Hiding in my Skin, Broken from Within

Chapter 12: Tell Me What To Do

This takes place around the same time frame as the previous chapter. This one is entirely Falcon centric, though it'll prolly be shorter than the previous one. After this, it's back to your regularly scheduled standard format until they reunite. Next chapter will have a ton of surprises...

Title is based off a non-English song again, this time a Korean one (dun dun duuuunnn). Based on Tell Me What To Do by SHINee. (RIP Jonghyun... I'm not much of a K-pop fan but when he died, I decided to search a random song to listen to out of tribute. This one was just perfect... the feels ;-; the lyrics are also perfect here)

and there's a couple more cameos, but since they're third party, I have to put them in this disclaimer in the start (even though one already exists as a Spirit in Ultimate). I've seen people include their own dream third party picks in their fics, so I may include cameos from some of mine.

Without further ado: KOS-MOS, Xenosaga © Bandai Namco; Shantae © WayForward.

Hiding in my Skin, Broken from Within

Chapter 12 - Tell Me What To Do

"Captain..."

Captain Falcon found himself standing on some cliffs overlooking the ocean as the sunset dyed the skies dusky hues of orange and pink. Standing a distance to him to the left was Lucina, looking at the ground in a dejected manner, her eyes barely visible beneath her bangs. Standing a distance behind them both were everyone else - Mario, Link, Kirby, Samus, Zelda, Shulk, several other familiar faces, and a few the Captain didn't recognize. Interestingly enough, Snake was there too, as were Young Link and the Ice Climbers.

"Lucina..." Falcon murmured, turning to his former training partner. "What's going on?"

"It's hopeless..." Were the only words that came out of the Ylissean's lips, her voice sounding devoid of all hope.

"What is...?" The Captain questioned, his voice sounding somewhat forlorn. It was in times like this he felt he didn't know her. He always knew her as a determined soul who never let anything discourage her, not even seeing her father defeated when they first fought. So, whenever he saw her so despondent, like back at the hospital, or when she was in Black Shadow's grasp... the sight of her feeling like she had given up on almost everything, somehow made his own soul ache too.

Looking up, Lucina told him, her smile bittersweet and sorrowful, her eyes bearing a sad but desperate look, "Everything...it's over. There's nothing either you or I can do now..."

"What are you...?" Before he could finish his sentence, Captain Falcon noticed a flash of light to his left. Looking in that direction, he saw everyone trying to either run or fight against powerful homing beams of light, ultimately failing and turning into dust.

"No matter how hard you or I try," Lucina began as the chaos unfolded before their eyes, "We just can't save anyone. This is the cruel hand fate has dealt us. It was over before it began...sometimes it's pointless to go against what destiny has planned. It's what I've learned."

"Lucina..."

Turning to him, Lucina continued with a frown, "Captain Falcon... before it all ends, I just want to say...that I'm sorry. For everything."

Turning to her, the Captain tried to console her, "There's nothing to apologize for..."

"Please," Lucina pleaded, tears streaming from her face. "I need you to accept my apology... I don't want to leave this world with any regrets."