A/N: This was delayed by college. But I got around to it. Also, at this point I think I've pretty handily lost this contest, checking the other entrees, so I'm just writing it for the sake of finishing it now. Thanks to everyone who did comment. Hope you enjoy the rest of the stury.

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In another part of the mansion, a fighter watched the display of prowess occurring in the simulator room with a smile on his face. "Ah, Fox and Kirby. Very impressive. If they could learn to get along, they would be a formidable team."

The fighter clenched his fist, crushing the item he held in his palm. A sweet smell came to his senses, of mildew and forest.

"Unfortunately for them, they will not have that chance. Their part in this tournament ends with their lives."the fighter looked at the monitors which displayed the situation outside the simulator room before heading back into the mansion. It would not do to be not seen for a while. It would just attract suspicion. And that would be unwise. His part could not be revealed. At least, not yet.

"Okay, I've gone through every possibility I can think of, and I'm out of options," said Samus with resignation.

"I don't have anything either," added Falco.

"I can find no possible contingencies for this error in the operations manual," said R.O.B.

Wolf chuckled from the corner he was standing in. "Face it you fools. There's no way to save them. They're as good as dead. Might as well say your goodbyes and let fate take its course."

"Shut up Wolf," growled Falco. "I won't give up on them just yet."

"As I can determine from analysis of the situation, if we have no solution, then the only way for Fox and Kirby to escape is for them to complete the simulation."

"Thanks R.O.B," replied Samus. "Can we help them somehow? As strong as they are, I'm not sure they can make it all the way through without some outside help." Samus fell silent as she turned her mind on the problem.

Suddenly, Falco snapped his claws as a solution blazed into his mind. "R.O.B. Follow me."

The robot wordlessly rolled after Falco ax he walked over to the simulator control panel.

"Alright, I need you to hack into the base data archives and transfer some data over from Target Smash to Boss Battles."

Samus walked over to join the two of them. "Falco, what are you getting at?""We can't get Fox and Kirby out, right? So they have to win themselves. And the best way for us to make sure they both survive is by giving them weapons. There's weapons data in the Target Smash program. We just need to patch and apply it to Boss Battles."

"I will begin the necessary procedures," said R.O.B as a connection apparatus extended from his arm in the form of a thin metal rod and plugged into the jack to the right of the control panel. Data began scrolling across the robots red eyes in the form of ones and zeroes as it delved into the computers data stream.

Wolf snorted as he unfolded his arms and walked up to the trio. "You're forgetting something bird brain. There aren't any healing items in Target Smash, so once those hearts are gone, the damage will just keep piling up. They wont have a chance when they reach the end."

Falco walked up to Wolf and looked him straight in the eye. "You keep thinking that Wolf."

R.O.B's head swiveled to look at Samus. "This process will take approximately ten minutes. I suggest that Fox and Kirby defeat the next boss while I implement the program changes."

"I will tell Fox," replied Lucario, bowing his head to relay the message to the Brawler inside.

Fox, we cannot remove you from the simulation from the outside. But Falco has devised a plan to aid you in completing the simulation.

Fox smiled at that thought. Good old Falco, He could be an annoying, egotistical jerk sometimes, but you could always count on him when it came down to it in the end.

Alright. At least they're doing something.

Fox sighed and walked back over to Kirby. The pink warrior still had his Fox costume on, and Fox looked him over with an obvious disdain.

"You look ridiculous, but whatever. Just follow my lead, and we'll make it out alright. Nothing to it."

Kirby harrumphed, but followed closely after Fox. At the very least, Kirby could use him as a shield.

Flashing through the portal, they found themselves in an abandoned, dilapidated zoo. Facing them was a kid in some sort of suspension pod, which was held in a large purple spiderlike machine, with six legs and a bunch of sparking electrodes.

Fox pulled out his pistol and started shooting at Porky, and after a few seconds, Kirby did the same thing. Porky absorbed the shots into his metal frame, then raised two of his claws above the electrodes on top, creating a ball of energy between them. A laser lashed out from the energy ball towards Fox and Kirby. Fox quickly jumped and boosted out of the lasers path, but Kirby was hit repeatedly.

"Aiii," cried the pink warrior as he lost his Fox costume and the powers granted by it. The star containing the Fox powers popped out of his mouth and fell, shattering on the concrete path a his feet.

Fox inwardly smirked at Kirby losing his power as he ran up and started to hit Porky with a barrage of kicks. There was only one Fox, and he was not pink. He did know that kicking this metal wall was hurting his foot, although shudders ran through Porky from the hits.

Sadly for Fox, getting n close left him open to a jackhammer spike attack that struck him multiple times with painful force. Fox was lifted off his feet and forced to absorb the blows as Kirby stood back and watched, giving an uncharacteristic inward smirk at Fox's predicament. Fox had given him greif, so it was only fair he got some back

When the attack had ended, Kirby ran in and began hacking at the main metal body with another sword from his inexhaustible supply while Fox pulled himself to his feet.

"You'll pay for that," growled Fox.

He ran forward and added his attack to Kirby's. Porky issued a mechanical groan and leapt up into the sky, his back legs helping him steer as he flew. The front legs came together underneath the main body, and the electrodes near them activated, creating a ball of energy pointed downwards at the ground.

Fox's eyes widened. "Oh...Crap."

as the spotlight that designated the impact area shone down under the energy ball, Fox ran in one direction, and Kirby ran in the other. Fox ran to the right, and when he ran out of area to run, he looked up just in time to see the machine discharge a bolt of energy down at him.

"Gah," he yelled as the energy ripped through him. For a few brief seconds, he felt his nerves light on fire in agonizing pain. His head clouded as it began shutting down, only saved by the cutting off of the beam.

The beam cut off, Porky began moving after Kirby. Fox was thrown by the backlash of built up energy and almost felled into a pool filled with hungry crocodiles. He managed to catch himself and get back up, his feet almost in range of snapping jaws.

Huffing, he ran back to the area where Porky and Kirby were fighting to see Kirby just barely dodge a blast of energy aimed his way. When Porky started heading left again, Fox was ready this time, double jumping and boosting at the apex of his leap to land on the other side of Porky. After a few more times of frantic dodging, Porky slammed down to the ground, making a small ripple of concrete as Porky's mass pressed it down.

Fox wound up next to Kirby, who had pulled out another sword and was attacking. As he did, Fox got an idea that might end this fast so they couldn't get more hurt than they were. When Kirby had reached back for another slash, Fox grabbed his arm, much to Kirby's surprise.. Fox then hoisted him into the air, and began spinning him around.

"Think fast," he yelled as he threw Kirby towards Porky.

"Aaaaiiii," replied Kirby as he flew through the air. His flailing resulted in his sword ending up in front, and Kirby slammed his sword into Porky, the momentum behind that stab sliding the sword straight through the metal that made up Porky's metal body and into the container that held the real Porky. Looking to the side through the glass, he could see the sword cutting into Porky's arm, blood dripping from the wound onto the floor of the container.

Kirby pulled the sword out and jumped off the machine in horror. He wasn't a killer. People in his world didn't die. Even the Smashers didn't die, since Master Hand had safeguards in place to save them. It wasn't until now that he had realized what he could do without those safeguards. It was Fox's fault, not his...wasn't it? He had thrown Kirby after all.

Looking up, he saw Fox leap onto Porky and latch on where Kirby had just been. Then, Fox leveled his pistol against the hole Kirby's sword had made and began firing as fast as possible.

The machine gave out a mechanical screech and began bucking and lashing about with its legs, trying to throw off the person killing the controlling mind that guided the machine. Fox held on tenaciously as he fired, and slowly the machine slumped to the ground as Porky died.

Fox hopped off the inactive machine, holstered his pistol and wiped his hands at a job well accomplished. Further damaged avoided, that was for sure. Kirby waddled up and stared at Founds caused by the pistol, cauterized after impact due to the heat. Seeing this side of Fox, it scared him. A lot.

Fox sighed at Kirby's reaction. He would have to learn some time that the world wasn't all sunshine and roses, and this was as good a time as any. He pointedly refused to comfort Kirby as they were teleported away, just as he hadn't upon seeing his first death. The pink warrior would just have to work through it himself. It had worked with him, right?