(UPDATE: NICK HAS LEARNED BURNING SLASH. NICK GAINED A LEVEL.)

"Wow…that was impressive!" I said, I heard coughing and turned to look at Dark Pit. His wings had returned to their normal shadowy dark blue color and he was now standing. His wings flapped to test their strength. "Pittoo, are you feeling any better?"

"I'm fine, and it's Dark Pit!" He exclaimed with a huff. Dark Pit began to run towards the techni-colored before remembering what had just transpired. "Hey, Viridi, I know you've been watching, might as well make your presence known!"

"Oh fine, you never let me have any fun. Hello everybody. Thanks for not breaking him." Viridi spoke to everyone telepathically, as was custom. We heard whispering and a crash. "Palutena! Stop touching stuff already!"

"I'm sorry! It looked crooked!" The goddess of Light said apologetically. We all busted out laughing, and I thought I saw Dark Pit chuckle as well. My phone buzzed loudly, breaking me away from the laughter at Palutena's expense. I pulled it out of my pocket to check it. I had received a text message from an unknown number. It read:

THE MISSION HAS BEEN FAILED. AS CUSTOM, TERMINATION IS REQUIRED. BECAUSE OF RECENT NEWS, THIS RULE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. CONSIDER YOURSELF LUCKY, DO NOT FAIL NEXT TIME.

I gasped, was it the Sanctum that sent this? I didn't recognize the number as one of the contacts I had neglected to save… How did they know Dark Pit was still alive? Are we being watched at this very minute? "Hey…Viridi, how is Pittoo-"

"DARK PIT!"

"-How is he going to get home? Someone targeted him in the mission data, which means they could still want him dead." I explained. I heard Viridi hum for a bit before finally speaking.