Motherbound Zero part 14

"All Together One Last Time" Part I

"So, anybody got any bright ideas on how to stop that thing," Ninten asked.

"How should we know that things gigantic," Ness exclaimed. Lucas nodded in agreement.

"He is a big fella, isn't he," said the other Ness. Everyone refocused his or her attention on him.

"So, who are you exactly?" Ness asked.

"That's a silly question, I'm you." Ness looked confused.

"How is that possible?"

"Simple, remember that time at Fire Spring when you past out and went into your magicant. You had fought the evil part of your mind…yeah that was me." Ness looked shocked while everyone else just looked confused, not even his three friends understood what was going on.

"So you're my nightmare…Nightmare Ness, but how is it possibly you're still here and actually out of my head?" The evil Ness changed his clothes to his regular wear or Ness's regular wear.

"I've become stronger since then and I'm a whole lot smarter then you are too. Because everything that has happened has been my plan right down to every detail," Everyone was surprised at this information.

"So…you're the one behind all these villainous actions," Poo said pointing accusingly at Nightmare Ness.

"Guilty,"

Pokey then stepped forward. "And what about me?"

"Oh, you were merely a pawn, but you were indeed useful. I'm guessing you'll all need an explanation since you couldn't possibly fathom my plan without one."

"Fine then start explaining, I need to hear this so I know how mad I have to be," Ness said. Evil Ness just smiled.

"Yeah, well anyway I'll start from the beginning ya see it goes like this. After you defeated me in your mind I had lost the form I had which was merely a statue. I gained a new form as you can see and I can't say that I dislike it though,"

"Hey at least he has good taste," Ness commented.

"True, very true," Ninten added. Lucas sighs with an eye roll.

"But how did you survive that battle we had?" Ness asked.

"It's impossible to fully get rid of darkness. Only if you both were destroyed could you both stop existing," Lucas spoke up. Nightmare Ness nodded.

"He's right. There is a certain balance within all of us. Good and evil exist in every single one of us here, but we can choose not to act on it. However, rebuke that evil side…well it tends to grow stronger the longer you keep it locked up. That's why all those sweet people could one day be serial killers. The evil takes over their heart and changes them. However, you could say that I was so evil and powerful to create my own mind. Despite what Ness felt I could think for myself, and it took me a while to realize that. But in the meantime I simply lived in your mind only existing. I watched you from your mind and your actions just…disgusted me. So many things you could've done differently to prevent yourself a little less heartache. Your biggest blunder in my opinion was your failure to strike Pokey down when you had the chance. Before he was immortal, now he's free to terrorize the world for all eternity because you couldn't do what you had to do. I decided that at that moment I had something to prove and I was going to prove it." He had clenched fist while saying this. "I'm going to create a world just for me,"

"What do you mean create your own world?" Jeff asked sternly. Evil Ness smirked.

"Think about a world, where everything and anything is possible. A world of purity, that's what I want. Where people can live by their true natures and not force themselves to live lies. So many people hide who they are, I want everyone to be free. That doesn't sound so wrong does it?"

"It sounds nice…" Claus muttered with a tilted head.

"But it isn't. A pure world would be full of chaos, there'd be no such thing as compromise or reason. It almost be like survival of the fittest with everyone doing what they can to survive. A pure world filled with chaos is what he's going to create," Lucas explained revealing the horrifying reality behind his plan.

"Well I never said it was perfect,"

"Well that's not even good either," Kumatora challenged.

"What exactly are you trying to prove to me?" Ness asked.

"Not just you, to everyone, and I think you already know what I want to prove you just haven't realized it yet, but I digress. That battle we had in your mind weakened me exceptionally. I knew that by the time I had enough power to challenge you, you'd be long gone so I came up with a plan. During your battle with Giygas I decided this was my best chance to use my powers. I have the ability to branch myself out into other minds and bend them to my will while not altering there personality. I couldn't take Giygas because the power he had destroyed his mind, so that would be suicide so I took Pokey. I used Pokey's time powers to travel through time. Lucky for me he had some power from Giygas heh he was probably planning on making a comeback to, but for now that power was mine. I needed someone who was powerful enough that I could gain more power from. I sensed my way through the time stream until I found two powerful forces that I thought could be useful," He looks at Claus and Lucas.

"So you were involved with our lives too?" Claus asked. He nodded.

"When I came there I thought your world was so…odd and turns out I was right. Your ways of life were so faked it wasn't even funny…but I still did find some humor in it," he chuckled. Claus growled at him.

"And my memories?" Lucas asked.

"Hold on don't rush me I'll get to that," He said waving off Lucas's question. "As I was saying your lives were fake so I decided to bring some reality into all of your lives and the biggest reality is people die. I needed an example and since you two happened to have PSI powers within you I knew you two had to be my targets. I'm the one who gathered the Pigmask Army and formed such an organization, I brought the scientist to my time like you Andounuts," he said knowing he was listening.

"You kidnapped my dad!"

"It was more like borrowing, I would of either disposed of him later or just thrown him in a time warp and cross my fingers that he makes it to the right time." Jeff was angered at his words and fired his Giga Beam. Nightmare Ness squints his eyes at the attack and it stopped in midair. He widened his eyes then it went right back at him. Poo quickly jumped in front and blocked the attack with a shield.

"How did he do that?" Ninten asked with fear.

"As I said I'm far beyond you two," Everyone decided to let him finish.

"Okay now where was I…oh now I know. I had them create a Mecha Drago and send it into the forest. You didn't really believe that was just a coincidence did you?" Lucas's group eyes widened in horror and then narrowed in fury. "I sent it there on purpose knowing exactly what that fool of a woman would do. I knew one of you would go out for revenge, but I didn't know which one and quite frankly I didn't care I just needed one of you. I knew about these needles before hand as well thanks to one of the Magypsies…Ionia I believe his/her name was. I had gained enough power from Pokey to go out on my own one-day and found the home of a Magiypsie. After I, heh 'talked' with it, he/she said so much information I could write a book on the subject. When I got what I wanted I erased it's memory to keep myself below the radar. And just as I expected one of you went to confront the Drago. I wasn't too surprised it was Claus, since he was so brave and Lucas wasn't. I sent the soldiers to get him and reconstruct him the way I wanted him. I had sent my will to him as well to have a secure hold on him. Unfortunately, I had used quite a bit of my own limited powers by doing all this so I had to recover for about 3 years and my masked commander needed training."

"You twisted monster you ruined lives all for the sake of gaining power, for getting revenge, to prove a stupid point!" Claus yelled.

"For someone like you to exist is but only a mistake," Flint said coldly.

"You'll pay for what you've done…" Lucas growled fiercely like no one has ever heard. This put a few on edge at his tone, but Evil Ness only smirked.

"See what I mean, the purest of people harbor the greatest of evil within them. Be true to your nature and to who you are. Pretty soon that world will exist,"

"I don't understand, why do this?" Paula asked desperately trying to understand.

"I had a mission basically and no one was going to stand in my way. When I heard about the Thunder Tower incident I knew now was the time to act, but my power was still limited at the moment so I couldn't really do much more then watch. Now this is where it gets interesting. When Claus pulled the first needle the energy released was great, so great I decided I wanted in on it. Because a portion of my being was controlling him I inadvertently absorbed a portion of that great power below our feet. It was amazing! I was able to absorb the energy released each time the needle was pulled, so even when you pulled the needle Lucas you were still helping me. By the time we were down to one needle I already had enough power to destroy that island maybe the planet!"

"But why didn't you?" Lucas asked.

"Destruction isn't my goal that's Pokey's."

"How did you have such a hold on Pokey though?"

"Simple his mind is weak it wasn't difficult, plus I had a little fun giving him some nightmares. I think he almost wet himself one time ahahaha!"

"You're a sick bastard, and this is coming from me!" Pokey stated.

"Sticks and stones, but allow me to continue. I guess my first mistake was letting Pokey deal with Lucas and his crew himself instead of me just destroying them. Pokey's stupidity landed us both in the Absolute Safe Capsule, which left me at a huge set back," He rubbed his temples remembering his frustration. "So now I had to simply watch as the final battle went on. I did enjoy it though watching Claus beat Lucas down and Lucas to soft to fight back. Although there was a brief turn around in the battle the only problem is Lucas didn't exploit it more so the battle was one sided yet again. I then realized the grip I had on him was beginning to loosen. I needed at least Claus under my control, so I relaxed my grip on him. I made it seem like he committed suicide, but my power saved him. I made sure his life was intact because I needed him. Now I get to you Lucas."

"So what happened to my memories?"

"I thought you just got clonked on the head or something with all those rocks and stuff,"

"That was only a concussion I remember the blow, it hurt like heck, but not enough to give me full blown amnesia. So what happened?"

"…Beats me. When the Dragon woke it up it started unleashing all of this power, and I thought I saw you glowing or something. Heck if I know what was up,"

"Why…" Lucas muttered with narrowed eyes in confusion.

"But I gotta admit even though I didn't have anything to do with that, I still think it was a blessing on my side."

"A blessing for you…how?" Ness asked.

"When the last needle was pulled Lucas exhausted his power and his mind was weak. The bump on the head was all that was needed to put him down for the moment. I still got more power, but I felt it was useless now since I was trapped. But I thought that maybe I could think my way out of this after all I have so far. I used Pokey's time powers to search for Ness. Now this is where it gets freaky. When I searched for Ness's specific energy signature I felt two time periods at least thirty years apart. I thought it couldn't be possible, but I trusted my senses. So I decided to mix my powers with the dragon since Lucas's wish was so weak I took it over and altered it to my will. Mixing my powers with it created the world you see before you."

"He's right, this plan was elaborate and there's no chance in the world Ness would think of it," Ninten commented.

"Neither could you dummy,"

"What? I don't care if you're my reincarnation I know I'm waaay smarter then you,"

"You only think you are,"

"Hey I'm not done yet there are still a few plot wholes I need to fill," They both settle down. "Lucas was a wild card no matter how much I didn't want to admit it. If he had his memory I would have been found out sooner maybe far before this point, but lucky me he did."

"But why did you keep me from remembering anything else?" Everyone turned to him.

"What are you talking about Lucas?" Claus asked.

"On our way here Lucas started to remember something but it was being blocked from his mind and was destroying it," Ninten stated.

"Why would you do that!" Ness barked

"Oh someone's getting a little irritable I guess that means I better pick this up. I put a lock on his mind so that he wouldn't remember something that could be a potential threat to my plan and my back up plan. Why are you so angry Ness anyway you helped." Ness growled at him. "I can tell you're all getting ready to jump so I'll say this one last thing. Ness I had fun being with you again, but maybe you could think of a more permanent stay with me since I am your better and all and…"

"Enough talk!" Claus yelled.

Claus charged at Nightmare Ness lightning flowing all over his body. He pointed his left hand at him unleashed an incredible bolt of lightning. Nightmare Ness smiled then he disappeared, as the attack was about to connect. Everyone glanced around the room looking around. Ness looked over to Claus's right. Nightmare appeared where Ness was looking and knocked Claus across the room. Ness's eyes widened with disbelief. Ness, Ninten and Lucas were about to jump in but were pulled back by there friends.

"You guys need to recover for a moment let us handle this," Poo said. "Ana, Paula, Kumatora you three stay back and help them recover while we take down this imposter."

"But Claus…"

"Has a much stronger body then yours he'll be fine, first I got to help you. In case you forgot your ribs are nearly fractured." Kumatora explained.

"I haven't even fought that much besides I can take this fake," Ness said.

"You will once I fix you up," Paula said with finality in her voice.

They seemed to have no choice in the matter but to watch the others fight Nightmare Ness. Poo came in swinging his Sword of Kings. Nightmare jumped back then glanced around the room, searching for something. When he saw what he wanted he reached his hand out and used his PSI the grab it. It was a small tube that once he pressed a button a red sword came out. Poo kept swinging his sword with great skill as Nightmare defended himself. Poo swung his sword horizontal making Nightmare duck. He flowed into the attack swinging his right leg into a slamming axe kick. Nightmare caught him by his ankle then with his left foot kicked the foot holding him up from under him. He swung Poo around three times then let go sending him into a wall. He tossed the sword away feeling a little awkward holding it. Jeff and Loid charged their guns then fired them making their beams cross and combine.

"He's going to jump over it and attack from above," Ness thought.

Nightmare smiled then jumped up. "Here's a real laser attack, PK Dark Laser," The attack blew up in their faces throwing them to the ground. Duster threw a wall staple at him. Nightmare caught it the crushed it in his palm. A lightning attack hit him from behind shocking him. He gained a red aura around his body then sent a counter shock back at Claus. It hit Claus throwing him to the ground. Nightmare finally came to the ground from the air. Flint charged at him.

"He's going to trip him then throw him," Ness said out loud this time. Paula heard him then looked to see if his prediction would come true. At the last moment Nightmare turned with his back facing Flint. He leaned on his left leg making Flint trip over his right. As he fell Nightmare grabbed his left leg. Flint's face hit the floor. Nightmare swung him around throwing him into Duster. Paula gasped in surprise.

"Ness how did you guess that?"

"He's mirroring me, it's like watching me fight. What he said before might be true…we could be the same person,"

"You yahoos think you can beat me, me! I'm the real king here don't you get it!"

At that Pokey jumped into the battle. He threw all his claws in an angry fury. Nightmare smiled as he strolled backwards dodging all the claws with his hands in his pockets. He leaned right, left, right again. He did a back flip avoiding the claw slamming together.

"I don't care who or what you are, I'm the king here no matter what you say you're still some chump that wants to be like that other chump," Nightmare's smiled then faded to a frown. He stopped dead in his tracks. Pokey lashed out with a claw that to his horror was caught and he couldn't pull it back.

"You will regret those words Pokey. I've wanted to annihilate you since day one, but I couldn't and besides I needed you. Your usefulness is no longer valid so you're expendable at this point,"

"Fraid not since I'm immortal,"

"That just means I can have more fun going all out since I won't have to worry about you dying." He threw the claw away then back flipped into the air. "PK Rockin," He summoned his guitar then lashed out a note that sent energy that wrapped around the claws. Pokey couldn't move and fear was obvious on his face. He made the energy lines rip the arms off then sent a mighty burst right at Pokey. It was so powerful it went right through Pokey's machine, and he popped out the other side. Nightmare sent one final burst destroying everything. Pokey was left behind. Nightmare grabbed him by his collar. "You want to rule fine! Here's your throne," he threw Pokey into the throne on the other side of the room. Poo then came in again with Claus at his side.

"PK Thunder γ!" They both fired a powerful bolt of lightning.

Nightmare's energy guitar started to glow brighter. Ness felt alarmed. "POO, CLAUS MOVE!" he yelled.

"Too late," Nightmare turned the guitar into a super concentrated sphere of PSI energy. "PK Rockin Burst!" Nightmare used the guitar had then converted it into his hands. He launched a powerful attack that quickly overpowered the lightning blast. He threw both Poo and Claus back down to the ground unable to continue. Red sparks were flying all over Nightmare Ness's body. "You must understand now I'm unbeatable!"

Ness had, had enough watching. He tore off his commander outfit revealing his regular clothes underneath and charged at Nightmare before Paula could interject. Nightmare Ness smiled when he saw Ness charging and moved to meet him head on. They were about to collide when they both moved to the left at the same time. Then stopping then jumped back. They both jumped at each other. They collided against one another in a draw making them fall back in the air. Nightmare Ness came forward in the air then kicked Ness down to the ground. Nightmare touched down on the ground then went back at Ness. Ness hopped up onto his feet then got ready. Nightmare disappeared at the last moment. Ness jumped up to the right. Nightmare appeared right above him cupping his hands. He slammed them on Ness making him fly to the ground. Before Ness could hit the ground he landed on his hands then spring forward dodging a slamming kick drop by Nightmare. Ness turned then fired a green PK Wave of energy. Nightmare played leap frog over. While he was in the air Ness came back and tackled him. However, right before they hit the ground Nightmare switched positions making Ness fall first hitting the ground with Nightmare on top. Nightmare leaned closer to Ness's ear.

"I know it all,"

Nightmare jumped back off Ness dodging a PK Starbeam from Ninten.

"You okay?" he asked helping him up.

"I thought I would be able to fight on even terms with him, but I can't,"

"What do you mean?"

"Ninten, he's me! He fights like me, taunts like me, and hits like me too,"

"So you're saying you can't beat him because he knows all your moves before you make them,"

"You can't beat me just face it Ness I was never the fake, you are,"

"What is that it? Is this what this about, proving you're more real then Ness?" Ninten barked.

"I am his better, I am the one who should be in charge, I'm going to show everyone who the real Ness is one way or another,"

Ness charged head on once again. "You'll fail!" He jumped in the air as did Nightmare. Nightmare pulled a spin move avoiding Ness's punch. He grabbed the back of his neck then forced him to the floor face first. He picked him back up then threw him into a random direction.

"Cut it out!" Ninten swung a left hook, but Nightmare duck under it. He kicked Ninten in the stomach knocking the wind out of him. Nightmare grabbed his extended arm then flipped him onto the floor. Ninten sat up to turn his head at Nightmare with a glare. "Big mistake…" Ninten felt the power of the eight melodies flow through him then activated his PK Power move. He jumped up then punched again this time more powerful. Nightmare was surprised, but he blocked it with his arm. However, even though he blocked he still went sailing through the air and into the wall harshly. He winced when he tried touching or moving his arm. He stared at Ninten to see him charging forward. Nightmare warped away opting to his speed to avoid him. Ninten's fist was planted into the wall just as Nightmare got behind him. Ninten then kicked back with his left foot. Nightmare ducked then kicked his feet from under him. "That's really getting annoying," He spun in the air then punched Nightmare right in the face. Nightmare went flying into another wall.

"Take that," Ninten regained his balance. Lucas ran over to Ness to help him up.

"You okay?"

"Not really, I feel so…"

"Inferior, outclassed, no match, no comparison I could go on if you want,"

"Thanks for that buddy, knew you'd understand," Ness groaned with irritation. Lucas smiled at him.

"Then we'll take em together okay Ness," Lucas said. He nodded his approval at the idea then they joined Ninten.

"You three might be the most powerful ones here, but you still can't stop me," Nightmare growled as he stood to his feet again.

"Oh yeah, how about this, ready guys?" Ness asked.

"Let's show him!"

"Ready,"

"PK Trinity!" Instantly their minds became linked and their powers and skills were shared. "PK Rockin!" All four of them pulled out an energy guitar and unleashed burst of energy. To Ness, Lucas, and Ninten's surprise the attacks were even. They all started to glow their respective colors then started flying through the air. Ness and Lucas felt more powerful with Ninten empowering them, Ninten and Lucas felt faster thanks to Ness, and Ness and Ninten felt their PSI reaching ridiculous levels thanks to Lucas. They felt at their strongest at this point in time. They were flying around the room slamming into each other. The white and blue lights were fighting the dark red light, but the crimson light was smacked away. They kept smashing into each other over and over. The dark red light dodged the blue light and hit it from behind, and then smacked the white light away. The dark red light started to pound the crimson light from every direction. However, soon the other two lights came in quickly to assist. The three lights began to clearly overpower the sole light. It was began to get smacked around a bit too. The dark red ball crashed into the floor then the wall then shot back up toward the three lights. The three lights were at a standstill against the one sole light that was Nightmare. Eventually the dark red light gave one good push then all three boys went falling to the floor. They all hit the floor harshly in a heap around each other. Kumatora wanted to get in there and punch Nightmare's lights out, but Ana and Paula pulled her back saying she would get in the way.

"How can he be so powerful?" Lucas stated

"Darn it, I couldn't push him back." Ninten slammed his fist on the ground.

Nightmare landed in front of Ness. "Now do you know who your better is, I beat all of you without too much damage, but I will admit you guys made me break a sweat."

"This isn't over,"

"Oh I'm afraid it is, now which one of you shall I finish first…well since I started on Lucas I guess I'll start there Ninten you're next, and you're desert Ness. I'll make sure to finish you slowly and I got some words for you," he walked over to Lucas. Kumatora wasn't going to let him finish Lucas off.

"PK Freeze!" he shot a glance at the attack.

"Oh please, PK Dark Energy Ball," His attack burst right through hers and blew up in her face. She flew into the wall then hit the ground.

"Kumatora!" both Duster and Lucas yelled. Duster ran over to her, while Lucas tried to stand up. Nightmare Ness shocked him in the back making him go back down. Nightmare then pushed him over with his foot to making Lucas face skyward.

"Here's a move I think you'll be quite familiar with," Nightmare straightened his hand flat. Claus noticed his hand and knew what was to come. He struggled to stand up. "PK…"

"No… Lucas,"

"Pierce," A straight beam of energy with a sharp point burst from his hand. Lucas closed his eyes waiting for the contact, but something was wrong. He opened one eye to see, someone caught it. "N-no, you!" Nightmare was angered to see Ness had stopped the attack.

"No longer will you have power over us. (Squeezes on the attack). You might know what I'm going to do, but that wont help since I know everything your going to do," he then crushed the attack in his hands. Ness had accessed the power of PK Power. Nightmare faced looked somewhat shocked with a mix of terror. Ness then kicked Nightmare knocking him back. Ness then checked to see if Lucas was okay.

"This could easily take a turn for the worse if Lucas also gains this power, so I guess its time for plan B," Nightmare thought getting up. Ness and Ninten decided to take him themselves. When they got close though Nightmare jumped up throwing down a PK Flash attack momentarily blinding them. Nightmare made a break for the hole in the wall. Lucas stood in his way. Nightmare warped behind him to kick him in the back and throwing him on a perusing Ness.

Paula and Ana stood ready thinking they were his target, but he ran right by them. Ness had removed Lucas after making sure he was okay then trained his sight to see Nightmare Ness jump right out the whole made earlier.

"Is he running away?" Lucas asked.

"No he's… ("I put a lock on his mind so that he wouldn't remember something that could be a potential threat to my plan and my back up plan," Nightmare Ness said) he's going to (I have the ability to branch myself out into other minds and bend them to my will while) oh no…" Ness muttered. He realized that the dragon hadn't moved an inch since it had popped out the ground, so it was waiting on something. Ness dashed for the hole then jumped out without a word.

"Ness!" Paula called. Ness was falling toward the ground and he could barley make out the figure that was Nightmare Ness. "What's Ness doing?"

"I think it was something to do with something Nightmare Ness said before." Lucas said thoughtfully, but he could figure out what.

Nightmare Ness was jumping from rooftop to rooftop to get to the Dark Dragon. He was almost there when Ness suddenly appeared in front of him then punched him back down onto a rooftop. Nightmare was sent flipping until he slammed into a rooftop. Ness landed a few yards in front of him.

"I'm not letting do what you think your thinking of doing …wait did I say that right?" Ness said.

"So sad how easily you can confuse yourself, that's why intelligence is on my side," he said getting up.

"Your just some fake anyway, so I don't have to prove anything," Ness lunged at Nightmare. He threw a punch, but Nightmare Ness caught him by the wrist with his right hand. Nightmare brought Ness closer then turned with Ness centimeters away from his back. He brought his left elbow into Ness's stomach then flipped him throwing him into the ground. He turned to throw Ness into one of the air-conditioner units on the roof. Ness slid off the metal then onto the roof. "You can never actually beat me even with your new power, I'm tempted to end you now but I think I'll take different actions."

He turned then jumped up while Ness was struggling to stand. Nightmare bodies started to glow red then he scattered into red beams. The beams forced themselves in the dragon making the dragon cry out. Ness made it to a higher rooftop to see that he was too late. The dragon turned its head to him. It reached out then grabbed Ness then hoisted him in the air. Ness struggled to get free.

"You lose," said a dark voice from the dragon. The dragon turned then threw Ness so hard he went flying through four buildings. Ness was stuck to the fifth building then peeled off then fell to the ground. The dragon opened up its wings then turned to the sky. "I AM THE ORIGINAL WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

(TO BE CONCLUDED)