At last! After several months of being lazy, I have finished this chapter.
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In this chapter we see what happens to Lucas after being apprehended, and learn some of the backstory. Hope you enjoy :D
I can't believe they will have me here as an animal.
A few hours ago, when we arrived to the Smash Mansion, Lucario and Link escorted me to the entrance of the mansion. When the rest of the crew aboard of the flying machine exited the vehicle, Mario, along with Samus and Falcon took Lucario and Link's position. However, just before we entered the mansion, Mario put on my eyes a pair of black goggles with black-tainted glasses, so I couldn't see where we were going.
On the way to our next destination, Falcon and Samus grabbed one of my arms, each one. They were in complete silence (maybe afraid of Mario's mood at the moment). Nevertheless, I could still feel Mario's anger around myself. It didn't take him too much before opening his mouth again. "I swear, Lucas, I will take this on my own hands, and I'll make sure you receive what you deserve," he told me once. "First, my own blood, Luigi, and now, Ness… At some point, something told me it was a bad idea to bring you here," he said not much later.
At all those words, I said nothing. Remaining silent was my only weapon at that moment... An useless weapon by the way.
We walked for some minutes until we stopped. I heard someone walking from behind to my front. My goggles were carelessly taken off of my eyes. I struggle for a brief moment, but it only caused Falcon and Samus hardening their grasp on me. "This is where you will be until we have a final decision for you."
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And here I am now, in a very small gray room. This obviously resembles a cell. It has a bed and a toilet… but what really unnerves me is the crystal hanging from the ceiling. It's stuck up on the ceiling and I can't have a better look at it due to the height of this place.
As I expected from my apprehension, Mario didn't take the handcuffs off. I don't know if the cell is PSI-proof, but I can't manage to take them off. I can just wait until Mario decides to do his next move.
I'm sitting in the bed… I can't do any more due my arm and the handcuffs. Lucario said the handcuffs were PSI-proof, but he said they were developed using Ness as the tester. My PSI is by far different to his. Maybe I have a chance of taking this thing out.
I try separating my hands at least half an inch, but it's impossible, the handcuffs don't give any space. I can feel a couple of sweat drops trickling down my chin, but I pay little care to this.
I try to move the injured arm into a better position… But I can't! "These damn things won't move!" My words echo all around the small room, repeating the phrase a couple times.
"OK… maybe now… PK Fire!" I shout… and for a moment I feel the flame coming to live in both of my hands, however, the sensation goes away in an instant getting replaced by exhaustion. Extreme exhaustion.
"What the…" A powerful light comes from above my head. Is it the crystal? When the light dies down I can get a glance on the crystal, something it's glowing on its inside, it looks like energy.
This just frustrates me more. I feel like depositing the anger in something, and I do. I veer towards the door and kick it frantically… once, then twice, and one more time. My foot hurts and this won't get me anyway… Obviously.
The hours pass and pass. One, two, three… I can't count any more without a watch or something, but I bet is already night.
"How much more time?" I ask to no-one but myself. I can only pray, so I can get out of this one alive… After all, I only want to save my home.
I'm already feeling the tiredness of today's events. I should take advantage of this time to sleep… I doubt I will get much more later on.
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"Lucas?"
"Wake up."
I don't know if those are voices on my head, or someone real. Yesterday's events left me without energy; I just want to sleep a little more…
Apparently, my head is not playing any tricks… This means I'll have to get up to see who is calling me.
I open my eyes slowly as I have to adapt to a different light source than the one in the room. I roll to my left, and notice there is no longer a door.
"Wha…?" In a swift motion I get up, and leap towards the doorframe. Why would they take away the metal door?
"Morning, Lucas." Link walks into my eyesight, staying in the other side of the doorframe, drinking a cup of something.
I frown at him. And that's how I enter in deception as I spot a reflection where the door is supposed to be.
"Oh, that's reinforced glass. It's PSI-proof as well, so please don't try anything," Link speaks just after noticing my movement toward the doorframe.
I reach out and touch the glass, gently. Indeed, it seems pretty strong. There's no way I can break it without PSI. "What you want?" I ask him looking him in his eyes.
"Just wanted to know if you were okay."
"Oh, how considerate," I say, the sarcasm dripping from my mouth. "I still don't see the purpose of your visit. I doubt you will let me go."
"Well, I was wondering if I you could tell me the real reason why you attacked Luigi." As the words leave his mouth my head gets flooded with possible explanations and the big choice of telling him about Porky or stay quiet.
"I'm waiting."
I glance everywhere in signal of doubt before speaking again. "Alright…"
I take a moment to think about my next words, followed by a deep breath. "You remember what I told you before, right? About my brother and I."
"Yeah, I do."
"The person behind all of this was the leader of the army that caused so much death and sorrow in my homeland. He has, just like me, PSI. He traveled in time using his PSI so much times that he started aging quite faster than normal, until his body stopped counting the years, he looks like an old child, hence keeping his mentality. The case is that when his body stopped aging he turned into an immortal person unable to die by natural causes…"
I pause for a brief moment, I hate reliving all of this, but at least I can see Link's attention is on me. I look away from him, my sorrow is very noticeable, and before I get even angrier I want to finish this. "As I was saying, he can't die by natural causes, and I had to response to this. Remember I told about this mission I had in my homeland." He nods and waits for me to continue, "Well, as I told you, I had to get to seven needles and pull them. When I was at the last one, I fought my brother…"
"Who was controlled by this immortal guy…"
I manage a brief smile. He has listened to me. "Yeah, exactly. In the fight he regained control of himself, and he was bold enough to…" I can't help but feel sad again, that moment changed everything… However I'm –somehow– proud to tell this. "…use his PK Thunder against my Franklin Badge, which deflects electricity… causing his death by his own hands. Then there was my opportunity to pull the seventh and last needle."
"And regardless of everyone's effort and boldness… he came back, the one that caused everything. I fought him just before my brother, but he teleported away and lost track of him. When I was about to pull the last needle my friend shouted…"
My sight was replaced by the events told, I can see how Kumatora shouts, and I turn around and see him.
"She… she called my name. Her voice was already devastated and tired. When I heard her I turned around and saw him. He was riding his almost destroyed spider machine, and looked at me. He yelled 'This is not over yet', and before I could do anything a red light shot out of his machine, it completed coated my brother and I."
Link noticed me slowly drifting away from reality, and so he decided to speak up. "What happened next, Lucas?"
"I remember my dad telling me that I past out for like an hour. As soon as I could stand up I walked up to the last needle and pulled it. But nothing turned out as I wanted to. The needles released the Dark Dragon and the heart of the person that pulled the needle… Hmm, 'transfers' to the Dragon, and depending if the person is good or bad the Dragon's power may be able to kill us all or bring a whole civilization back to life…"
"In that case, you reverted everything that was done?"
I noticed how the conversation turned out from who… that monster was, to what happened. I don't mind at all as I can see Link's intention is good. "No, unfortunately. The Magypsies, the ones who put on this mission said that my heart was good and pure, but my brother's soul and spiritual body was inside of me–thanks to the strange red laser–, and after being controlled by that monster his heart wasn't pure at all. So what happened was everything I wanted that caused harm and destruction was done, but everything that brought life was rejected. That means I could get rid of the evil army and bring some peace, but everything done to my homeland was… done, it didn't revert."
"That means your reason for coming here was to find out a way to separate you from your brother so you can be able to pull those needles?"
He explained it in the best context I can think of. My answer comes with a kind look. "Yes, Link." However, my eyes changed from kind ones to ones that showed rage, anger, and hate. "I think all of this brings me to the name of that… if can be called person…" I can hardly think of those five letters, now I have to say it. "His name is Porky… the person I'm in the pursuit of."
It took a moment for Link to respond. Apparently he's understood everything, but apart of my actual mood I can 'feel' something is bugging him… I wonder what?
"I see… But there is something wrong with that name…"
Yeah, that name brings chaos and suffering, what else you thought. "…"
Link stays in his pensive manner for a moment, then speaks, "Does he go by another name, alias, I don't know, something along the lines?"
Hmm, strange question I must say. However, I have it in the tip of my tongue; I just need to recall it… Still, it seems like an out-of-the-topic question, should it have a purpose? "Why?"
"I may know something, but first you need to remember."
Link's words only take me to the land of curiosity. What could he know about… Porky? I can only say I'm being driven by the question.
Focusing deeply while blocking any other noise or image, I can get access to Porky's filled-of-himself speeches, only to find something useful.
"In another era I was called Pokey. When I wasn't called names, the people… no, those freaks used my name only to add something that would hurt more. Although, that is history, now that I'm the King of everything, the people call me Porky while they kiss my ass."
As soon as the memory finished it was like teleporting back to the normal world. That can't be normal… it must be something regarding PSI. I didn't know I could access my mind like that using PSI…
"Something?" Link asks interrupting my newfound discovery. That doesn't matter now, and thus he receives a useful answer.
"Yes, I recall he said he used to be called Pokey." I wait until he examined my answer, apparently something has clicked.
"Pokey… I think Ness have told us about him," Link says as my eyes go wide. Ness and Pokey? That can't be possible. Who'd have thought it…? Definitely not the best time to almost kill Ness, now that I need to see him.
"Has he woken up yet?"
"No, but I'll see if I can speak to him about this. If we are talking about the same Pokey, Ness will be really helpful in your future release."
"That's great!" Finally, some good news, I can only hope he'll still be willing to help me after all.
"In that case I will leave you now," Link says as he stretches his legs after so much time without moving. "By the way, you will receive attention for that arm in anytime the next hour."
A smile escapes my lips. He has proven his loyalty –just like Lucario and Ness– and I'm glad I have trust in him. From here on I'll have him in my list of allies… maybe one of the few I have had in all of this. "I'm very grateful, Link, thanks. And if you get to speak to Ness anytime soon, please send him my greetings."
"I will. For now you should rest and wait for the medical attention, and after that we'll plan our next move." He walks away in a faster-than-normal pace. Hopefully, his first task will be going with Ness. I'm eager to talk to him. If he really does know Porky, we won't only have PSI in common, but hopefully someone to hate as well. Besides, Ness is a veteran between the Smashers, Mario have to believe in his words, which may as well be connected with the reason of my attack towards Luigi.
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I have been waiting for the medical attention to come, and if I'm not wrong it has been around 30 minutes or so.
After lying down for sometime I get up and walk up to the glass –which after Link's visit wasn't removed. I try to look outside for any kind of activity, but I see none…
Few more minutes passed and different voices echo outside this room.
"Are you ready?" I hear a voice asking, but I hear no responses.
A person enters in the room outside my cell, quickly catching my attention. I examine his face and recall I saw him when Mario apprehended me; this person was inside the flying machine.
Once again, he is sporting royalty-like clothing: a long cape that coats his whole rear, a blue, long sleeved tunic (which is closed in place thanks to a fancy belt). His pants are a darker blue just like his footwear. This time, his precious sword is kept in its shaft, mostly hidden by the cape.
I was going to speak up, although, I hear more footsteps getting closer. I wait a couple of seconds and a second person enters. This one's clothing looks kind of similar to the first person's. However, he doesn't gives off the same royalty feeling. He is wearing a tattered brown cape and white pants along with brown boots. His tunic is a darker blue than the former one.
The two young men stood at ease in front of my cell, adjacent to each other but separated by a few feet at the same time.
"And who are you?" I asked trying to look menacing… I know, pretty stupid when I'm in a cell PSI-proof and with handcuffs.
The problem is that this may be another of Mario's tricks, and this time I don't have any sort of defense.
More footsteps are heard getting closer. And now what? Are they doing a party here or what!
"How are you doing, Lucas?"
A young lady enters in the room. With a smile she approaches me and the other two guys. This time, she really looks from the royalty, maybe she is a queen or a princess.
"My name is Zelda, and we're here to take you to the medical center of the mansion," she says, "I think Link told you something about it."
I take a moment before talking when I notice something in her beautiful white dress with purple details. In the center it has a design I have seen before. A yellow triangle, which inside has another triangle without color… just like in Link's shield… Are they related in some way?
"That's good," I say nonchalantly. I still have my doubts. Yeah, Zelda seems like a good person, but I have learned to trust in nobody. The younger of the swordsmen was in the moment of my apprehension; he must know how to handle me. And the other seems as dangerous as the first one.
It's just that I want to have a backup plan–in case anything happens–, not the easiest thing to do when I'm totally disabled.
"Okay, Lucas, we'll take out of here," the taller swordsman says, "When I deactivate the glass door you'll walk out slowly, I'll put this on your eyes…" he shows me the same goggles I used when they got me in here. "…then Princess Zelda, Prince Marth," he signaled the younger swordsman, "and myself, Ike Greil will take you to the medical center where you will be treated. Understood?"
Before I can utter my response, Prince Marth tells me, "And we want no problem. Very few of us (I suppose he refers to the Smashers) agreed to get you out of here and treat that arm, while the majority won't hesitate in harm you in the case of your misbehavior."
"I won't do anything unless in self-defense," I tell him, clarifying my point: I'm not here to do harm.
Suddenly, Ike laughs, which make me feel like he's not taking me serious. "We're not going to kill you or something, kid, it's just a stroll to the medical center, nothing will happen."
I keep my silence and gave them a blank gaze. Princess Zelda walks up to the numbed pad adjacent to the glass door. She types 10 numbers and the pad responds with a beep.
"Turn to the wall, Lucas," Princess Marth commands me. I hate to obey to such orders, but I understand this time and do as I was told.
I get a glimpse of the glass door opening upwards. Marth and Ike enter in the room. One of them puts the goggles on my eyes. And they start leading my path towards the medical center.
We've walked for less than a minute when I get a piercing pain in my arm. "Oh, sorry," I hear Ike forgiving.
"I'm supposing you will clear Luigi's issue soon?" Marth asks me.
"I just need to speak to Ness before anything."
"Really? In that case you shouldn't have blasted him."
My head drifts to the right, and I look up trying to meet Ike's eyes. I noticed that he was the one putting the goggles, so Marth must have been in the other side–left–covering his friend. It was easy to surprise Ike by staring at his eyes without me using my own to find him. "You don't know how it happened, therefore you shouldn't speak so secure on your words," I speak with a firm voice.
"I know more than enough, trust me."
"Hmph…"
"Well, in that case, Lucas, you should hurry; there are some plans for you already–"
"Marth!" I hear Ike rising his voice in an instant. "That information is for the Smashers only, something he's not anymore."
"Hmm…" Marth responds almost silently. He doesn't seem very positive with Ike's answer. "Whatever."
Minutes pass and we continue walking until finally coming to a halt.
"Alright, we're here. Guys, please take the goggles off," Princess Zelda says.
I feel the goggles slowly loosing from my head. I wait until they take them off completely, and see the sunlight coming from nearby windows. I blink a few times to let my eyes get used once again.
"Enter, please," Princess Zelda asks. I do as told and enter through a sliding-glass door.
I doubt this is the medical center, it doesn't resemble an hospital room in any way, or maybe this is the center I get being a prisoner.
"Take a seat, this will be quick," she tells me.
I sit down on the nearest seat, or in this case the bed. The room is very simple with white walls, a closet, a pair of chairs and a window directing to the outside…
"I don't see anything useful for my arm," I say noticing the lack of any special machine or something along the lines.
"It's in front of you," she says… and I still don't get it. "I can use magic, Lucas. I can use it to cure as well."
"Oh, good, never thought of it."
Princess Zelda took off her right glove. In the back of her hand she has the same yellow triangle as in her dress. That's odd, what could it mean?
"Ike," she calls the swordsman, who is leaning on the wall.
"Yes, Zelda?" he responds back without taking his eyes off of me.
"Would you take the handcuffs off?"
"Hmm, I don't think it's the best idea."
"His arm is broken, Ike."
Good. Apparently, Princess Zelda is nicer than I thought.
"He didn't need that arm to almost kill Ness, I remind you." Those last words put an end to the conversation. He is right, however, I promised to stay calm and that's how I'll stay.
"That's why you are here, Ike, just take 'em off," Princess Zelda practically commanded.
Ike's gaze tells me he is not happy with Zelda's decision. He looks at me with anger, and proceeds to glance at Marth.
"It's okay," Prince Marth tries to reassure Ike, it didn't do much, though.
The latter audibly groans, and approaches me. He gets closer with key in hand. I feel his breath for a moment. "You better not do something."
The handcuffs make a click and they get removed by Ike. "Alright."
"Thank you, Ike. Now, please back up, I need space."
Ike gives a few steps back. With her left arm, Zelda grabs my left in the most careful way I've ever seen. I feel some pain, but try to hide it, it would only concern Zelda. She takes a deep breath and a bright light-blue light surrounds her hand. The triangle on Zelda's hand starts glowing followed by the light enveloping my whole arm. The pain is replaced by a funny tickling sensation as my arm begins looking normal again.
"Just a little more," she says.
I don't have to wait much more until I can feel the arm again. I raise it up to look at it clearly.
"It may feel strange at first. The human body is not supposed to heal that fast."
I nod, and indeed it feels strange, out of place. I don't remember suffering a wound like this, so I have never had the chance to know the sensation of PSI after healing something alike.
"Wow, thank you," I say drifting my eyes from my arm to her face. "You're very powerful."
"Why, your welcome." A brief smile shows up on her face until Ike has to speak once again.
"Now that you are done, I will put the handcuffs again."
"Ike, his arm is still weak. I highly recommend leaving him here," Princess Zelda (to my surprise) suggests.
"Perhaps, you didn't treat it?" Ike asks back.
Apparently Ike doesn't know how Princess Zelda's magic work, if he did, he would know that my arm is perfect now. I will have to thank Zelda later.
"Of course I did," she responds with a higher tone. "Still, any magic can't completely restore a wound, you also have to let your body work along.
Ike groaned in disagreement with Princess Zelda, although realizing that she won the argument. "Geez, Zelda, I can't believe you are being this nice with Lucas," he paused for a moment to get closer to Zelda, "he has almost killed two of our friends."
I can see Princess Zelda acknowledges Ike's words. As the irritation comes to her face she says some last words. "I will let Mario know Lucas will be staying here, and if you don't like it you can stay outside the room watching."
"I have to go now, Lucas."
"Sure. Thanks Princess," it is the least I can say for now.
Nonchalantly, she walked out of the room leaving Ike inside and Prince Marth at the door.
"I can't believe this. I will have to talk to Mario," Ike tells Marth.
"Wait," Prince Marth halts him. "What about him? At least two should watch over him."
I can hear everything. Not only Prince Marth doesn't feel comfortable staying with me but he also stopped Ike from getting to Mario.
I wonder what Mario will say. He won't be happy with Zelda's instructions. The best would be if he takes it without causing a mess, which would be better over him coming here.
The door of the room is closed with Ike and Prince Marth outside. Not much time goes before Ike enters and walks up to me with the handcuffs in his hand.
"Those things again?" I ask. I'm not against them taking security measures; it is just that with those things I feel useless and powerless. The easiest target.
"You were lucky Zelda acted kindly with you. However, that doesn't mean you will go without punishment. You are still a prisoner."
"…" I stay at the bed and offer my wrists to Ike, who without a word takes my left wrist to handcuffs said wrist to the rail of the bed.
"That's better." He leaves the room locking it after him.
The hours go by, and while I don't have anything to do (besides waiting for Ness) I try to ponder on something I haven't given the necessary attention to.
"You are just provoking an invasion…"
That's what I heard the moment before fighting Ness and the others. I'm afraid to say that the one behind that message was Porky. Even worse, he had enough power to connect our minds–when I have trained to deny any strange link. He could communicate with me from wherever he is. He has gotten very powerful.
Although, that's not what troubles me the most, but the word 'invasion'. What he meant? I was going to fall in his hands, too. But how? By the means of said invasion? Anyhow, where will that invasion be, unle–
I hear a knock on the door, which lands me back to the Earth.
"It's us: Ness, Lucario and Link!" Link's voice comes from the other side of the door.
"Yeah, come in!" I call back.
The door opens revealing an always-unhappy Ike, the curious face of Prince Marth and my three visitors. The one in the middle far smaller than the other two, because of the wheelchair he is using.
"Ness," I say with a lamenting tone.
Clearly–and understandingly–he responds with slight displeasure in his voice. "Hey, Lucas." I can't believe it. If I'd have to bet about it, I think Ness has pushed aside what happened yesterday. I couldn't have done that.
Lucario pushes Ness to the left side of the bed while Link takes a seat in the opposite one.
"I understand we have a… enemy in common, right?" Ness says with a lackluster voice. He doesn't seem comfortable talking about that enemy. Just as me.
"It looks like."
"That may be fortunate for you…" he ponders for a second, then adds, "and me."
He took a more firm sitting in his wheelchair before going straight to the point. "How is Pokey? I mean how does he look like?"
I don't even have to think about it, his features are scarred in my head. "He has a gray, bowl haircut. He always seems to wear gray clothing with buttons on them."
Ness looks disappointed. "I don't remember him looking like that… I mean he used to wear the same kind of clothes and the bowl haircut… it may just a coincidence."
"What about his personality?" I ask him, which lighten his gaze a little more.
"He always used to have this twisted smile, taking everything like a game… Also, he was addicted to destruction; I think he wanted to just kill us all. I can't forget him."
"We may have a similarity in here. When I faced him, he was ageless. He said that after traveling through time as much as he did, he turned immortal. Although, he looked as an aged kid; hence the gray hair, I would say."
"I remember him being so… selfish and egotistical, and before he was gone forever he seemed so corrupted by power and hate."
"Same here. He didn't mind killing several people, he just wanted to see his wishes fulfilled. Just like you said, he seemed corrupted, only caring in living to see the end of the world."
The conversation seemed to go well. As Ness and I found more and more similarities there was no doubt his Pokey is my Porky.
"In this case I think we'll be able to save you from any future sentence…"
Even though Lucario hadn't spoken throughout the whole conversation he suddenly entered reviving a point I had almost forgotten. "That won't change the fact that Mario will still be seeking his vengeance towards Lucas."
"Lucario is right, he won't leave you alone after this."
It keeps me thinking for a moment. Indeed, Mario will not just stand there watching me continue my mission. If anything is for sure, is the fact that I will still have to deal with him. "However, that is not the information I've got. There's something that happened me yesterday regarding Porky."
"Yestarday?" he asked himself.
"That. Porky contacted me psychically."
"What!" By the sheer force of Ness' surprise he almost falls over. Thankfully, Lucario was helping him at the moment.
"It was a very short message, but it frightens me what could it mean." I pause for a moment remembering the exact words he said. It's hard after thinking from who I got it. "He said I was provoking an invasion and I will fall in his hands."
"An invasion?" Link stood firmer at the mention of the word. I can't blame him; an invasion can't be taken slightly.
"Yeah… I don't know why he said that. It can't be good, though."
Ness rolled his eyes. Obviously it can't be good. "We'll have to talk with Master Hand about this. If Pokey knows where you are, and then told you about an invasion it can only be here."
"Wait, the only place he can attack is here… or my…" My hand goes to my forehead in stress. The Smash Mansion isn't the only place I know. There is another one. "Dammit! The islands! He can attack them."
"Where you come from?" Lucario spoke through the head of everyone.
"Yeah…" My voice went out muffled by the hand in my mouth.
"Do you really think he would attack there while you are here, it's not very likely," Link says. It looks like he is just trying to make calm me down; I doubt he would be that ignorant of thinking that.
Suddenly, in the silence of the room a loud knock invades the room followed by Ike opening the door. "Your time is over."
"Since when do we have a timer for visiting our friend," Lucario smartly replies.
Ike cringes at the mention of 'friend', he doesn't seem comfortable with Lucario calling me a friend. "Zelda said he needed rest." A grin appears in Ike's face. "Besides, Mario is not happy with you visiting Lucas. Remember he is still a prisoner."
"For now," Ness mutters glancing at me.
"Come on, let's go," Link says pointing towards the door. "Tomorrow we'll take Lucas out of here."
"Rest well," Lucario tell me before walking out of the room.
"Goodnight." Link walks over to Ness to help him in the wheelchair.
Ike exits the room, but leaves the door opened so Ness can exit easily.
I watch how Ness leaves the room along with Link. I know my brother would tell me to be thankful for what those three have done, mostly Ness. "Thanks, friend. I owe you one," I connect our minds psychically
I don't expect an actual response from Ness. After what I've done to him, maybe he is still here because he wants to get to Pokey or because he wants to help. But, I am wrong. Moving away in his wheelchair, Ness stretches out a hand giving me a peace sign.
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After a long day I can finally get some sleep. Ness and the others left some hours ago, and since then I've been trying to sleep, something that is not very comfortable with handcuffs.
The room atmosphere tells me to take advantage of this "free" night out of my cell. It's almost utterly dark, if it was not for the moonlight barely entering through the window at my left.
Please, I just want to sleep. There's still this negative vibe, though. I wonder if Ike and Marth are still out there.
As in cue, I hear the door's knob. "What you want?" I ask, welcoming who I expect is Ike with the same tone he would do.
"It's not Ike…" Oh, no, that voice.
I try to sit up quickly, but I'm propelled back thanks to the handcuffs.
Suddenly the lights go on causing stars and flashes in my sight. I blink trying to shake off the feeling, and finally I can see him.
Mario stands in the door, while behind him I see a fatter copy of him sporting yellow clothes and a thicker–and even uglier–mustache.
Mario walks into the room, leaving his fatter copy outside, who soon gets accompanied by the big orange-beige Dragon I saw after fighting Samus. With these three here I can't ensure my safety.
"Mario! What a surprise!" I tell him, trying not to sound friendly or rude. After all, he holds my freedom in his hands.
"We have some stuff to discuss, Lucas." From behind he takes out a brown rod. He then proceeds to turn it on revealing a powerful stun rod ready to electrify its target.
I try breaking the rail of the bed with brute force jerking my arm to the opposite side. Obviously, my strength is not enough, leaving me powerless and weaponless in front of Mario.
The door closes with Mario's companions outside, and the two of us inside, alone.
Definitely, I wouldn't like to be in Lucas' shoes at this moment.
Thanks for reading; see you in the next chapter... hopefully soon.
I think I should change the cover anytime soon.