Chapter 27: Tower of Smash
Mario and Link spoke with each other for a bit about their lives before the corruption happened, and how they often rescued their respective princesses from dangers. While Mario did mention that he often played sports, Link says that he just practices his sword routines, but does snowboarding, but on a shield instead of the usual. Also Link has mentioned that he also does archery as a sport. Mario liked some of Link’s hobbies, and he mentioned that maybe the Hero of Hyrule should maybe try something new like tennis or kart racing if he ever had the chance. Link was willing to do so once they managed to turn the world back to normal, if he can do it in his world.
Then, during the day, Mario and Link are now sleeping, while everyone else is revising the plan. Then once it’s night everyone is now awake, and Crono took off on his ship, with Simon in the shotgun with him and made it head towards the Tower of Smash right to the docking bay on floor 52. While Ike and Lupin were discussing their plans, Crono went to talk to the security, where the Primid in charge was there to check for an ID. Just as Crono was rumbling in his pouch, Simon threw an axe at the Primid, cutting its head. Crono and Simon high fived each other, then the vampire hunter is now going to throw more axes to hit the entrance button. However, he kept missing, as he threw more axes, and even some holy water bottles. It was only until one of the axes hit the button barely he was able to get in. Simon just said “FIRST TRY” as if he didn’t fail many times, and he gave Crono a high five again. They continued to drive their ship, and put it into the parking lot.
In a sea of various identical looking ships that look nothing alike, Crono told everyone to remember where they park, which happens to be in the “C” lot, as the time traveler told everyone to remember this by his name. Until Lupin III told him that they won’t be coming back there, as he reminded him about the plan. Crono was upset about this, having to give up a ship he had won through a tournament, until Simon told Crono that his efforts were worth getting the Tower of Smash, and they have to go now, before they get caught. The time traveler nodded at this, and they carried on their way.
They first entered what appeared to be lines after offices. When they met up with the various Primids that are in the hall, the whole team started to attack. This in turn caused an intense battle, and the people working there left their offices and tried to leave screaming as none of them wanted to die. There are, however, some that just stayed, and even put themselves in the crossfire on purpose, as they wanted to die due to the pointless and useless work they have to do to benefit the Subspace Army, just typing useless code that does nothing but to make the Subspace Army look better. The team did not pay attention to this, as they were more focused on getting to Tabuu.
The fifteen passed the office area, and they made it towards where they saw they are now at the Research Facility section of the building, no longer at the offices, and they would go on to the news studios, laboratories, testing areas, and even a mall. Then all of a sudden, they made it towards a series of floors that happened to be mazes. That’s when Ike realized and told everyone that this is the section where all the SCPs are located. Knowing that pretty much all of them can’t be defeated, the whole team agreed that they should simply avoid them at all costs. The first SCP they came across was SCP-096, The Shy Guy. As a result, everyone blinded themselves with blindfolds, as Crono, Ike, Terra, Sailor Venus and Simon simply used their head accessories to block their eyesight. They all held hands while touching the walls, they heard the Shy Guy crying, but proceeded anyway just not to get themselves killed. They made it to the elevator, with everyone taking their blindfolds off, or putting their hair accessories but the right way for those like Crono and Sailor Venus. Then the team got the opposite problem, they now can’t blink, as SCP-173 the Sculpture is there just when they got in. The room is small, about 75 by 75 meters. Everybody just kept their eyes on the Sculpture, as they all slowly moved to the door without ever taking any of their eyes off it. As they exit the room, Homer actually blinks, and everyone was shocked, as Link tries to save him, but luckily, Moleman was there, and SCP-173 snapped Hans Moleman’s neck, killing the old man. Link grabbed Homer out of the room to shut the door locked, and once again, the nuclear technician got an angry lecture from not just Link, but also Terra, Morrigan, Mega Man X, Deedlit, Sailor Venus and Samus. Then both Ike and Lupin III said that they should focus on getting out, rather than waste their time lecturing about Homer's dumb mistake. Everyone nodded, they carried on, as they saw SCP-076 Cain and SCP-073 Abel fighting one another, simply ignoring them as they carried on, as the two were more focused on each other. Then they passed more SCPs, as they had to be on the run, or result in strange tactics to avoid them. Then they came across SCP-054, the Young Girl, who is a 3 year old girl as she was there playing with a tea set with stuffed animals and was playing with a coloring book.
Upon seeing the girl, Terra actually walked to the girl, telling her that’s not safe to be there, until Mario remembered from the plans that was shown to him to realize that girl can cause anyone to go berserk and start killing anyone, so he grabbed her. Terra was angry at Mario, and the two argued, almost as if they were about to fight,. With quick thinking, Simon and Ike separated them and grabbed them and started to run from the girl, which everyone else did, as Morrigan would tell everyone that she seems to have a power that makes people go insane and kill each other. Then all of a sudden, SCP-682, The Hard to Destroy Reptile appeared from behind the Young Girl, and it roared intensely. The Young Girl climbed onto SCP-682, and started to ride on it as if it’s a horse. The team all knew what they had to do, RUN!! That’s what they all did, as the Reptile started in pursuit. As they ran, Samus shoot out her missiles and Charged Shots at the Reptile, as does Mega Man X with his Mega Buster and Homing Missiles, Lupin III shot his Walther P-38, Lucas with PSI attacks and Morrigan with her Soul Fist, but every attack has no effect, as SCP-682 just regenerates as if nothing happened, with an aggressive and mighty roar. They continued through the halls, until Mario, at the head of the group saw the exit, yet there was a 2 feet wall below it, as no ladder existed. Mario saw this and he told everyone to prepare to jump on the count of three. Once the plumber made it to three, everyone jumped. All made it out okay, just then the door closed, as SCP-682 crashed there, leaving a mold in the shape of its head. It crunched the metal, but the door kept it from going out. The team all knew it would be wise to just keep going, as SCP-682 could get out of there in due time, as nothing could ever stop that beast. Then Link saw that they made it out of the SCP section, and are now in what appears to be a factory.
Upon closer inspection, the factory was actually exactly where the Subspace Bombs are being made and also finished there, and not just Subspace but also corruption guns, and other useful weapons for the Subspace Army and their partners. The team all got collectively mad, and Ike said that there is one thing they all should do… Destroy the Factory.
That is what they did, as they did anything to destroy the components, but then Mega Man X noticed that they are wasting time if they focus on that, as more will keep coming in, reminding them all that there are countless realities, and the supplies most be coming in through ships just like the one they used to enter the Tower. The Reploid suggests that they go directly to the source of the problem, which is the command center at the Think Tank, as he saw on the map of the tower. They followed the blue robot’s lead, as then as they were going through Sailor Venus noticed something that was being used as a component in the Bombs and the other devices that was that of the Black Crystal was being installed into the Subspace Bombs. This made the Sailor Senshi realize that Berthier was one of the first people working with Tabuu, and why she turned her world into a Makeup Salon so quickly. Mega Man X also realized the same thing, but with the Maverick Virus, which Sigma of course was behind, but this shows that Sigma also made the deal firsthand as well with the Subspace Army. Both of them had a short conversation about what other components of evil might be in there, but decided they will have to continue to find out.
They all carried on, fighting against the Subspace Army, until the Chaos Insurgency had appeared, with many of their agents. The team all fought against them as they went through, and as they all fought the Chaos Insurgency Soldiers, the Fighting Mii Team also appeared, as the team had no idea who they were unlike with the Insurgency, but they continued to fight. Eventually, they made it to the top floor, but what they found shocked them all. It was the Think Tank room that Numbuh 1 mentioned back when they all presented the plan, and they have prisoners who all try to escape the corruption, and were being tortured through intense electricity. They found that Numbuh 1 was there, and he begged them to free them and even apologized for saying they can’t make it there alive, and saw that many more people had been captured from the SCP town along with many others who were not there at the Infinite Ikea.
Lucas saw that his father was in one of the cubes, and went to him. Flint was glad that Lucas survived, as he was crying about. As they were reunited Lucas tried to save his father from the cube, but found out that the material was strong. Sailor Venus spotted Artemis in another of the cubes, as they were glad that they were both safe. She immediately tries to save him too, and the rest of the team all find someone that they knew from their original realities. Homer found Lenny, Mega Man X found Zero, Ike found Mist, Pikachu found Lapras, Charizard and Scizor as they all had the same trainer, Mario found Yoshi, Terra found Edgar, Lupin III found Zennigatta, and many more out of the team found someone they all cared about. They all tried to free their loved ones first. Even when Hermes was there begging to be freed from dealing with Zoidberg, or the women who had to deal with being trapped next to Ataru Moroboshi. Then Waluigi was there cleaning the floors to tell them that there is a hidden switch that will free them all, but has no idea were it could be. Waluigi even suggest that it's hopeless to try to free everyone, explaining that the wall is made of substance more durable than steel and harder than diamonds, and would take years to brake, and they are there as part of a plan to destroy this tower, and the tennis player would even say that he can't even get his best friend Wario out. Then Wario was in one of the cubes that insulted Waluigi for being good for nothing.
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Waluigi ignored Wario, suggesting to the team that they should just get out as soon as possible, as finding that switch will take forever, as it’s well hidden. And also said that there are apparently plans to do a “third” 9/11 attack on the building, so he said he will take a shuttle out of there, and that they can’t meet Tabuu. As Waluigi left the building, everyone ignored Waluigi, as they kept trying to get their loved ones out of the containment cells, while some like Link, Samus, Deedlit and Simon were looking for the switch.
However, they saw that the Fighting Mii Team appeared, but they all stood to the side, as a Green Beast appeared in the middle, as the Fighting Mii all gave the Beast a salute. Then a what appeared to be a giant bomb appears, along with many Subspace Bombs surrounding it, as many R.O.B.s all attached themselves to the bombs as they started to countdown from 50 minutes. A hologram appeared, and it was that of Skeletor.
By then, all fifteen characters are now in one spot as they all had faces that give vibes of anger at who they assumed was Tabuu. Then Terra went up to Skeletor, asking him if he really is the one who’s behind all of their friends and whole worlds turning evil. Skeletor in response admits his role, but corrected her in that he is not Tabuu, but is “Master Hand’s” third in command, then he introduced himself as Skeletor. Although he did say to the team that he had no idea who Tabuu is, and he never heard of that entity. The wizard then explains that soon enough, all the bombs will explode, and that all of their friends will be killed. The fifteen all got upset, but no matter what, they can’t free their loved ones. He went on to say that the blast will open up a portal for Tabuu’s trump card: the Subspace Gunship which will render the Subspace Bombs obsolete, and will turn the rest of existence into a world of complete malice. Skeletor was laughing at their misfortunes, then he decided to cut them off and ordered for the Fighting Mii Team to fight them, along with the Dark Emperor, the Green Beast. Seeing the situation they are in, Mario said that they might have to face off against all the Miis in order to save their remaining friends, as he ran up to one, and did the Super Jump Punch, killing the Mii in the process. On Mario’s lead, everyone else followed, knowing that they have to deal with the army first before freeing anyone they ever knew.
After every Mii was defeated, the Dark Emperor roared with rage. It did not say anything, but with its green power, the team now has to fight it. While the battle was quick, and the Dark Emperor was exploded and now dead, everyone continued to try to free their friends. Crono was there, as he saw that Frog, Robo and Ayla, three friends he knew from his previous adventures, were among those trapped. He tries to use his katana to save first Robo from his cell, as he slashed over and over to no avail. While the team were busy trying to save everyone, Samus starts to notice the clock is still beeping, and 30 minutes already passed while they were fighting against the Mii Team and the Dark Emperor. Knowing that there was not enough time, the bounty hunter said to the whole team that they should just try to get out while they still can. She notes that from the map, there is apparently one ship left in the parking lot not far from where they are, and has enough room to fit all of them in. However, Mario, Sailor Venus, Terra, Crono, Mega Man X, Lupin III, Pikachu, Ike, Lucas and Homer did not want to leave right away, but then those that care about them all said that they are done for, and they should save themselves, as they all accepted their fate. Simon said to those nine that they are right, as saving themselves at this point would be the most logical thing to do. Although they had a hard time, they all said their goodbyes, and now, they followed Samus, who knew they way out of the Tower of Smash and towards the only ship, which she said was the Imperial Cruiser, which she mentions is what the Subspace Army uses to send supplies to different realities as well as troops to give people trouble.
The fifteen all made their escape, as there were no troops on their way, only that the team must make it out by running fast enough. Samus told everyone to stay behind her, as she saw that there were some Primids there, along with some robots. She saw that the Warship was massive, fitting for its purpose, and is apparently owned by a company known as “Galactic Empire.” with a picture of the Sith Lord Vader on there. Samus has no idea who he is, but saw that they were loading some metal crates in there. The bounty hunter then told everyone that they will sneak on once the time is right, only for the robots to get lazy. At this moment, everyone all hopped onto the ship when the loaders were not looking. Once they are in supply load, the back gate shuts them inside. Then from the outside, the Warship left the Tower of Smash, blasting off away from the building. In the remaining 3 minutes, the bombs exploded, and there is now a purple sphere of Subspace covering the topmost part of the Tower of Smash, essentially anything above the 70th floor, even including the SCP rooms, meaning anything there, including those in the Think Tanks are now dead due to the blast from the Subspace Explosion.
Meanwhile, Skeletor was in Subspace, as he was in a spot where purple lighting strikes, and then he met Master Hand. And this is the first part in this story where I will use quotes for speaking rather than explain what they said, and yeah what was done before was entirely by choice.
“Master Hand, I have opened a portal big enough so the Subspace Gunship can enter through, then all the worlds that were not under our control can be ours, we will finally rule the entire multiverse!” Skeletor said.
“Good job Skeletor, I am proud of your actions. Due to your efforts to spread evil all across existence, I will reward you with the position that you will rule beside me!” Master Hand responded, as the floating hand got closer, then Skeletor noticed something unusual, that there were golden chains attached to the massive hand’s back.
“Hey, what are those chains doing on your back?” Skeletor questioned.
“Oh, nothing, they’re um… just some support I need to consume food! Just don’t look behind them!” Skeletor ignored Master Hand’s request and looked behind the chains anyway, to see that there was a blue holographic humanoid behind those chains.
“ALRIGHT!!! I see you there! Thought you can hide from me, you boob! I did all this work, and turned many worlds, including my own into a land of pure evil, then you trick me by hiding yourself behind a puppet! You got some nerve to mess with me!”
“Yeah, that’s right I did trick you. I decided to give Eternia to Hordak and the Horde instead, and have you serve me directly. I am not stupid, I researched you beforehand, and I knew that you would betray me sooner or later. That’s why I used his hand to hide myself from you, and also I had spies like the other villains and my two second in commands to keep a close eye on you. Heck you didn't even do a good job at hiding it, I guess you really are an idiot.” Tabuu said in a very smug manner.
“Damn you dumb holographic fool, I will get the last laugh! I have got one trick up my sleeve!” Skeletor yelled, as he then leaped on top of Master Hand, and then started to use a massive energy strike. Tabuu simply pushed him back with ease by causing a blackish barrier. Skeletor was now falling down, hitting one of the Chains of Light on the way down. This causes the wizard to turn into a motionless figurine. The chain broke, leading to all the other chains breaking off. Master Hand landed right beside Skeletor’s statue, with red stains on him, from where the chains were attached. Master Hand then got up and floated, as he then moved on his own.
Master Hand then pointed his finger at Tabuu, and suddenly Master Hand was angry. “Hey You!! Why are you destroying all my toys!! I have worked all my life to finally complete all their stories, as I was watching them to see that they all get happy endings, and many of them did. Then you had to go in there and ruin everything that I had worked so hard to do!” Master Hand had said.
“Well, Master Hand, sorry that I was controlling, NOT! Besides, you are already a grown up and grown ups should not be playing around with toys like you are, you’re already too old. In fact, you should already be out there looking for a wife, and especially NOT PLAY WHEN YOU SHOULD BE DOING YOUR FUCKEN JOB!!!” Tabuu yelled back.
“No, I do not want to waste my time doing worthless work that benefits nobody except for you! Why can’t I just enjoy myself, and do what I enjoy, which happens to be playing with toys and games!!” Master Hand yelled.
“Master Hand, these jobs do benefit society because we need to keep these profits up for a reason. Like we all have do something with our lives. So if you know what’s good for you, you should back down, and allow me to fix these worlds.”
“FIX THEM?!! Dude you already either corrupted and turned these characters into sociopathic villains, put them to slave use, or kill them off! Only 15 of these characters are actually left, and I am concerned about them, since they just lost the only people they were close with ever since you made that hole where the Tower of Smash, or your HQ back in our world is awful, especially since everyone there is depressed from not having a life. Much like me, they have to do mindless repetitive tasks, but want to do something that's actually worthwhile! I want you to just leave me alone!”
“HA HA HA HA! Well Master Hand, I will keep doing what I am doing, and know that I think about it, I don’t think I really do need Mario, Link, Pikachu, Mega Man X, Lupin III, Samus, Sailor Venus, Terra, Homer, Simon, Crono, Ike, Lucas, Morrigan or Deedlit anymore. I already made exact copies of those characters from their wastes that my army found at Ikea. Put their wastes into the Dulpicatorinator that I forced Dr. Doofenshmirtz to make, then I could corrupt them instead, compensating for the villains who wanted them as minions. As for the originals, let’s say I have a special plan for them.”
“HOW DARE YOU DO THAT!!! YOU KNOW WHAT?! I HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR ABUSE OF ME AND EVERYONE ELSE!! I WILL KILL YOU RIGHT NOW!” Master Hand then clenched his fist, and flew right at Tabuu in this form. All Tabuu did was he simply just used an energy shield, knocking the hand back onto the ground. Master Hand was about to get up, but just stayed there motionless, as all life flowed out of his body.
“Heh heh heh. Man, there goes Master Hand. I no longer have any use for him or his brother, and once the fighters arrive I will have a nasty surprise for them. First I must go to Giygas and Lavos and find a way to fuse with them.” Tabuu said as he then went somewhere else.
And this is where the direct speeches end, as well as the chapter. But the speech text might appear later in the story at a part where it matters the most.