PART 3: The Arena
"Where are we?" Master Chief asked.
"What's going on?" Navi questioned.
"What is this place?" Gideon Wyatt asked, looking around.
"Now, calm down, everyone," Evan instructed. "Please, calm yourselves. It's quite alright. You all have been brought from your respective dimensions to this one. Sorry for the inconvenience on the World of Trophies. That was a waiting room until our Colisseum was done. And, finally, here it is!" He turned to reveal a huge Colisseum.
"Whoa," everyone said softly.
"That's amazing!" Samus commented.
"It's huge," Mario said.
Gordon Freeman said nothing, obviously.
"This will be where you will be staying during the duration of the tournament."
"Tournament?" Zelda asked, piping up.
"Oh, yes. I only explained the situation to a few of you. There are a few..." He frowned, searching for the right word. "A few requirements for living here for the time being. One. You must follow all of my rules, as well as the rules my boss sets up."
"Who's your boss?" Sonic asked. A hint of a smile touched Evan's lips.
"Rule one. Don't ask about my boss." Sonic shifted, frowning at the lack of information. Everyone did. "Now, the second requirement. You are all brought here for a tournament known as the 'Super Smash Tourney'."
"Super... smash?" the Arbiter asked.
"Indeed. The Super Smash Tourney is where each of you are given several advantiges over the other contestents, based on your previous life."
"Isn't it still our life?" Riku asked. Evan paused and stared at the boy.
"No. As soon as you chose to enter Subspace, you have given yourselves up. You are at the mercy of me and my boss." He snapped his fingers and several of the large, lizard-creatures exited from Subspace orbs behind him. "They'll show you to your rooms. Upon reaching your rooms, you'll find each has communicators. You may talk amongst yourselves or with myself. You may chat with my boss, so long as it is only text format, not audio. I bid you good day. Rest up. Round One begins tomorrow."
At this, Evan entered one of the Subspace orbs and the lizards hissed, beginning to escort each of the thirty contestents to their living quarters.
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"Are they assembled?" the man asked.
"Yes," Evan said, kneeling in front of his father. "They made the job easier for me. They literally came here. As you know, as normal people enter Subspace, they become trophies automatically, thanks to the barriers."
"Of course."
"When their trophies came, I commanded the Slizards to bring them all into the viewing room. They all saw the grand unveiling of the Colisseum. I may like to keep a couple of them to watch them compete in the Colisseum."
"You can take others," his boss said. "These are mine. They're special, remember?"
"Yes. Of course. Sorry father."
"Do not apologize. Just allow this tournament to be swift. I need to fly again."
"Yes, master." Evan left the room, leaving his father, his master in the dark room alone.
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"Welcome to your custom living quarters," a computer voice greeted. "It is being accustomed to your original living conditions." The room went bright white, then began changing. Jak watched as it transformed what appeared to be a room with a view of Haven City, his hometown. "Your room has been accomodated. Please note the communicator on the wall. You may contact anyone within the Subspace Arena. However, anyone outside the Subspace Arena you may not contact."
"Damnit," Jak said quietly. "Dax..." He paused, then touched the communicator.
"Communicator on," the male computer voice replied. "Please state whom you would like to talk to."
"The boss," he replied.
"Loading text-based chat..." An electronic, holographic touch display appeared in front of him.
"Where'd they get such amazing technology?" Jak wondered.
"Hello." A message appeared.
"Hello," Jak replied.
"How are you, Jak?" The messager asked.
"I am doing well. Where am I?"
"You are in your customized living quarters. Are the accomodating you?"
"Yes. They are quite nice."
"That is good. I am glad you are feeling well. Tomorrow begins round one."
"Yeah. I'm not sure how I feel about that."
"You will do fine, Jak. I swear it."
"Well what happens if I don't?"
"... terminating transmission." The computer display turned off.
"Transmission terminated. Access denied," the communicator voice said.
What WILL happen if I lose? Jak wondered. He decided not to ponder it anymore.
He lied down to go to sleep and turned over. He wondered what the next day would turn out to be. Around him, thirty other competitors from different dimensions wondered the exact same thing. No one knew what was to come. No one but Evan and his master.
PART 4: The Lineup
"Welcome to the first Subspace Arena Super Smash Tourney!" Evan cried, to the audience of peculiar creatures, brought from the dimensions of the combatants. There were Covenant, Heartless, infected villagers, Pokemon, Goombas, etc. "I today bring you thirty of the greatest fighters of all time, all to fight to the semi-death for the reward of the Smash Grand Trophy and to make them a millionare in their dimension's currency!" A large trophy was revealed. It was made of pure gold. Peculiar enough, it appeared to be some sort of large, gloved hand. "Are you all ready?" The audience screamed. "Now here are the contestants!"
"Master Chief. He's a fighter called a SPARTAN-II. He fought for the survival of the human race, and won. THREE TIMES!
"Solid Snake. A secret agent that fought to destroy dinosaur-like robots, capable of firing nuclear warheads. He beat them with stealth and his other amazing, charming qualities.
"Isaac Goldmont. A member of the marines of the United Nations Space Defense. He has helped save earth, and traveled to an alien world and helped kill the Covenant." At this, the aliens in the audience booed and shook their fists or arm-mounted cannons at the ODST soldier. He smiled sheepishly.
"Moving on.
"Leon Kennedy. A former member of S.T.A.R.S. and currently underwent a mission to save the president's daughter, and succeeded. He fought zombies at his home town of Raccoon City and infected villagers at an undisclosed location.
"Gordon Freeman. Member of the scientific research foundation 'Black Mesa'. He assisted the stopping of an occurance called the 'Resonance cascade' and saved the world from a group of creatures called the Combine.
"Sam Fisher. An elite military soldier known as a Splinter Cell." Evan paused, looking through his index cards. "It seems... it seems Sam Fisher's card has been severely burned. I... know nothing else about him. Again, moving on.
"Sora. He came from an island called Destiny Islands, was intrusted with the Keyblade and went on to save many worlds an their inhabitants from the dark creatures called the Heartless.
"Samus." He stopped. "That's peculiar. I know I wrote more on this card. Hm.
"Cloud Strife. He was from a city known as Midgard. He was part of a secret project called SOLDIER as well as his nemesis, Sephiroth.
"Wall-E. A robot from the planet earth after it's been discarded and left for dead, he helped clean up the world, packing the trash into blocks and creating what almost looked like huge buildings of trash. He left earth and found humanity and brought them to earth, restoring it to its former quality.
"Vincent Valentine." He paused. "This is beginning to frustrate me. This card was full before. In any case...
"Gideon Wyatt. A pilot for a ship near earth, and one of the last few remaining survivors of humanity's genocide. He bears the powers that Humans possess, including several different psyonic abilities.
"Tifa. That's quite peculiar. It says nothing more than her name.
"Mario. A former plumber. Mario has saved Princess Peach from the clutches of Bowser several times.
"Luigi. A former plumber. Luigi has assisted Mario in saving Peach, and has his own princess lover named Daisy.
"Link. He is a wielder of a peice of the mighty Triforce. He took down Ganondorf in battle and saved Princess Zelda.
"Zelda. Also known as Shiek. Zelda is a princess of the town of Hyrule. Shiek is an assassin.
"Jak. Otherwise known as Mar. Jak was taken to the future, which was actually where he originated from. His father was exiled from the mighty Haven City, but Jak made an agreement between the exiled land of Spargus City and Haven City.
"Ratchet. A Lombax engineer that has saved the galaxy several times over.
"Pikachu. The lightning mouse Pokemon. Capable of summoning bolts of electricity as well as concentrated balls of energy.
"Grovyle. This particular Grovyle was from the future. He came back to retreive Time Gears and fix the flow of time so his future wouldn't become the horrible ravaged future as it was.
"Lucas. This is a boy granted with the abilities of PK. He can summon electricity, fire, ice, or other elements.
"Serious Sam. He went back in time to stop a villain from messing with the time-space continuum. And he's SERIOUS.
"Tidus. Taken from his time into the far future, he assisted summoner Yuna in saving the world from a being known as Sin, which was created from humanity's laziness and sins.
"Sonic. A hedgehog that can run at almost the speed of light. He can't be confined by anything or anyone and insists on doing things his way.
"Sephiroth. A member of project SOLDIER. He wields the legendary Mesamune and has slaughtered many.
"Riku. A person who's heart formerly was consumed by the darkness. But by rising above himself, he found that he could confine the darkness to a small part of his heart for love of his friends.
"Wario. Another who's card appears blank, aside from the name...
"Bowser. A reptilious creature who can breathe fire. He is Mario's arch foe and leader of the Goombas.
"The Arbiter. A Covenant Elite who was raised to the religious rank of Arbiter and commands the Elites in battle against the Covenant Loyalists." Evan put the cards in his left pocket, leaving the ones that had become blank in his right pocket.
"Now that everyone knows the combatants, they will be assigned to their battle partners. Round One will have one-on-one fights and each person will fight one other person. Scoreboard! Assign the lineups!"
The huge scoreboard above the stadium showed fifteen slots and the combatants names spun through, changing from one to the next rapidly. Eventually it began slowing. Finally, the names stopped.
"The lineups are now up!"
MASTER CHIEF VS LINK
VINCENT VALENTINE VS SOLID SNAKE
CLOUD VS GIDEON WYATT
SORA VS MARIO
TIFA VS JAK
SERIOUS SAM VS RATCHET
GORDON FREEMAN VS BOWSER
RIKU VS LUCAS
GROVYLE VS SEPHIROTH
ISAAC/ODST VS ARBITER
ZELDA VS SAMUS
LUIGI VS WARIO
SONIC VS WALL-E
TIDUS VS LEON K.
SAM FISHER VS PIKACHU
"Look at that, folks! That's Round One! I can already tell that a few matchups are going to be very heated, such as Isaac vs. Arbiter and Luigi and Wario. It's definately going to be interesting for the combatants that already know each other! Are the contestants ready?" He looked to them. They all nodded, pulling out their weapons. Each was equipped with a weapon from their previous dimension. "Good. Round One is about to begin! Everyone to the waiting room, please!"