish composing and writing it, okay?" He smiled as Kokoro let out a small smile this time as she wrote in the notepad again.
"I can't wait either."
Whitley chuckled. "For now, just get some rest and take all the time you need, alright?" He said as she slowly nodded.
"Love you…" Chelsea whispered, giving her another hug as one by one they walked out, with Cardin looking at Kokoro one more time before letting out a sigh, then walked out.
"Mrow…" Yukina purred, nuzzling against Kokoro.
"I wish there was something we could do…" Cardin said.
"Honestly, I wish there was. If anything, we need to give her some space." Whitley said.
"Yeah…" Chelsea nodded.
"Oh, Ibuki will find a way to cheer her up somehow… when she's ready, of course!" Ibuki grinned and walked off with Blake following her.
"Hey, how's she doing?" Ruby asked as she approached Blake.
"Well, she's doing alright, except for that traumatic experience where she lost the will to speak."
Ruby's eyes widened. "Oh… dang. That Dimentio guy did a number on her…"
"Yeah…" Blake nodded.
"Ibuki thinks the best way is to give her some space for now." Ibuki advised.
"Yeah, probably a good idea." Ruby nodded. "Come on, let's leave her be for now."
End BGM
Meanwhile, with Namine…
BGM: Starship Mario B (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
"Interesting…" Namine mused as she was looking into a tome that Lysithea had given her. "You think this might help me out?"
"Well, I've been told you're a witch and you tend to use magic so I thought "Hey, why not teach you one of my spells?" Lysithea grinned.
"Well, I could give this one spell a try." Namine said, standing up as she put her hand on the page and closed her eyes, feeling the power flow through her as a dark aura wrapped around her arm. She opened her eyes as a pure aura flashed through.
"What in the world did you do to her?" Hilda asked.
"Giving her a new spell to try out." Lysithea said
"Here goes…." Namine raised her hand up in the air as a dark pool formed in front of her. "DARK SPIKES!" She yelled, but instead of actual spikes, they were dark colored pencils as they rose up from the ground as they surrounded Namine as she threw them… and unwittingly pinning Church to the library. "Whoops! Sorry!"
"…Too bad that didn't kill me." Church mumbled.
"Colored pencils… I wasn't expecting that outcome but that was pretty cool!" Lysithea smiled, to which Namine turned to her with her eyes sparkling.
"Oh, I like this!" Namine smiled.
"Hey, if you like that spell, then maybe you'll like the other spells!"
"Lysithea NO!" Hilda yelled.
"Lysithea YES!" Claude grinned.
"…I'll just stay out of her way." Bernadetta sweatdropped.
"Hey, mind if you teach me those spells next? I could use a bit of flair to my repertoire!" Marisa said, but Reimu grabbed her ear and pulled her away.
"You already have enough flashy moves to go around. You don't need dark spells either, buster."
"Ow ow ow ow! OW! Why are you pulling my ear, Reimu?! OW!"
"Because no one does it when you steal from Patchy's library."
"That's because I'm a great thief! OW! I think you're pinching me now!"
"Say, do you know anyone else that needs kidnapping?" Nora asked, looking over her white board.
"Well, I can tell you that Serpentina got hit with Phazon pretty good." Roy said.
"Ah, I see… and how about that Bookwyrm guy?"
"He's actually back in the Monster Community. He managed to protect a few monsters from that crud and was well hidden that Dark Samus couldn't find him."
Nora sweatdrop. "You guys really need to come up with a better name for that town."
"Believe me, they're all trying to think of somethin' better than that."
"Marn lives there, maybe she could think of something."
"Marnie? Heh, nice try… she can't think of anything creative either."
"Why, she's bad at naming towns?"
"Nah, more like she can't think of anything clever or catchy that rolls off the tongue. Her words, not mine."
"Why not just… I dunno, Neo Spikemuth or something?"
"Neo Spikemuth…" Roy mused. "Now there's an idea."
"Another thing. Do you know where your other siblings are at?"
"They're all spread out and stationed in other galaxies. I didn't pay that much attention but I do know where Ludwig is at. That said, I don't know where the others are."
"Where's Ludwig at?"
"I think he's in… uh… somethin' Masterpiece Galaxy? Was it Grand Masterpiece… Royal Masterpiece…?"
"Oooh, we got another Hungry Luma coming over!" Lubba exclaimed as a Hungry Luma came flying over.
"Hello! I'd like a thousand Star Bits in order to transform!" The Hungry Luma smiled as Rosalina came over and fed him the Star Bits. "Thanks mama! I'm so full… I feel like I'm gonna… TRANSFOOOOOOOOOOOOORM!" He flew into outer space and transformed.
"Oh, now we got two galaxies in orbit now!" Polari said. "Beat Block, the one that had just transformed aaaand… Rolling Masterpiece."
"ROLLING!" Roy said. "That's the word I was looking for!" He smirked. "Ludwig is over there!"
"Great! So who's goin' with ya?"
"Oh, I have a few ideas." Roy said with a chuckle.
Raven, meanwhile, watched Summer scrambling to figure out who Tai could be dating. "Alright, I've seen enough." She said as she walked over to Summer.
"Ingrid? No… not her… aaaagh!" Summer groaned. "For all I know, he could be dating a Lopunny or a Gardevoir!" She exclaimed, unaware that Zinnia and Rayquaza fist bumped each other.
"Come on, we're getting you away from all of this." Raven picked her up and put her over her shoulder. "You and I are going to a galaxy to get you away from this chaos you created."
"Chaos? What chaos. I don't see any chaos!" Summer protested but Raven didn't want to hear it, as she turned her head to Qrow.
"Qrow, do me a favor and destroy all of that. It's harming her health."
"Health? She's dead!" Qrow said.
"I know!" Raven said as she got into a Launch Star and flew off with Summer, heading straight for Beat Block Galaxy.
"Well, let's see how she did." Tai looked through Summer's list. "Huh! She made a lot of good guesses… heh, too bad she second guessed herself."
"You gonna tell her?"
"Oh, I will…" Tai grinned cheekily. "Eventually."
"Atta boy." Qrow said, fist bumping him. "Just like in the Beacon days."
"You know it!"
Yang sweatdropped. "And I thought our team was wild…" She said.
"Pew." Apollo smiled.
End BGM
Beat Block Galaxy - Step to the Beep - Summer, Raven
BGM: Beat Block Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
"There we go. Smell that change of atmosphere." Raven said once they landed.
"Pauline, Whitney, Cynthia, Impa… so many choices…" Summer groaned. "For all I know, he could be into Shantae…"
"Alright, I've heard enough." Raven said as she swung Summer around and slapped her on both cheeks before bopping her on the head.
"Ow!" Summer yelped before shaking it off. "Aaand I'm back."
"Good. Otherwise I would've bopped you a little harder." She smirked. "Glad to have you back into the real world."
"I probably needed to get away from that…" Summer sighed. "Alright, let's get that Power Star."
"That's more like it. Lead the way." Raven said as they walked ahead where they would quickly realize the green blocks were beeping three times before switching out to the yellow blocks, then three beeps later, they switched again.
"Oh, this doesn't seem so bad." Summer said as they walked ahead, but as they walked along the first path, Raven would see something in the corner of her eye and looked up.
"…Sums?"
"Yeah?" Summer turned her head and saw a Prankster Comet approaching, this one being pink in color. "…A pink comet?" She wondered.
End BGM
Raven glanced over at the beeping blocks, seeing they were starting to blink in and out rapidly. "That's messing up the rhythm!"
BGM: Beep Block Skyway (Super Mario 3D World)
"Oh great, going from stressing over who Tai is dating to stressing over rhythm! Greeeeeat way to destress, Raven!"
Raven simply gave her a sheepish grin with a shrug. "My bad…"
Summer sighed. "It's fine. Let's go." She said as they started to walk and jumped their way over a gap that opened up before closing again as they made a hard left and saw they had to jump over the blocks in order to progress, however Raven turned into an actual raven and flew across the gap while Summer attempted to hop scotch her way over to where Raven was at.
…Emphasis on attempted.
"Wah!" Summer yelped before catching herself and floated up, landing next to her. "Aheheh… nailed it?"
"You could've just floated your way over, ghostie."
"I didn't think I needed to." Summer blushed, rubbing the back of her head as they kept going where they saw a long stretch of blinking blocks. This time, Raven activated her Maiden Powers and floated across, while also giving Summer a ride. "Wah!" She yelped. "I can float, ya know!"
"Yeah, and you sometimes forget you're a ghost until at the last second. You're welcome." Raven teased, causing Summer to blush a beet red before turning her head with folding her arms.
"I live a complicated ghost life…" She mumbled as they soon got to the Beat Block Pyramid where they saw ten Silver Stars loating about. "Huh? I thought you needed five Silver Stars."
"I guess it's because there's two Stars to worry about now." Raven said. "I got this." She flew off.
"Oh no, you don't!" Summer said as she floated off after her, going right where Raven went left, the two of them grabbing Silver Star after Silver Star, and then when Summer snagged the last one, the Silver Stars formed into a Power Star where Summer flew over and caught it.
End BGM
"And we have a winner~!" Summer grinned.
"What took you so long?"
"Huh?" Summer turned her head and saw Raven casually floating above her with her own Power Star in her hand with a teasing smile. Summer let out a sigh. "You and your weather bending powers…"
Raven floated down, scruffing up Summer's hair. "Aw, don't feel too bad. You'll catch up… eventually."
"Hey!" Summer playfully punched her as both women let out a few chuckles. "So, I have to ask… have you tried to make up with Yang yet?"
Raven sighed. "It's complicated… I'm at the part where I'm going back and forth "Good idea, bad idea, you have to make up, she's gonna hit me again, this time a bit harder-"
Summer put her hands on Raven's shoulder. "Easy… deep breath. I know that deep down, the two of you want this to happen. All you need is a gentle push."
"If only it were that easy…"
"Hey, look at me." Summer cupped her chin and had her look her in the eyes. "I'll find a way to get our daughter and you to make up. I'm not sure what it will take, but I'm willing to make that push."
"You… sure about that?"
"Rave, I've done things in the past that I was willing to do for you, Qrow and Tai. Why should this be any different?"
"I… suppose so."
Summer smiled. "Now let's go. These Power Stars aren't going to power up the Starship themselves." She said as a beam of light surrounded the two and took them back to the Observatory.
Back at the Observatory…
"You want me to go with you?" Yang asked.
"Yeah. Might be good for ya." Roy said. "I already got the team worked out." He pointed behind him as Junior was in his Clown Car, Neo had her umbrella resting on her shoulder while also hugging Roman at the same time, Emerald readied her weapons with a grin as well. Plus, this would be a good time as any for me to knock some sense into her head.
"Hey, you guys going to a galaxy?" Claude walked over.
"Yes sir! We're going to save Ludwig." Roy said.
Claude grinned. "Count me in. If my girl's goin', I might as well accompany her."
"Hey, the more the merrier." Roy said. "I should warn ya, though. When I was stationed at Rightside Down Galaxy, I corrupted the whole place into Phazon. It wasn't my fault, really… I was brainwashed by that dumb poison anyway."
"I don't think Rosie holds it against ya." Roman said.
"She doesn't, thank goodness." Roy chuckled. "That said, considering I corrupted the whole place against my will, I have a pretty good feeling that Ludwig corrupted Rolling Masterpiece. Palutena did all she could to protect the Phantom Thieves, but as we know, Haru got corrupted and nearly lost her fight with the Phazon. Had that cure come any later, I'm pretty sure Haru wouldn't have made it." Roy mumbled. "Still, we need extra protection but how would we-"
THUD!
"Aaand that's all of Area 1 cleared with the Green Stars!"
They all turned to see Hiyoko having a handful of Green Stars, with her appearance looking different. Her head was fully covered in a steel gray helmet, her eyes hidden behind two light blue lenses and two spiked horns on the top. She was donned in a dark gray base bodysuit with steel gray interlocking armor plating over it, covering her torso, arms, and legs well. On her gloved hands were a set of short but sharp claws at the ends of her fingertips, as well as claw-like spikes on the front of her boots.
Hiyoko took off her helmet. "All that's left is the second area and we'll be good to go!"
"…By golly, I think I figured it out!" Roy said and then walked off. "Hey Ibuki, come here for a sec!"
Later…
"Well, you guys don't look like Aggron like Hiyoko-chan but it's the best she could do." Ibuki said as they had armor similar to Hiyoko. "It's better than nothing though!"
"You guys are saving another one of your corrupted friends?" Hiyoko asked.
"Yeah, we're heading straight for Rolling Masterpiece. Ludwig is there." Roy said.
Hiyoko smirked, putting her helmet back on. "Let's roll." She said as they got into the Launch Star and launched away.
Rolling Masterpiece Galaxy Power Star #1 - Ludwig's Grand Performance - Junior, Roy, Neo, Roman, Emerald, Yang, Claude, Hiyoko
BGM: Phaaze (Metroid Prime 3: Corruption)
Everyone landed on the ground. "Yup, just like I figured. Ludwig corrupted this place pretty good." Roy said. "Shame, really, this place looked like it could've been beautiful."
"Well, let's get going. Ludwig should be around here somewhere." Junior said.
"Right." Hiyoko nodded as they started walking, only for them to see a Star Ball in front of them.
"THIS again?" Yang sweatdropped.
"Yes, this again!" A voice said.
"Who said that?" Emerald asked.
"I did! Me, the board." They turned to see the bill board next to the Star Ball. "Hey, name's Bill Board, nice to meet ya."
"A sentient Bill Board… never thought our lives would come to that." Yang said, rubbing her head.
"I used to be in Rolling Green Galaxy and I wanted to say something, but that whackadoodle with the hammer decided to turn it into a round of golf before I said anything. Next thing I know, my own home galaxy got corrupted! …Somehow, I'm still here."
Yang grinned. "Well, I guess someone decided to… pay the Bill." She grinned, earning a slug to the gut by Roy. "Ooof!"
"Nope, we are NOT doing that kind of pun!"
"Party pooper…" Yang mumbled while Junior rubbed his chin before hopping on the Star Ball.
"Whoa… whoooooa!" Junior nearly lost his balance. "Heheh, just like the time I was on that blorbed Goomba!"
"Ah, good. Now let me tell you something about balancing on the ball. First you gotta assume the position, then you gotta lean your body to steer. Oh, and when you jump, the ball jumps with you somehow. Anywho, once you lean your body, you're gonna have to correct your position so in this lesson, I will-"
"Hey uh… talking bill board?" Hiyoko spoke up. "He's already gone." She said as they all saw a blinking white outline of Junior and the Star Ball as Junior got on the Ball Launcher and launched away.
"YAHOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"Aaaand there he goes!" Roy whistled to bring his own Clown Car, getting Roman, Yang and Claude in it while Neo, Emerald and Hiyoko hopped on Articuno and flew off.
"…Sure, I'll just be by myself, that's cool."
Junior landed on the Tamakoro Pole Planet, but the momentum caused him to roll uncontrollably through some paintbrushes and crushed some Phazon-infused Slimes and Goombas. "Whoops! Sorry!" He said as he turned the ball around, only to crush more of the corrupted Phazon Koopa Troop. "Excuse me! Pardon me! I'M NOT DOING THIS ON PURPOSE!"
Immediately after, he was abruptly stopped, ejecting him off of the ball. "Waaaah!" He yelped as he landed into some soft pale arms.
"Told you we'd be right behind you, sweetie!"
"Oh!" Junior exclaimed, realizing who he landed on. "Aunt Rei!" He smiled and hugged her.
"What am I, chopped liver?"
Junior turned around to see Bowsette leaning on the Star Ball. Junior's eyes sparkled as he hopped off of Rei's arms and happily hugged her, and then everyone else came running up. "Moms?!" Roy spoke up in surprise. "What the devil are you doing here?"
"Oh hey honey! We came over to this galaxy just to try to knock some sense into Ludwig." Bowsette said. "We didn't think you'd guys show up too."
"As… as far as Dark Samus is concerned, she thinks we're providing back up for our son…" Rei said, blushing a little from her shyness. "Sh-she has no idea that we left."
"After we were gonna knock out Ludwig, we were gonna head over to the Observatory and stick it to them… buuuut you know what? I like this." Bowsette chuckled.
"Good, because we were gonna try to find a way to kidnap ya." Claude said.
Bowsette grinned. "Simple. Kidnap this cute doofus right here and I'd come over in a heartbeat." She said, causing Rei to blush a deep red.
"H-honey! No-not in fr-front of…" She stammered, causing Bowsette to snicker.
Get a room. Roy thought while chuckling.
"Great, so you guys are here so we might as well keep this ball rolling and-"
"N-no need." Rei said as she walked forward and phased her hand through the ball and took the Power Star out of it.
"Well, that's better than rolling around recklessly." Roman said with Neo nodding.
Emerald turned her head. "…Um, guys?" She spoke up as they turned to see Phazon stairs being made until they reached over to a Phazon Launch Star that would take them to the final planet.
"I think that's leading us to a trap." Hiyoko said.
"Well, nothing we can do except… go see Ludwig." Yang said as they would climb up the stairs and flew off to the Tamakoro Vs Search Wanwan Planet.
End BGM
As they landed, they would see Ludwig playing on a piano. "So… you've made it." He said, as he stopped and turned around.
"Hey Ludwig, you might wanna tone down the phazon. It's making your piano skills go bad!" Roy said.
"Roy. You would betray the glorious Phazon? You had some yourself!"
"Yeah, and it made me do things I didn't want to do! I'm sure you're the same way!"
"Nonsense! The Phazon enhanced my musical talent… and I wish to share it with all of you!"
"Honey, we're gonna put a stop to this." Bowsette said. "Don't make this any harder than it needs to be."
"Yeah, and besides, your musical talent needs a tune up, not a tune down." Yang said. "We're gonna interrupt your little concert!"
"Are you now?" Ludwig smirked.
"Sorry Ludwig…" Junior took out his paintbrush. "We're kidnapping ya!"
"Heheheheh… oh!" Ludwig chuckled darkly. "You are welcome to TRY!"
BGM: Beethoven's 5th Symphony
Musically Corrupted - Ludwig
Ludwig jumped up into the air and fired magic from his wand, conjuring up Phazon-infused trumpets, harps and even an organ. Ludwig landed on the ground and snapped his fingers as the instruments started to attack them.
"Okay, that's new!" Roman exclaimed as he tried to dodge the trumpet. "Alright then…" He pulled out his cane and started to duel with said trumpet. The organ, meanwhile, opened up and started to chomp down on Bowsette but she rolled out of the way and breathed fire at the organ, where it would proceed to fight back by spitting out Phazon, forcing her to get out of the way.
Claude fired an arrow at the harp, but the arrow went through it as it tried to tackle Claude, but instead, he would grab a hold of it. "Care to dance, m'lady?" He grined and started to dance with it, twirling it around before suddenly nocking an arrow into its strings and fired at Ludwig who was going toe to toe with Junior and Roy.
"Hmph!" Ludwig ducked underneath the arrow and then fired magic, this time summoning drums and a French Horn. "Some of you don't know great music when you hear it!"
"Well, not our faults that Phazon Music hasn't gone viral yet… and for very good reason!" Roy said, punching Ludwig but he flutter jumped over and ground pounded them, knocking the two of them away… and then when Ludwig got back up, he got slugged in the cheek by Hiyoko. "Rrrgh! Lucky shot!"
"Roman, how are you holding up?" Emerald asked, shooting at a drum set while Yang and Neo were busy fighting a xylophone that Ludwig also summoned.
"YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS IS THE STRANGEST THING I'VE EVER DONE!" Roman yelled, parrying the trumpet but then it swung upward to disarm Roman, his cane flying off. "…How about best two out of three?" He asked as the trumpet flew up and covered Roman's entire head. "Mmmph! MMMMPH!"
Junior spotted this as he got up and pulled out an Ultra Ball. "Big guy, help him out!" He exclaimed, throwing the ball.
"Mmph! MMMMPH!" Roman grunted, but then the trumpet got pulled off of his head and would soon see a Tyranitar crumpling up the trumpet. "Kaiju? Heh, about time you got out of your lava pool!" He said.
"TYRAAANAAA!" Kaiju unleashed a Hyper Beam on the organ that Bowsette was fighting against, completely destroying it.
"Oh good, I was about to unleash a high note on that thing." She said.
"None of you appreciated my musical talents! Now that Lady Dark Samus has shown me her gifts, I will share my musical talent to everyone where they will ALL appreciate it!"
"Dude! Lady Marnie appreciates it!" Roy said.
"It's only her!"
"All of us do!"
"LIARS!" Ludwig spat out a fireball, but Junior swung his paintbrush as it formed a protective barrier and then he jumped in and swung his paintbrush at Ludwig to knock him back and then Hiyoko threw a few hooks at him to make him slide back, then he conjured up cymbals to have them crash into Hiyoko, but she would catch them before throwing them back into Ludwig. "D'oh!"
"You're off a few chords!" Claude said as the harp attacked him but he swiftly dodged as he jumped back. "Come on, that the best you got?" He smirked as it charged at him, but Yang got in the way and unleashed a Shoryuken on the harp to destroy it into pieces.
"Oh, don't be so high strung!" Yang said to the destroyed harp.
"Eyyy, that's my girl!" Claude grinned.
A piano turned to Emerald who was just standing there as it charged to her and bit down, but Emerald shattered on impact, confusing the piano and unaware it stepped on an ice mine as it blew up, covering it in an icy prison. Neo gave it a smug smirk while Emerald was safely on top of Neo's Glalie while she was working her magic on Ludwig.
"Take THIS!" He yelled, but would soon find himself in a concert with everyone cheering for him. "Wha…?" He wondered, looking around and seeing his friends and family on the stage, clapping and cheering for him as he even saw Bowser applauding him. "Lord Bowser loves my musical talent!" He said as he bowed before them… unaware that Rei fired a Will o Wisp at him, where the wisp in question was enough to stun Ludwig, and then Hiyoko and Kaiju each took a cymbal and smacked him on the head to knock him out, with him dropping a Power Star in the process.
End BGM
"Never in my life would I ever think I'd fight phazon sentient musical instruments." Yang said before snickering. "Man, Weiss missed out!" She chuckled and then turned to Kaiju. "So! I guess someone finally got out of his little lava pool and decided to join the fun?"
"About that!" Junior spoke up. "Papa gave him to me as a playmate just in case if he wasn't around at the time. Aside from him taking frequent lava baths, I'd actually play with him!" He smiled. "In fact, I actually went out of my way to save Kaiju from being corrupted. I know he doesn't do much, but not even he deserves it…"
"Aww!" Hiyoko smiled and patted him on the head. "Cute."
"Risked his life just to save Kaiju… I knew that kid always had a heart of gold in him." Roman said with Neo nodded.
"I mean, Kaiju reminds me of papa a lot… so it was like, I was saving him even though…" Junior looked down. "Even though my actual father got hit…"
"Aw sweetie…" Bowsette and Rei hugged him. "We'll get him back… I have no doubt in my mind that we will."
"I know…" Junior wiped his face. "I'll save my tears when we get papa back!"
"Soooo… I hate to interrupt this tender moment, but can we get goin' already? This big guy's kinda burning me!" Roy said.
"Oh! My bad… I got distracted by something." Viridi said and then whisked them all away, Bowsette and Rei included.
Back at the Observatory…
"Aw sweet! Another successful kidnapping!" Nora exclaimed when they came back and crossed out Bowsette and Rei.
"Why am I not surprised this was Nora's idea?" Bowsette rolled her eyes with Rei giggling, then the two made their way into the infirmary where Mikan would insert the cure into Rundas.
"Mmm… ooogh…" Rundas groaned, slowly getting up. "Rrrgh…"
"Easy…" Mikan said. "Take it easy…"
"That's it, deep breaths." Reisen said. "You're back with us now." She smiled gently as Eirin would see Roy coming in with Ludwig with his mothers right behind him.
"Oh! We got another one." Eirin said as Ludwig was placed on the bed.
"Uuuungh…" Ludwig groaned as Roy made sure Ludwig was comfortable before he walked out, leaving his mothers to keep an eye on him.
"Ooooh… there's a Grand Star close by." Polari said. "Although I am picking up on some high level activity here. Like some sort of… robot or something."
Junior immediately perked up. "That's my robot!" He said as Polari turned to him. "Someone's using my Megahammer without my say so!" He growled.
Mario walked up to him. "We'll get your mech back."
"If it's a giant mech, you're probably going to want me involved." Samus said as she walked up. "I would bring my team with me, but Blake is checking on Kokoro, Rosie is trying to calm herself down, Pikachu is taking a nap in the Garden dome with Pichu and Newt and ROB is currently recharging so I'm the only one here… not that I blame them all, especially Rosie…"
"We'll go with you!" Penny said with SAPR nodding.
"Ah, what the heck, I'll go too!" Marisa walked up. "I've been meaning to go out anyway." She said as Yoshi approached them with a smile.
"You guys wrecking stuff? I'll happily go with ya." Zinnia said, approaching them.
"We haven't been out for a while, might as well join the fun!" Sora said as he was accompanied by Riku and Kairi.
Junior nodded. "Come on, guys! Let's go!" He said as they all headed into the Launch Star and flew off.
Bowser Jr's Fearsome Fleet - The Mighty Megahammer - Junior, Samus, Mario, Yoshi, Penny, SAPR, Marisa, Zinnia, Destiny Trio
BGM: Bowser Jr's Fiery Flotilla (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
The group landed on the metallic ground. "Aw man, this is gonna feel weird. Usually, I'm at the end!"
"Don't worry, we'll get you to the end as soon as possible." Samus said, cocking her arm cannon. "Let's move."
With a nod, everyone started heading over where Samus would knock out a few Fizzlits that were in their way as a Bullet Bill was shot out of a Bill Blaster and targeted the group, but Yoshi would eat it up and spat it out, destroying the cage blocking their way.
Did that missile have arms? Zinnia wondered as an idea popped into her head as they walked along. Hmm! She thought as they stepped onto a moving platform and rode along, and right on cue, a few Undergrunt Gunners fired Bullet Bills at them.
"Hey knuckleheads! I'm on your side!" Junior yelled. "…Wait, they're corrupted. Crud!" He mumbled as Sora used Reflega to send the Bullet Bills back and Riku used a Thundaga to KO the Undergrunt Gunners, then when they got to another platform, Kairi flipped the switch and another platform rode toward a cage, along with some mines that were in the way, but Penny, SAPR and Marisa destroyed the mines.
"We got another cage coming up!" Mario said as a Bullet Bill was fired at them.
"I got it!" Zinnia got in front.
"With no weapons?" Junior asked and when the Bullet Bill got close, Zinnia side stepped out of the way and grabbed the arm, spinning around with the missile in question.
"Alley-oop~!" Zinnia hopped on the Bullet Bill soon after and rode it like an intergalactic rocketboard as she would fly directly into the cage, backflipping at the last second as she gracefully landed on the platform while the cage was destroyed in the process. "Ole~!"
"…And they say I'm reckless!" Marisa said in surprise.
"That was awesome!" SAPR exclaimed.
"You gotta teach us that!" Penny grinned.
"I wanna try that!" Junior said.
Kairi sweatdropped. "Apparently those three like it."
"I think it's something Sora would do." Riku said with a chuckle.
"Eh, I'd make it flashier."
"Soooo, y'all got any bigger missiles?" Zinnia asked.
"Banzai Bills and King Bills!" Junior said as Zinnia's eyes sparkled.
"Coooooool!" She said.
"This girl… I swear…" Samus sweatdropped as Mario and Yoshi looked at each other before shrugging as they all hopped into a Sling Star and launched away to the Bullet Bill Planet, all of them avoiding the Bullet Bills once they landed though Penny and SAPR would knock them away, only for Marisa to grab one of them and threw it at the cage to free the switch, then Sora turned it on and they all hopped onto the moving platform, and as they started moving, portals opened up as airships approached with several Zebesians.
"What the… that's new!" Mario exclaimed.
"Yeah, it's a new technology that Kamek's been working on. Basically, we travel to the Mushroom Kingdom by portal, snag Mama Peach and then go back into the portal before anyone knows what happened." Junior said with a proud look on his face. "Plus, I've heard Marnie's working on a device that can make airships invisible during an invasion. …Wait, SHOOT! I wasn't supposed to reveal that to you!" He said, causing Mario to laugh while Junior blushed in embarrassment. "It's not funny…"
"I want that technology. It'll make going on missions a breeze." Samus said as they went to work on destroying the Zebesians on the airships before SAPR picked up a Bullet Bill and threw it at the cage to destroy it, then they all launched away on the Launch Star to fly away to the final planet.
End BGM
As they landed, they would hear an alarm as Megahammer came rising up in front of them, where it looked completely different. The head was black in color, the rest of the body was blue and had dark purple flame decals on it as the hammers had spikes poking out of them.
"Hello heroes!" An unfamiliar voice called out to them. "And it's such a pleasure to meet you, Samus!"
"You know me?" Samus asked.
"Indeed! I was created by the Galactic Federation... In fact, maybe this scientist rings a bell to you: Shou Tucker!"
Samus's eye twitched. "Shou Tucker created you?"
"That's right, and I went out of my way to make this Megahammer robot look way cooler!"
"My creation... look at how they massacred it..." Junior said somberly as Sora put his hand on Junior's shoulder.
"You have a name that we should be worried about?" Sora asked.
"You may call me... Pride. Remember the name well! Now then, let's get to killing all of you!"
Samus aimed her arm cannon at Megahammer with the rest of them ready to go. "You guys ready?"
"Combat ready!" Penny declared.
BGM: Boss - Megahammer (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
Hijacked Creation - Megahammer
Megahammer shot a few Bullet Bills at the group while also swinging the hammers around, slamming them on the planet, while not only causing shockwaves, but also firing spikes that shot everywhere. Marisa and the Atlas Sisters avoided this as Penny would fire lasers ad SAPR would fire drills at it, while Marisa would throw out a Starlight Typhoon at it.
Yoshi ate up a Bullet Bill and fired at one of the weakspots, but a shutter came down to block the Bullet Bill. "What? You thought I wouldn't come prepared?" Pride mocked as it fired a few lasers from the mouth, forcing them all to dodge.
"We gotta find a way to knock that thing down!" Kairi said, throwing a Thundara spell at it.
"Do we have any options?" Riku wondered.
"We could try the back. That's always a blind spot!" Sora said.
Penny came flying overhead, shooting down a Bullet Bill. "Tried that! The weak spot also has a shutter!"
"Making it easy on us?" Mario hammered a Bullet Bill away while smirking at Junior.
"Hey, we wanted to give you guys a chance… geez!" Junior sweatdropped. "Although now that I'm thinking about it, maybe adding in obvious weakspots wasn't a good idea!"
"At least he's learning!" Samus said, firing a Gravity Missile to suck in the Bullet Bills as they all pelted Megahammer as it swung its hammers at Marisa but she quickly avoided it while Zinnia had her Goodra unleash Dragon Pulse on it.
"Alright, try this on for size!" Pride said as Megahammer flipped himself over and showed off a massive Bill Blaster.
"Is that for the Banzai Bills?" Sora asked.
"Nope… it's WORSE!" Junior exclaimed after spitting out a fireball. A King Bill was fired at the group, forcing them all to dodge as the King Bill ripped through the planet and kept going. However, this gave Zinnia an idea.
"Hey witch girl! Get me to that missile! I have an idea!"
Marisa's eyes widened. "Woman, you're crazier than Nora!" She said as she had Zinnia hop on her broom. "Lucky for you though, I like crazy! Hang on!" She put her Mini Hakkero on her broom and activating Blazing Star to go after the King Bill.
"Heh, cowards!" Pride mocked as Penny flew over to Megahammer, striking him with her blades, only to get backhanded by Megahammer.
"Ah!" Penny yelped before shaking it off, and then closing her eyes. "Engaging Fire Flower mode." She said, opening her eyes where they burned with a blazing passion as her right hand turned into an arm cannon and proceeded to shoot out massive fireballs and fire missiles.
"Heeeyaaaah!" Mario yelled, shooting out fireballs before throwing some at Yoshi for him to spit out, where Sora decided to AirStep his way on the Bullet Bills before getting a few hits on the head while Riku took Kairi's hand as he used Dark Aura, where he and Kairi would strike him on all sides before both of them came down and struck him from above before they jumped back as Sora glided his way across and grabbed Kairi's arm.
"Didn't know he took passengers!"
"Neither did I!" Kairi said.
"It was a spur of the moment." Riku said, throwing a Dark Firaga at Megahammer as Samus charged up before shooting a Charged Gravity Beam at him, which sucked in the spikes and Bullet Bills.
"Hahahaha! Your pitiful attempts are meaningless!" Pride mocked. "You can't even dent this armor! You can't defeat me!"
Marisa came flying over. "Oh, but I'm pretty sure she can." She said smugly as they turned to see Zinnia riding on top of the King Bill and was standing on it.
"Yeehaw!" Zinnia exclaimed.
"Engaging shield mode!" Pride said as the hammers formed into an X as a barrier formed around it as the King Bill slammed into it. "Ha! Weak! Is that the best you got!" He smirked, but would see the shield's energy was quickly depleting as the King Bill was piercing through the shields. "Huh, so that's the power of King Bills…" He mused calmly. "Impressive!"
Zinnia turned around. "Time to go!" She said as she ran off and jumped off right as the King Bill got through the defenses and exploded, the shockwave was enough to give Zinnia a boost as she landed on the planet, doing a graceful tuck and roll before stopping at her feet. Junior, Yoshi, Marisa and the Atlas Sisters pulled out "Ten" cards, even her Goodra pulled out a ten.
End BGM
"So… I think it's pretty safe to say that Nora just got dethroned." Samus said.
"Yeah, I'm thinking the same thing." Mario agreed.
"That… can be salvageable, right?" Sora asked.
"Oh, absolutely." Junior nodded.
"Welp. Mission accomplished. Time to grab that Grand Star and-"
"Aaaagh!" Penny suddenly yelped, interrupting Samus.
"Huh? Are you okay?" Samus asked.
"I… I don't know! I feel as if someone's in my circuits!" Penny exclaimed, holding on to her head. Right before the explosion, Pride escaped from Megahammer and transferred his body into the nearest robot, which unfortunately, was Penny.
"Scanning!" SAPR scanned Penny, who was desperately fighting it off. She let out a gasp. "Something's inside of her!" She said as Penny fell on her hands and knees, screaming nonstop before her screaming stopped.
"Hmph… hmhmhmhmhmhm… HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Penny stood up, her eyes closed before opening them as she sported a malicious smirk with her eyes filled with malice. "Did you think me DEFEATED?!"
BGM: Tension (Super Mario Galaxy)
To everyone's surprise, Penny's voice had changed to Pride's.
"What the… you're alive?! How did you get into Penny?!" Samus yelled.
"Simple, really. I'm an advanced AI that can transfer my whole body into different machines! I could be in your car, your computer, the internet, or a robot! As long as it's a machine, I can use it to my advantage! You can thank dear ol' Shou Tucker for creating me! Actually, you can thank him for creating the Homunculi! All seven of us were created!"
"Typical… of course he'd live on by his creations." Samus mumbled. "Alright, if you're so special, then who are the rest of these Homoncu- whatever they are?"
"Maybe this should ring a bell!" Pride smirked. "I'm Pride, so the others are Wrath, Gluttony, Lust-"
Riku let out a gasp. "All seven of the deadly sins?!"
"Aha! He gets it!" Pride smirked. "We are part of the Galactic Federation, and we work for Dark Samus and Ridley as well. Well, most of us… Greed went off to do his own thing, who knows where that traitor went."
"Oh great…" Samus mumbled.
"But aside from that, I'm still raring to go!" Pride grinned. "You wouldn't want to destroy your friend, would you~?" He smirked. "Your friend detroys you while you helplessly watch! Oh, it's adorable, honestly… and you, blue robot… you wouldn't hurt your precious older sister, would you?"
SAPR clenched her fists, looking quite angry. "My sister once told me that no matter how many times we get hurt or lose in a fight… we always manage to pick ourselves up and get stronger. You may have taken over my sister's body… but I know that when we get you out of her, she'll get stronger and find a way to overpower you!"
"Heh… hahahaha! Oh, that's cute." Pride smirked. "You honestly believe that? You humans and robots are just so naive! You think you have what it takes to knock me out of your sister? I'd love to see you try."
"You definitely live up to your name. Arrogant, prideful… you know, there's a saying out there." Zinnia casually put her hands behind her head. "Pride before the fall? It's gonna be quite nasty for you."
"Oh, but I won't fall. I'll come out on top!"
Zinnia smirked. "And so it begins."
"Let's try not to damage the body too much. It is Penny after all!" Samus said as they got ready for round two.
End BGM
BGM: The Corrupted (Kingdom Hearts III)
Body Snatcher - Pride
Pride flew his way toward SAPR, as she did the same, both of them clashing as SAPR looked angry while Penny's body simply maliciously smirked at her as the two of them fired lasers at each other, while Marisa would fly over and used Master Spark on Pride, hitting him as he flew away before dive bombing on the ground, quickly kicking at Zinnia but she weaved her head to avoid it as she delivered a strong punch to hit him in the face.
"Nnnngh!" Zinnia winced, shaking her hand before having her Goodra use Muddy Water on him, but Pride would fly up, only for Sora to use Graviga to bring Penny's body crashing to the ground as Mario jumped in, using his Fire Brand to light his hammer ablaze and hammered Pride but he used Penny's blades to block him, but then Yoshi flanked him with his mouth full and then he spat out Junior as he whacked Pride on the head before jumping back and spitting out a fireball.
Pride jumped away after getting hit with the fireball and flew up, firing lasers at the group while Riku used Dark Aura to quickly slash at Pride from different angles before slashing him down and then he unleashed a Thundaga spell. Pride shook it off and flew over where Kairi lunged at him and slashed him, but Pride grabbed a hold of her and slammed her into the ground before picking her up and holding her hostage.
"Heh! Hit me and I'll just use this human as a shield!" Pride smirked, holding a blade to Kairi's neck. "Better yet, move and she's a goner!" He chuckled… but then Kairi grabbed the sword and yanked out the hand before flipping it around and stabbed Penny's abdomen. "Mmmph!" He grunted as Kairi kicked him away.
"Sorry, I don't do the kidnapping bit anymore!" Kairi said, resummoning Destiny's Embrace… however, instead of her own Keyblade, it was an entirely different one. The keychain was a Time Piece, the handle is in the shape of Hat Kid's hat, but is shadowy and has Snatcher's face on top, the blade is a dark purple version of Hat Kid's umbrella and the teeth were Conductor and Grooves' heads.
"Whoa…" Sora and Riku said but Kairi didn't even notice as she lunged ahead and slashed Pride a few times before sending him flying as she instinctively fired a large laser from the tip of the blade, striking Pride as she raised her Keyblade up as shadowy hands grabbed a hold of Pride and slammed him to the ground as Kairi stabbed her Keyblade to the ground as a massive explosion shot out of the ground and struck Pride, sending him flying into the air.
"Hah… hah…" Kairi panted and then noticed her Keyblade had changed. "Huh? Wait, did I do all that?" She asked in surprised as Pride shook it off and charged at the group, swiftly dodging attacks from SAPR and Marisa as Pride went straight for Kairi but Samus got in the way and melee countered him before unleashing a charged Plasma Beam, Mario jumping in and Fire Hammered her in the head and then SAPR came in and Drill Punched Pride in the head hard enough to send Pride out of Penny's body as he slammed into the ground a few feet from them.
End BGM
"Uuungh…" Penny groaned as she was looking banged up and leaking out green "blood", luckily SAPR patched the hole in her body with a small laser.
Pride slowly got up, only for Marisa to use Master Spark on him… only he didn't get hurt. "Fool. I'm holographic! You can't even touch me!"
"Oh, I know. I was just wondering if you were one of those AI that looks holographic but has a very punchable face." Marisa said.
"If he had such a feature, I'd throw a Bullet Bill at him." Zinnia said as Goodra looked at her weirdly. "What? Okay yeah, I would do it if he wasn't either. Experimentation, ya know?"
"So, you won. Here, take this for your trouble." Pride said as he tossed them a Power Star. "I know when I'm beaten. Of course, I still won in the end…" He smirked at Penny's body and then at Samus. "I look forward to fighting your team. I wonder if SPBRR would be strong enough to fight the robot on your team? Heh… until we meet again!" He said and disappeared into a dark portal.
"Nnngh…" Penny slowly came around, sitting up and shaking it off.
"You okay?" Mario asked.
"Kinda… I think." Penny looked down at her body. "I'm a wreck…" She grimaced. "I might need to ask Futaba to help me out."
"Come on, let's go." Samus said. "We already got what we need." She said, taking the Grand Star and the Power Star, but had concern written on her face as they were transported back to the Observatory.
Meanwhile…
"Okay, do we have everyone?" Marnie asked.
"Bowsette and Rei already left." General Guy explained. "We already know Lady Neo is with everyone. That said, the Goomba Squad, Kamek, me, you and Team Yell are all accounted for… oh, and we also have Cinder and that Charizard on board too."
Marnie sighed. "As much as I hate that woman, no one deserves to be corrupted… even if it is Cinder." She mumbled.
"I know how much she hurt you, but we can't let that distract us right now. We gotta go." General Guy said.
"Guys! We got trouble coming!" Captain Goomba exclaimed as they saw Dark Samus approaching.
BGM: Dark Samus Approaching (Metroid Prime 2: Echoes)
"…Start the engine. I've got a few words I want to say to her." Marnie said as she climbed over the railing.
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Kamek asked.
"I'll be fine. It'll only be a moment." Marnie hopped off as Piers watched on, having a worried look on his face.
"And where do you think you're going?" Dark Samus demanded.
"What does it look like?" Marnie folded her arms.
"We don't accept resignations."
"HA! I never signed up for your stupid war anyway." Marnie said. "Spreading Phazon across the universe? You really need a better hobby, honestly…"
"You would rather betray me?"
"Betray you?" Marnie smirked. "I'm both loyal to the Koopa Troop and the Mushroom Kingdom. I refuse to be loyal to you Space Pirates." She turned around, turning her back to her. "We're leaving."
"You'd leave Bowser behind? You're betraying him."
"I'm not betraying him. We're going to save him and everyone else. And if you don't like it, then you can kiss my arse." She said, raising her metal arm and flipping her off with her back still turned to her.
"Oh Marnie, Marnie, Marnie…" Dark Samus would grab her metal arm with her Grapple Beam and yanked her to her.
"MARNIE!" Piers yelled, as Team Yell immediately perked up.
"You think you can just run away like this? I ought to make an example out of you… you require Phazon!" She said as she started to transfer her Phazon into Marnie but she detached her metal arm from her body and jumped back.
"Nice try." Marnie said, but a dark tentacle grabbed her biological arm. "Nnngh!" She grunted as Dark Samus approached the punk.
"Let's try this again." Dark Samus said, reaching her hand for her head.
"GET AWAY FROM HER!" Piers lunged at her, tackling her to the ground.
"FOR LADY MARNIE!" Team Yell would dog pile on her as Marnie was freed.
"Piers…?" Marnie whispered. "…Guys?"
"GO!" Piers yelled. "I wasn't there at the time when you lost your eyes and your arm, but I sure as hell ain't gonna watch you get corrupted by Phazon! We'll buy you time! GO! NOW!" He exclaimed, throwing Marnie's metal arm to her while his legs were slowly being turned into phazon.
Marnie's eyes widened in horror. "PIERS!" She screamed.
"GO! There's not much time!" Piers yelled.
"Lady Marnie! Hurry!" Captain Shy Guy yelled as Marnie stared on in horror, watching her brother slowly get corrupted.
"I'll be okay…" Piers grunted. "GO!"
Kamek appeared next to Marnie, grabbing her arm. "Let's go… he's buying us time!" He said.
"But-"
"Now!" Kamek said as he and Marnie teleported onto the ship. "Punch it, now!" He yelled as General Guy quickly pressed the button as a light shot out of the helm as it opened up a portal as Captain Koopa and Boo got the ship to fly into the portal as Marnie desperately tried to run after him, but she disappeared into the portal as it closed behind her.
"I love you…" Piers whispered before Dark Samus erupted out of the dog pile as all of Team Yell was being corrupted as Dark Samus grabbed Piers by the throat.
"Where are they!" Dark Samus demanded.
"You… you can…" He forced out a chuckle and smirked at her smugly. "You can kiss my ass!" Piers blurted out before the Phazon slowly overtook him.
End BGM
Back at the Observatory…
"Mmm…" Rosalina was deep in meditation. She had just heard that Phazon Bombs were being dropped into the area and only Cloudy Court and Freezy Flake were spared, according to the goddesses. Rolling Masterpiece was already lost… and despite her best to keep herself calm, she was getting more and more livid… and this also frightened her, considering what happened last time.
"MAMA, LOOK OUT!"
Rosalina squeezed her eyes, gritting her teeth before opening them. Her eyes were filled with somber and had a twinge of fear. "How long… how long do I have before I explode into fury…" She wondered. Please… don't make me explode in front of everyone… She thought, slowly hugging herself.
"That Keyblade has my face on it. I highly approve!" Snatcher said.
"We don't!" Conductor and Grooves exclaimed while Hat Kid and Mafia looked intrigued by the Keyblade.
"Do you have a name for it?" Hat Kid asked.
"Not really…" Kairi rubbed her head.
"I got one. Subcon Blast! You're welcome." Snatcher grinned.
"…Huh, that's actually pretty catchy. I like that." Kairi said.
"Sweet! Now if you just sign this dotted line that you approve of-" Kairi used a Fira spell on the contract. "Ack!"
"Not interested."
"Okay, maybe later!" Snatcher shrugged nonchalantly.
"Hold on, time out… what did you just say?" Whitley asked.
"Yeah, your old childhood friend is nothing but a yandere." Ibuki said.
"And you got all that… from your phone?"
"Hey, Ibuki likes to keep up with stories!"
Whitley sighed. "I dunno… as far as I'm concerned, Aria's no longer an issue to me. For all I know, she could have been eaten by Beowolves or something." He said as he walked off.
"Ooooh… Whitley-chan…" Ibuki sighed. "Don't say Ibuki didn't warn ya…" She mumbled before walking off, and then her ear twitched. "Oh, Rosie-chan needs comfort!" She took off running.
"Aria…" Whitley wondered. "I haven't heard that name in a long time… to think I had a crush on her before I found out she was a graverobber." He mumbled before shaking his head. "I know it's Ibuki but I don't think I should be too worried about it." He said as he walked off while nearby, the Grand Star and the Power Stars fired into Samus, giving her more upgrades.
Varia Suit back online!
Grapple Beam back online!
Super Missiles back online!
Diffusion Missiles back online!
Storm Missiles online!
"Storm Missi- hnnngh!" Samus grunted, feeling her Power Suit change into the Varia Suit… but immediately cringed. "Please don't be shitty like it was in the BSL Station, please don't be shitty like it was in the BSL Station…"
"I think you're good." Blake handed over her scroll as Samus would see the picture that Blake had taken a photo of.
"Ooooh, sleek! A thousand times better than the BSL Station." Samus chuckled. "Storm Missiles though… what's that?" She wondered as she took a look.
Storm Missiles: Lock on to up to five targets and fire a barrage of guided micro missiles!
Samus rubbed her chin in thought. "If I used my Dust Missiles, add Diffusion to it and then used the Storm Missiles…" Her eyes sparkled. "Ohohohohoho, oh that sounds devious~!"
"What are you so afraid of, blondie? Nyx knocked some sense into ya, so what's got you-"
"It's because I'm afraid it's not gonna end well…" Yang said. "I want to make up with mom but what if it doesn't go so well and it ends up hurting the both of us? I… I can't…"
"Mmm, that would be quite the thing, wouldn't it?" Roy nodded in understanding. "However, you can always try again. It won't be perfect, but I imagine-" An alarm sounded, interrupting him. "Hmm?" He wondered as Polari would take a look at it.
"We got a ship coming in!" He said as a portal opened up as an airship came flying over.
"Oooh, I get to test my Storm Missiles on that!" Samus grinned.
"Wait wait wait, don't shoot! We come in peace!" Kamek exclaimed, raising his arms up.
"We're on your side!" Captain Goomba said.
"Well, what do you know, they kidnapped themselves." Jaune said as all of them hopped off, save for Marnie. Cinder also stayed up there, not seeming too thrilled over wanting to hop off yet.
"Where's Marnie?" Gloria asked.
"She's on the ship." Kamek responded as Gloria took off running. "I'd be careful though, she's a bit… pre-occupied."
Gloria hopped on the ship, seeing Marnie in a fetal position as she was also looking at her detached metal arm that had some phazon on it. "Marn!"
"Gloria…?" Marnie looked up at her, immediately tearing up and looking away from her, remembering her fight with her back at Boulder Bowl. She would also hear footsteps as she looked to see Umber, Neo, Roman, Junior and even Bowsette and Rei.
"Hey, how's our favorite punk doing?" Umber smiled. "Where's Piers and Team Yell?" He asked, but he would see more tears in her eyes. His eyes widened. "…Oh Arceus… she didn't…"
"She did… they all sacrificed themselves to… to…" Gloria would immediately hug her as did the others as Marnie sobbed uncontrollably, leaning into the hug.
"Oh Marnie-chan…" Ibuki heard this from afar, frowning with sympathetic eyes while Emerald stared at Cinder on the ship.
"…You…" Emerald said in a low voice before turning around, her back facing Cinder as she walked off.
Marnie needs a hug after all that.
Ibuki: Good thing Ibuki gives warm hugs! C'mere, Marnie-chan!