Pit woke with a jump. His dream was the same for the past two days. He and Palutena were patrolling sky world when everything would go pitch black, and a dark version of him would fly away with Palutena. Hovering over his head was a glowing red sign that read "New Category: Fear". He got out of bed. He would have to ask Master Hand about this. It was early in the morning, but all of the smashers were already up. All of them gathered by Master Hand's bedroom. Each had the sign. Toon and Lucas were both trying to swat it away while Snake sat in his box scared of what this crazy game would unleash next. Pit greeted Marth, who seemed incredibly annoyed by the sign. Everyone began shouting and hitting the door until it swung open. The lights were off and Master Hand wasn't there.
Pit stepped into the room and everything went jet black. "Master Hand? Crazy?" No response. "Anyone?!" He turned around and the Smashers had disappeared. The door slammed shut behind him. He heard a faint scuttling sound. His only source of light was the glowing sign which slowly began fading away. Pit started to try to find a way out when he heard a whispery voice, "You really haven't figured it out yet?". "What are you talking about!? I just want to get out of here!" Pit shouted. "Tsk Tsk, you really shouldn't be mean. Especially to someone like me." replied the voice. A dark figure began progressing toward Pit as he started backing up in fear. "Still afraid of your shadow?" it continued sarcastically. "Dark Pit?" Pit replied quivering. "I'm surprised you remember me. To you I was always a dream, a nightmare you might say. I've always been with you Pit. You may have forgot about me, but I was always in the back of your mind which kept you asking, what if I wasn't really gone. That is what kept me alive." "We got rid of you. After Palutena died..." Pit responded. "I never left. I am the embodiment of fear! You will never get rid of me! As your fear grows, so will I!" shrieked Dark Pit. Dark Pit slowly became swallowed by shadows. An immense silhouette of a muscular creature with a deformed mauled face erupted from the shadows. Pit was thrown into an abyss of darkness.
Pit found himself being forced into a glass capsule where he was shot upward into a pure white room where all the other Smashers were. They all looked awestruck. Suddenly a wave of dead Smasher's Pit himself. Master Hand flew in. "These are your past lives. Everytime you die you come back, but your bodies stay. If i were to kill you, you would all come back. Torture...if you're tortured you won't come back healthy as you would if you died. You won't come back at all. You'll stay here. I know how to torture you thanks to fear.