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BGM: Tension (Super Mario Galaxy)
"Guys… are you seeing this?!"
"What the hell…" Samus would say. "That's the biggest ship I've ever seen."
"That's not just any ship… that's the ship from Dreadnought Galaxy!" Polari exclaimed.
"What's it doing there? I thought it was covered in phazon!" Ruby said and looked at Rosalina. "Right?"
"Yeah, it should be… did they get rid of it? Because there's not a hint of phazon on that ship."
"Hold on, Ibuki's gonna take a look!" Ibuki said, heading into the Garden.
"Wait up!" Hiyoko went after her as curiosity got the best of Chiaki and Mikan as they went after them as well, the former going into her Iron Man attire and went with them. Rosalina, Penny, SAPR, Reimu and Marisa went with them as well.
Ibuki landed at the end of the Landing Platform, looking at the ship in front of them. "That doesn't make sense…" She said as the others joined her. "It's right here, covered in phazon!"
"Then how in the world are we seeing it near Grandmaster?" Hiyoko wondered.
"Investigating!" SAPR said as she, Penny, Rosalina, Reimu, Marisa and Chiaki flew around the ship.
"It looks real… I wonder if that's a replica." Marisa said.
"Something feels off about this though… I'm not sure what it is." Reimu folded her arms.
Rosalina closed her eyes. "This has to be a replica, I'm sure of it…"
"Hmm… hmm?" Chiaki found an opening as she flew over to investigate.
"Chiaki? What'd you find?" Penny called out.
"An opening!" Chiaki responded as she went inside. They would hear a sonic boom nearby as the others would turn to see the Great Fox flying in.
"We got a bit curious too!" Peppy would say as the Arwings and Wolfens flew out as they would investigate the ship.
"Looks normal…" Fox said.
"Yeah, a little too normal if you ask me." Falco responded as Chiaki fired a laser through the opening and went through, Penny and SAPR accompanying her.
"Odd… I don't remember it being this dark." Chiaki mumbled.
"Even with our enhanced vision, I'm not picking up on anything…" Penny said. "SAPR? How about you?"
"Nope, nothing."
Rosalina teleported in. "Perhaps I can help." She said, clapping her hands and unleashing cosmic energy to light up the entire inside of the ship. However, instead of finding contraptions, they would find it completely hollow and empty.
"Did they extract everything out of it?" Penny wondered.
"No, no… I don't think that's the case." Chiaki responded. "Has anyone been inside the ship before on your first intergalactic adventure?" She called out.
At the Observatory…
"We were in there last time." Carolina spoke up. "Me, Wash and the Reds and Blues went into that ship. There were all sorts of contraptions that would have killed us, but we perservered."
"…You don't think-" Washington would say.
"That Ridley and Dark Samus hijacked the real thing and made a model to look exactly like that? I wouldn't put it past them."
At Dreadnought…
"Just as I thought…" Chiaki closed her eyes as Ibuki and the others flew inside. "This is a replica."
"Ya know… color me impressed. They had us all fooled." Hiyoko nodded.
"Those bastards dipped it in phazon to make it look like the Dreadnought was covered in this stuff." Reimu said.
"I should've known something felt off. My instinct was going nuts." Wolf said from the Wolfen.
"Clever… VERY clever." Leon said.
"Confirmed: This is a replica." ROB 64 said.
"I have to agree with Hiyoko. Even I'm impressed by this!" Viridi said.
"Welp, looks like we got a ship to infiltrate." Marisa responded as heavenly lights surrounded them and took them back to the Observatory, and then Palutena would pick up Umber and Sprite, bringing them back to the Observatory.
"Doesn't that figure. You station your men with Eggman at the Dreadnought and those bozos hijack it. Why am I not surprised!" Bowser mumbled.
"Did any of you know about this?" Yang asked.
"I knew we were close to their stronghold yet I didn't know exactly what it was." Marnie responded.
"I thought it looked familiar but I wasn't quite sure if it was exactly the Dreadnought I was looking at." Kamek explained.
End BGM
Ruby folded her arms, deep in thought. "This is the perfect opportunity…" She said to herself as everyone was chatting and figuring out what to do. "Guys? Guys! I have something to say! GUYS!" She yelled but no one was listening as they were still figuring out a way on what to do.
Bowser looked at Ruby who was looking kind of frustrated that no one was hearing her. So, he would stomp his foot on the ground and let out a loud roar to grab everyone's attention. "Listen up! The Rose has something she'd like to say!" He said and then turned to Ruby. "Go right ahead."
"Thanks big guy." Ruby stepped up front. "Alright, so… we all know what we're up against. We got our butts handed to us. Some of us have been more worn down than others… heck, a lot of us were corrupted by the phazon. I mean, look at me, I'm still covered in phazon and yet, I don't feel corrupted. All of us were beaten down, we might have despaired… but, we've gotten through it all. This war has exhausted all of us, but we're still kicking… Dark Samus might have lost, but with that Dreadnought, she might actually find a way to actually win and destroy us… heck, we might even lose."
BGM: Determination (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)
"BUT I SAY TO HECK WITH THAT!" Ruby suddenly yelled. "Look at us, no matter what they threw at us, we licked our wounds and fought even harder! We might have lost a few battles but we won most of them! We gained more allies on this adventure. One of them was even brought back from the dead for crying out loud!"
"Yeah!" Chiaki fist pumped.
"They may have corrupted us with phazon, they might have torn us down, they might have beaten us to a pulp, but you know what? That just made us stronger and more determined to win this thing! We're at the final battle, so we just need one last push to win this war once and for all! For Remnant, for Skyworld, for the Mushroom Kingdom, for Fodlan, for Gensokyo… for all the worlds that have been corrupted! This is our one shot to restore the universe free from the Phazon! Our one shot to destroy Dark Samus and Ridley for good… because no matter how many times they grinded us to a pulp, we rose from the ashes and made us stronger than we were before!"
"Man, she's good at these rallies." Weiss mumbled. "I'm almost jealous."
"No more playing around! Umber showed us how to go at it! So I say… NO MORE HOLDING BACK! We oughta go in there and show them all that if you mess with Remnant or any of the other worlds, we'll just come back swinging AND KICK THEIR BUTTS!"
Ibuki strummed her guitar loudly with a grin. "Preach it, Ruby-chan!"
"Now let's go kick some Phazonic butt, because THIS IS GOING TO END!" She yelled, raising her phazon arm high. "NOW WHO'S WITH ME!" She yelled as everyone raised their arms and cheered loudly.
"Tai, I believe this is for you." Zhang said, tossing him some golden Dragon Claws. "You left these at my home when we had that falling out."
"Ah, my old dragon claws. Thanks!" Tai grinned.
"No more holding back, I can get behind that." Marisa smirked when suddenly, she felt a wave of power course through her, along with Reimu, Youmu, Reisen and Eirin.
"Mmm… why do I feel like I'm back at full power?" Reimu asked.
"You too?" Youmu asked, unaware of a gap being opened nearby, Yukari smirking.
"You're welcome." Yukari chuckled before closing the gap.
Ludwig put his hand on Kokoro's shoulder. "Perhaps that song can wait."
"Agreed… writer's block sucks." Kokoro agreed with Meloetta nodding.
End BGM
"Alright Rosie! Let's go pay them a visit and knock down their front door!" Ruby said as Rosalina nodded, flying up to the top of the Observatory as she raised her wand up in the air.
BGM: Grand Star Rescue (Super Mario Galaxy)
SPBR, the Strike Team, the Wielders, Chiaki, the Toad Brigade, the Koopa Troop and the Blood Gulch Crew got into their ships, as did Hat Kid and co, Star Fox/Wolf and the Fortress of Doom all roared to life. "Here we go." Rosalina as the force field surrounded the Observatory as they flew off to the Dreadnought, all of them going into hyperspace.
Meanwhile, in the Dreadnought…
"We got a situation! We have a whole army coming!" A Zebesian exclaimed.
"So those fools have discovered our stronghold." Ridley mused before chuckling. "This is just too perfect."
"Master Ridley?"
"Send out the ships. Make them feel welcome!"
"Understood."
End BGM
Just outside…
BGM: Mysterious Invaders (Kid Icarus: Uprising) (Start at 1:04)
Everyone got out of hyperspace. "There you are." Samus said.
Chiaki would notice something on her radar. "We got bogies ahead of us!"
"I see 'em." Sora smirked as the enemy ships came flying over to them where they would all open fire along with the heroes firing back.
"Hey guys?" Hat Kid called out. "I see that Dreadnought turning towards us!"
"Hmm…" Riza looked ahead. "It looks like it's pointing-" Her eyes widened. "Winry! Evasive manuevers!"
"Already on it!" Winry quickly moved out of the way as a giant laser fired, nearly hitting the Great Fox.
"That thing has a giant laser?!" Samus exclaimed in surprise.
"Not for long it won't. Star Fox, let's go!" Fox said as Arwings came flying out as did the Wolfens, all of them flying in sync as several ships would try to outmanuever them, only to get shot down by the Gummi Ships.
Another laser was shot, this time from a different angle, forcing the Wolfens and Arwings to spread out. "They got multiple lasers!" Wolf said.
"They really thought of everything, didn't they!" Falco growled.
"They probably brought the Dreadnought to it's full potential." Carolina said.
"So now what do we do?" Washington asked.
"Shoot down those lasers, of course!"
"Not to worry! I'll take care of that!" Pyrrhon said as he flew out of the Observatory and flew ahead. "ALRIGHT, DO YOUR THING, PYRO SNAKE! SHAZAMMITYLAM!"
"Shazammity… huh?" Falco wondered as Pyrrhon threw massive fireballs at the Dreadnought, dodging smaller lasers.
"Don't mind him. He's an idiot." Viridi told Falco.
"Noted!"
"Alright, throttling up!" Sora said as the Gummi Ship flew up. "Aaaand bombs away!" He pressed a button as a bomb dropped onto the Dreadnought, hitting one of the lasers and destroying them. "Direct hit!"
"Told you those bombs would be useful." Terra said.
"Yeah, works out great!"
"Just use 'em wisely now!" Peppy advised.
Chiaki targeted another laser, barrel rolling away from a laser shot as she fired missiles at it, but a few ships flew by and took the hits. "So much for that…" She mumbled as she saw a cannon coming out of the Dreadnought and fired several missiles directly at Chiaki. She quickly flew out of the way, only to notice the missiles turning around.
"You got some missiles on your tail!" Samus said.
"Yeah, I know!" Chiaki responded, pressing a button as flares came out while barrel rolling, as several missiles locked onto the flares and exploded, but one missile kept going after Chiaki. An idea came to her head. It's suicide, but it's worth a shot! She thought as she upped the speed and shot at the laser, where it would turn its attention away from the Great Fox toward her.
"Chiaki, what are you doing?" Fox asked.
"Trying something risky!" Chiaki responded, barrel rolling to avoid the laser as she got close to it, and then pulled up as hard as she could as the missile would strike the laser and exploded behind Chiaki as she flew around until she got on top of the Dreadnought. "Phew…"
"Don't celebrate just yet. You got more missiles locked on to you!" Palutena warned.
"Figures…" Chiaki mumbled as she flipped around and fired at the missiles depot. She would quickly make a hard right, then the missiles fired at her. However, Slippy and Panther would shoot at the missiles behind her.
"We got ya covered!" Slippy said.
"Bombs away!" Fox spoke up as he and Wolf would deploy Smart Bombs on the last laser, completely destroying it.
"Lasers neutralized." Wolf said.
"Yeah, now we got cannonballs and missiles to worry about now." Samus said.
"Hang on, I've picked up on an opening nearby, but there's a shield… not to mention it's heavily armed." Adam said. "I think that's the only way in."
End BGM
"We got this!" Viridi said as Pit and Dark Pit flew out of the Observatory as they would fly around, dodging smaller lasers and missiles as they would get to the opening, only to be greeted by lasers, missiles and gunfire at the two angels.
"Wah! This is a lot more firepower than I would like!" Pit exclaimed.
"Don't worry about it!" Dark Pit responded as they launched arrows at the defensive barriers. Phosphora and Pyrrhon would soon join them and added some more lightning/fire power to the defense.
"What's that thing rolling out of the barrier?" Palutena wondered.
"It looks like… a tank." Viridi said as the tank rolled out of the barrier before lifting up the ground. "…With thrusters." The tank would soon open up several hatches of missiles. "Wait a minute… OH SHIT, THAT'S AN ANTI AIR TANK!"
"Don't anti-air tanks usually fire at ships? We should be pretty safe." Pit said as they would see laser pointers coming out and aiming at the four.
"I… got a bad feeling about this." Phosphora said.
"Come on, we're tiny! They're just going to-"
"Pit." Dark Pit spoke up.
"Yeah?"
"You do realize Ridley is smart, right?"
"Yeah, but I don't think they'll work on tiny people. It'll only work on aircra-"
"Targeting confirmed: Firing micromissiles at little people."
"…Oh." Pit paled, and then the missiles fired.
BGM: Lunar Sanctum (Kid Icarus: Uprising) (Start at 1:00)
"CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAAAAP!" Pit yelled as they flew around. "We gotta take that tank down!"
"That's a problem however. They got regular missiles for the aircraft and micromissiles for non-aircraft." Palutena said.
"I wonder…" Chiaki mused as she pressed a button as her X-Wing went invisible and flew toward the opening. "Easy now… easy…"
"Invisible aircraft detected. Firing armor piercing tracking laser."
Chiaki paled. "Did I just hear that correctly?"
"Yup! Ridley really did think of everything." Samus said.
"Boop boop boop?" ROB suggested.
"Shoot it from afar? It's worth a shot…" Samus wondered while Chiaki bailed out of there before it could hit her X-Wing, only for it to turn around and target her.
"You gotta be kidding me!" Chiaki exclaimed as the Thalassa Shell came in and used Reflega to send the laser flying into a meteor.
"We got your back, Chiaki!" Aqua said.
"Thanks." Chiaki smiled as she turned around and shot at the tank, but the shots would bounce off. "That's got some thick armor."
At one of Bowser's airships…
"You want to what?!" Marnie asked in surprise.
"You heard me!" Bowser smirked.
"But it's still just a prototype. I still need to do some testing on it… which I was going to do until Dark Samus happened."
"It'll be fine! Trust me."
Marnie sighed. "Lord Bowser, this is designed specifically for faster Banzai Bill travel."
"Well, make it designed specifically for fast travel for me!"
Marnie sweatdropped. "Alright, if you say so…" She said as Bowser climbed in.
"Mmph, it's a bit uncomfortable in here."
"It's a prototype, of course it's not suited for comfort!" Marnie shook her head. "Oi vey, what am I gonna do with ya, big guy?"
"Shoot me into that tank!"
"Alright…" Marnie sat down on the seat that was installed next to it. "Banzai Bill Cannon engaging."
"Should be Bowser Cannon!"
Marnie rolled her eyes. "Okay, fine. Bowser Cannon engaging." She would lock onto the anti air tank. "Alright, ready-" Bowser went into his shell. "Aiming… FIRE!" She yelled, pulling the trigger when suddenly confetti burst out.
"…Confetti, really? I don't do-" Bowser was launched out. "CONFEEEETTIIIIIII!"
"What? Thought it'd look cute." Marnie shrugged. "…Hmm, but it does give off a warning before it fires, so maybe if I add the confetti after it fires…"
The Anti Air Tank would continue to shoot out missiles, as even Gloria, in her Latias form had tried to come help but was too busy dodging missiles. "Shite, these things are fast!"
"Leaves us no room to breathe… not to mention it's really fast at doding attacks. He really did think of everything!" Dark Pit said.
"HEADS UP!" Bowser roared as he shot past the group as he slammed into the tank, leaving a massive dent as it slammed into the wall of the Dreadnought, then Bowser bounced off as an airship came by to pick him up. "Worth it!"
"Blake, take the controls. I'm trying something." Samus said.
"O-oh, okay!" Blake took control of the ship as Samus climbed out and Screw Attacked onto the roof of the ship, then she knelt down and aimed her arm cannon at the ship.
"Target engaged." The tank would lock onto Samus.
"Here we go!" Samus fired the Zero Laser at the tank. It would respond by firing a massive laser of its own, resulting in a stalemate… but it was slowly pushing Samus's Zero Laser back.
Marisa landed next to Samus. "I'll add some firepower to that!" She said, aiming her Mini Hakkero and unleashed Final Spark on it, adding firepower to Samus's Zero Laser as it would push back the tank's laser back to it.
"Error: Does not compute!" The tank would say as the two lasers struck it, followed by an explosion shortly after. Once the smoke cleared, the tank was still active but really out of shape, not to mention its missile silos were destroyed.
"Well, that makes things easier!" Pit said.
"I think it's armor got destroyed too." Palutena spoke up as a Hyper Beam suddenly was shot out and hit the tank, then they turned to see Zinnia on top of Rayquaza.
"Y'all were taking too long!" Zinnia said as the tank lit up before exploding, it's blast radius was enough to destroy the barrier.
"Bullseye!" Pit said as they would see a hatch about to seal it shut. "Uh oh!"
"Sending you in! Anyone who wishes to join them, they better hurry!" Palutena warned as the Pits flew in, and joining them were RWY, CFVY, the Reds and Blues, the Ultimates, Doom Guy, Gloria, and Youmu.
End BGM
BGM: Battlerock Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy)
"We'll find another way in. Good luck!" Samus said.
"Right. Let's go." Ruby said as they ran ahead, cutting and shooting their way through the defenses as they would quickly hide behind cover as Doom Guy would get out of cover and shoot down some turrets with his Rocket Launcher, destroying a few Space Pirates as well.
They would run through the hallway until they reached an intersection. "Where do we go?" Hiyoko asked.
Grif would see two Zebesians turning the corner, spotting them as they quickly turned the other way and ran off. "Hey! You get back here right this very second!" Grif yelled as he ran after them.
"Grif! Where are you going?!" Simmons yelled.
"Going to get himself killed. I wanna see that happen!" Sarge chased after him.
"No, you idiots! You gotta... stick... togeth-aaaaagh! They can be competent one minute and idiotic the next!" Hiyoko complained.
"In other words, another day in paradise for those guys." Ibuki said with a giggle.
"Are they always like this?" Chiaki tilted her head.
With Grif...
"YAAAAAAAH!" Grif yelled as he turned the corner after the Zebesians rounded the corner. "DIE, YOU SON OF... son of..." He would see a room filled with Space Pirates, all of them turning to him. "Son of... uh... wait, this isn't the way to the bathroom! I'm just gonna go this way..." He backed away slowly. "Don't mind me, I'm just gonna-" The Space Pirates aimed their weapons at him, and he immediately started to run the other way. "AAAAAAAAAAH!"
"Grif! Why are you running the other way!" Sarge exclaimed.
"RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!"
"Are you going AWOL! I will not stand for insubor-" The army of Space Pirates rounded the corner. "-dination... oh. You didn't do a good job on killing him!" He scolded as they fired at him. "Ack! Everyone's a critic." He took off running after Grif as the Space Pirates continued to give chase... until Doom Guy and Coco came around the corner with their miniguns. The Space Pirates immediately screeched to a halt before turning around and running the other way, but not before a few of them got mowed down anyway.
"That's one way to get their attention." Youmu said as they continued on, finding a room for them to go inside, only to find a Zebesian at some sort of control panel. He would turn around, only to get shot down by Washington.
"Let's see what's in here." Carolina said as they ran over.
"Bridge to Cobra, come in, over. What's your status?"
Washington grimaced before he walked over to the control. "Uh, this is Agent... DC. Yeah, Cobra took a little break and I'm filling in for him."
"We don't have a person named Agent DC. Cobra never takes breaks, who is this? We heard gunfire!"
"Slight weapon's malfunction, but everything is under control. Uh... how are you?"
"...We're sending a squad up."
"No no no, no need to do that! We got a large leak up here. A very very large Phazon leak, it's gonna take a while to scrub it all up. You understand, right?"
"No, seriously, who is this? What's your ID number?"
Washington said nothing as he proceeded to shoot up the control panel with his Battle Rifle. "Boring conversation anyway. HEY GUYS, WE'RE GONNA BE IN A LOT OF TROUBLE HERE SOON!"
"Not like we have anything important in here anyway. Just a bunch of empty holding cells!" Coco said.
"And not a single vent to take us to a garbage disposal!" Donut said.
Chiaki rubbed her chin in thought. "Hey, how intelligent are the Space Pirates?"
"Oh, it varies I guess, why?" Hiyoko asked.
Chiaki smirked. "I have an idea."
The door opened up as a few Zebesians came running through and found Chiaki lying face down on the floor. One of them walked over and kicked her.
"Mmm..." Chiaki groaned as she had Phazon all over her. "Ugh...mmph..."
"You're covered in Phazon. So you're one of us now, right?"
"Yeah... it stings but that should wear off soon." Chiaki responded. "Those... those non-Phazonic fools, they knocked me out and left me here to die... but I'm glad you came!"
"Don't worry, we'll help you out."
"I... I have something on me." Chiaki dug into her pocket and pulled something out. "It's a Phazon Grenade. Throw it at those jerks and they'll instantly be converted to Phazon."
"Niiiice! Hey, why is it glowing?"
"It's active. It'll explode when it hits the surface."
"Perfect. Let's go take those losers ou-"
BOOM!
"NOW!" Chiaki yelled, quickly ducking as gunfire flew above her and struck what was left of the Zebesians. "Oh, I'm sorry, did I say "Phazon Grenade"? I meant Plasma Grenade!"
"Okay, I'm gonna be honest... I'm still surprised that worked." Washington said as Ruby walked over and absorbed the Phazon out of Chiaki.
"Ibuki had complete faith in Chiaki-chan!" Ibuki grinned while Mikan healed up Chiaki.
"While I do like the idea of Ruby enhancing you, I still thought Gloria-san pushing you down was a bit much." Mikan said.
"I had to make the groaning believable..." Chiaki rubbed her head.
"I didn't hurt you too badly, did I, lass?"
"Nah, just knocked the wind out of me!" Chiaki chuckled. "Come on, let's go!"
"Okay, it's official. I'm really starting to like this gamer girl." Carolina said as they ran out, destroying anything in their path, then they would find themselves in a large corridor.
Pause BGM
"This feels like we're about to encounter a large enemy." Yang said.
"Yeah, I'm not liking this." Weiss responded as they had their weapons out, when suddenly a creature landed in front of them as it let out a loud roar. It was the Grimm Prime.
"That thing again?!" Ruby exclaimed.
"A Metroid Prime?!" Chiaki said in surprise.
"But in Grimm form... it's a Grimm Prime." Ibuki said as she heard Doom Guy cracking his knuckles angrily. "Let's take this thing down!"
"I feel underdressed." Chiaki said as she summoned a Gravity Suit and went inside. "There, much better!"
Yang squared up. "Let's rock!"
BGM: Metroid Prime Battle (Metroid Prime)
The Prime Experiment - Grimm Prime
The Grimm Prime charged at the group and would proceed to try and stab the group with it's tendrils, but Doom Guy would get in the way, pulling back his fist and punched it hard enough to send it sliding. Doom Guy would then pull out his Plasma Gun and started shooting it as Yang went into her Shin Form and jumped up, delivering a strong punch but the Grimm Prime fired missiles, striking Yang and sending her back but she landed on her feet and slid a few feet.
Ibuki strummed her guitar and shot out lightning bolts while Yatsuhashi and Fox lunged at it, slashing their way through but it would kick them back, while Chiaki charged up an attack and fired a charged Wave Beam at the Grimm Prime.
The Grimm Prime launched missiles at the group as Pit and Dark PIt would sent them back with Orbitars, then Chiaki would fire a few Super Missiles. Coco revved up Gianduja Omega and unleashed laser hell on the beast. The Grimm Prime spat out a few Grimm pools as Deathstalkers and Boarbatusks came out. "It can summon Grimm?!" Velvet exclaimed in shock.
"I got it." Youmu said, getting in a stance and in the blink of an eye, she slashed through the Grimm as they were cut down instantly. Yeah, I feel like I'm back at full strength. She thought as the Grimm Prime would try to impale her with one of its tendrils, but Youmu swiftly blocked and then backflipped, launching danmaku at it while Doom Guy switched to his Chaingun and opened fire.
Weiss stabbed the ground, summoning a Magnamalo as it rushed toward the Grimm Prime and attacked the beast as the Grimm Prime would shoot out Plasma explosions that destroyed the Magnamalo, only to get hit by Plasma Blasts from Chiaki. Velvet would launch herself, summoning Sora's Remnant's Requiem as she slashed at the creature and then kicked the beast, then jumped away while Gloria unleashed Dragon Pulse on it.
"Here goes nothing." Ruby said as her silver eyes started to glow before she used them on the beast. The Grimm Prime let out a stunned roar where Doom Guy would rush ahead along with Ibuki as the two would deliver a good solid punch to it, sending it sliding back as a layer of armor disintegrated.
"This thing has armor?" Yang asked. "That would explain why it wasn't affected by your silver eyes!"
"If this thing has armor… I wouldn't put it past it if this thing gets faster." Chiaki said, and right as she said it, the Grimm Prime would move a little faster than normal, knocking away Gloria and Coco.
"Yup, it's faster!" Hiyoko said as she twirled around, fire dancing around her as she threw streams of fire at the beast as Ruby used her semblance, quickly slashing at it but got kicked away by it, then hit her by a few ice blasts that froze her in place. Doom Guy would swiftly use his Flame Belcher to thaw Ruby.
"Brrr! Thanks big guy!" Ruby said as Weiss made a few Gravity glyphs as Yang and Dark Pit jumped on the gylphs, dodging missiles thrown at them as Yang would Dragon Punch after she went into her Shin form and Dark Pit summoned Pandora Claws and slashed at the massive Grimm. It would summon some gigantic Ursa as one of them grabbed a hold of Dark Pit and threw him down into the ground, only to get pelted by arrows from Pit.
The Ursa would block with his arms, only to get sliced in half by Youmu as the Grimm Prime would launch missiles at her, but Youmu swiftly slashed through the missiles as she leapt into the air, her sword glowing blue with energy. "SLASH OF DEPARTURE FROM HESITATION!" She yelled, swinging her sword down onto the Grimm Prime, her sword slamming into the ground shortly after as a massive shockwave struck the ground and caused danmaku to fly everywhere. The Grimm Prime was dazed from the attack before opening its mouth to try and gobble her up, but Youmu swiftly moved back while Chiaki would fire Plasma Shots before switching to the Ice Beam.
More Grimm pools were formed as Nevermores came flying out and attempted to dive bomb them but Coco would quickly turn them into swiss cheese while one of them weaved through the bullets and tried to gore Coco with its large beak, but Fox jumped in and punched it in the head before slicing it up with his new plasma blades, cutting through the Grimm like butter. When he turned around, he lunged at the Grimm Prime with Gloria accompanying him, the two of them dodging missiles as they would jump up, Gloria switching to Galarian Darmanitan as she unleashed Hammer Arm while Fox delivered a strong punch, which was enough to daze the Grimm.
Ruby got in her stance and used her Silver Eyes again, this time petrifying it for a few seconds, which was enough for Doom Guy to grab one of its tendril like legs and threw it into a wall, not only shattering the petrification state, but also shed another layer of armor.
"How many layers does this thing have?" Weiss asked, deciding to switch to Eiskönigin.
"Probably a lot more than we'd like!" Yang said as the Grimm Prime would fire lasers from its mouth, but Yang would unleash a Dragon Fire Breath attack, colliding into the laser and pushing it back as it would engulf the Grimm Prime but it would quickly rush through, nearly bowling over the gang as it left pools of Grimm in its wake, where Beowolves and a few Griffons crawled out of the pools, only to get destroyed when Gloria used Draco Meteor and Youmu destroyed the stragglers.
"Okay, lass? When were you like this outside of Gensokyo?" Gloria asked.
"I'm not sure. I felt a wave of power course through me the moment Ruby said "No more holding back"." Youmu said. "Reimu and the others felt this way too. I have a feeling Yukari did something about it." Not that I'm complaining! She thought, rushing toward the Grimm Prime and used Slash of the Eternal Future in the blink of an eye.
"More power to her, I guess!" Weiss said, quickly blocking some missiles headed her way as she slid back, then Chiaki would run around and fired at the Grimm Prime as it would attempt to impale her, but Chiaki dove out of the way as Ibuki would strum her guitar and shot electrical attacks, then Carolina and Washington would throw grenades into the beast's mouth and they exploded on the inside while Tucker rushed through and slashed through the tendril legs, only to get kicked back by it.
"Mikan, that Medigun has Ubercharge, right?" Hiyoko asked.
"Yeah, but I don't think I ever used it yet!" Mikan responded, jumping back to avoid a laser and shot it with her Blutsauger.
"Well, now would be a very good time to use it!" Hiyoko responded as Mikan would see that she was fully charged as she looked to see who would be a good pick before healing up Carolina who was knocked down.
"Alright, Ubercharge is a go!" Mikan said as she activated it, then Carolina felt a surge of power go through her.
"Mmph! I feel… great! RAAAAAAAAH!" She lunged at the Grimm Prime, quickly shooting and punching it as it would impale her, but the legs bounced off of her as she opened its mouth and threw a Plasma Grenade inside before backflipping, then the Grimm Prime would get stunned as Ruby used her Silver Eyes again, where it would turn to stone for a lot longer.
"Slayer, go!" Ruby said as Doom Guy ran ahead, this time bringing out his Sentinel Hammer and gave it a good swing, sending it crashing through the wall as it had shed more armor as they would jump into the room where they would see a large bay with several bombs ready to go.
"Wait… are these the Phazon bombs?!" Yang yelled.
"So this is where they're mass producing them." Ruby said, watching them get assembled and primed before phazon was stored inside of the bombs. By the looks of it, there were possibly thousands of Phazon bombs armed and ready for detonation.
"This bitch is gonna be detonating all of them… there's not gonna be a planet left that won't be covered in this stuff!" Hiyoko exclaimed.
"Then we need to shut it down!" Ruby said.
"Yeah, but we have other fish to fry first!" Chiaki reminded as the Grimm Prime got back up, roaring as it would swiftly move around in the blink of an eye. "Crap, this thing's fast now!"
"I'll handle this." Youmu said, flying up in the air as she whistled to get its attention. The Grimm Prime snarled as the two lunged at each other, both of them clashing and sending each other sliding back as the Grimm Prime quickly fired lasers, but Youmu would swiftly weave to the side to avoid the lasers as she would block one with her sword as she flew ahead, quickly using Crescent Moon Slash to knock it up in the air, then she flew up and then used Cherry Blossom Flashing to send it crashing to the ground.
"You're finished." Youmu raised her swords up and crossed them. "Slash of Ascension from Buddhahood." A massive pillar of light came crashing down and struck the Grimm Prime, as it would let out a roar as it fell to the ground, stunned as Ruby would use her Silver Eyes to petrify it and then Doom Guy would jump up and swung the Sentinel Hammer down, annihilating the Grimm Prime as it all shattered with no more armor to shed.
End BGM
"And that's how it's done." Yang said as Ibuki shredded her guitar in celebration.
"Now let's destroy these things!" Weiss said.
"…Guys, I don't think it's done yet!" Chiaki exclaimed as they would turn to see a Grimm Pool of what remained of the Grimm Prime as suddenly, a skull came out of it, bones were sticking out of its sides as it was enveloped in a translucent blue and black energy. They would see brain leaking out of the skull as well as tentacles popped out the bottom of the skull.
"You gotta be kidding me!" Grif exclaimed.
"A Core Essence…" Chiaki whispered.
"More like a Grimm Core if you ask Ibuki." Ibuki responded as the Grimm Core let out a screech.
BGM: Metroid Prime Essence (Metroid Prime)
The Tainted Essence - Grimm Core
The Grimm Core wrapped its tentacles around Ruby, pulling her in and screeched into her face, but Chiaki would fire Super Missiles to let go of Ruby where the latter would then slash the Grimm Core away. It let out a roar and then shot out Grimm tendrills at the group but Weiss and Tucker would slash the tendrils away.
"Shark friends, let's rock and roll!" Caboose exclaimed, summoning them with a whistle as they came out of a portal as some of them Mega Evolved and tackled it, biting down on the Grimm creature before they all went back into the portal. The Grimm would respond by grabbing a hold of Caboose, but he would grab the tentacles and threw him into the ground as Hiyoko would jump over and threw fireballs with her tessans and Ibuki swung her guitar, and then it would suddenly go invisible.
"Crap, where is it?!" Yang exclaimed as Coco looked into her shades, activating Thermal Vision as she would spot it right behind Chiaki.
"Chiaki, duck!" Coco yelled as she did so while Coco fired upon the Grimm Core, as it let out a screech and revealed itself as Velvet jumped in and kicked it with the help of Carolina while O'Malley got into position and fired a rocket, but the Grimm Core dodged as the rocket hit a Phazon Bomb. Luckily it didn't explode and unleashed a chain reaction, but it did cause it to leak phazon.
"Whoops!" Doc said.
"That could be a good thing. Mwahahaha!"
"Hmm… ah!" Ruby went over to the Phazon, having an idea as she dove right into the Phazon pool while Doom Guy grabbed a hold of the Grimm, ripping its tentacles off before smashing it into the ground while Gloria unleashed Dragon Pulse on it.
"Ruby? What are you doing?" Yang asked.
"Going to try something." Ruby responded as she stuck her hand into the hole of the bomb.
"Hmm?" Chiaki would turn her head to see what Ruby was doing, noticing that Phazon was coursing through Ruby's entire body. Her visor would start scanning Ruby. "Hyper Mode…?" She read aloud. "Ruby, are you sure-"
"Nnngh… I'm fine…!" Ruby said as she fell on both knees, the phazon overtaking her as her body was coated in Phazon and none of her features were present as she was just a big humanoid blob of phazon… when then suddenly, her silver eyes started glowing out of the phazon. She put her arms into an X as the phazon around her started to bubble up.
Chiaki took a step back. "Guys… I think Ruby's about to blow!"
Ibuki turned her head. "Uh oh!"
"Get out… Now…" Ruby would say as everyone would run out of the hole, but not before Doom Guy slammed the Grimm Core into the ground to stun it as he ran out. "HRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" She screamed as she unleashed a Phazonic explosion that not only enveloped the Grimm Core, but it also activated all the Phazon Bombs as they exploded and destroyed the Phazon Bomb factory within the Dreadnought, punching a hole through the Dreadnought as well.
End BGM
Once the explosions stopped, everyone would peek through the smoke filled room as they would see Ruby walking out, back to her normal phazon-infused self. "Whew, that was a rush."
"Damn girl, you had me worried for a second!" Yang smiled, hugging her tightly.
"Nah, I'm fine… probably not going to do that again for a while." Ruby chuckled.
Ibuki put her hand on Doom Guy's arm. "You feel better now that thing's dead for good, big guy?" She asked as Doom Guy nodded. "Awesome!"
Chiaki dismissed her Gravity Suit. "Come on, we should be close." She said as they would run through the Dreadnought until they got to the bridge, where Dark Samus and Ridley were waiting for them.
BGM: Bowser Appears (Super Mario Galaxy)
"So, you fools finally made it." Dark Samus smirked as they heard heavy footsteps nearby.
Ridley smirked. "It seems as if everyone is together now."
"Indeed." Dark Samus said. "You know, you've been causing a lot of trouble for us, but we're going to put a stop to this once and for all."
"News flash. We got rid of your bomb depot!" Ruby said. "So why don't you just surrender? You're horribly outnumbered!"
"That may be true, but we are the most feared people of the galaxy." Dark Samus smirked.
"Indeed. We had a few hiccups but now it is time for us to get through one last hiccup before we finish things." Ridley said, his tail moving slowly, something that Dark Samus shifted her eyes toward before turning toward the heroes.
"Yes. Let's dance." Dark Samus smirked, phazon coursing through her hand as Ridley flashed his claws.
"This is where it ends for you." Ridley said.
End BGM
Suddenly in a flash, Ridley would swing at Dark Samus as she would do the same, both of them clashing.
BGM: Face It! (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
"SO IT WAS YOU!" She yelled. "You're the one who's been going around and staging an uprising against me!"
"About time you figured it out." Ridley smirked. "It was amusing seeing you absolutely paranoid, watching you fall from grace… assuming you ever had any!"
"I never expected you to betray me… I thought we had the same goal into humilating Samus!"
"While you had a strong start. I agreed to your plans because we had the same common enemy, but I no longer need you. You were just a stepping stone for the continuation of my intergalactic conquest! You thought you were in control this whole time? How easily adorable!"
Dark Samus snarled, using her other hand to try to reach for Ridley but he used his tail to wrap it around her and held her in place. "You had a very strong lead, but if I know Samus, she would annoyingly pick herself back up and fight for another day. You may have taken away her abilities but she came back swinging! I will admit, you had competence… but it all fell apart because of one fatal flaw."
"And what would THAT be?"
"Your one track mind of using phazon! You think you can just spout phazon all the day long? Eventually people will find a way to be immune to it. Look at that silver eyed warrior! She found a way to use it against us and you never bothered to see it, especially when you were so hell bent on ruining Rosalina's life! The fact that you're still alive from that supernova befuddles me to no end!"
"Is this it? You betrayed me because of my insistence of using phazon!"
"I planned on betraying you since the beginning! I only just used you as a pawn and you didn't even realize it because while you were planning on corrupting everything, I would pull the strings from the sidelines and watched your every move AND I would keep an eye on the heroes while you were busy corrupting everyone. I asked you to spy on them, and when you went to the Observatory, I went out and honed my skills and even proceeded to stir up MY troops to rebel against your pathetic attempts! Do you recall our ships needing to refuel while you were busy getting bombarded by Star Fox and Star Wolf? THAT WAS ME! I ORDERED THEM TO STAY PUT!"
"You WHAT?!"
"We could've been a team, but all you could think about was corrupting everything with your phazon and getting back at Samus all because of you being a whiny bitch because she destroyed you in Tallon IV! To think that you were nothing more than useless baggage."
"Baggage?! Let me remind you that you were ran over by that thing after the first area!"
"Hahahaha… you're saying that as you'd be able to dodge it! You'd probably be ROADKILL if you were hit by that Hydra! I just used my injuries as an excuse to plot my betrayal and relay info to Mother Brain!"
"You WHAT?!"
"Did you really take me for a fool, Dark Samus? You pushed ahead no matter what all because of your petty grudge against Samus! You can't just be strong, you have to be smart! You have to be WORTHY in order to fight Samus… but all that you have ever been IS NOTHING MORE THAN BEING A DAMNED MIGRAINE AGAINST THE HEROES!" He yelled, dropping Dark Samus but his tail would grab her by the waist. "And I say it's time for the medicine to wipe you out for good… wouldn't you agree, Mother Brain?"
Suddenly, colorful lasers shot out and struck Dark Samus, going right through her while Ridley smirked evilly. "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" She screamed as the lasers stopped.
"I couldn't agree more." A voice said as they would turn to see Mother Brain staring at Dark Samus before turning her entire head to the heroes.
"Mother…" Samus glared. "I was wondering when you'd rear your ugly brain."
"We are not fighting you yet. You are going to be fighting the garbage disposal right here. We will be waiting for you when you have disposed of her."
"Have fun taking out the trash." Ridley said as he and Mother Brain went through a hatch, leaving Dark Samus on her hands and knees.
End BGM
"…Well DAMN. That was brutal." Yang said.
"It was amusing though." Samus said as she walked forward.
"Hah… hah… hahaha…"
"Hmm?" Samus aimed her arm cannon at her.
"Hahaha… Hahahaha! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Dark Samus laughed maniacally as she looked up, having a crazed look in her eyes. "Why not! Why the HELL not! Let's just round this off and finish what we've started, Samus! The two of us to see which one is superior! My phazon or your human-like piece of shit that you are! With me and my Metroids, I'll-"
"Bitch, those Metroids are siding with us now. They listen to me." Samus said as the Metroids nearby roared and chattered. "Since I'm part Metroid myself, that would make me the Metroid Queen to them. As far as I'm concerned… Ridley's right. You're nothing but yesterday's garbage."
Dark Samus stared at her before she continued to laugh crazily. "SURE! WHY NOT!" She exclaimed. "But never mind that! You and me! Just like old times! Everyone else gets THIS!" She snapped her fingers as Phazon infused Grimm and Heartless showed up as they would start to attack the heroes. "You and me! Just like old times!"
"No. I'm not facing you alone." Samus said as Rundas, Ghor and Gandrayda walked forward and stood side by side with her.
Dark Samus glared. "All three of you too?"
"It's nothing personal, Dark Samus… oh wait, who am I kidding… this is personal." Ghor said.
"This is going to be fun." Gandrayda smirked.
"Let's see how long you will last." Rundas responded.
"You're absolutely right. We do have a score to settle… but you didn't say it just had to be only us." Samus said, pumping her arm cannon as Dark Samus snarled before she closed her eyes, electricity shooting out of her arms as she summoned Phazon armor around her as the four Bounty Hunters got ready to fight.
BGM: Dark Samus Boss Theme (Metroid Prime 3: Corruption)
Nothing Left to Lose - Dark Samus
Dark Samus would split herself up, quickly shooting at the four but they would jump out of the way as Samus locked onto the two and unleashed Micro Missiles at them, destroying the clone while blasting apart Dark Samus. She would respond by firing missiles of her own but Rundas would put up an ice shield to block it as Gandrayda appeared behind her and fried her up with electric blasts while Ghor shot her with the Plasma Beam.
Dark Samus would float up into the air, charging up before Shinesparking into Samus but she rolled out of the way and countered with a Wave Beam/Plasma Beam combo, and then jumped back and charged up before firing the Diffusion Beam that struck Dark Samus and sent her sliding back while Rundas ice skated toward her and slashed her a few times before hitting her in the head with ice.
Dark Samus turned around toward Ghor and shot at him, but he put up a shield to block it as Samus wrapped her Grapple Beam around her and used the Grapple Voltage to drain her down before Gandrayda morphed into Samus and then tackled her, the two of them looking at each other before nodding and firing a double charged Plasma Shot before Samus switched it up and fired Gravity Missiles at her, trapping Dark Samus with energy as she got a running start and Screw Attacked into her, knocking her toward the ground as Ghor ice skated over and fired Ice Missiles at her.
Samus fired the Portal Beam, jumped over the portal and dropped a Power Bomb inside as it landed behind Dark Samus who was busy shooting at Gandrayda and Ghor, then the Power Bomb exploded as Dark Samus was knocked back as Samus fired more Micro Missiles. Dark Samus would swiftly fire a spread shot at Samus, but she moved out of the way with the Flash Shift before she used the Phantom Cloak on her.
"Where'd you go!" Dark Samus growled as Ghor would backhand her and then Samus reappeared next to her as she fired a point blank Lightning Missile before using her Grapple Beam and slammed her into the ground as Ghor came in and body slammed into her. "RRRGH!" She grunted as Ghor would pick her up as Samus would shoot her with the Plasma Flamethrower, Rundas would shoot ice missiles and Gandrayda would fire electric shots before Samus bitch slapped her off of Ghor's grip as she slammed into the ground as her armor came off.
End BGM
"Hah… hah… RRRRGH!" Dark Samus punched the ground as dark tentacles surrounded them and pushed out the bounty hunters, save for Samus. "You and me. I already have my armor off, so why don't we make things even!"
"If you insist." Samus said, dismissing her armor as she activated her Paralyzer Whip. "Try me."
BGM: Brinstar Depths (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)
Both of them rushed at each other, as they would both lift their feet and kicked each other, their legs crossing each other as they would nick their heads but then Samus would use her Paralyzer Gun to stun her before kicking her with her jet boots and then front flipped, kicking her in the head before landing on the ground.
Dark Samus would swiftly sweep kick her to knock Samus on her back as she would summon tentacles to try and wrap around Samus, but she quickly got back up and roundhouse kicked Dark Samus in the head before flip kicking her and then pulled out her AR-15 and start shooting her with Fire Dust, pushing her back.
Dark Samus unleashed phazon spread shots out at Samus, but she gracefully flipped over them as she would quickly kick her in the head right after, then held the trigger and unleashed a powerful shotgun-like blast filled with electric dust to paralyze her as Samus would switch to her Paralyzer gun as she threw the whip, wrapping it around Dark Samus and kicked her to the ground before raising her foot high, activating her jet boot and slammed it into her gut before picking her up again and throwing her up in the air, then jumped up for a Boost Kick to send her crashing into a Phazon wall.
Samus then switched to her AR-15 and started shooting at her as Dark Samus would disappear into the tentacles before appearing behind Samus and shooting her point blank, sending her flying but she gracefully flipped and landed on her feet as Dark Samus conjured up electric plasma balls and threw them down at Samus, but she rolled out of the way and shot Gravity bullets at her.
Dark Samus was pushed back and snarled, then glanced over at her arm cannon as she quickly grabbed it and then equipped it right after. "EAT THIS!" She screamed and then charged up her Zero Laser as Samus equipped her Arm Cannon and charged up as well, both of them unleashing their Zero Lasers as they would collide into each other, both of them evenly matche as it was a stalemate.
However, the phazon wall did not clear the ceiling as Rundas would clear it and Gandrayda and Ghor would join him as they would land behind Samus. Rundas added his ice, Ghor added his plasma and Gandrayda added her electricity as it would up the power of Samus's Zero Laser as it would push Dark Samus's Zero Laser as she let out a gasp, then it would overpower her and enveloped her entire body.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"
Samus deactivated the Zero Laser as Dark Samus fell on her knees in defeat.
End BGM
"No… NO… how… how could I lose… betrayed… how could I…"
"Face it. You pissed us all off. Now you get to pay the price for it. You and you phazon."
"Hahahaha… you fool…" Dark Samus smirked. "You honestly think the phazon will disappear after I die? Ha… hahahaha! I've figured out a way for it to remain even after I died! You can't get rid of the phazon… even if I die, I still have control of the universe! Hahahahaha!"
"Oh, this is just ever so sad…" A voice said as a gap opened up, where Yukari walked out.
"You!" Dark Samus glared. "You would dare show your face against me again… after our talk in Radiant Garden…!"
"You honestly are a glutton for punishment, but honestly? This is a good look for you. Defeated with nothing else to gain. What a pity, honestly. You deserved to get betrayed by the dragon. Tsk tsk…"
"Shut up… SHUT UP!" She screamed as she aimed her Arm Cannon and fired another Zero Laser at Yukari.
"Oh brother." Yukari opened up a gap as the Zero Laser went inside of it, then she opened up three gaps as three freight trains came barreling through and exploded right on top of her, and then she opened up one last gap as her own Zero Laser struck her from above.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"
"Humilation conga, thy name is Dark Samus." Ibuki said, watching this with a giggle.
"I almost feel bad for her… almost." Hiyoko smirked.
The gaps disappeared as Dark Samus was on her hands and knees. "That's what happens when you mess with Gensokyo~" Yukari smiled, all of them unaware of a Seer in the shadows.
Salem stared at what she had just witnessed. A hint of a terrified expression was on her face as she pulled out a piece of paper.
Worlds to Conquer:
Gensokyo
Popstar
She immediately crossed Gensokyo off the piece of paper, and she did the same with Popstar, just in case. "That's a hell no for me." Salem mumbled.
"Is something wrong, Lady Salem?" Aria asked.
"It's nothing of your concern, Aria."
Dark Samus panted heavily on her hands and knees,. "This can't be… happening…"
Suddenly, they heard slow clapping as they would turn to see Cinder approaching her. "This is just pathetic!" She said. "Look at you, all miserable after being betrayed by the big bad dragon, getting your comeuppance by the bounty hunters and… I'm honestly not sure what her deal is." She said, referring to Yukari. "It must sting to be betrayed, doesn't it?"
"You're… you're one to talk… you were betrayed by Eggman!" Dark Samus spat. "What… are you offering sympathy?"
"Sympathy? To you?" Cinder chuckled in amusement. "Don't make me laugh. Why would I offer sympathy to someone who doesn't know how to properly take over the universe? I actually had a plan to take over Beacon Academy, but I was outted by Eggman. If I were in your shoes, I would have easily killed those who were a thorn in my side and then take over the universe. Instead, you've done all this for what… a dick measuring contest because you wanted to dominate a certain bounty hunter? It's a shame, honestly… you had so much potential yet you blew it from the very beginning. If only you had more than one brain cell! However, I think giving you another one would be too generous."
"So what… are you suggesting we team up?"
Cinder smirked. "Now why would I do something like that?" She asked as flames shot out of the corners of her eyes. "Why would I team up with someone that infected me just to get me to "behave"?" She snapped her fingers as plumes of fire shot out from underneath Dark Samus.
"AAAAGH!"
"That was for corrupting me earlier." She knelt down on one knee. "And you know what? You're nothing. Without Ridley, you're just a big blue bottle of nothing. You didn't even realize the Rose had phazon coursing through her veins and she can do it better than you." She cupped her hand and made her look into her eyes. "But take comfort in knowing that your defeat means one thing."
"What's that…"
"That this war is over… and Ridley and Mother Brain are just delaying the inevitable." She let out a chuckle as she backed up and conjured up a glass bow and arrow. "Just one other thing… do you believe in destiny?"
Dark Samus gave her a glare. "Yes…"
Cinder smirked. "Good." She pulled the string back and fired an arrow into her chest. Dark Samus let out a pained gasp as she looked down at the arrow. She struggled to get it off while fighting to stay alive. Cinder would gently put her hand on her head. "Shhhh…"
Dark Samus would then turn bright orange… before disintegrating into ashes until nothing remained of her.
Pyrrha shuddered. "Why do I feel like I dodged a bullet?"
"Why do I feel like I dodged major heartbreak?" Jaune wondered.
"Oooooh…" Ibuki pouted. "Ibuki wanted to tap dance on her face…"
Cinder looked at Ibuki in amusement before gathering up the ashes and made a flat human body out of the ashes. "Here. You can tap dance on her face now if you want. …Although, this might be her knee. Could be a finger…"
"Ah, who cares!" Ibuki pulled out a pair of tap dancing shoes and dragged Doom Guy along. "Come on, Doom Guy-chan! Let's tap dance together!"
"Wait, what…?" Chiaki blinked as she stared at the two tap dancing. She would soon sweatdrop right after. "That's morbid…"
"Eh, it's Dark Samus. What are you gonna do?" Hiyoko shrugged while Samus laughed.
"Well, that's one way to do it." She chuckled.
"Good job, heroes! I knew you could do it." A voice said as Ridley appeared on a monitor in the window.
"Reveal yourself, Ridley. Once we are done with you, we can finish this war for good." Samus said.
"Hahahaha… it's not gonna be that simple, Samus. Mother Brain and I have fled to a location for our final battle. I'm not going to tell you the coordinates to where we are, but I'm going to give you a hint to where I am."
"Alright. Spill it." Samus folded her arms.
"It's where our destinies had first intertwined." Ridley smirked.
"What do you-" Samus let out a gasp, her eyes widened. "You don't mean-?!"
"Exactly. We'll be waiting!" They would witness Ridley's ship immediately going into hyperspace immediately after. "By the way, that Dreadnought looks mighty weak. I'd get off of it if I were you."
"This ship will self destruct in two minutes."
"Tick tock, Samus! We'll be waiting!" The screen shut off.
BGM: Gerudo Valley (The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Orchestra)
Samus clenched her fists, trembling in rage. "Of course he'd go there. Why wouldn't he…" She said as she felt a hand touch her shoulder as she turned to see Chell giving her a worried look. "Chell… I hope you're ready… because we're about to be hit hard in the gut."
Chell looked at her solemnly before nodding, giving her a determined look. Samus would turn to look at everyone. "Let's go. They're waiting for us." She said as Palutena would take them all back to the Observatory, their ships included. They flew away as the Dreadnought exploded behind them.
"Where exactly does he mean?" Hat Kid asked.
"Home." Cave spoke up. "He's taking the fight to there."
"And by golly… we'll give him a fight he'll remember." Samus said.
"You guys go ahead." Yukari said. "I've got some… recruiting to do." She opened up a gap and walked in.
Samus put her hands on the controls, her arms shaking as comforting hands were placed on her shoulders. She turned to see Blake and Chell with her while Pikachu hopped up on her lap. She took a deep breath. "Let's go." She said as the ships roared to life.
"We're right with you, Samus." Rosalina telepathically said to her as Samus would nod and then jumped into hyperspace, everyone else following her lead while Peppy would press a button in the Great Fox.
At Radiant Garden…
"Attention everyone!" Yukari called out as the Toad Town residents turned to her. "This is your chance to get back at the Space Pirates once and for all! Do you want your homes restored from this Phazon!"
"YEAH!" The crowd cheered.
Yukari smirked. "Get everything prepared. I'll open up the gap to let Ridley and his army have it."
"Kiri, what's happening?" Aoi asked.
Kyoko let out a chuckle. "The universe has spoken… and it's pissed."
With the other ships…
"Hang on a second, what's going on?" Tails asked as he looked into his radar. "It's a signal from the Great Fox! Guys, are you-"
"I'm seeing it too." Meta Knight said.
"Same on my end." Falcon spoke up.
"Ditto here." Eggman said.
"Go to this destination…" Tails whispered. "Guys… I believe we're about to end this war ourselves!"
"Then let's give Ridley a warm welcome." Meta Knight said as the ships roared to life as they would jump into hyperspace.
Their destination?
K2L.
Stayed true to your word!
Ibuki: It was fun! Would've liked it a lot better if she hadn't turned to ashes, but what can ya do!
Yup, and now... the final FINAL battle awaits them!
Ibuki: The universe has spoken and it's piiiiissed~!