Disclaimer: The following story is merely a parody fanfiction that I have written for the Super Mario collab that continues the story as was left off after Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s World of Light Story mode. I do not own any of the characters present in this story except for Optalocker and Malokrian and all rights of characters used in the story belong to their respective companies and owners and in no way are intended to bring harm or any negativity towards said companies, owners, or characters. With that said, please don’t sue me and enjoy 🙂
Side Note: Sorry if I wasn’t able to include your favorite character in the story directly or if they aren’t represented perfectly. I tried my best. Just try to imagine that they are there amongst all of the others even if I couldn’t mention them specifically.
Chapter 1 :A New Foe
“It’s been 3000 years since the great battle between the powers of light and dark, galeem and dharkon. We all died and turned to spirits from the aftermath of the explosion caused by their deaths. We thought it was over. A bittersweet victory. But then… we respawned and as time passed, we didn’t age. It wasn’t over. By defeating both light and darkness, we only ended up awakening an even greater force. Malokrian! The world, NO, the universe is being engulfed in chaos, but that ends today! For… I… no… WE… ARE… HERO!” four individuals with swords, one having a little mouse like creature in his pocket, thought unanimously while standing before two giant gleaming purple eyes in a void of nothingness.
Then, one of the swordsmen with spiky hair and a cape yelled, “ALRIGHT! AND! THWACK!”
With that, all four swordsmen unsheathed their blades and slashed it in front of them immediately encircling the void of nothingness in a great dark aura. When the darkness cleared the four swordsmen stood in absolute shock and horror to see the giant demonic purple eyes continue to gleam at them.
“No!” one of the swordsmen in purple clothing murmured in shock under his breath.
“Not even one of them worked!?” another swordsman with blue hair stated in fear.
“Quickly! There’s no time to waste! Everyone, again!” the spiky haired swordsman with the cape called out.
As the four swordsmen prepared another blow, an eerie voice echoed from within the cloud of nothingness. Then, all of a sudden, a giant dark hand clenched the swordsmen.
“Squeak” a faint squeak came from the mouse in the swordsman’s pocket.
“Munchie! For…give… me!” the swordsman called back as his breath was being crushed out of him.
The hand squeezed harder and the swordsmen slowly turned a grey color before disintegrating in the wind. The dark hand retracted back into the sea of nothingness with a slight shimmer of five distinct lights. Once the hand fully retracted, the nothingness began to slowly spread across the land, consuming everything it touched.
Later in a far off location, in a giant mansion a blond haired teenager jolted up in his bed while breathing heavily and sweating. Shortly afterwards bright red lights and loud alarms flared followed by the rustling of feet.
“Everyone report to the briefing room immediately!” a voice called on the speaker.
Subsequently, a door opened and hundreds of individuals entered the room and sat around a giant table while a man with glasses, a furry creature, a robotic female, a fox like creature with two tails, a fat man with glasses, and several others stood in the front of the room.
As the room quieted down a bit, a man in military gear and a headband asked, “Otocon, what’s the situation?”
The man in the front of the room who was wearing glasses nodded and then looked at the robotic female said, “Poppi, please display the roster.”
“Coming right up!” the robotic female replied.
Poppi then extended her hand and a hologram displaying images of everyone in the room along with their names appeared in front of them.
“Since when was Poppi able to do that?” A woman in blue clothing and flaming blue hair with a crystal on her chest whispered to a woman in an imperial uniform
“I don’t know. It might be a new upgrade?” The woman in the imperial uniform whispered back.
“Take a look at the roster. Notice anything off?” Otocon questioned.
Immediately a robotic blue boy, a white haired man with a crystal on his head, a giant space dragon, and a few others in the room took on a serious look in their eyes and the blonde haired teen gritted his teeth.
“Oh just spit it out darling. No need for suspense,” a female witch, who had her legs set on the table and a lollipop in her hand responded.
“The Dragon Quest heroes are gone from the roster,” the white haired man with the crystal on his head answered.
“Meh! meh! Jin correct!” the furry creature in the front of the room called out.
Upon this statement many of the individuals began whispering amongst themselves.
“Oh they probably just fell off an edge or something. They’ll just revive in a little bit,” a boy with angelic wings stated.
“Sorry pit, but it doesn’t look like that’s gonna happen. Even when one of us dies, our names aren’t removed from the roster. They’re gone,” The fat man with the glasses, who was in front of the room said.
“Wait! How is that even possible!? No matter what happened, we’ve always respawned!” A blue hedgehog questioned.
“That’s not entirely true sonic. Like Egg man and jin said, the dragon quest heroes aren’t on the roster anymore. This phenomena has occurred twice before. The most recent time before now was 3000 years ago when galeem appeared and the time before that was during the subspace emissary. Both events were guided by some of the most powerful forces we have ever faced, and given the presence of the new entity that’s been consuming the universe these past few days, Malokrian – “ the yellow fox with the two tails responded.
“So what you’re saying is the events from all those years ago are happening again?” a blonde haired man in black clothing and with a giant sword on his back interrupted.
“Alright! Then that means all we have to do is kick Malokrian’s butt and they’ll be back!” a princess in a yellow dress exclaimed.
“It won’t be that simple Daisy. It never has been. As it stands we don’t really know anything about Malokrian, and if he can also remove us from the roster we can’t just jump in recklessly,” a female in a suit of armor commented.
“So, what do we do then, sit around and do nothing?” A woman in a yellow track suit and a glowing blue object on her chest questioned
The room fell silent as a man in a green power suit walked up to the front of the room. Then taking a chip from the back of his helmet, lined it up with a slot in the table.
“You can turn that off now Poppi,” the man in the green power suit stated as he pushed the chip into the slot.
Poppi nodded and turned off the hologram as the table lit up. Immediately after, a digital female appeared on the table.
“Cortana,” the man in the green power suit said to the digital woman.
Cortana smiled at the man in the green power suit and nodded her head slightly in response.
Then, pulling up a giant hologram of the void of nothingness Cortana said, “Alright listen up cuz I’m only saying this once! We’ve been analysing this Malokrian for some time now and he isn’t pretty. What you are seeing right now is what we have been calling the void of nothingness. This is essentially Malokrian’s domain, and as he moves, the void spreads and breaks down everything it comes in contact with into its most basic atomic component before reforming it inside to create a subspace like domain.”
Then, with the swipe of her hand, Cortana removed the hologram and replaced it with a hologram of a giant beast with several arms and limbs, tentacles, what appear to be razor sharp teeth along with spikes all over its body.
“DEMON!” two individuals exclaimed while they each pulled out a cross with a chain and spiky metal ball attached to the end and held it in their hands in front of them.
“Simon. Richter. Calm down you two. It’s only a hologram, remember?” A brown fox in a white vest and a green visor over one eye comforted the two individuals.
“This is Malokrian, and he’s unlike any foe we’ve ever faced before. His body seems to be formed out of the subspace itself in its purest form, meaning if he even touches you, you’ll be gone from the roster for good,” Cortana finished.
“So how exactly are we supposed to beat that then?!” A blue bird with a white vest and green visor over an eye exclaimed.
“We can help with that!” A hologram of a frog exclaimed as it appeared on the table.
“We’re in the hanger finishing up some modifications to all of your rides. We’ve also been designing a special force field which should give you all some protection against Malokrian’s body so you can attack him. It won’t protect you from mass exposure though so if he grabs you, you’re done for.”
“Alright, so now we can strike it. Cortana, do you know if he has any specific weaknesses?” a white haired individual with a black robe questioned while holding his hand on his chin.
“Not to what I can tell as of right now Robin, though if I had to take a guess I would go for the crystal right here on his chest. It seems to be the only part of his body not formed of subspace matter,” Cortana responded while zooming in on a crystal on the chest of the holographic model of Malokrian.
“Alright then, you all heard the woman! Pack your gear and load up! We take off in 5!” A man with white hair, a giant number “76” on his shirt, and a visor over his eyes exclaimed.
With that, the man in the green power suit pulled the chip out of the table and Cortana disappeared. He then put the chip back in his helmet while everyone got out of their chairs and ran outside before following behind. The mansion filled with the sounds of rustling feet, the sounds of weapons being prepped and machines, gear, food, and other mystical objects being passed around and attached to belts, machines, and other objects of unknown origin. Then, everyone headed off to the various elevators in the mansion as it took them down into the hanger underneath where several small vehicles lay in wait. Several jumped into the driver seats of the vehicles while the others jumped on board wherever there was space. Once everyone was inside an aircraft a loud alarm began to fire as the roof and several slots in the wall in front of them began to open followed by the roar of engines starting up. The smaller vehicles raced through the holes in the walls as they were propelled by boost pads on the ground before being launched out of a hole in a cliff with raging waters and spiky rocks underneath and taking off. Meanwhile the larger aircrafts like a giant airship with a mask like figure in the front and another with a fox symbol on the side slowly rose up from the opening in the roof.
Once all the vehicles were up in the air, the holes closed and a monkey with glasses appeared on the holovid in every vehicle and said, “Alright listen up everyone! I’m about to explain how your upgraded gear works. Team Starfox, Samus, Masterchief, Metaknight, Bowser, Eggman. Take a look at your control panels. You should see a lever with a red button on the side. When you get near the void of nothingness, with that button pressed, push the lever forward. That should activate a shield and hyperdrive to give you a powerful burst of speed. We’ve never tested it before so we can’t guarantee your ships will be able to take the beating but the shield should be enough to get you all into the void at the very least. The rest of you board the Great Fox or the Halberd. You can redeploy once you’re in the void. Those of you with projectile based weaponry, you should have some glowing ammunition. This is you normal fire power but supercharged. It will replenish itself as you use it but don’t utilize it too often because your weapons won’t be able to handle shooting too much of it in a go, so think of it as a last resort. The same applies to all of you with physical weaponry. Staffs, twist pull and slam it back together once it starts glowing. Twist the staff back to return it to normal. Those with gloves or boots, punch your fists or tap your feet together three times to activate and twice to disarm. For all others, twist the hilt and slam the glowing red button that appears. Twist the hilt back to deactivate the power up. H-Hey-”
A female with a young appearance, purple clothes, a plant based tiarra and wooden staff pushed the monkey aside and began speaking on the holovid, “Alright Winston, they get it! Now my little friends who don’t have weapons, head to the purifier. We’ve modified it so Palutena and I can give you all an enchantment which will boost all your abilities without any consequences. Don’t worry though my little pichu, you won’t take any more damage to yourself than you already do.”
“Pi?” Pichu said while tilting his head in confusion and then looking at pickachu.
“Pika Pika,” Pikachu said with a nervous laugh as he patted pichu on the back.
“Come on Viridi, we need to get to the purification room,” Paultana voice echoed on the
holovid.
“Ugh! I’m Coming! I’m coming!” Viridi called back.
Winston once again centered himself on the holovid and fixed his glasses as he said, “Alright, opening the loading dock for the Great Fox and Halberd now! Load up and get ready! We’re headed for the fight of our lives! Good luck to us all!”
The holovid immediately shut off after Winston stopped speaking and the air hangars on the Great Fox and Halberd opened as several vehicles entered and docked while those without weapons headed to the purification centers.
Meanwhile, back in the mansion, a trophy encased in glass began to rumble on a shelf in a pitch black room. The trophy slowly began to rumble faster and faster until a small crack appeared on the glass. Then, with a burst of light, the glass shattered and a tall individual in purple clothes, long nose, and a purple cap with a reverse “L” printed on it appeared.
the individual slowly looked up with a smirk on his face as he said, “Waaa!”
Chapter 2: New Challenger Approaching
The individual in all purple pulled a ball and tennis racket from his pocket. Then, in the darkness of the room, threw the ball up in the air and struck it with a mighty swing of his racket. The ball bounced from shelf to shelf hitting trophies encased in glass, before finally hitting the light switch at the end of the room. Before the lights could even turn on though, the glass encasing the trophies cracked and the room was engulfed in a bright rainbow spectacle as several characters of all shapes and sizes appeared and the shelves upon which the trophies had been resting scattered throughout the room.
“Ummm… what’s going on?” a yellow haired boy with a sword on his back and a scarf around his neck asked.
“Let me guess, Isabelle’s fishing rod is glitching up again isn’t it?” A robotic red male with long yellow hair added.
“Waa! Waa! Waa! No my friends! We are finally free!” The individual in purple exclaimed as he walked up slowly.
“Aaand what exactly is that supposed to mean waluigi?” A woman in red clothes and green hair questioned.
“I’m glad you asked Tiki! All of you listen up! All our lives we have been trying to get a spot on the roster! A chance to fight it out with everyone else and live in the main hall of the mansion! For years we have been oppressed! But look around you now! Are we on a stage? Have we been summoned by one of the ‘main cast’? NO! They all are gone probably on another one of their great adventures! I have stood on that shelf for far too long, and I want out! We deserve the spotlight just as much as they do! I overheard some of the fighters mention something about going off to fight Malokrian! I say we go and fight this Malokrian! We beat it and prove our worth! And if they still don’t let us in then we take a spot by force! Now who’s with me!” Waluigi exclaimed.
“You make a very compelling argument!” a black hedgehog stated.
“Yeah! I could go for a nice stretch and some exercise. Might even find some nice things to sell in the ol’ shop,” A black individual with rings on his fingers and shades over his eyes said.
“I don’t know guys. I’m getting a bad feeling about this plan. We don’t really know anything about Malokrian,” the yellow haired boy with a sword on his back and a scarf around his neck said.
“Aww come on Isaac. Everything will be fine. If it makes you feel better then think of it this way, all we’re doing is providing back-up like we always do and proving ourselves,” A short man in a white lab coat and a grey mustache said in a mischievous voice.
“Alright, fine! Let’s assume everything will be fine Dr. Wily. How exactly will we get to Malokrian, if we don’t even know where it is?” a pale man with silver hair stated
“Don’t worry Alucard! Dr. Wily can just grab the info. from the central computer. Now then, if there are no more issues, let’s get moving! Everyone head outside. I’ll catch up!” Waluigi said.
“And where are you going?” A girl with a blue electrified scarf questioned.
“Oh, just picking up a few things just in case, Phosphora. Don’t worry” Waluigi responded with a mischievous grin.
Phosphora gave waluigi a questioning look as she placed her hands on her hips.
“Well are we going or not!” a man in armor with a single glowing red eye standing next to the door stated.
A giant dragon like monster then walked up to the door and tried to squeeze through, getting itself stuck in the entrance. After wiggling a bit, the walls around the door broke, allowing it to pass. The dragon then let out a roar and crashed through several walls of the mansion until it reached outside.
“Ooh – ho – ho – ho! Well, this definitely makes things a lot easier!” A child with a mask over his face and two fairies circling around him exclaimed with hysterical joy.
With that, everyone slowly began heading out through the holes left by the dragon while Dr. Wiley headed for the control room for the coordinates.
“Guess we better go with them and make sure they don’t get themselves killed,” a red echidna with spikes on his knuckles said to the few remaining in the room.
“Yeah, Let’s go,” Isaac said with a defeated expression.
“Woohoo! Time for new adventure!” a nopon exclaimed as he followed everyone out the room.
Once everyone was out of sight, Waluigi quickly darted to the mansion’s elevator. Once in, he headed to the absolute lowest floor of the mansion. The floor was lined with massive, glowing, blue pipes and wires all over the place. They all converged at the center of the room where a giant blue crystal floated between two nodes. Waluigi then walked up to the crystal and looked at it with an evil grin.
“Even if we fail, if I keep the power core to the mansion, they’ll have to let us join the main roster to get it back!” Waluigi exclaimed as he reached out and placed his hand on the crystal.
Then with a strong pull, he ripped the crystal out of the nodes causing the pipes and wires to lose their glow. The crystal then began to pulsate a bright blue light as Waluigi stashed it away in his pocket.
Shortly afterward, Waluigi joined up with his fellow assist trophy compatriots who were waiting outside, in front of the mansion.
“What took you so long?” a blocky man with a deep voice and black outfit questioned.
“Oh, just tying up some loose ends,” Waluigi replied. Then turning towards Dr. Wiley asked, “Did you find Malokrian’s location? ”
“Of course I did! We just need to go straight that way!” Dr. Wiley responded while pointing in the distance.
“Perfect! Now then, everyone on Rathalos’ back!” Waluigi ordered.
Rathalos growled in annoyance as everyone got on his back. Once everyone was on, with a great flap of his wings, they took off with waluigi’s laugh echoing in the distance and the mansion’s lights slowly turning off one by one behind them.
Chapter 3: We’re In?
Meanwhile, the others inched closer to Malokrian with the void of nothingness now in their sights. Deep within the void of nothingness two bright red lights right next to one another flashed, almost as if they were watching the ships approach.
A small, round, black creature with bat wings, a cloak, and a mask ordered on the comm. “This is Meta Knight! Everyone get to your stations! We are preparing to enter the void of nothingness.”
Immediately after Meta Knight said this, the hustling of feet could be heard all over the ships with individuals jumping in smaller aircrafts and vehicles, while others took control of various control panels and weapons.
With the void of nothingness just a few yards away, Winston called on the coms, “Activate the shields and prepare the hyperdrives now.”
Samus, Meta Knight, Master Chief, Bowser, Dr. Eggman, and Fox then pressed the red buttons on the levers on their control panels causing a blue energy sphere to engulf their ships and then condense onto the surface to form a sleek covering. Simultaneously, as the engines of their ships started to power up for the hyperdrive, the bright red lights flashed once more followed by the appearance of several bulges on the surface of the void. The bulges then moved back into the void before bursting out as giant black whips which struck the ships with great force.
“GYYAAAAHHHH!!!” Bowser and Dr. Eggman exclaimed.
“What’s going on!?” a young girl in a blue parka and a giant cryofreeze container on her back questioned in her seat in the hanger.
“Evasive Maneuvers!” Samus called out.
“Do a barrel Roll!” A hare exclaimed on the comms.
“Damage report!” Metaknight ordered his crew.
“Shields at 82.7% Sir!” a small creature in armor and a sword by his side responded.
“Activate the hyperdrive. It’s now or never!” Masterchief called on the comms.
Samus, Meta Knight, Master Chief, Bowser, Dr. Eggman, and Fox, then, holding down the red button, pushed the lever on their control panels forward as far as it could go. The thrusters on the ships then burst a blue energy as they were propelled into the void of nothingness. As they entered, the shields surrounding their ships flickered and the entire aircraft rumbled and creaked. Then, just as they almost fully passed into the void of nothingness, all of the ships were attacked from all sides by a mysterious force causing wings and engines to burst into flames.
“We’ve been hit! We’re going down! Eject! Eject!” voices could be heard on the comms before going into static.
One by one, the great ships fell into an unknown location within the void of nothingness while smaller aircrafts launched from them and also crashed after being attacked by the same unknown source.
Chapter 4: Everyone OK?
“Ugghhh. Is everyone alright?” A man in brown clothing and a blue scarf and with a giant golden sword asked as he got up.”
“Yeah… though could be better.” a red haired individual in red clothing with a sword with a red crystal at the hilt said while rubbing his bottom.
“It seems we got separated from everyone else. Sure hope they’re okay,” A man in blue clothing and a tattooed symbol of some sorts on his arm said.
“I’m sure they’re fine Chrom. After all, they did get on the roster for a reason,” a man in blue clothing and a tiara like crown on his head said while putting his hand on Chrom’s shoulder.
“Yeah, I hope you’re right,” Chrom responded.
All of a sudden a deep growling noise followed by a screech cried out from behind causing everyone to turn in shock.
Meanwhile, in another location
“Pichu! Pichu!” Pichu cried as he ran from hundreds rampaging monsters.
Then, from a distance, the voice of several pokemon echoed in the distance before attacks from all types engulfed the monsters, stopping them in their tracks.
Pichu sat down breathing frantically with both fear, relief, and exhaustion. Pikachu then popped out from some nearby grass, causing Pichu to jump up in fear.
“Pika! Pika!” Pikachu called out to Pichu trying to calm him down.
“Hey Pichu, you alright?”two pokémon trainers called out as they ran over to Pichu with several other pokémon following behind.
“P-Pichu! Pi!” Pichu replied with a nervous laugh.
“Pikaaa!” Pikachu squealed with happiness upon hearing pichu.
The two pokemon trainers looked at Pichu and then at each other and laughed while the pokemon behind them did the same. Right after, the same deep growling noise followed by a screech echoed in the distance causing Pichu, who was still a bit shaken, to jump in shock.
Meanwhile, in another location
A pink, round creature sat in the rubble of the halberd sleeping.
“Kirby! Kirby wake up!” Meta knight called out to the pink, round creature.
“That won’t do anything! Move aside and let a professional take care of this!” A big blue penguin exclaimed.
“As you wish King Dedede,” Meta Knight responded with a sigh.
King Dedede walked up to Kirby and shook him violently until he woke up and then dropped him on the ground.
“Poyo, poyo,” Kirby said dizzily.
Then coming out the corner, a waddle dee with a bandana on his head and spear in his hand rushed in in a panic.
“Now what’re you going on about bandana waddle dee?!” King Dedede questioned the waddle dee angrily.
Immediately after saying this, a deep growling noise followed by a screech echoed in the distance causing King Dedede to jump in fear.
Meanwhile, in another location
“GWAHAHAHAHAHA!” the voice of several characters echoed throughout the area.
“Did you see the look on that pathetic thing’s face as I hit it with my Warlock Punch!” A dark elf with a robe on his back exclaimed while laughing and as monsters attacked him.
“HA! HA! Oh Yes! It never gets old!” A giant space dragon pirate exclaimed as he batted away a monster with his tail.
“Oh! Watch this! Anyone interested in some barbecue!” Bowser said just before he lit several monsters on fire with his fire breath causing the monsters to run off squealing.
“Ha! Ha! Ha!” everyone laughed as they watched the monsters.
Meanwhile, in the farther corner a purple skinned woman with a sniper in her hands rolled her eyes as she stated while shooting a monster behind her without even looking, “Ugghh! Boys! How did I manage to get tied up with these idiots!”
Then, all of a sudden, the deep growling noise followed by a screech echoed in the distance causing everyone to stop laughing and turn with a serious expression towards the direction of the noise.
Meanwhile, in another location
The sound of gunshots, fire, and explosions echoed throughout the area. Samus and Captain Falcon smashed two final monsters in the head with their heels.
“HHYYYAAAA!!!” three elf like individuals, two in green and one in blue clothing, yelled at the top of their lungs as they cut down another set of monsters down with a spin attack.
“Well, that should about cover it,” Cloud stated as he wiped his forehead with one arm and placed the buster sword in its holster on his back with the other. Then turning around called out, “How you guys holding out?”
“O.K!” A blonde man in a red vest and a hat that said “Fatal Fury” on it replied as he turned around and gave Cloud a thumbs up and a smile.
Cloud nodded and then looked forward as he began to walk towards the others.
“Gather round everyone. Let’s get you all patched up,” a girl with cat ears and a blue core crystal on her chest exclaimed as she ran over to the assembling group of characters.
“Thanks Nia,” A girl in a pink robotic mech and a blue jumpsuit with an image of a bunny on the front said with a slight laugh.
A man in a dark blue cloak, an eye patch over his left eye and a giant blue sword holstered on his back, while walking towards the others looked over his shoulder and saw the blonde haired teenage boy in a red jacket and shorts with a red sword on his back following behind him with his eyes looking at the ground.
The man in the dark blue cloak then stopped, turned around and then said, “What’s wrong chum? We’re getting the gang back together. Aren’t you feeling it or something like that, however you put it?”
“I- I dunno Zeke…” The blond haired boy replied.
Then, with a serious look Zeke said, “You just had another vision didn’t you Shulk?”
Shulk took a deep breath and then said in a serious tone, “… None of us survive this time… Not even Kirby.”
Zeke’s eyes opened wide in shock as he exclaimed, “What! Are you sure?!”
Shulk simply nodded his head silently in response.
“Well, then if that’s the case we’ll just have to beat Malokrian up as hard as we can so someone else can finish the job!” Captain Falcon said with a loud laugh as he patted Zeke on the shoulder.
“GYAAGH! How long have you been standing there!” Zeke exclaimed in both shock and terror. Then, recomposing himself said, “Well, you do make a good point there. And after all, better to go down together than alone.”
“HA! HA! HA! That’s the spirit! Now then, how about we catch up with the others” Captain Falcon stated.
“Yeah, let’s do it! Shulk exclaimed
Upon catching up with everyone a robot in a hood said, “What took you all so long? Time’s money you know!”
“It was probably Zeke holding them back,” a girl with green hair, glasses, and a lightbulb hat on her head said with a laugh.
“Wha-!? Pandy!” Zeke exclaimed.
Everyone burst into laughter at the remark.
Master chief then walked over and said, “Alright,we should get back to looking for the others now.”
Everyone nodded in agreement.
“Has anyone picked up the others’ signals?” Masterchief questioned.
“I got nothing,” D.Va. responded.
“Same here, Neither IRIS nor the beast legion are picking anything up,” an individual in a police outfit said.
Similar responses echoed throughout the crowd of characters.
“Cortana?” Master chief questioned.
“Sorry Chief. I can’t pick up anything either… Wait. Hold on. What’s that?! Chief! Behind you!” Cortana stated.
A deep growling noise followed by a screech echoed from the fog in the distance just as Master Chief spun around pulling out his weapon, causing everyone to turn towards the direction of the noise.
“GYAA! What was that?!” A small toad squealed as he hid behind a princess in a pink dress.
“Well, whatever it is, We aren’t going to find out standing here,” a woman in a blue shirt and jeans said as she pulled out a handgun.
“Right!” Everyone agreed unanimously before running into the fog.
Chapter 5: The Past Comes Calling
The sounds of feet, metal, rockets, and various other sounds echoed as everyone emerged out of the fog before coming to a sudden halt. To their sides were more clumps of fog from which the others appeared. Standing in front of all of them stood Malokrian watching closely as everyone exited out of the fog. Upon seeing Malokrian everyone looked at one another and then quickly readied themselves for battle.
“That is one UGLY monster!” A man in armor and with a gun that had a chainsaw attached to it said.
“Heh! Yeah! And now we’re gonna take it down!” A woman in a white tank top, black skirt, and red gloves on her hands said.
As if Malokrian had heard their conversation, his eyes glowed a bright red. Immediately afterward, giant clumps of a dark purple goo launched off his body into the sky.
Immediately, voices called out from amongst the characters.
“What the – !”
“Incoming!”
“Brace yourselves!”
The dark purple goo came to a crash a few feet in front of everyone, raising up a large cloud of dust causing Shulk to grit his teeth nervously.
“Wind users! Blow that away now!” A woman in black armor with “N7” emblemmed on the top right of her armor called out while pointing towards the cloud of dust.
“Right!” several voices called out followed by a series of chants
“Go Lugia! Use aeroblast!” The pokemon trainer ordered!
“Persona!” a boy in a black jacket, orange hair, and a pair of headsets around his neck
exclaimed.
These were amongst the various cries that could be heard.
As the wind was blown away, there stood shadowy forms made entirely out of the dark purple goo resembling the various enemies of the past such as Taboo, Master Hand, Crazy Hand, Galleom, and Duon.
“Dksaghdknvjdaksvndsafj” Several small white rabbit like creatures exclaimed in an inaudible language.
There was a pause of silence as everyone stood in shock at the forms standing in front of them.
“Well, what are you all waiting for?! An Invitation?! We’ve taken these idiots down once before! Let’s do it again!” A woman in a ninja like outfit with an image of an eye with a teardrop on it exclaimed as she began running towards the shadowy forms in front of them.
“Ha! Now we’re talking!” A man in a red jacket and white hair exclaimed while following behind along with everyone else.
Simultaneously as the characters all charged at the shadowy figures before them, it was as if the shadowy figures just came to life countering back with full force.
Chapter 6: The Enemy Within
After an intense battle, loud squeals could be heard echoing throughout the battlefield as the shadowy figures squirmed and burst into a giant pile of purple goo. Everyone then breathed heavily with exhaustion and relief.
“Damn it! Where’d Malokrian go?!” a lombax with a small robot on his back and a wrench like object in his hand exclaimed.
Shulk’s eyes shot open as soon as he heard this, and then turning around to everyone yelled, “Everyone Scatter!”
However, before anyone could react, the ground beneath them began to rumble. Several giant dark hands burst out of the ground, grabbing several characters causing the color to suddenly drain from their bodies as they screamed and then crumble away leaving behind only glimmers of light in the dark hand before being pulled back into the ground. As soon as the hands went under, Malokrian himself, burst out from under the ground, taking several characters into his mighty jaws and grabbing more with his hands. The characters began running for their lives with some standing back, trying to fight back against Malokrian. Voices echoed throughout the entire battlefield,
“Damn it! We can’t beat this thing!”
“Retreat and regroup! It’s our only chance!”
However, within a few short minutes every character on the battlefield had fallen to Malokrian’s hand. The spirits of Malokrian’s victims floated in front of him. Then, slowly, the spirits began floating towards the crystal on Malokrian’s chest as they were absorbed one by one. Once all the spirits had been absorbed, Malokrian gave a mighty roar, followed by a screech, sending a shockwave throughout the entire void of nothingness, causing it to suddenly expand exponentially.
Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the void of nothingness Rathalos continued to fly towards the void with the others on its back.
“Wah! Wah! Wah! Get ready everyone! We’re almost at the void!” Waluigi exclaimed.
A green haired woman in blue clothing and a sword on her side walked up slowly while squinting.
Her eyes then shot open and exclaimed as she turned around towards Waluigi,” We have to turn around now!”
“Huh?” Waluigi questioned.
Immediately afterward, the expanding void of nothingness rammed into them. The force of the impact caused the crystal in Waluigi’s pocket to launch forward and disappear into the void of nothingness as all their bodies turned grey and then turned to dust with only their spirits being left behind.
The only thing that could be heard were the final cries of the warriors and a loud echoing “Wah!”
The crystal slammed into the ground and rolled several feet before finally coming to a stop. Once it stopped, the crystal began pulsating faster and faster. Slowly, the entire planet became engulfed in the void of nothingness and silence permeated throughout.
Chapter 7: It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over!
The blue crystal that fell out of Waluigi’s pocket continued to pulsate faster and faster until it suddenly glowed a blinding, blue, calmly pulsating light. Malokrian’s eyes suddenly shot open from his location and looked in the direction of the crystal with both fear and anger. The blue crystal then began to float slowly in the air. Simultaneously, Malokrian turned around to begin running away from the crystal. However, just as Malokrian finished turning around, the crystal rocketed towards Malokrian faster than the speed of light and stopped right in front of him. Malokrian quickly stood on his hind-legs and formed a giant ball of dark energy in his mouth before firing it at the crystal. As the ball of dark energy approached the crystal it disintegrated before it could make contact. Once the ball of dark energy disintegrated, hundreds of blue rope like objects burst out of the blue crystal and jabbed themselves into the crystal on Malokrian’s chest. Once the ropes were connected, they pulled at the crystal on Malokrian’s chest causing him to scream in pain. All of a sudden, all the ropes ripped off of the crystal on Malokrian’s chest, pulling a glowing spirit along with them and then tossing it on the ground before the ropes retracted back into the blue crystal.
Malokrian jerked back and screeched in pain. Simultaneously, the souls on the ground began to reform the bodies of the characters around them. As the bodies of the characters finished reforming, the already blinding blue light being emitted from the crystal grew brighter as giant pieces of metal began forming around the crystal. Shortly, the crystal became encased in the body of a robust mechanical man with only a small piece of the crystal showing on his chest surrounded by 6 other smaller crystals, a golden, violet, black, purple, and green; followed by a metal face guard appearing on the man’s face. The man then opened his eyes suddenly with a bright blue flash of light. His eyes were divided into several sections with each part rotating violently in a different direction in the shape of a star with the outermost section being black, then blue, followed by red, and finally golden in the middle. His eyes then slowly stopped rotating and took on a single blue color. A pure sense of fear could be seen in Malokrian’s eyes as he saw the mechanical man in front of him.
“Wh-what just happened?” Hero asked with a groan while holding his head.
“Who?! – What… is that?!” a man in a brown jacket, police vest, and pants and blondish brown hair with a gun at his side questioned in shock as he looked at the mechanical man.
The mechanical man clenched his body and his eyes split into and inner and outer section and began to rotate wildly as the inner eye took on a bright red color. His entire body then began to release sparks at which point, the man outstretched his body and stood tall as he burst into flames.
Then, pulling his arm back as if he were going to throw a ball, suddenly shot his arm forward with a spin while crying, “BLAZE! CIRCUITS!”
Immediately after saying this, the fire enveloping the mechanical man flew off him and, taking the form of a dragon, raced forward and struck Malokrian on the crystal on his chest, immediately engulfing him in flames, causing Malokrian to screech and roar in pain. Immediately after doing this, the mechanical man fell towards the ground and landed on his feet and his eyes returned to a single blue color while he breathed with exhaustion. Meanwhile, everyone stared in awe at the scene unfolding before them. Then, turning around to face everyone, the mechanical man swiped his hand in front of him causing everyone to surge with power and emit a rainbow glow from their bodies.
“Close and mid-range combat users! Attack with everything you’ve got and then get out of the way! As soon as they’re clear, long rage users, finish it off! The flames won’t hurt you so don’t worry about striking a specific spot, just hit it!” The mechanical man ordered.
Under the intense flames and pain, Malokrian, noticing the mechanical man’s back turned powered up another great ball of dark energy, though smaller than the last time, and fired at full force.
“Hey! Behind you!” a boy with a sword in the shape of a key and anime like hair called out the mechanical man.
As the mechanical man turned around, the sudden noise of a sword being unsheathed echoed followed by the dark ball of energy exploding just a few feet away from the mechanical man.
“Huh?” a man in a white assassins outfit murmured under his voice.
“You guys need a hand?” a green haired woman in blue clothing and a sword on her side asked with a smile.
“Lyn!” A white haired individual in silver armor, a blue cape, bare feet, and a chainsaw like sword lit with pink flames exclaimed with joy.
Immediately afterward, a series of three fireballs hit Malokrian followed by a great stomp by Rathalos. Rathalos then jumped backward and flew behind everyone. Then, after landing, Rathalos gave a mighty roar followed by a great look of anger in Malokrian’s eyes. The rest of the assist characters then appeared next to lyn.
“No need to hold back! We’ll cover you!” The robotic male with yellow hair called out.
The mechanical man nodded at the assist characters and then pointing towards Malokrian exclaimed, “Alright everyone! Let’s finish this off once and for all! Attack!”
“YYYEEEEAAAAAHHHH!” a unanimous cry erupted from everyone.
All close-ranged and mid-ranged fighters rushed forward at Malokrian and released their most powerful attacks while the assist characters blocked all of Malokrian’s attempted counter attacks. Simultaneously, the long-ranged fighters locked onto their target, ready to strike once their comrades had finished. As the fighters let their attacks loose, the rainbow energy and light emitting from their bodies vanished. By the time they were done with Malokrian, his physical body was breaking apart. The fighters then jumped out of the way just as the long-ranged fighters let loose all they had, simultaneously losing the rainbow light being emitted from them.
After everyone had unleashed their attacks, everyone fell backwards or sat down in exhaustion while Malokrian, barely standing and still engulfed in the flames, stood in shatters and gave a large roar.
“How is that thing still standing after that!” Pit said out of breath.
The mechanical man looked at Malokrian, then at everyone else, and then back at Malokrian.
Then closing his eyes thought, “Draco?”
“I’m ready! Let’s do it!” A deep voice called back in his mind.
“Alright!” the mechanical man replied in his thoughts.
Then, opening his eyes, the mechanical man called out to all the fighters, “You all did great! I’ll take it from here!”
The mechanical man’s eyes split into three sections with each rotating violently and the outer section being blue, middle being red, and finally, the center, a bright golden color. His body then grew larger as it was simultaneously engulfed in a bright golden energy. The man then took the form of a dragon as two giant mechanical wings emerged from his back and a mechanical tail emerged from lower back. The man then reached behind his back with both hands as a giant sword handle emerged from the center of his back. He then pulled at the handle with both hands, splitting the handle in two. Immediately afterward, the mechanical man pulled the handles out of his back, and swung them to his sides releasing two great blades formed entirely out of a pure clear gold energy.
“Malokrian! You have caused far too much suffering! Forgive me, but you must now die.”
Malokrian, with his last bits of energy, tried to summon one last ball of dark energy and fired it at the mechanical man. The man simply watched as the ball approached without moving a muscle. Lyn attempted to get up to deflect the attack but fell back down out of exhaustion. Just before the ball of energy hit the mechanical man, he dodged it and his eyes constricted and then dilated back to their form. Immediately afterward, the ball of energy imploded and the mechanical man had initiated a fury of slashed with his blades, eviscerating Malokrian’s body, leaving behind only the crystal that was on his chest. The mechanical man’s blades then vanished, leaving only the handle as he returned them to his back and smashed the two pieces together. Grabbing Malokrian’s crystal, the mechanical man let out a grunt as both of their crystals began to glow. The void of nothingness immediately started to shrink as it quickly got absorbed by Malokrian’s crystal. Once the void had been entirely consumed by the crystal, Optalocker squeezed his fist causing the crystal to shatter, sending off a small shockwave. The pieces of the crystal vaporized except for a single shard which then began to float in front of the mechanical man. The man’s chest then opened up, exposing his own crystal. Malokrian’s crystal then jabbed itself into the mechanical man’s crystal and then vanished, causing the mechanical man to grunt in pain. His chest then closed back up as his body returned to its normal form and his eyes retook the single blue color.
“Looks like we didn’t lose after all!” Zeke said with a laugh while slapping shulk on the back.
“Yeah! Thank Goodness for it too!” Shulk replied with a laugh.
Everyone, having regained their strength, slowly walked up to the mechanical man with both curiosity and excitement while still staying on guard.
“That was awesome! How’d you do that?!” Pit exclaimed.
“Don’t get too excited! We still don’t know if he’s a friend or foe! No offense or anything and thanks for the assist back there, but mind telling us which one it is and who or what you are?!” Dark Pit stated while holding out his staff at the mechanical man.
The mood suddenly became tense as soon as Dark Pit said that.
“Don’t worry. I have no reason to attack any of you. As for my name, you can call me Optalocker, and I’m a mechan,” the mechanical man replied with a smile.
“I’m sorry, you’re a what again? I think we’re going to need a bit more of an explanation than that if you don’t mind,” an elf like woman in a pink and white dress and a tiara on her head said.
“Very well, though I don’t have too much time so I’m going to have to keep it short,” Optalocker responded. “My world was once ravaged by an interspecies war which went on for eons. To end the conflict, members from each of the species came together to create the ultimate weapon to end the conflict. The weapon they created was the mechan. After many efforts, when the mechans were unable to ease the tensions of the war, they decided to split the world in four, one for each species, and sent each piece to a different dimension. It was since then that we, with our powers, began overlooking the various dimensions and maintaining balance when situations would take a turn for the worst. Though I was created many eons after the dimensional separation of the planet, I am a mechan, as was Malokrian, who sadly took the path of evil.”
“I’m sorry, but if I might ask. That crystal on your chest looks an awful lot like a core crystal. Malokrian also had a very similar crystal. By any chance are mechans a type of blade? Also, you mentioned your kind overlooks various dimensions. By any chance do you know what happened to the Conduit? Sometimes I feel like I can still sense its power, and I see it in my dreams every once in a while,” a red haired girl in red clothes and an emerald green core crystal on her chest asked.
“Pyra,” The boy in the salvager’s suit said softly in a sympathetic voice.
“No, mechans are not blades.Though the crystal embedded in my chest is called a core crystal and has similar properties to that of a blades’, I’m afraid they are vastly different. As for the conduit, though I have heard brief mentions of something resembling that name, I don’t know what happened to it. I have not had access to the gaming dimensions until recently nor did I know how to navigate it until I just absorbed Malokrian’s core crystal.” Optalocker replied.
“Wait! Now you lost me. Gaming dimensions?” Robin stated.
“Think of it this way. Each one of you comes from your own world with your own stories. Each one of these worlds exists in a separate dimension of your own. However, each of these dimensions is either directly or indirectly connected to one another. However, in order to pass into each other’s dimension requires finding the right place where the interdimensional rift is weak. For example, every one of the dimensions in the gaming dimensions is connected to this dimension where we are right now, called Super Smash Brothers. However, to get here you all received a letter, and that letter had directions to find the point in your world where the interdimensional rift which connected to this dimension. Hence why you are all here. Likewise, some of your worlds have a connection between each other, which allows you to come together for ‘crossovers.’ There are many other worlds that you probably don’t even know about, and worlds who don’t know about you within the gaming dimensions. The only reason you haven’t met one another yet is because you or they just haven’t looked in the right spots yet. All of these dimensions together culminate to form the gaming dimensions, and just like that there are many other dimensions such as the anime and movie dimensions, which some of you might have even visited before,” Optalocker explained.
“Hang on! You just said you got a map of the gaming dimensions after absorbing Malokrian’s crystal! Can you tell us how to get to the other worlds or even how we can all visit each other in their own dimensions?” Dr. Eggman questioned.
“I’m afraid not. Especially if you plan on using that information to conquer the other dimensions instead,” Optalocker said with a smile. “We mechans have a code, and one of those is not to interfere too much into the affairs of other dimensions if at all possible. In fact, I am already pushing the limits as it is by telling you all this information. Now then, the fact that I have been reawakened means that situations are dire elsewhere. As such, it’s been wonderful meeting all of you, but the time for me to leave has come. Oh, and I hope you all manage to find another source of power for your mansion.”
After saying this, the crystal on Optalocker’s chest glowed and a portal opened up behind Optalocker.
“Perhaps one day, we will meet again here,” Optalocker said just before turning around to head into the portal.
“WAIT! You can’t just leave! Your crystal was my- I mean, OUR bargaining chip to get onto the roster!” Waluigi exclaimed while pushing his way forward through the crowd.
All the assist characters gave a sharp look at Waluigi.
Optalocker looked at Waluigi and then at everyone else and said with a laugh before heading into the portal, “How’s about giving them a chance to earn a spot then? Until next time.”
“I think we can arrange something like that, right guys?” a white individual with a shirt with the words “Wii Fit” on it said after Optalocker had left.
The next day, Waluigi stood on the battlefield.
“Alright Waluigi, we’ll keep it easy for you. The others have agreed that if you can beat the new recruits to the roster, we’ll let you in,” the announcer called out.
“Wah Ha! Alright! Let’s do this! Now who do I fight!” Waluigi exclaimed.
“That would be us,” a voice called out from behind Waluigi.
Waluigi turned around and was immediately filled with fear. Behind him stood all the pre-assist fighters cracking their knuckles and glaring at Waluigi.
“So, you planned to leave us behind in the dust, huh?” shadow asked in an irritated voice.
“No, you guys got it all wrong! I was gonna vouch for you once I got in! I wasn’t going to leave you all behind, I swear! Come one, can’t we talk about this?!” Waluigi said shakily while backing up slowly as the others walked up to him
In just a few minutes a single cry echoed throughout the Super Smash Bros. dimension and then went silent, “WAH!”
The End
Author’s notes:
Hey everyone, You can call me Zeke (aka @trans307 on twitter) and I hope you enjoyed reading this story I created about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Super Mario Collab. Super Smash Bros. is an amazing series where all of videogame history is brought together and celebrated. This is clearly seen in all the love and hard work Mr. Sakurai and his team put into the game. When you play the game you can see that Mr. Sakurai and his team clearly know their video games and express that in literally every corner of the game such as hidden details in the stages, which you can find only if you pause the game and rotate the camera. The youtube channel Gamexplain also does a great job at pointing out some of these small easter eggs in their Secrets hidden off-screen in super smash bros. Ultimate videos. Anyway, I’m getting off topic.
In case you didn’t realize, the story above takes place about 3000 years after the story of World of Light, the main single player mode in the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate game. When I was thinking of how the story should run and its plot, there was one thing I was always thinking of in my mind. How do I 1)Bring in as many video game characters into the story as possible and 2)How can I represent them in the best light I possibly can and give them the justice they deserve. This is because, like I mentioned, Smash is a game which celebrates gaming and if you ever go on twitter and look at the smash community, there will always be at least one person online arguing for their favorite video game character to be in the game via DLC, and that’s honestly an understatement. As such, I didn’t want to leave anyone out. There is also a large call for assist trophy characters to be upgraded to fighters in the main roster so I had to put in something for them as well. Also, in regards to the characters, as you probably noticed, I don’t directly use the character’s name, but rather I tried to give little hints as to who the character was before finally revealing who they were whenever I could. This was to mimic the whole “New Challenger is Approaching!” feeling when you unlock a new character to the game’s roster.
The last and most important thing I was considering before beginning the writing process was the story arch. I recall reading on reddit somewhere a long time ago, where someone (I forget the user, so if this was you I’m terribly sorry) explained the possible lore and hidden meaning behind the smash story. This is the rough idea of what they said. In the first smash game, Super Smash Bros., there was a child who found a toy box of toys and started playing with them, making them fight one another. This child is both the announcer as well as Master hand and later, Crazy hand, two well known bosses in the smash games. Then, as he grows older and we head into the next game, Super Smash Bros. Melee, the child gets more toys and starts to envision bits of a story as he continues to throw them against one another. Once we get into Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the child has become a teenager, and though her wants to play with his toys and live his childhood, the rest of society, being symbolized as the all powerful Taboo, mocks him and tries to pull him away from his toys and trying to sap him of his imagination. This is the reason the subspace is forming and destroying everything and why Master hand and Crazy hand are tied to strings controlled by Taboo like slaves or puppets. Then, in Smash 4 on the 3ds and Wii U (Ik, ik, what in the world is a Wii U? Well it was the successor to the Wii though clearly not many people bought it as Nintendo would have hoped ;p ), the child has become a man and is fighting with the struggles of adulthood, the monsters/bosses of Smash 4, and is as a result not able to give as much time to his childhood passion as he may want to, though still comes around to it every once in awhile to relieve him of his stress. Hence why there was no story mode (yes i realize it could have also been due to the fact that the 3ds was limiting the overall game or the fact that they were working on two separate pieces of hardware and making different modes for each which took a lot of time and effort, or a bajillion other reasons, but for the sake of this story just go with me on this for a sec). Finally, in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the boy has become old and is content with his life. However his dreams and memories will soon turn to dust and leave with him as he leaves the earth, hence the battle between light and dark with Galeem and Darkhon, the two main bosses of the game. It is then that he realises the children, the spirits, will continue to pass on those ideas and continue to dream up new worlds and ideas, keeping the cycle going. And that leads us to where we are now. I had to come up with a story arch that continued this cycle. Now before I get into explaining my story arch continuation parody a little bit of a small disclosure, I chose the name Malokrian off the top of my head way before I found out it’s supposed to be name of a creature in folklore that steals or kills little children or something along those lines. K now back on topic. So basically the idea is that our child has died and it is his grandchildren who are now the new controllers of the board. However, with the increase in technology and the fact that children are being slowly less and less interested in physical toys and more into tech like our parents’ phones which we love to take hostage and play games on when we are little until we grow older and get our own. As such, those dreams, creativity, and ideas are being slaughtered one by one, hence Malokrian slowly devouring everything in the void of nothingness. (See why his name works so well now? Though sadly I can’t say it was chosen on purpose like I just told you all lol).
Now then, here is where I use my own character and bend the rules of smash a bit because I couldn’t find a character in gaming who quite had all the necessary parts to make the story work (note this is not part of the character’s real story. He is used in the form of a parody just like all the others). I use the character Optalocker, who is in fact the main character for my book series which is also called “Optalocker” (You should be able to find the first book, “Optalocker: The Reawakening” on amazon and audio book formats available as well, or in a few months depending on when you read this article (release is planned for summer 2020) and if you are interested you can follow the official twitter for him @Optalocker) as a symbol of the hope that yes, there are still people out there who are still imagining, still enjoying, and still believing; carrying on those dreams and building new ideas into this world. The fact that you don’t have to be afraid to be who you are. Also, I figured this was a nice way to explain the whole crossover situation with the smash series and all the characters in it as well as all the many games that have crossovers such as Marvel vs. Capcom.
Alright, I think I’ve spoken enough. If you’ve stuck around this long, I just wanted to say thanks and once again, I hope you liked the story. You can contact me at @trans307 on twitter. My DM’s are always open if you want to talk or anything. I am reachable via my email at Optalocker@gmail.com and feel free to email me there as well if you have any questions or anything regarding my book. You can also message me on Optalocker’s twitter account @Optalocker. Furthermore, I would like to reiterate the fact that I do not own any of the characters present in this story except for Optalocker and Malokrian, and that the characters and all rights belong to their respective companies. This was merely a fun fanfiction parody like thing that I made for the fun of it as part of the Super Mario Collab; this story had no intention to bring about harm or negativity about said characters or the companies they are associated with, so please don’t sue me. Thnx.
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