The True Master of The Smash Brothers part 12
"Clash with the Warriors of the Past!"
A/N: AHA, not dead yet. I know this is looooooong overdue so I made sure to make this chapter nice and long with lots of L.O.V.E. College is hard...anyway I hope to throw in some updates soon while I have some down time during my spring break well thanks for reading, and thanks for the review I hope you leave.
The Halberd was on a journey, a journey that could possibly be its last. However, the owner was promised numerous times that the craft would stay in one piece this time around. Thanks to the efforts of R.O.B and Lucas team Sonic Universe was able to gain a foothold in this unimaginable battle. Lucario was able to use his power to expand them to search out certain focal points, and when he did that he found an odd focal point where the Subspace Gunship went down. Apparently, there was a point for the originals to going all the way out there. Since they had intercepted them they doubted they were able to actually do anything despite the distraction of Kirby. Right now the Halberd was on their way towards that point to figure out just what was so important that he'd send all of the originals to recover. The Halberd dived down toward the water deciding to fly low and to better figure out the crashing point. However, that part was easy seeing as the craft was possibly ten times the size of the Halberd. This was slightly disturbing especially since they were supposed to find something in this wreckage that looked like it could capsize at any moment. Everyone reported on the deck once they had pulled up onto the side of the giant craft.
"Okay everyone, we don't know what we'll find or even what we're looking for, so we gotta be careful," Sonic stated spear heading the group.
"For good reason, everyone not on the team should stay here on the Halberd," Snake said.
"Do you think we cannot help?" Ike stated appalled at being sidelined once again.
"We just lost the Smash Castle, we absolutely cannot afford to lose the Halberd. We need it protected by the best. Give us some peace of mind, and make sure to keep the Originals trophified at all times,"
"That makes sense," Marth said.
"He did say the reasons were obvious," Olimer said with crossed arms.
"So, we'll go in, four teams of three," Sonic said.
"Alright that sounds good, nice and balanced. Bowser, Wolf, and I will search the lower interior. Gannon, Zelda, and Toon will search the middle interior. Sonic, Lucario, and Lucas will be our go to team so they'll search the rest of the interior. Finaly Pit, Meta Knight, and R.O.B will be scouting out the exterior of the vessel. Everyone agreed,"
"Must I go with these two?" Ganondorf asked.
"Your personalities aside, you three make the perfect team, skill set wise anyway. Just suck it up and let's get it done,"
"Alright let's do it to it," Sonic said. At their leaders go to phrase the team dispersed out and went out to fulfill their orders. Each teammate in the group either possess the ability, or tracker to figure out where the object of interest is located.
"You call this a field trip?" Lucas questioned sliding down a slope and down into the inside of the dark ship. However, he slide a bit too fast and he ended up bouncing on his bottom as he touched the bottom.
"Can't say I don't take you guys anywhere nice," Sonic said sliding down next to him and maintaining his footing with Lucario right behind him. Lucas pulled himself to his feet then brushed himself off.
"Did…we really have to leave Ness behind?" Lucas questioned. Despite what the answer was he was still a kid that missed his friend, so that over saw all reason.
"Afraid so, this is a very precarious place, and Ness at this point is a liability. We can't afford that right now. Besides, thanks to you we will have him and the others back sooner than expected,"
"Well it was just a lucky guess," Lucas said bashfully rubbing the back of his head.
"Well whatever the case we have a lead on how to beat this guy. But now let's figure out what was so important that the Originals had to all come out here," Sonic said leading them down a ruined hallway.
With another team Bowser, Wolf, and Snake removed a giant piece of rubble from their path as they continued on. "This stinks,"
"Geez it's hard to brush your teeth when you breathe fire, I told you guys this already!"
"Not that," Wolf said waving off the comment. "This ship, this situation. Why hadn't this thing broken apart yet, and I'm picking up some pretty strong energy readings. For a crashed ship, it can still power a small city,"
"I agree, this is too eerie, and way to coincidental," Snake added.
"Well not all of us are mercenaries or whatever, what are you guys getting at?" Bowser said stomping ahead.
"It's really suspicious," Snake said putting it simply.
"Obviously whatever is powering this thing still is,"
"You know this ship better than us Bowser, what could Omni possibly want out of here?"
"I'm still trying to piece it together myself. I know it's something, but I'm trying to remember…"
"Well keep thinking, while he does that let's keep moving,"
With the air team scouting the outside of the ship Pit, Meta Knight, and R.O.B combed the exterior of the ship as best they could. Pit flew low as he glides above the rusted and torn parts of the subspace gun. Pit was enthralled by the amount of damage they had done especially when it felt like it was only years ago, when it was actually only a few weeks. Pit scanned the wreckage for anything that would be deemed useful or bad guy worthy. Pit stopped to land on a particularly sturdy spot that overlooked a large portion of the weapon.
"Ugh, how can we look for something when we have no idea what we're even looking for?" Pit said messing with his hair.
"We must have patience," Meta Knight said suddenly appearing next to the angel. Pit jumped in response cringing in surprise but then relaxed.
"Geez, could you not do that, hard enough keeping an eye out for whatever we may find," ROB dropped down from above the two and began to hover overhead. "Find anything ROB?"
"NEGATIVE, FUNCTIONS ONLY OPERATING AT HALF PERCENT EFFIENCY DUE TO THE PROCESSING OF WAVELENGTHS,"
"Great, so that means that ROB is less useful now…" Pit groaned.
"He may be a machine Pit, but he does have emotions and can hear you quite clearly,"
"Oh right, my bad, sorry R.O.B," Pit apologized bashfully while rubbing the back of his head.
"Don't be so dense Pit, the best we can do is wait,"
"Wait, wait for what?"
"Chaos," he stated simply as he gazed over the wasteland that is the Subspace Gun.
With another team, codenamed team Triforce by the youngest member they ventured through the midsection of the weapon. Gannondorf was put in charge of leading the way despite the judgment of both Toon and Zelda. However, Toon Link quickly dispatch his concerns as his child like amazement with what he saw began to grab his attention. Zelda was shifty watching the King of Evil like a hawk.
"Careful princess or your face may get stuck that way," Gannondorf jived removing a piece of rubble form their path.
"Is that what happened to you?" she countered. Gannondorf's somewhat permanent scowl only deepened at the insult.
"Awe come on guys can't we get along for a little while?" Toon said with hands behind his head. "I mean the whole mortal enemies through time and stuff gets a little redundant don't you think?" He added casting a look to the side.
"Sure it does," Gannondorf admitted. "However, you are still but a child so you lack the wisdom and understanding of it all. Despite your ability to defeat me in your realm. It matters because of the deep seeded hatred that flows through me, and the great self-righteous and somewhat pompous way Zelda and Link carry themselves. The battle is as never ending as the battle of good and evil, simple as that,"
"Wow, that's deep…" Zelda said.
"Just so you know it was a tossup between the two of us of who got wisdom,"
"Well mr. smarty pants, what would this bad guy want from this place?" Toon Link asked.
"There were secrets that were kept from me when this thing was designed. Obviously technology was not my strong point, nor Bowser's. We had no choice but to allow our benefactor to work and we follow. However, I do know that there was possibly something in this wreckage. Something powerful…"
Those words left a foreboding feeling in the pit of Toon Link and Zelda's guts.
Elsewhere with Sonic's group, the trio were delving deeper into their designated area, but Sonic was beginning to grow restless, "Ugh, I feel like we've been looking around forever!" Sonic groaned.
"It's been fifteen minutes," Lucario stated looking past a corner.
"It just feels like it's been forever because we don't exactly know what we're looking for. If we did, we'd probably just get in and get out," Lucas explained amusing himself by walking on a narrow beam trying to keep balance without his powers.
"I guess…" Sonic whined.
"Just relax Sonic, I think we're almost there," Lucario muttered that last part.
"Almost to where?" Sonic asked with a sparkle in his eyes. Lucario sighed relenting to the hedgehog's curiosity.
"When the gunship went down Kirby had struck it riding on his Dragoon. One blow was all it took to bring down this colossal machine. That gives me the inkling that Kirby struck a very vital portion of the ship. If we find the hole he traveled through we could follow it and then find the cause of the explosion that followed,"
"Wow that's a really smart idea, maybe our air team can help with that," Sonic said with excitement. He held up his arm to push up his glove to reveal a wrist communicator. "Sonic to Meta Knight, you read me?"
"Yes Sonic go ahead," Meta Knight responded coolly.
"You were at the whole big sky battle weren't ya, ya know the one that wrecked this place,"
"Yes,"
"Do you think you can help point us in the right direction of the where Kirby smashed through?"
"I suppose, but it will take time since the gunship is heavily damaged and Kirby is small so the hole would probably be small," Meta Knight responded.
"Thanks Meta Knight," Sonic said happily.
With the flight team Meta Knight had informed them of their new objective. Meta Knight glides over the giant ship skillfully scanning the damage to find the hole. Pit was relying on memory alone to figure out where the blow took place exactly. All three flyers ended up arriving at the same place, the barrel of the gun. The three of them traded glances with each other.
"Well now what?" Pit asked.
"The barrel with probably not hold anything of use," Meta Knight said.
"SCANS SHOW THAT WEAPON IS STILL ENERGIZED,"
"Really?" Pit asked.
"Hmmm…interesting. So whatever is powering this weapon is still in effect. It draws energy from a power source that is self-sustaining,"
"Self-sustaining?" Pit asked scratching his head.
"A power source that is indefinite and cannot be turned off, simply put it can be very effective since the energy of it cannot be easily converted,"
"Huh?" Pit asked even more confused.
"Never mind, Sonic," Meta Knight spoke with his communicator under his mask.
"Yello!"
Meta Knight rolls his eyes. "Listen the point of impact was the barrel of the cannon. I doubt you could investigate that portion from your half,"
"Alright then, I'll have Snake and his team look around there since it is there section,"
"Alright then, we'll go back to our previous assignment,"
"Awe…" Pit whined.
"You heard him, let's return to our post," Meta Knight said pointing toward the exit. R.O.B and a glum Pit walk toward the exit with Meta Knight in the back. As they left Meta Knight stopped to turn sharply around to stare long and hard in the darkness.
"Meta Knight you coming?" Pit called.
"Yes…I suggest we stay on high alert," Meta Knight said back as he slowly turned to rejoin his team.
"Snake, think you guys can have a look around the barrel see if you can find anything?" Sonic asked Snake from his codec.
"Alright," Snake muttered in response ending the transmission. He looked to his teammates and motioned for them to follow. "Alright boys we got to find the barrel of this thing and figure out where it's drawing it's power from,"
"Easy enough," Wolf said with his hands on his hips. The portion of the gunship they were in was vastly large. They possibly were in the chamber of the cannon itself. They stood on an overhead walkway that was so high up they couldn't even make out the bottom of the giant shaft. The area was covered in shadow with scarce light from outside peeking in, and few working lights splattered around the area. "Seems like we're already here,"
"Alright, that power source may be in here, so take a look around," Snake said.
"Only thing is I can barely see anything two feet in front of me," Bowser grumbled.
"And we'll need to get to the lower levels of this place if we want to get some actual work done," Wolf added.
"Alright then," Snake reached for an item on his utility belt then lit a flare. He threw it down toward the ground and everyone noted how it fell straight down and to the floor with a thud. "Seems like a straight fall down. Alright Bowser let's go,"
"Me?" Bowser questioned.
"You're the best one at taking large distant falls. Better if you take the brunt of it," Snake said latching onto Bowser's shell.
"Hey don't I get a say in this?!"
"Wolf if you don't mind," At Snake's request Wolf did the pleasure of poking Bowser with his razor sharp claws making Bowser leap off the walkway and down below next to the flare.
"Ouch!" Bowser cried rubbing his tail.
"Alright, let's have a look," Wolf said pressing a few buttons on his scanner over his right eye. "Energy readings are pretty high here, and they seem to keep increasing this way," Wolf said leading the way. Snake bent down to pick up the flare, but he heard something in the distance making him head snap around. He waved the flare around a bit, but saw no one there. He frowned with his eyes narrowed, but ultimately went to go catch back up with Wolf and Bowser.
With The Triforce trio, they had been following Gannodorf's recollection of the interior of the gunship. Gannon explained that the cannon function as a weapon, a ship, and a base of operations all in one. So just about every part of the ship was weaponized since it was a cannon first and a ship second. With this in mind the dark wizard thought the best course was to go to the control room he knew was in this area. He seemed to be growing more at ease with his two companions as time grew on, especially seeing as he had no choice. They walked in silence mostly since what exactly would any of them talk about? Who liked Deku Nuts? Who thought the Hyrule timeline was one of the most confusing things about their world? Or which goddess was the hottest? Though the last one was briefly brought up but quickly snuffed out by Zelda who found the topic demining towards woman. Finally, the youngest broke the silence.
"Gannon, why are you evil?" He asked curiously. The question was simple, but oddly enough hard to answer which prompted the King of Evil to look up in recollection.
"What kind of question is that?" Gannon responded after realizing he had other things to think about then this. Zelda remained quiet though he saw a twitch of curiosity as well.
"I mean I know you're supposed to be the King of Evil, but why be bad?"
"You are a bit young to understand, but evil is in the eye of the beholder," Ganon stated which only made Toon Link tilt his head in confusion.
"He means, it depends on your personal belief on what's good and what's bad," Zelda helped him out.
"But bad is bad, and good is good, that's simple," Toon Link protested.
"True, but let's think of it this way. Say you feel you're a hero that's been heralded as a champion of the people. You feel that you enforce the rules of good properly. You decide to spread your rules around since they work so well with your people. However, when anyone else who doesn't know you or even like your ideas they write you off as an outcast. The feeling of being an outcast is so foreign to you that it's shocking so you push your ideas harder and harder. Eventually, you feel that they can't understand you so you try to force them to see what you mean, and just like that you're labeled a villain. A force for evil, when the village you grew up in only saw it as good, see how easy good and bad can get mixed up,"
"Oh…" Toon Link said sadly after the long explanation. "So even if you have good intentions they can be lost sometimes,"
"Exactly," Gannondorf stated.
"But that doesn't answer his original question, what about you Gannon?" Zelda asked. Gannondorf glanced at her then huffed a puff of air.
"I claim the Triforce of Power, sometimes those with too much of it lose themselves and their goals. Until that's all that's left…your humanity slips away and everything seems so…petty. My gift from the gods was corrupted and tainted, taking in all the evil, while you both remain clean and pure. It didn't just happen like that, the power between us must be balanced in some way,"
"I get it…" Toon Link said with a nod. "Ultimate power, ultimately corrupts,"
Gannondorf glanced back at the young Link somewhat surprised by such an astute statement. He noticed Zelda was too, and then chuckled. "Yes, I suppose it does,"
"Is this it?" Zelda asked pointing at a large door that is the center of an intersection that they are at.
"Yes, let's take a look inside," Gannondorf said. He pressed the button on the side for the doors to slide open, though simple, the three of them still marveled at such technology. Gannon allowed Zelda and Toon to enter first. He sensed something close by then turned his head sharply to the dark end of the hall. He couldn't see through the darkness, but he suspected something was there lurking in it. "Let's make this quick," he said entering and closing the door behind him.
A yawn escaped from the leader of Team Sonic Universe as he stretched his arms out. "Are we done yet?"
"Sonic we got the largest portion of the ship to search, we gotta be thorough," Lucario said.
"Can't you just run around and check everything in like five seconds?" Lucas asked.
"Yeah, but I was specifically asked not to do that. So I don't miss anything," Sonic said.
"We haven't seen anything besides scrape and more scrape," Lucas said then sighed as his eyes began covering the area around them. They had journeyed to parts unknown in the vessel. They had decided to go deeper and deeper into the vessel then the other teams. They had easily passed ruined hallways, destroyed floors, and old robots torn to pieces. They still had no idea what they were looking for, but there was definitely something here. Lucas and Lucario knew that for a fact with their natural senses.
"But if we go any farther we're gonna get to the part of the ship that's sunk!"
"That may be a problem if what we're looking for is there," Lucario muttered.
"A big problem cause I aint looken down there!"
"But something is here, I feel it in my bones, we just don't know which direction," Lucas added.
"How about outta here?"
Lucas and Lucario looked at Sonic with a questioning look. "What?" then they gained a look of realization. "What?"
"That's it!" Lucas stated.
"What's it?"
"Whatever was powering this thing is still in effect. It also must've powered the cannon. Which means we're dealing with some serious power," Lucario added.
"So?"
"Think about it Sonic, the water is keeping the ship cool. Otherwise a power of that magnitude would've caused a meltdown or something," Lucas explained.
"So the power source is…?"
"Really close by, the best way to find it would be to figure out how the ship fires and what channels it goes through to do that," Lucario said.
"And how do we do that?"
"We have others teams working on the same thing we are that's how," Lucas alleged.
"Alright I get it now, so let's do it!" Sonic exclaimed catching on to the plan. They set about going about the plan in their own ways. Sonic had informed everyone about what they are trying to accomplish and conveniently everyone was already in position to enact this plan. The power source was still active and possibly quite volatile so they had to act fast, or what Sonic would say, 'think like me'. Each team went ahead on doing their part and the smashers still on board the Halberd even helped. The flying team hooked up cables to connect to parts of the gunship that were strong enough to support it's weight. Snake's infiltration team was able to map out the energy source to where the cannon get its power and the possible location of the source. The Triforce trio were in the control room reactivating parts of the ship still active to prevent the ship from overheating with the power source powering a dead ship.
"All right last one," Pit informed hooking the last cable to the side of the gunship and then waved upward to signal his task complete.
Meta Knight notices the signal. "Alright, Game & Watch get the Halberd some gas,"
As per command the Halberd started to lurch upward as it began pulling upward bringing a portion of the gunship out of the ocean. After a certain limit, Gannon had activated the bottom thrusters of the gunship to help out a little more too. It was no small miracle that the engines had not been waterlogged. Once most of the ship was above the water Sonic's team moved fast to get to the lower part of the ship that Snake had suspected the power source to be. The water was either being drained out, or evaporated from the ship making the travel much easier and faster.
"Whatever is in there must be really hot," Pit said in observation. ROB approached from the side observing it.
"TEMPERATURE MEASURED AT 150 DEGREES FARENHEIT,"
"That sounds hot," Pit said placing his hands on his hips as he continued to observe.
Suddenly ROB's eyes flashed red. "THREAT DETECTED!"
"What?" Pit asked.
"PIT ABOVE YOU!" Meta Knight exclaimed. Pit quick as lightning raised his bow to block what seemed to be a sword. Because he was unprepared for the blow and his opponent was quite strong he went flying backward. The swordsman swiped at ROB but the robot was already out of range regrouping with Pit.
"What the heck?" Pit questioned standing up. He looked to see it was a swordsman similar to the one from before, but clearly this was not the same one. He carried a much smaller sized sword, like a katana, dressed in what appeared to be a gown of some sort. Long sleeves, with coat ends so long they reach to his ankles, sandals with socks, and very poofy pants. His face was disfigured given the glowing discoloration, and he had spike hair. It was odd that he had a sword, but no sheath with it odd for any swordsman. "Who are you?"
The swordsman stared Pit down only for a moment before turning toward the cable that held up the ship. He raised his sword, and ROB and Pit were quickly able to put two and two together. Before they could do anything Meta Knight suddenly appeared deflecting his sword away. He responded with another slash, but the swordsman was quick also jumping back away from the fast attack. Pit sighed in relief at seeing the knight appear in the nick of time. Meta Knight took an defensive position in front of the cable, the swordsman seemed to smirk as suddenly he vanished in a blur. Meta Knight was startled by this but quickly recovered to raise his sword just in time to block a powerful horizontal slash that deflected him right off his feet. The swordsman moved for the cable again, but a laser and light arrow cut off his path. He turned his head toward Pit and ROB who let another arrow and laser flight respectively. They traveled at the same speed, but the warrior deflected the beams with the side of his sword.
"Whoa…this guy is in a whole nother league then those other guys…" Pit gasped.
"Yes, which means they really want this power source as well," Meta Knight said.
"ROB inform every one of our current situation, Pit you're with me," Meta Knight stated as he rushed forward with Pit at his side separating his bow into the two blades. ROB did as told as he connected with the members of the team as well as the Halberd.
"WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED RESISTANCE," ROB stated simply.
"Good to know we're not the only ones," Sonic said. "We've got some ninja guy here and he's doing some heavy damage,"
"Yes, we have encountered a problem as well. It would seem another sorcerer has come to take the fight to us," Zelda informed. "He is quite formidable mine and Gannon's spells are doing little to detour him,"
"Better than us I'm afraid. Some chick has this mech, and it's strong enough to go toe to toe with Bowser!" Snake informed frantically.
"And we're being invaded ourselves!" Marth growled from the sounds of a fight going on.
"Don't worry, we'll make sure that no one messes with the controls or gets to the Originals. Their just Primids, but if we don't get some help up here the tide can change rather quickly," Ike advised.
"UNDERSTOOD, COMMUNICATIONS SHALL REMAIN OPEN, SONIC WHAT SHOULD BE DONE?"
"My team is the closest to the power source. This ninja guy is tough but Lucario said he can hold him off long enough for me to get to the power source. We grab and go simple as that. Everyone in the ship try fighting your way out so we can make a fast exit,"
"Got it," Zelda said.
"Understood," Snake confirmed.
"ORDER ACKNOWLEDGED," ROB refocused his attention to his teammates to see they were fighting together splendidly despite their clear contrast in personalities. However, they needed to as this swordsman was both fast and powerful and seemed to be able to hold his own quite easily. Meta Knight was skilled enough, but with his lack in raw strength and weight he was knocked away sometimes easily. Pit had more strength but not nearly the skill of Meta Knight meaning he would make a mistake or get sloppy at some points. Using his two swords Pit caught the sword of the swordsman then held them down. Meta Knight suddenly appeared before the swordsman then slashed at him with fast vertical blow that knocked him back and also losing his sword. He slid back on his feet then stared up a bit amazed and then seemed to smirk as he held his hand summoning his sword back to him.
"We can take him!" Pit exclaimed confidently.
"I actually agree with you," Meta Knight said although he would admit the victory would be by the length of a hair.
Bowser hit the wall harshly breaking into the metal of the tube of the cannon. He growled in frustration at the fact he was being thrown around like a lightweight. The other members of his team were forced to duck and dodge since they lacked the physical strength to go toe to toe with this machine. The woman sealed in the protective glass dome made a mocking laugh with her hand in her face showing superiority. Bowser wanted to wipe that smirk off her face so badly. Bowser lunged forward again grappling with the machine. However, it turned sharply from its torso as it slid Bowsers face harshly against the floor then through him away again.
"In case you hadn't noticed that tactic doesn't work!" Snake and Wolf yelled growing annoyed.
"That pile of scrap is not stronger than me!" Bowser growled.
"You're right, but she is a great pilot and more skilled then you are. You're the only one who can hold it steady. Create openings for us, and it'll be easier for you to deal with it," Snake explained.
The battle raged on as missiles were launched from the machine's back. Bowser opened his mouth to unleash a stream of flames that sprayed and detonated the missiles before it got to them. Wolf rushed forward in a quick rush with his blaster pointed. The mech swung a straight jab forward at Wolf, but the skilled warrior ducked down low to the ground underneath it and running past it but not without puncturing the armpit of the mech with his bayonet. The woman in the suit growled out in anger as she swung it around knocking Wolf away. Snake jumped in tackling the mech but being thrown away after a moment. The pilot smirked but noticed something on her mech's arm and as she glanced she realized it was a strange object. Snake smirked as he pressed a button and suddenly a fiery explosion went off in her face. It was a sight to behold as Bowser rushed her grabbing both arms then swiftly pulling them right out their sockets. The pilot let out a shrill yelp of panic as she made the rocket boosters in the mechs back propel her back.
"Go home little girl, before you get hurt," Bowser growled. She seemed to think about this for a moment then smirked as she lifts a finger in the air as if remembering something. She pressed a button and suddenly her mech opened up to reveal numerous weapons, from missile launchers, automatic machine guns, and concussion beams.
"That's a lot of stuff…" Snake muttered. The woman let out a shrilled psychotic laugh as she unleashed everything at one time towards the three.
A large explosion set off, but the ones in the control room were able to ignore it. Toon Link went flying through the air as he bounced off a control panel and onto the floor. Zelda danced back on her feet dodging spell after spell. Zelda casts Naryu's Love to reflect a fire spell from exploding in her face. The sorcerer was completely clothed with a pointy hat, a log robe discolored in the usual subspace like body, gloves hands, and a tall stature. He shot out lightning spells from his hands toward Zelda. Ganondorf caught both lighting attacks growling in pain as he rushed the sorcerer and clasped the wizard's hands preventing more spells.
"Come on then let's see what you're made of!" Ganon growled forcing the wizard out into the hall. Zelda took this chance to catch her breath.
"Zelda come see!" Toon Link called. Zelda turned to see Toon looking out the window below. She hurried over to see Meta Knight and his team holding their own against a powerful swordsman. They were doing well in keeping him away from the tethers, but it was proving difficult to defeat him. "What should we do?"
"Gannon's holding off the sorcerer for the moment," Zelda said glancing back to see and hear the flashes and explosions happening in the hall. "He can take care of himself. We should be concerned with how these creatures suddenly got so strong,"
"Zelda we can't worry about that. We have to get out of here!"
Zelda nods. "You're right, we have to make sure those thrusters hold the ship up along with the Halberd giving Sonic's team the chance they need to get the power source,"
"Well then you stay here and I'll help Gannon push back this guy," Toon stated rushing into the hall at the same time avoiding a lighting blast. He rushed down the hall for a few moments to see the two warlocks in a magical clash as dark energy swirled around Gannodorf's fist and a bright energy surrounding the enforcer.
"What are you doing here runt, I can handle this," Gannon said giving the swordsman a backward glance. "You know Zelda doesn't do well being alone,"
"She can handle herself when it's not you involved," Toon responded. The warlock shot out a sphere of magical energy that slammed into Gannon's gut. He slid back on his feet harshly until he threw the ball skyward but not without collapsing to a knee. The warlock shot out another however this time Toon jumped in between it and knocked it back at the sender greatly surprising him. It slams into his torso harshly and sends through a wall. Toon smirked as he sent Gannon a glance as he rose to his feet. Toon nods toward the direction the warlock went then took off. Gannon huffed as he rushed after him.
"Yikes those are sharp!" Sonic yipped as he narrowly dodged a few ninja throwing stars.
"Just keep moving!" Lucario called as he dashed along with Sonic and Lucas. Lucas was trying his best to keep pace with his friends but often found himself barely keeping up. Sonic noticed that Lucas was going to fall behind and be taken out by the ninja if they weren't careful. Sonic came to a sharp stop as he shot back with a spin dash aimed at the ninja. The ninja though surprised dodged the attack elegantly. He reached for his sword on his back to respond, but Sonic was already out of range when he dodged.
"Sonic?" Lucario questioned.
"Gotta keep this guy busy, otherwise with his crazy ninja skills he might pick us off," Sonic rushing the ninja for close quarters combat.
"Well then if that is your plan let's switch," Lucario threw an aura sphere that the ninja caught attack on his blade he ski back a bit but was able to cut through the attack. When the ninja looked up he saw not Sonic, but Lucario in front of him. "Let's see what you can do," Lucario said striking a fighting stance. The ninja huffed as he struck a warrior position. They two rushed in a showing of fist.
Lucario jabbed forward, but the ninja was quick and jabbed his elbow into Lucario's gut. He brought his fist up to slam his knuckles into Lucario's jaw, but Lucario caught the fist then twisted the arm clipping the side of the ninja's knee making him fall to a knee and finally delivering a focus punch right into his face. The ninja was surprised, but not detoured as he recovered quick. He rushed forward in a reckless charge. Lucario opened with a barrage of wide punches the ninja blocked each one from the inside, and then finally wrapped his arm around one of Lucario's arms. He pulled Lucario's shoulder upward throwing off his sense of balance, then with a fast sweep kick Lucario's feet are no longer on the ground making the pokemon hit the floor. The swordsman reached for the katana on his back then in one swift motion brought it down in a flash.
Sonic and Lucas continued toward the power source and they could tell they were close. "You think Lucario will be okay?" Lucas asked worriedly knowing full well it was because he could not keep up that someone had to stay behind.
"This is Lucario we're talking about, of course he'll be fine. I really wanna see what all this trouble is for," Sonic said and as the words were uttered they came to a giant door. Sonic groaned as he rushed forward in a powerful spin attack that smashed into the door. However, he could only dent it. "Dang it…"
"The panel to open it is destroyed," Lucas pointed out.
"Great," Sonic said as he walked over to the door to place his hands on it. "Guess we have to get in this way, come here," Lucas stepped forward albeit with some confusion. "Doesn't seem too thick so I should be able to do this without exhausting myself," Sonic placed a hand on Lucas's shoulder. Before Lucas could ask he suddenly felt a strange tingling feeling all over his body. He felt like every part of him was shaking. The thing he knew he and Sonic walked straight through the door and on the other side. Lucas was dumbfounded and found himself touching himself as the weird feeling left but it was an odd sensation. He looked back at the door to touch and it is solid as it should be. He turned to Sonic was leaning on the door catching his breath.
"What was that?" Lucas exclaimed greatly confused.
"Right, you didn't know I could do that…I don't do it often either. I can vibrate my molecules to become intangible and I did the same thing for you. Kinda tiring…" Sonic said catching his breath.
"Wow…that's so cool!" Lucas exclaimed not realizing the vastness of supersonic powers. Besides the insatiable hunger, and the enormous amount of calories Sonic must consume. Lucas looked toward the center of the room to see the target. A glowing sphere of what appeared to be a shining orb of some kind. While Sonic recharged Lucas walked toward the orb being held in place by talon like objects coming from the floor and ceiling. Lucas walked closer to it and as he did he felt the enormous power coursing through it. A power he's never felt before. He reached out a hand to touch it and when his hand came in contact with the purple sphere an even greater light shined out. Sonic was alerted to this when the light grew brighter.
"Lucas?" Sonic questioned never noticing Lucas leave his side. Sonic saw Lucas in the center of the glow and was greatly alarmed. Sonic rushed forward toward Lucas, but nothing could prepare him for the explosion of light that came afterward. The light was so bright that despite the setting sun in the background, it dimmed in comparison as the light explodes from the ship. Eventually the light dies down significantly. Sonic looks forward to see Lucas on the ground, not trophified but still glowing that white glow. Sonic rushed over to him shaking Lucas. "Lucas, Lucas, come on wake up!" Lucas's eyes fluttered open revealing a pool of rainbow just like when someone gets the Smash Ball, but after a moment the glowing stopped and the room went dark. Lucas sat up rubbing his head.
"ugh…what happened?" He groaned.
"I was hoping you could tell me that,"
"I went to get the power source…when…I blanked…I don't remember anything after that,"
"Well I don't know what that light show was, but we can worry about it later. Let's grab the thing, get Lucario, and get out of here,"
"Right," Lucas said standing to his feet. Sonic reached into the orb to pull out the real source of light, it appeared to be a smash ball, but larger. "A Smash Ball?"
"Something tells me this isn't an ordinary Smash Ball," Sonic said holding the object up. "Put in your backpack," Lucas turned so Sonic could slip the object inside. Sonic pressed his communicator. "Alright, team let's book," No sooner had the words been uttered had they heard a screeching sound as if the ship was falling apart. "Geez, I told them be ready, but they could at least be dramatic about it," Sonic scooped up Lucas in his arms as he rushed the door again. He passed through it again, but this time without feeling as tired as before. He felt energized for some reason, he couldn't explain where it suddenly came from, but he was glade he had it as he dashed forward faster and faster. Up ahead he recognized the trophy of Lucario. Sonic gasped as he rushed forward however the Ninja from before came out of nowhere also springing a trap that made Sonic trip and fall into a net. Lucas was tossed farther away landing on the floor. Sonic growled as the net was clearly made from more than just regular rope. This material would take him a few moments. The ninja held out his hand and with his other hand pointed at Lucario and then back at them.
"You're saying if I give you the power source, you'll give us Lucario?" Lucas questioned and the warrior nods to this.
"Yeah right," Sonic growled. "Besides trophies are indestructible there isn't anything you can do to him,"
As if to test this the Ninja removed his katana from his back then stabbed into the base of the trophy. It was common knowledge for the Smashers that the statues themselves were indestructible, but the base was a different story. Shattering those in any way possible prevents anyone from being revived.
"HEY STOP!" Sonic called.
"Alright, I'll give it to you…" Lucas said sadly as they all had worked so hard and it seemed like they would come out on top for once. Lucas took off his backpack then sat it down in front of him then took out the strange Smash Ball. The Ninja eyed it with interest as he stepped far away from Lucario's trophy showing he would do him no harm, but was close enough that if fowl play were afoot he could act. Lucas saw this and tossed the Smash Ball to the ninja. He snatched it from the air, he bowed then threw down a smoke pellet and as it cleared he was gone. "He kept his promise…"
They were alerted again by the staggering ship and the quickly rushing water that was pouring in. Lucas gasped as he tapped Lucario's trophy quickly bringing the pokemon back to life. Lucario shook his head getting rid of the daze. He turned to Lucas to see the blonde smile at him happily. Sonic's screams of terror got both their attention as they don't hear that often. They turned to see a rush of water coming their way. They untangled Sonic from the net quickly and the second he was free Sonic grabbed both his friends then shot off in a burst of speed. He began climbing up through the metal and scrap away from the quickly following flood.
"Sonic hurry it up the ships breaking apart!" called Snake.
"Where is everyone?"
"Topside on the deck, lack thereof, for some reason those fighters just took off without taking anything from us,"
"Right, we'll be there in a few seconds," Sonic said as he saw an opening he motioned to Lucario towards it. Lucario nods as Sonic releases him losing a bit of weight. Lucario found his own way to the hole well enough as Sonic, with Lucas in his arms, leaped skyward toward freedom. Lucas wailed in fear the entire time as Sonic leaped up and flipped forward to land on the deck with the rest of the team.
"Alright, let's get out of here," Snake said as his team rushed over to grab on of the tethers. Each team grab a tether even the flying ones being that the battle exhausted them a bit. The clamps were removed as the rest of the gunship fell into the ocean with a big splash. Team Sonic Universe were slowly being cranked back towards the Halberd as it pulled away from the big splash left behind.
"So, Mission Accomplish?" Wolf asked looking around.
"Unfortunately, no…" Sonic sighed.
"WHAT!" they all exclaimed besides Lucas.
"The guy threatened to destroy Lucario's trophy base…unless I gave it to him…" Lucas said sadly.
"Why you spineless little-," Bowser began but was cut off from a knee from Snake.
"It won't matter we'll figure something else out. Besides, losing people is the last thing we need right now," Snake said to show Lucas's choice though possibly dooming them had some upside to it.
"I'm sorry to have cost us the mission," Lucario said with a sad tone.
"Hey if it weren't for you Lucas and I wouldn't have even seen the thing," Sonic said. "I'm kinda surprised the dude kept his promise too,"
"What did it look like?" Toon Link questioned.
"Like a Smash Ball, but….it looked different and it felt different too…" Lucas answered.
"And that glow from before, was that the ball?" Zelda asked. Sonic and Lucas nod. "What happened?"
"I touched it…and then….something happened but I'm not sure what…"
"I think I know," Lucario said staring at Lucas with this awe expression. Everyone turned to the Pokemon with confused gazes. You'll see when the sun goes down. So everyone waited as they were still slowly being pulled back aboard the sun did finally go down and when it did everyone was in quite a shock. Lucas's outline….was glowing. It was hard to notice with the sunlight but it was clearly visible now with no other source of light.
"Whoa…Luke…" Toon Link gasped. Lucas looked at his hands seeing the glow.
"So we got the power source, and they got a glorified rock," Wolf said with a snide smirk. "Guess this wasn't a waste after all good job kid,"
"I-I didn't do it on purpose!" Lucas exclaimed.
"But the fact remains the same we came out on top after all way to go Lucas!" Sonic cheered. The rest of his team was in full agreement as everyone raised their fist with a shout of joy. Well almost everyone. The only left out of the celebrating was Lucas who looked out in the distance with a sad expression, and slightly pained expression.
"Why does this hurt…" Lucas muttered lowly.