Chapter 36: A Feud to Settle

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Zero Suit Samus actually liked this whole room thing, she got along well enough with most of the smashers that she wouldn't dread being locked up with someone, and if she didn't get along with them she could shut them up with a glare or a good boot print to their face. But today had been even better. Palutena, her partner, kept leaving the room which let Zero do her own thing for most of the day. She'd even snuck back into her room, grabbed a few essentials and was now snuggly lying under the table with her blanket and pillow. Zero heard the door to the room open but ignored it, assuming it was Palutena quickly entering and exiting. Samus eye opened in suspicion when she didn't hear the door close again. The table flipped over and revealed Master Hand with a cuffed Palutena.

"There she is!" Palutena chirped.

"Clearly." Master Hand dead panned. He walked over to the table to put it back in place as Samus got up and curled up on a chair, "Sorry for the inconvenience, but due to your partner's actions today I've been forced to give the Crazy Hand treatment."

"Please, as if anything could stop me." Palutena exclaimed. She tore the chain from the handcuffs and tried to leave the room but in a shocking turn of events was electrocuted. Palutena froze in place and screamed in pain, after a few seconds the electricity stopped and the goddess collapsed unto her back.

"As I said, I gave her the Crazy treatment. For her safety, I recommend you keep the door and the window closed." Master Hand said as he left the room, pushing Palutena out of the way to close the door. Zero focused her attention on the goddess after she loudly moaned in pain, she watched as Palutena flipped herself over slowly crawled to a chair. Once she had made it to a chair she pulled herself up and crumpled unto the chair.

"You know," Palutena groaned, "When he said Crazy treatment, I figured he meant, like Crazy's treatment, not, I'm going to give you exactly what I give Crazy. That was enough electricity to knock out an elephant." The goddess said between pained breaths.

"Then how are you still up?" Samus asked in an undisturbed tone of voice.

"That's a good question." Palutena raised a finger into the air. The goddess pulled herself up to a sitting position and released a pained sigh, leaning her head over the back of the chair.

"Here," Samus tossed her pillow to Palutena who groaned once the pillow made contact, "You probably need this more than me."

"Thanks." Palutena put the pillow on the table and let her face slam against the table.

"Are you alright?" Samus asked starting to get concerned, never had she seen the goddess in such a state. Palutena simply gave her a thumbs up in response. The goddess jumped up as Samus threw something else at her, it was a bottle of pain medication, "I usually keep a bottle around in case I get a headache, which is often."

"If I could transfer my prayers to the person who invented these I would, not that they would give that person much use anyway." Palutena threw the lid over her shoulders and guzzled down all of the contents.

"You didn't even use water." Samus said completely flabbergasted.

"I've done worse." The goddess threw the empty bottle over her shoulder, "So, how's your day in this hellhole been."

"When I was taking a dump the ninja destroyed the stall I was in and almost saw me naked."

"Sheik or Greninja?" Palutena asked, Samus raised up one finger. Palutena laughed as hard as she could without moving too much, "Why were you even naked in the restroom?"

"Do you see zippers on this suit?" Samus threw her blanket off to show the goddess.

"So, did he seal the deal?" Palutena asked mischievously. Samus' face turned beet red, she grabbed back her pillow and threw it roughly to the chuckling Palutena.

"No! That'd be liking doing it with Zelda, and I'm not into her like that." Samus said defensively. Palutena laughed even louder, her laugh was so infectious that Samus couldn't help but smile too. "Hey, speaking of stuff that happened I just remembered, I was talking with Little Mac and he told me that last time we did this you told him you killed Pit and that you went to goddess school?"

"What?" Palutena blinked, absolutely baffled. After a few seconds of being utterly confused her face suddenly lit up and started laughing again, "I remember! That was the dumbest thing! I cannot believe that he actually believed me! I made that up on the spot! Is that why he's been avoiding me? He thinks I'm capable of that?!"

"Didn't you drive a tank through the cafeteria and scare the shit out of the cafeteria lady, literally?" Samus rebottled.

"That wasn't poop, she was making chili! I hope," Palutena muttered, "Anyways, you're not so innocent either Sammy, weren't you the one that filled Captain Falcon's helmet with white paint last tournament?"

"Quiet!" Samus hissed as she covered the goddess' mouth, "No one knows it was me, wait, how the hell do you know, you weren't even in that tournament?!"

"I was talking to the captain one night when he was drunk, he went on and on about some dumb dating stories and mentioned something he did last tournament that would make you the most likely suspect. Perfect timing and perfect motive. He snuck into your room when you were showering and you decided to get some payback?"

"Fucker was trying to steal my underwear. Probably to wear it." Samus said jokingly

"Ouch, that burn was hotter than a falcon punch." Palutena reached over for a fist bump, which Samus pounded. "But I do have to ask, why paint in his helmet?"

"I heard him talking with Meta Knight, you know, back when he was the best fighter, that he loved his hair, the color, the softness, blah, blah, blah. I didn't think I could dye his hair without him noticing so I dumped paint in his bucket. I choose white because I knew that he would try to cover it up. And he did." Samus pulled out her phone and Palutena moved her chair to the other side of the table. Samus scrolled through her gallery until she found a picture of Captain Falcon with what could best be described as a five-year-old using a red crayon on a man's head. Palutena burst out laughing to the point where she almost fell out of her chair.

"He tried to dye his hair over paint?! That's too good to be true, did he not know about dye and was too embarrassed to ask?"

"Yup, his hair took about a month to recover, he didn't want any help from anyone so he just stayed like that." Samus grinned widely at the memory, she wasn't much for pranks but she'd be damned if that wasn't one of the most satisfying months she's ever had.

"You, Ms. Aran are a delight. We should get lunch together someday, not here though, the cafeteria probably doesn't want to see me for a while."

"Why wait? It's not like we're doing anything better right now." Samus said as she got up and stretched. Palutena arched an eyebrow and lifted her cuffed arms in response. Samus pulled out a bobby pin from her hair and expertly removed the cuffs, "I wouldn't be much of a bounty hunter if I couldn't get out of a simple trap, now let's go." Samus opened the window and put her pistol in whip form and secured the line so they could climb out. Samus got up and gestured for the goddess to go first.

"We should go to a place I know called Paradis café, they have the best sweets." Palutena said once Samus has reached the ground. "Master Hand told me it was from a different world but he like it so much he offered to help them expand." The two new friends talked with each other excitedly as they get distance away from the mansion.

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