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Chapter Four: Oh, Now I Get It!
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"OK, and then Falcon will run straight at any electrical appliances between Pikachu's and Ness' rooms." announced Link. He and his three...companions were huddled round the hallway of the second floor.
"Got it. And-a everyone stand back, those rays-a may kill Falcon, but we don't-a all need to die." observed Luigi.
"Why does Falcon have to die?!" asked Falco incredulously, glaring at Luigi. Safety does suck, after all.
"Because, he's the most flamboyant!" smiled Link, rather unsensitively.
"It comes from years of musical theatre!" said Falcon in a sing-song voice.
"Right," said Link, thinking of the plan again, "and in the event Falcon doesn't die, we will all shoot 5 rounds of these high-quality guns, either machine or shot, at him. Except for Luigi, who will only get 2 and a half rounds, for being the second most flamboyant."
"Anyone have a preference between my machine gun scream and my shotgun scream?" asked Falcon. "Choose now, cause I don't want any complaining later!" He then gave a high-pitched cry, which sounded like a cat. Then he made a low "GWUUUUH!" noise.
"Machine gun...no, shotgun..." decided Falco. "Scream again?" Falcon obliged, and repeated both screams.
"Uh-a..." mumbled Luigi. Falcon screamed again.
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Meanwhile, Ness was staring, at the screen, transfixed.
"Must...game..." he mumbled, unlocking another ten achievements with ease. His eyes slowly drooped, and he fell asleep.
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"Yeah...machine gun..." decided Falco, out in the hallway.
"Hey Link, do you think any other Smashers would want to help us?" asked Falcon, massaging his throat.
"I guess, we found the dead announcer." replied Link. "Don't they owe us, or something?" He picked up an inactive Smash Ball, and spoke clearly into it; "Master Hand."
A faint "Master Hand..." could also be heard from a greying door at the end of the hall.
"Can anyone hear that?!" asked Falco, looking around in bewilderment.
"Yeah Falco, Link just said "Master Hand", so we can ask him for help, duh..." sighed Falcon.
"Yeah, but there was a second, fainter voice that still sounded like Link!" blurted out Falco. He left towards the faint noises.
Just then, Link's Smash Ball emitted more sound. "Hello, what's happening here?" asked Master Hand's calm voice.
"Um, sir, Ness is locked in his room with all of our weaponry, and we think the Pokemon are in on it too, they seem to be carrying syrup to him." reported Link. "They're probably celebrating right now!"
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"Don't move." said Pikachu nervously. "I'm sorry Pichu, but you need to be turned in."
"How could YOU be evil?!" asked Yoshi. "I was certain it was Bowser or Ganondorf or Peach!"
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"We'll lose all of our matches here, Master Hand!" finished Link desperately.
"OK, calm down. All you need to do is--oh no, hold on, this is a bad time for me. Goodbye!" called Master Hand urgently.
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Falco approached the greying door, and forced it open a small fraction.
"Oh no, hold on, this is a bad time for me. Goodbye!" echoed Master Hand, the sound getting fainter and raspier.
"What the--who's in there?!" asked Falco.
"Um...Master Hand?" asked Link's voice, from inside, as the real Link asked behind Falco.
"Link?" asked Falco curiously, looking round at the Link behind him, down the hallway.
"Falco, is that you?" asked both of Link's voices. "Have you found Master Hand?!"
"No, we're talking through this room somehow..." said Falco, confused.
"Well, come back...Master Hand is useless..." said Link.
"I can't believe this mansion has a talking room..." lamented Falco, sighing.
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"Guys, I'm not evil!" protested Pichu.
"Well, you haven't exactly been around Mewtwo a lot lately, and you've been hanging around Kirby...Mewtwo said that Kirby had something new and evil..." observed Pikachu cautiously.
"Those are just coincedences!" shouted Pichu. "Maybe Mewtwo's just a jerk, and I want to get to know more people!"
"Well, why would Jigglypuff tell me you were evil?" asked Pikachu, raising his voice slightly too.
"Think about this: You're getting these rumors from JIGGLYPUFF. She's one of the stupidest people here!" yelled Pichu.
"Rumors that are facts!" shouted Jigglypuff, who was eavesdropping via Smash Ball. "Mewtwo told me an evil disturbance had taken over the yellow rat-baby!"
"And that's you." said Pikachu confidently.
"Mewtwo's a jerk weirdo, remember?!" cried Pichu. "And besides, if I was evil, how come I wasn't the one that took a dead body from the announcer's room!?" Pichu confidently opened the door, to reveal that two bodies were missing. "See? Wait...oh no!"
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"So that's when you knew you were back in Mushroom Kingdom?" asked Mario. "What a complicated story!"
Peach meekly nodded, while the sleeping Ness awoke with a start.
"AGH! Need to play more, time's running out!" cried Ness, restarting the game. In the reflection of the dark loading screen, Ness saw Kirby and someone else standing in the doorway. "Who's that guy?!"
"Oh, just me, Kirby." grinned Kirby. "And my friend here." He indicated the body next to him, which was of a dead Pichu, it's eyes purple with red pupils, and faintly groaning.
"Hi Kirby!" said Peach, giving a friendly wave. "Hi, disgusting corpse!"
Ness looked round slowly. "Kirby..."
"So, time's running out, eh?" asked Kirby. "Yep, I'd say that's about right." He snapped his...fingers?...and a whirring noise erupted from the Pichu body. Then, the eyes slowly changed back from purple and red, to white and black. But now, Kirby stood before them, looking evilly possessed. "I've been waiting sooooo long for this, Ness...". The transformed, evil Kirby gave a traditional maniacal laugh.
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Mewtwo awoke from another meditation ritual. "The evil...has shifted..." he mumbled.
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End of chapter 4! If you found the linking line between chapters 3 and 4, which shouldn't be hard at all by now...review and brag about it! plans out big Evil Kirby vs Ness/Mario/Peach scene