Samus rushed in her room and slammed the door, locking it as well.

"Lady! What happened to you?!" The system exclaimed worriedly.

"A-Adam..." Samus leans her back on the door then sits on the floor. She buries her face on her knees... She's never cried like this in a long time.

"Shhh... It's alright, Samus." The system comforted. "Do you mind telling me what happened?"

"It's Celine... She-"

"Samus...?" Little Mac knocks on Samus' door. "It's me, please open the door." He presses his forehead on it. No response.

All of the female brawlers followed to the door and called out as well.

"Samus, dear, please open up..." Palutena pleaded.

"We're here for you, we need to get you some first aid, let us help you." Rosalina added.

"Mac, I think now is not a good time." Zelda said gently. "We'll take it from here. Don't worry."

"A-Alright." Mac nodded but his worrying did not lessen. "Tell me how she is later."

Zelda nods and Little Mac heads off to his quarters. "...He's gone now, Samus, you can let us in now. It's just us ladies."

The door creaks open and the girls enter quickly to find a bandaged Samus, it seems like she had her own first aid kit. The cuts on her face and lips she recieved from Celine's blows were covered with band-aids, although she had multiple forming bruises.

"Hey, guys..." Samus forced a laugh while tears were still rolling down her face.

"I'll give you your privacy, ladies." The system went off to sleep mode.

"Oh my!" Peach exclaimed. "How terrible! How dare that Celine..."

"Samus..." Zelda held her friend's cheeks gently. Samus flinches in pain.

"Wait here, I'll go get an ice pack." Daisy shortly left the room.

"Don't worry, Samus. We'll have a word with Celine! That girl seriously has issues." Bayonetta crossed her arms.

"Yeah she definitely does." Lucina agreed as the Inkling, Mari, nods while holding her gun up, grinning.

Isabelle holds Samus' hand while Nana holds the other. All of them are concerned.

"I have the ice pack." Daisy returns to the room and hands it over to Samus.

"Thanks, Daisy." Samus applies the pack to her face. "Thank you so much, all of you."

"No worries." Zelda smiled.

"If you don't mind me asking, Samus..." Bayonetta placed her index finger and thumb on her chin. "What is that girl's deal? I know that she has feelings for Mac and was supposed to have a date with him last night, so what exactly happened yesterday when you took care of him?"

Rosalina gulped. "Bayonetta, that's-"

"I know, I know. That was insensitive of me. My apologies for asking."

"It's alright." Samus gave a light laugh. "I actually planned on telling you guys, since you're all my friends."

"Well, go on then~!" Palutena said in an eager tone, she was wanted to hear the story.

"P-Palutena!" The girls whined.

Chapter 8 - The Revelation

Celine walks over to Samus' door, trying to gather the courage to apologize to her.

"YOU DID WHAT?!" The girls exclaimed, making Celine pause before she could even knock. The door was slightly open due to Daisy not shutting it completely, so everything they were saying was audible.

"S-Shhh!" Samus flailed her hands while chuckling nervously. "Keep it down!"

Celine knew it was best not to eavesdrop on them, they must be badmouthing her. She didn't want to hear any of it, since it would just make her feel worse.

"Why'd you sleep with him?" Lucina whispered but it came out as a fairly loud voice. Celine gasped, both her hands on her mouth.

"He asked me to stay... He didn't want me to leave." Samus placed her face in her palms.

"Why didn't you refuse? Unless..." Peach's eyes widened. "Do you... Like Little Mac?"

"It's more of love, Peach." Palutena giggled.

"Enough of your jokes, Palutena!" Peach puffed her cheeks.

Bayonetta turned to Samus. "Well? Do you have feelings for him?"

Samus lifted her head slightly from her palms. Now her palms are covering her nose. With a serious face, she nods.

"So you do... Called it." Zelda blurted out.

"Why don't you just confess to him?" Daisy smiled.

Samus shook her head. "I already did after he confessed to me this morning in his apartment."

"Oh my goodness... How did it go?" Rosalina questioned.

"We kissed..."

"WHAT?!"

Celine gritted her teeth as tears started to flow from her eyes, she rushed to another hallway so no one would notice she heard their conversation.

"...But I didn't want us to be a thing." Samus sighed.

Lucina frowned. "Why not?"

"I didn't want to hurt Celine at all."

"B-But you kissed him and slept with him..." Isabelle worriedly said.

"He was the one who initiated the kiss, also nothing happened between us..." Samus gabe a soft laugh. "We just slept on the same bed. Period."

"Oh." Zelda stood up. "With that said, let's go get something to eat. Come along with us, Samus."

"Yeah, Sam! Let's head to the cafeteria together!" Daisy said happily.

"It's our treat. We want to make you feel better." Bayonetta nodded.

Samus sat up as well. "Alright... Thank you."

"No problem!" The girls replied.

As Celine was sobbing, she suddenly heard the girls coming her way. She quickly hid against the wall not far from the path they were taking.

"I'm starving!" Daisy joyfully walked down the hallway while stretching.

"You should drink water first, Samus." Zelda said with concern.

"Alright." Samus chuckled.

Their voices faded and Celine peeks out to check, they are now indeed nowhere in sight.

Her anger and jealousy towards Samus consumes her, from the day Little Mac had feelings for Samus, how they went out to the café together, how he was so comfortable and happy with her company, how she was always there for him. Celine was frustrated how Samus was there nursing him instead of her nursing him herself, also how he wasn't able to attend the date she scheduled. Doc Louis and Samus knew what happened to Little Mac, and they knew that they were supposed to have dinner together, yet nobody told her about his status. The worst of all is how his dream became into reality — they kissed, slept together on the same bed, and Galeem knows what they did under the sheets.

She clenches her fists while walking towards Samus' unlocked door and goes in. She is met with Samus' Varia suit that was just repaired. She glances and notices a tool box nearby.

"What are you doing, Celine?" The system wakes up. "You are not welcome here. Leave now or I will sound an alarm."

"The food here is amazing as always!" Peach munched on another slice of cake.

"Agreed." Said Bayonetta.

"Samus I heard that you were going to have another battle today!" Isabelle wagged her tail.

"It's with Captain Falcon, right?" Zelda asked.

"Yep." Samus nodded. "Since I can't go looking like this in my Zero Suit, I have no choice but to use my Varia Suit."

"Isn't it still busted from that time with Little Mac?" Daisy raised her eyebrow.

"I repaired it already, don't worry!" Samus gave a bright smile.

"So what time is your tournament?" Lucina placed her chin on her hand.

Samus looks at her watch. "At 3pm. Wait-" She looked again. "Oh shoot! It's 2:30pm! I gotta go girls, sorry! Love you all!" Samus stands up and makes a run for it.

"Good luck, Sam!" Daisy waves at her.

"We'll watch you from the big screen! We're rooting for you!" Zelda pumps a fist.

Celine immediately exits Samus' door and runs to hide when she heard someone approaching, it was Samus.

Samus enters her door and quickly gets in her Varia Suit. "No time to talk, Adam!" Samus wears her helmet, now distorting her voice to sound robotic. "I'll tell you about everything later!"

She dashes towards the stage while Celine leans forward to check if she's gone.

Samus was now walking down the halls of the arena. Little Mac was going through the same path but from the opposite side. He knew it was her approaching because the sound of the suit she was wearing was familiar to him. After some more steps, they met face-to-face then walked past each other.

Little Mac stopped and turned his body while holding a hand up slightly. "...S-Samus!"

Despite Mac calling her name, Samus still continued to head straight. She didn't even look back at him.

"...Good luck with your fight..." He muttered as he slowly drops his hand and hung his shoulders low.

"I see that we'll go for another round!" Captain Falcon chuckled proudly. "But this time you're alone and I plan on winning!"

"I don't plan on losing, Falcon." Samus said coldly. "Let's get this over with."

The two step on the oposite side of the stage where the neon lights lead them to. The stage rises, the smell of earth and grass spread throughout their surroundings. It was the Big Battlefield.

"So, don't plan on losing, eh?" Falcon cracked his knuckles. "We'll see about that!"

"Talk is cheap, Falcon." Samus said in a serious tone.

"Ohoho! Putting on quite an attitude there! You slept on the wrong side of the bed perhaps?"

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GO

Captain Falcon and Samus dash towards each other and exchange hits. Falcon blocks, grabs throws her back sending her back where she started. Samus soles drag on the ground for her to stop moving closer to the edge.

She jumps onto a platform and goes in for a down smash which hits Falcon and sends him slightly flying. "Not bad!"

Once he returns to the stage Samus grabs him and goes for an aerial attack. Falcon drops on his back, his damage is around 50%. He gets up on his feet.

Samus then sends out missiles but Falcon quickly dodges them. "Is that all you've got, Sam?" Falcon taunts.

"No." She then charges her arm canon.

"Oh no you don't!" Captain Falcon dashes straight towards her, but Samus is still charging.

As the charge grows bigger her suit starts shaking. "Wha... What the hell?" The charged ball then shoots by itself, missing Falcon.

"Ha! You missed!" He mocks.

"Uh... Falcon?" Samus started giving out a worried tone. "I think there's something wrong with my suit."

"Eh? Got scared already? You're shaking!"

"No, Falc-"

"I'm not falling for that! You must be joking!"

"I'm not joking! My suit is malfunctioning! It's- AH!"

Sparks start to light up on her suit. Then it loses all control. Her suit became a wall of electricity.

"Oh crap!" Captain Falcon lowered his stance, she was telling the truth!

"SAMUS!" The girls exclaim, they know that something's not right.

Crowds started swarming the wide screens along the hallways while Little Mac was training with Doc Louis.

"Guys?" Link interrups. "I think you need to see this." He points his thumb behind him.

Mac leaves the boxing ring as Doc follows behind him. Mac suddenly stops with his eyes widening.

"Hey, kid! What's the matte- Oh shi-"

They all stare at the sight of Samus trapped in her suit that is still errupting violent sparks.

"Her damage percentage is beyond 999%!" Pit exclaimed.

"That's impossible!" Marth added. "It's more than a sudden death match!"

"Why isn't she getting blown off range?!" Ike pointed at the screen.

"No, no, no, no, no...! This can't be happening!" Mac thought, panicking. "This is all my fault... I did this... I broke her suit...!"

"It's because she's stuck!" Doc answered.

"STOP THE FIGHT!" Zelda instructed.

"It's not a stock battle! It cannot be stopped until the time runs out!" Link rebutted.

"AAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHH!" Samus shouted out in pain.

"SAMUS!" Captain Falcon tried to reach her but he was always blown back by touching her suit.

"HELP ME!" Samus cried. "ADAM!" She called out to her communication device, but no answer.

Falcon continued to help Samus but every time he got blown away, his damage percentage rose too. "HANG IN THERE, SAM!"

"...A-Adam...!" Samus continued to contact her system, but her eyesight was getting blurry, she was losing consciousness. Samus closed her eyelids. "...Mac." She muttered before passing out.

"SAM?! SAM!" Captain Falcon knew she lost consciousness, this was bad.

Her suit still continued its error even when Samus was already unconscious. Suddenly the Varia Suit's sparking stops. Samus drops limp on the ground.

"Lady?! Can you hear me? Lady!" The sounds came from Samus' helmet.

The time was up and both Samus and Falcon were placed on the opposite sides of the stage, but Samus was still laying on the ground.

SUDDEN DEATH

"S-Sam...?" Falcon slowly approached her, reaching his hand out.

"Don't touch her!" The system hissed. "You'll send her off range!"

Captain Falcon nodded and didn't hesitate to jump off the stage.

GAME!

"You're going to be okay, Samus." The voice coming from her helmet said before it was taken off of her. "You're going to be okay."

There was no winning stance scene, no cheering, just a battle gone wrong.

"SAM!" Falcon came out from the stage exit and rushed to her as she was being carried off onto a stretcher.

Samus was taken out from her Varia Suit. Her band-aids were burnt off slightly, she was lucky that the suit was stopped on time. Gasps could be heard everywhere.

"Space, everybody!" Doctor Mario instructed the crowd to give way.

"SAMUS!" Little Mac followed and held her hand. "SAMUS, I'M SO SORRY!"

"Mac, you really messed up her suit." Falcon said in a low tone.

"I-I... I didn't mean to..." Mac was about to cry but he felt a tap on his leg.

"Mac, do you have time? We need to talk." Isabelle said as she was averting her eyes. Zelda was right behind her.

"Why are you guys bringing me to her quarters?" Mac walked down the halls with Isabelle and Zelda. "I want to check on Samus."

"Adam requested us to call you over." Zelda replied in a serious tone.

"Adam?"

"Samus' AI system."

"The flatscreen TV in her room." Isabelle added.

"Oh."

When they arrived at Samus' room, all the girls were there with mixed emotions — some sad and worried, some looked disappointed and terrified, but most of them looked furious.

"...I'm sorry that I did this." Mac looked down in shame.

"Don't apologize, Little Mac." The system replied.

"Wh-"

"I'm Adam. Nice to meet you." The system greeted.

"Adam I... My punch... I destroyed her suit badly."

"Jeez, Mac, can't you give it a break? Listen to Adam!" Daisy rolled her eyes and sighed.

"You didn't do this, Mac." The system said in a sad manner.

"Then who?" Mac lifted his head up.

"...Celine." Bayonetta said as she was leaning against the wall, crossing her arms.

Little Mac became confused. "Wh... How?!"

"Turn your attention to my screen." The system then displayed a video.

It was Celine entering the room and then Adam telling her to leave. Celine then approached the system and the video ended.

"She unplugged Adam before he could alarm." Lucina shook her head in disappointment.

"Little does she know that there's a hidden camera in the room." Zelda grinned.

The next video plays and it shows Celine in a different angle. She got a tool from Samus' tool box, a drill and a screwdriver. She then began tampering with the suit, but the damage she did was hardly noticeable. She leaves the room after that, then Samus enters shortly, and gets in her suit in just moments. She waves goodbye to the screen and leaves. The video cuts to Samus' face on one of the display screens that wasn't unplugged from the electrical socket.

"HELP ME!" Samus' eyes show pure panic as the camera in her helmet went static. "ADAM!"

"Oh, I can't watch!" Isabelle covered her face with her ears while Luma hid behind Rosalina.

"HANG IN THERE, SAM!" Captain Falcon's voice could be heard

"...A-Adam...!" Samus voice got weaker and drifted into silence, she closed her eyes. "...Mac." Was the last thing she said before falling unconscious.

Little Mac flinched by hearing that. "...Samus." He whispered.

"SAM?! SAM!" Falcon's loud concerned voice called out.

The sound of an alarming system rang from her suit as electricity emitted to the microphone, after a while these sounds stop. Samus falls limp with a thud.

The video now returns on the main camera, all the girls were there in front of it. They plugged the system back.

"Lady?! Can you hear me? Lady!" The system shouts while Samus was seen passed out in her glitching Varia Suit. The girls are seen holding their mouths, gasping, and some turning away with the sight of Samus left in a critical condition displayed on the screen.

SUDDEN DEATH

"S-Sam...?"

"Don't touch her! You'll send her off range!"

The sound of running could be heard then faded away, then the sound of out of bounds played.

GAME!

"You're going to be okay, Samus. You're going to be okay."

The video ends.

Little Mac started panting with rage. Celine definitely crossed the line.

"M-Mac." Peach reached her hand out to rest on his shoulder but Mac quickly turns to the hard wall and punches a hole in it with his bare fist.

Celine was watching the replay of Captain Falcon's and Samus' fight. As the sound of concerned brawlers echoed through the hallway, she clenched her hands on her shirt tightly — guilty.

-End of Chapter 8-

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