Corvo's Final Smash

**Written by: D♥lf!narium**

"Hello, Corvo. Your life has taken a turn, has it not?"

It was a cold, rainy day at the Nintendo HQ. Corvo's mission was clear, yet top secret. Maybe it was his most important, most personal mission yet. It wasn't given to him from the Outside, this was his very own. All of his previous experience lead up to this moment. That it'd mean joining the Smash himself, nobody could have predicted.
Getting in was easy. He had posessed a lowly programmer who arrived at work early. After entering the building, he blinked away, bending time as he shot the surveillance cameras hanging in the grand hallway.  Now back in his own body, Corvo clung to a ceiling lamp, scouting the area and plotting his next move. The hardest part was yet to come.

At the top of the building resided the most important, best secured room Corvo was ever tasked to infiltrate. It was, however, the only way. He knew he still had a long road ahead of him. He jumped off, taking care not to make a single sound. He scurried into the hallway, blinking and sneaking his way past all the security guards and regular employees. So far, this was child's play. Soon, he reached an elevator, blinking into the shaft so he could climb up to his destination. To his surprise, it ended prematurely. “There's no way this can be the top of the building already...”, he thought as he reached a hard ceiling. A schreaching noise pierced the ominous silence he had grown accustomed to. Could this be the elevator sent up to crush him? Had he been detected? He leapt out of the shaft and into a dark hallway. The sound dit not stop. In fact, its volume seemed to increase, rather than diminish. Whatever produced this menacing shriek, it was approaching. However, these sounds now seemed to be accompanied by something that could almost be described as human laughter. He quickly hid behind a corner, making sure to catch a glimpse of the entity that came his way. The dark hallway was soon lit up by a fast moving machine, piloted by a single person. As it passed, Corvo could make out a grinning face, only showing pure glee. “Miyamoto.” Corvo whispered to himself, in slight shock. Composing himself, he moved towards the most likely route to progress this Nintendo themed maze.

At the end, he reached two massive doors, beautifully decorated with mushroom and triangle patterns. No matter how Corvo tried to use his powers, the doors seemed to be protected by an unseen force. It seemed the only way to open these was by using the original key. His mind wandered to the only person who could possess such a thing. “Miyamoto.” he said to himself.

Suddenly he remembered. It had been most crucial and inviolable rule of this mission. In order to complete his mission of utmost importance, the Outsider had temporarily granted him the right to change events of the past. Under one circumstance. He could change nothing else.

This meant he could not harm or otherwise influence a single person that was not directly related to his mission. This meant he had to steal Miyamoto's key, completely undetected.

At first Corvo tried to possess Miyamoto's body for a while in order to obtain the key, but something in Miyamoto's mind was too strong te be swayed by outside influences. The next time he passed Corvo on his hellish machine, Corvo bent time and carefully snatched the key from Miyamoto's belt. Unnoticed, he slipped past the iron gates and saw a grand staircase. Next to this staircase were portraits of Nintendo executives of old, reaching endlessly up to the heavens.

He had finally arrived at the pinnacle of Nintendo's structure. Not known by a simple number, it was designated “ The Iwata Floor”.   A long hallway was the only thing that stood between him and his goal. As he wandered through the seemingly endless room, his eyes passed statues of varying grotesqueness. Seeing deformed, humanlike characters and animals from ages long past, Corvo began to feel unease. The statues seemed to grimace, as if mocking his efforts to breach their innermost sanctum. His consciousness slowly faded, his body felt numb. As he saw his life flash before his eyes, he wondered if this was going to be his final mission.

Just before he succumbed to his internal struggle, he caught a glimpse of one statue that felt different from the rest. It didn't seem to look at him with malice, but rather with genuine warmth and encouragement. It's round body rested on small, stubby feet and its smile conveyed friendship above all. Corvo felt replenished, and used this newfound strength to lift himself up and see this through to the end. Soon he reached two massive doors, eerily similar to the ones in Miyamoto's domain. These were accompanied by a small, ornate sign, which read “The Commitee of Nintendo”. Yet again he tried to open the doors, but they wouldn't budge. He felt like an impossible weight impeded his progress. As he was wondering where to find the key needed to pass this ungodly obstacle, the doors swung wide open.

**"Hello, Corvo. Your life has taken a turn, has it not?"**
A familliar, yet strange voice greeted him from the darkness beyond. Corvo squinted to make out the silhouettes in the large room before him. For some reason, not even his Dark Vision could aid him in seeing past the ghostly shade. All of a sudden, the room was bathed in a blinding light, with two imposing figures (and a menacing shadow) standing at the center. Before giving him an opportunity to respond, the other voice bellowed:

**“あなたがここにいる理由を知っている、Corvo”**
 **“We know why you are here, Corvo”**

As Corvo's eyes adjusted themselves to the light, he could make out two distinct faces.

**"What?!"**

**"'*私たちはあなたの使命について知っています。 私たちはあなたの夢について知っています。 私たちはあなたの存在全体を知っています。"***
**"We know about your mission. We know about your dreams. We know about your entire being."**

**"But how?!"**

**“We've been studying you for our upcoming game. We know about your future wish to be represented in Super Smash Brothers."**

**“Tell me, Corvo, is this what you truly want?”**

This question confounded him. How could it not be? Had this not been what he fought for all along?

**“You have worked hard and have overcome many hardships in order to reach us here. Tell us, do you wish to appear before everyone as you are right now? What if we told you, you could take on your true identity?”**

A feeling he had not felt in a long time began to well up inside him. “ Could it be?”  he thought to himself. “Do they really have that kind of power?”

**“私たちはそれを実現させることができます”**
**“We can make it happen”**

He was conflicted, but the urge was too strong. Deep within his heart, he had already made his decision. He could no longer hide his true self.

**“Which one will it be, Corvo? The final decision is up to you.”**
And let it be known, that from that day forward, Fox was a staple character in the Super Smash Brothers(tm) series.