Flying in the air, Corrin with the Falcon Flyer Group on his back tried to target Validar and the Grima spirit that possessed the evil mage. However, the black-red cloud kept fogging up in the northwest, and it was rather distracting, especially for one of the fighters having enhanced eyesight. Eventually, it was so dark that none of the warriors could see anything once they whacked some sort of flying object. Fighters, young and old, were falling from the sky, unconscious after a vast, star-shaped explosion. After falling for what seemed like an eternity, Corrin in his normal form grew his dragon wings and started grabbing whoever was in the air, even though it was hard to see. The weight eventually kept him falling, but the half-dragon prince was strong enough to slow the landing, falling into some sort of barren landscape in the middle of nowhere, where the air was neither hot nor cold… almost like there was no life at all.
R.O.B. stirred up, rubbing his circuits. He then looked around, noticing that the new-looking Ganondorf was lying unconscious next to him. The Gerudo King got up, looking at R.O.B. and seeing that the ex-Ancient Minister was all right. The Duck Hunt dog was sniffing Wii Fit Trainer, while Diddy Kong hugged and high-fived Donkey Kong. The Falcon Flyer Group reunited with the Wolfen Assault Group.
"Boy, am I glad to see everyone's alive!" Pit cried, hugging Kirby. "By the way, what happened to Sonic on your side?"
"We were just going to ask you where's Meta Knight," Fox replied. The recruited groups looked at each other, knowing that maybe their friends left for a reason.
"Meta Knight had to leave for fear of being hunted," Ike answered.
"Strange," Falco replied. "Last time we had Sonic, he had to leave for looking for the rest of our friends, and the typical blue rodent forgot that running faster than the speed of sound won't leave any footprints."
"I'm just glad everyone's safe and sound," Peach replied, hugging Luigi. "Pray tell, Luigi, do you know what happened to your brother?"
"I dunno," Luigi wept. "He and his buddies are probably gone, and we don't even know where they're at… Maybe they're dead, looking for those who went to the Ruins of the Ancients… Sorry…" However, the only thing that mattered was that Donkey Kong, Yoshi, Kirby, Fox, Pikachu, Luigi, Ness, Captain Falcon, Jigglypuff, Peach, Bowser, Falco, Marth, Ganondorf, Mr. Game & Watch, Pit, Wario, Ike, Diddy Kong, King Dedede, Olimar, Lucario, R.O.B., Wii Fit Trainer, Robin, Duck Hunt, Ryu, and Corrin are perfectly fine. Suddenly, out of the blue, the biggest ship that had ever appeared flew right over the fighters.
This piece of incredible work was made to replicate similar to the biggest weapon ever created by the Subspace Army: the Gunship. This city utopian-like spaceship has its main power supply attached to its seven multiple cannons, and it was a diamond white in color. Emerging from the Gunship copy, the Winged Firestorm Pro 2.0 flew onto the ground, shaking off some of its Shadow Bugs. The three Ultimates Reborn jumped out of its stomach latch, brushing their weapons.
"Now, now, baby," the Gunner Ultimate Reborn said to the metal dragon. "Don't want to pick your wounds if you're gonna heal them off." The machine growled as it belched a small army of mutated Primids, all of them standing in place as they looked at the fighters. The three Ultimates Reborn wiped their dusty hands on their black hoodies, pressing the only button on each of their masks and transforming them into special headsets so that their faces could be revealed.
"Like what you see?" the Brawler Ultimate spoke, pointing upwards at the futuristic city weapon. "We call it 'The Legacy'. If you're looking for Validar, he's hiding in there. We were hoping it could somehow copy what the Gunship did: tear literal holes in space by firing extremely powerful lasers."
"…Seen worse," Ganondorf teased. The three Ultimates Reborn looked surprised.
"Are you… mocking our work, oh King of Darkness?" the Brawler Ultimate asked.
"Maybe," Ganondorf replied.
"Wait, so you're telling me you guys can talk?" Falco asked. "Didn't you already tell us you had these thought translators attached to your cloaks or whatever?"
"The ones you called the Ultimates are dead," the Swordfighter Ultimate Reborn answered. "We're their successors, the Ultimates Reborn, and we will start a new age in the Mii Fighter clan by bringing back the voices that were stolen from us long ago!"
"Voices really aren't a big deal," Captain Falcon replied. "Some of the fighters we have here could barely talk."
"The very land you stand in used to belong to our people," the Gunner Ultimate Reborn lamented. "Niflheim and Muspelheim extinguished long ago, but the pit Ginnungagap still stands as a memorial of our old nation." As the fighters looked around, they saw right in front of them behind the small Subspace Army was a huge pit that seemed to go on forever, marking the old home of the Mii Fighters.
"What are you gonna do?" Ike replied in a scoff tone. "Send another big baddie to fight us to the death, no matter what the cost?" The three Ultimates Reborn snapped their fingers, and the mutated Primids collapsed into Shadow Bugs, clustering together into a huge blob. The blob faded, revealing a cyborg body, mixed with light purple, blue, and pink fused to each other. Robotic limbs showed giant fists, swords, and guns from three pairs of arms. Three heads were on the top of the combined torso, revealing the Duon heads on the sides – the blue head on the right and the pink head on the left – and Galleom's head in the middle.
"Galleom? Duon?" Ness asked. "What happened to them?"
"We had the Shadow Bugs make a little prototype for one of our biggest monsters yet," the Gunner Ultimate Reborn replied. "Jotun, show these pests how you do things around here." The three Ultimates Reborn then pressed the button on each of their headsets, making them transform back into their masks, and jumped back inside the Winged Firestorm Pro 2.0 before taking off into the air.
"Oh, and by the way," the Brawler Ultimate Reborn spoke on the metallic dragon's speakers, "we'll be making a pit-stop at the Yggdrasil. Thought we might pack up for the epic battle." The Winged Firestorm Pro 2.0 then flew back to the Legacy, taking off to the direction of the Yggdrasil. Jotun then started growling at the two groups, roaring with an unnatural growl.
The first phase was involved with stomping on the ground and burying his opponents, shooting missiles, propelled uppercut, and charging forward quickly. Fox and Falco started charging their blasters and reflectors, avoiding the mines and the slamming limbs. Pikachu and Jigglypuff used their special moves, rolling into the cyborg's steel body, dealing massive damage.
The three-headed cyborg was too slow to avoid the destruction from the fighters: Robin and Corrin teaming together with Marth and Ike by unleashing powerful projectiles, Ryu and Ganondorf kicking with heavy knockback, Peach, Bowser, and Luigi launching whatever trick was up their sleeves. It was pretty much a bit of a sausage fest. However, when it was a solid victory for everyone, giant bones suddenly emerged from the ground, surrounding the two reunited groups. Jotun was under some sort of control, almost like a ghost possessed the cyborg, since its body was starting to glow blue. Through chaotic methods, the cyborg suddenly developed a will of his own, the heads' eyes glowing gold. Unholy fire emerged from Jotun's six sockets, and a voice spoke like someone else was taking control. The fighters all stopped to see what was about to happen.
It's a lovely day outside, the voice spoke from Jotun.
Birds are singing, flowers are blooming,
On days like these, kid like you…
SHOULD BE BURNING IN HELL.
Lifting up its six arms, blue magic surrounded the bones, pushing the giant bones to the side. They eventually came in massive waves, and it was just only the beginning of the chaos. It seemed like it was going to be over since they were coming in so fast, but suddenly, a fiery slash cut through the obstacles. After all the fighters got up, they saw a red-haired warrior, cloaked in blue and wielding a flaming sword.
"Thought you might need help," the stranger said.
"…Roy?" Marth asked. "I somehow remember you, even though we… never met…"
How nice, the voice spoke from Jotun. A family reunion in the day of your doom. Time for all you love to be put behind the past and wiped out… since "to die" is pretty cliché… Swarms of bones emerged from underground and up above, transforming into battering rams. Roy and Marth jumped up into the air, landing on top of the possessed cyborg. They started lashing at the three heads, counter-attacking the heat-tracking missiles and mines.
"Guess I was wrong when I said the Ultimates Reborn weren't gonna unleash one of our biggest enemies yet," Ike replied to everyone he knew.
"Now's not a good time!" Lucario yelled. With an Aura Sphere, the Pokémon with Pikachu and Jigglypuff avoided the flying bones, lashing greatly at the cyborg's crumbling body. Shadow Bugs were starting to fall from Galleom and Duon's fused bodies, revealing another figure trapped within with only a few tiny holes. From the gun arms, Jotun fired monster heads at Pit and Kirby. However, the white-clothed angel and the pink puffball dodged out of the collision. The monster faces eventually got up and began charging powerful lasers. Pit immediately grabbed Kirby and flew out of the way. The two fighters flew behind the three-headed cyborg, slicing and kicking the machine powering the combined bodies. Jotun was starting to become weak as more waves of bones flew in fast, hitting most of the warriors.
You hurt me, you hurt Jotun-boi, the voice spoke from the three-headed cyborg, pieces of the metallic body showing more of the glowing figure trapped in the fused bodies. Jotun then flew up into the air, releasing a rain of swords, limbs, and monster faces that shot powerful lasers. The possessed Jotun suddenly started digging into the ground, unleashing large gemstones that exploded on impact. As the fighters were avoiding the corundum rain, Wii Fit Trainer and Duck Hunt brought out their footbags and clay pigeons, whacking the three-headed cyborg more. As Jotun's body started cracking, the glowing blue figure was shown more, weakening the half-robot beast.
"One more hit should do it!" Fox yelled. The anamorphic pilot then teamed up with Falco and the two of them created a fire blast that launched themselves at Jotun's three heads, burning and exposing their soot-black skulls. Everyone jumped into the air to stop the creature that was unleashed inside the cyborg as they avoided the deadly missiles and mines.
"Falcon Punch!" Captain Falcon yelled as he delivered the final blow to Jotun's fused chests. After accepting defeat, the three-headed cyborg fell dead to the ground. Eventually, emerging from the corpse was a glowing blue figure, half-transparent and moving with a cheerful attitude, almost like the Master Hand's twin, the Crazy Hand. From bottom to the top, the figure had ragged blue jeans with red sneakers completely different from Sonic's, and they had rusted cuffs attached to them with the chains broken. The stranger had a long tail as bushy as a squirrel's, and he was draped with a black shirt with a blue, torn-up hoodie tied across his waist, along with a nasty scar on his chest. He was carrying a backpack that had a large, raven-like bird with cubic, black-and-grey dragon wings nestled deep inside it. The stranger's right hand was long and scissor-like; his other hand was rusted and dull, having blue shovel tips for his fingers; the both of them had the bracelets from the rusted shackles that had seemed to have the chain broken off long ago, just like the legs. His head was entirely black, other than showing the crimson red hair that went into a purple-tipped ponytail that behaved like a third arm at the back and frosted-tip cowlicks at the front of his bangs. It looked like he had no face, but when he dragged his right forefinger across the area of his mouth, it shown the invisible socket was crying small streams of blood, his long mouth had jagged teeth with a forked tongue, and his left eye had a yellow, pixelated iris.
Worthless thing, the glowing-blue stranger complained, cursing at the three-headed cyborg's dead body. You had one job, stupid! The mischievous trickster then shot blue lightning from the palms of his hands, reducing Jotun's corpse to no more than Shadow Bugs that flew off into the wind. When the other fighters saw what they were looking at, they stared at him, confused.
What? the trickster hissed. You've never seen an all-powerful being before? Wait, wait, don't tell me… you've probably already been interacting with beings as dangerous as I am… Just thinking about all the DEAD time they've gone through… C'mon, that's funny. They were dead and they're back from the dead, so they're working on a dead-end job… Okay, I get it. I'm bad with these puns…
"Need to have a sense of humor before you can lose it," Ganondorf replied. "And just who do you think you are?"
What is with these people and not having proper introductions? the stranger teased. I go by a lot of names, but I'm simply referred to as "Indie".
"Indie?" Pit asked.
I was basically created after the ones that were rejected by the Subspace Army were tossed out for their own neglect, Indie lamented. The anger in their souls had risen to a point where it bursted out with their laughter, forming a twisted, deviant trickster – ME. I was waiting for my time to shine and join the Subspace Army for many years, watching them, but I never found a way until now. Indie's bird-like creature poked out from his backpack, cawing for attention as the trickster's third ponytail arm pushed it back into the backpack. Hopefully it wouldn't make Infinite jealous about another being that can control space and time, though I'm completely different from him.
"Who's this Infinite guy, and why should we care about your twisted words?" Falco objected. "We'll be heading over to the Yggdrasil to put an end to the constant thriving of the Subspace Army, and we'll fly into the gateway to Subspace and bring Tabuu and his kind to extinction!"
So, you wanna hope onto the Legacy and stop their plans, huh? Indie giggled. Well, if you really want to stop them… Indie then formed an arena made entirely out of giant bones, flying high into the air and cornering everyone in the two reunited group with its monster head lasers.
…You'll have to go through me, Indie resumed. The trickster started raising large skeleton hands out of the ground, clawing and causing hot nuts and bolts to fly. Donkey Kong and Yoshi were the first to go ahead, running past the fast-emerging skeleton hands and iron-hot rain, Yoshi started whacking Indie with eggs that exploded on impact, while Donkey Kong delivered slow-but-heavy punches. However, it wasn't enough to make Indie flinch. Everyone knew they needed something to really hurt, so they thought that they could simply attack him by throwing whatever they got. While DK and Yoshi were hitting Indie, Ganondorf, Ryu, and Ike were watching out for the lasers that seemed to come out at random from the floating monster heads as they ran towards the trickster. Peach hopped on their heads, grabbing her Toad and squeezing him hard enough to unleash spores on the skeleton hands that retreated back into the ground.
While Indie was laughing like a maniac, Captain Falcon, Marth, Roy, and R.O.B. tried to avoid the crushing bone pillars that was an instant death for anyone who was below them. Once they were stuck, Captain Falcon started wall-jumping, followed by R.O.B. carrying Roy and Marth on his back while he was using his built-in rocket propellers. After they got to the top, Indie was waiting for them, firing large missiles at the fighters who were at the top. Marth and Roy avoided the attacks while Captain Falcon and R.O.B. fell to the ground from the explosion, but the two swordsmen were suddenly grabbed by Indie's ponytail arm and thrown into Fox and Pikachu. Falco and Mr. Game & Watch began running towards the trickster, but Indie pulled out spear-like bones, glazing them with flammable red juices stored in his chest wound before setting them on fire. Luigi, Jigglypuff, and Ness began footstooling on each other, trying to reach the trickster. The spear-like bones started raining down from up above, sticking into the ground and creating flame pillars seconds later. Indie then touched-down on the dirt and turned his arms into cannons, firing madly at everyone on the ground. Avoiding the explosive projectiles, Wario, Diddy Kong, and King Dedede zoomed on Wario's motorbike while Diddy Kong and King Dedede launched peanuts, banana peels, and Gordos at Indie. The trickster then flew high into the air once again, creating thunder from his fingertips that zapped the now-metal ground on impact.
Pit and Kirby with Robin and Corrin joined Olimar as they jumped into the air whilst attacking Indie, everyone avoiding touching the ground until the zapping was over. Once the thunder was gone, the fighters saw that the trickster was starting to become tired, probably because all the unlimited power was wearing him out. So, without reason, the fighters kept telling Indie to keep attacking them with all his powers, but he was growing so weary that he eventually fell onto the ground, stunned, leaving him open to attacks. After everyone kept wailing on him, the final blow was delivered from one of the fighters, launching Indie out of the disappearing arena and into the vacant pit of Ginnungagap. Once the bone arena vanished, the fighters ran towards the edge of the giant pit, watching Indie fly out with his trusty pet hidden in his backpack.
Nice try winning against me, morons! Indie cackled. Wait till Sephiroth and the gang hear about this one! Flying off to the slow-moving Legacy, Indie with his pet took off to the ship, ready to be departing to the Yggdrasil. Corrin turned into his dragon form, while Kirby once again created the Star Allies Sparkler so that those who can't fly can get on.
"First Validar, now THIS guy!" Marth complained, sitting on Corrin's dragon back. "Will the fighting ever stop?"
"As long as Tabuu commands these armies, it's never over," Fox answered, positioning himself on the Star Allies Sparkler. With Pit taking off into the skies, Corrin's dragon form and the Star Allies Sparkler with everyone on the two transports started flying off to the Legacy, which was slowly starting to jump into hyperdrive to its next destination.
On the ship, the three Ultimate Reborn were at the main control room, looking over the Primids working the constant shift. Sephiroth walked over to them, tucking in his only wing.
"So, how does it feel taking control over the entire Subspace Army, Ultimates Reborn?" Sephiroth asked the three children of the Ultimates.
"Feels like we're entirely new," the Brawler Ultimate Reborn spoke. "However, we've been thinking about some of the fighters we've encountered, and they're almost just as powerful as we are-"
"Your Highnesses," one of the genetically engineered Mii Fighters spoke. "Infinite just reported he found someone outside our borders, a being with almost as much potential as he does…" Infinite warped in, grabbing Indie by the neck.
"State your business, wimp!" Infinite ordered Indie, squeezing the trickster's neck harder.
I'm not here to take over your ship, idiot! Indie coughed. I had been waiting for my chance to become part of the Subspace Army, and here I am!
"You reek of fear, Indie, god of parallel dimensions," Infinite lamented, reading the trickster's mind. "I'll let you go, but only if you do exactly what we command you to do…" Infinite then let go of Indie's neck, and the collapsed trickster kept coughing until his throat was clear. Sephiroth and the Ultimates Reborn looked at the stranger struggling to get up.
Don't think this is over, weakling, Indie teased, rubbing his black neck.
"I am NOT weak," Infinite growled, and pulled out a jagged dagger with a red stone on its handle, stabbing Indie. Before any of the Subspace Army leaders could do anything, Indie just laughed, revealing that he immediately shifted his body in a way that the masked jackal wouldn't kill him.
"Had I been any faster, you would've been dead," Infinite growled while Indie still laughed. Sephiroth placed a hand on the jackal's shoulder, calming Infinite down. Just then, the Subspace Army followers heard a call from Bowser Jr. at the city of Civiltatula. The ship's computer displayed Bowser Jr. making the call, with the robot stereo he was delivering to the Olympius burning behind him.
"What happened?" the Gunner Ultimate Reborn asked.
"Well, Sonic and his buddies crashed into the delivery," Bowser Jr. replied over the call, ducking from the leftover explosion. "DJ Octavio tried to stop them, but now they're trapped in the sewers, looking a way into the tower…"
Better hurry then, Indie laughed. They'll be destroying those new inventions we stole from Hella's notes any moment now…
"They are!?" Bowser Jr. exclaimed. "All that hard work will be burning at the hands of those morons!? I'd better stop them!"
You can't do it alone, kid! Indie giggled.
"Who are you one to judge?" Bowser Jr. asked.
"Yeah, what gives you the right to give a child orders?" the Swordfighter Ultimate Reborn.
I'm just saying if you hurry, Infinite will have a little gift for you, Indie giggled.
"What are you talking about?" Infinite asked. Indie tilted his head, his left eye gleaming with yellow pixels. "How do you know all this?"
I can stare into time and space, Indie replied. Why? Didn't Dr. Eggman program that little Phantom Ruby of yours to do such a thing? You can read minds like Shadow Mewtwo, you know…
"You sneaky, little…" Infinite snarled as he lunged himself towards Indie, but Sephiroth grabbed him just in time.
"I think the mischievous trickster is right for once," Sephiroth said. "You can create virtual imagery as powerful as the real thing, right? So, all you have to do is warp yourself over to Bowser Jr. while he calls in troops. We'll be studying this… Indie person a while longer and see what he's capable of, whether he's like or different from Shadow Mewtwo and Infinite combined…" The godlike trickster started doing backflips in the air, hovering while he was preforming those tricks. Infinite brushed his Phantom Ruby, which was slightly cracked.
"Fine," Infinite growled with a less salty attitude, looking at Indie with a mad glare. "But you better not get any ideas, Indie!" Infinite then warped out of the area, leaving the Subspace Army group. As Bowser Jr. hung up, the Legacy jumped into hyperdrive, leaving the area of Ginnungagap. Just then, M. Bison barged into the control room, along with Morpho Knight.
"Sephiroth! Ultimates Reborn!" Morpho Knight said. "Intruders have boarded the Legacy."
"They were the same people that blew up the last Subspace Base I went to," M. Bison replied. "Well, most of them, anyway…" Validar ran into the room as well as everyone looked at the dark mage.
"…I was just about to warn you people…" Validar replied.
"Enough about this," the Brawler Ultimate Reborn ordered. "Morpho Knight, set up the traps around the perimeter, outside and in!"
"M. Bison, you're capable of the heavy combat if anything gets in!" the Swordfighter Ultimate Reborn replied.
"Validar, contact the guns to fire at any intruders on sight," the Gunner Ultimate Reborn ordered. "And don't come back until they're exterminated!" Sephiroth walked in, wondering what he should do since he is the one-winged angel and the son of Jenova.
"…And what do you think I should be capable of?" Sephiroth asked, a cheeky grin on his face.
"You could look after both the Subspace Army and the Mii Fighters," the Brawler Ultimate Reborn replied. "Make sure nothing ever happens to them, no matter what happens." The three Ultimates Reborn then walked off, leaving Sephiroth and the Primids controlling the computer alone in the room.
"I'm sure I will, kids," Sephiroth giggled. "I'm sure I will. It's Tabuu's orders, after all…"
*location skip
At the borders of Civiltatula, Shadow Mewtwo kept teleporting around all sorts of buildings, suddenly sensing that Infinite is coming. The Pokémon's pupils contracted as his head started hurting, trying to cut off the Shadow Synergy Stone. Suddenly, he saw that Cloud, Mario, Link, Zero Suit Samus, and Zelda were just outside the city borders.
Link was trying to adjust his Sheikah Slate since he had no idea how the device works, and this sort of technology was new to him. Cloud was grabbing the handle of his Buster Sword, ready to pull it out when he sees an attacking enemy. Zelda and Zero Suit Samus stood back-to-back, with Mario wiping his forehead and fanning himself with his cap.
"Looks like this kinky thing has some bugs," Link said. "Probably took us to a place we don't know yet… Why did I choose to use a weapon I have no idea it works…?"
"Over here!" Cloud yelled, pulling out his Buster Sword. The 1st-class SOLDIER suddenly spotted Shadow Mewtwo in his hiding spot, and the other four fighters saw the Pokémon was trying to fly away from them, unleashing Shadow Balls and Disable moves. As the fighters were running towards the Pokémon, Shadow Mewtwo used his telekinesis powers by flinging Boom Primids and Scope Primids at the fighters. Beginning to use their projectiles, the warriors noticed he was using Confusion to reflect their attacks, so they jumped out of the way. As Shadow Mewtwo was approaching the Olympius, the Pokémon thought he was safe and sound until a strange figure jumped on him from the darkness. Cloud, Link, Zelda, Zero Suit Samus, and Mario all looked at the stranger standing on Shadow Mewtwo, grabbing the legendary Pokémon by the neck. As the city lights started flashing again, the stranger was shown to be a blue, frog-like creature with webbed appendages, bubbled skin, and a long tongue wrapped around its neck.
"Grenin," the creature croaked as it threw Shadow Mewtwo onto the ground.
"One of the Greninja type, are you?" Shadow Mewtwo telepathized as the Pokémon waddled closer to him, along with the other five fighters. "Once Tabuu has gained full power, you can't stop him… No one can…" Just like that, Shadow Mewtwo warped into the building, leaving all the other fighters to follow in after him.
Deep inside the Olympius, Sonic and his team were squirming around in the vent dock, just like the blue hedgehog said which was connected to the sewage passage. Once the blue hedgehog kicked over an air vent, he jumped down, followed by Dr. Mario, Sheik, Samus, Toon Link, Young Link, Pichu, Wolf, Snake, Pokémon Trainer, Ice Climbers, Ridley, Lucas, Little Mac, Palutena, Dark Pit, Bayonetta, Shulk, Rosalina & Luma, and Inkling, who were all struggling following one after the other. Once all the fighters were inside, the blue hedgehog took a good look around the area.
"…Seems awfully quiet…" Sonic said, holding the jar with Faker the Shadow Bug. "I know these types of scenarios; everytime you're in a quiet place, some powerful monster is going to show up…"
"A little too quiet, if you ask me," Bayonetta replied. "Almost like the place seems deserted. Let's just loot the place and burn whatever's not important."
"That's hugely disrespectful," Snake objected. "Stealing loot when it should be studied is illegal and anyone who thinks otherwise could spend a lifetime in prison followed by execution."
"Snake's-a right," Dr. Mario said. "We need some of this technology to save this Shadow Mewtwo. Once we grab the special device the Pokémon said is hidden somewhere, we can use it to find a way to save the Pokémon from the Shadow Synergy Stone and turn him back to normal. Simple as that, right?"
"Unless he 'accidently' kills us first," Samus answered. Just then, Shadow Mewtwo warped right in front of everyone, aching in pain as the Shadow Synergy Stone projected a message from above the Olympius. Infinite was in charge of the transmission, revealing Bowser Jr. and the Winged Firestorm Pro 2.0.
"Surprised to see me, idiots?" Bowser Jr. said over the transmission. "A little birdie flew over me, telling me to give you people a BIG surprise. You'll have to head to the top of the tower to find out what it is. Until then, see y'all later!" The transmission ended, followed by Shadow Mewtwo immediately disappearing from the area. All that remained was a special headset connected to a heartpacer which was supposed to be the device that might help Shadow Mewtwo. Sonic then grabbed the device and put it in his quills along with Faker's jar.
"Now all we need to do is find a way to the top and see what Bowser Jr. has in store for us this time," Sonic told everyone in his group. "And with Infinite by his side, it looks like it's going to be something dangerous…" Everyone started taking the stairs, running to the roof of the Olympius. Just when they got to the top, where they could almost touch the black-red clouds, Bowser Jr. was waiting for them, all alone.
"So… you all want the surprise, huh?" Bowser Jr. giggled.
"No time for jokes," Meta Knight snarled. "Where is the trap you've set for us?"
"It's here, alright," Bowser Jr. answered. "But you'll have to fight me in order to get your reward." Bowser Jr. then pushed a few buttons, setting his Koopa Clown Car to "Attack Mode". Bowser Jr. then started driving towards everyone, who all jumped out of the way from his vehicle's drill arms. Sonic was the only one to start spindashing at the Koopa Prince's head, but the blue hedgehog immediately felt the pain from the Smash Ball jerk up through his body again. As his body was giving off a rainbow hue, Sonic started growling.
"Not now, vision!" Sonic groaned. However, it was too late, as Sonic's eyes started glowing white once again, and he was suspended in the air, untouchable. Bowser Jr. tried to grab him, but since his Koopa Clown Car was stuck on "Attack Mode", there was nothing he could do but keep fighting. Bowser Jr. then began pulling out cannonballs from the vehicle's mouth, firing at warriors like Pichu and Dr. Mario. The two warriors, followed by Snake and the Ice Climbers, began throwing whatever they've got at the spoiled brat. It was difficult without Sonic, but they managed to weaken Bowser Jr.
"(huff puff)," Bowser Jr. panted. "You got… me… I would try to escape on the Winged Firestorm Pro 2.0, which the Ultimates Reborn have lent me the usage of its powers by my voice command, but I'm terribly tired out at the moment. So, the best I can do is let Infinite summon Jotun while his forces attack you. Okay, Infinite!" The masked jackal hovered in the air, sending down the new and improved three-headed Jotun born from the combined bodies of Galleom and Duon from the prison ship Kin.
"Finish them," Bowser Jr. growled at Jotun, pointing at the panting fighters. As soon as Jotun began charging a powerful laser, it was suddenly hit by something in the air. The only two warriors to notice it were Clementine and Pittoo, who looked up to see a blue figure dropping out from the sky, warping in by a blue beam. The figure was revealed to be a highly-advanced android with the capability of free-will thinking and human emotions, coated in blue titanium. Changing his left arm to a cannon, the robot started unleashing a leaf shield that it used on Jotun, scratching the cyborg's body. It looked at Bowser Jr., relaxing and trying to squirm out of the battle so he could rest, and pointed right at him.
"Hold it right there, kid!" the android spoke. "Don't think this is a battle you could get away from!" The other fighters looked at the stranger, and even Jotun stopped to see who's with them.
"Who do you think you are?" Dark Pit asked.
"My scientific name is Rockman, but I'm known as Mega Man," the android answered.
"Who cares about your name?" Bowser Jr. asked in pants. "Jotun, attack those freaks. I'm gonna have a nap. As for Infinite, do something, like kidnap the blue rat…" As the Koopa Prince was sleeping in his Koopa Clown Car, Infinite was just about to grab Sonic and take him away with the other Subspace Army troops on his side. Meta Knight, while fighting Jotun with the other fighters, looked up and saw Sonic in his Smash Ball vision phase was in trouble, so the swordsman took off into the air and started lashing at the masked jackal. While Infinite was blocking the flurry of attacks from Meta Knight, Inking and Mega Man looked up in the air while avoiding the attacks.
Meta Knight's not gonna stay in the air for very long, Inkling chirped.
"We have to help these creatures then!" Mega Man replied, for he was programmed to understand any language that was spoken to him. The two fighters from a safe distance from Jotun while everyone else was attacking the cyborg launched bombs at Infinite and his troops. The masked jackal tried to aim down below and kill off the warriors threatening to defeat him, but Meta Knight kept delivering a flurry of jabs from his sword, watching out for the incoming Primids, even though he was showing signs of fatigue. Vast explosions appeared around the area from Jotun, and the Subspace troops began launching tasers at Meta Knight and Sonic while bombs from Mega Man and Inkling were surrounding them. While all the chaos was going on, the blue hedgehog was greeted with another vision of Hella, the girl he somehow knows…
Waiting just outside the Arcadium, Hella's voice rang out, the Master Core was bringing all the warriors in his arena to him in the empty fields, for he had seen a vision of his downfall. Sonic, his body glowing with multiple colors, his eyes gleaming gold, and the Smash Ball fused to his chest, watched as the Master Core assembled all of his creations and prisoners to a vast meadow, where the overpassing clouds floated above, arranged in a way that made the sun look like the Smash Ball itself. Shadows were cast on the ground to reveal Hella in her new form, where she was wearing advanced battle armor surrounding her body like an exoskeleton. She was equipped with chains of light, and her cape unfurled like butterfly wings. As she was twirling her weapons, more Shadow Bugs she created out of wrath fell from the sky in a black-red cloud that formed above her, transforming into peculiar beings not from Arcadia, the World of Trophies, at all. Other creatures were whipped by the Primids to join her side, twisted and tormented to be part of her army. Dropping from flying hovercraft were the Ancients and Mii Fighters, wielding technology that made them part of Hella's army.
"Hella, what have you done?" the Master Core boomed.
"Like what you see?" Hella asked. "These Shadow Bugs, which I have created, have been made into new life: Primids. They're dangerous on their own and unstoppable together. They can just simply shift forms into more powerful beings, but I wouldn't bother right now. However, I have a little trick up my sleeve through some new weapon I've devised, and it's all based of your weaknesses. Ancient Minister, Ancient Ultimates, show the Master Core what I mean..." The four leaders each grabbed special cannons, shaped like dragon heads. With a careful aim and a quick press of the trigger, they all fired at random warriors on the Master Core's side, turning them into nothing more than trophies. Once the prizes fell onto the ground, everyone was shocked and were slowly backing away in fear. Sonic the Hedgehog watched as all the scenario was taking place, understanding EVERYTHING.
Those are Dark Cannons! Sonic exclaimed. Now I see what's going on… This is the origin of Tabuu, our main enemy… but… why? Why his backstory?
"The Dark Cannons are powered by something I like to call Off-Waves," Hella answered. "This is what you get when you don't listen to reason and reality, Master Core!"
"I will not stand for this foolishness anymore," the Master Core spoke. "Warriors of Arcadia, attack this imposturous traitor!" All the fighters on the Master Core's side readied their weapons, but Hella simply snapped her fingers, bringing in a large metallic sphere with a red "X" on it. Two of the Ancients stood on both sides, and they pulled it out, revealing a black hole with a timer at the bottom, set to two minutes.
"I wouldn't be so sure, oh Ruler of Trophies," Hella objected. "Powered by the limbs of Ancients only, I have devised a new weapon that will open the gateway to a new life: Subspace. I have found a dimension where you can do whatever you want and create your own rules. All I have to do is destroy everything you love. I have all the power, Master Core. I am… Tabuu, the Construct God, and everyone will bow down to me and bask in my former glory. The Ancients will be destroyed by the explosion, the Mii Fighters might have some sort of alternate mind, the Primids and creatures I've enslaved for my own will might be reduced to Shadow Bugs, but hey: someone's got to take a risk, right?" The Subspace Army cheered, watching as Hella brought out her Chains of Light, slashing at the trophy statues and reducing them to rubble. The fighters on Master Core's side were terrified at the horrible action she had performed, and she simply blew the leftover dust from her weapons.
"Enough of these crazy choices!" Master Core yelled. The black entity then pointed towards Hella, ready to sacrifice everything. "Kill her! Don't let anything stand in your way!" The fighters all started charging towards Hella, the Ancients, the Mii Fighters, and the Subspace Army, ready to die for a greater cause. As the timer on the Subspace Bomb was ticking down, the two sides were slashing recklessly at everyone. Blood and Shadow Bugs spilled on the field's grass, withering the luscious landscape into a war zone in a matter of seconds, and every fraction of the time that passed involved the Primids and monsters weakening a fighter, a Dark Cannon firing at said fighter and reducing him/her into a trophy, and Hella bringing out her weapons to destroy the trophies and kill the fighters. As the Master Core saw that his army was waning and the Subspace Army was waxing with leftover trophies possessed by Shadow Bugs, the black entity saw that it was all over for him.
All the warriors he had collected for a long time were dead, and the Subspace Army was threatening to take over his land – alter his rules.
"From now on, your death will change this land," the Master Core commanded as he was releasing powerful lasers and blasts, all blocked by Hella's sword-like weapon as she was approaching towards him. The black-haired girl then unfurled her butterfly wings, jumping into the air and whipping out her Chains of Light. She threw the pointed tips right into the Master Core, pulling at the true weakness he held inside – a darkened Smash Ball as his only soul vessel. Once she yanked it out, the Master Core's Swarms started swirling around, reducing him to only a floating, white appendence that resembled a right hand – the Master Hand. As the Hand of Creation, weak and trembling, slowly got up, he felt himself latched on with the Chains of Light as Hella cracked open the darkened Smash Ball. Hidden deep inside was the pure essence of day and night, sun and moon, good and evil, yin and yang… the Final Smash. The timer on the Subspace Bomb was almost up, and the Master Hand was still chained to the ground. Hella started flying off while the Primids and monsters stayed behind to accept their deaths. The Ancients knew that what was about to happen was slavery, and the Mii Fighters knew that something of value would be lost involving themselves and their homes. Regardless, both species got into their hovercrafts and flew off.
As the two Ancients powering the Subspace Bomb looked at each other in bravery, the Subspace Bomb eventually exploded into a black-purple blast, covering the entire field. The Master Hand was feeling the magic of the dimension pull him in and permanently make him part of it. Following the gateway opening to Subspace was a powerful light aura surround the planet, doing unspeakable things. The creatures of the Subspace Army were reduced to Shadow Bugs, the Ancients forever lost heir freedom, and the Mii Fighters' voices were stolen – followed by Niflheim and Muspelheim hardening into lifeless stone and destroying Ginnungagap. When Hella flew back to the Arcadium with the darkened Smash Ball, she grabbed ahold of the Final Smash within and used its power to throw the Arcadium sky-high, where it was forever suspended in midair as the Midair Stadium. Sonic the Hedgehog was watching all he witnessed, terrified at the actions she performed.
After feeling the Final Smash surge through me, Hella's voice rang out through Sonic, I wanted to use the Master Core's power and transform it into a dangerous tool. With the Smash Ball, I would take my vengeance upon the World of Trophies, enslave beings of my own will and kill them off when I no longer see a use for them, and create what I would like to call… the Great Maze. I'm sure some of you may have recognized me before, when you encountered me for the first time…
Ganondorf was the first one to discover you, and I was the last one to actually touch you, Sonic said as Hella looked at him, even though it was just a memory. Which means… Sonic suddenly remembered what happened ten years ago, when he temporarily destroyed Tabuu's wings and disrupted his Off-Waves, and the two of them looked at each other. Before Sonic could jump off, he saw what appeared to be the black-haired girl from before, even though it was just a second of a flash.
I've met you before, Sonic muttered. Does this mean…? However, before Sonic was about to finish, the memory of Hella was beginning to vanish, returning Sonic the Hedgehog back to his mission. After Sonic quickly woke up, he realized he wasn't back at the rooftop of the Olympius, back with everyone he knew. Instead, it felt like he was in some sort of cage. It appeared he was in some sort of plasma cube, where only the corners were made out of robotic metal. Once Sonic sat up, he looked at himself, noticing he was bound and gagged. He was biting down on the cloth wrapped around his mouth, and he had a metal collar with rope as the leash. Rope was wrapped around his upper arms below his shoulders, and his hands were tied behind his back. Sonic quickly stood up, pulling on the tight bondages. When he looked up, he saw his old friend Meta Knight, his mask showing signs of scratches, and his arms chained above his head.
MK? Sonic thought as he was groaning through the muffles. Meta Knight looked down at the tied-up hedgehog, shaking his head.
"I'm sorry, my blue comrade," Meta Knight said, tears dripping from his mask. "I tried to protect you from Infinite… We all were… but… he was just too powerful, and everyone else was trying to destroy Jotun… The Winged Firestorm Pro 2.0 lashed out on everyone… but the explosion from Jotun demolished the dragon just in time… You lost Faker when his jar fell out of your quills and the device to save Shadow Mewtwo… I don't know what happened to Mega Man and Inkling when they tried protecting the two of us…" Sonic simply shook his head, simply smiling underneath the cloth wrapped around his mouth. Just then, the door opened, and the three Ultimates Reborn with Infinite walked in. Sonic quickly stood up, trying to get rid of the bondages behind his back, growling through his gag.
"Looks like we caught two live prisoners," Infinite smirked. "Surprised to see me?" Sonic and Meta Knight looked at the four figures, alarmed. The three Ultimates Reborn then pressed the button on their masks, transforming the masks into headsets once more.
"Nice job, Infinite," the Swordfighter Ultimate Reborn said. "Looks like you're not weaker than Indie, after all." Sonic started muffling in anger, knowing what's going on. The Gunner Ultimate Reborn then pulled out a paper card, inserted it into a slot in the board of the plasma cage, and the walls disappeared. Sonic was sitting down during the time, held against his will. As the Gunner Ultimate Reborn walked in, she simply looked at Sonic, giggling.
"Look at you," the Gunner Ultimate Reborn said. "Ten years of chasing you, and the Smash Ball has discovered your weakness: leaving you out in the open for the taking. So nice you could be the participating passengers aboard the Kin, where you're far away from your friends back at Civiltatula, heading towards the Yggdrasil… where you'll finally be a part of the Subspace Army." Sonic then jumped up and kicked the Gunner Ultimate Reborn in the chest, lashing his leash. The other two Ultimates Reborn saw Sonic trying to escape with his superfast legs, and they tried pinning him down, but he simply spindashed out of the way. However, Infinite was about to grab him with the Phantom Ruby's powers, but the blue hedgehog kicked his chest really hard, cracking a piece of the Phantom Ruby off and launching the masked jackal out of the prison ship, leaving a large hole where the wind blew through. The three Ultimates Reborn tried to push Sonic back in, but the blue blur quickly ran behind them and kicked them back into the plasma cage, where he grabbed the paper card with his hands still tied behind his back and trapped the three Ultimates Reborn inside. Sonic then kicked a red button on the control panel, and the shackles on Meta Knight's hands released the Star Warrior.
"Good luck trying to get rid of that rope, blue rat!" the Brawler Ultimate Reborn yelled as Meta Knight jumped onto the ground, grabbing the card from Sonic's tied hands. "This is a special kind of bondage, one where only the computer in the control room can free you with our access with one of those cards, so not even your friend's sword could cut it off – it'll just make the blade dull. Too bad the ship's huge, so you'll never find it in time as we approach closer to our destination, where more of our troops will come in and kick your ass!" As the Brawler Ultimate Reborn was finished speaking, Sonic under bondage-and-silence and Meta Knight ran out of the room, leaving the three Ultimates Reborn trapped inside. Once the two warriors were out, Shadow Bugs leaked through the ship's air vent, clogged the room's hole where it was a sky-high drop, and a Primid pulled out a card where it stuck it in the special hole of the control panel. The plasma walls disappeared, and the three Ultimates Reborn squirmed out.
"Where's our ride?" the Gunner Ultimate Reborn panted, each one of the Ultimates Reborn pressing the single button on their headsets and bringing them back to their masks. "We need to get out of here and prepare the Mii Fighters at the Yggdrasil for invaders!"
Meanwhile, back at the roof of the Olympius, Jotun's body was burning right next to the demolished Winged Firestorm Pro 2.0, and Bowser Jr. was slowly waking up from his knockout. There, he saw everyone except for Sonic, Meta Knight, Inkling, and Mega Man right in front of him, and Mario with Link, Cloud, Zero Suit Samus, Zelda, and Greninja were just walking through the only entrance to meet up with the warriors who fought atop the tower. The five fighters looked around, noticing they were a tad bit late for the party. They all then turned toward Bowser Jr., who was looking around at the demolishment and the only ride out of here was destroyed.
"My dragon!" Bowser Jr. cried. "All the Shadow Bugs are killed off!"
"…Maybe we could help rebuild your ship," Mario responded. "After all, it can't be that hard to repair a ship…"
"It's not like that," Bowser Jr. replied. "Infinite and his gang grabbed Sonic and Meta Knight, with Inkling and Mega Man jumping onto the ship to rescue them! Jotun's corpse is going to blow up any second, and if we don't get out of here we'll be going down along with the tower."
"How do you think we should repair it?" Palutena asked.
"This thing used to be a machine, but after we fixed it, the robot only runs on Shadow Bugs. There should be at least only one to power this thing and get us all out of here…"
"Why'd you change from you evil ways all of a sudden…?" Snake asked.
"I need to reunite with my Papa!" Bowser Jr. answered. "I also know that if I were to kill you all right now, it wouldn't matter anyway since we'll all die." Just then, the shattered glass of the jar that Sonic dropped from his Smash Ball state started glowing a neon purple, and the Shadow Bug Faker floated out. Chirping, everyone looked at the different Shadow Bug as it went to the body of the Winged Firestorm Pro 2.0, breathing life back into its metallic body. The dragon roared once again, and Jotun's corpse was about to explode.
"Thanks a lot, guys," Bowser Jr. replied. "We'll be calling this a truce, and we'll be heading to the Yggdrasil, the opening to the Ruins of the Ancients…" Jumping into the Winged Firestorm Pro 2.0, everyone teamed up with Bowser Jr., who was now holding onto the special device from before, flying away from the burning Olympius, where they will recruit for the biggest battle ever.
*location skip
Meta Knight was running down the halls of the prison ship, followed by Sonic the Hedgehog, who was still bound and gagged. Then, MK grabbed ahold of Sonic's leash, pulling him towards a sound while the alarm was ringing.
"Do you hear something?" Meta Knight whispered. Sneaking right next to a shut door, Meta Knight then started hearing torturing noises from inside. Sonic kicked it down, showing three figures chained down onto torture tables and zapped to death. From left to right, there was a yellow, circle-shaped figure with a large pizza mouth, black eyes, a long nose, and a pair of red gloves followed by a pair of red boots. In the middle was a blue-haired lady, with a tipless sword on the left side of her waist, and she was wearing clothing almost identical to Marth's. On the far right, a brown-red haired princess, wearing a yellow dress that was similar to Peach's. At the torture device's control panel, Sephiroth was tapping his fingers on the keyboard, trying to look for signs of a Smash Ball with no response.
"Stupid computer!" Sephiroth growled. "No wonder people were complaining about 'pending updates'!" Just then, Sephiroth turned around to feel a shoe tap his shoulder, and all he got was a nasty kick in the face from Sonic. Meta Knight lashed his sword at the shackles that kept the three prisoners in place, freeing them. As the three warriors got up, they looked at the two strangers who rescued them.
"Oh, you're in the same mess as us?" the yellow-dressed princess asked, noticing Sonic in some sort of a scrape.
"Pretty much," Meta Knight answered while Sonic nodded, the blue hedgehog's muffles rang. "My name's Meta Knight, and the blue creature you see here is none other than Sonic the Hedgehog."
"Hi, I'm Daisy, Princess of Sarasaland!" the princess spoke. "Here, you have Princess Lucina, wielder of the Naga Blade. On our right is PAC-MAN."
"It's an honor meeting you," Lucina spoke. "Thank you two of releasing us from our imprisonment after a long time of torture…"
"You're welcome," Meta Knight answered, holding the paper card. "Now, we really need your help in getting to the main computer room. You see, Sonic's under a special type of bondage in which only the computer can cut off with one of these paper cards. All we have to do is scan it and get out of here." Suddenly, Sephiroth slowly got up, wiping his bleeding nose and sniffing.
"You… stupid… bitch…" Sephiroth groaned. "I'll make sure that all of you would pay for-" Before the one-winged angel could finish, Sonic kneed him in the crotch before another follow-up kick in the face. The alarm started ringing as incoming Mii Fighters dropped out in the room.
"…For… making me lose my virginity…" Sephiroth groaned as the Mii Fighters helped him up. Inkling and Mega Man kicked down the air dock in the vent just in time, reuniting with Sonic and Meta Knight.
"...And these are Mega Man and Inkling," Meta Knight answered.
"Did we miss something?" Mega Man asked while Inkling chirped. The two warriors then looked at Sephiroth and the Fighting Mii Team.
"Pretty weak for someone who committed thousands of murders," Daisy taunted.
"Fighting Mii Team… Kill them," Sephiroth ordered as he instantly warped out of the area, followed by the black-clothed warriors to begin attacking Sonic and the gang. The seven fighters then started running out of here, looking for a way to the computer room. Incoming Fighting Mii Team warriors dropped from the roof of the Kin, lashing and slashing at the warriors. Meta Knight and Lucina pulled out their swords, attacking the enemies and sparing no one.
"You fight an awful lot like Marth, minus the tipper and almost slow reactions," Meta Knight said, wiping the sweat off his mask.
"I came from a doomed future where I was forced to change my identity and attacks to that precisely of Marth's one time, so I had to do something," Lucina answered and she counter-attacked an incoming Fighting Mii Team member. Sonic bound-and-gagged stood back-to-back with PAC-MAN, surrounded by enemies. PAC-MAN then grabbed ahold of Sonic's leash, swinging him around and making the blue hedgehog spindash into the Fighting Mii Team. Once Sonic landed, he started spinning on his head, kicking at the Miis' faces and knocking them down to the ground before landing with a full split. Swords from many of the enemies slashed against the rope, but they only shattered in fragments that flew on impact and brutally hit everyone in the room, just like it was said to do for any weapon that would try and break the bondages. Daisy grabbed her blue Toad and squeezed the spores out of him, whacking the enemies in the face with special flower effects of her own. Rockman and Clementine began firing their projectiles, with fiery blasts and ink explosions filling the room. Once the area was cleared, the seven fighters ran towards their destination in the Kin, attacking the incoming Fighting Mii Team.
Once everyone was in the computer room, Meta Knight and PAC-MAN immediately barricaded the door, killing the Primids who were locked in with them.
"INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!" the Subspace computer spoke. The Fighting Mii Team were trying to break down the door, and Sonic was waiting impatiently, sweat rolling down his forehead as he was pulling on the bondages and biting down hard on the cloth.
"Mmph… mmph!" Sonic moaned, struggling with his hands tied behind his back and rubbing on his aching arms wrapped around with rope around the shoulders with the sides of his head.
"Have a little more patience, blue friend!" Meta Knight replied as the computer was constantly alerting the room while its control panel was being searched for by everyone else on his team.
"We'll get you out soon enough!" Daisy answered as the door was being banged on. Sonic kept tapping his feet, trying his best to wait as the alarm was ringing and the door was about to be broken.
"Found it!" Mega Man rang out. Meta Knight tossed him the paper card, which fluttered towards him. The advanced android placed his finger on the slot so he would find it in time.
"Put it in!" Meta Knight exclaimed. Mega Man then pushed the card in, and the light on the computer monitor rang green.
"Removing bondages…" the Subspace computer rang as a special ray gun dropped from the sky on robotic appendages and zapped the bondages right off. The gag vanished, the collar and leash disappeared, and the ropes which held Sonic's arms and hands in place dissolved. Sonic the Hedgehog then massaged his wrists, clenching his fists and grinning once the door broke down, followed by incoming Fighting Mii Team members. The seven warriors were all ready for them, and they gave it their all, knocking out every single enemy that came in out. Once the area was empty, Sonic rubbed the quills on his head.
"Is there a way to steer this thing?" Sonic asked as Clementine chirped while nodding.
"This computer is set to auto-drive to its destination," Meta Knight answered. "There's nothing we can do right now… except wait for the worst…" Sonic, Meta Knight, PAC-MAN, Daisy, Lucina, Mega Man, and Inkling all looked ahead of the Kin's main window, watching as they approached closer to their destination: the Yggdrasil. Sonic looked in all sorts of directions, watching the Legacy and the Winged Firestorm Pro 2.0 also arrive at the exact same time.
"Yeah… except we'll not be alone…" Sonic muttered, smirking.
