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Chapter 10: Blackout

" Where is it?" Ashley questioned irritated, as she continued to trash the large maintenance room searching for the remote.

Traiden quietly studied the time machine examining everything to make sure that it was completely finished. He checked it over three times, and re-read the entire instruction sheet, while Ashley continued to toss and tear things apart. The room eventually was trashed to a point where you couldn't tell if there was a rug or wooden floor.

Traiden steadily stood, with the instruction sheet still firmly in his hands. He watched as Ashley got back down to her knees, pushing things out of the way making sure it didn't fly out somewhere. She went through papers, drawers and even through empty buckets and mops. After a while of searching she sighed deeply, sitting with her back against the wall.

Traiden carefully stepped over the scattered objects over toward Ashley. He bent down taking a seat next to her, as he looked back at the instruction sheet. Ashley rubbed her fingers through her hair, carefully thinking about where her teammates would have placed the remote. The only thing she can think of; is that Bowser or Ganondorf might have it, or worse Link.

" What if the remote isn't in the room?" Traiden questioned softly, his gaze still on the sheet in front of him. " There's a great chance it's somewhere else."

" It would take ages to search City Hall." Ashley commented. " And with Ganondorf and Link on our tail, things aren't looking good."

" We're just sitting ducks waiting here. It would be best if we walked around City Hall. We have a better chance at fleeing if we spot either of them."

" That would make sense…."

" Then again the others might be here soon. So we should head down to the main lobby or head outside and wait."

Ashley looked up at Traiden, who briefly returned the gaze. She nodded and abruptly looked down at the cuts covering her arms, ignoring the pain that suddenly appeared. Traiden examined the cuts and sighed, setting the instruction sheet down on the ground. He pushed himself off the wall and bent down in front of Ashley, taking off his black PRC shirt, revealing his white sleeveless undershirt.

Ashley watched silently, as Traiden took out a knife that he had stolen from the kitchen and set his PRC shirt on the ground. He brought the knife to his shirt, making a slit, so he could tear the rest of it. Ashley's eyes widened once she knew what he was doing, and shook her head looking up at him.

" Traiden, please…"

" Your wounds will get infected." Traiden replied. " You need to cover them up, they're not getting better, Ashley."

Ashley sighed, resting her head against the wall. " You don't have to do this."

" It's my job." Traiden grabbed Ashley's arm, wrapping the shirt around it to stop the bleeding and protect the wound.

" To protect me?"

" To make sure you make it out here, alive." Traiden corrected. " You're weak as it is."

Once Traiden was complete, Ashley looked at her arms. She hated to admit that Traiden was right, but didn't like to be treated like she's helpless, like she couldn't do anything herself. She was strong, but just not at the moment.

" Thanks."

Traiden nodded and took out his walkie-talkie just as a familiar voice had rung in. Traiden brought it to his ear listening to Cecilia's striking voice. She was calling him, wondering where his location is.

" We're on the 7th floor." Traiden answered.

Ashley and Traiden both stood to their feet and abruptly left the room walking down the hallway over toward the elevator to greet Cecilia. The hallway was empty and silent as they noticed the doors open, and Cecilia and a blue-haired prince stepped onto the floor. The three PRC members finally reunited.

" About time," Cecilia explained with relief. " It's good to see you again, Smith."

Ashley nodded. " Cecilia, where is everyone?"

" Bishop is outside, and the others—well, we haven't located them yet."

" Why did you leave Bishop?"

" I was tired of waiting," Cecilia replied truthfully.

Ashley chuckled shaking her head. " The same Cecilia, always doing things on her own." Ashley paused looking over at Marth. " What's going on? How is he—"

"—He was sent into the future along with some other smashers." Cecilia answered interrupting. " We don't know who sent them, but they're here to help."

" We could use all the help we can get." Ashley explained.

Cecilia nodded. " Bowser, Ganondorf and Link won't stand a chance."

Traiden crossed his arms. " Bowser is out of the picture."

Marth's eyes widened. " You mean you guys finished him off?"

Traiden nodded. Ashley leaned up against the wall. " He was the easier one."

" Wait till the others hear this." Marth commented smiling.

" We should get going." Ashley ordered. Cecilia pushed the button near the door. " Let's go find Bishop."

Once the elevator doors opened, the four made their way inside. Cecilia pressed the button for the first floor just as the door closed. They patiently waited, listening to the soft sound of the elevator music. The only other noise heard was the numbers above the door, slowly decreasing until they reach their destination.

Traiden leaned against the wall, gripping the small railing, as he continued to the watch the numbers. Once they were on the fourth floor, the music suddenly stopped and the lights in the elevator completely shut off. The group screamed startled as the elevator came to sudden stop. They sat in darkness for a brief moment until the red emergency light flickered on.

Cecilia sighed irritated as Ashley stood to her feet looked up at the numbers. The small box above the door was off and pressing the buttons on the side were useless. Marth licked his lips as he looked around at the PRC member's expressions.

" The power is out." Traiden explained.

" Great, I bet Link did this." Cecilia commented, sternly.

" What are we going to do?" Marth questioned.

Ashley looked around knowing that the power wasn't going to come back on. Link knew about her escape and most likely Bowser's defeat. They had to somehow get out of the elevators and find someway to get back into the hallways, so they can take the stairs.

The nineteen year old looked up at the ceiling, noticing a small visible door now that the lights were off. She smiled thinking of an idea.

" I have a plan."

Fox stayed silent as he followed the large group heading down the street over toward City Hall. The PRC members lead the way with the smashers in a large group following. Fox walked next to Young Link helping him along the way, because of his wounded leg. Ivory had flown in the air, keeping her eyes out for the other group.

They turned the corner at the end of the street where City Hall was located. Around the corner they spotted a truck, with Captain Falcon and Bishop sitting in the back and Falco walking down the steps leading up to the front door. The group of smashers quickly ran over in their direction once spotting two more of their friends. Bishop jumped out of the truck and walked over toward Lee and Regii.

" Finally you guys made it." Bishop explained with relief.

Lee crossed his arms, looking around the area. " Where's Cecilia?"

" She disobeyed your orders and ran inside with Marth." Bishop answered pointing to City Hall.

Lee sighed aggravated. " Cecilia…"

Ivory lowered herself down the ground. " Bishop, it's good to see you again."

Bishop looked over at Ivory and Regii. " Hey Ivory, how are you Regii?"

Regii looked down at Bishop. "Fine." He looked at Captain Falcon and Falco. " It seems you encounter smashers as well."

" Yeah," Bishop stepped to the side turning his attention to the group of smashers by the truck. " It seems they were sent to the future. I guess to help us."

Fox hurried over to his best friend Falco, content that all of the smashers had finally reunited since they were transported into the future. Fox smiled, as he nudged Falco in the arm. " Man, I'm glad to see you guys."

" We were afraid we were the only ones here." Captain Falcon explained.

" We thought that too," Roy replied resting his side against the truck. " We all ended up away from each other."

" Marth is inside with Cecilia…" Falco explained to them.

Roy's eyes widened as he smiled. " Marth is here?"

Peach crossed her arms. " Who's Cecilia?"

" Some PRC member," Falco answered.

Captain Falcon agreed, chuckling. " His new girlfriend."

Nishi looked up at Captain Falcon. " Cecilia and Marth?" She questioned softly.

Captain Falcon nodded. Falco disagreed shaking his head. " No, they're not together."

" They always seem to be together." Captain Falcon argued.

Mewtwo crossed his arms. " It's nice that we're reconnecting right now, but we're standing right in front of City Hall, supposedly where Link, Ganondorf and Bowser are."

Mario agreed, adjusting his hat. " We should probably head inside."

" You guys ready to go?" Lee called from the bottom of the stairs.

Multiple nods and yes's came from the group as they walked over toward the stairs. The large group walked up to the front doors leading inside the main lobby. After all of the searching, and encounters with creatures, after the hard work and separation they had finally made it to City Hall. They all had regrouped with exception of four remaining people somewhere within the dangerous building. PRC members and smashers had finally reached their destination.

Inside the quiet large lobby the group found some way to fit inside. They were spread around the room, waiting to be given orders on what to do next. Lee, Regii and Bishop all stood by the elevators, while Ivory and Nishi stayed with Mario, Peach and Captain Falcon searching near the desks. Fox, Falco and Young Link stood in front of the stairs, while Mewtwo and Roy were positioned near the front doors.

Multiple conversations were going on in the room, as everyone searched the bottom floor before heading up. Once they regrouped back near the entrance, they were silent waiting for orders from Lee. The only thing heard was the SSB theme music playing in the background.

" All right, all we have to do is locate the princess, Ashley, Traiden, Cecilia and Marth and stop Link." Lee explained. " We must find our comrades first."

" We should probably split up again," Ivory suggested.

Lee nodded. " It would be easier."

Nishi looked up at the camera on the wall, feeling a little uneasy. She studied it carefully, watching the red light continue to flash as it moved around scanning everyone in the room. " I feel like we're being watched." She replied softly.

" That's why we need to get moving." Lee replied. " All right, I want—"

Before Lee could complete his sentence, the lights and music had suddenly shut off. Everything was heard as the entire building had shut down. Cameras, elevators, lights, computers and music had all shut down.

There was no more light shining in the city and it had left the large group in total darkness.

A/N:

I don't really like how this chapter had turned out, but hopefully you all weren't bothered by it. Yes, it was a short chapter and I believe the next one will be short as well, but with this great snow blizzard that we're getting right now, I might have no school so I can write it then! Yah!

Also, this is for Regii, I won't be able to do your suggestion in this story, but if I do another story based off of this one, I can definitely do it then. I will give all of you more information if I'm truly going to do another story with cameos based on PRC.

Until Next Time!