When Toon Link came back to camp, several peolple ran up to him and bombarded him with questions about where he had gotten the cuts and where Pit was. Toon Link gave them painful glances but didn't respond to any of them and continued to look for Lucario, the ignored smashers giving the small boy questioned but sympathetic looks as he walked away.

Lucario had not been any of the faces in the crowd, so Toon Link was forced to search the rest of the camp. Toon Link decided that the obvious place to look would be in Lucario's tent, and so he proceeded to go there.

"Lucario?" Toon Link said, peeking in from the doorway to the tent. Lucario was in the center of the tent resting on one leg;obviously meditating. Lucario broke his trance when he heard the small voice come from the tent's thresh-hold.

"Toon Link! Are you ok?" Lucario asked running up to him.

"Yes. I'm fine. Lucario, I'm sorry. I… didn't mean to hurt you. I was just so worried about Pit and…" Toon Link said with tears forming in his eyes.

"It's okay. I know that you were just concerned for the sake of your friend," Lucario said.

"Thank you," Toon Link said smiling.

"So, where is Pit?" Lucario asked.

"I don't know. Link should be back by now…" Toon Link said. Throwing a questioned look at Toon Link, Lucario gestured for the boy to follow him outside.

When they came outside, neither Link nor Pit was anywhere to be found.

"Have you seen any sign of my brother?" Toon Link asked Ness.

"No. Neither Link nor Pit has come back yet," Ness said.

"Oh," Toon Link said sadly. Seeing Toon Link's distressed look, Lucario put a calming paw on his shoulder.

"Do not worry. I'm sure everything is fine," Lucario said smiling.

"I hope so," Toon Link whispered.

"Ness, why don't you go get Marth, Ike, and Meta Knight to form a search party? You could try and find them,"Lucario suggested.

"Okay. I was starting to get a little worried," Ness admitted.

"Be careful, Ness. Stay in the group," Lucario warned.

The boy nodded back happily as he set off to find the other swordsmen.

This seemed to make Toon Link brighten a little.

"Thanks, Lucario," Toon Link whispered. Lucario smiled down at the boy.

A hungry feeling suddenly over-came Lucario. Then he remembered that neither of them had had any dinner yet.

"Would you like to eat something? It's been a pretty hard day for you,"Lucario said.

"I guess I could use something to eat. And some bandages," Toon Link said looking down at his legs that were decorated with cuts.

"I will go get some band-aids. For now, be sure that you stay with someone close by. I wouldn't want anything happening to you,"Lucario said.

"I will. Thanks," Toon Link said.

As Lucario walked towards the infirmary, Toon Link went to his tent to find some food.

After a while of searching through his bags, he picked out an apple and ate it as he walked out of the tent. He continued to munch on the fruit when what he saw on the outside made him drop it to the ground.

Link, Pit, Marth, Ness, and Meta Knight, all lying blood-covered on the ground.

Ike was standing over them, scarred and blood-ridden.

"IKE! WHAT HAPPENED?" Toon Link asked as he ran up to his friend.

"They… I… wouldn't stop… ran away…" Ike said through breaths. He looked like he was about to faint.

"PLEASE! WHAT'S WRONG?" Toon Link asked, trying to keep Ike from passing out.

"They are… not dead… please... help them…" Ike said, gesturing towards the five that lay motionless on the ground.

"You need help, too!" Toon Link said.

"Please… get them to the infirmary… they won't make it much longer," Ike said. It seemed that he had caught his breath slightly.

"Okay! MASTER HAND! MASTER HAND, PLEASE HELP!" Toon Link yelled at the top of his lungs in a desprate attempt to save his friends.

Master Hand came floating from his tent and towards the call for help.

"Dear Lord, what happened?" Master Hand asked as he floated to where the smashers were.

"I don't know! Just please, get them to the infirmary!" Toon Link yelled.

"Yes, of course. Donkey Kong! I need some help!" Master Hand called.

Donkey Kong ran out of his tent and looked down at the fallen smashers. He gave a questioned look at Master Hand, and he beckoned for him to pick two of them up and head to the medical tent. Donkey Kong then understood and picked Link and Pit up gently in his arms and headed to the infirmary.

"Can you walk, Ike?" Master Hand asked.

Ike looked at the large hand for a moment before sighing.

"…Yes… I can make it…" Ike said.

"Okay. Get there as soon as you can so we can treat you," Master Hand said as he picked up Ness and Meta Knight.

"I will," Ike responded.

"Ike, are you sure you're okay?" Toon Link asked.

"Yes. Don't worry," Ike said.

People had been telling him that since he had been here.

I'll carry him, don't worry.

Yes. Don't worry about it.

Please. Don't worry.

Do not worry. I'm sure everything is fine.

If he didn't worry, who would?

This chapter was so hard to write. I don't know why, I guess I was having 'writers block' as they say. But anyway, I hope this isn't as horrible as I thought it was.

All the characters that were hurt have something in common in this story. If you can figure out what it is first, I'll…. post your name on my profile as my story contest winner. I know it's not that big of an honor, but it'll show how smart you are! =D