a/n: I don't own SSBM, but more importantly, THIS CHAPTER IS RATED M FOR GORY SCENES. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE SOMEONE'S EYE BEING PULLED OUT OF THEIR SOCKET, SKIP THIS CHAPTER AND WAIT FOR THE NEXT. I WILL MAKE A SUMMARY OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SMASHERS IN THE NEXT CHAPTER. I WILL ALSO TRY TO UPDATE CHAPTER 5 ASAP. Thank you. Oh, and lastly, this chapter will be longer.

A Lost Future chapter 4 The Cold Heart of Hailson

Zelda was still moody, but wouldn't you be if you lost your, ahem, fiancé? She just sat quietly in her room. It was dark and gloomy since it was underground. Fox came in shortly after.

"Zelda, Link is dead, but this can be avoided. We're working on a time device that can send you back in time to stop Hailson." Fox tried to cheer Zelda up, but no avail.

"Fox, just. . . just leave me be. I wish to be alone right now." Zelda answered, quite stern.

"Sure thing, Zel." At that moment, Fox gave Zelda a short hug and left her in the room. Fox left the room without saying a word.

He kept on walking between the buildings, under the artificial sunlight. He made it back to his command center, which was also his house. Falco was sitting on the desk in Fox's study. At that moment, Fox entered, not surprised to find Falco.

"Hey, Fox." Falco said with a stern tone.

"Hey yourself."

"Fox, I got a question for you."

"What is it?"

"Whatever happened to Star Wolf, Peppy, Slippy, and General Pepper?"

"Bah. . . You just had to ask, didn't you?" Fox shot a glare at Falco, who was about to run out of the room at the sight of Fox's glare. He came to his senses and was about to ask Fox not to answer.

"What? Don't tell me. . ." Falco was interrupted by Fox. Fox sighed.

". . . Slippy's fine. General Pepper is leading an armada on Corneria, and Star Wolf. . . well, we really don't know what happened to them after the Aparoid incident." Fox answered Falco's question.

"But Peppy?"

"He's . . . Let's just say old age and stubbornness got to him." Fox tried to fight back tears, which told Falco what happened to Peppy.

"Fox, say it ain't so, buddy . . . " Falco was really panicky now.

"He wanted to go into battle. He knew that he wouldn't put up a good fight, especially since he had arthritis, but he still decided on fighting." Fox was also starting to cry.

"Damn it! Fox, you're the leader of this entire area! Let's attack them right now and avenge our comrades who died!" Falco told Fox as he, too, started to tear.

"Don't you think we would have done that by now?"

"What?"

"We can't just attack them, not after what happened the last time we attacked head-on."

"Oh yeah. Death Light a.k.a The Light of Hell."

"Look, our forces are still recovering from the last battle. I'll take care of this, alright? Now, let's get to sleep."

"Sure." Falco left the room and headed toward his own.

Meanwhile, at the Palace of Hailson. . .

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY ESCAPED!" The 'Emperor' hollered at his soldier.

"W-w-well, the Hu-Hunter Squad was attacked and a-annihilated, sir." The soldier was shaking in his boots as Hailson was heading into a chamber.

After a few minutes, a man with a body cast came in the room and awaited the 'Emperor'. Apparently, it was the leader of the Hunter Squad. (A/N: For those of you still wondering, or have yet to find out, the Hunter Squadron is the group of soldiers that attacked Falco and them.)

"You, uh, wanted to see me, sir?" The Leader asked.

"You failed me." Hailson said in a stern voice.

"Sir?"

"You heard me. You failed to bring the heads of the Smashers to me. And, you know the price of failure."

"No. No. Nooooooooo!"

"Major Vincent. I told you what would happen if you failed me on this assignment. Now, get into the Chamber of Torture."

"But Sir, I-"

"NOW!"

The Major Vincent was pushed into the Chamber by two soldiers. They strapped him down and locked the door on their way out.

"Ok, Vincent. Since you failed miserably, I'll make your death slow and miserable! Level one: Old-fashioned brutality." Hailson punched in a few buttons and random grappling arms came out and grabbed Vincent. They then started to beat him.

"Level two: Scars from the Inferno of Hell!" Hailson punched in more buttons and the room set on fire around Vincent. He was engulfed in the flame. He screamed at the top of his lungs. This lasted for ten minutes. Soon after, Vincent was visible as the fire died down. He looked like a giant strip of jerky and his shirt and all his hair was burned off.

"Level three: Cuts/mutilation." Chainsaws and buzzsaws came to Vincent. The cut through him like a hot knife through butter. All you could hear was the buzzsaws and the chainsaws, and the blood-curdling scream. This lasted for thirty seconds only. His arm had fallen off and the blood came gushing out like a waterfall.

"Sir. . . sir. . . please. . . stop. . . Argh!" Vincent was losing a lot of blood and was dying really fast.

"Hmph. You made it this far. I'm surprised. Too bad you failed me and I must kill you horribly." Hailson said with a sarcastic tone. He also announced Level four, which is electrocution.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Vincent could no longer take the pain. He wanted to die right now than to put up with any more pain.

"Still alive? Don't worry. Level five is plain horror." Hailson put a metal back-pack. An arm stretched out and went straight into Vincent's eye at lightning speed. Blood came rushing out like water through a big hole on a dam.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! PLEASE KILL ME NOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW!" Vincent wanted Hailson to just stab his heart.

"Now, let's try to remove your eye. . ." Hailson pulled out Vincent's left eye.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"Hmm. Since you're still alive, I have to resort to, ahem, neutering you."

"Fine. Just kill me now. KILL ME NOW!"

"I don't think so." Hailson pulled out a claw and it stabbed Vincent in the lower region. The blood all came out and dripped to the floor. This made Vincent scream so loud the glass throughout the Palace all shattered.

"Still alive! Die already!" Hailson dug into Vincent's back and ripped out his spine. The lungs also came out, along with some veins, his heart, and his liver. Vincent didn't yell. He didn't move. He was finally dead.

"Hmph. You got what you deserved. I hope this proves something to all of you. Fail me once, and I will pull out your spine! Now, guards! Get rid of the body. Throw it into the mutant pit, where it will be eaten.

To Be Continued

A/N: Sorry for the wait. My computer was acting up recently. Anyway, are you horrified? Well, it's your fault. I warned you not to read this chapter, and you disregarded the warning. In this chapter, it was supposed tell you something, or ask you something; if this is how he treats his allies, how does he treat his enemies? Plz review!