"Are you serious?!" Zelda asked in shock. Lucina, Luigi, and Fox had reported back the UR central to speak with the others, informing them of the Reaper attack.

"Dead serious. And there are about 25 chopped up corpses to back it up." Luigi said.

"Dammit! So what exactly do we do from here?" Link questioned.

"I think it's fairly obvious what we do!" Daisy stepped in. "They broke the agreement that Snake had created. We keep our problems out of Skyworld, and they do the same. Now one of their creatures has attacked our world. There must be consequences!"

"I agree Daisy, but we must take into account that Palutena more than likely wasn't behind this attack. I remember Reapers being their enemies. Something else could be going on with the evil forces of Skyworld." Zelda pondered.

"Let's let Snake make the decision on this. He was the one who established the agreement." Fox suggested.

"I'll contact him right away." Lucina said.

As Snake and his team continued their journey, their radios started beeping to notify them of a call. They all answered.

"This is Lucina. Do you read me?"

Snake motioned for everyone to listen to their radios.

"This is Snake. We read you loud and clear Lucina. What's up?"

"I'm afraid we've got a new problem on our hands…"

Lucina went on to explain the events of the Reaper attack. The four of them looked none too happy.

"We've kept our side of the deal, but that xenophobic bitch didn't!" Ike growled.

"We're not just going to let this slide are we?!" Bayonetta asked.

"Of course we're not. We're going to have a chat with Ms. Palutena. She has to know that whether she likes it or not, this is her fight too." Snake declared.

Snake and his team traveled back to Palutena's Temple, where he and Bayonetta met. Once they marched in, Pit and Dark Pit swooped down and landed in front of them with their weapons at the ready.

"Calm down kids. We're not here to hurt your goddess." Snake assured the two angels. "Besides, you remember what happened last time you went up against Bayo and I right? We had you down in two minutes. Now there's four of us. You want to test your chances?" He challenged.

Pit was quick to put his weapons away. Even Dark Pit, who relished a challenge in combat, knew it was best to back down, and did the same as Pit. Palutena warped in shortly afterwards.

"You again? What do you want?" She asked.

"Palutena do you remember our agreement about us keeping our problems to ourselves?"

"Of course I do. Is there a problem?"

"As a matter of fact there is. Can you explain to us why 25 people got slaughtered the other day by Reapers?"

"What?!" Palutena's expression changed to one full of shock.

"Did I stutter?" Snake sneered.

"Reapers?! Are you sure about that?!" Palutena questioned.

"We've got two Reaper corpses and what's left of twenty-five people if you need proof." Ike said.

"Dammit! It's Hades!" Palutena muttered.

"Hades? The God of the Underworld in Greek Mythology?" Snake asked.

"Maybe he is a myth from where you come from but here he is very real. And he's Skyworld's biggest enemy." Palutena explained.

"Well now he's our enemy as well so we're going to have to take care of him." Said Bayonetta.

"That's not necessary!" the goddess exclaimed.

"Not necessary?! This piece of shit sent two of his cronies to kill our people, and you're saying we should just look the other way?!" Ike roared.

"NO! I…"

"ENOUGH!" Snake fiercely commanded for everyone to be quiet. He turned to Palutena, his calm demeanor back in place. "Alright lady I'll make you a deal. My team is just eager to storm into your world and take matters into their own hands. But I understand that you want to keep your world a human-free zone. So I'll give you three days for you to send your own forces to find Hades and get him to talk. Find out why he sent his forces here. And if you do, you will relay that information to my friends." He explained and handed her a radio. "Deal?"

Palutena nodded her head. "Okay. Deal."

"Remember. Three days." He turned and made his exit from the temple. "Let's go team."

"You sure about this Snake?" Peach questioned.

"I'd rather try my best to stay out of other worldly affairs. But if they don't get results after 72 hours, we're going to march in there and find out for ourselves."

"Alright. Well we have one more warehouse to search. It's to the East." Peach said as she looked at her map.

"Then that's where we're heading." Ike affirmed.

"Yes but it's getting rather late. I think we should find a spot to rest and head there tomorrow." Bayonetta advised.

"Agreed. We've done a lot today. It's best we get some rest." Snake decided.

Zelda, Link and a group of their troops had been traveling from settlement to settlement, warning the security detail to be on alert of possible attacks in wake of the Reaper incident. They finally headed back to Hyrule in the middle of the night. Link became rather cautious traveling in the dark.

"I don't like this…everyone be on alert." Link ordered his men.

"Did you see something Link?" Zelda worried.

"No but…"

He was cut off as one of his soldiers screamed before he was killed by a Mii swordsman. The others quickly killed the Mii.

"SHIT! We're under attack!"

They found themselves surrounded by mindless Miis.

"This must be what Snake was talking about!" Zelda thought as she looked around. She attacked with her various magic's while Link and his men battled close range. The battle was short but only cause the fatalities were quick. Link's men and the Mii's were on par with each other in combat skill. When a Mii killed one of the soldiers, another one would come in and finish that one off, and another Mii did the same. After all the Miis were killed, Link and Zelda were the only ones remaining.

"Is it over?" Zelda asked as they looked around.

"I don't know." Link said with his shield raised, looking for any threats in hiding.

Stepping out of the shadows, a man ran up and punched Link in the back of the head, knocking him out.

"LINK!" Zelda shrieked and pulled out a dagger to engage the assailant. She sliced at him but he slapped the dagger out of her hand and grabbed her by the throat. He lifted her off the ground by her neck and let out an evil chuckle. The moon lit up his face and Zelda got to see who it was.

"Captain Falcon?"

"You idiots so easily forget me! No I'm not Falcon, he's dead and you know that. I am Blood Falcon, and I'll make sure the world knows it!" Blood Falcon declared.

From behind, a man punched B. Falcon right at the kidney causing him to drop Zelda. Then he wrapped both arms around Falcon's waist and performed a back drop suplex. Blood Falcon was slammed to ground with great force. He was completely disoriented.

"You all right?" He asked Zelda.

"Who are you?"

"Alex." The young wrestler identified himself. He turned and saw Blood Falcon getting back to his feet. "Let me handle this. I'll fight him and you focus on getting your friend there back up." Alex planned.

Though Zelda didn't know anything about Alex, she saw no other choice but to cooperate with him. She ran over to Link's side and saw blood dripping from the back of his head. She dug through his bag for any medical supplies, but he had a lot in there so it could take a while.

"Blood Falcon. I've been looking for you." Alex said.

"What? You want an autograph?" Blood Falcon joked.

"I know you've been takin' people out while playing hitman. Who's been hiring you?"

"Oh! Been playing detective have we? I'm impressed. But you should know I'm not gonna tell you shit!"

"Of course you won't. Guess things are gonna go the hard way."

Blood Falcon dashed at Alex with speed akin to Captain Falcon and shoulder bashed Alex's midsection. It pushed him back, but wasn't anywhere enough to knock the big man down. Alex blocked Blood Falcon's incoming volley of punches. Blood Falcon continued attacking, trying to break through Alex's guard. Alex did a reversal, kicking Blood Falcon in the gut to push him back and followed up with a massive haymaker. Alex's knuckles cracked into Blood Falcon's temple and had him reeling. Alex hit him with a lariat and knocked him on his back. He rolled out of the way of an elbow drop that followed.

He hit Alex in the head with a swift roundhouse kick and stunned him. Ducking under a right hook, he jumped up and dropped kicked Alex square in the chest, finally knocking the big man down. Blood Falcon pulled out a knife and went to stab Alex in the heart, but the wrestler slapped the blade out of his hand. He did a leg sweep and knocked Blood Falcon onto the ground. They both rose to their feet, with Alex being the first to strike. He jumped to Blood Falcon and landed in front of him. He grabbed his head with his hand and headbutted him before lifting him up and slamming him on his back with a powerbomb.

Back with Zelda, she continued to search through Link's bag until she finally found a red fairy bottle. She opened it up and used it on Link. The fairy worked its healing magic, and Link finally regained consciousness.

"Link!" Zelda sighed with relief.

"Zelda? What's going on?"

"We got attacked by Blood Falcon. He knocked you out and would've killed me if he hadn't showed up." She explained and pointed to Alex.

Things were not looking good for Blood Falcon and he knew it. When it came to close quarters combat this wrestler outmatched him. He would have to resort to other means. Rolling back up he pulled out his blaster and shot Alex's right leg. Alex fell to a knee and roared in pain from the shot.

"GAH! You damn coward!" Alex cursed. Blood Falcon simply chuckled and pointed the blaster to Alex's head for the kill shot. But before his finger touched the trigger, an arrow went right through his hand and his gun fell to the ground.

"FUCK!" Blood Falcon shouted in pain. He turned to where the arrow came from and saw Link lower his bow, satisfied with his perfect shot. Alex took this as an opportunity to make a move. He dashed behind Blood Falcon and wrapped him into a full-nelson. He kept his grip tight as Blood Falcon struggled to break out of the hold.

"HEY! Get over here and deal the final blow!" Alex called to Link and Zelda. Link picked up his sword and dashed at Blood Falcon, who could do nothing as he was exposed to a fatal attack. Once Link got close, Alex pushed Blood Falcon to him and the Hero of Time impaled the clone of Captain Falcon.

Time slowed down for Blood Falcon, his mind in a state of panic as he looked down to see the Master Sword rammed right through him. Zelda pulled out her bow and finished Blood Falcon with a perfect headshot. After the arrow went in, Link put his foot on Blood Falcon's midsection and kicked him off his sword. The corpse sprawled onto the ground. Blood Falcon was no more.

"Now that was one hell of a finisher!" Alex gave a thumbs up and stepped forward. He fell back to a knee, still feeling the effects of the blaster shot. Link and Zelda quickly came to his aid.

"Your hurt! Just sit still." Zelda said.

"It's no big deal. Didn't hit anything vital." Alex assured.

"Well we'll have it patched up in no time." Link said and began attending to the wound.

"Alex was it? You saved our lives back there. We can't thank you enough." Zelda expressed her gratitude.

"Eh, don't worry about it. You two could've taken that joker yourselves. He was a coward. The only reason he got the upper hand on you two is cause he waited for those Miis to soften you up."

"Can't argue with that. That bastard came from behind and sucker punched me." Link growled.

"Aren't you two part of the UR?" Alex asked.

"Yeah. Why?" Link responded.

"I think I've got some info that you and your team might want to know about."

Link and Zelda exchanged looks, both looking very curious. They looked back to Alex.

"Alright. We're listening."

"It wasn't a coincidence that I was here to stop Blood Falcon. I've been tailing him." Alex revealed. "The dude was a hitman. He'd been taking some low-profile targets, he'd kill them and then cut their ear off as a token of proof. Looks like this was his first big-time contract, and you two were the targets."

"Well it's a good thing we stopped him." Zelda said.

"Yeah but that begs the question. Who hired him?" Link pointed out.

"Exactly!" Alex agreed. "We may have killed him, but who's to say that there aren't more hitmen out there? This can keep happening. Who's putting out these hits, and why? If they had two head figures of the UR on their list, they must be planning something don't you think?"

"Yeah you're right…" Link worried. He had finally completed treating Alex's wound. "There! You're good to go."

"Thanks."

"This might be the evil force that Snake's been worried about." Zelda guessed. "But we don't even have a name."

"Well I'm hoping that we can find that out from him." Alex pointed to Blood Falcon's corpse. "He could have a contract on him."

Alex began searching through Blood Falcon's pockets and found a sheet of paper. "I got it!"

"What does it say?" Zelda asked.

"Blood Falcon. Your targets are Princess Zelda and Link, two representatives of the UR. Complete your task and you will be rewarded handsomely." Alex read. "Signed by…the Harbingers. Looks like we got a name."

"Harbingers? The Harbingers of what?" Link wondered.

"It doesn't say, but I got a feeling whatever it is we ain't gonna like it." Alex said.

"You're right." Zelda agreed. Suddenly Zelda took notice of something. The jacket that Alex was wearing. "Hey Alex."

"What's up?"

"That jacket…are you the vigilante we've been hearing about? Bomber?"

Alex chuckled. "Yeah that's what some people call me."

"Well Bomber, on behalf of all the members of the UR I'd like to ask if you would like to fight alongside us against the forces that threaten the people of this world." Link offered.

"You want me to join you? For real?"

"Indeed. You saved me and the Princess, and for that we are in your debt. You seem to have the same goal as us. To protect people. We would love to have you in our ranks."

Alex smiled. It seemed that what Deacon was right about these people. "All right! I'm on board!" Alex accepted without hesitation.

"Excellent!" Zelda cheered. "Now we must hurry back."

But before they took off, Link and Zelda took a moment to mourn the loss of their fallen soldiers. Alex took notice of this.

"Hey…I'm sorry about your troops there."

"Thank you. However, they knew the risks before they signed up, yet they joined regardless. The fought bravely to protect the people, and they went out fighting for that cause. I can't imagine they'd want to go out any other way." Link said. "Anyway, we must make our way back."

"Gotcha. Lead the way."

Finding a spot to rest, Snake and his team got a fire started and relaxed for the night. But before they started resting, their radios started going off.

"Looks like we're getting a call. Radios on everybody." Snake ordered. "This is Snake."

"Hey Snake, it's Link."

"Hey Link. Sorry we forgot to report in, but we had a talk with Palutena."

"How did it go?"

"She's been informed about what's going on. She tells us that Hades must be responsible for sending those things to our world."

"That would make sense. What doesn't make sense is why he's sending them here. He's in conflict with Palutena and her forces, not us."

"Maybe he just wants to be an asshole." Bayonetta thought.

"That's possible, but I doubt that." Ike said.

"Anyway, what's the plan?"

"We made a deal with her. We're giving her 72 hours to go find Hades herself and find out what's going on. Otherwise, we're taking a trip to Skyworld."

"I see…well now for the reason I called you." Link said. "Looks like you weren't crazy with your talk about an upcoming threat"

"What are you talking about."

"While Zelda and I were traveling we got attacked. At first it wasn't anything special, a group of feral Miis. All of our troops died, but we took them out. And then we got attacked by someone else. Blood Falcon."

"Blood Falcon?" Peach asked unfamiliar with the name.

"I remember him. Captain Falcon told me a while back that was a clone of him made using DNA taken from him while he was hospitalized after a major accident. His purpose was to kill the real Falcon, but that's out of the question because Falcon's dead." Snake explained.

"Well it looks like he decided to do some wet work. He came to kill me and Zelda. We would have died if it wasn't for Alex."

"Alex? Who's that?"

"Oh sorry! He's the vigilante we heard about called Bomber. He showed up just in time and gave Blood Falcon a serious beat down and helped Zelda and I kill him. Turns out he had been tailing Blood Falcon for a while. He's been doing this hitman business for some time, and we were his first big name targets."

"Did he help you find out who hired him?"

"Sure did. We looked at his contract for the job and it had a signature…the Harbingers."

"That sounds like an evil group if I've ever heard one." Ike joked. "Looks like we can't joke about you wearing a tin foil hat now, Snake."

"Yeah well…I really didn't want to be right about this." Snake said. "So what about Alex? Did he leave?"

"Nope. He's actually the newest member of the UR. If that's okay with you that is."

"Of course. The more help the better." Snake replied. "So change of plans. We're going to head back to base tomorrow. Crazy Hand can wait; this is an immediate threat that requires our attention."

"Sounds good to me. Traveling through this Wasteland and resting at campfires gets tiresome after a while." Bayonetta giggled.

"All right, sounds like a plan. See you later, and be safe." Link said and ended the call.