Super Smash brothers Reckoning
Chapter seven: The reckonings are foreshadowed.
[Background Music, House MD theme tune]
Later that night....
"It's not fair!" Captain Falcon moaned. "I just want to sing and dance like everyone else – I can't be that bad?"
He paused and thought for a moment.
"No! It must be because their brains would explode from over exposure to epicness!" He said. He turned the corner and saw a stranger dressed in robes similar to Altair's with a grey hood. He heard the man whispering to himself.
"Get in, get Altair, get out. How hard can it be?" The assassin told himself. Evidently no-one had told him not to say that. As he uttered the cursed words, he ran into the wielder of THE punch.
"Falcon...."
"Oh, crap..." The assassin said, seeing the flames form into the falcon shape around CF's fist.
"PUUUUUUNCCCCCCH!"
THE PUNCH sent the assassin flying across the corridor and smashing into a broom closet. He got up, shaking his head, to hear THE KICK being initiated.
"Falcon...."
"You have got to be kidding me..."
"KIIIIIIIIIICK!"
Captain Falcon's kick slammed him into a wall and the assassin fell unconscious.
Al Mualim...I've failed you.... He thought.
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Altair walked towards Master Hand's office, frowning.
What could he want now...? He thought Huh, I wonder what Samus is doing...wait, where did that come from?
The assassin reached the double doors and opened them.
"You wished to see me sir."
"Ah, yes, Altair." The hand said, looking up from his 'work', also known as hog-tying a hyper Crazy Hand to a pole. "There's something I want you to see..."
Master Hand snapped his fingers, and the two dissapeared. Crazy Hand squirmed out of the knots and grabbed the mike.
"HIYAS! MH's left me in charge for a while! So here's some Backstreet Boys music!"
In Hollywood, Simon Cowell shuddered.
The screams of horror from Smash Mansion could be heard in Beltazar's hideout.
"Huh. Wonder what that was about." The demon muttered, returning to his chess game against a shadow pawn. "You're move, Frank."
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Altair and Master Hand shimmered into existence inside a cave under Smash Mansion. Captain Falcon saluted with two fingers.
"C'mon! He's over here."
The three moved towards the area that the intruder had been locked up. Altair gasped.
[Background music – Torchwood theme tune]
"Wallik?" He asked "What're you-"
He was interupted as, with a cry of 'die traitor', Wallik threw a concealed dagger at Altair. He grabbed it by the blade, leaned back, and threw it into a wall. Falcon whistled.
"What was that for?" He asked his fellow assassin, puzzled.
"Malik was alive. He has only one arm, but he is alive." Altair's face spread into confusion. "The master knows the truth behind Solomon's Temple. How you killed an innocent, revealed yourself and gave the Templars a trail to follow to our home! Masyaf was besieged, Altair!"
Altair stepped back, shock written on his face.
"No...no..."
"Malik succeded. He brought our master the Piece of Eden. And now – you are to return to Masyaf for excecution."
MH turned to look at Altair.
"Is this true?"
The assassin nodded dumbly "I should have covered my tracks...I broke all three tenants of the creed... I'm an honor less monster..."
MH turned to Hallik. "He will return after the tournament. We had a deal, and I shall not break it."
"Then I shall remain here until I can bring the traitor back." Wallik spat "I want to see his face when he dies. Al Mualim cannot abide a traitor."
MH teleported them away. CF and Altair appeared in their room. Snake was asleep. Altair sunk onto his bed, mutturing "I'm a monster..." over and over again.
"Dude!" Falcon said, punching Altair in the jaw "Snap out of it! You're the most honorable here!"
"What?"
[Background music – Terminator theme tune]
"And if you're going to die...well, Snake and I'll bust you out before you do!"
"He's right." Snake said, having woken up a few moments ago.
"Why?"
"It's what friends are for, man."
Altair looked at Falcon and Snake gratefully
"Thank you." he said honestly. The three oddly matched friends nodded to each other and went to sleep.
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Krystal rubbed against Fox in her sleep, her dreams troubling her. Occasionally, her Telepathy gave her glimpses of the future. She was hoping this wasn't one of them.
Altair falling, stabbed by an old man, blood spurting from his hip, Samus screaming his name...
A large, centaur-like demon cleaving Dante in half...
Nero's arm losing its blue glow and falling unconcious, as another old man in bishops robes stood laughing...
A woman with brown hair, hooked up to a life support machine, her heart monitor flat lining with Nero screaming 'KYRIE!' in the background...
Marth dying while protecting a unconcious Shiida from a horde of demons...
Ruby dying in Red's arms, stabbed by an Assassin...
Fox killed by a shot from Panther, one of Starwolf's old members...
No....
She woke up gasping in terror. Fox looked at her.
"What's wrong?" the vulpine asked
"Just a bad dream" She replied "Lets get back to sleep..."
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[Background music – Torchwood theme tune.]
Nero woke up to the beeping of Kyrie's heart monitor. He smiled at her comatose body, and brushed some hair out of her face. Then the beeping stopped.
"No.." He breathed. "KYRIE!"
The monitor flatlined, and Kyrie's wound started oozing yellow goo. Doctor Mario came barging in.
"What in the-a name of..." He said, looking at the goo while grabbing the shock panels "A-charging 360...CLEAR!"
Kyrie's body jumped up. Dr. Mario turned to Nero.
"Find Altair. NOW!"
Nero nodded and rushed out the room, tears running down his face. Thankfully, the Assassin was passing nearby, a troubled look on his face. He was accompanied by Master Hand, who seemed to be telling him something about a place called 'Masyaf'.
"Altair! Thank God!" Nero yelled.
Altair turned around.
"Nero? What-"
"It's Kyrie. Her heart's stopped, and there's yellow goo coming out her wound..."
A passing Krystal gave out a chocked gasp.
It's begun...
"Are you certain?"
"Yes, Helldammit!"
Altair sprinted towards the room. When he entered, he saw the truth, and dived towards the medical cuboard. He came out with a jar labled 'Aspirin'. He smashed several pills and mixed the powder with what was left of the remedy for Orpheus.
"Move BACK!" he told . He put the solution in a IV and placed it in her arm. The goo slowed, and her heartbeat came back, but weakly.
"Thank you." Nero said weakly.
"Don't thank me yet, that's Euredice." The assassin said "A late activating poison that stops the heart and clots the blood inside the veins. All I did was slow it. She's got 24 hours."
"SAY WHAT?!?" Nero yelled at the top of his voice.
"I could get the antidote, but it's only grown in Masyaf..." Altair said slowly "And if I go back..."
"You get executed by your master." MH finished.
Altair nodded slowly.
"It's you're choice pal." Nero said softly, stroking Kyrie's hair. "If you don't go, I won't blame you..."
Altair looked up.
"I've made my choice." He said.
[Background Music – House, MD theme tune.]
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Author's notes: Not the best chapter I've ever made, but I hope you like the cliffhanger!
You've probably noticed the 'Background Music' feature. I added this after realising that I was humming certain songs while typing up certain parts.
Also, Orpheus and Euradice are not real poisons.