There was a knock at the door.
Strange. Who could it possibly be, at a time like this? He briefly considered ignoring it. For all he knew, it could've been the kidnappers, come back to claim the remainder of the brawlers. But Lucas skipped happily to the door and opened it, so he rushed to his side in case it was an intruder.
There were three standing there. He recognized one immediately. It was Megaman, the legendary fighter he'd heard so much about. Mario had been upset for a while because he didn't help them during the incident with the Subspace Emissary.
Despite this, it was an honor to meet him, and for a second Luigi just stood there, starstruck.
"We heard about what happened, and we'd like to help. This is Wii Fit Trainer," he indicated the pale woman with grey hair. "From what I understand, she doesn't go by anything else, so I just call her 'FT', for short. And this is the Villager–I'm not sure what his real name is...he doesn't speak often. But I know he came from a village, so I call him that. And my name is Megaman. May I say, it's a pleasure to meet you, Luigi."
Luigi snapped out of it long enough to shake his hand.
"The pleasure is-a all mine. Please, come in."
He led them into the living room, and for a second, he recalled the dismal mood of it the last time he was there. He quickly pushed away the thought. The Villager ran off with Lucas for a tour of the mansion, so it was just he, Megaman, and the eerily silent Wii Fit Trainer left.
"What happened, exactly? I heard someone got kidnapped..?"
Luigi sighed.
"There's-a only five of us left. Meta Knight is out searching for them, you've-a already met Lucas, Nana is out buying supplies–"
"For what?"
"I'm-a getting to that. Anyway, I sent Squirtle and Jigglypuff–"
"Hey! Are those the two that came and found us? That turtle and that pink thing?"
FT mumbled something in a language Luigi vaguely recognized. Didn't Marth speak that way too?
Luigi chuckled.
"I guess so. I sent them to find-a help. Where are they?"
Megaman shrugged.
"They dropped us off here and left."
Luigi nodded. They were really putting their backs into it. It was great progress. He stood.
"You asked about the plan. Let-a me show you."