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SUPER SMASH BROS. Civil War

Chapter 26: An Alliance Restored

Subspace Negative Facility

The two parties of the civil war confronted as the jailbreak raged on as soon as more prisoners were free. The nanites went to work and rendered their tendrils and eyes for the time being to remain anonymous. Mario held off the SRA units as well as the other registrants. Fox went to the containment cells and released Ike and Zelda. The rest of the rebel soldiers cleared out any remaining cells holding their people and freed them.

Now released, a parade of inmates walked into the main area where all the fighting was taking place. Some of the inmates were unexpectedly infected with the nanite virus. The nanite prisoners stayed in a suppressed state without revealing their nanite forms. More of the prisoners marched forward and joined in the fight. Several nanite soldiers entered the main control system of the prison, with the actual guards believing they were reinforcements.

"What the hell? Why aren't you down helping out and controlling the situation?" questioned one SRA Unit. The nanite soldier stayed there speechless but aimed his weapon at the guards, followed by the other nanites.

"What do you think you're doing?" said the confused man as he and the guards aimed their weapons.

Without thinking, the SRA guard fired at the nanite soldier, believing the specialized bullets would stun the infected creature but it had no effect. The nanites fired at all of the SRA units, incapacitating and not killing them. Instead, the most disgusting thing happened.

Rather than not infect them, the nanites sucked out the bioenergy of the SRAs using their tendrils that also acted as stingers. The SRA guards were lifeless bodies at this point. They acted as if nothing happened and retracted their true forms. A lone guard ran up to the control room only to find the nanites, playing the role as the SRA units.

"We're gonna need everything we have. Could you… what the hell was that?!" said the guard when he heard explosions already happening.

"Dammit! It's like hell out there!" the soldier continued.

"...You don't say?" said one of the nanites, revealing himself to the guard in their true form and lashing out and killing the guard.

"We will continue to absorb the bioenergy of these people and then our collective will grow stronger," said one nanite soldier.

In the midst of chaos in the prison, the renegades and the registration forces did not see some creatures lurking above them in mysterious fashion. They were literally part of the shadows and shown their real form when they made contact with the prison itself. They resembled the appearance of unusual soldiers, having a different emblem from the previous enemies faced. What gave away their looks was the shadow bugs circling around them. Though some of them varied, the majority were regulars who carried guns, had very strange faces, and were overshadowed by darkness; the Subspace Army.

The fights were still ongoing as if they were never going to stop until one side was dead. The leading Smasher rebels emerged as they, at last, crossed paths with their registered counterparts. Scattered around but close to each other, the rebels and the registrants frequently bashed heads with each other. Marth and Falco struck at Ike viciously, knocking him down. Zelda then came and struck them both. In turn, Palutena struck her down with one punch. Ike got back up in time and hit the goddess with the side of his blade. Falco kicked Ike in the chest. Zelda smacked Falco from behind. Marth pushed Zelda down to the floor after that. Ike recovered and helped Zelda up and ran off to help out Mario and Fox face Cap and Samus. Mario and Captain Falcon duked it out as they crossed fists. Fox and Samus went another round, both determined to finish what they started.

"YOU KNOW IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY!" Captain Falcon held him back.

"WE EITHER DIE FIGHTING HERE OR WE DON'T!" Mario shouted with pride.

Ike made his way through all the commotion and came to Mario's aid as soon as possible. Ike and Cap confronted each other in a standstill, silencing the outside noise.

"Look, I don't want to fight you, Ike. I think I understand," said Captain Falcon, with Ike in a sense of compassion.

"We can't keep fighting each other, my friend," Ike agreed.

Samus and Fox continued fighting, largely ignoring what's happening around them. Samus hit Fox in the chest and Fox struck her stomach clean. They furiously jabbed at one another for minutes. The rest of the neutral Smashers watched closely as they tried to jump into the fray. Peach carefully observed Samus and Fox.

"I'M THROUGH WITH YOU! WHAT YOU DID TO PEACH WAS UNFORGIVABLE!" Samus screamed.

"I would never do anything to hurt her!" remarked Fox.

"You let her die!" Samus responded by hitting him in the face. In that one instance, he drew blood from his mouth.

Fox, tasting the blood from his mouth, retaliated by kicking her dead square in her helmet, making it come off. Samus hit back harder, damaging his armor. Fox fell back but pulled out a deadly gun capable of storing bullets that can hurt armor, and he shot her. Fox got back up immediately after that. Fox held out a smart bomb and shoved it directly into Samus's power suit. Both of them were sent back by the explosion. Fox's clothes were tattered and Samus' power suit was covered in burn marks and bullet holes.

"I SWEAR ON EVERYTHING I WOULD NEVER HURT PEACH!" said Fox, shelling his green eyes directly at Samus.

"THEN WHY?!... Why don't you admit that you cared about her?!" Samus, close to drawing sadness.

"I DO!... I've always had," said Fox profoundly. "Why couldn't I just fess up and say to her that I loved her?"

Samus felt more regret than pity when she and Fox finally stopped fighting and realized to each other that there was no use to fighting any longer. "Fox. It's pointless to drag this on any further," said Samus.

"You're right. We need to stop fighting and work together to put an end to this right now," replied Fox. The nanite soldiers closed in on Fox and Samus, who paid no attention to them ready to attack.

"I'm sorry that I caused all this," said Samus.

"I'm sorry too. If only Peach was still with us. I would tell her that I'm sorry for what I did. The last thing I ever said to her was I hated her," said Fox as he broke into tears.

"Oh Fuzzy," Peach thought to herself in happiness, but then she saw the nanite soldiers approaching closer to attack.

"I have to save them!" boasted Peach when Rosalina noticed the same thing. The Smashers caught sight of the monsters as well.

"Oh my," Rosalina had worried.

Samus and Fox hugged each other for forgiveness as the nanite soldiers surrounded them completely without making a single noise. Samus shed some tears of her own as she and Fox lamented. Peach daringly called out to Samus and Fox.

"Look out, you guys!" warned Peach who was afar, but not far away. Samus and Fox turned around slowly and saw Peach. They both were wide shocked that she's alive.

"...PEACH?! You're ALIVE?!" Fox thought before he smiled widely and his tears were let loose.

"F-fox!" Peach burst into tears.

"P-peach!" Fox did the same.

"PEACH!" Samus, knowing her sister was alive.

Samus and Fox took action and fought off the oncoming nanite fighters. Peach and the rest joined in on the fight. Peach kicked and stomped at the nanites while Fox and Samus shot them away.

"Peach, how are you not dead? We thought we lost you at the Research Facility," Samus stated.

"No, I survived. Did you guys really think I was dead?" said Peach.

"I— We figured we'd never see you again," Fox was tearing up.

"It's alright, Fuzzy," Peach responded.

"I'm really sorry for what I said to you and I—" told Fox when Peach interrupted him.

"I forgive you, Fox. And I'm sorry that I hadn't realized how I really felt about you," Peach smiled.

"No! It's my fault. I shouldn't have reacted the way I did. I was angry, but when I thought about you, I just couldn't forgive myself if you got hurt," Fox still felt guilty.

"You're sweet, kind, and more incredible than I ever thought. I saw in you something else than from before. I know you and I will never let each other slip away," said Peach.

"If we go down like this, just know that I'm happy that it's with you," Fox replied.

Samus blasted through all of the oncoming nanite warriors. She couldn't stand her ground hard enough. She immediately equipped her helmet and fired her rockets to disable the enemy. Samus came under fire as more enemies ganged up on her. The enemy kept on advancing, but the Smashers were determined to progress through.

It was only a matter of time before the nanites revealed themselves by showing their tendrils and glowing eyes. Normal SRA units who seemed pacifist transformed into nanite infected slaves. The unusual militants in the fighting started to attack anyone they could find. The nanites struck at rebel troops and SRA units alike. One of the nanites fired shots at both rebel and registered soldiers. Samus tried to fight back, but it proved inevitable. One of the nanites' most dangerous abilities was being able to adapt to the environment and gain more power by correcting any errors given to them, such as dealing with unsuspecting or unknowing attacks.

The nanites adapted to Samus's strength and pushed her back to the ground. She blasted into the floor and was caught in a trap. Then, one of the nanite soldiers stared at her and was ready to strike a fatal blow. That's when Mario used his metal shield to strike at the nanite. The red-capped Italian reached out his gloved hand and helped Samus up.

"Nice of you to save me," said Samus sarcastically.

"Huh, very funny. I would imagine that all of this couldn't have come from just anyone," replied Mario.

"So you think it could have been me? As far as I'm concerned, I know nothing about these freaks," confirmed Samus.

"Me neither. It was calm the minute I stepped in here," told Mario with slight daring sarcasm.

"Not after you came in and released them all," Samus accused.

"I suggest we focus on getting our people to safety," explained Captain Falcon after interrupting their conversation.

Mario and Samus looked at each other again and agreed to cease fighting. The rest of the Smashers so far were accounted for: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Rosalina, Yoshi, Zelda, Samus, Meta Knight, Captain Falcon, Fox, Falco, Wolf, Marth, Ike, Lucina, Robin, Palutena, Pit, Snake, and Sonic.

"Huh, so is this the full house?" Snake instinctively asked. Samus took note of Snake as soon as he spoke.

"And who are you?" Samus was stricken by his sudden appearance. His toned up muscles and light gray utility suit and scruffed bandana and beard hair.

"I go by Snake," Snake was also struck by Samus' appearance. Her smooth face, blonde waving hair in a ponytail, and her badass bounty hunting power suit.

"Samus Aran, professional bounty hunter," Samus stated as they shook hands.

"Aw, he's a keeper," Peach nudged at Samus and made a kissy face. "Kissy, kissy, kissy," Peach and the others began laughing. Samus covered her mouth and blushed heavily. The bounty hunter breathed in slowly—

"What she meant to say was it's good to have you on our side ehehe," Samus laughed a little nervously.

"Okay," Snake pretended not to feel anything else.

"..." Meta Knight quietly appeared at the scene.

"Hmm," Mario felt like he knew Meta Knight. Meta Knight realized who Mario really is.

"I have heard of you, Mushroom Warrior. Kirby has mentioned your heroism," said Meta Knight.

"Oh really? Say, where is he?" Mario inquired.

"I am looking for him," Meta Knight informed. Mario nodded in return.

Soon, the distorted voice from earlier came back online as soon as the Smashers all gathered together as the enemy decided to fall back for now. Its sound was transmitted through everyone who could hear it more locally.

"Is everyone there?" spoke the voice.

"Who is that?" questioned Mario.

"You'll find out soon enough. I'm inside the prison right now. Get to my location. I'm on the other side," told the voice.

"What? Why should we trust-a you?" said Mario.

"I have no reason to betray. I was the one who helped out your friends into saving you," said the voice.

"Could it-a be a trap? But who really is this person?" Mario thought. "...Alright. We'll trust you, for now," told Mario.

"Good. Head to the elevator lift that directly leads to the outermost exit. It's the largest one in the prison. You shouldn't miss it. I'll guide you further if you need me," said the voice.

"So, let's see if you'll really reveal yourself," Snake thought to himself.

"I see no way out of this. I'll have to trust this person for now. Whoever you are… whoever you may be, I can trust you," Mario thought to himself with doubt.

The Smashers activated the large elevator lift and that led to the leading exit. Somehow, everyone still standing in the prison decided to head there themselves in order to escape the madness of the Subspace prison.