Back in the Mushroom Kingdom, present time, Toadsworth had fainted in total horror. (Course Elvin telling him that there was a 99.99999% chance that the princess would return safely didn't help matters much.)

Mario commented, "You know, I happen to be with Toadsworth on this one."

Violet crossed her arms in a huff and asked, annoyed, "Hey, you saying that girls don't know how to get things done?"

Mario shook his head as he answered, "No, it's not that. I'm just worried about her, that's all."

Luigi stated, "I am too but I decided to put faith in her. You should too, Malleo."

Mario sighed in worry as he replied, "I'll try, Weegie."

Violet placed her hand on Luigi's shoulder and told him, "I'll get Toadsworth's Refreshroom. You stay here and calm the other worry wart."

Luigi teased, "Why, Malleo's just gonna faint anyhow."

Mario shot Luigi a look, whom just laughed nervously. Violet giggled, headed towards Toadsworth's room. She went into his room, taking the Refreshroom down from the nightstand. It was there that she saw a small book of baby photos. She took a small peek, seeing that Toadsworth was a terrible photographer. It was a picture of Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Baby Princess Peach, and another baby that was covered by a finger. She couldn't help but giggle, taking the picture and placing it into her pocket. Maybe she could get a giggle or two out of Luigi. She returned, seeing that the Toads put Toadsworth up on to a bed.

Mario walked over to her and stated, "He's got shroomshock."

Violet sighed as she replied, "That's no surprise."

Luigi joined them and added, "The Toads said that this hasn't happened in a very long time. Not since an incident of some kind, way back in the past."

Violet merely nodded, giving the Toads the Refreshshroom. Toadsworth got up in a flash, in a better state. All of the sudden, the castle started to shake. Everyone looked up, seeing that the time machine had returned. It was banged up but it had made the trip. Elvin walked over to it, really pleased.

He stated, "Well, take a gander at that! The time machine has returned!" He paused, noting the condition it was in. He added, "Although, something is amiss. What could've happened?"

Luigi helped Toadsworth over to the time machine. The old toad was about to welcome Peach back when all of the sudden, a fat green alien came out of it. Luigi started to freak out, Violet ran over, pushing them out of the way. Mario jumped over, starting to fight the green fat alien. Once he defeated the alien, Luigi got to his feet with Violet and Toadsworth.

She asked, "You two okay?"

Luigi answered, "Yeah, I'm good."

Toadsworth added, "As am I, Violet."

Mario checked inside of the time machine as Elvin went over to the alien. Mario looked all around the time machine, seeing some destroyed notes. He picked them up, reading them quietly. It was in Peach's handwriting.

She wrote, "The time machine has been finished. I'm all excited. Finally, we'll have the answers to what happened to the most important person in our family..."

Mario grumbled, seeing the end of it was destroyed. He headed out of the time machine, looking at his friends.

He reported, "She's not in there."

Elvin pulled out his DS and reported, "She's still in the past."

Luigi looked at the alien and questioned, "And this thing plugs into this how?"

Elvin answered, "Not sure my boy..."

A Toad rushed in and shouted, "Guys, come quick! A weird hole just appeared in the garden!"

"What?!" Everyone shouted, headed outside.

When they all got outside, they saw a swirling yellow and pink hole in the garden.

Elvin looked at it and declared, "Just like I suspected, it's a time hole. A direct path to the past. It appeared because of the time machine."

Violet, Luigi, and Mario all walked over to it. While Violet and Mario stood to the side, Luigi was looking deep into it, curious. Just when Elvin was going to nag his young apprentice, Luigi slipped, right into the time hole. Luigi goes back in time, making Violet and Mario going after him.

Meanwhile, in the coliseums of Rome, Crash had just arrived. He had gotten all five power crystals, gaining access to battle against Tiny. As Cortex was sitting in the stands, tiny came stomping down from where he stood.

He shouted, "Tiny will squish you!"

Crash took a stance as he threatened, "I'd like to see you try."

Tiny started to stopped on the ground, trying to take down Crash. Crash quickly dodged all of Tiny's power jumps, staying two steps ahead of him. Crash cartwheeled backwards, spinning right into Tiny. He went down in a huff. Tiny got back up three seconds later, jumping away from Crash. That's when wild lions came after Crash.

Tiny yelled, "Tiny wants you gone!"

Crash yelped, "Not happening, I don't wanna be lunch for lions!"

With that, Crash ran away from the lions as fast as he could. This went on for a few rounds but Crash was finally able to defeat Tiny. Tiny was on the ground, down and out. The crowd cheered, making Crash do his victory dance. Cortex looked annoyed by this. Crash finished his dance, looking directly into Cortex's eyes. The mutated bandicoot knew Cortex differently. As the bad guy left, Crash felt the wind going through his fur uneasily. He looked over at the defeated Tiny. Tiny said nothing to him but even he could tell that Crash was struggling.

Tiny barely got to his feet as he stated, "Tiny gives you a warning." Crash turned to him, raising an eyebrow. He added, "Tiny thinks Uka-Uka will call in aliens to defeat you."

Crash perked up and asked, "Aliens, are you being legit here?"

Tiny nodded as he answered, "Tiny is being legit."

Crash was in deep thought about that as he headed back to the time twister. When he got there, Coco was on her laptop.

He asked, "Did you get that, sis?"

Coco stated, "Yeah and I'm doing the checking now on any aliens that could be in this galaxy."

Aku-Aku added, "You may want to check the past too, since Cortex's new partner is a master of time."

Coco replied, "I'm making sure of that too."

Crash thought, 'Neo, what are you going to do, you have to get out of there... Please get out. Please.'

In the Cortex Lab, Cortex was looking up the same thing. Though, he was doing some of it privately. He didn't want anyone to find out what he was up to. He was worried what kind of aliens that they could have been teaming up with. There were multiple aliens out there though, which ones would be coming to this galaxy? After awhile, he saw something. A different type of alien. They were called the Shroobs.

He breathed, "Shroobs...that's possible? They weren't always a creepy alien race...?"

That's when Cortex sent a link to Crash's email, being very quiet about it. He made sure that his email wasn't traceable, since he was evil and his best friend was good. He shut down his laptop, being quiet as he headed back to see the others.

Wishmaker1028: Planning to have these two worlds collide soon. Hope you guys are enjoying this! Please read and review! And always think outside of the box!