Chapter 3
"Bowser is right…"
"I have a funeral to plan for Peach, out of my way!" Bowser snarled stomping past the group.
"Maybe we should still follow him. As Olimar, it tried to pose as him and seemed to know that everyone kind of makes fun of him sometimes." Marth suggested, Samus glaring after the retreating smasher intensely.
"What's going on now!?" The mansion filled with the fire alarm ringing again since the kitchen fire, the floating gloves on their way to talk to Bowser as Samus had informed them of Pit's death, Dark Samus floating alongside them.
"The fire alarm!?" Zelda gasped.
"I didn't do it this time!" Roy shouted.
"If there is a fire, we have to find it!"
"Why would it go off otherwise stupid?" Ganondorf scoffed as everyone in the group fell to a frustrated but knowing silence. It made far too much sense. Unless someone accidently started a fire but that was so unlikely. They took off, quickly deciding on areas to check with the other groups everyone covering the area closest to them, Snake's and Samus' meet-up with MH to call in help postponed for now.
"Daddy!" Bowser's head turned to Bowser Jr. smiling at him.
"Why aren't you with the kids?" Bowser asked leaning down stepping closer.
"I didn't want to be with them, I wanted to be with you!" the child replied leaning sideways. "Is there really a fire or did you pull the alarm? Why dad?"
"No more wandering alone though okay?"
"Okay!" Bowser Jr still wanted an answer waiting patiently as Bowser's large hand patted his cheek softly. The kid's eyes widened with fear as the meaty hand suddenly smashed his head into the wall crushing it ruthlessly and Bowser walked away from Bowser Jr. twitching his last breath away on the ground halfway out of his teacup thing as it had been too no longer floating.
"I should've have left someone to talk in the room." MH sighed as Pichu squeaked and pi'd through the device like crazy trying to convey what it saw.
"Pika!" Samus nodded, the group dashing after the Pokémon wanting them to follow as Pikachu was the only one to understand what Pichu said. Samus and co followed Pikachu, Jason joining Chrom, Robin, Lucina and Mega Man to even out Pikachu switching.
"Got it! It's Bowser and he's heading to the ventilation system access point!" Shulk his foresight having failed majorly unless they knew who they were chasing and even then it oddly difficult. The young guy took off with the rest of his group including Cloud, Corrin, Pac-Man and Inkling.
Bowser smiled, the bag full of the items stored for smash fights and his eyes wandered over the ventilation system. Placing the back carefully, the smasher opened the ventilation system, the first smoke bomb in hand in just as Shulk's and Samus' group came from the two sides. Bowser quickly spewed a wave of fire allowing for the rest to go in as it blocked their sight and forced the back before dropping whole bunch in the room as Pikachu had zoomed forward and the smoke filled with room fire and movement causing much tripping, bumping, close calls with unintentional wounds and confusion as the entire mansion started to smoke up.
Master Hand swiveled to Crazy or rather the quickly spreading fog obscuring Crazy. "Smash open all windows and side doors, I'll get the front."
"OkaY!"
"Pika!"
"What's happening!?" Little Mac growled as the group coughed from the fog their vision being taken with second the ventilation system operated, the alarm still blaring and no fire having been found. Villager 's hand closed around another fire alarm, quickly shutting it off as at least the deafening ring was gone now and everyone would keep out for a fire anyway not that the smoke would stand out much between the colorful barrage currently save for maybe the smell.
Shulk tripped, the entire room absolute mayhem as everyone tried to stop the smoke without bumping into anyone with zero sight, a familiar squeak informing that it was Pikachu he had tripped over and partially landed. The rather new smasher turned to where he thought Pikachu was apologizing, eyes narrowing in an attempted to focus as sparks slightly glowed through the smoke due to their extremely close proximity. Shulk's eyes widened in horror, his legs scrambling up even though even though it was hopeless and the electricity jolted through him frying the smasher crashing to the ground before an iron tail broke his neck and the paws ever so softly tapped against the floor as Pikachu scurried off.
"EVERYONE STOP MOVING!" Samus shouted.
"PEw!" The window shattered, the smoke gradually fading and thinning by the broken windows, Crazy having a blast with his task while dark Samus floated alongside him.
"You know Samus I'm not an X parasite or anything you know. Or that the dead ones and their friends know for that matter. I'm so much worse!" The voice laughed through the devices.
"Everyone there is no fire, get that smoke out, break all windows, doors, heck take down the fucking walls… carefully though…" 'They won't be careful why do I ask?' "Palutena, Snake, and Samus get to me I'm outside by the entrance."
Pikachu grinned frying the device after the message and headed off with the cheeks sparking.
With the smoke clearing well near windows, Palutena rushed down the hallways flanked by WiiFit Trainer, Jigglypuff, Mega Man, Inkling, Pac-Man and Isabelle.
"Shulk and Bowser are dead!" Chrom growled standing closest and seeing the bodies and the smoke finally started to fade enough for some visibility.
"No more trying to save anyone right now as soon as anyone sees that thing it gets killed no matter which face it wears!" Ganondorf said.
"I hate to agree with Ganondork but he's right." Link sighed.
"Shut it, elf."
"Don't fight you two." Zelda sighed.
"This is man to man argument stay out of it princess!" Ganondorf growled.
"Yeah Zelda."
"Excuse me!?"
"Alright, shut it all three of you we still have your magical thing so killing on sight. Samus and will get to the entrance, she's fully armored and only face is exposed everyone else sweep the mansion.
"Pikachu is missing." Marth pointed out. Even though everyone wasn't where they had come to a stop, they were still in each other's vicinity except Pikachu out of sight.
"Bowser is dead so it must have switched." Ike added.
"It's probably Pikachu, still no one make skin contact with each other." Chrom suggested. "Just in case, it's right here." The others silently agreed everyone keeping space between each other with the tension high and thick as no one could trust each other and Samus and Snake headed to the entrance.
"We shouldn't be in groups with our closest friends." Lucina pointed out, every word able to cause further chaos treading over a thin rope. "Emotions can cloud too easy." Although not happy about it, Lucina had a point and the group reformed with the only ones exempt of the new rule being Ganondorf, Zelda and Link with Meta Knight joining them. Still the proposal was problematic as both groups mostly formed out of friendships and family ties to begin with. "Team C come in."
"Team C here, did it smoke up there too?"
"Yes, Team C we need you at the ventilation access point now, we have a problem situation."
"On our way, we're actually really close."
Pichu rushed to the double doors opening via Master Hand having opened via him and the Pokémon tumbled out fervently squeaking and making 'Pi' noises.
"Pichu I can't-"
"Pi, Pi!"
Master Hand sighed, there was no use. Pichu tried anyway. The door opened again and in fright, Pichu zapped again wrecking the talking device MH had floating beside him having lowered himself closer to the ground just as someone had tried to say something. Pichu started to utterly bawl trying to apologize. MH was relieved to see Palutena come through the doors and the others with her leaving Pichu to sulk after him sniffling careful not to come into contact and floating a little higher to make himself unreachable for Pichu.
"Pika!" The group jumped apart as their device got fried too but not from Pichu but Pikachu standing behind them with a smile scratching his ear.
"Pikachu, what the –Ow!" His pinky twitched as Pikachu shocked it jumping over Mega Man in the Pokémon's way. "Always the pinky… But you're not Pikachu even though Pikachu is just as rude to me as everyone else here. Everyone run." Pikachu's eyes narrowed, the smile tweaking up a little as Master Hand attacked but the Pokémon evaded and the group reluctant to just leave though Master Hand was not to be kidded around with when serious. Pikachu jumped up a tree instead in fancy leaps throwing everyone off. Inkling backed up with Palutena while the other smashers stayed as Pikachu, unless that thing had more tricks up its sleeve, wouldn't be strong enough to take them all on. Pikachu leapt all the way to the top, their eyes widening as the aim became clear being the power line and through Mega Man's shot, having purposefully raced right into it, Pikachu got just the burst the Pokémon needed trading wounds for it catapulted on it. Iron tail slashed the lines in seconds and Pikachu throbbed in a ball of electric power as the lines came down in seconds yet ever so slowly with one in Pikachu's. A giant bang erupted as electricity flooded the area utterly destroying Master Hand and the smashers, the tremors causing Palutena and Inkling to stumble and fall.
The smashers now in new groups stopped in their tracks at the rumble, the power cutting out in the mansion as the room without windows turned dark lighting back up in a few seconds as the back-up generator lit a few designate areas dimly. Samus and Snake growled as calling back up from the people they know respectively was out the window now.
Pikachu smiled stepping past the charred smoking bodies, hopping back into the mansion on all fours, front doors left open.
Marth glanced to his right hand covered in a glove as was the other, a little regret flickering in his eyes. Maybe he should have at least let Master Hand known but asking for the device that Robin currently carried and asking to be left alone for a moment out of earshot would be suspicious. Plus the others would hear it too. "Hey can we check in with Master Hand? Maybe he's seen Pikachu."
"Sure." Robin replied, the group of for including Corrin and Hero coming to a stop. "Master Hand, come in." Silence greeted them, knots forming in stomachs. "Master Hand?" Still nothing. "Has anyone seen Master Hand or Pikachu?" A round of No's followed to either question.
"Let's just keep looking then." Marth sighed taking the lead.
Palutena panted rushing away from the entrance with inkling going down with a squeak as Pikachu was hot on their heels zapping it while Inkling shot some paint at the Pokémon in the fall partially blinding it. Roy, Chrom, Little Mac and Cloud almost smacked into them, Palutena trying to explain in gasps. "It's Pikachu and Master Hand is dead!" Their eyes wandered to Pikachu and Inkling facing off further down, Pikachu constantly sparking if not charging the whole the body making a punch or kick one heck of a risky move.
"Maybe Crazy can open the cuffs!" Roy suggested.
"Go find Crazy!" Chrom replied.
"Are we splitting the group?" Cloud questioned.
"We have to end this. Everyone, it's Pikachu!"
Palutena and Roy took off, a rather risky maneuver but the other three dashed towards Inkling to finally put an end to it. Pikachu's smile suddenly dropped the three coming to a stop where Inkling and the Pokémon circled each other, the Pokémon's eyes widening and movement jagged before screaming shaking the head again and again. The four glanced at each other unsure what to do as Pikachu circled around the own body squealing with 'Pika' thrown in, eyes screaming for help glancing to them in between.
"Is Pikachu fighting it!?" 'Why did no one else before? Was everyone else too weak?' Little Mac gasped.
"You can do it Pikachu, kick that monster out!" Cloud tried to encourage.
"Inkling get Pikachu's sight blocked with the paint, I'll knock him out." Chrom whispered, Inkling nodding to the request dousing the Pokémon in paint and the swordsman dashed forward closing the gap, ready with the pommel but with a fat grin appearing Pikachu whipped around with lightning speed tackling Chrom, paw landing on the exposed shoulder with a smile. Pikachu dropped dead, Chrom pivoting on the spot and beheaded Inkling as all three had inched closer.
"Pikachu never fought, it was an act!" Cloud snarled stumbling back with Little Mac, a bloody Chrom smiling at them with his boot on Inkling's head stopping it from rolling away. With a smirk, the boot stepped down and pulled back kicking Inkling's head into Cloud's face with quite the force, a move neither saw coming. Cloud shuddered internally, the head smashing into his face with a slight squished noise yet bruised his face blood sprinkling on to him as he stumbled back and Chrom lunged forward ducking out of a punch from Little Mac slashing Cloud's heels. The head slightly rolled away, Cloud biting down a scream dropping on all fours and Little Mac quickly placed himself between him and circling Chrom with the sword dripping with blood.
"Where is everyone?" Toon Link narrowed his eyes, the trio creeping into the room to find it empty with the power shot for the most as with the rest of the mansion. With a yelp everyone jumped back as Luigi appeared from behind a desk, the trio's lower height and crouching along furniture having hidden them and Toon Link had the blade pointed at the man, all of them calming down realizing who they met. "Luigi why are you alone?"
"Everyone forgot about me!" Luigi sighed sadly.
"You can come with us." Lucas offered. "I don't really know where we're going…"
"Have you seen Crazy or Master Hand?"
"No, nobody is here anymore."
"Let's join up with others." Toon Link suggested. There was no way Lucas would agree to wait and stay in here alone though he did compose himself a little.
"Take that!" Cloud growled managing to grab Chrom fighting with Little Mac tripping the blue haired guy as the blonde's blade had been kicked out of his grasp in between. Chrom fell straight on his face, grip remaining strong on the blade but the talking device slipped out sliding over the floor. "Warn everyone quickly and tell them to come here Little Mac!" Little Mac went for it but growled at himself having to remove a boxing glove first, Cloud grunting as Chrom smashed his boot into his face. Chrom jumped to his feet, Little Mac's hand closing around it just as Chrom slammed his boot down on his hand causing him to drop it again and reeling back. The boot came again, smashing the thing to pieces. Cloud bit his lip dragging himself to his sword but Chrom caught him moving out of the corner of his eyes abandoning his focus on Little Mac and kicked Cloud in the ribs sending him into a coughing fit curling up. 'Why isn't he killing me!? He could've done it multiple times now!' Little Mac narrowed his eyes, fist raised careful to only strike with the gloved hand but even then the close range caused an enormous problem. The boxing man dodged a swipe quickly, eyes glancing over his shoulder to Inkling's beheaded body cropped up and idea coming to mind. Little Mac dodged again swiftly back backing up and grabbing the pain gun with his none gloved hand. Chrom dashed aside the paint barely missing him purposefully passing Cloud but Cloud yanking himself forward tripping him again lashing out with his arm with a grin, Chrom glaring at him. Little Mac dashed for Cloud's sword and tossed it to him, Cloud catching it and dragging himself onto Chrom blocking with his own as Cloud smirked. With his legs slashed unable to walk there was no way that monster would choose going into him and even if it did, it was easy game for Little Mac then. Cloud grunted as a knee smashed into already bruised ribs, the men pushing against each other on the floor with Cloud kind of halfway over him but not completely allowing the rib kick. Chrom did it again, cloud's grip loosening as he choked and Chrom quickly pushed him aside, blade tips scratching over the floor and his elbow from his free hand smashed into Cloud's face as Chrom completely pulled out with a smirk and panting slightly. Little Mac's fist missed the spine due to the scuffle instead hitting his shoulder but still causing Chrom to stumble as Cloud shook his head with his eye swelling greatly and Chrom quickly retaliated slicing Little Mac through the glove and over the hand taking one and a half fingers in the process. Little Mac pushed down a scream only to grit his teeth for another one as Chrom suddenly launched his sword instead embedding it into Little Mac's chest, the swordsmen panting with smile as the blade tilted down from the weight and the deep wound brought Little Mac to his knees the fighter's vision hazing and pain surged through his veins. A shaky hand reached for the hilt but Chrom moved behind him kicking the smasher in the back forcing the blade deeper in as Little Mac couldn't hold back the choked blood curdling scream. Chrom pushed the Little Mac's limp body sideways yanking out the blade form the corpse and turned back to cloud glaring at him. Cloud's lips bled from his own bite, Chrom crushing his hand and casting the blade aside causing more slashing wounds but no killing blow. Grabbing cloud by the hair with the bloody sword in the sheath, Chrom dragged Cloud closer to a wall, kneeling down before his hand shoved into the deeper slash wound Cloud unable to hold it down with his eyes reflecting the searing pain. With a grin, the monster's blood dripping hand slid over the wall making line after another, hand shoved in again and again Cloud drowning in pain slowly dying, shaking wide open ripped eyed moving to the wall seeing line after line made like a tally as his vision blurred again and again.
"Crazy, we need your help!" Roy waved at the glove zooming towards them with Dark Samus abruptly stopping but not happy about it at all swiveling to them with his fingers twitching having almost rushed past them. "The cuffs need to come off you need to try to open them. Crazy remained silent but poked the cuffs with the bulky screen middle piece with his pointing finger before swiveling around again and zipping off. "The-Eep!" Palutena had instantly fallen asleep upon Crazy's touch no doubt a booby trap by Master Hand programmed in and the woman landed on Roy before he could react with her boobs squished into his face, both lying on the floor with Roy stuck under the taller female.
Crazy and Dark Samus came to a stop near the entrance faced with the scene of a three dead smashers and Chrom huddled against the wall hugging his legs covered in blood with a tally of 120 with every tic in blood on the wall. "It was in Pikachu…"
"WHeRe iS BroTHeR?" Chrom pointed down to the entrance, the door ajar though the smell of charred flesh still lingered. Crazy loomed over Chrom remaining with his face buried and the glove turned around to rush outside, Chrom springing up from his huddled position and barely managing to touch Crazy, his fingers brushing over him. Crazy immediately stopped turning to Dark Samus and obliterated her with a snap of his fingers swiveling to the wall and adding two more tics. Snake and Samus stopped seeing Crazy with his bloody finger heading away from the entrance and the glove dropped bombs without warning, the duo having to leap back to not get caught, the mansion quaking and trembling. Crazy remained still for moment but didn't attack vanishing instead leaving Snake and Samus quite confused. The floor contaminated a carter, the cracks on the walls climbing upward and frozen in motion.
"I have a feeling Master Hand isn't by the entrance anymore…" Snake growled.
"We have to check anyway, let's go."
"Help!"
"Roy?" Link raised an eyebrow, the group coming to a stop by Roy struggling to get a snoozing Palutena off with his face flushed red to match his hair.
"Pervert…" Zelda muttered, Roy trying to counter but his voice came muffled. With a roll of his eyes Ganondorf helped Link get her off, the bigger man hoisting the green haired lady over his shoulder, Roy gasping and sitting up.
"Thank you! Master Hand is dead and we tried to undo the cuffs with Crazy but it sent her to sleep instead!"
"Master Hand is dead!? Impossible!" Ganondorf exclaimed.
"He is, she saw it! I think…"
"You're not even sure…" Zelda sighed. "Either way, we still have the triforce and Palutena is a sitting duck, we need to hide her somewhere until this is over."
"Or have her leave…" Link thought aloud.
"Leave?"
"Yeah, that thing is rampaging through the mansion."
"Have you forgotten the wall we have seen outside?"
"What if we fly her over?" Link smiled.
"With what?" Ganondorf growled.
"Rathalos!" Link proudly replied. "He's always here; he's one of the pets. Come on guys, off we go!"
Snake and Samus skidded to stop horrified yet used to the bloody sight at this point with a beheaded Inkling, Cloud, Little Mac and Chrom sprawled dead on the floor and a bloody tally of 122 on the wall. "That fucking monster…" Snake growled, the two continuing on through the grisly sight only to find the charred bodies outside the entrance almost stepping in the radius of the downed power line still sparking here and there. "Everyone stay away from the fucking power line. Master Hand is dead along with Chrom and Palutena's group but Sheik is missing."
"Palutena is still alive." Zelda replied.
"That doesn't leave many of us left…" Samus snarled. "But we still have their magic thing…"
Lucina, Ike and Villager skidded to stop as Crazy barreled through the ceiling almost smushing them.
"I feel like that's not surprising behavior with crazy…" Lucina muttered rather new to the roster but Crazy's antics were famous. Without warning, Crazy zipped forward and Poked Villager in the face who slightly stumbled back from the poke before swiveling around and chucking his axe into Lucina's back, her cry choked from her own blood falling on the floor and her sword clattering to the side. Villager with Lucina's blood sprayed over him stared at Ike, axe tightly gripped and that regular creepy smile on the face.
"Well that puts the axe murderer joke in new context…" Ike muttered stepping back as he knew there was no way to help Lucina in her last dying breaths. Entire group shad fallen to this thing and even though Ike would never ever admit it, he was scared right now. Would he even win the battle? Could he win the battle? What were even the odds right now? Ike wasn't one to run but now it even looked tactical at least with villager after his ass everyone would know it was Villager unless they thought the monster was the one running. The axe came down, Ike barely dodging deflecting the attack a little with his blade and with no room for thoughts, the young man took off.
"Thanks Luigi." Ness smiled, grumbling at himself for doing it as it pulled on his cheek that Luigi had patched up a little as best as he could having learned a little from Mario.
"Alright, let's- eep!" Toon Link jumped back, Jason leaning against a desk out of the blue, cap covering his face and the arms folded.
"How long have you been standing there?"'Ow…' Ness narrowed his eyes again regretting to not leave the talking to the others.
"I've been hanging around here." Jason muttered quietly. "I'm useless now without my pokemon…"
"You're not useless!" Lucas suddenly blurted.
"I have an idea!" Toon Link smiled. "We'll grab a weapon or two for you from the storage room for the smash fights. In the fights there are the safeties in place but not outside the fight."
"That's a good idea!" Luigi agreed.
"Come on!" Lucas smiled grabbing the sullen teen's wrist.
"Sheik!?"
"I'm alone because those bozos forgot about me when I was in the bathroom!" Sheik replied having been with Chrom and the other two until she had been forgotten.
"You speaking of toilets, I just remembered we forgot Falcon in one and accidentally ditched him…" Ike grimaced.
"Villager, huh?"
"Yes!"
"Or you."
"I hate this…"
"I'm kidding, I saw Lucina's back wound."
"You're joking now!?"
"Just trying to improve the mood… You know we should really go for the triforce wish now. And maybe make it a double wish while we're at it."
"Yeah" Ike agreed glancing over his shoulder just to see Villager right behind them but suddenly making a turn stopping with chasing them. "Am I seeing things now?"
"No… he just stopped…"
"Where is he going now?" Ike asked the question both wondered. "Give chase?"
"Rathalos, here boy!" Link cooed, the group looking around the plant garden like habitat room with a hint of a jungle touch yet organized and laid out, double door leading through a bit more to the mansion appropriately wide and high before leading outside. Rathalos suddenly darted out from behind foliage with a roar stopping farther incredibly close with the tail swinging back and forth in an agitated fashion as he had noticed something was going on in the mansion.
"Easy there boy." Zelda softly spoke petting hi nose.
"Alright get her on and out of here." Ganondorf grumbled tired of carrying Palutena still deeply asleep.
"OW!" Their heads turned to Roy shaking his arm as the a little snappy crocodile creature had leapt at him, biting and refusing to let go as the teen shook his arm. "Let go! OW!" Roy growled dashing to the entry door and sticking his arm out pulling it and effectively managing to shave off the attacker plopping down on the floor and jumping against the strong double glass door with a snap. "Take that!" Roy stuck his tongue childishly and the creature scurried off after few snaps, more in a biting mood than usual though it bit anyone anytime. Other real helpers in battles were called in with pre notice for smash battles as no one besides the crocodile creature, burrowing snagret, starfy, and Rathalos resided here. Master Hand had an impressive hologram and robot array. "Why do we let this thing almost free range as a pet here…"
"Get over here and help! Meta Knight, please accompany Rathalos to the wall." Rathalos lowered himself for them, Palutena on his back and tied on with Rathalos' nearby leash.
"Alright boy, get her far away from here and protect her." Zelda commanded, Rathalos standing up and turning to the opening double doors with roar. Starfy shyly hopped over to them, afraid of the chaos that had unfolded and Zelda picked it up while the snagret showed up behind them deciding to stick with them and follow.
Villager smiled knowingly entering the storage room, Rathalos roar echoing through the building. 'Clever but I know what you're doing.' His eyes shifted to the robotic helper currently offline stopping at star man. The smile pulled into a smirk activation star man, first commanding it to blow a path to outside the mansion, Rathalos almost crossing over the rock ring. With another command, star man started shooting at Rathalos relentlessly, the monster wyvern screeching and roaring being shot and wounded unable to dodge the relentless barrage pummeling down as his wings got heavily targeted.
"Was that Rathalos!?" Link gasped, the group having just left the vast room.
Rathalos roared in pain, the next shot piercing through his eyes as the creature crashed down with life leaving him and his body crushing Palutena beneath into a bloody mess with Meta Knight crashing to the ground, his right wing wrecked in the assault but having survived. Villager destroyed star man with the axe before turning back into the mansion through the path he made himself.
"Zelda, I think it's time we cash in that wish." Link growled, the others agreeing.
"Let's meet up with Marth first."
"Hey we should use the robots too…" Toon Link slowed, the group face with Villager coming out of the room sprinkled in blood and smiling per usual. Without a word, the blood covered smasher turned around, taking smash bomb out the bag in his left hand containing more bombs and tossed into the room quickly dashing away as did the group as the room behind them combusted in a matter of seconds causing a tremor to shiver through the building accompanied with a earsplitting boom as debris rained down after the explosion, the mansion caving it at the spot.
"Run everyone!" Toon Link yelled, his ears still ringing staggering to his feet with the ruined storage smoking and burning under the debris.
"What do you think you're doing!?" Jason yelled barely having heard him seeing Toon Link motioning for them to run while he stood between them and rising villager having hit the deck and come out with minimal scraps too. "Forget it!" However Toony didn't get to fight as Villager turned to the rubble consuming a super mushroom also taken from the storage room and started climbing over it away with ease with the bomb bag.
"Hey get back here asshole!" Toon Link yelled receiving no reply. "Growing big will fuck you over, we'll see you from anywhere…. Anywhere but here right now…"
"Come on!" Toony got yanked out of his grumbling by Jason grabbing his wrist. "All smashers know about the triforce from Link, Zelda and Ganondorf that monster will head for them to stop our one comeback option! It went for storage room too cutting off any help, same with why the power is down! That thing is smart and Zelda, Link and Ganondorf won't wait around with the wish anymore!"
"Marth, we're coming to your group! Where are you now?" Zelda announced.
"Where did the explosion come from and can you see Rathalos anywhere?" Samus shouted, the two thinking they had heard Rathalos, the explosion definitely not a trick on their minds. Snake currently floated up a bit with his device, both upstairs to get a better view as a part of the mansion had crumbled and the floors and floors shaken as if touched by an earthquake. Samus had outright blown a hole through the roof for Snake to float through.
"Explosion is sto-"Snake's eyes widened seeing a larger than usual villager near the storage room.
"Snake answer!"
"Got a supersized villager near storage and Rathalos is dead in the grass!"
"Damn it!" Samus growled, Snake coming down again. "Does villager look suspicious?
"Hard to tell but Pikachu isn't it anymore."
"IT'S VILLAGER!" Toon Link's voice shouted through the device answering their question.
"Wanna take down a bigger than usual villager?" Snake offered, Samus nodding and the two taking off going over the partially caved in roof careful of their footing as they rushed along.
Villager wasn't fazed in the slightest seeing Samus and Snake come at him from the corner of his as the monster headed towards Zelda and co having glimpsed the on the ground level. With a smirk, Villager reached into the back with two no clue what it contained and tossed another smash bomb at his approaching pursuers catching them off guard. The bomb exploded collapsed more of the mansion and Samus' eyes widened as her feet lost footing, the structure under her feet breaking and the crashing rubble of the collapsing section burying the female. Snake managed to fly up but still caught in the blast got violently thrown through the air suffering burns and only managing a rough landing toppling down the heap of debris.
"An earthquake!?" Link gasped as the ground trembled and all their heads turned to the direction another explosion resonating.
"Hey, that's falcon coming out way." Ganondorf remarked as the smasher neared running at top speed. Zelda suddenly screamed as an axe embedded in her spine, Villager having come up behind them darting out of a room. Zelda brutally fell to the floor, the axe right in her spine paralyzing the princess gasping with excruciating spine and suddenly Falcon dashed down from the other side straight at the Villager, foist ablaze with shouted falcon punch as the man no nothing to fear from touch being heavily clothed with almost no skin exposed save foe some inches in the face. Villager remained smiling, rather battered having added routes the mansion in super size at the cost of his own body and pulled out a gun hidden under shirt and in pants from the storage room murdering Falcon in one shot as the laser blasted through his head rendering the helmet useless. Falcon dropped midair, Link rushing to Zelda with Ganondorf behind him but Link stumbled back avoiding the teeth of none other hand the highly aggressive tiny crocodile creature snapping at anyone and anything that moved. With erratic movements it leapt on, teeth sinking into Villager's face with lightning speed as Zelda tried to push out the ax with Naryu's love screaming in pain. Villager dropped dead, the creature latched onto Link in seconds with no time to react and Link from eyes widening in shock narrowed in glee smiling sadistically. Link dashed forward, ruining Zelda's painfully gained progress by slamming it back in and kicking her in the face before turning to Ganondorf as the talking device piped up with a voice none other than Marth having slid on the floor from Zelda's fall. Both males dashed for it, Ganon going for landing punch but Link crouched down literally tripping Ganondorf over himself snatching the device.
"On our way Marth, keep coming." Link replied the device quiet again and before Ganondorf could shout or Zelda see straight again let alone put together words Link's boot crushed it. "Aw, I know his secret now and about the second triforce. Guess I'll have to play with Marth right away. It'll be fun, he has such a painful past." Link's lips pulled into a bigger grin seeing Zelda glare at him but the girl had s mile of her own.
'Marth-' Her thoughts swirled Link's boot kicked her in the head again. Link's smirk dropped as Roy having been overlooked and caught the in surprise tossed bombs so they wouldn't hit the floor and go off carefully setting them down sliced his shoulder as the Hylian just swiveled around in time to block a death blow and Ganondorf closed in with a grin with his fist ablaze with magic. Along with those to the snagret burrowing up while starfy tried to help with the ax as Zelda couldn't put a thought together anymore. Link snarled utterly cornered suffering another slice to the side and part if the punch as he pushed out and ended Zelda with slash to the throat, smile widening as his hand glowed with two pieces of the triforce pulling out one of the three bombs Link had carried throwing it right into snagret's mouth as it shot out in front of him with the beak open wide. The bomb rolled down as snagret choked unable to get it out and it set off sending everyone diving away while Link also grabbed the bag with the bombs, the blast letting the walls jitter besides slinging snagret chunks everywhere sticking to the walls. The walls weren't able to take the abuse, caving in with chunks of the second floor coming down separating Ganondorf and Roy having dashed out of the way leaving Ganondorf with Link happy about the outcome. Starfy's wrecked body laid beside a lifeless Zelda.
"We're coming for you! Like some stupid little rubble will slow me down, takes like five minute sto get around… Hey Meta Knight." Roy looked over his shoulder to Meta Knight having caught up again.
"Just like every time, isn't it?" Link smiled.
"You know with just a monster left now, I get a saving the day ribbon on top of the triforce." Ganondorf replied with smile of his own and the two clashed.
'What did Zelda want to tell me?' Marth thought to himself as the group dashed along joined suddenly by Ike and Sheik. He didn't like that feeling either having no clue what it meant.
"Oh hey guys, where are you running to?" Ike asked, panting.
"To Zelda's group."
"And regrettably towards the explosions." Robin added.
Samus gritted her teeth together, the suit having protected her but absolutely covered in rubble. There was no way to get out with the suit; she couldn't lift the mini mountain or her. Her eyes darted sideways to her arm having tucked both close to her head. Maybe she had a chance with one shot and she'd lose her armor. Taking deep breath and steeling herself with determination, Samus released the stored blast, the armor breaking apart as the tunnel burned into the debris, Samus pulling herself out as fast as she could as everything caved around her suit, the young woman barely pulling out sporting bruised and scarps with her zero suit not in the best shape as her armor mixed with the debris, the blonde dragging herself along the blasted tunnel the intense heat had carved. Eyes burning with revenge, Aran crawled out staggering to her feet with her smaller gun and whip ready at her side, panting as she marched on ahead wanting to see nothing more than that monster being torn limb from limb.
"Now that's how it's supposed to end every time, isn't it Ganondorf?" Link chuckled, the Master Sword through Ganondorf's gut sticking out of the taller ones back as his throat was filled with own blood only able to sputter glaring at the monster in Hylian skin. Link yanked it out, Ganondorf falling to the floor to the floor and Link grinned at his glowing hand as Meta Knight and Roy poked out from behind the rubble climbing over. "Time for a big wish."
Marth unintentionally slowed as that felling creeped through his veins again, eye shifting to his right sword wielding hand.
"Are you oaky?" Robin asked with concern.
"I'm okay!" Marth smiled sweetly picking up the pace again as in his mind he started he wished for the monster's ultimate destruction and every smasher back but a cod shudder an down his spine seeing Link stand by Ganondorf corpse as they rounded the corner with smile. 'It didn't work!?' "I-" Marth's eyes widened, choking as his throat set ablaze with pain causing him to come to a stumbling stop and almost keel over, Ike quickly giving supported as Link's smile tugged closer.
"Guess, you'll have to wish harder than that now." Link laughed displaying the glowing triforce hand.
"I wi-" Marth tried again refusing to give up, throat constricted from searing pain.
Meta Knight waved his sword frantically back and forth trying to stop a sneaking determined Roy both on Link's side now but the red head didn't waver from his idea while the other smashers attacked in a flurry managing to though triforce powered badly wound Link even with holding the triforce but not with nosing Hero, Corrin and Robin. Link smirked managing to grab Sheik by the hair and slamming her down, hand brushing her cheek. Link dropped dead between the other corpses, but Sheik's hand didn't glow up with the triforce snuffed out completely with Link. "Boom time!" Roy grinned having proudly holding the bomb bag and tossing it into the air with smile, Meta Knight audibly frustrated rushing away with Roy hightailing it away with Marth and co the way they came as did Sheik though Meta Knight swiveled around and tripped her causing a gap between them and Sheik darted into different direction away from the impeding explosion. The bag landed on the rubble, giant explosion shaking the entire ground utterly collapsing the mansion the spot and the pile of rubble got thrown up with the chunks raining down again afterward, the wreckage spreading further stopping just steps away from the group dashing for their lives.
"Are you crazy!?" Ike gasped, panting as another chunk came down just meter away.
"That's where the boom came from where are you going!?" Toon Link yelled.
"I heard Ike yell!" Jason shouted back, the bunch following leading Jason to Marth and co battling with their heads spinning with thoughts and hearts throbbing with pain the friends lost. Marth remained silent, beating himself up internally that he hadn't acted on the first feeling.
"Sheik should h-ha-" Marth grit his teeth trying to start again but unable to gasping for breath.
"Save it for now, we'll figure something out to stop that curse and get everyone back." Roy patted his back. 'I think it's a curse, has to be magic…'
"Can we come up with something now please; I don't think the mansion is very structurally sound." Ike pointed out.
"Master Hand safe, it's unbreakable and we can go from there!" Toon Link suggested just as a furious Sheik with slasher smile leapt into sight and her chain almost snatched his throat stopped by Meta Knight wrapping around his sword instead followed by a flurry of needles at the group kicking tem back into motion.
"Suddenly care about your friends again!?" Sheik yelled at the group pulling back Meta Knight with the chain.
"We know you have the speed to get away!" Roy countered knowing the statement was supposed to cut him the most. Marth tried to turn around back to Meta Knight, lips sitting snarl but Ike grabbed his wrist, grip tightly closed yanking the prince along.
"The finale will be really fun…" Sheik panted, Meta Knight stabbed with his sword covered in needles, bloody chain quickly rolled up again.
"Wow, you came out of now-"
"Where is it!?" Samus snarled, panting, the group having gone to the safe and Snake just arrived at the closing door too.
"In-"
"Shut it!" Roy growled, dragging Jason further inside clamping his mouth shut while Ike quickly yanked Samus in and Marth pulled in an unsuspecting Snake, the fighters pushing them back and rushing forward slamming the large vault safe easily fitting them all shut locking it from the inside surround by a some money.
"Tell me!" Samus growled having Roy by the scruff shaking him.
"In Sheik." Marth answered leaned against the safe wall, eyes closed as he wallowed in his own failure. He lost his friends again. Watching them die. Failing to protect them. He wanted to cry but couldn't in front of them instead loathing himself as the bloody parts of his past flashed by in his mind mixing with Link's grinning face at him before becoming a corpse. He didn't do it back then having befriended the triforce wielder yet his two friends had died anyway afraid before they had the chance to grow old instead slaughtered by a monster wearing their face. Being released from Samus, Roy's head dropped on his shoulder knowing without a word what his adoptive brother went through and battle with on the inside now.
"What, are we just going to hide?" Samus growled.
"For now yes, you really sure can just off that thing wearing Sheik?" Ike pointed out.
"I should tell you al-"
"Marth, take break…" Roy sighed. "I'll tell them. For those that don't know, Marth has triforce too. It has to do with our past but basically he an entire triforce but that thing must have found out when taking Link collected the other two when murdering Zelda and Ganondorf."
"Marth's voice… it's kind of busted… so right now the triforce solution won't work and just thinking that thing dead and everyone back isn't working either, he tried it." Ike added and Marth yet again tried assuring protesting Roy that the more he pushed it slowly got better, the prince biting down the immense pain. Though better at an incredibly slow rate.
"Let's just take at least a few minutes to catch our breath." Snake spoke up, leaning against the vault wall himself. "We all want revenge Samus but they have point too. We'll have to leave eventually for water and food and before we're too weak the lack of that for fighting." Samus didn't reply sitting down against the wall with her arms crossed, chiding herself silently to move so sit down abruptly as her body was covered in scraps.
"Hey there, someone come play tag! I'm bored out here!" Sheik's voice bellowed with laugh, a wrench banged against the metal. "Hey Marth, how is your voice coming along?" No one answered to Sheik, silence returning outside the vault but not for along as Sheik turns out had left for a while and went to a fridge grabbing herself some chocolate pudding and spoon sitting down in front of the vault eating and waiting. "Who the fuck likes tapioca pudding!? Oh wait… I know… Oh Maaarth! I'm coming for you, twice as hard now!"
Hello, quick note here if you come across Melinda it's probably confusing cuz this is English and later I used the Isabelle name. Quick clarification, I have the language set to german on smash so if you find Melinda that's where it's from. Second note, Marth's triforce thing is tied to the fire emblem loz crossover I started years ago and had on hold cuz their pasts in the smash stories is based off that. Hope that cleared any confusion.