Clash of the Smashers

Chapter Six: What was the point of that again?

Following the defeat of the seven Koopalings and their Magikoopa army the nine surviving Smashers went into the newly revealed door. The chamber was essentially the same as the last, although about two-thirds the size and there weren't any lava pools. The Smashers were prepared for another tough battle…but not what confronted them.

"Who are those losers?" Falco asked.

The Smashers looked at three Koopa's. They had small curving horns, and were about the size of a regular Koopa…four feet…but they were thicker and each of the three creatures had a different color face and body. One was red, one blue and the other green. They also had a small patch of sticking up hair that was the same color as their faces. In front of them were twenty skeletal creatures. They looked like deceased Koopas. Ten were a light grayish color, five were red, three were white and there were two that were black. Each one was essentially just a skeleton, and all had glowing white pupils inside black sockets…except for the black ones, their eyes were red. The Red Koopa suddenly smiled and spun around. The other three started twirling as well.

"Ha ha ha! We are…," Red started as he stopped spinning.

"The incredibly cool and awesome…," Green continued as he stopped.

"Koopa Kids!" Blue finished and stopped spinning as well.

"And you guys are going DOWN!" they all said at the same time.

"Right…should we be frightened?" Diddy asked.

"Uh…well I have heard of the Koopa Kids before but I don't know what exactly, if anything, they can do…but the Bones...them I know quite well," Bario said.

The twenty skeletal Koopas started moving around…like they were getting in a formation. The three Koopa Kids just stayed back and laughed moronically.

"The gray things are called Dull Bones. They are the weakest of the bones and a solid attack will kill them. Or at least kill them again. They can throw bones though so watch out for that."

The red ones are…well Red Bones. They are quite a bit stronger than Dull Bones, and if they are knocked to pieces, unless a magic/elemental attack hits them they will just regenerate. They also throw bones but with a good deal more force. If left alone long enough they can also build Dull Bones out of the bones they create."

The white ones are Dry Bones, which are the same as Red Bones but again, way stronger. They can build more Dry Bones if given the chance. The last two are Dark Bones, the most powerful of all the Bones; they can do everything the others can and more. If given the chance they will build an army of Dry Bones and their attacks are very damaging. Be careful!" Bario said.

The Smashers nodded and got into battle positions, which was a straight, horizontal line facing their foes. The Koopa Kids seemed surprised by Bario's knowledge, but just shrugged and decided to not care. The Bones however were prepared.

The Dull Bones formed a solid line, with the Red Bones behind them curving into an arrow like shape, while the Dry Bones were behind that covering the Dark Bones. The Koopa Kids gave one last laugh before the Dull Bones let loose a volley of bones!

The Smashers all deflected the weak attacks, either with their special abilities (Falco's gun or Mario's fireballs for example), weapons or fists. Samus shot off several missiles, which Diddy, Falco and Link complemented by firing their own ranged attacks. The other five Smashers got behind the ranged attackers, waiting for a lull. There were several bones thrown over, but Mario and Raichu blew them out of the sky with electric balls and fireballs. Suddenly the shooters stopped.

"What's wrong?" Bario asked.

"I'll tell you what's wrong! We just killed all ten of those Dull Bones…and there are eleven of them now! Plus, there's six Dry Bones! What's going on?!" Falco yelled.

"They must be building more! This won't do any good…we need to take out the makers! Guys! Attack!"

All nine charged forward. The more powerful Bones were busy making more helpers while the Dulls just threw bones. The Smashers rolled, jumped or ducked out of the way and soon they were right at the Bones. They were weak melee combatants and quickly the Smashers were tearing through the Red and Dull Bones ranks.

Mario ducked a weak punch from a Dull Bones and then smashed it into dust with his hammer. Link cut off a Red Bones head, while Meta cut a Dull into pieces and Kirby smashed a Red by becoming a rock over it. Raichu fried a Red Bones and Diddy knocked a Dull Bones into bone chunks. Bario wielded his two swords expertly, destroying three of the Dull Bones. However soon all the Red Bones reformed…except for the one Raichu fried…the Dry and Dark Bones just stayed away from the fighting, not doing anything.

"Hey Bario! How do we KILL these guys?!" Diddy asked.

"I told you! We need to hit them with like a magic or an elemental attack!" he told him.

"Hmm?" Link asked while brandishing a bomb. A LIT bomb.

"Uh…I guess that would work-" Bario said as Link threw a bomb at a Red Bones, promptly destroying the creature.

At this the Dull Bones made a charge for Link, but Bario merely sliced two into little chunks while the rest each took out one. Raichu and Mario started firing fireballs and electric balls at the Red Bones, and Link bombed them. Soon all five were gone, as were the Dull Bones. However there were now nine Dry Bones, and still two Dark Bones.

"Crud! They made more! We need to kill these guys!" Raichu yelled.

Bario nodded but as Raichu and the other Smashers ran forward Bario went around the Bones.

"While the Bones are dangerous…I bet the real problem will begin when the Koopa Kids attack, so I'll sneak up on them and remove them from the fight," he said quietly to himself.
Soon he was ten feet away from Red. He lifted his swords up…and charged! However five feet away from the Koopa Kid he ran into an invisible force field and was flung to the ground. The three Koopa Kids, upon hearing the noise turned around, and quickly figuring out what had happened, started to laugh.

"Ha! We got this shield set up before you Smashers got here so you couldn't get us! It's tied into the Bones, so as long as they're alive…or at least moving cause we guess they aren't alive…so are we!" all three said.

"Dang…I was really hoping to get rid of them. I guess I better help the rest with the Bones then," Bario said, slightly frustrated. He picked himself up from off of the ground and dashed back into the fray.

Mario ducked under a bone toss and then shot a flurry of fireballs at a Dry Bones. Link was hit by a bone but he tossed a bomb right back at the offending Dry Bones. Kirby smashed them into pieces and Falco used his Falco Phantasm to dash up, pummel and then run away. Diddy ducked under a bone and smashed a Dry Bones to pieces, while Samus punched several with her arm cannon, as she was to close to the other Smashers to risk shooting off blasts. Meta of course was doing his classic, fly up, say something random and then slice. For example…

"I am related to a doorknob named CARL!" Meta said as he sliced up a Dry Bones.
With the concentrated efforts of the Smashers, soon all of the Dry Bones were in pieces and the two Dark Bones were huddling by the Koopa Kid's shield. The Smashers took a step forward but the Dry Bones started to reform. Bones flew back towards each other as the undead creatures rebuilt themselves.
"Ugh! Why won't they just STAY dead?" Falco demanded.

"Alright…stay back!" Raichu said as he started crackling with electricity.

All the Smashers backed up a bit as Raichu suddenly released an explosion of electricity that flowed across the ground in front of him and vaporized the reforming Bones. It also damaged the Dark Bones, but because of their toughness they stayed alive, the Smashers weren't in the field of fire and the Koopa Kids were unharmed because of their force field.

"Heh…huff…I'll need to take a break now. Guys! Take them out!" Raichu said, obviously quite tired as lay down and quickly passed out.

"Alright! Thanks Raichu! Now…for the Dark Bones!" Bario said.

The Smashers moved forward but the Dark Bones suddenly released a volley of bones. Link was hit by one and was knocked to the ground.

"Geez! These bones look way more painful then the others! Watch out!" Diddy said as he jet-packed up to avoid some bones and fired multiple peanuts at them. While the peanuts didn't destroy the Bones it definitely distracted them and they turned their undead attention to the airborne chimp. Diddy dodged a few bones but soon his jetpack gave out and he fell to the ground. The Dark Bones foolishly focused all their attention on Diddy, so they didn't see Bario run up and slice off their heads. Their pieces scattered all over the place, but they started to reform…

"Quick! Blast them!" Bario said.

Mario and Link nodded and shot off a fireball and bomb respectively. The Dark Bones were annihilated. The Smashers were excited with their new victory…until they heard the noise of the force field disappear, the crackling of energy dissipating, and they realized they weren't done yet…

"Ha ha ha!" Red laughed.

"You fools don't stand a chance against us!" Green told the Smashers.

"Now we shall unleash…our ultimate attack!" Blue said as he and the other two Koopa Kids formed a large triangle around the Smashers who had huddled together.

"Come on! Let's get them! I don't want to wait for them to blast us with something!" Falco shouted as he started to move forward.

Bario however waved at him to keep back.

"Just wait…I have a feeling about this,' Bario said.

Falco grumbled…but he trusted Bario and didn't attack.

"Ha! They fear us!" Red said.

"No more fooling around!" Green told the other two.

"Right! Triforce Mode…Activate!" Blue cried.

At those words Link and Bario looked startled but before they could do anything the Koopa Kids were running around the Smashers, while shouting out "Wisdom, Courage, Power, Fear!" over and over. Soon the Koopa Kids were spinning so fast that they were a blur. The Smashers tried to follow them as they rapidly moved around, but became dizzy and just stopped. Suddenly the Koopa Kids stopped and fell to the ground very out of breath.

"Maybe that was a bad idea," Red said.

"It's just too tiring!" Green responded.

"And I don't think it did anything!" Blue said.

The Koopalings suddenly exploded, and all the Smashers were healed.

"Okay…what was the point of that again?" Diddy asked.

"I guess it was supposed to be a really strong attack…but they used up too much energy on the force field," Bario said.

"Oh…wait they had a force field?" Raichu asked, completely recovered, conscious and walking over to the other Smashers.

"Yeah…I'm just surprised they knew about the Triforce…it's a powerful magical item in Hyrule. No one here, with the exception of Mario since he's familiar with stuff like that, should know about it. It might mean some interaction between worlds…but well, we'll worry about that later. Come on let's go!" Bario said as the door to the next chamber had opened.
The other Smashers shrugged as little of what he had just said made much sense and followed him into the next room and the next challenge…

(Author's Note: YAY! This chapter is done. And yes I know the ending is anticlimactic, it's supposed to be. There will be plenty of CLIMACTIC moments throughout this story, don't worry. Also I notice that pretty much only people who were in the forum (Except for a few) have left reviews. I know more people have read it then that…Come on! At least let me know what is good or bad so I can fix it! I'd appreciate it!)