The next was the hardest day for everyone. Not just in smash, but for the rest of the world. The sun was shining despite it raining yesterday. The fighters left their rooms in a slow and sad pace. No one bothered to talk to each other as they passed by. The room between Lucas and King Dedede's had a wreath on it and some police tape. Some fighters were sniffling after yesterday. The only person who didn't get out of their room was Snake. He was lying in bed with his blinds closed. The tiniest bit of sunshine peeked through the blinds. Why was today so sunny?
Snake could hear the door knocking. He turned to the other side of the bed.
"What do you want?" Snake asked. A voice he could barely recognize replied to him.
"Snake are you okay? I need to talk to you about something" It said. Snake groaned.
"Come in," He told it. He could hear the door open. It's hard to know who the voice was since it was so dark in the room but Snake could tell it was a female.
"It's so dark in here. You need some sunshine" The woman said. She opened the blinds, letting all the sunlight out. Snake retreated into his blanket like a vampire. The sunlight revealed that the voice was Palutena. She was one of the people who found Sonic dead and she was also Snake's friend. Palutena will watch Sonic sometimes when Snake is out doing battles. Watching him and Pit was tough but she was willing to do it for Snake. Palutena turned to the lump in the blankets.
"Snake, I know how hard this is on you" She tells the lump. "We're all just as devastated as you are. It's like all the energy in the house died when Sonic did. No one's chatting, no one's laughing. Everyone is devastated in the lobby. Imagine how everyone is gonna feel when it's time for battles. We all miss him Snake" The lump sighed.
"You probably hate me now. Because I couldn't stop him in time. I was too late. If only I was there early" Palutena said. Snake emerges to the lump when she says that.
"This isn't your fault Palutena," Snake said. "The only person who's to blame is me. I'm his dad, I should've been there to stop him. Instead I left him alone while he was feeling like this…"
"Snake… " Palutena says, trying not to cry. The two of them stared at each other in silence.
Another set of footsteps can be heard. The two of them turned to see Luigi.
"Oh am I a interrupting something?" Luigi said.
"No, we just finished," Palutena said.
"Okay uh. Master hand said that Snake can go get Sonic's belongings in the main hall" Luigi said. Snake nodded.
"I will go get them right now," Snake said. He climbed out of bed. He turns to Palutena.
"We'll talk later, okay?" He tells her. She nods.
Snake made his way through the hallway. People turned to face him. A few fighters whispered to each other. Snake ignored their chatter as he walked.
"We should steer clear of him. Incase he gets made" Marth whispered to Roy.
"We should be fine as long as we don't mention you know who" Ryu told Ken.
"Who? Meryl?" Ken said. Ryu face palmed.
Mii Brawler took down a picture frame from the biggest wall of everyone's portraits and placed them into a box that said "Sonic" On it. He was putting all of Sonic's belongings into a box so Snake could collect it. It contained most of the things found in Sonic's room from pictures and a few notes.
Snake saw the Mii packing things up. He sighed. Why did today have to happen?
Mii Brawler turned to see Snake.
"Hola Snake. I see you're here to pick up the belongings. Don't worry, I didn't look at anything inside. I just put it in the box" Mii Brawler said. He handed the box to Snake. Snake nodded.
"Thank you" He said. He turned and began to walk back into his room.
"I wish you the best." Snake could hear Mii Brawler tell him. Snake just kept walking, passing by the fighters.
Today's battle schedule had been cancelled due to everyone's mood, leaving everyone miserable in Smash Mansion. Not much happened today as the fighters were still mourning over Sonic. Who would've thought a single fighter's death would impact the entire roster?
Snake was inside his room, holding the box. He started at the closed box. Inside was all the memories he had with Sonic. Opening this box would be the hardest thing he'd do. He places the box down and slips it under his bed.
"I don't think I'm ready…" Snake says. He then climbs into bed. Where he'll stay there for a while.