Chapter 5: Phase Two of Tabuu's Plan
(Meadow Zone of the Lost Hex)
A large helicopter owned by Bush Rescue was being piloted by Ty's friend, Duke. When it landed, Mario, Sonic, Luigi, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, and Ty jumped out.
Sonic- I remember this place all too well. Can't believe I'm back here to fight the Zeti again.
Mario- Well Sonic, since you remember this place, you should lead the way.
Yoshi noticed a looming shadow and looked up.
Yoshi- Uh…guys…
Mario and the others looked up and saw what looked like the Egg Carrier. When it landed, out came Bowser, Doctor Eggman, King DeDeDe, and Boss Cass.
Luigi- Not you losers again!
Sonic- Eggman, should've known you'd be involved with this shit!
Eggman- What are you even talking about, Sonic?
Boss Cass- We just got here.
Bowser- I don't have time to deal with you, you pesky rat! Some Zeti broke into my castle and kidnaped my son! MY SON! Eggman told me this was where they call home and I'm here to find that red ****er, tare his limbs off, and rescue Jr.!
Mario- Actually Sonic, I think Bowser is just as much of victim in this situation as we are.
Then another looming shadow appeared and Donkey Kong noticed it.
Donkey Kong- Uh…guys…I think we should move!
Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Sonic, Ty, Bowser, DeDeDe, Boss Cass, and Eggman looked up and saw something was falling from the sky and it looked like a giant fireball. They got out of the way before whatever was falling hit the ground like a meteor and left a huge creator in the ground. When they looked inside the creator, they found Meowth, only he was not looking to good. He had a black eye on his face, several burn marks on his body, and part of his spine was bent sideways.
Mario- …Meowth…?
Meowth- Hey Mario…am I done…working for you now…?
Mario- Uh…I guess so…
Meowth- Good…now can you please…do something…about my dented spine…I can't feel it…
Then Donkey Kong gently picked up Meowth and straightened his spine back into place.
Meowth- Thanks…you're a really good banana…now…can I go home…?! I want to run home to mama! WHAHAHAHAHA!
Meowth began to cry like crazy. Donkey Kong tried stroking him to calm him down, but Meowth continued to cry.
Sonic- Sorry to bring this up, but what happened to you, Meowth?
Meowth- (Sniffles) Nasty Zeti…(cries)…red one named Zavok…saw through my disguise and noticed the tracker I swallowed…please, I don't want to be involved with this mission anymore! Zavok nearly tore my spine out literally!
(At the Deadly Six's base)
Zavok picked up a videophone and called Tabuu while the rest of the Deadly Six gathered behind him. Eventually, Tabuu answered.
Tabuu- Calling back so soon, Zavok?
Zavok- Sorry to say, but I have some bad news. Zazz and Zomom brought a talking Poke'mon disguised as a child. And worse, there was a tracker on him.
Tabuu frowned a bit.
Tabuu- That is…unpleasant news…
Zavok- I've dealt with the decoy, but it's possible Sonic knows the location of where we took the children. I think we should begin phase 2 now. You had best send your followers the Mushroom Kingdom.
Tabuu- Actually, I'm already ahead of you. Four of my followers have already left to help get the show on the road. But as for the other problem…it's ok now, you have permission to show yourself!
Mysterious voice- With pleasure…Master Tabuu…
Zomom- Hey! Where'd that voice come from?!
Master Zik- Did someone else infiltrate our base?!
Mysterious voice- Actually, I've been here with you for a long time…
Suddenly, Zavok's shadow, or what they thought was Zavok's shadow, began to rise from the floor and take form into a strange looking being who dressed like a jester.
Tabuu- Allow me to introduce you to another one of my followers.
Dimentio- Dimentio, at your service.
Dimentio briefly bowed to Zavok.
Zavok- Care to explain why you had one of your followers stalking me from the shadows, Tabuu?!
Dimentio- Relax, my friend. Tabuu sent me to act as your bodyguard. He kept it from you because you would've claimed you didn't need one. But it's not best to take chances with someone like the Super Mario Brothers or their team. I should know since I was literally erased from existence for underestimating Mario. Don't worry, you're still the big man in charge of this operation.
Zavok- Fine. I want you to guard the entrance of the base. Keep Sonic and the rest of our unwelcome guests distracted long enough for Fawful's machine to suck their world's energy dry.
Dimentio- As you wish.
Zavok- And one more thing…If you do have to fight them…bring Mario and Sonic to me alive! You can do whatever you want to the rest.
Zor- Alive?!
Zazz- You're not getting soft, are you, boss?!
Zavok- It's part of my end of the deal with Tabuu. He wants me to deliver Mario to him alive, because he wants to be the one to personally finish off Mario. And I can understand, because I want to be the one who personally finishes off Sonic!
Dimentio- Consider it done, my friend. Well, I best go and prepare to greet our guests. Ciao!
Dimentio snapped his figures and vanished instantly.
Zazz- That guy…gives me the creeps…
Zeena- I would say that is an understatement, Zazz.
Zavok- Quite an interesting character you have there, Tabuu…
Tabuu- Indeed, Dimentio is. But he was also the hardest of my followers to bring back to life.
Zavok- Huh…?
Tabuu- I've told you that most of my followers consist of villains that were killed my Mario and his friend. Fawful blew himself up in an attempt to take Mario and Luigi with him. Poke'mon Hunter J drowned in a lake. Vaati challenged Link to conquer Hyrule and got his head cut off. And the list goes on. But Dimentio…he attempted to obtain power from an ancient artifact with more god-like power than he could ever obtain in his lifetime. And when it backfired on him, thanks to Mario and Luigi, his mind, body, and soul were completely erased. In other words, he ceased to existed entirely. But if he manages to pull of what you sent him to do, then all that trouble I went through putting him back together will be more than worth it. But anyway, I had best ready my own troops. So, activate the machine and let's get this ****ing party started!
After Tabuu hangs up, Zavok walks up to the controls of the machine and turned it on. Then the capsules where they put the children they've kidnapped in began producing energy through a tube that was connected to the machine to each capsule.
Zomom- What's going on?!
Master Zik- Why do you think Tabuu has us round up all these kids?
Zor- Why bother knowing anyway?
Zavok- Well, while most of you were getting yourselves comfortable at Tabuu's palace in Subspace, Master Zik and I payed attention to his instructions. This machine requires a special type of energy that only the youth can produce. These children, including Tails, are acting as batteries.
Zeena- But you keep telling us that it's different from the machine Eggman built that we used to almost drain Sonic's world. How is it different?
Zavok- There is a maneuver to actually accelerate the process and drain their world quicker….which is where Tabuu and his men come in…
(Rugged Mountain)
Link, Kirby, Ash, Pit, and Shantae arrived at this rocky canyon which is not far from Toad Town. Oddly enough, Jessie and James were with them.
Jessie- Remind us why we left your fancy Smash City to come all the way here?!
James- Better yet, why did you bring us with you?!
Pit- We're here because we picked up a signal of Tabuu's power on Ty's main computer. Four of them actually.
Kirby- And we're here to investigate in case this really does involve Tabuu.
Ash- And we obviously can't leave you alone.
Pikachu- Pikachu!
James- Shut up!
Jessie- Don't you twerps have enough to deal with, like how half of your team has gone into enemy territory or the hundreds of people complaining to you about their missing kids?
Shantae- If Tabuu is up to something, then it takes higher priority! Trust me, the last thing we really need is Tabuu to cause trouble while we already have a big problem on our hands!
Link- Or did you two idiots forget all the destruction Tabuu caused during the Kalos League? Not to mention Grand Metropolis and during our event in the Mushroom Kingdom.
Rotom'dex- Accessing data…there it is! WOW! They are right! Each time Tabuu has attacked Mario or someone from the team, it almost always leads to a fate of the world crisis! Not to mention his power if beyond anything I've seen yet! Ash, next time you and your friends fight Tabuu, can I run and hide?
(On the higher parts of Rugged Mountain)
Little did the good guys know, they were being watched from the top of the canyon-like mountain. Poke'mon Hunter J and Fawful were looking through a pair of binoculars until they spotted the members of the Mario Brothers' Team.
Poke'mon Hunter J- There they are. And I see Ash is with them. How perfect!
Fawful- HAHAHAHA! Fawful told you they take bait! Fawful know how radar works! HAHAHAHA! I have fury!
Poke'mon Hunter J- Damn it! Your voice is giving me a headache, Fawful. Lower your volume! Why did Tabuu pair me with this retard?
Then Vaati and another being who looked like Vaati, but with glowing green eyes, appeared behind them.
Vaati- Don't forget, me and the Quinking are here too. Hey Quinking, I know you like to use your shapeshifting powers, but you mind changing into something other than me?
Then the Quinking turned into the form of Link, but still had the glowing green eyes.
Quinking (in Link's voice)- Would you prefer I turn into the swordsman who chopped your head off?
Vaati- Very funny!
Quinking (in Link's voice)- Is Ty with them as well? I still have a score to settle with that Tasmanian Tiger!
Fawful- Fawful no see Tasmanian tiger. Fawful see swordsman, Poke'mon trainer, genie girl, angel, and a pinky who sucks.
Vaati- That's strange. Why isn't the whole team there?
Poke'mon Hunter J- Tabuu did call just a little while ago. He said Zavok discovered a decoy with a tracker. Maybe the rest of the group is at the Lost Hex?
Vaati- Ether way, Tabuu gave us a job to do.
(Back at the lower area of Ragged Mountain)
Link, Kirby, Ash, Pit, and Shantae continued to searching for anything odd while Jessie, James, and Rotom'dex stood on the side.
James- This is such a waste of time.
Jessie- I know. The only good thing so far is checking out Link's ass when he crouches down to look underneath stuff.
Rotom'dex- Well, Tabuu or any of his followers wouldn't be hiding in plain sight.
Jessie- I'll bet Meowth is having more fun than this.
James- Because there is nothing really he…
Ash- Watch yourselves!
Then Ash pushed Jessie and James out of the way of a laser beam that was fired at them.
Jessie- Where the **** did that come from?!
Then they heard laughing from a ledge high above them and saw Fawful and Poke'mon Hunter J.
Fawful- HAHAHAHAHA! We meet again, losers! Fawful saw it been too long!
Rotom'dex- That's Fawful, the follower of Tabuu who attacked us during the Smash City event!
Ash- Wait a minute…Poke'mon Hunter J?
Poke'mon Hunter J- I see you remember me after all this time.
James- Not that hoer again!
Jessie- B-but I thought she drowned when she crashed in Lake Acuity back in Sinnoh!
Shantae- Ash, you know that woman next to Fawful?
Ash- Unfortunately, yes, I do. Her name is J, but she was better known as Poke'mon Hunter J. Like Team Rocket, she stole Poke'mon and sold them to clients, usually to the highest bidder. I got in her way a few times, like when she tried to swipe Pikachu. She was hired to kidnap the three Lake Spirits, Misprit, Azelf, and Uxie. But the three Lake Spirits shot down her aircraft and it crashed into Lake Acuity. Her body was never found, so it was assumed she drowned.
James- That doesn't explain how she's back!
Ash- I think it's obvious how she's back. I wish Tabuu had just left you in the lake instead of making you one of his ****ing pawns!
Poke'mon Hunter J- I wouldn't say I'm a pawn, but yes, Tabuu is the reason why I'm back on my feet. And he also told me about your new friends too.
Then Poke'mon Hunter J fired a laser from her little arm gun at Rotom'dex and turned him to stone (like what she did with the Poke'mon she captured during Ash's adventures in Sinnoh).
Palutena (telepathically to Rotom'dex)- Power of Cure!
Suddenly, Rotom'dex was instantly cured.
Rotom'dex- Hey! I'm all better!
Pit- If Tabuu did tell you about us, you would've known about Lady Palutena's magic undoing your stone laser's effects.
Link- And you honestly can't think the two of you can take all of us on!
Fawful- Who said it just two?
Then Link noticed a sword being swung from his left. Luckily, Link drew his Master Sword and Hylian Shield and used his shield to block it. Then Link saw the sword was swung by Vaati.
Link- What the hell?! Vaati?!
Vaati- Surprised to see me, Link? I lost my head because of you…but Tabuu was able to help me find it.
Pit- Who is that?!
Palutena (telepathically to Pit)- His name is Vaati. A demon sorcerer who tried to take over Hyrule many years ago by turning Zelda to stone and trying to awaken an ancient power from a sacred realm. But Link got in his way and…wow! It says in the database that Link decapitated him!
Vaati- That's right…and I have every intention of returning the favor!
Link- Dream on, you asshole!
Link swung the Master Sword and knocked Vaati a few feet away from him. Then they noticed another being appear behind Vaati. It looked like him, but with glowing green eyes.
Vaati- Hey Quinking, I thought I told you to knock it off!
Palutena (telepathically to Pit)- I heard about the Quinking. Boss Cass summoned monsters from another world called the Quinkan and the Quinking was their leader. Boss Cass couldn't control the Quinkan and they ravaged Buramudgee instead. His body was disintegrated after Ty defeated him at his castle.
Pit- But why does he look like Vaati.
Palutena (telepathically to Pit)- He's a shapeshifter. He can turn into just about anyone he wants to.
Kirby- What's his real form look like?
Palutena (telepathically to Kirby)- You don't want to know.
Poke'mon Hunter J- Let's stop talking and get our revenge now.
Poke'mon Hunter J threw three poke'balls and out came her Salamence, Drapion, and Ariados. But unknown to Ash and his friend, J's Salamence was hiding something behind its tail. Ash called out his Charizard and Greninja and Pikachu jumped into join the battle. Link and Vaati readied their swords and prepared to charge for each other again. The Quinking turned into Shantae and was staring down at Shantae and Kirby. Fawful put his headgear and made a big grin at Pit while Pit pulled out his Palutena's Bow.
(Subspace)
Tabuu was using his powers keep watch the fight taking place and Tabuu held his hands up like as if he was playing with puppets.
Tabuu- Yes…dance my little puppets. Dance…
(Back at Rugged Mountain)
Ash- Pikachu, electro ball! Charizard, fire blast! Greninja, water shuriken!
Poke'mon Hunter J- Drapion, pin missal! Salamence, hyper beam! Ariados, night shade!
Ash and J's Poke'mon attacks collided and created a huge smoke cloud.
Palutena (telepathically to Pikachu)- Power of Homing Shot!
Pikachu suddenly lit up for a second.
Pikachu- Pika?
Palutena (telepathically to Ash)- Ash, I've given your Pikachu a homing shot. It will be like when a Poke'mon uses lock-on in your Poke'mon battles. It will help Pikachu hit through the smoke.
Ash- Thanks, Palutena. Pikachu, use thunderbolt!
Pikachu- Pika…CHUUU!
Pikachu launched his thunderbolt and it struck J's Drapion through the smoke and almost knocked it out. However, after Pikachu's attack hit Drapion, Ariados' spider webs were shot from the smoke and completely wrapped around Pikachu.
Ash- Quick Greninja! Use cut!
Greninja rushed to Pikachu and cut the strings around Pikachu. When the smoke cleared, Pikachu and Greninja saw Drapion and Ariados, but Salamence was nowhere to be seen.
Ash- Hey, where's J's Salamence?!
Greninja noticed a looming shadow above him and Pikachu.
Poke'mon Hunter J- Now Salamence, use hyper beam!
Salamence- (Roar)
Salamence fired a hyper beam at Pikachu and Greninja from above, but shot a flamethrower at the hyper beam and blocked it.
Ash- Shit! That was close! Great save there, Charizard! Alright, let's step it up a notch! Charizard!
Charizard- (Roar)
Ash pulls out his keystone and activates it.
Ash- Keystone, listen to my heart! Beyond evolution! Mega Evolve!
Then Charizard Mega Evolved into Mega Charizard.
Mega Charizard- (ROAR)
Poke'mon Hunter J- Mega Evolution…that is impressive…however…
Then Poke'mon Hunter J revealed a small colorful stone on her little arm gun. At the same time, her Salamence revealed a shiny stone hooked on to the back end of its tail.
Poke'mon Hunter J- …I'm well prepared for it. Salamence, Mega Evolve!
Poke'mon Hunter J activated her keystone and Salamence Mega Evolved as well.
Mega Salamence- (ROAR)
Ash- What the?! Since when can you use Mega Evolution?!
Poke'mon Hunter J- You can thank Tabuu for keystone and the Salamencite. Salamence, hyper beam!
Ash- Charizard, blast burn!
Mega Charizard and Mega Salamence (at the same time)- (ROAR)
The two Poke'mon attacks collided and seemed evenly matched.
Ash- Pikachu, let's show J our real ace in the hole. Strike Mega Salamence while its guard is down! Electric type Z-Move! 10,000,000-Volt Thunderbolt!
Pikachu- Pika…CHUUUUUUU!
Pikachu fired the Z-Move at Mega Salamence, but then Drapion jumped in the way.
Poke'mon Hunter J- Now I can try out another new trick. Drapion, poison type Z-Move! Acid Downpour!
Drapion- DRAPION!
Then Drapion used its Z-Move to block Pikachu's Z-Move.
Ash- That was…a Z-Move too…
Poke'mon Hunter J- Did you think the Mega Evolution stones were Tabuu's only gift?
Ash- Damn it! This won't be as easy as I was hoping…but I know we'll still win this!
Link and Vaati's swords clashed close to where Ash and J were battling.
Vaati- Better enjoy that handsome face of yours before I make that head of yours roll, Link!
Link- Didn't think you would stoop to becoming Tabuu's slave after all the boasting you gave yourself when we last fought.
Vaati- You decapitated me, he put my head back on and promised me revenge…how could I say no to that?
Vaati made a slight smirk. Little did Link realize, part of Vaati's shadow had crept behind Link and was about to strike from behind.
Jessie- Mimikyu, shadow claw!
Then Mimikyu attacked Vaati's shadow before it could attack Link from behind. Vaati instantly cringed, giving Link an opportunity to knock Vaati to the ground with a sword spin attack.
Link- Wow…thanks. I appreciate the help.
Jessie- Really?! You're thanking me?! Oh my gosh! The handsome swordsman really likes me!
Link rolled his eyes and turned his attention back to Vaati as he was getting himself back up.
Vaati- Damn bitch! Mind your own business you ugly old hag!
Jessie- What…did…you…****…call…ME?!
Then Jessie got really angry and glared daggers at Vaati.
Link- Don't let Vaati get under your skin. He's just as dangerous of a trickster as Fawful is and that's exactly what he wants.
The Quinking (still in the form of Shantae) used Shantae's hair whip attack at the real Shantae and Kirby. They managed to dodge, but Shantae seemed surprised the Quinking used one of her basic attacks like that.
Shantae- How is he able to do that?!
Quinking (in Shantae's voice)- When I turn into someone else, I do more than just take their appearance. I can also use their powers and skills. Like when I turned into Ty when he and I fought. Simmer!
Then the Quinking used Shantae's simmer spell and fired it at Shantae. Kirby jumped in front of the flames and inhaled it to turn into Fire Kirby.
Fire Kirby- POYO! Copying is sort of my thing.
Then the Quinking changed into Sonic and charged for Fire Kirby and Shantae with a spin dash attack. They dodged again, but then the Quinking turned around and hit Fire Kirby from behind and knocked him to the ground. The Quinking was about to attack Fire Kirby with another spin dash, but then Shantae turned into her harpy form, grabbed Fire Kirby, and flew him out of there.
Quinking (in Sonic's voice)- So you're a shapeshifter too. How interesting…
Fawful used his headgear to fly close to where Pit was standing.
Fawful- I have fury!
Pit- I'd much rather be listening to Thanatos talking than you, Fawful. You're much more annoying.
Fawful- What bird boy gonna do? Have goddess reflect Fawful's attacks?
Pit- Nice try asshole. We both know very well that Tabuu's power can shatter the Power of Reflection like glass. Besides, I don't need Lady Palutena's help to beat you!
Fawful- Fawful not so sure about that. Fawful have many tricks up sleeve.
Then Fawful literally opened one sleeve and out came a boxing glove with a spring attached to it. Pit ducked before the boxing glove could hit him, but it ended up punching James in the face.
James- Hey! What was that for, you hideous green turd?!
Fawful- Fawful aiming for winged fool, not loser rocket fool.
James- Why you little…Pit, I'm joining in this! I need to teach this grinning fool some respect!
Pit- Just be careful. I don't want to hit you or your Poke'mon by mistake.
Fawful- HAHAHAHA! I have fury!
A vacuum-like mouth appeared out of Fawful's headgear and spat out a bunch of little energy balls. Before they could hit Pit, James called out his Mareanie.
James- Mareanie, use spike cannon!
Mareanie- Mar…EANIE!
Mareanie shot its attack at Fawful's and destroyed all the energy balls Fawful shot. Fawful was surrounded by smoke and Fawful couldn't see where Pit or James would strike from. Before Fawful knew it, Pit jumped right in front of him with his Palutena's Bow in its spinning blade form (forward B attack in Super Smash Brothers Brawl) and knocked Fawful like a baseball. Fawful flew into the air and slammed into one of the rock cliff walls. Fawful did acted like that hurt him a bit…but for a split second…Fawful made a slight smirk…indicating he knew something the good guys didn't.
Fawful- (Chuckles quietly)
James- Hmm…? What is that talking bean so happy about?
Suddenly, Pit crouched over in pain. Pit almost fell over, but James quickly caught him and tried to help him stand back up again.
James- Hey, are you alright?!
Pit- …I'm not sure…I feel…weak…for some reason…like my energy was just drained…
Ash's Poke'mon were still battling hard against Poke'mon Hunter J's Poke'mon.
Ash- Pikachu, iron tail! Charizard, dragon tail! And Greninja, water shuriken!
Poke'mon Hunter J- Drapion, cross poison! Salamence, dragon rush! And Ariados, poison sting!
The Poke'mon attacks collided and seemed evenly matched as neither side gave way. Then Greninja turned to look at Ash.
Greninja- Gren!
Ash- I guess it's now or never. Tabuu might've given J Mega Evolution and Z-Move, but there's no way he could've give J something like what you have, Greninja!
Poke'mon Hunter J- What are you even…
Then Ash and Greninja synchronized their heartbeats and Greninja used the Bond Phenomenon to become Ash-Greninja.
Ash-Greninja- Greninja!
Poke'mon Hunter J- So this is the Ash-Greninja Tabuu told me about.
Ash- What's wrong? Didn't Tabuu give you the power of a Bond Phenomenon too?
Poke'mon Hunter J- I'll admit, he did not. And if I weren't under Tabuu's employment, I would be capturing that Ash-Greninja and selling it to the highest bidder. But Tabuu also told me that Ash-Greninja has a side effect that makes you literally feel every blow Ash-Greninja takes.
Ash- But Greninja becomes faster and stronger in this form, similar to Mega Evolution. Water shuriken!
Ash-Greninja- Ninnn…JAAA!
Poke'mon Hunter J- Ariados, use night shade!
Ariados tried to use night shade to block, but Ash-Greninja's water shuriken pushed right through the night shade like it was nothing. The water shuriken knocked Ariados into the air and Ash-Greninja jumped up after it.
Ash- Greninja, use cut!
Ash-Greninja use cut and knocked Ariados back to the ground. Ariados made a crack in the ground when it landed and it struggled to get up.
Poke'mon Hunter J- (Grunt) Ariados, use pin missal!
Ash- Greninja, double team!
Ariados fired its pin missile attack as Ash-Greninja made multiple illusion copies of itself. The pin missiles hit all the fakes and created a smoke cloud.
Ash- Now, finish this with aerial ace!
Ash-Greninja- Ninja!
Then Ash-Greninja jumped out of the smoke from above Ariados and hit it with aerial ace. The attack made a huge creator in the ground when it hit Ariados and it also knocked out the spider Poke'mon.
Poke'mon Hunter J- (Grunts) Salamence, stone edge!
Mega Salamence- (ROAR)
Mega Salamence slammed its claw into the ground and a bunch of stone spikes were shooting out of the ground and heading towards Mega Charizard.
Ash- Charizard, use dragon claw to slice through that stone edge!
Mega Charizard- (ROAR)
Mega Charizard's claws began to glow and bigger claws and energy formed around them. Then Mega Charizard slashed through all the stone edge Mega Salamence threw at him.
Poke'mon Hunter J- Salamence, draco meteor!
Mega Salamence- (ROAR)
Mega Salamence flew up and spat out chunk of its energy into the sky before it began raining down like meteor shower. Pikachu, Mega Charizard, and Ash-Greninja dodged it, but Pikachu noticed a shadow suddenly appearing behind him.
Pikachu- Pika…?
Poke'mon Hunter J- Now Drapion! Grab Pikachu!
Before Pikachu could react, Drapion had grabbed Pikachu in its pincer-like claws.
Ash- Pikachu!
Pikachu- Pika pi!
Ash- Greninja, aerial ace! Charizard, mega punch! Save Pikachu!
Mega Charizard and Ash-Greninja were about to attack Drapion from behind, but Drapion held Pikachu in front of itself and they stopped their attack.
Ash- No fair using Pikachu like that!
Poke'mon Hunter J- Who said a battle is supposed to be fair?
Rotom'dex- Allow me! Activating Rotom Boost!
Then Rotom'dex sent some of its energy to Ash's Z-Ring and it began to light up again.
Ash- Rotom, what did you do?
Rotom'dex- I reactivated your Z-Ring! Now you can use your Z-Move again!
Ash- Thanks, Rotom! Pikachu! Electric type Z-Move! 10,000,000-Volt Thunderbolt!
Pikachu- Pika…CHUUUUUU!
Then Pikachu hit Drapion with the Z-Move and not only got himself free, but knocked out Drapion as well.
Poke'mon Hunter J- **** you! Salamence, hyper beam! And aim for Ash!
Mega Salamence- (ROAR)
Mega Salamence fired hyper beam at Ash instead of at Ash's Poke'mon. Luckily, Pikachu, Ash-Greninja, and Mega Charizard jumped in the way. Pikachu used thunderbolt, Ash-Greninja used water shuriken, and Mega Charizard used flamethrower to block the hyper beam. Then Pikachu jumped on Mega Charizard's claw.
Pikachu- Pikachu pi pika! Pikachu chu!
Mega Charizard- (ROAR)
Mega Charizard nodded and threw Pikachu into the air.
Ash- Pikachu, what are you doing?!
Rotom'dex- It looks like Pikachu has an idea.
Pikachu tried quick attack, but Mega Salamence used dragon rush and knocked Pikachu away. But after Pikachu got hit with that dragon rush, Pikachu made a faint grin. Ash-Greninja caught Pikachu before he hit the ground.
Poke'mon Hunter J- This is getting really annoying! Salamence, finish this with another draco meteor!
Mega Salamence was about to use its attack, but it suddenly froze as static sparked around parts of its body.
Poke'mon Hunter J- What the ****?!
Ash- Of course! Pikachu's ability is static! Meaning there's a chance a Poke'mon can get paralyzed when they come into contact with Pikachu! Good thinking there, Pikachu!
Pikachu- Pika!
Ash- Quick, Charizard, grab hold of Salamence and use seismic toss!
Mega Charizard flew right behind Mega Salamence. Mega Salamence tried to fly away from Mega Charizard, but the paralysis made it impossible to escape before Mega Charizard could grab it. Mega Charizard used seismic toss to knock Mega Salamence back to the ground and it made a huge creator in the ground like when Ash-Greninja hit Ariados. Mega Salamence turned back to regular Salamence and was knocked out.
Ash- Way to go, you three!
Before Ash could celebrate, Mega Charizard collapsed to the ground and changed back to regular Charizard.
Ash- Charizard? Is something wrong?
Ash-Greninja- Gre…ninja…
Suddenly, Ash-Greninja kneeled over and changed back to regular Greninja. Then Ash noticed that Pikachu was feeling weakened as well.
Ash- Pikachu and Greninja too?! What's happening here?!
Link fired a sword beam at Vaati and Jessie's Mimikyu used shadow ball. Vaati jumped out of the way and oddly had both his eyes merge into one. Like he was turning into a cyclops.
Jessie- What's he doing?!
Link- Using one of his deadliest attacks!
Then a black energy beam was fired from that large eye. Link grabbed hold of Jessie and Mimikyu and used his Triforce to activate Nayru's Love to protect them!
Vaati- Damn that Triforce of yours, Link!
Jessie- Why does this feel familiar?
Link- I used this spell to protect me and Ash when you were helping Ganondorf kidnap Diancie. It's called Nayru's Love and it can block just about anything.
Jessie- Wow! With that, you can be unbeatable.
Link let down the barrier and let go of Jessie and Mimikyu.
Link- But I'm not a master of magic like Princess Zelda is. And using those spells drains my Triforce's power. So I have to use my Triforce spells wisely.
Link began putting his Triforce's power into the Master Sword and began charging it up.
Vaati- The Triforce Cut! Not this time! I won't give you time to charge the Master Sword to use that attack!
Vaati began charging for Link, but Mimikyu move in his path.
Jessie- Mimikyu, shadow claw!
Mimikyu swung its shadow claw at Vaati, but Vaati blocked with his sword.
Jessie- Shadow ball!
Mimikyu was charging its shadow ball, but Vaati quickly kicked Mimikyu in what he thought was its head. The upper part of Mimikyu's body slumped over, but Mimikyu was still charging the shadow ball.
Vaati- What the?! How is it…
Jessie- Mimikyu's ability is disguise. Mimikyu can take one hit without taking any damage once per battle. Mimikyu's real head is actually down there.
Vaati looked at Mimikyu again and saw a pair of eyes on what he thought was Mimikyu's belly. Then Mimikyu hit Vaati with shadow ball and knocked him a bit away from Mimikyu. That's when Vaati realized he forgot that Link was charging his Master Sword. It was too late, because Link's Master Sword was fully charged and Link swung his Triforce Cut. Vaati tried to block with his sword, but it shattered to pieces and Vaati was knocked to the ground. Just then, Link felt really weak and began leaning on his Master Sword to keep him standing.
Jessie- What's wrong?! Are you alright?!
Link- I'm feeling tired all of a sudden…
The Quinking, still in the form of Sonic, jumped into the air and used Sonic's homing shot at Harpy Shantae and Fire Kirby. Harpy Shantae let go of Fire Kirby and flew a little higher. They both dodged the Quinking's attack, but he changed into the form of Donkey Kong and threw a huge bolder at Harpy Shantae. Harpy Shantae barely dodged. Then Fire Kirby spat a stream of fire at the Quinking. The Quinking countered with Donkey Kong's earth shaker attack (DK's down B move in Smash) and knocked Fire Kirby to the ground. Harpy Shantae flew above the Quinking and changed to her elephant form. Unfortunately, the Quinking caught Elephant Shantae before she could land on him.
Quinking (in Donkey Kong's voice)- Sorry, but Donkey Kong is strong enough to handle the weight of even an elephant.
Then Fire Kirby turned himself into a fireball and rammed himself right into the Quinking. This caused him to let go of Elephant Shantae and knock him to the ground. The Quinking got up and took the form of a corrupt version of Ty (the form he took during the first phase of the final boss fight in Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan).
Quinking (in Ty's voice)- I guess instead of using the strongest member, I should use the smartest one.
Fire Kirby- Just because you turned into Ty doesn't mean you can become as smart as him.
The Quinking threw a black boomerang at Fire Kirby and Fire Kirby jumped over it. Then the Quinking threw a second boomerang at a large boulder hanging over a cliff above them. Before Fire Kirby even realized it, the boulder fell and landed on top of him.
Shantae- Kirby!
Shantae turned into her elephant form and smashed the boulder to pieces. Kirby lost his fire power and was not literally as flat as a pancake. Kirby took a deep breath, like if he was inhaling something, and managed to get himself back to normal again.
Shantae- I'm glad you're ok, Kirby, but how did you survive that?
Kirby- It would take too long to explain everything. Let's save it for after the fight. Shantae, I think we need to play a new jam.
Shantae- (Gulps) Do we really need to use that copy ability?
Kirby- Better take him down now before he turns into someone else and uses their skills against us.
Then Shantae transformed into Bat Shantae and fired a sonic sound wave at Kirby. Kirby inhaled it and transformed into Mike Kirby.
Mike Kirby- POYO!
Bat Shantae quickly changed back to her normal form and covered her ears. Mike Kirby screamed into his microphone and made a sound wave that blasted the Quinking into the cliff wall.
Shantae- My ears are still ringing. You really need to improve your singing, Kirby.
Then Shantae saw Mike Kirby change back to regular Kirby and almost fall over. Shantae grabbed Kirby and helped stay standing up. Suddenly, she began feeling tired as well.
Fawful- HAHAHAHA! About time it start kicking in!
Pit- What the hell are you even…
Palutena (telepathically to Pit)- Pit, you and your friends need to get out of there…NOW!
Pit- Lady Palutena…what's…
Palutena (telepathically to Pit)- GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE NOW, PIT!
Pit- Guys, we need to retreat for now!
As much as they didn't want to run away, Ash, Kirby, Link, and Shantae agreed with what Pit said. They knew they couldn't fight for much longer if they keep getting weaker. Ash returned Charizard and Greninja to their poke'balls and grabbed Pikachu before trying to retreat. Before they could get very far, Ariados shot some of its webbing around Pit's leg and caused him to trip.
Poke'mon Hunter J- And just where to you think you're going?
Fawful- She's right, feather head. We're not done yet!
Vaati- We all still have a score to settle with you heroes!
Then Jessie called out her Seviper.
Jessie- Seviper, use haze!
Then Seviper spat out cloud mist that covered the whole area. Poke'mon Hunter J had her Salamence blow away the mist, but Link, Kirby, Ash, Pit, Shantae, Jessie, and James were gone.
Vaati- Shit! They got away!
Poke'mon Hunter J- And now they might suspect Tabuu's real plot.
Quinking (in Ty's voice)- Well, we were originally expecting all eleven members of the Mario Brothers' Team instead of half of them.
Fawful- Relax. This just to warm them up. Remember, rest of group still coming from Subspace.
Poke'mon Hunter J- And who are we supposed to find them again?!
Fawful- Fawful though never ask. See train tracks down there? They lead to Mushroom Kingdom capital, Toad Town. Fawful say…we pay them visit…
(Back at the Lost Hex)
Palutena was explaining what had happened to Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Sonic, and Ty telepathically.
Mario- Shit! That does sound like really bad! At least our friends made it out in one piece.
Ty- Hold on, mates! I think I got something!
Ty looks at his tablet computer and blueprints for a strange machine appeared on the screen.
Eggman- Hey, I recognize those designs. Mind if I take a look?
Ty- Why, so you can use it yourself?
Eggman- I'm not thinking about making something like that, because it looks like something that I already made some time ago.
Mario- Just do it, Ty. If he knows something, we need to hear him out.
Then Ty hands Eggman his tablet and Eggman looks at the blueprints.
Eggman- This is like the machine I built to borrow energy from Mobius to power my machines. The Zeti tried to use that same machine to suck our world dry after Sonic knocked my Conch away which I was using to control them.
Sonic- It's what I'm supposed to do, egghead! Foiling your plans and kicking your ass! Besides, it was your fault that the Deadly Six still had access to your machines.
Eggman- Shut the **** up, Sonic. Hello! What do we have here?
Ty- What?
Eggman- These changes in the machine's design, they weren't part of the original machine!
Ty grabbed his tablet back and took a look for himself.
Ty- Hmm…if I know my technical skills, and I do, mates…Oh shit!
Donkey Kong- What's wrong, Ty?!
Ty- No wonder Link and the others were getting drained during that fight!
Mario- Can you explain, Ty?
Ty- Sonic, Eggman, you said the Zeti used the original machine to try and drain Mobius of all its life?
Sonic- Yep. Eggman screwed up after Zavok and his gang broke free from Eggman's control.
Eggman- And they wouldn't have gotten out of control if you hadn't made me lose that Conch!
Ty- Well…these changes allow the machine to react to physical conflict, combat to be more precise. It detects fighting from the world it's trying to drain energy from and uses the energy from the ones fighting to weaken them.
Luigi- That must be way they got so exhausted all of a sudden.
Ty- Actually mate, it gets much worse. The machine then uses the energy it took from our friends to its own…accelerating the process. Meaning our worlds will be sucked dry even faster. But there is one thing that doesn't make sense to me. The energy needed to stabilize this is an energy source only found in children and it would take a lot of…
Ty immediately stopped himself and everyone began to realize what was happening.
Sonic- The Deadly Six kidnaped Tails and all the kids to power the machine.
Mario- Then Tabuu sends his followers to drain us even further!
Sonic- Palutena, how are things looking down below?
Palutena (telepathically to Sonic)- I'm afraid it's already started. Viridi and I are doing our best to keep it at bay, but Tabuu's energy is also in the mix. The best we can do is delay the draining by 60%. But if we want to prevent Pit and the others from getting drained too much, 20%.
Luigi- Maybe they can just try and hide from Tabuu's followers until we find the Deadly Six.
Viridi (telepathically to Luigi)- Uh…that might be a little harder than you think.
Yoshi- Why that?
Palutena (telepathically to Yoshi)- Oh my goodness! I see what Viridi means. I'm detecting an army of Subspace creatures heading for Toad Town! Among them are at least 10 beings with a sample of Tabuu's power. Meaning at least 10 of Tabuu's followers!
Viridi (telepathically to Mario)- They're obviously going to attack the Mushroom Kingdom to draw out the rest of your team. That much fighting in one place…you better hurry!
Mario- We can't just leave our friends to…
Palutena (telepathically to Mario)- Viridi and I are already working on getting Pit and the others some help. If you really want to help them, stop that machine!
Bowser- What about us? Will the machine drain us if we fight on the Lost Hex?
Palutena (telepathically to Bowser)- No, it shouldn't…but why are you…
Bowser- Mario, I'm going after the Zeti too. That red bastard kidnaped my son and I'm going to do whatever it takes to get him back!
Mario- And why should we…
Then Ty walked up to Bowser.
Ty- I think it will be alright, mate. I know what you're going through. They took me son, Fang. I understand a father's desire to rescue his son.
Mario- Fine, but you better not try and pull anything.
Eggman- I better come along too. This new version of the machine is more complicated than the last. You'll need a genius to shut it down.
Sonic- Why should we bring you, egghead?! We already have Ty with us.
Eggman- You really want to argue during a fate of the world crisis?
Mario- True that Ty's tech skills are better than even Tails' or 's, but we never know if we'll need more help in shutting that machine down.
King DeDeDe- And what about Boss Cass and myself?
Ty- Maybe you can make yourselves useful and help with defending the Mushroom Kingdom from Tabuu's followers. Boss Cass, I know you still have that army of Frills and Blue Tongues.
Boss Cass- You expect us to…
Bowser- Just do it! We can try and kill each other another day.
Meowth- Bowser has a point. If we do fail this, there will be no tomorrow for us.
King DeDeDe- Fine…but this is only a temporary truce.
Boss Cass- Once the threat is over, we go back to being enemies.
Ty- Wouldn't have it any other way, mates.
Luigi- Bring Meowth back to Jessie and James while you're at it.
Meowth- You want me to go back down there where all the fighting will take place?!
Sonic- You rather come with use to their hideout and come face to face with Zavok again?
Meowth- On second thought, I think James and Jessie need me back!
Orbot and Cubot were slowly trying to make a run back to the Egg Carrier before anyone noticed.
Orbot- Well…I guess you won't be needing us with the Zeti then!
Cubot- Yeah! We'll just got with Boss Cass and DeDeDe to the Mushroom Kingdom and…
Eggman- Oh no you don't!
Eggman grabbed Orbot and Cubot by the back of their necks.
Eggman- You're coming with me on this! Weather you dumb bots like it or not!