Author's Notes: Hello, and thank you choosing to read this fanfic!

This is actually my 3rd attempt at a Smash Bros fanfic, but I know that this is also my best one, and so I hope you like it.

This story deals with Brawl. It really doesn't have too much to do with the Subspace Emissary, since this was planned before that was revealed. It does, however, deal with the Smash Bros characters, and how they cope with the strange, bizarre, fun, perilous thing that is SMASH BROS. Since all of the characters haven't been revealed yet, as in at this point in time when I'm posting this, you won't see them all now. Heck, you won't even see all of the confirmed ones in this chapter. But hey, it's a work in progress, and I hope you enjoy it!

Of course, I don't own the characters or anything, just the story itself.

Story of a Brawl

Chapter 1: Fighting Resolve

"Waaaaah! Get-a me out of here!!"

Mario's shut eyes flinched as he came to.

"Pi, Pikachu Pi!"

Mario groaned, as the sense of sound returned to him.

"Shut up, you guys, you're not helping."

Mario's eyes slowly opened up…

"Pyo!"

Suddenly, Mario regained full consciousness. The red-clad plumber got onto up.

He was in a room. A big room. A big, strange room. It was a long chamber, by the looks of it, a hallway. He couldn't see where it ended, though, as the hall was curved inward. The floor had marble tiles and the walls made of plaster. Ornate light fixtures hung from both sides of the chamber. Where the wall curved inward, there were a series of metal doors, that appeared to be firmly shut. On the right side of the wall, there were round windows, that resembled portholes on an old-style ship. He could make out the appearance of the night sky through the windows. There was also the sound of a distinct, low pitched humming noise, one that he was unable to identify.

But this wasn't the half of the strangeness that he saw: there were 9 others in the corridors with him. A man dressed in a green tunic and boots with blonde hair. He was a bit of a strange one, outwardly, as he was quite tall, and had the sent of a farmer.

The next one was even stranger: a teenage boy of sorts, wearing a white toga. His brown hair and blue eyes looked around the chamber in a sort of panic. He, strangely enough, had wings, feathery wings, which were currently folded on his back.

However, this next one was stranger still- a little pink puffball. It had tiny little arms, and larger red feet. His face, cute as it may have been. was somewhat worried, as he was standing nearby the green one.

A bit less stranger then the others was a woman, a young, rather attractive woman. She was in nothing but a skin-tight blue jumpsuit. Her blonde hair rest at her side, as she appeared to have been deep in thought at the time.

Standing directly next to her was yet another anomaly. He was a small thing, just as small as the pink puffball. He, however, looked much darker; his face concealed by a mask, hands under his gloves, boots over his feet, shoulder armor, a sheathed sword at his side, and a cape which flowed behind him.

The 6th one was a little yellow mouse. It was screaming "Pikachu!" repeated, as it electrocuted one of the doors in an attempt to open it. The small mouse was on it's two feet, having a tail that resembled a bolt of lightning.

Yet another person was a fox, or a human-fox conjugation. He was dressed something like a combat-astronaut, repeatedly kicking the door with his rather large boots. "Open, stupid thing!" he growled in frustration.

Another was a man, a tall, muscular, grown man, with a mullet and beard, wearing combat equipment. He, unlike the others, simply leaned against a wall, smoking a cigarette. The final other person in the room was standing in the back. He looked quite portly, though he was facing the opposite direction, so it was impossible for Mario to tell who- or what- he was.

"What-a in the heck is going on here?" Mario asked.

A couple of heads turned.

"Hey, the overall guy's awake!" the angel-teen shouted.

"About time." Muttered the commando-looking man.

Mario approached the green garbed man and the angel-teen, as they were the two closest.

"What happened?" Mario asked.

"I was going to ask you the same thing." said the angel-teen. "One minute, I was in Angel World, attending a meeting addressed by Goddess Palutena, and then the next I was here!"

"I was-a at Princess Peach's Castle, tending to her plumbing system. Next thing I-a can recall, I was here." stated Mario.

"I was…" the green-garbed man started, but stopped himself. "…well, it doesn't matter where I was. I'm here now."

"So, you two don't know what's going on?" Mario asked.

The angel-teen shook his head. "We were hoping you did."

"Uh, well. My name is-a Mario." Mario said, putting out his hand.

"Pit." replied the teenage angel, who accepted the handshake.

"And I am Link, pleasure to meet you. Maybe not in the best circumstances, though." Link sighed.

Mario looked beyond Pit, to see the other 7.

"What are they doing?" Mario asked.

Link sighed. "Um, well… that guy over there (Link pointed to the smoking man) woke up first, and asked us what was going on. We tried to explore, but all of the doors in the hallway are locked, so they're trying to break one open."

Mario took a single glance at the doors they were being pounded upon.

"Those doors, they're-a made of solid Titanium. By the sound of the bangs, they must-a be almost a foot thick. There's no way a normal punch or kick will break it." Mario said.

Link and Pit stared at him, questioningly.

"Take it from-a me." Mario said. "I know metal, I-a deal with pipes all the time."

Link nodded. "Ok then."

Mario looked down the hallway, realizing that it's curved structure made it impossible to see what further down.

"What's down there?" Mario asked.

"Here." Pit replied.

Mario had a puzzled expression.

"This corridor is like a giant loop." Pit said. "Fox (Pit pointed at the fox-human guy) attempted to go down there, but then he just returned back here from the other direction several minutes later. Weird, huh?"

"And none of the doors in the hallway work at all?" Mario asked.

"No, they're all locked." Pit said.

"It's some kind of mechanism." Link added. "There's some kind of power that's active right now, forcibly sealing the doors shut."

Mario glanced over at the lights. "By power, you mean electricity? And some kind of security program has the doors locked?"

"Whatever it is, there's no such thing where I come from." Link stated.

"Same here." Pit nodded.

Mario glanced around, at the people again. He took notice of the man who's back was turned to the group.

"Who's that?" Mario asked.

"We're not sure." Pit said. "He's refused to say anything this whole time."

Mario walked away from Pit and Link.

"Where are you going?" Link asked.

Mario turned back briefly. "We're going to get out of here, one way or another. I think I have an idea, but I want to find out who he is first."

With that, Mario walked away, leaving Pit and Link somewhat confused. They both watched as Mario walked towards the stranger.

"Excuse-a me, sir." Mario said, walking towards the man. "But I was-a wondering-"

"Is that who I-a thing it-a is?" replied the man. He turned around, and to Mario's horror, he witnessed an annoying familiar face. The double cleft, the strange, jagged mustache, weird pink nose, glaring little eyes, and pilot's helmet.

Both of their eyes bulged at the same time. Mario and the man both pointed at one another and screamed at the same time.

Every last head in the room turned, and all the commotion went silent, as everyone stared on with bewildered faces.

"What-a are you-a doin' here?!" Mario and the man asked at the same time.

"I'll-a bet you're behind this, aren't you Wario?" Mario asked.

"Same to you-a pal! This was an ingenious evil plan, I wish I thought of it, but It's not my fault were-a trapped here!" Wario shouted back.

"They-they know each other?" asked a bewildered Pit.

Link nodded, still retaining his serious expression. "Apparently so."

"I should-a pile-drive your fat head all the way around this circular hallway!" Wario growled.

Mario scoffed. "You're calling me fat? Oh-a, the irony!"

"Why you-"

"You little-a little-"

The rest of the group formed together and looked at the impending battle.

"Maybe we should do something?" asked Pit, blinking.

"A clash between rivals shouldn't be interrupted." stated the smoking man.

The masked one nodded. "I agree with the mullet."

"My name is Snake." said the smoker.

"We have to do something." Pit said, sounding a little anxious about the two.

"Pika- pika." the yellow rodent sounded a bit nervous himself, hiding behind Link's leg.

"I agree with the mouse." nodded the masked one in agreement.

Pit sighed and groaned in frustration. "You guys…"

"I'll break them up." said the woman in the jumpsuit.

She walked forth, approaching the two. They looked about ready to exchange fists. The woman suddenly jumped in between them. Mario stood down. Of course, Wario merely gave a sudden joyous expression.

"This isn't the time, boys." she said, pushing them both aside. "We have other priorities."

"You're…" Mario looked down in shame. "You're-a right."

"Good, now come on." she said, gesturing them to follow. However, she stopped suddenly, when she felt a tug against her arm. She looked back, and saw that Wario had attempted to stop her. He had a forged charismatic expression on his face, and rose his eyebrows a couple of times.

"Hey-a baby." said Wario, attempting to sound suave. He looked to his right, spotting a fancy flower pot, standing atop a polished table. Inside the pot was a bouquet of roses. He reached over, and punched the vase, smashing it to bits. Wario then grabbed one of the roses and placed it into his teeth.

"So." his voice sounded impaired due to having his teeth clamped against the flower. "When we get out of here, how's about we go have some-a dinner someplace fancy- UUAAGH!!"

The woman's knuckles against the top of Wario's head had answered his question rather nicely. He groaned and wobbled about, trying to regain his footing.

"Nice." Mario complimented her.

Mario looked back at the group, who were all still watching.

"Uh… everyone! My name is Mario! I-a have an idea about how to get out of here. But I-a need everyone's help."

"Show off." Wario groaned.

They all starred at Mario, all looking somewhat confused.

"As far as-a I can tell…" Mario began. "Most of us are-a strangers. So let's clear up what's on all of our minds. Who are you all?"

"I'm Link." the green-garbed man said. "A ranch-hand at Ordon Ranch. You know, in the Ordona Province."

They all didn't respond.

"None of you know about the Ordona Province?" Link asked. He looked down on the ground. "Where am I?"

"Uh, I'm Pit." Pit stated. "I'm a warrior from Angel Land."

The jumpsuit woman rose her hand. "I'm Samus Aran, intergalactic bounty-hunter."

"Poyo?" asked the pink puffball.

"His name is Kirby." the masked one said. "I know him, we are rivals. Kirby is a Star Warrior… and at his age, can't speak yet. I won't tell you my real name, but you may call me Meta-Knight."

"I'm Fox McCloud!" Fox shouted proudly. "Leader of the Starfox team!"

The strong man puffed a little of smoke. "Yeah… I'm Solid Snake. What I do is classified."

"You-a know me, you idiot, I'm-Wario." said Wario, rubbing his head.

"Pika-Pikachu!" said the little mouse.

The group went silent for a moment.

"Hm… until we learn it's real name, I say we-a call it Pikachu." Wario suggested.

"Pikachu." Pikachu sighed, annoyed.

"And I'm-a Mario. I'm from the Mushroom Kingdom." Mario said.

"So…" Pit asked. "What's the plan?"

Mario looked to be in thought. "Well, I-a think we should-"

"Forget-a that moron!" Wario suggested. He walked past Mario, with a smug expression. Wario approached one of the windows, the ones that looked into the starry night sky. "Doesn't it make sense? We-a should jump out the window."

Wario jumped into the air, and prepared his fist. Once at window-level, he punched the glass as hard as he could. There was a loud snap, as he left a visible crack in the window.

Wario landed back on the ground, and wiped his hands together. "Simple as-a pizza pie."

The window suddenly broke on it's own. All of the shards were pulled outward, leaving no glass to fall in. They could hear an abrupt sucking sound; air escaping a confined area. Everything in the chamber suddenly began to shake. Tables were moving on their own; the carpet was wafting in the sudden gusting of air. Everyone realize that, in spite of the fact that they were standing still, they were all sliding towards the window; being drawn towards it.

Pikachu, Kirby, and Meta-Knight were all lifted into the air, though Meta-Knight had instantly withdrawn his sword, and stuck it into the floor, and hung onto it. Pikachu grabbed onto the roof's light fixture, screaming as he was drawn, Kirby latched onto Snake's leg.

"Wha-what's going on?" Pit asked, as he was being drawn towards the open window.

"A vacuum!" Samus shouted in worry, as she too, was being pulled towards the window slowly.

"But those only occur in deep space!" Fox shouted.

"When we're all done being surprised…" Meta-Knight said, over the sound of the rushing wind. "We're going to run out of air if we don't do something."

"Block it!" Mario shouted.

"With-with what?" Wario asked.

Snake kicked towards the window. As he did, Kirby was forced to let go of him. Kirby screamed as the suction drew him towards the window. When Kirby reached it, however, his pink body, larger then the window itself, got caught in it. The little guy became stuck, his legs and arms wiggling as he sighed uncomfortably. Luckily though, this stopped the suction.

"There." Snake said, wiping his hands in an arrogant satisfaction, as if to mock Wario. "Problem solved."

"Wah ha ha ha ha ha ha!!" Wario laughed obnoxiously. "It's a good thing you're fat!"

Everyone gave him and Snake looks of disapproval.

"…what?" Snake and Wario both asked at the same time.

"This is bad." Fox said. "That suction means that we're in SPACE!"

"Space!" Link shouted. "The space, above the world, space?"

"Yes, that space." Fox confirmed.

Pit looked up to Kirby. "Don't worry, we'll get you out of there."

"Ahem…" Mario said. "Now, if Wario's done being-a Wario, I can explain my plan."

"HRMF!" Wario groaned, folding his arms and turning away.

"Look at these doors." Mario said. He directed his attention to the closest one. "They're security doors. That means that a specialized-a program from somewhere keeps this door locked at all times."

"I see…" Samus said.

"Ok, yeah, it won't open. We all know that." Meta-Knight said.

"These programs-a are sent from a computer system somewhere else. When this happens, we can do-a one of two things."

"I get it now." Snake said, realizing Mario's plan. "We would have to either hack into the program or cut of the electrical power."

"Exactly!" Mario shouted.

"Is that alright?" Samus asked. "We don't know how this system works."

"Well, what ideas do-a you have then?" Mario asked.

Samus retreated. "I… I-"

"But in order to do that, we'd have to have a master electrician." Fox said.

"Pyo?" Kirby asked.

"Yes." Fox said. "I only have a little experience."

Mario sighed. He looked around, and found an electric socket on the wall, under a table with a flower pot on it.

"Let's try here." Mario said.

He led the rag-tag group toward it.

"Anybody-a got a screwdriver?" Mario asked.

Snake coughed. They all turned their attention to him. He looked left and right, sheepishly, before handing a small screwdriver to Mario.

"…you keep a screwdriver on you?" Samus asked.

"Who doesn't?" Snake asked back.

The entire group stared blankly.

"….er, ahem. Thanks, Snake." Mario said. He reached back down to the socket, and began to unscrew the front panel. After a minute, both the screws popped out, and the front panel fell off, along with a few multicolored wires. Mario knelt down, and peered into the exposed circuits.

"Did it work?" Pit asked. "Did it, did it?"

"Hold-a on. I'm trying." Mario said, still going about the exposed wires.

Snake walked off from the rest of the group briefly, to lean against a wall. She reached into his pocket, and pulled out another cigarette.

"What a nightmare." Snake commented, before lighting it. He took a breath, and exhaled a puff of smoke, which rose into the air.

Kirby coughed. "Py-py-Pyo!!"

Snake looked up, realizing that he was standing right beneath where Kirby was wedged into the airtight window.

"Sorry." Snake said, stepping aside. He looked up to the little puffball, and took another breath of smoke. "Uh, so… do you come here often?"

"PY-YO!"

Mario shook his head, and came back out of the panel, to face the others.

"I'm almost there, but there's a couple of wires that I need to cut." Mario stated. "But I don't know which ones."

"Curse our lack of electricians!" Meta-Knight blurted.

"Hey, I know!" Snake said. "Cut the red wire, that's always how it is!"

"I'm not-a trying to disarm a bomb." Mario said.

"Yeah, like we'll ever need to know how to do that." Samus said sarcastically.

"Pi-Pikachu!"

The little yellow mouse approached them. He bounced on his own two hind feet as he approached Mario.

"Pikachu!" said the mouse, confidently.

"…do you know how to do this?" Mario asked.

"Come on, Mario." Wario said. "This is your-a dumbest idea yet!"

"PIKACHU!" shouted the rodent.

"You know about as much about electricity as I do, so why don't you-a shut up already?!" Mario shouted. He turned around, and directed himself towards Pikachu. "Forget-a him. Go on, do what you got-a to do."

The small mouse nodded. Everyone crowded around the area to watch.

"Pi… ka… CHUUUUUU!!!!"

With a booming thunder and sparkling lighting, the entire panel (along with Mario) suffered a blast of electrical energy. As it occurred, all of the lights in the hallway, turned off, one by one. The sound of the distant humming of machinery died down, indicating that the system had powered down.

Pikachu finished his attack, as everyone in the area starred in pure amazement. Everyone was silent, for at least a few seconds.

"…cool." Snake finally blurted out.

"…ow." Mario said, covered in soot. He shocked plumber shook his head, removing all the dust from his body.

"Pi-pika…" Pikachu laughed awkwardly.

Snake reached into his pocket, taking out a flashlight and switching it on. He shined it on one of the doors.

"Did it work?" he asked.

Link walked towards the door. He grabbed the knob, and gave it a turn. To his astonishment, the door suddenly lifted upwards and into the wall, like an airlock.

The group of strangers shouted a happy collection of cheers. Snake walked in first with his flashlight, then came back out. "…it's a bathroom."

"FINALLY!" Wario exclaimed. He rushed ahead of the others, pushed Snake out of the way, and slammed the door behind him loudly.

All 9 of the others looked at one another, and then at the door. All of them closed their eyes and groaned.

Eventually, a few minutes later, after Wario was finished, the group decided to press on.

They all walked into the bathroom, where, at the other end of the room, there was another door, this one wooden, that led further ahead inside.

"We're going in?" Link asked.

"Well, leaving-a this place into space is certain death." Mario said. "Alright, come on everyone."

The group was led into the bathroom collectively.. They were just about to reach the next door, when Meta-Knight turned around.

"Coming Kirby?"

The rest of the group turned around, and spotted Kirby, still wedged in the window.

"Pyo."

"I'll do it." Link said. "Everyone, stand back."

A bit puzzled, the other 8 in the room walked backwards, towards the door, waiting for him to act.

Link reached into his pocket, and took out a strange device. It looked like a glove, but it had a large claw in the front, made of 3 metal prongs.

"It's a clawshot." Link said, knowing the others were curious.

Link placed it on his hand, and pointed it at Kirby. The clawshot made a clicking sound, similar to a gun cocking.

"PYO!" Kirby exclaimed.

Link fired the weird machine. The claw piece shot outwards, connected to the rest by a chain. The claw reached Kirby, and latched onto him tightly.

"Pyo!" Kirby said, sounding constricted.

Link pulled back on the machine. The chain retracted, pulling Kirby free from the window. Within a second, Link pulled Kirby back into the bathroom, and then quickly slammed the metal door shut, sealing the hallway out.

Snake looked at Link, then at Kirby. "…geez, you people are weird."

"Well, come-a on then." Mario said. He opened the next, wooden door, and walked through, with the rest of the group following.

"Snake, let me see the flashlight." spoke Mario.

Snake nodded, and threw it to the leading plumber, who caught it nicely.

Mario turned back around and peered ahead, with the light to guide him.

Mario lit up a larger chamber. It looked like a huge, first class, empty dinning room. A lot of tables were organizes across the large room. 4 times as many chairs and benches accompanied them, all looking very comfortable. The floor tiles were still elegantly marble, though most of the room was coated in a fair orange carpet. On every table was a flower pot, salt and pepper shaker, as well as ketchup and mustard dispensers, and preset plates and tea cups. Above the tables were ceiling fans, though none of them spinning due to the cut power. To the right was an unoccupied counter, next to it, a jukebox. The left side of the room was mostly a painting, a huge one over 2 stories tall. The painting was an abstract one, displaying a distorted map of earth, the colors of the sea and land inverted. Dead ahead of the group was a large, arced doorway, made of metal, but looking regal all the same.

"Yay, it's-a a food court!" Wario exclaimed.

"Pika!"

"Pyo!"

Mario walked ahead of the others, shinning his flashlight in every direction. He used his free hand to cup at his mouth.

"Hello! Anyone-a there?!"

"Quiet." Snake whispered. "That's just what the enemy would want to say."

"Yeah." Meta-Knight agreed.

Snake closed his eyes, and took another breath of smoke.

"…how can you stay so calm here anyway?" Samus asked Snake. "We're all worried, and here you are just smoking a cigarette like it were any other day."

"Oh, it's because this is a nightmare." Snake said. "I'll just wake up soon, having learned some ridiculous moral or something."

Samus rose her eyebrow. "…yeah."

Suddenly, the distant humming sound resumed, starling the group.

"Generator Alpha, under repairs." said a robotic voice over the intercom.

"What kind of sorcery…?" Link asked.

"Back up Generator Beta, now active. Power now returning."

All of the lights in the room activated, one by one, slowly illuminating the room from right to left. The ceiling fans began to slowly spin as well. Even the jukebox activated, as it began to play what sounded like some kind of old-rock song.

"Oh, wait, I love this song!" Wario shouted, beginning to lip-sync to the rock.

"What an oaf." Fox declared to Snake, pointing with his thumb.

"Attention all passengers." said a different, real voice.

They all looked up, to spot a speaker on the roof.

"This is the Pilot. We apologize for the black out, but are happy to report that our generators are up and running again. This spacecraft will soon reach our destination."

"Our destination?" Samus asked.

"In addition, would all of the passengers in the 1st class dinning hall, please report to floor U-14 for a mandatory conference."

Snake shook his head. "What the-?"

"I repeat; Mario, Link, Pikachu, Kirby, Meta-Knight, Pit, Samus, Wario, Snake, and Fox, report to floor U-14 for a mandatory conference. Thank you."

With that, the announcement ended.

Snake conked his head a couple of times. "Ok, I'm ready to wake up. Come on, wake up!"

"Would you stop joking around?" Fox asked.

"Pyo!"

"I say we don't do it." Samus said. "It's obviously a trap."

"Samus, where-a else is there to go?" Wario asked.

"This is some kind of space vessel! There's probably an escape pod somewhere." Samus stated.

"Actually, she's right." Fox added. "Every large vessel in my district of space has to have escape pods, they made it regulation 73 years ago."

"All we have to do is find it." Samus said.

"You-a said it yourself, Samus. You have-a no idea where we are." Mario said. "Even if we do that, won't we simply get lost in space?"

Both Fox and Samus went silent.

"Maybe we should go after all." Link said. "Ilia did always say that the best way to solve a problem is confront it."

"Agreed. Whatever it may be, I shan't deny destiny." Meta-Knight said.

"Pyo!"

"Pikachu!"

"Of course we should go!" Pit shouted.

"Yeah, whatever." Wario added in.

"…so, we'll do it?" Mario asked.

The group gave collective nods.

"Ok, let's go." Mario said.

With that, the group collectively walked across the dinning chamber, towards the arced doorway. Mario and Link both grabbed both of the doors, and pulled it open together. With that, they both walked inside the next room.

This room was overwhelming: It was 3 stories tall. It was also circular, making the room shaped like a giant cylinder. The center of the chamber was a giant glass shaft, with a strange, sci-fi looking elevator. It was possible to see all 3 floors from here, as each floor had it's circular balcony that covered the outer rim of the room. On this floor, surrounding them, were doors, and neon-lit signs. Clockwise, they read, in flashing colors: "Gymnasium, Training Court. Auditorium, Shopping court, Interior Garden, Arcade, Swimming/Jacuzzi, Lounge, Second Class Dinning Hall (and above the door they were standing at) First Class Dinning Hall". The room was brightly lit by golden chandeliers, an very ornate, as it's orange carpeting, golden railings, mosaic ceiling, and distant big-band music played over a speaker.

"…what is this?" Link asked. "I've never seen anything like this in my life."

"I think it looks beautiful!" Pit said. "I like the ceiling!"

Everyone briefly looked up, to the mosaic ceiling that featured pixel-like angels made from the tiles.

"…well, I guess we have to get in the elevator." Mario said.

The group slowly walked through the room, looking around all the while to get a grasp of their surroundings. It was Samus who managed to reach the elevator first. She pushed a button on the door, which caused it to open up to them. One by one, they walked inside the elevator.

"Hey, get-a of my foot!" Wario cried.

"I will if that little puffball will stop clinging to my leg!" Snake said.

"Pyo!"

"Not my fault you're so big!" Samus shouted.

"Pit, your-a wings are-a in my face." Mario said, muffled.

"Sorry."

The elevator door shut, sealing the 10 of them inside.

"State your destination." said an automatic voice.

"Where is that coming from?" Link asked.

"It's an intercom, geez!" Fox cried.

"Uh…" Samus sighed. "Floor U-14."

"Request accepted." replied the voice.

The elevator suddenly jerked, causing the group to collectively gasp. Then, it launched upwards, like a rocket. Mario, Wario, Kirby, Pikachu, Pit, and Link all shouted as it shot up, some of them straining against the express rising.

They passed into the ceiling of the elevator room, and proceeded up a neon shaft leading up. Cyan and bright pink lights passed them by as they rose the black shaft. The constant changing of blue and pink alone was somewhat trippy, as the elevator maintained it's momentum on it's decent. Higher and higher up the shaft, they rose, some still screaming, all the way until-

SMASH!!!

The elevator reached the top floor. Abruptly. All 10 of the strangers flew up and hit the ceiling, only to come crash back down on the floor again, landing on top of one another.

"…ooooooow…" Wario whined.

"Shut up already!" replied everyone else in the elevator.

The elevator door jerked, then opened up. Standing on the other side was a cloaked man, wearing an overcoat and hat that was tilted in a way that hindered the other from seeing his face.

"Who-a the heck are you?" Wario asked.

The man merely stood there. "…Mario, Link, Samus, Pit, Snake, Pikachu, Kirby, Meta-Knight, Fox, Wario. Welcome to Smash Bros."

Author's Notes: Thus, the first chapter concludes. Sorry if this was a bit boring, all, but I will make the next one a bit more informative. Please review, as this will help me write the next chapter. Thank you for reading!