Zelda squealed as she braced for impact on the invisible floor, but the thickened air slowed her down much to her surprise. The princess stood on charcoal-black ground, with darkened clouds with red outlines roaring with thunder. The Princess of Hyrule looked around the place, terrified by the fact that she was alone.

"Link? Marth? Cloud? Anyone?" Zelda asked, calling out to the empty void as she looked around.

"Over here!" Ridley responded, waving to the princess. The Villager waved his arms around, alerting the princess as well. All of the fighters, with the survivors included, appeared out of nowhere from the darkness, making Zelda feel more comfortable.

"Hey, where's Sonic?" Falco asked. Fox heard his buddy say those words, and that question began to trouble him. If Sonic the Hedgehog was captured by the forces of darkness again, who knows what might happen? The Star Fox leader looked up into the sky and saw all of Dharkon's Crazy Hands carry all the remaining Supporters and Primaries. The last four Primaries were what they were looking for.

"There's the rest of our pals!" Captain Falcon told the group. "We have to go after them!" Fox suddenly spotted Sonic in front of the group, who was already running ahead. The Star Fox mercenary dashed ahead, leaving the other fighters behind. Regardless, they all went ahead towards Dharkon in this empty void.


The blue hedgehog stopped in front of a throne of black crystals, which looked exactly like Galeem's throne but with darker colors. He saw the Crazy Hands in the sky, leading Dharkon's forces through cages upon cages of where every Master Hand was, with the Arcadian Master Hand the only one bound in Chains of Darkness. There, sitting on the throne next to Galeem's cell, was the Seraph of Chaos himself giving a strict talk to Marx.

"So… let me get this straight," Dharkon sighed, his blue eye fixated on the winged jester. "You tried to stop the third group of fighters from defeating you by setting up challenges in the hopes that they could not win, using the best of your ability to attack them with lasers and thorns when they got the upper hand, even transforming into a blinking orb of eyeballs, and you still lost?"

"It… it wasn't my fault, I swear!" Marx begged, starting to get nervous at the Lord of Darkness. "That friend of theirs knew every trick up my sleeve! I didn't see that coming! Please don't turn me into a Spirit! Please!"

"Enough!" Dharkon snapped, twisting his tendrils around his eye. "You will be broken for this!" The slit pupil on the Seraph of Chaos's eye widened, drawing in one of the Crazy Hands by his side. The Hand was torn apart into a blue essence similar to the Master Hands, swirling into the pupil before being blasted out as a violet laser. Marx shot out a laser of his own in self-defense, but the laser simply curved around and hit him the moment he cowered underneath his wings. However, once the purple laser vanished, even Dharkon was surprised by what happened. The jester opened his eyes and looked at his own body, surprised that nothing happened to him.

"That… was not supposed to happen," Dharkon spoke with confusion. "How did you… stay together?" Marx looked back at Dharkon, soft chuckles bubbling in the back of his throat.

"You may be fast and strong, but there are those faster and stronger," Marx spoke. "A time will come when you can transform me into a Spirit, but that time won't be today. You've been getting way too close trying to figure out some major answers. I don't need anyone getting in the way of my big plans. I may be too weak to figure it out on my own, but with a little help I may be unstoppable. See ya when the universe's destroyed!" Just like that, Marx teleported out of the Dharkon Void.

"Looks like your powers have gotten too weak, haven't they?" Galeem asked. "Figured that would make the most logical sense." The Lord of Darkness glared at the caged seraphic dragon, staring deep into whatever soul he had in those orbs of gold.

"I depended on you the most, and you let society kick me around like trash because you were too fed-up in trying to create perfection," Dharkon growled. "I will restore our childhood memories, and I will never let you go. None of you." The Seraph of Chaos looked at the last four Primaries that had not been rescued: Roy, Dark Samus, Bayonetta, and Palutena. The Fighter Spirits of the four fighters arrived, and they were just about ready to attack. Dharkon spotted them, and he lashed his four tendrils at the Spirits, impaling them in their chests.

"Ngh… You can do all you can to stop our friends… but they will push forward and give you two what you both deserve!" Roy's Fighter Spirit groaned, trying to pull himself from the thorny tip holding him in place.

"If I had the upper hand, you'd be dead by now!" Palutena's Spirit snapped.

"Same here!" Bayonetta's Spirit responded. "We could have made it out alive like the Spirits with similar abilities before Galeem attacked!" The Lord of Darkness wrapped his tendrils around Palutena's and Bayonetta's Fighter Spirits, silently laughing as he looked at the Goddess of Light and Umbra Witch with potential.

"Thank you, lovely women, for clarifying that for me," Dharkon spoke, the light in his eye shining upon the remaining Fighter Spirits. "Your threat potential could be very powerful compared to mine should you be freed, which is why I will be treating you as my greatest soldiers. And your Spirits are not going anywhere." Chains of Darkness wrapped around the two Spirits, holding their wrists and ankles in place. As soon as Dharkon pulled back his tendrils, the Spirits of Roy and Dark Samus tried to free Palutena and Bayonetta respectably.

"The first time I tried this experiment on one of your friends, it wielded… interesting results. And I have saved up far more where they came from," the Seraph of Chaos spoke, unfolding three of his tendrils to reveal three vessels: the capsule with glitching particles, the bowl of mercury, and the dish tray with the bones of the first Arcusian dragon. Before Dharkon could inject the two chained Spirits with the three ingredients, Sonic fired a blast of all seven Rainbolements from down below. Dharkon was knocked back, dropping all three of the ingredients down to the charcoal ground and shattering them. The Palutena and Bayonetta Spirits broke free of the restraints, fleeing with the souls of Roy and Dark Samus. The Seraph of Chaos growled upon the impact, looking down upon the blue hedgehog that he experimented on.

"What an interesting sight," Dharkon spoke, his eye gazing upon the blue hedgehog as he saw the other fighters right behind him. "You finally made it all this way. And it looks like you brought the whole team with you, the six survivors included."

"Seven," Kazooie cooed from Banjo's backpack.

"Phoenix, there is no need for violence," Peach spoke. "If you just forgive your brother for pushing you into isolation, none of this would have happened."

"I will never forgive that imposter of a perfect little angel for all he will ever do," Dharkon growled. "I will free everyone from this world and give them endless possibilities with no questions asked. The shadows will take over, and chaos will rule within the darkness!" Sonic zapped the eye of Dharkon, making the Seraph of Chaos flinch.

"Cut the bullcrap," Sonic snapped, flames curling between his fingertips. "I want to end your life right here and now!"

"Ah, so you have become as cruel as you claim I am, exhausting yourself in the process," Dharkon spoke, focusing his attention on the blue hedgehog and not the other fighters. "Ever since I gave you those powers, you have been following blind determination, have you not? You are willing to kill without consequence, driven by a hunger which you can never satisfy. In the end, you will awaken the monster within your soul, letting it devour you as it destroys your world, ruining your happily ever after even when you reset your story to the beginning. Sooner or later, you will grow to be so sadistic even the monster that lurks within you will see what you have become. It seems as though those powers of yours have grown so out of control that you have become no different from the ones who abandoned me. Now I must warn you... this war cannot be stopped by reasoning. If you think that this war between the light and darkness can be resolved through violence alone, then you are all really not going to like what happens next when you deal the first hit." The other fighters prepared their weapons, not attacking just yet. It was Sonic that dealt the first hit as usual. The blue hedgehog focused all his power into a large fireball, sending it straight for Dharkon's eye. The Lord of Darkness chuckled at that adorably hopeless gesture, twisting his black tendrils around his eye.

"That is what I thought," Dharkon spoke to Sonic as the main focus, his black arms emerging from his pupil as the tentacles twisted around him more. "You will not stop until the ones you see as threats are killed, unaware that the REAL monster… is you."

"Sonic, what have you done?" Mario asked, he and the other fighters watching a shadowy humanoid figure emerged from the blue eye, which collapsed in on itself with the tentacles obstructing Dharkon's appearance.

"This isn't like you!" Link called out to the speedy devil. "We understand what Phoenix has done to you, but there is another way!"

"Quit being an asshole!" Terry spoke. "We're all in this together!" The blue hedgehog unleashed a wave of ice at the warriors he called friends, still filled with anger. The frozen tips were just inches away from the Smashers up front.

"You guys don't know what it's like to be locked up for five years, left to rot in chains until you become a god with uncontrollable power against your will!" Sonic answered in an enraged tone, the lights in his mismatching eyes flickering to expose his fury and determination as he turned towards the transforming Lord of Darkness. "I would rather waste all my energy killing the dragons that did this to me than letting you guys be all heroic and noble! I'm only doing what needs to be done, and I will inflict the pain and torture both Galeem and Dharkon have dealt to me this whole time! I will kill them again, and again, and again… even if it means killing them a million times." The ground underneath the fighters rumbled, and a stage large enough to fit them all appeared below their feet. The reddened sky thundered with rage as a deep draconic roar rose from below the stage.

"So, I guess all you want is what you came for," Dharkon's voice spoke as his tendrils spiraled around in the air. "I will give you all what you deserve since you wish for death." Dharkon simply transformed into the draconic form revealed in Kirby's vision but with the lack of the violet scar on his face. His blue eyes flashed, pointing his tendrils at the huge team of fighters while he growled.

Snake, Mii Gunner, the three Links, and two Pits began spamming projectiles at Dharkon, by which the dragon teleported to another location. The Lord of Darkness coated his body in electricity, with his tentacles trailing behind him as extensions to his ability. As Dharkon dived down to the fighters, he flew around like a lightning bolt of death. Smashers like Bowser and Ganondorf got hit, but there were those fast enough to avoid the attack. Dharkon's tentacles wrapped around his body, and he teleported again while trying to avoid attacks like Terry's Power Dive and Yoshi's eggs.

"From what I have heard from the souls lost in this world, Galeem's defeat and mine will affect the space-time continuum, resetting everyone's memories to zero once they return home… unless they are determined enough to keep a few with them, especially with the treasured moments they made," Dharkon spoke, his blue-and-golden eyes flashing violet as he spawned in X-shaped bombs all over the stage. The bombs instantly exploded, hitting everyone except Sonic. The blue hedgehog blasted off into the air with fire-powered boosts, ramming his fists straight into Dharkon's face. The dragon roared as he tried to claw the blue rodent off his face, but he quickly began spitting out a barrage of violet bullets across the stage and knocking Sonic into them. Byleth, Joker, Hero, Banjo & Kazooie, and Terry all began getting the other fighters to the edge of the stage into safety.

"It looks like you have become the type that does not want to give up, do you not?" Dharkon asked the blue hedgehog in front of him. "You have become the type of person who will never be happy, even though there are three endings to the story. Either I win, my brother wins, or the both of us die."

"Then you won't even be alive to witness it!" Sonic snarled, dodging Dharkon's tentacle piercings while kicking boulders at the dragon. "If I had the power, I could be resetting timelines and killing you until you regret the day you were born!" The Seraph of Chaos slashed two tentacles in front of the blue hedgehog, but Fox McCloud quickly dashed in at the blink of an eye and pulled Sonic out of an X-shaped rift.

"You could have been killed!" Fox told the blue hedgehog. "Don't you know how crazy this fight is?" Sonic simply pushed his best friend away, spamming lightning bolts at Dharkon. He didn't even speak to Fox since he was so focused in getting the job done.

"In the end, it is kill or be killed… is it not?" Dharkon sighed, teleporting on top of the stage and dropping in a few Dark Puppets, which were created in the images of the Primaries kept in the darkness. Mewtwo, Cloud Strife, Robin, and a few others took care of the exploding puppets while the rest of the fighters managed to tackle down Dharkon, knocking off the tendrils on his back.

The wingless dragon landed with a dull thud, leaving himself wide open to attacks from the Smashers. Sonic was just about to rush in and land heavy attacks, clinging onto Dharkon as he levitated off the stage. The Lord of Darkness's eyes flashed a deep dark red and exposed the violet scar on his face, trying to get Sonic the Hedgehog off his back as the blue rodent kept punching him. Dharkon roared as he rammed Sonic into the stage, knocking the fighter off.

"Do you know why the Spirits lost their bodies in the first place and not you, the people I am addressing as fighters?" Dharkon asked, sending his thorny tentacles through a series of portals across the stage. "It is because you have some sort of protection. One of which preserves your determination, preventing you from turning into dust like your other friends. I may not have all the knowledge my servants present to me, but I know that is the case." The Lord of Darkness landed on the stage, shooting violet beams of electricity at the fighters while his tendril-wings began unleashing a bullet hell of thorny bullets. One by one, each fighter was dodging the attacks as best as they could, and in the end they all survived. Sonic approached behind Dharkon, charging up a powerful punch and hitting the draconic entity behind the back.

The Seraph of Chaos roared in defeat, soaring high into the air as the colossal tentacle wings curled around his body. The fighters looked up into the reddened sky, feeling the atmosphere of the Dharkon Void collapse around them. As every one of them fell down to the charcoal ground, they were slowed down by the magic around them.


The sky in Draxia exposed the reddened sky of the Dharkon Void, with a little bit of sunlight breaking through the thick clouds. The first Spirits and Mii Fighters exposed to the light cheered in victory, with Ragnarokk on the Legacy watching the chaos and disarray of the planet collapse around the ship, filling the bottomless abyss beneath.


As Dharkon lay on the ground, trying to get up, the other fighters stood back. Everyone except for Sonic. The blue hedgehog was still determined to kill the draconic entity no matter what, and his friends noticed that. Clementine tried pulling the hedgehog back, but he pushed the Inkling away.

"Go ahead and kill me," Dharkon chuckled, watching the blue hedgehog stand up to him. "My death may be inevitable, but it will not change what you have become. In the end, you have become the toy I have decided to alternate. Or I might have been lucky. You clearly have no knowledge of good and evil now, do you not? Even if you repair a few scratches, you cannot fix what is already broken. Killing me will not bring your old life back. It will turn the tables of fortune towards those that will burn away imperfection." Energy charged up in the blue hedgehog's fingertips, tears streaming down his face. The other fighters watched with fear… fear that the cocky blue hedgehog will become a mindless killer. With a frustrated shout, Sonic rammed his fist into the ground, creating a dent inches away from Phoenix.

"…You see?" Dharkon asked, noticing the blue hedgehog did not kill him even at his full power. "The old you is still in there, trying to hold you back until you have become worn out. The old you knows becoming an omnipotent god will not change who you are, knowing you can still make the choice to do the right thing. As for me? I made MY choice long ago." Dharkon ascended into the air, lightning foaming in his mouth as he rose above the fighters. However, a beam of light hit the Seraph of Chaos, knocking him back with enough force. Half of the sky grew brighter as Galeem dissolved the cage and chains around him, feeling his powers return to him. The Master Hands were freed from their cages, by which they began attacking some of the Crazy Hands.

"After all these years… we can finally have the showdown I always dreamed of!" Galeem shouted, unfurling his celestial wings and partially blinding the other fighters. "I will burn away all the shadows of the multiverse and purge your filthy darkness from this world!"

"As you wish, brother," Dharkon snarled, his tendrils wrapping around Tabuu's Chains of Darkness. "However, Tabuu will be working for me." The God of Construction was harshly pulled towards the Lord of Darkness, trying to fight back against the restraint. Chains of Light wrapped around the left side of Tabuu's body, pulling him more towards Galeem.

"I'm afraid Tabuu is by my side!" Galeem snarled. "The Subspace Army will provide all the potential I need to purge the darkness before I burn it away, never to be used again when you're no longer around to stop me!" Tabuu was caught in a tug-of-war between the two draconic seraphim, with the fighters watching the Construct God being pulled around between two arguing sides. Even Sonic the Hedgehog stepped back as he watched the forces of light and darkness argue over who gets Tabuu to control the Subspace Army.

"…ENOUGH!" Tabuu shouted, spreading his butterfly wings and unleashing his Off-Waves. The waves were powerful enough to knock Galeem and Dharkon back, the both of them letting go of the Chains of Light and Darkness. The Off-Waves were traveling fast towards the Super Smash Brothers, and Sonic the Hedgehog noticed this.

Without any protection from the Off-Waves like the Dedede Brooches, they'll all become trophies. There was no way around from an inevitable fate, but Sonic had to do something. ANYTHING. He then realized he had the power to save. Save them from certain doom. But how was he going to do that. Without thinking, Sonic ran in front of the group, lifted his hands up, and yelled…

"EVERYONE GET BEHIND ME!" The second the Off-Waves hit. A powerful barrier appeared from Sonic's fingertips, clashing with the Off-Waves All the fighters got behind the blue hedgehog, unaware that the barrier was weak enough to allow Piranha Plant, Joker, Hero, Banjo & Kazooie, Terry, and Byleth to get hit. All the survivors transformed into trophies, landing behind the other Smashers as they held tight to the blue hedgehog. A powerful energy spread across Sonic's fingertips as he focused all seven Rainbolements into his strength, strong enough to crack the ground underneath him.

Despite having no control over his powers, Sonic pushed his abilities to his limit, exhausting himself to the point where his eyes flashed a bright white. The fighters held on tight as they felt fire, earth, thunder, life, air, water, and magic spiral around them, fueling the determination within Sonic. The blue hedgehog started to feel pain within his hands. Any moment now, his hands will become numb and not feel them as they vanish or something. Even Galeem and Dharkon were blinded by the colors spiraling from the barrier.

It wasn't long before Sonic yelled as loud as he could, using all seven of the elemental powers of this world to push the barrier meant for countering the Off-Waves to his limit. It became so powerful that the ground they were standing on crumbled into dust to expose a glowing surface underneath it.

With all the strength Sonic had in his body, he kept his baggy eyes open enough to see light and darkness clash with each other like waves in a violent storm. He looked down upon his gloved hands, which he could no longer move or feel. His hands faded away into dust, but Sonic was too exhausted to even care. Sounds of concern from his friends became muffled around him, and the last thing he saw before collapsing under his own weight was falling into Fox's arms.