Super Smash Bros adventures chapter 42
A few days has passed since Mario defeated Hades. Mario is still out cold and Palutena's still watching over him. comes inside and notice Palutena is still in here. "Good morning, Palutena." greeted , putting on his coat. "You've been here for three days already"
"Oh, good morning, ." greeted Palutena, as she yawns and stretch her arms. "Yeah, I've been watching over Mario since the day he beat Hades."
"Has he waked up yet?"
"No." sadly replies Palutena. "Maybe he won't wake up until later on."
"That's not good." says . "I need to make some medicine that can help him heal. Mind if you watch over Mario while I'm gone?"
"I don't mind at all." replies Palutena. "Go ahead and get your ingredients.
"Thank you, Palutena." says , as he leaves his office.
Palutena continues watching over Mario. "Mario… please wake up."
For the past few hours, Palutena has been watching Mario. Palutena wishes that she can do more, but all she can do is wait for to arrive. came back from his trip. "How's Mario doing?"
"Still the same." sadly replies Palutena, looking at Mario..
"Have you ate lunch yet?" asks , putting his supplies on his table.
"Not yet." replies Palutena.
"How about I watch over him now?" suggested . "I'm going to start making his medicine here."
"Ok then." says Palutena, getting up and going to the door. "I'll come back."
Palutena orders Italian food and sits at a table. All of the Smashers already ate lunch leaving Palutena the only one in the cafeteria. Palutena's slowly eating and thinking of Mario and his dark power. "This reminds me of when Mario saved me from the Imprisoned. When Mario was beaten badly, the Imprisoned was slowly walking to me. When the Imprisoned was about to hit me, Mario saved me with his Dark Energy surrounded him. But, this time was different. When I saw his eyes, they were dark. And there were a lot more Dark Energy surrounding him too."
Palutena continues thinking and a shed of tear fell from her eye. "Will Mario be back to his normal self? Will his Dark Energy take over him again or will it be gone forever?"
While Palutena continues eating, Peach and Zelda found her and goes to her. "Hey, Palutena." happily greeted Peach.
"Are you ok?" asks Zelda.
"Yeah, I'm fine." replies Palutena, sticking a piece of pizza in her mouth.
"I heard from you were watching Mario the whole time." says Peach.
"And he told us that he just gave him medicine that could help him heal." says Zelda.
"Is it working?" asks Palutena.
" told us it'll take time." replies Peach.
"Oh…" says Palutena, looking down and clenching her hands.
"Look, you should take a day off tomorrow." says Zelda. "Let watch over him tomorrow."
"You've been taking care of Mario for a few days already." says Peach. "You need to take a break and have some fun with us. Mario may heal while you're gone tomorrow."
"I guess I've been taking care of Mario for a lot ." says Palutena. "A day off isn't so bad."
"Let's go shopping with the other girls tomorrow." suggested Peach. "We can meet you at the Nurse's Office."
"Sounds like a plan." happily says Palutena, as she continues eating and chating with them.
The next day, all of the girls outside of the Nurse's Office. "Hey, Goddess, are you ready?" asks Bayonetta, knocking on the door.
Bayonetta opens the door and found something really interesting. "Check this out."
The other girls went in and smile when they see Palutena sleeping on Mario. "How cute." happily says Lucina.
"This is so romantic." says Corrin, putting her hands together.
Samus takes out her phone and takes a picture of Mario and Palutena. The flash was on so Palutena opens her eyes. "Rise and shine, Palutena." happily says Peach.
"It's time to get up and do your morning stretches." says Wii Fit Trainer.
Palutena looks at Mario and notices that she was sleeping on him and slowly turns red. "T-this isn't what it looks like."
"Oh it isn't?" says Samus, showing a picture of her and Mario.
Palutena turns even redder. Palutena gets her clothes she's going to wear today and changed into them. "Well… let's get going."
The girls all left the Smash mansion and arrived at town. "So who's watching over Mario?" asks Peach.
"I asked Link and Pit to do it." replies Palutena, warming up to the idea of a break.
"So where are we eating?" Zelda asks as she looks around at the many food places in the plaza.
"We're going to eat at this really nice vegetarian place." Wii Fit Trainer says, pointing to a fancy building on the corner. "And we're all getting special salads."
"Aww. No meat?" asks Corrin.
"You shouldn't just eat meat. Salad is good for you." Wii Fit Trainer clenches her fists and glares at Corrin. "So you're gonna have salad and you're gonna like it!"
"Uh, g-got it!" Corrin says defensively, and rushes into the restaurant before the trainer can make good on her unspoken threats.
After a while they finished eating. "So what do you guys think?" asks Wii Fit Trainer.
"I thought it was good." replies Rosalina. Everyone agrees, even Corrin, who had ordered a chicken ceaser salad and gotten her meat after all.
"What should we do now?" Lucina wonders.
"Well I only planned for going out to eat. What do you guys want to do?" asks Peach.
Palutena thinks of something, but hopes it doesn't earn her more teasing from the other Smashers. "How about we get some get well gifts? When Mario wakes up, he'll be really surprised and thankful for caring about him." Butterflies flutter in her stomach at the thought, but what will her friends say?
"That's a good idea." says Zelda.
"I agree with the Goddess." says Bayonetta.
"Mario does deserve a lot of gifts for fighting Hades by himself." says Lucina.
Palutena smiles. No teasing, hm? That's a first.
"You really do care about Mario. Why not confess to him already?" wonders Samus.
Palutena blushes and ignores her friend. There's the teasing they had forgotten.
Meanwhile, Link and Pit are in Mario's room at the infirmary. Mario is lying still as a rock and hasn't stirred in the slightest.
Pit looks at his unconscious friend and a thought crosses his mind. "Hey, so did you talk to Sakurai about the… you know?"
Link nods gravely. "Yeah, he said he didn't know what that dark power could be, but he'll let us know when he discovers something."
Pit paces the length of the room. "Man. Do you think that's why Mario's having trouble waking up? Because of that darkness inside of him?"
"Maybe," Link says. "That fight with Hades really did a number on him."
"Wonder if he's still fighting it…" says Pit.
Link is silent for a moment. "Don't worry. Mario can beat it… whatever it is. He'll wake up soon."
A while later, Link and Pit are still waiting for the girls to return, getting more bored and anxious by the second.
Grinning mischievously, Pit walks over to Mario. "I'm going to give him an incentive to keep fighting." He pulls out a marker, the enemy to all sleeping persons.
Link looks up and sees what Pit is doing. "How is that giving him an incentive to keep fighting?"
Pit smiles. "It's not, but when he wakes up and sees it, he'll forget all about his troubles!"
"Or he'll get a heart attack." Link points out, but he joins his friend.
Link and Pit are putting the finishing touches on their artwork when an angry voice sounds behind them.
"What do you two think you're doing?"
The two troublemakers turn and come face to face with an angry Palutena and the rest of the girls in the mansion, who are carrying an assortment of chocolates, cookies, and get-well cards.
"Uh-oh," says Link, inching away from Pit and Mario.
"Lady Palutena! I-It's not what you think." Pit stammers, hiding the marker behind his wings.
Palutena marches up to Link and Pit and raises her staff. "I can't believe you two just drew on Mario's face like that!" she yells, bringing her weapon down over them.
"Ow! But we're- Ow- bored!" says Pit, feeling the sting from the goddess's magic blasts.
"I'm watching over Mario now." says Palutena, and she waits for the two of them to object. Neither does.
Once the girls put their gifts on a table, everyone leaves.
Palutena prepares a wet, soapy washcloth and scrubs the marker off of Mario's face. "Pit and Link need to learn how to grow up." she mutters, removing the smiley faces and other marks from the plumber's forehead and cheeks. She smiles. "Then again, I prank Pit a lot."
Palutena sighs and sits down on the chair beside Mario's bed. The steady beep of Mario's heart monitor echoes in her ears, puncturing the silence.
Beep… Beep… Beep…
"Mario, please wake up. You haven't woken up for four days already. You saved all of us and you're not up yet. We know that you're still alive, so please come back to us. Everyone wants to see you and that nig smile of yours that you give to everyone." A few tears fall out from Palutena's eyes and she grabs Mario's right hand. "Mario, please, I miss you." Soon after she said what she feels, she lays her head on Mario's chest and falls asleep.
"Hey. Hey. Palutena, wake up."
Palutena feels a faint tapping on her shoulder. She opens her eyes and blinks a few times.
"Palutena?"
The goddess slowly raises her head. At first she thinks the doctor has returned to give Mario his medicine. But, wait… Why wasn't he there? She looks to her left and finds a bleary-eyed Mario, his hand tapping her shoulder.
"Mario!" Palutena happily exclaims, delivering a bone-crushing hug.
"Agh! Palutena, you're squishing me." says Mario, struggling to breathe.
"Oh sorry." apologizes Palutena as she lets go.
"What… happened to me?" Mario chokes out as he looks around. "Where-?"
"Oh, Mario!" Palutena cries, wiping her eyes. "You were asleep for days after beating Hades. Doc's been taking care of you ever since!"
Mario thinks for a moment, and then his blue eyes light up with recollection. "That's right..." Mario tries getting up, but his body protests in agony. His arms and legs pain him with every movement, as if they had been crushed over and over again by large boulders.
"Mario! Please relax!" says Palutena, gently pushing him back onto his pillows.
The plumber groans in pain. "Have you been… taking care of me… all this time?"
Palutena nods. Mario smiles at her. "Thank… you, Palutena. I- I…" he tries to get the words out, but talking is made difficult by the excruciating pain.
Palutena presses a gentle finger to Mario's lips. "Don't over-exert yourself." she whispers. "And, you're welcome."
They sit in silence together when Mario's stomach grumbles. "Oh, man… I… haven't eaten… for four days."
"Let me get you some breakfast!" Palutena volunteers. She gets up and heads to the cafeteria.
A few minutes later, she returned with a plate of scrambled eggs, bacon, and pancakes. "Here you go, Mario." Palutena places his breakfast on his lap.
Smelling the delicious aroma that drifts up from the plate, Mario tries lifting his arms. "Aah! It Hurts!" He tries again, but each inch increases the pain ten-fold. "Is Doc around?"
Palutena shakes her head. "He went out to gather more ingredients for you medicine. Apparently it takes a lot of 1-up and Life Shrooms to make medicine strong enough to heal your injuries and keep you alive."
"Oh, that bad, huh?" Mario groans. Flushing red with embarrassment, Mario timidly asks the last thing he thought possible. "Um, do you think you can feed me, Palutena?"
"Oh, um… sure," Palutena says awkwardly, and scoops up a spoonful of scrambled eggs. She grins to herself. "Here comes the airplane." she teases, trying to lighten the mood.
Mario splutters. "Please don't do that." he says, but a playful smile tugs at his mouth.
Mario opens his mouth and Palutena feeds Mario some eggs when walks in. "Hey Palutena! I want to see how Mario's do- uh…" He sees what's happening and stares, his eyes wide.
The spoon falls from Palutena's grasp, as she turns around, embarrassed.
"Mario, you're ok." says , unsure if he should mention what he had seen.
"I just woke up a few minutes ago." says Mario.
The doctor smiles. "I'm very glad to see that!" He grabs his clipboard and a newly made bottle of medicine. "Sorry Palutena. Let me treat Mario and run some tests and you can continue what you're doing."
Once the treating and testing is finished, Doctor Mario looks at Mario and Palutena. "Well, Mario. You seem to be recovering just fine. A few more days and you'll be able to leave the infirmary."
"Ah! Great!" Mario cries weakly.
"Never doubted it. Considering you have this one watching over you!" places a hand on Palutena's shoulder, then smiles and leaves the room.
Mario and Palutena look at each other for a second, both of them red to the roots of their hair. "Do-Do you want the rest of your breakfast now, Mario?" Palutena asks.
"Yeah. But… you look tired." Mario says. "You can just leave it here. I think I can move a little better because of the medicine." He takes the spoon from her.
Palutena watches as Mario makes slow progress with his food, but when his plate is empty, she collects the dish and silverware. "Okay! I'll just come by a little later to see how you're doing!"
Mario nods, and the goddess leaves the room.
"Palutena." Mario whispers.
He remembers dreaming when he was out cold. He is falling through darkness, hopeless against the force as it pulls him down, powerless to fight. He can't even move. Darkness closes in all around him, and he can't breathe. Voices whisper all around him, eerie and haunting.
"Give up… Give up…"
He doesn't know where or when he is. He is just falling, alone and scared, his energy exhausted from e hands of oblivion tries to claim and Mario is about to give in, accepting their embrace.
And then… he hears the voice… Her voice. Calling out to him. Granting him strength. Filling him with light…
"Palutena…" Mario whispers again. "Thank you… for bringing me back…"