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SUPER SMASH BROS. Civil War

Chapter 41: Repel Counterattack

Subspace

The Great Maze Part 4

The heroes, with two new fighters added to the list, headed to the next part of the Great Maze, getting close to Tabuu. Once again, they were in a different area. It was a wasteland of a canyon.

"Hm, I recognize this place. This is where I ended up," told Snake. "Hey. Then that must mean the gate I arrived from is here as well."

Something was racing across the canyon in what appeared to be a giant flying tank armed to the teeth. "Why is there a flying tank?" Captain Falcon pointed out over yonder.

"I say we follow it. See where it goes," suggested Pit.

"Let's move," said Bowser.

The Smashers ran as quickly as they could to catch up to the giant flying tank, but as soon as they could get closer, the tank activated its extra rocket boosters and was almost out of sight.

"Geez. That thing's fast," Fox was short on breath.

During the breather, the Smashers looked above at the canyons and saw hundreds of Primids, with glowing beam swords drawn, sliding down the walls of the canyons.

"We're surrounded!" said a worried Peach.

"No, we're not," smirked Lucina. She drew out her blade.

"It's time to instill the power of magic against these monsters," Robin opened her book and readied her magic.

"Hmph," Ike wielded his overpowered sword.

"Prepare yourselves for the might of my blade," stated Marth.

Wave after wave, the Fire Emblem sword fighters sliced and stabbed at all of the Primids. More Subspace soldiers continued to arrive and the fallen ones were back up on their feet.

"Ho there! This fight is nothing without the duke," a young man's voice was heard from above the canyons. He sported red hair, royal armor, and a blade; Roy. He dropped to the ground floor and assisted the Smashers.

"Ah, Prince Marth. I see you're still around these days," Roy commented.

"Likewise," Marth replied. Once the Smashers were done with the last of the Primids, they went on to search for the giant flying tank.

Before long, they reached a towering canyon where the tank was last seen heading to. When they reached the top, the Smashers could see an interdimensional gate. "Here we are," informed Snake.

"Why isn't it active?" observed Mario.

The ground started to rumble a little, and soon the giant flying tank rushed towards the Smashers, transforming into a giant armored robot with tons of weapons; Galleom.

Galleom charged up its heavy rockets and fired at the Smashers, each rocket delivering a large radius. Galleom jumped up and down to try and crush the heroes dead.

"What the hell is this beast?!" Lucina barely dodged.

"I'll end this with one of my dark arrows," Dark Pit fired a deadly dark arrow, but to no avail.

"What?... Argh!" Dark Pit grunted.

Galleom fired another round of heavy rockets. Galleom reverted back into tank form and rammed across the canyon floor, nearly killing the Smashers with its horn. Galleom went back to its normal state.

"Pika...CHUUUUU!" Pikachu used Thunderbolt, making it very effective.

"PK Flash!" Ness used PK Flash to weaken the defenses of Galleom.

"HAAHHH!" Mario launched a two-streamed blast of fire, sending Galleom back a little.

"Falcon… PUNCH!" Captain Falcon struck Galleom from behind, dismantling more of its defenses.

Samus got back up from the rocket attack and fired her Zero Laser, burning off Galleom's arm.

"HYAHH!" Link stabbed at Galleom's chest.

"!" Kirby cracked Galleom's chest open with Dedede's Hammer using brute force. Galleom fell down hard on the ground.

Galleom uncased a timed bomb on top of its head. Reacting to this, Dark Pit shot a Super Dark Arrow at the head, cutting off the bomb from Galleom.

Pit sped up to the sky and dismantled the bomb. As Galleom was distracted by the bomb, Robin used her magic to paralyze Galleom.

"Do it!" Robin signaled the Fire Emblem fighters to deliver the finishing blows.

As a group, Marth, Ike, Lucina, and Roy charged at Galleom with repeated slashes and cuts. Roy made the killing blow by striking Galleom with a fiery slice and piercing the chest through the body. The young duke gripped his flaming blade, lifted it up, cutting Galleom in half.

"Nice one," Roy turned from Galleom's ruined body and showed a light hearted smile. "I'll join you in order to find out who's behind this curse."

"We're bound to find another area," told Mario.

"Snake. C'mon let's keep going," said Samus. Snake stared at the gate and decided to go with the rest.

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Subspace

The Great Maze Part 5

The Smashers were found in yet another area that was consumed by Subspace. They were in the downtown district of Smash City. The description was vaguely familiar to when the Smashers fought Mecha Kamek. They observed the famous Star Junction where they battled Kamek.

"This certainly brings back memories. Remember when we fought Kamek," said Mario.

"You mean that dork with the robes and wizard powers? Ha! He thought he was invincible and even then we kicked his ass," Samus reminisced and chuckled.

"Kamek survived?! But how?! And what happened to him afterward?" Bowser was almost shocked that his old caretaker was alive.

Suddenly, a powerful ball of psychic energy was shot from the top of a building. Roy jumped high and split the ball in two, resulting in an explosion. Roy took damage and fell down to the street. Soon enough, the Subspace Army arrived at the scene. They are composed of Primids, ROB Units, ROB Sentries, Copy Power Suits, and newly improved ROB Elites. The ROB Elites were painted navy blue and were better equipped. The Smash heroes took the offensive and attacked first.

"PK… STARSTORM!" said Lucas and Ness in unison. The enemies were already weakened once the dual psionic meteor shower hit them.

Marth, Ike, Lucina, Roy, and Link slashed at the Primids. Bowser and Donkey Kong tore the ROB Units into pieces. Yoshi and Sonic tripped up the ROB Sentries. Fox and Samus battled the Copy Power Suits in close combat. Mario and Captain Falcon took down the ROB Elites one by one. Once the Subspace forces were all dispatched, they left the junction into a new area.

ooo

Subspace

The Center of the Great Maze

Unfamiliar to anyone, our fighters assumed the place they were in is native to Subspace. This time the area was different. Unlike the bomb factory, research facility, the Capitol, canyon, and Downtown Smash City from earlier, the area was an ordinary shopping mall.

"Is this the same mall from the city?" asked Peach, who wanted to shop all of a sudden.

"It looks like it, but still. It has Subspace written all over it," Mario stated.

"Be careful, Peach," warned Fox, clenching on her hand. Mario tried not to look angry.

"I'm sure you— we'll be alright," Mario hid his jealousy, but not from Fox who began to grill his friend.

"I can't hear or smell anything. I'm sure it's nothing," told Fox.

"Still, we should probably hurry and leave. Right, Peach?" suggested Mario.

Peach began to have a worried look. The rest of the Smashers either looked concerned, backed off or didn't care. They knew something was going to occur as Mario and Fox began to glare at one another.

"Princess, do you think we should leave?" Mario asked her again.

"I mean, we should. We have to keep moving to get to Tabuu," answered Peach.

"See. Now let's go," Mario signaled for Fox to follow along, like a regular dog, which was deemed offensive towards him.

"I guess Peach is right. Good thinking, babe," Fox turned his attention away from Mario to Peach and gave her a light smile.

Mario balled his fists at the sight of how Fox held onto Peach. Losing his cool, Mario tried to punch Fox from behind. Fox saw it coming and parried the attack and knocked Mario back. Mario got back up and jumped on Fox and wrestled him to the ground. The two, who were former allies of the rebel Smashers and best of friends, were at each other's throats. Before the rest of the Smashers could stop them, Wolf shot a round of bullets at a Subspace guard, making the Smashers turn their attention.

"They're here!" Snake warned as he warned the Smashers about the incoming soldiers.

A larger fight ensued when almost one hundred soldiers stormed the mall to kill the Smashers. Mario and Fox stopped fighting and went to aid the others. After barely destroying the quantitative enemies, Mario and Fox exchanged cold glares and kicked each other in the face. The other Smashers were quick to stop them. Mario growled at Fox as Fox hissed at him.

"Hmph. Wretched mortals. Fighting for love is pathetic," Dark Pit scoffed.

"Yes. I know what you mean," Lucina looked visibly upset at him.

"Let's move on. No more conflicts. This cannot be stressed enough," instructed Bowser.

The Smashers escaped the malls and headed to the almost narrow corridors of the Great Maze.

ooo

Subspace

The Corridors

Every corridor was painted gray with light purple and green hieroglyphs depicted within the walls. Each hieroglyph could not be read nor understood, even by someone as smart as Lucario.

"Lucario. Can you interpret this?" asked Palutena. "I'm an almighty goddess but what does it say?"

"...This is not a language I am familiar with," replied Lucario.

"Judging from the artwork, however, it might be telling a story," Lucario spoke.

"Wow, do you think it—" Palutena was interrupted by the sounds of the walls closing in on them.

"Move!" Mario exclaimed. Everyone dashed to reach the light source not far ahead. Bowser and Donkey Kong kept the walls from closing in and rushed to safety once everyone was out.

"There's more?!" shouted Palutena.

Unlikely, the Smashers were trapped in a labyrinth within a labyrinth. The corridors seemed endless and always followed from another step to the previous three steps. One way was the same way. The fifth path ended up in the second path. A flight of stairs only led back to the beginning.

"I can't take much more of this", complained Pit. "And the worst part is I can't fly because the ceilings are stuck to the wall!"

"If we don't make it out soon, Tabuu might flood the labyrinth or kill us with noxious gas," warned Samus.

"Hmm," Lucario thought to himself. He began to take note of every path they took.

The Smashers walked endlessly until they noticed the trends throughout the labyrinth. With every three paths or points of interest, the heroes are reverted back to the first one. The paths themselves change every time they move from one way to another; it's difficult to tell if the paths change because the corridors almost all look the same. Tabuu must be controlling the corridors and their paths.

"I'm afraid we have been going around in circles without backtracking," Lucario finished his explanation to the others.

"We bend the rules of Tabuu's game by marking our tracks. We also need someone to smell out our recent save point in case we get tricked. The same thing applies for hearing any suspicious movements involving the paths. I'll look out for path changes and warn you if it occurs," told Lucario.

"Pretty complicated, but if it gets us out faster, I'm in," said Samus. Everyone nodded in agreement.

The Smashers used some red tape and claw markings made by Bowser to tell where they were. Fox and Wolf carefully sniffed and listened for every scent and noise generated throughout the labyrinth, and notified Lucario beforehand. Lucario noticed the path changes and told the Smashers where to go next. With everyone playing their part, the Smashers found the exit, leaving the Corridors of the Great Maze.

ooo

Subspace

The Waiting Room of the Great Facility

The Smashers entered what looked like a hotel lobby room. Dozens of Primid soldiers and ROB Units filled the room. Lobby music playing in the background. For some strange reason, they did not attack. In fact, they acted friendly towards the Smasher heroes. One ROB Unit in red robes and a hood greeted them and asked for them to stay as long as they needed to. The Smashers were allowed to rest in the Waiting Room for the time being. The ROB Unit told them to take the elevator to get to their destination.

"Alright, team. Once we reach this place, we won't be turning back. We've survived countless hours throughout the Great Maze. Tabuu may have had the upper hand, but now it's time for us to strike back," Bowser empowered the heroes with a bit of courage as they went inside the elevator. The elevator was boosted up to new heights, lowering the gravity in five seconds. The elevator screeched to a halt as it opened to reveal the Great Facility.

ooo

Subspace

Subspace Negative Facility Phase 1

The Smashers departed from the elevator and entered the new Subspace Negative Facility, replacing the one that was seemingly destroyed in the prison break. The new facility had a light bronze color and a visible energy core not too far. Our heroes ventured towards the Facility's main center core as quickly as possible.

"This way. We're almost there," pointed Bowser as they ran.

The Smashers were met with an army of Primids, ROB Units, ROB Sentries, Copy Power Suits, ROB Elites, all being overseen by the Ancient Minister.

"There he is. The bastard's not getting away this time," said Snake.

Snake equipped his flying gear and went after the Minister. Dark Pit and Pit followed suit, leaving everyone else to face the Subspace Army. Even more reinforcements arrived to neutralize the fighters. The fighters were pushed to a corner as they faced the relentless counterattacks from every Subspace soldier.

ooo

Subspace

Repel Counterattack

Unwilling to give in, the Smashers fought off all the incoming troops. Ness and Lucas released their psionic abilities at a strong percentage. The Fire Emblem fighters hacked and slashed through every ROB Unit. Bowser and Donkey Kong tore through the machines in numbers. Sonic dashed across his foes and crushing them with spin attacks. Fox and Falco threw their smart bombs at the reinforcements to prevent them from moving on. Lucario, Pikachu, and Greninja tapped into their elemental powers and blasted the soldiers away. Rosalina and Palutena combined their godly powers and rained a shower of stars as energy blasts. Zelda transformed into Sheik and teamed up with Link. By continuing to duke it out with the Subspace troops, the Smashers showed their upper hand strength and overcame the overwhelming troops.

As quickly as the Subspace Army soldiers fell, more came to take their places. Falco threw a smart bomb at the new reinforcements. Ness took advantage of the situation and greatly increased the bomb's blasting radius by inputting PSI Flash Omega into the bomb itself. The explosion itself wiped out about half of the reinforcements.

Lucas summoned PK Starstorm to wipe out the remaining half. Palutena used her Goddess of Light magic to boost the potential of Starstorm. Rosalina also infused her cosmic energy into the Starstorm. The threefold fused attack brought a devastating impact, even shaking the Facility apart.

ooo

Subspace

Subspace Negative Facility Phase 2

Snake, Pit, and Dark Pit slowly caught up to the Ancient Minister. The two angels shot arrows directly at the Minister to loosen balance. Snake seized the opportunity by shooting a rocket straight at the Minister. Snake failed to cling on to the Ancient Minister. Then, another psychic dark ball of energy was shot from an unknown location, hitting the two angels and Snake to the floor. The Ancient Minister escaped intact.

"Hurry. After him," shouted Bowser after the Smashers defeated every last Subspace fighter. The race after the Ancient Minister was on again as they traveled closer to the Emissary's Core.

ooo

Subspace

To the Emissary Core

The Ancient Minister arrived at the Emissary Core. He was stuttering at the sight of seeing who was waiting for him, a beast unlike any other.

"...It's on!" the voice muttered.