Last Time: We found the descendant of the legendary robotic smasher. R.O.B! However, in order to actually be considered a smasher, MECHA requires a piece of the obsolete model. Matthew, Miles and Tip are sent to retrieve R.O.B.'s "Heart Chip", a device capable to give any electronic object emotions. All Appears to be well, but what is this mysterious figure that watches our trio? And we all know Siren can't stay unconscious forever. What will she do when she wakes up? What are the contents of the folder: King of Hearts? All that I can tell you is that this is far more complicated than anyone can imagine! Find out what happens now in the latest chapter of: Journey of the King of Hearts!

Chapter 15

MDX-00001-"MECHA" Part 2

"I'm so bored!" Our unusual trio walked through the catacombs of the Mystic Ruins. Miles in front, sniffing out the chaos energy, Tip in the middle, providing light for the chaos wielder and Matthew was in the back... complaining. "We've been walking around for two hours! My feet hurt and I'm getting hungry! What's taking so long!?" His responses were two death glares from his comrades.

"Will you quit whining!" The angel spat at him. "We're the ones doing all the work here!"

"Yeah Matthew." Miles crossed his arms and glared even harder at he young king. "Besides, the Mystic Ruins are full of chaos energy. Finding an emerald here is like finding a needle in a haystack." And we all know how troublesome that can be. Uncrossing his arms, Miles kept on walking, Tip following behind.

"Sorry..." Matthew said quietly before running to catch up with the two. "I'm just not used to doing thi-" Matthew stopped in his tracks, His two partners, noticing he wasn't following, turned back, both confused and worried.

"Matthew, are you alright?" His angelic friend asked worriedly. "Is this because we yelled at you? Look, we didn't mean to upset-" Matthew wasn't listening to a word the six winged angel said. The white haired wonder could feel something. It wasn't chaos energy, but it was something... familiar. It reminded him of when he met Clockwork...

"Matthew!" The two shouted, bringing the king out of his trance. The boy shook his head.

"Wha-Oh! Sorry guys. Guess I zoned out there for a second." Matthew noticed a worried expression on the angels face.

"Are you sure your okay Matthew?" Matthew might not show it in front of them, but Tip could definitely feel something off about the young king.

"I'm fine guys!" The king put his hands behind his head with a big goofy grin on his face. "It was just my imagination. Now come one! We've got a robot to find!" He quickly ran past his two comrades, exchanged worried glances before trying to catch up with him. Since he was in front them now, they couldn't see the serious expression on his face. The strange feeling didn't go away. This left only one possible explanation: "Clockwork." He thought a he ran blindly through the cavern, Tip and Miles right on his tail.

Hong Kong, one of the largest cities in the world, and home to Terren Biostar's greatest science facility. That's right, Biostar's. It's a heavily guarded fortress, overflowing with some of the most intelligent scientists in the world. And, to the misfortune of our heroes, all this belongs to Biostar. Among these scientists happens to reside the nicest man in Biostar's entire empire, Leonard. However, the good man was in a little bit of hot water at the moment. Why? I'll give you a few hints. He's a cold, ruthless tyrant controlling about half of the planet. You guessed it! Terren was going to pay him a private visit.

The poor scientist pace back and forth in his laboratory. Various devices were scattered on the bookshelves that covered the walls. A large computer sitting on a table by the eastern wall. There was a table smack down in the middle covered with books and tools. The floor was littered with parts and the rest of the room was filled with a variety of projects as well. There was a black hole generator, a gene-splicer and a large number of cloning tanks on the western wall. And that was just the beginning. But back to the doctor, the poor man looked like he was about to flip. His eyes filled with fear. It wasn't like Biostar to have 'private' meetings with anyone. The last time it happened, the unlucky soul was found hanged from Biostar's statue of himself in front of the building. What's more, the man was skinned! But Terren wouldn't do that to him... would he?

I mean, sure he's threatened him in the past, but he never actually tried to kill him. Than again, with the whole 'Lucaria Incident' that just happened, but he had gotten her back and he was already going to do that to her, so why would he-

The doctor almost jumped out of his skin when he heard the metal door open and than close.

"Hello, Leonard." The voice of the tyrant ruler ringed in his ears. Trembling like an earthquake, Leonard turned to see Terren... not... angry. "What's the matter?" Terren laughed as he spoke in a playful tone. "Cat got your tongue?" Leonard gave his ruler a long good stare.

"Terren... are you alright?" Leonard took a few steps back. He didn't know if he should be relieved or be even more afraid than he was before. "You seem... different." Now that was understatement. The smile on Terren's face turned into more of a deranged grin as he clapped his hands together, squeezing them tightly as if he was trying to crush something into oblivion.

"Oh, I'm more than alright..." Seeing his ruler return to his normal self, fear once again flooded Leonard's head. Terren began to walk around his facility. "I suppose you're wondering why I called you, correct." The tyrant spoke as he touched the black hole generator with his index finger, sliding it across the protective glass of the machine.

"Y-Yes, my lord..." He was so frightened, he could barely move.

"There's no need to be afraid Leonard." Terren could practically read his thoughts as he began to examine a gun on one of the bookshelves. The doctor flinched when he picked it up. "I'm here to give you a front row seat to my latest scheme." The doctor cocked his head to the side.

"What?" Terren quickly turned around and pointed the gun at him, causing the doctor to flinch into a cowering position. Terren's serious face was back, but it was quickly replaced with a smirk. He placed the weapon back on the bookshelf, allowing Leonard to stand up straight again.

"Let me show you." The tyrant walked over to Leonard's computer, typing so fast, Leonard couldn't even tell what he was doing. "At this very moment, the young king and his friends are in the Mystic Ruins." Leo stared at his ruler.

"How do you-"

"I'm always one step ahead." Terren continued typing. "I personally went there and already acquired the chaos emerald they're looking for."

"how do you know that they're loo-" A death glare was enough to shut him up.

"One. Step. Ahead. Anyway, while I was there I found the remains of a robotic smasher holding the emerald, and an idea hatched in my mind."

"Wha-what are you going to do?" His response was a chuckle.

"You have heard of the process of 'cloning' a chaos emerald, haven't you?" His response was a nod. "I'm using the fake chaos emerald to lead them into an ambush." He showed his scientist what was on the monitor. It was a schematic of part of the catacombs. It was a simple horizontal line with a vertical one extending from it. To picture it better, imagine a square and put a rectangle on the top and sides. Terren pointed to the middle. "When they reach this point, the fake emerald will push them into separate parts of the tunnel. Than, a cave-in will occur, blocking them from each other."

"Hold on. How do you know they're even going to find that place? And how are you going to make a cave-in?"

"Miles is with him. He's bound to find the energy source. As for the cave-in, the guardian is going to handle that." Leonard jumped back surprised.

"The guardian? But why would he-" The smirk on Terren face said it all.

"You would be surprised of what you can do by stretching the truth. The robot I found is also in his possession While he's supervising the ambush, the master emerald will be mine for the taking."

"So this is for the emerald? I suppose that makes sense..." Leo put a hand on his chin. "But whose is going to ambush them?" Terren gave him the biggest smirk he ever had.

"Easy..."

"Matthew, will you slow down!" Tip's voice rang in the king's ears, causing him to stop. Shortly after, Tip and Miles quickly caught up with him, both looking very angry. "What the heck is wrong with you!? Why didi you take off like that!? Matthew was about to say something when the strange feeling overcame him again.

"Can't you guys feel that?" The two exchanged glances before looking back to the king, both very confused. "I feel something and I know it's close!" Tip was going to say something when he noticed Miles tense up.

"Not you to Miles..." The angel rubbed his temples. Without warning, Matthew and Miles took off into the dark cave. "Hey! Hold on!" Tip ran to catch up to his comrades. After about ten minutes, he found both of them staring at something on the ground. The red chaos emerald.

"Well that was easy." Matthew said putting his hands behind his head. "Now all we gotta do is get out of here and we can go home." Matthew reached down to grab the emerald, but Miles grabbed his arm before he could touch it. "What?"

"Aren't you forgetting something." The blur sacnned the entire area. "Where's R.O.B?" Realization hit Matthew like a truck. "The professor said if we found the emerald, we would find him." He took another look at the emerald. "And I'm getting a bad feeling about this thing..." Matthew tapped the gem with his foot...

Electricity sparked from the emerald, lassoing Matthew and Miles in red sparks. Tip, noticing this ran towards his comrades, only to be pushed back by the sparks. The emerald tossed Miles forward and Matthew into another tunnel.

"Guys!" The lightning had died down, and Tip towards his friends. He didn't go far though, as the tunnel began to shake and a large pile of rocks collapsed on top of the emerald, blocking him of from his comrades. "Matthew! Miles!" The angel unsheathed his sword and began using it like a shovel. "Can anyone hear me!?"

"Save your breath angel boy."

Tip turned around, startled. Torches on the walls began to light up, making his artificial light unnecessary.

"Who are you!?" A figure began to emerge from the opposite side of the tunnel. He looked like a young man, about seventeen years old. He was wearing a long navy blue robe with gold trimmings, covering his entire body, but the sleeves appeared to be ripped off at the elbows. He was wearing baggy navy blue shorts that were ripped up at the end. He wasn't wearing a shirt so you could see his slightly tanned skin with bandages wrapped around him. He had long messy black hair that went down to his back and he had navy blue eyes that looked like they could stare into your very soul. To top it off, he was barefoot. But there was something very interesting about him. A dark blue mark on the left side of his neck. It looked like a wing... a fairy wing.

"My name is Leonidas." His voice came out powerful, filled with authority. Tip pointed his blade at him.

"What do you want?"

I've come to stop you before you do anymore harm." Tip gave him a confused look.

"What?" Leonidas gave a slight chuckle.

"Don'y play dumb with me boy." His serious face returned. "You know the sin you commited. Unforgivable." Tip watched in awe as the man began to float, his toes inches away from the floor. His hands were brought calmly to his sides. Then, it happened. His hands were engulfed in pitch black water. The water was calm, centered and controlled. "Do you really think an angel is strong enough to defeat a man who can slay gods?"

"...The God..."

Miles let out an 'oof' as he hit what he assumed to be the wall of the cavern. He couldn't tell. With Tip gone, he had no light source. He sighed as he got back on his feet. He knew there was something off about that emerald. It was clear to him now that it was a phony. While trying to dust himself off, the torches on the walls suddenly ignited, startling the boy.

"Okay, something is not right here." He thought, putting a hand on his chin. "First a fake chaos emerald, a cave-in and now this? Someone's a pulling a few strings here..." His thoughts were interrupted by footsteps. Instinctively he turned to the direction of the noise. It was a young boy, about his age. However, unlike Leonidas, he looked much happier. His skin was very pale and he had a regular build. His clothes were a bit more modern, wearing a simple aqua blue t-shirt and a pair of black pants. He was wearing gray tennis shoes and he had short smooth chocolate brown hair. His eyes were the same as Matthew's, aqua blue.

"Hiya!" He said, waving to Miles with a cheeky grin on his face. The chaos wielder noticed the same mark Leonidas had on his neck on the back of his right hand, in aqua blue color. "My name's Max! It's nice to meet you!"

"Um... Hi?" Miles didn't understand anything that was going on. "I'm Miles."

"I know! And I hope you know that I'm I'm going to have to beat you to a pulp right now." Miles gave the boy a stare before noticing his hands were curled up into fists. The smile on his face was gone and it actually looked like he was sorry. "You look like a nice guy... but I was given a job to do."

"What!? What are you talking about!?" Miles watched as his hand were enveloped in water. Unlike, Leonidas, this water wasn't black, it moved more agressively and it looked like it had white foam. It looked a lot like sea water. "Who the hell are you?" Max entered a fighting stance.

"I'm a dragon slayer. And I'm gonna take you down!" Miles could only watch, not understanding anything.

"...The Dragon..."

Finaly, we have Matthew.

Unlike Miles, he didn't end up smacking a wall. The reason: Holy Intervention.

"Getting your shirt stuck on a spike on the wall is not holy intervention!" Ar at least he assumed his was a spike. It was to dark. All that he knew was that he needed to get down and find out what caused that cave-in. Unsheathing his sword, he cut the part of his shirt that was stuck on the wall and landed safely on his feet.

And, cue the torches.

"Well what do you know." Matthew turned to the direction of the voice. The third and final figure appeared. And, unfortunately for Matthew, the angriest looking one yet. Like the other two, he had a thing for blue. Light blue to be exact, the same color as his eyes. He looked about fifteen. He was wearing a light blue cloak that hugged his body tightly so you couldn't see what shirt he was wearing underneath. It had long sleeves with brown trimming and it's collar was upwards. He was wearing black pants and brown leather boots. He had jet black hair with bangs that covered his left eye. The only thing that wasn't very familiar was the extremely long red scarf he wore. It's two long ends went down his back and barely touched the floor. His mark was on was on his right cheek. "You must be the king I keep hearing about." Matthew tightened the grip on his sword.

"So what if I am?" Matthew was getting a bad vibe from this guy.

"Just the man I wanted to see." He cracked his knuckles. "Terren's been telling me what you guy's have been doing. And I don't like any of it." Matthew stepped back.

"So you're with Biostar?"

"You could say that. But I've seen what you've done, and I aint gonna let it happen anymore!" Wait a minute.

What did he mean by: 'What you've done'?

Matthew watched as he turned his hands into fists, enveloping them in pure crystalline water. This water moved as if it was a storm.

"My name's Orion and I'm a wizard of the Fairy Wing guild! And there is no way I'm gonna lose to trash like you!" Matthew lost his grip on his sword. He put his free hand on his head.

"Oh no..." He thought, his eyes filled with fear and worry. Not because of the opponent in front of him, but because of his words. "Does this have anything to do with the king of heart disappearing?"

"...And The Griffin."

Matthew & Deryk: *Glares at author*

What? I've had Fairy Tail on the brain fro the past few weeks. So sue me.

Matthew: Yeah, but... what does Fairy Tail have to do with this story? And why is their guild named 'Fairy Wing'?

All in good time my children. All that I can tell you is that the master of time is involved. What will happen to our heroes now? What grudge does this aquatic trio have with our heroic one? Find out next time... after two chapter of SSBU!

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