Alright, who else is unhappy about the recent delay for Brawl?

Roy: I'd say me, but chances are very likely that I won't be in it.

Link: Me! I want to see what happens further on in Subspace Emissary!

Marth: But still, it brings the excitement level up even further?

Yeah, I guess. Gives me more time to get myself a wii so I can play it the day it comes out!

Roy: I agree. Anyways, the Authoress doesn't own nothing except hr OCs and Desert. She may tell you otherwise.

Fox: Now, Chapter 13 begins!

Chapter 13: Battle: Falling From the Sky

"Hurry!" Falco gritted his teeth as he cursed to himself, trying to land on the back of the giant ship while avoiding the dangerous laser fire. Young Link's eyes were wide, his teeth chattering as his entire body shook. Marth frowned as he looked out the window.

"This doesn't look good at all." He stated. Katan, who was gripping onto a pole that provided support for a stander in the transporter, gave him and Pit a weak smile.

"We can do it." She stated. There wasn't a strong feeling of commitment behind her words however.

"Hey, I just saw something!" Pit cried. In a flash, he was out the open side of the transporter, gliding away.

Falco cursed, swerving away. Young Link gave a shocked cry, and watched the angel like boy float away into the laser fire, somehow managing to avoid it all. He landed on the clouds, not noticing the ship turn and head back for him, for at his feet, was a trophy of Mario.

"Mario?" Pit questioned, picking up the trophy, only for it to slowly melt, revealing none other than Mario Mario.

"It's-a me, Mar- Pit?" Mario blinked, regaining himself. "Oh-a no! Where is-a Peach? And-a Link? And-a the others?"

"I don't know, Mr. Mario." Pit stated as the transporter hovered a ways away.

"Pi- Mario!?" Marth cried. "What are you doing here?"

"I don't-a know!" Mario tried to hurry over to the ship, only to find that he could not use his right leg. The Bullet Bill had injured his leg badly. Pit picked the plumber up without a word, Marth running out to help him. They finally got Mario in.

The transporter took off towards the giant ship, easily landing on the head of the ship. "Perfect!" Falco laughed with relief.

"I will-a watch the transporter." Mario volunteered immediately. In his condition, he'd stay there, transporter or not. The group jumped out, except Mario.

"There's an extra headset in that cupboard, as long with several blasters. Please don't get the transporter destroyed." Falco pleaded, putting his headset on. The rest of Team Four followed his lead, turning the headsets on and adjusting them as they need.

"Alright, see you-a guys later! Good-a luck!" Mario waved, closing the transporter door. The five turned, ready to sprint down the length of the ship to the first flight deck. But before they could take off, two figures transported in front of them.

Link fell over. "Holy- What the hell?"

Lucas gasped air, and fell over, exhausted. "Lucas!" Young Link gasped. He grabbed the unconscious boy and began dragging him to the transporter. "Mario, open the door!"

As the transporter door slowly opened, Katan and Marth stepped in, easily lifting the boy between them. They carried him into the transporter, laying him down on a bench. Turning, Katan turned to Young Link with a worried look. "Young Link, could you stay here to help Mario?" Katan asked.

"But I want to come with you!" Young Link stated stubbornly.

"Mario can't look after Lucas and the ship on his own." Marth frowned.

"Don't-a worry Marth, Katan, I can-a do it." Mario waved them off. "Go with-a speed." He closed the door before the two sword-wielding smashers could complain.

"Alright then, let's go." The six dashed forward.

"What happened, Link?" Katan demanded as the six scrambled over the first of several obstacles.

"Mario, Kirby, Zelda, and Peach were surprise attacked. Something was wrong with Lucas when it happened, so I was trying to figure out what was wrong. Next thing I knew, there were these… Things everywhere. A giant plant thing caged Zelda and Peach, but Kirby defeated it. Mario disappeared somewhere during this time, and then… Wario showed up."

"Wario?" Marth asked.

"Mario's greatest rival. He… turned Zelda into a statue." Link paused here for a moment before continuing. "Then Lucas transported us out of there, and we were stuck in some other world till a few minutes ago." Link explained. He then slipped, but managed to keep his balance. "What th-"

On the ground were two backpacks, their contents taken. "These were… Mario and Zelda's… Kirby and Peach must have been here!" Link exclaimed.

"They must be on board then, unless they got help." Katan stated. Falco, who had ignored the bags, called out a "hurry up" to them over the headset.

The six soon found their way to the first flight deck. However, there was no entrance. With a few irritated sighs, they continued on. Before Team Four knew it, they were at the end of the ship, at the final flight deck. This deck was damaged, as though something had hit it. It was just what they needed, however.

Link stuffed a bomb into a crack, and soon, a nice semi-wide hole was waiting for its entrants. "Well, they're sure to know we're on board now." Falco jumped down first, followed by Link. Pit had a bit of a tight squeeze, his fragile wings narrowly missing getting caught on the sharp metal protruding from the sides of the hole. Young Link followed Pit, and they set up the first defense; they had projectiles, whereas Katan and Marth did not.

Katan and Marth came next, both getting their armor and capes caught on the sharp metal, but there were no injuries except to their capes. So far so good.

The group ran helter-skelter through the hallways, lost as could be. No enemies emerged to fight them, leaving all six tense and ready to strike, yet not so tense that they would endanger their own lives or that of their friends.

Locked doors to either side of them gave no means of direction as well. They ended up having to follow the route using only the sense of direction that told them which way was which; forward, to the front of the ship, and backward, to the back of the ship. However, this sense of direction was quickly lost, with the twisting hallways. There never seemed to be corners; everything seemed to be rounded. Everything appeared to be the same. Even the distance between doors to either side was the same. Eventually, the six lost smashers began to wonder if they would even be able to tell up from down.

Finally, a break in the winding corridor came; the first real corner. Falco held up a hand, silencing the other six from their semi-noisy movement. Katan and Marth were frozen in fear of any clanking armor; unlike Marth, Katan had not worn armor for several years and was greatly out of practice in stealth; if she had dared wear armor in Desert, she would have roasted to death in the scorching heat. Marth had borrowed some armor from Roy's father long ago as his own armor had worn out. It was fairly identical to his old armor, give or take a few scratches, dents, or marks, but Marth had never practiced his own stealth in the armor.

Young Link, Link, and Pit drew their bows, Falco his blaster. He paused before motioning to Young Link.

"Give me your sword, kid." Falco hissed under his breath. Young Link obediently handed the Kokiri Sword over to the avian with a slight look of distaste at being separated with his only sword evident on his face. Falco polished the blade on his jacket, not caring as a neat hole was soon sliced into the old thing. He then carefully held the sword so that he could see the reflection of what was around the corner without fear of being seen quickly.

Like a flash, he drew the blade back, quickly handing the blade back to Young Link, who smirked. He readied his blaster, and signaled to the other three to ready their bows. Katan carefully, with exaggerated caution to noise, drew out four small throwing knives, handing two to Marth as quietly as she could. Fortunately, she wasn't totally out of practice in staying quiet.

The six lined up at an angle, some not so sure if they would hit their targets. Marth then came up with an idea. He handed the throwing knives back to Katan, who gave him a puzzled look. He grinned wickedly, and drew forth a motion-sensor bomb from his pack. Link saw this, and he too drew forth an idea. Soon, a motion-sensor bomb was attached to his arrow, and he was having Young Link do the same. Katan attached one to a larger throwing knife while Pit and Falco oversaw everything, unable to attach motion-sensing bombs to their projectiles. Soon, they lined up again.

Tense, they waited for Falco's signal. His hand was raised in the air, and soon, it fell.

Without a sound, the line swung outwards, and the six nearly faltered as they saw a hallway filled to the max with the strange, sandbag like creatures Master Hand had called Primids.

Motion-sensors were activated and launched, Link and Young Link's getting as far as halfway over the crowd. The Primids were moving forward, slowly due to the lack of space. Katan's bomb took out the first several ranks, Link and Young Link's taking out parts of the middle and back. The Primids that survived continued on none-the-less. They soon hit Marth's motion-sensing bomb that blew more to their deaths. Light Arrows were flying from Pit's bow, laser beams from Falco's blaster. But still, the horde continued forwards.

While Falco kept up long distance, dispatching the back ranks, the other five began fighting the front ranks. Pit had broken his bow into two short-swords, and was slashing everywhere. Four longswords swiped and killed with practiced ease. Swords flashed and clashed into one another, since there was not enough space for all five of the sword-wielding smashers.

"Pit! Young Link! Help with Long-Range!" Falco commanded without breaking his concentration. Instantly, Pit's swords were reunited back into a bow, and Young Link dropped back, pulling out his own bow and another motion-sensing bomb. Another explosion wreaked havoc on the middle ranks, as the three sword-wielding smashers fought forward, easier now that there was more room.

"Move back a moment, guys!" Katan ordered, concentrating on something. Marth and Link did so, immediately launching motion-sensing bombs into the ranks further away. As the Primids seemed to surround Katan, Marth and Link began to panic. But then something unusual happened.

A creature rose from the ranks, spitting pure fire into the Primids, burning many. Its strong, black scales were invincible against the futile attacks from the Primids. An enormous double-pronged tail crushed a few of the sandbag creatures against the walls before it barreled forward, knocking the rest down like so many bowling pins. Many more were crushed in this style.

"Its… Katan's dragon form…!" Marth gawked. Link punched his shoulder lightly before attacking the surviving Primids, as though telling the navy swordsman to pay attention to the job at hand.

After another several minutes of battling the creatures, they seemed to stop their attack and retreat down the hall. The dragon returned to the Smashers and began to shrink. Katan soon wobbled before them before collapsing. Marth and Link managed to catch the exhausted and heavily damaged smasher between them.

"Maxim Tomato!" Marth called. Young Link appeared at his side with the needed tomato. Soon, Katan was strong enough to stand and fight again.

"How did you do that?" Link asked in amazement. Katan smiled.

"I tried that Smash Ball thing." She replied. "It seemed like a good moment, and it was."

Falco nodded. "Alright, I guess the only thing we can do is follow them. Let's go."

The six stepped over and around the bodies of the dead Primids, which were rapidly turning into a strange purple sand-like substance and sinking into the floor. Finally, the six came to a strange door. Several symbols were inscribed into the door. Katan blinked.

"Hey… That's Captain Izu's native language." She spoke quietly. 'It says "Those Who Enter, Be Prepared For Death.'"

"Alright, Katan, you can have my smash ball incase we need you to do this again." Marth handed over his smash ball. "How about I open the door and you guys fire all you can into the room if there's enemies in there?"

"Alright. Go ahead, Marth. Make sure to move to the right once you open the door. And move fast." Falco drew his blaster. Once again bows were drawn, arrows notched, and throwing knives aimed. Marth pulled the door open and jumped to the side as though the Grim Reaper stood before him. But rather, it was a princess.

Link gasped. "Zelda!"

Team Three's transporter appeared from the clouds, tailing the giant ship they had come to associate with the enemy. Zero-Samus was steering the awkward transporter now, while Captain Falcon studied the ship, face hidden behind his helmet. Red was nervously rolling a poke' ball around in his hand while Ness sat beside him, playing with his Yo-yo, mind obviously trying to search out the others. Kirby looked to where Peach was clinging to Luigi with large sobs for the lost Mario. Luigi wasn't outright sobbing, but looked as though he wished to join the princess in her laments. Kirby turned and looked out at the huge ship, Jigglypuff at his side.

"Wait… I know that ship." He realized with a start, his eyes running over the layout of it.

"You do?" Zero-Samus turned and gave Kirby an annoyed look. This Samus was much different from the old Samus, personality wise. "Well?"

"It's the Halberd, my rival's ship!" Kirby exclaimed, jumping to his feet. "MetaKnight!"

"Who's that?" Jigglypuff and Red voiced at the same time, curiosity heavily laced through their voices.

"My rival. I don't think he would, or could be evil though!" Kirby argued as Captain Falcon's face hardened. "He taught me a lot of my tricks and often helped me."

"What makes you so sure he's still good?" Zero-Samus growled, turning the transporter so it got a bit closer to the Halberd.

"He's a Star Warrior like myself. He can't be evil." Kirby retorted. Ness, who had been silent until now, agreed.

"Star Warriors seem to be incapable of being what we call 'evil.'" Ness stated. "I have a feeling this is the only connection your friend, or rival I mean, has to this operation. For all we know, he could be as much a casualty in this war as… well…" Ness nodded silently over to Peach, who was finally wiping her tears away.

"That's true. Then Kirby, you'll-" Captain Falcon started to ask Kirby when the transporter jerked. Warning lights flashed across the switchboard where Zero-Samus hissed in irritation.

"We've been hit!" she began trying to keep the transporter stabilized. They had been too busy debating MetaKnight's placement in the battle that no one had noticed the strange arm reach out of the ship overhead and whip at the wing of the transporter. Immediately, they began to loose altitude as the Halberd began to fire at them.

Luigi dashed from where he was sitting next to Peach to close the hatch to the outside world, only for the arm to whip at the transporter again. With a startled yelp, he fell from the Heavens, disappearing through a gap in the thick clouds.

"No! Luigi!" Peach screamed, more tears gracing her face. Captain Falcon took over the controls while Samus used her grapple beam to pull the door shut safely. Once again, the transporter was whipped and sent spiraling after Luigi.

"Ness! We need you!" Captain Falcon roared. Ness had been trying to use his psychic powers to stop Luigi's descent, but he was going too fast and getting further away every second. It was certainly not as easy as shields. With a strangled, painful cry, Ness broke his last connection with the younger Mario brother and threw his hands up, causing the transporter to slow in its descent.

"Hurry… Land… Can't… Hold… Very long…" Ness gritted his teeth, knees trembling dangerously as though he were holding a large weight up above him.

"Charizard! Go!" Red threw a poke' ball, causing a strong, healthy Charizard to roar forth. Without a word of command, it threw open the hatch and was outside. Ness cried out as he lost his grip on the transporter, but outside, Charizard was doing a great job of slowing the descent by grabbing onto the top of the transporter. Opening its large wings, the air caught instantly, creating two more wings to stabilize the transporter in its deadly descent. They cleared the cloud layer, coming out above the jungle. The transporter glided, with the help of the fire poke'mon, towards a clearing.

Three figures sat in this clearing, looking towards the skies. "Hey, look!" Diddy broke the silence that had hung over the three since DK's return with Yoshi's body. Fox and DK turned their heads towards a slowly descending transporter that was most definitely smoking.

"They're in trouble!" Fox growled. "Clear the area of those banana's now!" He ordered. Donkey Kong gave a roar, but did not start pushing the Banana Bomb cart away. Instead, he followed the transporter's descent.

"DK! No!" Diddy yelped. DK stood right where the transporter was about to crash, and lifting his giant arms, caught the large smoking ship like a large box and set it down so it would not run into the cart of bombs.

A Charizard sat on top, roaring out a huge ball of flame to the skies as smoke billowed around it. The triumphant poke'mon turned a clear-ish red color, and soon disappeared back into its poke' ball. Red gave a triumphant cheer, Charizard's poke' ball raised in the air as the other six smashers piled out of the transporter.

"DK! That was a great move!" Fox commented, running to the other smashers. "What's your status, guys?"

"Well, you can see our transporter. We lost Luigi, however." Captain Falcon shook his head. "The poor guy was just trying to shut the hatch…"

Fox spotted Kirby and Peach with a sigh of relief. "Well, that's… part of three teams accounted for. Any word on the others?"

"No." Captain Falcon turned his head towards the soft peach-colored clouds that were growing darker by the minute. "I can only hope they're okay."

"Well, might as well wait for our ride back." Fox sighed. "We lost Yoshi for sure. The enemy took Pikachu and Pichu, my Arwing was destroyed, and we ran into a strange poke'mon creature.

Reunited, the three teams shared their sorrow for the lost Smashers as they awaited news or more of the others.
So... A cliffhanger in the middle of the story. Don't Worry, I won't leave you guys hanging too long.

Pit: She added a battle scene in the next chapter, so it will be a bit longer than it was!

Ike: Its also the most dramatic chapter in the whole... well... story.

Pichu: Next time, the Final Battle! Primid Boss versus Team Four and friends!

Pit: Don't miss it!

Ike: Two chapters left of this story.

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