Chapter 1

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Heavenly Rule # 24

Should an angel be killed, all those involved will be set upon by a cloak of death until all are deceased. Only then shall Death abandon the bodies of his quarry. There are no exceptions.

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Red woke slowly, breathing in deeply as his nostrils shuddered in anticipation of a massive celebratory breakfast prepared by Kirby, the resident chef. The Brawl tournament had finished yesterday and, seeing as Kirby had beaten out Captain Falcon for the top spot, there was sure to be a delectably delicious meal in the kitchen of Smash Manor.

After each tournament, there was a celebratory meal and a secret vacation. Red, after following the clues, had it narrowed down to a sub-aquatic trip to Atlantis. Or a flight to Maui. Red was hoping for Maui because water made him nervous. His own Squirtle didn't even know surf.

He practically glided to the kitchen, following his nose as it captured aromas of bacon, eggs and sausage. That was when all hell broke loose. Red, who was distracted, knocked directly into an equally distracted Pit. Pit fell over the railing to the lower levels where Bowser and Captain Falcon were high fiving. Pit unfolded his wings only to have one almost ripped out of its socket by the high five. He turned awkwardly favoring his right wing and trying to stable out. Meta Night, King Dedede, Jigglypuff, Charizard, Mewto and Lucario entered the hallway. All were occupying the air and Pit tried to duck beneath them only to run right through a wall. Samus, Zero Suit Samus, Peach, Zelda and Sheik were changing in the female changing room when Pit burst through the wall. They hurriedly kicked him out. Unfortunately, they kicked him out through another wall, and into the kitchen. Kirby turned and accidentally hit Pit in the face with a frying pan, causing a noise which made Nana and Popo stumble and toss their hammers into the air. Both hit Pit on the back of the head. Falco, Wolf and Fox were dueling when Pit stumbled in. He was caught in the cross fire and all three bullets shot directly through his right wing. Pit stumbled into the next arena where Donkey Kong accidentally hit him into Diddy Kongs peanut gun shot, which blew Pit into the path of a savage sword fight between Ike, Marth, Roy and Link. All four swords caused minor slits in his already tarnished wings. Stumbling even more, Pit entered the kitchen but was immediately knocked to his knees by a hoard of hungry Smashers including Ganondorf, Lucas, Ness, both Marios Toon Link and Luigi. Pit sat groggily at a metal table. Unfortunately, at that same table, Ivysaur, Squirtle, Pichu and Pikachu were having a miniature duel, and a stray lightning bolt shocked the table causing Pit to fling backwards into the center of a poker game between Snake, Wario and Sonic. They quickly threw him off the table, straight onto Yoshi's back. Yoshi walked into the kitchen knocking Pit's head on the doorframe R.O.B, Mr. Game & Watch and the Pikmin didn't notice Pit on the floor until they walked right over him. Pit was no longer moving. Or breathing.

Red stared in horror from his spot on the staircase. Each and every Smasher had been a part of Pit's death. It rocked Red to his very core. All the Smashers surrounded Pit's body and mourned silently. Each remembering and replaying their parts in the death mentally.

Master Hand entered which a joyous hello, only to discover what everybody else already knew. He was troubled deeply and quickly scooped up Pit's body and took it away, returning minutes later.

"Now, this accident will put a damper on the feast, however, if Pit were hear he would love it more if we would continue, and Captain Falcon would control his drinking problem." There was scattered laughter, but mostly a dead silence. "So eat up, Kirby has prepared this glorious meal, and I'd prefer that it be eaten with gusto."

Red sat solemnly at his table with Snake, Wario, Link and Marth. There was small-talk, but Red didn't focus.

"Right Red?" Link looked at him blankly.

"What? Sorry, I…I blanked out." Red stuttered looking into the strikingly azure eyes that only Link could pull off.

He smiled (Oh how Red loved it when he smiled) "I said, it was an accident. Nobody is to blame." He put an emphasis on blame staring towards R.O.B at the next table. If Robots could blush, R.O.B was doing it.

After the meal, Master Hand ushered us towards the lake smiling. Most of the Smashers had forgotten the troubled morning with the help of a full stomach and were eagerly awaiting the trip. Soon a huge submarine that Sonic recognized as one of Eggman's old ones, arose out of the water. Each Smasher climbed in slowly with a smile on their face. Red was nervous, but when Link grabbed his hand encouragingly Red melted and allowed himself to be lead onto the undersea explorer.

The inside was shiny and metal with plexi-glass windows and a titanium floor. The Smashers were talking excitedly about Atlantis, and they didn't run out of things to say until about halfway through. When something else caught their attention.

Bowser was walking slowly towards the front of the sub when the floor beneath him disappeared and he impaled himself on a huge pipe. The pipe couldn't break through his shell, but instead knocked it off into the air. It landed, much to Red's despair, on Charizard, who screamed loudly shattering the lights over head as blood pooled around him. When Charizard screamed fire spit forward onto Donkey Kongs tie. The tie caught all of Donkey Kong on fire and he ran screaming into a huge indoor shark-tank. (Master Hand thought that the Smashers would love it) Glass flew everywhere and a piece slit Falco's throat. Most of the glass shattered in Ganondorf's direction and he was bombarded with it. Ivysaur and King Dedede had been standing in front of the tank and were immediately taken as lunch by a huge great white. It soon died from loss of water but not before it took Lucas as dinner. Mario ran towards Peach to protect her, but a pipe from above knocked his head clean off. Blood exploded onto Meta Night who backed up in shock and fell into the same hole as Bowser, meeting the same fate. Mr. Game & Watch beeped loudly as a stray wire from the light fixture met the water from the fish tank. Him, Ness, Peach and Pikachu were killed immediately. Pikachu had overloaded on electricity, and upon his death let it all out in the form of an explosion. The explosion plowed R.O.B, Samus and Snake to the back of the sub. The sub then broke in half. Zelda, Mewto and Lucario hurried forward to keep the water at bay. R.O.B, Samus, Snake, Squirtle and Wolf had been on the other side and were immediately claimed by the water. Squirtle and Wolf, who had a breathing device, swam back to our end. A great white swimming nearby cracked Squirtle's shell in half and dragged Wolf away. Zelda screamed and dropped her part of the shield causing Mewto to extend his. Before he could however, Zelda fell screaming into the water and was impaled by a piece of coral.

Zero Suit Samus ran forward but slipped on the water and cracked her head into the glass. There was a streak off blood left as she fell onto the floor. Red looked slowly at the glass with terror in his eyes. It was going to break, there were obvious signs of cracking. Yoshi and Wario ran towards the front of the sub only to find snakes resting in the captain's seat. The snake was a python and immediately claimed both Yoshi's and Wario's lives. It claimed Sonic and Sheik but was killed by a star from Sheik's belt. It's dead body slid forward crushing Roy and Popo. Then there was a bang and the windows imploded. Shards of glass flew everywhere as Mewto and Lucario extended their shields with much difficulty. A huge pane of glass flattened the Pikmin, Pichu and Olimar as Nana and Mewto had their faces and bodies mutilated by the shattered glass. Lucario surrounded the sub with his shield straining visibly. Unfortunately, Marth and Luigi slipped on the glass and slammed their heads onto stray pieces. Their dead bodies slid forward and knocked the feat out from under Lucario. He lost focus and slid out of the sub smashing his head on the broken edge. Kirby and Jigglypuff screamed as tiger sharks swam towards Lucario's dead body. The sharks took both puffballs as prey and dragged the bodies away. Ike, Fox and Dr. Mario slid towards the opening as well but Ike grabbed hold of a pipe. The pipe came loose and impaled all three in that order. Diddy Kong screeched as two wires from the ceiling connected with the water electrocuting both him and Captain Falcon. Red looked at Link as the water got higher and higher. Just before the water claimed his life he yelled. "I love you Red." And then he was gone, and Red was alone. Red cried and cried until everything went black.

Red looked up. He was holding Link's hand and was about to get into the sub.

"No!" Red started. "Get off the boat! Now!" The other Smashers gave him looks that plainly said as if.

"What is wrong Red?" Master Hand started.

"If we get on that sub, we're all going to die! Get off now! There are sharks and a snake! Get off!" Red screamed and Link led him back off of the dock. The other Smashers followed with a mixture of anger, resentment and pity.

"Calm down Red, I'll go check the boat." Master hand walked down into the sub.

"What the hell Red! You ruined our trip." Bowser said.

Red looked at him. "You, you died first. And then you!" He said pointing to Charizard. "And you!" He continued to DK. Everyone looked at him like he was crazy and Link started to loosen his grip on Red's hand. "No! It's true! The snake! A python! It killed Yoshi, Wario, Sonic and Sheik! And Link! Link! I love you too." Red finished.

"Wha… how did you know?"

"You said it, before you died and then I was all alone." Red finished. Link looked like he was about to continue when Master Hand got out of the sub looking whiter than white. In his hand was a huge python.

All of the Smashers went pale and a few fainted when Master Hand said.

"The glass, it wasn't reinforced. The shark tank wasn't either. The entire sub would've fallen apart mid-way to Atlantis."