Chapter Seven: First Attacks
Author's note: Okay, so I finally got this updated. (I blame school and Brisingr. Brisingr is good. Enjoy the story. P.S. Thanks for all the reviews!)
"Surprised to see me?" Roy asked, smirking.
"What are you doing?" Marth demanded. "The villains are attacking the Mansion!"
"I know; I'm one of them."
"What are you talking about?"
"Stop denying it Marth. The truth is right in front of you. I'm a villain now."
Indeed, Roy was very different from the incendiary kid Marth had become friends with. It wasn't just his new, dark apparel that was different though; his whole attitude was radically different. It was the way he sneered at Marth, seeming to look down on him even though the Altean prince was taller. Only one word could express the maelstrom of emotions raging inside Marth, and it only conveyed half of what he felt.
"Traitor," Marth hissed.
"Is that all you can say?" Roy asked.
"Is this because Nintendo dropped you?" Link asked angrily.
"My talents are appreciated now," Roy replied. "I finally get the respect I deserve."
"And you do that by betraying us?"
"What, do you want me to feel guilt? Maybe I wouldn't have joined the villains if you had been better friends. Did you even care enough to send one letter?" Roy eyed them levelly. "Well?"
"What are you after?" Marth asked. "If you want an apology from us, then we're sorry."
Roy scoffed. "I don't want an apology; I want to get my revenge on Nintendo. So do others. Maybe I don't completely agree with the other villains, but I don't mind fighting you."
Roy charged forward, sword ablaze. Marth parried his attack before Roy kicked him in the gut. As Marth stumbled back, Roy moved forward, sword raised to strike Marth. Sheik lashed out with her chain, wrapping it around Marth's sword to hold back his attack. With a swift flick of his wrist, Roy managed to jerk the chain out of Sheik's hands, causing her to stumble forward. Roy winced as two needles bit into the flesh of his arm.
By then Marth had recovered his footing and charged back at Roy. Roy blocked most of his attacks. Marth lunged forward as Roy moved to the side, Falchion barely grazing his side.
"You guys go ahead," Marth said. "I can handle Roy. Others need your help more than me."
Link hesitated. Marth and Roy were fairly even fighters, but they knew each others' fighting style intimately. After all the time they had spent training together, they had developed very close fighting styles. That could easily play to either Marth's or Roy's advantage.
"Just go," Marth said.
Link sighed and rushed outside, followed by Sheik. "Are you sure you don't need help?" Ike asked.
Marth nodded. "I can handle Roy."
Ike shrugged and ran outside.
"Looks like it's just you and me," Roy said.
"I'll finish you off traitor."
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Samus fired energy shots and missiles at the red robots surrounding the mansion. An ear-piercing shriek split the sky. The bounty huntress looked up, and her heart skipped a beat. Cerulean eyes narrowed in anger. Ridley.
The black dragon shrieked again and swooped down towards Samus. Charging her arm cannon, Samus rolled under his attack then fired, striking Ridley in the back. The dragon screeched in anger as it turned around to attack Samus.
As she rolled into her morph ball form, Ridley picked her up in his claws, flew up into the sky, and dropped her. Samus hit the ground like a basketball, bouncing back into the sky. She came out of her morph ball form, landing on her back, temporarily stunned.
Ridley grabbed Samus in his claws and flew up into the sky. Samus freed both her arms and fired several shots at the dragon. They were ineffective. She needed a more powerful blast. Ridley grasp tightened around body. What would hurt more: falling to the ground or being crushed to death? She took a deep breath and fired her powerful final smash attack. Ridley shrieked in agony as he released his grasp on Samus.
As Samus fell down towards the ground, her power suit malfunctioned, falling off her. She watched with grim satisfaction as Ridley flew off, seriously injured. If she was in her power suit, she would survive the fall with moderate injuries. But only in her zero-suit…
Something flashed in her peripheral vision. Kirby swooped under her on a warp star. Samus grabbed Kirby's stubby arm and swung herself behind him. "Thanks, Kirb," she muttered, pulling out her plasma whip. An explosion hit the warp star, knocking Kirby and Samus off. Kirby floated gently to the ground, but Samus was not so lucky. She was close enough to the ground that she was not too badly hurt. However, she landed roughly on her right arm. Samus cried out in pain as agony coursed through her arm.
"Samus, poyo poyo?" Kirby asked. Samus are you okay? The pink puffball landed next to Kirby.
"I'm fine," Samus said, sitting up slowly. She experimentally flexed her arm. Wincing in pain, she gently rubbed it. "Maybe not."
The attacks seemed to be lessening. At least in the area around them. "Poyo!" Kirby exclaimed. Look! Samus followed his gaze and saw Luigi and Yoshi lying in an unconscious heap at the side of the mansion. Well, Luigi was out cold, Yoshi flailed under the plumber. Kirby floated over to them. "Poyo poyo!" Wake up!
Luigi moaned, but remained unconscious. Yoshi squirmed out from beneath Luigi. "Yoshi, what happened?" Samus asked.
"Wapoh, wap," Yoshi said. Bowser attacked. He took Peach.
"Poyo poyo la?" Kirby asked. Where's Mario?
Yoshi pointed towards the other side of the mansion.
"We'd better go rescue Mario," Samus said, cocking her gun. She winced as pain jolted through her right arm.
"Wapoh?" Yoshi asked. Are you okay?
"I'm fine," Samus said through gritted teeth.
"You don't look fine," Meta Knight commented, flying over to join them.
"I'm a warrior; we're under attack. I can deal with it. There are more pressing matters than my arm." She ran towards the other side of the mansion.
"Poyo poy," Kirby called, floating after Samus. Come on
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"Where'd all these robots come from?" Link asked, swinging his sword. He took out five of the red and green robots. A blue blur flashed in his peripheral vision as Sonic quickly disposed of three robots. "Hey Sonic, do you know where these robots are from?"
"These are Eggman's robots," Sonic replied, taking out another four.
"Who's Eggman?"
"My nemesis"
Link turned to see how Ike and Sheik were faring. Ike threw his sword up in the air, leapt up to catch it, and flipped down, performing his signature move: Aether. Sheik meanwhile wove her way in between the robots, taking them out gracefully. Link turned back as six robots swarmed around him. Executing his spin attack, Link took them out.
"Hello Sonic," a sinister voice said. A man in a hover chair floated down towards Sonic. He was round and short, wearing black pants and red coat. He also had a large, orange mustache.
"Eggman," Sonic hissed. "I should have known you were behind this in some way."
"True, I am helping Bowser and the other villains in this quest for world domination."
"Do you really think your plan will succeed?" Sonic asked. "I've beaten you multiple times."
"You sound very arrogant," Eggman said. "I guess I'll have to put a stop to it." Eggman pressed a button on his hover chair, and it transformed into a giant robot.
Oh snap, Sonic thought as one of its hands rocketed quickly towards him. He leapt out of the way and proceeded to attack Eggman. The robot took the damage without giving much ground. Eggman was improving his robot designs; Sonic had to give him that.
"Need some help?" Link called, spin attacking some robots.
"I think I can handle it," Sonic replied. However, Eggman's attacks were getting faster and Sonic was quickly tiring. He had already taken out the majority of Eggman's forces.
"Chaos Blast!" a voice exclaimed as one of Eggman's attacks headed straight towards Sonic. The explosion sent Eggman's robot flying back.
"Thanks Shadow," Sonic said. The black hedgehog said nothing in reply, but gathered more chaos energy around himself. A young warrior with long green hair and bright blue eyes wove in and out of the robots, her katana slicing cleanly through the robots. She wore a long blue dress with slits in the skirt up to mid-thigh.
"Thank you, Lyn," Sheik said. Maybe the fighting would go smoother now that the assist trophies were helping. Lyn nodded in acknowledgement to Sheik's comment before rejoining the fray, brandishing her Mani Katti.
"Look out!" Ike called to Sheik, flipping over her to perform Aether on a robot. Sheik whirled around, whipping her chain around a robot. She moved lithely, utilizing her arsenal of hidden weapons.
Link whirled around and saw Ganondorf at the edge of the battle. He managed to work his way over to the Gerudo King. "You," he hissed.
"Hello Link," Ganondorf said. "Do you like our little scheme?"
"It won't work," Link said. "Your plans never do."
"We'll see," Ganondorf said, drawing the blade of light he had stolen from the Sages. Link adjusted his grip on the Master Sword and charged forward.
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Marth fell back, panting heavily. Roy was certainly a good fighter. The two had spent so much time perfecting their technique against each other that they could both anticipate the other's attacks. He readjusted his grip on Falcion. He may be faster than Marth, but Roy was definitely stronger.
"Are you tiring?" Roy taunted. He was breathing heavily as well. "Am I too much for you?"
"Hardly," Marth responded, charging in swiftly at Roy. The two brought their swords together with a resounding clang. Marth feinted left, but Roy anticipated his real strike and blocked Marth's attack.
"You'll have to try something new," Roy said as the Sword of Seals caught on fire. Roy charged forward. Marth blocked his attack, but Roy snaked his foot around Marth's and swept the Altean prince's feet out from under him.
Marth rolled out of the way and barely avoided Roy's next attacks. As he leapt to his feet, he raised his sword to block Roy's incoming attack. However Roy kicked him hard in the knee. Marth stumbled back, rubbing his injured knee.
"You'll have to do better than that," Roy taunted.
Was this the Roy Marth had become friends with? He seemed radically different. Roy had never been this cocky. "Why are you fighting with these villains Roy? You are not evil. We use to be best friends. Why are we fighting? Is your revenge really so important?"
"I'm different now, Marth. You don't understand me anymore." Roy brought their swords together with a clang. Using his strength, Roy easily swept Falchion out of Marth's hands before striking the Altean prince in the back of the head with the flat of his blade. Marth crumpled to the ground, barely remaining conscious. He glared at Roy weakly, his vision darkening.
"Sorry Marth," Roy said, picking up Falchion. "Nice blade. Hope you don't miss it. Without another word, Roy mysteriously vanished.
"Traitor," Marth hissed before giving into blissful oblivion.
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"Damn it," Fox muttered, glancing around the corner as a barrage of alien fire continued to fly in his direction. "I don't see how Samus puts up fighting these guys on a daily basis."
"Simple," Falco replied, firing one shot around the corner before taking cover. "She has an advanced power suit and we got squat. Damn, these suckers put up a tough fight."
"Pika pi!" the yellow mouse Pokémon exclaimed, sending bolts of electricity down the hallway. The Space Pirates who weren't felled by the blast continued firing after recovering from Pikachu's attacks.
"Jigglypuff," Jigglypuff said, opening her mouth to sing.
"Jigglypuff, stop!" Fox exclaimed. "You'll put us to sleep also."
Jigglypuff puffed up in anger, but listened to Fox.
"How else are we going to get out of this situation?" Falco asked.
An army of small red, white, blue, yellow, and purple plant-like things walked through the Space Pirate's fire. Slowly the fire decreased until the pikmin had defeated the last Space Pirate.
"Nice going Olimar!" Fox exclaimed.
The short captain smiled. "Any time." He summoned more pikmin to replace the ones that had fallen in battle.
"Hey!" Captain Falcon exclaimed. "Get outside! That's where most of the fighting is being held."
"Right!" Fox and Falco exclaimed, rushing outside, followed by Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Olimar and Captain Falcon. Immediately they were besieged by an army of robots. "Any idea how to get out of this jam?" Falco asked.
Before Fox could reply the sky seemed to darken. Fox looked up and gasped.
Descending from the Heavens was an enormous army of angels, with Pit at the vanguard of the assault. The angel swooped down next to Fox as the other angles took care of the robots. "Sorry I'm late," Pit said, motioning towards the army of angels. "I had to get some help."
"Perfect timing," Olimar said.
Pit smiled. "Glad to be of service." He grabbed his bow and took to the skies. "Palutena's army, follow me!"
Fox and Falco cocked their guns. "Come on," Fox said. "Let's join Pit in our Arwings and find some trouble to cause."
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Snake followed Lucario around the mansion silently, checking his arsenal of weapons for the perfect choice. "Where are we heading?" he asked the aura Pokémon, who vaguely resemble some Egyptian god. Anubis maybe, he thought. Never did listen to Otocon's history lectures.
"Where we are needed," was the cryptic answer he got. Snake sighed. He then noticed a group of moblins attacking Ness, Lucas, and Red (okay, I know I said that the Pokémon Trainer was Ash in the first chapter, but I decided making him Red would work better. Sorry for any inconvenience. I'm too lazy to change the first chapter right now.) Looks like that was where they were "needed."
"Go Charizard!" Red exclaimed. The dragon-like Pokémon roared as he appeared in front of the moblins. Several stepped back in fear.
"PK Pulse!" Ness said. The green aura of his attack enveloped two moblins, bursting in a brilliant explosion. Lucas cowered behind his two companions. "Lucas, don't just sit there. Do something!"
Lucas shook his head, hands on his head. Snake picked three grenades and threw them at the moblins. "Hey blond Elvis, get up and do something!"
"My name is Lucas!" the angry boy exclaimed, leaping up and flailing his arms. In the process, he accidently PK fired three moblins.
"You could have done that earlier," Ness grumbled.
"I didn't mean to do anything," Lucas replied.
Snake grabbed more grenades and turned around as an army of goombas and koopas approached them. "Great," he muttered. Instead of fighting psychos, he had to fight walking fungi and winged turtles. "The things I do for money. Why on earth did I accept the invitation to fight in Brawl?"
"PK Thunder," Ness said, concentrating on sending a ball of lightning towards the approaching column of goombas.
"There are so many," Lucas wailed.
"So," Red said. "We're stronger. Ivysaur, Squirtle, come out and help Charizard!"
Lucario closed his eyes as a ball of aura energy formed in front of him. He sent it flying towards the goombas. "Any ideas?" the dog-like Pokémon asked.
A group of koopas spontaneously froze. Two figures, one in a blue parka the other in a pink parka, landed near Lucario, hammers drawn. "Ice Climbers to the rescue!" Nana and Popo exclaimed in unison. Their entrance was perfect until Popo fell flat on his face.
"Great," Snake muttered. "Saved by the midgets." Lucario glared at him.
A sinister laugh filled the air. "Wario!" Ness exclaimed.
The fat biker snickered. "Five kids, a Pokémon, and one secret agent. I'd say only two of you really pose a threat."
"You're not so tough," Ness said. "PK Thunder!" The attack struck Wario, knocking him back a ways. He grunted in pain, pulling out a super scope.
"Everybody move!" Ness exclaimed. Lucas started to run, but tripped. Ness ran over to help him. "Get out of the way!" He grabbed Lucas' arm and flung Lucas out of the way. The full charge of Wario's superscope struck him, sending him flying into a tree. The dark-haired boy landed on the ground, unconscious; his trademark baseball cap fell off his head.
"Ness!" Lucas shouted, running over to the unconscious boy, shaking him. "Wake up!"
Wario laughed obnoxiously. "You'll be next little wussy."
Lucas' blue eyes glowed with anger. "Meany!" he exclaimed. "PK Pulse!" The green light engulfed Wario and exploded in a brilliant flash. When the light faded, Wario could be seen standing up, his super scope charging again.
"Alright kiddos," Snake said, grabbing Ness and flinging Ness over his shoulder; then dragged Lucas behind him. "Time to find shelter."
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Link stumbled back, sweat stinging his eyes. He panted heavily, his earlier sparring and fight with the robots had taken a surprising amount of energy away from himself. His current fight with Ganondorf was rapidly draining the dregs of his strength. The Gerudo king smirked, noticing Link's exhaustion. He charged in; Link was barely able to parry his attack. A painful jolt shot up his left arm. Link winced. This fight was not going well.
Link readjusted his grip on the Master Sword and skated out of the range of Ganondorf's next attack. He parried a few more strikes, rolling under one of Ganondorf's attacks. Springing forward, he thrust his sword forward. Ganondorf only smirked, deflecting Link's attack with his own light blade. The Gerudo swung his sword again. Link just barely brought his sword up to block the attack. The force of Ganondorf's attack knocked the blade out of his grasp. Link grabbed his sword and twisted away from Ganondorf's following thrust. His left shoulder burned as Ganondorf's blade grazed it. He winced, clutching his wounded shoulder.
In the next moment, Link found himself kicked back a ways. He coughed, the wind temporarily knocked out of him, and stood on shaky legs. Ganondorf followed his kick with a punch, his hand glowing with dark energy. Link flew back into a tree, his head striking the bark hard. He fell forward, unconscious.
"Link!" Sheik exclaimed, leaping up and running over the robots. She landed next to Link, transforming back to Zelda. Checking his pulse and breathing to make sure that he was okay, she turned to face Ganondorf. The Gerudo approached with a menacing look on his face. "Looks like I get to take out both of my enemies with one stroke. How convenient."
"That's what you think," Zelda said. "Farore's wind!" A green light swirled around Zelda as the winds picked up. After a bright flash, both of the Hylians were gone.
Ganondorf cursed, sheathing his sword. Glancing up at the sky, he saw Wolf shoot three flares. Their attack here was done. Time to focus their efforts elsewhere.
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Fox jerked his Arwing into a complex turn, dodging Wolf's laser fire. He cursed under his breath. Ordinarily, he and Falco could easily take Wolf, but Wolf now had help from the Space Pirates and Black Arms. "Falco, look out!" Fox exclaimed.
Falco cursed and spun out of the way. "Damn, Wolf usually isn't this hard to beat."
"Usually he doesn't have an entire fleet of ships under his control."
"True. Maybe if we split up."
"We already tried that, it didn't work."
"There's gotta be something we can do."
"You can't do anything," Wolf said with a menacing laugh. He began tailing Falco. The blue falcon cursed. "Hey Fox, I could use a little help over here."
Fox turned to see Wolf chasing down Falco. Fox began to fly to his aid, but found a homing missile tracking him. "Sorry Falco, I'm busy myself." He flew in a series of aerial tricks, hoping to lose the missile, but to no avail. The missile tailed him persistently; if anything, it seemed to be inching closer. Not good. This missile was much more advanced than other missiles he had encountered.
Seconds before it collided with his Arwing, he pressed a button, ejecting himself from the cockpit. Meanwhile Wolf shot down Falco. Before he could see if Falco had escaped or not, he received a message from Mewtwo. It was time to pull out; they had caused enough damage here.
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Mario opened his eyes. He groaned. His entire body felt like one giant bruise. He felt like Bowser had hit him with a homerun bat and sent him flying all the way to the other side of Smashtopia (area where the Mansion was.) Oh wait, something like that did happen. Bowser had attacked the Mansion and captured Princess Peach. Mario bolted upright. What had happened to Peach?
"Oh good, you're up," Luigi said.
"What happened?" Mario asked. "Where's Peach?"
"The villains attacked the Mansion. Everyone took pretty bad damage. After destroying an entire wing of robots by themselves, DK and Diddy Kong brought you and several other unconscious smashers here. They were taking care of everybody, but are now off foraging for food… No one knows where Bowser took Peach."
Mario fell silent. He looked around. He was in a makeshift tent. He slowly crawled outside and took mental note of the damage. Smoke was rising from the battered Mansion. It was still standing. Barely standing, but still standing. One could still see the effects from the battle: destroyed robots, a few alien ships, shrapnel, etc. The scars from the fight were still painfully visible. "We lost," Mario said flatly.
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Author's note: Okay, end of chapter 7, finally. I apologize to everyone who has been waiting anxiously for this story. I have been so busy, plus I suffered a severe case of writer's block when trying to wrap up all the various fights. I know the ending of this chapter is kinda choppy. Sorry. I just don't like writing various fight scenes trying to include all thirty something smashers. Also, I know Mario and Luigi are Italian, but I'm not making them talk Italian with a lot of 'a's and stuff. It's just too much work; sorry if anyone is disappointed. Also, Pokémon trainer is now Red, not Ash. Sorry for any confusions; red works better. Hope you enjoyed the chapter. I will get 8 up quicker than I got 7 up. Please review!