The True Master of the Smash Brothers part 17
"Responsibility,"
"Am I dead…?" Sonic muttered to himself with his eyes slowly opening. The last thing he remembers was a brilliant flash of light so this could mean a number of things in his line of work. His eyes set to a white tiled floor, almost heavenly. "Is this heaven?" He then sniffs the air. "If it is, why does it smell like a wet dog?" He trailed the smell with his nose until his eyes landed on a slowly recovering Wolf. "Oh, nevermind," At this Wolf sent Sonic a glare in his direction.
"Smashers," a familiar voice rang out. Sonic noticed that everyone was indeed present. He watched as everyone slowly began picking themselves up after the voice called to them. After everyone was on their feet they all looked forward to see Master Hand and Crazy Hand floating before them. "No need to panic, we are safe for the moment,"
"Where are we?" Snake asked the golden question. They were in what appeared to be a room, but a room which they could see no end to. Supported by blank white space, columns align the walls on their left and right. Behind them appeared to be an endless white void, and behind the hands appeared the same thing. The only difference being the Halberd was parked behind them vertically aligned with the walls. That should speak for how massive this area is.
"It is a personal dimension I had crafted in extreme emergency when no dimension is safe, this place exist, while at the same time it does not," Master Hand explained, albeit cryptically.
"Basically it's a panic room," Samus deadpanned.
"Yeah!" Crazy Hand sputtered out. Master Hand clearly didn't like his cryptic code being dubbed down to something so trivial.
"Basically, Omni will be unable to find us for some time…that is if he isn't looking for us. If he is then we should be found out in a matter of minutes, so we have to make every precious second count," Master explained.
"What could we possible do against power like that?" Ike asked. Master extended his index finger for a giant holo-screen to appear behind the Smashers. It revealed Smash World, but clearly something was wrong. The world was being plunged into total chaos. A storm was being unleashed, lightning smashing into the ground, once lush fields slowly becoming deserts, lush jungles being ripped to shreds by the gale winds, and Ninte' City was facing the roughest of punishments with earthquakes, fire, and hale!
It was an apocalypse…
"Oh my god…" Peach gasped holding a hand up to her mouth. Mario reached out to grab her other hand. She looked to him as he stares back at her giving a firm squeeze. She missed him so much and her heart was ecstatic to be able to touch him once again. But now wasn't the time to express those feelings. Now was the time to fight.
"Lucas…he's the one doing this?" Toon Link said sadly with clear disbelief in his voice. "Lucas wouldn't hurt a flower!"
"This isn't Lucas anymore," Master Hand stated sternly. "The sooner you all accept that, the easier this will be,"
"Easier?" Wolf snapped. "Does anything about that look easy to you?!" Wolf exclaimed pointing a finger at the split screens of the chaos as he marched toward the Hands. "It's over!"
"It can't be…" Popo muttered.
"Wake up! This is literally the apocalypse raining down on us. The very end of this world and more to come after that, face facts, we failed!"
"You're giving up Wolf?" Fox questioned surprised.
"Just knowing when we're beat," Wolf corrected. "No one said anything about giving up, I ain't going out like no coward…hiding…I'm fighting to my last breath…if even I know for a fact it's pointless…"
"There is a way," Master Hand stated gathering all the attention on him. "Omni, as you have learned has been many people. Truthfully, Omni is older than most other ancient creatures, his origin is unknown as far as I know. I know though that he lives off the ideals of change. Destruction and Creation. He deems these two as the bringers of new worlds, the perfect balance. Crazy and I ever personify such traits. He saw the universe as something that needed to always be fine-tuned, adjusted for errors. He saw himself as Hope incarnated. Allowing worlds to grow up to a certain point, than knock them back down to see them grow all over again. Many different beings have approached this in different ways, hence the lack of consistency with his actions,"
"How is Omni chosen?" Lucario asked.
"By the Death Smash Tournament," Crazy Hand answered. "It was nutso and that's coming from me. He saw these 'games' as way of picking out worthy candidates and pushing them their own personal limits. See these games were cruel, but they had a point to em though. Apparently, Omni must be someone who is willing to kill, willing to prey on the innocent. Omni must be willing to do whatever it takes and leave his morals at the waist side. In contradiction though, they also have to have a strong moral code of understanding right from wrong. Letting them be arrogant enough to dictate what is truly right and what is truly wrong for them personally. Omni must be good and wholesome, but at the same time vile and cruel,"
"The Oracle Sphere is the right of passage," Master Hand said taking over. "Once the winner is claimed the former Omni passes on the sphere to the next in line. The winner has the option to take the sphere or decline it to return home. The power of Omni is passed on and Omni is literally destroyed and reborn as someone else passed around the person's imagination. There is literally not one look for Omni as he is many things. The last Omni was a warrior, a swordsman whose name has escaped me in all this time that has passed unfortunately. The sphere serves as the final test of worthiness as it literally endowns the person with the incredible powers of Omni, although what the test includes is beyond me. Crazy and I may not have always existed in the forms you see before you even, as our memories of faded over time…"
"So, when Lucas touched the sphere back at the ship, the thing found him worthy?" Sonic asked.
"It's an instant thing, the unworthy will feel no difference if they touch the sphere, but as Omni stated the sphere is not perfect. Sometimes, the balance is tipped once the power sets in over the person. They may be either too cruel, to indifferent, or too empathetic and caring. Omni exists as the balancer of life. In all honesty he is a very natural part of nature…but…the problem lies in how drastic Omni has become over time. Reseting a world is one thing, but completely obliterating it is another and creating an entire universe on a whim is reckless. He began abusing his power, with the Death Tournament having higher stakes, deadlier areas, and harsher punishments. Omni's imbalance was becoming more and more clear as time passed. When the Original 12 came to the tourney those years ago…I knew…none of them had what it took. They were too good, too committed to their ways to accept Omni's so called balance. That's what made them perfect candidates. They were not willing to lose themselves, but they still did what they had to survive. They were not proud of these things, but they did not let that stand in their way either. Their hearts were perfect for what I planned. The reason Omni even has the tourneys is because his power begins destroying the body it resides in. That is the reason the host must change. The body slowly starts to die under the strain of the immense power despite all the godlike abilities acquired. After all, making mortals into gods is not without a cost. Omni is at his absolute most powerful the first 24 hours he shifts to a new host. After that it slowly but steadily starts killing the body, wearing it down and destroying it. It was a miracle Omni was able to fight Meta Knight and Lucas honestly, that was him on his last leg. Lucas was not aware that Omni cannot be hurt by his own power,"
"So you're saying, that if we don't get Lucas to give up this power before 24 hours..." Ness began.
"Lucas will die anyway," Master Hand answered.
"Well can't you do what you did with the Original 12 again?" Snake asked.
"No,"
"What do you mean no!?" Bowser growled.
"He means that even though Omni is a different person, the memories pass on. Omni won't fall for the same trick twice, besides that plan was years in the making," Crazy Hand said.
"What was that plan?" Mario asked.
"Well, each time a new host was chosen I siphoned out energy and stored it in a small pocket dimension similar to this one. There I forged the energy to take form after a century passed I was able to finally gather enough to challenge him…but I needed warriors. Which is where you twelve came in,"
"When the switch was being made, Master Took all the power he could in one fowl swoop splitting the power more than half with us having the bigger slice,"
"It barely able to work, 51/49 was how the power was split, which shows how close the battle had been. Omni was defeated and sealed in Subspace, while I encapsulated the power I siphoned out and hid the sphere hoping to keep both from his reach ever again,"
"It was only recently that Master stop being selfish and allowed you all to have some of the power he stole, hence the Smash Balls and stuff. You guys should've notice you are a bit stronger here than anywhere else in the universe," Crazy added.
"Omni reclaimed a tiny portion of power using subspace, creating that husk Tabuu, and you all know how that played out,"
"Okay, I've heard about everything we need, except a plan on how to stop the kid," Snake said pulling out a cigarette.
"Yeah, how do we stop Omni when he's at his most powerful?" Gannondorf spoke in wonder.
"Ah, but that is also his weakness," Master Hand said happily. This caught the Smasher's attention. "I am no fool, I knew Omni would one day come back eventually in one way or another. Now that I had my freedom and time I began work on something…a weapon that will surely do away with Omni forever,"
"Really?" Zelda said hopefully.
"Yes, I have it hidden here in this very zone," Master Hand said. Suddenly his index finger began glowing a strange blue light. He began swirling around in a circle motion. At first nothing was happening until he got faster and faster until it appeared as a circle at the speed he was going. He slowed his finger down then pulled back for an object to come through. A staff like object. The staff was a blue metal, large enough to be compared to Ike's sword, at the end of it was a sharp knife object with the entire thing glowing like a rainbow of colors.
Ness' blood ran cold.
"Wow, such an interesting weapon," Ike wondered seeing something somewhat familiar.
"I figured simpler was the best way to go, and being direct the best approach. The blade nullifies Omni's powers even going so far as to turn them against him," Master Hand explained extending the blade so all could see. Every ah-ed at it interest.
"With that, we could actually stand a chance!" Wario exclaimed.
"I'd hate to agree with Wario, but I am, we just might," Samus said. She then sighed after muttering 'it really is the end of the world'.
"Such a simple weapon…in such an advance society I expected more, will this really do the task required?" Marth inquired eyeing the weapon. He admitted it was excellently made, though odd in what it was made out of.
"It will do the trick, I assure you. I would've used this on Tabuu but the cursed spawn got the drop on me," Master Hand growled.
"What aren't you saying Master?" Ness demanded suddenly cutting through everyone's celebration. Everyone was quiet as they turned to look at him confused. "What will that thing do to Lucas?" Master Hand didn't respond making the quiet almost feel suffocating. Everyone noticed Master Hand's sudden quiet voice in replying to the question. "What will it do to Lucas!?"
"Ness…you must understand…Lucas is gone. There is nothing left of him inside that person, only Omni," At this answer the Smashers all took a step back. "For the good of everyone it must be done!"
"OH, FUCK NO!" Toon Link yelled shocking a few with his language but everyone was thinking it. "I will not be part of a plan to kill Lucas!"
"Are you out of your mind?" Snake growled crushing his cigarette between his teeth.
"It must be done," Master Hand continued. "We don't have a choice we must do what we must to survive this cataclysm,"
"Do you realize what you're asking us?" Zelda questioned incredulously fury pouring out of her. "You're not only asking us to assist you in killing one of our own, but a CHILD no less. Without any forethought or idea on another way,"
"You think I want to do this!" Master Hand shouted so loudly it shook the entire area, even Crazy Hand froze. Master Hand was visibly shaking. "You think this gives me pleasure…it most certainly does not. But I know what Omni is capable of, and if you dolts can't see past your own stupid morals to realize that the end of everything you know is upon us, then I hope you can live with the choice you make. Get over yourselves for once in your stupid lives and realize that life is full of sacrifice. Lucas is already half way dead, not even aware of what his body is doing as the persona of Omni takes over totally and completely. There is simply not enough of Lucas to call out too. Also after everything Lucas has been through, the pain that boy has suffered, the only solace I have in this is that he can at least reunite with the family he lost," At this the Smashers were once again placed under a spell of silence. However, Ness stepped forward.
"What about the family he has here?" Ness asked waving to the Smashers. "Family doesn't give up on each other, no matter how hopeless it may seem. Lucas is in there, I know it, and we just have to reach him. The only way we can do that is by trying, hitting him in the heart. I know we can do that much,"
"I've seen Omnis completely obliterate their home dimensions without batting an eye, do you really think you matter to him more than the dirt he walks on?" Master growled lowly. This made Ness flinch back a bit. "You, even as his best friend, hardly even know him," Master challenged which made Ness shrink back some more.
"That's because his past doesn't matter to us," Lucario said stepping forward. "His future is our concern, because that's where we want to see him. Experiencing the future with us and though we might sound selfish…after everything we go through together that's one thing you can rely on. Smasher being there for their own,"
"You fools, why don't you understand!?"
"I get it," came a voice from the back. Everyone looked to see Sonic stroll up toward Master Hand. "I totally get it, we gotta do what we gotta do ya know,"
"SONIC!" his team yelled at him.
"You are the last person I would think would be cool with this!" Pit exclaimed.
"You guys know I don't like coming in any other place then first," Sonic said with smirk. He turned his head to give a brief wink. "Alright let's-,"
"Take one stop and I will burn you to a crisp," Ness threatened as he stood in the hedgehog's path.
"Come on Ness, face facts, we were almost killed by Lucas. I don't know about you, but I can take a hint,"
"Are you really that willing to give up a friend, someone I thought you would give your life for!? Are you really that much a totally jerk!"
"One life compared to countless lives Ness, we gotta look at the bigger picture. You're being selfish," Ness glowered at the hedgehog. He lunged to attack the blue hedgehog but Sonic ever being faster merely stepped to the side avoiding the lunge. Fire danced in Ness' eyes, and hands, as he moved to attack this time with his PSI but was restrained by Toon Link placing him in a full nelson.
"Wha-Toon what are you doing? Get the hell off me!" Ness yelled struggling.
"Ness chill!" Toon commanded as he was barely holding the capped wearing boy down. He was glad he was superior in strength otherwise he would've lost his grip the second he got it. Pit moved to assist in holding Ness down.
"You're supposed to be an angel, you protect people don't you?!" Ness accused of Pit.
"I am protecting people, everyone in the universe, I'm sorry but one life just doesn't measure up," Ness began to cry as he saw everyone give in to desperation. Lucario was astounded as well not often to see pure shock on his face either. However, he made no move to counteract everyone's thoughts.
"No…I…I thought we were stronger than this. I thought…we were beyond this, weighing of lives, like we have the right to decide who lives and who dies. I want no part of these weak Smash Brothers," Ness' words did have weight despite him being a kid. He was one of the pillars of the Smash Brothers, one of the Original 12. His word was like Mario, Link, or Fox. Looking at their faces, there was no small amount of shame, for themselves or toward the others no one was sure but them.
"Sorry Ness, it's gotta be done, can I see it Master?" Sonic questioned as he held out his hand. Master Hand obliged setting the staff down so Sonic could take it. Sonic awed at it seeing where the blade met the rest of the staff was the symbol of the Smash Brothers. It was light to which was perfect for Sonic. "Is it sturdy?"
"You bet that blade won't be breaking, but the staff on the other hand is different. There is a lot of intricate design within the staff, that if the shaft is ruined in anyway, the blade would lose its effectiveness. So although the shaft is sturdy, I'd suggest only using it against Omni than anything else just in case,"
"Great good to know," Sonic said.
Sonic spun on the spot smashing the shaft of the staff to pieces.
Everyone froze on the spot staring as the pieces the shaft was broken into, also seeing the circuitry that was inside it.
"W-What…have you done…?" Master Hand gasped in total unbridled shock. Toon and Pit release Ness.
"I was trying to tell you Sonic was up to something," Toon said to Ness.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?" Master Hand screamed almost slamming down directly on Sonic if the hedgehog hadn't jumped back. The Smashers scurry back avoiding the mad grab Master Hand made for Sonic but the hedgehog literally slipped through his fingers.
"Whoa bro chill, he ain't worth it!" Crazy Hand exclaimed as he grabbed his brother from behind and was retraining him from crushing Sonic.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?"
"Doing what needs to be done," Sonic glared at Master Hand. "You must've been out of your ever immortal mind to think I'd kill Lucas willingly. He's a Smasher, my friend, and a member of my team. I WONT LET YOU HURT HIM!" Sonic yelled back at Master Hand which made the Hand almost turn stark red.
"Then you've doomed the entire universe! That staff was the only thing powerful enough to stop him. All the lives Omni crushes will be on your hands,"
"Bro, can't you fix it?" Crazy Hand asked as his efforts to restrain Master Hand were slipping away.
"It would take hours to fix and more time to employ properly, we needed to act now if we wanted to save lives!"
"And that's what we're going to do!" Sonic exclaimed. "Lucas is our responsibility, and we will handle this. When you made that weapon, you made it without us in mind, without factoring in our power. We'll try and stop Omni, and if we fail go on ahead with your glowing stick of destiny,"
"You'll last seconds!"
"Not with my plan," Sonic said. Master Hand froze at those words.
"You made a plan?" Master Hand questioned almost seeming like he'd break into a vicious fit of laughter. "Please enlighten me to how doomed we are right now,"
"My super form-,"
"Stop, as if your super form is sufficient enough to beat Omni. It's a plan bound to fail, it may put you on even footing with Omni, but the time limit would prevent you from doing any real damage. Plus, your actual super form would be more sufficient and then the REAL Chaos Emeralds are back on your home world. You can't use the Smash Force as a substitute since Omni has drained it all by now. Even with your speed, it would take time we don't have. Don't waste-,"
"I wasn't finished!" Sonic exclaimed. "Geez…as I was saying, while Super Sonic I have this ability, this positive aura I can admit,"
"Positive Aura?" Master Hand questioned.
"Yeah, I've used it before. It can break through the darkness that clouds Lucas' mind. I can break through the Omni persona and get to Lucas using it. That's how I'll reach Lucas!"
"We don't have time for you to gather your emeralds,"
"So send me to the Master Emerald, I can get a better super charge there anyway. As Super Sonic I can teleport back here and start going at Omni to reach Lucas. I've done this before, I can do, all I need is a chance!"
Master Hand was quiet for a few moments. "You'll be going up against a god Sonic…"
"So, gods are just a fancy title people give someone who can do a few fancy tricks," Toon Link said waving off the comment as he stepped forward. "Right Sonic?" Toon Link asked as he gave Sonic a thumbs up.
"Right," Sonic said returning the gesture.
"Well you aren't enacting this plan alone," Zelda said stepping forward.
"I'm not leaving the rescue of this kid in a daredevil's hands like you," Snake said also joining.
"Kid's a tough fighter, kinda like his style," Bowser said stepping forward.
"Like I said, fight to my last breath one way or another," Wolf added stepping up.
"I failed to stop this from happening, I will not knowingly leave him to this fate," Meta Knight stepped up.
Pit stepped forward, "I'm can't allow him to fall victim to his own arrogance. Someone has to stop him and make him see that he's wrong and-,"
"Cram it angel," Gannondorf grumbled as he joined them. "There will be no righteous speeches, let's just get this done,"
"Agreed," Lucario stated joining them as ROB wheeled up behind him.
"Alright, I'm liking what I'm seeing guys," Sonic said.
"Enough talk, it's time for action," Ike stated.
"What's the plan again?" Captain Falcon asked.
"Sonic is going back to his world to become Super Sonic," Mario began taking charge. "While he's out his team is going in, just them, this is their teammate so they should try reasoning with him. If they don't end this before Master is done fixing his weapon thingie, then everybody else will go out with the twelve leading weapon in tow to put Lucas down for good,"
"Make that eleven Mario," Ness said joining Sonic's team. "I have to try and reach Lucas before we go to that level,"
"Sidelined again…" Nana groaned.
"Omni is going to be on the lookout for us. Anything exiting this world to some place outside Smash World will no doubt catch his attention. He's gonna put some pressure on us here, so Master Hand will need some defensive help. As tough as Sonic and his team are, they won't be able to have his full attention," Crazy Hand explained rather logically. A surprise given his track record.
"The universe really is ending…" everyone muttered, even Master Hand. Sonic raised his fist up while meeting eyes with Mario who copied his action.
"Let's go save the day guys!" Both heroes exclaimed.
Omni wore a bored expression on his face. Currently he was sitting down on what appeared to be a throne of some kind. The throne was clearly much larger then him as his feet didn't even touch the floor as they hovered over the fabulous carpet under his boots. The back of the throne is tall enough to support a giant though. The room he sat in was reminiscent of the common area the Smashers enjoyed spending their time at. Currently he was sitting down with only a mass swirl of energy amassing around him with a golden hue. Omni wasn't interested in anything, not even turning on the lights into the room. Omni perked up as he noticed that he was no longer alone. The four shadow warriors who had fought Team Sonic Universe stood before him. With Payne and Yami holding what appeared to be coffins.
"Here ya are boss, special delivery just for you," said the child shadow warrior Isaac. Omni seemed to perk up at their arrival though. "If you don't mind me asking, why did you send us to that island for these things anyway?"
"After my run in with the Smashers…I had some questions I had to ask…and only two people in the entire universe are capable of answering them,"
"Wow…you're definitely a little different from the other Omni's," Isaac said. Yami and Payne sat down the coffins next to each other. "Anything else ya need?"
"Privacy if you don't mind. Thank you," At this the shadow warriors complied as they all turned to leave him in peace. After their departure Omni looked down at the coffins. "I hope no one would miss you guys," Omni flicked his finger for the tops of the coffins pop open with a telekinetic blast. Omni raised his hand above his head for a flash of golden energy to explode. After a few moments light jumps out of the coffins as well as they began to take form on the sides as they take form of people. One of them taller than the other, while one is on the same height as Omni. The images began to become clearer as the moments pass by taking shape. One resembles a boy similar in features to Omni himself, ginger hair, green eyes, wearing a yellow and teal shirt, shorts, and blue teal converse on his feet. The other figure is a woman with a long flowing chestnut hair and a red dress the flowed around her body. She opened her eyes to smile fondly at Omni.
"Hello son," she said sweetly.
"Hello mother," Lucas stated plainly.
"Sup Lucas," the boy added with a brief wave of his hand. Omni sighed.
"And hello to you too Claus," Omni removed his helmet so that he could see their faces clearly without the mask obscuring his face.
"Boy, that's a new look for you, never thought I'd see you in anything like that," Claus said as he began walking around Omni. Claus stopped to stare at Omni's eyes. "And your eyes are different too, freaky,"
"Still as brash as ever," Omni responded flicking Claus' head to make the ginger fall to his butt from the simple gesture. "And I wondered how you ended up dead before me,"
"Now, now boys no arguing," Hinawai's sweet voice cut in. Omni felt the small part of him that was Lucas wailing out at seeing this woman, however the part was small and snuffed out the moment he felt it.
"I want to talk to you both," Omni said gathering both their attention as he got straight down to business. "As you may or may not have noticed I've recently acquired a mindboggling amount of power. I can do anything with it…anything to my imagination," Omni raised a hand to his face. "Bringing you both here from the ashes was a simple task…to restore your bodies and soul to this plane of existence is also well within the realms of my power,"
"You can bring back the dead!" Claus exclaimed shooting to his feet. "Dude, that's sick…"
"That should've been obvious seeing as we're having this conversation using the ashes of your bodies to generate your image right now. You both aren't really my mother and brother,"
"But at the same time we are," Hinawai said gliding forward on her feet toward Omni. She placed a hand against Omni's cheek to caress it gently. "My touch is just as real as if I was still alive,"
"Knock it off," Omni slapped her hand away. "I didn't call you here for that," Hinawai looked a little hurt by that response while Claus got hostile.
"What the heck man, what is wrong with you?! Mom means the world to you, you would never be so disrespectful," Claus stated beside himself.
"I've always been like that haven't I? Conforming to the image other's saw me as instead of being something I created. I hated that idea of being only what people say me as, it was nauseating. That's why I see my goals as justifiable. A chance to start fresh, a complete rebirth to the way things should be,"
"But, that's why you and I were fighting for the needles weren't we…to control the course of history as the new world was created,"
"Yes, but the damage was irreversible. The land may be new, but the people did not change. Their hearts remained tainted. The dragon could not do anything for that making it a useless beast in the end. However, with my new power I can do more than that beast ever could. It needed to destroy in order to create, while I can create without limits! Restore our land, our people, and our way of life back to how it was before that fateful day…"
"What you're aiming for sweety is complete subjugation. You want to make things better for you, a selfish world will inevitably take on the ill traits of their creator. You aren't without flaws so creating a flawless world is beyond you," Hinawai stated simply.
"I've never known you to be so insightful,"
"Well you weren't old enough to absorb all the wisdom I had yet to share,"
"True enough,"
"Besides what could a coward like yourself do for anyone," Claus stated rather harshly. Hinawai frowned at his statement, but Omni didn't bat an eye.
"How so?" Omni asked curiously.
"I mean, you are a coward, no matter how much power you may have at your disposal now. You neglected to stop me from going out to take revenge on the Drago when you had a chance too. You let your cowardice take over, blind faith, stupid faith in what can't be seen or proven. You were smart enough to know what would happen…you were actually smart enough to know a lot of stuff would happen that did. You would always get so absorbed in your own little world to realize what was going on around you until it was practically too late," Claus eyed Omni. "You're a coward and a failure…anything you create is bound to fail as well,"
"I see…" Omni said.
"Lucas-," Hinawai began.
"That is not who I am anymore. In speaking with you both I have realized my former self's short comings. I am not Lucas, nor do I conform to your petty ideals. Happiness is not a necessary function for a world to prosper. You both died for your own foolishness…especially you Claus. That world is dying because no one knew how to save it, but I do,"
"Lucas I-," Claus stepped forward but Omni held his hand up to stop him.
"Don't waste the effort foolish boy. The nerve to call him the coward when it was you who took the coward's way out, suicide. How utterly pathetic," Claus seemed shaken by those words shrink back. "You died from your own stupid ideas and dreams, just like you mother," Omni turned on Hinawai. "Seeing the foolish children you raised is utterly disgusting in itself as well. You hindered them with hopes and wishes for being able to make something better. When in reality there is no such thing as a better world that they could create with such weak ideals. That world will be the pinnacle of what my new dream for the universe will be. A world that may never change or alter! The only way to make a perfect world, is to make it eternal!" This made Hinawai and Claus shrink back in terror as they saw the crazed look in Omni's eyes, a look having no reminiscent of Lucas.
"Y-You really aren't Lucas…" Claus muttered.
Omni laughed bitterly. "I would've thought you realized that when I reanimated your souls," Omni snapped his fingers as the constructs vanished from existence. "In my eyes you're no different than the dirt I walk on," Omni placed his helmet back on his head then snapped his fingers. Two Shadow Warriors came in and Omni gestured to the coffins demanding they be returned. "That was an eye opener all the same though. In order to truly evolve the worlds I must evolve myself, be better. I can do that after all this is my responsibility," Omni floats back to his chair to sit in it calmly to ponder his next act.
"Hey boss," Isaac walks into the room rather abruptly making Omni send a slight glare that made the boy flinch. Omni's glare shifted to the side as he waved his hand for the boy to continue. "Looks like those Smashers decided to hit us head on again,"
"Of course they would, I'd imagine no other way they'd come at me," Omni said completely un-phased. "However I do find it odd that there are only eleven, the Hands also seemed to be in some make shift dimension as well. I wouldn't have even noticed them if not for all the sudden portal exits…I am at least a bit curious to see what they have in stored for me," Omni slipped out his chair to calmly walk toward the exit. "Well shall we see?" Isaac follows obediently. They walk only a short distance until they arrive at a large flight of stairs. After climbing them to the top they exit onto a balcony that overlooked the grounds of the entire castle. They see that the Shadow Warriors were being tossed left and right as it seemed like a bulldozer was charging through to their yard. Upon inspection Omni saw that it was his former team members charging the crowd on head on it what looked like a fury in their hearts. He honestly had never ever seen them fight so hard before. He had assumed with the lack of the Smash Force their powers would've actually weakened them, however it was the exact opposite. He didn't understand it as he gaped a little at the sheer amount of damage they were doing.
"Do you want the five of us to stop them?" questioned Yami who stood on the balcony with the other Fearsome Five members.
"Yes, end this foolishness," At his words all five of them jumped down to cut off the rag tag group from pushing any farther then they had already. At their arrival it seemed the Smashers push halted as they realized they weren't dealing with regular shadow warriors anymore. Omni stared down to catch eyes with a certain cap wearing kid. He stared up at him fiercely with hard boiled determination. Omni thought it cute they thought they could do anything. Omni smirked down at him, but his smirk fell when he saw a certain blue hedgehog missing. Omni knew that as Lucas, Sonic was at his most dangerous when he was unpredictable. He glanced around for the hedgehog but something caught his attention in the sky. His visible eye moved toward it, only for the entire tower to be taken out by a golden flash of light. The explosion caught the attention of all those on the ground, especially when Omni smashed into the ground. Omni picked himself up casually brushing the dirt off of his person when a sudden sensation overtook him. He recognized it…but knew it was impossible. "That….that hurt?"
"You better believe it buddy," Sonic's voice came from above him. Omni looked up to see the glory of Super Sonic shining down upon him as he lands outside the crater. "And I'm gonna beat the evil right out you!"