In the infirmary tent, everyone was put in hospital beds and bandaged as needed. Toon Link and the other children were seated on hard-wood stools, watching their friends heavy, labored breathing.

"TOON LINK! WHAT HAPPENED?" Lucario asked rushing into the infirmary.

"Lucario… l-look at everyone," Toon Link said through crying.

"Oh no…"Lucario said looking down at his seemingly lifeless friends.

Toon Link was still crying, along with Nana, Popo, and Lucas.

"Is everyone… okay?"Lucario asked.

"T-they will be o-okay. They just n-need some rest," Toon Link said.

"That's good to hear,"Lucario said.

"Mmhm," Toon Link said.

"Um… here are your band-aids,"Lucario said, handing them to him.

"Thanks…" Toon Link said, applying them to the worst of his cuts.

"Have you figured out what happened to them yet?"Lucario asked.

"Master hand said that most of the injuries were laser burns. The other half of them were bruises and scars. They had internal bleeding and they were all knocked unconscious," Toon Link said.

"Why was Ike not so?"Lucario asked.

"He said that he had stayed on the very end of the group and was the last to get attacked. When they first arrived in the clearing, Link was there trying to fend it off from hurting Pit. The others tried to jump in and fight it, but they had no luck. Ike said that he was very angry with himself that he had not jumped in sooner than he did so his friends would not have made off so bad, but he knew that if he would have, it would have killed them all. The only reason that he managed to escape was by throwing his sword at it and pinning it to a tree," Toon Link explained.

"What was 'it'?" Lucario asked.

"He said that he didn't know. He didn't get a very good look at it and he ran away before he saw it. He said that he wished that he would have killed it while it was pinned to the tree, but he was too worried for his friends to be concerned about it," Toon Link said.

"This is all very strange,"Lucario said.

"I know. I wish that some of the others would wake up and explain this whole thing," Toon Link said.

Silence over-came the group.

"Excuse me if I am interrupting," Master Hand said as he floated toward the group, "but I have some news."

"Is it good news?" Toon Link asked.

"I'm afraid not," Master Hand said sadly as he let out an exasperated sigh, "it appears that Ness has slipped into a coma."

Everyone was quiet. No one knew what to say. No one knew what to do.

"A… coma?" Toon Link finally asked, trying to grasp the situation.

"Yes. I don't know how long that he may be in this state, but I don't think that he will awaken any time soon," Master Hand said.

Again, silence over-took everyone's tongues.

"That's great. That's just AWESOME!" Toon Link said, startling everyone.

"What do you mean?" Lucas asked in tears.

"Well, we have 4 people unconscious, one gravely injured, and now Ness is in a coma!" Toon Link said.

Everyone was silent once more.

"What do we do now?" Lucas asked.

"There's really nothing we can do, Lucas," Popo said.

"There has to be SOME way to figure out what it was," Toon Link said.

"How? Ike doesn't know what it is and the ones that do are unconscious. I don't think we should worry about it right now,"Lucario said.

"Don't you tell me not to worry! People have been telling me that the whole time I've been here, and look where that's gotten me! I'm going to look for that thing right now!" Toon Link said running out of the tent.

"TOON LINK!" Lucario yelled after him.

Toon Link would not stop running.

I think this chapter was my least favorite to write. I had NO idea how to carry along the plot. But I hope it's still ok -_-"