Smash Brothers Civil War: Chapter 19

SUPER SMASH BROS. Civil War
Chapter 19: Aftermath

[Pro-Reg]
Anti-Reg Chase

“Mario and his team are escaping. Repeat! Rebels in the wire. Get back to the rooftops,” Samus spoke over the headset.

“Understood,” said Captain Falcon as he ran from rooftop to rooftop along with the other registered Smashers.

Cap, Palutena, Pit, Sonic, Marth, Lucina, and Robin came to Samus and Falco’s aid. They caught sight of the rebels getting away from several buildings ahead. Once Mario, Fox, Zelda, and Ike looked at them back, they bolted away further.

“No time to talk, team. We have to catch them,” said Samus as started running.

“Samus, your leg is bleeding,” Captain Falcon noticed Samus’s exposed leg.

“Eh, I’ll be fine. We just need to catch them,” told Samus as she brushed off the wound. She tied a piece of her clothing to it.

The rebels leaped from one building to the next. Once they reached the end of one street, they had to get across to another to access the other rooftops. Mario looked at an antenna tower and gave him an idea.

“Fox, can you shoot down the supports on that tower with anything?” asked Mario as Fox used his damaged gun to hit the support beams as quickly as possible. The antenna soon fell down, creating a long bridge between two buildings.

“Hurry. Up to the next building,” said Mario. After crossing the antenna bridge, Ike used his sword to destroy it, making sure the others wouldn’t catch up.

“Palutena, do some of your magic tricks and teleport us to that building,” ordered Samus sternly. With an attitude, Palutena used her staff and valiantly poked the floor to transport everyone to the next building.

“Follow me. Down these buildings,” signaled Mario.

The rebels ran on rooftops that were tightly packed together and appeared as a grand staircase. Nonetheless, the pro-reg Smashers were catching up. As several reinforcement jets flew right past them again, the battle still raged on a couple more rooftops, with more rebel soldiers retreating, but attacking some registered troops on the way.

Fox looked behind and jumped up and threw out frags of smart bombs in an effort to slow down the registered Smashers. Ike cut down anything that would prove an obstacle to the pursuers. Zelda continued to teleport her friends in order to dilute their movement pattern to puzzle the pro-reg Smashers.

“We keep going, even if we tire out,” told Samus.

“Pit, fly up and shoot them!” demanded Palutena.

“Yes, Miss Palutena,” Pit followed orders. Pit swooped above the Smashers and attempted to shoot them.

“Fox,” Mario signaled Fox to shoot down Pit.

“Hmph,” Fox nodded in agreement. Fox leaped up exceptionally high, with the perfect chance of landing a shot at Pit. He threw a quick smart bomb at Pit, which sent him down from the air.

“Goddammit!” Samus cursed out as she continued to run.

“Nice shot. Hurry! We’re almost at the home stretch,” Mario stated.

ooo

[Other Smashers]
Rooftops

Lucario the Aura Pokémon carefully avoided all gunfire and hung atop of a tall building blocks away. He closed his eyes and meditated to silence all the noise he heard.

“No one has adhered to my warnings. If they go too far, there will only be greater destruction for all us,” he thought to himself. Lucario’s only ally Greninja watched him closely. From above, a dark blue, bat-winged puffball with a golden sword charged right at Lucario with a blade, but he missed.

“Face me,” demanded Meta Knight.

“You did need to provoke me for a battle,” Lucario spoke in a soft voice.

“Prepare yourself for a challenge you won’t forget,” said Meta Knight as he took a fighting stance.

“Very well. For your interest, I accept,” said Lucario as he did the same.

Lucario and Meta Knight both ran towards each other and fought hand to hand. The Aura Pokémon blocked Meta Knight’s sword using his paws. He blasted out an Aura Sphere and it almost hit Meta Knight when he ascended upwards, leaving him open to Lucario’s blue aura attack. Meta Knight recovered from the attack and nearly stabbed Lucario in the stomach. Lucario dodged the attack and used another Aura Sphere, but he missed again. Meta Knight hit Lucario in the chest, almost knocking him. In a quick recovery, Lucario leaped forward and bashed Meta Knight to the floor. Greninja continued to watch the battle and ended up leaping down when he saw something interesting.

Meta Knight flew higher than before by reaching the top of the skyscraper. Effortlessly, Lucario climbed as fast as he could after him. In one last attempt in the air, Lucario charged his aura energy. After reaching the highest point, he jumped high enough to reach Meta Knight and he managed to hit him with a different attack.

“Watch the Power of Aura!!! HAAAAAAA!!!” Lucario used the Aura Storm and blasted Meta Knight back down to the floor.

Lucario landed without trouble. As for Meta Knight, his face armor was cracked and his cape was ripped apart. He immediately pulled away from his sword as a way to say Lucario had won and offered to shake hands. Meta Knight returned that offer.

“You have earned my respect,” Meta Knight stated.

“Hm,” Lucario nodded.

“How did you get here? You weren’t with the rest of us,” sasked Lucario all of a sudden.

“Rest of us? They sent you in as well, I see,” realized Meta Knight.

“Who are you speaking about?” questioned Lucario.

“I was sent here by these two giant floating hands. They had told me I was chosen to enter this dimension and that I would locate a rival of mine,” said Meta Knight.

Lucario understood. “Those two hands are not to be trusted from what I heard,” Lucario added.

“Hm, they did appear suspicious,” Meta Knight noted.

“By the way, where did the other one go?” Meta Knight happened to notice Greninja before he jumped.

“Down there,” told Lucario.

The two Smashers performed a leap of faith and landed one of the rooftops. As Meta Knight flew, Lucario jumped from building to building to catch up to Greninja. He was being cornered by registered soldiers.

“You there. You are not under the registered list! You’re under arrest!” said one SRA unit. Lucario and Meta Knight stepped in Greninja’s aid.

“More of them?!” another SRA soldier pointed them out. Meta Knight, Lucario, and Greninja triple teamed on the group of soldiers, dispatching them without trouble.

Lucario turned around when he heard gunshots and growls from soldiers. He saw the anthro mercenary Wolf finishing off the last of the registered troops. Meta Knight then saw a flying angel with dark wings and a bow, trying to take aim at Wolf. He flew from above and tried to strike at Dark Pit.

“Oh,” Dark Pit saw him coming and countered with his double-bladed staff.

“You look familiar. Dyed your hair?” Wolf noticed.

Meta Knight struck Dark Pit and forced him down to the ground. Wolf was ready to sink his claws into the two other Smashers for interference until Lucario intervened.

“Stop!” Lucario interrupted them. “They are not your enemies. They are Smashers too.”

“Eh… Lucario is it?... I thought you hid off in the jungle,” Wolf ceased his attack.

“For a while, yes. But I came back days ago only to see what I predicted: civil war,” explained Lucario.

“No kidding. I’d hate to be on either side at this point,” he replied.

“I fear there is something more terrifying in the shadows at work. We have to find out what it is and stop them,” Lucario predicted once more.

“Now you’re speaking my language. You found something?” Wolf was now interested.

“Do you actually believe I’m going to help you fools? I have better things to do than play the hero,” Dark Pit rejected.

“Yeah, go. Run along, kid. Leave this to the adults,” the anthro waved him off.

“Hey, that’s not fair! I can fight too, you know!” Dark Pit said in protest like a kid. But he caught himself as he was talking. “But I guess I can tag along.”

“That’s the spirit,” Wolf chuckled.

Registered troops surrounded the rooftops.

“Non-registered Smashers. Possibly rebel-affiliated. Authorize to engage,” said a SRA machine.

“Really?” Dark Pit looked irritated as he pulled out his double-bladed staff.

“We cannot afford to lose any more time,” said Lucario as he increased his aura energy. Human registrant soldiers also entered the fray as reinforcements.

“Hey. Those are unregistered Smashers. Detain them! Now!” said one soldier.

ooo

[Pro-Reg]
Rooftops

Meanwhile, Lucina recuperated from fatigue and Peach continued to keep her company.

“If I would ask, are you a princess, Lucy?” Peach asked with wonder.

“Uh, what gave it away?” said Lucina while blushing in embarrassment.

“Well, you’re very pretty,” smiled Peach, making Lucina blush even more.

“Well, my father was a prince when I went back to his time to aid him in a quest, so yes it does make me a princess, but I see myself as free-spirited,” Lucina explained.

“Hey, I’m free spirited too!” Peach told her.

“I mean, that’s not what I am, I think—” said Lucina before Peach stopped her. Peach was surprised to see Princess Rosalina out of nowhere after several days.

“Rosie?! Where were you all this time?” said Peach after hugging her friend.

“I wasn’t around because there were some important tasks I had to complete,” said Rosalina.

“You mean, spending time with your new boyfriend?” smirked Peach slightly.

“He persuaded me to come with him and escape the registration act and I reluctantly agreed,” explained Rosalina with a small blush across her cheeks.

“Ooh, the bad boy. What’s it like?” Peach questioned her.

“Well, he can be romantic at times when. As I spent more time with him, I realized that we have many things in common,” said Rosalina. “And what about you and Fox?” she asked. Peach felt tears in her eyes and tried to say something.

“We’re not seeing eye to eye anymore. It’s complicated,” confessed Peach.

“You will rekindle love, I promise,” Rosalina smiled warmly which made Peach happy.

“Hold on. You didn’t register?” Lucina inquired with her sword tucked in.

“Oh right, you didn’t. I’m sorry I have to do it but—” Peach realized before she forgot.

“Please don’t turn me in! I didn’t mean it,” Rosalina begged. “I know that you don’t agree with what this war has become. It’s becoming a nightmare.”

“Well—” Peach stared at the floor.

Without a doubt, Lucina nodded to agree and sighed as she said, “Peach… s-she’s right. Friends against friends in the name of justice is wrong. I see innocent lives being taken away.”

“I know it looks wrong at first…” said Peach.

“So why did you join the registration movement?” Rosalina asked of her as tensions forced Peach into telling the truth.

“Alright, alright. Yes, I did it because I felt I couldn’t betray anyone. I did it because I was scared. I didn’t want to get locked up for refusing. I did it to get away from Mario. When I broke up with him, I fell apart. I didn’t want to look for a new love life. After Fox confessed to me, I suddenly felt happy, thrilled, and shocked. But now, he resents me now because I didn’t tell him the truth,” revealed Peach.

“If I could find someone after all this time, I’m certain you will too. Maybe you should…” said Rosalina before registered soldiers interrupted them.

“You don’t look familiar. Are you registered, miss?” asked one of the soldiers.

“She’s with us, soldier. She is not one of the rebels. Return to your post at once,” Peach demanded, trying to behave like Samus. The soldiers quietly left the scene.

“Thank you, Peach,” whispered Rosalina with a soft smile. Peach winked.

The three princesses walked along the rooftops until they saw Lucario, Wolf, Meta Knight, Greninja, and Dark Pit arrive at their location.

“Fluffy! It's you!” smiled Peach as she hugged Wolf in an instance.

“Argh! Get off me, woman,” he backed away in a half-irritated voice.

“And Lucario!” said Peach as she tried to hug him too, much to Lucario’s disapproval.

“Lucario here has something to say,” Wolf told everyone as they gathered around.

“Something big has gone down. When we entered the Smash world, who were the first to welcome us? The two hands, correct?” Lucario asked, earning nods from everyone.

“You mean Master Hand and Crazy Hand? I thought they were exiled. For good this time, I’m sure,” said Peach who was shocked.

“Clearly, they were not. They intend on plotting to dominate this world and subjugate us all under tyranny. And this civil war is just a distraction. An advantage for them,” said Lucario. “What we have to do is find these beings and confront them.”

“I can’t just leave! Samus needs me and if I go, it will feel like I turned my back on my friends,” argued Peach.

“But by doing this, you’ll be saving them from a much greater threat. You’re someone who does what’s right for those you lay concern for,” Lucario explained politely.

“I’ll join you. I’m going to stay on the registered side though and help you out from there,” Peach nodded.

“In the meantime, we must locate Master Hand and Crazy Hand,” the Aura Pokémon stated.

“We’ll see you later. Come on Lucy,” Peach waved them goodbye  as she and Lucina headed back to the pro-reg forces.

ooo

[Pro-Reg]
Anti-Reg Chase

All that remained was desolation, smoke, and ruins of buildings, apartments, and the roads. The area was covered in smoke that was coming from the burned buildings. The train tracks were destroyed completely. An entire block was reduced to ashes. As soon as the government fighter jets were called off, both sides withdrew and left. The rebel Smashers distracted the registration forces long enough to allow the last of the rebel troops to get away. Mario and the rebel Smashers were too far away to catch and were out of sight after jumping from building to building.

“Nooo!” yelled Samus in defeat.

“How could they get away so easily?” Sonic, who was not tired.

“Can you at least catch up to them, Sonic?” Samus said to him.

“I don’t know if I can jump that far between the buildings,” Sonic replied with sarcasm.

“That’s it! Come here!” Samus tried to catch Sonic.

“Come on. Step it up,” mocked Sonic as he continued running in circles.

“Argh, if only you were trapped someplace where you would never escape, I’d rip you apart then and there,” complained Samus, but after a few seconds of thinking, she had an idea.

“Yes! I got it! There’s one last move we can make to finally end this civil war! Back to the tower! Now!” realized Samus before she ordered everyone to leave.

ooo

[Other Smashers]
The Wilds

Solid Snake did a leap of faith and successfully landed on a dense, wild bush after avoiding capture by the Ancient Minister and his army. Snake brushed off any dirt on his military fatigues and ran off quickly across the canyons. The Ancient Minister ordered the soldiers to follow him. Snake continuously climbed and slided throughout the wild canyons to escape. Multiple bogies tirelessly followed him. Snake performed another leap of faith from a high point in the desert and hid in another wild bush. Checking to see if it was clear, Snake saw a moving militant truck and an open dirt road and decided to jump on board.

“Now’s my chance,” said Snake as he got on the truck. He found a machine gun and rounds of ammo. Then, the truck suddenly moved faster than usual and the reason was soldiers inbound with vehicles of their own.

“How did they?...” said Snake in surprise. The military vehicles were soon accompanied by helicopters storming after the lone Snake.

“No!” shouted Snake. He loaded several rounds and fired the machine gun, attempting to shoot down the flying aircrafts first. Snake threw a sticky bomb at one of the vehicles and it instantly blew up. As Snake continued to shoot at the enemy, he didn’t notice that the driver was also one of them. The driver jumped out of the truck.

“What?!” said Snake after he saw the driver fall off. The truck was headed straight for a gorge. Snake quickly connected pieces of a sniper rifle and used it to scope out the enemies. This gave him time to get to the front seat and stop the truck. Snake pulled the brakes, but they were already cut off. Snake had no place left to turn. Nevertheless, he turned the wheel so fast that the truck spun out of control so it would stop moving. The truck stopped at the edge of the canyon, almost about to fall off.

“Oh sh—” Snake carefully climbed up the truck. The other vehicles stopped and trapped him in.

“Guess there’s no turning back now,” smirked Snake before pulling out an advanced rifle. He moved around and shot at the soldiers. However, they were too fast on their recovery and proceeded to get closer. Snake dropped a smoke bomb and used his small helicopter to hover away to the other side of the gorge.

“Better keep going,” he sprinted away.