Just like with the previous chapter, there will be a couple changes since I no longer use Sakura Kinomoto from Cardcaptors. Either way, I hope you've been enjoying my story so far, as it's close to the end. Needless to say, reviews are always appreciated!
Anyway, Arctic Bomber has run amok in the hopes of avenging Sergeants Mad Dog and Scorpion's deaths all by herself, completely oblivious to the potential consequences of her own actions. Thus, our heroes must track her down before she gets herself killed...
DISCLAIMER: Contra belongs to Konami, whereas Bomberman still remains a property of Hudson Soft as of March 1, 2012. WarioWare, on the other hand, is owned by Nintendo. Any songs "used" throughout the course of this fanfic are properties of their respective owners, along with any characters that aren't within the three franchises listed here, unless stated otherwise.
Chapter 14: Just like old times
[Stage BGM: Himitsu Factory (Metal Slug 3)]
Mission 6B-1: Brain Bomber's underground base
It's now down to just the Four Contras and their close friends on our end, now that all of the Blue, Red, Green, and Yellow teams of Delta Force had been killed in action.
On top of that, over thousands of civilians and soldiers alike perished throughout the whole month.
Needless to say, whatever Brain Bomber is planning doesn't look good for mankind.
September 1, 20XX
10:18 PM
Meanwhile, at the upper section of Brain Bomber's hidden base, Arctic Bomber was shooting all over the place with Bill and Lance's machine guns - each held with one hand. The alien soldiers could only run away in panic as, apparently, they weren't used to attacking someone who's wielding two assault rifles at once, with relative ease. Due to her lack of experience in firearms, her aim was often abysmal half the time. Eventually, she ran into Warlock Bomber and Boxer Bomber once again.
"I've got you all right where I want you...PIG EYES!"
Warlock Bomber scoffed. "Pig eyes? What's that supposed to mean, anyway?"
"Oh, forget it! I'm calling you and your mooks out for killing what was left of the Delta Force guys that worked with us! I just got acquainted with Mad Dog and Scorpion, and you had to ruin everything by killing them!"
"Stubborn girl..." retorted Boxer Bomber. "Don't think you can beat us so easily just because you wield two machine guns at once. Seriously, we've seen you in action; I've seen zombies take a better shot!"
"We'll just see about that! I'll show you a better shot!" Arctic Bomber unleashed a powerful snowstorm, which Warlock Bomber easily countered with Firaga.
"Ha ha ha! Is that supposed to be effective? Stupid girl! You know nothing about Black Magic!" The Black Wizard of Destruction proved his point by following up with Thundaga, causing Arctic to double up in pain.
"OW! OW! OWWW!" As she was wincing in agony, Boxer Bomber pulled a fast one on her with a series of uppercuts, adding more salt to the wound. "OUCH! QUIT IT!"
At that point, Arctic Bomber stopped caring about whatever attacks the Chaotic Bombers were throwing at her. She cast out her snowstorm attack again, only this time, focused on doubling up her power. Though the assailants were temporarily blinded by the icy wind, Warlock Bomber cast Reflect upon himself to counter it; however Boxer Bomber swung his fists around so aimlessly, he did not see his leader when he accidentally pounded him, preventing Reflect from taking effect as the incantation was nearly completed. While they were distracted, Arctic Bomber pulled out the M16 machine guns again, only for their holy power to immobilize her due to her impure nature. In the meantime, Bill and Lance saw their chance and tackled her down, causing her to fire away uncontrollably before hitting the floor. When the icy wind cleared up, Warlock and Boxer noticed the reinforcements and pulled out for now, intent on finishing the job when the time is right. As for Arctic, she was detained while Bill and Lance, aided by Mona, pried the M16 machine guns off her hands.
"We've been looking all over for you, Arctic!" reprimanded Bill. "You could've been killed!"
"So what?! I can take care of myself, thank you very much! Look, your machine guns are holy-powered, so quit worrying about me accidentally hitting our friends!"
Mona gave the ex-Hate Bomber a stern look. "But what if the machine guns you were shooting around with, aren't?"
Lance added, "Even if you're a cyborg unlike us, you can't just go charging in blindly like Rambo, expecting to mow people down every single time! I've been there, and so has Bill."
"Pretty ironic, since you strangely but surely resemble the guy who played John Rambo back in his heyday..."
"Arctic, it doesn't matter if I resemble that guy or not. The point is, there are almost always snipers and randomly tossed grenades going around."
"And even artillery to boot," stated Bill. "I mean, this isn't some video game you're playing; Red Falcon's lackeys mean business!"
"I hate to interrupt," warned Mona, "but I think we'd better give Aaron and Ami a call. I hope they're alright..."
Bill and Lance nodded, and used their communicators to contact us. "Aaron, Ami, this is Bill Rizer. We've just found Arctic Bomber and calmed her down. Are you two okay?"
Yeah...we just killed the Waterfall Alien...but not before taking a big, unaided dive.
We're okay now...and we've found the the entrance to the lower section of Brain Bomber's hideout. We'll do what we can to catch up...
"Uh, you two sure you're okay?" asked Lance. "You sound tired..."
"Just take it slow for now," suggested Bill, "but keep your heads down. We Contras need each other alive and on duty."
With Arctic Bomber back in tow, Bill, Lance, and Mona led the way throughout the whole base. Only this time, though, they're showing her the reasonable way to fight: it's to stay alive and save the day - and not just mow down on everyone she sees. They blew up the wall-mounted red cores to dismantle the gates (and disable the electrical fences) they came across. Sooner or later, they had reached Brain Bomber's lair, where he was holding Wario, Jimmy, Kat, Ana, and even Diamond Dojo's sensei prisoner. The purple-clad Dastardly Bomber took a moment to applaud the group by clapping his hands slowly.
[End BGM]
[Alert BGM: Tower of Zot (Final Fantasy IV)]
"Welcome! So nice to see you again! You may have repelled Warlock and Boxer, but I've already succeeded in unveiling my greatest plan yet! However, it comes in a good number of steps in order to work. Step 1..." He clapped his hands twice, prompting a mysterious warrior clothed in black garb, to come out of the shadows. "...Your destruction at the hands of the one you identify as little 9-Volt's bodyguard!"
"...Yuffie, of course," concluded Mona. "But why? What have you done with her?"
Brain Bomber chuckled deviously. "Let's just say I merely awakened her true power, but enough about that. Let's match the power of your special machine guns, along with Arctic Bomber's pathetic ice powers, against the new-and-improved Yuffie! Boxer Bomber, feel free to do as you wish, but leave Arctic Bomber to our brand new servant. Warlock Bomber, come with me."
"Understood, Brain Bomber...but know this: I only take orders from my true masters, let alone Purple Basilisk."
"Yes, I'm well aware of that. In fact, your creator has something very useful in store for us, but I'd rather not say it in front of them. Mustn't spoil our surprise now, do we?"
[End BGM]
[Fight BGM: Boss Battle (Final Fantasy IV)]
As soon as Brain Bomber and Warlock Bomber left the scene, Boxer Bomber took the stage by busting a Smash Ball with his fists, transforming himself into the giant, mechanical bull known only as Boxin' Bull. "I'm taking no chances this time, foos! Get ready for extreme pain!"
"ただ思い出してください：青い服を着た少女は私のです。(Just remember: the girl in blue is mine.)"
"Wait a second," interrupted Arctic Bomber. "Since when do you speak Japanese?"
"I take it you haven't paid close attention while you were busy being paranoid," said Mona. "She's bilingual, meaning she can speak both English and Japanese fluently, at least to my knowledge."
"勇気がある人たちは割り込みます、偉大な脳爆破者を暗殺するためのとりでは不運です！(Those who dare intrude the stronghold to assassinate the great Brain Bomber are doomed!)"
"Ugh! Enough of this bullcrap!" yelled Arctic Bomber. "Just snap out of it, will ya?! You're the good-willed ninja, not some wannabe assassin-for-hire!"
"あなたの態度はただ北極のあなたの敗北をもたらすだけでしょう。 (Your attitude will only result in your defeat.)"
"Ohhh, how I LOVE smashing weak-bodied wusses like you into oblivion!" gloated Boxer Bomber. "My time to show you all my true power has arrived once more!"
Anyone who's ever fought Arctic Bomber before, and not just us, would likely figure out by now that she's never dealt with a ninja before in her entire life. She came charging at the brainwashed Yuffie, who jumped at the last second and kicked her in the face, sending her sprawling towards the ground. Arctic got up, and formed two icicle spears with a cold wind. Then she thrust the spears, which Yuffie easily shattered in half with a swift kick or two.
"Dammit, stop moving around so fast!" she cursed.
"気質、気質。 もしあなたがそれほど容易に怒らせられるなら、あなたは勝つことを望むことができません。 (Temper, temper. You cannot hope to win if you are so easily angered.)"
Elsewhere, Mona had some trouble with Boxer Bomber, even when Bill and Lance backed her up with their M16 machine guns. Thankfully, not too much had changed in his attack pattern since the last time we fought him. He trampled around while throwing hard punches in different ways, only for the group to dodge and counter him right back. He was so used to ending fights quickly with hard blows and KO punches, that he never even bothered to defend himself. Even so, he charged up a bolt of electricity atop his horns, and shot them at Bill, Lance, and Mona, incapacitating them instantly. Afterwards, he saw his chance to shove them off the arena and into a pit of electricity below. At the last second, however, the threesome miraculously regained consciousness and tripped him over, causing him to take the fall and die in the ensuing explosion upon hard contact with the electrified pit. This was the last thing Bill, Lance, and Mona saw before they passed out from the electrical damage inflicted upon them.
Arctic Bomber was doing terrible against the brainwashed Yuffie, missing almost every attack she could muster and getting bashed around in the end. "GAAAH! There's gotta be a freakin' way to stop the brainwashing! C'mon, Arctic...think, dammit! Think! I'm sure there's something I must have overheard when I...wait, I think I've got it!"
"あなたは私を破ることはその種類の態度で不可能であることを知っています。 今降伏してください、そうすれば私は平和にあなたを殺すでしょう。 (You know defeating me is impossible with that kind of attitude. Surrender now, and I will slay you peacefully.)" But before the brainwashed Yuffie could land a finishing blow, Arctic stepped up and held out a Bowling Bomb.
"Oh, Yuffie! See what I'm holding? This just so happens to be the rarest...no, more like one-of-a-kind Materia nobody has ever seen before." Despite her obvious lack of knowledge on what a Materia really was, let alone its capability, she continued bluffing anyway, whilst priming her bomb for detonation by twisting its upper half 180 degrees. "When it bursts in a pretty explosion, it'll give you the power to summon a super-huge bowling ball that'll mash anything in its path for a strike!"
[End BGM]
Suddenly, the mere mention of the word "Materia" caused Yuffie to temporarily snap out of the mind control that Brain Bomber cast upon her. She beamed with joy, holding out her hands like a hyperactive schoolgirl. She grabbed the supposed Materia and held onto it closer to herself and Arctic Bomber. In just seconds, it exploded, not only destroying Arctic Bomber's helmet, but also covering both opponents in soot just before knocking them over. A few moments since, Arctic woke up and shook the soot off herself.
"Ouch...that sure took out my helmet," Arctic said to herself, "but I guess it's worth it. I know it ain't gonna be the same, but I'm sure Penny will make me a new one..."
Yuffie, on the other hand, came to her senses. "Huh? Wh-what am I doing, and why am I wearing this outfit?"
"Hate to do this, ninja girl." The Mistress of the Cold pulled out her Glacier Ball and pounded Yuffie's head with it, knocking her out for real. "MAN, that fight was getting annoying..."
Suddenly, Ami and I showed up, still exhausted - but not that much now. "Are we on time?" I asked.
"What was going on just now?" wondered Ami.
Arctic Bomber sighed in relief. "I warn you...you are not gonna believe what I just experienced tonight."
APPROXIMATELY 10-15 MINUTES EARLIER...
[Stage BGM: Base (Contra 4)]
Mission 6B-2: Brain Bomber's underground base
While Bill Rizer, Lance Bean, and Mona were in pursuit after Arctic Bomber, Aaron and Ami Onuki had barely escaped death once again.
Now on the lower section of Brain Bomber's base, the twosome must catch up with the others - and hold their ground while they're at it.
September 1, 20XX
10:23 PM
Elsewhere, at the lower section of the enemy base, Ami and I were exhausted as hell...but still standing tall. Unfortunately, the base was already on full alert ever since we fought and killed the Waterfall Alien minutes earlier. We were about to make a last stand for the evening, starting with getting some other power-ups sent from Crygor Labs for my Contra Rifle. I no longer needed the Ice Breath, so I replaced it with the Drill Shot, while getting the Crash Missiles for the empty weapon slot. It probably wasn't the best combination I got, but since Ami's using her cartoon bombs to back me up, it had to suffice for now.
"The sooner we kill Brain Bomber and save the last of our captured friends," I said, albeit weakly, "the better..."
"I know, Aaron...but like before, it's not gonna be easy..."
Suddenly, our communicators rang, with Bill and Lance on the line. Aaron, Ami, this is Bill Rizer. We've just found Arctic Bomber and calmed her down. Are you two okay?
I nodded in response. "Yeah...we just killed the Waterfall Alien...but not before taking a big, unaided dive."
"We're okay now..." added Ami. "And we've found the the entrance to the lower section of Brain Bomber's hideout. We'll do what we can to catch up..."
Uh, you two sure you're okay? asked Lance. You sound tired...
Just take it slow for now, suggested Bill, but keep your heads down. We Contras need each other alive and on duty.
With that said, we hung up. "C'mon, Aaron...we're on our own. Take a deep breath or two..."
We took a few deep breaths to recuperate. "Yeah...I'm with you, Ami."
Recalling from Contra 4 once more, we recognized the area we're in as the third level. Needless to say, the only way to reunite with the others was to fight our way through - and that's by blowing open the metallic walls guarding the doors. Each wall was supported by one or two red cores, and defended by wall-mounted turrets. At the bottom of each wall, were barrel dispensers that sent out explosive barrels toward our direction. I used my Crash Missiles to detonate the barrels prematurely, while Ami took out the red cores for the first wall. We moved on to the next, and faced off against some alien soldiers bent on preventing our approach towards Brain Bomber's lair.
Sooner or later, we reached a room with a supercomputer inside. While this wasn't technically Brain Bomber's room, it actually housed the third boss from Contra 4. Upon our arrival, the supercomputer generated a mechanical brain above itself, and began sending out molecule-shaped shots and explosive barrels at me and Ami. Although, back in the very first Contra (both in the Arcade and on the NES), there were two mechanical brains to destroy. This time, however, there was only one (and no red cores to destroy just to make it appear). All reminiscing aside, Ami used her bombs to take out the enemy guards, while I used my Crash Missiles to damage the mechanical brain and obliterate its attacks. Then it split into two to protect itself, sending out more molecule shots our way. When the brain came together again, we finished it off for good. Upon its destruction, the supercomputer exploded into pieces of scrap metal.
Ami beamed triumphantly. "Now THAT brings back memories of our co-op sessions in Contra 4!"
"Yeah, I know. But right now, we must reunite with Bill, Lance, Mona, and Arctic Bomber. This way!"
[End BGM]
Meanwhile, not far from where Ami and I were, Arctic Bomber had just finished her own fight against the brainwashed Yuffie Kisaragi, in addition to knocking her out with her prized bowling ball. "MAN, that fight was getting annoying..." Immediately, she was surprised by our presence. Though we remained exhausted, we were a bit more relaxed now.
"Are we on time?" I asked.
"What was going on just now?" wondered Ami.
Arctic Bomber sighed in relief. "I warn you...you are not gonna believe what I just experienced tonight."
Bill, Lance, and Mona, on the other hand, came to their senses. "Aaron! Ami! You're both okay!" The redhead hugged us tightly.
"We were worried about you," said Lance, "but fate has again brought us together. What about Yuffie?"
As we explained what we'd been through on our part, Yuffie woke up, rubbing her head in pain whilst tearing the damaged black garb out of her actual clothes. "Oooh...I feel like something heavy clocked my head...And this garb just doesn't go well with my style at all. Ow, my head..."
"It's a long story," replied Mona, "but we're glad to have you back to normal."
"The last thing I remembered was Brain Bomber saying he was gonna try something on me, and...that's it."
Bill pondered Yuffie's words, and concluded, "He must've brainwashed you to keep us at bay!"
Lance joined, "Just like he did to Max from Bomberman Tournament...although it was likely for a different reason or something."
Yuffie shuddered at the thought of being brainwashed, though she was quick to admit that she'd sometimes wish for the restoration of her old village of Wutai. Apparently, Brain Bomber found out about it and took advantage of her desire by impersonating the grand master whom she had recalled teaching her the ways of the ninja long before the Alien Wars. "Thanks for finding me, guys. I probably told 9-Volt about this before we left, but I have a bit of an obsession with Materia. You could say it was pretty ironic that it'd prove helpful in setting me free, I guess. Ha ha ha!"
"Yup," said Arctic Bomber. "Sorry I had to trick you like that by pretending my Bowling Bomb was a super-rare Materia, but I had to come up with something before I wound up kicking the bucket."
"Nah, it's alright. Speaking of which, I only have the basic Fire, Thunder, and Blizzard spells given the Materia I'm holding, but I mostly prefer having my helpful White Magic spells around: Cure, Regen, Protect, Shell, Esuna, Reflect, and Haste. Well, I wouldn't exactly call Haste a White Magic spell since it has something to do with time, but still. While I don't have many of said spells on my Conformer, the ones I've mentioned will prove beneficial to us. Now let's finish our job by kicking Brain Bomber's sorry ass out of our planet!"
[Alert BGM: Dark Terror (Advance Wars: Dual Strike)]
Shortly after our reunion, we walked closer to Brain Bomber's lair, and eventually got in. Brain Bomber, flanked by Purple Basilisk and Warlock Bomber, was surprised to see us in one piece. "You just don't know when to give up and die, do you..."
"Let Wario and the others go, and we'll spare you," warned Mona.
But Arctic Bomber interrupted quickly. "Mona, we're not sparing him diddly! Did you see what he did to poor Yuffie earlier?!"
"I know that, but..."
"No 'buts'! He also must pay!" Arctic gave an angry glare at Brain Bomber and his cohorts. "You hearin' me, Brain?! It's your damn fault Mad Dog and Scorpion are dead! We will avenge them!"
"Avenge them, my ass!" Brain cackled. "Purple Basilisk, you and Warlock Bomber move out and make sure our nuclear warhead is prepared for launch towards Diamond City. If we Five Dastardly Bombers can't have it, no one will! I'll handle the fools myself."
Warlock Bomber nodded. "Whatever you say, Brain. This is gonna be fun."
"STOP!" I shouted. "No one is destroying Diamond City tonight!"
Brain Bomber wiggled his finger at us mockingly, as if to say no. "First, we deal! You let us launch our warhead, and we'll set your precious friends free."
"We'll still stop the warhead anyway!" retorted Ami.
"Meh. Have it your way. Oh, and when I said I'll handle you myself, I meant with said nuclear warhead!"
[End BGM]
[Boss BGM: Theme of the Mechanical Boss (Salamander 2)]
Brain Bomber got out a dark Smash Ball, broke it, and transformed himself into a computer virus. Purple Basilisk and Warlock Bomber stored his digital form into an SD card, and opened a large gate housing the giant nuclear warhead. While we freed Wario and the others, we could not prevent the launch from occurring. Warlock used his Black Magic to fly towards the top of the warhead, and installed Brain Bomber by inserting the SD card into its designated slot. From there, he had complete control of the warhead.
With my digital form, the Brain Virus, this warhead will ensure the complete destruction of your Diamond City, located in the United States of America! That's right...I know where you live! If I have to perish like this, then at least I'll have taken your city with me! C'mon, release your rage upon me if you can. You know you want to.
"NO!" shouted Bill. "We're not like Red Falcon and his scumbag minions! In fact, we're not letting you kill our town off the face of the Earth!"
Lance joined, "That goes double for our friends who live there! We won't let you get away!"
On the contrary, your fate is much closer than you realize. But don't worry, you'll have all the time you need to ponder my words when you're dead.
And so, we all got out our emergency supply of magnetic boots and gloves, and climbed aboard the nuclear warhead prior to its scheduled launch time. Warlock and Boxer wouldn't stand for this, and came after us with their jetpacks. Ami and I, however, were busy conversing with each other that we didn't notice their appearances.
"We have to stop Brain Bomber NOW! That warhead's gonna blow up our hometown in a matter of minutes!"
"But how?! That part never happened in Contra 4, whereas Brain Bomber didn't transform into anything in Bomberman Tournament!"
Then Mona interrupted our conversation. "Heads up, fellas! Warlock Bomber's back again!"
"Correct!" blurted Warlock Bomber. "This time, I don't intend on holding back! My Black Magic will ensure your painful deaths!"
"This'll be our final confrontation with me involved!" boasted Purple Basilisk. "No, really! I'm going all the way, whether you like it or not!"
"Oh yeah?!" retorted Yuffie. "We'll defeat you again, only this time with the help of our positive feelings!"
Warlock Bomber attacked with his strongest spells, while Yuffie cast Reflect on our party, including herself, to block them off. That's when Warlock retaliated by casting Dispel to shatter the barriers, followed by Silence to prevent Yuffie from backing us up with her spells. Henceforth, he got on with the incantation to unleash Flare, but Bill and Lance took the opportunity to unload on him, while Arctic Bomber blew up his jetpack with her Bowling Bombs. Though the resulting explosions did not kill him, they sent him careening out of control - and out of the fight. In the meantime, Ami and I aided Bill and Lance by keeping Purple Basilisk at bay.
"AAAAH! I'm gonna pay you back for thiiiiss...!" Warlock Bomber was never heard from again, at least until another day he'd continue the fight himself.
"Good!" cheered Kat. "Now we can destroy Brain Bomber!"
"And take out that mega-huge warhead!" added Ana. "It's getting closer to Diamond City!"
I quickly got out my communicator to contact our friends for help. "Blaze Bomber! Penny! Can you hear us?"
All we heard momentarily was static, until Blaze Bomber's voice came on. Loud and clear!
"That nuclear warhead's headed straight for Diamond City," explained Ami, "and Brain Bomber's hijacked it with his virus form!"
What?! We're on our way!
Even when Blaze Bomber arrived, he alone could not stop the warhead with his flame powers. However, he did a quick scan, and told us to aim for its head. We used our magnetic boots and gloves to get to the head of the missile as fast as we could, and wailed on it with our strongest attacks possible. When that didn't work much, Blaze Bomber burned part of the metallic layer away from us with his flames, and Ami followed up with her pumped-up Ice Bomb. The sudden change in temperature eventually caused the burned section to break apart, thus giving me an opportunity to finish the job with my Drill Shot, which I was fortunate to have kept for just such an occasion. Thanks to its armor-piercing capabilities, all it took was one timed shot to penetrate towards the inside of the warhead itself. We could then hear Brain Bomber screaming in agony afterwards. GYAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGHHH!
Kat gasped, "I think he's gonna blow!"
"We've gotta jump off now!" panicked Ana.
"It ain't cool if we die!" added Jimmy.
"Penny! NOW!" shouted Mona.
Roger!
We immediately jumped off, while Penny Crygor came to our rescue in the CrygorCopter. It wasn't fully ready for space travel yet, but it was better than plummeting to our deaths. We flew off with Blaze Bomber as the giant warhead exploded, killing Brain Bomber in the process. During the explosion, Purple Basilisk was sent careening toward the coastal beach in Diamond City, having lost control of his jetpack. Young Cricket and Ashley, also aboard the helicopter, jumped out to chant a tag-team spell which if perfected in sync, it would banish its target to the underworld. They landed on the beach feet-first, ready to do their part.
[End BGM]
"You mere punks think you can banish me with that? HA! The Crimson Stone still flows through my veins, meaning I will never be truly defeated, even in daylight! Now taste the flames of hell!" He attempted to incite a wall of fire upon Young Cricket and Ashley, but to no avail. "Huh? What's happening to me? Where's my power?!"
"While you were busy with Aaron and Ami," explained Young Cricket, "our new friend Yuffie whipped up some White Magic to remove the essence of the evil stone from within you. She told us everything just as the Four Contras destroyed the nuclear warhead with Brain Bomber's virus form inside."
Purple Basilisk gasped in confusion. "But that's impossible! Warlock Bomber cast Silence on her!"
"Not if I have some Echo Herbs at my disposal to cure that," corrected Yuffie. "But anyway, a barrage of Curaga, along with a helping of Esuna did the trick on your powers! These White Magic spells are effective against the undead. From what I'm told, the Crimson Stone bears the curse of a vampire and feeds on negativity, but is warded off by positive energy."
"In short, you're going back where you belong now!" shouted Ashley. "The power of my magic, combined with Young Cricket's chi, will banish you!"
"By the way," interrupted Yuffie, still eyeing Purple Basilisk, "what was that about 9-Volt being as cowardly as his dad was, again?"
Purple Basilisk stammered about, as if to think of something. With nothing left to protect him, he took the path of the coward by attempting to fast-talk his way out of punishment. "W-Wait! You don't understand! I've been on your side all along...really! I don't know what came over me...but truly, uh, it was the Crimson Stone's essence talking all this time! I-It made me mock and taunt you guys, and wreak havoc as long as it lived within me!" As he was begging for mercy, he reached for a red self-destruct button on the left side of his damaged jetpack, whilst retaining his nervous smile. "But...but now you've expelled it from my body with your power of justice and love! Together, we can defeat Red Falcon once and for all!"
Did he think we were stupid or something? We all thought the same question as we were not about to fall for his lies, given how predictable he was at this point in comparison to Red Falcon, Sniper Bomber, and Axe Bomber. Yuffie caught him pressing the self-destruct button on his own jetpack, pried it out of his back with little trouble, and threw it across the sea where it exploded harmlessly. Afterwards, Ashley and Young Cricket chanted the banishment spell simultaneously, and in just seconds the alien lieutenant screamed in agony as he became enveloped by the spell's power. "No!...NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! You can't do this to me! There's no way I'm letting vermin such as you imprison me again! You just wait till my Chaotic Bombers are revived from the dead someday, and my Basilisk Dynasty rejuvenated!"
"Face it, Purple Basilisk," said Bill, "your days of abusing the Crimson Stone's power are over. Though your words may intimidate us to make yourself look tough, you're nothing but Red Falcon's stooge in battle without your mechs to back you up. If anyone out there's a coward, it's you for your own malicious deeds - with or without the cursed stone itself to aid you."
"Oh yeah?! Just you wait till the moment you die in outer space aboard the Death Falcon! Then we'll see who's the cowardly stooge amongst the living and the dead! I promise yooooooouuuuu...!" With his last words, the purple-skinned humanoid lieutenant was banished to the underworld right after Ashley and Young Cricket's incantation was done. He no longer had any opportunity of breaking out again, and no contribution to anymore of the Red Falcon Empire's success. Simply put, he was finally out of our hair for good.
[Victory BGM: Elemental Stone (Bomberman 64: The Second Attack!)]
"YEAH!" cheered Arctic Bomber. "The honor of Sergeants Mad Dog and Scorpion has been avenged!"
"More importantly," added Blaze Bomber, "we all cheated death to stop Brain Bomber and the warhead from killing us all."
I nodded. "Mm-hmm...but Ami and I are gonna need medical help again. Perhaps even Bill and Lance, too."
"Yeah, we almost died back at the Galuga Archipelago!"
Penny smiled warmly. "Don't worry, I'll arrange for that. You've earned it."
"The Five Dastardly Bombers are gone for good," said Lance. "All that's left is Red Falcon and his loyal generals."
With that, we headed back to Diamond City to fully recuperate for an oncoming assault on the Death Falcon space station in space. However, with Metamorph Bomber and Warlock Bomber still at large, we could only pray that they wouldn't try and mess up our town like Magnet Bomber did...
[End BGM]
TO BE CONTINUED...
The Five Dastardly Bombers have been eliminated off the face of the Earth, and it's a one-way trip to Red Falcon's main base at last for our heroes!
EDIT: I forgot to mention about Brain Bomber's transformation, mainly the one I made up. Originally, he never had one in Bomberman Tournament, nor has he shown any signs of transforming like the other four Dastardly Bombers. Therefore, I thought of a transformation that would best fit his persona, and thus came up with the digital "Brain Virus" form.