"Where's a-Peach?" Mario asked Lucina sullenly. He had been looking for her for some time now, and luck was his utmost enemy.

"I'm sorry, Mario I don't know. I haven't seen her since that beast attacked." Lucina responded reluctantly as she closed her eyes. The dragon came far too close for comfort for her. For anyone, of that matter. "Let us just hope she turns up soon. We must focus on preparing for another potential battle."

"I hope-a she's OK!" The red-clad plumber exclaimed in worry. "Getting-a kidnapped by Bowser is-a bad enough-a now-a dragons?" Both Mario and Lucina took notice of Zelda, who was standing sullenly and gazing at the gaping holes in the concrete mansion walls.

"I don't like waiting for things to happen." Zelda shook her head. After most went to their dorms to calculate what had happened, she stayed outside, staring at the remains of her home. Argorok was undoubtedly enhanced with magic, but Midna's conclusion baffled Zelda. The Sages were allies, helping both her and Link many times. After standing alone for a while, many other Smashers joined to stare at the ruins. One of them being Pikachu.

"Pika-pi!(What else are we supposed to do)?" Pikachu asked.

"What if another something attacks us again?" Pit questioned aloud. Palutena's predictions were starting to become terrifyingly accurate. She gave Pit the Bow for a reason, whether it be for a giant dragon crashing through the walls, or whatever the goddess was warning him of. It scared him a bit to think that the attack was what she was predicting. But it was more than likely to be true. He hoped what was to come would only reside in his nightmares.

"Link and Samus just up and left us here." Meta Knight scoffed.

"No, they didn't. Were supposed to defend this with our lives." Robin retorted. "If anything comes, we put up or best fight!"

"Yes, they did." Ike chimed in. "But no one else went because no one else spoke up. We all could have gone. It's our own fault that we're here." He stated with an amount of remorse that was unusual for him. "They chose to go. So we could have as well."

"Ike is right," Zelda sighed in dismay. "We could have."

"Instead of this, how about we prepare in the case of another attack of who knows what?" Lucina suggested lightly, pointing at the hallway where the dorm rooms resided.

"That's a formidable idea, Lucina." Ike uttered as he turned around to head towards his dorm. He beckoned for everyone else to do the same, and with some resistance, they all went to their rooms to ready themselves.

A red satellite icon appeared at the bottom corner of Samus' visor. It expanded some to form an audio waveform with a black background, and subtitles of what was being said. Blue words began to appear letter-by-letter as the waveform began to form peaks and drops, indicating sound from the transmission's source.

"Samus! It's Peach! I escaped the mansion when that terrible thing attacked!" The message was interrupted with static and distorted muddle. "There's someone -something attacking me! These ogre things took me to a strange desert castle thing, qui-!" The transmission cut out and was replaced with garbled static. Samus continued to trek through the desert sand. She wondered how Peach got her hands on a transmitter that would be able send signals to Samus' receivers. Without hesitation, she alerted her comrade.

"Link!" She exclaimed urgently.

"What's wrong?" He asked, staying close beside his companion.

"I have just received a transmission from Peach. Looks like she's in trouble." Samus answered bluntly.

"Should we turn around?" Link inquired.

"No, the faster we can figure out why the attacks are coming, the faster we can make them stop." Samus explained briefly. "Where do your Sages reside, exaclty?" She asked.

"Just past a dungeon up ahead." Link responded, remembering the strange skeletal fossil that resided inside. Zant had plunged a sword into its head, forcing it to reanimate.

"I really hope this doesn't incinerate you." Samus remarks, shaking her head.

"What?!" Link exclaimed with confusion and a foreboding amount of worry.

"Take my hand." Was her only reply to Link's shout. He did so, wondering the worst of what could happen. "Run behind me, so the energy won't rip your flesh off. But not too close. The boosters might also melt you." Link's eyes widened in horror.

Samus began to run, first at normal speed, but her velocity began to increase rapidly. Link felt the wind created by Samus piercing his body, the very oxygen molecules fight against his structure. He took at glance at Samus, who was engulfed a blueish light energy that was pulsating around the both of them. The air around them began to part as the energy took residence around their very existence. The searing pain in Link's bones and the walls of his blood vessels began to calm as his very surroundings seemed to bend around Link. The sea of yellow and orange swerved and evaded them. Just as rapidly as the nightmare had started, it was gone. Link bent over his knees, his face looking as though he were going to vomit. Noticing his biliousness, Samus offered a hand to help him up.

"Thank you, but What. In the Hell... was that?" Link asked breathlessly, Taking Samus's hand and bringing himself upward.

"The Speed Booster." She answered, her voice with only the slightest bit of remorse. "I wasn't sure if I should have used it when we first arrived. But it seems situations have gotten more dire than expected." Samus continued, "I'm sorry that you had to experience that."

"It's... fine, Samus. If it gets us to the Sages faster, I don't blame you." Link answered reluctantly. He and Samus looked up at the large staircase that lead to the temples entrance. The mere steps dwarfed the both of them, being abnormally wide and short

"This place acted as a holding cell for the worst criminals Hyrule has seen." Link remarked staring at the wide stairs.

"Sounds very welcoming." Samus responded. She had definitely seen worse, but a prisoner-dungeon was nevertheless foreboding. The two began to ascend the large staircase that stood in the way of their destination.

"Who the Hell... Puts a prisoner temple... up thirty flights of Zebes-damned stairs!" Samus spat angrily.

"Come on, Samus. Maybe the dungeon...Maybe its made of chocolate!" Link wheezed as he laughed at his own joke.

"So what's up with Peach?" Link asked, out of anything else to say to her as he stopped in front of a large whirl of quicksand in front of him.

"She said somethings were attacking her in a sort of castle." Samus replied trudge through the sand without difficulty. Link followed her, but stayed on the platforms, evading the whirl. "She might be here."

"I suppose we should start searching." Link suggested as he pulled himself out of the sand and slid a door open. The duo was greeted with a gang of Bulbins huddled around a pink, muddled outline. Link instantaneously drew the Master Sword just as Samus primed the Arm Cannon and directed it upon the group surrounding Peach. Her other hand resting upon the top of her weapon, Samus and Link were shocked that they didn't peruse to attack them. Instead, The Bulbins disbanded, letting Peach rise menacingly. This betrayed her usual behavior, she was almost always easygoing and, well, peachy. But this guesture alone suggested something different. The air went stale with anticipation and tension, as if the atmosphere itself was waiting for something to happen. The staleness was only broken by the monstrous cackling of a deadly familiar austere tone. Such a laugh coming from a petite woman such as Peach was beyond disturbing. Beyond menacing. It was unnerving. Plumes of purple lightning-like rods shot from within Peach as her form itself began to shift disturbingly.

"You know, you should never trust your friends, Sammy. This is gonna be fun."

Did anyone catch my Left 4 Dead 2 reference? No? It's pretty obvious... Anyway, I'm sorry this took so long to update. School, animation and YouTube have taken up a lot of my time. I don't have good excuses to be honest. I couldn't come up with the next major plot point. But... Here it is! I hope you enjoyed, and please review! It helps me refine my writing skills and make the story more enjoyable. Thank you for reading!