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The ships and the Observatory flew out of the wormhole, where they would stop and would see vast galaxies surrounding them. "Wow! I'll never get tired of my breath being taken away from the vast cosmos of the universe!" Summer said with her eyes sparkling.
"I believe it was taken away a long time ago." Qrow teased, which earned a sharp elbow to his gut. "Ooof!"
"Regardless, it's still breath taking." Summer said.
"I think I've said this before, but I know I've been in space many times but I've never taken a step back to admire its beauty." Samus said.
"Alright, so what's our first stop in this area?" Penny wondered.
Polari looked into it. "Ah, I see… our first stop is Space Storm Galaxy."
"Space Storm?" Rosalina spoke up. "I know that place…"
"You do?" Hiyoko asked. "Oh, wait, why am I asking. Of course you do."
"That galaxy holds a massive base. Of course, it's been abandoned for eons, way before I was born." Rosalina explained. "Last time I've visited that place, it had this eerie atmosphere, left alone for a long time and stood the test of time." She closed her eyes. "Of course, I would not put it past the Space Pirates to use this base as their own."
"Ibuki thinks they probably did." Ibuki agreed.
"Hmm… a base all to themselves…" Samus had her arms folded, closing her eyes and was deep in thought.
"Come to think of it…" Marnie spoke up. "I did overhear the Space Pirates mentioning refurbishing some kind of base."
"I, too, heard such a thing." Kamek said. "Perhaps this was the base they were talking about."
"What do you think we should do? Storm it?" General Guy asked.
"That is exactly what we're going to do." Samus spoke up.
BGM: Buoy Base Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy)
"If we storm into that base and take it down, then I have a feeling this will be a major hit for them. Now I don't know about you, but I've a feeling if we blow it up, then that's fine by me." Samus said.
"I swear, you and your tendencies to blow everything up." Adam rolled his eyes.
"Might as well roll with it." Samus shrugged. "So, who's ready to turn this war around?"
Mario smirked. "Let's-a do this!"
"Yeah! Let's rock!" Daisy exclaimed.
"Team CFVY'll knock their blocks off!" Coco said.
"I'm rarin' to go!" Umber said.
"The Koopa Troop is ready to kick some butt!" Junior exclaimed.
"Time to show these youngun's what we're all about." Qrow said with Summer rolling her shoulders with a grin.
"We will fight with you, Samus. Just like old times." Ghor said.
"You got room for one more?" A voice asked as Gandrayda walked out of the infirmary. "I'd be happy to help out."
"You sure you're stable enough?" Rundas asked.
"Stable enough to kick Space Pirate butt, yes."
"I'm well enough to kick some butt too!" Wendy said as she walked out as well.
"Alright, those who are willing to go… let's do this!" Samus smirked and turned to Ibuki. "Ibuki, think you can hang out with Rosie for a bit? I can tell she needs it."
Ibuki saluted. "You can count on Ibuki, Samus-chan!" She grinned.
Rosalina sighed. "Might be best if I actually stayed… just in case."
"Don't worry, we'll get ya calmed down!" Ibuki smiled.
Samus smirked, activating her suit. "Let's rock."
Space Storm Galaxy Power Star #1 - Base Invasion - SPBR, Pichu, Newt, Bounty Hunters, Strike Team, Galarians, Alolans, Zinnia, Koopa Troop, Cinder, RWY, JNPR, JINXY, CFVY, STRQ, ATMC, CRDL, Sun, Neptune, Penny, SAPR, Pit, Phantom Thieves, Chell, GLaDOS, Cave, Hat Kid and the birds, Golden Deer, Bernadetta, Keyblade Wielders, Namine, Mario Bros, Peach, Daisy, Yoshi, Blood Gulch Crew, Youmu, Thanatos
"There it is." Samus said as they were coming into contact with the tower. "No doubt in my mind that they're gonna be expecting us, so let's get ready to rock." She said.
"Right." Blake nodded as the ships, Starship Mario included, landed near the planet as a Luma transformed into a sling star.
"Go go go! I'll hold down the fort!" Lubba said as the ones on Starship Mario launched off of the Sling Star and landed on the ground where the others docked.
"Scanning… there's a few entrances in this tower." Penny said. "One of them is a vent."
"Good enough. Split up! We'll cover more ground that way." Samus suggested as they took off toward the entrances.
Team A: SPR, Pichu, Newt, Bounty Hunters, Strike Team (Minus Ed), Chell, GLaDOS, Cave, Blood Gulch Crew
Samus shot up the door to knock it down as they would all run inside, and as they did, they would come across some statues that turned to look at them and fired lasers, forcing them to take cover. "The hell are these things?" Mustang wondered.
"If I were to guess, these would be Beamos." Samus said. "Somehow, I'm not surprised they'd bring in a smorgasboard of enemies from other worlds."
"Boop boop." ROB said.
"Of course they're from the Skyward Sword era…" Samus mumbled as she had an idea as she curled up into a ball and laid a Power Bomb.
"Oh! Oh oh oh!" Caboose exclaimed. "Let me throw that one! I'm a good thrower!"
"CABOOSE, NO!" Church yelled.
"…Okay, hot shot." Samus gave the Power Bomb to Caboose. "Okay, it's armed. Throw it!"
"Here it comes!" Caboose rolled his arm and threw the Power Bomb… into the ceiling. That fell just inches from everyone.
*Record Scratch*
"What… huh…?! WHAT." Gandrayda could only say.
"Congratulations. You managed to throw so poorly, even the worst baseball player is laughing at you." GLaDOS snarked while Chell could only stare in disbelief.
"Welp! We're boned." Cave said.
"That… that was the worst throw I have ever seen. Of all time." Samus said.
"First time? That was the second worst throw I've ever seen." Washington said.
"Not my fault. Someone put a ceiling in my way." Caboose defended.
"WHAT KIND OF BULLSHIT EXCUSE IS THAT?!" Samus yelled in disbelief.
"Oh, give me that!" Olivier would kick the Power Bomb toward the Beamos, as the Power Bomb exploded shortly after.
"Yay, fireworks!" Caboose said.
"Uuuugh…" Samus groaned. This was going to be a very long mission.
Resume BGM
Team B - Junior's Squad, Ed, Umber
"Geez, these vents are a bit small… I can see why Lady Bowsette, Rei and that fire hag couldn't come through." Captain Boo said.
"Speak for yourself, you're just floating through!" Captain Shy Guy said. "And Captain Goomba is just walking!"
"You say that like it's a bad thing." Captain Goomba said.
"Why did we bring them along into the vents again?" Wendy wondered.
"They were small enough." Junior responded.
"And yet Umber and Lady Marnie are just fine." Ludwig said.
"Eh, it seemed like a good idea." Marnie shrugged.
"What I want to know is why that Ed guy decided to tag along." Larry said.
"Well, excuse you! Compared to those tall busty women, I can easily sneak through because I'm so small!" Ed said as he kept crawling before realizing what he just said. He even let out a gasp and clasped his head in frustration. "OH NO! I JUST CALLED MYSELF A TINY LITTLE PIPSQUEAK!"
"Will you move ahead, soldier!" General Guy said, trying to push him forward.
"At least he admits he's a shorty." Marnie mumbled.
"DON'T MAKE ME COME OVER THERE, MARNIE!"
"Here we go, here's that vent cover." Marnie said.
"Anything of interest on the other side?" Umber asked.
"Let's see…" Marnie's eyes turned orange, looking outside of the vent. Not sure why Ibuki calls this "Promethean Vision", I don't even know what that means. It's just thermal vision or whatever Kamek said. She thought as she would see a few enemies walking around, including one just standing below the vent, casually chilling.
"Got anything?" Umber asked.
"Oh yeah." Marnie's eyes turned to normal as she unscrewed the vent and pushed it down on top of a Bokoblin that made it fall flat on his face, and then Marnie jumped down and landed on top of him. She would see a few Phazon infused Monoeyes and Specknoses, only to get obliterated by everyone.
"Alright, we're in." Junior said as Marnie put her hand over her ear.
"Thieves to punk girl, we're already inside. How about you?"
"So far so good!"
"Good, now let's go kick some arse." She said as they ran off, and then when they turned the corner, suddenly Ed and Marnie was pulled into a magnet. "Nnngh!"
"Agh! What the hell?!"
"A giant magnet? Bahahaha! Oh, I am so gonna build that when RWBY invades the castle!" Iggy laughed.
"We have to find a way to shut it down." Kamek said.
"We'll be right back! We'll find the switch!" Junior told them.
"Just hang tight!" Umber said.
"Oh, you would." Marnie rolled her eyes, where Umber smiled before taking off with the others… and then Marnie noticed an open vent. "I wonder…" She mused as she threw a Pokeball into it as her Morpeko came out.
"Peck peck!"
"See if you can find a switch to try and shut this down."
"Mor!" Morpeko saluted and ran off.
"Well, at least we're stuck here together." Ed said.
"Yeah right, like I'm gonna stick around and do nothin'." Marnie mumbled, detaching her metal arm as she landed on her feet.
"HUH?!" Ed yelled.
"It's easy. Can't you do the same?"
"No, because Winry glued it on tight! I can't just detach my automail like that!"
"Well… you're just gonna have to wait for Morpeko then." Marnie said as she walked off.
"MARNIE! DON'T LEAVE ME LIKE THIS!"
"A part of me still with you, so you're not technically alone!" Marnie told him before disappearing from the hallway.
"Ooooh, I am SO gonna get her back for this!"
Marnie opened up a door, seeing some Zebesians minding their business before they turned to the punk. "Oh, hello boys. Shall we then?"
"Pffft! Hahahaha! With you and one arm? This is gonna be a piece of cake!"
"Who said anything about one arm?" Marnie closed her eyes, channeling Din's Fire into the empty space and conjured up an entire fire arm, complete with a hand balled up into a fist and had fire claws coming out. "Now then, let's dance."
Team C: Phantom Thieves, Galarians, Alolans, Bowsette, Rei, Cinder, Neo, Roman
"At least this gets me around for a while." Cinder mumbled as they were in a room where she, Rei, Lillie, Hop and Hau were standing guard at the door.
"Okay, this should do it…" Futaba said, typing into a computer.
Akira's earpiece went off. "This is Joker."
"Hey, it's Umber. You guys have anything that might disable a huge magnet? Marnie and that little guy are currently hanging around as we speak."
"A giant magnet? We'll see what we can do."
"What's up?" Bowsette asked.
"Apparently there's a giant magnet that's making Marnie and Edward stick to it like glue." Akira explained.
"Well… that's a problem." Akechi said.
"How are we gonna shut that down? You can't just shut down magnetism!" Ryuji said. "…Can you?"
"If it's an electronic magnet, then yes." Makoto said.
"Magnet… magnet…" Futaba looked through the security footage. "Where are you."
"If I know Marnie, she'd probably detach her metal arm and ran off. She doesn't like to sit still for long." Bowsette said.
"That sounds like her." Gloria said with Bede and Guzma nodding.
"Oh, we got Space Pirates coming in from the right!" Futaba said, looking at the security footage… only to see a massive stream of fire hit them all where she would see Cinder walk through, conjuring up two fire swords and destroyed any stragglers that had lived. "Oooor… not."
Cinder turned to the camera with a smirk with fire shooting out of the corners of her eyes, then she walked off. "And where the hell is she going?" Ann asked.
"I'll go after her." Bowsette walked off.
"You sure?" Rei asked with concern.
"I'll be fine, hon." Bowsette smiled before taking off, then they heard a vent opening up as they saw Morpeko coming out.
"Pek pek!" Morpeko smiled.
"Nice to see you too, little guy." Yusuke said as Haru and Neo handed Morpeko some snacks as he happily ate them up.
Team D - Huntsmen/Huntress teams (Minus CFVY), Penny, SAPR, Mario Bros, Yoshi, the Princesses, Pit
The large group wandered into a large room, all of their weapons drawn. "I don't like the looks of this." Jaune said.
"I don't either." Pyrrha responded.
"I feel like we wandered into a trap." Mine said.
"I'm detecting a lot of enemies in here." Penny said.
"I suggest we be prepared." SAPR spoke up.
Tatsumi readied himself as did Akame. "Stay on your guard." Tatsumi said, and then the lights came on revealing an army of Phazon-infused Dry Bones, Chain Chomps, Zebesians, Kihunters, Skyward Sword Moblins, Hinoxes, a Stalnox, Lynels, Beringel Grimm, Heartless and a Clubberskull.
Pit paled up. "Ah geez, a Phazon-infused Clubberskull?!"
"A Clubberskull infused with Phazon? My my my! I wonder if it'll knock you into the ground and then send you flying like a golf ball! If you get sent flying out of the tower, then it's a hole in a one!" Hades taunted.
"SHUT UP, HADES!" Viridi yelled.
"That Clubberskull might be a bit tough… but I know you can handle it." Palutena said.
"Of course. Nothin' I can't handle!" Pit smirked.
"Think it's time we showed these younguns a thing or two?" Qrow asked.
Raven rolled her shoulders, taking out a sword. "I agree."
Tai got in his fighting stance. "I've got some fight left in me."
End BGM
Summer summoned two swords for each hand. "Ruby, it's time you and your friends see what makes STRQ so legendary."
Ruby's phazon eyes sparkled. "Ooooh, this is gonna be good!"
"Ruby! We gotta focus!" Weiss said, deflecting an attack from a Chill Ripper.
BGM: The Sky Is Falling (RWBY)
"Oh! Right." Ruby jumped in to slash at the Heartless while STRQ lunged at a Moblin where it would try to stab at Raven with its spear, but she effortlessly parried it, then Summer jumped in and slashed at te Moblin, and then Qrow would use Harbinger's scythe form to grab the shield and yanked it from him, then Tai came in with an uppercut to its chin to stun it, and then Raven activated her maiden powers to freeze it in place, then Tai delivered a power punch to shatter it on impact.
A Lynel came charging in as Summer smirked, then turned to Tai and Raven. "Golden Rosebird?"
"Against that thing? Sure, why not!" Tai chuckled the Lynel swung its blade at Summer but she gracefully backflipped as Raven charged ahead and slashed at the Lynel while Tai clapped his hands together, a golden aura surrounding him as he planted his hands on the ground as lights went to Raven and Summer, the both of them surrounded by a golden aura as if they were on fire as the women lunged where Raven parried the Lynel before she grabbed Summer by the arm, spun her around and threw her at the Lynel where she slashed through the Lynel's neck and landed gracefully on the ground where the Lynel fell on his side in defeat.
The ground rumbled beneath them as a Stalnox approached the four and let out a roar. "Tai, now would be a good time to unleash your full potential here!" Qrow said. "…Though I have a feeling you left your weapons at home."
Tai rolled his shoulders. "I have a back up." He said, calling up his Gray Wisp as it went inside of him, then as his hands turned metal, he manipulated the metal to where claw weapons appeared on his wrists, which looked dragon-like.
He then took a deep breath, closing his eyes as a golden aura surrounded him again, as he re-opened his eyes where they looked more dragon-like and then golden flames appeared in his hands. It was enough to catch Ruby and Yang's attention.
"Huh?" Yang wondered.
"What the…?" Ruby tilted her head.
"Girls, it's time you see your old man unleashing his full potential!" Tai smirked as the Stalnox swiped at him but Tai would effortlessly parry and swiped back hard enough to pop off the Stalnox's right shoulder, where it looked at him in surprised. "What's the matter? You look a llittle disarmed!" He taunted as he luged directly at the eye, golden fire coming out of the claws as he slashed hard enough for the eye to pop out and the Stalnox fell to the ground.
Tai fell toward the ground as well, but he channeled his dragon-like fire toward his feet as he stomped onto the eye before kicking it back toward the Stalnox before he lunged ahead and slashed through the head and eye to knock the Stalnox on his back before exploding into darkness in death.
End BGM
"Still got it." Tai smirked.
"What the… what was THAT?!" Yang said in surprise.
"That was my semblance. Dragon Fire." Tai said. "I can conjure up golden dragon fire as my semblance and can also send a golden aura to my teammates to give them a boost of power."
"Whoa…" Ruby said in awe.
"That… that's your sembla-… YOU TOLD ME IT WAS TAI KWON DO!" Yang yelled.
…Of course he did. Blake and Weiss thought.
"Because you were a little kid and I thought you wouldn't have understood it so I came up with something else until I felt you were old enough to understand." Tai explained. "…I've been meaning to get around to it, honestly."
"THAT'S what you told her?" Summer sweatdropped while Raven shook her head while lightly facepalming.
Tai chuckled. "Look on the bright side, Yang. Where did you think you got your dragon-like power from? He asked as Yang's eyes widened. "Heck, it was fully unleashed with that Shin form."
"…Oh my gosh. Dad just got a whole lot cooler." Yang said in awe.
"Uh, question! Do I have dragon-like powers too?" Ruby asked.
"No, sweetie. You inherited my eyes." Summer smiled.
"…Can I summon a dragon out of my silver eyes?"
"No."
"Aww…" Ruby pouted.
"Wait wait wait, hold on! Why didn't you use this earlier the last time we were in space dealing with Bowser and Eggman?" Yang asked.
"Didn't feel like I needed to." Tai shrugged.
Yang sweatdropped. "Oh…"
They heard a roar as they turned to see a Beringel falling to the ground as Qrow was casually standing on his back. "If you ladies are done gossiping about your hair styles being pretty, we still have some fighting to do!"
"Right, our bad!" Tai said as he turned to Yang. "Shall we?"
Yang closed her eyes, going into her Shin form. "Let's rock and roll!"
Team E - Keyblade Wielders
The Wielders walked through an open area. "Something's not right…" Mickey said.
"I know. It feels eerily quiet." Riku said.
"Think we wandered into a trap?" Kairi wondered.
"We probably did." Terra nodded.
"Ya know… I can't help but worry that Namine isn't with us." Aqua said.
"She'll be fine." Ven said. "She can handle herself."
"Yeah, nothin' to worry about!" Sora grinned.
"I suppose so…" Aqua nodded.
"And just what do you think you're doing?"
BGM: Dark Samus Approaches (Metroid Prime 3: Corruption)
Dark Samus appeared out of a dark portal. "It appears all of you are wandering around the base without having a clue of what's going on."
"Yeah, well, it's what we tend to do." Sora said, summoning his Keyblade as did the others while Dark Samus snapped her fingers as Phazon-infused Heartless popped up with some Dragon Slimes, Succubats and a Blue Dragon came over as well.
"Rrrgh…" A soft growl escaped Aqua's throat. "How far are you willing to go… corrupting these creatures to do your bidding!"
"As long as my vision is realized."
Aqua angrily glared at her, as the Dragon Slimes erratically moved and twitched violently from the corruption. "I've had enough of this corruption! It's time you were put in your place." She lunged directly at Dark Samus.
"Aqua, wait!" Mickey exclaimed.
End BGM
BGM: Face It! (Kingdom Hearts: ReChain of Memories)
"I wondered if this was bothering you." Dark Samus said, casually blocking an attack with the arm cannon as Aqua quickly delivered fierce attacks that Dark Samus effortlessly blocked. "Then again, I've been observing you when you were in the midst of a prankster comet. Something tells me you were fighting some inner demons which would explain why you're not focused."
"Shut up!" Aqua exclaimed, jumping back and unleashing Raging Storm but Dark Samus stepped to the side and blasted her with a simple Phazon missile. Aqua would then go for a Thunder Surge but Dark Samus dodged again and grabbed a hold of her Keyblade with the Grapple Beam and then threw it to the side. Aqua would respond with Magic Hour and a Triple Firaga combo but Dark Samus disappeared in a dark portal and then reappeared behind her.
Aqua would immediately turn around and resummoned her Keyblade and slashed her, but Dark Samus grabbed a hold of it and then swiftly planted some phazon on her gut. "AAAGH!" She yelped.
"AQUA!" Terra yelled as he, Ven, Mickey and Riku would quickly lunge and slash at her, but Dark Samus jumped back.
"Have fun fighting your friend. Hmhmhmhm." Dark Samus disappeared into the portal.
End BGM
"Nnngh… aaaagh…" Aqua fell on her knees, gritting her teeth as the stinging pain of the Phazon burned her. "Aaaaah!"
"Aqua!" Riku would quickly be by her side. "Aqua, hang in there!" He said as Terra, Ven and Mickey would surround her while Sora decided to pull out a Heartbinder and summoned a Chain Chomp as it barked excitedly and lunged at the Phazon-infused enemies where Sora picked up the chain and swung him around like an actual ball and chain, not that the Chain Chomp minded at all as it happily bit down and destroyed them all until there was nothing left.
"Good boy!" Sora smiled as the Chain Chomp turned around and happily tackled him, licking his face. "Ack! Hey!" He yelped.
"That's adorable…" Kairi giggled before turning her attention to Aqua.
"Nnngh… rrrgh…"
"Are you okay? Tell me you're okay!" Ven hoped.
"I'm… fine…! Just… need to get used to this intense burning…! Aaagh…"
"Hang on, I'm bringing you back!" Palutena said, where a pillar of light surrounded her and she was taken back to the Observatory.
Team F - Golden Deer, Bernadetta, Zinnia, Namine, Hat Kid, Conductor, DJ Grooves
"I see a Power Star over there…" Hilda said. "Unfortunately, it's surrounded by guards."
"We need a distraction." Claude smirked. "Anyone willing to do a hula dance?"
"Agh, I should've brought my hula skirt and coconut bra with me…" Zinnia said which made Namine give her a weird look. "What? Sometimes I get bored and do some online shopping."
"That's okay. I got a spare." Claude said, pulling it out of his pocket.
"Now we're talking!" Zinnia smirked.
"…I would ask where did you get that but I don't wanna know." Bernadetta admitted.
"I got a better idea!" Hat Kid grinned. "Why do a hula dance when you can do…" She immediately ran towards the guards. "Hey you!"
The guards turned toward Hat Kid. "…What's with the sassy lost child?"
"No idea. What is it gonna do?"
Hat Kid smirked. "Have you ever heard of some Peace and Tranquility?"
BGM: Peace and Tranquility (A Hat in Time)
Immediately, Hat Kid would start swinging her arms around while having a smug look on her face, happily dancing. "Oh my peck, lass…" Conductor facepalmed.
"How… is that going to work?" Namine wondered.
"I dunno, but it seems like the other darlings are into it." Grooves said as Claude and Zinnia, who decided to put on the hula skirt and coconut bra, danced along with Hat Kid.
What surprised the rest of them was that the guards were mesmerized by the dance. "…You're kidding, right?" Lysithea deadpanned.
"That makes me tired just watching them." Hilda said while Namine summoned her sketchbook.
"Hang on, I gotta draw this." She said.
"…Well, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em!" Grooves said. "After all, I've got the better dance moves compared to Conductor over here."
"Oi! I'll have ye know I have proper dance moves than that lame as peck disco that ye go on about!" Conductor said as they also joined in with waving their hands, though Grooves threw in a few disco moves.
"Bernie, now would be a good time to fire at them." Hilda said, but noticed Bernadetta unwittingly dancing. "Bernie!"
"I can't help it! It's too contagious! …Help." Bernadetta whined as Lysithea was unconsciously doing it.
"Uh oh… she's right, it's contagious!"
Hilda paled, realizing her hands are moving about. "No… no no no no! I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE! PALUTENA! HELP!"
"Just a minute. I can't help but be mesmerized by this!"
Nearby, Team G, consisting of Emerald, Youmu and Thanatos watched them from afar. "…What are they even doing?" Emerald asked.
"Dancing, by the looks of it. Probably contagious." Youmu said as she noticed the guards were dancing. "Even the guards are doing it."
"Well, this makes it all too easy." Thanatos said, aiming his hand out at the guards as they had a symbol appear above their head, then Thanatos swung his scythe down to easily destroy them.
End BGM
BGM: Space Storm Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
"Aww, I was just about to ambush 'em." Hat Kid mumbled.
"That was honestly pretty fun. You gotta teach me that!" Zinnia said.
Hat Kid grinned. "You got it!" She said, high fiving Zinnia.
"Yo, Namine! Who danced better, me or bird brain over here?" Grooves asked.
"Uh… I think it was a tie. I wasn't paying attention, the music bug got a hold of me too." Namine admitted. "Sorry!"
"A TIE?!" Both of them yelled before they turned to glare at each over. "This isn't over!"
Emerald walked over to the Power Star. "Well, regardless… we got the Power Star."
"Hold on." Youmu spoke up. "Something's not right about this one."
"What makes you say that?" Zinnia asked as Youmu readied her sword and slashed through the Star, where it suddenly glitched before going back to normal.
"A very convincing hologram. Figures there'd be a red herring."
"I can imagine one is hidden somewhere deep inside the tower." Thanatos said where Emerald put her hand on her ear piece.
"This is Emerald to everyone, can you read me? We found a Power Star but it's a red herring. I can imagine the real one is locked away somewhere."
"Yeah, we found a Power Star but it ended up being a fake." Samus said. "I guess there's multiple red herrings too."
"Cinder and I found one in a room but it ended up being fake as well." Bowsette said. "…And of course, Cinder is burning the room down."
"Just making sure no Space Pirate gets out of this room alive. I'll only be a moment." Cinder spoke up.
With Marnie…
Marnie walked out of the room, rolling her shoulder as her fire arm dissipated while the Space Pirates behind her were sprawled out and groaning. "I'm not puttin' it past them that they put in some red herrings here. I think they're keepin' us on our toes here."
"Lady Marnie!" A voice called out as Marnie turned to see the Goomba Squad approaching them.
"Oh hey, what brought you here?"
"We got a bit worried that you would try to do something with only one arm so we're providing back up!" Captain Koopa said.
"Oh, you guys…" Marnie smiled, patting them on the head. "You guys are so adorable." She said as she walked off with them.
"Hey punk girl, we shut down the magnet." Futaba said. "You should be expecting company any second now."
"…Oh boy." Marnie said as she turned around to see Edward charging at her while holding Marnie's arm as he let out a frustrated scream and threw the arm at her. "Oh!" She yelped as she immediately used Nayru's Love to reflect it back, smacking him in the face.
"OOOF!" Edward yelled, falling on his back.
"Oooh." Marnie winced as Ed got back up, looking at her in annoyance.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!" Edward yelled.
"Self defense?" Marnie shrugged as Edward gave her an annoyed deadpan look. "Okay, okay, I probably deserved it but hey, I'm not the one to stick around and do nothin'." She said, picking up her arm and reattaching it.
"Yeah yeah, whatever." Edward mumbled as he walked ahead before finding another vent. "We can probably find the Power Star through one of these vents." He said as he started to climb up but couldn't get up. "Mmmph! Rrrrgh!"
"Need a boost?" Marnie asked.
"Yeah. Could you give me a hand?"
"Sure. Here you go." Marnie handed him her metal arm.
"Thanks." Ed took it… before realizing what she just did. "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!"
"Sorry. I've always wanted to do that." Marnie giggled, taking her metal arm back.
"Funny thing is, I would've done the same thing." Captain Koopa said.
"Oh good, we're in the same thought process." Captain Shy Guy agreed while Captain Boo held up a "10" card for Marnie.
"Friggin Koopa Troop and their odd sense of humor…" Edward mumbled as he was given a boost into the vent as Marnie climbed in after him and the Goomba Squad followed.
End BGM
Meanwhile, with Lubba…
"Tum tum te tum~" Lubba hummed, casually waiting for everyone to come back until the alarm sounded on the screen. "Hmm? Incoming ship?" He wondered as he would see a massive portal opening up where he would see a fortress looming overhead. "…Meep."
Team H - Team CFVY
A door opened up as the team would see a Power Star up ahead. "Is that the right one?" Yatsuhashi asked.
"Might as well find out." Coco said as they had their weapons drawn as they cautiously approached it while walking on a catwalk with a seemingly bottomless pit.
"Come in, everyone! Come in, everyone!" A voice called from their earpieces.
"What's up?" Coco asked.
"There's a massive fortress… thing that showed up! Someone just entered the tower!" Lubba said frantically.
"Do we know who it is?" Samus would ask.
"I'm not sure! It looked to be like a giant armored human! …If you can call it a human!"
At the Observatory…
"A giant armored human?" Reimu raised an eyebrow, hearing a loud gasp from Ibuki. "Hmm?"
Ibuki clenched her fists. "Ibuki'll be right back!" She said, running into the infirmary and grabbing a cure before running into a Launch Star.
"Ibuki, wait!" Hiyoko exclaimed.
"What's going on…?" Rosalina wondered.
Back with CFVY…
"Well, I'm sure we can evacuate as soon as we get the Power Star." Coco said as Velvet kicked the glass to shatter it and grabbed the Power Star.
"Got it!" Velvet smiled.
"Well, that was ea-" The power went off. "-sy…" Coco looked around. "I don't like this." She said as the catwalks started to move away, and then suddenly there was a loud explosion that rocked the platform they were on, before they started to fall. "AAAAAAH!"
"CFVY! What's going on?" Pyrrha would ask.
"Something just took out the support cable! We're falling in the bottomless-… oh shit, that's GROUND!" Coco yelled as the platform smashed into the ground and knocked all four down with their auras shattering upon impact.
"Are you okay? Respond!" Weiss exclaimed.
"We're fine… it just knocked the wind out of us…" Coco said, pulling out four Super Mushrooms and tossing three of them to her team to rejuvenate them after eating, and then there was a giant thud as the four of them turned to see a giant armored man slowly getting up.
Doom Guy.
BGM: Blood Harvesting (Doom Eternal)
The Man The Demons Fear - Doom Guy
"Guys… I think we found the giant armored man." Coco said.
"I'm closest to you. I'm on my way! Stay put!" Samus told them.
"Like we have a choice." Coco mumbled. "Let's try to knock him down!"
"Right." Velvet nodded as Coco aimed her minigun, activating her Hype semblance and shooting at Doom Guy but he would swiftly avoid it as he ran ahead and shot at her with the Super Shotgun, forcing Coco to get out of the way as Yatsuhashi and Fox lunged at him, dodging the Shotgun fire as Yatsuhashi swung his sword and Fox delivered a strong power punch.
Doom Guy weaved his head around the swing and grabbed Fox's fist as he twisted his arm before using his other arm to slug at Fox's head hard enough for his aura to shatter and sent him flying toward a wall. The power was enough to shock Coco and Velvet while Yatsuhashi could look on in disbelief.
"Fox…?!" Coco could only say as Yatsuhashi let out a growl and swung his sword at Doom Guy but he would block it with his chainsaw, locked in place as Yatsuhashi struggled to push him away… but Doom Guy effortlessly pushed him back before parrying the sword off of him, then he brought out his Sentinel Hammer and gave it a good swing into his gut, instantly shattering his aura while sending him flying into rubble.
Only two to go and he wasn't even breaking a sweat.
"Bun Bun, get behind me!" Coco desperately requested as she opened fire at Doom Guy who brought out his own Chaingun and opened fire as well. Bullets collided into each other but some would shred through Coco's bullets like butter and through Gianduja, some of them also striking Coco as she winced. Dammit… I am NOT dying here! She thought as Doom Guy slowly approached her while still firing the chain gun.
I gotta think of something… fast! Velvet thought as Doom Guy swung his chaingun into Gianduja, knocking it back before he went out of his way to crush the minigun under his foot, shattering it upon impact and before Coco could react, Doom Guy slugged her in the face, shattering her sunglasses before pelting her with point blank chaingun bullets.
"COCO!" Velvet shrieked as Coco laid motionless. She would immediately run toward her. "Coco… Coco!" She exclaimed as blood poured out of her body. "No… no no no no…!" She whispered as Doom Guy would tower over her.
End BGM
Velvet turned toward the man as she slowly summoned a hard light version of the Hylian Shield and the Master Sword as she swung at Doom Guy, but he backhanded it off of her and grabbed her by the throat. "Hnnngh!" She grunted as she grabbed his hand and desperately tried to pry it off of her, but Doom Guy was ready to put an end to her.
…And yet, he couldn't.
He slowly studied the struggling Velvet. The brown hair, the brown bunny ears, her outfit… it was reminding him of his pet bunny, Daisy.
Despite being corrupted by Phazon, there was a part of him that was resisting… as if he couldn't bring himself to harm her.
"…Daisy…"
"Nnngh…" Velvet groaned, still trying to get out of his death grip.
There were footsteps running toward them as Doom Guy would turn his head… only to get Shinesparked and forcing him to drop Velvet.
"I think that's quite enough of you manhandling the bunny."
Doom Guy got back up, staring at the intruder in front of him as Samus would aim her arm cannon at him. "Hmm, I've fought bigger." Samus said, not caring that he was just a bit taller than her.
BGM: The Only Thing They Fear Is You (Doom Eternal)
Doom Guy dropped his weapon and charged at Samus as she did the same, both of them shoulder tackling as they were both knocked back. Doom Guy would pull out his Super Shotgun and fired at Samus, but she rolled out of the way before immediately getting up and shooting at him with plasma shots.
Doom Guy would switch from the Super Shotgun to the Heavy Cannon and shot at Samus, but she would Flash Shift out of the way and fired a few Super Missiles at him, which he would respond by firing Micro Missiles at her as she would fire Storm Missiles, where they would all collide into each other and exploded as the two ran through the smoke as the two delivered a strong punch to each other's faces that knocked each other back.
Samus would swiftly throw a Grapple Beam around him and wrapped around his neck, then activated the Grapple Voltage. "Rrrgh!" Doom Guy grunted before he grabbed a hold of the Grapple Beam and yanked her toward him, however Samus would flip over and kicked him in the gut, then she deactivated the Grapple Beam as she would jump up and fired a Gravity Missile. However he would grab a hold of it and crushed it with his grip.
Samus would charge up a Plasma shot and fired right as Doom Guy brought out the BFG and fired, forcing Samus to slide underneath it, but as she did, she would see her armor power draining rapidly just by being near that massive plasma shot. I need to disable that weapon. She thought as she got up as Doom Guy swung at her with the fist, but Samus melee countered him, only for Doom Guy to swing at her again but she melee countered a second time… and then he brought out the chainsaw and swung down, but Samus jumped back and melee countered by flip kicking his chin to stun him, then she rolled under him ad laid a Power Bomb were it went off a few seconds later and then she pelted him with Fire and Lightning Super Missiles.
Doom Guy shook it off and then Dashed at her while Samus Flash Shifted toward him, both of them delivering strong punches… however Doom Guy hit hard enough that it knocked Samus away and knocked the armor off of her. Damn! She thought as Doom Guy was undeterred as he fired the Heavy Cannon at her but she would gracefully run around and acrobatically flipped as she brought out the AR-15 gun and fired at him.
Doom Guy would shield himself from the bullets and he would fire at her but she jumped up, activated the Jet Boots as she went over and kicked him in the face. Samus then landed on the ground and delivered strong punches and kicks that were swift, however Doom Guy would lift his knee and smacked Samus in the face, then he delivered a strong punch and sent her flying toward a wall. "Mmmph!" She grunted, wincing as Doom Guy would aim the BFG at her, ready to finish her off as Samus stumbled a bit.
End BGM
A small plasma shot hit him in the back. Doom Guy would slowly turn around to see Velvet wearing Samus's arm cannon and aiming it at him, tears in her eyes. "Nnnngh…" Coco would try to get up. "Velvet… run…" She groaned, blood coming out of her lips.
Doom Guy stared at Velvet, his weapon still trained on Samus… but then suddenly a massive lightning bolt struck him as he was knocked back a few feet… and then Ibuki landed near him. "Remember Ibuki?" She asked in a low voice as her eyes were filled with determination and anger.
Doom Guy stared at Ibuki, remembering his first encounter with her. The way she egged him on just to crack a damn smile… remembering that annoyed the hell out of him. Seeing her there fueled his anger.
…Or perhaps this was the Phazon talking, but either way, the man was not happy to see her.
"Don't worry, big guy… she'll get the Phazon out of ya." Ibuki said, readying her guitar as Doom Guy cracked his knuckles. "Round two! LET'S GO!"
BGM: Devil Went Down to Georgia (Guitar Hero 3)
Doom Guy dashed at Ibuki as he delivered a massive right hook, but Ibuki dodged and swung her guitar in his gut to send him sliding back. She would then strum her guitar as fire shot out and hit Doom Guy but he dashed out of the way and fired the Heavy Cannon, but Ibuki would swiftly roll out of the way and then swung her axe guitar again. However, Doom Guy grabbed a hold of it and then slugged her in the gut hard enough to send her crashing through the wall and outside of the tower.
Ibuki shook it off, brushing her shoulders as she bravely stood up as a BFG plasma ball shot out toward her but she strummed her guitar to make an electric force field to block the shot, then Doom Guy dashed out and punched her but Ibuki would slide underneath him and then whacked him with the guitar, then she hit him with a few lightning bolts with the electric guitar.
Doom Guy responded by pulling out a frag grenade and threw it at Ibuki but she swatted it back with her guitar as it exploded at his face, then she charged ahead while Doom Guy emerged from the smoke leaping at her with the Sentinel Hammer. She quickly rolled out of the way to avoid it but Doom Guy would kick her in the knee to knock her down, swung his hammer to knock the guitar off of her and then kicked her down where he then swung it down, but Ibuki would clap her hand to grab it, the hammer inches from her face.
Ibuki would immediately go into her Lanturn form and quickly used Discharge to get him off of her as she got back up and dove for her guitar, quickly grabbing a hold of it and then turned around and ducked, narrowly avoiding an Unmakyr shot to the face. She would immediately go into her Arcanine form and dodged the Chaingun being fired at her as she would lunge at him with Flare Blitz, knocking the big guy down.
Here goes. Ibuki thought as she leapt over and got on top of him, taking off his helmet as she pulled out a syringe, but Doom Guy snapped out of his daze and headbutted Ibuki. "Agh!" She yelped as Doom Guy would get on top of her, overpowering her easily as he put her hands on her neck to try and strangle her. "Is this… how you want it…?" She gasped for air, then realized her arms were free. This is her only shot! She thought as she swung her arm and planted the needle into his neck.
End BGM
Doom Guy's eyes widened the moment the syringe hit his neck as he felt a little light headed and fell on his side. She slowly got up, wiping the blood from her nose and stared at the phazon slowly fading away from him. "Good." She smiled, before something suddenly slammed behind her and a razor sharp tail impaled through her gut. "Hnnngh!"
"Heh, you might have taken out our one man army… but you couldn't stop this!" Ridley smirked, ripping his tail out of Ibuki as she fell on both knees, coughing out blood. "Foolish girl. You can't stop us!"
"Heh… heheheh…"
"You laugh?" Ridley looked at her in amusement as Ibuki defiantly stood, blood coming out of her lower lip as she smirked at him.
"You hit like a truck… and yet… Doom Guy-chan hits harder than YOU." Ibuki told him with a taunting look in her face.
"You defiantly stand even though you've been impaled. You defiantly stand despite your knees tremble in weakness! You hold on to your wound, but can you stand for much longer?"
"As long as Ibuki stands… she refuses to fall to YOU." She let out a chuckle. "The show must go on, and it ain't stoppin' till your curtain call, ya scaly shitter!"
"Amazing… you think you're all tough but I can break you like a toothpick!" Ridley said as he shifted his eyes to see Samus approaching him, back in her armor. "How was your fight with him? It seems you can barely stand yourself!"
"I've got enough energy to take you down…" Samus said.
"HEY! BIG UGLY DRAGON!" A voice yelled as Ridley turned to see Edward Elric approaching him in anger while Marnie and the Goomba Squad were keeping their distance compared to him.
"Hmm? Who are you?"
"You remember me! I'm the one who you left for dead at DF3-1011? I'm alive and I'm going to kick your ass!"
"DF3-1011? Doesn't ring any bells." Ridley said.
"Typical. You don't remember ravaging our planet. That's fine! I'll MAKE YOU remember!"
"The funny thing is, I remember ravaging every planet I come across, including Aran's planet herself. Yet I don't recall a DF3-1011. Eh, must've been a very forgettable planet if the inhabitants were bite sized pipsqueaks."
Ed's face went red with rage. "THAT'S IT! I'M SKEWERING YOU RIGHT HERE!" He yelled as he lunged, the blade coming out of his arm. "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" He screamed but Ridley simply backhanded him with his tail, sending him flying toward a wall.
"Ed!" Marnie exclaimed.
"Well! If it isn't the traitor!" Ridley smirked at Marnie. "I'll have you know that your brother and those annoying weirdos are sitting comfortably in their phazon. They can't wait to see you again." He said as Marnie let out a low growl.
"You have to get past us, first!" Captain Goomba said as they bravely stood in front of Marnie.
"Those your bodyguards? They look like little snacks!" Ridley said. "How unfortunate, Marnie. I just built up an appetite!" He said as he lunged directly at them… but something prevented him from moving. "Hrrrgh!" He grunted as he turned his head around to see Doom Guy holding him by the tail. "What?!"
Doom Guy pulled Ridley toward him and then punched him down, then he got on top of Ridley and grabbed a hold of Ridley's wings where he started to pull. Hard.
"Agh! OW! RRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"
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Ridley let out a loud pained screech as his wings were ripped off from his body, then Doom Guy tossed the wings to the side. "LORD RIDLEY!" A voice cried as a tractor beam grabbed a hold of the wingless Ridley and sent him up toward a ship.
"I WANT ALL CANNONS AIMED AT THAT SOLDIER NOW!" Ridley cried out in agony as all ships aimed their cannons at Doom Guy. Doom Guy stared directly at them as he instinctively pushed Ibuki away right as all cannons fired at the Doom Slayer. "More! MOOOOOOOOOOOORE!"
"…That's enough." Dark Samus said as the cannons still fired. "THAT'S ENOUGH!" She yelled as all cannons ceased fire. Dark Samus turned toward the wingless Ridley. "…Do you think you got him?"
"Look!" A Zebesian exclaimed as they turned to see the smoke clearing as Doom Guy still stood there defiantly. He casually moved his hand to his shoulder and lightly brushed off any rubble that was on him.
"…Oh, good heavens. Would you look at the time." Dark Samus said as the ships immediately entered hyperspace and hightailed the hell out of there.
"Whoa…" Samus could only say in awe as the alarm started to blare.
"What's going on?" Marnie asked through the earpiece.
"Cinder found the generator and overloaded it. This place is about to self destruct!" Futaba exclaimed.
"…And she didn't bother to send me an invite." Samus rolled her eyes.
"Aaaand that's my cue to getting you all out of there." Palutena said as several heavenly lights surrounded the tower as everyone, Doom Guy and the Fortress of Doom itself, was taken back to the Observatory… and then the tower exploded.
"You're welcome." Cinder said as she walked off with a smirk on her face.
In the infirmary…
"Dammit, Ibuki!" Hiyoko scolded. "Just because you like to be Super Woman at times doesn't mean you're invincible!"
"She knows but… it was worth it." Ibuki said as Mikan was patching her up while EIrin and Reisen were patching up CFY with Velvet standing next to Coco.
"Just don't scare us like that again…" Mikan said as Ibuki let out a chuckle, then they heard heavy footsteps as Doom Guy walked into the infirmary. Aqua, who was in the middle of recovering from her Phazon infection, took one look at Doom Guy and was immediately intimidated by his presence.
"How are you feeling, big guy?" Ibuki asked as Doom Guy took off his helmet to stare at Ibuki, before giving her a thumbs up with a small smirk on his face. "Ah, there's that smile that Ibuki egged you on about~!"
Doom Guy rolled his eyes and walked over to Velvet, who was still pre-occupied on Coco as she had a ventilator over her mouth and her eyes closed with Eirin swiftly at work to patch her up. "Coco's going to be fine. Nobody'll die on my watch." Eirin reassured.
Velvet nodded and looked at Coco, letting out a small sigh as a firm, yet somewhat gentle hand was placed on her head as she looked up to see Doom Guy. "I… take it you were infected by Phazon?" She asked as Doom Guy nodded. "I see…"
Doom Guy patted her on the head and watched Eirin trying her best to patch up Coco.
Meanwhile, with the Space Pirates…
"We took a heavy loss… but we will win this war no matter what." Dark Samus said as some Space Pirate paramedics were busy making cybernetic wings for Ridley.
"Metroid Prime!" A Space Pirate approached her. "We were just informed that there are four ships filled with evacuees from Remnant. The Halberd, the Blue Typhoon, the Great Fox, and Falcon Flyer, though there's apparently a rumor that a fifth one titled the Egg Carrier 3.0 is joining them! Not only that, but everyone from different worlds have joined them."
"So they escape, yet they have nowhere to go." Dark Samus let out a chuckle. "…Send them a personal greeting. Kill every single evacuee if you need to."
"Understood." He saluted and ran off.
Dark Samus rubbed her helmet in thought. "There is a portal leading to some world named Radiant Garden, correct?"
"Yes." Another Space Pirate nodded. "Some evacuees went there but the Phazon is slowly creeping toward the portal."
"Fascinating… perhaps I should go there and personally applaud their meaningless effort." She opened up a dark portal. "But why should I go alone? I have some plans for a few of them…"
With Dimentio…
"AAAAAAAARGH!" Dimentio yelled. "I was so CLOSE!" He exclaimed. "So close to getting this dimension's Ruby as Chaos Ruby!"
"Trust me, your dimension works differently than ours." Seryu said, casually filing her nails. "It's not going to work out."
"No… it'll work. I went about this the wrong angle. If I can't do an encore with this Ruby, then perhaps I should do an encore with Mr. L and the Phantom Four." He said, before inspiration hit him. "No… not Mr. L. I recall Mr. L having a brother…" He smirked devilishly. "Yes, he'll work perfectly. Hmhmhmhmhmhmhm~"
Ibuki: IN YOUR FACE, DARK SAMUS! WOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Yup! Doom Guy's been saved!
Ibuki: Endin' the year with a bang! Woo! Here's to the new year!
Yes, here's to the new year! ...Unfortunately, not all of us have made it. We lost a beautiful soul today.
Ibuki: Yeah...
Rest in peace, Betty White... may your beautiful soul carry on into the afterlife.