Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Book One

Chapter 18: Mega Man

I re-booted to the sound of rushing water. I was lying on my side, sparks of electricity jumping from part to broken part or flying to the ground. I sat up, and my visual preceptors blurred for a moment, then sharpened. I looked around; everyone but Marth was unconscious, and Marth was in the same condition as myself: bruised, about a half of his body bloodied, pieces of his clothing torn. Why would Luigi do that? I wondered.

"Marth." I whispered, and Marth turned my way. "Take this." I rasped, and handed him a Heart Container I had been saving. Marth took it, and immediately all of his injuries were gone and healed. I pulled out my last E-Tank and drank it, and I felt better. My robotic body started to repair itself.

"Thanks." Marth said, and I nodded.

"Is there any more Heart Containers left?" I asked. It was Marth's turn to nod.

"Yeah, check Ness' backpack." He said. I crawled to Ness, who was bruised but okay. I slowly opened his backpack and got out ten Heart Containers. I gave one to each person, and everyone slowly began to wake up and heal.

"Is everyone alright?" Link asked.

"We're fine now." Captain Falcon replied.

"I still-a don't get it. Why would-a Luigi do-a such a thing?" Mario said in disbelief.

"I was pondering the same thing myself, Mario." Fox said.

"I wonder, however, how we are still alive. He could've killed us easily, or at least taken us prisoner." Ryu said.

"Who knows? We're alive now, right?" Little Mac said.

What I don't get is that Luigi was stronger than me. It still amazes me, because I was using half power... Mewtwo said in our minds.

"Wait...you were only using half of your power?" Ryu said, and Mewtwo nodded. "Incredible." Ryu muttered. We all laughed, but most people, myself included, stopped because of the pain.

"So what do we do now?" Lucas asked. Everyone was silent for a moment.

"We continue our goal: to find the Halberd or the Airship." Pit answered, breaking the silence.

"Pit's right. We need to get moving." Falco said, standing up with difficulty. I did the same, and soon everyone was on their feet.

"Let's go. We can find them, I know we can!" Marth said, and we cheered. We walked in a single file line, Link leading. After what seemed like hours, we stopped and soon it was nighttime. Captain Falcon and I made a fire, and Ryu said he would watch tonight. Oh, good. I thought, More sleep for me. I shut myself down and fell asleep.

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I re-booted with less pain the next morning, which was a good sign. Apparently, everyone except Ryu, who was now fast asleep, was awake.

"Rise and shine, Mr. Man!" Fox said in a really bad country accent, and we laughed.

"I have my reasons for being the last one up." I said.

"Oh, really? Like what?" Fox said, using his normal voice again.

"Um, well, don't you remember what happened yesterday?" I asked, and shuddered. Fox grimly nodded, as did everyone else. After a moment of silence, we all ate breakfast.

"Gsh, t'at was goord." Falco said between bites, and a piece of food flung out and hit Link.

"Say it, don't spray it, bird-brain." Link said, and everyone, including Falco, laughed. When everyone was finished, we got up and started to walk. The walking went on for what seemed like hours until a white portal opened up.

"Weapons ready!" Marth shouted, and we got into our battle positions. The portal stayed open, but a figure walked out of it, someone I couldn't quite make out from my angle.

"Who is it?" I whispered to Mario.

"I can't-a see too-a well, Mega Man." Mario replied.

"Listen up, heroes, you're all wanted by the Dark Legion. And we're a branch of the Dark Legion." The figure said.

"Show yourself!" Link shouted, and the figure stepped out into the light. The figure wasn't anyone I had in my memory banks, so I didn't know who he was, but he was two-dimensional, had a jet-black filling, and a medium-sized nose. "Who are you?" Link demanded.

"I'm Mr. Game and Watch, and this here is my MGW clone army." Mr. Game and Watch said, beckoning to the other shadows in the portal, "And you want to know what we do best to heroes?" Mr. Game and Watch waited for an answer, but didn't get one, so he kept going. "We capture them and send them up to the Dark Legion Airship for good ol' Tabuu himself. So, we're going to capture you now." Mr. Game and Watch said bluntly, and looked at the figures in the portal, who I now realized that the figures in the portal were exact copies of Mr. Game and Watch, but they were all different colors instead of black. "MGW clone army, attack!"

Link stepped back and grunted. "Attack!" I charged and threw a Metal Blade at a MGW clone, and while it did hit one and made it disappear, the Metal Blade didn't go through it. And, to make matters worse, it seemed like two more MGW clones took it's place. I heard Captain Falcon scream and I looked toward the sound; he wasn't there.

"Gotcha, hero!" A voice said, and I turned. A red MGW clone, followed by ten others, pinned me down.

"Get off of me! Get off!" I shouted, waving my arms wildly. I couldn't see anything, and I was slowly shutting down from the pain.

"It's too late, don't resist and it'll be over soon..." A MGW clone said softly, as if to encourage and comfort me. I kept resisting anyway, but it didn't do me any good as the MGW clones just kept piling on top of me until I finally force-shut down.

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I re-booted slowly, and I slowly opened my robotic eyes. My visual preceptors focused, and I found myself in a chair, strapped down, with a spotlight on me.

"Hello?" I croaked weakly, my voice audio not fully online. All I got was laughter in response. "Who's there?!"

"Well, I'll tell you this now: you don't know me." The voice said, and a Mii swordfighter appeared in front of me. He had a standard Mii swordfighter outfit, his sword sheathed in it's scabbard, spiky blonde hair, tan skin, black t-shirt shirt, jeans, black eyebrows, a cold smirk, and sunglasses.

"Why the sunglasses?" I questioned him.

"I'm going to be doing the questioning around here. But, to answer that, you should take a look." The Mii said, and flipped off his sunglasses. I gasped.

There was no eyes under those sunglasses.

"W-w-w-what h-happened-d?" I stammered. The Mii swordfighter laughed and put his sunglasses back on.

"I am not supposed to be alive. I was brought back to life by Tabuu." The Mii swordfighter said, "That's how I earned me my new name: Soulless."

"Why did he bring you back?" I asked.

"That's your last question, kid, and then it's my turn. Anyway, I was Tabuu's pride and joy when it came to Mii fighters. In fact, I was the best, strongest, smartest, and youngest Mii of them all. But then, I made a stupid mistake: I fell into the burning lava moat in Bowser's castle. I died in terrible pain. Little did I know, though, that Tabuu had gotten my body under his wing before I sank to the bottom, and he slowly tried to figure out a way to bring me back to life. Eventually, he did, and now look at me. I'm alive! Sadly, if I die again, which won't happen, I won't be able to be brought back to life." Soulless explained, "Now then. Let's get to my questions."