"Welcome", said Eggman to Bowser as he ushered him im. "This is the Lair".
Bowser stomped in ,looking around umimpressed. "Fantastic" he said sarcastically.
"Where do we sleep?"
"Oh, upstairs", Eggman said warmly. "You will have 24 hour service from my robots".
"NOW THATS MORE LIKE IT!!!"
Koopa ran in with Maple in joy "Dad, I wanna take Maple trick or treating! Can I , Puh-leaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssseeeeee?"
"Go on! There's no one stopping you!"Bowser chuckled. "Just have her back by sunrise!"
"thanx, Dad!" He turns to Maple.
"Baby, I got you a nice Halloween wedding dress..."
"A wedding dress? "she gasped. "Thank you so very much!"
"Come on!" he said, pulling her out the door . Bowser smiled. :
"The boy is really hooked on her... And she needs it .. what with those sudden events. Koopa and Maple have been dating for 2 1/2 years, but 1 year ago her parents accidentally fell in some lava. Koopa didnt want her to go, so I let her live with us. Plus she has the great talent in medicine, so shes our royal nurse. (sigh) She's like my own kid, really..."
"But why let her live with you?" Eggman asked.
"Koopa would have been heartbroken if we didnt.... I know how it feels..."
He cleared his throat when he saw Eggman's gleam in his eye. "Enough of that. Plan 2?"
Eggman stared at him for a while.
"..Ivo? Plan 2?"
He cleared his throat. " Well, the plan was when everybody got settled in ,happy and used to this THEN we shall start our Emerald Search."
"I like it. It gives me time to explore the surrounding lands and see what we're up against in this.. Sonic Team."
Eggman heaved a relieved sigh.
"But tell me..."began Bowser, interested. "Why do you need my help to get these so called Chaos Emeralds?"
He grinned."I was hoping you would ask that! For you see, both Chaos Emeralds and Mushroom Power have great strength alone, but together its even grander."
"Yeah..."
"Well, when Mushroom Power collides with Chaos Emeralds, it produces a negative force so powerful it really brings out the VERY EVIL side of us that only WE can control together. "
"Really? Thats highly interesting...." said Bowser, a red gleam in his eye.
In the Koopa X Maple Room. .
"Oh Koopa! It's beautiful!" Maple beamed as she stepped into the room with a white satin veiled wedding dress with a cute pink bow on her head. "It must have cost you a lot of money!"
He blushed. "Yeah, a couple of thousand, but still not too much." He wore a black tux with a white bow tie.
A grey robot wheeled into the room.
"Hello, Prince! Just informing you that there is a party to be held at a warehouse tonight right after trick-or-treating. It ends at 3 a.m."
"Thank you..robot..."Koopa turned to Maple."Howzabout it? Party after candy?"
"Sure why not?"
She went towards the door, but Koopa blocked it.
"No! We shall use the zipline!"
He grabbed her and leaped out the door, holding onto a giant lever that zipped them down safely.
"That was fun!"
"Yeah!", he laughed. He pointed down the hill where thousands of homes had their porches lit.
"ATTACK!!!"
She laughed as he grabbed her once more and ran down the hill.
At the SonRush home...
Sonic gently escorted Rush down the stairs. She wore a black satin dress with a jade brooch.
"Come, my bride", he said in his best Dracula voice. "Together we shall feast on blood and rule the night!!"
"Oh Dracula!", she giggled, "I shall join you on this epic quest of yours!"
"Excellent..."
"HEY YOU TWO!!" Bebe called from the door. She was dressed up as a pop star. "CUT THE FLIRTY CRAP UNTIL AFTER THE CANDY!!!"
Sonic stared, annoyed. "Bebe, you're ruining the mood here..."
"Good! Listen, Fangy and Booberella, I want candy, so let's hustle!!"
Sonic and Rush ran outside and followed Bebe up the path.
In the Woods...
Mario was on the branch of an oak tree, sighing as the breeze blew through his hair.
"Boy, I gotta admit, it sure is nice to be away from home.."
"Yo! One-Up!" called Bebe from 50 feet below with Sonic and Rush right behind her.
" If you wanna get some candy , get your Mushy-Room self down!"
Mario leaped from the tree in a swirling fury, landing comfortably next to them.
"Show off.. "Bebe scoffed.
"Betchya wish you could do that, huh?"
"NO!..no..maybe.. yes..HELL YES!"
"Maybe I'll teach ya it tomarrow."
"Thanx!"
"C'mon, guys, stop hatin each other.." Sonic taunted.."Or are you cheatin' on Peach?"
"NO!!!",Mario said, running beside him.
"Come on! We gotta get Knuckles, Sandy, Luigi and Amy!"
"True dat!" ,said Bebe, hi-fiving him.
At the KnuxAndy home...
Knux and Sandy were already waiting for them when the arrived, both wearing angel wings and bronzed halos wired to the back of white headbands.
"Dudes! Nice costumes!", Sonic said, grinning.
"Well, see, he's just soo cute as an angel", Sandy, said, snuggling close to him.
He blushed wildly, a goofy smile on his face.
"Have you picked up Luigi and Amy yet?"
"No that's what we're gonna do now. ", said Rush, continuing their journey up the path.
Sandy smiled."I can't wait to see thier costumes. How long is it until we get there?"
"Oh, just a little bit longer.."
"But Candy.." moaned Bebe.
" You'll survive", said Mario.
Rush smiled. Was she the only one who felt a thing going on between Luigi and Amy?
Well, I guess we'll find out soon...