This is it, the 'final' chapter of my most popular story. There will be action, suspense, a little drama, and a plot twist so weird you may want to re-read the story. Hope you all enjoy the 'last' chapter and had fun in this rollercoaster story. I know I did...I think.
"I hope Popo and Nana are okay?" asked a worried Peach
"They're a fine Peach, Young Link and a Ness went to a save them." Mario reassured, but Peach had her doubts, "I a mean, if a Young Link is a anything like Link he had to a save him."
"But he is anything like Link." Samus commented, "He is Link!"
"Yeah…that's a true." Replied Mario, "So you a see, Popo is a fine and I'm a sure that Nana is a safe too." Mario replied
"That's beside the point, we need to fine these representatives and take them down, horribly." Ganondorf intervened, "I'll crush them like insects, break them like a board, and beat them to a feeble…"
"Ganondorf…" glowered Zelda
"Fine, let's just peacefully talk to them like civilized individuals."
"Good."
"And if that doesn't work we beat them to a feeble pulp."
Zelda sighed.
"Well then, let's get going already!" Bowser said impatiently
The Koopa King was tired and wanted to end this as soon as possible, thus making him very irritable.
"Shouldn't we wait and regroup with the others?" Roy suggested
"Yoshi." Yoshi agreed
"I don't think we'll have time." Falco commented, "Look." He said, motioning everyone over to a small hill
The sight before them when they reached the top was something to behold. A large mechanical weapon hovered in mid-air due to its special anti-gravity generator at its mid-section. Its impressive sized made even Giga Bowser look small and the weapons it possessed looked menacing, albeit it looked like some damage had already been done to it, which the Smashers guessed had to come from their missing allies.
"What is that thing?" Link asked
"A big robot." Falco replied
"Big is an understatement." Link commented
"Samus…" Falco said, turning the to the bounty hunter
"Already on it." She replied, her suit scanning the mechanized weapon before them
After a few moments of scanning Samus raised an eyebrow within her helmet and couldn't help but whistle at the sheer complexity of the Mech, which was quite a distance away.
"It isn't exactly as advanced as say my suit, but it's armed to the teeth, hell, it actually has teeth."
"Oh joy, a robot that can chew." Fox quipped
"That thing sure is complex though. I'm reading multiple interchangeable systems and at least five different energy storages and even an electrical energy converter."
"For the ones who do not know all about this futuristic weaponry can you please elaborate." Ganondorf asked
"I'm saying that it can take electrical energy and convert it into energy to power itself." She said, "So basically we lost our powerhouse of electricity over here." She said, referring to Pikachu, "One bolt and that thing will be supercharged."
"Once again, oh joy."
"Don't tell me we have to fight that thing?" Captain Falcon asked
"Most likely." Replied Marth
"I told ya not to tell me."
"How, may I ask?" Ganondorf asked
"Not sure." Samus told him, "With us the way we are…don't think we could."
"Yeah, we've been fighting almost endlessly." Captain Falcon commented, "I don't know about the rest of you, but I could really go for a nap right about now."
"Mama Mia…maybe we should a take off, wait until later." Luigi suggested
"I don't run from battle!" Link proudly said
"Don't give me that…you're just as tired as the rest of us." Ganondorf said, "No man, not even someone like me can keep going on like this. Not to mention someone like you."
"Why you…"
"Pika, pika, pi pi, pika, pikachu!" Pikachu intervened, "Pika pi, ka, chu. Pika pika, chu, chu, pi pi chu!" he told them
"He has a point." Peach replied
"Pika pi, pi pi chu, pikachu! Pika, pika, pika chu, pi! Pikachu, pi, chu, ka, cha!" he told them
"Pikachu's right…we can handle this…besides if we don't we'll have to deal with it later and I don't feel like dealing with it later." Fox replied
"Okay…I'll fight, but after this I want some sort of reward or something for all my hard work." Ganondorf said, "I'm not exactly a 'good guy' you know."
"We'll think of something." Zelda replied
"So, are we just gonna stand here yapping or are we gonna fight that thing?!" roared Bowser
"It's not like we can just rush in there and fight that thing, it'd mow us down before we got close and I'm only reading a few places on that Mech where we could actually cause damage. This won't be an easy fight."
"When is it ever?" Falco asked
"Popo? Popo?!" asked a worried long-eared boy
"Huh…what…donuts…" muttered Popo
"Uhh…must be hungry?" Young Link thought, "But this is no time to fantasize about food."
"…donuts…"
"WAKE UP!" Young Link yelled
"Wahhh!" shrieked Popo, like a banshee, "Oh…Young Link, it's you…where are we?" he asked
"How should I know?" he replied, "I saw you rocketing through the air and ran after you, just barely catching you mind you." He said, "You scared me half to a re-dead death." He said
"Thanks." Popo replied, picking himself up and dusting himself off
"No problem, just don't make it a habit." Young Link told him
"I'll try not too…NANA!" he cried out, instantly worried over his sister
"I'm sure she's fine…she's strong." Young Link replied
"But…there was nobody there to catch her, what if…"
"One of the others had to have sensed her or something…she's fine, I know it." He said, "I also have this weird feeling of jealousy toward Ness for some reason, I don't know why, but I just do." He said, shrugging his shoulders
"Well let's fine the others and quick." Popo suggested
With a smile and a nod Young Link agreed full-heartedly. Before they could take off however a shadow loomed over them and as they looked up a look of pure fear was etched onto their faces.
"No…"
"Way…" they muttered as the shadow closed in
"Pika pi?" wondered Pikachu, wondering why he was the one who had to do the dangerous stuff
Racing across the field toward the large Mech, Pikachu was having second thoughts about being the one that should race in and distract the robot. Maybe it was the small speech he gave or maybe his friends enjoyed watching him act as bait. Whatever the reason he was going to make sure he paid them back, big time.
"Pika pi."
It didn't take long for the mech to notice him, what with all its advanced scanning units that were, at the moment, blaring intensely because of a high energy output and only Pikachu and Pichu could create levels of electricity that high in a localized area like that. It also didn't take long for it to unload on the fast moving rodent. Just because it didn't have its main weapons didn't mean it couldn't fire something at the Smashers; its hand opening up to reveal energy based weaponry, which fired explosive plasma grenades at Pikachu.
"Pika!" cried Pikachu as he commenced with plasma bomb dodging, "Pi…ka…" muttered Pikachu, building electricity in his cheeks
But before the ball of yellow fur could unleash his powerful electric attack he remembered what Samus told him not but five minutes ago.
"Remember, no electric attacks. That thing will just get stronger." She said, conveniently placed in a thought bubble above the mouse's head, "Electricity bad, just distract it." She said, before looking at her surrounds, "So this is what it's like to be in a thought bubble…weird." She muttered before dissipating
Okay, so Pikachu couldn't use his electric attacks and a giant robot was hurling dangerous energy at him and for some reason he was losing his mind…nothing he couldn't handle, right?
"Pika pi." He said, wishing this was all a dream
BOOM!
"Well, I must say that the rat has made an excellent diversion." Ganondorf commented
"He's gonna kill us when this is over." Commented Fox, sighing
"I know." Replied Samus, "But on a lighter note he should be too tired to shock us."
"He a bites too ya know." Replied Mario
"Oh yeah…" she thought, "Link, you are the target."
"What? Why me?"
"Would you want it to be me?" asked Zelda with puppy dog eyes
"Well no, off course not princess…but…"
"Thank you for taking one for the team." She said, smiling
"Uh…right…no problem princess." He said, a pseudo smile on his face, "…damn." He muttered
"I wonder if Bowser's in position?" Fox wondered
ROAAAARRR!
"Does that answer your question?" asked Samus
"He could have waited a few more seconds." Zelda said
"Eh…it's okay, we'll be there soon enough." Fox replied
"Let's go then." Ganondorf urged
More targets appeared on the Mech's radar and the computer system inside quickly determined them to Smashers as well, three of which had thrown them selves at the Mech in a reckless and haphazard manner.
"Yoshi…" sighed Yoshi before joining DK, Bowser, and King Dedede in battle
With Bowser's 'initiative' the three mountains of strength attacked the mech with a single minded fury, luckily Yoshi had mind enough for all three, keeping them from losing it when the robot retaliated with plasma bombs.
"Yoshi!" yelled Yoshi, throwing a rapid volley of eggs
Egg met plasma bomb mid-flight, creating a miraculous set of explosions that probably could blind someone if they stared at the explosions directly for any lengthy period of time.
"Pretty lights…"
"Peach, stop staring." Falco scolded
"Right, let's get going." She said, "But I wonder how Kirby and Jigglypuff are doing?" she asked
"Knowing those two Jigs is probably all over Kirby right now."
"Whose idea was it to let her ride with him on the Warpstar?" Peach asked
"I believe it was Roy's." replied Marth
"Hey, it is a good idea."
"He's gonna kill you when this is over." Falco said
"Maybe eat ya." Captain Falcon commented
"I'm going to eat him…" muttered Kirby, flying high in the air on his Warpstar, Jigglypuff clomped onto him in an inescapable grip, "I'm gonna eat him good."
"Jiggly, jiggly…jigglypuff?" Kirby asked, wondering what the problem was
Now Kirby, being the kind soul he was, couldn't dare to bring himself to say she was (the problem), so instead he made up an elaborate excuse as to why Jigglypuff should stop squeezing him like a tube of toothpaste.
"It's hard to fly the Warpstar with you holding so tight." He said, hoping she'd believe him
"Jigglypuff…puff." She thought, and saw that that was a plausible answer
Her grip loosened on the Star warrior and Kirby breathed a sigh of relief, now all he had to do was find his friends, and maybe he'd finally get something to eat.
"I wonder where Mewtwo is?" he thought out loud
"Jiggly?" shrugged Jigglypuff, which was weird since she didn't have shoulders
"Well he is a big cat." Kirby said, "Wish I had some catnip."
"Jiggly jiggly."
"I don't know…maybe we'll never find him." Kirby said, depressed
"Jiggly." She said, pointing down
"We found him!" he cheered
Flying down quickly the two soon met up with the psychic pokemon, who currently was in a deep sleep.
"Hey, those are Popo and Nana's clothes. Are they running around naked?" he wondered, "I thought humans didn't do that." He thought, "Oh well, I'm naked."
"Jiggly?" she asked, poking Mewtwo
Mewtwo didn't awaken.
"Must be really tired." Kirby commented
"Jiggly?" she questioned again, poking him again
Mewtwo didn't awaken.
"I wish I could take a nap." Kirby replied
"Jiggly?" she wondered, poking him yet again.
Mewtwo didn't awaken, but he seemed annoyed.
"Jiggly jig." She said, thinking he was just faking so that the didn't need to fight
"Well…the big robot is way over there and he's over here, so I guess he's okay; let's find the Ice Climbers." Kirby said
"Jiggly."
Hoping back on the Warpstar the two took off into the sky. But after a few moments they heard whistling noises.
"What is that?" Kirby wondered, turning around, only to see a look of sheer horror on Jigglypuff's face
Looking past her he saw why. A volley of missiles had been fired, all of which were locked on the Warpstar.
"Whoa!" cried Kirby, taking off
The Warpstar sped up as the missiles caught up them. Out of fear Jigglypuff tightened her grip on Kirby, which caused the Warpstar to jerk slightly but never decrease in speed. Kirby pulled up to try and avoid them, but the missiles were smart, easily keeping up with the Warpstar.
"Jigglypuff!" cried Jigglypuff, not enjoying the evasive maneuvers that the Warpstar was performing, "Jigg…ly…puff…" she gurgled, feeling sick
"The Warpstar isn't fast enough." Kirby thought, "If I don't think of something we'll…she'll…no, I won't let my friend get hurt! Or heave all over the Warpstar!" he thought, "There's only one thing to do, but I won't like it…" Kirby thought solemnly, "Hold on Jigglypuff." He said, hopping off
"JIGGLY!" she cried out, watching as he fell toward the missiles
"Don't let nothing happen to her Warpstar!" he said before turning back to the missiles
"This is it." He thought, the missiles closing in "SHADOW STAR!" he roared
"That thing fired a missile strike!" Fox cried out, "But where too?!" he wondered
"I have a hunch." Replied Samus, "Just hope the little puffballs can handle that." She hoped
"Oh…I hope they make it out okay."
"Come on, let's a get this thing before it a fires again." Mario advised
A collective nod acknowledged him. Meanwhile…
"Waaaaaaaaaah!" roared Bowser, as he was cleanly thrown off the back of the mechanoid that was doing battle with him, DK, Yoshi, Pikachu and King Dedede
"This thing is tough." Dedede commented, gripping his hammer tighter in his hand, "Tell me again why I signed up for this?" he asked
"Robot is going down." Grunted DK, lifting up a boulder and hurling it at the mechanoid
The Mech easily countered, grabbing the boulder in mid-air and crushing it under its mighty grip, before firing on the five with plasma bombs. Pikachu and Yoshi's speed helped them to evade the volley, but Bowser, DK, and King Dedede weren't so lucky.
"Oh…" gasped DK before lifting up another boulder to defend him self with
Dedede took cover behind the simian before the hellfire hit, bracing for impact.
BOOM!
The boulder was obliterated, but it served its purpose; taking the full brunt of the blast. However the force was more than enough to send DK and Dedede spinning away, back flipping insanely until they met with the ground in a painful way.
"Pika pika, chu!" Pikachu yelled, hoping they were okay
"Yoshi, yoshi, yosh yosh!" Yoshi called to Bowser, Bowser being the only one who actually stood up against the blast
"I'm fine." Replied Bowser, his tough hide absorbing most of the blow, "A little sore though."
"Yoshi yoshi."
"Yeah, we sure could use Megazord Power now." Bowser muttered
"Yoshi." Agreed Yoshi
"Come on Ness…we're almost there, I can see them fighting!" called Nana
"I'm coming…just still a little woozy from all that teleporting!" he called back, as he wobbled up the hill Nana had sprinted up
"I think the others are fighting that robot…but it's hard to see from here." She said
"Great…a robot, just perfect." Ness quipped, "How big is it?" he asked
"Come look. It'd be easier that way." She said
He was so not in the mood to fight a giant robot. He just wanted to take a nap, watch a little TV, and maybe grab a few burgers…hopefully not out of garbage cans. When he finally made it over the hill he could clearly see the giant Mech, firing bombs at what he believed to be the Smashers, but at that distance it was hard to tell.
"That's big." He commented, before his psychic senses picked something up, "I think that's Pikachu over there." Ness said, pointing to a far off plateau
"Are you sure?" Nana asked
"Yeah…but why is he way over there? I wonder."
"What's he doing?"
"I guess he's building up electricity for an attack for something, but from that far away he'll never hit the robot."
"And I'm guessing that that must be Pichu fighting with…I think that's Bowser. I see his spiky shell." Nana replied, "Well we should hurry up and join in…I don't think they can handle it alone."
"Even if we join in, we'll need help." Ness replied, "Lots of help."
"You rang." They heard a familiar voice say
Turning around they gasped, gaping at the sight before them.
It didn't take long for more of the Smashers to join in the battle, but that didn't improve the odds all that much. The Smashers were still very tired and this Mech was a daunting foe with numerous weapons and abilities. One of those abilities oh so happened to be that it could create seismic waves along the ground, thus rendering anyone who didn't jump in time, immobile. And of those any ones that had been rendered immobile were Ganondorf and Mario, who hadn't moved in time.
"Take this!" yelled Samus, unleashing a powerful charge shot blast
The Mech prepared to easily counter the blast, but Zelda was no slouch and attacked the hand of the Mech with Din's Fire before it could deflect Samus's attack. The explosion knocked the large hand of the Mech out of the direct line of the blast, allowing Samus's shot to fly true, toward the cockpit of the behemoth, scoring a direct hit.
"Thanks for the assist." Samus said
"No problem." Replied Zelda, just as Fox and Link rushed past her, blaster and sword drawn respectively
"Raaaaaaah!" they yelled as they closed in, but he Mech was ready for them
In a big arch it swung its massive arm, to try and punch the oncoming warriors. Fox saw it coming and hopped in the air, effectively landing on the arm of the Mech and continuing his assault. Link wasn't as lucky, though he managed to block the attack with the Master Sword, since he had no shield, all thanks to Giga Bowser. The punch though sent the Hero of Time spiraling away. When he landed he dug his heels into the ground to try and stop him self, barely keeping his balance as he ate up the ground beneath his feet.
"Link!" cried Zelda, rushing to his side, "Are you…"
"I'm okay…but I can't take another hit like that." He said, "If only I had my shield."
"What happened to your shield?" she asked
"I lost it in the battle with Giga Bowser." He replied, "I had dropped my guard and lost it due to my foolishness."
"Here, take mine." She said
"What? But you don't…"
With a snap of her fingers a new shield appeared in her hands.
"How did you..."
"You don't become a powerful sorceress without knowing a few good spells." She told him, "Use this, it will aid you in battle greatly." She told him
"The Mirror Shield?"
"Not quite, it's much lighter than the original and it's infused with a powerful magic. It's not a strong but it won't be breaking anytime soon."
"Thank you princess, truly." He said
She nodded her head and smiled, but soon sensed a disturbance, quickly putting up Nayru's Love in the knick of time. Plasma bombs raked the area, but they couldn't penetrate Zelda's shield.
"Waaaaaaah!" yelled Fox, being pushed back by a great force, though his reflecter shield saved him from an early demise
Luckily for him Samus had been keeping an eye on the vulpine and quickly came to his aid, catching him mid-flight.
"You okay?"
"Yeah." He replied, "Be careful, that thing's cockpit has a powerful laser; had the joy of meeting it personally."
"I see, thanks for the tip."
"We sure could use that avalanche right about now." Fox commented
"I think it's coming." Replied Samus
"I think this should be enough rocks." Replied Peach
"I think so too." Falco agreed
"As do I." replied Captain Falcon
"So why is it that I must push them?" Roy asked
"We drew straws, you lost." Replied Marth, "And in terms of strength you are physically stronger than any one of us."
"He has a point." Captain Falcon replied, "You are half-dragon after all."
"That does not mean I need to do menial labor!" Roy protested, "Why don't you all help?!"
"And break a nail?" Peach replied
"Grrr…"
"Fine, fine. We'll help, but if I break a nail you're paying for my manicure." She said
"Fine." He muttered
With the added might of the four other Smashers, Roy was able to push the largest boulder, the boulder that would evidently cause a chain reaction of the other boulders, thus resulting in a very effective avalanche.
Dun Dun! Dun Dun! Dun Dun!
It started out slow, but eventually the rocks began to pick up speed and increase in number. A few moments later a decent sized avalanche had occurred.
Dun Dun Da! Dun Dun Da! Dun Dun Da!
By the time the Mech noticed the avalanche; huge boulders were tumbling down the cliff, right for it. With a glowing cockpit the robot prepared to fire its beam cannon at the approaching avalanche, undaunted by the numerous boulders rolling toward it.
Fwoosh!
The beam flew tried and true, connecting with a large boulder tumbling down. However, the pilot miss calculated the power of the beam and instead of simply obliterating the boulder; he blew a hole clean through it.
"Princess, look out!" yelled Roy, pushing Peach out the way just as the beam reach the group
Roy immediately countered the blow, but he blast had more power than he could handle, creating massive feedback that shot him in the air like a golf ball.
"Roy!" yelled Peach, watching him sail away
Meanwhile the Mech wasn't doing too well either, since it never actually stopped the avalanche and was soon crushed by tons of heavy boulders. When the dust settled the Mech was still clearly visible beneath the rubble it was buried under, but whether it was functional or not remained a mystery.
"Did that do it?" Zelda asked
"Not sure…" replied Samus, scanning the Mech
It seemed that all functions had ceased, but Samus wasn't entirely sure.
"Hmm…" Link murmured, "It's never that easy." He commented
Link had spoken the truth, as the Mech's systems had rebooted, alerting a threat alert to Samus's scanners.
"Look out!" she yelled, but it was too late, the Mech fired its beam weapon toward Zelda
However Link, pushing his own safety aside jumped in the way like the hero he was (or idiot, you decided) brandishing the Mirror Shield mid-jump. When the beam made contact with the heavy, reflective metal it ricocheted clean in another direction. The direct threat may have been averted, but the concussive force of the blast pushed Link back.
"Hold on." He heard someone say
Turning his head back slightly he noticed Samus take hold of him, helping him to push back against the beam, digging her heels into the ground for leverage. As they held the continuous beam, Zelda instantly transformed into Sheik and darted forward to attack while the Mech was distracted. She was soon joined by Fox who had come along from the other side, Ganondorf who was coming up from behind and Mario who joined him, making so that all four had made their way toward the Mech, trying to find some sort of weakness they could exploit.
"Can't…hold it." Link thought
The Mirror Shield could only do so much and with their fatigue, the two Smashers soon lost the battle with the beam as the ground at their feet cracked and finally gave in, their feet being driven into the earth until the beam itself literally drove them six feet under. With two of its targets down the Mech focused its attention on the Fox and Sheik, but they were already darting around the Mech with their god-like speed, creating a blur effect. Their eyes darted all about the Mech, looking for a weak spot, but they found no such thing. The Mech was heavily armored and armed; not even an exhaust port was seen on it
"Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" roared Ganondorf, launching a magically charged fist at the Mech's mid-section
Ganondorf's fist collided with the Mech armor, but other then causing it to vibrate violently the Mech remained undamaged, but Ganondorf wasn't so lucky.
"Yow!" he cried, holding his sore hand
Luckily he didn't break his hand, but he wasn't gonna do that anytime soon. Seeing Ganondorf's miscalculation, Mario decided not to try and attack the Mech directly, but to try and distract it by firing numerous fireballs. They didn't do anything, but the Mech did focus on Mario and tried to smash the plumber with its heavy fists.
"It has to have some way of relieving all that heat it creates when using a weapon like that." Thought Fox, "So where could it be?" he wondered
Then he saw it, looking closely at the cockpit he noticed hot air rush out, but it was done in a fashion that allowed the heat to escape through the very lining of the armor, making it near impossible to get at. Only a powerful kinetic force might actually stand a chance of doing damage it.
"I see it Sheik, its weakness. But we'd need something pretty darn powerful to hurt that thing!" he yelled
"Will this help!?" he heard someone say
Sheik, Fox, and even the Mech turned and stared wide eyed as three new combatants entered the battlefield. Young Link, Popo, and strangely enough the mountain of muscle known as Giga Bowser. The two boys were riding atop the incarnation of anger while it charged forward, with malice intent in its eyes.
"Young Link? What is going on?!" Sheik immediately asked
Being confused would have been the understatement of the century. Even saying Sheik was perplexed would have been pushing the envelope. For a moment Sheik thought he hit his head. Never, in a million years would he have seen a sight like this!
"Giga Bowser's, helping us!" Young Link yelled excitedly, hopping off
"Yeah, he's on out side!" yelled Popo, a huge grin on his face, following Young Link
"What in the...how in the…wha…how? Fox said flustered, his ability to make complete sentences taking a back seat, with his sanity right behind it
"Raaaaaaaaaaaaah!" yelled Giga Bowser, crashing into the Mech with as much force as he could muster
Albeit, the Mech was still at least three times bigger than Giga Bowser, the enormous tortoise still had the strength to topple it, bringing it crashing to the ground, the first combatant out there to actually cause some slight damage to it.
"Take THIS!" bellowed Giga Bowser, bringing his clawed fist down on the cockpit of the Mech
WHAM! BAM! BOOM! POW! DONG!
Giga Bowser's fists repeatedly beat against the Mech cockpit; his pounding attacks were brutal toward the Mech and its pilot, with no restraint against it as he bashed the powerful machine. Sensors inside began to inform the pilot that Giga Bowser was doing some damage and that it needed to be remedied, and soon. The pilot had enough though and before Giga Bowser could land another blow the Mech reached out, catching his paw mid-punch, completely engulfing Giga Bowser's fist and with one mighty pull, flung the overgrown tortoise off of itself.
"Waaaaaaaah!" he yelled before he was slammed into the earth, hard, "Oof!"
The pilot smirked, but had no time to celebrate as the original Koopa King was not to be left out and lunged at the Mech, grabbing onto the cockpit himself and trying to rip it off the main body.
"I don't know what's going on, but I ain't gonna let him upstage me!" he yelled, mustering his strength
Even so, Bowser was not quick enough and it didn't take long for the Mech to throw him away as well. But the Mech didn't stop there. Taking hold of Giga Bowser he flung the large tortoise at Bowser, and Bowser, not ready for such a counter attack, took his larger self, head on, sending him bouncing across the field.
With the heavy bruisers out of the way, only Fox, Sheik, Young Link, Ganondorf, Mario and Popo stood in the way of the Mech, although a quick glance to his backside revealed to Fox that Falco and Marth were making their way down the cliff to join in the battle.
"Where's Peach and Roy?" he wondered, but only for a split second, he had other pressing matters at hand
The Mech picked itself up and seemingly glared at the Smashers before its 'jaws' opened up and it 'roared' at the four with a mechanical screech.
Reeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
"This is bad." Fox thought before the next stage of the battle commenced
"Roy! Roy!" yelled Princess Peach as she searched for the missing swordsman
After his one-way ticket to Painsville and his flight to Kingdom Come, the Smashers had lost track of the fire-wielding general. Peach had elected to search for him while Marth and Falco left to help their friends, though without a solid plan to fall back on they weren't sure what difference they could make.
"Where are you Roy!" she called, feeling horrible
He pushed her out of the way of the blast, only to be rocketed away himself and all she could do was watch in horror as he was blasted to who-knows-where. She could feel the tears welling up in her eyes and she was on the verge of being hormonally unbalanced. And for Peach, this was a bad thing. Peach's emotions were a scary place and only the bravest of men dared to travel that road.
"Why…why did he do that?" she asked herself, though she already knew the answer
He was a knight, first and foremost, and because of that his honor told him he had to help a fair maiden in need. But even so, she cursed herself for not being able to avoid that blow, but she had frozen up at the last second. The sheer power had scared her and Roy had taken it upon himself to push her out of the way and take the blast.
"I'm so stupid." She thought, searching relentlessly for Roy, "No wonder Mario has to always save me." She murmured, "Roy!" she called out again
"Err…ugh…aww…" she heard someone moan
"Roy!?" she called cheerfully, hoping it was him
She ran to the source of the noise before tripping over something. Whatever she tripped over moaned in pained.
"Roy?" she said, looking down to indeed see that Roy was the something she tripped over, "Oh Roy, I'm so sorry!" she wailed, taking hold of the downed swordsman, squeezing him with pure mirth
"Peach? Good, you're okay, but you're crushing me." He croaked
"Oh!" she gasped, immediately letting go, causing him to tumble to the ground with a dull thud, "Are you okay?" she asked, "I mean, that blast, it was so powerful and…"
"It's okay, give me a few moments and I'll be back on my feet." he said, "Besides, I deflected most of the blow. I didn't take near as much damage as I would have should I have been hit with no interference." He replied
"You're still hurt, you shouldn't move." She told him
"No…I must help the others, it's my duty." He said, forcing himself to stand
"Roy don't…" she said, unable to finish, "You can't, you'll…"
"There are some things a person must do, even if they must disregard their own safety to do so." He said to her, "I'm not sure what I can do at the moment against such a foe, but I'll be damned if I sit idly by and do nothing." He told her, "Besides, I am a Smasher. It would destroy my reputation if I backed down out of a fight." He said with a smirk, before racing off to join in the battle
Peach sat dumbfounded…she never thought of it that way. She had only become a Smasher because she wanted to prove that she could take care of herself. She wanted to show that just because she was a girl and a blonde that she wasn't some silly stereotype. But the problem was, and she now realized it, that she was proving herself in the wrong way. But, within a short time and just from Roy's simple speech she realized something. She had already had the ability to take care of her self all along, but didn't realize it until now. All those times Bowser had kidnapped her, she never panicked, she simply kept her cool and waited. All those Smash Battles, she was always confident in her abilities and win or lose she never lost that confidence. But that one moment of uncertainty had caused her to question everything about her that didn't need questioning. She didn't need to change, she was already what she wanted to become. Now, now she had to make up for all the time she wasted not realizing this. Now she had to pick herself up and face the hardship ahead. Now, she was truly pissed off and now, she was hormonally unbalanced…anger had taken the place of her normal happy attitude. She wanted to teach that Mech a lesson and she was going to. Oh, was she ever going to.
"Grrrrrr…" she growled, heating up
The ground beneath her began to scorch, surround leaves going up so quickly they didn't have the time to burn.
"Grrrr…"
Her muscles tightened and increased in mass slightly, while her veins pulsated every few seconds.
"Grrrrrrrrrr…."
She stomped the ground once, causing a small tremor to travel along the ground. Finally she couldn't hold back. She arched her back and looked up before unleashing a small amount of her pent up anger.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"What the hell was that?" asked Fox after hearing someone yell, loudly
"Not sure…" replied Sheik, "But we don't have time to contemplate it at the moment." He reminded him, "Get Young Link and Popo out of here and find Ganondorf and Mario. I'll distract the robot." He told him
"You can't possible fight that thing yourself, are you crazy or something?"
"We have to get them out of here." He told him, "Whether or not I'll win is not the question, just do it."
"Right…but watch yourself." He told Sheik
"Will do."
Fox darted toward the unconscious forms of Young Link and Popo, who had fallen due to the onslaught of plasma bombs the Mech had fired at them. The Mech saw this and turned its attention to Fox, but Sheik was already there to stop it. One electrically charged Flail Whip later the Mech only had eyes for Sheik. (Wow…that didn't sound exactly right. Man on Robot action? Perfect. Now I have images. Somebody shoot me).
"Well…now that I have its attention, now what?" Sheik wondered, as he stared down the barrel of a plasma cannon
"Yoshi!" he heard someone yell, before a loud clang could be heard
Yoshi collided with the cannon barrel, effectively pushing it away before it could fire.
Fwoosh!
"Thanks for the assist Yoshi!" Sheik said, watching as the blast flew away harmlessly
"Yoshi, yosh, shi!" replied Yoshi, before turning back to his opponent
Plasma bombs fired freely, but Yoshi curled up into his egg and rolled away, avoiding the blasts. He ended up circling around the Mech, making a fool of the sophisticated machine.
"Now's my chance." Sheik thought, transforming into Zelda
Building magical energy into her hands, Zelda focused, creating a golden like aura around her hands. Before the Mech could realize what was happening, Zelda fired a golden beam of magical energy at the Mech, hitting it square in its robot chest, knocking it over in one fell swoop.
Thummm!
"Yoshi, yoshi, yoshi!" called Yoshi, overjoyed that the Mech had been defeated
"I'm not so sure Yoshi…I don't think this battle's over quite yet." Replied Zelda, sweat visible on her face
Zelda was correct in her assumption, for the Mech picked itself back up, seemingly glaring at the two. But even so, it looked like it had taken a big hit due to Zelda's attack.
"I need time…can't do that again." She said, breathing heavily "Yoshi let's…" she began, but the Mech didn't give her time to finish
Using its move; dubbed the Seismic Hammer, it created a thunderous shockwave along the ground. Zelda saw it coming, but Yoshi hadn't evaded in time and was thrown down to the ground. Momentarily paralyzed the Mech took this as its opportunity to smash Yoshi into an omelet, bringing its fist high in the air.
"Yoshi!" Zelda cried out, dashing over to the fallen dinosaur
Nayru's love kicked in, just as the fist came crashed down, taking the brunt of the attack, but shattering only moments after the hit. The sudden feedback of energy threw Zelda for a loop, the ability to create it gone at the moment. This time the Mech brought both its arms up, to finish the job, and with no interruptions the Mech would have surely crushed the two, but low and behold something stopped the devastating attack, dead in its tracks.
"No way…Peach?" asked a dumbstruck Zelda
Standing before her and Yoshi was Peach, fire enveloping her entire body, her eyes dead to the world, thought they were stuck on hate. A seemingly unreal amount of strength poured from her body, as he held the two giant fists in place, growling angrily.
"Go." She growled
"What…I can't…"
"GO!"
Zelda was gone and she took Yoshi with her.
"Grrrrr…" she growled, fighting against the powerful fists
She may have been holding it back, but it was still far larger than she was and it had its immense weight on its side. Even her unexplainable burst of strength couldn't hold out for long and the Mech began to push Peach to the ground.
"Rrrrrrrrr…" she growled, building up the last of her strength, "Raaaaaaaaaaaah!" she roared, igniting brightly for a few moments
The sheer amount of energy unleashed caused the Mech to real back, throwing it to the ground forcefully. The many delicate sensors inside short-circuited due to the phenomenal release of energy.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha…" she breathed, falling to her knees, her breathing going back to normal as her temper cooled
The explosion of hormonal energy was not without its fault; Peach had drained herself considerable and was now very vulnerable to a counterattack, which the Mech wasted no time in delivering. A devastating barrage of plasma bombs rained down on the princess, and with muscles aching and a cloudy mind she didn't have the stamina, nor the ability to stand, let alone run away. Luckily she didn't have to.
"Not so fast!" yelled Zelda, who instantly teleported to Peach's side
Scooping up the Princess Zelda immediately teleported again, just before the plasma bombs could hit, saving Peach from an early demise.
Reeeeeeeaaaaaah!
As if angered by the sudden interference the Mech screeched, causing any nearby Smasher, that wasn't lying around unconscious to scatter like roaches away from the daunting adversary.
-Now for a commercial break-
"Hello every a body. It's a me, Mario!" Mario said cheerfully, "We're a taking a break from the story to tell everyone…well…uh…darn…"
"You forgot, didn't you?" asked Samus
"Uh…no, I a just can't remember at the moment."
"Yep, you forgot." She sighed
"Well do you remember?" he asked
"Yeah, we're suppose to give hints about what exactly is suppose to happen later in this crazy battle we're in." she said
"Oh…I a knew that."
"Sure you did."
"Can we start already!?" asked an impatient Young Link
"Pika, pika!" replied Pikachu
"Yoshi, yosh, shi." Replied Yoshi
"I know that they could just skip this and continue reading, but what would be the fun in that?" replied Samus, "Besides, the author is about to lose his mind writing this and a little diversion will help to keep his sanity."
"Oh…" replied Young Link, "We don't want him to go crazy after all."
"Yeah, wouldn't a want that. I think." Replied Mario, contemplating the thought
"So how are we supposed to do this?" Young Link asked, "I mean, we can't exactly tell them…but what would be the point of leaving anything out, it's not like this is going to be a cliffhanger or anything…this is the last chapter, right?" he asked
"Yeah, but it's gonna be a long one." Samus replied
"Pika, pika, pika!" replied Pikachu
"I know, we're gonna get beaten pretty badly in the rest of this chapter but it's all leading up to some big finale that nobodies expecting."
"Yoshi?"
"One of us is supposed to finish that thing, but I don't know who. The author was stingy with the details."
"But who is it a gonna be?" Mario wondered
"Whoever it is it's probably gonna stump us all when it happens." She said
"Is this something about suspense or something?" Young Link asked
"Probably." Replied Samus
"Pika?"
"Eh, we'll see."
"Yoshi, yoshi, yosh, yosh, shi."
"I don't a know." Replied Mario
"Well I think it's about time we got back to the story, and think the author's okay now."
"Hey, will I be any chance get caught in some random explosion?" Young Link asked
"Maybe, but you're unconscious at the moment so it's not likely."
"Whew."
"But don't get your hopes up. The author might just do it to spite you."
"Oh joy."
"Pika, pika!" Pikachu cheered to the readers before signing off
-End of Commercial Break-
"I think someone is a little mad." Fox replied, after the Mech released its intimidating screech
"Well, with good reason." Replied Zelda, referring to Peach
"She sure did a number on it…whatever happened." He replied
"She has such power." Zelda replied, impressed
"I just think the girl's a little crazy or it's that time of month."
Pow!
"Sorry!" he yelled, "Mind keeping the punches directed toward big and gruesome?!" he asked annoyed
"It wouldn't matter; we're not doing the damage needed to take this thing down. Also, many of the others were taken down…I do hope Link is alright." She said
"Ya know Samus was caught in that blast too."
"Oh yes…her too."
"Glad you feel so bad for her."
Pow!
"Hey! What was that for?"
"I'll rend that thing to pieces." Muttered Ganondorf, busting his way out of a pile of rocks
"Me first." He heard someone grunt
Boulders tumbled away to revealed DK, climbing out of his own hole
"Me second." He heard another say, this one being Dedede
"I hate to say it, but even though my anger toward that thing is immense, blinding charging it won't do a thing." Ganondorf said, "It'll fire on us before we can get close."
"We'll just have to remedy that, now won't we." Replied a voice from behind
Floating toward them was the psychic pokemon, Mewtwo, looking very much refreshed.
"Where were you?" Ganondorf asked
"I had to rest."
"Lucky you." Replied Dedede
"Let's go, time to smash that thing." DK said
"Look, it's the pink blob." Replied Ganondorf, pointing to the sky, "Though he is not riding that abnormally bright star of his." He informed
"Is that…the Shadow Star?" Dedede questioned
"What's that?" DK asked
"Not sure, but that thing…it gives me the creeps."
"Something isn't right about that thing, I can feel it." Mewtwo said, "Just darkness radiating from it, equal to that of the light generated by the Warpstar, maybe even more so." He replied, "And it would seem that the darkness is having an effect on him."
"Hmm…" mumbled Ganondorf, "I didn't think the little guy could be dark. He was always sickening nice. Too nice for me." He replied, "A little darkness could be good for him."
"What if he becomes darker than you?" Dedede asked, "Try and take your place."
Ganondorf gasped loudly.
"We must free him from that abomination!" he cried, taking off into the sky
"Wait!" someone yelled
All four Smashers turned around and immediately glared at the newcomer that had yelled loudly. Floating a few feet in the air behind them were the Master Hand and the Crazy Hand, The Master Hand floating calmly while the Crazy Hand, while doing basically the same was fidgeting ever so slightly. However, soon those glares turned to looks of confusion as they saw who was riding atop the two 'Hands.
"Hey guys!" called Nana, "You okay?"
"Uh…yeah…what…" began Ganondorf
"What is going on?" the Master Hand finished, "Simple, we're helping you."
"Why?" asked DK
"We want too." Replied the Crazy Hand
"Whoa…is he okay?" asked Dedede
"Yes, I don't believe I ever heard the Crazy Hand complete a sentence without yelling or screaming or stumbling over words." Mewtwo replied
"I CAN BE CALM WHEN I WANT TO, IT'S JUST MORE FUN TO BE CRAZY!" he bellowed, before cackling wildly
"That was short-lived." Commented Ganondorf
"Hey, aren't we gonna catch Kirby?" Ness said, hopping off the Crazy Hand
"Yeah, Mewtwo said that thing he's riding on is bad, right?" asked Nana
Mewtwo nodded his head.
"But he won't learn if we do anything." The Master Hand replied
"Learn what?"
"Haven't you ever heard of foreshadowing?" the Master Hand asked
"For what?"
"Intense drama and a little fan-service later on."
"For Kirby?" Ganondorf asked
"You'll see. Give it about fifteen minutes." The Master Hand replied
"Okay, so what are we suppose to do for at least fifteen minutes?"
(five seconds later)
"Got any fives." Asked Nana
"Go fish." Replied Dedede
"We're gonna fight right?" DK asked
"Yeah, we just have to wait until the author puts us in, don't worry." Replied Mewtwo, "Got any fours?"
"Darn." Muttered DK
"Hey, you've won every hand, are you cheating?" Nana asked
"What would make you say that?"
"You're psychic." Replied the Crazy Hand
"Ness is psychic too and he hasn't won at all." Mewtwo retorted
"Maybe he sucks…" replied Dedede
Pow!
"Maybe…he's been unreasonably unlucky…" replied Dedede, slightly dazed
"I think it's time for a scene change." The Master Hand thought
"Oh…my a head hurts." Thought Mario, "Not only was I thrown really far away, but I was out of the story for at least ten minutes."
Mario stood up and brushed himself off and looked off toward the battle that was taking place further up. Marth and Falco had arrived moments after Zelda had rescued Peach and were now battling along side Yoshi, who had returned to the fight. Looking off toward the right he noticed Giga Bowser and Bowser recovering from their flights, ready to jump back into the fray. Mario sighed though; it didn't look like this battle was going too well for the Smashers, even with Giga Bowser's assistance.
"We a must hit it with a something big." Mario thought out loud, "But a what?"
That's when he noticed something streak across the sky.
"This that…Kirby?" he wondered as he focused on the fast moving thing
Indeed it was the bottomless pit, but he wasn't riding his trademark Warpstar and he was wearing a strange, yet decorative hat on his head. As Kirby closed in on the Mech Mario tried to figure out just what power the small Kirby was utilizing now.
"I a swear I know what that power is." Mario thought, trying to remember when he saw it last, "What a was it…Smash Kirby…no…Bump Kirby…no…" he pondered
Mario did remember it had to do something with a large explosion.
"Bomb Kirby…no, it was a stronger than that…wait a second…CRASH KIRBY!"
Now Mario had never actually seen Crash Kirby in action before, but a retelling of a battle between Kirby, Captain Falcon, Ness, and Yoshi told him of the destructive capabilities of this power. Captain Falcon had told Mario the last thing he remembered was seeing a bright light before he, Ness, and Yoshi were catapulted clean out of the arena. Yoshi said that Kirby had transformed after eating a Bo-bomb by mistake. Ness had told him that the energy released from Kirby during the attack was so powerful that it would have had some serious consequences if it wasn't being dampened by the 'Hands during the tournament.
"He a can't be a thinking what I think he is a think?!" Mario thought, immensely worried
Though the worry was not for Kirby's safely, since the little puffball was nearly invulnerable, no, it was for the other Smashers who were currently still battling the Mech. They'd never see Kirby until it was too late and from the looks of it, Kirby wasn't slowing down, let alone stopping to warn them about his Crash Abilities.
"What is a Kirby thinking?" he thought, running as fast as he could toward the battle, though it was in vain
Kirby would make it there long before Mario. Hell, it would take at least five minutes to make it there at Mario's speed, while only thirty seconds for Kirby.
"There a must be a way…" he pondered, "Zelda!" he thought, closing his eyes and concentrating
Meanwhile, Zelda was just helping Link and Samus from the hole they were driven in. Link was the first to be lift out, while Samus climbed out herself.
"Are you two okay?" Zelda asked
"Yeah, fine." Samus asked, "What happen while we were out?"
"Long story short, we're not really winning, but Giga Bowser came to help…don't ask why."
"I won't."
"Let's resume our battle then." Replied Link
"Right the others…" she stopped abruptly
"ZELDA!" she heard someone yell in her head, a familiar someone
"Mario? What…why are you thinking so loudly, what is wrong?" she asked
"Look up!" he yelled
"What…why?" she asked, obliging him
The moment she did she sensed a great darkness approaching before actually seeing Kirby flying in. Confused by Zelda's sudden lapse, Link and Samus looked up as well and saw Kirby, not riding his Warpstar.
"What is that?" Link asked
"I'm reading a strange energy coming from that thing…a dark energy." Replied Samus
"Shadow Star…" Zelda said in a whispered voice, followed by "Crash Kirby…"
Then she gasped, grabbing hold of Samus and Link and literally dragging them toward the fight between the other Smashers and the Mech.
"Princess! What are you doing?!" asked a surprised Link
"No time to explain, grab the others and get them as close to me as possible!" she said,
"Right." Replied Samus
Even though the bounty hunter didn't know what was going on, something about the situation told her that the surrounding area might be devastated in a few seconds. Zelda let go of Samus and Link and in that moment Samus took hold of Link and launched him toward Marth, who had just countered a series of plasma bolts. Marth didn't see Link coming and the two collided with some force.
Bam!
"What…what is going on!?" Marth yelled, shoving Link off
"Zelda wants us to meet up with her." Link said, dazed, "Let's go." He told him
Marth didn't quite understand, but if it was an order from Zelda, then he couldn't argue with her wisdom. She had the freakin' Tri-Force of Wisdom in her for the gods' sake! With a nod Marth followed Link toward Zelda, who was running toward Yoshi.
"This isn't gonna end well." Samus thought, jumping clean over a barrage of plasma bombs, "Falco!" she yelled
Falco looked away for a moment to acknowledge her before jumping away from a devastating punch launched by the Mech.
"What!?" he yelled back
"Something really bad is gonna happen soon and it involves Kirby and that weird thing he's on."
Falco looked up and noticed Kirby was about a few seconds away. His avian eyes could see the look Kirby had on his face and Falco didn't like that look. It was a look of anger, anger and sadistic pleasure and it didn't suit Kirby in the least.
"We gotta meet up with Zelda!" Samus yelled
"On my way." He said, running at full speed toward Samus who turned on her heel and bolted toward Zelda
The Mech turned and noticed Kirby closing in and fired a salvo of missiles at the puffball. Kirby however didn't make a motion to avoid them, as if he didn't actually see them barreling toward him. Meanwhile, Zelda was literally dragging Yoshi by his tail toward Marth and Link and happened to notice Giga Bowser and Bowser stomping over. She gasped again, knowing that she wouldn't make it to them in time and came up with the only plan she could to get them away from the battle ground.
"Forgive me." She said, summoning an immense amount of magic in her hands before throwing it at the two
Giga Bowser was hit first and was driven away by the force while Bowser flew like a rocket. She hoped they weren't hurt and were far enough way, because what would happen in the next few seconds would surprise everyone. After expelling such magical energy, Zelda didn't have the power to keep running and fell over, unable to move.
"Yoshi!?" cried Yoshi, trying to help her up
"Take me to the others." She said, "Hurry."
Yoshi understood and ran, but stopped when he heard a thunderous boom. Turning around he saw that the missiles fired by the Mech had hit their mark. But after only moments Kirby blasted his way out of the smoke they created, virtually unscathed, the dark aura around him flickering insanely before returning to normal.
"Hurry!" Yoshi heard Zelda yell and Yoshi resumed his race against time
Kirby would be on top of the Mech in mere seconds and the Smashers pushed themselves to make it to Zelda in time. They had no clue what was about to transpire, but their instincts told them it wouldn't be pretty. The insane look on Kirby's face grew and his body began to glow, energy seeping from him. The Mech waited patiently, waiting for Kirby to get close so that it could punch the puff from the sky, not knowing the dangerous attack Kirby had in mind for it.
"Yoshi!" cried Yoshi, jumping at the group, colliding with all four Smashers
"Farore's Wind!" yelled Zelda, teleporting all six of them in an instant
Just as Zelda transformed the Mech threw the punch, colliding with Kirby, who released his attack
KAAAAAAAAAAAA-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Mech and Kirby were enveloped in an intense explosion in seconds, an explosion that spread until there was no sight of either of them, creating a large crater in the ground. The explosion was quite visible from afar and every last Smasher could see it, even the ones playing cards.
"What in the…" Ganondorf said, unable to finish
The Master hand whistled; taken back by the power that was just released. Though this was another weird instance since he had no mouth.
"That is pretty powerful, didn't think he'd go that far?" the Master Hand said
"You knew this would happen!" yelled Nana, "Kirby could be hurt!" she yelled
"He's fine, didn't I tell you about drama and a little fan-service."
"Huh?"
"You'll see." Replied the Master Hand
As said earlier, everyone saw the explosion, the Smashers that had teleported away in the nick of time, the Smashers that had just recently recovered from devastating attacks, and Jigglypuff, who was still high in the air on the Warpstar.
"JIGGLYPUFF!" she yelled, watching the devastating affects of the explosion unfold right before her eyes
An image of Kirby smiling popped up in her head and it was that thought and that thought alone that pushed her to stand. With intense emotion she commanded the Warpstar to move, and move it did, guided by her feelings. She jetted off toward the explosion, which was beginning to die down, her thoughts of Kirby smiling pushing her to find him, to save him. It was those images that told her to never let Kirby stop smiling, ever.
Yes, I know this was supposed to be the last chapter. But there is so much that needs to be put in this last sequence that I'm extending this chapter to a part 2.
Now, there are probably other questions you have on your minds at the moment and would you probably want them answered. Any and all questions will be answer in the real last chapter, but your welcome to ask any that you want and I'll be sure to answer them to the best of my ability.
I hope you all enjoyed part one, and if so, you'll love part two.