Chapter 25

The snow had stopped falling, for the time being anyway. The snow on the ground was sparkling beautifully in the sunlight. Three days have passed since Marth was brought into another cabin. He wounds are now healed. He was in his cabin looking out the window. He didn't feel like going outside for awhile. Marth was sitting in a chair with his right arm on a table.

Link decided to visit Marth for awhile. He knocked on the door and Marth got up to answer it.

"How are you feeling?" Link asked.

"I'm getting better."

Link walked inside and Marth shut the door. Link sat down on the bed and looked around. The window had been fixed and the whole place had been cleaned up.

"Who did all the work here?" Link asked.

"I did." Marth answered.

"I see."

"Oh...and, Link?"

"Yeah?"

"Did Roy tell you about the fight we had?"

Link sighed, "Yes he did."

"Well, if he told you that it was his fault, don't believe that!"

"Why not?"

"Because it was really mine."

Link was silent.

"I should've agreed with Roy not to go outside." Marth said, "The weather was bad and I got too careless, he pulled me in the cabin, and I thought he was trying to pick a fight with me, so I attacked him back. I later found out that I was wrong, he was just trying to protect me." he continued, "Ugh, I feel embarrassed about that!"

Link laughed. Then he remembered.

"Has anyone told you of what happened to Fox?" he asked Marth.

Marth's heart nearly leaped out of his throat when he heard that, "What?"

"Fox fell off of his mobile yesterday." Link said, "Dr. Mario said that he was in a coma."

"Oh no." Marth said.

Link got up and was just about to leave, but Marth stopped him.

"Wait!"

Link stopped and turned around.

"All of the others made it, so…….that means that Fox will make it out alive too!" Marth said, trying to sound happy.

Link shook his head, "It's not easy. You'll never know what will happen. You won't know if he is ok, or of he is dying as we speak."

Link walked out the door. When Link said that, Marth's hopes of finding Fox all right, has dropped down. WAY down.

"Oh man."

Marth sat down on the edge of a bed and placed his hand on his face.

Samus and Falco were still in the cabin with Fox. Samus was stroking the fur on his face lightly.

"This would've happened if I haven't of forced you to race with me." he thought.

Samus lowered his head.

"Samus?" Falco asked.

Samus raised his head and turned to Falco, "Yeah?"

"I'm going out for awhile. Keep an eye on Fox, all right?"

"Gotcha!"

Falco walked out the door and shut it. Samus decided to take his power suit off. His helmet was already off, though. As he took the pieces off one by one, he kept an eye on Fox. He finally got his suit off. He had on a plain black t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans. He also had on a pair of tennis shoes, as well as white socks.

Samus looked in the mirror. His face was sweaty and his hair was a mess; brown, messy helmet hair from before. He went over to the sink and wet his hands. Then he moved his hands across his hair, flatting it down. The water from his hair streamed down his face. Samus grabbed a rag and dried his face off.

Then he walked back over and sat back down beside Fox, who was still motionless. Samus sighed softly.

"I really hope you'll wake up soon." he said softly.

Bowser busted out from the snow. He growled softly as he tried to get out. Ganondorf also got out from the snow. He dusted himself off and sighed.

"Another plan, another failed!" Bowser growled, "I give up!"

Ganondorf quickly turned to Bowser, "You what?"

"I said I give up!"

"You can't give up!"

"Too late, I just did!" Bowser said, "What's the point? Every time we try to get the Triforce, someone is always in the way!"

"Yeah well---"

Before Ganondorf was about to say something, Bowser suddenly remembered.

"Where's Zelda?" he asked.

"Who knows and who cares." Ganondorf responded, "She's probably dead. Let's get out of here."

Ganondorf walked off. Bowser looked around, but Zelda was nowhere to be seen. Bowser ran to catch up with Ganondorf.

Dr. Mario walked inside Samus's and Fox's cabin. Samus turned around and saw him.

"I-a-need to take some tests on-a-Fox." Dr. Mario said.

Samus nodded and backed away from Fox. Dr. Mario walked towards him. Fox was still in a coma. Samus turned his back towards the two and just stood there.

Dr. Mario pulled out a laptop and set it down on the bed. Then he began putting needles into Fox's skin. The needles were hooked with wires that led to a laptop computer. When he turned the laptop on, it showed everything that was inside Fox's body from head to toe. Dr. Mario carefully studied it for awhile.

After five minutes, he began printing a piece of paper. It showed what condition that Fox was in and how much chance he will have of survival.

Dr. Mario grabbed the paper, ripped it out of the printer, and handed it to Samus. Samus took the note and read it carefully. Brainwaves were functioning at 23, breathing 31, and heart rate 24.

That was NOT good!

Samus felt his heart drop rapidly. His face grew pale and he felt as though he was choking. Dr. Mario nodded, and then left.

It was official; Fox had very little chance of waking up from the coma. Fox and Samus had been friends for who knows how long, and the thought of one of them dying was too painful to stand.

Samus's shut his eyes tightly as soon as he finished reading the paper. He crushed the paper tightly in his hand.

Samus opened his eyes back up. He walked towards Fox and sat back down in the chair. He took one more look at Fox and then turned away. He and Fox had been freinds for who knows how long. Samus couldn't bare to lose him.

He looked at Fox once more and lowered his head. He shut his eyes tightly and sighed.

Falco was sitting in a chair. He wanted to contact the Star Fox team and tell them about what has happened to their leader, but he was afraid of what their reaction will be, so he didn't bother.

He and Fox haven't spoken to the team for several years now that they have joined Super Smash Brothers Melee. And they haven't called Fox and Falco either. Both of them were wondering why, too.

Falco figured that now is the time to call them. He walked out of the cabin and towards his Arwing. He pressed a button on his wrist and the door to the Arwing opened up. Falco jumped inside.

He started it up. The lights inside started blinking on and off. Falco pressed a button on his radio and put an antenna on his head.

"Are any of you guys there?" he asked, "This is Falco!"

Falco got a response.

"Falco? Is….is that really you?" a voice answered.

"Yes, it's me!" Falco replied.

It was Slippy. He was so excited about hearing from Falco that he almost couldn't talk.

"How are ya?" he asked.

"Just fine. Listen; there's been a pro---"

Falco was cut off by another voice.

"Hey Falco, what's up?"

Falco sighed and shook his head, "I'm doing fine, Peppy. How are you?"

"Still kicking!"

"Ok, listen to me everyone!" he said, "There's been an accident! Fox fell off of his snow mobile the other day!"

"What?" Peppy asked, "Is…..is he all right?"

"He's in a coma right now!"

Just then, another answered.

"Hello…..Falco?"

It was Krystal.

"Um…..Krystal…..I'm afraid I have some bad news….." Falco hesitated.

"Are you all right?" she asked.

"Yeah I'm fine, but Fox isn't."

Krystal gasped, "Why? What's wrong with him?"

"Um………Peppy?" Falco asked, "Could you tell her? I need to go!"

"No problem!" he replied.

Falco put the radio up and sighed. The last thing he wanted to do was to tell Krystal about what happened to Fox. He shut down his Arwing and jumped out of it. Then he ran back to the cabin.