SUMMARY: Following the bet with Zelda from the previous chapter, Samus (with Bowser's help) urges Link on a quest to find his voice.

Chapter 4-Link's Voice

Samus thought of the conversation she had with Zelda the day before. "If you can get Link to talk, I'll consider asking him out," she had said.

Challenge accepted.

Unfortunately, it looks like Lucina doesn't feel the same way.

"Do you think we should have a secret hand shake also?" Lucina had asked. How hopeless.

The problem at hand was getting Link to talk. Did he even have a voice? The only sound he ever made was a battle cry, so he probably didn't.

Who can give him a voice? A wish? A mage? A wizard?

A wizard…

Robin. He/she can solve Link's problem.

Samus clapped her hands excitedly and dashed out of her house and into Lucina's (who happened to live only a block away).

She didn't even knock. The door busted wide open and Samus strolled inside.

"Sorry about the door, Lucina, but this is important!"

On her living room couch, Lucina looked up from her book. "You could have just knocked."

"That's not the point! I know how to get Link to talk!"

Lucina narrowed her eyes. "Are you sure he wants that? What if he LIKES being a mute?"

Samus put her head in her hands. "Did you HAVE to say that!?"

Lucina shrugged. "I just want everyone to be happy that's all."

So Samus stomped angrily out the hole in the wall. A few moments later she came back.

"Where does Link live?"

"2 Hero Street"

"Thank you!"

And Samus left. Lucina looked at the hole in the wall, then up at the sky. "Why me?" she asked.


Another door was broken that day. Link stood with his backpack on, ready to go to school when the door magically opened (and broke) for him. Samus was in the door's place, glaring at him. At first, Link was surprised. But he drew his sword and shield from who-knows-where and faced Samus.

Samus rolled her eyes. "Relax, Elf-Man, I'm not here to fight you."

Link blushed as he put his sword away.

"And your shield?"

He hesitated, but put that away also.

For a while they stood staring at each other. Link was debating whether he should give her some food or guide her to school or what when Samus spoke to him sharply. "Speak."

Link gave her a confused look, but he opened his mouth and tried to form words by exhaling air. Really, all he could do was breath out.

Smaus sighed. "Yes, you can breathe. Now say something.

Link yelled a battle cry.

Samus put her head in her hands. This is going to take a while…

"Ok," Samus said. "I'm going to ask you yes or no questions, ok? Nod for yes, shake for no, got it?"

Link nodded. He liked this game. He played it a lot with his friends.

"Do you like watermelon?"

Link nodded.

"Is one plus one two?"

Link hesitated, but nodded.

"Is a pumpkin a kind of berry?"

Link shrugged.

"Does that mean 'I don't know?'"

Link nodded.

Samus was pleased. "Ok, guess you do understand. But the real question is do you want to speak?"

Link nodded vigorously.

Samus clapped her hands excitedly. "Perfect! Now we just…wait a minute: how can you understand me but not speak the language?"

Link shrugged. It confused him too.

Samus looked at her watch. "Oh god, it's almost time for school!"

Link glared at her.

"What?

Link glared at her some more.

"What? The 'oh god' thing? Don't tell me you're on my case about that too."

Link nodded and continued glaring.

"You have more in common with Zelda than I thought," she mused happily.

Link looked at her with a confused expression.

"More on that later," Samus promised. "For now, let's talk to Robin."


"What do you mean you can't give him the power of speech!"

Usually first period went straight into second period (since there was only one class, one teacher, and one classroom). There was a tiny break in between that lasted for one minute. Since the break was so small, most students just remained in their desks, talking to their neighbors. Robin changed his appearance during this time so he can pose as a "different" teacher.

Before he could transform, however, he was interrupted by Samus and Link. They marched up to his desk and, in front of the entire class, Samus asked rather loudly, "Can you make Link talk?"

All talking stopped. Mr. Game and Watch stopped his rock, paper, scissors game with Duck Hunt. Pikachu and Charizard stopped talking. Bowser Jr. concealed his hidden Smash Tour board, much to the koopalings' disappointment.

Robin stared at Samus, and then at Link. Link glanced at Zelda, whose face had become pale. Samus was oblivious to it all; she continued to look at Robin for his answer.

For a long time the class remained silent until Robin broke the silence. "As much as getting Link to talk would be nice…"

Samus pumped her hand into the air in triumph. "YES! Finally! In your face Zelda!"

Zelda's face resembled Kirby's favorite food (tomato) after that. Link wondered what was up. Did Zelda not want him to talk?

"BUT…" Robin continued, "it is impossible. There is no page in my spell book for that. I'm sorry, Link, but you are stuck as a mute forever."

Samus stopped her victory dance. "Say what?"

Link shook his head.

Samus stood still for a few moments, trying to understand what Robin had just said. Zelda's smug look, however, made Samus drop to her knees.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Everybody covered their ears. The scream lasted for a full minute before Samus collapsed on the ground, sobbing in despair.

Everybody stared at Samus until Yoshi broke the silence. "I didn't know Samus liked Link," Yoshi whispered to Pac-Man. "I always thought that he would hook up with Zelda."

Unfortunately, everybody heard him because he was the only one who was talking. Zelda blushed once again and looked at Link, who was watching Robin.

Link was giving Robin the big, sad eyes. At first, Robin objected. "There is no way I can do it," he insisted. But the eyes went deep into Robin's soul. Robin's nerves of steel broke. "Alright, fine!" he confessed. "There is a way Link can be able to talk."

"HOW?!" everybody demanded.

Robin was about to speak when he changed his form. Female Robin was now in charge of second period.

"Guess that will have to wait," Robin said nonchalantly. "Now, let's move on to History, shall we? Please open up your textbooks to page 342. Now in chapter seven, we will be learning about the land of Hyrule and its many advances…"


As soon as second period ended, Samus and Link marched up to Robin's desk again. This time, however, the class was quiet as they listened to the conversation.

"So how can Link talk?" Samus questioned.

Robin looked up from her book. "Pardon?"

Everybody mentally slapped themselves. Samus glared at Robin. "You know what I said," she hissed.

Robin looked around fearfully to find that everybody was watching her. Finally, she blurted out, "The Grumble Volcano!" Robin's hands shot to her mouth.

Mario (who was the school principle taking class) gasped and shared feared looks with his brother Luigi. Peach paled. Wario pulled a blanket out of his backpack and hid under it.

Bowser, however, laughed evilly. "Bwahahahahaha! My old fortress of terror!"

Link exchanged confused looks with Samus.

Robin hesitated, but explained. "It is said that the Master of Voices lives in the ruins of Bowser's hidden fortress on Grumble Volcano."

"It was a sweet home until SOMEBODY blew it up!" Bowser accused. Mario suddenly looked very interested in his trademark hat.

Robin ignored the interruption. "Unfortunately, the volcano has been spewing lava ever since the fortress collapsed. Somehow the Master of Voices is able to survive living INSIDE the flooded ruins. There is, however, a myth about a secret entrance…"

Link drew his sword from who-knows-where and advanced on Bowser.

Bowser narrowed his fiery eyes. "What are you going to do? Interrogate me? I don't even remember where it is! Even if I did, it's probably up to the roof with lava!"

Link glared and pointed his sword at Bowser. Somehow his shield appeared in his left hand. "AY-YAH!" Link cried.

Bowser cracked his knuckles and advanced. Link welcomed him in.

Everyone stood watching with large eyes. Iggy broke the suspense by chanting, "FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!" Soon the entire classroom joined in; except for Zelda, whose face matched her shock, and Robin, who wondered if she should break it up or not.

Bowser came in first. He launched himself forward and kicked out his two massive reptilian feet. Link rolled underneath the beast and came up crouching. Bowser landed clumsily as Link drove his sword into Bowser's back. Unfortunately, the blade merely scratched Bowser's think shell. Bowser turned and prepared to blast fire. Speed, however, gave Link the advantage. Link grabbed Bowser and slammed him into the ground. The impact launched Bowser into the air. With a grunt, the beast landed headfirst into the solid tile floor. Link's sword pressed against Bowser's throat.

Bowser bowed his head in defeat. "Fine. I will show you the way inside my awesome fortress."

"Give him twenty bucks too!" Toon Link called.

Apparently Link thought this was a good idea also. The blade pressed harder against Bowser's throat. He may be immortal, but a sword to the throat couldn't feel too good.

Bowser growled. "Fine. Ten bucks it is then."

"Twenty!" cried Toon Link.

"SHUT UP!" Bowser roared. "Keep it up and I'll come for you next!"

Toon Link shrugged. "You wouldn't be the first."

"Upstart…" Bowser muttered.

Link sheathed his sword and helped Bowser up. Samus, Link, and Bowser all looked at Robin.

"What?" she said.

"Um…can we have a note to skip class?" Samus asked uncomfortably.

Robin conceded. "Alright fine. But you have one hour."

"AN HOUR!" everyone exclaimed.

"One hour," Robin insisted. "I have a very important Math lesson and I don't want these three to miss it."

"Awwwww…" Bowser and Samus groaned. Link shook his head. He hated math. It was hard. It ruined the fun out of pie.

"You are free to go," Robin shooed. "Now the rest of you, off to break. Be back here in ten minutes, because I'd hate to have to light someone on fire for being late!"


Link and Bowser waited outside of Samus's house. She had insisted that they take a little detour so she could put on her Power Suit. That was ten minutes ago. How long does it take to put on a suit? Finally, Samus emerged.

"FINALLY!" Bowser grumbled as he stood up. "What takes you so long?"

Samus huffed. "Never ask a girl to hurry it up when getting ready. Unless you want me to go into details, you should shut up."

Link was laughing mentally as he watched Bowser think of a comeback. He couldn't.

"It takes three hours to walk to the volcano from here," Bowser explained. "And we only have fifty minutes left now," Bowser cast a sideways glance at Samus before continuing, "So that means we're going to need a rocket of some kind that can get us there quickly."

Bowser looked defeated. "Any suggestions?"

Samus punched his arm. "I have a gunship, you moron! How else do I get from one place to another?"

Bowser and Link exchanged confused glances.

Samus angrily stomped into her house, slamming the door on her way in. She didn't come back out.

Bowser laughed. "Way to go, Link. You scared her away!"

Link glared at him and drew his sword. Bowser shrieked and tried to protect his face with his hands. "Please…don't hurt me!" Link smiled and sheathed the blade. Blackmail…he thought evilly.

Suddenly the ground started shaking. In his fear, Bowser jumped into Link's arms like a damsel in distress. Unfortunately, Bowser was too heavy for Link and he fell to the ground. The roof of Samus's house split open. A huge gunship that looked like Samus's helmet rose out of the opening. Samus's voice called on the loudspeaker.

"Well, don't just stand there, you bums, get in!"

No ramp or tractor beam in sight.

"HOW?" Bowser called.

A small opening appeared in the bottom of the giant helmet. A rope ladder dangled from the bottom.

Link didn't ask questions and started climbing. Bowser, however, wasn't that cooperative. "Great. Just great," he muttered, glaring as Link made his way upward. Samus helped Link into her ship.

As Bowser slowly attempted the rope ladder, Samus gave Link a briefing. "There's only one reason I'm coming, Link, and it's for a good friend of mine. You may not know it yet, but your voice will make her very happy. Think about this." Samus walked to the cockpit, leaving a stunned Link behind her.

Bowser gasped as he pushed himself into the gunship. He sprawled on the floor and cast a sideways glance at Link. "Believe it or not," he panted, "this is fit for a Koopaling."

Link smiled as he helped Bowser up. The pair walked into the cockpit where Samus was typing on a confusing but awesome looking computer screen.

"What are the volcano's coordinates?" Samus asked.

"Um…coorda-whats?" Bowser asked stupidly.

Samus literally hit her head on her galactic keyboard. A dispay of Fs and Us rolled across the screen.

"How am I supposed the find the volcano," Samus seethed, "if I don't have the freaking coordinates!?"

Bowser looked embarrassed. "I can…um…point to where you need to go."

It took all of Link's effort to keep Samus from leaping out of the chair and beating Bowser up. Samus inhaled deeply. "Fine. Where to first?"

Bowser pointed left. The gunship engaged super-speed mode and shot out of Smashville with forty-five minutes left.


"We're coming up on it now," Bowser warned.

The gunship slowed to a stop in midair. It had taken fifteen minutes to travel to the huge, angry looking volcano before them. The ruins of Bowser's castle remained underneath a massive lava waterfall.

"The passage should be in the bottom left corner closest to the volcano," Bowser directed.

The gunship flew around the ruins and parked next to a small door in the side of the castle. Not five yards away, the huge lava waterfall ran down the walls of the old fortress.

Link, Samus, and Bowser climbed out of the cockpit. They stood in front of the door, waiting for someone to make the first move. Whoever opened the door will likely get a torrent of magma shot in their face.

"Um…" Bowser hesitated. "Ladies first?"

Samus pushed him in front. "You're immune to lava, aren't you? Just open it carefully."

Bowser couldn't argue with like that. To everyone's surprise, the hallway before them lay lava-free. The bad news, however, is that large cracks stretched many feet long and dripped lava droplets onto the burnt floor. Any earthquake attack that causes vibrations will cause the entire hallway to collapse in a fiery tomb. Fine by Bowser, not Link and Samus.

Link entered first, followed closely by Samus. They had (slowly) travelled only six yards when Bowser slammed his fists into the ground. "Move faster already! We have to GET BACK TO CLASS!"

Bad move. The cracks widened. Magma poured forth and dripped onto the floor. The tunnel shook menacingly.

"RUN FOR IT!" Samus screamed. She and Link immediately took off. Bowser tried to follow, but the ceiling gave way and the falling debris crushed him. Magma poured over the wreckage.

"Bowser!" Samus yelled. Link pulled her arm and pushed Samus ahead. They had to keep moving.

Dead ahead of them, the floor had given way into the volcano. The floor was molten lava, with huge chunks of rocks floating around aimlessly around the giant room. Tall marble pillars stretched from the hidden floor to the ceiling.

On the opposite side of the giant room was an occupied throne. Kamek himself sat bored, lounging in a lazy matter and twirling his broom in his hands. He was oblivious to the two trespassers.

"No way," Samus interjected. "You're telling me that KAMEK is the Master of Voices?"

As if that was a cue, Kamek looked up and laughed/screeched at the intruders. "Yes I am, you f*****!"

Link and Samus were appalled at such harsh language. Kamek seemed to enjoy that surprise. "That's right, mother****ers! Keep your flabby ***es back or I'll **** you across the *** with my mother****ing broom!"

With that being said, Kamek screeched and waved his magic wand. Rainbow magic swirled directly at Link and Samus. With incredible grace and agility, the two jumped onto separate rocks that were floating in the lava. The rainbow magic sailed right past them and flew into the hallway they had entered.

"You missed, witch!" Samus called.

Kamek screeched at her. "I am not a witch, you little b****! I'm a f****** wizard!"

Just then a huge roar emitted from the tunnel. Kamek smiled. "I wasn't even f******* aiming at you b****** either!"

Giant, evil Bowser bashed through the tiny hallway entrance. The roar that erupted next almost toppled Samus and Link over.

"Kill the b******!" shrieked Kamek.

Big Bowser jumped and yelled, "Cannonball!"

Oh no…

FWOOSH!

The whole mountain rocked. A huge typhoon of lava erupted all around the splash zone. "SHIELD!" Samus yelled at Link.

Blue auras covered the two heroes as the wave passed over them. The shields broke almost immediately, but I lasted long enough to protect them from the blast.

Bowser growled and shot gigantic fireballs from his mouth. Samus gracefully leaped from rock to rock; avoiding the incoming balls of flame. Link had it easy. He used his hookshot to grab the top of a nearby marble pillar and follow it up. The fireballs passed by far below him.

Bowser hadn't noticed. He focused his attention on Samus, easily avoiding his bad breath.

What a troll, Bowser thought angrily. Huge claws swiped at the rock Samus had been running on a split second ago. The rock sailed into the pillar that Link was camping on. It crashed right into the base, breaking it. With a groan, the pillar moved dangerously to the right. Link gave it an extra push and the column gradually fell down, picking up speed along the way.

With Bowser distracted, Kamek had taken much pride in watching Samus run for her life. "That's right, b****! Run with those f****** legs of yours!"

He didn't seem to notice the marble column about to crash on him.

SMASH!

Kamek disappeared under Link's pillar.

Bowser grunted like somebody had just sucker-punched him. He shrank to his normal size and fell to the ground. He didn't get back up.

Link used his hookshot to lift the pillar off of pancake Kamek. He drew his sword and pressed it against Kamek's throat. Kamek looked at him with weak eyes. He spoke surprisingly calm.

"I've been *cough* waiting for you *cough* Link," Kamek coughed. "Tell me, *cough*, do you wish to speak?"

Link hesitated. Did he really want this? What will everyone think of him? What will ZELDA think of him? What if he gets KAMEK'S voice? That would be pretty bad. He didn't want to curse every two words. Robin would have soap in his mouth for eternity.

But as Link looked at Samus, her face behind her helmet, he made his decision. Link nodded.

"Very well," Kamek said. With great effort, Kamek gripped his burned broom and laughed wickedly.

"Do you have to do that?" Samus frowned.

"Sorry. It's how the sparkly things come out."

Sure enough, sparkly things came out of the broom and entered Link's mouth. They travelled down his throat and into his empty voice box. A bright light flashed inside Link, then died. Link burped out some leftover sparkles.

"Uh…" he said. "Did it work?"

Samus gasped. His voice was rich and young like his battle cry. "It's beautiful…" Samus squeaked.

"It is?" Link tried to sing soprano. Kamek's glasses broke. "Sounds awful to me."

"That's because soprano is horrid."

"Ok, true."

Link had trouble focusing. He finally had a voice! Think of the things he could say to everybody. He could finally tell Jigglypuff to stop singing in Art class. He can speak full conversations with people. He could tell Zelda…

Whoa, boy, his brain said. One thing at a time.

A question formed in his mind.

"How did you get my voice in the first place?" he asked Kamek.

"Are you f******* kidding me?!" Kamek screeched. "You're voice is f******* perfect! I wanted it all to myself! Now you b****** took it from me! I'm gonna…"

Samus rolled the pillar back over Kamek. "I heard my share of cursing for the next month," she said. "We should get going."

Behind her, Bowser groaned. He turned himself over and looked at Samus. "Wh-What happened?" he asked in a daze.

Link answered this time. "Well, you fell under rubble in the hallway, turned huge and evil by Kamek's magic, and then fell unconscious when Kamek was crushed by a marble pillar."

Bowser blinked. "I must be dreaming…" he murmured. "Link's talking."

Link's laugh was rich. "That means our quest succeeded then!" he said cheerfully.

Samus coughed. "In case you guys haven't noticed, but we have five minutes to get to class."

"…"

"RUN FOR IT!"

As if their luck just turned sour, rocks fell from the ceiling and blocked their only exit.

"What the heck was that for?!" Link practically screamed.

"The volcano is erupting again," answered Samus. "This place is going to collapse!"

Bowser grunted as he stood up. "I suppose that's the good news?"

Samus shrugged weakly. "If you think of Kamek recovering as the bad news, then sure."

Sure enough, Old Broomstick himself had pushed himself out from under the marble. He screeched and flew toward them on his broom.

Fast as sound, Bowser threw out his fist and caught Kamek straight in the gut. Kamek sqeaked and fell of his broom, groaning as he touched the ground.

"That's for controlling me, punk!" Bowser huffed.

"Hurry, Bowser, jump on!"

Link had high-jacked the small broom with Samus grabbing his waist behind him. Bowser somehow was able to get onto the back without breaking the small stick. Link kicked the ground and the broom soared into the air.

Bowser guided Link to the Eastern Ballroom and urged him to drive the broom straight out the window.

"ARE YOU CRAZY!" Samus yelled above the rumbling of the volcano.

Link didn't reply as he pushed the broom faster.

"You're going to kill us all!" Samus warned.

Link pretended not to hear. With his familiar battle cry, Link yelled as the trio broke through the window. They soared into the smoky sky as the palace crumbled behind them.

"I'm steering the broom straight to Smashville!" Link yelled over the rushing wind. "We only have one minute left to get to math! Bowser! Can this thing go any faster!?"

"I'm not sure. Kamek once travelled across World 8 in three seconds! It's like his broom is magic or something!"

Magic…

Link got an idea. "Bowser! Catch the tail end of the broom on fire!"

"Are you serious!?" Samus yelled.

"YES!" answered Link. He looked at Bowser. "Do it already!"

Bowser shook his head but did what Link told him. A fireball erupted from his mouth and caught the broom's end.

Apparently the broom was alive, because it increased speed in an attempt to run from the flames.

"Hotter, Bowser, hotter!"

Bowser almost incinerated the broom with the next blast. The broom frantically tried to get away from the flames, increasing speed as it did so.

In no time, the heroes have broken the speed of sound. How they managed to hold on, I have no idea. Good thing that this is a world where impossible becomes possible.

The broom crashed directly in front of the school's front doors. Link, Samus, and Bowser fell all over themselves as the broom vaporized in the intense heat.

They stood gasping on the pavement for a couple seconds, trying to get their breath. "How much time do we have left?" Bowser panted.

Samus checked her watch. Her eyes widened behind her helmet. "Fifteen seconds!"

Link was up and running. Samus followed in hot pursuit. Bowser had trouble getting up since he was so big and tired.

"HELP ME!" he cried.

Link and Samus turned and dashed back. They wasted a precious second getting the fat thug to stand up. Then they discovered he didn't run fast, so they ended up pushing him through the halls. They quickly followed the maze of hallways back to their classroom (which was weird, because there was only one classroom and one giant set of lockers right next to it).

"How much longer!" Link yelled.

"Five seconds!" Samus panted.

The classroom door was open ahead of them. "One, two, three!" Samus and Link threw Bowser through the air and into the classroom. Everyone watched with wide eyes as the beast flew in and slammed against the opposite wall.

Link used his hookshot to throw Samus across the hall. She landed gracefully in the door way. Samus yanked on the chain attached to her and pulled Link violently into the room. He crashed into her and sent them flying into Bowser.

RIIIIIIIIIIING!

Robin (in blonde female form) closed the door magically. "Nice job," she congratulated. "Honestly, I didn't think you would make it."

"Team effort," Samus managed. The trio picked themselves up and faced the surprised/disbelief expressions of their classmates.

"But Samus," Robin continued, unfazed by their extraordinary feat of getting to class, "it's against school rules to bring weapons into class. The Power Suit must come off immediately."

Link quickly stuffed his sword and shield into his backpack so Robin wouldn't notice them. Samus groaned. "Yes ma'am," she said. Samus shuffled out the door to change in the bathroom.

Robin stared at Link and Bowser. "Take your seats, gentlemen. You have already wasted a minute of class. In case you haven't noticed, your History teacher told you that there was a VERY important lesson today."

Link raised his hand. Robin was surprised, even if she knew that he could speak now. Link never asked questions (because he couldn't). "Yes, Link?"

Link spoke, "Why's a blonde teaching math anyway?" The class erupted in laughter.

Robin grew angry. "Take your seat." She said coldly.

Dark Pit laughed. "I'm going to like this new Link."

Bowser staggered toward his desk. Link took his seat next to Zelda.

Robin turned to the board. "Now pay close attention. This is a triangle…"

Everybody, however, had their attention on Link. He had finally found his voice. Think of the things he could say now!

Zelda leaned over and whispered to Link. "It sounds beautiful," she whispered.

Link blushed and rubbed the back of his head. "Oh, you know," he replied. "Only had to smash a grumpy turtle wizard with a marble column to get it, no big deal."

Zelda giggled. "What else happened?"

So Link told her of his perilous quest for speech. He described the lava and the volcano and the ruins. He told jokes during his story and made Zelda laugh quietly. His voice carried to the rest of his classmates, but the teacher remained oblivious. Everybody leaned forward, captivated by his tale of heroism. Even Bowser was hooked, and he was there.

Link was modest about it. He described the way Bowser carefully blew fire on the broom, the way Samus distracted Bowser as Link went for Kamek. He didn't brag. He kindly gave his friends the credit they deserved.

Zelda loved every part of it. "I'm very happy for you Link," she said earnestly.

Link smiled. "I'm just glad I can talk to you with words now. Nodding and shaking was getting old."

Zelda smiled.

"…and so if the area is half of the base and height multiplied together, what is the-" Robin tuned around. "Hey!" she yelled at Link and Zelda. "Pay attention you two! Link, that would be a warning from you. If you want to talk, do it after class!" Suddenly Robin narrowed her eyes.

Link was confused. "Is something wrong, ma'am?"

He and Zelda looked down at their intertwined hands. They pulled away quickly and blushed crimson. Some of their classmates snickered.

Robin kept her eyes narrowed and turned back to the board. Her teaching resumed, but it didn't seem important anymore.

Suddenly Smashville just got a whole lot more interesting.


Five minutes later, Samus returned.

"Aw, Samus," Robin addressed. "Glad you're back. What takes you so long to take off a Power Suit?"

Samus stomped to her desk. "I wish everyone would stop asking me that…"