1. Mario 2. Luigi 3. Yoshi 4. Peach 5. Daisy 6. Toad 7. Birdo 8. Hammer Bro 9. Wario 10. Dry Bones 11. Kirby 12. Tuff 13. King Dedede 14. Metaknight 15. Fox 16. Falco 17. Krystal 18. Waluigi 19. Zelda 20. Link

Tuff set Tiff down, sniffed, and turned to Mario. Mario put his hand on Tuff's shoulder and said, "Let's leave."

Tuff nodded, but Falco broke the silence by saying, "Holy shit."

Fox groaned and punched Falco in the shoulder. "There's a kid here, don't swear." but the look on Falco's face told him that he wasn't listening, or even felt the punch. "What's wrong?"

Falco, who had a small energy-reader, had pointed it up to the sky and replied, "That blast that they've been charging up could destroy everything within five miles. I've never seen anything so powerful."

Mario turned to Falco and said, "How long?"

Falco shook his head, "Ten minutes at most."

Mario's gaze turned dark. They couldn't run three miles in twelve minutes, let alone the amount that they had to run in ten. The Legend of Zelda realm was five miles away, but they could make it to the Kirby realm and go through the Legend of Zelda realm from there. But who knows how many soldiers were guarding the tunnel by now.

As Mario groaned, Fox turned to Falco and said, "How fast can they go?"

Falco's eyes lit up and he grinned. He said, "Fast enough."

Fox nodded and turned to Metaknight. "You come with us, and you two stay here." and they ran inside.

Two minutes later they flew out of the building, each one driving their own scooter. They stopped only long enough for Tuff to jump onto Fox's and Mario to jump on Metaknight's and take control before they took off again. Fox pointed in one direction and they flew towards it. Five minutes later they met the others at the tunnel. Krystal waved them down as soon as she recognized them and put down her gun.

"Where's Tiff?" she asked.

Mario looked around and said, "where are Dry Bones and Wario?"

"They left. They didn't even tell us where." Krystal said. She thought a few seconds and added, "They left in the direction of the Kirby realm though."

"Oh no," Mario groaned. He got back on his scooter and prepared to fly away, but Fox pulled him off.

"It's too late." He said with no emotion. Mario pulled his arm out of his grip, but he knew that it was useless to argue, so he turned towards the group.

"It's going to be tough guys. The Legend of Zelda realm is fighting, but soon it will fall. If we're lucky, we'll make it to Rebellion before they're fully taken over."

"And if we're not lucky?" King Dedede called out.

"Then we'll find another way around." Mario said and turned towards the tunnel. "Stay close, and be ready for anything."

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Wario and Dry Bones had heard from Waluigi using a stolen walkie-talkie from back before Waluigi joined the army. Right as they reached the tunnel they heard a message from Waluigi.

"Come to the Kirby realm's tunnel guys. We're getting out of here!"

What they didn't know was that the voice that came out of the talkie was a soldier leading them into a trap. Dry Bones bounded ahead as they reached the tunnel with two minutes left before the blast was fired.

"Hurry up! I want to get out of this-" a blast from a shotgun sounded, blowing off Dry Bones's shoulder, shutting him up. Wario saw the blast and dove aside as a blast from another gun hit the ground below him. Wario crawled to the top of a hill and took a risk to stand up. He had lost sight of Dry Bones, who had fled to the "safety" of Fox's hideout. A third blast shot out and hit the ground below Wario's feet, causing it to crumble and Wario to lose his balance. He rolled down the hill and landed at the base of a tree. He groaned and felt his back, checking to see if it was broken or not.

A machine gun had joined the shooting and he heard it firing in Dry Bones's direction. Wario dove behind a tree large enough to conceal him. He listened to Dry Bones's screams, then silence. He couldn't see or hear anybody around him, all he knew right now was that either Waluigi had betrayed them or they had just walked into a trap.

Wario heard a large water-sucking sound and saw a flash of red light fly through the air at a negative slope. The blast disappeared behind some trees and was lost from view. He heard a crashing sound and heard a low rumble speedily growing louder. His adrenaline kicked in and he ran as fast as he could towards the tunnel. He somehow found it and ran inside. He kept running, but turned around enough to see three soldiers standing on a hill close to the tunnel who were staring at the growing cloud in wonder. They all screamed and headed towards the tunnel, but were quickly engulfed and burned to death.

Wario made it to the end of the tunnel and dove to the side into some bushes. The cloud shot out almost fifty feet, burning the unfortunate guards that were watching. Wario saw guards running towards the tunnel and hid himself in some nearby trees. He climbed one short tree and placed himself comfortably into a large branch, which sagged under his weight. He saw the tunnel pretty clearly now; the clouds had been reduced to small clouds that could barely leave a burn. The tunnel had collapsed under the intense pressure and large rocks were in the way. The tunnel, which all of them seemed to give off a heavenly glow, had dimmed, and small fires were crackling and burning along the floor, walls, and even the ceiling. The soldiers who had come were inspecting the two large piles of ash that used to be the guards.

While watching this take place, Wario silently mourned for Dry Bones and possibly Waluigi and the others. He also wondered how he would get back to the others if they had made it through. Once the tunnel was cleared, and a soldier was bringing dynamite already, he would somehow make it back to the others.

The dynamite was placed and the fuse was lit. Every soldier stepped several paces back and the dynamite ignited. The smoke cleared, revealing a dark abyss. One soldier stepped into the tunnel, but he ran out calling out, "It's nothing! The tunnel's gone!"

This news shocked Wario, but it was soon replaced with fear. There was no way he could get back now! He was trapped. Unless he somehow made it through to Legend of Zelda, he wasn't joining the others any time soon. He watched the tunnel slowly collapse on it, emitting a dark glow as the tunnel's entrance disappeared forever. The hill that it was built into quickly grew grass over the hole and soon it was like the tunnel had never existed.

Wario knew something must be done to protect this news from getting anywhere else. He dropped down and saw a gleam of silver. A machine gun had been tossed aside! He checked the ammo and aimed it at the twelve soldiers. He fired, the gun buckled under him, but he held firm. The bullets came out one after another, completely taking out all twelve of the soldiers.

Wario was now a murderer.

He groaned and left the smoking gun. He had to get out quickly. He took out a poorly hand-drawn map that he had written down from Mario's official map. He laid it against the trunk of the tree and pointed out the best route he could take. He nodded and put the map away. His plan was to reach the Beanbean Kingdom and seek shelter there.

But to do it, he had to go through the Mushroom Kingdom once more.

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Pichu led them to an open clearing with only a table that held fifteen seats. None of them were filled, but each of them had a golden nameplate engraved in the wood in front of each seat, which Waluigi assumed were stuck in the ground. He caught a glimpse of a couple named: Diddy Kong, Eliwood, and briefly wondered who they were. Link sat in a seat with his own name, Zelda sat next to him in Samus Aran's seat. Waluigi chose to stand.

"Thank you. You may leave." said a deep disembodied voice. Pichu nodded and bounded away. The sky slightly darkened and a million dots of light started forming together in a beautiful display. Soon the pieces fit themselves in the right order, revealing a giant right hand.

"Hello." it said, to this day nobody knows how he talks.

"Hello Master Hand." Link replied. Zelda and Waluigi were open mouthed as Master Hand turned to them.

"Zelda, Waluigi. Welcome." it said.

"Has anyone from the Mushroom Kingdom realm come yet?" Waluigi had enough sense to say.

Master Hand shook one finger and said, "Only several toads. I sense that Mario will be coming soon."

Waluigi sighed in relief. That was very good news, but how come there were fourteen other seats, he wondered. Waluigi pondered this, but Master Hand seemed to have read his mind and said, I will explain when the others arrive. Your mission is not complete yet."

Waluigi nodded and looked at the other nameplates. He could see Mario's name, Metaknight, Mewtwo, Pit, Captain Olimar, Krystal, Samus, Diddy Kong, Eliwood, Ness, Master Hand's name, Captain Falcon, Prince Peasley, and Link. All names he recognized, but one name at the direct opposite end of the table from Master Hand's seat (like he needed one) was a name that he had never heard before.

Master Chief...

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Mario's group had sprinted to nearby trees as soon as they left the tunnel. No soldiers where in sight, but they could hear some nearby screams, gunfire, and several explosions. Mario shut out these sounds and lead the group through the forest. Fifteen of them had made it to the forest and he intended not to lose another. They moved through the forest as quietly as possible. Mario soon found the tunnel, but saw five soldiers grouped together after hearing the tree collapsing. All five of them were looking at the crushed warrior's body.

He groaned and waved Falco, Krystal, and Fox over. "Think you can kill them all?" he asked.

All three of them nodded and, without so much as uttering a word, fired several shots at the soldiers. Four soldiers collapsed, but the last one had been missed and he started yelling out. He opened his mouth wide to take in a breath and got a blast in the mouth. The blast came out the other side and burned his mouth up, eventually killing him. But the damage was done. At once they heard other soldiers running towards them.

Unknown to the group, a sniper had crawled up to a nearby tree and was taking aim.

Falco, Fox, and Krystal held their guard, shooting every soldier that came up the hill. Mario called out, "Go to the tree!" and ushered everyone else to hurry up. He said the secret words out loud and the tree collapsed once more. "Get inside!" he yelled out.

The sniper fired.

The blast went through Birdo's head, completely taking out her left eye, and taking out a chunk of her brain as it came out her other side.

"We got a sniper!" Mario called out and ran inside himself. He left the door open for Fox, Krystal, and Falco to run through once they could. "You only have thirty seconds!"

Falco yelled out incoherent words and shot randomly at the top of a tree. They heard a body fall to the ground with a sniper rifle in his arms. Fox and Krystal ran in, but Falco shot three more soldiers down before running inside himself. By the time he ran inside the wall's password had been said and everyone was walking inside. Yoshi was dragging Birdo's body with him. He growled out and kicked Mario's shin, saying, "This is all your fault! She'd still be alive if it wasn't for you, you son of a bi-" and he got a mouthful of fist from Falco.

"Shut up! You idiot! You'd be dead too if it wasn't for him." Falco growled.

Yoshi wiped his mouth of any blood and stood up. He flicked Falco off and walked ahead. Falco flicked Yoshi off as well and they reached the end of the tunnel.

Thousands of various enemies joined together clapping for them, even several Goombas and Koopas were cheering for their arch enemies. Mario noticed several toads circled around a tree and waved to them. They waved back and one even jumped up and down calling out Mario's name.

Everyone else was staring at all of this in amazement. That is, until Luigi let go of Toad and he fell down. Luigi mumbled an apology and picked him back onto his feet, but if brought everyone back to the matter at hand.

"We need a medic!" Krystal called out, trying to make her voice heard over the cheering of the crowd. "We have wounded!"

At once two toads wearing white coats walked up to them. "Who?" One of them asked.

"That would be me." Toad said, smiling weakly.

They walked over to him, talking to him in soft voices, and lead him away. Mario turned around and said, "Now you will know the truth." He started walking towards the clearing that held Waluigi, Link, Zelda, and Master Hand. The others just wondering what the truth was...

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In a large building in the direct middle of the Final Destination realm on the tallest floor was a tall man in dark green armor sitting at his desk. He moved the chair alone, listening to the sound of the wheels squeaking against the floor. He was moving a small wooden soldier with the tip of his finger, thinking about what had happened.

Soon the entire Nintendo World would be his. His master's goal would soon be accomplished, his mission complete. He stepped out of the chair and paced the room, occasional glancing out of the giant window that filled up most of one wall. All that had to be done would be to take control of each of the fifteen realms, and he had already taken over one with several more within his grasp. His soldiers, or pawns as he likes to call them, were rushing each of the realms as he spoke. And his ten supreme generals were each leading an army into each of the larger realms. And yet, something was nagging him in the back of his mind, as if something was telling him that it would all go wrong. He just ignored it and walked back to his desk, picking up a golden nameplate with a name engraved in it.

Master Chief.