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Day 1: Amnesia
I woke up on the cold wooden floor of a room. My head was throbbing. A few feet away from me a cat was staring at me. Its tail was waging back and forth and in an instant it pounced over me. Slightly shocked I turned around and the cat was on top of something. "Get off of Chibi-Robo!" A high-pitched voice yelled. Confused I grabbed the cat and saw a small flying miniature TV set, along with a small shiny steel robot.
"What's going on?" I asked. "Where am I? Who are you?"
"We are here to clean this room, you are currently in the Smash HQ, and I am Telly Vision and this is Chibi-Robo. And you are?"
I grabbed onto my head.
What happened?
I had a serious headache.
"I don't know…" I replied.
I tried to remember other things but I couldn't. The only things I could remember were that this was my room and my cat's name was Chocolate.
"I don't know, your name isn't in our database. You must see the manager!"
Manager? but this is my room in my house!
"Now go see the manager!" Telly ordered.
"No!" I shouted. "This is my room and I'm not leaving! You get out!"
"Come on Chibi-Robo, we must inform the manager about this." With that they left. I stood up and fell back onto my bed and stared at the ceiling.
Do I have amnesia?'
I looked around my room, each item it seemed like the first time I saw it. The TV was on, and connected to it was a small white box. On it the letters "Wii" were there and it was pulsing blue.
What is that?
I reached towards the white box and touched it. Suddenly a sharp jolt went through my body. I cringed in pain and quickly pulled away my hand.
November 19th, 2006
The date was the only thing going through my mind.
Is that today?
Cautiously I reached for it again and this time pressed the power button. This time there was no jolt of pain. I looked up to a calendar in the room. The days were crossed off and today was circled for some reason. "December 3rd, 2007" I muttered
What happened on November 19th 2006?
I turned on the TV and with what seemed to be pure reflex I jumped back and landed on my bed. I looked at the screen and there was some health warning on it followed by 'press A to continue.' I looked around the room and my eyes fixed on a controller that looked a lot like a TV remote. It was the same slick white as the box. I grabbed it and pressed the A button.
Now what?
I was bombarded with a screen that had 12 spaces. Each one filled. The first had several stars twinkling then seconds later it faded to a screen that said 'Super Mario Galaxy' stars continued to twinkle through it. The second had a ton of different faces and shifted to a text that said 'Mii'. The third box featured a scrolling message in a blue speech bubble followed by a pink and green speech bubble. The fourth had 12 mini boxes on it that were flashing and then shifted to 'Wii shop channel'. The next was something that said 'Streets of Rage 2' only to shift to box containing the words 'Sega Genesis 16 bit console' a few seconds later. Beside that box was another one that said 'Gunstar Heroes' and shifted to the same 'Sega Genesis' screen. The next box had large green text saying 'Mystical Ninja' on it only to shift to a box that said 'Super Nintendo Entertainment System' a few seconds later. The next box said 'News Channel' and underneath it was the world.
I remember something else...
The next box said 'Forecast channel' followed by another box that said 'Contra III'. The next box said 'Internet channel'. While the final box had three photos lying against a corkboard and said 'Photo Channel'. In the bottom left-hand corner there was a circle with the word 'Wii' in it. In the middle was the date. Mon 12/3 above that was the time: 11:30. The bottom right hand corner had a sealed envelope on it with the number 2 blinking. Drawn to it I moved the controller down to the envelope and clicked on it with the A button. The screen appeared blank however two things quickly popped up. Both had a face that looked similar to the ones on the second box. I clicked the first message, which had a face that looked like a caricature of myself, only with shorter hair.
"SSBB is released today" it read.
SSBB what does that mean?
I didn't ponder over the meaning of the acronym. I directed myself to the second message. The face looked vaguely familiar blonde hair, blue eyes, and a smile.
"It begins!" It read.
What begins?
At the bottom left hand side of the screen there was a small image of a calendar. My hand moved the controller down to it. It featured the 27th of the previous month all the way to the 8th of the following month. At the bottom right hand of the corner of the calendar there was an envelope on every single day up to the 3rd of December. The next envelope was on the 25th of December. I clicked that and noticed a note posted. I clicked it and opened it. "Christmas day!"
I exited and then went to December 31st. "Newyears eve."
Why did I misspell New Years? How far does this thing go back?
Following the small hunch I began to go back several months. Each month I passed the calendar was filled with a random placement of envelopes. Not a single week went by without an envelope until I came to November 19th 2006. Before it everything was blank. "This is Day 1..." The words escaped out of my mouth.
What does all this mean?
I didn't have time to contemplate further as at that exact moment my door went flying off of the hinges and into the TV set (somehow not shattering the screen. I would have contemplated this but…). I sat on my bed both confused and afraid. My head naturally turned towards the door. Standing there was a woman dressed in causal clothing. She glanced at me and immediately at my hand. "He has a weapon disable him!" She ordered. The next second I was floating in the air. Walking through the doors was a large white humanoid like figure with cat like features. Beside him was a man in armor with blue hair at his side was a sword. "Marth you're dismissed! Mewtwo teleport him to my office."
Within the next second it felt like my body was crushed and then stretched out. I had closed my eyes and when I reopened them I was sitting in a chair. I looked around and I was in a dark office. In front of me was a desk; standing on it was Chibi-Robo and Telly-vision. The desk itself was covered in a pile of papers that looked mildly important. There was a fireplace with a small fire currently going. Above the fireplace there was a painting. I was about to get up and look around further when I noticed that my hands and feet were handcuffed to the arms and legs of the chair.
Crap
I tried to move around however the chair wouldn't budge, it felt like it was nailed to the ground. A few seconds later the woman had appeared. She sat down in her chair and glared at me. She had dark long hair, hazel eyes that were covered by glasses. "This was supposed to be an easy day…" She muttered not at all amused. She took a deep breath and then looked at me. "How did you get here?" She asked.
"Well whatever that creature was teleported me here out of my room at your command."
There was a sudden sharp jolt that went through my body. "I don't appreciate smart ass answers." She replied, as her hand moved away from a button, which I could only assume, was what she pressed to shock me. "Now lets try it again. How did you get here?"
"I woke up and I was on the ground of my room, and my cat had attacked that tin can."
Another jolt went through my body. "That tin can has a name," she sternly said. "Its Chibi-Robo."
Bitch
A jolt went through my body once again. "And please remember that I can read your mind."
Could have told me that sooner.
"Now then once more; how did you get here?"
"I just woke up."
"That sounds highly unbelievable."
"And yet you didn't shock me."
She ignored my snide remark, "If I am to believe that you just 'woke up' and were here, what proof did you have."
"Where is here?" I asked. There was a quick jolt that went through my body. She was about to talk when I shouted; "What if I have a heart condition and die from all of this shocking?" another jolt went through me.
"I'll be asking the questions here." She replied coldly. I fell forwards and gasped for air. This time she had left the shock go for several seconds. "Do you know why you're here?"
I had noted that every time she shocked me the shock had gone up in either intensity or duration.
I better tell her what I know and hope for the best.
"No," I saw her hand reaching for the button. "I have amnesia." Her hand stopped and a smile crossed her face.
"Really?" She asked.
"Yes." I replied. "Everything I know was only from the brief period of time that I spent awake in my room before you came in. I probably could have figured out more had you been later. All I know was that something happened on November 19th, 2006 and that today is December 3rd, 2007!"
Her hands moved away from the button completely. I breathed a sigh of relief. "Those dates." She seemed a bit shocked. For the first time she grabbed a pen and a small note book off of her desk and began to write in it. "Now then. That narrows everything down to 3 possibilities. November 17th, 2006. Do you know what happened on that day?"
"No, I can't remember."
"Two possibilities. No I shouldn't say that, the third is still viable. They have ways of erasing their agent's minds. All 3 of the parties do."
What?
I was confused. She had just begun to talk to herself and began to go through deductive reasoning. Suddenly she stopped and her eyes focused on me. In her hands she began to fiddle with the pen. "Your room had a Wii in it."
"Wii? That white box right?" She nodded her head. "The first day that had an envelope was November 19th. I doubt that is significant though."
"You purchased it Day 1." Her eyes darted around the room. "Listen, your coming to this world was untimely. We are at the brink of war. An ancient prophecy states that a warrior from another world will come and stop the war. Doing such a thing will mean death for two races."
"Wait! What?" I felt confused. Beyond confused. "You think I'm some hero?!"
"No," she harshly replied. "However you would fit in the cliché quite nicely if you put gel in your hair."
Spiky hair, amnesia, and destined to save the world. Why does that sound so familiar?
"You forgot the brooding anti-hero part." The words escaped my mouth. Even I didn't know where that came from.
"Your being here is no mistake," She said having effectively ignored my comment. "While you may be necessary for our world to survive, your being here raises many other questions and not to mention a great threat to us, your ally's."
"And why is that?" I asked.
"Because they don't know what they are."
"What are they?" I asked almost immediately in a tone that conveyed that I was having difficulty understanding her cryptic message.
She looked at me and I felt ensnared in her gaze. "You will remember one day."
I hope so...
"Before you leave I have one last question for you." She said reaching underneath her desk. "Is this yours?" in her hands was a black cat.
"Chocolate!" I shouted out. "Yes he's mine."
She put him on the table and she just stared at me. The next second the white cat popped up beside me. "This will be your guide for when you are here." She said. "His name is Mewtwo. And your name is?"
"I don't remember." I replied. "Funny that I remember my cat's name and not my own…"
"The name tag might have something to do with that." Mewtwo said pointing out the obvious.
"In any case he is going to keep you out of trouble when you are here, and then we won't forget to mention that if you do remember the truth and tell everyone he will be forced to kill you. Mewtwo is one of the few Smashers that actually know the truth."
"Smashers?"
"And he will know when you do know the truth."
"Aren't you forgetting something?" Mewtwo said.
Suddenly her eyes lit up and Mewtwo snickered. "Right we have to give you a bar code!" She said bringing out something from underneath her desk.
Wait... What?!
"Don't worry you will only have a twelve digit number tattooed on to you its hardly painful! And we will just identify you from that number from now on!"
"Wait what? You can't be serious!" For some reason I had a sudden urge to run out of the room as though what I was about to experience would be painful. Everything just got weird. "Are you PMSing? Or are spontaneous mood swings just in your nature?"
She seemed to ignore it. "Be nice! Be nice! BE NICE!" I screamed as she began to come closer.
"This isn't going to be the end of you!"
"I beg to differ I'm allergic to pain!" I shouted, really I doubt that I was allergic to pain but in reality any excuse would really work at this point in time.
"Real men use items." She said. Now this was just getting nonsensical. "Besides YOU MUST RECOVER from your phobia!" Her tone of voice was just getting wacky constantly jumping from soft to loud with hardly a moments notice.
"Can't I just have a name tag or something?" I inquired.
"You have no time to ponder such questions as I'm about to jab this into your body... Now where do you want it?"
I probably would have started running long ago if it weren't for the facts that my body was still cuffed onto the chair.
"This guy needs to calm down. Hee Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya!!!!!!"
"Your crazy!" I shouted. "Mewtwo help!"
"This guy needs to calm down." Mewtwo replied.
"I don't want a bar code!" I shouted.
"Now now, bar codes sound so negative!" She said, perhaps momentarily regaining her sanity. "Lets call them something more upbeat, happy, and inviting... such as friend codes!"
For some reason I think I vomited in my mouth a bit. Only when I regained my memory would I know why.
"Even if you changed the name it's still going to be painful!" I squirmed. "And why should I remember a 12 digit number like this?"
"Why not?"
I whimpered however she stopped as a kettle began to boil and whistle. "Oh the tea's ready." She said walking away completely ignoring me.
"Mewtwo get me the hell out of here!" I pleaded
I didn't know what to think. Eventually my feet and arms were released from their bonds. I got up and looked her in the eyes. "Now then, welcome to the Smash HQ, as your guide I will give you a full tour." Mewtwo snapped his fingers. First we appeared outside. We stood in front of a building that reached into the sky. "It extends 1000 floors into the sky and 200 floors into the ground." Mewtwo said. The next second we were teleported into the lobby. "This is the lobby." I didn't really have enough time to absorb in the sights as the next second I was teleported again. This time we appeared in a cafeteria. My stomach rumbled. "I'm guessing that you are hungry."
"Yes." I replied. "But I don't have any money."
"Don't worry about it. Its paid with your rent."
"But I don't pay rent. My room sort of appeared out of nowhere." I said.
Mewtwo blinked in disbelief. "Then that will be on your next bill." He replied.
"But I don't have any money to pay that!" I tried to point out. "And even if I did, there is no feasible way to actually get it converted into your currency. We are from two different dimensions!"
"Well you can work."
"I can't work I have to get out of here!"
"You could also gamble on daily matches." The most you could win is about 40 times your initial investment by betting on Pichu during a Pichu against Marth battle, which is rather conveniently happening at 5 pm tonight."
"Who and who?"
He stared blankly at me. I couldn't really blame him. I'm sure I at one time knew who these people were. "Well then I'll introduce you to everybody." Mewtwo cheerfully said after getting over his dumbfounded state. He began to point at and name all of the Smashers in the cafeteria.
"So won't they suspect that I'm sort of new."
"Oh no!" Mewtwo replied. "They have been told before hand that during the next few weeks people will be randomly appearing and joining us." Suddenly Mewtwo's eyes lit up. "You could also join in the fights and if you win you could gain some money."
"I don't think I'm much of a fighter though."
"Everyone is able to throw a punch."
"Even if they have no arms?"
Mewtwo just glared at me. "Mind you for that you would need a name in order to enter the matches, and a bit of money in order to register."
"And I am getting that where?"
"Well I could loan it to you." Mewtwo smiled evilly. "Mind you there is the small detail about the interest 200 a week sounds good."
"No." I shouted at him. "200 interest that's insane!"
Mewtwo just chuckled. "Really you would just need to beat Marth to pay me back completely. Even just participating will net you $10."
This is the biggest scam on the face of the earth... and I have to fall for it...
"How much does it cost?" I asked.
"It costs $100 to sign up. Now then are you sure that you don't have any money with you currently?"
I was quiet. All I could do was try and remain calm. "Well I'm bound to have a few coins in my room."
But they aren't in this world's currency…
"Well we will see how much you have. That and you have to find your room." The next moment I was teleported to in front of my room. We entered the room as the door was still knocked off. "Sorry about that." Mewtwo apologized.
"Don't worry about it." Mewtwo lifted up his arm and the door began to float back to the hinges. It instantly reattached itself. "This is on the 30th floor."
"Well it could of been worse." I looked up at the TV it was still on and the Wii also was on. On my bed was the remote. Slowly I grabbed the remote and pointed it at the TV. "Now where was I?" I wondered out loud.
"When we broke into your room you were looking at Day 1." Mewtwo reminded me I stared at the TV several different files were across the screen the one that caught my attention was one that was directly in the center of the screen.
"Today..." It was cut off I clicked on it. "Today's Achievements." I read. "Tell me what is this Mewtwo?"
"You don't remember?"
"No sadly I don't." I replied. I then turned off the Wii. "Besides I would like to find out everything for myself."
"Tell me are you afraid."
"Yes." I replied. "I'm in a world I know nothing about, I don't know who I am. I can only hope that I can regain my memories"
"You have high hopes." Mewtwo replied. "Those that have crossed dimensions before have wound up dead."
"Why is that?"
"Besides those that have come to this world and threatened the balance of everything we have found that human bodies only have a certain time limit in this world before they degrade completly." Mewtwo replied looking grimly at me. "You will begin to feel your body degrade at about 30 days when you will most likely die at 40 days in this world."
"I see..." These words were shocking to me, they would be to anyone in my position. I tried my best to keep a calm expression across my face, but I must of failed miserably.
"They say no one has found a way to cross through the dimesnions. All have stumbled into this dimension by accident as no doubt you have."
"So there is no way out." I said. Mewtwo just nodded. "I see." I stood up and began to walk out of my room. "I'm going to go walk around the Smash HQ get a feel for things."
I began to walk through the Smash HQ, luckly for me they had elevators. Ocassionally Mewtwo would talk telepatically with me. I began to get a feel for the place. The floors from B1-B100 was actually a large stadium. I sat down in one of the chairs and stared at the field. I don't know what actually came over me. I stood up and walked down to the field. Standing in the direct center of the stadium I looked around. I could see everything.
"This is where we all fight." Mewtwo said appearing out of thin air.
"I sort of figured that." I laughed casually.
Mewtwo looked around. "You arn't very social are you."
"Not really." I sighed.
"It must be painful to not know your past."
"In some ways. In others it might be just a bit reliving. Forgetting a traumatizing event that you have always wanted to but failed to."
"Do you think you have an event like that in your life?"
"Perhaps. And in other ways its painful knowing that something's are erased but not others " I replied.
"Ah yes the wonder of Hollywood amnesia." Mewtwo seemed to chuckle.
"So am I the only non-Smasher in here?"
"No, there are a few others." Mewtwo replied. "Do you want to meet them?"
"I really have nothing better to do." I said
Mewtwo seemed to chuckle. The next moment we were both teleported in front of three people. They didn't seem rather shocked by the sudden appearance. I looked at them there was a young boy with short blond hair. An older boy in his young teens with messy black hair. And a woman in her late teens with long black hair. "So this is the new person Mewtwo?" The woman asked.
"Yes Sui."
They were looking over me as though I was suspicious. "The little one is Rai, and the last one is Tei." Mewtwo said.
"And your name?" Tei asked
"I don't have one," I replied. "Well I have one I just don't remember."
"Then we have to give you a name." Rai said rather excited.
I don't need a name.
"Then what will we mark your grave with?" Mewtwo telepathically asked me. I tried my best to avoid shooting him a dirty glare. But I think I failed miserably.
"So when did you get here?" Sui asked.
"A few hours ago.." For the first time I glanced down to the watch I was wearing. It was currently 4:45.
"Time has certainly flown." The words escaped my mouth.
"Its almost time for Pichu's battle." Rai shouted out excited.
IS this guy never excited?
"Please come and watch it with us." Sui said kindly.
"Yes..." I muttered.
We began to walk down to the stadium. All of the Smashers were there and Marth and Pichu were all ready waiting for the battle to start.
"Mewtwo... Put me down for 500 on Pichu."
"Your crazy!" Mewtwo shouted. Everyone also was looking my way. Any conversation that had been there before hand had completely vanished due to shock.
"Kid, you're incredibly stupid." Tei whispered to me.
"Yes but I'll be incredibly rich if Pichu does pull off the victory right?"
"Everything is against Pichu!" Tei replied trying to talk some common sense into me.
"That and you will be in 1000 debt." Mewtwo pointed out. "You do realize how much you have to lose?"
"I have nothing to lose, and everything to gain." I reminded Mewtwo.
"Well fine if you want that." Mewtwo sighed.
In all honesty I didn't know why I wanted to bet on Pichu. Was it an aura that surrounded him. Or was it something more. "Just remember kid... Gambling is a dangerous thing."
"Just remember in 40 days my debts won't mean a thing."
Mewtwo just chuckled. "Then I will make your life a living hell!"
Mewtwo disappeared and then reappeared a moment later. "Your bet has been placed. You wouldn't believe the sour look the receptionist gave me after I placed it"
"Thanks."
I looked around the stadium it was quite large. I then noticed a large billboard displaying the time. "The match between Marth and Pichu will begin in five minutes!" An announcer shouted just as the clock changed. "Just a reminder, this match will be 1 vs 1, with an 8 minute time limit, not only that but items will be on! Place your bets as this looks to be an interesting match!"
"Ya interesting is right." Everyone seemed to laugh. The next five minutes seemed to take forever. But eventually the match started.
Pichu and Marth ran towards each other. Within a matter of seconds Marth had completely overpowered Pichu and knocked him towards the edge.
"Ten seconds." Tei sighed. "It was naive of me to think that Pichu could last longer!"
"And what dictates that he can't win?" I asked
"Tiers" Tei replied. "The tiers are all powerful."
"Who would believe such a stupid thing, nothing is absolute!" I shouted perhaps louder than before.
"Tei is right." Mewtwo replied. "I have all ready foreseen the end of this match. Pichu will lose, he can never win."
I won't believe that! Pichu, please win!
Everything suddenly went dark, and I floated in space. In front of me was a TV screen, there I was watching the fight, Pichu was standing still unable to dodge any attacks. Suddenly I felt a small thud in my hands. In it was a platinum controller. Suddenly my hands moved as though it was second nature. Truth be told it was, but I didn't know that yet. Pichu instantly was able to dodge all of Marth's attacks. Quickly Pichu began to use hit and run tactics to raise Marth's damage.
Something suddenly dropped on the screen and Pichu moved towards it, picked it up, and threw it on the ground. Instantly a large dog like creature came out of the ball and a spire of fire erupted knocking Marth into the sky.
Marth landed on the opposite end of the field. He rushed towards Pichu swinging his sword, however Pichu grabbed a beam sword and countered. Eventually Pichu jumped into the air and knocked Marth back off of the arena, however he was able to recover.
Pichu threw the beam sword towards Marth who quickly sidestepped to avoid it. Pichu however rushed towards a crate that he threw towards Marth. Marth blocked however the crate exploded knocking him back and revealing a badly bruised Marth.
"This match is over," I muttered.
Pichu charged up his skull bash and rushed towards Marth knocking him back, he was too far away to be able to recover.
"And the match is over!" The announcer shouted. I was brought back to reality, everyone was in shock as to what just happened.
"Impossible…" Tei muttered. They all stared at me.
"Mewtwo…" I said calmly. "You can keep 1000, the rest goes to me. I'm going to my room to sleep."
"But its only 5:05!" Mewtwo said.
"Everyone will be wondering who just got rich off of Pichu." I said. "Bring the money over to me. " With that I ran out of the stadium. Trying to figure out what had happened. Judging by their looks I was with them the whole time, at least physically. Mentally though… Everything there was familiar, was it possible that I was controlling Pichu? It made no sense.
I took the longest route possible back to my room. I wanted time to think everything over. I occasionally glanced at my watch. The time just seemed to pass by quickly. When I eventually got to my room Mewtwo was waiting for me with a briefcase full of cash. "You're late." He said.
"Sorry." I replied. "I needed to go over what happened."
"Somehow the match I saw never happened." Mewtwo replied. "I don't know what happened but…"
"Neither do I…" I sighed. I could feel Mewtwo's peering eyes looking deep into my mind.
"We both saw the same match." Mewtwo replied. "You were there the whole time…"
"Well Pichu won." I replied. I opened my door and collapsed onto my bed. "By the way have you seen chocolate?"
"Not since he was in the manager's office." Mewtwo said.
"Then I'll see you tomorrow." With that I closed the door I grabbed a pen and a piece of paper on the ground.
"Things to do." I wrote. "1. Find out how to escape from here."
And with that I fell asleep.
To be continued...
Notes:
Boy... its amazing how much one system update can completely screw up your plot... In any case incase it was originally going to be that every day back to November 19th had an envelope. But fate is sometimes cruel. I also had to create the time. Don't expect this to update daily. I'm hoping at least weekly... I'll start posting my crossover tomorrow... Or maybe I won't if I find a sudden burst of inspiration and just write like 10 chapters of this in one day as a procrastination tactic so that I avoid studying for my finals…
I can't be the only one who leaves themselves stupid little notes like 'Christmas Day,' 'x's birthday today' ect. On the Wii message board.
It's going to be a running gag for the update at the Smash Dojo for the day to be in the actual chapter (Somehow... this may actually work if I run out of ideas...) more or less inspired by 'Smash Updates come to life' by Sirpains (A brilliant idea that I'm surprised no one thought of earlier!) Mind you looking at this chapter it will probably be a bit nonsensical...
Finally Hollywood amnesia works a bit like this: you forget what school you went to, but not what you learned in it. It is also known as Laser guided amnesia.
Just as another side note... this would have been up yesterday but this site decided to torture me when I was trying to upload it...