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Dark Pit: Got anything to say?
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Pit: Is KirbyL okay, Pittoo?
Dark Pit: *pokes her* ...Nothing!
Hah... Hahaha...
Dark Pit: Dafaq? Uh... Never mind that! Let's get on with this Chapter!
Pit: ...Oh shit! She's gone mad! Happiness Mad!
Dark Pit: WHAT?!
They were hot on their trail as they ran down the damp and dark hallways that is of the Smash Mansion. They got the Happiness killer A.K.A. The cure! Now they just need to find them! That was their number one priority in stopping all of this madness... Or rather Happiness in the situation it's in! There is no time to lose! It'll be easy right? Finding these two suckers! How hard can it get?
Peach wasn't so sure about that obviously... Roy couldn't blame her! I mean... Technically, this is her fault, and she was wanting to fix it so badly. In fact, even after all of this, she STILL hasn't got a single clue as to why the happiness buzzed off like that! That never happened at all (she did this a lot for the smashers who were gloomy). The princess wondered about this. What could possibly mess up her magic? Maybe it glitched? An overdose? A mishap involving happiness? What? What happened there?
Or maybe... It was the gloom inside of the light angel himself. Peach thought about this part.. Over the past few days, Pit suddenly never felt happy anymore. Some smashers didn't even know why, that day... He remained silent, constant grunting, and quite possibly getting attacked by him will be the worst nightmare any smasher could ever have. Trust me... I think the bad guys had those nightmare So! Seeing a cheery light angel torment and beat down a cocky smasher (Wario) after a match was the worst thing to ever see. Pit actually didn't give a fuck when he gave out that one glare at Master Hand's face when he got in trouble for that. That alone was enough for the hand to back away from him. The others gasped. Holy shit! He managed to back down Master Hand with no fear whatsoever. No one has ever done that, but him! It was then at that moment the smashers will fear him if you mess with him! Pit does not fuck around!
Later as they got over that fear, the smashers thought the angel finally lightened up. Or so they thought. Some smashers, mainly his friends, like Link, Mario, Dark Pit, Palutena, Luigi, Kirby, even that prestigious Olimar who barely talks much (Apparently, he somehow became friends with him. Don't question that. He barely seems to talk.) seem to get the idea that Pit is just faking the idea that he returned to normal. He's been leaving signs that only they could see. They want to try and talk sense into him, but they greatly fear of his overdose of rage and beat them up just like Wario did. Since then, they had no idea on how to make him snap out of it, and bring him back to the way he was. In fact, nothing cheered him up anymore... It's like he's given up on happiness in him and entered... Well... A 'Dark Pit' as everyone would like to say. Looks like they found the edginess in him that day. Wondering how this was a part of him.
The light angel's gloominess has been lingering for days, and the smashers have no idea how to talk sense into Pit and be happy again. It would seem hopeless, but then Peach came in.
The hug she gave... It gave out all the happiness she needed and Pit was back to normal... Well, sort of now that this happened. But what caused the magic to go haywire at this point? Maybe... Maybe it was the gloominess in Pit himself. Peach wondered. Could the happiness overrided the gloominess all the way? So much that it took away all of the emotions Pit felt? There was probably too much feelings in there, and now it was replaced with happiness... ONLY HAPPINESS! And nothing else! Pit's feelings were replaced, and now that's all he would ever feel! No anger, no sadness... Nothing!
Oh god... What has she done? She just hurt one of the fighters a lot of people cared about. And now he probably won't be the same anymore and become a mess. And his edgy twin was dragged into it! Even worse... Maybe all the fighters were probably infected like Lucina. That lady... She is resilient to become one of them. I guess she's not giving up anytime soon!
Speaking of smashers, where did they go? Roy hasn't seen any of them but Lucina. Where did they run off to? Did they evacuate by Master Hand's orders? Did they find a place to hide? He's not sure, but the only thing the swordsman could ever hope for is that they're safe... Wherever they are...
Dr. Mario, raising his tranquilizer, was catious. He is trying his best not to use the cure, because that was his only one. He faked that whole scenario saying that it has to work on the source, because he didn't have the time to make another. Besides... He was still right about killing the source makes the virus lift. Jeez! He still hasn't gotten an idea on how the fuck that works! He will never know!
There was no time to bury your thoughts, he thought. The important thing is that we find the Angels and cure them before they can do any more damage! It obviously can't go on like this!
The group managed to reach the food court of the mansion. Walking in, there was no one there. Figures... There was no time to think about the prices they had to pay for damages. But that didn't matter anyway. I'm pretty sure Master Hand and Crazy Hand got the idea. The outbreak was a serious problem anyway, and the only thing any smasher could think of is saving themselves. There was no other way out of this.
Dr. Mario looked around the court. No one was in sight except splotches of rainbow ooze and wet kitties walking around aimlessly. Holy shit! Was has happiness come too? This is a whole new level of being cheery and smiles galore... And it was definitely not in a good way! Eugh! The doc thought the kitty spat out another kitty and pranced off to god knows where! Oh my god. If this is how the Angels were acting... Oh! There in for something when they find them... IF they ever find them!
"I think this is nothing important!" Dr. Mario said, "C'mon! We have to find them before they do any a more damage!"
Roy nodded, still holding on to the Ylissen princess. "Okay! Let's get moving! Lucina! Are you with me?"
Lucina looked up, coughing out rainbow blood. "Roy... I... I don't think I can last this long! It's getting to me full force! I can't keep up! I can't resist it!" The Ylissen princess lost her grip on Roy and fell over, clutching her wrapped wound. Roy knelt down next to her and tried to lift her up again, saying things that sound soothing as he tried to tell her to not give up. "You are going to be alright! Just promise me! You'll make it through this! I believe in you!"
Lucina's breathing was shallow, but responded, holding onto Roy. "I'll do my best! I'll be sure of it!" Roy wasn't sure about that. They've been walking around Smash Mansion, finding the Angels, and Lucina appears to be getting worse and worse. Holy shit! Happiness comes to consume that fast, and that was definitely something to remember if they ever get infected.
"Hey! Are you two coming?" Peach asked from a short distance. "Come on! Angels can't cure themselves!" Dr. Mario agreed. There was no time for playing around. They have to put an end to this now without any distractions. That is the number one priority! No setbacks, no detours, no-
"Wait!" Roy called out, raising a hand. "Do you hear that?" It was faint, but there. It almost sounded as if someone was digging through pots and pans. From all of that, he seemed to hear it, but the others... Well...
Peach faltered a bit. She looked around the court, seeing and hearing absolutely nothing as a result. "Huh? What? I don't hear anything... What are you talking about?" Roy raised a brow. What? They don't hear it? I mean, it's getting a bit louder as it continued. How could they not hear those sounds of clinking and clanking? Surely, they have to hear that!
"But I heard it, princess!" He said. "It's coming from one of the stands over there!"
Dr. Mario sighed. "Roy... We don't have a time for this! We've got to keep moving! No exceptions! We don't have time for this!'
"But there is something, Doc! We've got to at least check it out! Who knows?! Maybe it's a smasher trying to hide!"
"Or infected, speaking!" The doc said, coldly. "Are we seriously going to waste our a time on a single smasher? I mean, who knows? It might be one of those happiness creeps! Smasgers who are two late to save!"
"Or it could be the angels!" Peach mentioned. "We have to at least look!"
"But wasn't my other me and Luigi after them? They a probably found them by now..."
"What if they didn't?" Lucina asked. "It could... It could be them! Come on, doctor! At least give this a chance! If Roy hears it, I... I hear it then! So... Are you with me?" She kept holding onto Roy for dear life. Shit! The virus is getting harder and harder to resist every minute, but she has to resist! No matter how hard it is. Lucina shivered. She is still not giving up hope!
The doc raised a hand over his head and gave a gruff sigh. "Ugh... Fine! But if this is just a waste of our time, then I will never listen to you again!"
"I'll gladly take that, thank you!" Roy responded with a sarcastic gesture. Dr. Mario grunted. Oh boy... This shit better be fucking worth it, or else this is just embarrassing... Well, to Roy at least.
The group made their way into one of the stands in the food court. There was sounds of clinking and clanking down there. There was also the sound of... Crying? Huh... And it sounded so familiar. It sounded... high pitched... And a bit squeaky... Saying the cries for help like 'Dad... Where are you?" And "The others are nowhere to be found!". Peach's eyebrows furrowed. Wait a minute... She knows that cry. She knows that voice anywhere. The princess, with the others behind her moved forward and found in the room was a turtle, in the oven where light was, and a broken clown kart splotched with rainbow blood.
"Bowser Jr.?" Peach called out. "Is that you?"
Bowser's right hand man raised his head up. He recognized that voice. In fact, he's heard it a lot in his adventures. He knew without a doubt that if was... "Mama? Is... Is that you?" Peach gave a slight facepalm. Oh man... When will he ever learn that she isn't his mom. It's not only confusing... But it's actually pretty weird.
Peach took a step forward, raising a hand to the possibly, scared smasher. "Listen, Bowser Jr.-"
"I'm so glad you're here, Mama!" He cutted in, standing up. "Dad isn't here right now... And my siblings aren't here either!" The group didn't like where this was going. Why is he saying that? More importantly, why did his voice sound... Odd? "So it's just you... the other survived smashers..." The turtle shivered for a moment, and then he swiftly turned around, with rainbow tears and a huge grin. "AND A COUPLE OF CUDDLES!" They gasped as he shifted forward really fast.
"OH SHIT!" Dr. Mario called out, getting in front of the princess, pulling out at throwing the pills. Peach and the others backed up as the happiness Bowser Jr. kept moving forward, with pills slowing them down. "Doc!" Roy managed to call our.
"Get outta there!" He commanded. "Move! Move! Move!"
Peach nodded and with no hesitation backed away from the stand. Once she did, she turned around and saw Roy just standing there. Holding Lucina... and sharing at the horrified abomination that is Bowser Jr.. Oh god! He did not like that face that turtle put on. It kinda scares the shit out of him by now... That's nightmare to think about.
"Roy!" Peach yelled. "What are you doing?! Get out of there!"
The swordsman didn't seem to pay attention. In fact, he didn't seem to hear Peach. He continued to stand there, with a horrified face. Oh no... He's being traumatized by this, isn't he? Well... That's something to remember about him apparently...
"R-Roy..." Lucina rasped, shaking him, giving the occasional slap. "Come on... Snap out of it... Get your head... Out of the clouds... AND MOOVVEE!"
Lucina tugged Roy with all of her might, getting out of the stand. By doing this, it caused her and Roy to fall over, but Peach was right behind them as she pulled them up and backed up a bit more. They heard the sound of injected pills in and out, and some irritable screeching that came from Bowser Jr.. The screeching seemed to get louder, and without a doubt the door flew open with pills and rainbows spewing out from the room. As it cleared up, Dr. Mario appeared with a flip, keeping his distance as he tries to hold the infected smasher back!
"Oh my god!" He said. "Happiness is not a good combination with fighting skills!" And damn right it is. With every attack they shoot out rainbows and other colorful stuff. Just a single touch and it's enough to get you laughing! But not infected unless a smasher got overdosed by the attacks. Bowser Jr. twirled as he shot out a rainbow blaster from his hands. Peach managed to dodge more quickly, and Roy, holding onto Lucina, had little problem as the swordsman grabbed the doc by the collar and dragged him out of the way. Oh shit! That was a close call for the doc at least. He would've gotten creamed.
"Stay back!" Dr Mario called out, pushing away Roy's hand from his collar. "I'll handle this! You and the others a get outta here!"
Roy shook his head. He grabbed the doctor be the forearm, ignoring the restraints. "Dude... He's gonna fucking dunk you if you go after him. Plus, you have the cure!" He grabbed Dr. Mario onto his back, fighting against the doc's will to fight. "LETS GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!"
And so they did... Running out of the food court, into the other hallways, leading to God knows where in this mansion. Bowser Jr. seemed to follow them. They weren't happy, he thought. So, he's coming to make them feel happy. Along the lines of, 'Come over here! You know your kid wants to plaaayyyyy!'. Oh god... That sounded... So... So... Uuuugggghhhh!
They kept running, past the main hallway, past their own rooms. Oh fuck! It's still following them, and his expression kept the same as always, only now the tears of rainbows spilled out even faster, somehow giving him more momentum. "YOU CAN'T RUUUUNNNNN!"
The group quickened their steps. Oh shit! Oh shit! He's coming in faster than they had hoped. Dr. Mario's eyes furrowed. See this? This is why he said no detours and no distractions. Or else they wouldn't get caught up in this mess of a situation. Yeah... He's never listening to Roy's ideas... Ever again!
"Can't a believe I'm saying this... But I a told you so!" He said to Roy. The swordsman gasped for air, trying to outrun the happiness smasher so that they can lose it. Roy turned his head, still trying to keep his grip on the doc and Lucina. "I didn't know this would happen! I just got curious! What do you expect?! You never know if it's the angels or not!"
"I am never listening to your little idea again a Roy!" He growled as he stared at the running Bowser Jr.. "We wouldn't be in this situation and found those creeps by now..." Roy sighed. Well, he's one to talk. Who knew Dr. Mario can be so edgy? He's never done that before when the Smash Mansion was normal. All he did was cure smashers, tend their wounds, and do the occasional fighting against the others, from time to time... By that, he's never acted so badly against smashers, except when the patients try to fight against him, but still...
"I guess you win that bet, Doc!"
As they kept on running, the group suddenly skidded to a stop. Peach shuddered. Oh no... This is bad... Real bad! Roy seemed to do the same looking around for another way, but couldn't find it. Dr. Mario turned his head. "Why did you a stop moving? We haven't outran the happiness smasher yet." Roy shivered as he turned his head.
"WE ARE CORNERED!"
"W-What?!" Lucina managed to speak a they backed up to the wall. Oh no. They were pretty much screwed at this point. There was nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. There was nothing the group could do except fight, but the happiness infected in any smasher is stronger than any other attack they have seen, so that wouldn't be a good option.
Peach pulled out her frying pan, pulling out threats. Roy placed Lucina down and shielded her. If Bowser Jr. wants to take Lucina with another blow, he's going to have to take him first. He knew it wasn't such a good idea, but it was for his friend. Dr. Mario kept throwing pills at the smasher, but no avail. The pills do little or possibly no damage to it. In fact, the infected turtle seemed to not give two shits about it, as he blazed right through them like it was nothing.
Bowser Jr. laughed. "Oh you guys are the cutest when your all scared! But no worries!" He raised his arms, ready to finish them off! "I'll help you guys become the best person you could ever be! Won't that be fun?" If it means becoming a psychopath and giving hugs with that face on, then he'll no! That won't be happening anytime soon!
The turtle inched closer, ready to pull it off. Oh shit. The hug is coming there way and there was nothing that they can do about it. The group closed try their eyes. This was it! There was no room to escape, and there was no way to fight this thing. It was too powerful. And now... It will die with them! There's no other way around this! They are dead!
But just as they were about to accept fate, a growl echoed the room. The group faltered. It also caused the crazed Bowser Jr. to falter a bit. What was that? It was like... The sound of someone attacking from afar. Where was that coming from? As soon as they opened their eyes, and Bowser Jr. turning around, they say a slash. Effectively hitting the turtle from behind!
"BACKSLASH!" he called out, sending the smasher sprawling to the wall. The smasher squeaked as he fell down to the floor, unconscious. Oh shit! One blow and it's already down for the count! Dang! Who could've done this?
The group turned their heads away from the unconscious smasher, looking at the one who saved their hides from happiness. "Phew!" He said. "That... Was a real close one there! Good thing I found you guys in time! You were about to die there for a moment! Hah..."
"Shulk!" Roy called out, racing to him. "I can't believe you're here! How did you find us?!"
"Let's just say, a little vision helped me here..." He answered. "So... How are you up to on your survival?" Roy faltered a bit. Oh boy... This was going to be a long one to explain what the heck is going on around here. But before he could, someone else decided to cut in.
"Shulk!" Dr. Mario called out, helping out Lucina. "Thank a god you came! We were about to die there for a second there..." He sighed in relief, still using his strength to get Lucina to stay awake and walk again. Shulk's smile faltered a bit when he saw an injured smasher in the room. He looked at her, with pity in his eyes. "Oh no... Lucina?" He asked, walking to her. He knelted down. "Jeez... What happened to her, guys?'
"She got infected..." Peach answered. "We are doing the best we can to keep her alive. She seems to be doing well so far, I think..."
"She is..." The doc replied. "I think maybe... Maybe she is going to fight the infection off! If she managed to resist this long, than maybe there is hope knowing that she can!" Wow... And yet, he still has gotten a clue on how the fuck that works... But only Lucina can answer that... Only time will tell... "Well..." Shulk said. "It's good to know that one of our fellow smashers is doing okay! That's better than already infected right?"
"I guess it is, Monado boy... I guess it is..."
Roy walked past the group. "Listen, Shulk" he said, getting his attention. "If you're here... Then where are all the other fighters?"
Shulk stood up, turning his head to the swordsman. "The others? Well... They're infected! Almost all of them are infected! I saw Bowser hugging Ganandorf in one of the rooms around here. I was going to save him, but It was way too late to save that guy! Later I saw Yoshi flutter jumping down the halls with a big smile on his face. Odd... He only does that when he fights, and a bunch of other smashers like Zelda, Rosalina, and Ike are doing some things that any other happiness smasher could do... Oh man those Lumas sure do make a lot of sounds when they are happy..."
The group gasped in shock. Holy shit! We've got a lot of smashers already infected and out to find others! But there was one more question. "What about the ones that did survive?" Peach asked. Shulk smiled as he raised a hand.
"Glad you asked that!" He said. "I managed to find a few... Most of them were saved by me! Others were found wandering around all scared like, so I helped them out!" He turned to the hallway, calling them out. "Hey you guys! It's clear! We've got a few more that are not infected!"
The other smashers stuck their heads out of the hallways. Olimar showed up first, along with his scared Pikmin. Even though they are scared, they are still ready to put up a fight. Next one was Kirby and Jigglypuff, jumping into the crowd as he rushed in to hug Roy. The swordsman laughed as he hugged them back. The two puffballs are okay, and Roy was happy about that. Later, they saw Ness, Lucas, Robin, Pikachu, Samus, Link, and his little toon version of himself. DAMN! He saved a lot of people. The group looked at them in awe. Oh my god, it feels so great to know that those smashers were safe and sound. Heck, they thought they evacuated or something along those lines, or possibly infected.
"I did managed to save more than this, but they were all lost when they were doing a sacrifice to save us though..." Shulk managed to say. Dr. Mario furrowed a brow. "Really? Who did you a lose?"
"We lost Fox trying to stop a way too giggly and bubbly Palutena." Robin explained. "He didn't care if he was going to get infected. He cared that we would get out of here and find the source of the problem, so that this all could end once and for all!"
"A lot of the Villagers didn't stand a chance against Captain Falcon and a few others!" Samus added. "But we've got one of them, but he's barely holding on! We are trying our best to keep him alive!" And that they did. The kid in the red shirt wasn't doing so well. He was clinging onto Link for dear life. It seems like he's trying to resist just as much as Lucina is trying to do hers.
"Pac-Man and Megaman... Dear god! They saved our asses back there!" Lucas said. Ness agreed, putting a hand on the other's shoulder. "We got caught in a situation where the Pokemon were charging up their little happy attacks on us. We thought we were goners when they let it out, but they came in and took the attack for us. It saved us, but it took them instead!"
"Such bravery to the fallen!" Peach said, putting her head down. "And here I thought we were the only ones who survived!"
"And we don't know how to stop all of this..." Samus said, stripping off her power suit, now becoming Zero Suit Samus. "We don't have any clue on how to make this place back to normal!"
"We a do!" Dr. Mario said, pulling out the tranquilizer. "With this! The cure that gets rid of all the happiness! But we can't use it on them, I'm afraid!" The smashers shrugged as they gave each other a confused look. Shulk raised a brow. What? Where was he going with this?
"We are using it to find the source! The angels of happiness!"
"Pit and Dark Pit?" Ness asked. "Funny... We've never seen any of them on our side of the journey!"
"We are trying to find them right now!" Roy said, taking Lucina away from Dr. Mario. "Is there any clue? I mean... We've instructed the Mario brothers to find them! Have you seen them lately?"
The other smashers looked at each other, shrugging. Link shook his head. "No actually... We haven't seen them anywhere on our journey... We just assumed they were goners! Like they were just happiness freaks like the others!"
The mention of the Mario Bros., huh? Shulk seemed to think about that for a moment. Has he seen them lately? Link said he didn't, but now that he thought about it... "Ack!" He managed to squeak as he put a hand over his head. Oh shit! Why did that hurt so much? Did he cramp something? As soon as he opened his eyes... He saw blue. Shulk's eyes widened. Oh... Another vision?
It was the angels, smiling and cheering as ever... In a pretty much fucked up way if they can describe it. Below them were two plumbers, exhausted and possibly getting a bit slower over time. It was just enough time for one of the angels to swoop down and attack one of the plumbers, sprawling them into a wall. He fell to the floor, not saying a word. The other plumber raced forward, shielding the other as the angels got closer and closer... And then everything went white.
Shulk blinked as he backed away a bit, shielding his eyes from such brightness. "Mario! Luigi!" He cried out, causing the smashers to face him with shocked expressions on their faces. "Shulk?" Robin asked, walking towards him, putting a hand on his shoulder. "Are you alright? Was it another vision?"
"It is!" The Monado Boy answered. "And they need our help! They found the angels! And they're trying to fight them!"
"They did?!" Lucas asked. "Well then we are in luck! Where are they?"
"They appear to be at the entrance to a Smasher's room! It's possibly those two angels! We've got to get there as quickly as possible! No exceptions! The plumbers don't have much time before they get themselves cornered! We've got to get moving!"
"My thoughts exactly!" Samus said. The other smashers nodded. There was no time to waste. But before they could go to their destination, a smasher faltered a bit. "Wait!" Roy called out, raising a hand, getting the other's some attention. "What about the fallen? I don't know about you, but Lucina is pretty much tired out! She can't go on like this! I mean look at her!" Lucina's eyes fluttered, looking up in her blurred vision, seeing other smashers. "Wh-Wha?" She sputtered out. "What's going on? Is there... Is there..."
"Calm down, Lucina... We will talk about this later..." Roy said to her. "Anyway... On to the point! I'm pretty sure Villager over there can't stand moving from place to place in that condition. Considering that he is already infected! He and Lucina can't go on like this if we are dragging them!"
"He's got a point..." Toon Link agreed. "I mean... Villager does look like he's going to vomit or something..."
Dr. Mario gave a sigh. "Alright!" He called out. "We are going to need help with those fallen fighters, then!" He pointed a finger. "Ness, Lucas, Link, Toon Link, Olimar, and you puffballs! Take care of those two in my office! You'll be safe there from all of the happiness! The rest of you are coming with us!"
"On it!" Link said, helping Lucina up from Roy. "Toon! Take Villager, will ya?" He nodded as he took him out of his hands. And with that, they ran down the hallways, trying to get to the office. Before they were out of sight, Kirby stopped. He doesnt know if it's such a good idea to leave a lot of smashers behind for this. He poyoed, getting Robin's attention. As soon as he was about to speak, it looked like the tactition already knew the answer.
"Don't worry about us. Kirby!" He said. "Just take care of those fallen smashers!" Stubborn to get moving, Kirby reluctantly agreed. He gave a slight nod as he ran down the hallways, catching up to the others in the distance. Man... That puffball sure is protective of them. It seemed like he would do anything to keep his friends safe... Even if it means giving up his own life. He doesn't care! And that's something neat about Kirby than a few other smashers that also do that.
As soon as they were out of their sight, Shulk pointed forward. "Now, let's get on to the real mission! It's this way! Follow me!" He said running down the halls. The group nodded to each other, catching up to the Monado Boy, as they hope that they are not too late to save the Mario Bros.. They have to get over there... IF they get over there...
Let's hope there is luck!
Ahh... What a good chapter! *looks down* Uh... What's with the bows?
Pit: Oh... We just thought you were going happiness for a second there!
Dark Pit: Jeez, KirbyL! Next time, give us a heads up if you are having one of those emotional crisises you keep talking about.
*sigh* I'll try... But no promises. Anyway, Reviews are appreciated! FLAME ON!