Subspace Battle - Part 1

Smash Bros Brawl was in full swing as Princess Peach and Princess Zelda waited the two combatants eagerly.

The match today was Mario against Kirby, both highly ranked in the league table so far, second and fourth, the match was being held at Pokemon Stadium, Red, Pikachu, Jigglypuff and Lucario’s home turf as it were.

The first to arrive in Trophy form was Mario, self activating to reveal the Hero of Mushroom Kingdom, ready and raring to go.

All three Smashers looked skyward as Kirby’s Trophy activated in mid air and the pink puffball of Dream Land flipped in mid air and landed with a wave for the crowd.

Turning serious, Kirby turned to Mario, just waiting for the call to start the battle.

“Ready! Go!”

The two launched at each other, in a mess of fireballs, inhaling, punches, kicks and a variety of other attacks. Mario needed to win this one to stay second, Kirby needed this one to advance and neither were backing down.

Kirby pressed on, pushing Mario towards the edge of the arena, hoping to push him off.

Mario grinned however and leapt up, breaking a Smash Ball.

Kirby knew what was coming and attempted to get away, was unable to in time and was hit by Mario’s Final Smash, the Mario Finale, a concentrated blast of flames that practically took over the entire stadium and which Kirby barely recovered in time from.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Way up in the Heavens, Pit was watching the match in the scrying mirror.

Called back to Heaven by his Goddess for a short time, she had been gracious enough to provide this mirror so her General could see how his friends were doing in the Tournament.

Pit himself was around fifteenth, but that wasn’t a bad place to be so early in the Tournament, when there were thirty five fighters competing for this year’s title.

Once again Pit was quite glad no one was around as he cheered on his friends enthusiastically.

Pit leant forward as Kirby dealt the final blow, knocking Mario out and returning him to Trophy form.

“Kirby goes up, Mario goes down.” Pit murmured, now unable to wait patiently for his next match.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

“GAME!”

Mario’s trophy hit the ground and Kirby hit it, activating it and startling Mario, who hadn’t expected to be reactivated outside of Smash Mansion. The plumber leapt back into a defensive stance, before realising where he was and what had happened and grinned, shaking hands with the puffball.

“Wella done.” Mario nodded to Kirby before they turned and waved to the crowd who went wild, screaming and whistling and cheering.

The screaming took on another tone as the Stadium shook. It wasn’t possible for it to be an Earthquake, there were no Pokemon around and the stadium floated off of the ground.

Mario, Kirby, Zelda and Peach all wheeled around to the south, where threatening red clouds were gathering. The only thing they could think of was ‘Challenger Approaching’ but no one had ever arrived in a cloud like that before and there had been nothing said before they’d left the Mansion…

Kirby looked startled as Metaknight’s ship came out of the rolling red clouds, opening it’s hatches and releasing strange purple glows onto the battle field, which turned into strange green and purple monsters. Lots of them.

Zelda and Peach ran to help their friends, Zelda teleporting onto the field and Peach floating in gracefully on her parasol.

The crowd, of course, thought this was either ‘Challenger Approaching’ or some sort of show and were going wild again.

“Thanksa guys.” Mario murmured as they wondered how best to come at the creatures.

“You think we’d let you have all the fun?” Zelda asked with a laugh, then leapt back as the first of the creatures attacked and was dispatched by a vegetable to the face.

Mario gave his Princess an appraising look and then leapt into action himself, helping his friends destroy the last of the things, which didn’t respawn after you knocked them off the edge and seemed to have no trophy.

What were they?

Mario was the first to look skyward and as such was the first to spot the strange green creature floating in the sky with the huge ball with the red x on. Mario and Zelda shifted back into offensive mode, while Peach looked started and Kirby looked confused.

Mario got it easily. They were under attack.

Two robots came around the side of the ball, confusing the Plumber, as they hadn’t been there seconds before, and jacked into the ball, opening it to reveal.

“It’s a bomb!” Peach yelped as everyone froze with a startled gasp.

That much was obvious from the bleeping and the countdown, but, as the green floating creature got away, no one called her on it as Mario rushed forward. If it had been activated, then surely it could be deactivated again.

The Brawl Trophy System sorted most injuries, but wouldn’t help them if this place was disintegrated and none of the crowd were under its protection, only the Smashers themselves were.

Something hit the battle field, causing Mario to pause and turn around just in time to see the huge black ball that knocked him flying for a Star KO.

Kirby watched Mario go with a worried look, then wheeled around as footsteps were heard and Peach screamed.

It was huge, a plant like thing with the two Princesses in cages. Petey Pirana… jumbo sized.

And Kirby had to fight it alone.

The puffball stood a step back as it slammed the two cages together, knocking both Princesses of their feet and roared at him.

(insert fight here)

The Pirana Plant blew up, knocking Kirby and Zelda clear of the explosion. The two wheeled around, both concerned for Peach and wondering  how a plant could explode, forgetting an important rule of Brawl, everything explodes.

Wario, an enemy of Mario’s, sporting a huge dragonesque gun, causing the two to shift into defensive stances. Zelda’s eyes shifted to Peach who was just picking herself out of the dirt.

“Peach!” Zelda yelled, trying to warn her friend, as Wario wheeled around, laughing like a loonatic. The arrow like energy blast that shot from the gun passed straight through Peach, a one hit KO move that resulted in her reverting to the Trophylike state that had become the salvation of a dying Smasher and introduced just two weeks ago, but left them completely helpless until they were reactivated.

Wario leapt over, grabbed the Princess’s Trophy and leapt away, leaving Zelda and Kirby to try to follow him. As Kirby passed the bomb he noticed just how low the timer was getting and used the Warp Star he’d stashed away. Unable to save anyone else, Kirby grabbed Zelda and the two rode the Warp Star out of the explosion.