Hermit's Smash Brothers Brawl
Stage 2: First Strike
Spongebob stared in shock and open jawed. The cameramen had escaped far away enough to show the arena as it became shrouded by the energy from the bomb. He grabbed his jaw off of the floor and lifted it back into place. Suddenly a bright light shone behind him. He turned around to see a muscular green merman with red hair and beard and a golden tiara on his head.
(For those who don't know, I'm using the Neptune from the spatula episode, not the movie.)
"King Neptune sir!" Spongebob greeted frightened and with a salute.
"Hello Spongebob," Neptune greeted with worry before pointing at the screen. "Listen carefully; what you are seeing is just the beginning. We may not have much time before this union of evil comes to our and other worlds! But I cannot act here since this is an other-worldly affair. And so, I entrust the responsibility to you."
"What?" the sponge asked shocked. "But King Neptune, I didn't last long in the tournament! How am I supposed to go against a whole army?"
"Simple Spongebob, in the tournament you relied only on your karate abilities. But for this, I shall entrust you with these." He then opened out his palm, allowing to bright orbs to appear out of nowhere. They went into Spongebob's hands, taking form.
"Spatulas, your highness?" the chef asked as he looked at the two solid gold spatulas now in his hands.
"Those are not ordinary spatulas my boy," Neptune spoke. "These gold spatulas are to be the weapons of only one worthy enough to be a fry cook god. They can act as swords, a bow with patty arrows, and they even improve your jumping ability. These, along with your fellow fighters whom shall join you along the way, can stop this new and frightening force."
Spongebob gripped them harder before looking up with a firm face. He saluted, showing his compliance. "Just one question your highness, how am I going to get all the way into the air?"
"Now that's easy my boy!" Neptune answered before snapping his fingers. In that instant, a torrent formed and launched a screaming sponge clear through the now broken roof and into the air.
Spongebob gasped in fright until he felt himself slowing down to a perfect stop. He looked around to see that the force had landed him amongst the clouds, which surprisingly he could walk on. He looked at his spatulas, connected then by the handles to make the bow. He then held it in the air with his fist. "I swear by these holy cooking utensils that I shall not rest until my foe is vanquished! Now bring on this Dimensional Connection thingie!"
A loud roar suddenly erupted behind him as he turned to see it. The same rocket ship was rising through the clouds and was swinging to him. The ship passed on, but not before opening the hatch to release more robots. The robots landed around Spongebob and got into battle stances as they surrounded him.
"Well… that was easy," he shrugged before taking a stance of his own, spatulas at the ready.
Spongebob rushed out and began to slice through the robots with ease. The fact that he fought robots before in his world helped. He would slice nearby robots with the spatulas as they charged, and occasionally he'd put the handles together and pull on an unseen string that produced patties. He would then let go, flinging the meat arrows into robots at distance.
Soon enough the area was clear and he took off. Jumping amongst the clouds he trudged on after the ship, taking out any robots that came his way. He soon came to a cliff peak in the sky and looked around. The ship had disappeared. Spongebob glanced around until he noticed something that was clashing with the white of the clouds. He came up to it and was surprised. It was #4, and he was a trophy. His pose was shooting with his mustard gun like for the KND show logo. Rather convenient that he would land all the way over here! Spongebob tapped the silver base, causing the same flash which brought the blonde back to life.
"Ooooooooooooooh…" he moaned as rubbed his head. "What the crud just hit me?" Quick flashback to show him getting blasted by cannon. "Oh yeah, that…" he got back up and brushed himself off before turning to the sponge. "And just what are you doing here? Weren't you one of those newbies that joined the tournament? What just happed back at the arena?"
"Well…" Spongebob rambled.
Flashback to the arena being submerged by the white explosion of the bomb…
4 blinked. "Wow. Those flashbacks sure are convenient. Alright then spongeboy, I need to know if my friends are okay and I don't want anything dragging me down! So are you gonna pull your weight or am I gonna have to leave you behind?"
"Pull my weight I shall!" Spongebob said happily, offering his hand. 4 shook it with a grin, and the two looked ahead to see the retreating ship. It was definitely too far to chase anymore. Suddenly a new roar erupted. They looked back to see a green colored ship jetting past them in quick pursuit of the ship. Spongebob and 4 looked at each other and nodded before leaping off to ground level.
Off near the ship, Jimmy and 3 were being chased by the enemy ship, seeing that the colossus was decked with all kinds of weaponry to compensate its slow speed. Jimmy glanced behind to see the nearing ship.
"We're not going to make it! Brace for impact!" Jimmy shouted as he pulled back and hit the ship. The two were flung into the air before landing on the ship. They recovered as Jimmy looked at the ship. "3, this is our chance to learn more about the enemy. It's time we've investigated this 'Dimension Conversion'."
3 just nodded before running off with Jimmy. She then noticed that one side of the ship's weapons was attacking some tiny green ship. The ship was expertly piloted as it avoided any and all attacks. On the side though you could see some kind of world logo with three yellow squares with letters spelling out 'UZZ'. Then one special chained spear cannon fired, and directly hit the ship. The ship spiraled out of control, and was coming for them!
"Jimmy! Look out!" 3 shouted as the mayday ship rushed over them. The force of the turbulence however knocked the two away, screaming as they fell into the clouds, only this time like with 4 and Spongebob, they had no chance of catching up.
Off at a great distance there was another section of Exile going through turmoil. There was a massive jungle and battle cries could be heard echoing out of it. The sound of a motor rose and a large cart that was overloaded with weird technology rocketed out. Driving it were five kids huddled in a group. There were three boys and two girls in ridiculous outfits of either a blue suit or a white dress. One boy was tall with a brown bowl cut, another boy was short with a blonde bowl cut, the third boy wore a red football helmet, one girl had her paled blonde hair down, and the second girl wore glasses and had her brown hair up in braids. The Delightful Children From Down The Lane.
In the jungle a white gloved fist knocked away one of the evil ice cream henchmen. The same person slammed another into the ground. He rushed through to an overlooking cliff. He was dressed in a black and white hazmat suit, had snowy white hair and glowing green eyes, and a white 'DP' symbol on his chest.
"Get back here with my family's inventions you brats!" yelled the veteran from the first Brawl Union.
Danny Phantom. Franchise: Danny Phantom.
The Delightful Children just laughed as they aimed cannons and fired thrice. Danny stood ready before someone else leaped from the jungle. She had guns in both hands as she shot the first two in the air. She was in a high tech black suit with red to mix, including a red visor for her helmet as the newcomer protected her friend.
Valerie Grey. Franchise: Danny Phantom.
The two cannons blew in the air as the third continued on. Valerie then shot once more, the hit cannon landing behind Danny. She landed beside him, and they both took their battle stances as the cannon behind them exploded for dramatic effect. The children raced as the friends took off with a scream of "AFTER THEM!"
The two made their way through the jungle, though their abilities were limited from being in the competition. Danny had to rely purely on his physical strength, which surprisingly was rather great. Valerie wasn't limited as much since they let her keep her guns. They were relaxing after loosing in the tournament when out of nowhere the Children arrived and swiped gadgets and creations of Danny's family. He brought them on his mother's insistence for one of those 'just in cases', and quite frankly he can't let it all get stolen!
They rushed through the jungle, taking out the ice cream henchmen and surprisingly Conversion robots along the way until they came to a clearing. Right there was the stolen technology out there in the open! The two stopped by it in surprise.
"Okay, something's not right here…" Danny mumbled.
"Right. Why would they steal something and then just leave it here to be found?" Valerie wondered.
Danny's eyes then widened in fearing realization. "Because the technology wasn't the real target!"
"That's right kids!" a new and fiery voice sounded. They turned to see a tall silhouette of a man with a red border, yellow eyes, and a pipe that conformed to the silhouette. This man, despite his thin stature, was one of the heavyweights of the Union and was a veteran since the second. "And now that you're here, I'll take what I came for and be on my way."
Father. Franchise: Codename Kids Next Door.
"You seriously think there's a chance of that?" Valerie taunted as she took a stance.
"Oh yes," Father answered as he pulled out the same gun that Gir had. "I'm very certain of that."
The gun began to charge as Valerie remained unchanged. She wasn't worried and knew that she could easily shield or dodge it. Danny however was a bit worried. That gun was too big to be anything legal. He made a decision as he charged up his standard special punch. Once it was at full power, he threw it just as Father fired. Valerie screamed as she was knocked far away, leaving the purple beam to strike the defenseless Danny.
His statuesque form landed depicting him in his midair battle stance. Father only smirked in triumph at his prize.
Far off on ground level, Spongebob and 4 were running through a plain like section of Exile, occasionally going through underground tunnels. For now they were sprinting down a path after the Administrator who was floating on with another bomb. 4 was catching up and leaped in an attempt, but fell short. In that instant Spongebob used 4 as a lift as he tried to catch the villain, but he too just fell shy.
Spongebob stared at the retreating robed figure who was heading off toward a place near the mountains. #4 however was face planted into the ground thanks to his ally and couldn't get up.
Back near the jungle, Valerie was making her way through the trees in anger. As expressed by her muttering.
"Man that Danny! Can't believe he could punch anyone that far! I mean, what could've possibly happed with that gun? And then I come back and neither are anywhere… I swear if I ever find him again I'll make him a full ghost!"
She came to a clearing and looked around to see that she was at a lakefront. She looked to the side and gasped. There lay the wreckage of the same green ship. She was about to go to it when large quaking sounds came from the lake. She stared warily until a large beast erupted from the lake surface. It was pale yellow with a tan underbelly, had tentacles coming from the body, a large tail at the end, an elongated neck to hold up a bug like head with large black eyes, as well as two tentacles with claws for hands and one from the back with some kind of head dome attachment.
The monster roared before firing an energy blast at the ship and setting aflame.
"Wha… what is that thi-AUUUUGH!" she screamed as the monster picked her up. The monster looked at her and roared fiercely, ready to kill her.
At the ship you can hear a beeping ring tone before a nasally German voice called from a violet communicator. "Victor? Are you still alive?"
"I'll have to get back to you on that," a man's voice replied before he leaped out of the ship and into the air. He then flashed forward, striking the claw that held Valerie. She jumped out of it next to the man who got back up. The veteran since the first Union was a tall white man with an orange hair buzz cut and a blue jumpsuit with a belt and a few gadgets on.
Victor Volt. Franchise: The Secret Show.
The monster unleashed another energy blast to which Victor activated one of his devices. It activated an energy shield around him which reflected the blast back to the monster. It howled in pain before falling back into the lake.
"You okay?" Victor asked of Valerie.
"I'll be fine," she answered. "But what the heck is that thing?"
"It's called a Reptogater," Victor explained. "They're beasts from my world that lived sixty miles below the Earth's surface. These monsters can suck any kind of information from a victim's head. But this one's much different from the others. Now get ready to fight. That one blast won't be enough to stop it."
Indeed, the reptogater rose from the water, and it was ticked! It roared before charging. The duo leaped out of its way as they began to attack from a distance with their guns. The beast roared again and shot another blast at them which Victor reflected. The reptogater then flew into the air before digging into the ground where they were. The ground began to get loose below them and they dodged away before it dug out and into the sky. It then landed near them and whipped around with its tentacles, but the two had shielded to save them. It then twirled around in the air, summoning red lightning that stuck them.
"This is taking too long!" Victor shouted as he recovered.
"Well what should we expect?" Valerie grunted as she fired again. At least until the same multicolored ball appeared near them. "Hm. Oh well, that's good enough for me!"
She grabbed as her suit glowed Technicolor. Suddenly her flying board appeared from her feet as she pulled two massive guns. She flew around, tackling the reptogater when not shooting it. After a few rounds of damage, her board jetted one last time, exploding as it struck the beast. The reptogater roared in pain one last time before falling back into the water, and this time it didn't get back up. The two nodded in success before Victor began to walk away.
"Woah, wait up a minute!" Valerie spoke as she grabbed Victor. "You have to help me out here. I lost track of my friend and-"
"I'm sorry Valerie, but I can't" Victor answered as he walked away. "Bigger things are going on right now and I have to find a new flight."
Valerie frowned before yanking Victor by the ear and leading him the other way. "No, you listen here! One of the villains of the Union attacked me and my friend which is against the rules. He even used some kind of large gun that's not part of the tournament. Now, you can either help me find Father willingly or I'm going to drag you by your ear the whole way."
Victor groaned. Not many choices after all… Still, from the whole broadcast, Gir had used an odd gun, so this could be related. "Owowowowowowowowowowow, okay! I'll go with you."
"Good," she said as let go. "Now let's go!"
They traveled through the forest and underground passages until they arrived at a new clearing. Standing there in the middle was what seemed like Father, but he had an orange tint to him. He stared at them before charging. Victor met him halfway with a charged kick as Valerie charged for close assault. They traded blows until Father unleashed a flame attack from his hand. Valerie shielded and dropped it when the fire ended, just in time for Father to rush at her, grab her, leap high in the air, and slam her down. She was hurt, but Victor was able to retaliate by knocking the Father back. Suddenly another multicolored ball appeared.
"All right! Now it's my turn!" Victor said as he grabbed it. "Let's go!" he shouted as he leaped high into the air. He came back down, but now in a large violet tank. With Victor as the pilot, the tank rushed forward and began to fire. Father however leaped onto the tank for safety. Bad mistake, as the tank then rolled over, squashing the Father flat. It then backed up and fired again, this time knocking the fake Father clear away.
Victor hopped out of the disappearing tank as he and Valerie went to the Father statue. His pose was just standing there with his hand on his chin. Valerie tapped the base like one would, only for nothing to happen. They looked confused until they were shocked by the trophy dissolved into orange particles. Victor then looked to the side as he heard a firing gun.
"Jump!" he shouted as a familiar purple beam flew beneath them. They looked to see the real Father who fired again. This time the beam just struck the ground, causing an explosion.
"All right you creep!" Valerie yelled as she got her guns back out. "What have you done with Danny?"
"No time!" Victor yelled as he dragged her away. "We're still weak from our last battles and we don't know what that thing could do!"
Valerie could nothing but speak her protests as they ran away. Father laughed as they escaped. "Run all you like. But we'll still win in the end!"
Date of Update: 2/26/2008