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Chapter Four

"Has anyone seen Master Hand?" Roy asked around the Smashers. Each one shook their head. "We need to find him to notify him about this."

Roy went back to the Hands' office. Crazy and Master were nowhere to be found. He poked around the desk, being rather bored. No one had bothered to come with him; they prefered to train now that their weapons were recovered. The office was dark and quiet. There was no sign of Master or Crazy. Come to think of it, Roy hadn't seen them in a week! They didn't even do the announcements. Roy guessed that since no one really listened the Hands just stopped bothering to tell them.

A small sound made Roy turn around. He walked about the room cautiously. There were no windows or overhead lights, so Roy headed over to the desk to turn on the tiny lamp. He clicked it on, and heard a gasp.

"Who's there?" Roy cried, whirling around.

Multiples voices began whispering.

"He's--"

"The light--

"On--"

"Contact--"

"Show yourself!" Roy ordered, drawing his sword.

The room immediately became deadly silent.

"Join us..." a solitary voice spoke.

Roy wheeled around and looked at the empty chair. He swore the voice was coming from there...

"Join us..."

There was a voice coming from that spot, yet no one sat there. Letting out an involuntary cry, Roy tore from the room and into the lounge next door, throwing himself on a couch, breathing heavily.

I have to find Young Link...Roy thought.

Once again he asked around the Smashers, this time inquiring where the Kokiri boy may be. They all answered that he had gone upstairs to take a nap. Roy went up to the boy's room and knocked on the door.

"What?" Young Link snapped as he threw his door open. "Oh...hey, Roy. I thought you were Ness. He's been bugging me lately."

"Link," Roy let himself in and shut the door. "I heard them...the ghosts...in Master and Crazy's office...I heard them, I swear I did!"

"What'd they say?" Young Link took a seat on his bed.

"I caught broken sentences...but the one that scared me the most was a young woman's voice, coming from Master's empty chair...she kept repeating, 'Join us...'" Roy shivered and sat on his knees. "I swear I heard it." Young Link just stared at Roy with sad eyes. "Does anyone else know?"

"About what?"

"About the ghosts? No one else has seen them?" queried Roy.

"Not that I know of," Young Link wrapped his finger around his chin and looked at the ceiling.

"What are we going to do? The others thought I was joking and said I was immature, so I promised I'd stop the nonsense," Roy groaned.

"We'd best tell them," Young Link reasoned. "I'll tell them, too."

The two swordsmen left the room and went downstairs to look for the teens. As soon as they caught up with them, Roy told them the whole story.

"You...have...got...to be...kidding...me..." Marth said slowly. "Roy, I told you to stop..."

"I know! And I did! This time I'm serious! Who else would take our weapons?" Roy pleaded.

"He's right, you guys," Young Link showed them his picture.

Link laughed. "Okay, Mini-Me, that's funny. Nice little piece of art there."

"You've got to believe me!" Roy cried.

"Roy, we told you to stop," Samus said, frowning.

"I did stop! Goddesses, I am telling the truth!" Roy groaned in frusteration.

"Last warning, Roy," Zelda joined in with Marth and Samus's scolding. The four began to walk away.

"I'll prove it, you guys!" Roy called to them. He whispered to himself, "But how...?"

"I think we should do some searching," Young Link decided. "Let's go back to the office."

Roy hoped his gulp was inaudible. "Go back?"

"Yeah," Young Link shifted from foot to foot. "Let's check it out. You said you heard stuff in there, so let's go see it..."

The two went over to the office, and found the door closed. Roy frowned. "I thought I left it open..."

"Shh!" Young Link held his index finger up to Roy. "You hear that?"

"What?" Roy muttered.

"I said shh!" Young Link hissed. They were silent. "Sounds like someone's typing on a computer..."

Roy pressed his ear to the wooden door and heard someone was definitely working on a computer. Even the click of the mouse could be heard. Roy whispered to Young Link, "Master Hand doesn't even have a computer!"

Young Link grasped the knob, but his hand slipped. The knob jiggled, and suddenly, the ticking on the keyboard stopped. A scooting chair was heard. Young Link threw the door open, but no one was there. Roy looked around angrily. His eyes landed on a glowing laptop on Master's desk.

"That was not here before," Roy pointed to the laptop. He approached it cautiously, but Young Link beat him to the seat. A window was up; it was an internet article, titled "Myserious Disappearance of Brave Fighters Around the World".

"I thought they knew we were fighting in this tournament," Roy scoffed. "Well, anyway, who's laptop is this?"

"I think it's hers."

"Who's?"

"The girl's."

Both stood up and went for the door, knowing that the girl ghost may still be in the room.

"Why would a ghost need a laptop?" Roy brought his voice low so only Young Link could supposedly hear him.

"Who knows?" Young Link whispered back. They edged towards the open door. Roy had let it swing open when they jumped in. They stood in the doorway, looking down the hall, and every so often looking into the office.

"What do we do now?" Young Link queried. "And what do you think that article was about?"

"I swear I told my friends back at home that I was going to this tournament..." Roy thought aloud. "Maybe they forgot. Maybe they think we all disappeared. Well, no worries. We'll get back soon enough."

"This is all very odd," Young Link mused. "Why would a ghost want to read that article? In Master Hand's office, of all places? And I thought they were typing. That's a published article."

Damn, he's smart...Roy thought. "This is too confusing."

"Tell me about it."

"Maybe we should read the article."

"Well--"

A slam brought them back to their senses. They peered in the office. The laptop was gone.

Yayz! Another chapter done! Woot! This is great! I'll try to get the next chapter up by late tonight/tomorrow morning. Thanks to reviewers!