Roy awoke in a comfortable bed with the covers draped up to his chin. It was nice and felt like his bed at home. But as he opened his eyes, he discovered himself in a strange place. The medical facility. It was dark outside the glass windows and he could only see from a single light source that hung from the high ceiling.

He sat up and groaned as he felt pain in his ribs and chest area. He remembered blacking out as he was being crushed, but he was alive now. And that was all that mattered. He looked around and saw Marth by the door, talking to Donkey Kong. He glanced in Roy's direction and his face briefly lit up. He ran over to the bed and stared into Roy's eyes.

"Holy crap, I thought you would never wake up."

Roy was confused, "Whaddya mean?"

"You've been out for 11 hours. It's 10 pm."

Roy breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. He hadn't missed the finals. He propped himself up and swung his legs over the side of the bed to get up.

"What happened while I was out?"

"Oh nothing really. I just saved your ass and accidentally destroyed the entire left wing of the mansion."

"You what?"

"Hey! It's not easy to kill those things! One nearly killed you!"

"Yeah whatever," Roy grumbled, "what else?"

"The finals tomorrow are cancelled. Master Hand was finally able to regain control over the bees and said that you the finals were cancelled tomorrow. You took a huge beating and Zard took down another one of those things by himself. You two have gotta recover, so the finals have been delayed until who knows when."

A pained expression crossed Roy face. It had been delayed again? When they eventually rolled around, he would be rusty! Stupid bees.

Roy stood up and found himself changed into a T-shirt and jeans. He noticed that Marth was wearing something similar. He advanced towards the door to leave, when he heard another voice.

"Where are you going?"

Roy turned around and glared silently at Lucina. She had a grin on her face, despite the events of the day. Roy vowed to himself that he would find a way to wipe that grin off her face. It was just so mocking.

"You just gonna stand there or answer me?" Lucina called.

"I'm taking a walk up on the roof."

Lucina shrugged and lay down in the bed she had been placed in. Roy quietly opened the door and slipped out.


Marth was not exaggerating when he said the entire left wing was destroyed. As he walked up the stairs towards the roof, Roy could see the ruined rooms of fighters like Ness, Zelda and Greninja. He counted himself lucky to be on the right wing. He proceeded to the rooftop, where the stairs lead up to the poolside. Yoshi and Kirby were swimming in the shallows and Samus was down in the deep end, studying her fingernails intently. Did they not feel the urge to sleep? He decided to shrug it off and looked down towards the ocean where he had been earlier that day. How had no one seen it from up here? His thoughts were interrupted by a voice.

"Hey Roy, I wanna talk to you."

Roy looked around to see who the owner of the voice was, and saw Samus staring at him from the pool. He wasn't particularly interested, but he had nothing better to do. He walked over to the poolside and Samus hauled herself up onto the edge.

"You're all about that anti-romance shiz right?" Samus asked.

Roy didn't seem phased by the question. His mind was clouded, not properly concentrating.

"Uh yeah, sure."

"I want your help."

Roy looked down at her with a questioning look. Why would she want his help? Of all people!

"What's up?"

"I'm so sick of these guys like Falcon and Ike trying to hit on me. I honestly want them to shut the hell up, but I don't know how to say it to them."

"Just tell 'em," was the response, "If it's really bad, just tell them to bugger off."

"But I don't want to come across as mean-"

"You're goddamn Samus Aran! People tremble in fear of your name."

Samus bit her tongue. She didn't know what to say.

"If you want, I can tell them."

Samus looked up at him and stared into his eyes.

"You'd do that... For me?"

"What can I say? I'm just in it to see the look on Ike's face."

Samus stood up and hugged him, Roy feeling the cold dampness of her body pressed against his own.

"I will politely ask you to GET THE HELL OFF ME!" He yelled.

Samus stumbled back from him and stared at him with a sour expression. Roy suddenly reached out an arm and pushed Samus back into the pool face first. He laughed out loud and scared the living hell out of Yoshi.

Samus' head resurfaced and she opened her mouth to yell at him, but Roy had his backed turned and was walking away.

"You're a dick!"

"No Sh*t Sherlock. How long did it take you to work that out?" He called back.

Roy chuckled to himself and walked back down the stairs that he had come up from. He had no need to be on the roof anymore. He had thought it would have been a nice cool night, but it was still dry and hot. As he walked down the stairs, he came past Ike's room and remembered what he had said to Samus. He quietly knocked on the door.

"Piss off!" Came a muffled voice.

"Fine!" Roy yelled back through the door.

"Wait... Is that you Roy?"

Oh crap. Ike was going to kill him. He looked for some place to hide, but ran out of time as Ike opened the door. His eyes had bags underneath them and he looked like he was nearly dead.

"Just go back to bed," Roy muttered.

He turned to leave when Ike's hand grabbed his shoulder, his grip like steel.

"What is it?" Ike said through gritted teeth.

Roy gave up and turned towards Ike. He had nowhere to go now. Ike's frown suddenly turned into a sinister smile.

"It's about your girlfriend isn't it? Having trouble?"

Roy looked up in shock and horror with a disgusted look on his face.

"On the contrary."

"What do you mean?"

"It's about Samus."

"The tall chick with the blonde ponytail?"

"She wants you to piss off and stop trying to hit on her."

Ike stared questioningly at Roy, as if he was speaking another language.

"Hit on her? Dude, she thought we were trying hit on her?"

Roy was the confused one now. What was Ike saying?

"Falcon and I have been acting cocky around her because we want to piss her off."

"Why on Earth would you want to do that?"

"Because it's funny. The look on her face when she gets mad cracks me up so hard. And also, it sort of became a tradition for Falcon and I to try and piss off everyone in the mansion. We've been doing this for 6 years now!"

As Ike laughed, Roy stared with a confused expression. Ike was a weird guy. No doubt about that. In a way, Ike sort of reminded Roy of himself. Sarcastic, cocky and wisecracking. Maybe there was more in common between the 2 of them than he'd thought.

"So um," Roy began, "I'll just go back to my room now."

"Yeah fine," Ike said whilst laughing, "Just go."

Roy quickly left and headed up the stairs towards the room again to find Samus.


"You again. What now?"

Samus was looking at Roy like he was a constant nuisance to her, even though he'd only spoken to her twice.

"I found out what's up with Ike and Falcon."

Samus breathed a sigh of relief, then caught her breath again.

"Wait, what do you mean by found out?"

"They're trying to piss you off deliberately. Make you angry. Shiz like that."

Samus rolled her eyes and stared into Roy's.

"You talked to Ike, didn't you?"

"Why?"

"He's a goddamn liar, that's why! He acts so casual, so you never know when he's actually telling the truth! I guarantee he just said that to get you off his back."

Samus was nearly steaming in frustration, but her red face slowly paled to normal colour.

"You're right, I should just go tell 'em to buzz off myself. But thanks for the help anyway."

Roy didn't know how to react, so he just bowed.

"For the love of God..."

Samus shoved him, attempting to push him into the pool, but Roy ducked and pushed at the back of her knees, forcing her to topple over into the water. Her head surfaced, but she didn't say anything.

"What's the matter? Is 'You're a dick' the only insult you have?" Roy jeered.

Samus dived back underwater without responding. Roy laughed and made his way back to his room. Even with the extra sleep, he was still tired. He trotted down the stairs and went into his room, flopping down pathetically on the bed. He remembered what Marth had said about the finals. Why had Master Hand delayed them again? Did he even care anymore? And as for Charizard... Marth had said Charizard took down one of those things by himself. Damn that took strength. Now that Roy thought about it, Charizard was actually very intimidating. He was not looking forward to the finals day quite as much anymore.


Roy awoke to find himself staring into the face of Ryu. Jeez! How many people had just barged into his room these past few days?

"Bugger off!"

"Master Hand has an announcement. Get yourself in the dining room in 5."

Ryu left without saying any more. He probably had to go tell everyone else. Roy sat up and rubbed his hair. It was crusty from being in the ocean yesterday. A shower was on his to do list now. He got up and headed off to the dining room without getting changed out of the T-shirt and jeans he was wearing from last night. When Roy arrived, it was very busy. All the food was gone and everyone was excited to hear Master Hand's announcement. Everyone except Marth.

"What's up?" Roy asked as he approached his friend.

"It's just gonna be some stupid thing regarding the destroyed half of the mansion. Some people had to share rooms last night so there's that problem to address."

Marth looked tired and bored, like he didn't want to be there. Roy was curious though. What could be so big that it even had Ryu attending? Ryu didn't even live in the damn mansion, let alone care about it's damage.

The figure of Master Hand hurriedly flew into the room, dragging a terrified Link with him.

"There we go, everyone's here," He said with a sigh.

Link scrambled to a nearby table to sit with Zelda and Master Hand began his announcement.

"I'm sure you are all aware of the damages that have been done yesterday. They are bad, but not permanent. They can be fixed."

Marth groaned and slumped his head on the table. He had been right.

"However, there is a more pressing concern at hand. I know all of you live to fight, and unfortunately, the portal that transports you to stages has been destroyed."

A collective gasp was heard and many cries of anger and rage. Roy looked at Marth who now was alert and had a panicked look on his face.

"But, I am working on it. The mansion should be fixed up in roughly 7 days, and the portal in roughly the same. So I have decided to give you all an early break. I planned this for after the tournament ended, but there's nothing better to do now, so how about we start it early. If you look outside, you will see 11 large buses."

All of the kids got up from their tables and went to press their faces against the window. Roy did so as well and saw 11 buses, far larger than any vehicle he had ever seen. Collectively, they were almost equivalent to the size of the mansion!

"On board each of those buses are 5 rooms where you will all be staying," Master Hand continued.

Staying? What did he mean? He felt someone pushing against his leg and saw Villager wide eyed and grinning.

"We're going on a road trip!" Villager yelled happily.

"Sh*t," Marth cursed.

Roy was in between. He hadn't expected this twist, but at the same time, he was extremely pissed off that the finals were still a week away.

"I feel you buddy," Roy replied.

"Anyway," Master Hand continued, "I will now announce who will be on what bus. On each bus will be a responsible adult and 4 others."

Master Hand read out all of the names off of a slip of paper, and Roy found himself on bus 7 with Marth, Lucina and Samus. The responsible adult was Mewtwo, meaning that Roy would get a psychic blast to the face for being annoying. Great. At least it wasn't Ike.

"Everyone's stuff has been transported to their new rooms. Finish eating breakfast and get on those buses now!"

Master hand left the room and the chatter started up furiously. Marth got up from the table and gestured for Roy to follow.

"Shall we?"


Roy and Marth got on the bus labelled 7 and looked for their rooms. The doors had no labels so they looked in all of them. In room one was the Varia suit, so that must have belonged to Samus.

In room two was nothing, just an empty room with no furniture. Must've belonged to Mewtwo. Roy couldn't think who else. Marth looked into room three and recognised it as his own. Roy looked into room four, which had his armour and sword on his bed. Which meant Lucina had room five. He walked into his room and saw it was modelled the exact same as his room in the mansion. That was a nice touch. He looked around a bit and saw a few new things that weren't in his normal room. There was a TV with some sort of console hooked up to it. There was a training dummy in the corner that he could use when he was bored. And there was also a walk in wardrobe that had all of his clothes hanging up. He liked it. Roy walked back out into the main part of the bus which had some tables set up, a few recliners and a snack bar. This was cool!

Samus walked in and found her room, locking the door behind her so she could be left alone. What an antisocial being. Mewtwo floated on board with a bored expression with Lucina behind him, her face showing great happiness and wonder.

"This is so cool!" She squealed.

Mewtwo looked at her and said, "Do I really have to put up with this crap for a week?"

Lucina's smile faltered. Mewtwo was not a guy you wanted to mess with. He folded his arms and leaned back in midair, absorbing sunlight through the window.

"Who's driving?" Roy whispered to himself.

"Me," Mewtwo said without looking at him.

The bus door closed and the engine started, ready to get going. An intercom crackled from the front of the bus.

The voice of Master Hand was easily recognisable, "We're good to go, just follow bus 1!"

Mewtwo shifted into first gear and started driving, following the bus in front of him. Roy stared out the window and waved goodbye to the half destroyed Smash Mansion. He would not be seeing it again for a long time.

"First stop," Master Hand said over the intercom, "The beach!"