Peach slowly pulled herself out of Samus' shuttle. The Captain had, of course, spent the entire journey telling her how "hawt" she was, and she was slowly losing grip of her cheerful demeanor.

"Wow, this place is great!" Falcon shouted as he leapt out of the shuttle. "See the romanticness of it all?" He leapt onto a patch of red-tipped grass. "I could just stand in this field and make various manly…"

His eyes suddenly bulged and he let out a very un-manly squeal. He leapt up into the air, allowing Peach to see the burns all down his legs.

"Gee, Falcon, I think that grass might be bad for you," she drawled as she walked past. "Can we just get on with it, please?"

"Oh, yeah. I forgot." Captain Falcon tossed an impish smile at her. "I wonder what we'll find here?" he said slyly. "Perhaps a scientist who has developed a love potion?"

Peach stopped and turned to face him. "Was that supposed to be…what's wrong?"

Captain Falcon's face was turning blue. His eyes were once again bulging outward, and he was flailing around wildly.

Peach stared blankly at him. "Oh, I'm sorry…you can't breathe, can you?"

Captain Falcon nodded furiously. Peach walked over to him and began to guide him back to the ship.

"Wow, I hadn't thought of that…I guess if you can't breathe, you can't come with me…" She placed a hand over her heart. "I'm truly crushed." She then shoved him back into the ship and sealed it shut.

--

Zelda walked into the mailroom and began to dig through the many parcels that had arrived for her. She dug her way through several different magazines and advertisements, wondering if anything useful was in the entire stack.

Eventually, something caught her eye. It was a large, bulky package that had been sent from Apple Kid.

"Yes! It must be my Miniature Hylian Mute Button!" she exclaimed. She tore the package open and reached inside.

--

Donkey Kong, Ness, and Luigi sat together in the Plasma TV Room watching various television shows on their individual screens. Ness laughed along to a comedy, while DK watched a nature show about leopards and Luigi watched the cooking channel.

Suddenly, Ness heard a strange noise that sounded akin to a moan. He looked over to the doorway, and…

"Zelda, what happened?"

The Hylian princess stood under the doorframe, hardly recognizable as Zelda. She had dyed her hair a deep black and let it hang in front of her face. She was wearing a black, lacy dress instead of her usual pink attire. Her usual golden Triforce necklace was replaced by a chain of silver skulls. And, to top it all off, she was holding a small frowny face in her left hand.

"Angst…so much angst…" she droned.

DK stared at her with an expression of absolute horror on his face. "It Kamkambooba!" he yelled. "Goddess of Death and Saltines!"

"Z-Zelda?" Luigi stammered. "Are you okay?"

Zelda began to sway back and forth. "Angst…angst…ANGST!" she shrieked. She collapsed on the floor and clutched her frowny face close to her chest.

"…uh…yeah…" Ness looked around for help. "I don't know how to handle this one…"

DK let out a wild scream and tore out of the room. Five seconds later, Marth entered.

"What's going…on…what the hell?" Marth's jaw dropped as he beheld the angsty form of Zelda.

"I dunno…" Luigi said. "Did someone die or something?"

Marth knelt down next to Zelda. "Hey, Zelda, are you okay?" he asked. He reached his hand out and placed it on her shoulder.

"The angst…it will rule all…the angst…all hail the angst…" She slowly stood back up and shook Marth's hand away. "Angst…" she mumbled as she plodded forward to the next room. The three Smashers stared after her in confusion.

"What happened?" Ness asked.

Marth shook his head. "I don't know," he answered.

--

Peach walked across the surface of Tallon IV, wondering where to find gungantzel. She had heard that it grew on the overworld, but now she was beginning to wonder if it might be deeper inside. She had to admit, though, it was nice to have a spacesuit. No wonder Samus was so hard to beat in tournaments.

She eventually reached a steep hill and began to climb over it. It was more difficult than she expected, since the rain made the surface slippery and she was unused to moving in a robot outfit.

When she eventually reached the top, she let out a gasp. Standing before her was a giant factory. It was large and bronze, and several stories tall. The front door itself must have been at least thirty feet high.

She looked closer at the main door. There were words printed on it…

HANDY INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY

--

Mewtwo, Falco, and Fox sat in the hangar, trying to synthesize Multi Bottle Rockets. Amelia had been very useful, but she was sadly unable to produce some key parts, so the trio had to make them by hand.

"I still don't know why she can't do this herself," Falco grumbled. "She's supposed to be this goddess robot, and she can't even- "

"Do you want to finish that sentence?" Mewtwo growled.

Fox sighed. "Can't you two get along for five minutes? This is going to take forever if you don't shut up!"

Mewtwo and Falco turned their gazes onto Fox.

"Uh…I mean…whatever…" he mumbled.

--

Marth and Link sat together I the newly formed Tactical Room (also known as Roy's bedroom). Zelda sat in the corner, clutching her frowny face and mumbling angst-filled statements to herself.

"As you have noticed, Zelda is not normal," Marth began. "She's been acting very depressed since this morning, and no one can figure out why." He pointed over to her shaking form.

Link sighed. "I wish I knew what to say," he responded. "She seemed happy enough last night, and I didn't see her this morning…maybe she got some bad news or something."

He walked over to her and knelt down beside her. "Zelda," he whispered. "What's happened? Can you tell me what's wrong?"

Zelda raised her head and looked at him. "The angst…it will consume us all…you must give in to the angst…"

Link furrowed his brow. "Is that new?" he asked, pointing at the frowny face. "I've never seen that before…" He reached out to grab it, but she slapped his hand away and began shrieking.

"NO! YOU CAN'T TAKE PETIE AWAY!" She cradled the frowny face softly. "Don't worry, Petie, Zelda's got you…Zelda won't let the mean man take you away…you can be angsty forever…"

Link frowned. "Uh…that's…um…"

Marth stared at it. "I can't help but feel like I've seen this before. Or at least something like it…"

Link stared at it for a few seconds longer. And, eventually, something clicked in his mind.

"I need to talk to the Ice Climbers," he said.

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Yeah…it's been a while. I would like to thank Zeldafan422 for getting me motivated again, and all my other reviewers for reviewing (of course).

'Till next time!