Disclaimer: I own this plot and the cylinder ships, which were my own creation.

So far people would like to have it in this story, 3-1, and the one is just my anime loving friend (I don't like anime). So if anyone would like a sequal, hurry up! I personally don't know. And I promise that the way I'll write this war, it'll be better than Pearl Harbor

(That's a good movie!).

Also, if there are some lines running threw the page, just ignore them, never trust a computer. (beware, this chapter is a major cliff hanger)

Chapter 8: Mind vs. Matter

Blacking out isn't fun. Your eyes are really heavy, your neck hurts, and your trying to remember what happened. In this case, Samus then immediately threw her upper torso and yelled (not a scream). This caused her head to collide with the fore head of Captain Falcon, who was leaning over Samus bed. Falcon staggered and fell backward onto a tray of needles.

"OWIE! I've been stabbed!"

"Falcon! Are-a you O.K.?" Asked Dr. Mario, who hurried into the room once he heard the noise.

Samus rubbed her head in pain, and then realized what happened.

"Falcon, are you alright?"

Falcon didn't answer right away, "Yeah, I think I… Doctor, what was in those needle?"

"Um… horse tranquilizers."

"Oh sh…" began Falcon, before he flopped onto the floor.

"Will he be alright?" Samus asked the counterpart.

"I believe so, you may go now, and I already check all your vitals."

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Samus was paranoid, like REALLY paranoid. This was stupid! We're on the verge of war and we're having a dinky little tournament! Was James selling them the Microsoft, and this is a way of softening them up? No' it couldn't, James is loyal to Nintendo, but was the point of the tournament? What was it doing for us? These questions, and she wanted the answers.

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"I'm sorry Samus, James isn't available at this moment." Said Danielle, "he is having a important appointment with general Scales."

"Danielle, it's not like I'm going to sweat talk, it's important."

"I'm sorry, but he can not be disturbed."

"Then why are we sitting around and having useless matches while we're at war? And don't kid yourself; we ARE at war!"

Danielle looked at Samus, and let out a sigh. She leaned on her desk, and let out another sigh.

"Samus, you're being silly. James knows what he's doing. He has been preparing for this ever since the death of Master Hand."

"Danielle, think about it for a second! All the characters are in one place, we're like sitting ducks!"

 Danielle sighed. "Samus, I want you to think about the possibility that your not the only intelligent soul on this planet, and that James might know more about this war than you. So here's the reality check, James knows what he's doing, you don't. The Nintendo universe doesn't revolve around you…yet."

"What, what do you mean yet."

"Samus, don't kid yourself by thinking that you're not going to win this tournament. The only people who might give you problems are Ganondorf, Link, and Mewtwo, and Ganondorf and Link are battling right now. Now, I think you should leave."

Samus hesitated at first, and then left.

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"Mewtwo, can I talk you about something." Samus asked. Mewtwo was playing chess with Wario, and was winning with ease.

"Draw," said Mewtwo (authors note: when I say said, I mean telepathic mind talky thingy)

"I'll want a rematch you deformed floating cat!"

"That coming from a midget with a double chin bigger than his meter wide grin."

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"I really don't know why he called the tournament either Samus, but I'm sure it wasn't just for fun."

"I think it for the champion; I don't know."

"James is clever; he would let us be a sitting target. He is trying to keep the same type of mental environment as the first two tournaments. I believe that he doesn't want us to be aware of something because of our reaction. The thing that's alarming to me is that if he is willing to tell us about the Master Hand; whatever he's hiding must be worse, or maybe it's something that would want us to stop fighting."

Samus didn't know what it could be he was hiding, but when she did, she'd regret it.

"On another note, good luck on the match." Smiled Mewtwo

"Who am I facing?"

"You're looking at him."

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"Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the quarterfinals of this tournament. This match is between Samus and Mewtwo, the stage is Big Blue, only recovery items, pain blocker is on, two stocks, so began on my mark, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…"

The match began as they stood on Falcon transport ship. Samus had her magnetic boots activated while Mewtwo leisurely floated over the speeding craft.

"…SMASH!"

Samus unleashed a barrage of power shots at Mewtwo. Mewtwo merely extended his arm and the orange dots stopped inches before his hand (Think Neo in Matrix Reloaded). Mewtwo held up his finger and the shots at Samus, who immediately jumped onto a racer underneath the ship seconds before the wall of power shot whizzed by. Mewtwo floated down onto the same racer, only to find she was not there.

"Think fast…"

Mewtwo whipped around in time to see the inverted Samus who was standing up side down on the transporting ship shoot a fully charged ice beam in his face. Samus, who was still up side down, walked up to the frozen Mewtwo and pushed him onto the track with one finger. The ice smashed as it hit the pavement and Mewtwo's limp body rolled off the edge.

As Mewtwo began to descend from the sky, Samus decided to charge up a plasma beam and save it for later. Mewtwo immerged with two charged up shadow balls in his hand. Samus matrix dodged the first, but was hit straight on by the second. She was thrown onto another racer and smashed the glass window on impacted. Once again her jet boosters malfunction.

"Ah, this worthless piece of crap!"

Samus picked herself up at the precise moment Mewtwo teleported in front of her and used his physic powers to paralyze her. Samus knew that he could KO her right, so she decided to do something she had done in a match for a long time. She changed into her Morph Ball and planted a Power Bomb right in Mewtwo face.

Mewtwo looked at the gray, blinking ball for a second in curiosity, until it blew up in his face. The blast made both the Morph Ball and Mewtwo fly through the air. Mewtwo landed on a racer as Samus flew off the track.

Samus quickly dropped from the sky onto the car in front of him. He was damaged heavily, and would be easy prey. Unfortunately for Samus, Mewtwo saw the Heart Container behind her, and went for it. As Samus whipped around, Mewtwo used Disable to paralyzed Samus long enough to grab her, throw her in the air, and unleashed seven energy balls at her. This knocked Samus off the edge of the track. Mewtwo smiled, waiting to her the word GAME; but to his surprise, he didn't hear that nor the sound of the explosion.