Super Mario opened his eyes, clueless of the events prior to this. But knowing his routine, he was probably doing sports, racing, partying, anything but actual plumbing and, his main course of action, saving Princess Peach from King Koopa, otherwise known as Bowser. But right now, he was lying in the middle of the street, lights beaming everywhere. He finally mustered the strength to sit up and take a good look at his surroundings. Everywhere, LED screens were beaming and people were walking about, continuing their own lives. "Where-a am I?" he asked himself. This certainly wasn't the Mushroom Kingdom. He finally got up and started walking through the busy street. He was looking around for clues. He was able to spot a sign that said "Times Square" on it. It was certainly very pretty, but Mario needed to know more. So he went on his way.
Mario eventually found his way out of Times Square and into a large park titled "Central Park". It was night time and it looked like the only residents were a few foxes and owls. "I need to know how I got here" Mario said. He tried thinking back to before he came to. He sat down on a bench and got lost in his thoughts. The only thing he could remember is a bunch of weird looking soldiers he was fighting. Then he remembered a giant portal being opened up in the sky and being sucked into it. "That must be the reason. I just need to find that portal". He hopped off the bench and spotted some men in the park. "Hey, do you know about a portal in the sky?." They all looked at him. "A portal in the sky?." It was only when they looked around did Mario see how threatening they were. One had a hoodie on that covered his eyes. Another has beefy arms and a torn jacket. "Yes, we did see one. Follow us". Mario now felt a lot safer, so he followed them.
Going back to the city, they took him to a dark alleyway. "So, where is the portal?" Mario asked. The men started laughing. "Portal in the sky? That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard" one of them said through hysterics. It was at that moment he realised; Mario had been tricked. "Now, where to begin?" said another one of the men, as they started ganging up on him. Mario let out a fireball from his hand and it hit one of the men. "Woah, what is going on? What's up with him?" Mario then took out the F.L.U.U.D and squirted a huge torrent of water at another one. "That's it, I'm leaving you and your silly stories alone" one of the gang members said as they all ran off only to be cornered by the Police.
"Thank you" said the Policeman to Mario. "It was dangerous work you did, but you caught them. Gangs are always going around New York City". Mario scratched his head. "So that's what this place is called; New York City". The Policeman looked at him. "What are you talking about". Mario went on to explain to him the portal in the sky and the weird looking soldiers. "Hmm. Well, it does seem very barbaric. Tell you what, if we see anything, we will tell you". With that, the Policeman got into his car and went off.
Mario eventually found himself by the Hudson River. It was dawn now, making it clear that the incident with the gang had went quicker that he thought. He was still thinking though; how did he get here? Just then, he saw a man in blue. He had a blue helmet, blue clothes and blue boots. Mario went over to him. "Hello. I was wonderin-". Suddenly, the man threw a metal blade at him. Mario dodged quickly. "Hey, what's the big idea?" He looked at Mario. "I knew you would find me". Mario had no choice but to fight. "Who are you?" he asked. "Don't you play funny with me, my name is Megaman, and I you are trying to hunt me. It won't work". Mario got ready.
The two rushed towards each other. Mario shot a fireball but Megaman took it. He then grabbed Mario and threw him onto the ground. Mario jumped onto Megaman and Megaman threw some more metal blades at him. Mario got him by them. Megaman fired a charge shot which Mario dodged by jumping. Mario fired the F.L.U.U.D at him, pushing him back. Mario rushed towards him but Megaman shot some flames into the ground, incinerating Mario. Mario rushed towards him once again and Mario did a huge uppercut of Megaman, knocking him into the Hudson River. At that point, a huge crowd was watching, cheering.
Just then, the same Policeman came up to see the commotion. "Ah, you again". The crowd started shouting. "He threw a fireball and he threw metal blades!" The Policeman stared at the crowd. "What is this nonsense?" he asked. Mario looked down at the river and saw that Megaman had washed up. He was now a trophy. Mario went down and revived him. "Well, if you can do all that, then a portal in the sky sounds pretty normal. OK, I will talk to others about it". He then went off and the crowd died down. Morning was started to break and the sun could be seen through the Brooklyn Bridge. "Sorry about that. I am being hunted and I can't trust anyone". Mario scratched his chin. "Did they look like weird soldiers?" he asked. Megaman nodded his head. "They might be after me to" Mario exclaimed. "I think we should join up. We may find out more about this incident". Megaman nodded. "We'll stay here for a bit to. There may be more things we can learn about". So as the sun rose, Megaman and Mario knew that teaming up should help them find out why they came here and why Megaman, and possibly Mario, is being hunted.