Welcome back readers! Happy Late Fourth of July! Yes the timing is not that great as I had to celebrate as well. Still great timing to update this story right?I hope some few things were cleared up. After all, last chapter revealed that Dark Gaia was going to be broke out of planet Mobius again. Does this mean Chip will appear?Will lose his mind and not know who he is again?It depends on the next few chapters and you will not know until then.
To answer your question, Gamehunter. Yes there will be OCs in this as you could tell from the chapters so far. I will remind that some of these OCs are bystanders and may or not help out the characters.
Anyway, You would be surprised on who is going to likely be in the chapter and the next as I left a hint. Since the canon isn't well explained, I thought I might as well try to take it slow. Enjoy the Chapter and explain what do you think about it.
Chapter Three: The Start Of The War
April 8, 2018
Somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean
11:00AM
Pack made preparations to prepare for what was coming. He checked the time that was present and currently it was showing 11:00AM exactly. Colonel Orwell had briefed everyone about what they were about to do in relation to figuring out the mystery behind this hurricane. This thing couldn't be picked up by radar so it being strange was obviously seen. Out of the hundred and eighty men in the Breaknecks, only a hundred and thirty were agreeing to go. Those who were not going were wounded or have chosen not to go as it was their choice. Patterson, Finn, and Pack were onboard Echo Leader with Orwell so Pack could talk more about the operation.
"Captain Canton is putting everything at risk here to find that scientist, same plan as before...kill or capture."
"What else did he say?"
"What the Captain theorize was that this hurricane was the negative output of that machine that we found. If this leads to where that scientist went, we could be in a video game dimension of something like that."Orwell looked at it Pack was losing his mind. The dimensional universe thing was only science fiction that was being written in books and all that. If this was something like that then what were the consequences. Will they be trapped in that universe after the hurricane disappears?How long would it stay open?Orwell put the microphone up and began speaking.
"Alright team, form up after your airborne and stay close."One by one, the helicopters began rising into the air then formed into formation. Everyone was not sure what to expect since hurricanes had violent wind changes. They could crash and would have to face monstrous waves until they drowned.
"Everyone close your doors and hold on, this could get bumpy."
"Copy Echo One."
With the first few seconds of entering the cloud, each of the helicopters was hit with a violent gust of wind. The sudden gust almost made several of the helicopters nearly collide."Geez!This is crazy!What is wrong with us!"
"Easy...Team, we been through more then this, just keep your machine stable."
The helicopters continued into the storm and into the unknown. The shifting winds and keeping an eye out were things to contend to. If there was an indication of their passing, it was the instruments. Nearly all of them were going haywire, from the compass to the altitude indicator. As it was just by a miracle, the clouds ended and revealed clear sunlight. Up ahead of them, everyone could see land. The doors were opened and some soldiers looked out to take a gaze. From the front glass of their helicopter, the leaders began to take in the shape of the land. Even Orwell took off his shades to get a view of it. The land went into the horizon which meant it was a hundred miles of more.
"Ahahahaha!We made it!"
"Everyone make it through alright?"
"Echo Nine here, all systems green."
"Systems check?"
"Hey, The GPS is out...anyone else getting this?"
"Copy Twelve, we're getting a negative on GPS as well."The pilot flying leader checked the instruments to make sure anything else wasn't in working order."Heading and Airspeed Indicator is back to normal though."
"Well Orwell, Think we should continue?"
The Global Positioning System was what told anyone where they were exactly in the world, well their world at least. The GPS was expected to go dark as this Video Game World didn't have anything orbiting in space. They would need to relay on the inhabitants on this land, if they are friendly that is.
"We're already here, we made that decision once we entered that hurricane. We should keep heading further inland."
The helicopters could fly for three hours max so they would need to find a place to refuel with the extra cans of fuel they had brought along. Orwell had decided to not split the group up as it would create something negative.
For the next hour and a half or so they kept their heading, having a few conversations to pass the time. So far they didn't encounter a town of something like that. It was only forest areas and mountain ranges so far as the Heading Indicator had them pointing south. How far did this land go?They had no idea. It wasn't long until one of the pilots had issued that he was low on fuel. Nearly everyone was low on fuel as well so they had to look for a place to land.
"See any place to land?"
"Negative, It's mountainous terrain."
"Hey, I think we could land in that field down there."Patterson pointed towards a clear patch of valley between the terrain.
"Alright team, follow us in and watch your rotor clearance."
The Breaknecks began to fan out and secure the surrounding area to make sure it was safe. Until the helicopters powered down, the sound would draw attention. They were going to be there a while as unloading and refueling would take almost half an hour or more to manually complete. Orwell had chosen to go ahead to scout and wanted anyone not going to get out. Patterson and Finn were the first ones out as they had been sitting all this time.
"Alright, keep yourselves situated until then."
Orwell made the gesture to the pilot to lift back off and continue heading south. Up to a minute or so, the mountain range ended and revealed flat land on the other side. This was mostly a mixed breeding as they didn't have to risk crashing.
Strangely the radar began tracking something once the helicopter had cleared the mountains. It was a multiple blimps that sounded big and slow. Rules are that it was something that had to do with this land, a flying machine. They wanted to investigate it but their fuel didn't permit that. Pack and Orwell began to discuss what they were going to do for the long run.
"Since we don't have the fuel to scout, We're going to drop you off so you could scout ahead on foot and try to make contact with the residents, try to determine if they are good or bad."
"What do you suppose if I do get into a bad situation?"
"Your going to be on your own until we get out of that mountain range, once we start calling."
Orwell had finished and was able to give his attention out the side door."Look at that."The marine was looking at something in the distance, there were blue and pink silos like hills all over the place. There was also something strange about the landscape, from what he could tell there were giant mushrooms. He couldn't tell the color due to the sun's glare.
"Those look awfully familiar for some reason."He began to listen to Orwell again."Pack, what do you think we should land?"
"Anywhere I guess."
The helicopter descended and went into a hover to land."Alright, this is as far as we could go, we risk further going inland and we'll be out of fuel without any help."
"We have no idea what could be waiting for us out there."
He watched as the Huey climbed away and turned to the north to hear back. Once he couldn't hear the chop chop of the blades, he began to move out. Depending on where he should go, he could start down a dirt path. The sound of leaves crunching under his feet was the only sound he could hear apart from the slight gust of wind blowing through. He walked and tracked how far he went, up to a few miles of walking that is. He continued down the dirt path as it entered a thick cover of trees and the next that happened was unexpected.
He heard the faint sound of something hitting the ground, sounding hard. Someone was in trouble and his training had involved something like this. He clicked his M16 off safety and began moving towards where the sound came from. After moving further in, he gazed carefully upon the surroundings for anything out of the normal. The thought of him being jumped by some strange creature haunted him, nothing could go worse as he was alone.
He checked around again and thought he saw something gleam out of the open, he instantly looked back and caught red out the corner of his eye. The gleam was being caused by gold due to the yellowish color. The leaves rustled as he took a step into the unknown. As he moved in closer, spotting that the red had belonged to a figure up ahead. He put his gun back on safety and positioned it along his chest. As he got closer, he was silent as he saw something about the figure, taking a few seconds to process what he was seeing. Pack stopped and couldn't help but take the time to pinch himself in the arm to see if it was a dream.
25 Minutes Earlier
If anyone could even recognize the landscape then they would be correct. The blue and pink silo shaped hills told that this was the great and peaceful Mushroom Kingdom. And where there was a kingdom, there had to be a hero protecting it. That hero was the great Super Mario. With a countless number of adventures and rescuing princess taking their toll, even the hero needed some rest.
Not far from the castle of Princess Peach and Toad Town. Mario relaxed peacefully, resting on his back looking at the sky. Everything was normal as usual just like the old times. After all,it was not easy traveling around the world in pursuit of saving the one you love."Hey Mario!"He heard someone call to him and looked up and saw two hat like figures floating above him."Ah...yeah!"Mario waved his hand to acknowledge the two. Those two figures were Cappy and Tiara, the two Bonneters that he befriended just a few weeks ago. Bowser had again tried to kidnap Peach so he could force her to marry him. He was knocked off the ship in the end but thankfully he met Cappy who was also trying to rescue Tiara, whom was being forced to play part.
Because his original hat was ripped to shreds, Cappy had now taken and occupied it's place ever since. Within the following weeks, the two had held a bond. Something that wouldn't break until the end of time. He made a smile at Cappy before he closed his eyes to go back to relaxing.
With that Cappy turned back to Tiara to lead her around to explore the rest of the Mushroom Kingdom. The adventure between them didn't come without a few bad eggs. Bowser had ruined his moment at proposing to Peach on the moon and he sort of overreacted, joining along to shove flowers infront of her face. He was still upset a little by Peach's decision on the moon but he understood. Since that day, he has been trying to wait it out until the right moment to propose to her again. Just as he was about to settle down, the toads around him begin to sound alert."Hey!What's that?"
Mario opened one eye and saw one of the toads pointing towards the sky. He jumped up surprised, walking beside the toads while raising his hand to block out the sunlight to get a better view. From what he could make out, it looked like a bullet bill. Mario reacted quickly as he figured out where it was going to hit, it was going for the Odyssey."Ohh Noo!"
While this was going on, Cappy and Tiara was hovering west. They were going to see the rest of the Mushroom Kingdom, well not all of it.
Some toads from the Mushroom Kingdom Weather Service had put out the notice that a thunderstorm had formed north of the kingdom and has already made landfall so they weren't able to explore that part of the Mushroom Kingdom and since the kingdom was fairly large like the Cap Kingdom.
There were famous places like Acorn Plains and Rogueport but there were countless more they could explore. Mario and Peach had warned them of how dangerous it was out there but they felt that they would be able to take care of themselves.
"You ready Sis?"
"I am ready, Big Brother. "
All of sudden, a boom made them turn around and see wooden ships coming from the east. Those ships were already recognized, it was Bowser.
"Doesn't he ever give up?"Cappy had hoped that nothing would interrupt this planned adventure with his sister but that this right now?It doesn't matter anymore, the adventure could wait a little longer. Cappy turned towards his sister for his attention.
"Tiara, I want you to go stay with Peach and warm her of this."
"But... "
Cappy sped away back to where Mario was, leaving Tiara alone. She loved her big brother, the only one she could. She didn't want to see him get hurt but seeing how he made it through with Mario, he was right.
"Just be careful..."
Mario made a dash for the bullet bill, he was able to jump up and knock it off course. He landed on a toad house as the bullet bill reversed and tried to go for him now. He reached over his head only to remember that Cappy was with his sister. Cappy was the only one that could help him take control of others. He barely was able to dodge the bullet bill just as it sped past, exploding as it hit a brick wall.
The hero landed back on top of the house, looking for more trouble coming his way.
"Hey!Mario!"
"Uh!"The hero saw Cappy hurriedly floating towards him, hovering over him before placing himself on Mario's head."I am ready to go!"
"Oh yeah!"Their attention towards towards the castle as there was a loud whizzing coming from that direction. Mario looked towards the noise, he quickly spotted a fleet of flying ships that were all too familiar. They were hovering towards Princess Peach's Castle. No doubt, it was Bowser alright. He had came back in just a short time which was no surprise, it had only been a few weeks since Bowser was left on the moon. There was no question how he managed to get off in the first place, the answer was right infront of him. Some of the Royal Guards were already putting up resistance as the first wave of Koopa Troops jumped from their ships.
The Royal Guards included Toads, Hammer Bros, Koopa Troopas and even Goombas who were taking the job of defending the Castle of Princess Peach. Going back, there were several group of minions that had taken up resistance against Bowser, partly due to them not supporting his actions or tired of the attempts. Some of these included several Hammer Bros, Koopa Troopas, Goombas, and even Lakitus. All of them did this with reason, they didn't have anger towards Mario or the Mushroom Kingdom. They only wanted to stop the meaningless sacrifices that they had to endure against Mario and his friends. Several of these former enemies moved to the Mushroom Kingdom to enjoy a bit of peace, some of them were lucky enough to not get stomped on or had missed the action all together. It took a while for them to settle in due to the toads being fearful of informers who would report back to the monster every day and hour. A Koopa did have some advantages when placed in the right place, aside from the ability to hide in shells.
There were also some who were taught about how life was in Bowser's army, one of these was a Koopa named Conlan. He was one of the new ones in the Royal Guard. He was told apart because he would always wear a blue bandana.
His father was a former minion who used to work within the walls of Bowser's castle, defending the hot and dark place. His father took the risk of joining the resistance and ran into the Mushroom Kingdom. To put it short, the knowledge his father had made him grateful to call this place his home. His mother was born here as well where she was taught a different method of beliefs. And until his father came along, she had no knowledge of what kind of life a Koopa Troopa lived under Bowser's rule. Once his father revealed of his life, it was where the talking began. She would help him get use to the new life while he continued to talk about how many close encounters he had with Mario. Eventually this talking became love and led up to him.
He was able to make some childhood friends during this time and get along. His childhood friends were named Hammy, Kobuto, Kobuti, Kobi, and Kolbie.
Hammy as you could guess was a Hammer Bro, guess you could call him the strongest one in the group. Kobuto, Kobuti, Kobi and Kolbie were Koopa Troopas. Like Conlan, they wore bandanas with mix of colors. Not much could be said about all of them but take it that they all had a similar story to Conlan.
All of them call themselves the Scoring Six as a trait name to their football team and it stuck ever since. They had joined the Royal Guard nearly a week ago and were serving alongside one another to help defend their Kingdom. Well nearly all of them, as Kolbie had left the group early for some reason and decided to become a nurse instead, working in another part of the Mushroom Kingdom.
So who would the leaders of the Royal Guard be?Well that would be the Toad Brigade. The Toad Brigade which included Hint Toad, Sleepy Toad, Bank Toad, Mail Toad and Archivist Toadette were led by Captain Toad. The Scoring Six had respect for the Toad Brigade as they heard of the adventures with Mario.
Toadette was put as their leader and was able to get along quick due to her upbeat personality. So what was the Scoring Six doing today?Guarding Toad Town. Toad Town was moderate based on size, split into sections. The last kidnapping didn't involve Toad Town but there was no guarantee that it won't be left alone. They did want to become the guards that roamed inside of Peach's Castle but Toad Town was close enough.
Toadette was sprinting through the town, warning everyone of the upcoming attack. She was also rallying every guard she could find while heading for the town's library. The Scoring Six was on break as she came into the building."Everyone! Bowser is attacking! Meet me outside as soon as you can!"
In an instant, All the guards got out of their seats and began readying. They could see the ships hovering on the eastern side of the town with all types of minions jumping down. It wasn't long until the east gate was brought down by Bob-Bombs, announcing the arrival of Bowser's army.
Koopa Troopas and Goombas were marching down from the eastern side, coming to harm the inhabitants. What the defenders had noticed was how the minions were all lined in rows which made them easy targets.
The defending Troopas hid in their shells and made their friends launch them towards the lined up minions. The results was exciting as the minions couldn't get out of the way in time and were hit. Conlan was one of the ones launched towards the Minions and sprouted from his shell to began fighting the minions.
"Conlan, Watch out!"The Troopa turned alerted as there was a Goomba running towards him.
Conlan got ready then kicked the Goomba as hard as he could and made it fly into the air with a poof. He then hid in his shell and was set into a spin to knock more Goombas off their feet. During this, Toadette was pulling up anything she could and throwing it towards the battlefield, aiming carefully to not hit the friendly Troopas.
Some of the defenders went down due to the sheer numbers of minions yet they were unorganized. The Scoring Six continued to use spin attacks and coordinating with the Toads as they used their shields and spears to fight. This seemed to have gone on for a while until the Scoring Six looked around and found the minions of Bowser was sent running back in the direction they were marching from by the defenders of Toad Town. A older Troopa from the center of town was heard yelling."Yeah! Stay out of our town! You minions!"
He chuckled a little bit as it was ironic because some of the older koopas were originally minions themselves, it might have been a change in attitude. There was however one more enemy coming down the main path, it was a giant Hammer Bro. How did it get that big was to anyone's guess. It was slowly coming towards them and it must be stopped but they didn't have anymore bob-bombs to throw. Some of the defending Hammer Bros tried throwing their hammers but had no effect. Shell attacks was considered but would have no effect as well."We can use this."
Conlan's friends had brought forward a cannon and aimed it towards the giant Koopa. Kobuto and Kobi pulled the string but nothing happened.
"Guys! The cannon is jammed!"
The cannonball was lodged in tight so removing it was hopeless, the four could only think about hiring in their shells as The Hammer Bro turned it's attention towards them.
The four then heard a shot and the giant Hammer Bro fell back in suprise, passing out from shock. The four koopa troops seen that to their right was a Toad armed with the weapon, it had worked.
This weapon was developed prior to the last kidnapping of Princess Peach. Because some of the Royal Guard were getting tired of how easy it was for Peach to be kidnapped, they took it upon themselves to improve the weapons they had. This included building better cannons, shields, spears, etc. This however wasn't enough so with the knowledge of Princess Peach, set out to build a rifle. Their first ever bolt action rifle, purely by the Mushroom Kingdom. It's design was simple, having an appearance as the Lee Enfield. The bullet small in size but able to penetrate the shell of a Hammer Bro. It was nerve racking to get use to and it took long to make. Some still preferred to use spears and shields but it didn't matter at the moment. Toad Town was safe for now as it wasn't being attacked anymore.
Back at the Castle, Captain Toad pointed out towards the Toads and Koopa Troops where the cannons should be aimed and fired. The rest of the Toad Brigade was throwing just about anything that was heavy down to the minions below.
During this, Peach and Tiara was on the top roof of her castle trying to get a better view of the battle. Tiara was able to find Peach and warn her about Bowser. Closely besides her were two Hammer Bros, these two so far had shown themselves during training and were personally chosen by Peach. They were doing better then those two toad that she had to dismiss when Bowser attacked last time.
"Princess! We must leave, it's not safe at the moment."Perhaps they were doing too well. Peach ordered the guard to quiet down and began to speak.
"I am not leaving here until I know for sure that Mario will come."
"Your safety is more important, Princess...but if that is what you want then we'll protect you until the end."
As Peach and Tiara watched, a couple of ships were approaching the castle from the side, firing their cannons towards the defensive positions. Toads screaming as bullet bills sped towards them, hitting the cannons and completely destroying them. The force pushed them off their feet and many of them were having trouble getting up. The Toads and Koopa Troopas couldn't do anything as their weapons were destroyed. There was nothing that could stop Bowser from getting to Princess Peach unless..
The sound of movement made everyone look back and see Mario running past them. Instantly all of them were cheering the hero on as he jumped the castle walls and landed on a ship. Mario along with Cappy shown an angry look as the Koopas had figured out their ship had been boarded.
"Okay Cappy, Get ready."
Mario threw Cappy towards a Hammer Bro and processed it's body. Under his control, he began to throw hammers at the occupants of the ship, destroying the sails as well. Once this was done, Mario unprocessed from the Hammer Bro and jumped to another ship just as the ship began crashing to the ground. Everyone watched as Mario came face to face with Bowser, the two of them staring at each other deep in the eye.
"Well! Well! Well! If it isn't Mario the plumber."
Bowser jumped from the higher post of the ship and down to level with Mario."I see you still have that hat friend of your."
"Leave this Kingdom, You already did enough Bowser!."The Koopa just laughed it out, acting like mario was joking."This is where your game ends."
Mario didn't get what Bowser meant on that part but it didn't matter. Bowser went behind a crate, throwing it open to reveal some strange machine. It began to shoot at the hero forcing him to dodge. It was a rotating device and whatever it was, it shot smaller and faster bullets.
Mario dodged until the machine stopped firing for a period of time. This give Cappy an idea."See that?Try groundpounding on it once it stops firing."
"Okay Cappy."
Bowser laughed as the machine began firing the bullets again. One of the bullets managed to get lucky and hit Mario in the arm, causing him to cry out in pain. He had lost one of his three life bars because of it. He hid behind a metal crate to look. It was a stinging sensation, burning as if he touched lava. This didn't cause him to give up just yet as the machine had stopped firing again. He made a dash, jumping on top of it and groundpounded.
"Yes!"
The machine made a hissing sound then exploded causing a barrel to shoot out. Cappy explained to Mario, seeing the result.
"I see now, if we hit it two more times then it would become damaged enough to be unable to use anymore."
"Mhm."
The machine fired again and before Mario was able to start moving."Ouch!"There was that burning sensation again but this time in his leg, again he cried out in pain. He had lost another of his life bars,his body felt very tired but this didn't stop him. He dashed for the machine, groundpounding on it once again.
"Good Going!"
Bowser reacted as the machine took another hit before hissing then exploding again.
Just as Mario was about to defeat the King Koopa, A strange ship hovered over them and began shooting missiles at Mario. Mario could see some strange man sitting at the controls, pressing wildly. Who was he?He wasn't seen anywhere in the Mushroom Kingdom before. Mario barely managed to avoid the last one and land back on his feet, unfortunately this was the last part to the act.
"Goodbye Mario!"Bowser fired the last cannon from behind Mario, too fast for him to evade entirely.
"Mario!"Peach with Tiara hopelessly watched on as he along with Cappy was thrown off of Bowser's Airship. Both of them were falling towards the ground, it seems that both Peach and Tiara would be forced to go though with the events before with no hope. Both of the her Hammer Bro Guards that were with her, stood in defensive position as Bowser appeared on the edge of his ship looking down at them.
"Princess, if you would kindly come forward and climb onboard, we would be on our way."
Cappy's eyes opened, finding himself upside down laying on dirt."Mhm..."He transformed into his normal self and hovered over Mario to see if he was alright."Mario?"The poor plumber wasn't moving from what he could tell."That impact with the ground must have knocked him out."Cappy said to himself while thinking back to the time he landed in the Cap Kingdom. Hopefully he was not injured from a fall like that. There was time for that later, Peach and Tiara was in trouble. There was no telling what Bowser would do; seeing the adventure that unfolded before, it was likely that he would arrange for a wedding again. He had to wake Mario up before...
"Oh no, somebody is coming!"Cappy heard the sound of leaves crunching along with footsteps, quickly sped and hid under cover as best as he could. By mere seconds after, he saw a strange looking human approaching from behind some trees. The human was holding some kind of rifle with a design that was a lot different from the royal guards.
Cappy took notice as the human stopped and was having the strangest look on his face while pinching himself in the arm.
"What the hell?"Pack couldn't believe his eyes, those overalls and gloves were recognizable. He felt like it was all a dream but it wasn't since he pinched himself earlier, it was THE Super Mario. He may have been a Marine but he had memories of getting to know the hero. Since he was born in 1989, he had a chance of playing Mario Games while growing up. He even had the chance to buy and play the latest one called Super Mario Odyssey while he was on leave. He was driven so deep in the gameplay that he already knew who could have been nearby. The trademark cap was missing, which only meant one thing. He checked around carefully and sure enough he spotted a floating ghost like hat looking back at him in a worried and frightened matter while hiding behind a small bush. Pack concealed his smile as he knew who had that shape and could have been easily startled.
"Hey! Come on out! I know your there...Cappy!"
Cappy was shivering as the human had noticed him but his eyes went wide as his name was called, How could this human know him?Was he from New Donk City?Clearly He didn't look like it, the outfit was different and yet...
Cappy's mind was racing with disorientation, what should he do?Should he reveal himself from the bush?Should he run?Of course,running didn't seem like the best opinion as he promised Mario that he would be by his side whether the case. He hesitated but he rose up from behind the bush and hovered towards the human. There was an odd silence between them until the Bonneter was close enough.
"Sorry for that, I am easily startled when it comes to things that come sudden."
"It's alright..."
Hearing Cappy talk regularly had Pack surprised a little; normally it was short expressions, gibberish lines, and laughs but here he was talking plain English with him. While there was a question about how?That thought could wait later also.
"Mario?"His thoughts were snapped back as Cappy hovered close to the plumber, he asked towards the human."Is he breathing?"
Pack looked down to Mario, checking for a pulse."He is fine, he'll awake soon."Cappy looked over the human, marking the mixture colors of green and dark blue with some kind of flag on the shoulders. He couldn't help but ask that simple question."By the way, how do you know my name?"
Pack swore under his breath as that question was going to be hard to explain. No! It was going to be hard to explain to everyone else, telling them that their existence was known only from a video game series created by Nintendo. Undoubtedly the explaining had to be answered and revealed along with their reactions. He is going to have to tell a lie...towards a character he came to like. Lying was the thing that got anyone to lose trust with another, outright lying to Cappy after meeting him was going to be that spark. There has to be an excuse in order to delay that question.
That excuse came as Mario jumped up to his feet, astonishing the two."Whoa!"
"Mario! Your awake!"
"Mhm..."Cappy turned back into the trademark red cap and plopped back onto Mario's head, the plumber adjusting him properly.
"How did you two end up here in the first place?"
"Ah!Peach!"Mario remembered about earlier and looked around then ran down a path, leading somewhere."Hey!Wait up!"
"Echo Team!Come in, anyone read?"Only static came out of the end of the line making him a little concerned."C'mon!Don't do this to me!"The breakneck had to have been done with refueling by now so he had to call them in because it could get ugly soon.
"Orwell?Patterson?Is anyone receiving this?"
"Copy all, we have you five by five."
"Get settled, I'm gonna need support!Over?"
"Copy, Pack...We're on our way."
Pack thought deeply, if the storm had led them into a video game like dimension then it could mean a big game changer. This could be the next step in learning how rips in time and space formed, for the good and bad.
"Pack, this is Echo One...Radar is lighting up!What the hell is up there?"
"That's what I am going to find out."
As he followed the red cap hero, he saw ships flying around a castle. That was the castle of Princess Peach. He took out his binoculars and checked. Indeed it was Peach's castle along with ships with symbols which he recognized instantly. The symbol of Bowser and...
He checked closer and was taken by awe, it couldn't have been true. There were ships of a different design but that symbol stood out."Eggman from The Sonic Series! Bowser and Eggman working as one! But if Eggman was here then, That means..."
Wait?Where was Sonic and the rest of the crew?Did they not get transported here as well?
Pack couldn't get an answer as this was something new to tend to. While he played Super Mario, he also tried out the Sonic Series as well. Getting up to play the latest one as well. Did Mario know about Sonic the Hedgehog?If he doesn't then they were in trouble. The play style was different, a lot different. How was this going to affect them all?If it is then something has to be done. The castle was in trouble and he had to help. He put away his binoculars and checked the magazine of his M16, founding it full along with seven other magazines in his pockets."Alright, it's show time!"