Chapter 7

Dancing with the Devil

Matthew, Deryk and Miles glared at the large star shaped ship above them. Matthew waited patiently, Miles was angry and Deryk's eyes were burning with anger. The ship simply hovered there, as if was waiting for the first strike. No one moved and nobody spoke. It was as if time had stopped. And then, it happened. A large object fell from the plane and it landed in front of the three warriors. They shielded they're eyes from the sand scattered from the impact. When it settled, they saw it. It was a large robot that had the form of a human being. It was completely pitch black with a large star on it's chest and various smaller stars scattered throughout it body. But oddly enough, it didn't have a head. Well, technically it did, but it looked more like a cockpit. Shortly after it landed, a figure emerged within the cockpit. The same man who sat on the throne of his ship.

Deryk glared at the man. "Biostar..."

Matthew looked at the man. He looked very surprised rather than angry. "Wait..." He pointed at the green eyed man. "That's Terren Biostar? He looks like an old man!"

Biostar stared at the three warriors in front of him. He gave a small chuckle. "Is this all they sent against me? Honestly, this is an insult to my figure." He pointed to Deryk. "They send a boy with serious anger issues." Derk glared at him even harder. Terren pointed to Matthew. "A child who looks like he's never even been in a battle before." He pointed at Miles, but when he got a good look at him, his eyes widened and a large smirk appeared on his face. "Well well well, what do we have here?" Miles took a step back. "If isn't the runaway experiment himself." Miles had fire in his. "Don't. You. Ever! Call me that..." Biostar's smirk grew. "I thought you were dead ever since that little accident. I've missed one of my favorite toys." Miles gave him a menacing glare. "Now then..." Terren pressed one of the many buttons inside the cockpit, causing the machine to create a large revving sound. "I'll make your death very quick." The large robot was about to charge. The trio prepared themselves for battle. The mechanized mayhem charged at the three a an amazing speed. Matthew and Miles jumped to the side as Deryk flew up into the air. He took out his guns and began to fire a large amount of bullets at the robot back, but they simply bounced off. The robot turned and it's hand had become a large sword. It slashed at Deryk, who dodge the blade before taking out his tonfa-blades. After avoiding the sword for sometime, Deryk charged towards the machines chest and gave a variety of deep cuts and slashes, but the robot didn't flinch. Using his free hand, the robot slammed it on to Deryk squishing him between the hand and the chest. But Deryk wouldn't give up. He put his feet on the chest, leaned his back on the hand, and attempted to tried to push the his way out of there. Despite his small size, he almost succeed as the robot was shown to have a difficulty keep him at bay. But while Terren was so distracted with Deryk, a large green orb hit the back of the robot, causing it to go forward and drop Deryk. Terren looked around too see Miles holding out his, a streak of smoke was emitting from them. Miles charged up another orb and fired, but the robot extended it's hand and a large blue barrier appeared in front of him. When the orb hit, it only dissolved into thin air. Mile attempted to fire even more blasts but still no avail. He saw the robot's sword arm turn into a large canon. Miles' eyes widened as the weapon began to charge. Using his sonic speed, he ran around circles around the robot so it wouldn't be able to have a clear shot. Meanwhile, Matthew was trying to climb one of the machines' legs, which was shown to be very difficult as the robot was in constant movement trying to to get Miles in it's crosshairs. But Matthew, being the persistent boy he is, wouldn't stop trying. Once he made it to the robot's abdommen, Matthew shoved his sword into the machine, however, it had almost no affect as the robot was still standing. Seing that he would have to take a different aproach, Matthew began to clmb again, this time, he was headin towards the 'head'. Back with Miles. He was getting very tired from running in circles. Realizing that he would have to try something else, Miles charged at the robot. He jumped into the air and reeled back his hand. Terren saw this as an opportunity and began charging up his canon. But Mile's hand began to spark with energy. "Chaos Spear!" He shouted as he launched a bolt of energy. It hit the side of the canon, but yet it had no effect. Terren smirked at his useless attempt. The canon was almost fully charged and it had Miles it's crosshairs. But just when it was about to fire, a missile hit the side of the canon, causing him to miss what could e considered an easy shot. Terren looked to see Deryk holding a missile launcher. Terren turned the robot around, only to get pelted various Chaos Spears from Miles and another missile to the chest. What's more is that he heard banging at the top of the cockpit. He looked up and saw Matthew hitting his sword against the cockpit. Terren was getting very annoyed with all these antics. He growled very loudly. The robot grabbed Matthew from it's 'head' tossed him at Deryk. Deryk tried to jump out of the way, but Matthew head collided with his stomach. The two fell to the floor in pain and Terren brought his attention back to Miles. Miles took a few steps back. This had was a lot tougher then he thought. The robot transformed it's arm into a large machine gun. Miles did the one thing he does best: Run.

Meanwhile, Matthew and Deryk slowly stood back up. Deryk glared at Matthew. "Has anyone ever told you that you have a hard head?" Matthew shrugged. They panted heavily and saw Miles do his best to dodge the bullets being fired at him. They could easily tell he was getting exhausted. "This is not good." Deryk said between breaths. "This thing seems to be invincible to my weapons. They haven't even scratched it."

"Well your swords did and so did mine," Matthew said. "But if that thing sees you to close, he'll just throw you like a baseball."

Deryk glared at him, but he knew he was right. But that's when he realized something. "That's it!"

Matthew stared at him. "What's it?"

"If are our swords can make a hole large enough for one of us to get in-"

Matthew caught on to what Deryk was trying to say. "We can destroy it from the inside."

"Exactly! But the question is, how are we going to get close enough?"

Matthew scratched his head. "Well, when I climbed up, he only saw me when I reached the cockpit, plus my sword could barely cut through. All it did was make a hole the size off a baby hamster."

"My swords seemed to cut through just fine, but they're to noisy. We have to find a way to cut through without attracting attention." Deryk looked at the robot up and down, that's when he saw something he didn't notice before. There was a small dent on the back of the robot, probably made from Miles's Chaos Spears. That's when a brilliant plan came to his head. "Thrust."

"What?" Without warning, Deryk grabbed Matthew's arm and began to spin around like a top. Faster and faster he began to spin, the plan he had was a perfect win (Hey that rhymed!). After spinning for a certain amount of time, Deryk let go of Matthew's arm, sending him flying in the robot's direction.

Deryk looked to the reader. "You're probably wondering why I just flung Matthew like a rubber chicken. Well allow me to explain. From what I can deduce, Matthew has a head harder and more durable then my swords. Throwing him at a certain speed should create enough thrust to break through even the strongest of metals. In other words, I just used Matthew as a human projectile" Deryk stayed quiet with a smile on his face. That is until he realized something. "WHAT AM I THINKING! I JUST KILLED THE BOY! NO ONE CAN SURVIVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT! WHO WAS THE IDIOT TO HAVE ME THINK TO OF THIS LUDICROUS IDEA?"

"Hey, I have a name you know."

Terren felt something collide to the back of the robot. He turned it around and saw Deryk, still in shock for using Matthew as a canon ball. He smirked and began to walk in his direction. Miles saw this as an opportunity to rest, but he noticed something on the back of the robot. It was a large, human sized hole in the back of the robot. "You have got to be kidding me."

Matthew found himself inside the robot, tangled in a web of wires.

"Next time Deryk get's an idea, he should forget it." He said before reaching for his saber. He managed to get it and cut the wires tangled around his hands, but the second he did, the entire robot began to shake and rumble. "What the?" Realizing what he just did, a smirk appeared on his face. "Two words: CUTTING RAMPAGE!"

Yeah, I really don't have to explain this part.

The robot began to shook uncontrollably. Terren tried to control the machine, but nothing was responding.'

"WARNING!: SYSTEM FAILURE! POWER AT 63%"

Terren didn't understand. It was working just fine a few seconds ago. Deryk, who noticed, stared in disbelief. "My idiotic idea actually worked?"

Back inside, Matthew had cut just about every wire he could find inside the robot. However, there was one thing that caught his attention. It was a large glowing orb in the middle of everything. Matthew felt an awesome power flowing through it. He could tell that it was the power source. Matthew swung his saber, but it didn't cut it. Matthew tried again, but still no use. Matthew put his right hand on the orb, but he quickly regretted it. The second he touched it, a large electric shock spread through his hand. Matthew grabbed it in pain, but he saw something strange. His hand, it glowed with the same awesome power. No. This one was different. It felt like it was natural, not made by man. It felt even more powerful. His hand glowed like gold in the sunlight. And what's more, it felt like it was burning. But it was strange. He heard a familiar voice, resembling Clockwork's, call out to him. It sounded as if it was right next to him.

"Win." It said.

Matthew looked around, but no one was there. "Um... Hello."

"Fight.Win. Defeat your enemy."

Matthew was getting spooked. "Just who are you?"

"Victory is yours. Defeat him. Win. Take no prisoners."

Matthew head started to feel funny. He closed his eyes and grabbed his head in pain. When he opened his eyes again, they weren't they're aqua blue color anymore. They were golden. He began to chant something. "This hand of mine glows with an awesome power..."

"Fight. Win. Defeat Evil. Defeat this man. You are the king. You must defeat him."

"It's burning grip tells me to defeat you!" He turned his hand into a fist and punched the orb. Incredibly, it shattered. his hand went right through it. He brought back his hand and his eyes turned back to normal. But the second he did, he quickly fainted.

"WARNING!: SYSTEM FAILURE! POWER AT 0% SHUTDOWN IMMINENT! SHUTDOWN IMMINENT!"

Terren banged his head on the computer. "Oh, now what?" He heard a loud engine sound outside. He looked and saw Deryk right outside the cockpit.

Deryk glared at Terren. "Give up Terren. It's over."

Terren chuckled a little, causing Deryk to raise an eyebrow. "Tsk, Tsk, Tsk. You've known me for so long and yet you never learn:" He pressed a button on his armor."It's never over for me." His ship dropped a small metal disc which began to float between the cockpit and Deryk. The cockpit opened and Terren quickly punched him in the stomach before jumping on onto the disc. It floated up into the air, back to the ship. Deryk growled in response. He was about to fly to the ship when something grabbed his arm. He saw Miles, hanging on to his arm, looking at him. Deryk sighed and went back to the floor.

Miles scratched his head. "So, did we win?"

Deryk sighed again. "The battle maybe, but not the war. This is far from over. You're the only smasher we've got. That means that there's still thirty five to go. That is, if your willing to join us."

Miles smiled. "If it means I can kick that old timer's ass, you can count me in."

"Thanks" Deryk was about to press a button on his backpack when he remembered something. "Oh shit, I forgot about Matthew!" He yelled before jumping inside the robot. A few seconds later, he came out eith an unconscious Matthew in his arms. He flew back to Miles and put Matthew on the ground. "Let's go home." He pressed a button on his backpack and the three disappeared in a flash of light.

Within the heroes fortress, Octavio could be seen working on something, but you couldn't tell what it was. After sometime, he stopped.

"Just a few more adjustments and you'll be done."

Well that just about wraps this up... Alright, I'll admit I suck at fight scenes. I'm great at planning them out, but when I write them they come out all weird.

Well the next thing I'll be working on is SSBU.

SILVERMANE, OUT!