Chapter 3

Fight for Power

Part 1

Out in a forest located in the outskirts of Smash City,Yoshi ,Lucario, Bowser and Chaotix members Vector and Mighty were on patrol. After the incident at the tower, the heroes became more and more aware of what the villains were up. However they weren't able to figure them out. They soon found themselves out on the open plains of the forest.

"I gotta give Samus credit, at least she was kind enough to fly us out here in her gunship. She said she would come back and get us once we were done searching here. Even if we capture any villains or not." said Yoshi.

"You know, you could have ran here yourself, you do have super speed now." said Mighty.

"Sorry, but I didn't want to leave you behind, that's why I chose to ride in the ship with you guys."

"I don't really see why you're the one leading us through the forest Yoshi." said Vector.

"Because Mario put me in charge of this operation, that's why."

"Oh really."

" Yes Vector. Mario has trust in me. He knows I can do well with leading a group like this, now that I'm more tougher and stronger than before."

Before they even knew it, they all jumped out the way of a giant stalagmite that popped out of the ground.

"There's only one villain I know that can summon things like that from the Earth, and that villain is Earthlor." said Yoshi.

"That's right." said Earthlor who rose up from the ground

"You again, this should be easy, because there's only five of us and one of you. You don't stand a chance."

"I wouldn't say that if I were you reptile boy."

Pretty soon, a giant fist came diving down at Yoshi from above, but the green dino sped out of the way, avoiding the attack. He looked to the left to come upon the sight of a rather large, muscular human being. He had green skin, large arms, a big chin and a buzz cut. He was also wearing a green shirt, green pants and boots. He had black stripes running down his uniform on the front and both sides. The last thing that was noticeable were the glowing gloves that he was wearing.

"Who is that oversized goon?" asked Vector.

"The name is Masher, and i'm gonna crush you like the pests that you are." said the villain.

"You two are supposed to be supervillains, if you ask me, you look more like two disfigured clowns that got kicked out of the circus." said Yoshi.

"You don't look so good yourself scale brain." said a female voice.

Suddenly, Speed Meister dashed onto the scene in a blink of an eye.

"Three supervillains, five of us, how entertaining." said Bowser in a sarcastic tone.

"Super nothing, they look like goofy villains than supervillains." said Mighty.

"Oh yeah, would a goofy villain do this?"

Masher swung his right fist at Mighty, knocking the armadillo through four trees in a row, which nearly knocked him out.

"MIGHTY!" yelled Vector as he rushed off to help his friend, only to be halted by a rock that was hurled at him from behind by Earthlor.

"That was a very dirty stunt you two just pulled." said Yoshi in anger.

"What are you gonna do about it!" Masher taunted.

"This!"

Yoshi dashed over to a tree and used his super strength to uproot it from the ground. Like a baseball bat, he swung it at Earthlor with incredible force, thus knocking him into Masher, which caused him to fall over.

"How does that suit you?"

"GGRRRRR, YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT." yelled Masher.

"Bring it on big guy."

Masher charged at Yoshi, bringing his left fist forward, attempting to crush him. But Yoshi was prepared and he easily dodged the attack, running up Masher's arm and nailing him square in the face with a punch before jumping down back on the ground.

"It's gonna take more than that to bring me down."

"Don't worry Masher, I'm just getting started."

While Yoshi was currently distracted, Earthlor attempted to launch a sharp rock at him from the side, but before he could, he was rammed from the side by Bowser. Lucario tried to assist him, only to be sideswiped by Speed Meister, who came at him with reckless abandon.

Vector and Mighty had both recovered from the blows they recieved earlier and soon joined in on the fight. Vector helped Lucario fight Speed Meister while Mighty assisted Yoshi in battling Masher, all the while Bowser battled Earthlor on his own.

Yoshi leaped into the air and tried to hit Masher with a kick, but Masher slammed his fist down on him, forcing him back on the ground. Masher soon tried to smash him into the ground, but Mighty jumped in front and used his own immense strength to restrain his arm, thus protecting Yoshi from the attack.

"You think that's gonna stop me, think again."

Masher tried to attack Mighty with his other fist, however Yoshi recovered and blocked that one as well. Then at the same time, Yoshi and Mighty lifted Masher into the air and slammed him on the ground, leaving a dent as a result.

But they were unprepared as Masher raised up off the ground and snatched them up in his hands. He then began tightening his grip on them, trying to crush them.

"You guys don't know what you're up against, I'm more stronger than you can imagine." said Masher.

"You may be and tough and strong Masher, but I got news for you, I'm more tougher and more stronger." said Yoshi.

But Masher soon got the surprise of his life when Yoshi suddenly pushed his hand open, loosening his grip entirely.

"What, how did you do that, that's impossible for someone like you."

"You should know Masher, my strength increases overtime, so the higher it becomes, the more stronger I get. That means I can easily surpass your own strength."

He then lunged at him, performing a front flip and slamming his long tail down on Masher's face with great force, which knocked him off balance slightly, making him let go of Mighty, who landed back on the ground.

Meanwhile, Bowser was busy contending with Earthlor, they were both evenly matched at first until Bowser started gaining advantage, pounding Earthlor with ease. The two combatants were currently locked in a grapple, as they both tried with effort to overpower each other.

"You have some brilliant potential, you should have joined us." said Earthlor.

"Thanks for the offer, but I think I'll have to pass." said Bowser as he managed to overwhelm Earthlor, tossing him into the air and jumping up to meet him. He soon grabbed hold of him and flipped him upside down. As they fell, Bowser tightened his grip on Earthlor and increased his falling speed.

"What are you doing!"

"Prepare to be piledrived punk."

With that, Bowser slammed him into the ground, burying him headfirst in the ground.

"That takes care of stoneface over here."

In the meantime, Lucario and Vector were trying to deal with Speed Meister. However, they were at a disadvantage, as each time they tried to attack her, she would dash around them, bombarding them with punches and kicks repeatedly.

"Give it up, you can't win, I'm too fast for anyone to hit." taunted Speed Meister.

"You may be too fast for them, but not for me."

Pretty soon, Speed Meister got intercepted by a blue blur that blazed right into her, knocking her to the ground. The blur turned out to be Sonic the Hedgehog.

"I got news for you Speed Meister, your speed is nothing in comparison to mine. I'm the world's fastest hedgehog, incase you don't know that." said Sonic.

"I'll show you, hedgehog."

Speed Meister rushed at Sonic with full speed while the hedgehog just stood motionless, whistling like there was nothing wrong.

"Whistle all you want, you're going down."

"Oh, I don't think so."

Just as she was about to punch him, Sonic stepped to the side and did a sweep kick, knocking her off her feet.

"I told you, you should have listened."

"You won't be joking around for long once I'm done with you."

Now angry, Speed Meister tried to attack Sonic again. But everytime she attempted to do so, Sonic would always dodge her attacks with ease, all the while countering with his own attacks. Eventually, Speed Meister was soon driven to exhaustion, while Sonic remained completely intact.

"What's the matter Speed Meister, too tired to keep going?"

"Look on the bright side, that makes thing easier for us." said Vector.

"Make it happen Vector?"

Turning up the volume on his headphones, Vector took them off and aimed them at Speed Meister. Suddenly, the headphones shot out a powerful blast of loud music, which sent Speed Meister flying backwards towards Lucario, who followed things up with a powerful Aura Sphere, which struck her from behind. As a result, she was knocked out cold.

"Well that wasn't so bad." said Sonic.

"By the way, how did you know we were having trouble?" asked Lucario.

"Bowser contacted me and said you needed help, so I rushed out here to help you."

"Thanks, we appreciate it, but right now I think Yoshi and Mighty need help with Masher."

"No problem, let's do it."

Yoshi and Mighty on the other hand were having trouble dealing with Masher, as no matter how much they attacked him, he just kept on coming at them. Yoshi dashed up to Masher and leaped at him, punching him hard in the chin, only to be swatted away when Masher slammed his fist into his side, knocking him across the ground into a rock. He soon began rushing at him, but was punched in the face by Mighty, throwing him off his course a bit. While Masher was distracted, Yoshi used this opportunity to run up and jump in the air above him and slam his feet down on Masher's head, forcing his face down into the ground. Masher got back up and punched Yoshi off of his head, knocking him into Mighty. He soon charged at them, intending to finish them off. However Yoshi had an ace up his sleeve. Balling up a tight fist, just as Masher came closer, Yoshi jumped up and performed an extremely strong uppercut punch, striking Masher in the chin really hard, sending him flying backwards a few distances before he crashed into some forest trees. But he was far from done as he got right back up on his feet.

"Geez, is this guy invincible or something, we've tried almost everything but he just won't go down." said Mighty.

"There's gotta be someway we can bring down this giant goon." said Yoshi.

"Wait, it may have something to do with those gloves he's wearing on his hands. They must be the reason for why he was able to take the impact force of our attacks so easily."

"So you mean like he's invulnerable to our blows!"

"Yeah, if only we could remove them that'll make him lose his invulnerability."

"You're right, we just need to distract him, but how."

"Not to worry guys,I'll take care of this." said Sonic as he rushed up to them.

Sonic started things off by running up in front of Masher and taunting him.

"So what are you anyway Masher, some kind of Hulk knockoff!" Sonic joked.

"DON'T CALL ME THAT." yelled Masher in anger as he swung his fist at Sonic, who jumped out the way.

"Ooh, Sonic make Masher mad, Masher crush Sonic." Sonic teased.

"STOP IT, I DON'T TALK LIKE THAT."

Masher tried to attack him again, only to get the same result as Sonic dodged once more, all the while continuing to tease him.

"Masher getting angrier, want to smash Sonic into the ground like pancake."

"I'M WARNING YOU."

"It's working." said Yoshi.

"Masher smash annoying blue hedgehog, Masher smash everyone."

"THAT IS IT, I'M GONNA SMASH YOU INTO THE GROUND UNTIL YOU'RE AS GOOD AS DEAD."

"Alright guys, do it now." Sonic commanded.

"Sure, no problem." said Bowser.

Masher raised his arms up over his head as attempted to bring his fists down upon Sonic, not knowing that it was all a set up. Yoshi rushed up to his left leg while Bowser rushed up to the right. As if on cue, Yoshi and Bowser rammed into Masher's legs, making him fall to the ground. He tried to get back up, but Yoshi and Bowser pinned down his arms. Mighty and Vector dashed up and yanked his gloves right off.

"Now to kick things up a notch." said Yoshi.

Mustering up his strength, Yoshi began to spin Masher around by his arm. As he did, he started picking up speed and velocity.

"Going up!"

Letting go, Yoshi sent Masher flying into the air. All of a sudden he got an idea.

"I have an idea, Mighty, Sonic, I'm gonna need you for this one."

"Sure." they both said.

Yoshi took a head start by jumping high into the air, soon followed by Sonic and Mighty, who both curled up into balls. Yoshi grabbed hold of them and tossed them upwards with incredible force. They flew upwards like speeding bullets, and within ten seconds, they slammed square into Masher's chest, which was enough to send him falling back to the ground, creating a crater the moment he landed. Pretty soon, he was unconcious from the impact.

"Well, that takes care of these three goons." said Yoshi after he landed back on the ground along with Sonic and Mighty.

"That worked out for the best." said Sonic.

"Yoshi to Smash Tower, we've taken down three more villains in the forest. Send three S.W.A.R.M convoy ships down here to gather them up, and have Samus come and get us, we're all done here." said Yoshi into his communicator.

"No problem Yoshi, I'm on my way there now, the convoy is following along." replied Samus.

"Understood, Yoshi out."

"It's a good thing I came when I did, otherwise this guy would have beaten you into a coma." said Sonic.

"Believe me Sonic, he would have beaten us into much more than a coma." said Mighty.

"But thanks for the distraction." said Yoshi as he gave everyone a high five.

"We better get ready, here come the ships." said Vector.

They all looked up in the sky to spot Samus's gunship coming down for a landing, along with three large red S.W.A.R.M convoy ships. The troopers all exited the ships and went to gather up the villains, placing energy shackles on them and leading them into the ships individually.

"This is so humiliating." said Speed Meister.

"Shut up and get in there." said a trooper who nudged her in the back with his Paralyzer gun.

"Aw don't worry Speedy, your friends will keep you company while you're in your little playhouse." said Yoshi in a joking manner.

"Can we get a move on please, I don't have all day you know." said Samus impatiently.

"Alright alright we're coming, don't have a fit about it." said Bowser.

Once they were all set, they took off into the sky and headed back for the city.

"Well, that wasn't so bad, at least this time we were able to recapture Earthlor, and in the process we got two more bad guys as a bonus." said Vector.

"Amen to that, I mean we failed to capture Hydra earlier all because Ridley took her away, but we got three villains to make up for it." said Sonic.

"I just hope that nothing bad happens on the way back." said Lucario.

But as they were a few miles away from the city, suddenly out of nowhere, Ridley came flying in from behind the ships. They tried to shoot him down using their laser cannons which were mounted on the top and bottom of the ships, but Ridley was too fast as he dodged them all with ease. He soon retaliated by firing his plasma beam, severely damaging the first ship which held Masher. It crashed down to the ground and exploded, thus releasing Masher from his captivity. He soon found his gloves in the rubble of the ship and put them back on.

"Finally I'm free." said Masher.

"Oh shoot, Ridley just took out one of the ships on my radar." said Samus.

"Aw not him again." said Bowser.

"We gotta stop him before he destroys the other ones." said Yoshi as he headed for the hatch door of the ship.

"What do you think you're doing?" asked Sonic.

"I'm going to stop Ridley from releasing Earthlor and Speed Meister."

"You can't do that in mid-air, it's too dangerous."

"I don't care Sonic, we are not gonna lose more villains to that psychopath."

"You better not do it or else you'll regret it." said Lucario.

"Save it, I know what I'm doing."

"You can forget it, because I'm not opening the hatch door." said Samus.

"Well if you won't do it, then I will."

Yoshi pressed a red button on the wall of the ship and the door soon opened up. Taking precaution, he jumped and grabbed onto the edge of the ship and pulled himself up on the top of the ship. He focused his sights on Ridley, who was attempting to destroy the second ship.

"There's no way I'm letting that freak get lucky this time."

Using his super jump, Yoshi leaped straight at Ridley, who was about to blow up the ship with another plasma beam. Before he could use it however, Yoshi punched him in the face, cancelling out his attack.

"You may have freed Masher, but you're not gonna free these other two villains."

"We'll just see about that." said Ridley.

Yoshi made another leap at him, but Ridley swatted him with his tail. However Yoshi was able to grab onto it.

"Let go of my tail you little runt."

"I'll show you who's a little runt Ridley."

Yoshi planted himself on the top of the convoy ship, yanking Ridley's tail violently, pulling him towards him. Once he was in range, Yoshi punched him in the lower jaw, knocking him out instantly. He then swung him around and tossed him away. Ridley crashed into the ground, sliding across it briefly before coming to a stop.

"YOU'RE NOT GONNA STOP ME THAT EASILY." yelled Ridley as he fired a long range plasma beam at the two remaining convoy ships, damaging them both severely, causing them to begin losing altitude.

"Darnit, he got the last two, I better get back to the gunship or I'll be roasted."

Yoshi jumped off the ship as it went down along with the other one. He then slid back into the gunship with the others and closed up the hatch door.

"So much for nothing bad happening."

"If I may say one thing, that was the most stupidest stunt you ever pulled Yoshi." said Bowser angrily.

"So what, at least I was willing to do whatever it took to try and prevent it,unlike some others that I know."

"Hey watch it, don't go putting us down like that, you knew none of us were capable of doing something that risky."

"Bowser's right, there are some things that we can and things we can't do, this is one of them." said Sonic.

"Look, I don't have time for all this arguing now, let's just get back to the tower already." said Samus in frustration.

"Somebody's in a bad mood." said Yoshi.

"And's she got you to thank for it." said Sonic.

"Don't push it Sonic."

Later back at the tower...

"That was by far the most embarrassing mission ever." said Vector.

"Let's not forget who it was that made it embarrassing." said Lucario who sent a glare at Yoshi.

"Drop it already." said Yoshi.

"They do have a point Yoshi, what you did out there was not very helpful." said Mario.

"Oh come on Mario, are you telling me that you wouldn't have done something like that if the situation demanded it!"

"Yes I am."

"Maybe I wouldn't have done it if Ridley hadn't shown up in the first place. Because of him, we lost more villains."

"To be honest Yoshi, some of the things that you do aren't always reliable." said Charizard.

"I'm afraid he's right Yoshi." said Marth.

"I do one thing out of the ordinary and yet I get a lecture. You know what, let's just forget about it. We've got more bigger problems on our hands. If Ridley continues gathering up more villains, we'll be overrun."

"Strangely I have a feeling that the villains are planning something." said Mewtwo.

"Any idea what it is?" asked Mega Man.

"No, it appears to be a mystery to me."

"I'm picking a strange aura signal coming from somewhere in the city. I think it may be at the park, but I'm not quite sure." said Lucario.

"Whatever it is, we have to get to it before any of those villains do." said Sonic.

"Alright,Sonic, Yoshi, Link, Lucario, Luigi and Mega Man, you guys are with me." said Mario.

"No problem Mario." said Yoshi.

"What about the rest of us." said Young Link.

"Young Link, take Marth, Roy, Ike and Shiida with you to go on patrol through the city, the rest of you stay here and keep things going."

"Got it."

"Okay, let's get moving."

Meanwhile in the city...

An ordinary person was walking down the path in Smash City Park. He was rather unusual for a citizen, though it was of no concern to him at that point. His name was Terrick, though something about him wasn't normal.

"I don't know what it is, but something just doesn't seem right." said Terrick.

"I've finally found you." said a dark sinister voice.

Terrick soon turned around to find himself coming face to face with Shadow Mario, Ridley, Ganondorf, Conor, Hyperfire and Plasmotron.

"Who are you?" asked Terrick.

"Your new allies." said Ridley.

"Allies, what are you talking about!"

"We know all about you Terrick." said Shadow Mario.

"You know nothing about me!"

"We were positive that you would say that, Tabuu."

"What did you just call me?"

"I know everything about you and your past. Face it Terrick, you're not a normal person. You're a reincarnation of an all powerful entity, yet you have no memory of it.I can make sure that you get your memory back, as well as unleash your full power."

"You're crazy!"

"Give in, let it all out."

"No, I won't."

"Give in to your true self."

"I'm not gonna do it, you don't know what you're saying."

"Give in, now. Unleash your real self

"Never!"

"DO IT, DO IT NOW."

Terrick fell to his knees and clutched his head as he tried to resist Shadow Mario's influencing words. However, the pressure was too much for him to handle, and pretty soon he stopped trying to resist, he lifted his head back up, now with a look of pure evil on his face as well as a glowing blue aura around his body. It was just as Shadow Mario had intended, Terrick had reverted back to the old evil roots of his original identity, Tabuu.

"Yes, it worked, my plan was a success."

"Excellent, now we have extra power at our disposal." said Ridley.

"With Terrick's immense power, we shall destroy the Smash Brothers, and then we will rule over the universe, nothing will stop us."

"Gee, I've heard that story hundreds of times, I don't suppose you idiots would know that it's impossible!" said Yoshi who was leaning against a tree with his arms crossed.

"You!"growled Hyperfire.

"You chose a bad time to come alone, because now you're outnumbered." said Plasmotron.

"Wrong answer." said Sonic who appeared from behind the tree.

"So what, it's just the two of you, you losers don't stand a chance against all of us." said Conor.

"Wrong again." said Lucario who jumped out from another tree.

Soon Mario, Link, Luigi and Mega Man all appeared out of nowhere and stood along side their friends.

"You guys are at a disadvantage, why don't you just give up!" exclaimed Link.

"Because we've got more power on our side, right Terrick." said Shadow Mario.

Terrick turned around to face the heroes, still glowing with blue aura.

"Wait, that aura signature, I recognize it from somewhere. There was only one being who had that much power at his disposal." said Lucario.

"Lucario's right, the aura emitting from Terrick is all too familiar. That must mean that he has the powers of...of" Yoshi trailed off.

"Of who?" asked Link.

"Of."

"Who is it?" asked Sonic.

"Tabuu."

"Tabuu!" said the others in shock.

"But that's not possible, I thought we destroyed him years ago." said Luigi.

"Guess again green cap. Yes, it's true that Tabuu was destroyed a few years back. But as time went on, he was eventually reincarnated in the form of an ordinary human named Terrick, with no memory of his previous identity. Now thanks to me, he's now back and he's more stronger than ever." explained Shadow Mario.

"So he revived himself, that wasn't something we were expecting." said Sonic.

"Enough of this, we have to stop these villains now!" said Mario.

"Not so fast, Terrick, give them a demonstration of your power."

"Yes Shadow Mario." said Terrick.

Terrick floated into the air and soon started firing a barrage of bullet shape energy projectiles at the heroes, who all jumped out of the way.

"Whoa, not only is Terrick more stronger than his original self, he's also got the same abilities too, only more powerful." said Yoshi.

"Regardless, we can't let them win." said Mega Man.

"That's not all that Terrick can do. He's got another trick up his sleeve as well." said Ridley.

With that, Terrick raised his arms in the air and suddenly small violet colored spheres were created out of nowhere.

"What the heck are those little things?" asked Mega Man.

"They're called Shadow Bugs. They seem to be based on some primordial substance that shapes itself into any form of it's choosing. So far, these things mainly create Primids and some other things." said Yoshi.

"Like those for example." said Link.

The Shadow Bugs soon began forming themselves into a massive army of Primids which surrounded the heroes entirely.

"We'll leave you guys here to play with your new friends, because we've got some others evil things to take care of." said Conor.

"And don't worry, I assure you tha you'll have tons of fun, if you know what I mean." said Ridley.

"You freaks won't get away with this." said Sonic.

"We already have blue boy." said Plasmotron.

"And Yoshi, if you survive this, I'll deal with you personally." said Hyperfire.

"Don't count on it matchstick." retorted Yoshi.

"So long heroes." said Shadow Mario.

Suddenly, one of WarpMaster's portals appeared and the villains all escaped through it.

"Just our luck, here we are surrounded by a bunch of Primids of all varieties, and the villains once again make their escape, this sucks big time." said Link.

"I'd say that we've got one heck of a problem on our hands." said Luigi.

To Be Continued...

Here's Chapter 3.

I once again want to give credit to Storyteller222 for letting me use Terrick. Plus I'd like to thank Super Shadowsonic for allowing me to use his fan villain Masher.

I also promised "he who is awesome" that I'd include him in the story. I'll definitely make sure to include him in the next chapter, no doubt about that.

Anyways, I hope you like it.

Remember, if anyone has some ideas for some new villains, just post your requests in a review and I'll consider them, I promise.

In the words of Sonic The Hedgehog, "I'm Outta Here". Trust me, I'm sure you've heard him say this in some of his games.

Later everybody.