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SUPER SMASH BROS. Civil War

Chapter 27: Enter Bowser

Negative Lift

Subspace Negative Facility

The Smashers started up the huge elevator lift that led directly to the exit from the prison. Once the lift started moving upwards, numerous swarms of nanite infected prisoners and soldiers planned to crash down to the lift in an attempt at assassination. There was guaranteed to be more waiting at the end of the ride.

"How is it that this person managed to do all this? I wonder," Mario thought. Samus gave him a glare and wondered what he was thinking.

"Hey, something on your mind?" asked Samus. "It has something to do with whoever we're trusting now, doesn't it?"

"I get the feeling they're going to betray us when they get the chance," said Mario.

"It's not like we got any other choice. That's the whole reason why this war started. Because we ran out of those," told Samus.

"Mario. Samus. I want you to trust this person for now. Even though we haven't seen them yet, we have to… at least hope they're on our side," said Peach, butting into their conversation. Snake overheard them and reacted with such uncommon disgust.

"That Mario guy is right. Can't let my guard down," Snake thought as he changed his face to appear more subtle. Samus took notice of Snake as soon as he fixed his face.

"Why does he act so serious?" asked Samus.

"That's just how he is most of the time. Very serious about his work. He does know a lot about fighting and being sneaky," teased Peach warmly.

Snake overheard their conversation and pouted. Samus looked at him again and was still curious to know about him. "Hey. Snake. Are you a bounty hunter too? Judging from your clothes, you fit the title," asked Samus smirkingly.

"I was once a soldier, then I became a spy in covert operations, and a mercenary for hire. There's a lot in my story if you're wonderin', but it has a history of bad blood behind it," explained Snake.

"Well damn. I didn't realize your resume was full," said Samus, acting impressed.

"Heh, I would expect the same from you," told Snake.

"I wouldn't go that far," said Samus, acting defensive.

"Fine by me. Although it wouldn't matter what you would tell me either way. I can tell you've been through a lot too. And I respect that," Snake stated.

"Okay then. Mind your own damn business from now on," Samus responded angrily.

"Uh, okay," Snake replied, not wanting to care.

"I don't care!" she shouted.

"Okay," he said.

"Zip it!" she told him.

Peach tried to calm down Samus by pushing her away from Snake and questioned her reaction. "Sammy, what's the matter? He was just being a little sincere," questioned Peach.

"Er, a little bit too sincere if you ask me," told Samus.

"Aw, I see… so you do have a crush," teased Peach a little.

"Don't make fun of me. Sure he sounds like a smart mouth like me and has a badass occupation like yours truly," Samus blushed at what she just said. Snake overheard this and almost gave an emotion.

"Has that woman somehow—" Snake thought. "I must've hit the jackpot!"

"Maybe you two should go out for a date," Peach suggested onto the both of them.

"What?!" said Samus and Snake in unison. They both turned away from each other, arms crossed. Peach put her hand on her face and sighed, then giggled. Fox tapped her shoulder.

"You should let them decide if they like each other," told Fox.

"I guess you're right," said Peach. She held his furred hand closely as he smiled.

Snake and Samus ignored each other but continued to look at one another regularly. The nanites finally swooped down the lift in large numbers. Normally, the amount of pressure from the falling nanites would cause the elevator lift to collapse, but the force only slowed it down.

The Smashers battled the intruding nanite soldiers and prisoners and threw them off into the darkness of Subspace as soon as more piled up. A squadron of more nanites landed upon the lift, and this time they had stronger weapons. Samus shot them with her pistol and Mario burned them up with fire coming out of his hands. Even more nanites arrived to dispose of the Smashers, but it seemed inevitable because of the Smashers' advancement.

At last, the elevator lift reached the top, only to continue on in a straight path. Everyone sighed in impatience. Nevertheless, more nanites and soon Subspace fighters showed up on the scene. With the amount of arsenal the Smashers were packing, they had no problem handling the oncoming enemy. When the dust settled, everyone patiently waited, with serious looks on their faces, as well as stances, awaiting the next battle.

ooo

The Great Escape

Subspace Negative Facility

The Smashers were met with heavy fire and an entire nanite army and a small Subspace infantry. The fighters were soon split from the battle as each of them took a different path, according to where they were being targeted. The nanites cut off the Smashers.

Samus took a path by herself and ended up fighting a relentless pursuit of nanites and Subspace fighters. She immediately dispatched them using aerobics and fighting techniques. From the distance, a purple winged dragon suddenly flew up and darted straight for Samus, screeched to a stop and screamed loudly; Ridley.

"Hyuk hyuk hyuk! Well, well, Samus. Looks like I'm back. Oh, I'm sorry. Are you shocked by my return?" Ridley swooped in.

Without a working and functional power suit, Samus would not be able to deal with Ridley so easily. She suddenly froze in motion, having no options of escaping since Ridley was hovering in front of her.

"Samus, what's happened to your power suit? Or is it that you've come to face me without your most powerful weapon?" said Ridley.

"No… it's not that," shouted Samus, as in reality, she was shaking with fear.

"Hyuk hyuk, don't worry. Your death will be swift, the same way I killed your parents," threatened Ridley in an evil tone.

"BASTARD!" Samus held back her rage, remembering the pain she suffered when her parents were killed by Ridley, exacting a vengeful hatred inside the bounty huntress.

"I've been resurrected back into my original form. Way back before you turned me into a machine. You see, now it's my turn to destroy you, Samus. I am the galaxy's greatest Space Pirate, and no one exceeds me," shouted Ridley. "Do you hear me?! I'm the legendary Space Pirate of all the cosmos!— Gaaaaaaaa!" he added.

His yellow eyelids shined ferociously, only to be met with the bullet from a heavy sniper rifle after an angered growl. Wolf effortlessly shot Ridley in the eye and sent the dragon back into the darkness.

"Tch… the title of greatest space pirate belongs to me! Never forget that!" snorted Wolf proudly.

"Whoa! Thanks, fleabag. You're not so bad after all," Samus thanked him.

"Tch, whatever," Wolf scoffed, pretending not to be pleased.

The Smashers fought their way upon reaching the path to the exit. This time, lines of nanite snipers were prepared and heavily guarding the exit portal.

"We're certainly not going to get through that easily," Mario stated.

Simultaneously, all the snipers loaded their rifles up and fired at the same time. Everyone took cover as the nanites focused on getting a good angle. Snake and Wolf also armed their rifles as a way to counteract the nanites.

"At this moment, the worst thing that could happen is that they end up using explosives," warned Samus. However, the nanites all aimed their guns at one Smasher at a time, starting with Mario. He evaded the firing squad sniping attack just in time. "No, that's even worse," she said.

Snake shot one of the nanite soldiers in the head. He thought the nanite was dead altogether. "Heh, I got one of em'. We won't be hearing from him again," boasted Snake.

Even though it was a headkill, the nanite soldier got up back with no trouble and acted as if it was nothing.

"Well, well. Looks like my weapons aren't going to kill them," said Snake sarcastically.

"Oh yeah. Then how about this?" said Wolf, firing an advanced RPG, instantly throwing lots of nanites to the bottom but more just came in and replaced them. The nanites, now fully reloaded, aimed at the RPG and vaporized it. "Eh, nevermind. Better say our prayers before we die," Wolf commented.

"We need a miracle," Mario punched the floor, knowing that there was no way they could escape sniper fire, let alone fight back.

"Is everyone there?! Can you hear me?!" the distorted voice communicated to the Smashers.

"We're pinned down here! What do you think?" told Snake angrily.

"Hey, if there would be a chance to show yourself, now would be an excellent time," said Samus.

"I'm right across from you. I'm coming in from the left side," told the distorted voice.

*CRASH*

"ROOOAAARRRR!"

A ferocious roar came from the gate from the left side. What came crashing was a giant turtle that rammed through a parade of nanites. He was covered in grey armor and had a large helmet. He slowly lifted up the helmet and scowled.

"...BOWSER?!" Mario said with fear. "He's… he's alive?! He actually survived again."

"Mario! So now you know!" Bowser dusted himself off.

"Know what?" Mario asked in angered confusion.

"That it was me, Bowser. All along, it was I who was out to save you all this time!" Bowser immediately responded.

"WHAT?!" everyone said at the time.

"Bowser?!" Peach was almost as confused as she thought. "Why would he want to save us and go through all that trouble?"

"There's no time to argue. The nanites are attempting to reboot the portal back online so they could do the same: escape," said Bowser.

"So, you were that voice speaking to us. Hard to imagine something like you would be capable of this," snorted Snake.

"I would imagine how much explaining I have to do, but first we focus on getting our people out of here," Bowser shot back.

Bowser rammed as many nanite soldiers. The Smashers were soon able to pass through without getting shot and progressed on to take on more infected soldiers. They soon reached Bowser's location. Bowser and Mario fought side by side as they both looked at one another.

"Now I really don't-a trust you," Mario said bitterly.

"You don't have to," Bowser responded.

Former enemies tag teamed and attacked their common foes. Mario punched his fiery fists as Bowser smashed and smashed through every nanite in sight. An entire crowd of nanites defended the path to the portal. Bowser, with 100% of his might, bashed through the crowd, dropping all the nanites down into darkness with his horns. He was able to save himself from every shot taken due the armor protecting him.

"Portal's back online! We don't have much time left," Bowser announced.

A mass exodus followed in which many prisoners and soldiers who remained uninfected were quickly escaping. The Smashers and Bowser pushed through and stopped any nanites from getting through. The nanite fighters quickly stopped their attacking and focused their attention on going for the self-destruction sequence.

ooo

Subspace Negative Exit

Subspace Negative Facility

All the Smashers and Bowser arrived at the portal as soon as more nanites came along. They were planning to bring down the portal. There were more people escaping by the minute. Bowser checked out his communication device and found out that the facility was going to explode.

"We have a problem. The nanites activated the self-destruct sequence. We have five minutes left," warned Bowser.

"The infected soldiers are trying to hold our people in," Mario commented.

"One final faceoff. Here and now," Snake stated as he ran in and faced the monsters hand to hand.

A massive brawl ensued as the Smash heroes stormed through and neutralized as many nanites as possible. Mario and Bowser both fought their way into the inferno and destroyed any fighters they could encounter. Samus and Snake hacked and slashed at the same time while holding them off. Peach and Fox, together they kicked and punched at will. Ike and Zelda used both swords and magic respectively to repel their foes. Palutena and Lucina also performed the same action on many oncoming nanite fighters. Rosalina and Wolf fired and shot at the soldiers with divine energy and bullets. All of the Smashers quickly outclassed the nanites in a matter of a few minutes. They eliminated the last of the nanite soldiers and prevented any further damage from the portal. The remaining time left simmered down to two minutes and thirty seconds.

"We only got less than three minutes," Bowser informed.

"I think that's the last of our people. We should head back as well and…" said Mario, when the portal completely shut itself off.

"NO!" everyone said in unison.

"I can put it back online. Hold them back," said Bowser.

As soon as more nanite soldiers stormed in, the fight continued on. The Smashers used the same tactics from earlier. More nanites seemed to be retreating than attacking.

"What's going on? The nanite soldiers are turning their backs," said a confused Mario.

"Giving up already?" Samus assumed.

"No. It looks like they're retreating to their own portals," Cap said as he saw them activate teleporters.

Then, a small army of nanites came to the exit portal with the task to kill the Smashers. Bowser finished and brought the portal back online. With only one minute to spare.

"It's ready!" the koopa stated. But when one of the nanites threw a small hand grenade, the portal was shut down again.

"Aw c'mon!" yelled out Pit.

"I'll bring it back online!" shouted Bowser.

Bowser finally revived the portal but had its destination relocated to accommodate the time they had left.

"There's not enough time left. I had to set the location elsewhere. It's the only chance we got. We don't have to go home, but we can't stay here," the koopa finally got the portal running.

With only ten seconds left to spare, the last of the nanites were killed, only for more nanites to show up.

"Are you serious?!" Rosalina even got frustrated. The Smashers continued to hold them off completely.

As soon as the timer hit zero, the facility started to crumble from the inside with explosions. The walls began to tear itself out and the ceiling felt like it was going to fall over.

"Portal's already online. Go on without me," said Bowser.

"What in the?!" Samus stated.

"I'll be fine. I'll make it," Bowser assured.

"Not without you," Mario said sternly.

"Damn it, Mario! Get to the portal now!" instructed Bowser as everyone rushed to the exit.

The entire Smash party entered the Subspace Negative Portal and exited the prison, escaping the explosion entirely and barely even alive. Bowser managed to make it through in the clutch of time.