It was a shining sunny day. Birds were- Hell, you know the drill.
Ness, Lucas and Luigi were playing some Baseball. Ness was up to bat, Lucas was pitching and Luigi was a fielder.
"Ready, Ness?" Lucas asked, tossing the ball from hand to hand.
"Ready!" Ness shouted, swinging his trusty bat to and fro.
Gathering back, Lucas readied himself, then threw the ball. Ness swung the bat hard, the force of it, as well as it's reflective properties, sent the hit ball flying.
Luigi was after it in an instant, running after the airborne ball, before executing a phenomenal leap and catching the projectile.
Ness and Lucas gave a cheer at this display, before waiting for Luigi to get back. However, just as Luigi reached the boys, Snake walked by.
"Hey, what you doing?" The mercenary asked.
"Playing some B-Ball." Ness replied cheerfully. "You game?"
"Nah, I'll watch. But it looks like your ball is in bad shape."
Luigi cast his catch a glance. Snake was right, the ball was in bad shape. It was rather torn and battered.
"Don't worry." Snake went on, pulling a grey sphere out of one of his pockets and handing it to Lucas. "You can use that."
Ness regarded the new ball suspiciously, before shrugging and getting up to bat.
As they were ready to go, a familiar blue blur stopped by.
"Hey, everyone!"
Sonic the Hedgehog had recovered from his five-day battle with Mario a week ago, and was running as fast as ever.
"Playing the baseball? Mind if I have a run after it?"
"Sure-a" Luigi agreed, before standing aside so the hedgehog had a clear run.
With a nod, Ness readied his bat. Lucas threw the sphere as hard as he could, to which Ness swung as hard as he could.
The bat smashed the sphere and sent it flying. The hedgehog grinned and rocketed after it.
The ball really went far. When Sonic caught it, he was only a tiny little figure.
They heard his shout of triumph. But before Sonic could run back-
BOOM!
The ball in his hand exploded.
Ness, Lucas and Luigi gaped in shock and horror, as Sonic promptly ran past them, clearly on fire, shouting "WATER! SAVE ME!"
The three stood there for a second, before turning around.
Snake had gone.
In the safety of his room, Snake stretched out on his couch, smirking in a satisfied way. "Snake one, Sonic none."
Author's Notes: After all the bashing poor Snake has suffered, he gets his own back. Good old Snake XP.
