Fox McCloud was many things. He was a mercenary, a hero from Corneria, and even one of the first fighters to ever appear. The thing he was not was on time; this time, anyway. Fox sprinted past the civilians as he headed to the grand jewel of this land. Meanwhile, in the Smash arena, Sonic the Hedgehog was running around the building, trying to catch a glimpse of any new stages being built within the stadium. He stopped as soon as he ran past a quite angry figure. He skidded across the floor stopping and striking his signature pose. Samus wasn't moved. Sonic just shook off the stern look as he began to speculate "Yo Sams, is there anybody coming to this meeting?". Sams- uh, I mean Samus, looked past Sonic and replied "I would try to contain your attitude, Sonic. Mario wanted you to be his replacement in the assistance of picking the fighters this year.". It was at this moment that Sonic shut up. He tried to hide his sheepish appearance before they heard clamoring at the door.
Pit panted as he ran and stopped near the two. "Hey guys, I forgot where the stadium was." He said, out of breath. Samus shook her head as Sonic secretly breathed a sigh of relief. For a moment, there was silence. Quiet, absent, deafening, awkward silence rang between them as a memory was re-entering Pit's brain. "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHGH!" he cried in terror as the single thing he forgot to bring was still at the Hotel; currently brushing his teeth with a new toothbrush. Pit collapsed; his jaw dropped. Sonic just glanced at Samus before running up to Marcus's current residence. He ran so fast he didn't even notice Fox, who was still heading towards the Smash arena. Back where Samus was, one last member of this sacred meeting walked through with his backpack and a smile across his face. Samus looked at the young man walking towards her. "Hello, Red." She said.
Marcus stood by the window, observing the world around him. He frowned. After all this time he didn't bother to even see what the local life was like. Then he remembered why. The people down there looked kind of weird and creepy to him. He walked away from the window. He tried to clear his head after such a rough night. Who knew there was so much effort into doing a big sword slash. Marcus rubbed his eyes. He looked back out the window. Maybe these people weren't so bad, he thought. It was then he heard a knock on the door. Marcus was startled, but managed to collect himself as he went to answer the door. He was a bit surprised to see a blue animal figure standing in front of him. Sonic just smirked. "Hey kid, are you that Marcus dude?" Sonic asked. The boy looked suspicious, but managed to say yes. Sonic just smirked harder. "Ok then, you might wanna tuck your head." This statement ran a red flag to Marcus, but he didn't have time to scream for help.