Darkness covered the area. There was nothing but the silence of death. Mario slowly stirred from his unconsciousness back to reality. The red plumber felt like he was trapped in a dream. He slowly felt like he could not move anywhere. Just then, the floor underneath him gave way, moving Mario up to a bright light from far away. As the lights went back into his eyes, Mario saw the only reason he could not move was because he was chained up. Cuffs that covered his hands were revealed, as well as shackles attached to his feet, with both welded to iron chains that were bolted to a golden trophy base that Mario was standing on. Once the trophy base stopped moving, he looked around, seeing all his friends around him in the exact same position he was in: imprisoned in chains and latched to golden bases of trophies, with all of them bearing the Smash Ball symbol. Everyone was fixed to look in the same direction, some of them struggling to break free.

"Sonic-a?" Mario asked, noticing the blue hedgehog in the group of imprisoned fighters.

"Sorry, buddy," Sonic answered, looking down in shame. "There was nowhere to go. None of us could even escape…"

"It's okay," Mario answered. "We'll always get out of these scrapes, right?" Every single one of the fighters looked away in fear. Just then, the light from before grew brighter again, revealing the being behind all this: Galeem. The Seraph of Order then dragged Tabuu by his Chains of Light, the Construct God looking down in envy.

"Surprised to see me?" Galeem asked, each one of the warriors struggling with their special abilities – transformations, elemental powers, and more.

"No need to escape," Galeem continued. "No matter what kinds of tricks you have up your sleeves, these chains know exactly what your next move is and counter-defend, making it completely hopeless…"

"Galeem!" the Mii Swordfighter growled. "What did you do to the Mii Fighter army!?"

"Why would you get the nerve to think I did something horrible to your people, Ultimates Reborn?" Galeem asked. "They're right here…" With a snap of his glowing fingers, Galeem pulled down thousands of charcoal-black cages, each one carrying several Mii Fighters at a time, with each one roped together by the golden bondages.

"Look at you," Galeem asked, admiring at how many fighters he had enslaved and gathered. "Look at all of you. Every single warrior that has ever passed the test of Arcadia's Master Hand is here." Galeem then snapped his fingers again, calling forth a glowing Buckot to look at all the warriors. The order they were viewed was at random, but the best you should know was that Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, Dr. Mario, Rosalina & Luma, Bowser Jr., Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Link, Zelda, Sheik, Ganondorf, Young Link, Toon Link, Samus, Zero Suit Samus, Meta Knight, King Dedede, Fox, Falco, Wolf, Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Mewtwo, Pichu, Pokémon Trainer (Squirtle, Ivysaur, Charizard), Lucario, Greninja, Captain Falcon, Ness, Lucas, Ice Climbers, Marth, Lucina, Roy, Ike, Robin, Corrin, Mr. Game & Watch, Pit, Dark Pit, Palutena, Wario, Olimar, R.O.B., Villager, Little Mac, Wii Fit Trainer, Shulk, Duck Hunt, Daisy, King K. Rool, Ridley, Dark Samus, Incineroar, Chrom, Isabelle, Inkling, Snake, Sonic, Mega Man, PAC-MAN, Ryu, Ken, Cloud, Bayonetta, Simon, Richter, Mii Brawler, Mii Swordfighter, and Mii Gunner were all present, bound in iron chains and latched onto perfectly aligned trophy cases.

"Wait a minute…" Galeem muttered. Sending the Buckot to check again, the Subspace Army creature replica shone a light on an empty trophy base. When the Seraph of Order saw that one of the fighters was missing, he floated a little higher, pulsing brighter in light as a means to show he was angry about something.

"It looks like I'm forgetting someone," Galeem spoke. All of the other fighters suddenly looked around, trying to see who it was among them that escaped.

"You," Galeem growled, shining a spotlight on Sonic the Hedgehog. When the blue blur was picked, he knew that he did something to deserve getting the seraph's attention. With a wave of his wrist, Galeem used his telekinesis ability to shift Sonic's trophy base towards him. Once Sonic was at a legit distance, the Seraph of Order levitated a little closer.

"Where is he?" Galeem growled.

"Where's who?" Sonic teased, struggling with the cuffs and shackles. "There are a lot of male warriors in our group, and by a lot, I mean 'a LOT' a lot-"

"SILENCE!" Galeem yelled, his deafening voice echoing through the darkness and shaking the cages the Mii Fighters were trapped in.

"I know exactly what you did," Galeem continued. "When I unleashed that little attack, did you not think that I can see every move you miserable wimps pull up out of your sleeves?"

"Now that I think about it, no," Sonic answered, smirking. In a low growl, Galeem shifted back a little, each one of the legendary warriors trembling.

"You know who I'm referring to, everyone," Galeem continued. "One of the most adorable fighters on your team; soft and cuddly, like a big pillow, pink all over and those big, black-and-blue eyes. Sounds like a familiar 'someone' you want to snuggle into, doesn't it?" The fighters looked at Galeem as he flicked his wrist again, quickly thrusting Sonic's trophy base close enough for the blue hedgehog to stumble and fall. Once the blue hedgehog got up, he saw Galeem closer to him.

"Where is the pink puffball you call Kirby?" Galeem asked Sonic.

"I have no idea what you're talking about," Sonic laughed, pulling on his cuffs. "If you even think about torturing me for information before I open my little mouth, go ahead. My lips are shut, and you won't get a single word out of me. Zip. Nothing." Galeem then snapped his fingers, calling forth another Master Hand. The Hand of Creation then used the lights protruding from Galeem to summon its Crazy Hand from its shadow, and the two Hands then grabbed Sonic's cuffed arms. A sudden shot of energy painfully and quickly traveled through the blue hedgehog's body, for both that Master Hand and Crazy Hand were linking their powers together so that they could electrocute the poor fighter. As Sonic was still being zapped and crying in pain, some of the fighters were attempting to break the chains to save the blue hedgehog.

"Monster!" Fox cried. "Let him go!"

"Have pity on us!" one Mii Fighter called out from the cages hanging up above. "Free us all!" A clamoring of Mii Fighters and the other warriors were speaking indistinguishable to be let go along with Sonic. Once Galeem had enough of watching the blue hedgehog suffer from the electrocutions of the Master Hand and Crazy Hand, the seraph then snapped his fingers again, causing the Master Hand to float behind the Seraph of Order and the Crazy Hand to disappear in the darkness.

"I'll ask you again, you miserable rodent," Galeem asked in a harsher tone, watching as Sonic was quivering while getting up. "Where is Kirby?"

"You know what?" Sonic panted. "I actually don't know. I guess I must've sent Kirby flying off so far not even you and I know where he landed, or even know if he did land at all. The only thing that matters is that he's the only known fighter outside of your grasp, and he's going to save us all, even Tabuu. Sure, the Construct God may be our mortal enemy, but you are using him as a means to call us all here, therefore making it so that he needs our help as well! You can't stop the ever-glowing light within us!" Galeem noticed Tabuu, who was bound in Chains of Light, sulking off and bowing his head in shame.

"Then I suppose I'll take the light from inside you and use its powers to turn you all against the pink puffball," Galeem spoke, flicking his wrist again to move to where Sonic was originally placed before. Once the blue hedgehog was placed back in the group of fighters, they all could simply watch as the seraph dragged Tabuu towards him.

"Do it," Galeem ordered Tabuu. "Use your Off-Waves. Revert all of the fighters in the room back to their trophy selves. Make the Mii Fighters one of the Subspace Army. That way, you can help me banish the Arcadian trophies' Spirits to exile and we can use their Smash Balls to make the Lock."

"The Lock?" Tabuu asked in a weakened tone. Galeem then rubbed one of his wings on the Construct God's back, chuckling.

"You know about the Lock, don't you?" Galeem answered in the form of a question. Galeem then lashed the Chains of Light at Tabuu, forcing the Construct God to float in front of the Seraph of Order. The warriors of the World of Trophies then suddenly felt the cyan rope winding around their bodies like serpents, tightening their coils and turning golden.

"It's just to ensure you that you belong to me now," Galeem spoke to the fighters as Tabuu spread his butterfly-like wings, gathering up energy. The fighters were terrified by what was about to happen, few of the warriors still struggling with their bondages.

"No matter-a what, we just have to stay together," Mario said to all of his friends. "Keep our hopes up… help-a Kirby save us in our greatest time of need… and reawaken the undying light…" As soon as Tabuu unleashed his signature move, a great vortex surrounded the Construct God, blinding all of the warriors and the Mii Fighters in a white light. The last thing any of the fighters remembered before feeling their bodies harden was the evil laughter of Galeem echoing through their minds…


Traveling at the speed of sound, Kirby was still holding on to the Warp Star he was riding on, shutting his eyes tight and never opening them, clinging tight to the photograph Sonic gave him. Just then, the pink puffball heard the sound of thunder rumbling in the distance. Kirby slowly opened up his eyes, seeing that he was traveling inside darkened clouds. The air felt chillingly cold as Kirby heard the roar of thunder again. A zap of lightning then struck near the Warp Star, startling the young Star Warrior. Two more bolts of lightning churned up in the storm cloud, keeping Kirby on his toes. After everything seemed calm high above the ground, a lightning bolt struck the Warp Star, causing the transportation vehicle to lose altitude. Crying in fear while tumbling from the sky, Kirby kept holding onto the Warp Star, eventually getting past the thundercloud. Once the pink puffball saw he was getting close to the ground, he quickly mapped it out and saw it was a barren wasteland with a few dancing colors that seemed so small Kirby could not even make them out as they quickly vanished just as fast as he discovered them. Kirby then quickly moved the Warp Star upward, making the crash-landing slow down at best. With a ram into the ground, the Warp Star quickly disintegrated into thin air, the collision course sending Kirby flying into one of the small, stony mountains. As soon as the pink puffball climbed out of the rocks that fell down on top of him after he crash-landed, Kirby looked at himself, noticing he was covered in stains of dust and dirt. The pink puffball then pulled out the photograph he still carried after all this time, looking at the friends he made ten years ago.

"…Poyo?" Kirby asked, noticing himself in the picture right next to Mario in the front. Just then, a drop of water landed on the photograph, collecting some of the ink imprinted into the photograph. A few more drops of water were landing on the photo as well, collecting a bit more of the imprinted ink. Kirby then suddenly looked up in the sky, noticing it was raining. The pink puffball then quickly inhaled the picture, instantly swallowing it before running off. Kirby was running around the barren wasteland, searching for his friends and calling out to them as the heavy shower of rain poured down on his soft, round body.

"Poyo!" Kirby yelled, running through the biome as the rain kept pouring. The pink puffball was tripping over small stones, battering and bruising his sensitive skin. Nonetheless, Kirby still kept moving forward, determined to find his friends.

"Po-yo! Poyo!" Kirby yelled again, calling out over the horizon, where there was a luscious green forest close to the barren wasteland. As the pink puffball kept calling out to his friends, the ground underneath him shifted and gave way, causing Kirby to fall down the cliffside. The young Star Warrior was being rammed into rocks, tumbling all the way down. After the fall, Kirby landed in a rather large mud puddle, covered in large scratches and cuts deep enough to cause his pink skin to bleed and get even redder. He landed next to the forest area, weakened and physically broken.

"…Poyo-poyo?" Kirby asked, the rain still pouring down upon his face. The pink puffball then suddenly felt memories return to him: remembering the adventure he went with his companions ten years ago, back when they were fighting against the Subspace Army, sharing what little knowledge they had left of each other.

Such great times.

"…Poyo-po…" Kirby whispered, his voice breaking. Tears built up in his eyes as he flopped his wounded, soaked body to the wet ground, starting to cry. The pink puffball then lifted up his head, sobbing as the rain kept pouring on top of him. The drops of water collected with the tears as they rolled down Kirby's face. Even though he was young, the pink puffball was old enough to understand the heartbreaking truth.

All of his friends were gone, and Kirby was the last fighter in existence.