The True Masters of The Smash Bros part 8
"Battle Royale, Scrimmage In the Sky!"
The Halberd was launched through the hanger located underground. Since it was so gigantic it had to be launched off the pad that was underneath the castle grounds on the castle. The Halberd's wings shot out the side then it took off going at fast speed. The Halberd seemed to be moving at an incredible fast speed despite it's large size and the storm of rain falling from the clouds. Currently the occupants of the ship all sat in the control room with the pilot of the ship directing it accordingly.
"You're no Tails Meta, but you're close enough," Sonic said watching as he was driving effortlessly through the intense rain. Sonic stared out at the window still trying to piece together what was going on, but it just wasn't making sense. "Why would he go for the gunship?"
"Don't you mean they?" Zelda asked skeptically.
"Well yeah I do, but Master told me who's controlling them. Apparently it's this guy all the way back in Smash History long before any of us even got here,"
"We figured that the root of the problem lied in the past, but what we want to know is what happened?" Meta Knight asked.
"Long story short, this guy got it handed to him by the Hands and the 12. However, it seemed that Master inadvertanly formed a connection between the guy and the 12,"
"So, it's as we thought, Dark Magic is at work here," Zelda said.
"Well I don't know about that Princess, but we should be careful," Snake said.
"Agreed," Lucario said.
"So, should we mark up before we get out there?" Bowser suggested.
"Good idea Bowser I think…" Sonic paused having no clue on who to put who with who. "Snake what do you suggest?"
Snake sighed, "Well clearly we should put the right person on one of the 12. We have to make sure we go in with the upper hand and a plan,"
"Well you already know that's not my style, think you can do that…"
"Fine," Snake sighed. "I've been doing some recon on us and on the original 12 and I feel that I have a good idea of who gets who. Now, we all know Sonic is on Mario that's a given. Lucas on Ness should also be a given. Lucario, we'll need you on Luigi being his skill level is similar to Mario's. You in vice versa have a very similar skill level to Sonic. Lucario you're going to have rely on Sonic as well since I have no doubt Mario and Luigi may team up if given the chance. Zelda…" Zelda sat up straight upon hearing her name called. "You should be Sheik when you take on Samus. Samus has numerous weapons and fighting skills at her dispense. In order to cope you must keep your wits about you, but you should be able to outfight her. Gannondorf…"
"I suppose I have Link?" Gannondorf asked.
"No, Toon Link as Link," Everyone looked at Snake shocked in his judgment and selection.
"Snake, I can't take Link, he's bigger and stronger then I am, in every way!" Toon protested. "It makes more sense for Ganondorf to take him,"
"Come on kid, give me some credit I am pretty smart. What sense would it make for someone who loses to him like it's a celebrated holiday, no offense," Gannondorf growled at first but then simply shrugged. "You have a better chance, what Link lacks, you make up for in more ways then you realize. Link is strong, but he lacks precision something you have. Link is big, but clumsy, you are quick much better coordinated. Try to avoid a contest of strength with him," Snake advised. Toon Link made a funny smile as he gave him a weak thumbs up. "Now as I was saying, Gannondorf, I want you on Captain Falcon. The reason being-,"
"No need to explain I understand," Gannondorf said. Snake looked at him curiously then moved on.
"R.O.B…" The robot came to attention. "I want you on Yoshi. Yoshi is strong but not too bright. Your brain should be able to outthink him and just about every corner. With your brain power and knowledge you should be at least ten steps ahead of him,"
"AFFIRMITIVE CONSIDER IT DONE,"
"Meta Knight, I want you on Jigglypuff,"
"May I ask why?" Meta Knight glancing back at the soldier from the corner of his eye was still focusing on the sky.
"Jigglypuff is much stronger enemy then most realize. She's quick and very hard to get good hits on. With your fast sword swings, and you two being the same size you'll have a better chance of overpowering her," Meta Knight nods understanding.
"Bowser, I want you on Kirby,"
"What!" Bowser barked. "The Puffball, seriously! I thought I would take on Donkey Kong,"
"No, see going toe to toe with Donkey Kong is never a good idea no matter how strong you are. You may be as strong as him maybe even a little stronger, he has more skill and better movements then you. You'll have a hard time landing glancing blows let alone solid blows. Plus, if you have to rely on your flame powers, it wouldn't help with this rain storm," Bowser huffed at Snake's analysis but he did understand. "With Kirby you'll have an easier time. Kirby is stronger then he looks, but you should be able to overpower him. If he copies your flame powers it'll be as useless as it is for you. Got me?"
"Yeah…The puffball wont know what hit him!" Bowser said slamming his fist in his open hand.
"Alright, now Pit," The angel came to attention as a soldier would with his chest pumped out. "You get Fox. His combat skill should prove formidable, but you should be able to handle him. He's clever, but so are you use your head,"
"And me?" Wolf questioned with his arms crossed while leaning against a wall.
"You're on Pikachu,"
"What, you can't be serious," Wolf huffed.
"I am, Pikachu is fast, but I'm sure you can keep up with him. And we all know there's more to Pikachu then meets the eye. Besides the pokemon world is full of Pikachu, but only the strongest amoung them could actually participate in this tournament," Snake said trying to build up Pikachu's rep to make him sound like a more worthy foe to Wolf. Wolf simply shrugged. "Plus your reflector will come in handy when dealing with him,"
"Fine, I got the rat,"
"Then…that leaves Donkey Kong for-," Pit began.
"Me," Snake said.
"You sure you can handle that ape?" Sonic asked.
"I believe I can. Outsmarting him shouldn't be a chore, and he tends to have hard time hitting smaller targets more than most. As long as someone is flexible and quick enough Donkey Kong shouldn't be much a problem,"
"Everyone we have arrived at it seems the Originals see us!" Meta Knight informed just as laser fire began to pound on the Halberd.
"Oh shoot how are we gonna get them out their ships?" Bowser asked.
"This part should be easy," Meta Knight informed. "I suggest you all find solid footing this is gonna get a bit bumpy,"
Suddenly the Halberd lurched forward shooting toward where the Arwing, The Falcon Flyer, and Samus's ship were all flying through the air. Meta Knight flipped a few switches and suddenly the guns started shooting at the ship making them all fly haphazardly between all the heavy fire. Meta Knight's eyes glowed pink for a moment as he chuckled. Meta Knight allowed his ships superior propulsion system to push forward past the smaller ships and allowing the side guns to light em up. The smaller ships had no choice but to dive out. This forced the ships to fall back a bit and started shooting laser fire at the back of the ship barely having any affect. Suddenly, this scene began looking very familiar to Lucas and some of the other occupants.
"Meta Knight, didn't they-," Lucas began but Meta Knight nods.
"Yes, that was a similar flight plan to what they did when we charged the Subspace Gunship head on," Meta Knight spins the wheel two complete rotations making the ship jerk sharply.
"What's happening?" Sonic asked clutching his seat. "Meta, from one pilot to another, I don't think we're going the right way,"
"During the attack the ships were just a diversion while Kirby on the Dragoon came in from the side and literally took out the Gunship with one fatal blow. I would hate to lose my ship a second time,"
"Or ya know, die," Sonic added.
"ALERT, ALERT! OBJECT APPROCHING FROM NORTHEAST, COMING IN ABOUT 200 MPH!" R.O.B suddenly informed from the radar on the Halberd.
"Shit, we fell for their trap!"
"Meta Knight there are children on board you know," Zelda scolded.
"Tell that to the Kirby missile aimed at the very room we stand in," Meta Knight said trying his best to gain an idea of what to do.
"At that speed he won't be able to move in more than one direction Meta Knight, we just gotta get our timing right in order to avoid him," Sonic said.
"Alright, everyone use whatever radar or tracking ability you have. We'll all get synched up and be able to plan accordingly," Snake said.
"Tracked," Luario informed.
"Got him," Lucas said.
R.O.B hooked himself into the Halberd system also being in direct contact with the Radar, "SUBJECT FOUND CALCULATING EXACT TRAJECTORY…"
"And I have him on radar here, now exactly how close is he?" Meta Knight asked.
"He's chasing us down," Lucas said.
"He's increasing speed," Lucario informed.
"That tells me nothing!"
"He's about... four Halberds away," Lucario decided to clarify.
"SUBJECT CLOSING IN AT RAPID SPEED, CALUCULATING TIME OF IMPACT…"
"Do that math quick R.O.B, I can hear the roar of the Dragoon over the storm!" Toon exclaimed holding his head.
"He's getting really close now, but he's still far enough that he could change direction if need be," Lucario said.
"Shit…" Meta Knight muttered increasing the Halberd's speed as best he could.
"ERROR, VARIABLES HAVE BEEN CHANGED RECALCULATING NEW TIME OF IMPACT…"
"Are you serious!" Everyone yelled.
"Maybe I can go out and see him for myself," Pit suggested standing and about to leave.
"No, with your sharp eyes you should prepare the counter strike. When R.O.B get's done with his math, we want you to take him out the sky, can you do that?" Snake said.
"Affirmative," Pit moved to go outside again this time with a new goal. Once he left everyone was again on pins and needles waiting for the verdict.
"Closing in faster now…" Lucas said.
"He's swerving daring us to move," Lucario informed.
"FACTORING…FACTORING…FACTORING…" everyone waited for R.O.B to finish his stupid math problem already! "FACTORING COMPLETE, TRAJECTORY COMING FROM THE RIGHT, TIME OF IMPACT IN 5…4…3…"
"Damn it!" Meta Knight roared turning the wheel sharply and as fast as he could. He really hoped Pit was in position.
"2…1…" Meta Knight gave Halberd one final twist of the wheel and suddenly the Dragoon's roar pierced their ears. They even felt and saw as it slashed right through the side of the control room literally missing by the width of a wire. Up top Pit already had an arrow notched and ready. His eyes narrowed focusing and pushing away all distractions. He opened his eyes wide as he let an arrow of light fly through the air. Everyone saw the arrow fly through the air at light speed toward the target and then it smacked Kirby right off the Dragoon.
"YES, whew crisis adverted. Never thought I'd say this, but thank you math," Sonic said.
"It's actually useful," Toon shrugged. "Who knew,"
"That was too close," Bowser said sighing.
"Now, what about the other ships?" Zelda inquired. Everyone then realized that Kirby had them so bust that they forgot about the other ships. However, they were reminded quickly when laser began peppering the ship heavily. Meta Knight tried to move around them but they were moving faster and quicker then before.
"Darn, they knew we would survive that attack by the Dragoon," Meta Knight said.
"No way, their not that clever this is probably just a plan B," Wolf suggested.
"Whatever the case we need to get them to back off the Halberd can't take this kind of heavy fire, and with the rain so thick visibility is low,"
"Then I guess it's my turn," Wolf said turning to leave. "I'll shoot em down, just make sure you can catch them on this thing," Wolf said before leaving.
"Hey Wolf, I'll go with," Sonic said chasing after the wolf.
"Be careful!" Lucas called after them. Sonic and Wolf quickly made their way down to the body of the Halberd. It took them a few moments getting turned backwards a few times till they found the hanger where Wolf stashed his Wolfen.
"When did you put this in here?" Sonic asked.
"Right before we left, just in case of a situation like this. Besides, I don't know why you're trying to come along," Wolf said climbing into the cockpit. "This thing aint no two seater,"
"I know," Sonic said hopping on the wing of the fighter plane. "Another pair of eyes isn't so bad to have along. Besides, I could be a little helpful in a dogfight,"
"Just make sure you don't slip off and hang on," Wolf said. Wolf informed Meta Knight to open the hanger doors. Then in a moment the door to the hanger opened up from the very bottom of the ship. Wolf's ship hovered off the ground until it shot off. Once it moved from underneath the belly of the Halberd the rain began pelting it.
"Dang, I forgot about how much water was around…" Sonic groaned as his blue fur got soaked.
"Tried to tell ya," Wolf laughed.
"Samus at 11 o'clock!" Sonic exclaimed.
"I see her!" Wolf exclaimed tilting he ship to the side to avoid the tackle. "Crazy wench, she could've killed both of us,"
"Well here she comes again!"
"Hang on!" Wolf slammed on the boost and began shooting forward making Sonic hang on to the wing for dear life. Samus peppered a few rounds at Wolf, but Wolf's evasive skills proved a challenge. Wolf would've been able to outperform her clunker easy, but he had to pull back a bit with the wind, rain, and a certain blue hedgehog on his wing. "Sonic, where's that usefulness you talked about?"
"Just make sure you catch me!" Sonic yelled. Wolf would've asked why he said that but got his answer when Sonic released the wing. Sonic allowed his body to be carried on the wind as he curled up into a ball. Samus's ship jerked to the side, but the grazing blow still left serious damage to her thrusters thus forcing the ship to slow down considerably. The Halberd was there in a moment's notice not only catching Sonic by the mask, but targeting Samus's damaged ship. The final shot took the ship into a straight nose dive. The Halberd quickly dived under it catching the ship on the deck of the Halberd. The Wolfen during this time had launched a serious assault on the Falcon Flyer damaging it and corralling it to crash land on the Halberd. Wolf drove his ship to the front where he saw Sonic grab on. The Wolfen flashed by the mask once to pick up it's passenger.
"You're crazy ya know that?" Wolf asked.
"I get that a lot!" Sonic exclaimed. Sonic looked to see an Arwing flying above them. "Okay, now this one might be tricky,"
"We can take him," Wolf smirked. Wolf pulled his ship to meet the Arwing's altitude then began peppering laser fire out at the ship. The ship swerved and manevoured perfectly away from each shot being just about untouchable. Suddenly, a laser blast shot out from the Halberd aimed at the Arwing, but the ship elegantly twirled out of the way avoiding the blast from point blank range. Wolf smirked as he knew that this was possibly Fox at his best. Wolf flew to try and catch the Arwing, but was surprised actually pass it. Wolf mashed his teeth as he realized that he was punked as the Arwing had suddenly put on brakes. Now it was the Arwings turn for some laser fire. It shot out two blue beams instead of the one green beam from the nose. Wolf growled realizing Fox put the ships laser blaster to full strength. Only a couple of hits from those would be enough to take him down. The pair of laser fire quite the task for Wolf to avoid, and the Halberd could do nothing but keep the pace. They could fire on the Arwing and risk hitting Wolf. Wolf noticed Sonic avoiding some of the laser fire himself. Sonic couldn't try his early maneuver again, Fox was far too good for something like that. Wolf made the Wolfen twirl then take a straight nose dive down. Wolf was moving toward the Halberd which was keeping pace with them at a lower altitude. "Sonic this is your chance, don't waste it!" Wolf exclaimed. Sonic wasn't sure what was about to happen.
"Wait, what?"
"Go!" pointed toward the Halberd. Sonic still unsure dove toward the one of the wings landing perfectly on it as both Star fighters flashed past him. Sonic watched as both ships were now moving underneath the ship, and that's when Sonic got it.
"Darn it, why didn't he just tell me! I'm quick on my feet but I'm not psychic," Sonic said hoping that he was fast enough to make the plan work even with his false start. Sonic shot across the width of the ship at breath neck speed toward the other side. The downed ships also weren't helping as they still had weapons to shoot. Sonic ignored them as best he could while avoiding the blast. As Sonic got closer he noticed the roar of the fighters get louder. Sonic saw the Wolfen suddenly fly and knew his chance was now. He leaped forward with all the speed he built up for a powerful headbutt right into the center of the Arwing. The force was powerful enough to send the ship in a total tail spin. Sonic was falling for the ocean below, but the Wolfen quickly zoomed by scooping him up. Sonic breathed a breath of relief as he gave Wolf a thumbs and Wolf returning the gesture. The Arwing was so out of it that Fox had no choice but to eject and land on the only solid surface around which was the Halberd. The Wolfen flashed by and Wolf and Sonic came falling from the sky to land on the deck. Suddenly the Halberd came to a stop in midair hovering in the sky. Dangerously close to the clouds as the lightning danced all around them.
It was not long til the rest of Sonic's team all came falling from the Control Room of the Halberd all of them slamming into the deck on their feet. They all stared ahead as they watched the Original 12 climb out there ships all looking a little ticked off. Mario spear head the pack as he glared down the 12 in front of them.
"You all are quite good, wonder why I never heard of any of you," Mario spoke, but in a voice that was not his own.
"Well Mr. Omni I presume?" Sonic asked. Mario seemed surprised then smirked.
"Master must've told you already,"
"You're going down pal, no one uses our friends without facing consequences," Pit exclaimed.
"Foolish child, I am merely taking back what was mine to begin with,"
"Sounds like mommy took somebodies favorite toy and never gave it back," Sonic said.
"Either way, The Smash Brothers belong to me, the Smash Realm belongs to me, and even the Hand belong to me. None of you have any right to deny me,"
"Whatever pal," Wolf huffed. "We just wanna get this over with and out of this rain. For your sake I hope you can fight better then you fly,"
"As you wish, allow me to show you what the Smash Brothers can really do!" And at that moment the Original 12 charged forward.
"Alright everyone stay alert and remember your targets," Sonic said leading the charge for his team. "Let's show him our power!"