Yep, this is the 11th chapter, where you get to find out whether or not the Links survive or not.

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"Ah, there you are," Krystal said.

"Um? Oh. Wanna go to a movie?" Fox replied nervously, trying to keep his mind clear. It was hard especially if your girlfriend is a mind-reader and tonight's the night.

"Sure. Which one?"

"Um…"
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Everyone waited nervously as they waited for the news. Would it be fortunate enough for both of them to live, or bad enough for at least one of them to die?

The doors opened and everyone looked at Mario in doctor's clothing. "They'll-a be all right-a," he announced. "They just swallowed water, but that's taken care of. Just give them a bit of rest and they'll be up in no time."

Sighs of relief resounded throughout the room. After the news, everyone left to carry out their daily business, as if nothing had happened. As Fox was about to leave, someone behind him stopped him.

"Too much of a coincidence, eh?" Snake hissed. Fox frowned; was Snake accusing him of something?

"Are you trying to say something, Snake?" Fox replied coolly.

"Oh, not really. Just thinking as to why they'd both nearly drown at the same time."

"Look, I have no idea either, so I'm just as lost as you."

Fox pushed past Snake, infuriated, as he went back to his sulking.

Fox started worrying. During the wait for the news of Links' fate, he had pieced back together his premonition. He was also sure that it was perfectly accurate. So why was it that Squirtle survived? Wouldn't death make another attempt at his life? Why did it skip over to the Heroes of Time? There was a pattern, he thought; why was it all out of whack? He tried pondering about it a bit more.

That's when it hit him. It couldn't have been that simple, right? Could it have just been…?

But then, that meant…

"Snake!" He jumped to his feet, hoping his legs would bring him to the war-hardened mercenary on time.

And what was Snake doing, at this very moment? Why, he was on a secret mission.

A secret mission into Samus' bedroom, that is.

As he slinked towards the front door, he paused. He chuckled; this was just way too obvious. Reaching into his inventory, he dug out a pair of rubber gloves and grasped the doorknob. A slight crackle was heard.

"Gotcha," he laughed; his rubber gloves had insulated the electric-charged doorknob. He slowly opened the door slowly. As he walked in, his left leg caught on something. Looking down, he saw a trip wire, and his face dawned in realization. Hastily jumping backwards, he nearly got grazed by a metal rod that came swinging down from the ceiling.

He frowned. This wasn't going to be as easy as he thought. Thinking hastily, he called for help on his codec. He set his frequency to his trusted partner.

"Otacon, you there?"

"Wha—Snake! This is sudden!" he stammered, as the sound of zipping pants travelled through Snake's ears.

"…Otacon, am I, uh, interrupting you?" Snake asked, eyebrows raised. He's never seen this side of Otacon before. Guess scientists that never get any have to do it sometimes as well.

"No! No, not at all! So what is it that you need me to do?!"

"I need you to run a full scan over the coordinates I'm giving you," Snake replied, giving said coordinates. There was a brief pause of the other side of the transmission. "Uh, Otacon? You there?"

"Snake…"

"What?"

"The coordinates you gave me… is this Samus' bedroom?"

"So what if it is?"

"You never learn, do you, Snake."

"I have absolutely no clue what you're talking about."

"The last two times you tried infiltrating her room ended with you going to the infirmary," Otacon reminded him. "What makes you think you'll get in this time?"

"Haven't you heard? Third time's the charm." Otacon groaned; every time a voluptuous, albeit violent, lady was involved, Snake had a body of titanium and a mind like a piranha.

"Snake, exactly what can make you stop doing stupid things? It gets annoying after a while."

"Nothing can stop me and my target." Then he paused. Or was there? The string of deaths that occurred in the mansion… what if he was the next one to go? Did he really want to risk it?

And now he's going delusional, he thought to himself. Now he's hearing faint voices that are coming from nowhere. All of a sudden, someone from behind him shook him violently.

"Who the fu—" he started, but found Fox with an unreadable expression on his face. Was it anxiety? Or was it enthusiasm? "Fox, what happened?"

"I just figured out why Squirtle is safe!" Fox exclaimed. His ears were perked.

"Really?" Now that got Snake's attention. "How?"

"Think back… how would Squirtle have died?"

"If I remember correctly, he was going to fall off but Ivysaur—" he stopped. "Are you saying that…?"

"Yeah! He was saved because Ivysaur was there to pull him back up!"

Snake's eyes narrowed. "But Ivysaur died in the end, didn't he? That kind of defeats the purpose if one of us dies trying to save another."

"I didn't drown when I went out to pull both Links onto shore, did I?"

"Touché."

"I think the reason why Ivysaur died was because he just happened to be next in line."

"So you're saying all of us, except for the person after the intended target, should save the victim-to-be?"

"Well, that's basically it."

A crash came from within Samus' room. Fox and Snake stiffened up with shock, and peered in. Nothing seemed to be out of the ordinary, save for a pink liquid substance that was slowly oozing out the doorway.

"What is that?" Snake asked. Fox bent down and took a whiff before recoiling in disgust.

"Bleh. I can't tell whether or not it's soap, shampoo, perfume, or one of those hair tonics Nana keeps using."

"Guess deep down inside, our bounty hunter's still a fashion-obsessed woman," Snake chuckled at his joke as the vulpine joined in.

"Well, let's go tell Master Hand about this discovery." Snake nodded, and took three steps before slipping in the pink concoction. "Look out!" Fox grabbed the agent in time as a stray grenade fell from his pouch.

It rolled in and stopped before the bed. The twang of a trip wire was also heard. A pellet from underneath the bed shot out and hit the grenade, causing it to land into the open closet, and hung from one of the hooks. A plink was heard as it fell to the ground, pin still held in place by the hook.

"Oh, shit, run!!!" Fox screamed. Both of them scrambled as far as they could from the now doomed room. The three seconds seemed to last forever, but the spell was broken as they rounded the corner.

BOOM!

The resulting explosion shook the very foundations of the mansion, as everyone was wondering what the hell just happened. "Everyone report to the dining hall NOW," Master Hand's voice boomed through the halls of the building.

As everyone gathered, the giant hand asked, "OK, who has any information about the giant explosion?"

"It was a grenade, sir." Everyone turned towards Snake and Fox.

"You saw the person throw the grenade?" The other fighters started sizing up Snake, who was the only one with grenades.

"No; it was an accident."

"Really? And where did this happen?" Fox nudged Snake at this point, signaling to him to speak.

"I-In Samus' bedroom." Everyone groaned. Everyone but Samus, that is. Without her power suit on, everyone could see the lines of fury etched on her face, and slowly backed away from her. In one swift motion, she pinned him to the ground and pointed her gun at his forehead.

"Wait, wait!" Fox shoved Samus off.

"You stay out of this, you two-legged fur coat!" she growled.

"Two-legged fur coat?" he muttered angrily to himself. "Anyways," he addressed everyone, "I've discovered how to prevent anymore deaths!"

Everyone paused. Even Samus, who had thoughts of merely ending Snake's family line, stopped to look at the vulpine, who began to explain his theory.

"Wait, so we have to intervene for the person who's about to die?" Zelda asked. Fox nodded in return. "So who's going to be the next victim?" Fox just looked over at Pikachu. "Oh. So who dies after him?"

"Hey!" Pikachu growled, annoyed.

At long last, I have updated!

Also, just to let you know, I'm simultaneously updating this along with Corrections Policy. This means that I'll upload one chapter from here, SFD, then work on another chapter on CP, and the process repeats himself.

In other words, updates will be slower. Ciao!

Pikachu: Why does no one like me?!
Me: What are you talking about? Everyone loves you. NOW GET OUT OF MY A/N NOW.