Hey guys! Here's the second chapter, so I've been planning out how to introduce the characters and I figured I could do it in little packs every two or three chapters, which keeps the story from feeling rushed and for the current characters to get situated in the story. As always, feel free to ask questions in the comments and your reviews are always appreciated.
Anyway, onto the next chapter!
"This better be good" Wolf grumbled as he and the many other smashers walked down the hallway to the living room, they had been called by Master Hand about a special announcement he had planned. Many of the smashers were unhappy they had to stop what they were doing while others had nothing better to do, and saw this time as a way to escape their boredom. Most of the time, his announcements meant either good news or bad news, with many wishing this time was bad news since they were still trying to get over the... World of Light incident, which gave many of them nightmares still.
"When is it ever?" Mega Man asked, feeling the same way that Wolf was about the situation, as did the other smashers. Fear, the smash mansion wasn't a relatively safe place since it was a mad house everyday, yet they still remained when others would not even withstand a day here.
"Touche" Wolf said, putting his hand to his chin.
"He's probably going to make some new rule about something that someone did" Mega Man said "and then we all pay the price for it". He shuddered, remembering when King Dedede and Marth once took the bus to grab groceries, only to crash it when Dedede-
"Hey! That's King Dedede to you!" the penguin shouted, breaking the fourth wall.
Sorry, King Dedede decided to race against a group of delinquents, and crashed the bus into the second floor wall. Ever since then, only Samus, Ike, and Falco were allowed to grab groceries or deliveries for the mansion.
"That's better!" King Dedede said, crossing his arms and looking up at the ceiling. Roy and Zelda walked past him with confused looks.
"Dedede-" Zelda began.
"King Dedede!" King Dedede corrected her.
"Right, King" Zelda groaned "who are you talking to?" King Dedede's eyes bugged out and he turned back to the two with a nervous look on his face, he smiled sheepishly and giggled.
"Eh, hehe" he pulled on his collar "no one". Zelda and Roy both gave him a solemn nod and continued walking, with King Dedede following them. Mario (now out of his bandages) walked along side Pac-Man and Sonic, he was twirling his fingers around in a nervous fashion and darted his eyes around from side to side. Sonic took notice of this and asked-
"You okay?" Mario looked up and nodded, Sonic could see the sweat dripping down his forehead.
"I'm-a fine" Mario said.
"You don't seem okay" Sonic said.
"Incineroar threw-a me around the-a TV room" Mario answered "the prints are-a still there".
"Oooh, ouch!" Sonic said, imagining the pain the Italian plumber endured after the fire cat Pokemon threw him around "you think this is what Master Hand wants to see you about?"
"Probably" Mario said, Pac-Man made his... Usual sounds to communicate with the two, though they didn't seem to understand him, Sonic gave him a thumbs up and replied.
"Uh... Sure" he said.
The Smash mansion was a big place, which is why it was designed to accommodate a large number of people. The building had three floors and each one had a unique design. The third floor housed the dorm rooms where the smashers would sleep or hang out during the day, each room could house three people that was based on a roommate system Master Hand created. Another part was the shower/bathrooms, which was divided for both men and women, just to keep decency existing in the mansion. A game room was installed last month, as a reward from Nintendo for the success for Super Smash Bros Ultimate, it came complete with video games and systems new and old, a widescreen plasma TV hung from the wall on the right.
The second floor was where the Smash theater and battlefield was located, the theater had a wide row of seats accompanied by a massive theater screen which the others watched smashers fight, much to their amusement until it was their turn. The battlefield was a massive simulator room where Master Hand could use to alter the appearance to match the home worlds of the smashers, and it was off-limits to the smashers since they would possibly abuse their power with it.
The first floor wasn't impressive as the other two since it only housed the kitchen and cafeteria, library, gym, living room, and Master Hand's office. A laundry room was on the far end of the hallway and it was a popular spot with the children to hide during hide n seek, though it wasn't really that big.
The kitchen was similar to that of a restaurant kitchen, and the cafeteria could seat everyone in the mansion, but still had room for more.
The living room had a few dozen chairs and couches because of its large size, a large TV hung on the wall in front with a bookcase full of DVD's underneath, complete with DVD player. The living room also led to the outside which gave a view of the garden, beautifully crafted by the girl smashers, Ganondorf, Marth, and Luigi. Many of them would often spend their days outside while others stayed inside and do whatever they wanted to.
The library was designed by Master Hand, and held hundreds of books he carefully handpicked to keep everyone entertained if the TV or game room was unavailable. Although not many smashers other than Mewtwo or Peach would use it to escape their troubles, while others would use it to get a quick nap.
The Gym came with a series of cardio and physical equipment designed to fit the needs of those who would use it, including a couple of training dummies before matches. Oddly enough, the gym was also the place where most injuries would happen, which is why Master Hand added an infirmary to it. For those who didn't have time to take a shower upstairs, they could use the shower room in the gym.
Master Hand's office was strictly off-limits to half of the mansion except for a chosen few, it was the only place where Master Hand could get privacy and escape the madness. The smashers knew better than to walk in and bug him during his work hours. The few who were allowed to come inside the office often told various exaggerated stories about it was like, though Samus revealed that it looked like a regular office, much to the disappointment of many.
Master Hand floated about the room in a nervous fashion, he felt a knot in his... Stomach, if he had one. He was feeling very worried about what he had to say about the invitations, the new residents, everything that he needed to share with them before they arrived. He glanced up at the clock at the wall and continued his pace, he could now hear footsteps and looked to see the smashers arriving.
"Ah, welcome!" he said in his best cheery tone, yet it seemed as though some of the smashers seemed to be annoyed. People began to take a seat on the many chairs and couches while other sat on the floor and the few took a seat in random places, such when Sonic jumped up and sat on the bookshelf while Yoshi sat up against the window. All eyes were locked onto him, Master Hand felt sweat dripping from his palm and took a deep breath to clear his mind.
"Why did you call us here?" Ganondorf asked, seemingly the one who was annoyed the most after being taken out of his leisure time.
"I understand most of you are unhappy to be here" Master Hand said "but there is some news I must reveal to you, as the coming weeks are going to be very unique". Some of the residents were confused but remained quiet, something about this seemed a little unsettling.
"Like, what kind of unique?" Chrom asked, using his fingers to make quotation marks.
"By now, you all know about the new smasher known as Joker" Master Hand said.
"From Batman!" Bowser Jr. said excitedly.
"No, not from Batman" Master Hand corrected him "from Persona five".
"Ah nuts!" Bowser Jr. said, crossing his arms.
"What's this got to do with why we're all here?" Pokemon Trainer asked.
"Well, I've received a list of smashers from Masahiro Sakurai" Master Hand answered and grabbed the list from within his glove "and originally we had planned to add four extra smashers before the end of the year".
"So what's the big problem?" Sonic asked.
"Sakurai had redesigned the list entirely" Master Hand said "instead of four smashers... There is now going to be ninety-three planned smashers". The room was silent, no one said a single thing upon hearing that, and the feeling of impending dread fell. Master Hand patiently waited for anyone to say something but it remained quiet. A cough erupted from the group and Master Hand to see Ken Masters was the one who did so, but he didn't say a word until he saw that Master Hand was looking at him.
"Huh? Oh!" he suddenly realized that he had tuned out "what's the problem again", he received a slap on the back of the head from King K. Rool, who was sitting behind him.
"Idiot" the crocodile said before slouching back in his chair.
"As of currently, I have already sent letters to the selected individuals" Master Hand returned to his announcement and ignored Ken's ignorance "and I have made living arrangements for the newcomers, meaning there will be a change in roommate assignments". Murmurs rang out around the living room with many of the smashers fearing about these new characters, as the last time they introduced a new smash character into the mansion, it had left a impression that still haunts them.
"Why would he suddenly change the list of all a sudden?" Daisy, her hand raised in the air, asked with a quizzical look "that doesn't sound like him".
"I am just as confused as everyone else is" Master Hand said "but believe me, he knows what's best for the franchise".
"But ninety-three characters? That sounds a tad bit extreme" Pit said, using his fingers to gesture a tight squeeze.
"I have already communicated with him about the list" Master Hand placed the papers back in his glove and continued "and the letters have been sent, there isn't much I can do about it other than wait for the results". He turned around and floated out towards his office, ready to finish his work for the day "we all spend the next three days cleaning the house and readying it for the arrival of the new arrivals" he said "however, they will be here during certain dates, meaning the first unit of smashers will arrive in three days, so be ready". Once he left the room, the smashers all looked at each other and didn't say a thing, some just didn't care of course while others were confused beyond belief.
A letter to Super Smash Bros was like a trophy that was one of a kind, and not many people would receive one. Despite the number of smashers within the household, new arrivals were now a rare thing after the fourth game. This would later exclude the events of Ultimate because, and whatever choices for DLC there were, decisions were made by both Master Hand and Masahiro Sakurai.
"Welp, I'm done here!" King K. Rool said, getting up from his seat and walked out of the room "if anyone needs me, I'm going to be in the kitchen!"
"Poyo!" Kirby said excitedly, and followed the Kremling king in the search for food.
"Oh! I hope so!" K. Rool said, rubbing his hand together, and somehow understanding the language of the young star warrior. The two seemed to settle on some sort of dish, no one really understood how K. Rool learned Kirby's language, but they all agreed that they communicated with the idea of food.
"So is anyone going to ask Master Hand about the newcomers?" Rosalina, sitting on the couch next to Wario and Diddy Kong, asked with Luma in her lap.
"I'll go and do it" Ryu said, getting up from his seat "something about this seems odd".
"I'll say!" King Dedede said as he reached into his cape and pulled out a jar of pickles, he opened the lid and grabbed one and ate it in one bite "why do I have this in my cape again?" Ryu looked at Dedede with a confused expression but turned and went to go find Master Hand. Link saw the remote next to his seat and reached to grab, hoping to use television to numb his mind after the brief shock of a surprise, only for Incineroar to grab it before him and turn the TV onto Animal Planet and began to purr when it saw a lion on the screen.
"Oh I'm not-a doing this again!" Mario said, quickly running out of the room.
"Doesn't anyone want to discuss about this?" Lucina asked, seemingly the only one confused about the reveal.
"Not really".
"Nope".
"Nada".
"Ivysaur!"
Lucina sighed, it was very obvious that half of the residents didn't care about what was going on. She got up from her seat and started to walked out of the room when her gaze was directed to the outside, in the distance, she could see a car having trouble staying on the road and she began to believe someone might be in trouble.
"Someone get a phone!" Lucina said.
"Why? Nothing's on fire" Inkling Boy, who was sitting a few feet away from her, said.
"Yet, that is!" Bowser Jr. added.
"I think someone might be having a heart attack!" Lucina pointed outside the window, a few of the smashers gathered to her spot to see the car was now off the road and heading straight towards a tree. Without much hesitation, Bowser (one of the gathered few) ran for the phone.
"Hurry! I think they're going to-" Lucina was cut off by a loud crash and the sight of a car wrecked against a tree made everyone go quiet until something flew out from the front car window and glided across the air but was too fast for anyone to see what it was. However, they were afraid enough to run out of the way but were unable to warn Bowser when he-
"Alright, they'll be in here five minutes!" Bowser said as he approached the window, only to see that the incoming object was about to come through the window and hit him. Bowser suddenly began to panic and quickly ducked to the ground and placed his hands above his head to protect himself.
CRASH!
Bowser felt something hit his shell and the world began to spin around as he body was used as a projectile that crashed into everything and everyone, sending them either flying into the ceiling or straight through the wall while his shell broke the bookcase and TV.
"Somebody help me!" Bowser shouted as he spun around, he was sliding right towards Donkey Kong when the ape suddenly raised its fist into the air and right when Bowser came close to him, he slammed the Koopa as hard as he could and the hit was powerful him to stop him.
Unfortunately, it also got him stuck in the floor.
"Get me out of here!" Bowser shouted after coming out of his shell and tried to break free, Donkey Kong grabbed the Koopa King by the back and began pulling. After a few moments, Donkey Kong pulled Bowser out and dropped him on the ground.
"What was that?" Villager, whose head was stuck in the TV, asked as he tried to pull free.
"Check it now!" Bowser said as he and Donkey Kong walked over to a newly formed crater in the ground, steam slowly rose from it as though the object was cooling off. Joining the two was a few brave smashers (Marth, Link, Fox, Samus, and Ganondorf) that dared to look inside and see what it was that crashed into the house.
"So is anyone going to poke it?" Fox asked, receiving a few glances from the others "what? It's a genuine question!"
"No it's not" Samus said with doubt. Marth grabbed the sword from its cover and aimed it right at the hole, bending over, he slowly inched it into the hole and moved it around to see if he could hit something solid.
"R.O.B.!" Marth called out "bring me a light!" The robot rolled its way over to the group and lowered his head and shined a light from his eyes into the crater, which made it easier to see what was inside.
Normally things in the mansion can be classified as a multitude of objectives, ranging from the curious to downright confusing. What could be called confusing was a wild ride, as many of the residents weren't strangers to the unnatural and bizarre, which was a normal occurrence everyday. There was one time when Ness and Lucas found what seemed like a ball but turned out to be a hermit Koopa that whacked Luigi on the head with its cane and ran off with a sack of potatoes, which sparked Master Hand to create the rule that would prevent the smash kids from finding random things in the backyard.
This would fit right into those moments...
Laying in the crater could only described as something close to Sonic, yet it didn't seem to be a hedgehog. It appeared to be a bit taller with its head and neck almost cylinder-like, the whole body was covered in an orangish-brown color and wore blue sweat-jeans, if such a thing existed but it seemed as though they did. The ears of the creature were lowered and stiff, as though it was unconscious.
"Is anyone going to see if it's alive?" Fox asked.
"Why would we do that?" Ganondorf asked as he looked at the star cadet with a quizzical look.
"I don't want a dead animal stinking up the house!" Fox replied.
"I'll do it" Marth breathed out and raised his sword above his head.
"Why do you need to raise it?" Samus asked.
"If it's dead, then it won't come back to life as the undead" Marth answered "if it's alive, then it's one of the undead". Samus gave him a frustrated look.
"You've been watching the walking dead again, haven't you?"
"Look, I'm just trying to keep everyone from becoming zombie chow!" As Marth and Samus argued back and forth, Donkey took out a banana from his fur and decided to throw it at the unknown creature. Reeling his arm back, Bowser witnessed what was happening and decided to join in on the fun by grabbing a secretive Bomb-omb from behind his back and readied himself to throw it. Both Bowser and Donkey Kong threw their items into the pit and the next thing Samus, Marth, Ganondorf and Fox saw was the explosion sending them flying into the wall.
"Bwahahaha! That was hilarious!" Bowser laughed and clapped his hands in joy, Donkey Kong joined in on Bowser's amusement and beat his fists against his chest. Unbeknownst to them, whatever was in the crater was now in the air and-
SLAM!
"Woohoo!" the creature shouted as he landed on both feet, which spooked Bowser and Donkey Kong into flying across the room until they landed next to the wall. The creature began to do a little dance before attempting to do the splits, which it succeeded in doing so.
"Show off!" Bowser shouted.
"Yahoo!" The creature started to run around the room in an excited manner, knocking over whatever wasn't already destroyed or on the floor. A couple of the smashers began to pull themselves out of their spots while others refused to get due to either not caring or laziness, Ridley flew over to the thing and grabbed it with his hand and held it up to his face to study it.
"Okay what the heck is this thing?" he snarled.
"I'm not sure" Female Robin, who was stuck in the wall and got out after pulling herself out, said as she examined the creature, Ridley lowered his hand down to her level so that she could get a better look of it. A wide smile stretched on it while its movement never ceased, Female Robin merely shrugged and looked at the space pirate.
"So, should I take it to Master Hand or-"
"Yeah, take it to him" Female Robin replied.
"Good, don't wanna deal with this problem anyway" Ridley groaned and turned around to take the creature to Master Hand's office. Female Robin turned back to the destroyed living room and watched the other smashers start to get back up, only for all of them to start leaving the room.
"Hey, where are you guys going?" She asked as she tried to slow down a few of them "we need to stay and clean this up!"
"Eh, we'll get the maid to do it" Princess Daisy said as she passed by her.
"There is no maid!" Female Robin retorted but no one listened, they all had now left the destruction and left her alone standing in the room. Her arms slumped down to her sides, she raised her foot and stomped it on the ground in bitterness. Crazy Hand suddenly arrived in the room a few minutes too late and noticed what happened, and then his eyes fell onto Female Robin, who sheepishly laughed and shrugged her arms.
"You know who's going to clean this up, right?" he asked.
"Me?" she winced.
"A-yep!" Crazy Hand snapped his fingers and a cleaning cart complete with supplies appeared "start on the walls, that's where the biggest stains are!" and he simply floated out of the room, Female Robin turned back to mess and silently cursed her fellow roommates.
Master Hand looked out his window to see the peaceful forest, it was always a way for him to escape the worries and troubles of the world. He watched as a bird flew by, and then get snatched up by Piranha Plant, which made him a little disturbed.
"I'll just pretend I didn't see that" he said and floated over to his desk, haunted by the image he just witnessed, he noticed the picture of himself and Masahiro Sakurai shaking hands in the Nintendo main office. He grabbed it and looked at the photo for a few seconds before placing it back on the table, and began looking for a pen to write the next stack of Smash invites.
He felt a terrible sensation in his mind from the moment he read the invite list, but he felt as though Sakurai was finally using the suggestion box that he had installed a few years back. Although he could've sworn that someone had placed a paper shredder beneath it and removed the bottom of the box. He couldn't tell, maybe it was Crazy that did it but he wasn't sure. Master Hand had never once thought that Sakurai would suddenly change his mind after careful planning that took months, and receiving the surprise of a lifetime wasn't helping.
"Master Hand? I'm coming in" Ryu said when he knocked on the door, Master Hand was broken out of his trance and looked up to see Ryu enter.
"What can I help you with Ryu?" Master Hand asked.
"Me and the other smashers have been wondering about the list" Ryu said as he crossed his arms "you seem to be very afraid of it".
"It's not fear" Master Hand corrected him "It's intense terror that is the problem".
"That doesn't answer the question" Ryu continued "you sound as though it's chaotic".
"It is chaotic!" Master Hand exclaimed "Sakurai and I have discussed only five DLC! Not ninety-three!" Master Hand picked up the list and handed it to Ryu "and some of these are just plain ridiculous!"
"They can't be that bad" Ryu said.
"That isn't the point" Master Hand replied "it's too much! Never before I have seen such a class act of pure indecisive behavior". Ryu blinked a few seconds before shaking his head to rid himself of the confusion, and then started to read the list. A few names were of people he never heard of before, others were those he recognized and some he could tell that his fellow residents knew.
"I don't see how this could be a bad thing" Ryu said "if you ask me, it might be a great experience for the next game".
"I don't understand how it could be a good thing" Master Hand said.
"It could be something that the fans finally get after waiting so long" Ryu handed the papers back to Master Hand and continued with his explanation "just think of it, people have been asking for their favorite characters to appear in Super Smash Bros for years and now's their chance to appear".
Master Hand pondered about this for a minute, it was true that many people had come forward to him and Sakurai with suggestions for years, many of which had been turned down and left the fans wishing for more. It was a common process, one that he was already acquitted with. Now that he was presented with a list of potential smashers that would finally cease the complaints coming from everyone that wanted a favorite character to appear.
"Hey is anyone busy?" came a familiar voice, Ryu and Master Hand looked to see Ridley in the doorway with an odd animal in his hands "because if you are, then you've got mail". Ridley tossed the animal right at Ryu, who caught it before leaving the room.
"Yeehaa!" The animal cheered as it leap out of Ryu's grasp and jumped onto Master Hand's desk and began to do a little dance.
"Anyway on what this thing is?" Ryu asked.
"One of the new smashers" Master Hand said and extended his... Hand out to the animal "welcome to the Smash Mansion, and to Super Smash Bros, Mr. Crash Bandicoot".
Crash stopped doing his dance and looked at Master Hand with a confused look on his face but simply laughed and grabbed one of his fingers with both his hands and shook it before going back to his dance.
"Strange, you weren't to arrive to the mansion until Sunday" Master Hand said, suddenly seeing the smash invitation in his pocket and withdrew it without Crash knowing and began to read it "yes, you were suppose to arrive three days from now".
"Maybe he's an early starter" Ryu said.
"Perhaps" Master Hand said and turned to Ryu "why don't you show him around the mansion for a bit while I prepare this afternoon's announcement".
"Can do" Ryu said "this way, my friend" Ryu opened the door and gestured for Crash to follow him, the bandicoot stopped dancing and jumped off the desk, following Ryu out the door while Master Hand turned on the microphone on his desk and cleared his throat to begin.
"Good afternoon smashers" Master Hand began "one of our newest residents has arrived unexpectedly today, so be sure to warmly welcome Crash Bandicoot into the Smash Mansion". The sounds of a siren blaring rang outside which drew Master Hand from his desk to witness an ambulance outside on the driveway with a pair of paramedics rushing inside, Master Hand returned to his desk and continued to speak "on another note, actions to tidy up the mansion will begin in half an hour for the arrival of the first wave of smash arrivals. So be sure to get ready and make out mansion as homey as possible. And whoever called the paramedics, please send them back as there is no possible emergency that I am aware of, if there is, please notify me at once".
Cleaning up an entire mansion was a grueling chore, especially under three days, despite the number of smashers. Many of them had requested Master Hand that he hire a maid or butler to clean the messes around the mansion, however, he deemed the idea unnecessary.
Yet it would've been a better idea than what was happening right now...
Mario and Luigi carried buckets of water up to the bathrooms to clean the floors and counter while Captain Falcon would wipe down the toilets and showers, which was his least favorite chore. Yet it didn't stop the two brothers from doing their job, as they would much rather prefer their current position.
"Hey-A Mario, I have a question" Luigi said.
"What is it-a Luigi?" Mario asked.
"How come-a Master Hand has-" Luigi was cut off when he felt a scorch of heat on his back that sent him flying into the air and landing back on his feet where a flame had ignited on his back and he was running around desperately to put it out "AAAHH! Mario!"
"Hang on-a Luigi!" Mario said as he tossed the water in his bucket at Luigi, which missed when Luigi fell to the floor and rolled around to put out fire. Only to set the floor on fire which started to spread to the wall.
"Greninja, hydro pump!" A massive rush of water came out from behind Mario and sprayed everything that Luigi set on fire before finally hitting Luigi himself. A pile of smoke rose up from the burnt plumber and items, covering the entire floor until something blew the smoke out the window, Mario looked to see Pokemon Trainer Leaf and Greninja standing a few feet away from him. Leaf was holding a small hand fan while Greninja licked its lips after spitting a wave of water at the spreading fire, Mario then turned to Luigi to see he was lying on the ground and groaning.
"A-Thank you" Mario said to the pokemon trainer.
"You're welcome" Leaf said as she turned off the fan.
"Ninja" Greninja chirped before walking away, leaving Mario and Leaf with the water mess.
"Hey! Don't leave us to clean this up!" Leaf shouted as she ran after the frog pokemon, Mario looked around to see what had caused the fire in the first place until his eyes settled to see Charizard and Incineroar sweeping up the floor across from him, he figured that he and Luigi walked by them without noticing and Luigi must've brushed up by Charizard's tail by accident.
"Come on A-Luigi" Mario said as he grabbed Luigi's leg and began dragging him to the bathroom so that could begin their cleaning process... Unaware that the water had not still been wiped up and when Lucas and Diddy Kong passed by it, they proceeded to slip and fall down the stairs until they landed on top of Lucario.
"Okay, this is how this it's going down" Snake said as he, Jigglypuff, and Chrom stood around the washing machine as their duty was handling the immense loads of laundry that was normally Bowser and Peach's chore but due to them both handling a different situation, it fell onto the three of them.
Snake had a chart with him that feature three crudely drawn characters that represented the three of them, below the characters were pictures of the laundry process, Snake also held a pointing stick with him and used it to illustrate his point.
"Jigglypuff, you'll take charge of the folding process" Snake pointed to the drawing of Jigglypuff and than at an image of folded laundry "Chrom, you'll be hanging up the shirts".
"And what'll be you be doing?" Chrom asked.
"The dirtiest part of all" Snake said and suddenly placed a pair of sunglasses on "tackling the mountain of clothes".
"Jiggly?" Jigglypuff asked, seemingly confused at what he meant.
"He's just being weird" Chrom answered.
"Wish I was" Snake turned around to face a pile of clothes on the ground and stared at it with intensity, which left Chrom and Jigglypuff confused until Snake suddenly pulled out a bat from nowhere and raised it above his head to strike the clothes.
"Uh... Snake?"
"To hell with you!" Snake shouted as he proceeded to hit the clothes over and over, sending the items of clothing flying all over the room and some onto Chrom and Jigglypuff. A pair of Captain Falcon's underwear landed onto Chrom's face and he swatted the dirty clothing off as fast as he could, not even knowing what was on it.
"Snake!" Chrom shouted.
"In a second!" Snake called back and continued to hit the clothes when it suddenly began to growl, a sly grin formed on Snake's face "gotcha". Suddenly, a rottweiler made out of clothes out of the pile and attempted to bite Snake on the arm, however, he dodged the attack and instead, the dog bit Jigglypuff on the head.
"JIGGLY!" Jigglypuff screamed as she tried to removed the dog but failed as the dog continued to attack her, Chrom withdrew his sword and tried to attack the animal but was unable to do so as Jigglypuff started to run around in circles.
"Hang on guys!" Snake shouted as he turned to face the rabid creature until something bit him on the shoulder, he gave out a roar of pain and looked to see a coyote form from dirty socks biting him.
"What's going on?!" Chrom shouted as he ran after the still screaming Jigglypuff, swinging his sword to hit the clothing monster but Jigglypuff's movement in attempt to shake off the dog made it difficult to do so, "Snake what did you do?"
"This has some sort of weird voodoo crap all over it!" Snake shouted as he slammed his back into the wall, making the coyote release its grasp on him. Snake slammed the bat into the face of the animal as hard as he could, forcing it to fall apart and reform into an angry swan.
"Well get someone to fix it!" Chrom yelled.
"Like who?"
"I don't care!" Chrom narrowly missed Jigglypuff's arm and raised his sword above his head and waited for Jigglypuff to pass by him so that he could slide the dog in half "get someone who knows magic!"
"I thought you and your sister knew magic" Snake retorted, Chrom looked at him with a less than pleasant look and began to question why he was helping this madman in the first place.
"That's Robin! And that isn't his sister!" Chrom said.
"Could've fooled me" Snake mumbled as he swung the bat on the coyote, knocking it out "quick! Get the wolf and take the clothes to the washers, it's our only chance!" Chrom didn't question him, as Jigglypuff passed by, he swung the sword on the hanging side of the dog which sliced it into two pieces and the clothes fell apart. Chrom and Jigglypuff grabbed the clothes and joined Snake in putting them in the washing machine, Snake closed the door and turned it on. A collection of barking and growling noises erupted from the machine, the three smashers backed away carefully and didn't try to approach it.
"So... Let's get started!" Snake said and snapped his fingers, Chrom and Jigglypuff groaned.
Ganondorf carefully approached the garage door, a wooden pole in his hands and a suit of armor made from pots and pans. The Ice Climbers, Ridley, Cloud, and King Dedede stood nearby and waited for the gerudo king to open the door, yet they remained just as afraid as he was. The garage was one of the places many of the smashers would avoid as it was Crazy Hand's "secret place" and that meant whatever horrors went on in there, were best kept inside it.
"Well, hurry up!" Ridley snapped.
"I'm going to do it!" Ganondorf yelled back but remained in his spot, his legs shaking.
"Oh for Pete's sake!" Cloud said as he walked past the evil king and opened the door, if they could describe the feeling of the cold air that brushed past them, it would be fear. Cloud could've sworn that he heard something call his name but only reasoned it to be just the wind, Ganondorf didn't even want to take the chance of whatever was waiting for him in the garage and decided to run away and find a bigger weapon.
"So, who's first?" Popo asked.
"Ganondorf is" Ridley said with hesitating.
"Hey, let's talk about thi-" Ganondorf was cut off when Ridley grabbed him and threw him into the garage and slammed the door, only for a series of loud knocks to follow after.
"Let me in! I regret my decision!" Ganondorf pleaded.
"Is he going to be okay?" Nana asked.
"He'll be fine, let's move onto the living room" Ridley said as he turned around to move onto the next task, not caring that Ganondorf might be in trouble, while the others follow after him since the evil king wasn't exactly on their good side at the moment. The knocks grew louder but no one paid it any mind, King Dedede looked back for a moment but only shrugged and move along.
Ganondorf ceased his attempts to break out and slumped his shoulders, so much for trying to get out. He looked back to face the darkness, a cold shiver ran down his spine, why was he afraid? He shouldn't be afraid, he was the evil king! Grabbing the flashlight he received from the kitchen drawer, he switched it on...
And was greeted by the face of a snarling raccoon.
"YAAAAAAAAH!" Ganondorf screamed as he fell back onto the ground, the flashlight dropped out of his grasp and spun around until it fell onto a podium, Ganondorf stopped screaming and saw what it read.
CRAZY HAND'S RACCOON: ANDREW
He was relieved, and lifted the light up to the face of the animal to see it was stuffed. Chuckling under his breath, Ganondorf swung the light around to find a light switch and finally found one and turned the lights on.
"Interesting" he simply said, the room could only be described as said word, he never knew Crazy Hand was such a... Minimalist with details, yet he was impressed on how well he could make a place seem so normal despite his personality.
The room was in the style of a traditional Japanese bedroom, with everything neatly put into detail. A bed rested on the right side with a nightstand next to it, a small lamp and alarm clock rested on top. Ganondorf looked down from the bed to see a potted plant was carefully snipped into the style of Crazy Hand himself, and then his gaze was drawn to a desk and chair, a brand-new laptop was open and music was playing from it. Taking a step forward, Ganondorf saw a square green rug rested in the middle with an image of cat on it, Ganondorf saw a table on the large table with a bonsai tree and calligraphy set with a few notes already written.
"This can't be Crazy Hand's" he said as he examined the room, only to lay his eyes on a Shoji in the front, and walked over to open it and see what was on the other side. He couldn't sworn that he heard something dripping and started to imagine a fountain of blood or worse, only to be shocked upon open the Shoji to see a small waterfall complete with Koi pond. His jaw dropped when he saw the carefully built and painted rocks and scenery, and looked down to see the water was carefully decorated with lilies and cattails, the Koi swam around peacefully without even noticing the evil king.
He then looked back at the stuffed raccoon, and wonder why it was even in a place like in the first place. A purring sound knocked him out of his trance and he looked down to see a calico cat rubbing up against his leg, now he truly confused.
"Oh Mr. Whiskers!" called a familiar voice, Ganondorf froze up and quickly began looking for places to hide from the floating hand...
"I got you a new gift!" Crazy Hand announced when he slammed the door open, the cat known as Mr. Whiskers walked over to him and began purring, signaling its joy towards the floating hand. He reached into the pocket on his glove and withdrew a toy mouse and tossed it to his cat, where it jumped up and caught it in its mouth and ran off to play with it.
"You're welco- WAIT A MINUTE?!" He shouted as he looked around the room, hadn't he turned off the lights before he left? He floated around to see if he could find who infiltrated his personal space but found no one. He checked under his bed to see if he could see if they were hiding under it, yet it was empty, and then went to look if they were hiding behind the Shoji.
Ganondorf poked his head from behind the podium to see Crazy Hand opening his Shoji and looking at the koi pond, he knew it was his chance to escape, unless he wanted to become one of Crazy Hand's "experiments". He shuddered, wondering what the hand would do to him if it found him in its room, taking the opportunity, Ganondorf silently ran to the door while Crazy Hand dunked himself under the pond to see if someone was in it. He was just a few mere inches from the door when he nearly tripped over a fold in the rug, but kept his posture still when he heard something rise from the water.
"Hello? Is someone there?" Crazy Hand asked, a pair of goggles on his index finger and a fishing spear wrapped by his pinkie finger, Ganondorf didn't move and kept silent, a bead of sweat rolled down his head. Praying Crazy Hand wouldn't notice, a few seconds passed by before Crazy Hand dived back under the water to continue his search. Ganondorf quickly grabbed the doorknob and opened the door, and exited the room.
SLAM!
He pressed his back against the door and began to breath heavily, Ganondorf was sweating uncontrollably and wondering what he just saw. After a few minutes, he calmed down and looked back at the door, deciding whether or not that what he saw wasn't a dream. He finally came to the conclusion to not risk his sanity and walked away and try to find the others, and give Ridley a piece of his mind.
Well, that was... Interesting...
Wonder how the rest of the house is doing? And who will appear after the house is cleaned? Find out soon!