Chapter 3
They reached the room, and Marth put in the combination. The door swung open, and Marth and Olimar stepped into the room. Marth looked at the screens. "I think this is excessive."
"It could be worse," Olimar said. He sat in the chair that was located in front of the computer screen. He pressed a few buttons and began going through the footage. Olimar quickly went through the footage and found what he was looking for. He began playing the footage. As they got started, Olimar froze the footage, "Wait."
"Nani?" Marth asked.
"Is my head really that big?" Olimar asked as he zoomed in on himself.
"Yes. Can we kudasai focus?"
"Sorry." Olimar let the footage play again. They both watched as the door opened. They watched Marth enter "Congratulations, Marth," Everyone in the footage shouted.
Marth looked stunned to see everyone there. He waved a little and said, "Arigatou."
"Marth," Sonic said. "I thought you had learned English."
"Do you spot anything yet?" Marth asked Olimar.
"No. Remember I said it appeared in a lightbulb
"Marth," Master Hand said. "If you don't mind, I would like to show you the new parts of the mansion."
"Arigatou," Marth said. "I mean, thank you." Marth followed Master Hand to the basement.
As Master Hand and Marth left, Luigi turned to the rest of the smashers. "Who-a bet that Marth wouldn't-a show up," he said.
The screen began to grow fuzzy. "What's happening?" Marth asked.
"I don't know," Olimar said. He began messing with the controls trying to fix the problem. "Something must have messed up the footage. It has to be the thing with the red eyes."
"Let's just figure this out as we eat," Link said.
They left for the cafeteria as Pit continued arguing that he wasn't the one that had bet against Marth. As they left, the Olimar in the footage paused and looked at one of the lights. He stared at it after something appeared to disappear from sight. He shrugged and left for the cafeteria with the rest of the smashers.
However, the footage Marth and Olimar were watching wasn't allowing them to see everything. Olimar rewinded the tapes in an attempt to catch a glimpse of the thing with red eyes. Every time, though, he couldn't see it. Olimar sighed and looked at Marth. "Do you want to try the kitchen footage?"
"It's kachi a shot." Olimar began working on the computer again. He found the footage on four cameras and synchronized them so they would all play the footage at the exact same time. He played them, and they watched as they ate dinner. Marth entered with Master Hand. He got what he food and then sat down next to Link. "Konnichi-Hello," Marth said
Link swallowed what he had been eating. "Genki desu ka?" he said.
"That's not funny," Marth said. Despite the comment, Link smiled and a few others at the table began laughing. Marth and Olimar spotted Master Hand leaving in one of the cameras
"How have you been?" Kirby asked.
Marth looked at Kirby. "You can talk now."
"Yeah. Master Hand made it so everyone can talk now."
Ones of the screens began to grow fuzzy. Soon, it only showed black. "Did the kamera break?" Marth asked Olimar.
Olimar began working on restoring the footage. "If it did, it wasn't on accident. That thing has to be doing this intentionally." Olimar looked up to see if the footage had come back. What he saw was another screen had gone black. Olimar began to get frustrated
"Do you go by that entire name?" Marth asked Wii Fit Trainer.
"I haven't come up with a good way to shorten it yet," Wii Fit Trainer said.
"Have you thought of a way to shorten it?" Marth asked Olimar.
"Mega Man came up with Trainer," Olimar said. He watched as another screen blacked out. Olimar slammed his hands into the control panel. "Whatever this thing is must have corrupted the footage. I won't be able to fix it." Marth and Olimar looked at the final screen.
Marth smiled and sat by Link. "It looks like Master Hand made takusan kaw-I mean, a lot of changes."
"Yeah," Fox said. "If you include the new towers, he has added about five floors to the mansion. He also added another wing, another floor to the basement, and he's added multiple secret passageways to the mansion. It's to give us something major to explore while we're here."
"What? Has the outside stayed the same?"
"For the most part, yes," Pit said. "I don't remember it any differently from the last time I was here."
"Okay, but I have another question. Master Hand said the buffet was doubled and-"
The footage cut out. Marth and Olimar stared in disbelief as their last chance to get evidence that this thing existed was ruined.
Olimar was the first to recover. "It looks like it beat us this time."
"Would it have shown itself with one kamera looking at the other?" Marth said. "It had to have shown itself at some point."
"The cameras weren't looking at each other." Olimar said. "We lose this round. Whatever it is, it has to be somewhat intelligent. It thought its strategy out."
"Couldn't watashitachi show this as proof then. Say something is messing with the mansion."
"This won't convince anyone who isn't already convinced. I suggest we wait for another chance."
Marth looked down and nodded. They both stepped out of the room and went to finally get breakfast. They worked through the day to get ready for the next member of the roster. They remade all the banners so they had the newest member's name on it. They ate lunch and everyone found a way to spend their free time. Time passed and they ate dinner. Olimar had been so busy taking care of his pikmin that he ended up eating alone. When he was done, he left the cafeteria. Then he saw it. It was a chance to catch the virus. Something the virus might have forgotten. He ran to the security room to check on the camera facing down the hallway and looking into the cafeteria.
All the smashers began working on the decorations again. Marth hated it. He thought there were better things he could do with his time. He ended up working next to Mega Man and Kirby. "Konichiwa," Marth said. "How are you ichi?"
"Fine," Mega Man said. "Although I can't say I'm enjoying the decorating."
"I doubt any of us enjoy it," Marth said.
"I sometimes do," Kirby said. "When we made posters for Peach, we used actual peaches. Wii Fit Trainer had banners with apples."
"She goes by Trainer now," Mega Man said.
"Well she likes apples," Kirby said. "So I like her."
Marth and Mega Man laughed a little. Marth looked at Mega Man. "What do you think of this thing with the akai…red eyes?" Marth asked.
Mega Man looked up from drawing an "a" on a poster. "I'm not sure what to think yet," Mega Man said. "We don't really know that much about it."
"Yes, but didn't it make you uneasy to see those two red eyes." Marth looked around to see if anyone was listening to him. Kirby was the only one close, and he was busy messing with the glitter. He checked the lightbulbs to see if there were any red eyes. He turned back to Mega Man. "Olimar and I checked the kamera footage. We discovered the cameras had been tempered with. This thing has to hostile. It is planning something, and I intend to find out what."
Mega Man was about to respond, but Master Hand interrupted, "Attention everyone. I have noticed something going on in the temple region. I will need to check on it. I may not be back before the newcomer arrives. If that happens, please show him/her around and get them settled in." After he had finished saying that, he left.
Kirby began to smile. "If you need me," he began. "I will be in the pantry." Kirby ran off down the hall and up the stairs. Several others decided to leave the decorating to the rest. Marth and Mega Man regrettably decided they should stay to help. The decorations were some of the rest, but only a few were willing to go on. Mega Man and Marth left together.
Mega Man turned back to Marth. "Why were you trying to be secretive?"
"The mono may be a virus," Marth said. "It could have taken control over one of us. Last night, I saw Toon Link sneak up onto the roof. He claimed he had been following someone else. If that is true, then we can't trust anyone."
Mega Man nodded. Then he said, "Have you seen Olimar?"
Marth was about to answer yes until he realized he hadn't seen Olimar.
Master Hand hurried as quickly as he could to the temple to investigate. He wanted to be back before the new roster member got to the mansion. He wanted to make sure everything was ready.
As he got close, he felt something pierce his wrist. Master Hand fell from the sky and landed hard on his back. He coughed a few times before he looked up at what hit him. He saw a large arrow that had embedded itself into his wrist. He reached over and painfully removed the arrow. He noticed the tip and realized it was covered in poison. Master Hand hurried to get up and get help. He launched off the ground. He tried to keep flying, but soon he crashed into the ground again. He coughed a few times before passing out.
Olimar went through the footage again. He was at the part where Marth asked, "Okay, but I have another question. Master Hand said the buffet was doubled and the pantry was tripled in size. Why?" He was excited as he passed where the other cameras had blacked out.
"Because the fat marshmallow and Dedede eat so much," Bowser said.
"Hey," Kirby said. "That was rude."
"Yeah, but from what I've seen, it's true," Mega Man said. Then Olimar spotted it. A pair of red eyes appeared over the tables in one of the light bulbs. Olimar watched intently, He couldn't tell what they were watching.
"Well, that doesn't mean you have to be rude," Kirby replied. Someone began laughing behind Kirby. He turned and glared at Toon Link. "What?"
Toon Link stopped laughing, "It's just that-" He didn't finish his sentence as the lights went out.
They heard a scream and Luigi shout, "I've-a had enough-a of these haunted a-mansions." The lights remained off. Two blood red eyes appeared in the middle of the cafeteria and then disappeared just as quickly making them nearly impossible to spot for Olimar. The lights turned back on. Luigi poked his head out of one of the trashcans. "Is it-a over?"
Olimar started rewinding. He began playing it and began slowing it when Kirby said, "Well, that doesn't mean you have to be rude." Toon Link began laughing again. "What?"
Toon Link stopped laughing, "It's just that-" He didn't finish his sentence as the lights went out.
They heard a scream and Luigi shout, "I've-a had enough-a of these haunted a-mansions." Kirby quickly hit pause. He went forward a frame. It took six more frames before the eyes changed. They began to grow bigger. Olimar went forward another frame. The eyes were large and floating in the middle of the cafeteria. Olimar had his evidence, but he wanted to see where the eyes went. He went forward one more frame. He spotted the eyes, but they were different. Usually, the shape was undefined and had jagged edges. In the next frame, they had lost the jagged edges and looked rounder. Like whatever the thing was had become a part of a person.
Olimar sent the image to another screen. He went back to just before the blackout. He quickly identified everyone and where they were located. He then made a comparison of where the eyes were located and the size of the eyes. Then he realized who it was. "No," he said. "It can't be."
"But it is," Olimar quickly turned to see the virus smiling at him.
Thank you for reading. I have to warn you that I won't be getting another chapter out until the 19th person on the roster is confirmed. Thanks to Team Sonic Forever 4910 (such a big name) for Wii Fit Trainer's nickname. Thanks to Creativetomboy and the first guest for suggestions as well. As always, please review so I can know where to improve and if I made mistakes. Also tell me who you think the virus took over.