Thanks for reviewing! Kyanite Archer: I honestly had no idea Pit was an angel when I wrote that. Only found that out, as well as the fact that he can't fly on his own, by playing Kid Icarus: Uprising. For anyone who hasn't played it... IT. IS. AMAZING.
Chapter 12
Fox and his team descend on the wolf, who was wrecking havoc among the Smashers and whenever any of the Smashers large enough to physically take the wolf approached, some sort of powerful wind blew them back. And, sure enough, Star Fox Team found themselves battling against a fierce gale and hardly able to stay in the air as they fired at the wolf.
Meanwhile, Ike and his group had finally reached the battle and were fighting the three most powerful warriors- Ace, M, and the blue-haired one. Ace was, by far, the strongest- he had managed to knock Olimar out without even touching him. Ike and Marth were thrown back by a wave of water and they struggled to stop from drowning as Ace held the water down on top of them. Ike finally broke the surface and pulled Marth up as well while Roy managed to distract Ace for long enough to allow his friends to escape.
"Help!" Roy cried when Ace raised his hands and suddenly, he was thrown into the air and being tossed around by the wind. "Help!"
Ike and Marth converged on Ace, who managed to battle them without freeing Roy. Ace drew his sword and fought off the two of them, even managing to wound Marth, who swore before continuing to fight with renewed vigor.
The pokemon were clearly having the most success; Pikachu and Pichu were making a very effective team against anybody who dared to approach them, and Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard were practically invincible. Mewtwo and Lucario helped take on the wolf and, with help from the Star Fox team, they managed to drive her back- they thought she was out for good, but they only had a minute of rest before she was back, this time as a human.
It wasn't an easy fight, by any means. Yes, the Smashers were winning, but they also greatly outnumbered the elemental warriors- not a huge accomplishment. And they were still losing men fast; it took hours, but finally, exhausted and battered, the few Smashers left conscious were facing off against the trio with Ace, M, and their companion, the wolf-girl, and a blond and a brunette.
Fox, Meta Knight, Zelda, Toon Link, Pit, the pokemon, Lucas, and Ike all stood against the elemental warriors. No one was without injury, and even the pokemon were showing signs of exhaustion and some were barely on their feet.
"Well?" Pit gasped, his bow trained on Ace. "Give up yet? You're outnumbered."
"Yes. And yet none of you have managed to do more than scratch me," Ace said coolly, the only one left who had the strength to keep fighting for much longer. He crossed his arms and narrowed his icy eyes, brushing his long, light blue hair behind his shoulder.
"Ace, give it up!" Fox ordered. "You're not going to defeat us this time around."
Ace frowned and shook his head. "Now even the enemy calls me that. It's Alex! Please, call me Alex."
"Fine, Alex! Surrender! You're not going to defeat us!"
Alex or Ace, whatever his name was, just sighed and looked around at the two companions who had accompanied him throughout their long trek to the Smash Mansion. "Saturos? Menardi? You wan to explain it to them?"
The tall female with white blonde hair walked forward and glared at them, who they had previously called 'M'. "Alex is right. You can try and fight us if you want, but all you've done is take out the weaker members of our alliance."
"And Menardi is right, too," the final member of the Alex's trio agreed- he had to be Saturos. "Fighting us with them involved is child's play. But now you don't stand a chance."
"Wait!" Lucas exclaimed, crossing his arms and raising his head tiredly, leaning against the smoking remains of the Smash Mansion. "Before we keep on fighting and kill each other… what are you even doing here? Why are you trying to fight us?"
This time, the wolf-girl took the responsibility of answering. "Why? Why? Oh, that's rich. They don't even know who we are. Isaac? Felix? Help me out."
"Fine," the blond said, stepping forward. "Well, you Smashers are an alliance created between the greatest warriors in this world and all the others. And when you first met years ago, there were only eight of you- no one took you seriously and there were a lot of great fighters who were left out. Then, a couple years later, there were over twenty of you- now there's over forty!"
The brunette nodded in agreement. "Yeah- nowadays, if you claim to be a great warrior but you're not part of the Smashers, no one takes you seriously. Hell, Sveta here can even transform into a wolf but no, not a member of the Smashers and you just can't be that good a warrior."
The wolf-girl, Sveta, nodded. "And so we tried to become Smashers through conventional means- by becoming famous enough to just earn an invitation. But that wasn't working, and besides, who knows how long it'll take for you for the Smashers to let a round of new people in. So we decided on option two- just defeat you all. If we're the best fighters, you'd have to let us join."
"I suppose we have to thank you, though," the brunette- he had to be Felix- said. "Before we found about you, everyone here was always involved in a war against each other. Ever since we left to try and become Smashers, our world has progressed dramatically- if we go back now, they'll probably chase us off. So now, we need to defeat you, even more than ever. And we can take advantage of the fact that this place defies reality- Mario and Bowser can fight together, Link and Toon Link exist at the same time despite being supposedly placed in different timelines, and I'm positive that Ganondorf is supposed to be dead. After all, how many times did he die?"
"Exactly," Saturos said. "After all, Menardi and I are supposed to be dead. Joining the Smashers is the only way we can stay alive."
"So? What'd you say?" Menardi asked. "You want to let us join without continuing this fiasco?" The elemental warriors watched the stunned Smashers hopefully.
Zelda stared at them in shock before just shaking her head. "I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say no! Hell no! For your information, I have heard of you guys from the Golden Sun series. I think you're great- well, I used to. But now? After everything you've done? Getting half of us sick, destroying the Smash Mansion, nearly killing all of us on the Halberd? Fighting us here? No!"
"Oh, please," Alex scoffed. "That disease wasn't going to kill anyone. Just a little thing I gave you all to throw you off base. And it wasn't even going to infect your pokemon; their powers are based off the elements, just like ours. And what are you talking about, destroying the Halberd? I didn't do that."
"No," Isaac said coldly. "Garet did. For absolutely no reason. And we are sorry about that; completely unnecessary. And the Smash Mansion… well, that was rather your fault for attacking so close to it. But, if you let us join, we could clean it up quite quickly."
"So, what?" Lucas demanded. "We should let you join just because you can clean up our house? No! And what are we doing, just standing around and talking? If you're not going to leave, then we will fight you."
The elemental warriors looked around at each other for a moment, then just started laughing. "Our pleasure," Alex chuckled. "Our pleasure."
And then they were fighting again.
"PK fire!" Lucas shouted after they'd been at it for a couple minutes, a flame crashing into Alex's body and actually staggering him slightly. Lucas stared in amazement before shouting, "Charizard! Charizard, help me! It's fire! Fire hurts him!"
And as Lucas and Charizard began to battle against Alex, Fox flew circles around Sveta in wolf form, firing laser after laser down at the beast. He was winning, too, until Sveta jumped up and grasped the edge of his wing. She held on throughout all his attempts to throw her off and climbed higher on the arwing, holding on tight and completely out of range from Fox's blows. Swearing, the animal put his aircraft on autopilot and climbed out to the outside of his arwing, where he began to battle Sveta.
Meanwhile, Zelda, Toon Link, and Ike joined in against Isaac and Felix while Meta Knight and Pit went to help Lucas and Charizard. Isaac and Felix both seemed to have their powers based off earth and were causing earthquakes left and right. Zelda transformed into Sheik and lunged forward, getting too close for the creatures to use earthquakes without hurting themselves, and was able to distract them for long enough to get Zelda and Toon Link close enough to start really fighting.
The pokemon- besides Charizard- all teamed up against Saturos and Menardi. It seemed their base element was fire, which gave Squirtle a good advantage but left Ivysaur jumping back at every mood they made. Lucario wasn't having much affect against them, and Jigglypuff and Mewtwo were really only acting as a line of defense for Ivysaur.
Fox cried out in pain when Sveta's teeth sank into his shoulder, then kicked her away and punched her in the face. Sveta howled furiously and scratched at him before the Fox shot her, stunning her for a short second. It was enough for him to slap a smart bomb onto the ship before diving off the arwing, barely escaping before it exploded. He wasn't far enough away to escape entirely; the blast still hit him and threw him towards the ground. Sveta was blown towards the Smash Mansion before crashing towards the ground, landing on top of Fox. With a furious growl, Sveta bit his head and tried to rip off his ear before a passing blow from Ike knocked the wolf unconscious. She collapsed on top of the limp body of Fox.
Pit and Meta Knight flew in circles above Alex, Pit firing arrows, Meta Knight slashing his sword, while Lucas and Charizard attacked with fire. And for once, Alex was having trouble holding his own. "PK Fire!" Lucas cried while Charizard blew a continuous stream of fire at him. Alex wasn't out of the fight yet, but he was quickly tiring out, and it was clear that he wasn't going to hang on for much longer.
Toon Link and Isaac were engaged in a fierce sword fight, too close for Isaac to use his powers, Ike and Felix battling nearby. Sheik fought in between her friends, battling Isaac and Felix at once. And apparently, is wasn't enough that these creatures were masters of the elements; they had to be adept swordsmen, too. She kicked Felix in the chest before jumping into a dynamic gymnastics/martial arts routine more for show than anything else, but also dealt some damage to Isaac and Felix. She jumped into a handspring that landed on Felix's chest before kicking Isaac a couple times for good measure.
"Squirtle Squirtle!" the water pokemon cried, smothering Saturos with water and nearly drowning him, but Menardi pulled him out and slashed at Ivysaur with her sword, creating a bloody gash in his thick flesh. The grass pokemon, who had already been battered beyond belief by Saturos and Menardi, gave up completely and passed out. Pikachu and Pichu, furious, had descended on Menardi and attacked her, temporarily paralyzing her with electricity.
Mewtwo and Lucario were managing to take on Saturos by themselves, with Jigglypuff throwing out a couple blows here and there. It wasn't easy, but they managed to take Saturos down and knock him out- but it cost the Smashers Mewtwo. The pokemon fell to the ground, unconscious, slumping down next to Saturos. Menardi screamed in fury and tightened her grip on her sword, fighting harder and stabbing Pichu, inciting Pikachu into attacking her senselessly. Both of them were furious and exhausted, but Pikachu prevailed.
Saturos and Menardi gone, the other Pokemon joined in with the fight against Alex. Lucas was still continuously using 'PK fire', his only move involving heat or flames and the only one that had any affect on Alex. Now it was Squirtle who had the least advantage; Charizard and Lucas were still in charge of the battle. The fire pokemon roared furiously and attacked Alex, who retaliated by causing a geyser to explode from underneath Charizard, effectively putting him out of action.
Only three of the elemental warriors were left now- Isaac, Felix, and of course, Alex. Zelda- who had just transformed back- Toon Link, and Ike were tired, but holding up. Isaac and Felix were about to pass out from fighting hard enough to keep up with Toon Link and Ike, and a quick blast from Zelda's Din's Fire knocked them out.
Which just left a group of eleven Smashers… and Alex.