Ah, rather monumental, eh? Rebuilding has hit twenty chapters! I really feel like my writing skills have improved dramatically while writing this story, up to the point where I actually have confidence in myself. Finally.

Of course, I never would have made it this far without my wonderful reviewers! I'm in love with you a-uh, I mean, I love you all!

This story's moderate success has managed to distract me from the heartbreak of not owning Brawl yet, plus some personal crap, so thank you all! And, uh, tell a friend about Rebuilding today!

Rebuilding

Chapter 20: Rejoining Up is Hard to Do

Falco and Ganondorf sat bored, tied to the Absolutely Safe Capsule. Duon and Galleom had left them both to their deaths at a Subspace bomb threatened to destroy New Pork City. The bomb kept ticking, but neither of them could see the timer. To make matters worse, Falco had decided to sing a song.

Okay, not really.

"Dear Lord, please help me escape from this nightmarish prison, and I promise to stop looting and committing felonies," prayed Falco, his eyes shut tight.

"Will you shut up?" asked Ganondorf.

"Face it Ganondorf, the gods will prevail!" said Falco. "They'll choose to save me, not you! Freaking devil worshipper!"

"Ugh, give me a break..." moaned Ganondorf, rolling his eyes.

"Whiny little bitch," muttered Falco, closing his eyes to pray.

Suddenly, a loud explosion sounded from around the corner, followed by machine gun fire.

"Get him! Get him!" security guards were crying. A deeper voice was laughing maniacally, leaving destruction in his wake.

"What's going on out there?" demanded Ganondorf.

"Our buds must be here to save us!" cheered Falco. "Ask and you shall receive Ganondorf, ask and you shall receive!"

"That can't be those fools!" raged Ganondorf. "I can't feel my Triforce mark glowing, so it can't be Link or Zelda! And why would they be laughing maniacally?"

"It's a box?!" queried Falco, seeing a cardboard box slink around the corner.

The box approached Falco and Ganondorf, but then a man lifted the box, and stood upright.

The man had the musty smell of a smoker, and the smell of death lingered around him. He looked down at the two Super Smash Brothers menacingly, and Solid Snake grinned to himself.



"Well well well, if it isn't Falco and Ganondorf..." muttered Snake, checking his list.

"Snake?" asked Falco. "What are you doin' here?"

"Not much, not much..." muttered Snake. "Just dropped by to kill all of the Super Smash Brothers..."

"How do you know this freak?" Ganondorf asked Falco forcefully.

"Well..." Falco trailed off, remembering something.

As young ten-year-old boys, Fox and Falco stepped out of their life-size toy police buggies, and adjusted their diapers.

"Goo!" cheered Fox in a baby-like manner.

"Agagagaaga!" laughed Falco merrily.

Suddenly, a young man with a flock-of-seagulls haircut stormed past them, fuming.

"That stupid Captain Falcon...too good to give a Falcon Punch to his biggest fan...well I'll show him..." muttered Snake, fifteen years younger.

Snake stepped on something, and felt a sharp pain in his foot.

"What is the meaning of this?!" raged Snake, picking up the rattle he had just stepped on.

"Mine!" protested Fox, snatching back the rattle.

"How dare you leave this thing out in the open!" yelled Snake. "You're the McCloud boy, aren't you? Well kid, how would you like it if I killed your dad, huh?"

"Doodie-head," said Falco with great disdain.

Fox wet himself all over Snake's foot.

"I SWEAR I'LL KILL YOU BOTH ONE DAY!" yelled Snake crazily, running away.

"Fweak," said Falco infantly.

"And that day is finally here!" laughed Snake evilly after Falco finished his tale.

"That was the worst story ever," said Ganondorf, unimpressed.

"Wait a minute, looks like there's a bomb here!" laughed Snake. "This is perfect, I don't even have to do anything! See you in hell, Lombardi!"

Snake climbed carefully into his cardboard box, and slinked off.

"Okay, now we need to escape, badly," sighed Ganondorf.

"Do you think I should pray for food?" asked Falco.

Ganondorf rolled his eyes.

Meanwhile, in Mute City, Ness explained his plan in full to the two adults, Marth groaning wearily, and Captain Falcon determined.

Ness, Marth and Captain Falcon gathered around in a tight knot, ready to teleport straight to New Pork City where they would meet up with Luigi, Jigglypuff and Mr. Game and Watch.

"Good luck, Ness," said Captain Falcon solemnly. "I hope you know what you're doing,"

"Yeah kid," agreed Marth. "You better get this right, I'm not gonna be hurt again!"

"I'll try my hardest!" grinned Ness earnestly. "Just give me a couple seconds..."

Captain Falcon was first to teleport away, with Ness soon after.

"I hope that kid won't be the death of me..." moaned Marth. "And I still have to tell him that Mewtwo and Roy died...I saw it...whoa, here we go!"

Marth was third to teleport to New Pork City, leaving Mute City alone.

Luigi opened his eyes as soon as he hit the ground. Jigglypuff had just jumped in the teleporter, without any regard for her own safety...then Mr. Game and Watch had shoved him in...the nerve of some people.

At least Peach respects me, thought Luigi sadly. She's so great...but I might never see her again...and she doesn't think much of me anyway...it's all about Mario...

Grudgingly, Luigi stood up and took in his surroundings. Tall buildings overhead, all with a fat little kid superimposed on every poster as he sneered down at anyone who looked up. Without a doubt, this had to be New Pork City.

"Amazing..." Luigi muttered to himself. "She got it working..."

"Luigi!" cried Jigglypuff exuberantly, running over to Luigi. "I did it! This is New Pork City!"

"Well done!" laughed Luigi despite himself. "Now let's hide in here!"

Luigi grabbed Jigglypuff's hand and ran with her into a dark alley.

"Just wait till 2-Dboy gets here," spat Luigi, furiously.

Mr. Game and Watch materialized in front of them.

"Hey guys," grinned Mr. Game and Watch.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Luigi yelled at once. "You could have thrown us off completely!"

"But I didn't," smirked Mr. Game and Watch.

"What about Ness and the others!" cried Luigi. "They would think we'd been killed or something! It's bad enough that some of our guys have already died without you doing all this!"

"Luigi, sometimes you have to take risks," said Mr. Game and Watch. "Maybe this is why Peach prefers M-"

Luigi suddenly stopped yelling, and became much more submissive.

"Oops, shouldn't have said that..." realised Mr. Game and Watch. "I'm sor-" he began, but Luigi cut him off with a warning.

"Get back!" warned Luigi. "Don't forget, there are enemies everywhere here! The others should be coming soon anyway..."

Captain Falcon emerged from thin air in front of the three Smashers.

"Hey guys, nice to see you again," said Falcon hastily. "Well, I gotta go...take care of something...bye..."

"What the-" asked Mr. Game and Watch. "And you call me hasty?"

Luigi shook his head.

Captain Falcon ran off, just as Ness appeared second.

"Yes!" cheered Ness, overjoyed. "I knew I could teleport here by myself! I'm not just a stupid little kid now!"

"Good job!" complimented Luigi. "Now shut up!"

"That I can do!" grinned Ness.

Marth appeared third, chalk-white with blood gushing out of his leg.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow," winced Marth through gritted teeth. "Something went wrong with our trip, are Falcon and Ness okay?"

"They both turned up fine," replied Luigi.

Marth rolled his eyes.

"Of course they did...everything bad always happens to me, man! I swear!" grunted Marth.

"Marth!" cheered Jigglypuff. "Here, let me get you to a hospital! A doctor man can help you!"

"Yay hospital!" cheered Ness. Ness and Jigglypuff dragged the kicking and screaming Marth away with them.

Little did they know that Solid Snake and his cardboard box were watching them.

"Ah, looks like Marth's about to die..." smiled Snake sadistically. "My job just keeps on getting easier..."

"I wouldn't be saying that if I were you," said a cool voice from Snake's left.

Snake's eyes bulged dangerously at the second man who had snuck into his box.

"Captain Falcon?!" asked Snake incredulously.

"I sure would love to give you that Falcon Punch right now..." said Captain Falcon.

"So what are we gonna do now?" asked Luigi. "They're in that tower, right?"

Luigi cast a wary glance over at the Hall of Memories.

"Yep, they're in there," replied Mr. Game and Watch, remembering Sonic's information. "But they've set up a bomb in there...remember the button I pushed instead of the Game Boy Horror?"

"Vividly," Luigi nodded curtly.

"Think I can guess what it did..." sighed Mr. Game and Watch.

Luigi took the hint.

"Okay, so the Smash Brothers are in there with a Subspace bomb that you activated," sighed Luigi. "Great."

"Yeah, so we just storm the tower and defuse the bomb," said Mr. Game and Watch.

"And save the guys," added Luigi.

"What?" snapped Mr. Game and Watch.

"We need to save whoever's in there!" said Luigi impatiently.

"Well, no such thing as a perfect plan," replied Mr. Game and Watch, shaking his head. "I suppose we may find some of the others along the way..."

And that brings this admittedly short chapter to a screeching halt. Thanks for motivating me to hit the big 2-0, kids! Here's hoping for more success!

-Stay beautif-er, I mean, awesome,

ISK