Author's Note:
You know the routine, gotta answer some guest reviews and all that good stuff, first up from someone named Sonic fan:
"Awesome,I love the you make a chapter having the smashers fight each other in an all out brawl,please?"
An all out brawl with everyone in the Smash Mansion sounds like a very huge given and a great idea (it IS Super Smash Bros, after all), but it probably won't happen till later. There's so much carnage and bloodshed that can transpire in an all-out brawl, with close to a hundred characters. Kirby 123 is back with another Kirby suggestion:
"Can you show how Kirby got the entire triforce, screw attack, and from the great cave offensive? I bet that samus link Zelda ganondorf and ness would be surprised. If you have a hard time imagining it try using pictures that Kirby took."
Ummm...I don't even know about that. Might need a little bit more elaboration. One more guest review to answer, from an anonymous reviewer:
"Needs more Mr. Game and Watch."
Mr. Game and Watch has always been a hard character for me to use, since he speaks with beeps and sounds, and his role at the mansion isn't doing him any favors either. I've included him in this chapter, though I was unsure if it wasn't enough...so I'll make him a main player in the next chapter or so. Moving on...
"...And someone (*cough* Sonic *cough* *sneeze*) filling up the entire mansion with Mr. Saturns, Bumpers, Smash Balls, Spring Mushrooms, Double Cherries, Poison Mushrokms, Sleep Ability Copy Pedastels, Blue Shells, and CDI -games. But maybe that could be in chapter 43 or chapter 44."
Woah, woah, woah, that sounds like way too much items, at least in my opinion...I can just do Mr. Saturns, Smash Balls, Double Cherries, and maybe the Spring Mushrooms, since those items will result in more fun with the brawlers, if you catch my drift. And now that I think of it, I already know what I have in store for Mr. Game and Watch in the next installment...
Episode 43: Revenge
Today was the day that the Smash Mansion was getting an "upgrade" of sorts. This so-called upgrade, according to Master Hand, would be a huge benefit for the mansion residents, and anyone who visits the mansion (i.e. Amy, Fiora, any bum on the street who had their money stolen from Link and wish to have their money back, etc.).
On this very day, the Smash Mansion was getting...an elevator. Yes, Master Hand had Proto Man and Mega Man .EXE build the contraption, hoping that the elevator would not only allow the residents to go from floor to floor without having to climb up any steps, but also remove some of the "clutter" that sometimes persists in the hallways. In a sense, this sounds long overdue, since some dudes like Fox and Knuckles have to climb up flights of stairs just to reach the Star Records room and/or the recording studio up in the fifth floor.
Of course, you have some individuals who are against the idea of an elevator in the mansion - and some of these individuals are scared of elevators and wish that the person who invented elevators either never existed or came up with inventing the elevator. And who might be the best example of this type of person? Lucas, obviously.
"Will that elevator go fast, slow, or in-between?" the blonde teen would pester Proto Man and .EXE with this somewhat insecure questions. Why is he so concerned, it's not like he would use an elevator to begin with!
"For the most part, elevators go in-between," .EXE answered Lucas' question, as he worked away on the elevator's machinery. Proto Man worked on the interior of the elevator. "Though some elevators go really, really fast!" This definitely didn't please Lucas, who gulped in fright. "Not so long ago, China revealed the fastest elevator in the world, it moves twenty and a half meters per second!"
"It moves even faster than Usain Bolt, how about that!" added Proto Man. That's good and all, but can it move faster than Ninjask, the fastest Pokemon of all time if you don't count the speed form of Deoxys? (On second thought, that sounds highly dangerous and inhumane.)
Lucas: Elevators are so scary, they bring people up and down, and there's a strong chance the elevator could snap and... *covers his face with his hands* ...oh, you know what happens next! Master Hand must be out of his mind, wanting to get an elevator, he wants to kill us all! That must have been his ulterior motive since the beginning of time!
"Yes Cranky Kong, I brushed my teeth this morning - and I flossed them too," Donkey Kong spoke with his grandpa on his cellphone, and he was already getting annoyed by Cranky Kong pestering him. "And I washed my face as well. Nothing to worry about gramps!"
"Good to hear, my good ol' grandson of mine, just keep it up!" Cranky Kong's voice was heard from DK's cellphone. Knowing Cranky, he's probably feigning to whack his grandson on the head with his cane. "Don't forget to eat some bananas before you go to bed, gotta keep that potassium up since you're a gorilla and all! And also don't forget to write that letter to the author, so I can physically appear in this story again! Tired of being mentioned through phone calls!" There goes Cranky breaking the fourth wall again...
"No worries grandpa, I'll write that letter for you sooner than you know it!" No he won't. "I'll talk to you later!" Cranky said his goodbyes, and DK ended the phone call, before letting out a huge sigh of relief. Diddy Kong was right on the money when he previously said Cranky Kong tends to act like a stereotypical Jewish mother. Only thing left for the elderly Kong to do is cook a Jewish dish to perfection.
"Hey DK...you're not...doing anything busy today...are you?" Lucas approached the famous gorilla. Apparently he can't stand the sight of the elevator, just looking at it gives him the heebie jeebies, and he needs to get away from it as far as possible.
"I'm going on a date with my woman, Candy Kong. About to call an uber driver in a minute or so. We're going to eat at a Chinese restaurant downtown, in case you were..."
"Can I come with you please?!" Lucas asked this question out of desperation, and it alarmed Donkey Kong, as well as Proto Man and .EXE. After regaining his composure, Lucas continued: "I've never tried out Chinese food before, and I want to know what it tastes like, and how good it is. I've heard lots of people talk about how Chinese food is the best."
"Not sure if going with me on my date would be a good opportunity for you to try out Chinese food for the first time, but it's still an opportunity nonetheless! Gotta be all dressed up and fancy though, can't go with those everyday clothes on. I gotta look dressed up and fancy myself!"
"You cool cats want me to be the DJ and entertainer at the wedding?" K.K. Slider said to Mario and Pac-Man, who approached the hippie dog in his room while he was practicing his guitar playing, asking him off the offer presented to him. "That I can do, sounds mellow to me!"
K.K. Slider: Being the DJ at Luigi's and Daisy's wedding was great, seeing heroes and villains come together to celebrate the unification of two lovebirds. And Mario's and Peach's wedding will be even greater, and grander, and a whole lot of other things! I have to step up, gotta put on my A-game if I want this wedding to be rockin'! Take huge risks, put everything on the line, and so much more!
Dark Pit: *from outside* K.K., are you finished using the bathroom yet? Are you even allowed to use the bathroom to begin with, what with you being a dog and all?
K.K. Slider: Almost done homie, gotta perfect this awesome guitar chord first! *loudly strums his guitar*
"You're also free to-a play any music you-a like at the after party, as long as it fits-a with the wedding setting," Mario said to K.K. Slider, needing to address this provision. K.K. Slider playing screamo bands (i.e. Escape the Fate, Bring Me the Horizon, so forth and so on) at the wedding after party would be a huge no-no. "But I'm-a sure you knew that already!"
"I'll start preparing a list of songs I might play at the party, better to get it out of the way," said K.K. Slider. "If you dudes have anything else you need to ask me, you'll know where to find me!" Mario and Pac-Man departed from the room as K.K. Slider resumed his guitar practice. An awesome guitarist like him always has to hone his skills - after all, practice makes perfect!
"K.K. Slider will be our DJ/entertainer, not a huge surprise there," Pac-Man wrote down the hippie dog's name on a list as he and Mario walked through the halls together. "Daisy will be the floral designer, mainly because she has a strong affinity for flowers...and Cilan of Striaton City will be the cake designer, he and his two brothers will be pitching in. And Xander will be the tentative officiant of the wedding, until further notice. Who did we say was going to be the photographer?"
"One-a of Wario's employees, Mona, has stated she'll-a take time off from-a her photojournalism job and be-a the photographer," replied Mario. Mona may be relatively young (she's still in high school) but she can certainly get the job done. "Mio and-a Mayu Amakura will be our last-a resort options."
"Heard ya loud and clear!" Pac-Man wrote down the names of the two Fatal Frame protagonists, as well as Mona's name, on the list. "Only position left to fill is the caterer, the person who handles the food and whatnot." As Pac-Man went on, he failed to notice that Mario was snatched away by a familiar gloved hand, and dragged inside a room. "Since Cilan agreed to do the cake, I was thinking about..." Pac-Man looked to his right to face Mario...who wasn't even there. "Mario? Where'd you go?"
Mario would find himself in the movie room, and when he got up, he saw Link, sporting a facial expression full of fear and contempt. What could have possibly gotten the Hylian in this mood?
"Sorry I had to interrupt your wedding planning and bring you here Mario, but there's something that you have to see right away," Link told the plumber, who already felt that his time is being wasted a mere seconds in. "It's...it's...it's the Super Mario Bros Super Show, the one they used to air on TV." And just like that, the fear and contempt that Link felt, Mario instantly felt too.
Link: So I was going through the video library in the movie room, looking for a movie for us to watch doing movie night (we haven't done that in a long while), and as I went through the options at hand...that's when I saw it, the Super Mario Bros Super Show. I picked up the disc set, and just looked at the cover of Mario and Luigi. Luigi looked normal...ish, but Mario... *shudders*
"I had watched the first five or so episodes by myself, and I thought you might want to see some episodes for yourself," explained Link, prompting Mario to slap the Hylian silly. Would have been more enjoyable for the plumber had be underwent his doctor persona, he's very prone to slapping people as a so-called physician. "Ow what was that for?!"
"Why would-a you want to watch-a that crap for, are you INSANE?!" frowned Mario. "Were you purposely rotting your own brain?"
"I only did it out of intrigue, okay man?! Let's watch an episode or two together, and we'll see how cringeworthy the show is." Just when Link was about to fetch the disc set, Mario held up a finger and opened his mouth... "...and no, we're not gonna band together and expel the show from existence. You already know the trouble we went through with those abysmal CD-i games, it's bad enough when Isabelle had to keep us in check." And in Dr. Mario's office, nonetheless.
Link grabbed the disc set from the shelf of DVDs and whatnot, taking a disc out of one of the cases and inserting it into a DVR, and turned the television on. After the DVR did its usual set-up procedures, it finally began...
"Hey, paisanos, it's the Super Mario Bros Super Show!" Mario's face appeared on a purple background, as the words of the title popped up around him. Then two dudes dressed up as Mario and Luigi - Captain Lou Albano and Danny Wells, respectively - walked into the screen and spat out some Mario Bros-related bars. As they did so, Mario and Link watched the rest of the opening...
"WHO IS THAT UGLY GREEN-A THING I'M SUPPOSED-A TO BE ANTAGONIZING AGAINST?!" Mario pointed at a green, monstrous figure with yellow eyes, horns, claws, and other things required for an evil monster. Opening hasn't ended yet, and Mario has already been triggered by what he has seen.
"That 'ugly green thing' you speak of is King Koopa, a la Bowser," clarified Link, garnering a snuggle bear look from Mario. How can you be considered a Bowser character when you don't even have a spiky shell? "I can see that I have a lot of explaining to do..."
In addition to an elevator system, the mansion also received another "upgrade" of sorts - a basketball court in the backyard, meant to "promote fitness", as Master Hand had said about this addition. Ten brawlers gathered together on the court - on one side you had Sonic, Shulk, Roy, Young Link, and Little Mac, and on the other side you had Knuckles, Dark Pit, Lloyd, Gil, and Iggy Koopa. Here on this court, ball is life, or whatever the heck that's supposed to mean.
Dark Pit: I was jipped in that basketball game on the cruise ship, jipped I tell you! Mario told me repeatedly to only shoot whenever I had the ball...yet he never passed the freaking ball to me in the first place! He kept chucking unnecessary shots like he's some Italian Kobe, and to add insult to injury, a huge majority of his shots missed! Though I did manage to get a couple of points in...Mario better be glad Corrin was an excellent rebounder, if not for him then our team would've been toast...
Knuckles: Everyone knows that I'm gonna be the best player out on the court, regardless of who I'm facing! Wanna know why? It's because I'm black, and black people are renowned for beasting in basketball. No, I'm not trying to make this a racial thing, it's a proven fact - ask yourself this, when was the last time a white player won NBA MVP?...Dirk Nowitzki was MVP in 2007, that lanky, German dude? To be fair, he's married to a Kenyan lady, so he's forever a brother in my book!
Sonic had the basketball in his hands, and he was being defended by his buddy Knuckles, who apparently thinks he's not only the best defender, but best scorer, passer, rebounder, and everything else, just because he's black. The echidna must be a growing expert at playing the race card.
"Think fast!" Sonic wiggled his way out of Knuckles' suffocating defense, and passed the ball to Dark Pit, who was now being guarded by Iggy Koopa. After trying to g et some wiggle room, Dark Pit had to do what he had to do...
"Iggy fouled me!" the angel dropped the ball and accusingly pointed his finger at the koopa the moment he touched him. "Iggy freaking fouled me! Somebody take him out of the game!"
"Seriously Dark Pit, this again?" Gil shook his head at the angel, for he has gone through the same exact thing - touch Dark Pit, and he'll cry foul, no pun intended. "Just play the game like you're supposed to! You can't get everything you want, you know!"
"But I keep getting fouled for no reason, there must be a conspiracy against me!" Hoo boy, talk about reaching... "I demand a referee to officiate this game this instant!"
Suddenly a giant meteor crash was heard, as the sound of what may be a giant explosion was heard by those on the basketball court. Some individuals remained cool, calm, and collected, while others wetted themselves out of fright. Let's hope that Young Link isn't a part of the latter group.
"Oh man, that was a wicked explosion!" Shulk said what may have been on everyone's minds. "Nearly scared the daylights out of me!"
"Somebody's gotta go over there and check it out," said Iggy Koopa, and in that moment, everyone looked at Lloyd, who eyed around wondering why he has to be the one chosen. Why must he always be thrust in this situations?
"Fine, I'll go investigate, since you guys are too chicken to do it..." the swordsman groaned as he went over to the site of the object that crashed. He saw a giant crater, and what appears to be a tall blue robot in the middle of said crater. But it's how the robot looked that concerned Lloyd the most. "Um, guys, you might wanna check this out..."
"Bet it's just a measly meteor rock, that man's purposefully wasting our time," Sonic said as he grabbed the basketball and led the others to the crash site. Sometimes ball is so life, you gotta bring your basketball everywhere you go, even when your basketball game is temporarily on hold.
"Woah, what is that thing?" Knuckles marveled at the robot, like the others did. "Gotta admit, it kinda looks like Metal Sonic in a way!" Indeed, the robot did look like Metal Sonic, but only taller and with more of a robotic build. Suddenly, the robot's red eyes...or eye, rather, dimmed; Knuckles shrieked like a little girl as he leaped into the arms of Roy.
Knuckles: That girly scream I did back there? *scoffs* That was just a figment of your imagination, must have been hearing things. Might be a ghost rummaging around the outskirts of the mansion, that much I'm certain.
The robot slowly got up, and stretched its arms and legs and whatnot, like Sonic and company warily looked on. The robot then took sight of Sonic, now cowering in fear, and pointed at the hedgehog, like it's declaring him his arch-enemy.
"I have returned for you...I've come, with a vengeance..." the robot uttered, and the fear inside Sonic palpated. What does this robot creature want with him?
"Do I even...know you, or anything?" Sonic asked the robot, backing away. His buddies, valuing their lives and livelihoods to a tee, all followed suit. "Have we ever met before, ever?"
"My name is Mecha Sonic. You have wronged me in the past, and I'm here to correct it! Face me like the man you supposedly are, you craven!"
"RUN!" Shulk shouted at the top of his lungs, as the Homs, Sonic, and the rest of the boys ran away from Mecha Sonic at the speed of light. Obviously Sonic, being the fastest of the bunch, reached the back door of the mansion first; he opened the door, and let his friends inside.
"Whew that was close, that robot thing could have killed us if it had the chance!" remarked Roy as the ten dudes took a quick breather. "You sure you two haven't met before?" The swordsman would ask this question to Sonic, still in disbelief after what had transpired moments ago. He's just as confused as the others!
"Can't say we have, he doesn't ring a bell," responded the hedgehog. "That robot must be a long-lost relative of Metal Sonic's, but probably stronger! Did you see the build that thing had?"
"How'd you boys fare in your little basketball game?" Fiora approached the ten dudes in the dining room, where the back door is. Because where else would you place a back door? "You all sure look tired...didn't tire yourselves out that much, did you?"
"Oh Fiora, it's horrible!" Shulk said exasperatedly to his girlfriend. "An evil robot crash landed near the mansion during our basketball match, and it looked like Metal Sonic, but bigger, and stronger!" The Homs was using vivid hand motions to describe the robot to Fiora, and this made the female Homs doubtful about Shulk's claims.
Shulk: Normally I would experiment with newly found robots, but the robot that crash-landed the mansion...was EVIL! It doesn't take a genius to realize that, when its ONLY EYE dimmed, that's when we all knew the robot was evil! And its eye was red too? Red eyes are always a dead giveaway!
"Pretty sure you're just over-exaggerating, and the robot you speak of is merely harmless," Fiora gave her two cents, cynical about the Mecha Sonic robot being described to her. But Shulk and company weren't gonna let her have it one bit. "You boys are pretty brave, you should have taken on the robot yourselves instead of being a bunch of scaredy cats."
"B-But Fiora, this wasn't no ordinary robot, it looked like a weapon of mass destruction!" Little Mac exclaimed, causing Fiora to roll her eyes. "It could destroy this mansion, blast it into smithereens!"
"Look, I appreciate your vivid imaginations, but it's time to face reality. Staying in the sun for that long must have done something to your brains. Now if you excuse me, I have some stuff to accomplish with Dunban in the kitchen..." And with that, the Homs went to the kitchen, where her older brother awaits. Would he believe Sonic and company's story if Fiora told it to him?
"We're so done for..." Young Link shook his head in dismay. "But we can't be worrisome forever. Maybe if we stay inside the mansion, that Mecha Sonic dude won't bother us or attack us!" Yeah, and if Mecha Sonic attacks the mansion, which is blatantly in his vicinity, what would Young Link and the others do then?
"Yeah it would be for the best if we stayed inside," agreed Sonic. So the ten dispersed, vowing not to go outside for the time being (or unless they have to pee and all the bathrooms are taken). But before Sonic could leave, he looked behind him through a window, and saw Mecha Sonic staring right at him, doing the classic "I'm watching you..." hand gesture. Sonic gulped as he turned around and went forward, hoping to put Mecha Sonic behind him for good.
"No, Lady Palutena, you can't do this to me, I thought you loved me!" Pit cried out to the goddess of light, his hands grasped around her ankle, as Palutena did her best to walk away, only to drag her lackey with her.
"It's only for the best Pit, either you take care of it or I'll have to take matters in my own hands," replied Palutena, reaching her room. "Your choice." The goddess lifted up her leg, releasing herself from Pit's hold, as she entered her room. Pit laid his face on the floor as he cried his eyes out; eventually his best friend Kirby would come over and see his buddy in a melancholy mood, and offered to reassuringly pat him on the back. Not really the most effective method, but it's the little things that count!
Palutena: Pains me to say this, but Pit has to move the wrestling ring out of the dancing room, following an incident that transpired this Tuesday - so what happened was, Pit was training with Link (whom wanted to wrestle no more, until Pit annoyed the heck out of him), and Pit had "inadvertently" slammed Link head-first unto the mat, though Lucario, keeping watch, had told me otherwise and stated that Pit may had done the maneuver solely on purpose. Link thankfully recovered from his injury very quickly - Hylians must have fast recovering tendencies - but I can't take any more risks. As punishment for his actions, I've ordered Pit to remove the wrestling ring A.S.A.P., since Wario apparently can't sell the ring back to where he got it from...now he's moping about some "loose change" he can never retrieve...
"Pit what seems to be the matter?" Viridi, who happens to be Palutena's roommate (considering these two's conversations in Kid Icarus: Uprising, you gotta wonder what stuff takes place behind that door), walked out of her room to console her boyfriend. "Still sad about that wrestling ring? Cheer up Pitty, there's far more important things to be upset over! Like, um, uh...the upcoming presidential election! One of the worst elections in my opinion!" A huge majority of the American population would agree with that, but alas, someone's gotta win...
"But Viridi, that wrestling ring was my comfort zone, it was like my best friend!" Pit said before seeing Kirby staring at him. "..aside from you Kirby, of course. But I can't just move the ring out of the mansion, my wrestling career was about to blossom! I could have been the next Hulk Hogan, or the next Chris Benoit, or even the next CM Punk!" Funny how the WWE refuses to acknowledge that any of the three dudes Pit mentioned ever existed, although their names will live on forever, thanks to the wonderful advent of the internet.
"Well we can't let the wrestling ring stay in the mansion any longer, lest you want Palutena to punish you for not removing it. It's out with the old, in with the new...that saying has nothing to do with the situation at hand, but it'll work, for now. So how about you stop being such a crybaby, and find a person or two to move the wrestling ring for us?"
"As long as it makes Lady Palutena content," responded Pit, wiping away his tears. "I think I know a good person to ask..."
"Nah man, count me out, I want nothing to do with removing anything from the mansion," Cloud kindly said to Pit, Viridi, and Kirby after the three went to the fitness center to ask the swordsman, lifting weights and building muscle. "Dumb ring is too big anyways, it's not like I can squeeze it through the door or anything."
"It was worth a shot," Pit and his two compradres walked away from Cloud, who resumed his weight training, before running into King K. Rool, flexing his muscles out in the open. He wasn't running, he wasn't conditioning, he was...flexing, in the middle of the fitness center. "You gonna do that all day Rool?"
"Just for the record kiddies, flexing is actually a legitimate exercise since it builds muscle, according to most bodybuilders and fitness freaks," the Kremling said to the young trio. "Stop making those lovely people look like idiots and fools with those facial expressions you're giving me right now."
King K. Rool: Muscle flexing is probably the best muscle building exercise there is - no sweat, no cramps, no picking up things, and no unwanted bodily functions from your butt when you do heavy lifting! (Got a bunch of of embarrassing stories about that, also the reason I stopped weight lifting for good.) Ain't no way I'm telling the others about my secret...although they kinda know already. Soon they'll join me, just you wait and see.
"We were wondering if you could use those muscles of yours to move the wrestling ring out of the mansion," Viridi said to King K. Rool, who became somewhat interested. He has always wanted to put his muscles into work. "As you might now, my precious Pit had seriously injured Link, and Palutena wants the ring gone for good!"
"Wanna get that wrestling ring out of the dancing room?" said King K. Rool. "That I can do! Follow me kiddies, I'll get that bad boy out in no time!" The Kremling led Pit, Viridi, and Kirby out of the fitness center. Cloud looked on, shaking his head at Pit and his compradres for asking Rool of assistance, before returning to lifting weights. They'll regret their decision later on...
...like how Mario and Link are regretting watching episodes of the Super Mario Bros Super Show in the movie room. They had just finished one episode, and are now watching another, because they clearly hate themselves that much.
"Why did-a they have to make me and Luigi's voices-a so deep..." griped Mario, forcing himself to watch the "atrocity", or what he believed to be deemed an atrocity, with his eyes. "They sound so-a much like grown men!" So is Mario inferring that he and Luigi aren't grown men?
"They got the sound effects right, so I guess that's a plus," remarked Link, citing the one lone positive he was able to discern from the series in general. "Don't think I can take this episode anymore, let's watch another one and see if it's any good."
Link would ultimately regret the decision he made big time when he pressed the "next" button on the TV remote, moving on to the next episode. The next episode started with the traditional opening, with Mario calling the viewers "paisanos" and Wells and Albano spitting out bars like they're the white Outkast...and after that, a title screen with the words "The Legend of Zelda" in caps, with what appears to be the show's incarnation of Link standing on top of said letters. Link, who was drinking from a water bottle at the time, saw the Link on-screen and did a spit take, spitting water in Mario's face. What happened the title screen didn't do much to help Link's current mood.
"This is the Triforce of Wisdom, Link!" the show's incarnation of Zelda said in the first scene of the opening, walking the show's incarnation of Link into a room with the Triforce - apparently a giant upside-down diamond. Link had to pause, for he had seen enough; time for him to do some hot takes!
"WHY DID THEY GIVE THAT LINK DARK BROWN HAIR, WHAT STUPID IDIOT THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A LEGIT IDEA?!" the Hylian screamed out at the top of his lungs; Mario looked around to ensure he had ample room to escape in the event Link does an Incredible Hulk impersonation. "AND WHO GAVE ZELDA BLONDE HAIR AND PANTS, THAT WOMAN DOES NOT LOOK LIKE ZELDA AT ALL!"
Link: Don't care what anyone says, Zelda is a brunette, no other hair color looks perfect on her. Screw the Ocarina of Time Zelda, Skyward Sword Zelda, and every toon version of Zelda in existence. And don't even get me started on that Zelda from those CD-i games, they're not even canon!
Link unpaused the television, and continued to watch the rest of the Legend of Zelda theme song against his own will, believing that the Zelda in the show was some Zelda wannabe/poser, and that the real Zelda was likely kidnapped and enslaved by Ganon. (Speaking of whom, the Ganon in the show was a giant boar; Link decided to let this slide, since many Ganondorf incarnations are boar-like species.) Once the infamous "excuse me, princess" line - the very line that perfectly sums up the show's cringe in a big fat nutshell - was uttered, Link buried his face in his hands, not wishing to see what the show has to offer him.
"It was big and blue and monstrous, it looked like Metal Sonic on steroids!" Little Mac described Mecha Sonic's appearance to Fox (carrying Big Top), Falco, and Doc Louis as the Star Records crew walked through the halls.
"It only had one red eye, an evil eye, and it was glaring down Sonic the WHOLE TIME!" added Knuckles, who was now concerned about Sonic's overall well-being. "Sounds scary, doesn't it?"
"Pfft, Metal Sonic is no problem for Sonic, this Mecha Sonic sounds like no pushover," scoffed Fox. "He sounds like just Metal Sonic, only bigger." Fox and company (except for Little Mac) apparently don't see Mecha Sonic that huge of a threat, though they might change their minds if they saw the robot in person.
"Well look what we got here boys, an elevator!" Doc Louis pointed at an elevator, unattended to by Proto Man and MegaMan .EXE. "Now we don't have to climb up the stairs anymore! Why don't we go inside?"
"Anything over having to go up the stairs to reach the fifth floor so many times!" exclaimed Big Top, who ironically doesn't even have limbs, so he wouldn't even know what it's like to climb stairs, or do pretty much anything save for smiling like a goofball. "Let's go inside and see how it looks!"
So Fox and company entered the elevator, as Falco pressed the button and the elevator doors opened. Once inside, the Star Records bunch marveled at the elevator's interior; Fox saw the set of buttons, and pressed the "5" button as the doors closed. A while later...nothing happened. The elevator didn't even move a single inch!
"Wait, the elevator isn't moving..." Little Mac said after literally nothing happened. "You know what this means...WE'RE STUCK!" Yes, they were all stuck - Fox, Falco, Little Mac, Doc Louis, Big Top, and even the cameraman who dared to follow the bunch into the elevator. They're all stuck inside the contraption, with nowhere to go but the road of utter insanity...and maybe to a certain extent claustrophobia.
Proto Man: We're almost about done with the elevator, gotta make sure the cord works and then we're all set!
MegaMan .EXE: Once we put on the finishing touches on the cord, we're gonna do some test runs to ensure the elevator works properly. Cord snaps, and it's back to square one.
Toad: Um, excuse me, you two...but aren't you supposed to be ensuring no one goes inside the elevator while you're away on your break?
Proto Man: *briefly exchanges looks with MegaMan .EXE* Nah, that won't be necessary, nobody would be idiotic enough to go inside a non-working elevator, even Fox and Falco would know better than to do that...
"We're officially the biggest idiots of all time for going inside a non-working elevator!" shrieked Falco, pulling on the feathers on his head. The others were feeling the same way, though they weren't on the verge of a panic attack. "What were we thinking?!"
"Please tell me I have some chocolate bars left, please tell me I have some chocolate bars left..." Doc Louis repeated to himself as he dug into his pockets for chocolate bars and only pulled out chocolate bar wrappers instead. "Well boys, it's been a real pleasure knowing you fellas, and knowing everyone else in the mansion, it's been a real pleasure..."
"Why is Doc Louis talking like that?" a concerned Fox asked Little Mac, thankful that the elevator has an ample amount of room and space in the event something were to go down. "Why is he speaking in past tense like the end is near?"
"When Doc Louis has no chocolate bars in his possession during situations like these, he has a strong tendency to go full psycho and attack just about everyone," Little Mac had to explain for everyone, as his boxing trainer slowly grew more paranoid and neurotic. "All we can do is hope for the best..."
Donkey Kong rode inside an Uber car to the venue of his date with Candy Kong, with Lucas quietly sitting in the backseat. Keep in mind that the timid blonde is only coming along just to get away from the elevator; does this mean he won't return to the mansion ever again?
"You sure that kid in the back isn't your child?" the Uber driver asked Donkey Kong, infuriating him with the question. Not his fault that Lucas' mother had to die.
"For the last time, he's not my child, it's not like he's Tarzan and is raised by gorillas!" replied Donkey Kong, annoyed with the questions the Uber driver kept hurling at him concerning why Lucas is even here. "He just wants to try out some Chinese cuisine, that's all!"
"Okay dude, I'll try and take your word for it...but lemme tell ya, when push comes to shove, it wouldn't be a very wise choice to make yourself look like the biggest goofball in front of total strangers, I'm just letting you know..." Donkey Kong was ensure by what the driver meant by that, so he opted to say nothing and lay back in the passenger seat.
Donkey Kong: I'm well-prepared for my wonderful date with Candy Kong - got my black tie on, and my white collar on too, so I'm ready to go!...No, I didn't bother trying on any clothes, the suits were too big for me. And those suits all belonged to Ike...now I have to owe that man close to $750. Wario's a very rich guy, if I irritate him enough I can make him cough up some money!
"We're here, boys," the Uber driver announced as the three arrived at the Chinese restaurant; Donkey Kong and Lucas got out of the car. "Hope you fellas have a fun time on your date!" Will Lucas even be a participant in Donkey Kong's date? The driver was still trying to figure that question out.
"Here's your tip, good sir," Donkey Kong handed the Uber driver his tip - a bunch of bananas. The driver would put DK on full blast for his "tip", but since he's a gorilla, he thought that it was all good. "Have a great day!" And with that, the Uber driver drove away, expecting the next passenger he takes to give him an actual tip, not some lousy fruit. "Let's go inside!"
So Donkey Kong grabbed Lucas's hand (what a wimp...) and walked inside the Chinese restaurant. Lucas, a known introvert, was suddenly taken back at how full the restaurant was. Getting seconds from the Chinese buffet might be a hassle.
"I feel like I wanna go back home now..." the blonde, now regretting coming with Donkey Kong, shivered in fear as he and Donkey Kong walked to the hostess stand, where a waitress was happily waiting for someone to speak with them. Must have waiting for such a long time...
"A table for two please!" Donkey Kong said to the waiter, jotting this information down on a notepad. "And two pink lemonades, if you don't mind!"
"Eating out with your adorably precious human son, huh?" the waitress asked Donkey Kong, angering him in the process. She was sensing a Kerchak-Tarzan vibe from the brawlers, what with Donkey Kong having to hold Lucas's hand like he's a little baby.
"HE IS NOT MY SON, HE JUST WANTED TO COME HERE TO TRY OUT CHINESE CUISINE FOR THE FIRST TIME!" bellowed Donkey Kong, and as he cooled down, he noticed that he instantly caught the attention of literally everyone in the restaurant. Maybe this is what the Uber driver was talking about during the ride... "We have no kindred relations whatsoever, little guy just wanted to come along. I'm supposed to meet my date, Candy Kong, at this restaurant."
"Funny you should mention that, she already came in several minutes before you and already booked a table!" This surprised Donkey Kong, who expected his woman to be showing up a little later. "Want me to make it a table for three, for your son?"
"First of all, this boy is not my son...and secondly, yes I would like a table for three." So the waitress walked Donkey Kong and Lucas (still holding hands) to the table where Candy Kong was sitting at. Those in the restaurant, from the employees working away in the kitchen to those eating their cares away, watched as Donkey Kong continued to hold Lucas, like he was walking him through a school crossing zone. A somewhat embarrassing experience for Donkey Kong, in a way.
Waitress: The talking gorilla and his human son are just so cute together, I could just give the both of them a hug! Too bad the gorilla won't acknowledge the blonde boy as his son...but it's okay to be in denial sometimes.
"Here is your table sir, hope you enjoy the meal!" the waitress said to Donkey Kong after she walked him and Lucas to their table, where Candy Kong sat at. Instead of the pink tank top and shorts that composed of their everyday attire, the blonde gorilla wore a some fancy pink dress - a dress that would make Donkey Kong's heart flutter in love.
"Didn't expect you to be bringing your son to our date," Candy Kong smirked, eyeing at a nervous Lucas as he and Donkey Kong took a seat. DK was internally hoping that his girlfriend was only joking around. "Surely you weren't seeing other women - human women - were you?" She has to be joking, it would be the only way for Donkey Kong to wiggle himself out of the situation.
"Of course I'm not seeing human women, that was Cranky Kong's doing!" replied Donkey Kong. "This blonde lad you see before you is Lucas, and as you can see by his mannerisms, he's a very shy fellow. His mother died, and he's been shaken ever since her death."
"So you have been seeing some human ladies while I was away..." Candy Kong smirked even harder, getting into Donkey Kong's skin. Why, oh why, did he have to bring up Lucas's mother for?
"You know what, why don't we grab some grub?" Donkey Kong got up, and Candy Kong and Lucas followed suit. Perfect time for him to change the subject to something else. "My stomach's growlin' for some food!"
Mr. Game and Watch strolled through the mansion, doing his daily maintenance work, making his signature sounds along the way, when he heard the cries of Fox and company from inside the elevator nearby. The 2-D man quickly heard the cries from help, and sought to bring attention to those stuck inside the elevator, though their cries were somewhat faint. Mr. Game and Watch saw Mewtwo float by, sulking about life and his upbringing. Sucks to be a genetically created Pokemon at times.
"Yes Mr. Game and Watch, I can clearly see the elevator that Proto Man and MegaMan .EXE are supposedly working on, please contain your excitement," the Psychic Pokemon said to the 2-D, who was making his beeping sounds louder than before as he tried to stress the fact that Fox and company are actually trapped inside the contraption, only to see Mewtwo float away. Soon King Dedede appeared, and Mr. Game and Watch did the same thing to grab his attention.
"Oh yeah, I'm pretty ecstatic about the elevator too, beats going up and down the stairs all day!" King Dedede said to Mr. Game and Watch, perceiving the 2-D's man outward nature as excitement when in actuality he's concerned about the five individuals trapped inside the elevator. (Seven, if you want to count Big Top and the poor cameraman who followed the group inside.)
King Dedede: An elevator in the mansion has been long, LONG overdue, should have been installed eons ago! You wouldn't believe the countless amount of times I passed out going up the stairs, and the Waddle Dees that accompany me do nothing but poke my face, like I'm some dead fish floating on the water surface.
"Proto Man and MegaMan .EXE should have been back by now, the elevator looks very close to completion..." Olimar was the latest to walk by the elevator, and also the latest to notice Mr. Game and Watch's overall concern for the individuals stuck inside the elevator. How will be able to get the word out, without using beeping sounds?
Chrom was on a computer in the library, chatting with Raven (y'all know who she is) online, while his daughter Lucina was happily reading a book with Robin, because that's what most couples do. Just then, Sonic hurriedly ran inside the library, boarding the library doors with wood. The kind of stuff that usually happens in cartoons.
"What seems to be the problem, Sonic?" Gil the de facto librarian asked the hedgehog; Chrom, Lucina, and Robin all looked up to see Sonic now blockade the doors with book shelves. "Amy hasn't returned to her crazy obsessive psychopath girlfriend self, did she?"
"Oh man, it's even worse than that, much, much worse!" Sonic replied after he was done blockading the library doors. "An evil robot named Mecha Sonic is out to get me, and he won't stop his reign of terror until he eradicates me - for good!" Gil and company looked at one another for a very brief moment...before bursting out into fits of laughter.
"Certainly this must be one of your crazy dreams, it sounds way too good to be true," remarked Lucina. "A robot that has no relations with Dr. Eggman bent on destroying you? Are you sure Yoshi hasn't been feeding your brain with ideas?"
"Guys I'm not making this up, it's true, it's all true!" Yet everyone was still laughing at the hedgehog. "He really wants to kill me, we gotta do something!"
"Well we have to see this 'Mecha Sonic' robot in person to believe you," said Robin after he was finished laughing, wiping away a tear. "Sounds to me like you've become paranoid..."
Suddenly Mecha Sonic crashed through one of the library's windows, crashing into Robin and knocking him down in the process. The mage was hurt as he fell to the floor, clutching his arm in agonizing pain.
"Your end is fastly approaching..." the robot pointed at Sonic, marking his prey. The hedgehog's legs quivered, and his heart was beating fast. "Prepare to say your last words, you worthless craven..."
Mecha Sonic: Now is the time for Sonic to be fully avenged for what he has done me...he may have defeated me in the past, but the tables shall be turned this time around...
"Nobody harms my friend and gets away with it!" Chrom angrily got up from his seat and charged after Mecha Sonic, who fired a laser at the prince, sending him flying towards a bookshelf. Lucina gasped as she ran over to her father to ensure he was okay.
"Your fear only makes me stronger, and more powerful..." Mecha Sonic said to Sonic as he marched towards him. Gil ran to the robot in an ill-advised attempt to stop him, only to suffer the same fate as Chrom. He should have known that was coming. "Keep showing me your fear...it is nothing but fuel for the beatdown I shall bring forth upon you..."
"Leave me alone man, I don't want nothing to do with you!" Sonic quickly moved the shelves out of the way and removed the wood from the library doors, before bursting out of the library and speeding away. But Mecha Sonic, being just as fast as Sonic, if not faster, was hot on the hedgehog's heels...
"A one...and a two...and a three!" Using his superior muscles, King K. Rool lifted up the wrestling ring, but only got a mere inches of it off of the floor before lifting it back down. Pit, Kirby, Viridi, and Lucario (Pit's former wrestling "mentor") watched the Kremling's many efforts. "This ring might be too much for my caliber, I don't think I can get it out of the dancing room in due time..."
"Aw shucks, if we don't get this ring outta here, Lady Palutena is gonna kill me!" Pit freaked out, fearing the wrath of the goddess of light. Has anyone ever feared Palutena outside of Smash matches? "I'm so done for..."
"To be fair, this was kinda your fault, you're the one who practically begged to Palutena about wanting a wrestling ring, and eventually she got you one," stated Lucario. "And after that injury scare involving Link which you were at the hands of, the wrestling has to be removed, since nobody else really uses it outside of Little Mac." The boxer has other venues for training, so he wouldn't be slighted at all about the removal of the wrestling ring.
Lucario: Thought I had warned Pit a while ago...I said to him during our training that a freak injury, or ANY injury for that matter, would result in the removal of the wrestling ring, and the end of his wrestling career. In addition to wrestling, Pit is pretty reckless at everything else - running, driving (see: Jacky Bryant's car), and even eating. He displays zero manners at the dinner table, and it's especially embarrassing when we invite someone to come over for dinner. Angels are supposed to be angelic, and good, and wholesome...but Pit is the complete opposite.
"Still didn't get the wrestling ring out of the mansion?" Cloud stood at the door to the dancing room, asking Pit and company. He wanted to stop by following his rigorous weight lifting to see if Rool helped Pit get the job done...and in no way was he surprised.
"It's a lot tougher than it seems; evidently the ring is pretty wide, so squeezing it out of the door would be no good," Lucario explained to Cloud. "Rool is already having trouble just lifting up the wrestling ring off of the floor!"
"Why don't you have Kirby suck up the ring and spit it out of the mansion, that would be the easier thing to do!" Cloud has a valid point - as proven throughout Smash Life, Kirby can suck up just about anything, no matter how big or small it may be, though there may be a few exceptions.
"That sounds like a great idea!" Pit exclaimed as he snapped his fingers, like he was the one who conjured the idea. "You're a genius Cloud!" Either Cloud is a genius, or he's just reasonable in most situations. We'll go with the latter...for now.
Viridi: I knew having Kirby suck up the wrestling ring and spit it out outside would have been a more feasible idea, but I wanted Pit to figure that one out on his own... *sighs lovingly* I just find it so precious and cute when he puts on his thinking cap and tries to be smart for once...
"Alright Kirby, what are you waiting for, suck up that wrestling ring!" Rool said to the pink puffball, who did as he was told. Kirby sucked up the ring will all his might, and eventually it ended up in his mouth. Seconds later, Sonic came crashing through the wall, landing on his back, as Mecha Sonic walked through the hole he had created.
"Pathetic little hedgehog you are, running away from danger..." the robot taunted Sonic as he slowly got up. "Some lousy hero you're supposed to be..." Sonic ran past Cloud and out of the dancing room as Mecha Sonic chased after him, leaving the swordsman and everyone else bewildered. Some even thought Mecha Sonic was Metal Sonic, only with an upgrade.
"Must be that time of the month, huh?" remarked Pit. Kirby ran out of the dancing room, likely chasing after Mecha Sonic. "Kirby where are you going?!"
"What do you think of my new hair dryer, isn't it so remarkable and effective?" Peach asked Zelda as the two princesses walked through the mansion.
"It's just like the other hair dryer you had, it's practically the same brand..." replied Zelda. Peach is relatively prone to buying items she doesn't need, like hair dryers - she already has close to ten of 'em. "You should start saving your money for something useful Peach, you'll end up being broke with the spending you're doing."
"I'm a princess, so everything will be okay!" So just because Peach is a royal ruler of a kingdom, she's not going to suffer from any monetary issues? That's not how it's supposed to work... "The Toads manage my finances, they'll keep everything in check!"
"Whatever you say, Peach, whatever you say..." Zelda and Peach arrived at the movie room, seeing the door creaked open; Zelda peered inside and saw Mario and Link, watching episodes of the Super Mario Bros Super Show because of how much they want to spite themselves. "Why don't we go see what our boys are up to?"
So Zelda and Peach walked inside the movie room and saw Mario and Link watching the Super Mario Bros Super Show on the television screen, and judging by the looks of their faces, both men were suffering from what they were forcing themselves to watch. Their eyes could literally burn and melt away at any minute.
Zelda: After the whole ordeal concerning Mario, Link, and those abysmal CD-i games, I had to hide the Super Mario Bros Super Show disc set away in the movie room, under the fear that those two would elicit a similar negative response. As it would turn out, they discovered the disc set, and "tortured" themselves by watching the episodes. I guess some men may never learn...
"You know you boys could just stop watching if you had the chance!" smiled Peach as she grabbed the TV remote, lying on the armrest of Link's chair. Just then, Sonic came crashing through the television, breaking it in the process, as he fell onto the floor. Peach and company looked in shock as Mecha Sonic marched out of the gaping hole in the television, his eyes still set on destroying his arch-nemesis.
"Yes, we're saved, we're-a saved!" Mario cheered. Could have saved his own self by stopping the DVR, but that would have been too much work for him and Link.
"Can't we just hug it out man, there's no need for this senseless violence!" Sonic proposed to Mecha Sonic, slowly getting up although the pain was wracking his bones. "Why not settle of a truce, and put this whole shingding behind us!" Too bad Mecha Sonic isn't the type to come to terms with peaceful agreements.
"No hugs necessary, only pain..." Mecha Sonic snarled as he leaped down from the television. "Your pain shall be my utmost gain..." Sonic sped out of the movie room, and Mecha Sonic, right on cue, followed after the hedgehog. Kirby would pop out of the hole in the television and chase after Mecha Sonic, leaving Mario and the others to worry about the now broken television.
"Told you we should have bought a spare wide-screen television set..." Link murmured to Mario, not at all concerned about Sonic being chased by a dangerous robot.
Several brawlers gathered around near the elevator, where Mr. Game and Watch was moving about, trying to get their attention. Fox and company were still stuck inside the elevator, though no one could hear their muffled cries for help.
"I have never seen Mr. Game and Watch this excited during my time at the mansion, obviously he cares very much about the new addition of the elevator!" remarked Wii Fit Trainer. Yeah, totally not like a bunch of dudes are trapped inside...
"Mr. Game and Watch is a maintenance guy, so evidently he likes the idea of an elevator," added Alph, also failing to see the 2-D man's overall concern, just like everyone else. "I just wish he could stop making those annoying beeping sounds..."
"That's it, I can't go this longer without any chocolate!" Doc Louis boomed from inside the elevator, alarming the brawlers. The sound of the boxing trainer ripping his shirt off was sounded. "All you fellas are gonna pay!"
MegaMan .EXE: Master Hand will be very proud of us when we finish up on the elevator, he'll probably reward us by not "punishing" us for an entire week! That would be REALLY nice.
Proto Man: Yeah man, I can't wait to see how excited he will be when he tries out the elevator for the first time. *pauses* Now that I mention it... *quickly walks away, with MegaMan .EXE following him*
"Oh no, Doc Louis must be inside that elevator, with Fox and the rest of the gang!" fretted Nana; she knew Fox and company were stuck inside the contraption, for she hadn't seen them all day. "We all know how Doc Louis can be when he doesn't eat chocolate for a certain period of time..."
"Let's see if ripping the elevator doors will do the trick!" Ryu walked up to the elevator doors, and attempted to pry them open with his hands, but to no avail. "These doors are practically closed shut, not even my own strength can pry them open!"
"Alright, what seems to be the issue?" Proto Man asked as he and MegaMan .EXE arrived at the scene, sensing something was up when they saw the brawlers gathered around the elevator. "Did someone get stuck inside the elevator?"
"Doc Louis and the rest of the Star Records affiliates entered the elevator, and now they're trapped inside!" explained Toon Link, as the sounds of Doc Louis beating up on those inside the elevator were heard from the elevator doors. "They had went inside long before the elevator could have been completed...though none of this wouldn't have happened if you two just finished it already. Where were you guys the whole time?"
"We were on our lunch break, working away on the elevator is tough work," responded MegaMan .EXE. His response greatly perplexed many of the brawlers, and for obvious reasons.
"But you two are both robots, why would you need a lunch break for? You don't even eat nor drink!" Proto Man and MegaMan .EXe looked down at the floor in shame, for Toon Link was indeed right. They just wanted to get away from the tiresome work of building the elevator, and their absence resulted in the problem at hand.
"He's gonna get me, he's gonna get me!" Sonic soon showed up, running at the speed of light before coming to a stop at the elevator, where Mr. Game and Watch would move out of the way to avoid the hedgehog. Sonic turned around, and saw Mecha Sonic evilly marching towards him, as the brawlers warily looked on.
"What a great place for you to die, in front of your friends and peers..." uttered the evil robot, as Sonic held on to Mr. Game and Watch for dear life. Will anyone save Sonic and potentially risk their lives, or let Mecha Sonic take care of his deed for good?
Help would work in Sonic's favor, when Kirby defiantly approached Mecha Sonic. The robot turned around and saw the pink puffball glaring at him, his mouth full, before reverting his attention back to Sonic. He views Kirby as only a minor threat, how could some preciously cute creature take care of him? Mecha Sonic seemingly scoffed at this very idea.
Cloud: One thing I will say about Kirby...when the chips are on the line, and peril is about to strike, that pink puffball everyone finds cute and adorable and all that crap will rise up to the occasion and save the day. I had seen what he was capable of when he took out that Magalor freak and his buddies, and he just might do the same thing with the robot chasing after Sonic. Kirby is a living textbook example of never judging a book by its cover.
"Your time is now up Sonic, say goodbye to your friends forever..." Mecha Sonic walked over to Sonic, now cowering in fear, as the brawlers looked on. Some wanted to stop Mecha Sonic, others wanted the robot to teach Sonic a lesson in being a jerk - though that lesson would result in instant death, which they did not want.
Once Mecha Sonic was standing over Sonic (and to a lesser extent, Mr. Game and Watch), it was time for Kirby to strike; the pink puffball spat out the wrestling ring he had inside his mouth for so long, and spat it at Mecha Sonic; Sonic and Mr. Game and Watch got out of the way as the ring struck Mecha Sonic, sending him into the elevator and breaking it open in the process. The robot laid inside the spacious elevator, entangled within the now jumbled up wresting ring, as Doc Louis and company looked out, seeing the opening in front of them.
"Freedom, freedom at last!" Fox, who was battered and bruised at the hands of Doc Louis, ran out of the elevator; Falco, Little Mac, Doc Louis, Knuckles, and the cameraman, all of whom met the mighty hands of Doc Louis and ended up in a similar state as Fox, quickly followed suit. "It feels great to taste freedom!" Fox was now hugging Proto Man, slightly unnerving the robot. "You had no idea what it was like, trapped inside that elevator! It was torture!"
"At least you and your dudes are happy and content," smiled Proto Man, gently pushing Fox away from him. "Sorry MegaMan .EXE and I didn't finish up on the elevator, had we done so instead of taking our stupid break, you all wouldn't have ended up in that predicament."
"Nah man, it's all good, we all learned our lesson, no harm was done..." Fox looked down at his buddy Falco, who was being all extra by kissing the floor. It wasn't like he was suspended in the air for long periods of time or anything.
"Say, who's this strange Sonic-looking robot fella in the elevator?" Doc Louis saw a now out-of-commission Mecha Sonic inside the elevator, stuck between the remnants of the wrestling ring. The boxing trainer retrieved the robot from the elevator, and held him up for everyone to see.
"That's Mecha Sonic, he wanted to kill me for now reason, and he chased me throughout the mansion until he accomplished his goal!" explained Sonic, overjoyed that he no longer has to worry about a killjoy robot seeking for his head. "He came from the sky and crash landed near the mansion, and he had his eyes set on me ever since he landed on Earth!"
"How about we send this Mecha Sonic fella back to where he came from...anyone got a catapult of some sort I can use?"
Donkey Kong: My date with Candy Kong has been splendid...well, save for the moments when Candy would ridicule me and ask me if Lucas is my human son. Why must everyone assume I'm a father to Lucas, why must Lucas be so short and child-like for a teenager? I personally blame the Earthbound sprites for making him look like who he is...
"Enjoying the Chinese food Lucas, buddy ol' pal?" Donkey Kong asked Lucas, who was nearly full after eating several plates of Chinese cuisine. "That Chinese food sure does taste great when you try it out for the first time, amirite?"
"To tell you the honest truth, Donkey Kong..." Lucas started off before learning forward, wanting to whisper something into the gorilla's ear. "...this isn't my first time eating Chinese food, I've had it before. I just wanted to get away from the mansion, the sight of the elevator Proto Man and MegaMan .EXE were building was giving me the creeps..." Donkey Kong nodded his head thoughtfully, unsure how to reply to a young teen who has a phobia of elevators.
"I understand where you're coming from Lucas, but you can't be scared of the elevator forever, it's gonna be there for a ridiculously long time. And there's gonna be an elevator on every floor! You gotta conquer your fear of elevators eventually, since you'll see them on a daily basis."
"You're right DK, I can't let elevators get the best of me, can't be a scaredy cat forever...thanks for the kind words." Donkey Kong responded with a smile and a rubbing on Lucas's head. What would be the point of Lucas being scared of some lousy elevator, it's not like it'll go away for good!
"Surprised I never received a gift or anything, I expected much better from you," Candy Kong said to Donkey Kong. The gorilla was getting all panicky - why did he forget to buy a gift for Candy on their date? It would be a symbol of love, and would prove to Candy that he still loves her very much.
Before Donkey Kong could give Candy Kong a valid answer, Mecha Sonic crashed through the roof of the Chinese restaurant and landed on Donkey Kong's and Candy Kong's table, most likely at the hands of Doc Louis. Everyone in the restaurant looked on, either out of intrigue or just because they wanted to be noisy. Surely you've encountered the latter group many times during your life. Seeing the robot sprawled out on the table, Donkey Kong instantly knew what to do...
"Ta-daa, brought you a robot...maid!" the gorilla exclaimed, expressively holding his arms out wide to please Candy Kong. "Looks like it arrived on very late notice, so sorry about that. And it looks like it ran out of juice, too! Once you get this bad boy up and working again, you can make it do your every little bidding; it can be your personalized Alfred Pennyworth! So what do you think?"
"You wanna know what I think?" asked Candy Kong; Donkey Kong, now sweating profusely, eagerly nodded his head. "I LOVE IT!" Candy Kong reached over to give a huge to Donkey Kong, catching him off surprise, as everyone in the Chinese restaurant applauded and cheered on for the couple. Donkey Kong might have saved his relationship with Candy Kong, somehow in some way...
Candy Kong: Life running a music shop can be hard at times, especially being the only person on the job...but with the robot Donkey Kong gave me, I can make it do all the work, while I can be the manager and slack off all day long! Always knew Donkey Kong knows what's best for me!
"The gift is a somewhat impromptu gift, but I'm glad you like it," Donkey Kong said to Candy Kong as she continued to hug her man. Diddy Kong probably wishes Dixie Kong could do the same to him.
"I know that you brought me that gift out of love, there's no other explanation," replied Candy Kong. "I'm certain your son pitched in as well..." Oh, when will Candy Kong ever learn...
"Lucas is not my...never mind." Donkey Kong, how much he wanted to prove Candy wrong, decided instead to let him and his woman have their little moment.
Later in the day, around evening time, Proto Man and MegaMan .EXE had completed the mansion's elevator system, working tirelessly without taking a single break whatsoever. By the time they were done, there was an elevator on every floor on the mansion for the brawlers to access, and Mario and Pac-Man just so happened to walk out of the elevator on the third floor, continuing where they had left off from their wedding planning.
"It's been made official, Dunban will be the caterer at the wedding," Pac-Man discussed with Mario, having already written the Homs' name down on the list. "Spoke with him while you and Link were 'torturing' yourselves, as Peach and Zelda had told me. Still not sure how Dunban will carry out his role, given that he has one working arm..."
"He'll-a find a way, he usually does," replied Mario. He and Pac-Man walked past Sonic, who was thanking Kirby for saving him from Metal Sonic.
"Thanks a bunch for taking care of Mecha Sonic for me, I really owe you one bud!" the hedgehog thanks the pink puffball, holding out his hand. Kirby happily shook his hand, enjoying it a lot more than he should. Sonic looked over to his right and saw Lucas, boldly standing in front of an elevator. The teen was trembling at the mere sight of the elevator, so "boldly" would be a night overstatement. "You know you can't conquer your fear of elevators just by looking at them, Lucas!"
"B-B-But I don't wanna go inside them, the cord might snap and I'll plummet to my death!" Lucas freaked out. Has he been watching random videos of elevator malfunctions online or something?
"The cord won't snap at all, trust me! Your paranoia is the reason for your phobia of elevators in general. Maybe if you man up and go inside one, you won't be so scared of them! What do you think about that, Kirby?" The pink puffball was on board with the idea, as evidenced by him nodding his head.
"I don't wanna do that..." It was too late for Lucas, as Sonic pressed a button to open up the elevator doors and threw Lucas inside, and him and Kirby entered soon thereafter. Once Sonic pressed the "1" button on the elevator, the contraption went down to the first floor, where the hedgehog, Lucas, and Kirby would peacefully exit, without be harmed by any means.
"See man, was that so hard, you were acting like the elevator was gonna drop and crash the moment I pressed the button! And look where we are, the three of us are in one piece, no broken bones or anything!"
"You're right Sonic, that elevator ride was...peaceful, to be honest with you. Don't know why I was freaking out for." With that, Lucas was now fully content with elevators, and not morbidly afraid of them like he was at the beginning of the episode.
After all, what's there to be afraid of?
