Chapter One: Amiibo Rush

I sigh as I unlock the gift shop for the day, wheeling in a dolly cart full of boxes. Today is Saturday, and as usual, I've got a bunch of new Amiibos to stock the shop with. Since there's no new wave that's come out, I'm expecting today to be a slow go, as most of the Smashers now have their hands on the latest wave of Amiibos, thank goodness. I should be able to finally relax in the shop for once.

After wheeling the boxes into the back room, I grab a nearby box cutter and rip open the first box of items. I gasp lightly, seeing a different colored set of Amiibo boxes than normal.

Either Master Hand picked up a new Amiibo early, or he got his hands - er, hand - on some rare ones... Either way, I'm gonna be in for it today...

My suspicions are confirmed when I pick up the first Amiibo - a Rosalina and Luma Amiibo. These things have got to be one of the rarest Amiibo out there. At first, I thought that these could only be found online, but I guess Master Hand found a way to order some in bulk for the Smashers. I pull out a total of five of them and set them aside so I can sort through everything else...

The next Amiibo I pull out shocks me even more- a Ness Amiibo. Now how in Light's name did Master Hand order some of these!? These didn't even come in to the shop when they came out because the public sold so many, so even Ness himself went without one... I pull out five of those, leaving two out for Rock and myself.

On I go with pulling out Amiibos. I find myself with nothing but rare, hard to find Amiibos - Rosalina and Luma, Ness, Marth, Villager, Little Mac, Captian Falcon, Shulk, Pit, King Dedede, and Meta Knight. Even worse, only 5 of each. At this point, I can only hope that every Smasher doesn't find out at once about this situation, or I'm going to be in for it...

After getting the items on the shelves, (and putting two of each Amiibo aside for myself and Rock), I return to my desk, only for the door to immediately swing open. I look up, seeing that Toon Link, Villager, and Ness have walked in - the child Smashers. Almost every time those three come in, I get something or another busted or torn, so I make a mental note to keep watch of them as I sit at my chair at the register with my E-Tank as usual. Feeling a little bored, I turn on the radio to a decent volume as not to bother the customers in the shop. My stage music begins to gently play throughout the shop.

I must've spaced out for the next few minutes, because I am suddenly brought back to Earth by Ness and Toon Link yelling. I look over to find the two tugging on a Ness Amiibo's box.

Oh brother...Here it goes...

"It's the last one, and I promised Lucas that if I could I'd deliver him an Amiibo of me to take with him until he gets back to the Mansion, so let me take two of my Amiibo, Toon!" Ness yells.

"Don't you know how rare your Amiibo is?!" Toon Link yells back, tugging harder on the box. "If I don't get one now, I might never have another chance to get one! Lucas can get one on his own! He's part of your series, so he'll probably get one delivered to him when he gets here anyway!"

"No, he won't, because even I don't have my own Amiibo since it's so rare!" Ness yells over Toon, tugging at the box harder. "Please, Toon, let me get this for a friend!"

"No! I want it for my collection!" Toon Link yells, tugging the box even harder.

By this point, I can hear that the box is starting to rip. I swear, if an Amiibo ends up on my head, I'm going to be one ticked off Robot Master...

"Mr. Elec Man, I'm ready to check out."

I look in front of me, seeing Villager standing there with one of each rare Amiibo in arms.

"Oh...sorry." I say, looking at Villager, though keeping one eye on the still arguing Ness and Toon Link. "Just set the Amiibos on the table, I'll get to scanning them."

Villager nods lightly as he places the Amiibos one at a time onto the counter. I scan them, then reach into the bottom of the counter for a bag.

As I'm bending over, RRRRIP! CLONK!

A Ness Amiibo bounces right off of my head and hits the closed Employees Only room - AKA my break room and the storage room. Villager looks at me with wide eyes as I rub my now throbbing head. Even with a helmet on, that still hurt...

"Now you ripped it open!" Ness yells at Toon Link, holding one end of the Ness Amiibo Box as Toon Link is holding the plastic part, which ripped off.

Meanwhile, I am beyond mad. I feel my core thumping in my chest in anger, and I feel my internal temperature start to rise. One thing I hate is getting clonked in the head with an Amiibo (or anything for that matter) that wouldn't have even flown out of its box if it wasn't for two kids being immature! I pinch the bridge of my nose in anger, struggling to get myself together.

"Um, Mr. Elec Man, your face is red..." Villager says, backing away.

"Seriously, Toon, you're making Elec Man upset!" Ness yells seeing my angered face. "That wasn't even needed! Why can't you let me take this one thing to please Lucas!?"

"Because I saw it first for one, and for two, I need it for my collection!" Toon Link yells back.

...That was the last straw...

"NESS AND TOON, GET OUT OF MY SHOP!" I yell in anger, slamming my hands on the counter, causing my E-Tank to spill all over the counter, nearly soaking Villager's items. "IT'S TOO EARLY FOR THIS! COME BACK THIS EVENING AFTER MATCHES!"

"But..."

"I SAID GET OUT!"

"Nice going, Toon!" Ness huffs as he leaves the shop. Toon Link follows him shortly after...not closing the god forsaken door!

"Um..." Villager looks at the open door in shock. "...Should I come back later...?"

I take a few breaths, trying to calm my still thumping core.

"...Not necessary." I say after I'm calm enough to talk without yelling. "Give me just one second and I'll finish bagging your things, Villager."

I walk away from the counter and into the storage room to grab a rag to clean up the E-Tank that I spilled all over the counter. As I'm stepping over the numerous boxes and whatnot, I hear the entrance bells jingle, indicating another Smasher has entered the shop.

When I get back with the rag, I look up, seeing who just walked in. Zero The Mii, our Mii Swordsman, and Rock the Mii, our Mii Gunner. Those two don't come in often, but every now and again they come in to see what's been stocked. I've never had much problems with those two Miis, so I don't mind them walking around the shop unattended. The only one who gets out of hand at times is Rock, but with Zero watching him, he tends to keep in line. After nodding lightly in greeting to them, I clean up the spilled E-Tank and return to getting Villager checked out.

Villager gives me the gold for the items and I place it into the register, giving him his change and receipt afterwards.

"Have a Smashing Fun Day!" I say goodbye to him.

"You know I will, see ya later, Elec!" Villager says, walking out with his items, rather pleased despite the wait.

Just as I'm settling back into my chair, the bells chime once more, indicating another Smasher has arrived. Feeling another blast of hot summer air from the door not being closed again, I know just who it was as well.

"Sonic, close my door!" I yell at him.

Said hedgehog turns to the door, and moves to close it, slamming it right on poor Rock (Mega Man), who was walking in with Pac-Man and Mario. I facepalm at that.

"Well, you told me to close it, so I did!" Sonic protests, as Mega Man rubs his sore nose outside the shop.

"Fine, fine, at least you listened for once..." I sigh. "Anyway, if anyone needs anything, I'm grabbing a new E-Tank."

I then get up from my seat as Mega Man, Pac-Man and Mario walk in, gently closing the storage room behind me.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE WERE NESS AMIIBOS HERE!?N WHY DIDN'T ANYONE CALL ME!?"

Sonic's yell was enough to startle me, thus causing me to drop my new, full E-Tank right on my foot. Ouch...

After taking a moment to shake off the throbbing in my foot, I limp back out of the storage room, seeing Sonic standing at the empty Ness Amiibo rack with his hands on his hips.

"And I got here early too!" Sonic complains. "What gives!?"

"There were only three, and they were taken...well, one was, and the one's box ripped, and the other has a dented box now, so I can't sell it." I say. "Sorry. Get here faster, Sonic."

"Oh, shut up!" Sonic was clearly insulted. He sighs as he looks around some more as I head back into the storage room to get my E-Tank, hopefully without it dropping on my foot this time.

"I saw it first, so give it!" Rock the Mii yells at Pac-Man, who is holding the last Rosalina and Luma Amiibo.

"No, I saw it first!" Pac-Man yells back holding the Amiibo box protectively. "It's mine! You can wait til next time!"

"There might not be a next time, and I was who saw it before any of you, so it's mine!" yells Sonic, placing a hand on his hip. Meanwhile, Zero is holding his own Rosalina and Luma Amiibo in silence. Oddly enough, nobody is giving him a hard time for his, but I don't blame them. Zero always carries his saber on him, and he's known for pulling it on people when he's upset.

I sigh, stomping out of the storage room at the yelling. So much for my E-Tank! I slam the door closed behind me, a scowl plastered on my face.

"Alright, you three, break it up, now!" I yell at the arguing Smashers.

No avail. The Smashers just continue.

"It's mine!" Pac-Man yells.

"No, it's mine!" yells Rock, attempting to wrestle the Amiibo box out of Pac-Man's hand, knocking a bunch of Ness plushies onto the ground.

"No, it's mine!" Sonic yells over them both, also trying to wrestle over the box, stomping on the plushies and knocking down two Ice Kirby plushies.

On they go, screaming and yelling like brats for a full fifteen minutes, knocking things down as they do.. Slowly but surely, I'm getting a headache, and getting very ticked off. By this point, the fighting's only gotten worse. Rock's wrestled Pac-Man to the ground, finally successfully prying the Amiibo out of his hands, knocking a shelf down in the process, causing a bunch of Bass Trophies that I didn't put on the shelves yet to spill right out of a box. Sonic is yelling over Rock and Pac-Man. My head starts to hurt worse. If this keeps up for another minute...

"I got it! It's mine!" Rock yells, holding up the Rosalina and Luma Amiibo.

"I don't think so!" Sonic yells. "I'm tired of missing out on Amiibos! It's mine!"

"Not my fault you're too slow!" Rock yells.

Sonic and Rock are now in a screaming match about the Amiibo, as Pac is trying to get it back from Rock, who is holding it high in the air as he yells at Sonic, as the trio continues to fight, knocking down various trophies, Amiibos, and plushies from the shelves and onto the floor, making my gift shop a bloody mess!

That's it...I'm D-O-N-E!

"YOU KNOW WHAT!?" I yell, my finger lighting up with a Thunder Beam Attack. I fire it directly at the Rosalina and Luma Amiibo box, causing a mini explosion. Pieces of paper rain down on the arguing Smashers as the Amiibo flies up, hitting the wall and breaking.

"NO ONE GETS IT NOW!" I finish.

Sonic, Rock, and Pac-Man stare at me, their eyes wide and mouths hung open in disbelief as pieces of the Rosalina Amiibo's box fall onto them and the floor. Mega Man stares at me from his spot at the flowers, Mario continues looking at the purses, and Zero backs off towards the door, his hands up, as if saying that he had no part of the shenanigan.

"Now...unless you need anything else, please kindly, EXIT MY SHOP!" I yell, still not calmed down in the least.

"Well, okay then...I'll get Shulk then, because I'm really feeling it!" Rock decides to joke around, when now is obviously not the time to do so, walking to the Shulk Amiibo rack.

"I don't give a hoot what you get, just get it and GET OUT!" I yell, just wanting everyone to get the heck outta here. I am beyond my limit with immature Smashers, and just want some time to myself before I have to straighten up this pig pen of a shop caused by immature Smashers arguing over a plastic figurine.

Without another word, everyone walks through the mess of a gift shop, grabbing their items and coming to me to check out. I wait on them one by one without a word other than my usual "Have a Smashing Fun Day" goodbye, though in reality I could give a hoot less if Sonic, Rock, or Pac-Man have a Smashing Fun Day or not.

When the Smashers finally exit the shop, I grab my E-Tank at long last and settle into my chair to calm my nerves a bit, my stage music still lightly playing in the background. I sigh,examining the full extent of the damages to the shop.

Two of the shelves in the plush department are busted, right off of the hinges. The wall is dented where the Rosalina Amiibo broke, the pieces still laying on the ground, slightly scorched, along with the charred pieces of paper from the box. Various Kirby and Pokemon plushies lay spewn all over the ground, a few broken or ripped. An entire box of Bass Trophies that I didn't put on the shelves yet has been knocked down from one of the top shelves, which is broken, the trophies sitting all over the place. Treble has become detached from a few of them. Finally various trophies, purses and flowers sit spewn across the shop.

For the love of Light...why me?

I am startled when the intercom suddenly clicks on, causing me to spill my E-Tank all over my desk once again.

"Attention everyone, it's time for matches!" booms Master Hand. "All Smashers and Assist Trophies, please make your way to the teleporters! Repeat, all Smashers and Assist Trophies, please make your way to the teleporters!"

Well, so much for any time to calm down. I guess cleaning this mess of a shop is also going to have to wait until this evening. Ugh..

I sigh, rising from my seat and begin making my way to the simulators, after cleaning up the spilled E-Tank the best that I can.

..And I still didn't get my E-Tank...