Part 2

Samus and Peach were walking toward the princess's room. It was getting pretty late and they both needed some rest after the weird day they just got throughout. Peach sighed.

"This whole thing gives me the creep. What if I'm next?"

"Don't worry; the killer wouldn't have any reason to murder you."

"Then, why did he kill Pichu and... Roy..."

The princess contained her tears. Roy, the one she loved, being killed by a heartless murderer. Samus didn't reply and hugged her. Maybe... Maybe he killed for pure pleasure, maybe they were doomed! She frowned and pushed the thought at the back of her mind. Of course they would be okay! They were a bunch of smashers against one killer, whoever he was, he stood no chance! The bounty hunter opened the door leading to Peach's room and closed it behind them.

"You, get some rest, I'll take the first hours of guarding."

The blonde girl nodded and wiped away her tears. There was no time for that.

Luigi yawned. It was nearly one in the morning. He was tired from his hours of guarding but knowing himself, he could still stay awake for at least an hour. Personally, he didn't think that the murderer would attack them. Every smasher knew that he and Mario were an excellent team. He sighed and leaned against the chair he was sitting on. As he started to be comfortable, he felt a hand cover his mouth as he was dragged backward, making his chair fall loudly.

Mario suddenly woke up. What was that sound? He sat up in his bed and saw Luigi's fallen chair. He looked at the alarm clock. Almost one in the morning. He could replace his brother for now.

"Hey, Luigi! I'll guard for now, you can go sleep!"

Seeing no answer from him, the plumber got out of his bed and walked toward the fallen chair.

"Luigi, this is not the time for a silly joke."

A muffled voice on his left caught his attention. He turned as he saw his brother dragged from a darker corner of the room. He had blood all over his right shoulder and his mouth was covered by a hand that Mario couldn't tell whose it was. 'Something' pierced throughout his brother's throat as the green plumber let out a muffled scream. It looked like a needle, a huge one. Without thinking about it, Mario ran toward them, sure to strike his opponent. He suddenly felt a sore pain on his forehead as he fell on the floor unconscious.

"Fox..."

Fox turned toward Mewtwo. He approached the Pokemon and kneeled next to him, listening.

"I feel it... Two souls are dying..."

Fox immediately grew worried.

"Where?"

"In the basement..."

The vulpine nodded and ran out of the room. The basement, of course! Smashers doing bad things were sent there. They could make their little crisis and no one would hear them. He opened the door and climbed down the stairs slowly and silently, grabbing his blaster. Once he touched the cold floor, he reached for the light and pointed his gun in front of him. No one was there to attack him, happily. He walked toward the cell at the end of the corridor. The vulpine crouched in front of the cell and grabbed the motionless gloved hand behind the solid bars. He sighed in relief when Mario opened his eyes and looked at him. In his whole life, it was the first time that Fox saw Mario so helpless, so weak and vulnerable. It made him feel weak too. He looked at his left to take the keys but they weren't there. He turned back to the red plumber that told him a riddle.

"When you ask for freedom

Seek the sleeping goddess and her glowing protector."

He then blacked out. Fox repeated the Italian's words a couple of times in his head to memorize them. He couldn't find the answer but someone surely would. He stood up and ran out of the basement toward the rooms. He stopped in the corridor and screamed at the top of his lungs.

"WAKE UP SOMEONE IS DYING RIGHT NOW!"

Doors shot straight open as smashers that were on their guard round poked their head out of the rooms. Pikachu and Marth were the first to get out of their room. Fox repeated the riddle Mario told him, adding that they had to find the basement cell's keys. He kept telling that to every smasher as they started searching all over the mansion.

Zelda was searching for the keys in the game room with Link when she realized something was really familiar to her in the riddle.

"A sleeping goddess and her glowing protector..."

She read that somewhere, she was sure about it. She snapped her fingers.

"Golden angel!"

Link stared at her with a confused look. She didn't even notice it. She ran throughout the corridors of the mansion, closely followed by Link. The princess of Hyrule entered in the library and climbed on the ladder, looking at every book title. Her eyes finally met with a blue book with a silver writing saying Golden angel. She picked it up and rapidly flipped all the pages, finding nothing. She was about to give up on her idea when a weird shape thing caught her attention. She put her hand in the hole looking thing. She took something out of it. She smiled when she saw it was the key. She turned toward Link that was waiting for her at the bottom of the ladder.

"I got it! Catch!"

She dropped the key that Link easily caught. He ran out of the library toward the basement, screaming that he had the key. He couldn't help but smile. They would be just fine.

Young Link felt relieved when he saw his brother arrive with the key. The young Hylian needed to stay near the two plumbers to make sure they wouldn't die during the search. Luckily, they didn't. As Link unlocked the door, the boy saw the smashers and the hands arrive all worried about their friends. All? No... Two of them were missing... Mewtwo and Dr. Mario. He first thought it was because they didn't see Link with the keys but he realized that the doctor should have been there to take care of the two plumbers and that Mewtwo was sick for some reason. The boy darted out of the basement. What if hurting Mario and Luigi was a distraction? He hoped it wasn't but he had to be sure. He took out his sword and shield while running toward the rooms. He opened the door of Dr. Mario's room and office but found no-one. He headed to Mewtwo's room. He tried to open the door leading in it but it wouldn't open.

Something is definitely wrong here!

The kid pulled out a bomb and dropped it next to the door. He ran at the opposite wall. The bomb exploded, breaking the door, and he ran in the room sword in hand. He saw Dr. Mario, holding a gigantic needle in one hand and Mewtwo's neck. The doctor smiled.

"Aah, someone wants to play..."

The blonde boy got into a combat position while the doctor threw away the Pokemon to fight with the kid. They stared at each other for a moment until the Italian jumped on the Hylian. As they touched the ground, Young Link sent his opponent backward with his feet, taking their fall like a boost. They both got up as Dr. Mario tried to jab the boy with the needle but he parried with his shield, making it barely touch his hand. The Italian pulled hard on the side as the kid's shield slipped out of his hand as the doctor sent it flying at the other side of the room. He tried to attack but Young Link made a well-done circular parry and hit his opponent's shoulder. It didn't seem to bother the Italian that pointed the needle toward the boy that caught it in his right hand. The doctor grinned as he pushed it forward. Young Link yelled as the needle pierced throughout his hand. The Hylian pushed his hand further and grabbed his opponent's fist and twisted it in another direction to stab him right in the stomach. The Italian pulled on the kid's hand from the left so the needle pierced the hand again, freeing it too and gave him a powerful kick in the stomach. He then tried to pierce his heart but the boy was pushed backward by an invisible force, avoiding the blow. The doctor looked at the other side of the room and saw Mewtwo with is hand raised. The Pokemon lowered it and his eyes started flashing. The Italian quickly parried a blow from Young Link, pulling him out of his observation.

He's trying to send a message! I have to kill him before he does!

While parrying Young Link's blows, Dr. Mario took a scalpel out his sleeve. Seeing the Young Hylian didn't see it, the doctor shoved it in the boy's arm and pulled it toward himself. He then jabbed the Hylian in the stomach and kicked him on the wall. Seeing that kid wasn't getting up, he approached Mewtwo and raised the needle above the Pokemon's heart. He was about to pierce his hearth when something hit his own head. He turned to see the little Hylian, trying to get up, looking straight at him. The doctor turned back to the Pokemon and noticed that his eyes stopped flashing. The doctor grunted as the needle pierced throughout Mewtwo's heart. The Pokemon's eyes flashed red and became paler and paler until they turned completely blank.

Young Link jumped on the doctor from behind as the Italian struggled, trying to get free, but the little Hylian didn't let go. The boy took his sword and slit Dr. Mario's throat. He didn't care if the smashers would think he was the murderer, he just didn't want the doctor to hurt anyone again. The kid jumped backward and looked uncomfortably the blood getting out of his opponent's throat. The Italian grabbed the needle and ran toward the boy, his eyes burning from anger. He made a particularly hard blow that the boy parried, but he couldn't keep his sword in hand that when flying far behind him. Dr. Mario tried to slash the young Hylian that caught the weapons in his hands, wincing at the pain. The doctor smiled when he saw the others arrive. He punched the boy, that let go of the weapon, kicked him hard in the stomach and planted the needle right in the kid's heart that let go a loud groan. The blonde boy looked at the Smashers and fell on his knees as his opponent fell backward, out of blood. As the kid closed his eyes, he felt warm hands catch him before he would touch the floor. He felt someone giving him a tight hug and heard a weak voice that looked just like Link's. He then drifted away.

Yep, finishes like this. So, did I surprise you? (I wanted to make you think it was Mewtwo, did it work?)

Also, if there's a book somewhere in the world named "Golden angel", I didn't use that book in my story. I just picked the first thing that came in my mind.

So, tell me if you liked it or if it sucked, I accept all kinds of reviews!