Smash Brothers Civil War: Chapter 1

SUPER SMASH BROS. Civil War
Chapter 1: Prologue

{One Year Ago}
Bowser’s Kingdom

Four unknown characters stood in the far distance from Bowser’s Castle and the rest of his fire and brimstone kingdom. It was a rainy and grim night where lightning was shot from the cloudy skies and water poured onto the condensed and desolate urban area of the kingdom.

These four are Smashers, a group of individuals from different universes with extraordinary powers and high courage, as well as eccentric personalities. The first Smasher was a short but stocky Italian plumber with a red cap, blue overalls, a brown mustache, and blue eyes; Super Mario. The second Smasher was a light brown anthropomorphic fox mercenary with a sported gray military fatigues and green eyes that leads a team of mercenaries called Star Fox; Fox McCloud. The third Smasher was a bounty huntress in an orange and red power suit fitted with a teal blue arm cannon; Samus Aran. The last Smasher was a bounty hunting futuristic racing pilot in racing gear with a helmet; Captain Douglas Jay Falcon.

“Alright-a then. We all know the plan, right? Storm the castle and silence Bowser once and for all,” explained Mario.

“Yeah,” said Fox.

“Hmph, you better know what you’re doing, Mario,” Samus stated.

“I’m not too sure why we’re doing this,” stated Captain Falcon.

“Nevermind why! Let’s-a-go!” Mario shouted as he headed off into the main kingdom.

They entered silently into the city without making a sound. “Stay close and don’t cause any noise,” Mario whispered to everyone.

They walked past a couple of Koopa soldiers who were on patrol. The Koopa soldiers were wearing gray armor and helmets while armed with standardized high tech weapons. The heroes jumped across the small buildings and looked both ways on the rainy street corners to see if any soldiers were there; the team moved as one by progressing closer to the bridge in stealth mode. They arrived at a giant, heavy bronze statue of Bowser.

“Now that’s true tyranny right there,” Samus commented on the statue’s grotesque features.

“That statue looks kinda suspicious,” warned Fox.

“Stay out of sight. It could be a—” Mario was about to finish his sentence when the Statue of Bowser began to glow bright golden.

The eyes of the Bowser Statue began glowing and ominously. In seconds, Koopa soldiers ran towards the statue and immediately spotted the Smashers. They were at first intimidated by the Smashers but were lined up to open fire.

“Trespassers! Neutralize them!” yelled out a Koopa soldier.

“What in the blazes?! Bowser knows we’re here!” Mario signaled out. “Looks like the sneaking around approach is off. Let’s Smash!”

The Smashers already blew their cover so they had to fight their way to get to the castle. The team quickly smashed through the soldiers and any other opponents to get to the Bowser Bridge. The rain continued to pour over the kingdom but gradually began to stop. As they got closer, lightning shot out from the skies more frequently.

“We mustn’t let them reach Lord Bowser,” said one of the Koopa soldiers before being knocked out by Mario.

The Bowser Bridge was crawling with armed Koopa Soldiers carrying bayonets. The heroes had to act fast in order to proceed.

“There’s got to be a way through,” said Fox.

“I have an idea,” said Samus while smirking at Captain Falcon. He wondered as Samus looked straight at with a devilish look.

“Cap. I’ll throw you and all you have to do is Falcon Punch through them so the bridge is clear. Got it?” said Samus.

“Um… I don’t see that working. Let’s try something else,” Falcon suggested.

“Ummm… No. Let’s do it anyway!” said Samus as she threw Falcon towards the enemy. Captain Falcon reacted fast as he was launched without notice.

“FALCON PUNCH!!” the Falcon Punch pushed all the guards from the bridge and into the boiling lava moat. The Koopa soldiers screamed in pain as they fell in.

“Defend Lord Bowser! Seal the castle! NOW!!” yelled a Koopa soldier before being knocked out by Samus and thrown into the lava.

The Smashers defeated the remaining soldiers. Fox attached some smart bombs onto the giant metal gates and triggered them open with a blast. “Let’s move! Fox, call for backup,” Mario ordered.

“Understood,” Fox tapped into his communicator to reach the other Smashers who were on standby.

ooo

The Smashers traveled throughout the castle in search of Bowser. The most probable location of Bowser was his throne room. The castle’s decor was a mix of dark green, some golden, and red, yellow, and bright green color. It was as if the castle was a twisted refurbished fun house in an amusement park. More Koopa soldiers continued to stop them.

“Remember the mission everyone. We stop Bowser once and for all. We will destroy his castle,” said Mario.

“Destroy his castle? Now I’m not so sure I approve of this,” said Captain Falcon.

“Yeah, I thought we were supposed to capture Bowser after beating him into turtle soup,” argued Samus.

Mario looked away and turned back chuckling and said, “What? Are you too-a scared of this? Look, we don’t have much of a choice. If we don’t put an end to him, he’ll end up destroying us instead.”

“Bowser will certainly destroy us now that you’ve put us in this predicament. And I’m not scared of anything. Not him or you,” Samus was angry at Mario, but she easily calmed herself. “[sigh]... Fine. Fine. Let’s find Bowser and remove him from power,” said Samus.

Captain Falcon glared at Mario with a stern face. “You better not be pulling any wrong ideas, Mario.”

“I won’t. We’ll walk out alive. You’ll see,” Mario replied.

The other Smashers who acted as backup arrived in Bowser’s Castle. The blonde-haired, blue-eyed princess in a pink dress; Princess Peach. The green dinosaur and the close friend of Mario; Yoshi. The elf princess with mystical powers; Princess Zelda. The elf sword fighter in green and the Triforce Hero of Time; Link. Blue-haired swordsman and prince of Altea; Prince Marth. And the infamous blue hedgehog; Sonic.

“I received a message from Fox. We’re clear to enter the castle and draw out the soldiers,” said Zelda.

“They must have cleaned house by the looks of this mess,” said Sonic, observing the beaten Koopa soldiers.

“Shall we go inside?” Marth spoke.

“Yes, of course. We must help our friends in any way we can,” Peach. The rest of the aiding Smashers proceeded into the castle with haste. Soon, the unconscious Koopa soldiers woke up to find out that there were other Smashers.

“More trespassers?!” said one of the Koopa soldiers.

“Time for a warmup,” Sonic stretched his arms and legs as the rest of the aiding Smashers battled them.

ooo

To the Core

The four Smashers reached the path to Bowser’s reactor core. The entire decor became something even scarier. It started out as a strange medieval fun castle to a revolting technological medieval underground fortress. As they continued to head downstairs, the area seemed to get hotter.

“We have to keep going. We’re almost-a there,” said Mario.

The heroes soon encountered Koopa soldiers in high tech armor with guns. “You’re not leaving here alive,” proclaimed a high tech armor Koopa soldier. Samus instantly shot the high tech Koopa soldiers with her Arm Cannon and released a ball of energy that knocked them out.

“Eliminate them!! Now!!” yelled another soldier. More Koopa troopa goons rushed in. The heroes smashed through the Koopa’s defenses with ease.

“How did they even get this kind of tech?” Fox asked Mario.

“Bowser’s using the technology he borrowed from Master Hand back when he was still around. Whatever he’s got planned, it can’t be good,” Mario theorized.

The Koopa soldiers began backing off and running away from the Smashers as they were getting further closer to Bowser himself.

“Looks like we didn’t even need backup anyways. Fox, can you call the others to stand down and leave the castle? We don’t want to put anyone in danger,” said Mario.

“No problem,” said Fox as he opened up his comm.

“Everyone. You must leave the castle immediately because as soon as we reach the reactor core, it’s going to start raining fire,” said Fox over the transmission.

“But we can’t leave without you,” Peach protested.

“Just go! We have an escape strategy, but right now, we have to make sure you guys get out safely,” said Fox.

“As much as I don’t like this, we gotta hurry out of this death trap,” said Sonic. The other Smashers stood from a safe distance from the castle as soon as they left.

ooo

Reactor Core

Mario, Fox, Samus, and Captain Falcon finally reached the reactor core area. More high tech Koopa soldiers intervened, but were quickly disabled. The reactor room was more sinister and advanced from the rest of the medieval-esque castle. There were machines that ran on electricity and nuclear fusion. As they walked into the reactor core room, evil squealing laughs and cackles were heard.

A flying Koopa wizard in a blue robe with glasses and wand appeared; it was Kamek the Magikoopa.

“Ahahahahaha! You’re not going to get to Lord Bowser!” stated Kamek. “I’ll smite you with my magic!”

“Move out of the way or get stomped. We’re going to see your boss and we’re going to… well you can guess… ‘destroy’ him!” said Samus.

“C’mon guys. Let’s just go pass him,” Fox suggested with a smug look.

“No, I’ll handle this dork. The rest of you should get to Bowser. Don’t worry about me. I’ll catch up in two seconds,” Samus outright mocked Kamek.

“Do you fools have any idea who you’re dealing with here? I am the great Magikoopa! And I will not be ignored! Come! All of you will fight me now!” yelled Kamek. Everyone began laughing at Kamek’s weak battle cries.

“So much for the ‘great Magikoopa’, huh? Look, pal, you’re not even worth fighting. Go crawl on all fours and get out of here,” said Samus as everyone continued laughing at Kamek.

“Sorry pal, but we’re in a hurry,” said Fox as he laughed and walked with the others.

“You will never leave here alive, do you hear me? You will all soon pay. Wait, you are ignoring me! Come back and face me now!” shouted Kamek.

The heroes paid no attention to Kamek. At last, the Smashers reached the powerful reactor core where the giant, spiky-shelled, anthro turtle was located, sitting in his throne room; Bowser.

“Mario! How dare you enter my castle unannounced?! I won’t be taken so easily!!” proclaimed Bowser.

“That is where you are wrong,” Mario briefly stated. “Tell us what you’ve been up to all this time. I know you’ve been plotting with the Master Hand,” said Mario.

“What are you babbling about, Mario?! I no longer work with those floating gloves, and I have nothing else to say to you!!” explained Bowser. His voice almost sounded like he was telling the truth, but Mario didn’t buy it.

“Alright, then. That’s all I needed to hear,” Mario charged towards his nemesis in an ill-fated battle to the death.

The heroes faced off against Bowser in the reactor core. Bowser and Mario exchanged flame-based fireball attacks as Samus and Falcon helped to subdue him. It was clear that Mario and the others were only distracting Bowser long enough to steer away from the reactor core. Fox had time to place the time-charged smart bombs over each generator powering the core and on the core itself as fast as possible.

“That’s all the bombs. We only have three minutes,” said Fox. He set them to explode at a set time.

“Good enough for me. Now let’s get the hell outta here,” said Mario.

“You fools! You’ve doomed us all!” shouted Bowser. “The reactor core is unstable. It can’t be—”

“We know that. Hey, Bowser… This is goodbye, my old friend. Never come back!” Mario bid his nemesis farewell as he uppercut Bowser in the jaw, which launched him straight up into the air and down below the reactor core and into him a sea of lava, seemingly killing him completely.

“Dammit, Mario! We have to leave right now! That reactor is gonna go any second,” yelled Samus.

“Mario, lead us outta here!” said Fox.

“This way!” Mario pointed to the escape route.

The castle was coming down as the other generators around them started to explode as well. The heroes had seconds left as they continued to run as quickly as they could out of the reactor core and the castle itself. The castle was crumbling apart as debris fell and machines began malfunctioning. There was smoke and ash everywhere. They eventually reached a broken wall but Mario knew they had to flee through any means.

“Samus! Destroy the wall so we can bust out!” shouted Mario. Samus used her Zero Laser and blasted the wall through, revealing the outside. They immediately jumped out of the castle before the reactor core went off.

ooo

At last, the Smashers exited Bowser’s Castle upon its destruction. Everyone took a breather in relief in surviving. Mario spat onto the ground as he walked away. Peach and the others came to their aid and congratulated them.

Peach kissed Mario on the cheek and said, “I am so glad you made it back in one piece, my hero.~”

Mario was covered in burn marks and had ash on his messy brown hair. He removed his red cap and sighed. “Is Bowser really gone?” Peach asked.

Mario spoke and said, “He’s… He’s dead.”

“”I thought we’d never make it out in time,” said Samus.

“Well, I’m just so glad you made it out, Sammie. And you too, Mr. Fuzzy,” Peach said with excitement and relief. Samus merely smiled while Fox blushed light red.

“Let’s clear out of here,” said Captain Falcon.

Soon, all the Smashers departed from the ruined kingdom. But at what cost? A threat from the past possibly returning to exact revenge for their deeds? Will they end up paying the ultimate price?

ooo

{Two Weeks Ago}
Smash Tower, Smash City