Fox was the first to lunge forward. But then he was thrown backwards by an unstoppable force coming from within.
"Ha, ha!" Marth laughed. "We've got to use magic to beat him, Fox. So stand back… or cover me," Sheik said.
"So this is like a showdown with you and Marth," Fox said, disappointed because he wanted to beat up Marth.
"Well, it's obviously pointless…" Marth began and Sheik was lying on the ground, writhing in pain.
Then to everyone's surprise, Falco came along and started fighting Marth.
"Ha, ha! Measly bird," Marth laughed… and then found he had no control over him.
So their melee continued, all the while Fox said, "It's such a shame that us, three fighters don't get to have an awesome showdown with Marth…"
"But hang on a second? How can Falco avoid his magic but we can't? Maybe if we think like Falco, we'll be able to face him?" Sheik said.
After a few moments, they were all… acting like Falco. Well, at least in their state-of-minds.
Anyway, the true fight began after that. Falco kicked Marth's leg so punched Falco's face, noticing that Sheik was about to punch, he ducked and Sheik punched Falco in the face instead.
"You're all ganging up on me, aren't you?" Falco said. Fox kicked Marth's stomach and Falcon took the opportunity to knee him in the back. Sheik tripped him up and as they lunged at him when he was defenseless, he unleashed of wave of energy, tripping everyone over each other.
"Huh?" Falco said and laughed as he joined back in the fight. Acting like Falco was distracting to the others, but they had to fight Marth. As they stood up again, Marth was preoccupied with fighting Falco, so Fox grabbed his arms, allowing Falco to continuously attack Marth.
This is so unfair! 3 on 1, Marth thought. Then Sheik cast a spell that made Marth fall asleep and said, "Come on! We've got to run while he's sleeping!"
They all ran and Fox wondered why none of the non-fighters like Falco, hadn't helped in the fight.
On they ran, down the corridors until they came to another fork in their path. "Falco, which way do we go?" Sheik asked.
"Uh… Um… Well…?" Falco stuttered.
"Oh, no! What do we do now?" Sheik said. Fox tried to focus on the matter at hand but kept on remembering his dream and when they'd been escaping.
"Left!" Fox shouted out, suddenly. "Huh? How do you know?" Falcon asked. "My dream…" Fox said but Sheik nodded and they all ran down the left corridor.
They ran and ran until Fox recalled the room they were in as being the room they'd escaped through. There was a ladder leading to a manhole up ahead so they all ran to it.
After they got out, Fox was almost run over by a car zooming past. "Sheesh! Watch where you're driving, maniac!" Fox shouted.
They all climbed out and discussed where they should go next. It was decided that they'd go to Falco's bar.
Back at Falco's bar, it was empty so everyone went to sleep, wondering what would happen tomorrow.
But Fox couldn't sleep. He felt as if someone was watching him, from the window. But every time he looked out, there was nothing there.
The next day, Falco woke up and saw that Fox had been up all night. He walked around his bar and saw that it was crowded!
But they were just the people who they'd helped escape. "You can go home now," Sheik said to them but they promised they'd return so they could end the fights.
Fox had forgotten all about their side of the story and was curious to hear their plans, but they left soon afterwards. Falco was surprised to see several people enter after the others left and quickly took their orders.
Fox was thinking about the friends he'd made back at the fighter's arena but tried to forget them. He wanted to start a whole new life after the experiences he'd had in the past week or so but everyone else wanted to stop the fights.
Then, one of Falco's regulars walked in. The amount of regulars that Falco had had dropped severely when Fox had left, so a regular was an odd thing.
She walked up to Falco and ordered her usual. Sheik walked over to her and said, "You look familiar."
"I'm sure you're mistaken," she said. "I've never seen you in my life!"
"So you're not a fan of the fights," Sheik began. "Oh, are you one of them fighters?" she asked.
"Yeah. Name's Samus," Sheik said. "Peach," the regular said.
"I'm so sure I know you from somewhere," Sheik said but Peach ignored her. "Falco, why is one of them fighters here?" she asked.
"Actually, there are three of them. And I guess it's just a coincidence," Falco said. "Well, hi!" Peach said and walked to an empty table.
"So, where do you know her from?" Fox asked Sheik. "I don't actually know," Sheik said and Fox sighed.
"So, Peach, eh?" Falcon said to Peach but Sheik dragged him away. "What, jealous?" Falcon asked.
"No. I don't want you messing with someone who might be involved with… never mind," Sheik said. "Well, you think about that while I get a drink," Falcon said.
Fox joined him for he had nothing better to do.
Meanwhile, back in the fighting lair, Marth was getting lectured by his boss. "You let them out of your grasp!?" he screamed.
"Um… yes," Marth said, preparing for his boss to shout at him.
"You allowed them to fight you without calling reinforcements?!" his boss shouted.
"Um… yes," Marth repeated.
"You actually failed to beat them in a fight?!" his boss screamed.
"It was a 3 on 1," Marth said.
"That's even worse! You should've been able to beat them and the others!" his boss shouted.
"Well, they had serious mind control," Marth said.
"That's no excuse! You're fired!!!" his boss screamed and kicked him out, personally.
Marth now felt miserable about his decisions but could not take them back.
As he walked along the street, he saw someone selling tickets to a fight. He grabbed all the tickets out of his hands and threw them onto the ground. "What the hell is wrong with you?" the man said. Marth laughed but just walked off.
Snake entered Falco's bar and sat down at Peach's table. They started talking about something and Sheik was even more suspicious as they looked around, suspiciously.
Falco didn't notice this as a lot of people were showing up because there were three fighters there. He was too busy taking their orders and delivering drinks to notice suspicious things.
As for Fox, he was getting drunk as he had done so many times before he'd gotten involved with the fights. Falcon was getting drunk also but he was preoccupied by watching Fox being an idiot.
"So, that's them over there?" Peach asked Snake.
"Yeah. Same with the bird," Snake said, pointing at Falco.
"Got it. But what do you want me to do, again?" Peach asked.
"Find out their plans, that's all," Snake said and then got up. "It's been nice working with you," Snake said and left.
Peach got up and walked over to Falco. "So, where have you been for the last week or so?" Peach asked.
"I snuck into the fighter's household and got to spend some awesome time with them. I'd like to tell you more but I was pretty drunk for most of the experience," Falco said, slightly lying.
Peach said, "So, you're pretty involved in these fights, right?"
"Yeah, I guess," Falco said and Peach smiled. She then walked over to Sheik who said, "I really think you look familiar."
Fox heard this and looked at Peach. But this time he stared at her, thinking 'yeah, she does seem familiar.'
Marth then walked in, unnoticed, and walked up to Falco. He then noticed Peach, recognized her and said, "Hey, Peach," as he no longer cared for his boss's plans.
"Hey, Marth," Peach said, but then realizing that he shouldn't be there, asked, "What are you doing here?"
Everyone was curious to how Marth knew Peach but then Marth said, "I was fired." Peach freaked out because she knew that he'd reveal their boss's plan and quickly said, "Um… yeah. So, how've you been?"
"Fine. You?" Marth asked. "Uh… fine, too," Peach said and Sheik finally brought up the question, "How do you two know each other?"
Marth was about to tell them, but to Peach's relief, Fox interrupted him. To Peach's disappointment, Fox said, "I remember her!"
Anyway, Fox continued, "She's one of those people who worked in that fighting place! She's evil!"
"I would think that 'evil' is taking it a bit far but, I guess you've figured it out. Man, I'm bad at going undercover!" Peach said as she fled the bar.
"So. You've been fired," Falcon said. "Would you help us stop the fights?" Fox asked.
"Well, seeing that anyone who works for them knows they're evil because they're brainwashing, I guess so. But then again, I don't really care… Okay, I'll help," Marth said.
And their plans began. No one but Sheik actually suspected that this might all be a lie and Marth was undercover himself but it was all a bit much, so Sheik trusted him.
A week into their plans and they were ready. They had almost half the population of the city to help them un-brainwash the others and everything was going along smoothly.
Marth only once tried to explain that they'd get nowhere because the only way they could finish them off was to get on the inside.
First it was protests. That was a complete failure. They were completely ignored by passers-by and they were almost immediately dealt with.
Next, they spread rumors. They didn't do that bad because a lot of people relied on rumors to keep conversation going. More people joined them.
But one day, Fox felt like they hadn't made any progress at all. Everyone was still obsessed with the fights (even himself, although he'd never admit it), the organization controlling the fights was still ignoring them and Fox still felt as if he was being watched from his window.
When Fox felt as if he would finally fall asleep, he heard a rustle from outside. He shot up out of bed and saw that his window was open.
Then someone grabbed Fox and knocked him out.
When he awoke, he was in a cell, like the first time he'd been kidnapped. He knew where he was without even thinking about it.
"So, Fox. You're one of many who have been trying to stop my fights, eh?" someone said. Fox got up off the dirty bed he'd been lying on and looked at the owner of the voice.
It was the boss. The master of the organization that created the fights. His nemesis. But also his hero, somehow.
"Well, I don't think you'll be making any more trouble after this," the boss said. "Who are you?" Fox asked.
"Ugh! Everyone wants to know my name. Alright, I'll tell you. My name is…"