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As soon as Samus was several meters away from her ship, she suddenly hears someone call out her presence from a good distance away. By cautious instinct, the bounty hunter swiftly points in the direction of where she heard the call. She didn't know if it was a call of battle or in regards of a friendly native. Who she saw was a man, a human male, carrying what appears to be a giant sword... a very [b]FAMILIAR[/b] giant sword. The man seemed friendly however, asking her if she had seen a somebody named Cloud Strife. 

Cloud Strife... that name sounded familiar. In fact, it sounded way too familiar for her. Didn't she fight him at one point in a little tournament known simply as "The Super Smash Bros. Tournament?"

[i]Indeed, this tournament was incredibly popular and well known through a certain region of the Multiverse. Every few years or so, a dimension owned by a mysterious company known as "Nintendo", announce a competition for a select few universes to send out their best candidates to fight one another in a friendly, but very competitive, tournament (with smaller competitions happening annually). These fighters include: Super Mario, his brother Luigi, Link, Pikachu, Fox, and a whole roster of powerful fighters, have almost 60 by the previous 2014 event. Samus had participated in all four major competitions, having won a bronze medal in the first and was placed in the top 10 in both the second (as in her armor), and in the fourth (being in 8th in her Zero-Suit). She has yet to get a gold medal as of current.

But in the fourth and most recent tournament, rumors had been going around that seven new fighters, some old, some brand new, have been accepted to compete in the Smash Tournament. They included returning fighters such as Lucas and Roy, as well as some new fighters like Ryu and even Bayonetta. And one of those new fighters... was Cloud Strife, a powerhouse that has managed to get himself up in the Top 10 (some sources having declared him as #1, while some declared him #2).[/i]

Regardless, the name did indeed ring a bell to Samus' mind. However, she didn't trust this guy. She suspects him in being a doppelganger in disguise, with her own experiences coming from SA-X and Dark Samus respectively. Yet she has no reason in shooting him at this very moment, but however refuses to acknowledge any knowledge regarding Cloud's existence. After all, the two don't even live in the same universe anyways. She looks upon Zack in caution, having just realized that he was even taller than Strife, almost matching her own as well, still aiming her cannon at his face for safety precautions.

[b][color=a36209]"Identify yourself."[/color][/b] Samus responds, her helmet masking her voice as more masculine than femmine, still keeping her stance as she awaits for a response.

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Vader's cybernetic legs allowed the Sith to walk or run for miles without tiring for long periods of time as he continues to search the vast plains for any signs of life. It would only be after walking for some time northwards where he suddenly catches a glimpse of a very odd life form, that person being Ainz. From where he was, about 80 meters behind, Vader suspected him to be taller than him, but that wasn't even the most odd thing about him. He appeared to be a living skeleton, covered with a huge robe, with two giant bone horns coming from his shoulders horizontally. And through the force, he senses a heavy atmosphere of dark magic oozing from him. This lifeform was unlike anything he has encountered before... even more bizarre then [b]The Ones[/b], which he, his old master, and "padawan" encountered on Mortis back in the Clone Wars. And that was already making a bold statement.

But he did not fear this dark-one. Vader has seen and fought much worse, slaughtered hundreds on jedi, and spread terror across the galaxy with an iron fist. He needs answers on where he is and why. Surely he should know. He walks towards the being known as Ainz, his breathing getting louder to his ears the closer he gets. It should already have alerted him by the time Vader was merely 25 meters away...