OH GEEZ this chapter is somehow shorter than the others. I'm starting to think that I should have just written the entire arc in one chapter. Yeah. That would be more sensible.

I blame Doctor Who for this. Yeah. I'm looking at you Donna Noble.

LUNCHTIME SHOPPING - PART 3

Our heroes ran toward the check-out, running away from Samus and Mario, who managed to break the tiny necks of the fish assaulting them. No, you're not hearing me wrong. That's precisely what happened. Samus raised her arm cannon and fired off a missile, which completely missed the group and destroyed a rack of muffins. That's when they crossed the line. How dare they hurt the innocent muffins?

"I'm sorry sirs, but you must leave. Forever." said a Wal-Mart employee.

"I'm a girl." growled Samus.

"Oh, I'm so sorry. But still, get out." Mario responded to this by punching the poor guy in the face. Meanwhile, the Normals reached the checkout lane, which was swarmed with Waddle Dees pushing shopping carts.

"Okay, we're almost in the clear! As long as the Wal-Mart employees keep distracting them, we're safe." said Meta Knight, watching as another guy went to stop the terrible team-up that is Mario and Samus.

"Right, who has the card?" asked Falco.

"I do." said Lucario. He reached into hammerspace and pulled out... his empty hand? "...Uhhh..."

"You lost it didn't you?"

"No!" defended Lucario. "I kept a tight hold on it... where...ever it was."

"It could have been stolen. It's not exactly out of the question." said Meta Knight. They looked around for anyone suspicious. However, the customers were either doing their normal behavior or were watching Mario and Samus beat the crap out of Wal-Mart employees, who were quickly losing hope of defeating them. "Do you see anything?"

"My aura vision won't let me see items clearly." said Lucario, darting his sight over everyone.

"Nothing suspicious." said Falco.

"I see a walking box." said King Dedede. That's when they noticed it; a cardboard box was walking toward the exit, hoping to get away in all of the confusion. Lucario smacked himself in the face. How he managed to miss that, he would never know. He walked up to the box and kicked it away, leaving Snake exposed.

"Oh. Hello. I'm just here to buy some copy paper. ...I'll be leaving now." said Snake. He tried to crawl away, but Lucario picked him up by the scruff of his neck.

"Oh no you don't." said Lucario. He fished his hand into Snake's pocket and pulled out the glorious, shiny credit card.

"Mario! Assassin! They have the credit card!" yelled Snake. Mario and Samus turned toward the Normals to glare at them when they got knocked over by Snake, who got thrown by Lucario. King Dedede glanced at the girl checking out their items.

"Will you hurry up? Before we all die?" he asked.

"Please don't rush me sir." said the girl. The other Normals were watching Samus, Mario, and Snake get up, figuring out a way to get out of this. All of the Wal-Mart employees have lost motivation and was walking away, pretending that none of this ever happened. That's when Meta Knight got an idea. And it wasn't a very morally good one. He went into a cashier booth thing and searched for an intercom thingy. Look, I don't know how Wal-Mart works. His voice was magnified by the intercom...

"Attention all Wal-Mart employees. A $200 tip will be given to the employee who knocks the suited bounty hunter, plumber, and paranoid man standing in the middle of the store unconscious. Thank you for your time." said Meta Knight. Everything was quiet at first. Then came the storm. The three enemies were suddenly swarmed by the minions of Wal-Mart. Since they were ordinary humans, it would be impossible for them to knock the villainous heroes out (except for Snake, the most normal of the bunch (and by normal I don't mean in terms of sanity).), so Meta Knight can get out of paying anyone. The girl just looked at the fight curiously before scanning the final item.

"That will be $1025.78. Will that be cash or credit?" she asked. Lucario handed her the credit card and was amsued when he saw her eyes widen from looking at the funds on the card. She rung it up and handed the rather pointless change. The Waddle Dees, who had already stuffed everything in bags, started pushing the carts toward the exit. The Landmaster was already parked outside by the guy, who was disappointed that he couldn't shoot down the helicopter. The Waddle Dees pushed the carts in through a hatch in the back. The guy wanted to say something about not stealing the shopping carts, but decided that this day was already ridiculous enough and walked away. The Normals piled into the Landmaster and drove off, heading back toward Smash Castle. Shortly afterward, Mario, Samus, and Snake managed to escape the crowd and into the parking lot, and they were frustrated that the Landmaster was no longer there.

"Damn it! They're gone!" yelled Samus.

"This was a waste of time." said Snake.

Mario turned around. "Er... they're-a coming back..."

"I WONDER HOW THEY'RE DOING." said the Ancient Minister to himself. Then, unexpectedly, the Landmaster crashed right through the wall of the Ancient Minister's office, trashing utterly everything. A hatch opened up and an army of Waddle Dees pushing shopping carts ran out, running through stuff and making the room more of a mess than before. Falco stormed out of the tank, shoving the credit card into the Ancient Minister's face.

"We're done shopping." said Falco before stomping out of the room.

"...I think he was annoyed that we had to go shopping." said Meta Knight.

"You think?" said King Dedede, following after him. Meta Knight shrugged and was on his tail, leaving Lucario and the Ancient Minister alone.

"It's funny how even the most normal of us Smashers have their moments." mused Lucario before going after his friends.

"...YES. YES INDEED." said the Ancient Minister, reflecting on what his office looked like before it was completely destroyed.

END OF ARC 1

Well, first arc finished and I'm totally done with the third season of Doctor Who. Just two or three more seasons to go before I can actually get back to focusing on writing! Bwhahaha!

Ahem. Anyway, I currently can't decide which arc to pursue next... so why don't you guys decide? Head on over to my profile and vote on the poll! The poll will be closed on the 20th, and by then, I hope to be done with the fourth season.