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Marth, Ike, and Pit sat on the side of Skyworld's fountain, sipping lemonade and feeling good.

"It's so peaceful here," Marth sighed. "I mean... peaceful isn't exactly the word I would use to describe the Battlefield Fortress..."

Ike snorted. "Yeah. More like dark, lonely, and foreboding."

Pit shrugged. "At least you two have each other and Lyn. All I've got's the occasional OC who comes and falls in love with me."

Ike set his glass down. "You might like this place, Marth, but I think it's boring."

Ike stood up, surveying the skyscape. "No offense, Pit. It's just... too predictable. Calm. I

like to be kept on my toes."

The moving platform slowly traveled across the sky. Ike jumped on it.

"This is the best action we're ever gonna get here!" He yelled to Marth and Pit.

"Ike, that's dangerous. Get back here," Marth called out worriedly.

Ike rolled his eyes. "I'm comin', I'm comin'." But as he prepared to jump, he heard something that nearly made him lose his balance.

A giant black bird, a raven, came flying out of nowhere and flew straight at Ike's face.

"AAAAAAHHHHH!" Ike screamed as he tangled with the bird. "Alfred Hitchcock! The Birds! It all becomes clear to me! AAAAAHHHHH!"

"Pit, shoot that thing!" Marth cried.

"I can't!" Pit said, who already had an arrow loaded. "They keep moving! I'd hit Ike by accident!"

All of a sudden, another bird flew at Ike, and then another and another.

And finally, the inevitable happened.

Ike lost his balance.

"IIIIIIIIIKE!" Marth and Pit screamed as Ike plummeted toward the ground.

...

"Oh, God! Oh, my God!" Zelda whimpered as the brawlers gathered around to view Ike's crumpled body.

Zelda buried her face in Link's chest. Tears streamed down both their faces.

"Oh... oh, no..." Marth fell to his knees beside his best friend's body.

"Please don't be dead, Ike... please don't be dead..."

...

"Marth, I'm sorry. This is all my fault." Pit said.

Marth didn't answer. He hadn't spoken for a week. Not since that day.

"Why did he have to leave us?" Roy whispered as they viewed Ike's body. Ike's once-smiley, jokey face was cold and pale. His grayish blue eyes were closed... for good.

"If only we knew why," Link said with a hard edge to his voice. "He didn't derserve it. Not in the slightest."

Pit's eyes widened. "Hold on just one second," he said, his voice growing colder. "I happen to know who causes death."

Marth's head snapped up. "Who?" He croaked in a hoarse voice.

"The Angel of Death."

"The... the Angel of Death?"

"Samael. He determines who lives and who dies. He's the one who let Ike die. Who lets everything die."

Marth stood up. "Well, then, what are we waiting for?" Marth asked hoarsely. "Let's go have a chat with this Samael character!"

"M-Marth... that's very dangerous. And you can't go alone. Only high-ranking angels can even think of..."

Pit stopped talking, but it was too late.

...

"Are you sure about this, Marth?" Pit asked as the two of them stood in front of the dark, foreboding cave.

"I-I..." Marth tried to peer inside, but it was blacker than the night. "I... I won't say I'm not scared. Because I am. But I want to do this. I need to do this. For Ike. For my best friend, Pit."

Pit nodded. "Well, then... I guess we're due for a visit with Samael."

And so the angelic commander and the human warrior prince embarked on a journey to meet with Death.

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