Mercury-and-Us

WARNING: POSSIBLE LIFELIGHT RHAPSODY SPOILERS AHEAD (Open on a scene similar to the beginning of the SSBU opening cinematic, except Kirby is not alone. Standing alongside/behind him are Samus, Pikachu, Lucina, Pit, Snake, Lucas, Sonic, Toon Link, Mega Man, Ariel [the female Inkling], Simon, Brian, Roger, Freddie, and John.) Colors weave into a spire of flame. Distant sparks call to a past still unnamed. Bear this torch against the cold of the night. Search your soul and reawaken the undying light! (Cut to the ‘Army of Puppets’ video, though the puppet fighters based on the surviving Smashers are replaced by copies of other fighters.) On that day, when the sky fell away, Our world came to an end. In our eyes did a fading sun rise In the dark, glimmering shadows. (Suddenly, Dharkon appears, snatching about half of the copies that have been made before disappearing back into the tear in reality it entered from.) Silence grows in the spaces between, Stretching out beyond time, Rising