The True Master of the Smash Brothers part 7

"The History of Smash,"

Sonic was currently making his way down one of the many corridors of the Smash Castle. Sonic had left his team a while ago after they did some training and everyone went their own way. Sonic had to admit that the team thing wasn't foreign to him, but he had to admit the members were pretty interesting. He's always had casual conversation with most members of the team, but they haven't really built a tight friendship with any of them save Lucas and Lucario. Sonic wasn't one to force friendship onto people, but if they were gonna work together they may as well enjoy each others's company. Wouldn't make sense otherwise. Sonic then thought of how it had already been two weeks since the forming of the team in response to the haywire of the Original 12. It was odd, and uncomfortable. The longer the wait was the more everyone was getting on edge. Sonic had to admit that the investigation he was trying to conduct with the Wii he bought wasn't leading anywhere. Master Hand as put pretty tight lipped about the entire situation making things even harder to understand.

"Sonic,"

"Yikes!" Sonic yelled turning around to face the voice. It turned out to be Master Hand. "Geez, someone should put a bell on you or something,"

"My apologies for startling you, but I need to speak with you,"

"Just me, careful I might think you're playing favorites,"

"Trust me, I'm not," Master Hand ushered Sonic of this many times. "I feel that it's high time I inform you with what's going on, so that you may inform your team,"

"Why just now?"

"I had to see if your team would be effective or not, and seeing you guys train and cooperate with each other I deemed you all worthy,"

"Oh, thanks, but weren't you the one who put us together?"

"Yes, but there are always those unforeseen variables to work through, like people's feelings or emotions and such,"

"Riiight,"

"Anyway, allow me to explain," Master Hand gestured for Sonic to follow him. Sonic obliged following the gloved hand. They began a journey down the hall opposite the way Sonic was going. Master Hand snapped his giant fingers and suddenly the warped away. They then reappeared on one of the castle towers on one of the corners of the Castle. Sonic glanced at the sky.

"Looks like it's about to rain," Sonic said looking up into the dark foreboding clouds.

"In more ways than one," Master Hand muttered. Master than gave Sonic his full attention as he began. "There is a true enemy that we have yet to face,"

"I gathered that much, but who is it?"

"It's a entity from a long past. You see he's being known as….Omni,"

"Omni?"

"Yes, you see, Omni was the original creator of the Smash Realm and the Smash Brothers tournament,"

"Seriously!" Sonic exclaimed shocked at such news. He was under the impression that Master Hand crafted every nook and cranny of this world.

"It is true that my power did help shape this world though, it's just not as clear," Master Hand said sighing. "Omni was a tyrant though and he organized the tournament much differently then how I do today,"

"How different?"

"They were battles to the death," Sonic froze hearing that. "And you guys complain about performing a few lousy matches, or whining when we run out of pudding in the fridge. The fights back then had no luxury, it was all survival of the fittest. Whoever wins gets to live and return to their world. Whoever loses, well you aren't the only one who loses your life, but your entire world shares that fate,"

"That's awful!" Sonic cried.

"His power was unmatched. Many times very talented warriors rose to fight against him…all failing in the process…His power was linked purely to what he called the Archae Force,"

"What no smash force?"

"He did things differently…this force allowed him numerous and incredible power. He had the power of a god, and the land you see before you was merely a wasteland. There was not city, he did this purely to ease his own boredom. Omni was and is a sick individual,"

"What is exactly?"

"He's…a being of pure energy, similar to Tabuu. In actuality Tabuu was merely a spawn of his that he created, and in all honesty a very weak spawn,"

"You're joking with me right now, it took everything we had to bring down Tabuu,"

"Which is why I know none of you have the strength to oppose him,"

"What about the Originals, how do they play this role?"

"They were that last contestants on Omni's survival of the fittest games. They all were a very promising group considering none of them really had to power to kill another, not that they wanted to anyway. I saw potential in them, and so I was able to form a plan to bring them to power in order to help me and Crazy bring down Omni, however he was too powerful. We were only able to drain him of most of his power and seal him into a pocket dimension,"

"Please tell me that dimension wasn't-,"

"Subspace," Master Hand confirmed his suspicions with that simple statement. "However, Omni is sealed in a much deeper part of subspace, the very core of it to be exact. Even with it falling apart it will take some time for it to get loose enough for him to get free,"

"He made Tabuu out of the energy around him in subspace, which is why Tabuu couldn't leave it," Sonic realized.

"Yes that is correct, and it is also a main reason why Tabuu tried to bring the smash realm into subspace. All so his master could rule from his new home. A sick demented creep," Master Hand growled. Sonic noticed that clearly Master Hand had a lot of bad blood with this Omni fellow. However this beg Sonic one final question.

"What about the Ness and the others, why do they suddenly change moods?"

"That…is a connection that I thought I had long ago severed. You see, Omni would often times place a telekinetic link into the fighters mind. That way he could make even the most gentle of creatures into a fierce battle crazed monster. As I said I thought I destroyed the link when I erased the 12's memories of that time. It's imperative that the 12 not remember what happened, otherwise this gives Omni even greater access to their minds. I don't know how he's doing it from where he is or how he's able to bring out their true power, but I must solve it,"

"True power?" Sonic asked just as lightning flashed in the clouds. Then the clouds finally let down the downpour it was holding back for quite some time.

"Yes, I was able to take a part of Omni's Archae force used it to create what is known as the Smash Force. It's what gives you smashers the abilities you have in this world, but in the 12 their level of Smash Force far exceeds anyone because of the evil they had to fight. I'm glad that only a small portion of their power was displayed but as I said, if their memories return Omni will have even more access to them. The worst possible outcome is he could drain the entire Smash Force, and regain his old power. If that were to happen, the worlds will be his playground once again,"

"Alright Master, I understand what's at stake now. You can count me and the rest of my team to handle things as best we can," Sonic said.

"Good, I'm relying on the rest of the Smashers to hold the fort and help me find a way to correct this problem. I plan on venturing into the crumbling Subspace to see what I can do,"

"Be careful," Sonic warned. After all he heard he was indeed fearful for the hand.

"SONIC!" yelled a voice from below. Sonic looked down to see Lucas running up to the base of the tower his blonde hair falling over his face as he ran through the rain. "There on the move right now!" Sonic frowned as he stared down at Lucas a bit in disbelief as he pulled back his shoulders. Sonic nods to Master Hand then jumps down. He's able to gain traction from the side of the building as he slides down it. He then kicked off of it to land next to Lucas.

"They took a couple of ships and are heading towards the place where the Subspace Gunship crashed. Lucario lead the others to the Halberd already,"

"Alright then let's hurry," Sonic said grabbing Lucas and dashing off.

A/N: Sure long wait for a short chapter, but I'd say it was worth it. You've just learned of the new enemy and a serious history lesson. I think that should be compensation enough folks. So enjoy, and remember to read and review my loyal fans!