Floodwater
By Hoogiman

Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from the Super Smash Brothers Games, as they are actually the property of Nintendo (but of course). If you assumed that I would take these characters as my own, then you are misinformed.

Author's Note: No humour in this chapter. This chapter is a bit slow at the start, but keep on reading. There is a mighty fine twist at the end.

Well, the first chapter was probably the only chapter that is really humorous. From now on, it's not really going to be funny or anything, the rest of the story involves the struggle to survive.

Chapter Two: Survival

Mario opened his eyes.

"Mamma mia!" he thought to himself. He was lying at the bottom of the gym.

Mario looked up. The surface seemed to be ten metres up. Holding his little breath left, he furiously kicked his legs, to get to the surface.

Air. Finally on the surface, relieved, he took a big breath, and rejoiced that he was still alive.

Mario tried to look around for others. Spotting Samus at the other side of the room, Mario took in a deep breath, and started to swim towards the observation deck.

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Samus was standing on the observation deck, discussing what happened with the kids.

"So what you're saying is," said Samus, sceptical, "For no apparent reason, the whole world started to flood, and some of the water just broke through the window and killed everyone?"

Ness and Young Link nodded.

"So, does that also mean that we're like, the last humans alive?" asked Samus.

"Apparently so," said Ness.

"Look, Mario's alive!" said Samus.

"Yep," said Ness.

"Uh-a," said Mario, "Maybe there are still people down there who are alive?"

"You really think so?" asked Young Link, "They probably would have drowned by now."

"I dunno," said Mario, "We should at least retrieve the bodies."

"Good idea," said Ness.

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Master Hand woke up. He glanced around, spotting some black chemicals in the water.

"Damn it," said Master Hand.

Master Hand floated up to the surface as quickly as he could, and spotted the others.

"Uh… hi," said Master Hand, nervously.

"Oh, hi Master Hand!" said Ness, "Did you see anyone else alive down there?"

"Uh… yeah," said Master Hand, chuckling nervously, "But… I also saw some… black chemicals down there… which could potentially be poisonous."

Ness glared angrily at Master Hand.

"Do you happen to know anything about these chemicals?" asked Ness angrily.

"Well, they're certainly not rat poison or anything!" laughed Master Hand in a psychotic sort of way.

"Are you telling me," said Ness, shocked, "That when you installed the wave pool, you didn't move a canister of rat poison out of the gym?"

"Of course not!" chuckled Master Hand.

Ness gave a sigh of relief.

"There were at least twelve canisters," said Master Hand.

Ness' eyes went wide open.

"You idiot! You've killed everyone!" screamed Ness.

"Joking, joking," laughed Master Hand.

Ness looked puzzled.

"There were only eighteen," laughed Master Hand.

"NUUUEZ!" screamed Ness, "You idiot! You killed everyone!1"

"Actually, I think I had the joke wrong," said Master Hand, talking to himself, "I think I was supposed to say, 'There were at least nineteen canisters', right? And then, when you got really shocked, I would say, 'Joking, Joking, there were only eighteen'! What a funny punchline, eh?"

Young Link, Ness and Kirby glared angrily at Master Hand.

Master Hand continued to chuckle at his own joke.

Nana's dead body floated to the surface.

"Oops?" said Master Hand.

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Twenty minutes later…

The Puffballs, Young Link, Ness, Samus, Falcon, Pikachu, Link, Master Hand, Captain Falcon, Mario and Falco stood in the main hallway.

"Okay, so let's-a check the status of everyone," said Mario, reading off a clipboard. "Link: alive, Zelda: deceased, drowned, Pichu: deceased, poisoned, Peach: deceased, drowned, Fox: unconscious, in the hospital wing."

"Just to speed things up, who's in the hospital wing?" asked Link.

"Okay," said Mario, "There's-a Fox, DK, Bowser, Roy, Marth, Ganondorf and Mewtwo. Falcon, Falco and Pikachu are alive."

"So what do we do now?" asked Young Link.

"Pikachu, Falco and Young Link, it's your turn to watch over the guys who are hospitalised," said Mario, "Everyone else, move everything valuable upstairs, okay?"

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"Pikachu, you watch over Fox, okay?" asked Mario. "Write down his status every fifteen minutes, and if he wakes up, explain to him the situation."

"Okay," said Pikachu, looking at Fox, lying on his back.

Mario, wearing his doctor's uniform, walked out of the room. He then walked into the main hallway, approaching Link.

"Link, can I put you in charge of-"

A loud shriek was heard, echoing through the hallways. The droning, painful high pitched sound made everybody stop what they were doing, and look in the general direction of it.

"Pikachu?" asked Mario.

Mario and Link rushed through the hallway, and ran into the hospital wing.

Pikachu's remains laid there, blood oozing out of his head.

"Pikachu, what happened?" asked Mario.

Mario looked at Fox on a nearby bed, now lying on his side.

"Fox, are you awake?" asked Mario.

No response.

"Fox, what happened?" asked Mario. "Who did this?"

"Help me!" screamed a voice, a few metres away.

"Stay here!" said Mario, "Watch him, be on alert! He could attack you!"

Mario ran into the next room, noticing Young Link's dead body on the ground. He looked at Bowser, who was lying in a hospital bed a few metres away.

"Bowser! What happened?" asked Mario.

No response.

"Bowser! Talk to me!" said Mario, panicking, "What's happening?"

Bowser woke up.

"What happened to you?" asked Mario, shocked. "Your eyes are red, your face is pale, you look much bigger! What happened?"

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Link held his sword, waiting for a sudden or unexpected movement from Fox.

"Help me Link!" screamed Mario.

Link sprinted into the next room, seeing Mario's carcass lying on the ground. With cuts in almost every single region of the body, the whole floor was covered in blood.

Link looked over at a disturbed Bowser, laughing maniacally.

Deaths:

Death One: Popo, crushed by Table Tennis table.

Death Two: Luigi, beaten to death by mob.

Death Three: Mr. Game and Watch, shattered by giant window shard.

Death Four: Yoshi, shattered by giant window shard.

Death Five: Nana, poisoned.

Death Six: Zelda, drowned.

Death Seven: Pichu, poisoned.

Death Eight: Peach, drowned.

Death Nine: Pikachu, unconfirmed cause, possibly killed by Fox.

Death Ten: Young Link, unconfirmed cause, possibly killed by Bowser.

Death Eleven: Mario, unconfirmed cause, possibly killed by Bowser.

Hospitalised:

Fox, DK, Bowser, Roy, Marth, Ganondorf, Mewtwo.

Alive and well:

Kirby, Jigglypuff, Ness, Samus, Falcon, Link, Master Hand, Mario, Falco