Super Smash Brothers: Reckoning

Chapter 13: Altair's Reckoning, part 3

A/N: Glad to see that everyone who reviewed liked the plot twist! And SSBB player, you are really far off the mark when you guess Ganondorf...he has the Triforce of Power, not the Dark Triforce.

And Numbah? Thanks for calling off the nuclear strike.

Also, if you check my profile, I have a 'title sequence' short on it for this story.

*************Cue title music – Gravity Hurts. Look it up on Youtube, it's a good song!********

While Altair was conversing with Excelion in the Afterlife, the Smashers had managed to seal themselves inside the fortress with a handful of Assassins.

"That was too close!" Dante yelled, leaning against the gate. As if on cue, a spear smashed through the wood next to his head.

"Not as close as that, old-timer" Nero muttered "Now help me bolt this thing shut."

Dante complied.

"You lot too!" The demon hunter snapped at the small group of Assassins that had come in with them. Unfortunately, one of them was Wallik.

"Do not assume to order us around, you-" Wallik was interupted by a very pissed Nero with a loaded gun swishing around and pressing the barrel to the Assassin's head.

"Listen carefully. One of our friends has just died trying to keep you lot safe."
"No, he died protecting that whore." Wallik sneered "The lot of you are no better than animals. I'm glad he lost. Shame De Sable didn't kill the girl or the rest of you while he was at it."

BLAM!

Nero's gun went off, blasting Wallik off his feet and throwing him against a wall. His lifeless corpse slid down the wall, the back of his head exploded.

"No-one talks about my friends like that" He hissed "Now are the rest of you going to help or just stand there?"

They complied.

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Samus, accompanied by Zelda, carried Altair's limp corpse upstairs. They lay him down on a bed inside the chambers Al Mualim had directed them too.

"Not much in here, is there?" Zelda said, looking around the spartan room. "Just what he needs to live – no comforts or anything."

"You mean lived." Samus whispered, voice cracking.

"I'm sorry." Zelda said "I'm so sorry..."

"He loved me..." Samus said, staring at the body. Zelda looked out the window. The other smashers and few remaining assassins, rallied by Nero, were holding the gate, but the Templars were smashing it down anyway.

"I know." Zelda said. "We should go help the others." She added after a few seconds.

Samus nodded, and leaned down to kiss Altair's lips softly. She came back up, and, with a last forlorn look at the body, turned to leave.

There was a loud gasp of air, and the Bounty hunter and Princess turned around in shock.

Altair stood up. There was a red-hilted sword studded with sapphires with a blue blade at his hip, and his eyes had changed from storm-grey to a soft gold. There was a vertical scar over his right eye. But it was defiantly him.

"Was someone kissing me?" He said jokingly. Samus just stared in disbelief.

"What? How?" She gasped, mind running through hundreds of questions.

Zelda looked shocked The eyes...and that weapon...could he be...? She wondered.

"The Afterlife is overrated" Altair said with a shrug "Now if you excuse me, I have one pompous asshole to kill" He swept out the door and began climbing to the top of the tower.

After a second, Samus and Zelda followed him.

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"Nero!"

Nero turned around, keeping his arms on the rocking doors as the Templars rammed another log into it.

"What is it, Snake?" He asked, irritated.

"I've got the cure."

Nero froze. He only had...what, an hour and a half to save Kyrie? But he couldn't leave his friends...

Snake got the look.

"Listen, kid." Snake said "You're the reason Altair came here. To get your cure. Don't let him die in vain."

He thrust a vial into Nero's hands.

"Just go. But if you could bring backup, it would be appreciated."
"I'll try. And thank you."

As Nero turned to leave, a shout came from Captain Falcon.

"Heads up! They've come over the walls!"
Nero muttered a curse and spun. Sure enough, Templars were swarming over the walls into the courtyard. At their lead, was De Sable.

"I gave you a chance to surrender when your champion lost. And now, you shall join him in the afterlife."

"ONE PROBLEM WITH THAT, DE SABLE!" A voice called from the top of a tower. De Sable, and everyone else, looked up.

"Impossible..."
"NAMELY, I'M NOT DEAD!"

"Altair?! What? How? Altair!" Snake and Captain Falcon stammered. Link stared in amazement.

"He is one of them..." He whispered in awe.

"SO NOW...." Altair launched himself off the tower. He dove, similar to how a diver would, and twisted. He landed in the middle of the Templars, slamming his sword into the ground and, with a cry of 'Cleansing Flame!' unleashed a blast of blue fire that killed ten and injured more.

"Let's pick up again, shall we?" He asked the terrified De Sable.

"I've beaten you once." He said arrogantly

"Yes, but where was the honor in taking the woman I love hostage?" Samus blushed heavily when she heard that.

"Fine!" He barked, and drew his sword. "Your challenge is accepted"

Altair smirked, cutting the air with the Phoenix Sabre

"Is this seriously happening?" Nero asked.

"Don't worry kid, in about ten minutes you'll be back with your girl." Altair said.

The two fighters ran towards each other. Altair used the flat of his blade to knock away De Sable's first blows, before dodging the rest.

"Fight, you coward!" De Sable raged.

Altair laughed, and used the edge of his sword to block De Sable's next cut – cleaving the blade in half!

"What-?" De Sable gasped in disbelief.

"You killed my parents" Altair said, puncturing that sentence with a cut to De Sable's arm

"You killed my brothers" He cut the other arm

"Threatened my friends" Left leg

"And killed me" Right leg.

De Sable collapsed to the ground, unable to use any of his limbs.

"But what really pissed me off – was the fact that you USED Samus." Altair rested the sword on De Sable's shoulder.

"I swore vengeance – and I ALWAYS keep my promises." He said simply, taking the blade away. He conjured a blue flame in his hand, before drawing it back.

"FLAME OF EXCELION!"

De Sable let out a scream of pain as fire hotter than anything ever could be slammed into his skin. When it vanished, there was nothing left of the former Templar other than a blackened silver medallion. Altair knelt down and picked it up. It was a three-pointed star. Reflexively, Altair's hand shot to his arm, where he had a tattoo that looked exactly the same.

He bowed his head.

Mother...father...it's finished. He raised the medallion so that all the horrified Templars could see.

"Your leader is dead! Surrender and we shall spare your lives!"

"We will?" Asked Roy.

"Yes. We will." He said. His voice dropped to a whisper as he added "There's been enough bloodshed today."

There was a tumultuous CLANG as swords fell to the ground by the dozen.

"You made the right choice." Altair said. He turned and walked away. "Oh, and Roy? Congrats. You've got the paperwork."

"Oh, you son of a-"

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As soon as Altair walked through the door, he was hit by a flying tackle from Samus.

"It's good to see you too." He muttered, rolling his eyes. The two got up, only for Samus to slap him.

"Okay, what was that for?" He protested.

"Do you have ANY idea what I've been through?!?" Samus said, heartbroken.

"I'm sorry, okay?" He pulled her into a hug "At least I'm back."

"Yeah." She looked up, lips slightly apart. Altair knew a cue when he saw one.

"I love you..." He said, gazing into her eyes. His own had reverted to their storm gray.

"I love you too." their lips met, briefly, until it was pierced by an ear-wrenching squeal.

"GAH! My ears! What demon is making that noise!" Altair ranted, clamping his hands to his ears.

"Two words – Princess. Peach." Samus said, horrified.

"Samus! That was so CUTE!" Said princess said, diving through a portal to grab her 'friend' in a flying tackle, just as Samus had done to Altair a few moments ago.

"HAH! Red, you owe me five hundred poke" Ruby said, punching her boyfriend in the arm.

"Dammit." He muttered, handing over the money.

"Great time for the reinforcements to arrive, isn't it." Falco smirked.

"We don't need any. I just killed their leader." Altair said. The smirk fell off Falco's face.

"We missed all the fun?"
"If you call me getting killed, resurrected with the weird ability to control fire, and the rather impressive duel with De Sable, then yeah, you missed most of the fun."

"Most of it?"

"You seem to have noticed the kiss."

The smasher laughed. Nero came running in.

"Kyrie's only got 45 minutes left! Get out of my WAY!" He yelled, running through the smashers.

"Oh yeah. Almost forgot about that crisis." Altair muttered, sprinting after Nero.

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A/N: Hope you enjoyed that! Anyway, I've got one thing to announce: A competition!

*Waits dramatically*

*Yells at someone of screen* Dammit Jack Crow, where are the balloons?

Anyway, this is it: As those of you who have visited my (work in progress) website may have guessed, the second legendary warrior is Krystal. Here's the competition: You get to choose her powers, weapon and first learned move as a Legendary Warrior! I'll pick the best entry. There are some simple rule's I'd like you all to follow:

No fire. That's Altair's power.

No pure energy manipulation. That's the Third legendary warrior's power.

Have some form of healing energy/power/spell (If she doesn't, then I'm totally Effed with my plot...)

Her weapon must be based on her staff

Her first move must be OTK material (one-turn-kill for you non-geeks out there)

Enjoy! You have until episode...(Checks rough plan)...fifteen. I give you two weeks, tops. Give or take five days.

What are you waiting for? Hurry up!