The vibrations from the booing crowd shook several sturdy columns in the mansion
"Woah, I think that turkey leg was a big mistake," Doc Louis quickly grabbed on to the nearest railing beside him to prevent himself over.
After the sudden quake stopped, he quickly got up and continued his fast pace towards finding Little Mac. He was worried for the boy's sake and was anxious to talk to him due to their fray in the Transport Room. He was still quite shocked at Little Mac snapping at him. Doc and Mac never had a fight with each other in the past; even when Little Mac was a participant for the WVBA,their relationship was very positive. There were times when Mac became frustrated with the way Doc had coached him, but never became too stressed to the point where he lashed out at anyone who bothered him.
As he made his way to his destination, he began to wonder what was the cause of Mac's strange behavior. Poor boy probably felt pressured by being in the tournament. Doc shook his head at the thought; if anything, Mac enjoys fighting, so that can't be the reason. He may just have a hard time getting along with the other fighters. This place is multidimensional after all. Either way, Doc was deeply worried for the guy. Lucky for him, he knew exactly where to go whenever Mac was having a bad day; this place was literally a sanctuary to Mac. Doc heard punching noises echo in the Training Room; he instantly began to think of Little Mac while hearing the noise of his boxing gloves collide with the sandbags. Doc stood there for a moment, figuring out what will be the right words to say to Mac while taking a deep breath.
"Ok here I go," Doc Louis said to himself. He walked in the Training Room and immediatley paused. He realized that it wasn't Little Mac who was making all of the ruckus, but another unknown figure. Doc Louis just continued to stare at the man was giving the sandbag a hard time and wondered if he should ask the man of Little Mac's whereabouts, although seeing as how brutal the man was hitting the sandbag, Doc decided it wasn't the perfect idea.
"I'll just look somewhere else," Doc whispered to himself as he quietly turned around and prepared to leave.
"Hey you!" The man screamed. Doc Louis froze in place; he was unsure if he wanted to run for his life, or respond to the man. He heard loud footsteps approach from behind him and began to panic.
"He's coming towards me! Oh man what should I do?" Doc thought to himself. The man got close enough to the point where Doc even felt his breath on his neck.
"Turn around," the man said. Fearing that he would upset the bulky man, Doc slowly turned around to face him. The man was extremely tall and muscular. He was wearing a karate jumpsuit with a red headband wrapped around his head. To Doc's surprise, a big smile had grew on the man's face, so huge that he thought the man's cheeks would burst.
"Greetings! I am Ryu. I just arrived and I am honored to participate in the Smash brothers," Ryu said. Doc was completley dumbfounded. For someone who looks like a thug, Ryu sounded sophisticated and educated. He put out his hand so that Doc would shake it, in which he does.
"Yeow!" Doc yelled.
"Oh! I apologize. My friend Ken says I've always had a tight grip. HAHAHAHA!" Ryu said. Doc Louis silently chuckled while rubbing his right hand.
"So Sir Crazy Hand, when will I be attending the tournament?" Ryu asked.
"Crazy Hand? Oh no. I'm not Crazy Hand. My name is Doc Louis. The one you're looking for is currently hosting the tournament as we speak," Doc Louis said.
"As of now? It may be too late for me to join the battle," Ryu said with slight disapointment in his voice.
"I don't think so buddy. You've came at the right time because the tournament is most likely pushed back due to the lack of fighters," Doc said.
"Excellent. Well not excellent that the tournament has been delayed, but that I am not tardy for my arrival," Ryu said.
"Yeah I think you'll be alright. In fact, let's go see Crazy Hand right now so he can know that you're here," Doc Louis suggested.
"Really? Well I appreciate your help Sir Louis. I'm ready whenever you are," Ryu said.
"Great! Let's go!" Doc Louis walked out into hallway while Ryu followed him, "Now I now we've just met each other Ryu, but have you ever tried a turkey leg?"
"Ike! Ike calm down!" Marth yelled as he quickly followed Ike down the stairs. The Raiden hero ignored the hero king and only walked faster in order to get away from him, "Come on Ike! It's not that serious!" Suddenly, Ike came to a brief stop which made Marth run right into his back. Ike turned around quickly enough to witness the blue haired swordsmen fall to the ground with a thud. Marth looked up angrily at Ike and was about to let him have it for suddenly stopping without warning, but couldn't open his mouth after glancing at his face.
"IT'S NOT THAT SERIOUS? LOOK AT MY NOSE MARTH! UGHH!" Ike grabbed his swollen, bloody nose as the pain was excruciating. He looked at his hand and noticed how much blood was in his palm and only began to get angrier. His clenched his fist and struck the nearby wall with so much force that even Marth felt the vibration. Ike withdrawn his hand from the gaping hole that had a little bit of his blood on it and glared at Marth, who was too frightened to even get back up on his own feet.
"Get up and take me to the infirmary. I gotta this checked out," Ike said while pointing at his nose. Marth nodded his head and followed his companion to the nearest elevator. Marth made sure to stay a few feet away from Ike, as he didn't want to upset the Raiden powerhouse again. Ike pressed the button to make the elevator arrive and waited until it did so. Soon, the doors opened, and Ike dragged himself in.
"Ow!" A tiny voice yelped. Ike looked down at his feet and was surprised to see who the young voice belonged to.
"Nana? Popo?" Marth said .
"Hi Marth! Hey! You've learned to speak English!" Popo said.
"In sweet SWEET English Popo! Hey Ike! Watch where you're going will you? I ran into your sharp knee! Oh, and your nose is bleeding," Nana said.
"I know that," Ike said while grabbing his nose, "What are you guys doing here? I thought you guys weren't coming back this year," Ike asked.
"Well after constantly spamming Master Hand's email with request letters to join, he called us in for a meeting! Now we'll join the battle with you guys! Isn't that great?" Nana said
"Master Hand is dead," Ike said.
"H-he is?" Popo said. Ike slowly nodded his head.
"That's right! He is dead! I remember going to his funeral. Popo, you didn't go because you were sick! Remember the time I fed you carrot soup in order to make you feel better?" Nana said.
"We didn't have a funeral for him. All we did was take his body to an all night hats & gloves store, said our prayers , and left," Ike said.
"You guys took him to a store, but didn't have an actual funeral for him?" Popo asked.
"Yeah. It was pretty terrible," Ike said.
"Well it was nice seeing you guys once again! It just feels like Subspace Emissary all over again huh? We'd love to stay and chat but we'll be late for our meeting! We wouldn't want to keep em waiting! Come on Popo!" Nana said as she grabbed his hand and dragged him out of the elevator. As she bumped into Marth, he noticed that her pink coat was slashed and torn.
"May I assist you?" Marth asked.
"No thanks! We climbed an entire mountain by ourselves. I think we'll do fine in a big mansion," Nana said.
"They'll be fine Marth. Now come with me to the infirmary. I think my nose is starting to throb," Ike said.
"Alright. Well bye-" Nana and Popo had already left before Marth can wish them farewell.
"Come on Marth," Ike walked into the elevator while Marth followed him in. The elevator dinged and soon the two doors had closed on their own. Marth slowly scooted himself to the corner farthest away from Ike. Ike noticed the vast space between the two and realized how awkward the silence was. At this point, Ike should be gender-shaming Marth for using Deluxe Emblemic shampoo that makes him look feminine, but strangely, none of that was happening.
"You think they'll be fine?" Marth asked.
"I don't know Marth and I don't care at the moment," Ike said with slight annoyance.
"But Ike they are-"
"I said I don't care Marth! Why can't you JUST DROP IT!?" Ike yelled. Marth was utterly shocked by Ike's rabid behavior. He never yelled at him like this before. What was going on with him?
"Sorry," Marth said under his breath. Now Ike felt guilty. He didn't mean to yell at him; at this point Ike's current stress level was rising to the top, and he needed to take his anger out on something. Unfortunately, Marth was the victim to his anger.
"No. I'm sorry," Ike said. Marth looked up in confusion because he wasn't understanding why Ike was apologizing to him.
"For what?" Marth asked.
"About what happened back there. I didn't want you to see me like that. And just now. I'm sorry," Ike said.
"I'm fine. Don't worry about me," Marth said.
"You know I'm not angry at you right? It's just that... Little Mac pissed me off that I had to take it out on something," Ike explained.
Your situation is understandable, but please try to be more proactive Ike. And don't abuse anymore walls. Crazy Hand makes enough holes trying to get through a single door," Marth joked. Ike began to laugh and soon Marth joined in too. This moment described their brotherly bond in a nutshell; no matter what situation they were in, they always managed to get through it. The elevator dinged once again and the doors opened to reveal the next floor.
"Why is it so cold on this floor? I guess someone turned the A.C. up," Ike said.
"I don't think so. Look," Marth said as he pointed at the end of the hallway. Ike looked at what he was pointing at and noticed an open room with snowflakes flying out of it. It was clear to Ike that's where the cool breeze was coming from. Ike began to advance when Marth grabbed his arm.
"What are you doing?" Marth whispered.
"I'm gonna go check it out. What else can we do?" Ike whispered back.
"We can turn around and find another alternate route to the Infirmary. It may be dangerous," Marth whispered.
"Don't be such a wimp! What do think it is, Boogeyman?" Ike taunted.
"I'm not a wimp! And stop whispering so loud Rudolph! You'll probably alert the enemy!" Marth whispered.
"Just shut up and stay behind me! I'll go first since you're too scared!" Ike drew his sword from his socket and continued advancing toward the room while Marth followed behind him. As they drew closer, the freezing air became crisp which made the hairs on their arms purk up.
"Can you stop shaking? You're making my back itch!" Ike said.
"Sorry!" Math said. They both continued to advance toward the door. Ike peeped his head in the doorway and gasped. Marth jumped away from as if he saw a spider.
"What is it?" Marth said. Ike didn't say a word; he only stared in the freezing room.
"Ike what is it?" Marth said while losing patience. Ike ran into the room without hesitation while Marth stood there. Curiosity slowly got the best of Marth, and he soon followed him into the freezing room.
"Umm Ike?" Marth covered up his mouth in shock as he stared at the frozen body of Link on the hospital bed.
"Link! Are you all right?" Marth prepared to run to the hospital bed when Ike grabbed ahold of him.
"What are you doing? Marth asked.
"Don't touch him! You'd might shatter him!" Ike warned.
"Well what are we gonna do? We can't just leave him here! What do you think happened to him?" Marth asked.
"I don't know. Either Crazy Hand turned up the AC in order to avoid paying the gas bill, or someone with ice abilities paid him a visit. We gotta warn the others. You stay here and watch over Link in case the culprit comes back for him!" Ike suggested.
"What?! Why me?" Marth whined.
"Because I'm the most fit out of us so I'll be able to find help quicker!"
"Really? Since when were you the most fit swordsmen? If we took Robin out the picture, you'd be the slowest one of all!" Marth argued.
"Shut up! Just sit right here while I go get help!" Ike ran out of the room, leaving Marth alone with Link's frozen body. Marth stared at Link's body and began to get the chills. The expression he had on his face was full of shock; it was obvious that Link was caught off guard by the time that he was frozen. Despite the gruesome thought of being frozen, Marth was kinda glad that Link was awake at the time. He couldn't imagine the pain of it happening to him if he was asleep. Marth turned his head away as he could no longer stand to see Link's shocked expression. Though he's seen far worse during his war times. He sighed to himself as he sat in the nearest chair and patiently waited for Ike to return with assistance.
Samus treaded carefully and quietly on the vine covered floor. She did so in order prevent being detected by the enemy...if there was an enemy to track. She so far found no survivors on her trail; just lifeless corpses of Federation troopers tangled up in partially burned vines. As the routine goes on all of her investigative missions she scanned every inch of the perimeter in search of clues that would help her. In every corpse that she would scan, it would always pull up the same results: Trooper was attacked by organic vines. Nothing more, nothing less. Ever since she arrived, she had been following the signal coming the from the Federation soldier that had contacted her in her ship several hours ago, but unfortunately the signal was wavering continuously that it made the investigation complex.
Samus continued to travel until she came to a dead end. Samus looked at her surroundings in order to find a small opening that she could maybe go through with the Morph Ball, but was out of luck. Suddenly, the signal coming from the Trooper began to get stronger, which didn't make sense at all. Unless if what Samus was dealing with had the ability to go through solid rock, then she had no idea what was going on here. Suddenly two reaper vines appear from the ceiling and wrap themselves around Samus's limbs in an attempt to pull her up. Samus quickly resisted, but then realized that the Reaper Vines could most likely lead her to the signal. Samus purposely gives in to the assualting vines and they pull her up inside another cave. The loud screeching of her armor colliding with the cave walls grew even louder as the vines pulled her up.
"Ugh!" Samus grunted as she felt her energy depleting every time she hit a branch. The screeching of her suit came to an end as Samus is pulled up from a gaping hole in the ground, roughly tossed to the side as the Reaper Vines retract from the grassy ceiling. Samus began to breath heavily due to amount of health that she lost on her way up.
"Are you alright?" A young voice said. Samus paused for a brief moment from the unexpected question.
"Everything's going to be... okay. Don't give up on me now," the young voice sounded very uneasy and had a lot of doubt in her voice. Samus slowly rose from the ground and activated her Thermal Visor in order to get a better view of her surroundings. The first thing she noticed in her vision was a figure that appeared to be in a sitting position. From the looks of the figure, Samus identified it as a female. Samus at first hesitated, but decided to approach the woman slowly, with her middle finger on the internal trigger.
"No. No," the woman began to sob uncontrollably. Strangely, Samus noticed the woman's heat signature turning from a fiery red to a freezing blue.
"M'am?" Samus said. The woman suddenly stopped crying and slowly turned and faced Samus. Samus switched to her combat visor and enhanced her vision in order to get a better view. Unfortunately it was no luck as the darkness in the room still made it difficult to see the woman's identity.
"M'am are you alright?" Samus asked. The woman didn't say a word. She only continued weep even more.
"That's it. There is no hope for this planet," the woman said.
"Hope? M'am what are you talking about?" Samus asked.
"That was... the cure. The cure... for this planet," the woman said.
"Cure? What cure? M'am I need answers, now'," Samus demanded. The woman then held out her hands to reveal a small glowing orange ball of light in her hands. The ball didn't emit too much heat, which showed that it was very weak. After a brief moment, the ball flickered until it fizzled out, making the woman sob even more.
"He destroyed it. He killed the last remaining hope for this planet," the woman said. Before she could ask her her another question, the woman pointed in front of her which fueled Samus's curiosity. Turning around, she witnesses the tangled vines untangle each other to reveal a Federation Trooper hidden behind them. Samus gasped and quickly ran over to the soldier as he fell to the ground.
"Because of him, this planet will die!" The woman angrily said. Samus quickly activated her Scan Visor and analyzed the Federation's body.
"Scanning complete. Federation Trooper log No. 76514
Platoon No: 17
Life status: deceased
Target was at the climax of a battle when his ammo system depleted. Target could no longer defend himself from his attacker, and was penetrated in the back by an assaulting vine. Trooper's armor catastrophically malfunctioned which released the trooper's helmet clamp, exposing the target to unatural levels of Cyanide gas. The sudden attack from the attacking vine eliminated the target before the gas could do its work."
Samus was horrified; after returning to her combat visor, she realized that Trooper's log No. had matched the Transmission signal; this Federation Trooper was the one who sent Samus the distress signal. Samus switched to her Plasma Beam.
"So you're the one I heard on the Transmission signal. You're the cause of this!" Samus said as the turned around. The woman was no longer sitting on the stump. She was gone. Samus activated her Thermal Visor and searched for the woman but could not find her heat signature.
"You're right! I was the one who killed him. I killed all of them! Can't you realize that they were going to destroy this planet? Destroy me?" The woman's voice echoed in the room. Samus charged her Plasma Beam and fired at the roof.
"It's pointless. You'll never find me. You're just like the rest of those damned troopers. You think that just because you have fancy armor and big guns you can kill anything you please! You all are nothing but galactic bullies," The woman said.
"You are a bounty M'am and you will be charged with mass slaughter!" Samus said. She tried to keep her cool, but this woman was really starting to tick her off.
"Do you think I wanted to kill them? I hate killing people! I don't want to hurt anyone or anything! I was just protecting this planet, something you and the Federation should be doing," the woman said.
"What the Federation does is none of my business. I am independent bounty hunter. And my mission from the Federation is to stop you," Samus said.
"If you were truly independent, you wouldn't taking orders from a corrupted government. They are using you Samus. You're nothing more than a pawn to them. They're just as bad as the Space Pirates! You need to wake up Samus please!" The woman cried.
"Wait. How do you know my name?" Samus asked.
"Because I am your mother," the woman said.
"What!?" Samus turned around to see a crying Virginia standing behind her. A horrified Samus slowly backs away until she trips over the stump, "mom! It can't be! It just can't!" Samus yelled.
"Don't let them do it Samus! Don't let the Federation take over the galaxy! Don't become one of them," Virginia pleaded.
"NO!" Samus pointed her arm cannon at her mother and fired at her. She misses by an inch and blasts one of the vines behind her. In the blink of an eye, her mother disappears, leaving Samus alone in the dark. Suddenly, the vines in the center of the room untangle and the burning gas from the core of the planet quickly fills the room.
"Warning: high levels of Cyanide gas detected. Immediate evacuation detected," Samus's computer warned. Feeling the gas cripple her shields, Samus quickly jumps up and launches a Super Missile at the wall across the room.
"I've got to get out of here," Samus said. She jumps over the hole and starts running. While she continued to run she began to feel weaker by the second due to Cyanide gas eating away her energy, "Speed Booster activate!" Suddenly, green flames emit from her jet pack, making her run at Hypersonic speeds. She bursts through the cave walls with ease, obliterating anything that was in her way. After knocking down several walls, she notices that her vision began to get cloudy due to the Cyanide gas filling the caves. Not being able to see where she was going anymore, she keeps running until she falls off a cliff and lands on the hard pavement below. The harsh landing dramatically reduced her energy, leaving her with one energy tank.
Samus began to pant heavily as she felt the cyanide gas burn through her systems. While recovering, she notices thin beams of light in the corner of her eye and looks up to see the hole right above her head. Realizing it was the one she entered earlier, she points her arm cannon and launches her grapple beam. It sticks to the Vessel that kept the hole hidden in the first place and pulls her up. She transforms into the morph ball and rolls from under the vessel and switches back to her normal form.
"I just...need to... get to my (cough) ship," Samus soon falls to the ground, her vision getting blurry due to the gas. She looks at the top of her visor to see that energy level was on thirty-eight percent. Her ship was a few feet across from her, but she was too weak to move. Her computer beeped very loudly which told her that she was almost out of energy.
"Am I going to die?" Samus thought to herself. She hasn't felt this close to death since the time she battled Mother Brain. But this time was different; she actually succumbed to the pain and let it kill her. There was nothing to do anymore. She was too weak to even pull her internal trigger. Her hearing started to slowly give out on her as the beeping noise from the computer began to fade away. Samus looked at her depleting energy once more before her vision finally went dark.
So after I finished this chapter, I decided to look back at my previous ones and I was so disgusted. I haven't seen so much grammatical errors in my LIFE. I was disappointed in myself, so I decided to edit all of them. Right now I'm working on the third chapter, so please be patient with my mistakes. Anyway, don't forget to review.
~The ShineSparkers
