Disclaimer: Nope...not mine...
A/N: Bloooooooooood and gooooooooooooore is fuuuuuuuuuuuun.
Fear Itself
Chapter 4- Fear of Needles
Roy sat on his bed, staring at the window. His room was dark and the moon was covered by the clouds outside his window, not sending any moonlight into the teens room. "What do I fear then..." He thought to himself. There was a knock on his door. He jumped and fell off with a loud thud. "Ow..." He muttered. Roy stood up and yelled, "Who is there?"
"It's us..." Came the reply.
"Us?" Roy asked.
The door cracked open slowly and inside stepped Yoshi, Samus, Peach, Marth and Popo. Ever since they searched Pichu's room, the group decided that they should share clues and any leads to the murderer. Along with them was Nana. "Heya Marth!" Popo said with a smile.
"What are you guys doing here?!" Roy asked. "Master Hand said we all have to stay in our own rooms...and also, I'm gonna be the next person killed! You guys aren't safe."
Samus laughed. "Well, aren't you safer in a group, then alone?"
Roy looked at the ground with a sigh. "Yeah, your right about that...but Master Hand might get mad if you guys are in here!" Before any could answer, another knock was heard on the door. The room froze. "W-who is there?" Asked Roy. No answer came, but instead another knock.
"Is it...him?" Yoshi asked in a whisper, getting closer to Samus.
Roy walked towards the door slowly. When he reached the door, he once again asked, "Is anyone there?"
"No..." Was the reply on the other side. The door then flew open and a gush of chilling air flooded the room, frezzing Roy's window and sending his bed covers and random objects in his room flying. In the doorway was standing a black figure, covered in darkness. Roy stepped back and ran towards the others. The figure was about to follow, but it stopped and saw that Roy was not alone in the room. The creature let out a loud screech, causing the window and Samus's visor to break. Roy, Marth, Yoshi and Peach reached up to cover their ears from the loud yell, Popo and Nana fell unconscience on the ground and Samus's helmet protected her from the voice. The cloaked figure turned for the door and as it left, the cold air flew out of the room with the same speed it flew in, slamming the door as it left. As it did, the room was then overtaken by a rush of warm air.
"What was that?!" Marth said, dropping his hands.
"The murderer!" Peach exclaimed, running for the door. She flew it open and looked both ways for the black figure. Not one thing was in the hall. "No one is out there." She said, closing the door and turning back.
Roy was lying on the floor, his skin as white as a ghost and his eyes were wide open. He was trembling and his breathing very fast. Samus, Marth and Yoshi were holding him up. "Roy? Whats wrong?" Asked Marth.
"It...was...I saw..." He studdered.
Master Hand bursted into the room. "Roy!" He yelled, floating over to the trembling teen. "Whats going on?" He asked the room.
"The murderer came here!" Yoshi told the hand.
Roy let out a gasp. The entire room turned to him. "Roy?" Asked Master Hand. Roy's body fell limp and his pluse stopped. In his left arm, a very large needle, with some green liquid at the point, rolled off and to the ground.
Tied onto the needle was a note that Peach picked up. "Needles. That is what this man feared. And his time came to face his fear. Your time is coming too. Twenty-one Smashers remain.'" She said, giving the note to Master Hand.
"You...can read this?" He asked the princess.
"I'm just guessing..." She said quickly...a little too quickly.
Master Hand sighed and closed the wide opened eyes of Roy. Marth began letting out slow sobs as Samus came over and began comforting him. Yoshi and Peach just stood there, looking away from Roy. "What happened to those two?" Asked Master Hand, referring to Popo and Nana.
"They were knocked out by the scream the muderer yelled." Yoshi anwsered.
---Down the hall---
A cloaked figure peered around the corner at the room it had just ran from. "It's too risky to go in that order now..." It said. "I had better contact them and tell them there is a change in plans." The figure turned away and headed into the dark.
---The next morning, Dinning Room---
The Twenty-One Smashers sat at the table, not one talking. The chairs of Young Link, Pichu, Gannondorf, Ness and Roy remained in their normal spots, no one trying to look towards them. "So..." Luigi said, trying to start converstaion. "Is anyone doing anything today?" The Smashers didn't answer.
"I'm going to my room..." Kirby said, hoping out of his chair. Some of the other Smashers left as well, most in pairs. It was not safe alone anymore...
Master Hand floated into the dinning room too see only Luigi, Link, Mario, Peach, Zelda, Yoshi and Jigglypuff sitting at the table. "Where are the others?" He asked.
"They went to their rooms." Was the reply from Link.
"Oh...well, I have some news. The needle that was found by Roy had fingerprints on them." Master Hand told them. The Smashers turned from their meals and faced the hand.
"Who's were they?" Asked Zelda.
"Hard to say, really." He started. "They somewhat like Pikachu's..."
"Pikachu!?" Jigglypuff yelled. "NO! It can't be Pikachu! He was with me all last night! We stayed up all night!"
Master Hand quited the puffball. "I said it looks like Pikachu's, but they also look like claws of some kind. Like Bowser's hands. But it isn't Bowsers finger prints, either."
"So it is an animal who is the killer?" Asked Luigi.
"Not sure...the murderer never left any weapons behind before, so why now? He could be trying to frame someone..."
"Hmm..." Mario said, bringing his hand to his chin. "The murderer could have thought that last night we were getting too close to discovering his serect."
"And he could have killed Roy and tried to cast the blame on someone else!" Zelda exclaimed.
"Well..." Yoshi began. "Last night the blame seemed to go towards Zelda and Mewtwo."
"Kirby too! He did kinda leave in a hurry before." Link added and got a growl from Jigglypuff.
Luigi shook his head. "No, Mewtwo is too smart. If WE figured this out, then he would have known that we think that someone is framing the other."
"Wait..." Zelda said, biting her nail. "Could he be one of the people? The one who you thought died out."
Crazy Hand floated into the room, twitching. He let out a few odd yells before falling to the ground. "Crazy!" The Smashers all yelled at once.
Master Hand laughed. "That's normal..." He said, pointing to the clock. "It's his nap time."
TBC
A/N: Sorry Roy fans! AHAHAHA! I didn't think this was a good chapter.
