Hey everybody, it's me, The Goon. Sorry about the long wait. Chapter 7 is now up for your enjoyment.
Disclaimer: I do not own any Nintendo or Sega characters, except for a few obvious originals.
P.S: There's a few new characters introduced in this chapter.
Inside the caverns of the island volcano, the group that consisted of Kamek, Bowser Jr, Daisy, King Dedede, Waddle Dee, and Frosty had gone from bright red lava paths to dark, green underground tunnels. They started to notice cave drawings on the wall that would glow in the darkness of the tunnels. Frosty hopped out from Daisy's comforting embrace and waddled to the drawing of the iceberg.
"What's it doing?" asked Bowser Jr.
"How the hell should we know?" asked Kamek.
"I'm looking at these cave drawings," said Frosty.
Everyone jumped back in shock except for Kamek. They had never thought Frosty could speak a word.
"Oh come on," complained Kamek, "We've run into plants and trees, and all other strange things that can talk. Now you're surprised we have a talking penguin?"
"I can only talk because of this energy we are getting closer to," said Frosty, "There is one like it in my home kingdom, but without it, I'm like any other penguin."
"Kingdom?" Bowser Jr. asked.
"Yes," replied Frosty, "I am Prince Alfred Penguin of the Penguin Monarchy."
"What?" they all cried. Now even Kamek was shocked.
"You? A prince?" asked Bowser Jr.
"Yes, a prince," replied Alfred, "And I must say I am most disgusted by how you referred to me within the past few hours."
"Whatever," muttered Bowser Jr.
"So wait," said Daisy, "If you're a prince, does that mean you have special powers of some sorts?"
"Every penguin in the monarchy has a special power," replied Alfred, "Though theirs are cool and more powerful like crumbling mountains or freezing the ocean surface."
"And you?" asked King Dedede.
"I don't know if I feel like sharing that," replied Alfred shamefully.
"You'll be flattened by my hammer if you don't!" cried Dedede, raising his hammer.
"Don't say that!" cried Daisy.
But it was too late. The penguin prince was much smaller than all of them, and had too much to live for to be smashed by a hammer, even if it was wooden, so he responded desperately, "I-I can only manipulate what people say and hear!"
They all stopped. Prince Alfred called this less than ordinary, but they all had a few thoughts of how dangerous that power could really be.
"See?" asked Alfred, "I told you it was lame compared to my predecessors."
"I don't think you realize how useful that ability can really be," said Daisy, "How about you show us?"
"Nah, something that overwhelming would make someone here piss their panties," said King Dedede, referring to Bowser Jr.
"I would not! I don't even wear panties!" cried Bowser Jr.
"That's how it works," said Alfred.
"Huh?" they all gasped.
"You all heard Dedede say 'something that overwhelming will make someone here piss his panties,' but what he really said was, 'That could be a damn useful power,'" explained Alfred.
"Wow!" exclaimed King Dedede, "I didn't even know I said that!"
"That's awesome!" cried Bowser Jr.
"Well I'm glad you guys think that," said Alfred sadly, "Not many on my home islands see it that way. They think I'm wasting my time trying to fill my forefathers' footsteps because I can't do any of the cool stuff they did."
Bowser Jr. had a few thoughts going through his head, and it wasn't about lifting a finger to help save the world again.
"But that is cool," said Daisy.
Waddle Dee nodded in agreement. Alfred felt a little better about his ability now.
"Thanks, now let's move on," he said, now leading the Super Group deeper into the caverns.
They started to notice something peculiar about the drawings on the walls…no matter what event was going on, they always featured small creatures with heads shaped like chocolate kisses.
"Wonder what those things are?" wondered Kamek.
"I believe that is a creature known as a Chao," said Alfred, "And based on what is drawn on these walls, it would appear that there were once many of them on this island."
"What's with the giant butterfly that they're all surrounding?" asked Bowser Jr.
"Maybe it is a god of some sort to them," replied Alfred, "But again, this is just my educated guess."
The Super Group moved deeper into the island.
Meanwhile, Eddie was still hot in pursuit of Metal Sonic, who had taken one of the Ghost Seeds he needed. Fortunately, Eddie found one while on Metal Sonic's track, but that still left six to collect, and he still had to catch Metal Sonic.
"Obviously this thing isn't human," said Eddie to himself, "But I still can't believe how powerful it is!"
He had not seen Metal Sonic's true strength. He only saw his speed. Eddie was making a huge mistake underestimating Metal Sonic. Fortunately, Metal Sonic was picking up even more Ghost Seeds along the way, so Eddie figured that once he caught Metal Sonic, he could just take those Ghost Seeds and easily finish the task.
While Sonic and Shadow easily ran up the volcano walls, Wario and Waluigi struggled and perspired to keep up with them. Even though Wario had big muscles, he still found the challenge of climbing up the volcano walls a bit too difficult.
"This had better be worth the trouble," groaned Wario.
"Just remember, this was your idea," said Waluigi, "If anything goes wrong, you get all the blame!"
"Whoa! What happened to our partnership?" asked Wario, "I thought we had that settled back at Darkkoopa's Battleship? Or was it Dimentio's Fortress?"
"But if you didn't hear about these Chaos Emeralds, we would be back in Mushroom Kingdom thieving from Bandits and other people," said Waluigi, "Whatever these emeralds are, they better be worth a lot."
Inside the volcano, not too far from Prince Albert's group, was the other Super Group that consisted of Ness, Lucas, Samus Aran, and Bowser. They had been making decent progress when suddenly, Bowser cried out in pain.
"What?" asked Samus.
"I just stepped on something and it hurt!" whined Bowser.
Lucas and Ness chuckled to themselves, but not quietly enough for Bowser not to hear.
"Quit laughing, you little brats!" shouted Bowser, warming up his fiery breath.
Lucas and Ness started to run away in fear, until Samus got in Bowser's way.
"Do it and I'll make you wish you were never born," said Samus.
There was something about her that made Bowser feel threatened, so he reluctantly backed down and pulled out the Pokeball that had started his complaining in the first place.
"Another one of these things?" asked Bowser.
"Could it be…?" wondered Samus.
She threw the Pokeball up into the air, and when it landed on the ground, the bright light was released and out came Pikachu.
"There you are!" exclaimed Pikachu.
"Pikachu!" squealed Pikachu.
Samus saw Pikachu as a cute pet, which led to her embracing Pikachu and petting his head.
"Let go of him!" cried a voice from down the tunnel.
Everyone turned to see a dark figure throwing something at them.
"Go, Charizard!" the figure cried.
They saw that he had thrown a Pokeball, but this Pokémon wasn't nearly as small or cute as Pikachu. In fact, this one was a tall, orange dragon, who immediately began breathing fire around him, scaring off everyone except Bowser.
"You think you're tough, do you?" asked Bowser, "Well then, lemme show you real power! Introducing the King of the Koopas!"
Charizard created a huge boulder and threw it at Bowser, who simply tossed it aside like it was a candy wrapper. Bowser smacked Charizard on the head into the cavern walls. He got back up, however, but Charizard was almost out of energy already.
"Charizard can't win on his own," realized the Pokémon Trainer watching from the darkness, "Squirtle! Ivysaur! Help him out!"
Two more Pokeballs were thrown into the brawl, and this time, two came out. One was a small blue turtle, obviously Squirtle, who could almost resemble a Koopa, minus his curved tail. The other was slightly bigger with a plant on his head. The vines could be used as tentacles on an octopus. This was Ivysaur.
"Squirtle! Squirtle!"
Bowser could easily knock Squirtle out of the way, but Lucas saw Ivysaur sneaking up behind. It was a diversion!
"PK Fire!" cried Lucas.
Ivysaur was blown back by the attack, and more chaos would have ensued, but Pikachu ran towards the Pokémon Trainer.
"Pika!" cried Pikachu.
"Pikachu!" he exclaimed, hugging Pikachu.
"Huh?" wondered Bowser.
"They're friends?" asked Samus.
"Do we know you?" asked Ness.
"I doubt it," replied the Pokémon Trainer, "Otherwise I would have known you. You wouldn't happen to be other trainers, are you?"
"Trainers?" asked Lucas, "No, um…"
"Ash," said Ash.
"Right, Ash, what are trainers anyway?" asked Lucas.
"We collect Pokémon and train them for tournaments and battles," replied Ash, "I need six Pokémon to train and take to the top, and Pikachu could have been my fourth!"
"I thought you needed six?" asked Lucas.
"That's why I'm looking for two more," replied Ash, "Three if you're not willing to give me Pikachu back."
"So he was yours from the start?" asked Samus.
"Not really mine, but I found him," replied Ash, "Besides, we like each other…not like that."
"Are you sure?" asked Bowser.
"Yes, I'm sure," replied Ash.
"Tell you what," said Samus, "We'll let you keep Ash…if you come with us."
"Where are you going?" asked Ash.
"Deeper into these caverns, to try and find some way out," replied Samus.
"Done," replied Ash.
With Ash and his three Pokémon, plus Pikachu, whom he just found, the Super Group went deeper into the caverns.
To be continued...
~The Goon~
