What felt like years but was actually a week, the smash residents were slowly getting back to their senses. Battles resumed and everyone fought a little harder for the one they lost. They even held a small tribute to Sonic before the first match since his death. Snake hasn't really gotten back to fighting as he was stuck in his room all day, drinking alcohol in hopes to get rid of this pain. Master Hand and Mario said Snake could take as much time as he can to grieve his only son.
One particular day, Ridley stormed into the kitchen. He had lost the final battle of the day to Jiggly puff and he was upset. Everyone made sure to steer clear of Ridley in case he goes on a rampage. Unfortunately, Snake didn't get the memo.
It had been the first time in weeks since Snake got out of his room and the reason he was outside of it in the first place was to get something to eat. Along the way, he crashed into Ridley. Snake got up, checked the fridge, then continued walking.
"Hey, I'm walking here!" Ridley yelled. Snake ignored him as he began to leave the kitchen.
"Hey, I'm talking to you! You can't suddenly stop talking because the pipsqueak is dead" Ridley said. Snake stopped in his tracks. Was Ridley making fun of Sonic? His dead adopted son? He turned to face the dragon.
"What did you say?" Snake said, getting angry.
"Oh, so now you start speaking?" Ridley snapped. Snake was getting irrationally angry. Some passing by fighters could see it.
"You better take that back!" Snake said.
"Why should I? So you can continue to mope about some hog who hasn't got a good game in over a decade and kissed a human-"
Snake suddenly tackled Ridley on the ground. He began to beat him up. The passing by fighters attempted to stop the fight, catching the attention of Mario, Samus, Megaman, and Pac Man.
Mario and Samus ran to stop Snake while Megaman tazed Ridley so he could stop. Samus and Mario pulled Snake off of the dragon. Snake pulled out his gun and began to fire at Ridley, putting a few rounds inside the dragon as he was dragged out of the scene.
"Snake, what's gotten into you?" Mario said.
"Ridley was making fun of Sonic!" Snake shouted. Samus turned to Mario.
"In that case, throw him back in" She said.
"No Samus! I'd love to but I don't want Snake to be kicked out of the tournament for murdering another fighter." Mario said. "You're still upset aren't you?"
Snake sighed.
"I miss him a lot. He had his whole life ahead of him. He was gonna marry Shadow, they were gonna move to some urban country called City Escape and have a family. He was gonna get a job or honor his dear old dad in the military. Whatever he was gonna do with his life, it's not gonna happen anymore. I'm not gonna watch my little boy grow up" Snake said, starting to cry. Mario and Samus didn't care that he was crying, they just felt so bad for him.
"All of us are devastated by his passing Snake. You're not going through this alone" Samus told him.
"But my grief is different from yours. You only knew him as the person you sometimes fought. Mario knew him as his long time rival that he competes against in the Olympics. But I knew him as my own flesh and blood. I've been there since the beginning. I raised him from the ground up. And seeing him gone now hurts me. Why him? He was just so young…" Snake said. Mario and Samus hugged him.
"We're here for you Snake, always" Samus said.