Ok, everybody, Official last chapter!
Now, for some diclaimering.
I don't own The Taming of the Shrew. I love the play, but own it, I do not. The play belongs to dear Shakespeare, who's who knows where right now.
As for the website I got it from, the script, I mean, it's I have nothing left to say, other than, I hope you enjoy this clincher chapter! Look for a new story from your's truly, within the next twenty four hours!
Now, adieu!
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Back at the mansion, everybody was stepping out of the portals, exhausted from the hours of acting they had done.
"Gosh, that was hard, but fun!" Luigi panted.
"I'm glad you're all…alright." Master Hand said. I still can't believe Crazy didn't kill everybody.
"…YAWN…What'd I miss?" Crazy asked sleepily.
"The show's over." Master Hand said.
"…REALLY!?!?!" Crazy screamed. "DARN! I WISH I KILLED SOMEBODY NOW!"
Master Hand slapped himself in shame, then hovered from the room. Before leaving completely, Master Hand stopped and turned around.
"It's late, everybody. We should call it a night." Master Hand said, before finally leaving the room.
There was lots of moaning and shuffling about as people got up from their chairs, or else left the stage and the portals.
The new pals, Matt, Ness, Luigi, and Fox grouped up instantly the chance arose.
"Hey, guys, feel up to a match or two to sharpen our wits?" Matt asked.
"Yeah, I have all this nervous energy." Fox laughed weakly. "I guess it's just because of all the weird stuff."
"PICHU!" Pichu squealed nearby. She peeked over the top of one of the chairs playfully, twitching her ears.
"You wanna play too?" Ness asked.
"PI!"
"…He he…If you don't need me, I'll be-" Luigi started saying, but Fox seized his sleeve.
"No, just stay with us, Luigi." Fox insisted.
"…Ok." Luigi sighed.
"You guys wait here, while I go find Link." Matt said. "I haven't seen him all day."
"What, you mean he wasn't in here?" Ness asked.
"Have you no brains, lad?" Matt asked in a fake old English accent. "Gosh, I think this play stuff's getting to me."
"I'll help ya look." Ness said.
"Thanks, Ness." Matt said. "Anyways, see you all here in a bit. We'll be back."
Matt ran from the room, with the stubby Ness following after him.
"…Luigi?" Fox said. He looked about, and saw no Luigi. "Darn. How did he escape so quickly?"
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Matt and Ness quickly got to Link's room. The door was closed.
"Hey…Link, ya in there?" Matt called out as he knocked on the door.
No answer.
"…Maybe he's asleep?" Ness suggested. "He sleeps a lot, ya know."
"Link!" Matt called out a second time. The room remained silent. Matt tried the doorknob, and found that it was unlocked, so he opened it. He silently motioned to ness to follow, and they both entered the room.
Inside, it was dark and quiet, and smelled slightly of forest, which was a fresh and pleasant smell. The carpet was dark green, with still darker green wooden walls. To the left, in front of the middle of the wall was Link's dark green King sized bed, made of dark wood. Next to it was a corner table with a bed lamp on it, and a few books on gardening, and a few adventure novels, all of which were worn. To the right was another doorway, leading to the bathroom, and next to the doorway was a dresser. The dresser was up against the wall, in the far corner of the room past the door. Behind the closed door was the sound of running water.
Matt frowned, then walked up close to the door to knock.
Splash.
He looked down, and the carpet was sopping wet.
"Uh oh."
He knocked on the door sharply, and called out, "Link!?! Link, you in there?"
No answer.
Matt stepped back and transformed his mecha arm into a big fist, Before Ness could protest, Matt punched the door to splinters. More water flowed out of the room, but the thing that got his attention the most was what was lying on the floor.
Link.
The bathtub was the source of all the water: it was overflowing. Obviously, whatever happened to Link, happened before he could get in the tub. He was still fully clothed in his comfort clothes. He looked as it he had just gotten out of bed.
Matt knelt down, and flopped Link over on his back. He was as cold as ice, but he was still breathing.
"He's alive." Ness stated obviously. Matt sighed, then transformed his arm into what looked like a giant spark plug.
"Get back." Matt said. The plug sparked, then he touched Link's chest with it. Link instantly yelled, and sprung up.
"What the FUDGE!?!?" Link shouted. "Why am I so wet, and why am I cold!?!?"
"You took a nap instead of a bath." Matt laughed, relieved.
"I…Fell asleep?" Link asked oddly.
"…Well, yeah, that's what it looks like…" Matt said uncertainly.
"…That was no beauty sleep I was doing." Link said in the same frightening tone.
The three smashers yelled in surprise, when there was a huge and sudden explosion that rocked the mansion wildly.
"Now what the FUDGE was that!?!?" Ness said.
Link stayed silent, looking at the ceiling, still with that odd expression on his face.
"Link, do you know something about this?" Matt asked. It was just a wild guess.
"We have to get out of here, now!" Link said. "We're under attack!"
"From whom?" Ness asked.
"Them!"
He was pointing into his room, and everybody's heart leapt into their throats when they saw three pairs of red eyes.
Matt destroyed them with a single, super powered wind blast from his cannon, but as he destroyed them, the mansion shook again.
"Let me get dressed." Link said urgently. "I'll be needing my things."
By now, the whole mansion was in an uproar as Smashers ran everywhere, brawling with the mysterious monsters that appeared.
There was some screaming in the hallways nearby, then a few explosions. Fox, Luigi, and Pichu appeared in the room.
"Where did all these things come from?" Fox yelled, while shooting any monsters stupid enough to get close to the doorway.
"PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!" Pichu squealed.
"M-m-m-mamma mia!" Luigi stuttered in fright.
"All set!" Link cried. He appeared in his usual green tunic, the clothing and appearance he had in Twilight Princess.
Link pulled out his bow, then shot an arrow right into the head of a Sharb that strayed out too far in front of the doorway.
"We should find Master Hand: He'll know what to do." Link said.
"Best plan I can think of." Matt said.
They ran from the room, blasting monsters aside, while Pichu sat on Link's shoulder. They fought up to the fifth floor, and after they cleared out the monsters in front of the big doors, they pushed them open.
"Master hand!" Link yelled. "…Master Hand?"
"Where'd he go?" Fox asked.
They walked about Master Hand's study, but there was no trace of his presence.
Without waiting for an ok, Ness ran over to the speaker system, and started it up.
"Red alert! Master Hand's missing! Go home, and save yourselves!" Ness screamed.
Below, the screaming intensified, and cries of, "MY COFFEE!!!" could be heard occasionally.
"We need to get people out of here!" Fox said. There was another loud boom, and everybody was thrown off their feet onto the floor.
"Dang!" Link said.
More black monsters flooded into the room, this time there was ten of them. There were six Sharbs, two shapeless blobs of black goo, a flying one that resembled a machine, and then a bear, in the back.
"Bugger." Matt moaned, before the monsters charged.
Three sharbs were instantly destroyed, one by Link's sword, one by PK Fire, and another by Fox's staff. The other two sharbs jumped over the frontliners, and attacked Pichu and Luigi.
Luigi screamed and ran away, and Pichu blasted the other to smithereens with Thunder. The remaining sharb cornered Luigi, who turned away and dropped to the floor. The sharb clumsily tripped over him, and was destroyed by a thunder shot from Matt's cannon.
"We have to escape, too!" Fox grunted as he fought off Master hand's desk, which was being controlled by one of the blobs. Link didn't say anything, because he was busy fighting off the big swivel chair. He dashed to the side as it charged at him, then he rolled behind it and jumped into the air to slash it. It spun around and blocked the slash with one of the chair's armrests, then knocked him down with the other. Ness set it on fire, then Pichu blasted it back with another Thunder attack.
Link got back up, then held out his shield to deflect a black laser from the floating machine, which resembled a floating laser turret. Hence the lasers. Link smashed it with a jump attack, then he ran away from the bear when it charged at him. He jumped on top of the desk, which stunned it long enough for Fox to blow it apart. The bear crashed through the remains, and continued to go after Link. Link sharply turned to the left, and let the bear smash the swivel chair into the wall. Pichu and Matt teamed up for a super lightning shot, which blew the two black into clouds of dust.
"Let's get out of here!" Luigi yelled.
"PICHU!"
They bolted from the room, smashing more of the monsters out of the way as they headed for the foyer. At the second floor, they found a pile of monsters that looked like they were attacking something…or somebody.
"HYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAA!!" Link yelled. He spun around super fast, and created a ring of magical fire that ripped through the monsters. They all vanished, leaving behind a round body stained black.
"Kirby!" Ness yelped in fear. He ran over to the poor beaten puff, and used one of his healing techniques, PSI Heal Gamma. Kirby's wounds cleared up quickly, but his body was quickly going freezing cold. Ness, with the help of Fox, wiped as much of the black ooze as they could, but most of it sank into Kirby's body before it could be wiped away.
Kirby started moaning, then he kicked about, his eyes closed. He yelled, and screamed, but wouldn't wake up even when Ness slapped him.
"What's happening!?!?" Ness whispered in fright, as Kirby sobbed and rolled about on the floor.
"We'll find that out later!" Link said. "Move!"
Behind them, were a bunch more of the monsters, only there was more of a variety.
Everybody ran down the hall but Link, who still had Pichu on his shoulder. He grabbed a bomb from his pocket, then threw it at the monsters. He grabbed Kirby, and Pichu shot a blast of electricity at the bomb.
The bomb exploded, which caused the hallway to collapse and bury the monsters, while blocking off the rest. Link ran while the hallway continued to collapse behind him. He eventually caught up to the rest of the party, who were busy smashing more monsters.
After finishing, they located the next staircase, which led directly into the foyer.
The next few moments were a nightmare.
They smashed their way out of the front door, and onto the front lawn, which was a mess.
There were monsters everywhere, and here and there were unclaimed warp stars: apparently, somebody got them out and scattered them everywhere before leaving.
Then, another sound rent the air, followed by a spotlight.
The smashers looked up into the sky, only to see a huge squadron of helicopters.
"We're saved!" Ness cried.
"No!" Matt said.
"This is the government speaking." A voice called out over a speakerphone. "The Super Smashers are charged for conspiring against the New World Government, and are asked to cooperate under threat of fire."
"What did we do!?!?" Link yelled while the speaker repeated himself.
"Better find out later, while we're alive!" Matt said.
There were a few huge explosions nearby, and the light revealed Zelda busting loose her best magic, and Samus fired a huge range of beams about, destroying the monsters.
"You were warned." The voice called out imperiously. "For opening fire against the government, you are all branded traitors."
"WHAAAAAAAT!?!?" Everybody screamed at the injustice. They didn't have time to protest any more, because the Helicopters started firing machine guns across the whole lawn, destroying tons of monsters, but also hitting a few people.
"RUN!!!!" Link screamed.
They bolted across the lawn at inhuman speeds, and they all reached a warpstar at the same time, just as one more hand grabbed the star.
The star shot off at super sonic speed, while everybody that touched it was magically magnetized to it.
The landscape below was horrible looking. Even as they watched, other smashers that had yet to flee rescued the wounded. The sky was full of warpstars. Just how many smashers managed to escape the mess below…
Nobody knew.
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…That's it, everyone.
Another story down in place.
What became of everyone?
What are these monsters that plague the world?
What does the Government mean by all of this?
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO FIND OUT!?!?!?!?
Next time, next story.
Keep your peepers open, people!
The story is over, but the saga has yet to end!
Next time, everybody!
I thank you all for reading, and I wish you all the best of luck.
Until next time, my friends.
-Shining Riku-