A/N: My boss is out of town all this week. As such, I have lots of time to work on this. Hooray!
Disclaimer: I do not own Heroes, NBC, Super Smash Brothers, Nintendo, Sega, Konami, or anything contained herein.
(Open on Luigi and Tetra, cuddling in bed. Morning is breaking. Luigi's thoughts are heard in voiceover as he lays in bed with his eyes open.)
It's all happening so fast. My life is a speeding train and I'm not sure where it's headed. One thing is certain, I've been given a second chance, being touched by God; and I've got to believe that he has a purpose for my life.
(Cut to a parked car. Peach is in the driver's seat. She goes to the seat next to her and grabs a taser. She puts it into her jacket and opens the car door.)
So why am I filled with self-doubt? Plagued by demons, real and imaginary?
(Cut to the cemetery. David opens his eyes and grabs Marth by the throat.)
Frightened by the challenges ahead, and haunted by the ghosts of my past?
(Cut to a park. Diddy sits crouched down, in some trees, watching somebody.)
Does God know what I am? Do I? Am I an angel, or a monster? A hero, or a villain? And why can't I see the difference?
(Cut to Luigi's kitchen. He opens the refrigerator door. On it is the title card: "Chapter Five: Angels and Monsters."
Luigi closes the door, having taken out a container of juice. Ganondorf is standing behind the newly closed door.)
Luigi: Oh.
(He hands the juice out, offering some to Ganondorf. The other man doesn't even react.)
Luigi: See? I knew it. You're not real. (He takes a drink of the juice) Anyway, I need some straight answers about saving Tetra.
Ganondorf: You arrived just in time to save her. That sounds like the guidance of a higher power to me.
Luigi: Right. You're a messenger of God. Sure.
Ganondorf: You will understand. God resides within. The answers will come.
Tetra: (calling out) Luigi?
(Luigi turns back to see her enter the kitchen. He turns back to the refrigerator to see Ganondorf is gone.)
Tetra: Who were you talking to?
Luigi: No one. Just clearing my head.
(Tetra gives him a confused look.
Cut to the park. Diddy approaches a guy who is standing around shiftily.)
Diddy: What do you have?
Guy: I have what you need. Whatever it is, man.
Diddy: (scratching his back) It needs to work. It has to! I need it!!
(The guy looks confused. He pulls out his knife.)
Guy: I don't know what's wrong with you, but you need to get out of here, unless you can tell me what you want.
(Diddy quickly grabs the guy's wrist and twists, causing him to yell and drop the knife. Diddy pulls the guy in close.)
Diddy: I don't need drugs. I need you.
(Cut to Mewtwo's cell at Compositech. He's sitting on a bench. Suddenly, Mario appears behind him. Mewtwo looks up.)
Mewtwo: Mario.
(He stands up as Mario runs forward. He grabs Mewtwo by the neck and shoves him against the wall, choking him. This time, we see past them to the viewing window, where Samus has just walked in and seen them.)
Mario: (angrily) I took your power!
Mewtwo: My power? Then you have the hunger. You're like me.
Mario: I will never be like you!
Mewtwo: (smiling) You already are. Brother.
Mario: NO!!
(He grabs Mewtwo's neck and snaps it to the side. Mewtwo drops to the ground. The door flies open and Samus runs in.)
Samus: Mario, stop!
(Mario turns and thrusts a hand toward her, stopping her in her tracks.)
Samus: Mario, please, stop. You don't know what you're doing.
Mario: You never told me he was my brother. I wonder what other secrets you're hiding, mother.
(Samus looks terrified.)
Mario: Maybe I should cut you open and find them all for myself. (He thinks for a second) I need to...
(He starts to open Samus's head. She screams in fear and pain.
Behind Mario, Mewtwo gets to his feet, his neck bent at an angle to his body. He grabs it and straightens his neck back out. Then he throws Mario into the glass with his telekinesis. Mario drops the floor, unconscious.
Mewtwo quickly goes to Samus, who is on one knee recovering.)
Mewtwo: (concerned) Are you all right?
Samus: Yes. I'm fine.
Mewtwo: (gesturing to Mario) What should we do with him?
Samus: I'll make sure he's okay.
(She walks over to him as Mewtwo looks up at the window. Peppy has appeared and gestures towards the door. Mewtwo walks out of the cell and up to him.)
Peppy: We have a lead on a new target. Let's go.
Mewtwo: (disbelieving) You want me to go with you?
Peppy: (rolling his eyes) Don't make this harder than it already is.
(He walks off. Mewtwo takes a look back into the cell, then follows after him.
Cut to the Bennet house. Vivian is quickly going through a bunch of Compositech files. Pikachu comes in behind her.)
Pikachu: Vivian? What's going on?
Vivian: (disgusted) There was no cheerleading retreat. And now Peach isn't answering her phone. How could I have been so dumb? She obviously went after one of these prisoners.
Pikachu: Well it's a good thing she can't get hurt, huh?
Vivian: Oh?
(She picks up one file and shows it to Pikachu. It's of a man, all jet-black, with white eyes.)
Vivian: And what about Stephan Gaimanwatch? He can create black holes, make people disappear.
Pikachu: Oh God…
(She looks over the files and sees one of a blonde man.)
Pikachu: Him!? Well, we better hope she doesn't go after Lucas Doyle either. He's a horrible man. (She thinks for a second) He doesn't live far from here, I'll start there.
Vivian: I'll go with you.
Pikachu: It's fine, Vivian. I can take care of it.
Vivian: But I can help –
(Pikachu lifts up one of her hands, a flame growing on it.)
Pikachu: Help like this? (Vivian doesn't answer, and Pikachu drops her hand) Then I'll do it.
(She leaves. Vivian turns back and picks up the file for Gaimanwatch again.
Cut to a house somewhere. Stephen Gaimanwatch is on the phone.)
Gaimanwatch: Look, you're supposed to be like my sister now too! Just tell me where she went! (After a pause) Please! Just help me out here! (After another pause) Wait, no, don't –
(He pulls the phone away, the line dead. He sighs and puts it back down on the desk. He starts to look angry. He suddenly thrusts out a hand and a small black hole appears above the desk. It sucks in several papers and other things before suddenly closing.
Gaimanwatch sighs, feeling better. Then he stops. He hears footsteps behind him. He quickly turns around and goes toward the front door.)
Gaimanwatch: Hello? Is there someone here??
(He steps forward again. We pull back to see a pair of legs appear behind him.)
Peach's voice: Behind you.
(Gaimanwatch turns around to see Peach leveling the taser at him. She grins and fires it. It hits Gaimanwatch in the chest and he drops to the ground.)
Peach: Gotcha.
(Cut to the cemetery in Japan. David is holding Marth by the throat, choking him.)
Marth: (struggling) I…need…your help…
David: You buried me alive. Why would I help you!?
(Marth simply closes his eyes and concentrates. After a second, he opens them. David is back in the coffin, which is now closed.)
David: (muffled) Hey!
Marth: You killed my father. You are a villain. And I am a hero. But sometimes, a hero must take risks to save the world.
(There is incessant knocking from the inside of the coffin.)
David: (muffled) Let me out!
Marth: I will give you another chance. If you behave.
(The knocking stops.)
David: (muffled) Okay!
(Marth closes his eyes again and concentrates. Suddenly the coffin is open and David is sitting on the edge of it.)
Marth: We need your help. My father had part of a formula –
David: (brushing himself off) The formula?? (He shakes his head) Even I told them to destroy it.
Roy: You know about it! Then you know who would steal it.
David: Maybe. (Narrowing his eyes) What's in it for me?
Marth: When we finish our mission, I promise to put you in a more special cell.
David: Forget it then.
(Marth moves forward to grab him by the shoulder.)
David: Wait! Wait. Just…give me a second. You're like a freaking…Japanese Nazi. (They wait a second.) Well the most likely person to steal it is Samus Petrelli.
Roy: But she is the one who hired us to find it!
David: Oh. Well then I'm out of ideas.
(Marth closes his eyes and concentrates. When he opens them again, David is back in the closed coffin again.)
David: (muffled) Wait wait wait! I know how to find the big villain. (after a second) I have a plan!
Marth: (smiling) A plan!
(Roy just looks at him skeptically.
Cut to an office building. The sign out front reads "Dinosaur Land Research." The logo seems to be two interlocking rings with a crosshair where they overlap.
Cut to inside the building in the lobby. Ganondorf is seated on a couch with Sheik in front of him.)
Ganondorf: How do you feel about recruiting?
Sheik: Recruiting? What do you mean?
Ganondorf: It's on behalf of an organization for a new world order. We could live in a world where people like you are embraced, your gifts acknowledged and respected.
Sheik: Whatever. As long as I keep getting paid.
Ganondorf: Well then you need to invite people like you to join us. (He gestures to a stack of files next to him) Everything you need to know is right here.
(Sheik goes to them and picks them up. She starts reading through them to see pictures of Wario and Diddy and several others.)
Sheik: These are some pretty nasty people here. I don't like getting my hands dirty.
Ganondorf: (shiftily) They've merely…lost their way. It's time for us to give them purpose.
(Sheik stares at him, trying to figure him out.
Cut to a car. Peppy is driving as Mewtwo sits in the passenger seat. He's eating an apple and toying with the radio. Peppy suddenly reaches out and turns it off.)
Peppy: Just...sit.
(Mewtwo shrugs and sits back in his seat.)
Peppy: You know this was all her idea. I would have just left you to rot.
Mewtwo: Rehabilitation doesn't happen overnight. I am trying.
Peppy: Oh, I understand. Killing is just in your nature.
(Mewtwo just rolls his eyes as they continue to drive.
Cut back to Gaimanwatch's house. He slowly gets to his feet. Peach keeps the taser trained on him.)
Peach: I'm bringing you back to Level 5.
Gaimanwatch: Look, I just made one mistake. I got locked away for two years. I didn't even get to say goodbye to my family!
Peach: I don't believe you. I bet they left because they're scared of you.
Gaimanwatch: Oh really? Well, little girl, you're gonna listen.
(He suddenly opens his hand and a black hole appears. It rips the taser out of Peach's hand and sucks it away before closing. Peach looks surprised.
Cut to Diddy's loft. He drags the drug dealer in, bumping his head on the steps on the way down. A trail of blood appears behind him as Diddy drags him into the next room. He puts the body up on a gurney. He goes to get some supplies when he hears the front door open and close.)
Amy's voice: Diddy?
(Diddy quickly rushes out to meet her in the outer room.)
Diddy: Amy. (They hug, but she looks concerned) What is it?
Amy: Did you see this?
(She hands him a flyer. It's a missing person report for Diddy's neighbor.)
Diddy: Where did you get this?
Amy: It was on your door. Have you seen him?
Diddy: (shaking his head) I'm onto the next stage of my research. It could be the answer to taking away your ability.
(She turns away from him. He comes up behind her to nuzzle her neck.)
Diddy: I know that's what you want.
(Amy smiles a little bit. Then she happens to look down and sees the blood on the floor. Her eyes widen, but then she just smiles.)
Amy: Then I should let you get back to work. I'll see you later.
(She goes up the stairs and exits. Diddy watches her go, then heads into the back room. He puts the flyer down on the desk and looks up. We pan up to see the neighbor, still alive, cocooned against the wall.
Cut to Gaimanwatch's house. Peach is seated as he paces in front of her.)
Gaimanwatch: The Company has it all wrong. I never meant to hurt anyway.
(Peach's phone rings. She looks at it nervously as Gaimanwatch looks angry.)
Gaimanwatch: Who is that, your partner?
Peach: I don't have one.
Gaimanwatch: That's how The Company works. One of us, one of them. (He thinks) Well then you can't be with The Company.
(He produces a business card and hands it to her.)
Gaimanwatch: Are you with them?
(Peach looks at it. It's a business card for Dinosaur Land Research.)
Peach: No, I'm not with them either.
Gaimanwatch: Well then who are you? How do you know about me?
Peach: I read your file. It says you killed a man.
Gaimanwatch: I told you, it was an accident. It was just an argument with my neighbor. It got heated and then…he was gone. (His voice breaking) I never meant to hurt him. But The Company locked me away. No lawyer, no trial. I came here…I came to see my wife and kids again. (Peach starts to look sympathetic) Even if it's the last time. (He slowly breathes in and out) I just want to be normal.
(He stands thinking for a second, then turns back to her.)
Gaimanwatch: You can go. We're done here.
Peach: (uncomfortably) Maybe I can help.
(Cut to Luigi and Tetra getting dressed.)
Luigi: So are you going to tell me about it?
Tetra: About what?
Luigi: About why I found you about to take a plunge into the river.
Tetra: Don't worry about it –
Luigi: I am worried. You tried to kill yourself.
Tetra: It was…my fault. That reporter, the one I told you about? Doing a story on me? (Luigi nods) I…killed him. My power...he froze. Shattered.
Luigi: It's not like you meant to. It was an accident.
Tetra: Still. It was my fault. And I need to face the consequences.
Luigi: And what? Turn yourself in, saying you froze and broke him? They'll never believe you. We can't tell anyone about us. I was going to tell the world about people like us. I even called a press conference. And I got shot. I died. And then I saw God. And I truly believe with all my heart that he's got a higher purpose for us.
Tetra: So…God gave us these powers?
Luigi: Of course. Who else would?
Tetra: (confused) A doctor in Pewter City.
(Now Luigi looks confused as well.
Cut to Gaimanwatch's house. Peach hands him a slip of paper.)
Peach: This is your wife's latest phone number. It was in your file.
Gaimanwatch: Thank you! Thank you so much!
(He takes the phone and dials.)
Gaimanwatch: Hello? Hey baby, it's me. I'm back. I…I want to see you guys. (pause) Please. I never meant to leave you. I'm sorry. (pause) Just one meeting. (pause) The carousel at the zoo, sure. Right after it closes.
(Suddenly the line clicks dead. Gaimanwatch looks at the phone in confusion.)
Gaimanwatch: Hello?
(Peppy suddenly appears behind him, gun drawn.)
Peppy: Don't move, Gaimanwatch.
Peach: (getting up) Dad!?
Peppy: (seeing her) Peach!? What are you doing here?
Gaimanwatch: "Dad"?? Was this a setup??
(He grabs Peach and pulls her close to him.)
Peppy: Let her go!!
Peach: No, I didn't know he was coming!
(Mewtwo suddenly appears behind Gaimanwatch.)
Mewtwo: Let the girl go.
Peach: (terrified) Mewtwo. (turning to her dad) What's he doing here!?
Peppy: I can explain –
Mewtwo: I said let her go.
Peach: I'm so sorry, Stephen.
Gaimanwatch: It's not over yet. (He grins a little) Hold on to something.
(He suddenly shoots his hand out and a giant black hole appears in the middle of the floor. He quickly ducks out of the room as Peach, Peppy, and Mewtwo start to get sucked toward it. Peppy wraps his arms around a pillar and holds on. Mewtwo and Peach grab on to some piping ripped out of the wall.
But the black hole is proving too powerful. Peach starts to lose her grip. She slips toward the black hole as Peppy yells for her. Peach is finally ripped away –
– and immediately grabbed out of the air. She looks up to see Mewtwo holding on to her wrist. She looks at him hatefully as Peppy watches in fright. Mewtwo struggles to keep his grip on her.
Eventually the black hole closes up and Peach immediately drops to the floor. She looks up at Mewtwo with a baleful look.)
Mewtwo: Are you all right?
Peach: (rolling her eyes) Wonderful.
(Peppy runs over and hugs his daughter. She does not return it. Mewtwo comes back from looking out the window.)
Mewtwo: He's gone.
Peppy: Where did he go, Peach? He's one of the escaped prisoners from Level 5, he's dangerous.
Peach: No, he isn't! And who are you to talk, bringing him here!?
Mewtwo: I'm so sorry, Peach. When I was holding on to you, I could feel all the pain I caused you. I never meant to -
Peppy: (rounding on him) No. You don't get to talk to her. Ever.
Peach: (desperate) He's not a killer, dad. He's just having problems, like I did. Only he doesn't have anyone to help him like I had you.
Peppy: (smiling) Okay. I just want to talk to him. If what you say is true, I'll make other arrangements. You can trust me, Peach. I wouldn't send anybody to Level 5 that doesn't belong there.
(Peach just looks over at Mewtwo with a pointed look. Then she sighs.)
Peach: All right. He was going to the carousel at the zoo.
(Cut to a bar in Japan. David walks in front, with Marth and Roy behind him.)
Marth: This is your plan? Go to a bar?
David: Of course. I haven't had a drink in months, and they make a mean appletini.
Marth: Don't make me put you back in the coffin.
David: Hold on! This bar here is the number one place to contract specials for hire.
Roy: Specials?
Marth: Like the cantina! (He smiles) I never knew there was such a place.
David: Since we know somebody else hired this nemesis of yours, it seems like a good place to find a lead.
(He goes to Marth and straightens his tie a bit.)
David: Try to look tough.
(He heads for the bar as Marth tries to put on a tough face. He looks over to see Roy puffing his chest out with his arms stiff.)
Marth (translated): He said look tough. Not like Mr. Roboto.
(David sits down and knocks on the bar. Marth sits next to him and repeats the action.)
David: One appletini, my good fellow.
(The bartender turns around to reveal a huge guy looking at David with a scowl.)
David: Ah, Joseph. How good to see you again. (The guy leans forward) Look, I did apologize. I didn't know she was your wife. (The guy narrows his eyes) She never mentioned you –
(The guy jumps over the bar as David and Marth get to their feet. People scream as the guy pulls back a punch. David ducks and the bartender ends up hitting Marth in the face. He drops to the floor, unconscious.
David runs for the door, the bartender chasing him, as Roy runs to Marth's side.)
Roy (translated): Marth! He's getting away! Wake up!
(He goes and pulls up open Marth's eyes and closes them again.)
Roy (translated): Stop time! Come on!
(He tries again, but nothing happens. Roy looks back at the door and sighs.
Cut to a cell at Compositech. Samus is watching over Mario, who is strapped to a gurney with an IV in his nose. Luigi and Tetra come in behind her.)
Samus: I had to put Mario in a medically induced coma. He attacked me. We're all in trouble now.
(Luigi goes and kneels by Mario's side as Samus turns to view Tetra.)
Luigi: Mom, this is Tetra Strauss –
Samus: I know who she is. Why you two are here. And how your meeting with Doctor E. Gadd went.
Tetra: Well, if you know all that, then you can help me.
Samus: I can't. E. Gadd's work was classified.
Tetra: Look, I'll go public with all of this. I just want to know what's happening to me.
Luigi: What are you hiding, Ma?
(Samus considers for a second, and then responds.)
Samus: E. Gadd was useful in our development of synthetic abilities.
Luigi: Synthetic?
Samus: We used it experimentally on a number of children. You and your two sisters, Tetra. And… (She slowly turns back) you also, Luigi.
(A look of anger grows across Luigi's face.
Cut to Diddy's lab. Amy quietly opens the door and walks in. She doesn't hear Diddy, so she quickly follows the blood trail into the back room. She gasps as she sees his neighbor and the drug dealer cocooned to the walls.
She quickly runs to his neighbor and pulls a chair over. Grabbing a letter opener off the desk, she starts to cut him free. Just then, the front door opens and closes, and Amy looks back in fright.
Cut to Diddy walking in. He sets some food down on the table and heads to the back room. He doesn't notice anything until he walks over to his desk and sees the chair next to the cocooned guy. He steps in close to see parts of the cocoon cut away, and so he starts slowly sneaking through the room, looking for whoever is there.
We pan down to see Amy under the gurney in the middle of the room, covered by a sheet. Eventually she starts to cry, black tears welling up in her eyes. Diddy gasps and doubles over in pain. The neighbor's eyes also go black.)
Diddy: Amy!
(He grabs the gurney and throws it to the side. It crashes into the wall.)
Diddy: You have to control your power! You don't want to be a killer again, do you?
(Amy looks back at the neighbor. She slowly concentrates and the tears disappear. Diddy tries to catch his breath.)
Amy: Diddy, how could you? You're a monster!
(Diddy just cocks his head at her.)
Diddy: I wish you hadn't said that.
(He starts to stalk towards her.
Cut to the bar in Japan. Marth, holding his jaw, runs outside and looks around. Roy follows quickly behind him.)
Marth (translated): He's gone.
Roy (translated): Maybe he didn't get very far. Let's look around.
(They start walking down the alley. They pass by a dumpster and start looking up and down the sidewalk.
From the dumpster, David pokes his head up. He quietly gets out and starts to walk in the other direction. He looks back at Marth and Roy with a satisfied smile.
Suddenly, a fist lashes out and punches him in the face. He falls to the ground at Wario's feet. The larger man smiles. He drags David's body over to a van parked nearby and tosses him in the back. He then gets his phone and dials somebody.)
Wario: I got him. I'm bringing him in now. (He looks down the street) What should I do about the two Japanese guys? (He pauses) All right.
(He snaps the phone closed and watches Marth and Roy.
Cut to Samus's office at Compositech. Luigi and Tetra are looking through old records.)
Luigi: (disbelieving) It wasn't God.
Samus: No, we were trying to be better than God. Your father was disappointed that you weren't born with abilities. We thought since others in your family had them, your system could handle the formula.
Tetra: Well, what about me? No one else in my family has any abilities.
Samus: What we did to you and your sisters was wrong. That's why we divided the formula and hid it so it could never happen again.
Tetra: Of course it was wrong! And now people are dead because of it!
Samus: That's only the beginning. I need your help. They want to restart the project, to fill the world with dangerous and deadly people. They will destroy everything. (She turns to her son) Please, Luigi.
(Luigi slowly stands. But his jaw is clenched and his eyes angry.)
Luigi: Go to hell.
Samus: Please. Your brother sacrificed himself by taking Mewtwo's ability. He knows what's going to happen to the world.
Luigi: Don't act like you care about him. You experimented on your firstborn. And God knows who else. Mario? Peach??
(Samus doesn't respond. Luigi huffs and turns, storming out. Tetra follows after him.)
Samus: Luigi, please…
(Cut to outside the room. Luigi stands, catching his breath, as Tetra comes up to him.)
Tetra: Now what?
Luigi: I know a guy, a Doctor Kong. A scientist in the Mushroom Kingdom. He studies these abilities. He should be able to help us.
Tetra: Can we trust him?
Luigi: Of course. The guy's harmless.
(Cut to Diddy's lab. He's finishing cocooning someone else to the wall. We zoom in to see that it's Amy.
Cut to the carousel at the zoo. It's dark and no one is around. Peach slowly walks up.)
Peach: Stephen? Are you here? I talked to my dad, he wants to help you.
(She approaches to find him sitting sadly on one of the seats.)
Gaimanwatch: My family never showed up. You're right, they're afraid of me.
Peach: (sighing) Come on.
(He slowly stands and walks with her. They start to head back toward the parking lot.)
Gaimanwatch: Maybe I really am a monster.
(Suddenly, a gun clicks at the back of his head.)
Peppy's voice: Couldn't have put it better myself.
(Peach whirls around to see her father pointing the gun at Gaimanwatch.)
Peach: Dad! What are you doing??
Gaimanwatch: (scared) What's going on??
Peppy: I'll make you a deal, Gaimanwatch. You see my partner, standing by our car over there?
(They look to see Mewtwo leaning against the car in the parking lot.)
Peppy: If you make one of your little vortexes and get rid of him, I'll let you go.
Gaimanwatch: Wait, what? You want me to get rid of your partner?
(Mewtwo is looking at the group of them, confused.)
Peach: No, you don't have to do this! We'll help you!
Gaimanwatch: I won't do it. I'm not a killer.
Peppy: But my partner is. He needs to be destroyed.
Gaimanwatch: Please. I just want to go back to my life. Don't make me do this.
Peach: Dad, stop!
Peppy: I'm doing this for us, Peachy. For what he did to you.
(Mewtwo gets to his feet, preparing to come over.)
Gaimanwatch: You people have taken everything from me!
Peppy: Do it!!
Gaimanwatch: No!!
(Mewtwo starts to walk towards them.)
Gaimanwatch: (shakily) I won't become a monster.
Peach: NO!
(Gaimanwatch opens his hand and a black hole appears. It sucks him right into it and he disappears. The hole then closes up.
No one moves for a few seconds. Then Peppy slowly lowers his gun. Peach looks at him in disbelief.
Cut back to the bar in Japan. Marth and Roy are sitting by themselves.)
Marth (translated): The formula gone. David escaped. This is bad. We need to get out of this slump.
Roy (translated): Slump!? We are the worst heroes ever!
Marth (translated): We can't afford to lose heart, Roy!
Roy (translated): (sighing) At least it can't get any worse.
(With a whoosh, suddenly Wario and Sheik are standing before them.)
Marth: Nemesis!
Sheik: Hey fellas. Wario here told me you two were looking to join up with us. But I told him that I don't believe that a couple of goody-two-shoes like you would be into that.
Marth: (standing) What? Yes! We will join you!
Roy: Yes! We are badass now!
Marth: We want to be a part of what you are doing.
Sheik: It's not that easy. You have to prove yourselves.
Marth: Okay. We will triumph!
Wario: (dismissing) Sure. So, you're the one with the powers, right?
Marth: Yes. I control time and space.
Wario: Cool. Well…
(He goes to the wall and takes a sword from it. He brings it back and hands it to Marth.)
Wario: Kill him.
Marth and Roy: What!?
Wario: He has no powers, he's no use to us. You kill him, you are badass.
(Sheik doesn't look too happy about this, but doesn't say anything. Marth turns to stand in front of Roy. Roy's eyes go really wide.)
Marth: I'm sorry, my friend. I must make some sacrifices to save the world.
(He suddenly thrusts forward and stabs Roy right in the heart. Sheik gasps in horror. Wario just grins.)
Roy: (disbelieving) Marth?
(He goes limp and collapses to the ground. His eyes are closed as he bleeds everywhere.
Cut to a car as it pulls over. Peppy puts it into park and turns to Peach, turned away from him in the passenger seat.)
Peppy: We'll talk more about this when I get home, Peach.
(Not responding, Peach opens her door to get out. Peppy puts a hand out to stop her.)
Peppy: I did what I had to, for us.
(We then pan over to see Mewtwo watching them from the back seat.)
Mewtwo: She doesn't believe you. Peach finally sees you for what you are: a user. Isn't that right, Peach? You used her to try to find that poor man, and you used him to try to kill me, because to you, I'm nothing but a monster. (He turns to Peach) It's because he doesn't see our humanity, and he never will.
(Peach just gets out of the car, Peppy quickly following.)
Peppy: Don't listen to him. He's a deranged sociopath, and a killer. Everything I do is to protect this family. You understand that, right?
(Peach doesn't respond for some time. Then she just looks at him flatly.)
Peach: Yeah, I understand.
(Peppy smiles and pulls her into an embrace.)
Peppy: It's all gonna be okay. I promise.
(Peach just looks distant.
Cut to inside. Peach shuts the door and walks in.)
Peach: Mom? I'm home.
Vivian: (running in) Oh Peach, thank goodness! Are you all right? Because if you are, you are so grounded.
Peach: (smiling) Yeah mom, I'm fine.
Vivian: Oh good. (She hugs Peach, this one actually returned) I'm so glad Pikachu found you.
Peach: (breaking the hug) Pikachu? She didn't find me.
Vivian: She didn't?
(Cut to a candlelit dinner table. Lucas Doyle, a young man with blonde hair, smiles across the table.)
Lucas: Are you enjoying your dinner?
(We pan over to see Pikachu seated opposite him. She doesn't look comfortable and is staring daggers at him. Lucas picks up some pasta with his fork, Pikachu mirroring his movement. He slowly brings it up to his mouth and eats it as he watches her. Pikachu does the same. He swallows his food and looks at her.)
Lucas: How about a kiss?
Pikachu: Go to hell –
(He quickly gestures his thumb and forefinger together and Pikachu's mouth snaps shut. Her eyes are wide as she tries, but fails, to open it. He leans forward, tilting his head, and she does the same.
The two share a kiss. Lucas sits back down, Pikachu following suit. Lucas grins as we zoom out to see various puppets and marionettes around the room.
Cut back to Samus's office. She sits in her chair and sighs, her eyes closing. Just as she does so, a scream rings out. Samus twitches awake with a gasp.
Cut to the hallway outside. Samus comes down the hall to see Tetra lying on the floor. Her throat is slit. Samus gasps and looks to the side. Luigi is propped against the wall, dead, his forehead bleeding from a large cut.
Samus walks forward to see Mario standing there, his hands covered with blood.)
Samus: Mario. How could you?
(Mario stumbles and falls forward. A pipe is lodged in the back of his head and he collapses, dead. Samus hears something and turns around. She gasps in horror as we see a pair of legs approach her.)
Samus: It can't be.
Man's voice: You can see the future, Samus. I can't have that.
Samus: (steeling herself) I'll stop you.
(The man takes a step forward and puts a hand on her shoulder, a gold ring glinting off of one finger.)
Man: Don't be ridiculous. You won't even be able to move.
(The ring glints again. We zoom in on Samus's eye –
– and then zoom back out to find we're still in her office. Samus tries to move, but she can't. She looks back and forth, terrified.
Cut to outside the Dinosaur Land Research building. Sheik zips in. She looks around, not seeing anyone. She turns around again to find Ganondorf behind her.)
Ganondorf: Did you complete your task?
Sheik: Everyone's on board.
Ganondorf: But you're not happy about it.
Sheik: I don't like what happened to Roy.
Ganondorf: It's none of your concern. And you still have one more person to recruit.
(He gestures to a folder on the bench next to them. Sheik opens it to see a picture of D.K. Parkman.)
Sheik: What can he do?
Ganondorf: He's an important one. Reading minds, making you see things that aren't there.
Sheik: Hmm. Speaking of which, I've been thinking about something. With my speed, I can sneak up on anybody. Except for you.
(Ganondorf just smiles at her. She suddenly swings the folder at him and it passes right through him.)
Sheik: I knew it! You're not really there.
Ganondorf: Just bring him to me.
Sheik: (shrugging) Guess I have to follow orders if I want to get paid.
(She turns and walks away. After a few steps, she looks back, but Ganondorf is gone. Sheik sighs and turns, and suddenly zips away.
After a few seconds, from behind one of the pillars emerges a dark figure – Wolf Parkman. He watches Sheik go with a small smile. He turns and walks into the building.
Cut to a room set up as a hospital room. A doctor with glasses, a mustache, and large green hair watches over someone in a large bed. There are lots of tubes hooked up to him. Wolf comes into the room.)
Wolf: The team is coming together.
(He pauses as we see a man's eye narrow. Wolf nods.)
Wolf: (nervous) Yeah, I caused Luigi to see Ganondorf, just like you asked. Now he thinks he's doing God's work.
(We cut to see a ring on the man's finger – the same ring as the man who attacked Samus in her vision.)
Wolf: We're building an army, just like you said. Wario said he'd have David here by tomorrow. Don't worry, everything's under control.
(We zoom out to see a tall man dressed in a blue racing suit in the bed, unmoving. He narrows his eyes and looks at Wolf again.)
Wolf: (nodding nervously) Sure thing. Whatever you say goes, Captain Petrelli.
New characters:
Stephen Canfield – Stephen Gaimanwatch (28th/38 Smashers)
Eric Doyle – Lucas Doyle (29th)
Dr. Livitz – Dr. Wright
Arthur Petrelli – (Captain) Falcon Petrelli (30th)
A/N: So yeah, Lucas is a bad guy. I tried to think of soaeone who would "match up" with Pikachu. And Lucas has mental powers, so it kind of fits with him being Doyle. And of course, Captain Falcon is our new main bad guy. I'm going to use "Falcon" since he's already been Doug and Douglas in previous seasons. And if you've read the Heroes graphic novels, Arthur Petrelli was in the war (with Linderman!), so him being a "Captain" fits. (And of course there's the Samus/Falcon pairing for the shippers…:).) Anyway, there aren't any new characters for a bit, but lots of interesting stuff is about to happen. R/R and I'll see you soon!