Chapter 7: Solid Snake Appears! Otacon's Enemies are the Smashers?
"Come down at once!" Captain Falcon shouts at Snake.
"You bet I will!" Snake jumps down and a parachute appears from his back, and he lands safely onto the street. "Now let's fight!"
"I'm going to beat up you up!"
Snake begins the battle by pulling out a pair of pistols and fires shots at CF. CF avoids it and charges at Snake and throws a punch forward. Snake steps aside to avoid the punch and throws a punch himself at CF. CF quickly brings up his arm to block the hit, and then he swings his leg at Snake. Snake is able to avoid it by quickly back flipping away.
"Get him, Falcon!" says Pikachu. "You can get him!"
CF charges at Snake and throws multiple punches, which Snake blocks it with his arms. Snake then whips out a knife and swings it at CF, and though the CF is able to avoid it, he still cut a minor cut on the left arm.
CF jumps into the sky and performs Falcon Kick at Snake, but Snake avoids it again. Snake then fires his gun, but CF quickly ducks down and performs a leg sweep, which missed when Snake jumped up. While in air, Snake thrusts his foot downwards and kicks CF in the face and send him rolling backwards.
"Ugh! He's good!" thought CF.
Snake then pulls out a round object and hurls it at CF, and when the object hits the ground, smoke emerges.
"Smoke bomb!" While CF's view is blotted out by the smoke, Snake sneaks into it and starts beating up CF, and then kicks him out of the thick smoke. "Ugh! I let my guard down!"
"I was well prepared when I came to fight you," says Snake. "If I'm well prepared, nobody can defeat me!"
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At the office building…
Otacon begins to come to his senses. "Mr. Otacon! You're up!" says Califa happily.
"Mr. Otacon! You're all right!" exclaims Meta-Knight.
"Uh… Sorry to have you guys worry so much…" says Otacon.
"Don't worry, sir. We will find the killers no matter what!"
"I want to say something… It's about the killers… I saw them…"
"Really? Who are they?" asks Popeye.
"There were two people," says Otacon. "One person was wearing black cloak and a white mask, so I couldn't make him out. But the second one was a blond woman… And if I'm not much mistaken, she is Samus… One of the Smashers…"
"Are you serious?" asks Meta-Knight."
"She must be Samus without doubt! Though I've only seen a picture of her when she was 16, I still recognize that face!"
"So it's the Smashers who tried to kill you!" says Popeye. "How dare they repay kindness with such cruelty! They shall pay!"
"Samus is indeed one of the Smashers," says Hattori. "My master Rob Lucci just researched about it and she indeed is!"
"Those Smashers…" says Meta-Knight with a tinge of anger. "How can they do such thing?"
Suddenly, Cid comes bursting into the room while yelling loudly, "EVERYONE! LISTEN TO THIS!"
"Be quiet!" the others tell him.
"You must listen to this! A Smashers is dueling with Snake at the eastern side of the city!"
"Really?" asks Popeye.
"They dare cause trouble in the midst of this!" says Meta-Knight. "The Smashers still want to cause more trouble? We will give them trouble! We will go find them at once!"
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Back at the dueling place, the whole place is in ruins and buildings have collapsed. "At this rate, the whole city will be destroyed!" cry the people.
"That was frightening just now!" say Pikachu.
Both Captain Falcon and Snake are on the ground, and they are very tired and a bit beaten up. "This guy sure has skills!" says CF.
"You really are as good as my men said," says Snake. "But I will not lose to you! You will know why people in this city fear me!"
"You can do it, Falcon!" says Pikachu.
The two of them got up and charge at each other again, but suddenly, a strong force sent the two of them flying into the sky and crashing back down again.
CRASH!
"It's the Otaku Elites!" exclaim the people. "They're here to save us!" Indeed, Meta-Knight, Kaku, Lucci, Popeye, and Cid have arrived at the scene and are armed with weapons.
"Yes! They're here to help Falcon too!" says Pikachu with joy.
"Heh… You didn't have to give this kind of greeting," CF says to the elites.
"Hmph! You guys want to mess with me?" asks Snake. "Not now, I'm dealing with my prey!"
"You have caused enough trouble to this city already, Snake," says Meta-Knight. "When will you ever be a good man for once? But now we have another business here." He turns to CF and says, "Surely you know why we're here, right?"
"Uh? What?" asks CF.
"Don't play silly on me!" Meta-Knight pulls out his sword and dashes at him all of a sudden. CF quickly rolls aside to avoid getting hit.
"What was that about!"
"Why are they attacking us?" wonders Pikachu.
"Hey! I told you he's my prey!" says Snake.
"You stay out of this, Snake!" Kaku tells him. "We are not here to get you, but the Smashers."
"So the Smashers did something that offended you all? They sure get into trouble often!"
Popeye charges at CF and throws a punch at him, but CF is able to avoid it. Popeye then grabs some nails and hurls it at him. The nails shot forward like bullets, but miss the target, and they hit the wall and embed into it perfectly!
"Whoa! You're serious, aren't you?" asks CF.
"Of course!" Popeye then throws a strong punch at CF and sends him flying high into the air.
"Why are they attacking us!" cries Pikachu.
Kaku turns to Pikachu and says, "You're one of the Smashers too, right? Then you shall face punishment too!" He gives Pikachu a strong kick and sends him into the air.
"Pika! That's it! Thunderbolt!" Pikachu fires a lightning bolt at Kaku, but Kaku zipped off at a fast speed and avoided it.
"Hey! I said don't mess with my prey!" says Snake as he sweeps the area with a machine gun. Then Cid appears behind him and whacks him with a hammer. "YEOW!"
Kaku then kicks Snake into the air and then he jumps up himself and grabs Snake while in midair. "If you interfere with us," says Kaku, "we'll get you too."
"Hey! You're the one interfering with me!" says Snake. Kaku hits him on the head and sends him rocketing towards the ground hard.
BANG!
"Uwaaaaaaaaaaaa…"
Meanwhile, Lucci is attacking CF with several super fast punches, and CF is trying his best to block them. "Man! He sure is good!" thought CF. Lucci then spins around and then thrusts his palm forward, which hits CF very hard and sent him crashing into some garbage bins.
CRASH!
Meta-Knight approaches CF and says, "We demand a reason for what you did!"
"I'm the one who should be asking a reason from you!" says CF. "Why do you attack us?"
"Still playing fool with us? Tell me: Why did you tried to assassinate the mayor?"
"What?"
"Otacon said he saw Samus and a masked man trying to kill him yesterday night. Though he doesn't know who that masked man is, but he can make it out clearly that the other person is Samus. What are you planning?"
"Samus tried to kill Otacon? You're lying! She would never do that!"
"Yeah! She's not that kind of person!" says Pikachu.
"Looks like you refuse to tell us anything," says Meta-Knight. "Then do not blame us."
"Let me talk with Otacon!" says CF. "I will clarify with him everything!"
"Don't play any tricks on us!" Meta-Knight swings his sword against the air and shot out an energy beam.
"Whoa!" CF quickly jumps out of the way to avoid it. Then Cid comes running towards CF with a large hammer in his hand.
"DIE!" yells Cid, and he slams the hammer at CF, who jumps over him to avoid it. But Cid turns around almost immediately and whacks CF into the air.
"YA!"
Kaku then pulls out some knives and throws it at the airborne CF, who desperately blocks them all. CF lands on top of a billboard, and Lucci jumps up at him and kicks the billboard hard, making it tilt over and also having CF fall down.
"YA!"
"Captain Falcon!" screams Pikachu.
"Get this mouse!" say the other people. "He's one of them too!"
"HELP!"
CF drops onto the ground and is immediately attacked by Popeye, who delivers several punches and kicks at him, and then hurls him away like a baseball. CF flies forward and hits the side of a truck hard.
BANG!
"Oh…" he groans.
"Yeah! The Otaku Elites are doing great!" exclaim the people. "Get those villains who tried to kill Otacon!"
Meta-Knight slowly approaches CF, but then he spots an odd looking device on the ground. "What's this?"
"Run!" cry the people. "That's a bomb! Snake used that to destroy several buildings earlier before you came! It's very destructive!"
"Yes! Very destructive indeed!" says Snake, who is holding a remote in his hand. "You guys really have crossed my path! You dare mess with my prey! I'll show you the power of the… C4 Bomb!" He presses the button on the remote and the bomb immediately explodes.
KAAAAAAAABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" scream the people as they quickly run from the explosion.
"YAAAAAAAA! IT'S THAT EXPLOSION AGAIN!" screams Pikachu. Suddenly, CF picks him up and begins running off at high speed.
"We're getting out of here!" says CF. "We have to hide before the angry mob gets us!"
Snake stands on the side and looks at the explosion destroying the whole area. "That's what you get for messing with I, Solid Snake!" he says. He feels around himself and notices that he's out of weapons. "Out of stock… I'll let you go for now, Smasher! But the next time I find you, you're dead meat!" And then he pulls out a box and hides under it, and silently slips away before anyone spots him.
After the explosion has cleared, more buildings have even fallen. Meta-Knight emerges from the rubbles and says, "That was one hell of a bomb!"
"We let the enemies escaped," says Kaku.
"But surely they'll attempt the assassination at night again. We must not let them succeed! Tell everyone to be on guard outside Otacon's office tonight. We must get them no matter what!"
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Back in Otacon's room…
"Califa," says Otacon.
"Yes," replies Califa.
"Do we have pictures of the Smashers who came yesterday?"
"Yes we do. The surveillance camera took pictures of the ones who came and tour here."
"I want you to make wanted posters of them and spread it throughout the city. As for Samus, use the picture that I have in my desk. Though it may be outdated, people should be able to recognize her face."
"Yes, Mr. Otacon. I will begin immediately." And Califa exits the room.
Otacon lies down and begins to wonder to himself, "What could they want from me? Could it be 'that thing'? Do they have ties with the government, or is it that they want to use it for themselves?"
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Soon, wanted poster of the Smashers—CF, Marth, Pikachu, Pichu, Mario, and Pit—are hanged everywhere all over the city. "These are the people who tried to kill Otacon!" says the guy spreading the poster. "We must catch them and not let them run from this city!" And the whole city is in uproar and trying their best to catch these people.
"WHAT THE HECK!" gasp Wario and Yoshi when they see a wanted poster.
"They are framed for an attempt of assassination on the mayor?" gasps Yoshi.
"How can they do that!" says Wario.
"Don't be silly! Surely our friends wouldn't do such a thing!"
"Well, Mario looks like one who would."
"There must be a misunderstanding!"
"Maybe there is. But I'm just glad that we didn't go to the weapon center yesterday, or else our faces would be on these posters!"
"You're right… I think we should contact with them now."
"Better not meet them!" says Wario. "If we do, then people will associate us with them and catch us! Let this problem be solved first before doing so."
"You're right, but…"
"Let's look for that angel kid first."
They both agree and begin to cross a street, but they see someone on the other side. "Samus!" exclaims Yoshi.
"There you are!" says Wario. "Where have you been, you bad girl?"
Indeed, it is Samus standing on the other side of the street. "I am here to tell you that this will perhaps be our last meeting," she says. "We will part ways from here."
"What?" asks Yoshi. "You're not serious, are you?"
"C'mon, don't say that just because they mistook you for the killer. Surely you did not do it, right?" says Wario.
"Though they may have framed you all for it falsely, but not me," says Samus. "Yesterday night, I did in fact tried to kill Otacon."
"SAY WHAT!" gasp the two.
"I am serious. I have a darkness that you will never understand. If I continue to stay with you all, then it will only bring your doom."
"Hey! Snap out of your mind!" says Wario. "Have you gone mad?"
"I am speaking the truth. Let us part ways here now. I had a great time with you all. Say good-bye to everyone for me." After saying these, Samus turns around and heads into an alleyway.
"Hey wait!" shouts Yoshi, and he runs across the street and into the alley, but sees nobody. "Uh?"
"She's gone? Where can she go in this small alleyway?" wonders Wario.
"There was something strange though. I smelled another unfamiliar scent in here. It looks like Samus was with someone! But the scent disappeared here…"
"Strange… It's a dead end in this alley and the fence is way too high."
"I think we should contact with the others, but indirectly, of course. If only I still have my cell phone…"
"There's a public telephone there."
"Yoshi! Just what we needed!"
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Somewhere in the city, the other Smashers are hiding in an alleyway.
"So that's why we're being attack!" says Marth.
"We are framed for trying to kill Otacon?" asks Mario.
"How can they blame us for it?" says Pichu.
"I don't know, but we better try and get the truth out of Otacon, and also Samus," says CF. "If she did indeed tried to kill him, then she failed because Otacon still lived. Surely she will return again and try to get him. We must catch her!"
"How?" asks Marth.
"The only way is to get into Otacon's room at the same time Samus arrives."
"Hmmm… Theez eez strange… They said that-a masked man was with her?" asks Mario.
"Yeah. I'm beginning to wonder if it's that masked guy influencing her to do so?"
"Could be," says Marth.
"No matter what it is, we must get the truth out of her… tonight!"
At this moment, CF's cell phone rings, and he answers it, "Hello?"
"Yoshi! Where are you guys?" asks the voice of Yoshi.
"Yoshi! Where are you?"
"Well, um… Still looking for Pit, and then we saw wanted posters of you…"
"Listen up, it's best that you and Wario stay away from us for now, or else the others will try to get you! We will try and find out the truth at Otacon's office tonight!"
"Glad to know you're fine. But here's one thing I must tell you," says Yoshi, and he tells them all about Samus.
"Are you serious?" asks CF. "She really said that?"
"Yeah, and she said to tell me to tell you guys good-bye."
At hearing this, CF hangs the phone immediately. "So Samus did tried to kill Otacon, and now she wants to leave us?" asks Marth.
"How can she do that!" asks Pichu.
"Mamamia!" cries Mario.
"That's so terrible!" says Pikachu.
"Now we really must get the truth out of her!" says CF. "Tonight, we will get into Otacon's office no matter what!"
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"Um… He hanged the phone…" says Yoshi.
"Tough luck! Now what?" asks Wario.
"I say… Let's continue looking for Pit. He can be in danger of getting caught by the mob. The others can take care of Samus, so let's leave her to them."
"Fine… What a rotten day this is…"
TO BE CONTINUED…
Things have become more and more serious, and not to mention darker. What exactly is Samus's intention? Will the Smashers get the truth out of her? And what of Solid Snake now? Where's Pit too? Find out next chapter!
Coming up next chapter: Second Assassination Attempt! Charge into Otacon's Office!