Sonic & Sega All Stars: Subspace Unleashed

by TheFlyingRedJerk

In this action packed adventure, Sonic and friends face a new threat called the Legion of Subspace, who wants the seven Chaos Emeralds for world domination and to shroud the entire world in darkness. It's up to Sonic, AiAi, Vyse, Beat, Ulala, Amigo, Gilius and the other Sega Super Stars to save the world.

117. Chapter 116: Flight of the Angry Birds

Hello, Big Red here. I would like to apologize for the long break in between chapters. Work had been a long stressful time for me within the last couple months on top of playing Pokémon Scarlet for research relating to the next new arc. So sadly Pokémon fans will have to wait a tad longer for the next arc. But instead we will be having a new mini arc in celebration of Sega's newest acquisition of Rovio. So expect to see some pretty angry avians start playing an important role, who will take elements of both the games and movies for inspiration. Along with another certain fat evil doer that would make Eggman blush. With that said, let's all begin with this newest chapter!

The stakes are higher than before with the appearance of yet another powerful demon who just happens to be one of the eight faces of the Vishnu. Knowing that he is one of the Triumvirate, the three strongest Devas of Hinduism, even a goddess like Anahita knew to dread carefully around him no matter which face it was. She knew that showing mercy and not wanting to fulfill her mission of destroying the Smash Brothers would conflict with the more extreme ideals of her fellow members. The dark brown eyes of this youthful god knew too well show just how much trouble the goddess was form this act of treason as Ian important witness to everything here. Cuphead and Mugman knew too well not to fear him as they felt that beating any deity was possible with the excellent teamwork they have with their allies. Magnus didn't care who would be their next obstacle as long as they survived long enough to reunite with their allies. Guile had a bad feeling about this as everyone's near exhausted their own energy fighting Anahita and Thanatos alright than to take on another deity. All three Team Fortress members shown zero fear than to aim their three weapons when necessary. The three demons stay hidden in side the bus as they do not want to be seen by someone as infamous as Krishna in any way shape or form. Alucard knew too well this was another tough opponent after he had exhausted his magic with the last fight, cautiously holding his Firebrand and the Flame Shield. Issun knew that this was someone who could be close to Yami or even a healthy Galactus, not someone to truly underestimate after an already tough scuffle. Amaterasu would keep her intense black eyes on the hovering god while growingly slightly louder than usual.

"I never thought I would even have anyone watching me at all. Let alone one of the many faces of the Deva of Preservation himself. What is it you want when I am gracefully accepting my loss?" The water goddess demands.

"I was thinking of asking you the same thing, fallen goddess of Zoastrian faith. Not only you were almost defeated by a few rebel gods and mere mortals, but you are willing to throw your own pride away to help them. Do you not understand the main goal of Bethel? I would sooner expect someone like Loup-Garou to betray us, but not someone as ancient as you," Krishna said calmly.

"How bold of you to call me me ancient when the Hindus were around the same age with your growing followers. The big difference is that there's enough of you around while my Zoastrians are so little in between. Save the chat for another time, pretty boy," Anahita barked.

"Flattery will get you nowhere, not when you have enough eyes on your very crime. They see everything from the heavens in the Bethel realm. Don't you feel guilty knowing that so many powerful allies you have will now be out to punish you? And for the very insignificant beings that think they can ever replace the gods?" the green wearing god said.

This part would only confuse the Smash Brothers and even Cuphead's friends as things weren't as simple as it seems on the clear strife the deities had for them. Alucard would be the first to butt into the conversation as a firm protector of humanity for centuries.

"Just what do you mean by insignificant? We have been protecting the innocents and those who are in need throughout the entire universe at hand. It is our duty and we stick by it to the bitter end. I am unsure on what appears to be going on, but for you to look down on us because of your status as a god is unwarranted," the dhampir shouts.

The Deva's avatar would look directly at the half vampire man for daring to challenge him, the silver haired half vampire still giving him eye contact out of little fear. Guile wondered what gotten into him and hoped this wouldn't lead to more conflict after exhausting most of their energy. Vince would be hiding behind Magnus out of fear as the old man didn't want to lose his lifelong career of art too soon. Anahita would be surprised that someone who wasn't a demon nor god had the bravery to even question someone as powerful as him for his morals. Alucard had little regrets as he know his Wallachian allies and mother were firm believers of God while seeing beings of pure evil and chaos like the one in influencing his father Krishna would only take a small sigh choosing to look down on him even further despite his words.

"As expected of one of the many lost lambs of that yellow tyrant. You all seem to see him as this savior when he was nothing more than a zealot that saw other gods as lesser than him. Same goes for a majority of his followers acting like his drivel is more important in the grand scheme of this universe and not the other faith out there. It must be hard knowing your "creator" is dead thanks to his own long time enemy and creation Lucifer. Why must you still stay positive knowing that a human who became a god is your replacement? Certainly I would expect humanity to feel more hopeless when their world is falling apart because they let this happen," Krishna speaks in his same calm, but serious manner.

"I will not lie that humanity is perfect. Ever since joining the Smash Brothers and learning from my new allies, it's a whole world out there where everyone has their own faiths and customs. But I still see them as people to be protected from forces of evil like those causing all the trouble currently. No one expected something like the Legion to form or former Smash members who are villains to actually betray us, so this is truly our darkest hour. Regardless if you truly are one of the Hindu gods in the flesh and know what God was truly like, then I still won't justify my father's war on him or humanity when they do not deserve his wrath. If you gods truly cared about what happened to humanity, you would actually do something about it. We have done more good for this universe than you had ever done if all you want is for those to pray instead of fighting in your name. This Bethel, we are not afraid of their mere threats if they think they can stop us from our goal of protecting all that is right in the name of our leader Master Hand. Now it's becoming clear who the true evil is," Alucard replies with scorn.

Everyone would grow even more cautious at the dhampir's bravery against a deity for ever considering the goal of the Smash Brothers to be against some order they were never aware of. Mugman would still stand his ground despite his clear shivering at the heated environment. It was this moment where Anahita realized just how wrong she was as well Bethel being just as misguided as its original purpose. Kapp'n wasn't sure if what he was saying was in the right mind as he didn't want to lose his precious bus again. Magnus actually agrees that his ally is on to something for once with a satisfied grin. For all the criticism he gives gods like Palutena, she at least had her heart in the right place when protecting humanity like a true god should. His viewpoints on Viridi are debatable given her attitude, but he had some respect in her mellowing out on her grudge on humanity and only using her Forces of Nature when necessary. Thanatos is also realizing just how much more confusing the situation had gotten now that he knows just what Bethel is like and what they do to those that rebel them. The dark skinned god would only let out a disappointed sigh from Alucard's words while keeping his cool as the messenger for his main self.

"I see. So I guess you officially declared us as our enemy instead of choosing to back down. It can't be helped, I guess you slaves of YHVH are all the same and will do anything to defend that self entitled zealot no matter what. Even the very Nahobino who is acting in his place with his place on the Empyrean Throne. But don't say we all didn't warn you. I am not here to fight as I know just what the result will be. But my allies will track you all down one by one no matter what part of this planet you all are on. This is why we are hard on humanity, because they take things for granted and no longer fear us. We will give them reasons to fear a god and never step out of line. This is only the beginning while they are losing morale with mere imitators like you as their only hope. See how far that gets you. That day of reckoning will eventually come no matter how hard you deny the imminent karma. You are foolish just as you are lacking in your knowledge. Not that you deserved to know the truth behind Knowledge and what makes a living being strong with them. Perhaps that is for the best since we have one Nahobino to deal with and cleaning them all are our goal. But I've said just about enough that is needed here. Farewell," he coldly explains with his eyes on everyone.

He would eventually turn around on them as if he's seen just about enough of everything. Magnus saw this as a clear sign of cowardice and wanted to say his piece before he left.

"Just you wait a moment! We aren't done yet! Just what are you Bethel guys and why do you hate us so much? What about a unite force of heroes throughout this very big multiverse saving lives and keeping the world in order is a bad thing? Is it that you are scared of feeling irrelevant and no longer important!" he shouts.

"I think that's just about enough here. We don't want to anger this guy even if he is a god. Alucard has alread.."

"Vince, he is right! We shouldn't be giving up everything we had ever done just because of a few dissatisfied deities," Lyn said.

"If we can help take on Galeem and Dharkon, then nothing can ever be a threat to us. We're heroes and ones that everyone should aspire to be!" Prince Sable called.

"Even so, we still have to keep our guard up. We have more than just the Legion of Darkness to deal with on our journey. Something that we just couldn't run away from," Guile says with his arms crossed.

"The storms a brewing like the dangerous seas I've once sailed. Mateys, we will have to be prepared for the brawlin' of a life time. The kid gloves are off and no longer an option," Kapp'n adds.

"Yeah, he's just a wise guy who thinks he can get away with insulting our God and just flying away back to his little palace. Well I am going to say that I will keep traveling with you guys and join the Smash Brothers. That's right, you feathery fiend. I am talkin' to you! If I can whoop The Devil's furry heinie than your's is asking for a kicking. Remember the name Cuphead before you ever call me a fool!" Cuphead shouts while putting on a tough guy act.

Mugman could tell that this is clearly no act as he is angry and very serious about his verbal threat at the retreating Krishna. This almost made Anahita giggle from the clear fearlessness of her new allies who more than earned her respect for not even fearing her in their last fight. Thanatos saw this as an opportunity to try impressing her since he didn't want to be upstaged by some heroes.

"That's right you green sickly buffoon! Oh wait, I'm green. Well…you wannabe pretty excuse of a god! I will admit that it was my boss Hades' allies who made the world the way it is. That's right, we will rule this world whether you all like it or not. Even if our mission to recruit the demons of the famous inferno failed, we still saw them as better help just in case you goodie goodie gods ever thought about getting in our way! There is no room for so many gods around here and just the Underworld Army and fellow associates are enough. So you better watch out as he will not hesitate to destroy you either! I do not like these guys, especially that fool Magnus who defeated me, but I know when to realize that I've bitten more than I could chew. So why don't you just run along back to your gloomy realm full of sitra and karma that no one other than a handful of humans care about?" the death god yelled.

There would only be a clear silence between everyone after what the goofy Thanatos unknowingly showing a brutally snarky side that only few like Viridi would ever show. This is when Krishna would even take a pause now that he knows just what is truly going on in the world despite the death god's poor attempt at insulting the third largest religion in the word. Just hearing that there's another party out here that clearly wants the world for themselves without a single care of Bethel nor The Creator would give him the idea that this was worth discussing to his fellow members instead of ignoring. The ruined state of the world, rising darkness, and humanity slowly turning on each other is growing to make far more sense to him. Thanatos would be eagerly waiting for his reaction to see if his attempt to impress Anahita works. The goddess is not surprised that he still chooses to be loyal to his master than rebelling against him, but still appreciated the effort to talk down Krishna. Kapp'n would be receiving a message on his transmutation device but didn't want to answer it too soon at the risk of alerting the god before them. Guile wondered if this means that their allies from Prison island were finally arriving at the Inkwell Isles as promised. But also grew concerned that this would raw even more attention from the potential enemies Krishna warned them about. Thanatos is wide eyed and angry in hopes that his last words had struck a nerve in the green aspect of Vishnu. However he felt nothing at all other than mild gratitude that the one responsible for ruining the state of the planet and other parts of then universe were all the Legion's doing unknowingly. Knowingly, it made far more sense as to what the other Bethel members meant on a demonic force being bale to crumble the state of Da'at overtime.

"So it really was the work of someone else other than the very Smash cretin that are traveling with the Tyrants. No wonder why the dark lord Lucifer is a shell of his former self instead of the same threat who tested the current Nahobino God. Your group were really desperate to get the help of Chaos to get what you wanted after almost destroying the only place many demons call home. And now you were desperate to think we would had accept you or anyone affiliated with this Legion to be with us? How low can a lesser Greek pantheon god like you can get? That adds another to the list of mistakes Anahita had done for her failure. It won't be long until the real members of the pantheon sets an example for the few Smash fools that dared to almost free the Titans there," he responded with clear thoughts.

"Lesser? Sure we were always aware that there were other forms that lingered in that country. But to say the Underworld Army is lesser? Now I am glad that I wasn't going to join your Bethel snobs in the first place!" Thanatos beamed.

However, Magnus would speak up since he was the first to catch on to the last part of Krishna's words.

"Say what again? Free the Titans? Set an example for what Smash fools? What are you talking about or you thought we wouldn't catch any of that?" he shouts.

"You mean there are others affiliated with us who just happen to be there? Tell me who they are," Lyn demands firmly.

"Their names are irrelevant as they are about to die at the hands of Zeus and the other Greek gods. But if you insist, they are mostly a group of women. All being female swordsmen. One having the ability to become a dragon, another who happens to be a powerful vessel for a fallen demon dragon. And another who is actually an artificial demon who has a deity guiding them. All awaiting a swift execution within a day's time. It doesn't matter since you will not make it there in time with how close you are to America," the green wearing god answered.

"Executed? And for trying to set free the Titans? They probably were trying to defend themselves and you gods likely accused them of doing some crime. I wouldn't put it past you corrupt gods," Magnus remarked harshly.

"They are what? There's no way we can make it there in time, it is already a miracle we managed to get the bus fixed in two hours!" Prince Sable exclaims.

"And you will tell us just that before you run back to your fellow power hungry fools like the snake you are? Just what is your main goal? How long had you been watching us this entire time? Just what business your Bethel group even have with us when we are only doing our job?" Lyn questioned.

Krishna would care little about the emotionally fueled questions that hit him as he knew exactly what he was doing by giving them the revelation of bigger problems than even thinking about stopping him. This situation would only leave Amaterasu and Issun more confused than before since they didn't expect to be hit with a rescue mission this fast. The latter would be hopping erratically on the wolf goddess's head in a fit of panic and rage at the smooth talking god's nonchalant attitude. Cuphead and Mugman would be at a complete loss of words at how much dire the situation had gotten for the Smash Brothers after they had just stopped one plan involving the Wondertart from happening.

"The point is to prove just what to expect when you dare cross paths with Bethel or think you can continue trying to surpass a purpose only meant for gods. Do not consider this a hostage situation but more a way to break your morale so the rest of you can be wiped out. The only way to go for the chakra of a strong force is to hit just the right amount of points to disrupt the flow. Without that flow, the body would be nothing. Consider that body the Smash Brothers and how wiping any trace of some members should be an example of what's to come for the rest of you. But I had said just about enough. This time I will go. Do not expect any other words to stop me from reporting everything. Not even this Legion will be safe either since they are an enemy as big to crush alike an ant. Farewell. But before I go, here is one last parting gift," he said.

The god would soon begin vigorously playing on his flute gracefully with a quick but furious tune to showcase his infamous skill. But that wasn't the only think he was known for as this was a forewarning of one of his deadlier techniques, the Dream Raga. The sounds of this flute would soon travel throughout the entire group even. Faster than noise from a band. Magnus had a bad feeling about this and armed himself while everyone else wondered just what purpose his flute playing served. The first thing that would happen would be massive thud in the right of the area. The entire Moonshine Mob would be fully collapsed and snoring loudly due to hearing the enchanting music. It would be clear for some that they would be already losing their senses due to their nerves starting to feel intense drowsiness. Soon Magnus would realize that his own arms were failing on him and not holding his weapon tight enough as he's expected. Even Cuphead would soon realize his own vision is getting blurrier than whenever he takes Cagney's dizzy fuzz seeds.

"What the he…I am starting to feel very..very.."

It would be too late as Cuphead collapsed onto the ground face forward from the Dream Raga.

"Cu…phead.."

Mugman soon falls down after him despite trying to fight the spell. Chalice would be alarmed and sleepy at the same time as she saw all of Cuphead's friends, new and old, slowly collapsing from the deadly spell overtaking their body and spirit. Krishna continues playing his flute furiously regardless of the pleas made from those trying to resist his spell. Esther would accidentally wrap herself in her own lasso as a result of her sleepiness and dropped into her slumber. Mortimer would even use his own sack as a pillow as he slowly stops hovering or preparing to use his ice magic. Even the Chinook would be loudly snoring as a sign that its pilot had already succumbed to the spell, the remaining Howling Aces sleeping loudly in their fighter plane. Dr. Kahl's robot violently thuds from falling to the side in a deep sleep, even with his creator and pilot not faring any better inside of his head. Lyn would struggle to muster any strength in holding her own body weight anymore, Prince Sable being the gentleman to stumble his way to save her from her fall. But the two of them would finally collapse on the ground in a dogpile, loudly dozing off from the spell. Kapp'n would already still be sleeping in the driver's seat of his bus, a loud enough horn barely waking him up with his head flat on the wheel. Ollie Bulb would already be struggling to get emotional seeing everyone around him dropping like flies due to their magical slumber, trying his bed to hold it all in.

"Whatever you do, Ollie...do not…"

Sal would already roll onto his face before loudly snoring in his own sleep. Even Chauncey couldn't use his psychic powers with his rubbing only accelerating his sleepiness. The emotional onion would then stop his sniffling to quickly sleep before a single ounce of crying. Cala Maria would already be fast asleep with all of her Mermaids sleeping beside her large tail as a scaly pillow. Ribby and Croaks snores while laying on their backs, their throat sacks inflating within each round. Djimmi would be snoring on his magic carpet with each snore leading to smoke signals from his pipe. Katzenwagon would already be sleeping like the average housecoat with the Stageplay Family neatly wrapping in the middle. Brineybeard's entire crew would be sleeping atop the drowsy ship itself as it even lets out a massive yawn in exhaustion. Alucard would perfectly lie on his back mid-air despite his will to fight back the spell, now more or less floating in his sleep with both sword and shield finally dropped to the ground. Both Pokemon Trainer and Leaf had already fallen asleep together on the mountain top before they had a chance to call out any Pokemon to stop this mess.

"This is really bad Ammy! We have to get out of here or we will fall asleep. Quick, we must call the others to come get us soon!" Issun begs his ally.

Despite this his last jump would have him already plummet atop Amaterasu's head, finally sleep fully due to feeling the effects of his song. The wolf goddess would be left snarling while shaking her head to right the effects of the song that's ringing through her head. Vince would already be snoring with his face laid flat on a semi-painted canvas that he was about to finish, with buckets and brushes laid next to him. Chef Saltbaker would be snoring into the sack of ingredients as there wasn't any way he could fight off the drowsiness of this sleepy melody. Guile had already fallen onto his back despite his efforts to really stay awake of his already fallen allies that succumbed to the Dream Raga. Thanatos would already be sleeping in mid-air despite his attempts at braving his sleep, now hanging his entire body behind himself with immense dozing. This would soon leave Anahita who would be left with no way to escape but to lie onto her side in a deep beauty sleep that cannot be stopped. One by one everyone would be falling into their deep slumber thanks to the melody that Krishna plays that he would prefer saving for a tough battle. But he knew well what he was doing as he intends to slow them down from the inevitable execution of their allies back in Greece. Amaterasu would finally let out one last howl in a mix of sorrow and sleepiness before finally collapsing into her body with Issun still asleep. This would leave only Magnus left as the last man standing and still trying his best to stay awake. The previous injuries from his last battle on top of the fatigue from braving the situation would finally be enough to force the mercenary to drop his weapon. This is only the beginning of his slow descent until a slumber that stops him like everyone else. Even he would notice Chalice finally falling besides the cup brothers in her slumber despite taking the song for so long.

"Damn you….we will not let you…win…this.."

His last words would stop abruptly as he would finally drop towards the ground slowly face forward. The last thing he would see is Krishna looking back one time, giving a clearly satisfied smile on par with Flynn when possessed by Ananta. This would be the end of the road for everyone involved in the Inkwell Isles. Nothing would be left other than a clear darkness that clouds the view of everyone involved with aspect of Vishna on his way out.

An unknown amount of time had passed which leads into the sounds of something pleasant as if they were inside of a flying vehicle. The constant whirring of powerful turbine like fans blustered along with the sounds of powerful winds blowing. Seagulls cackled along with these clear winds to signify that everyone appears to be at sea, or was it perhaps somewhere more elevated. Magnus groans as he tries his best to see just where was he and what just happened. He could hear the footsteps of several people approaching him without any thought of where his weapon was. Some were lighter than others and the more heavier ones seem more recognizable as human to him. The most distinct being one that were a pair of 16th century high heels that most pirates would wear from that era. He slowly opens his eyes to take a look at just who happened to kidnap him at all after the god put him to sleep. His vision is clearly foggy to make out the mysterious figures that stood above him while still struggling to open up.

"Awww dude, he is finally waking up! I'm like glad Ammy was able to signal us in time," a teenage voice said.

"Aye dios mio, this hombre's clearly in bad shape just like the others we were able to find," a distorted Hispanic voice said.

"We shouldn't be crowning the young knave. He's definitely taken a battle he should had never done," a fair knight voice said.

"I bet he tried covering wars that he couldn't handle. Hopefully not with psychopaths and zombies involved," a middle aged male voice said.

"So this is the group our friend Mega Man's been hanging with? They really do task risks almost like we do, eh Rubyheart?" a young female voice said.

"Don't forget, I am Captain Rubyheart! SonSon, we've been through this several times already. Or else you would walk the plank," an authoritative female voice said.

"Let's us all not get too hasty. We should most importantly ask these guys a few questions like what have they been doing with Mega Man lately. At least getting back to more important manners," a firm male voice said.

"Here we go, Mr. Bionic Commando. I'll have you know that all the other times I am involved with had been doing our fair share of investigation outside of Raccoon City to learn of these "smash" guys," a professional older man voice said.

"I suggest we all calm it down since our friend appears to be waking up. Just like the others who we had already sent on other duties around the ship," another fair voice would add.

"Everyone, be silent! Let us all get into places and finally introduce ourselves to our special guest!" the pirate captain said once more.

Magnus slowly opened his eyes again just too see who would be conversing while he is sleeping. He would finally get a good view of just who were looking at him. A short red Tokusatsu hero with a V insignia, a short rugged knight in shining silver armor, a well dressed photographer with dark short hair, a dreadlocked man wearing a green tank top with a mechanical right arm, a large cactus monster with a sombrero, a young monkey girl wearing traditional red Chinese clothing with a staff in hand, a well built, brown haired soldier who's worked with organizations like S.T.A.R.S. and the BSAA, a futuristic samurai from another galaxy far away, and a young female pirate with her large famed hat to suit her title as captain. Magnus didn't know how to react, but immediately tried to reach for his club, which was nowhere to be found. He searched frantically around the wooden deck that he rests on to see just where it was since he's in a desperate situation.

"See, I told you he would be upset for disarming him. Why are we doing this again?" Viewtiful Joe said.

"Because they need to rest and all weapons bust be confiscated to avoid any form of fights. Even alerting potential enemies who don't know about us," Rubyheart reminded him.

Magnus didn't care what happened and tried to make a run for it without any idea of where to go.

"Wait, you have no idea what's going on!" Frank West called.

"You all knew exactly what you were doing. Kidnapping us without our consent and taking us away from our goal. I'll find the others!" Magnus shouts.

The rest of Capcom gang would be left dumbfounded at how hasty and uncooperative Magnus is acting despite not being left alone. Chis lets out a sigh since he knew this would happen despite their efforts.

"There he goes. And we didn't even get a chance to properly explain our situation," he said.

"He taken this less well unlike the others who were more than happy to take our hospitality," Hayato says.

It wouldn't be until everyone would see Rubyheart already twirling her massive anchor for one of her famous moves. SonSon gasps comically as if she's going too overboard with this situation.

"Don't you think this isn't necessary, Captain Rubyheart!" she cried.

She ignores her words just to see the right trajectory and distance to hurl this anchor as the large man is making his way towards the massive turbines of the ship. With much determination and skill, this air pirate didn't want him to move a single muscle after this shot.

"Rafale Canon!" she shouts upon hurling the massive anchor at an impressive distance.

The massive steel tool reached as far as it could with trails of heavy chains connected to it from her sleeve. Magnus would already be closer to escaping once he looks around for somewhere to jump until his days were over. Upon seconds the anchor would strategically wrap itself around his body as tightly as possible with the Greek man growing more annoyed than happy to be caught.

"What is this thing? You guys are some kind of space pirates?" he questioned.

He would immediately feel himself being pulled back at a powerful force thanks to the determined air captain's strength and desire to keep him from leaving. His struggles weren't doing any more favors as the chains only coiled even tighter to make sure his escape wasn't very likely.

"Great job, Captain Rubyheart. And I didn't even have to use Slow to make things easier," Viewtiful Joe exclaimed.

"No problem, someone needs to learn some manners here if they will ever be aboard our ship. They should be thankful Amaterasu lead us right to them after they were found sleeping. We were hoping for the Marvels to join us for this reunion, but they had already left their respective worlds already. Not a single trace. As if someone managed to contact them before we did," the pirate captain said.

"Yeah, that is quite particular indeed. Who else other than us would be familiar with our superhero allies in anyway that needed their help. We may never know," Hayato adds.

"So these guys are part of a group called Smash right? I only know little about them since Mega Man had left us briefly to work with them instead," Frank said in a puzzled manner.

"I have some faint memories of them. I can't explain it, but I get the feeling that they are familiar in some ways," Chris explains.

He barely had memories of the World of Light incident that had happened before. Not even recalling when his Spirit was freed after Galeem and Dharkon were destroyed by the Smash Brothers. But he know one thing for sure that Wesker is somehow alive and causing trouble with the Legion, a mission he and his closest allies knew needed to be stopped. Leon and Jill were already on missions of their own in other parts of the world to see if there were any biohazard outbreaks that needed to be stopped in the middle of this crisis. Magnus continues to struggle as the chains slowly drags his body close to Rubyheart eventually. She was luckily someone merciful and don't plan on stuffing him into a cannon after this like she usually do after this technique.

"Well well, you reject our hospitality and try to think you can fly away from us that easily? Your allies are more than fine and working with us if they will ride aboard this ship. That bus of yours is also in the cargo to get any repairs by my crewmates. The only one she decided to leave behind were the citizens that lived there and the suspicious gods who may be behind the destruction. The least you can do is show us some for of common courtesy and be glad fellow heroes like us are willing to help you get to your destination," she announced as the chains keep pulling.

Magnus would immediately begin listening to her after hearing that everyone was safe, but still had even more questions for her.

"But how did you know we intend to go back to Greece? And not bringing that clown Thanatos was a big mistake since he owes me my son after we defeated him. Don't just think we will simply accept everyone little person who helps us as allies," he barked.

"I have a special crystal ball that allows me to see everything down below. That's how I've learned of your location and went there to pick up our ally Amaterasu. We were nice enough to wait for your other friends to arrive who had similar questions of what happened, they came along for the ride. You can partially blame the raccoon girl since I've taken a liking to her," Rubyheart responds.

"Who?" Magnus asks.

"G'day, muscle bound bloke! This is the First Mate Marine here to say we are having a darn good time in the skies instead of going for the sea. Better safe from those godly drongos from going on our tails!" the excitable raccoon shouts from behind everyone.

Magnus would be unimpressed and annoyed that someone this young managed to impress the captain this easily. It wouldn't be until he sees Kapp'n enjoying his time scrubbing the deck of the shit with Cuphead helping out. The jolly cup boy is enjoying all the labor he's doing while happy that he wasn't sent home like the rest of his friends. He whistles a jolly tune almost like Camptown Ladies within each swipe of his soaked rag.

"Mornin', Magnus. We were taken by this ragtag crew who just happened to find us. The others who were coming for us are here too. You should go talk to Rex about it," the jolly kappa said.

Ahead of everyone would be the crew of Pretas and Pikmin straightening the sails of the ship in an effort of teamwork with Olimar and Alph giving orders below.

"Keep going everyone! There are certain ways those sails should be straightened if we will traverse these skies safely. Good work Reds, a little to the right Yellows," the Hocatate captain called before whistling.

"Guys, do not forget the number one rule of not chewing on the ropes since that could ruin the flight!" Alph warned.

One Preta sheepishly pulls his head away from the ope he tried to gnaw out of hunger. Another smacked his head to make sure he stay focused on the job before resuming his work. Rex would raise himself back from the cloudy depths fully, now with some salvage he managed to find from the nearby cloud seas closer to Crescent Isle. Beside him would be Saki Omonake who helped fended off the local monsters on his salvaging escapades. The Earth Defense Force military girl was a recent recruit from another short-lived group that disbanded after their half of their old crew went back to the Tatsunoko universe.

There were no doubts other former members like Alex, Batsu Ichimonji, Kaijin no Saki, Mega Man Volnutt, and Wayne Holden using the PTX-40 Model were aboard the same ship. These suspicions would be true as a large armed mech is seen patrolling the back end of the ship, acting as security who would attack any large enemies with the best Lost Planet technology possible under Rubyheart's orders. Magnus is partially impressed by the size and technology of it as this was different from any mech created by the people of Skyworld. Wayne from the inside of the powerhouse mech would be checking all screens inside to see any sign of hostile life around him since he knows the usual Earth wildlife is off limits for attacking. Around the ships would be the usual duo of the Unknown Soldiers and Lou patrolling the skies using their usual means of a flight, jetpacks for the former and hang glider for the latter. The Greek warrior is dumbfounded that this many people were cooperating well for a crew on such a ship that's nothing compared to Kapp'n's trusty bus. But he still had a few questions in regards to what their true goal was since no one would help them this easily.

"But I still have an inkling there is some ulterior motive when you went out of your way of helping us. Just what is it that made you want to take us to our destination to save our friends when you have people of your own to care about?" he asks.

The female pirate captain loving his sudden curiously would gladly be the one to give him his desired information.

"Do I have to spell it out for you? Anyone whos' a friend of our fellow member Mega Man is a friend of ours. Who's to say that alliances can't be a thing to stop our greatest foes? This world would had been down ages ago if it weren't for me gathering heroes from this world and another to save it. I figured it was the right thing to do after it was my crew's greed that lead to Abyss's awakening. After we sealed the beast, I moved on to other things as the core Marvel vs Capcom crew decided to stick around with each other. It could be fate, but I would never imagine myself needing to gather almost everyone again with a new threat since rumors spread of these Legion people slowly gathering numbers to take over this world. On top of my sink being damaged by the storm previously that needed repairs. Those scallywags will pay dearly since they awakened the fires of adventure within this lass's heart. But most importantly, gathering some old and new friends to start over what we had previously done. So what do you say, matey. Will you and your Smash buddies consider us allies?" she explains, how reaching out a hand for trust.

"It will be bloody fun, mate. You would have to be kooky or worse to not take such a great offer," Marine adds while stepping beside Rubyheart.

Magnus still had several things in mind like where is Thanatos when he would do anything to get his son back, even if his own Allie's were happily safe with new allies. He's still unsure what was the deal with Blaze's thrill seeking raccoon friend who is gung-ho about this situation or even quick to call him "mate". As soon as a door opens on the other side, Phoenix Wright and Morrigan are leasing the way for the rest of the heroes who were inside for their interrogation. The hard working lawyer is sweating and exhausted as usual, preferring to save his energy for a case involving less than so many subjects at one. The giddy succubus giggled since she liking just how straightforward some of them were in answering her. Earthworm Jim lets out the loudest yawn, clearly bored at having to sit inside too long from catching some solar rays. Sparkster holds his right hand over his eyes to get that first taste of sun since that defeat at the hands of Krishna. The sun sure felt brighter than usual and that's because he is now realizing they are actually flying in the clouds above high ground. Oberon carefully guides all his fellow fairies and affiliated demons behind him as he needed to see if things were completely safe at this altitude. The sun is a good position for the entire deck to feel warmer than a sunny day on ground level, even on a hot beach. Crash sheepishly looks around, excited to have a brand new day with his mentor figure Aku Aku hovering nearby. The bandicoot knew how dangerous the last mission was and knew to be prepared for anything that may harm either of them. The wise mask hwoever could notice that just the right people he needed to see were fine with their assigned chores above the ship.

"Greetings all, a new day awaits all of us as we seek our remaining allies in Greek. I fear that we may be up for something quite more challenging than our last encounters, no matter where you were. But fear not, I shall protect us all when necessary while Crash here can provide the needed n-sanity in battle," he announced.

Crash nods happily with his widest grin to prove he's listening.

"Precisely, let us not forget this world is plagued with even more demons than usual. Some that may be deadly as Amaterasu or even Anahita. We will follow you all to the ends of the earth since our knowledge of every Da'at citizen is resourceful," Titania said with a smile.

"But do not forget that you mortals owe us a trip to our lord Lucifer. Do not think this means we are "friends" or even close to allies. Because we need that protection when going alone as long as those Legion fools or Bethel have their eyes everywhere," Macabre uttered.

Unsurprisingly, a majority of the heroes were still not sold on the idea of being forced to protect this demon for the whole time back to their remaining allies. Magnus lets out a low sign since he would prefer to just have him dead than hear any more of his nonsense.

"Do not forget who is captain here, so be grateful you supernatural fiends are allowed to come aboard. We can have the right to destroy you if you get out of hand. Or maybe our personal baddie cleanup Morrigan can just taste your souls as a nice snack. But that's if you truly don't value your own lives as blackhearted monsters," Rubyheart warned.

"Not to worry, French pirate. I will make sure Kumbhanda and Macabre stay on their best behavior. Especially when a fellow succubus is around who's power is quite unimaginable from what I sense. And I even see she's quite full from the countless men she came across, which is easy to tell," the black wearing Succubus says, being amused by the power and souls she sense from her.

"Anything to keep myself as the young and beautiful head of the Aensland Clan for centuries Flattery usually isn't appreciated, but I can tell I will like you quite a bit, miss. You also seem to be full on souls too. Maybe one day we can go out and have some true fun, if you get what I'm implying," the green haired succubus replies in an amused manner.

"Not right here Morrigan, can't we see that we have a few kids around here? Why is it someone like you never have a filter?" Frank West beamed.

"I stand corrected. Even you were going a bit too far with some questions when we interrogated everyone else. There's a time and a place to use your wiles when a lawyer is around," Phoenix said nervously.

Morrigan was halfway tempted to tease the lawyer again but knew too well it wouldn't be a good idea to do it in Rubyheart's presence. Lyn is amazed at the clear skies being a sign that this is what she missed than. the stormy fight with their former enemy that's nowhere to be seen. Even then, she rarely remembers what last happened before they soon wound up on this strange airship. All she remembered was how there was this mysterious being who told them of their allies' fate in Greece if they do not arrive in a few days. The sense of urgency regarding good partners like Corrin and Byleth, even if they were the female counterparts, only reminded her that no time should be wasted. Vince would be glad he can peacefully paint without a single worry of wasting more of his materials, choosing to set up his easel on the deck carefully. Lyn looks around being glad that the morning sun that she kissed since Anahita's stormy fight is bright as ever. But most of all, the feeling that they have a more dire mission than ever to save great allies like the female counterparts of the tacticians and lords. Having them die at the Evans's of gods would be a shame to her title as a Smash member, something she won't rest until it's accomplished. Prince Sable would be the first to notice Cuphead and waved to get his attention. The giddy ceramic cup boy is more than happy to see the rest of his new friends, having a wide smile that out's King Dice's to shame.

"Hellooooooooo fellow Smashies! Are we ready for another exciting adventure?" he called.

"An adventure I wanted little part in. Now tell me why are we out here when we should be back to help Elder Kettle?" Mugman snapped.

Cuphead briefly glares at his brother being the same complaining worrywart he is.

"That does remind me, shouldn't the three of you be back at the Inkwell Isles? Since you still have to please your chef friend's innocence for his crime," Lyn wondered.

"I'm afraid Lyn here is correct. This is going to be a highly dangerous mission that could cost your lives. You all gotten lucky helping us beat that water goddess, but what we we up against are no joke. You're better off being dropped back on the islands instead of being with us as non-Smash affiliated kids," Magnus adds.

"I'll have you know that I am the Legendary Chalice and been watching the isles for centuries. I'm not a kid, but the boys certainly are. But to say they are just children and can't be of help is disrespectful," Chalice called.

"That's right, I'm am glad we…what? Hey! Look who's the kettle calling the pot black when you have a kid over there with you," Mugman says before pointing to Prince Sable.

"I'll have you know that I'm fifteen years old and quite a mature leader of my kingdom unlike that scoundrel Richard! And in my country, that is the legal drinking age which is why I always carry the Wine of Recovery with me!" the prince shouts in a sudden burst of anger.

"How about we all just simmer down and not get into any rumbles. And you are right, I wonder what happened to Saltbaker and why he didn't come with us," Cuphead said.

"Your friends decided it was best for the three of you to come with us and stop that Devil adversary of yours instead of stopping there. I'm sure they can testify for the chef's innocence without you being there. And I agree with the cup lad, there will be no detours since we had already set cause on an important mission to help your Smash team. We shall only stop if we need more food or supplies, do not forget who's ship you're on," Rubyheart warned.

What follows is a clean silence between everyone now that they knew just why the three Inkwell citizens were still with them with reason. Mugman dropped his mouth in clear shock that he can't comprehend his own friends selling him out instead of having him go home after a days work. Chalice however is glad to hear Saltbaker is safe but still worries about how harsh his punishment will be in court. Magnus isn't too pleased that he is forced to look after the trio of dishes once again when he was already stopped from doing something he desired.

"Good choice of words, mortal. I yearn to report to Lord Lucifer of what Law and Neutral have against us in the dear future. If he isn't already dead by now," Macabre says harshly.

"I know our leader and he is by no means someone to die every easily despite reports. The fires of Chaos shall burn brighter than before when we have the other two sides wanting us and this world wiped clean," Kumbhanda snorts.

"He's actually going exactly where we plan to do. I've went ahead and contacted the others about their status. Pit and Dark Pit will be the ones to take him to the Fountain of Youth to fully restore his power. Pls lute a had already warned the two of what forces await them there. In this case, I am in agreement with Miss Rubyheart's decision," Alucard announced.

"We are already aware. Thanks to that blithering green clown who gladly spelled it out for us back on the islands. Those angels he mentioned than thankfully not aligned with Law or else we would be truly worried. Speaking of that fool, I wonder what he plans win doing since we betrayed him," Macabre continued.

"Our great captain here choose to leave him back there instead of holding him prisoner. My only chance of having my son back is blown away. Thanks a lot, but at least I can hopefully not show my face to my fiancé despite promising to come back when this is all over," Magnus bemoaned.

Rubyheart didn't enjoy her service being belittled in any way, when she knew too well what was best for her crew, allies, and new guests who chose to be aboard her ship. Amingo knew too well that after a tough battle with foes like Abyss it wouldn't be wise to try and bring someone who may be a threat to most Partenaire crewmates. SonSon would only shrug with a sarcastic sigh since he's still proving to be a difficult guest aboard the ship. Amaterasu however barks at him as a way to let him know he is stepping out of line, him wondering what was this godly wolf's problem. Issun knew well that she is often feisty towards anyone no matter how strong they were, but this time it wasn't without reason.

"Alright Fido, you did most of the work on the water lady back there and we couldn't have done it without you. But if it's a treat you want, I am empty handed," he said in confusion.

"You were missing Ammy's point. And I thought Susano'o was the dense muscle head. The fact that we saved you and all of your friends despite being from a different faction should be enough to be grateful for. How were we supposed to know if it's safe to drag some enemy you've fought with us? We usually don't bring anyone with us, except that one scary chef who's got no crew and makes delicious meals, but that's besides the point. Making things about yourself is the last thing that should be on your mind when we will help you all get back together and with the rest of your group eventually. And this is what we should expect from the mighty Smash Brothers," the tiny boy beamed as he bounced on Amaterasu's head.

"Do not use him as an example that best represent all of us. I'll have you know that we are all very dedicated to protecting this world among many others. Our main focus was always wanting to reunite with the rest of our group despite failing our mission. He's just dealing with a loss and just wants to end that pain. Although so have lost something that truly maters to me due to bandits, I would never lose sight of my main goal at hand. He should perhaps think of doing the same," Lyn responds in a defensive manner.

"As much as I hate to admit it, ye lass is correct. You ought to just let it go and never lose sight of the original plan. Keep em eyes on the prize. That's what ol' Kapp'n would say," the seafaring kappa adds.

"Yeah, so like let it go dude. I've been through Movieland and back to get Sylvia back since I knew she was alive. If this person you want had already passed away, best to just let it go," Viewtiful Joe said.

What follows is only dead silence due to everyone's words no longer being worth listening to this broken man who only wanted to be truly happy again and left alone. He already felt bothered when recruited once more to stop the Legion again, but now he is at the point where his own chest felt heavier due to feelings of anger clouding his mind. Even someone as experienced as Chun-Li knew too well to never let her emotions get the best of her on important missions like these. Cuphead still awaits his answer as he couldn't help but to feel massively disappointed in him for his selfish behavior. However, an eccentric chef would soon burst out of the door leading to the barracks with his chef knife in hand in a panicked manner. A good portion of the Smash members were surprised at who the man would be and wondered if this was an emergency worth addressing. Rubyheart realized that this could be serious knowing he would rarely ever leave the kitchen unless this is something big. With his strange aura and red nose, this buck toothed chef was once a owner of a high class restaurant Royal Heaven that he soon abandoned to save his own hide as Issun mentioned. It was clear he was hired despite his sketchy history that he is an excellent chef that is known to cook almost everything fantastically no matter the ingredients. Previous candidates were El Fuerte and a Felyne, the latter which would had required traveling even further away than usual for one excellent chef. Some like Prince Sable started to feel uneasy the more he observed him as if there's a sense of malicious intent in him compared to others he seen before. Mugman felt the same, feeling that he just may be like the worst aspects of Chef Saltbaker without an ounce of good in his heart. Cuphead had a bad feeling if his timid brother felt this shaky when laying one eye on his appearance.

"Captain! I have bad news! Our food resources had been running low as of late. With all of these extra travelers aboard there may not be enough to last for our journey! A chef like me can't work with so little ingredients after all!" Gourmand called.

"That soon? But we just gotten everything we had back on our pirate's base. I knew we should had asked the Bonne Clan to give us extra assistance," she said with her head down.

"Not like they would had listened to anyone other than me. Let alone Tron. It shouldn't even be a consideration," the blue Digger said.

"There can be know way several weeks of food would be gone that fast. Unless we have some gluttons here that bit more than they should chew. There's only so many of us here and we shouldn't work here rent free," Chris said.

This is when Olimar and Alph would slowly turn their heads to the very Pretas that were working on the sails with them, being less than pleased if these hungry demons were the main reason. One of them slowly points to the further one above him only to get his arm bitten in retaliation.

"Damn it, I will eat you if you don't stop trying to eat me!" he yells.

"What do these humans expect, we are always hungry and never truly full no matter what!" the other argues as he tussles with the other.

Kaijin no Soki would only glance at his own blade feeling that it's best to kill these demons than keeping them around if they will eat all of their resources. Half of the crew would now be less trusting of the demons their new allies decided to drag along despite being initially alright with it.

"You see, this is what happens when we trust literally everyone. I'd say we are best putting them all down for trying to starve us," Chris said.

"For once, we are all on the same page. Just let me whip up something I can use to shred these guys into bits," Frank West suggests.

"You better not be talking about us as we can reconsider our partnership and kill all of you when necessary," Macabre threatens.

"Maybe you demons can make it up to us by becoming new rare ingredients for a new dish. If all of you are more than willing to fight for your lives," Gourmand says with a sinister grin.

Mugman yelps before hiding behind Cuphead again since he didn't like the look of his crazed smile when contemplating the idea of cooking these demons as a meal.

"I suggest we all think of a way we can resolve this without turning on each other. Violence isn't always the answer," Oberon begs.

"I think you forgot the part where that fat crazy human wants to cook all of us regardless, my king. Use your head," Incubus reminds him.

"Great suggestion, the head is always the best part in a possible Demon Special with every single one of you as possible ingredients," the evil chef says after licking his plump lips.

"Now you are speaking my language. I think we had just about enough of tolerating these demonic deadweights who never truly belonged in this world," Magnus says, heaving his club for a strike.

Crash is already shivering and confused that everyone will once again have a fight break out between each other, Aku Aku shaking his head at the clear immaturity going around.

"If it's food we need, we can always stop and get more. I don't think eating these guys will solve a thing., Not to mention being less than appetizing," Rex nervously states.

"Nonsense, kid. You are talking about the world's greatest chef. I've cooked countless monsters into the most delicious meals ever. So why don't you step aside while I start with those appetizing purple pests that are on the mast?" Gourmand demands.

"How about we all just take a deep breath and calm down? I know we all had ourselves some life threatening encounters or still have suspicions of these demons, but I don't think making them into more food would be the best absolute solution," Sparkster pleads.

"Just find a farm and I am your worm to heave the heaviest heifers we need if beef is what you folks really need," Earthworm Jim suggests.

"That's great a solution like…hold on! You can't be serious about robbing farms clean of their livestock like that. It's their property!" the possum knight beamed.

"Forget cows, we have our cattle right here. Cattle that must be punished and plumb from eating all of our food supplies. Just think of the possibilities and vitamins we can get from a nice demonic meal," Gourmand states once again, still approaching the Pretas with his best knife.

"No way, human. We would sooner eat you before you think about eating any of us. Sorry boss, but this wacko needs to see what it feels like to be someone's meal," one Preta said before preparing to jump the hungry chef.

Olimar orders a handful of Pikmin to restrain the purple demon before he thought about going through with his threat as Alph orders some to hold back Gourmand from getting any closer. It was clear both sides didn't want anyone to stop them at all when they lashed out on the plant-like soldiers that grabbed them. Preta gobbling whatever Pikmin got in his way regardless of how Olimar feels on the matter and Gourmand slicing and chopping apart the few that gotten close to him. Mugman instantly faints from the grisly sight since he's seen enough to confirm that Gourmand is even worse than Saltbaker at his most evil.

"Gourmand, you know you are better than this! This wasn't a part of our deal since I am your captain!" Rubyheart ordered.

"Oh no, our Pikmin are depleting if we don't do something about this," Alph panics.

"While he is distracted, get em boys!" The Preta leader calls to his fellow demons.

"New plan, let's stop everyone from going too far!" Rex ordered after firing his anchor at Gourmand's leg.

The weapon managed to wrap completely around him before he thought about going for one Preta after the Pikmin massacre barely held him back. One Preta would already be stopped when Bomberman kicked a bomb inside of his mouth to stop him. The explosion would severely harm the demon's jaws from one explosion but it hardly deterred him from pursuing the chef still. Aku Aku would already retrain a few with some focused moo from his body before they could continue their attack.

"Crash, why don't you do your best at knocking some sense into these creatures," he suggested.

The wacky bandicoot would already excitedly screech before spinning into a few of them already with his best ability. Macabre would already plan on killing the chef while he is open for a deadly scythe strike. The chef had a trick up his sleeve for a situation like this in the form of a Power Stone, manically laughing upon pulling it out.

"The hunter is about to become the hunted, so get ready to feel the heat," he shouts upon using his power.

A powerful light envelopes him that nearly blinds all onlookers during the craziness. Magnus would already jump at the Macabre with all he had to try decapitating his head with the bladed end of his club. All off his built up anger from. being stopped from having Thanatos bring his son back on top of seeing all demons as the same untrustworthy monsters made him clear there was no stopping his rage. Rex would already cover his face despite not wanting to let go of his already extended anchor. He could already feel it getting loose thanks to the leg already expanding into something different.

"Eat dirt, demon scum!" Earthworm Jim shouts upon firing his guns everywhere recklessly.

Viewtiful Joe, Frank West, Chris Redfield, Rubyheart, Sir Arthur, and Amaterasu were already forced to dodge the plasma rounds because how close they were to hitting him. One Preta would already be hit, soon glaring at the crazy annelid that had the nerve to hurt him. He would soon jump directly at him with fangs outstretched to chop the entire head. From what it seems, the super suit wearing worm would already be headless and confused as to where to shoot again. It was at this point Sparkster was in no mood to see these purple creatures as allies anymore but monsters that mist be stopped.

"Jim! Perhaps someone ought to slay you foul creatures for ever felling him," he bravely said before charging at one with his sword first.

"PoIsMa!" a Slime shouts before firing a deadly smog at the armored possum.

The possum would be wise enough to fully disperse it in a powerful swing, then proceeds to fire a Blade Burst at the slime demon from afar.

"This is mutiny, we joined your side and here you are wanting to harm us. Perhaps the humans of this world are best exterminated like the mere flies they are," Kumbhanda shouts.

He would lunge at Chris as his nearest target to kill, sickles ready to attempt cleaving his head off.

"Shining Laser!" Volnutt shouts upon blasting him away with his strongest weapon.

The horse demon would be blasted away from the deck and into the air from the Digger having to go all out to attempt destroying him. Chris was grateful he could get backup as the demon's sections were far faster than the average BOWs he had fought. Viewtiful Joe would already be pummeling one Slime with a Mach Speed empowered combo that moved faster than it could comprehend, slowly igniting its entire body due to the friction created from his strikes.

"D...damn you…how can a mere human..keep up with me?" the desperate demon asks.

"Because my VFX powers allows me act as if I were a remote. I can speed up myself, slow dow everything around me, zoom in for any flaws, and other viewtiful stuff. Watch and learn, Sloooooooow!" He replies before slowing down his speech.

As a part of the VFX Slow ability, Time and everything around him would begin to slow down dramatically including the Slime he is beating. This time his blows toward the creature hit harder than before, causing entire splashes of the green material to blow away from the "body" and its facial features to become distorted as a result. He eventually does a special flexing pose to prepare his famed Zoom technique, now focusing everything on him and freezing the now damaged Slime in place in a helpless state. The visor of his helmet would soon focus on what appears to be the "heart" of the demon as its main weakness just as an example of how reliable this VFX power is.

"Henshin a go-go, baby!" Joe shouts upon landing the final blow in the right spot.

Back in real time the Slime violently explodes into a mix of green material and Magatsuhi as a sign of its clear death from the hero's assault. Phoenix is left running from a Preta that was chasing him out of clear hunger that wanted to devour the lawyers head. The creature's fangs were bared and ready to go for the kill instead of letting his weaker prey run from his grasp any longer. Maya would unknowingly come from below the deck to check on her favorite friend and defendant.

"Hey Nick, I just had a new reading that we should be going….. Woah, what is that thing?" she cried upon seeing the sight.

Phoenix desperately stumbles after a trick on the wooden floor before the creature could leap for his defenseless meal.

"Maya…please use that spiritual power of yours to purify this hungry spirit," he explains with tears in his eyes.

Without haste, young spiritual medium immediately gathers all of her mystical powers to generate a psychic purple barrier before the lawyer despite the Preta being inches away from chomping on him. The bite would soon be absorbed by the mystic energy, soon leaving the demon confused on why he tastes nothing but the less than appetizing psychic barrier he "bit".

"Damn it, what the hell is this? This is the weirdest Tetrakarn if I am not hurt from attacking it," the purple hunger demon complains.

Maya and Phoenix are both left dumbfounded with pale eyes from their enemy's less than intelligent statement. Arthur soon impales the distracted Preta right through his body since the young knight saw the opportunity to fell him.

"Never fear, because the knight in shining armor is here to destroy this demon," he announced after piercing his foe harder.

This left the Preta crying in pain from the stab, something that only an exceptionally strong human would do to a demon this easily with a mere lance. He's quite the experienced knight that fought hordes of hellish demons in the worst of situations, even truly powerful ones like Lucifer and Astaroth before. Maya and Phoenix were still left speechless at this save, only nodding thankfully in response.

"What are you doing? I am one of the good demons. You don't see me trying to seduce the women here since Silky is all I need," the Incubus begs a less convinced Kaijin no Soki who is trying to kill him.

He swings both of his famed swords Gokumonji and Sword of Purification at the nimble sex demon that desperately tries to avoid being killed. He knew too well that his power is quite high up there with some mid class demons and his weaponry could kill him if he wasn't careful enough.

"Doesn't matter if you are good or bad. If your demon friends are misbehaving, then the rest of you aren't to be trusted in any capacity," the one swordsman replied.

He narrowly slices at the demon's phallic horn with a quick Whirlwind, something that left the demon almost scared of losing his most prized sign of manhood. Silky would soon appear before the one swordsman, casting a Bufula to try freezing him from attacking any further.

"Perhaps you should lower your weapon and not judge everyone based on a bad first impression," she said coldly as the ice quickly encases him.

"Silky! Thank you so much for stopping him. He was a madman for trying to make me less of a man in one swing," Incubus cried thankfully.

However Soki immediately breaks from the ice using more strength from his current Onimusha form, now gathering all the azure area he needs to take on both demons if he had to. Silky smirks since she was hoping things wouldn't end this quickly from such a powerful demon. Incubus however hides behind his beloved fairy partner since he wasn't liking the clear rage from seeing his power.

"If you think some ice will stop me from ending your kind, you will have to try harder than that. I am the Oni of the Ashes, Soki!" he yells before charging again.

Macabre and Magnus would be clashing weapons once again, but the man now wanting to finally end this death demon's life for ever being a nuisance to him or getting in the way of his goal. He would already see that everyone else would be having their hands full with the other demons on the deck. Chun-Li would be trying her best to attack Titania with her Lightning Kick, the Fairy Queen clearly holding back due to not wanting to hurt an innocent human. Frank West clearly trying to hack away at Oberon with his leafblower-chainsaw hybrid, despite the latter clearly dodging him intentionally to show he means no harm. Gourmand already pinning down a defeated Preta with his drool dripping from his new bucktoothed jaws in his Evil Chef form, ready to devour possibly a devious demon dish he wants to prepare. His reptilian like giggle would only let the Preta know that he is now the prey instead of the predator in this situation. He would only desperately try to push himself from under the massive blue foot to realize there is no way out of this situation. Amingo however would be stretching his cactus like hands to try catching the few Pixies that were annoying him with Zan spells, some who weren't lucky enough to be clamped by his prickly hands in one attack.

"Keeping it going ladies, we will make this prickly pear wilt with our deadly winds," one called.

Their commander High Pixie would be too preoccupied trying to dodge the extending poll strikes from Son-Son's special red bo staff, knowing she reminds her too much of Saiten Tasei to take her lightly in battle.

"Hold still you fairy so I can pound you into peach pits. Or even make you into a peach so I can eat you!" the monkey girl screeched.

"Not today, daughter of the monkey king. I know you are too formidable, but also not someone I would want to face in a battle," the white haired pixie replies before cashing a Mazionga spell.

SonSon would launch herself at the High Pixie with a bo vault, succeeding in a good swing at her body.

"And by the way, I am his granddaughter, get it right!" she beamed.

However she disappeared from her with a single Trafuri before the attack would connect, this left the monkey girl confused as to where her flying target went. During this time, High Pixie would be using a Concentrate to power up the next attack planned as she had one shot to launch a successful attack on her unknowing target.

"This one's tricky. Regardless of what her relations with the legendary Monkey King are," she says carefully.

Several Jack Frosts and Pyro Jacks would still be doing every attack Amaterasu had to offer, the goddess knowing well she had to switch her elements to hurt either fairy demon with the right elemental attacks. Issun could tell these mischievous pranksters didn't take them serious as they spent most of the time teasing and scattering his wolf ally's attacks. The serene wolf goddess didn't like it either as she growls for every time she fails to hit a single one of them in the frenzy.

"Hee ho! Over here doggie!" one Jack Frost called.

"Yooohooo-hee, false sun goddess! Come and freeze me-ho with your ice!" a Pyro Jack teased.

"We are aware of how powerful you are that confusing you is the best way to disorient your attacks, ho!" another Jack Frost calls after dodging the fire.

"Ammy you'll have to hang in here. Not even battles we had with demons were this annoying," the pint-sized boy said to his lupine partner.

They would soon notice Chris tossed right past them as if he were smacked around by tremendous force. The BSSA agent knew too well that Kumbhanda was one overwhelming foe that knew well how superior he was to any of his weaponry. Volnutt would already be struggling to attack Succubus, who was called to assist her partner regardless of listening to Morrigan. It didn't help that he was already charmed by a Marin Karin that gave the Digger a confused feeling of blind lust, allowing him to not recognize friend or foe too easily. As if his last few peeks at Roll Caskett or Tron Bonne weren't overwhelming for his curious head.

"What's the matter mortal, feeling like you are inches away from death?Just accept that your kind is nothing more than lambs to the slaughter for demons as long as we come to your world," the deathly horse demon said.

"Sonic Boom!" Guile launched his famed attack at the demon to distract him before he's gotten any closer.

This gave Chris the chance to tackle the demon at full force to knock him onto the ground, loading his sniper rifle into the battle of his mouth. The demon felt less afraid and more annoyed as these mere "toys" were nothing unless these were from exceptionally powerful humans.

"Had enough? I think it is pretty clear neither of you freaks are worth staying aboard this ship and must be stopped," he said.

Guile would already resume to using a Hyper Flash Kick to stun Succubus before she thought about interfering in the battle, Volnutt still dazed enough to fire his Mega Buster around blindly with hearts in his eyes. Morrigan chuckles in amusement since she had no stake in this fight and only wanted to see her go. The horse demon had another trick up his sleeve which he raises one sickle holding hand and tries to cleave Chris's exposed head. Guile however stomps on the demon's hand before he had a chance to try attacking any further and narrowly saying Chris from death.

"Thanks Guile. It is a shame you decided to stick with those Smash guys for a while instead of us. We really could had used your connections with the military for some time," the thankful agent said.

"Who said anything about me being with them permanently. The beauty of being an Assist is that they can summon me any time and I can go as I please since they know how important my duties are in the military. Same reasons for being involved with your group. Things are different since the Legion had caused ever enough damage for our world that I will have to get fully involved," Guile explains frankly.

Succubus would soon be restarted by the many tendrils that grew from Morrigan's body, an example of one of her many succubus powers which the bats can shapeshift into anything she desires.

"Kumbhanda! Run before it's too late. We should have never trusted these guys to turn on us so quickly!" she called.

"Perhaps the kitten never heard of the classic phrase, "Pot meets kettle?" Nevermind that you are so adorable when you are within my captivity, tight and defenseless," Morrigan teased in a semi-flirty manner.

The horse demon grew briefly concerned for his partner, allowing himself to be hit with a well aimed rocket launcher blast from Chris at the right time. This would buy him enough time to jump the demon with a bug zapper rod, which would actually hurt him for once to his surprise. Wind demons like him are very susceptible to lightning or electrical attacks, which would give the agent an idea of how to deal with him.

"So you hate the voltage right? I'll just have to treat you like what you are, an overgrown ugly bug that's been annoying us long enough," Chris said.

"Da…mn, the fact you figured out just what my weakness is. You are the real bug, you insufferable human pest," Kumbhanda screams as the voltage continues to shock him immensely.

Magnus would finally overpower the Macabre and successfully open him down with his bladed side of the club right at the fiend's throat. This left the death loving harlequin more than afraid of his life than before knowing his other partners will be unable to back him up. The man will not let go of how he lost his chance to get his son back, knowing that venting these frustrations by killing one of the reasons it couldn't happen would more than satisfy him. He could see the very fire in this hardened man's eyes and unlike Pit, he rarely shows mercy to anyone he is hired to assassinate.

"You wouldn't do this would you? This goes against our deal. You were to take us to our master after freeing us from that green buffoon. I can be impatient and I can be someone who acts awry when I haven't killed in so long. You humans are known for your compassion compared to us demons. So please spare me," he begs in a shakier uneasy voice.

"Save your breath. Just stay there while I make sure that neck of yours doesn't make you say a single word again," he said coldly before dealing the next blow.

The Macabre would immediately flinch hoping this is a less painful way to die.

Until suddenly, the entire ship shakes violently as if it were struck by something. Viewtiful Joe is slammed into another Slime he is fighting, Chun Li stumbles before she even had the chance to use his Spinning Bird Kick, Morrigan is surprised enough to let Succubus free from her tendrils, SonSon dropped the giant peach that turns back into High Pixie, Gourmand backs off to allow his pretty to get away, Magnus almost fell on his back before Guile stopped his fall in time, Issun flies off of Amaterasu's head only for a Pixie to grab him in the process, Earthworm Jim falls atop a Preta before he could react, Vince spilling his beloved art supplies once again, Rex falling flat on his back after the Anchor Shot untangles itself, Chris being knocked off of Kumbhanda when there was a chance to escape, Incubus catching Silky from falling over after the shock stumbled her and Soki, and countless Pikmin fallen over from the aftermath. Rubyheart is more than glad this chaotic fight could end but wondered just what hit the Partenaire at all while they were cruising clear seas. Several of her crewmates would already be scrambling to find the source of what happened knowing it came from the southeast.

"Everyone, hands on deck! We just may have found new enemies who discovered us. This is why fights are banned on this ship, as it clearly gives our position away to the enemy," she called.

"Aye, captain! I have a feeling it's an enemy ship that attacked us. But no matter, we'll take a look," a middle aged male crewmate said.

Pixie would eventually realize that Issun is clearly enjoying being in her arms being the charming pervert he is. Immediately tossing him back on Amaterasu's head in disgust knowing she's wasted enough magic to use a Mazan on him.

"Sacarecarm!" Oberon called.

Using his famed revival magic, he recreated every demon that had fallen on the ship, a couple Pretas and Slimes tat were unfortunate to be killed by the Capcom cremates aboard the ship. Olimar was grateful that there was a way to bring them back to life life, but still felt aa scolding was overdue for their clear misbehavior that started this.

"Why did you bring them back to life? I knew we should had never trusted you demons," Chris called.

"Because in the end, this conflict arisen due to lack of trust. These demons did give into their urges, but were acting in self defense. I'd say we all should learn how to see who is our enemy and who isn't. Like the one who attacked us. I can tell who did it isn't a demon because I sense none other than those all here," the noble fairy king said.

"I can't believe I am saying this, but we will just have to trust Mr. Fairy on this one. I have a bad feeling about what happened and I doubt these demons were the reason for the attack," Maya adds.

"I would entertain the idea of court. But with this attack, I'd say it would have to wait," Phoenix says in agreement with his partner.

Rubyheart had a feeling Wayne could had seen something but had yet to tell anyone as surveillance. Her suspicions were true as the PT-40A would be scanning the skies to try finding the source of the attack. It rarely takes this much trouble for the Lost Planet explorer to seek an attacker this uneasily. Within the cockpit, Wayne is already pressing on every coordinate possible to try finding the source of the attack, even using the thermal vision to try finding any source of life that could be the reason for the attack. Even briefly using invisible vision to seek anything that's hidden in plain sight. All he could see is The Spy, who's already cloaked and searching the ship for any invader that may had snuck on the Parteniere.

"Rex, if you could. Maybe use that hook of yours to hang beside the ship and inspect the source of the attack. See the damage for what it is," Guile ordered.

The salvager who was helped up by Olimar and Sparkster knew what to do and scrambled towards the edge of the ship for another diving session. The Hocatation however would enter some coordinates in his helmet to try contacting Krystal, Falco, and Zero Suit Samus if they saw anything attack the ship. The three of them would all receive the signal from him at the same time since they had the exact same question.

"We heard something hit the ship hard. But my Arwing couldn't detect a single thing. These must be guys who don't use tech as advanced as us," the bird pilot said.

"Yes. My Starship couldn't even find anything out of the ordinary. I could fly over to where it was hit, but that would risk leaving this side unprotected," the bounty hunter said.

"I'll see if I can use my telepath abilities to try finding what we couldn't see. It's thye least I could do," the blue vixen replied.

"Good thinking. Assuming we are dealing with someone who isn't as advanced as the Legion, they still don't seem friendly if they choose to attack us. But for what reason," the Hocatatian captain wondered.

Viewtiful Joe would already be standing on the edge to scope out the potential threat while he could, Amaterasu already using her lupine snout to sniff out for any unusual scents than the ones she's already familiar with. Issun is still dazed from how hard the Pixie threw him from her, only regaining his senses once Ammy started to growl. She isn't alone as Leaf's Granbull also picked up an usual scent that neither of them recognized. The trainer is happy that her Pokemon was in great help at scoping out the potential threat. That mean whoever attacked the ship isn't a machine or just launched themselves at the ship as a weapon.

"Good work Granbull. Now point us in the direction of our uninvited guest. But do not attack unless necessary since the damage could be bad," she said.

The large fairy bulldog would nod in agreement, still growling at the potential threat being closer than they've thought. Amaterasu would be in the same boat as the goddess immediately ran off in the eastern direction of the boat without any thoughts. "Woah…woah. Amy, slow down. I hope you realize we could fall if you plan on jumping off!" Issun screams as he barely held on to her head. Granbull followed her as the lumbering dog Pokemon knew exactly what the goddess means by heading that direction.

"Follow those dogs, they could be on to something everyone! Get ready in case we have to knock this stowaway off my ship," Rubyheart called.

Almost every Smash and Capcom affiliated member of the ship would be slowly following them just to get confirmation of who this attacker may be. Volnutt would already be cured of his lust by Succubus's Me Patra due to Morrigan reminding her of what to undo. This would leave the Digger confused as to why everyone was leaving with his mind in the right palce again.

"What just happened? I had this weird dream that I was seeing... never mind that. Are we at Greece already?" he groggily rambled.

"Let's just say we have some naughty visitors who attacked our ship and could be infiltrating it. You better get your weapons ready, it could be a bumpy ride," Morrigan teased him.

Magnus would already put aside his bloodlust for killing Macabre for now, but choose to spare as there were bigger issues at hand. The demon still felt almost afraid of him as a result of that experience, but knew well how awful it would be to ever betray a large group of mortals. Chris still felt that Kumbhanda is not even worth trusting fully, but knew to prioritize problems that may affect the ship on a bigger scale than one shady demon. The horse demon still snorts in annoyance, glad he could live another day without being killed by his only weakness. Everyone would be hearing the sounds of bickering that just happen to be be heard over the edge that becomes more audible by the second. They could see Rex's anchor is still connected to the same spot but grew shakier as if he's interacting with someone. Amaterasu had already jumped down from that spot to get a closer look as Granbull peered over to bark aggressively.

"You see that. Granbull could see someone or something that's where Rex is. Let's take a look," Leaf called.

"Good plan. I hope whoever this is can be dealt with fast," Frank West replies as he ran.

All would be revealed to be quite the unusual sight that is to behold. Rex is bickering with what appeared to be a red anthropomorphic bird with quite the temper to match his personality. The thick black eyebrows were his main trait as something he always hated being mocked about since he was a young chick. He appeared to had been launched at the ship with clear intentions too try bringing the ship out the skies. One could tell the damage caused in minimal with most of the wood destroyed but the bird still partially stuck inside from the impact. The young driver still found the avian pest annoying enough that he is desperately kicking and slapping while trying not to let top of his barely hanging anchor. Most of the onlookers were left confused that such a human sized feathered fiend would cause this much damage yet barely enough to dig deeper inside of the ship from his launch. Gourmand is left more than pleased as something about this bird could make up for the low food supply on the ship.

"Looks like we were blessed with such a delightful meal. Those demons are just appetizers compared to this main course," he says, both eyes glinting fiercely.

The Pretas were happy to not be seen as food anymore, but didn't like being called less appetizing at all.

"Get off of me, you scrawny kid. I will have you know you are intruding our home and we would appreciate you to not try going after our eggs," Red cried tarter pecking Rex's face.

"Eggs? What is this about? We were just minding our business without knowing we were near your home. Why would we want to resort to stealing," Rex shouts after kicking him again.

"Granbull!" the fairy bulldog called from above.

The two would stop their bickering to see the less than amused faces of everyone watching them fight like children. This would be especially embarrassing for Rex since the Salvager Code is something he'd rather stick to a T. Rubyheart most of all would be twitching her right eye slightly as one way to disrespect her is ever hurting her beloved ship in any way. Red however still greets them all with a less than inviting glare as his attack was more justified with how little Bird Island don't appreciate invaders.

"What are you looking at? Never seen a bird this angry before? You bet you came to the wrong island for our eggs!" he called.

"We have no idea what you did this for, but we did nothing wrong. We have somewhere important to go and you are best calling off any forces that may be watching us," Chris negotiated.

"Fly away little birdie, because you are best going to find some worms and dirt to eat than trying to stop our flight," Frank West warns.

"Pretty rich coming from a bunch of strange people thinking they can just fly over our island without warning when we've been through this song and dance with Piggy Island. I am serious about taking your wooden flying ship our of our range. The others are down below and ready to sling at any time," Red bragged.

However, what happens next is Rex being suddenly yanked back onto the ship be force by someone out of nowhere. And what follows as a massive anchor being swung right at Red's face without warning, smooshing against the hardest parts of his head and causing his eyes to bug out. He is eventually sent flying a fair distance from the sudden attack before anyone had the chance to ask him any more questions. Everyone would soon see this is the work of Rubyheart, now silently angry and in no mood to forgive anyone that harms the Partenaire in any way before her very eyes. An angry Rubyheart was truly unexpected, if not unnerving for her fellow Capcom allies to see this soon. Rex gotten helped up by Olimar and Tom-Tom, still hurting from that hard slam the captain carelessly did.

"What was that for? And it would had have made more sense to get some information about that red birdbrain, right?" he groaned.

"Best not to get on her bad side, Rex. She really cares about this ship that she would make sure those that hurt it never walk again," Chun-Li said.

"Although I do agree at least asking for directions or more about this Bird Island would had helped get clues on our directions. That was still rather extreme for you to do, captain," Phoenix Wright says with his trademark nervous sweatiness.

"Yeah, that bird would had made a fine meal yet you had to ruin it. Do you want me.. I mean all of us to starve?" Gourmand shouts.

It was clear her only cared as an excuse to cook a living animal, which Morrigan chuckled at his irritation.

"That scrambled patch had the audacity to break a single party of my girl. I've sailed the finest skies with this vessel and for it to be damaged by some red feathered fool brought the scoundrel in me. We didn't need to ask him a thing since he is clearly an enemy," she rambled in pure rage.

This would leave everyone else in utter silence or slight fear at her clear priorities at dealing with a situation like this than gladly talking things out over a little damage. "Humans, you all are truly a strange bunch," Macabre uttered.

"Says you. Do not forget that we still don't trust you or your otherworldly friends just yet," Magnus barked.

"Now now, we already fought each other the last time, but we should be alert since something else may be coming our way," Saki said with her gun ready.

"Correct, I think if more of those strange birds show up, we should be ready. He did say something about friends being ready to sling. I wonder what that means," Mugman wondered.

"Maybe using a giant sling shot, But I don't know. Birds usually fly. I know Wally does. And he didn't seem like he flew up here fast enough to hit the ship. Kinda suspicious, don't ya think?" Cuphead pondered with one finger on his porcelain chin.

What they couldn't anticipate is something else flying their way at speeds even faster than anything shot from a cannon. Another similar bird is heading their way, yellow and slimmer to match his unpredictably fast behavior as Red's closest friend. He had the feeling something was wrong when it took Red too long to fall back to see. One devious grin would let him know he was ready to let loose in his faster burst of speed to break any structure possible.

"This is Chuck here reporting that we are our designated target in tee minus three….two...one! Let's get chucked!" he beams.

What soon follows is him bursting fast enough to cause am powerful sonic boom that destroyed various clouds around him. The fast moving bird soon succeeds in ripping through the Partenaire successfully to shake everyone on deck once more than his red friend had done. Various pieces of wood, steel, and other materials would fly from the violent tear that happened in between it. Phoenix, Maya, Frank, Chris, Alph, various demons and pikmin, Tom-Tom, Mugman, Pokemon Trainer, Leaf, and Arthur would be thrown against the deck below from the impact of the fast strike. Wayne would be struggling to control his PTX mech from toppling over from the sudden aftershock that stopped his patrol. Various Jack Frosts would begin to panic that things weren't looking too safe aboard the ship anymore with this hit. Rubyheart would be left even more frustrated that the ship would be hit again, seeking vengeance on the one responsible for doing this. Rex struggled to stand once again, Earthworm Jim hauling him above his shoulder heroically.

"Never fear citizen, because this worm is here to make the one responsible to eat dirt. Even more so if that avian's friends are the ones behind this dastardly crime," the worm superhero said.

"You just may be right, JIm. These birds aren't very friendly anyone if they are launching an assault this violent," Sparkster worried.

"Everyone, scope the ship! I need to find who attacked us whether they have a ship or not! This is a direct order!" Rubyheart commanded, now armed with her spell book.

Olimar quickly commands a good chunk of the Pikmin nearby to keep the sisals in order in one loud whistle, this left Alph running with his own squad to find the attacker while he could. Magnus sighs and heads for the deck with his club ready for another strike, Guile and Lyn more than ready to find that individual. Alucard had already transformed into a bat and begin using echolocation to seek who this likely organic attacker is. The three cups had their pointed fingers ready to shoot in case the attacker plans on returning in any capacity. Some could feel that the air was starting to feel heavier as long as they stood, as if the entire ship is starting to barely maintain its flight any longer from such a severe attack.

"Fairies, look around the entire vessel and inform us of any intruders!" Oberon called.

The remaining fairy demons from Pyro Jacks to Pixies would scatter to fulfill their king's order at all costs with things looking more dire. Both Alex and Chun-Li agreed to go for the bow of the ship as Chris, Frank, and Hayato go for the southern hull. Amaterasu had returned to the deck of the shit as she had a clear glimpse and whiff of the intruder's scent to know which way they were returning. Issun knew he could trust the lupine goddess as her nose had never failed in any way.

"Pathetic, we are under attacked by feeble animals that are somehow a threat to this flying ship. Just what are they," Kumbhanda complains.

"Pot meets kettle, don't you forget. And that was no pun either, long face," Cuphead called.

"I have no time for your foolish jokes you living dish of tomfoolery. Be glad I wouldn't suck your very soul out right now," the horse demon snarls.

"Knock it off you two, we outta do a little hunting to shoot these crazy birds out of the sky," Chalice warns.

Amaterasu immediately barks while growling with her eyes facing the southeast of the ship. This immediately gave everyone a clew as to where to look with the perpetrator far likely to try attacking everyone head on this time. Viewtiful Joe had an idea since he has a feeling this is a speedster who's the perfect to counter with his VFX powers.

"Just follow my lead everyone. I could be the one to stop this guy first slowly and then in real time, he's all yours for the butt kicking," the red hero said.

"I'm all ears. No way I would be able to use my best weapons on someone that fast," Chris said gratefully.

"As long as we can stop this guy soon. The ship will sink or even worse if we don't stop these fowls," Guile adds.

"He won't. We made a promise to help you get your friends back and there is no way we will let some strange animals get in our way," Hayato says, now armed with his star saber.

From the distance, the same yellow bird would now have his eyes on the group he is aware watching him, now in the perfect spot for him to destroy like a nice row of pigs. He's always been known for his hyperactive fixated nature, but that's also what makes him the most dangerous if you were a typical army of pigs with any barely strong structures. Licking his lips and shaking his black tail feathers, he launched himself once more with another speed burst to gun straight for his prey like a diving falcon.

"Just stay where you are, bad guys! Because this chuck will take you out before you even know it," he rants during his intense boost.

Viewtiful Joe could see him coming miles away thanks to his excellent sight now that his next plan is set in motion. He would gesture everyone around him to be prepared to take this unpredictable speedster on. Rubyheart is more than. glad another one of these birds will taste the wrath of her fury for ever hurting her beloved ship twice in one day. Rex is more than prepared to be of assistance, wishing Mythra were here as her Foresight would had helped much better with this situation. Olimar would make sure every Pikmin he has is more than ready to swarm the potential threat when they are stopped. Chuck would finally veneering the ship beak-first to destroy the heart of the ship with all the confidence in the world. Joe's grin says it all about what he would do to school those who think they are always in control of their speed.

"S-s-s-sloooooow!" he says slowly.

All time around him would soon slow down dramatically to the point only he perceives what is happening around him. The sweat droppings that fell from certain crewmates would now be moving at a molasses pace that would make a snail blush. The clouds around them would feel as if they are now crawling at a literal sloth pace in the skies. Chuck would now be fully visible as himself still heading for the ship from a fair few feet. It wouldn't be look until his eyes slowly widen realizing that things are starting to go against his favor. What soon follows up is Viewtiful Joe walking his way to the slow moving avian and dealing the most painful, but slow kicks on him while he is still airborne. Some cremates would slowly move their pupils to try keeping up with the scene happening around them and in the air. Slowly but surely, the impact would be twice as powerful as it ripples throughout Chuck's body, feeling like a water balloon that's pummeled by hard blows that hurt, but do not rupture the body. That confidence he had is completely gone after being blindsided by someone who can trump his own infamous speed. Lastly, he would finish by pulling back his fist and charging it with flames. One would think this is the infamous Falcon Punch, but more the Red Hot Dragon Punch as one of Joe's deadliest VFX moves to finish with in a fight. And this would be without the use of his gigantic Six Maijin. Things return to real time, with Chuck now howling from the flaming dragon-shaped attack that engulfed him.

Everyone would feel themselves moving normal again after seeing the red hero succeed and stopping the ship from suffering any more long term damage from their yellow intruder. The bird continued to screen badly while he stopped, dropped, and rolled all over the ship like hyperactive roadrunner to attempt cooling down from the intense fires and kick wounds.

"Good job Joe, now we have to cook this chicken before he gets any more ideas," Volnutt says in congratulation.

"Now you are speaking my language, this chef knows a good main course when he is staring it in the face," Gourmand replies before chuckling evil.

Chuck would be blowing out the one flame still left on his tail feathers before he hears a bunch of footsteps heading his way. Almost every cremate, Capcom and Smash, would be preparing to tackle him all at once while he is left wide open. Viewtiful Joe knew he can't abuse his VFX powers too much as it would reduce him back to normal Joe again. Chuck screams with his eyes bugging out before scuttling on the ground for another dash. Rex would successfully restraint the bird's leg with his grappling anchor before he could move, which caused him to faceplant hard from his failed dash. The Driver had enough experience toppling from pretty massive monsters and Artifices to let someone like Chuck pull him around.

"Now! Everyone stop him since he is probably the mastermind!" he called.

Chuck would be left defenseless to a few of Chun Li's lightning kicks that would be bending and breaking his face in a variety of hilarious ways wishing each quick strike. He knows he is fast enough to react, but not after the pain he is dealt with along with his tied up feet.

"Why…am...I always getting...my beak...so bruised!" he cried almost in mercy.

Chun-Li would move aside for Guile to deal a powerful Flash Kick and Morrigan to knock him into the air with several sharp tendrils her beloved bats created. Arthur would strike him with his trusty lance, followed by a powerful shot from Chris's rocket launcher. While he is used to taking the full blunt of Bomb's explosions, this almost felt as painful to him. He is soon electrocuted by Amaterasu guiding the lighting against him thanks to her Celestial Brush powers before Haggar crushes him with a well timed Body Splash. Despite his years of retirement from running Metro City, the former mayor still had it in him to keep fighting no matter what for his team. Chuck is left dazed and flattened beneath the muscular man's larger body after enough damage was done to him.

"You are not doing anywhere, birdie. Now tell us who you work for," he said to the weakened bird.

It wouldn't be until another thud pushes the ship once more, but being a little heavier than before. Everyone would be struggling to maintain their stance or hand to hold on to any nearby objects to avoid falling. Leaf had already called Granbull back in the Pokeball for safety despite Pokemon Trainer helping her stand. Wade is desperately trying to find the source of the attack despite controlling the PTX mech from falling overboard from his post. Rex once again falls flat on his face from the sudden aftershock without anyone else to help him. Many Pikmin were already flung into the air and scattered from the shock that neither Olimar nor Alph could do anything about it. Bomberman would already grow suspicious enough of the ships movement that he would tell the Bomberman Brothers to do their best at seeking the main cause.

"Alright everyone, we will have to look into the ship's cameras and see where the source of the attack came from. I know that this is too chaotic, but we will all have to do our best to find the main source of the trouble," the white older brother announced.

"You got it, Big Bro. Black Bomber knows danger when he sees it. Unlike Red who is short fused to focus on the right stuff," the black brother said.

"Hey! I am already trying to look all over the place. The issue is that these punks are flying from places we can't see!" The Red Bomber shouts at his chill sibling.

"Would you two knock it off, you would have got be serious for once. White's got a point that we should be doing our job better than being any hinderances," Pink Bomber warned.

Blue Bomber would drowsily type everything in the system to have the Bomber Ship's look for any heat signatures on the Partenaire, assuming the attacker is organic instead of mechanical unlike their usual foes. Despite his always tired demeanor, he is clearly the smartest of the group and knew to assist his siblings when necessary. The screen would depict the ship with several heat signatures on the top of the ship, basically all of their allies and Chuck. But what he would also see is a heat signature that is still on the further lower nightside of the ship that had launched itself there. It was large, round, and seemed avian in nature. Blue would press another button to reveal that this would be none other than Bomb, another of the main Flock that serves as the demolition and voice of reason of the group. He is still nervous as ever being this high up and wondering when would be the right time to use his signature "boom-booms" upon command.

"There...he is… Just some strange bird that for...some reason…can't fly out of the way…of the ship. Or perhaps…he is an attacker…,.who launched himself…as a *yawn* weapon," the drowsy blue robot explains.

"So it turns out you are right. That Yellow one on the ship must be one of his friends. Why would birds be attacking us instead of flying back to their nests," Aqua Bomber wonders.

"Or maybe they are wondering if we have any delicious snacks that should be ripe for the taking. I know I wouldn't want them to take ones that I have stashed aboard this ship," Green Bomber innocently suggests.

"Well instead of being amazed, we ought to warn the others before he does anything funny. Sending a message to everyone!" Pretty Bomber says before typing on the high tech keyboards.

Bomberman would hope that this is truly something worth spreading now that they saw the source of the attack. Yellow Bomber would be too busy wondering if he should introduce himself to these birds rather than seeing them as enemies to Red and Black's dismay. Falco and Krystal would be all wondering what is going on in the mayhem that something wasn't right in these formerly calm skies. The ace pilot of the team wondered if he would ask if the psychic fox had detected anything with her telepathy at all as she uses her powers.

"Any luck yet? Because we got to figure out what's been attacking that lip lately. I have a feeling they see them as the bigger fish to fry than any of us," he asks.

Krystal would be doing the best she can to register every mind within the wider radius of the area while she can. She could recognize the minds of all of her allies but a select few new ones that she soon picks up. One in particular definitely interests her.

So this is the type of danger our new bird friends warned us about. We should be thankfully they had done so many great things for Bird Island. All the free stuff, free food, and overall intel of how crazy the world had gotten. If these those Legion guys we should be worried about, then we are happy to blow them away from our island while we can. They will pay for knocking away Red. So Bomb and Bubbles should be all we need to get these weirdos to sleep with the fishies. A shame since some of them are rather smoking.

Hearing this would instantly alarm Krystal to realize just what is truly happening that she finally gave the impatient Falco her answer. "Well? What did your mind pick up on. We got more enemy forces to deal with?" He asks once more.

"This is all an ambush. These locals seem to think we are the Legion and choose to attack us. I am not sure if we can call off their assault, but that ship should be protected at all costs from this "bomb" they mentioned," she replies.

"A what? In that case we have to find this bomb and diffuse it. Even if we have to use the Walker Mode of these Arwings," the surprised bird pilot exclaimed.

It wasn't until they would get the message from Bomberman just in time to spread the word.

"I have something important to share. The Bomberman Brothers had discovered some black bird that happened to hit the ship. Based on his high heat signatures compared to the other bird, he is abnormal enough to constitute as something very explosive. If we can just get close enough to gently remove him, he may not harm the ship," he explains.

"So what you're telling me is that the bomb they are talking about is a bird? Just how does that work?" Falco said in confusion.

"No time to explain, we have to do it soon since it looks like he is gearing up to go "Boom!". Even I am telling Red that blowing him up will make things even worse," the White Bomber repeats.

"No fair! Can I just seen him react to my bombs even once? Just to see who has the bigger explosion!" Red Bomber shouts with his same fiery eyes.

It would be too late as Chuck had already reached for a decide on his wing that he saved just for drastic measures in his task. He may be pinned down, but had a trick up his sleeve with his large black friend ready to blow in any given moment.

"Bomb, get ready to blow this house down, wahooooo!" the yellow bird called into his device.

The large bird trapped in his own wooden hole would get the message instantly, worried that he resulting explosion wouldn't destroy the device he has in hand.

"Here goes nothing, get ready for the big bomb I'm about to drop," he shouts before clenching his body and eyes closed.

The message all allies had would be all for naught as the explosive bird lets loose a large enough explosion to harm the ship enough shake it even further than before. But now a storm of wooden pieces and steel flew from the aftermath, now making it near impossible for the Partenaire to fly normally as intended anymore. The aftermath would fling almost everyone into the air briefly from the sudden shock, now feeding Chuck from under Haggar's weight to run away from them. To rub more salt in the wound, he would be zipping around the deck from below in a variety of poses to taunt and tease his enemy's for being distracted by his next plan. Rubyheart would be left fuming despite spiraling into the air besides her allies that everything she's worked hard on is starting to be damaged slowly and overtime. Olimar would eventually remember the strange demon Pikmin hybrids that he had hidden away in the ship, knowing this is a time their assistance is needed.

"Why that yellow little… I will devour his annoying quick ass when this is all over!" a Preta yells.

"For once, the side dish is worth agreeing with. We need to catch that main cou...I mean bird before he do us any harm!" Gourmand calls despite his flight.

"First of all, we need to understand why all of this is happening and if these are uncharted skies," Chris beamed.

"There's got to be some nearby island or country these birds came from that's making them want us dead. And we don't even want to be forced to fight them," Spencer said.

"First that strange mixed up monster we've fought back in Prison Island and now this? Just how many of these oddballs want to blow us away?" Rex cried.

"At least you didn't fight with a crazy chef, sleazy dice man, and that freaky water lady that we somehow spared," Magnus said in a mix of half sarcasm and half smugness.

"Don't forget that fedora wearing weirdo with the flute that put us all to sleep before we wound up in that pirate's care," Cuphead adds.

"That's Captain Rubyheart to you, squirt. And we should be focusing on wondering what these feathered fiends want instead of reminiscing," Rubyheart shouts at them.

"Yeah, respect the pirate sheila that made all of this possible. But never mind that, these bloody gallahs need to be taught a lesson," Marine suggests.

Falco could see the current state of his allies rom afar, surprised that these birds managed to total the ship this badly with little way of helping without causing more damage. Krystal is also left in a position she can't be of any assistance since they were too late to stop Bomb's plan. The Bomberman Brothers would also be left in a state of panic that the mature members had to calm down the younger siblings that scrambled within. Even the White Bomber knew this is truly more stressful; than. Any average day with his siblings never listening to his important announcements. Spencer would feel it is time to take matters into his own hands despite the free fall still causing his allies to keep floating from the falling ship's deck. He could still see Chuck tailing him from below, aiming his famed Bionic Arm for a good spot to grapple onto as long as he is close enough for a powerful strike.

"Up high! Down low! Too slow! The Chuck is here to say you invaders are out of luck!" he taunts as he still zip around the deck in overconfidence.

"Can someone shut this insolent feathered creature already? I'm starting to regret ever traveling with you humans," Kumbhanda snarls.

"Like I said dude, I can't abuse my V-Watch too much. I would not only became an average Joe again, but get myself seriously hurt more than a careless Bianky," Viewtiful Joe repeats.

"Don't worry, I think Spencer has a plan and it's our only shot to get rid of him. However, someone will have to try slowing down the fall of the ship or get to the control room and try steering for land. I'm sure the pilots are having a hard time figuring out what's going on," Chun-Li said.

"That does remind me that we are missing someone. Didn't one of you with the deer horns just leave after the first time the ship was hit?" Saki asks.

It would be when the Fairy King and Queen would realize that Fionn had been missing in action and not standing by everyone's side during all of this. Unfortunately there is no way demons can communicate with one another from afar but they will have to sense where he exactly is. Spencer succeeds in grabbing against the deck with one single shot of his extendable bionic arm, gripping the deck as tightly as he could. The strong wire that makes up his extension would be used to pull him quickly towards the very ground immediately right close to where the overconfident bird was going to taunt him. A single freeze and drop in confidence would let him know he's left himself wide open for another blow to his beak, Spencer more angry that he's been annoyed long enough. "Bionic Arm!" he shouts with his feathered opening feeling the full impact of the blow. Rubyheart would use this chance to quickly constrict the bird quickly with the chains from her anchor from up high as she quickly pulls herself directly towards him.

"Amaterasu, use your winds to blow everyone back to the deck!" she ordered.

The goddess howls in response, gathering the power she has to use another of her famed Celestial Brush powers. She immediately uses the brush's ability to draw a swirly wind pattern that faces the south as precisely as possible to make this next tactic work. This would work as strong winds would blow everyone back to the very deck below as each person use their hands or feet to land as properly as possible. Everyone would soon be back to the way they were, more than ready to quickly act on their next plan. Olimar would soon use a special whistle to command his newly demon Pikmin hybrids out of their special hiding spot for their next order. Alph would be entrusted with any of the Pikmin around the deck that him and Olimar commands to keep them all in check.

"Does anyone have some spare wood and steel our PIkmin can use to fix things with?" he asks.

"Unfortunately we do not have enough extra supplies at the moment. And not just the food like Gourmand said.

We were going to stop somewhere just to see what more we can get if it weren't for these bird brains attacking us for no reason," the captain said frankly.

Chuck would be trying his best to mumble loudly with the chains still restricting his mouth from saying a single thing. Magnus would tap him on his head with his club in annoyance to stop him from being so annoying, this dazing the hyperactive entrapped bird as a result.

"Good, shut up! You and your buddies already caused enough trouble for us to talk this peacefully. So our only plan is to slow down the fall or steer somewhere safe, correct?" he said.

"That is right. We will have no choice since we've taken enough bad hits for us to fly normally. We still have no idea where we are," Chris answered.

"We could even face the depths itself if we do not come up with a plan. Who knows how unfortunate it would be to not save your allies in time, knaves," Arthur lamented. "We couldn't take a look at where this guy's buddies are coming from, as if they are hitting us from a certain point below and choosing to attack the sides of the ship. Maybe your flying friends can be of assistance," Haggar said.

"But at the same time, they are best remaining where they are so they can catch on to the new attack if there's someone in the skies for us to attack with the main cannons. They have to have a leader and we need to stop him soon," she explained urgently.

"For now, I'll have my newly created friends carry the ship the same way they carried the GUN base back in prison Island. It's a temporary solution while we seek the source of the attack. It's the least I can do," Olimar adds.

He would be correct as the many Pik-Pixies would pour from outside of the same damaged whole that Bomb created to slowly swarm and surround many parts of the Partenaire as coordinated by their captain. Each one using their newly added Pikmin DNA to use all that might to hold on to the ship they can like any Winged Pikmin would. The altitude would at least lighten up to some extend despite still falling but not to a point that everyone would be any closer to sea level during the fall. Everyone would feel things starting to go back to normal and not feeling gravity getting too late from that serious damage any way. It was thank to his quick thinking that everyone would be more than safe from their crisis but things weren't going to end very quickly as they had bigger problems. Fionn MacCumhail would be down below on an island mostly inhabited by a popular toon of colorful birds similar to the three who already attacked the ship. They all came in a variety of colors, shapes, sizes, and even wild personalities. But only a select few were truly special as they had powers that would help in destroying any bases or structures built by the enemies at Piggy Island. A few in particular would be part of a group called The Flock, a special group of birds dedicated to protecting their island or any eggs stolen by their swinish enemies. He would be trying to talk to them to find a way they could call off their attack on the Partenaire any further. These would include a fairly average sized female silver bird, a rotund white female bird, a massive red bird with darker feathers compared to Red, a green bird with a longer beak than his body, a pink bird known for her bright personality, three younger blue birds that are triplets, and a beige female bird with a beautiful voice. These birds were pretty much the protectors of all the other birds and ones the princely demon feels would be the right ones to negotiate with on the matter. Another bird who's known for his Napoleon complex and ability to inflate would already be perched on a massive slingshot that is the best reason these birds launch when it comes to enemy attacks. He is more than eager to be shot next and wonders what is taking so long for the next order after Bomb had been launched before. Speaking of Bomb, everyone would hear a familiar screaming as a sign that he is slowly falling back towers the island from above. The large black bird is clearly unscathed from his explosions but have no way of staying afloat or maneuvering the air as well as Chuck can. He's still flailing around despite his lack of flight and desires finding a soft spot to land. Mathilda sighs as it's always something when it comes to his explosions always backfiring. She immediately whistles loudly to call for a handful of birds to gather around where he's going to land. These birds being of varying different colors would reach their feathered hands out to catch the fellow under the white bird's orders.

"Thank you guys! For a minute I thought I would…"

He lands, but also buried all the other birds int the white sands from m his weight. Most of their heads would be all buried in the sand or under his large black body as a result of this. It all seems Matilda's effort for breaking his fall partially worked. She eventually realized that she was still having a conversation with the aIrish warrior, focusing on him once more in embarrassment.

"Pardon me, but I can understand that you appear to be non-hostile as we all hoped. Lately, we had been under a series of strange incidents and phenomenon that we just want to keep our eggs and people safe. Those birds can be very angry, but at least I have the calm chakra to hold a conversation and listen to all sides of the story. So it appears you aren't that dreaded Legion that we've heard about that's been causing trouble around the world?" she chirps.

"Precisely. I was wondering if it would make for a peace treaty, call off all of your attacks since we have somewhere important to go involving allies who were rounded up by the Greek pantheon. I'm afraid they could perish if we don't make it there soon. We've been also running low on resources and food, so perhaps you wouldn't mind us taking anything you have available to keep us full on the journey," Fionn said.

"As long as you do not thin k about taking our eggs, you are more than fine to take anything you wasn't. We've already dealt with enough egg thieves lately from Piggy Island. But our new protection squad was nice enough to keep us safe for the last few weeks. I hope they can be told to leave your ship be,"said the cheery Stella.

"Only Red, Bubbles, Bomb, and Chuck can contact those guys. You would have to find a way to have either of them call those three to hold off the attack. It was thanks to those three birds that we've been thriving with less issues since that strange storm attacked us," Hal squawked.

"Sorry, I think mines is not explosion proof as I'd thought. That last boom-boom managed to turn it to ashes. Even worse, I did see Red fly off into the ocean from below. Hopefully he's alright," Bomb said after rising himself from the ground.

"Actually, I am feeling, very peachy. Just peachy," a familiar voice called.

The entire Flock and Fionn would look over to see a very soaked less than pleased Red who had to swim through entire ocean water just to get back to the island after Rubyheart had struck him far away. One could tell by his dead silence, deep frown, and not very subtle eyebrows that he's just had about enough for the day when it came to defending the island. His red feathers constantly dripped with salty sea water all while a starfish is still attached to his head. He immediately grabs the echinoderm in one hand and hurls it away while still facing his fellow birds. All three of The Blues try their best not to laugh at the state of their friend knowing well the looming Terrence is glaring at them. Melody nervously smiles about the situation now that the leader of the group is back. Fionn definitely recognized that same red bird for when Rex was the one that discovered him after he first hit the ship. Although the noble warrior is here in peace and not going to be quick to attack him over what he had done. The red bird spits out even more seawater for extra measure, still sporting the same frown from his clear anger.

"So Red, very nice to see you again. Actually we was talking to one of the people from that ship and it seems like they mean absolutely no harm. We just gotten a bit carried away for once, this time. Right, honey?" Matilda explains before asking Terrence.

Her strong silent larger mate just growls slightly, mostly due to agreeing with his wife in his own way.

"Ha, innocent. Right as if I wasn't sent flying miles away into a sea of death and almost swimming for my life out there. Mean no harm, just like they meant no harm to Bomb too or even Chuck if he isn't poached by now," the red bird said in an almost passive aggressive manner.

"Red, it was most likely in self defense. They honestly never heard of our home yet we were in the wrong for attacking them. I think for once you have to take it down a notch and not judge every non-bird you see that isn't a pig. The pigs can change and can't change at the same time," Silver said to her partner.

"Here we go again. This is the thing with you. You are a little light on the feathers all the time. Now what if these invaders were really after our eggs or this island, then what would you say. You should be thankful we've been mostly at peace thanks to those new birds who've been helping us out," he says while approaching the silver bird.

Silver knew just how her partner can be, usually facing him with both a sense of neutrality and intimidation despite her gentle demeanor. Her new falcon-like hairstyle she's given herself adds to this despite missing her old pigtails. He was thankfully a potent bid when it came to often listening to her, but often has this way of caring about the safety of his fellow birds on the island.

"Come on now, you saw what just happened to me. Now what if I wasn't a very good swimmer and sank like a heavy egg? I know none of you would have a single thought about saving me or anything, but that's besides the point. Silver, you need to see that we can't just trust every non-bird that ever comes to this island. That's why those rogues are the only ones to prove their trust. We've been eating well and well protected thanks to their efforts. Now those guys up there would be lucky if they will survive an encounter with them," Red talks with his eyes still focused on the silver bird.

"This is why we are proposing a peaceful ceasefire. I do not speak for all of my allies, but as a representative of the Fairy Village we are here for a reason. To bring peace to the world after all the cause these Legion fiends are causing. Perhaps so with more demons on a rise after their realm was destroyed thanks to the work of your true enemies," Fionn pleads again.

"Demons? Yeah right, and you suppose we have monsters under our beds and think the boogeyman is real? There is no such thing! How about we talk about real threats like you guys for suspiciously flying over our island?" Red called.

"Do not listen to their drivel. Just launch me already so I can get big enough to sink these filthy invaders! Hahahaha!" Bubbles shoots before laughing psychotically. The other birds holding the slingshot for him would be hesitating as the other birds were told to hold their fire despite his clear eagerness to inflate and conquer. "Is this true? This couldn't be very good if these demons are going after our eggs or even us. You guys are innocent all along if you know just who will think of us as a meal," Melody screeches.

"Not real. They are just scary stories and lies to try and distract us from the real enemy. Which are pigs, a certain egg scientist, and you suspicious people for trying to hurt us. So give it up, unless you are possibly Leonard's spies," Red warns once more.

"Uh Red, I doubt any of the pigs would ever work with anyone who isn't a pig. Well other than that time they did work with us, but that was because of the Mighty Eagle's crazy ex turned wife wanting to freeze everyone's islands out of spite," Bomb corrected.

"That was only one time, Bomb. They came back to their ways of attacking us for our eggs ever since. Once a pig, always a pig. But the fact they were able to beg us for their help leads me to believe they did the same for these guys just to bring us all down. And we will not let it happen," the angry red bird replies to his nervous friend.

A Jack Frost appeared beside Fionn in a quick teleport to check on where the famed warrior was this entire time. Many of the birds would not only be surprised at his appearance, but slowly learn that there's no explanation other than them being a demon based on their appearance. Bomb slowly drops his jaw with the shock overcoming him, Red also being too confused by what happened.

"Hee ho! Master Fionn! The Fairy King is wondering where you've been, ho. The ship is barely-hee keeping afloat thanks to that space man-ho's special demons carrying it. There is no way we can fall anymore from these foolish birds trying to attack us, hee. We have bigger fish to fry like the Greek Gods awaiting us with their own demon army, ho," the jolly frost demon explains.

It would be when the birds would be torn over trusting these visitors now that they know what a demon looks like and their association with them making them all more suspicious. All of the Blues would immediately hide behind Terrence for cover assuming the Jack Frost is interested in them. Mathilda islet speechless and nervously sweating about what else to say about what she's heard. However Silver being the only bird with common sense knows that Red went too far in this situation instead of calmly talking to these unwilling victims. Red however is less than amused at the thought of being called a fool, let alone having his own intelligence insulted for being a bird or ever protecting his home island. A single eye brow twitch would let everyone know he's about to have another one of his famed outbursts as one who struggles with his anger growing up.

"Red, what did we learn? Control that anger, learn how to do deep breaths and stay calm," Silver said calmly.

His feathery red fists clenching and shaking were only a giveaway he's finally giving in to his famous rage. Bomb knew that him saying something wouldn't be a good idea despite being one of his closest friends. Bubbles is grinning widely as if he's awaiting for his call to fire himself at their target in the clouds. Mathilda is left waving her white feathered heads to signal Silver to try talking him out of calling another attack. Terrence however is left still facing Fionn with his same stern blank stare for no particular reason.

"I say we attack again! These guys are with the demons and this is all an ambush. Release the yellow balloon of destruction!" Hal called angrily.

"No. I do not think that is necessary. Maybe they are one of the "good ones" who came to warn us about the the bad ones who may be a threat," Matilda nervously interjects.

"Come on, Matilda. You can't just be so wishy washy. These guys are big trouble," Jay says after hopping atop Terrence's head.

"Yeah!" His identical blue twin brothers add.

"You do not understand. There are demons like me that do care for the safety of humanity and fight others to keep them save. There were even human students from a high school the Fairy Village protected with their life. And a Nahobino whom I"ve sworn my life to serving thanks to his compassion for a better world," Fionn protests.

"Oh so it's the humans now that you care about? What about birds like us? I wouldn't be surprised if that fat scientist that those new birds warned us about hired you to destroy us. We've heard just about enough of your nonsense. Commence Operation Sinking Ship!" Red shouts.

"Now you are speaking my language! Fire me so those guys are mine!" Bubbles screeched in glee.

Silver knew it would be too late to stop everything as the birds finally let go of the massive slingshot that held the orange bird. He is eventually flung immediately into the air at speeds similar to the other birds to the point the G-forces feel stronger the more he flew away from the island. Half of the Flock is left conflicted over whether what Red did was too rash or actually for the better for their own safety. Fionn had no idea on what to say, but the negotiator in him remains calm and civil despite what he seen happen before his own eyes. He had a feeling the Jack Frost who reported to him could had been a bit less insulting with his words at the birds' expense. The white snow fairy is left sheepishly looking around as if he wasn't sure if it was his fault completely things escalated. Silver most of all slowly folded her arms with deep disappointment in Red's actions, still unafraid of his anger.

"You see, now you had to make things worse when we were only deescalating the situation. I guess you truly never change instead of who I thought you were," she said harshly.

"Silver, now is not the time for the two of us to start this. Not in front of everyone else," Red apologetically said knowing the embarrassment of the situation.

"I'm not too worried. My king and our crew will find a way to tackle the situation. We've stopped a few Reflections of Darkness members just like how another group defeated the Zoastrian goddess. This isn't a simple situation they can't solve," Fionn calmly said.

If wouldn't be until Red grew curious about what he meant by his words, same went for Silver. Knowing there are more worries outside of the island other than just the Legion and demons would cause their argument to briefly stop.

"Who are the Reflections of Darkness?" he asks.

From above, the ship would be briefly stabilized despite the damage with the handy demon Pikmin hybrids still using their strength to keep the ship at bay. Mr. Game & Watch would be trying his best using flat materials to try patching the hole while he could as a carpenter. This was perhaps a temporary solution until they find another place to land for the wood and steel needed for good repairs. Magnus sits atop the entrapped Chuck to make sure he didn't even find a way to break from the chains surrounding his body. He futility muffles his screams and woodchuck to beg the man from not crushing him with his muscular weight as it could break his only device. Everyone else would be carefully surveying from the railings of each ship edge as extra eyes looking around for more trouble in the skies. Marine stands atop the head of Vince, really acting like someone who wanted to spot the danger for the captain in her own way. Rubyheart returns to from the doors with a few crewmates, sighing that everything seems to be good as stable for now before the Partnenierre had reached critical condition. She didn't know how to put this in words that sounds good without alarming anyone already aboard the ship, let alone hoping the situation is looking bleaker for a faster flight towards to their destination. Chris and Saki especially looks forward to hearing what's the status of the current situation with most of their attackers dispatched or completely done with this surprise attack.

"So any other things we should be warned about or this yellow guy is all we have to worry about?" the BSAA agent asks.

"Currently we are in an alright position that can keep us from sinking any further. But the damage still can't be ignored even if there are temporary solutions like your 2D friend's building and the space man's demon plant fairies…. But at the same time our engine is putting too much pressure to keep us flying on top of the current supply issue. We will have no choice but to stop somewhere soon unless we want to starve or push this old girl to her limit. As if this day can't get any worse," she explains bluntly.

"You have nothing to worry about, lady. This one right here and staying right where he is. I'll make sure this guy don't get a Mimicutie's chance of ever getting away from us or call any more if his weird friends," Magnus said.

He briefly glares at Chuck once more to intimidate him from even finding humor in his predicament.

"I will promise you folks, that nothing is absolutely going to go any more wrong. Take it from me, we've survived plane crazier situations back on the Inkwell Isles. So what's the worst that could happen?" Cuphead says with a genuine smile.

Mr. Game & Watch patched another good spot with his 2D tar and blocks with his Judgment hammer, wiping the flat sweat off his forehead in small splashes. It wasn't until he noticed something small flying directly into the air from behind that gets his attention. He looks directly up to see something orange and feathery laughing as they are betting higher and directly above the ship at a fast pace.

"Hahahahaha! Never mess with Bubbles! Because this bird will sink these intruders straight into the watery grave where they belong! And I have the massive eggs to prove it!" the arrogant little bird beamed.

Game & Watch instantly begins ringing his bell frantically to get everyone's attention as loudly as he can with shrill beeps. Callie and Marie would hear the signal immediately to wonder just what was starling their ally this fast as the listen to the loud ringing.

"What the squid is up this time? I hood we don't have more of those birds to deal with," the white tentacled twin said.

"You had to say it, cup. We just may have another one on our hands," Magnus said frankly.

Chuck would wonder what friend came in time to attack again since he's lost track of who was next to be slung after Bomb. He would know it wouldn't be Terrence as his weight would had destroyed the rubber band with his inability to control his strength. He soon thought back to the possibility it could be Bubbles or likely Stella who was next in line. Saki willingly gets her gun ready to fire to snipe this potential threat out of the sky. Frank, Chris, and Arthur also prepare their weapons at the same time with Viewtiful Joe getting ready to hurl a Voomerang. Bubbles is laughing maniacally as her looks down in his targets to crush with his special power, before he is interrupted by a message on his device. He instantly taps it on a whim giving his crazy prepared nature. A familiar squawking voice would be beaming from the divide that barely phases him.

"We've seen everything. You ready to sink the vessel for our daily loot… I mean reward? Your birds definitely need a big catch to keep you all well fed," he voice said.

"Locked and loaded, Mr. Jet. Just get you and your other two friends out of there to blow these fool out of the skies. And most importantly, away from our island!" the eager Bubbles beamed.

"You can count of the Babylon Rogues to teach these posers a thing or two about who the true masters of the extreme gear are. Are you ready fellas?" the hawk asks through the device.

"Always prepared to show anyone what makes me the best mechanic and mind the rogues has to offer," Wave adds.

"Crushing them like they are weak walnut shells. Anything for the boss and our honor as the living Babylonian descendants alive!" Storm brags loudly.

Bubbles would laugh giddily in excitement knowing this part of the plan will be their best one yet to land them the big prize. Everyone would still watch the small bird from below to expect some strange power or a reason to attack him as he slowly drops from above. Others were still unsure as he seemed smaller and more "defenseless" compared to the other birds that had attacked the ship. Chuck squirms around in excitement knowing the right help is arriving to free him from Magnus's punishment. The Greek mercenary just wondered what made him happy all of a sudden as if this small fry is a genuine threat to them.

"This is your friend? The least they would do is send someone bigger and not some little birdie I can just blow away easily," he wondered.

"No matter, anyone who I can bluster with my Mazan isn more than enough. Why hesitate on such weak prey like this one?" Kumbhanda brags.

"Because it would feel wrong to attack someone who is so small and looks almost…what am I saying? This one could be just as annoying as the others. We can't underestimate him," Saki said while blustered.

"Free food for me…well I mean all of us is fine with me. Let me have this one, without even needing my Power Stone," Gourmand brags with his kitchen knife being brandished.

"I wonder what was taking Fionn so long with the peace offering? I could swear they would be calling off the attack unless something went wrong," Titania says in growing concern.

"Peace will likely never be an option when they made the mistake of breaking my beloved vessel. We've sailed with this girl for years and for some flocking bilge rats to try breaking her shall be walking more than just the plank," Rubyheart shouts.

"Perhaps you are taking this a tad too far on a legal side of things, captain," Phoenix nervously says.

Bubbles would only be laughing at how most of his enemies were too busy arguing with each other than focusing on him from above. This would be all part of the plan him and the Babylon Rogues planned as the best way to end things. He would take a deep breathe, massively expanding in a way a puffer would when threatened. It would be when his size would now draw even the likes of the PTX unit to cast a large shadow that covers most of the deck below. Seeing the now orange inflated blowfish-like bird sinking faster towards everyone made them more cautious than before.

"What the hell…" Chris slowly said in surprise.

"Brace yourselves everyone, we'll blow this one away before his big cannonball," Mugman yelped.

"Mortals, allow Kumbhanda to be the one to deal with this pest instead of letting a bunch of fowl weaklings get the upper hand. Right old friend?" Macabre gloats.

The deathly horse demon snorts aggressively, all before gathering his magic to do the strongest wind spell he can to defend the ship. It wouldn't be all as three figures would be seen diving from above at high speeds way above Bubbles. They all appear to be riding futurist high speed hover vehicles made by the MetoTech company commonly used for racing tournaments. On the right would be a large gray raptor with big yellow gloves known for his strength. On the left would be a smaller purple raptor with a white outfit and goggles on her head to match her intellect. Lastly, is the younger green leader himself known for his brasher but similar attitude about speed c compared to the Blue Blur. The Babylon Rogues were making their first splash since the storm had previously blown them away within the last week as The Flock's new protectors and allies. When in reality, they were only doing so to build their reputation to usurp Sonic as the number one fast hero in the world given their greedy intentions. With his eyes on the prize, Jet could tell an airship of this quality compared to their own is bound to be full of rare treasures to plunder out of them. Bubbles already looks up with his eyes despite his swollen body to waist for his allies to assist in his dominating crush. Rubyheart had a good look to tell his buddies just happened to be more birds, but something about the trio seems different from their attire and modes of transportation alone.

"There they are, these must be the new friends that yellow one was rambling about earlier. They are different, so get ready for whatever they have," she warns.

"Not that we need to. Horse Head here seems confident that he can stop them with his demon magic. There's nothing to worry about," Frank replies.

"Speaking of, where the is Dante? He's been missing in action all day despite coming with us," Hayato wonders.

You know with him, he is always lounging around or wouldn't care less if it's not demon related. Even he never came up here to help us against our demon "friends" here at all," Jin Saotome adds.

"The last I've spoken to him, he said something about not caring until we get to our next stop. So our pizza loving gun slinger will be ready to tango when it is time," Morrigan says with a shrug.

"Heh, typical. I've always felt he never taken anything too serious despite the times we've worked together," Spencer complains.

"We do not need anyone else, my deadly winds are more than enough. Allow me to put these avian pests in their place in the name of Chaos," Kumbhanda snarls.

He would finally have just about all the power necessary to unless his strongest Mazan ever as Bubbles' massive body slowly approaches the ship. Bubbles would squint his eyes viciously as he is more than prepared to challenge the horse demon's next tactic. The Babylon Rogues head another trick of their sleeve, namely the Arc of the Cosmos their leader had in his hand the entire time as part of their plan.

"Are you ready everyone? We will use this baby's gravity to zero ourselves and Bubbles at the same time and launch at that ship. They should be sinking in no time thanks to this power," Jet orders.

"Right. Let's Zero Gravity into those in our way!" Storm and Wave says in unison and excitement.

The power of the ancient tech would begin glowing immediately as Jet begins tapping into the Arc's power, this would briefly cause everything to slow down temporarily, the gravity also lifting the four birds altogether at the same time. Thankfully there's no debris around them that a they would had lifted with the same power as the clouds were too dense to be affected by them. Not everyone would had reacted soon enough to see this happening except for those with good enough perception like Viewtiful Joe, Amaterasu, Morrigan, and Soki. Even demons who can survive in places devoid of time can easily see this better than everyone else to anticipate this. The gravity would especially be a benefit for Bubbles' massive body since the result would likely make him twice as deadly of a projectile to sink anything big.

"Now let me use my true power!" Jet calls in real time with a blue glint in his eyes.

The four of them would soon launch themselves below as massive moving projectiles with the goal to destroy the ship all at once. Kumbhanda would finally launch the Mazan in time blow against them with powerful wind storms that would make an Aeros blush. Turns out that Oberon adds his own Mazandyne at the same time to assist them as the Fairy King knew that the horse demon is too confident in his own winds alone being enough. Titania is more than glad he Ofers to be of assistance to try and push the four against their zero gravity flight that's gunning for the ship. In an intense struggle between an immovable object and unstoppable force, the two demons would be giving it their all to try and overpower them even if it risks draining their limited magic supply. Jet knew the forces were definitely happening their technique, but keeps abusing the Arc's power to try and overpower the wind forces at all costs without any thoughts of the risks. Storm could feel the forces ruffling his gray feathers, easily getting annoyed that these demons were tougher than expected. Wave knew that this method wasn't part of the plan while also hoping there is a limit to how long they could push against their forces. Bubbles could feel the vibrations flowing through his inflated feathery body, but aims to crush his opponents at all costs.

"You won't stop us that easily. We descended from the Babylonians, the most advanced race around. So give it up and let me show you why I am the true fastest thing alive!" he shouts.

The forces would begin pushing even further against the strong green winds that the two demons were magically firing. The Fairy King truly felt he's underestimated the Arc of the Cosmos since their forces were starting to slowly overpower his own winds on top of Kumbhanda's. Succubus and Macabre felt that this is truly bad if even two powerful wind forces from such demons were mad a fool of by strange tech like this.

"This is what happens when we show any mercy. Perhaps we should set an example and kill the yellow pest to make them weak," the death loving harlequin proposed.

"Don't even think about it, you follow my rules if you want to even be here. We can beat these

pesky birds, but taking away their life would make us no better than Abyss or even that planet eating monster," Rubyheart warns.

"Sympathy is for the weak and it's why we are letting these fools stop us. Humans are truly a lost cause if they use such foolish emotions to survive in a world like this. No wonder demons will always…"

"Did you not forget the part I could had kill ya? How about you keep that trap of yours closed or I will send you back where you've came. Consider yourself lucky I gave you mercy back there, you pale faced clown," Magnus called.

"This isn't the time to argue at all you two! We have to do something to stop those birds or those winds will be dispersed and we all lose this ship. And our only chance to save our allies!" Lyn shouts at the two.

"He's right, we all have to help out in some way. Because if we don't, I'm afraid we will be sunk. And it won't be anything below to soften the crash," Maya yelled. "Which is precisely why I'm here. Sorry that I'm late. But I finally decided ti awaken our favorite demon slayer to throw his weight around," a voice said.

Rubyheart would look to her right just to see a familiar purple witch and the silver haired demon hunter himself. Dante apparently gotten older since the last time he's last fought the team, now old enough to have reached his near peak. As a result, he's not cocky as before but still got that same sass he's known for since helping Beep defeat the Enlightened One. The other demons could tell he was quite powerful by his aura alone and not just a mere human like those they are aware of. Titania was wondering what other demon was aboard the ship other than Morrigan, knowing she was right that he's quite strong. Something about him gave a good portion of the crew uneasy feelings just by looking at him. Cuphead couldn't help but put his finger on the fact his aura feels almost as sinister as The Devil. Magnus had a feeling something about him feels almost like Bayonetta in terms of familiarity. It was perhaps his same not caring attitude and penchant with demonic power from what he could see.

Great, another one. As if one cocky gunslinging hellish weirdo is what we need to tolerate.

"Fine, you all got me. I was feeling quite tired to be honest. Are these demons the ones I have to deal with?" the silver haired demon slayer wondered.

This made the few fairies very nervous after they had already tried fighting for their lives here.

"No, but we have to blow these guys above us away. You think you can do that, Dante?" Morrigan asks.

The demon skating man is disappointed as he would rather his services be used to slay demons than wasting his strength on non-human targets any of his allies struggle with. Tessa had already transformed her wand into a giant red fan that blows immense winds into the air already without wasting any time. This would already add a stronger push that would slightly shove the Babylon Rogues and Bubbles slightly higher despite the Arc's forces still proving to have that powerful push within them. Haggar would feel a bit of inspiration from Zangief, executing his famed Double Lariat with some extra power and simultaneous execution to generate a windy force of his own. The ex-mayor of Metro City despite his retirement still had it in him to blow with all of his might. Guile joins in with his famed Hyper Sonic Boom to generate as much force as possible besides him and Tessa's magic fan. This would certainly gain the Fairy King's approval for the assistance as Kumbhanda only snorts in annoyance that he needed their help at all. High Pixie would command a squad of Pixies to use their best Zan spells to add to he windy forces above to be of assistance.

"Keep it going, our king needs our help at blowing those birdies away.Never stop, even if your magic is completely degraded!" the armored higher-level Pixie ordered.

"You got it, commander High Pixie!" they all replied.

Crash would be spinning around as fast as he can with Aku Aku circulating him to help bolster the winds' strength.

"We need more power! Help out in any way you can, children!" the mask calls.

Magnus would soon join in to help with mighty swings of his club to send the best whirlwinds he had. Chuck would be thankfully restrained by Amingo's larger body, who is prickly enough to be giving the bird pain through the chains. He's still feeling bad memories of flying through the onslaught of cactuses on Piggy Island before, silently screaming from each spine poking him.

"Good job, Cactus Butt. I'll help the others from here!" he called.

The large cactus creature gives a thumbs up to him despite the muffled screams of Chuck below him. Both Soki and Lyn would do a double team of powerful wind slashes together to act as a slicing whirlwind that spirals its way towards the skies. SonSon controls her famed red bo to spin around erratically before her outstretched hands to become a powerful magic fan that she blows in the same direction of everyone else. Jin would be executing his famed Saotome Cyclone to spin around vigorously while yelling with burning vigor, thus generating a massive hot blooded fire cyclone using his own power. This would leave some of his peers speechless despite knowing he is always like this when in the heat of a passionate battle. All of these efforts would lead Jet more than frustrated that his plan is starting to slowly stall itself because of then trying to overpower the Arc's forces. This would lead the green hawk to start using as much more power as he can of the Babylonian tech to make the forces stronger than before. Bubbles would go from worried to overconfident in a short ego boost thanks to the hawk's quick thinking. Storm would be smiling as he knows his boss knows what he is doing when taking charge. Wave slowly placed her famed goggles on thanks to rush definitely giving her Extreme Gear the oomph it needs.

Sadly this mean everyone's efforts would still be up in the air with the added flaming winds being slowly pushed closer towards everyone before. The ship would slowly grow hotter as a result as if the sun itself is getting closer to the clouds itself. The chains would be beginning to heat up around Chuck to start making him scream louder than before, and even Amigo to jump off despite his attempt to ignore the added heat. Several members would already feel the heat enough that their heads started to roll with more sweat than comfort. Even ceramic allies like the Inkwell Trio would feel the white fluid soul within their heads bubbling from that added heat. The captain is left in a very difficult situation, knowing well that she could easily put out the flames with her water spells. But at the same time she fears it would weaken Jin's technique and leave everyone in an even worse position.

"How about instead of standing around, you actually help out for once!" Rubyheart ordered.

The entire time the demon slayer would be choosing the most appropriate weapons for the situation knowing well that he's rather picky about what to use. The ones he happen to pull were from one of his older adventures, a blade of wind and a blade of fire under the names of Agni and Rusty respectively. These were weapons that not many every seen him used before until know as he's very selective of his attacks in battle. Succubus would grow interested in this despite worrying for her partner's safety. Kumbhanda would already struggling despite all the additional help thanks to the hawk's determination to sink the ship. Oberon would already be starting to get weaker over time thanks to sacrificing most of his magic to revive fallen demons much earlier. Dante would pull both of his hands back with both blades in hand in the most stylish pose ever give his tendency to be flashy for almost every attack. In times like this, he wish he had a rose in his mouth for extra measure to add to this.

"Well ladies and gentlemen, it's fine to give our uninvited guest one hell of a show. And it will be called Devils Never Cry!" he shouts upon swinging both swords hard enough.

This resorts in a powerful blast of wind and fire that blows itself into the air with a force strong enough to push the entire ship down slightly as a result. This also blown most of everyone to the side immensely to stop their spectating or help abruptly. This left Chuck rolling away quickly in several violent bounces that lead him falling overboard completely. The resulting attack finally made its way to the forces caused by the Arc's power and pushed them all back competently as a result. Jet is left going from confident to shocked as the attack is seconds away from breaking through the Arc's power. This left all three of the Rogues and even Bubbles flying backwards with the entire force destroyed as a result. This caused an even bigger sonic boom that blows various clouds apart violently and even pushed the overhead Babylon Rogues Airship slightly knocked a bit higher into the air. The Bomberman Brothers' starship, Zero Suit Samus's Starship, and both Arwings were thrown away by the force in different directions. This end result would be visible to everyone on Bird Island from below in a strange spectacle. Many were left confused or even worried for what happened to their fellow Flock member while others wondered if anyone survived in the end. Red being one to care about a fellow bird even grew even more worried that he made a big mistake for sending him out to possibly die. Silver knew now wasn't the time to brag about being right since she knew this would hurt him as much as everyone else. The rest of The Flock would be wondering the same since neither Chuck nor Bubbles returned for safety since they were fired. Fionn most importantly would feel disheartens if any of the Fairy Village denizens perished in a conflict that should had been averted. Bomb sadly looks at the device on his wrist that is still too damaged for him to make a single call.

"Red, maybe call either of them. I really want to make sure either of them made it," he said sadly.

Listening to his friend, Red pressed everything possible to try calling Chuck first as he was definitely the closest friend of the two. He awaits the signal with deep breathes trying not to lose his cool, or even his temper at his own poor leadership skills. Silver stood by his side no matter what to support him while also wondering what happened.

"Chuck! Come in Chuck! Don't make me yell! Say something! Are you still there? Chuck!" he desperately yelled into the device.

Bomb tries his best to keep a straight face and not cry, being the big guy that needs to stay strong for his friend. Terrence spunky changed his grumpy frown to a more somber one as he widened his eyes. Matilda tries her best to not shed a tear with Stella already sobbing into her pink wing.

"Chuck! I am not kidding around. Say something! Anything! Even make a joke about the yoga poses you used to do or the encouragement you did for the ladies about laying eggs. Chuck…." Red cried.

Hal would already be shaking his large beak to not think too hard about the situation. The entire Partenaire slowly falling towards the island without a single sign of response or life didn't help. It would soon be consumed by massive flames after what happened as the final nail in the coffin that the conflict ended in the worst way possible. Red even felt there was no use calling Bubbles either as he slowly felt a strong feeling overcoming him. Silver held her head down in defeat knowing the feeling of loss is starting to get to her as well. For their new protectors and a few of their longtime Flock members kicking the bucket is truly a moment not a single bird would experience on the same day. Matilda armrests started sobbing into the soft dark res feathers of her larger husband who is sharing that same pain with her. Melody felt there was no song in her soul anymore but one of pure sadness.Hal already broke into tears with his entire large beak gaping open as he thought about the situation. Many birds of all shapes and sizes could feel that same feeling of loss out of respect for the two birds that lost their lives saving everyone. Bomb soon sobbing loudly as he could after exploding in a different way than his usual, but this time as a ticking bong of sadness. Red would finally do the one thing he never would do despite every single eye being on him as the protected leader. His eyes for once would be filled with enough sadness in much fillings of warm tears all while he is angry at himself for ever putting one of his own in danger. Moments before at least one tear would fall triggers an unexpected even that would occur amongst the birds. Many large stones would fly directly at the beaches of the island at a fast rate from the ocean. Red would notice this immediately with his first instinct to warn all the birds to scatter for safety.

"Everyone, run around and avoid the stones!" he cried.

The first stone would already destroy a nearby straw house with one slam that instantly alerted the birds. This instantly frighted the crowd of birds who already started to run before the next wave that were heading their way. Many cries of the various birds echoed through the beach as they ran for safety with the incoming onslaught of stones flying at the island. Melody already made sure to alert some of the birds to avoid the few large stones that came their way, as Matilda tried firing some explosive eggs at the ones that came very close to them. Thankfully the eggs alone e caused them to shatter completely in various flying pebbles that Hal would deflect as a boomerang thrown by Stella. He felt every hard people hurt his body, but he didn't care as long as the weaker birds stay save from the attack. Terrence would be growling since this attack actually feels far more serious than the visitors that mean no harm.

"All birds, evacuate for safety within your homes! Do not flock over each other and keep your chicks close!" Matilda shouts.

Red would throw away every feeling he had since he had no time to lose anyone else that matters, just keeping up with his duty to keep everyone safe no matter the cost. Silver would already be one her job making sure the other bird families ran for safety during the sudden. Shower of stone that left them.

"Keep running for safety and do no stay behind. Whoever this is, we will take care of them, one slingshot at a time! The few who man the slingshot, stay where you are. We will see who this is and deal with them," she ordered.

She had no fear of who this foreign threat is, taking a deep sigh with her most serious face. Red knew his partner is one the same page since even he had questions of who is attacking g him all while this skirmish is occurring. Many large ships would be appearing in the watery horizon, countless ones as if they've left from a neighboring island. Bomb had a bad feeling about this as he knew running wouldn't look good. Terrence could recognize those ships from anywhere based on how they looked. These were large steam powered ships that were made of a mixture of wood and steel, all pedal and steam powered to match their more advanced industrial look. Almost like the same one that had first visited them when they had never gotten non-bird visitors before. Aboard these ships would be various green suid warriors, all geared up with various wooden weapons ready not attack under any given order. These would be none other than the greedy denizens of Piggy Island who had been watching this conflict all while plotting to attack while the Flock were truly at their weakest. This time things were far more personal as the pigs knew this was their time for some porky payback for their feathery enemies. In front would be the largest of the ships, the same one that had first visit their island. This however didn't answer the question of where the stones had came from since these ships didn't have any form of artillery like cannons.

"Pigs? Now what do they want THIS time? Wee've been through this routine before," Red said in annoyance.

"I do not know, but it seems like they are sending the entire island to attack us when we've never thought of going after them. Unless they serious think we will give our beloved eggs to them," Matilda said in fear.

"Well, they will not get a flocking one out of us. We just have two stand our ground. Even if Chuck and Bubbles are no more, we will do what they would want us to do. Protect our home and the future generations of it," Hal said before grinding his beak.

"Nuh uh, we will do what we can to defend our home. No pigs allowed," The Blues all said at once.

Terence growls with the same uninviting frown as his response to the unwanted invasion.

"Exactly, these green walking balls of pork will get what's coming to them. A hard kick to their flabby faces in they think they can just attack us like that," Stella shouts with pink fists clutched.

"But shouldn't we call the Mighty Eagle to help? IJ know he's past his prime, but he's definitely helped us just like how we've helped him in the past," Bomb wondered.

"Forget him, this is personal. I feel it is best if we handle things ourselves. And you are right, he is past his prime. So we will have to drive these dumb stinky swines off ourselves. Angry Birds style," Red replies.

Using up all of his rent up rage at himself, he would soon feel he should direct that at the very pigs that dare to stand up to him after he had lost two good comrades in one day. Silver knew that there was no running away and to stand by her red partner's side is the least she should do for his sake. Bomb would still be wondering how they knew of everything or more what convinced their green enemies to make this all out attack with less forces. Within the main Piggy ship would be their one true enemy who is hungrier than before to take any egg he can from the birds. Meaner and larger than before would be the famed King Leonard of the Pigs, slurping a lemongrass drink from a drink in hand with his piggy crew maneuvering everything within the control room. His wide grin says everything about how he watched everything occur and this being the best chance to kick the avian heroes while they are down. Their truce was only temporary as nothing satisfies him more than getting a taste of those succulent eggs without a single shred of remorse for the very families he would disappoint. His loyal subjects working with every button and the steering where to keep things rolling as planned. All while his number one assistant Ross stands by his side as the technician that makes all of their vehicles possible.

"Good work, my little piggies. Today is our day that we are will crush those birds while they are less and take what is rightfully ours. They ruined our buffet and threw us under the bus after we had helped them. It is our time to gobble up every egg we put our hands on. Nothing will stop us now with the competition doing the job for us. Right guys?" he announce.

All of his fellow pigs would be cheering with their own portly snorting and chuckles to express happiness at the thought of tasting these eggs at all with their king's leadership. The real kicker is that he would have a special mechanical ring around his own arm that he just happened to find. Which is one of the five Arc of the Cosmoses that were scattered throughout the world after someone had stolen them. This explains the stones hurled at the island as these were his doing after he had used them for an unknown time recently. Chef Pig would already grind his favorite knife and spatula together as someone itching to cook a nice meal for his fellow mud loving pigs for the first time. Amongst them would also be their higher ups of Foreman and Corporal Pigs that act as the stronger forces of the weaker Minion Pigs that serve their kings. Being all larger and more armed, completely with thick enough fat to survive the worst things any of the birds would throw at them. There would also be the morbidly obese Huge Pigs that make the Large Pigs look small in comparison. While sharing the same low intelligence as their fellow Minion Pigs, they make up for it by being far more durable than the Foreman and Corporals. As well as their own king, being the perfect piggy shields when things go wrong or if Leonard wants to save his own hide. Their snorts collectively filled the ship in various laughter and cheers once more with Leonard almost tasting victory for the first time with this new weapon he's found. He once more holds the Arc up and channels that power once again to prepare another attack on the island. Various large stones would soon rise out of the ocean as a result that look even larger than the last few he thrown earlier knowing well they are aiming to finish the birds off right here. Despite the feeling, Red knew there was one thing left to do and that was to aim the slingshot directly at the stones before they gotten any closer.

"Everyone, we will have to sink those ships before they get any closer! This is for our island and the safety of the eggs. It's what Chuck and Bubbles would want!" he ordered, more serious than before.

Silver knew what to do and points at the few birds manning the slingshot to unearth the massive tool with the intent to aim it at their incoming new targets. The stones would already be rising high enough with the Arc's deadly gravitational power the more Leonard uses it. The rest of The Flock would all line up next to their leader in preparation to choose a desired target or more how to tackle the stones before they hurt anyone else. Various piggies on the ship would already be laughing at their cute efforts to dare challenge their king's next attack, some to the point of rolling on the wooden decks from their snorts. Leonard knew exactly what to expect and had no fear about the idea of the birds slinging themselves futile at his massive fleet.

"Go on, gather all in one spot so you can get flattened like you've done to a few of my piggies. Being on the receiving end won't be so good when it will happen to you," he says in an evil tone.

"That is correct, they will know how it truly feels like. You are the king and the rightful owner of everything you desire," Ross says besides him.

"Oui, those eggs will be filling our bellies for weeks when we take every single one. Not a single of those chickens will ever stop our coup de grace," the French pig chef adds.

The slingshot would already be pulling with Bomb being front and center as the first bird to launch under Red's orders. He had a feeling his buddy's explosions would be just what can be needed to destroy any of the stones before they hurt anyone on the island. The large black bird knew this is exactly what needs to be done and to properly avenge Chuck before a single bird has the same fate. His red friend would watch him as the other birds pull the large red rubber band further enough altogether, nodding with a serious look of approval that this was his time to shine. He nods back and looks forward as the same stones have yet to be launched fully due to Leonard stalling his action. Terrence also gave Bomb his blessing as he is best letting him be the one to do his best to protect everyone.

"Remember, think explosive thoughts. Make the biggest boom you can if it scares those porkers away from our home. They already succeeded in stealing our eggs and we will never let that happen again," Matilda encouraged.

"You got this big guy, do it for Chuck. He would be proud of you in that fluffy cloud kingdom above if you do this for us as his last wish," Stella adds.

"Do not let the pressure get to you at all. This is now or never since this is truly the first time that slimy king is really this powerful. Perhaps that Legion those guys talked about helped them," Silver says.

"You are not alone. I will stand by your side no matter the costs. It's the least I can do if this truly is the end of my king. Never forget that this isn't a burden you all should carry," Fionn adds.

He knew deep down something must had happened that he can no longer feel the presence of his fellow fairy demons at all. But to leave these birds behind to suffer for their own misjudgment wouldn't be right for him to do as a warrior. "Thank you, I really appreciate that you still help us even after what we did. But we can all focus on making sure these slimeballs don't even think of kicking us while we are down. Or even worse," Red says with both fists clenched. His anger is brewing once more as he feels it's the only strength he has left to truly keep his only home safe. The noble demon appreciates the newfound trust he has within him, getting his failed sword ready for a fight. The one Jack Frost beside him would also take a few deep icy breathes knowing he may be the last one left. They all remain facing just what could be their first counterattack on these avenges swines that dared to attempt invading their island once more. Red most importantly knowing too well this is a tough decision he will have to do for the first time without a few of the Flock members. Leonard knowing well it it time to crush them all would instantly fling his hand forward to launch these massive deep sea stones at the very birds awaiting them on the island.

"We only have one shot at this. We will launch Bomb when they get close enough to destroy them all at once. Got that?" Red called. "Yes, ready when you are Red," one green female bird replied.

"Heard you loud and clear! Just give its a single, boss," a male red bird said.

Bomb tensed up knowing that this is his only chance as he waits to get fired at the right time, feeling more confident than ever. Fionn will only act accordingly life there's any debris that flies from the explosion when needed, his frost companion putting out any fires if they were to happen. The stones still flew at a massive arc into the air as they aim directly for where everyone stood from up high. The Flock fully trusted Red's judgment on this as one mistake could get them all hurt.

"Ready…." he called.

The birds all still held the massive band ready to let go when ordered. These stones were quickly falling at a faster pace at a good seventy feet away from their landing point.

"Aim…." Red continued.

Bomb still keeps his eyes on the prize with his body ready to explode at any given time. Silver really hoped this could lead to a successful counter instead of a result that poach all of them at once. Matilda silently deeps breathes as a lear sign this situation is stressing her out. Hal would hope this would be a success and not on that finally reduces The Flock to no birds left. Terrence still stares back at the incoming stones without a single hint of fear despite his wife's worries. Leonard laughs manically within his ship relishing in that small chance he will finally squash what is left of his biggest foes for a long time.

"It is time that these Angry Birds will be no more!" he shouts with the widest grin.

His fellow piggies snorted and laughed alongside their king once more to await the messiest results from their king's devious plan. However, a massive wall of water would rise from before the very shallow waters of the island at the right moment to blow away these stones before either side at a chance to notice. Red and the other birds would drop their jaws at the fact this even occurred at all. Fionn didn't anticipate this happening at all either despite not sensing anything nearby. Various Pig Minions that stood outside their respective boats would be more than confused on why the water suddenly does this despite there being no strong currents or storm happening. Never mind that they aren't the brightest bulbs of the entire Piggy Kingdom. Leonard is left frozen in mild shock but now growing disappointment that his beloved trick was suddenly halted by a force he thought didn't exist. Some of the pigs were tempted to say something but knew to never mess with their king when he is angry. Even the toughest of their swine soldiers knew it would be best not to get on their king's bad side. Ross is too afraid to even ask his paralyzed and crazed king about what should happen next.

"Uh….King Leonard. There appears to be a slight miscalculation in the…"

"What? What!? Slight miscalculation? Slight miscalculation!? I could had had them right there but this happens! Whoever they are, they better show themselves in the flesh!" he shouts before processing to shake his right-hand by the flab on his neck aggressively. The wall of water eventually dies down to reveal the very shocked reactions of the birds themselves and stones that also sank into the shallow waters from their halt. The birds still held on to the band regardless while still trying to recall what just happened between them.

"What…was…that?" Red asks.

"I do not know. But I know the pigs didn't do it either. Must be an act of divine intervention," Silver answers honestly.

"I told you all I would return the favor as you would wish. Maybe it is time aI stop hiding myself," a loud feminine voice echoed throughout the island.

Everyone would be looking around too find the very source of that voice, pigs and birds alike who heard it all. Even Leonard would drop Ross from his control room to look on the screens from the inside that look directly all over the ocean and Bird Island.

"Mon…. dieu" Chef Pig says slowly.

What soon appears would be a massive water twister that forms to the side of the island with forces that blew every tree beside them and even the birds. It became clear to Fionn based on the abilities and presence that this was the work of a demon, a Diety he knows of.

"Can it be? What would she want with this island?" he says with his hand over his face.

"Is it another of your pals I hope?" Matilda asks.

The aquatic vortex would slowly die down eventually to reveal a large crowd of just about everyone aboard the Partenaire as well as the missing birds and Babylon Rogues that were separated by the blow. Red couldn't believe to see Bubbles or Chuck completely alive and unharmed at all, another did Bomb who was on the verge of tears.

"You made it alive!" the big emotional bird cried.

"We sure did and the help of this tall drink of water. Right, ma'am?" the yellow bird flirtatiously explains.

Soon the water goddess Anahita finally takes shape above everyone else, back from her last nap that was caused by Krishna. Red actually smiles for the first time knowing it was her to thankfully saved his long time Flock members from certain death at all. The other Flock members would be cheering at the arrival of Bubbles and Chuck's safety at all despite the odds being against their favor. Many of the pigs would still be left completely confused or dumbfounded that all of this is even happening. King Leonard would see this all from the screen within his ship, angrier than before that she dared to not only trick him, but bring so many reinforcements to stop his planned invasion at all. Ross still getting back to his feet and dazed from the earlier drop would be grabbed by his angry king once again to give him his word.

"I have one new order out of you and every single slob of pork in this fleet. We will strike back immediately, even if a single bird has to be stuffed in the end of the conflict. Now!" he silently threatened.

The final conflict between the Pigs and Birds begins, but with the new twist of more being caught between this iconic crossfire.

That was quite the chaotic way to begin and end the chapter eh? Now it's a race against time for everyone to get to Greece to save their allies from an untimely execution. Luckily the Capcom Alliance of the Marvel vs Capcom organization swooped in to reunite both groups under the leadership of Captain Rubyheart. Unfortunately a new conflict arises when an alliance between the Babylon Rogues and Flock (Red & the Angry Birds) that attacked the ship from below ti defend the island. On top of Leonard with his Piggy Island fleet preparing a full scale invasion to get the very eggs they desire during the chaos. We will see how the fight ensues within our new chapter.

Also, I have another big announcement regarding this fanfiction. I plan to do a complete rewrite as far as the story goes for much older chapters to reflect all the things that changed for Sega ever since. Some things did age poorly and I feel it is better to at least improve the story with new ideas and implement ideas that were overdue (IDW content and characters being used, the Persona 5 cast playing a bigger role, the BlazBlue and Guilty Gear gang being involved, Miku Hatsune's bigger presence, more villains in the Legion, etc). But the biggest change is that all Sonic characters will act as if there's a timeskip that happened where everyone is slightly older to reflect the lack of ages on Sonic Channel since Ian Flynn taken over as the series' main writer. This opens the window for bigger opportunities for the entire Sonic cast in this story. This is all expected to happen by next summer of 2024 after enough time has passed for new releases. When that rewrite happens, the story will go on a brief hiatus to expand and change these older chapters to meet the new direction I aim for. That way there's no surprises and you know what to expect. I'm all for suggestions and ideas, but don't expect all of them to be approved. Hoping you all are excited for this new update to celebrate 40 years of Sega (or 41 in next year's case).

That said, I hope to see you all real soon. Keep those follows, rates, and reviews coming because that keeps this series going. Good night!