"Quick everyone! We must find Samus! Search the corridors! Split up into teams and climb up the steepest mountain and find her!" Crazy Hand screamed.

"But Crazy! We only have 6 minutes until the finals start! There won't be enough time to find her!" Waluigi screamed.

"What! Oh this is truly terrible! What can we do now?!" Crazy Hand continued to scream.

"I don't know!" Waluigi screamed back.

"Will you two quit screaming at each other? I'm sure Samus is on her way over here right now as we speak. If not, we can always cancel the tournament," Lucina said.

"Cancel the tournament? Why I've never! Do you know how many people paid to watch the tournament and do you know how many viewers are tuned in right now? Smash Bros. will receive so much backlash that it will affect Smash in the future. Plus as a tournament host, I've never canceled a fight in my life, and I definitely won't start today!"

"Well, what shall you do? Stall them?" Marth asked.

"That's a brilliant idea! I can distract the crowd which will buy Samus some time to make it here, or to find her at the least!" Crazy Hand said.

"To be honest Crazy, I do not think Samus will return any time soon. She could be off on an important quest," Zelda said.

"Oh what could she possibly be doing so important that would make her skip an entire match?" Crazy Hand suggested.

"Isn't Aran a bounty hunter? You know, those type of people who capture a-criminals?" Mario said.

"Mario's right big-talking hand. Samus hard than any of us. She may be on a special mission," Peach added.

"Well, if she does return, she better bring an acceptable excuse of her intolerable absence, because she has completely brought the tournament into a train wreck of a mess! Speaking of the tournament, what shall I do to please the people until Samus arrives?"

"Why not just set up a fake fight?" Lucina asked.

"Hush Lucina! I'm trying to think! Ah-ha! I'll just find two gullible non-fighters and use them to stall the crowd! But who shall I pick?" Crazy Hand slowly turned to face Waluigi, who had a huge grin on his face.

"Waluigi, would u-"

"YES! YES I WOULD A-LOVE TO FIGHT! PICK ME! PICK ME!" Waluigi begged as he dropped to his knees.

"Well, I guess you'll have to do for now. But who shall be your opponent?" Crazy Hand said. He slowly turned to face Lucina, who had an irritated expression on her face.

"Need something?" Lucina sarcastically said.

"Why yes I do. If you all excuse me, I need to bring Waluigi's opponent," and with that Crazy Hand flew straight out of the exit.

"Ooohhh! I am a-so excited! Finally I will have a chance to shine in the spotlight as a representative for Smash Bros.!"

"Except you are not a fighter. You are a pawn," Mario added.

"Hmph! Say what you must, but I'm not going to a-let this opportunity go to waste," Wario said.

"Let's just hope your opponent is skinnier than you are," Mario said.

"Shut up!" Waluigi screamed.


The gunship came to a halt as it met face-to-face with the giant planet in front of it. The wormhole that the gunship warped from had soon closed. Samus wasted no time scanning the planet as she did receive the transmission signal from this location. The computer buzzed as it began began to analyze the unknown planet. As it do so, Samus decided to look at planet itself, and she noticed how dry and bland the surface looked.

"Looks like this planet had suffered a deadly drought," Samus said to herself. The screams of the panicking man on the transmission was still ringing in Samus's head. She hated herself that it was her fault that the man was possibly dead. If she hadn't spend most of her time dealing with Little Mac, she probably would have made it in time to save the man.

"BUZZ!" Samus quickly tapped the computer as soon as it was finished scanning the planet. She pulled the logbook on the holographic screen and read a short summary.

[Planet Billium]

[Mass: 3.8 trillion teratons.]

[Profile: QUARANTINE]

[Planet's core is rife with Miteralis, a sentient gaseous Global Exterminator virus." Planet is unhabitable due to deadly virus continually growing below the planet's crust. Miteralis will soon rise above the crust.]

[No. of moons: N/A]

"Hmm. Those are the only scans? Why would the Federation come here if it's unhabitable?" Samus thought. The Federation usually make questionable choices, but not foolish ones... most of the time. Whatever their reasons were, Samus was wasting precious time just thinking about the situation. They were probably waiting for her right now.

Suddenly, the gunship began tremble violently as Samus held on to her seat. Was she being attacked? No, it couldn't be. Her radar showed no enemy readings in the area.

"What is this?" The gunship was still trembling, but at a much calmer pace. Samus looked outside of her window and noticed that she was being pulled toward the planet. There was something definitely off about the planet. The scans did not mention that Billium had a gravitational pull. Was it possible that Billium, brought her here for a reason? If so, what was her purpose of being there? Maybe Samus was just overreacting and the virus growing in its core had some magnetic properties to it.

"What am I doing? I'm wasting time!" She placed her hand on her steering orb and set her flight path towards Billium. She took one last glance at the planet before activating her thrusters and soon, the gunship flew towards the planet.


"Really? You want me to fight?" Chrom asked.

"Why of course! Who else could posess the potential of a warrior? You are the perfect pick! So will you do it?" Crazy Hand asked.

"Of course! I finally get my chance!" Chrom said with enthusiasm.

"THEN GET YOUR BUTT ON THE WARP PAD!" Crazy Hand yelled.

"I will!" Chrom ran to the warp pad.

"Hold it! Father, are you really considering this task?" Lucina asked.

"Come now Lucina. Opportunity has finally arrived at my doorsteps! I let you and Robin fight all of my battles. I can't let that happen again," Chrom said.

"But-"

"I hate to spoil the mood here, but the show must go on here! Now Chrom, get ready for teleportation!" Crazy Hand instructed.

"Yes sir! But Crazy, who shall be my worthy opponent?" Chrom asked.

"You'll see him on the battlefield. Now prepare yourself! I'm going to teleport you as soon as I announce your name," Crazy Hand instructed. The automatic doors soon opened.

"Mister Crazy, we'll be on in 1 minute!" The Koopa Troopa said. He looked around and noticed the lack of fighters in the room.

"sir, where are all of the participating fighters?" The Koopa Troopa asked.

"I'll explain everything when I meet you in the Live Room. Just get back to your station!" Crazy Hand ordered.

"Yes sir," the Koopa Troopa took off to return back to his station.

"Lucina, I need you to send Robin to the battlefield and Waluigi as well when he gets here. Can you do that?" Crazy Hand asked.

"I'd-"

"Great! Press the flashing Smash Bros. logo when I announce their names. I'll see later!" Crazy Hand quickly flew out of the doors.

"Wait! Ughhhh, why did I sign up for this?" Lucina asked herself. She banged her head several times on the wall.

"What's wrong Lucina? Does it still bother you that you are considered a clone of me? Just remember Lucina: you are the base and I am the tip," Marth said.

"That's not what's upsetting me! And if anything, you are a clone of me! You steal my Emblemic shampoo just so that your hair could be as fluffy as mine!" Lucina yelled.

"*gasps* how dare you? I need that shampoo more than you ever will! With the condition of your hair, you could use some," Marth hissed back.

"Why you!"

"Enough! Both of you quit your fraying. Lucina, stay focused and get ready to transport me," Chrom said.

"Hmph! I'll be waiting for you in Spectator's Room when you're done. This argument isn't over yet," Marth said as he left the room.

"Whatever," Lucina hissed.


The gunship steered straight through the dense, vision-blocking clouds as Samus searched for a safe place to land. The harsh winds had made it difficult for her to even steer the gunship properly. The brutal weather made her remember the time when she entered Aether's atmosphere. Oh how terrible it was for her to wait for her gunship to finish auto repairing when it was damaged by the storm.

Luckily for her there was no rain or lightning to ruin her day. It decreases her chances of stranded on a sick planet. Suddenly, the gunship began to beep loudly as Samus griped the steering orb. She was familiar with this alarm; it meant that she was approaching ground at a fast rate and she it was urgent for her to slow down unless if she wanted to crash, and her ship was not suited for her high velocity impacts.

She quickly deactivated the thrusters which decreased the gunship's speed dramatically and rotated the gunship to where its underside was facing the clouds. In a matter of moments, she saw miles and miles of land ahead of her. The gunship beeped loudly which warned her to land with gentleness. Finally, the gunship touched the surface of the sick planet with ease, its engines blowing away the fume clouds which surrounded it.

Samus wasted no time unlocking the hatch at the bottom of her ship in which she jumped out of. In an instant, Samus's energy began to deplete. Her alarm meter warned that her shields were taking damage.

"Ughh, what's happening?" Samus said. She quickly ran back to her ship and stumbled on the hatch that layed open for her to jump back in, "thermal visor on!" Soon, the display of her visor had transformed into a fiery red-orange blur. Every where she looked the environment was very hot.

"The visor is overloaded. It seems the virus has finally reached the surface. It'll be impossible for me to travel on foot," Samus thought. Soon the hatch closed and she ran to her seat as quick as possible. She wasted no time starting up the engines and activating the thrusters. With how terrible and dangerous the environment is, she hoped the Federation were in some sort of protection. She rubbed her steering orb and proceeded to travel the planet by ship.


"Is camera #13 live yet?" Crazy Hand said.

"We'll be live in fifteen seconds!" Koopa Troopa #1 said.

"Alright everyone! Get to your stations!" Soon, every Koopa Troopa scattered like roaches returning to designated spots.

"Crazy! We're on in...," Crazy quickly tapped the mic in front of him to make sure that it was functional. He turned to Koopa Troopa #1 and watched as he fingers counted down to one.

"Annnnnnnnd welcome to Finale week of the Super Smash Bros. invitational tournament! I am your host Crazy Hand, co-director of the Super Smash Bros. For the past few weeks, you've seen your favorite fighters duke it out on the battlefield, and soon you'll get to witness who's the best of the best in the grand finale week! But before we get to the main event, I thought it be swell if an exhibition match between two highly characters to be in smash would be wonderful! So what do you say?" Crazy Hand's question was answered with a loud cheer from the crowd.

"Excellent! Then without further ado, I introduce you to one of the three lords of Fire Emblem: Awakening! He's got blue hair, he's charming, and he's the father of our beloved Lucina! I welcome you Chrom!" Crazy Hand announced. The crowd loudly cheers as Chrom appears on the battlefield; He kindly bows to the crowd, "and on the other side of the battlefield, he's tall, he's skinny, and he resembles Wario and Luigi combined! I welcome you Waluigi!" Crazy Hand continued to announce while the crowd had cheered on. However, after waiting for a few moments, Waluigi did not appear on the battlefield.

"Ummmmm. I welcome you Waluigi!" Crazy Hand announced again. The crowd cheered again, but there was still no Waluigi in sight. The crowd soon started murmuring in confusion as Crazy Hand starting to tremble in fear. He quickly took off his headpiece and flew out of the Live Room.

"Wait Mr. Crazy!" Koopa Troopa #1 screamed at him. Crazy Hand ignored him and quickly flew down the corridor and headed to the Transport Room. He was completely enraged as to why Lucina didn't transport Waluigi like he told her to. He was ready to receive the excuses she probably was ready to tell him. He finally arrived at the entrance to the Transport Room and flew in.

"LUCINA, YOU HAD ONE JOB, ONE! WHY DID YOU not...teleport... Waluigi?" Crazy looked around and realized that they were the only ones in the room.

"He's not here!" Lucina screamed.


The dense fog completely hindered Samus's vision while she continued to search for any Galactic Federation troopers. Even in her gunship she was still having trouble traveling. She began to wonder if the distress signal was nothing more than a false alarm. Or maybe she was by a nearby ship and had intercepted a call. Either way, the possibilities were granting her any progress, "come on GF. Where are you guys?" Samus said. She hoped that the troopers were no where lying dead. That was her worst fear; not saving the people that she swore to protect. She pity herself when she couldn't save the GF troopers from getting killed by the Ing on Aether.

Those thoughts soon turned into gruesome circumstances. The GF could be held off in a secret facility, tortured by their abductors, and tossed away in the trash once their kidnappers have their information. The images in her head began to frustrate her, her grip on the steering orb began to tighten. She needed to find any clues so she could feel relieved at the least.

Suddenly, she saw a dark giant object in the distance, and it grew bigger the more she traveled closer to it. She quickly zoomed in on the object and was astonished; the object had the Galactic Federation logo on it. It had to be a ship of some sort. Samus did not hesitate to land once she saw it. She quickly opened the hatch and jumped right out.

Her shields instantly began losing energy the moment she touched the ground; she had no time to waste before her energy would drop down to zero. Samus quickly ran towards the object and identified it as a G.F.S. Ayp. She remembered seeing these types of ship during her Federation days.

"What the heck?" Samus noticed that the right side of the ship was completely covered with thick vines, some of which were partially burned, "scan visor!" Samus quickly scanned the vines in order to learn more about them.

Scanning completed.

[These tangled vines appear to have been burned by a flamethrower type of weapon. The burns give the vines a heat signature which estimates that they were burned 2 1/2 hours ago.]

"Darn it. They must have been attacked," Samus said. As she studied the vines, she finally noticed a giant hole from where the vines were coming from, "scan vi-"

"Scraughhh!"

"Ughh!" Samus grunted as she quickly jumped away from her attacker, "a reaper vine!" The reaper vine slowly grew out of the hole and leeched towards Samus. Knowing all of its attack patterns, she rolls to the switches to her Plasma Beam. She charges it up releases the fiery blast towards its eye.

"Screech!" The Reaper Vine cries in pain and slithers back into the giant hole.

"Oh no you don't!" Samus gives chase and transforms into the morph ball to roll under the ship and falls into the hole and transforms back into her normal form, but it doesn't take long for her to get tangled up in vines on the way in. In a swift hastle, the vines completely enwrap themselves around every part of her suit, preventing her from transforming into the morph ball. The more she struggled to escape, the tougher the vines became.

"I don't have time for this!" Samus thought. She charged her plasma cannon to maxium power and fired at the bundle of vines. The vines wiggled uncontrollably and slowly withered away, freeing Samus from their grasp. Samus soon fell down into the grassy shaft until she met the ground beneath.

"No. It can't be! "Looking up, Samus had frozen in fear as the horrifying thoughts that dwelled within her mind had have become a reality.