A/N: This chapter looked a lot longer on my iPhone x.x

Meta Knight pulled his dark cape closer to him as Sword and Blade shuffled in beside him. The elevator made a mechanical noise as it lowered itself a floor, before opening to reveal Tiff, Tuff, and Kirby. The three children bounded inside, laughing about something.

"Hi Sword!" Tiff giggled.

"Hi Blade!" Tuff trembled with laughter.

"Meta poyo!" Kirby leaped up with excitement.

Sword raised his unseen eyebrows. "Did you three plan this or something?"

Tiff barely withheld a laugh. "N-no. Why would you think that?"

Sword and Blade exchanged skeptical glances, and Meta Knight merely rolled his eyes. The elevator clicked into place as they reached another floor, and the doors opened. Behind them stood an annoyed Escargoon and an angry looking King Dedede. They stomped in the elevator and Escargoon mashed a button on the wall.

Everyone fell silent.

Meta Knight, to his dismay, had to act sympathetic toward the king, or he'd lose his job. He inwardly groaned, but attempted to sound concerned. "Eh, my King. You seem...agitat-"

"Don't you finish your sentence, puffball!" The fat penguin roared. "I am not agimitated!"

Meta Knight blinked, but decided to just drop the entire conversation. Everyone in the elevator fell into the awkward silence again, until Tuff burst out laughing again. He covered his mouth as everyone turned to stare at him.

"Would you care to tell us what is so amusing, Tuff?" Meta Knight asked, slightly sarcastic. The boy froze.

"W-well, I..."

"What'd you do?" Blade crossed his arms.

"Uh...I-I..."

"Was it illegal?" Sword questioned as he raised a finger.

Tuff tugged at his collar. "Eh, heheh, you see..."

Escargoon looked nervous. "More importantly," he started, "was it deadly?"

"Good lord!" Tiff shouted, throwing a book that she had tucked underneath her arm down. "We only glued the king's underpants to the back Blade's helmet! Sheesh!"

Blade lowered his newly discovered underwear-clad helmet in dismay. "Why me?" He turned his head in attempt to see the back of his helmet, but failed. Sword gasped. "Oh my-"

"WHY'D YA USE MAH UNDERPANTS?" King Dedede bellowed, raising his hands and waving them around madly. "WHY NOT ESCARGOON'S?"

Escargoon whirled on the king. "Now, wait just a minute here!"

In an instant, everyone in the elevator began to argue. Sword was frantically trying to scrape Dedede's undergarments off of Blade with the tip of his sword, Tiff and Tuff were bickering, and Dedede and Escargoon were yelling at each other.

Meta Knight lowered his head in exasperation. This was why he never rides elevators. Kirby squeezed in next to Meta Knight and gave him a hug, giving a contented 'poyo'. Meta Knight resisted the urge to shove the infant Star Warrior away. Suddenly, he realized something.

"G-guys..." Meta Knight raised his voice as he pushed Kirby away anyways. No one heard him.

"Guys!" he snapped, and everyone fell silent. All eyes rested on Meta Knight. "Um, how long are elevator rides supposed to be?"

Tuff shrugged. "I dunno. Like, a minute or two?"

Meta Knight blinked and peered at the elevator doors. "A-and how long have we been on this one?"

Escargoon looked down at a watch on his wrist. "Eh, about five minutes." He replied. He raised his head and looked at the knight skeptically. "Wh-Oh, no..."

Everyone in the elevator came to one conclusion.

"We're trapped!"

"This elevator's slow?"

Well, all except Dedede. Sword and Blade exchanged a worried glance.

"We're screwed?" Sword asked his companion.

Blade slouched his shoulders. "Yup."

Review, plz!

Sry for the shortness -w-;