Chapter 9: Rescuing Amy!
Kongo Jungle...
We've got to save Amy!
Sonic was running through Kongo Jungle, with the others right behind him. They were heading towards the mountain the middle of the jungle, where the mysterious, dark figure took Amy.
Who is that dark figure anyway? thought Sonic. And why does he look like me?
Sonic skidded to a stop. He was at the foot of the mountain. Yoshi and Tails finally caught up to him. Mario, Luigi and Donkey Kong soon followed.
"Wow...Sonic..." panted Luigi. "You were...running so fast..." before he could finish the sentence, the green plumber fell back, exhausted. Mario had to help him back to his feet.
"Is this the mountain?" Tails asked. "The one where the dark figure of Sonic took Amy to?"
"This is it." assured Donkey Kong. "Its the only mountain with the huge cave in it."
The mountain was really big. It was a deep-gray color. It was entirely made up of stone. Halfway up the mountain, was a cave entrance. There was a rocky pathway that lead up to it.
"We've got to get up there!" said Sonic, pointing to the cave entrance.
"It shouldn't be so hard." commented Mario. "The rocky pathway doesn't seem hard to climb, and my jumping skills should make it a whole lot easier!"
"Don't worry, Yoshi! I'll fly us up there!" said Tails. The dinosaur was glad he didn't have to do any work.
"Alright! Let's-a go!" exclaimed Luigi. Mario was the first to jump onto the mountain. He was followed by his brother, then Sonic. Tails flew up the mountain, using his two-tails as propellers. He carried Yoshi, who enjoyed the ride. Donkey Kong resorted to using his two arms to climb the mountain, saying he could use the exercise.
They were almost to the cave entrance, when a dark shroud of blue mist appeared in front of it. It formed into the shape of Sonic. It saw the group climbing the mountain. The dark figure laughed with it's high-pitched voice. "Hahaha! All of you better hurry up, before something bad happens to the girl!" taunted the dark figure.
Sonic saw the dark figure. "Something had better not have happened to her!"
The dark figure turned it's back around them, soon disappearing in another shroud of mist. Mario was somehow bothered by the dark figure.
Why does that thing remind me of something?
The gang soon reached the cave entrance. Luigi stared into the cave. It was pitch-black inside.
"W-Wow!" said Luigi, nervously. "It sure is dark in there! Maybe I should wait outside."
Mario shook his head. "Sorry Luigi, but you have to come with us. We could use your help to rescue Sonic's friend."
Luigi pointed to the cave with both hands. "But look! You can barely see anything in there! I didn't bring my flashlight! What if we get lost inside the cave?"
Yoshi took a look inside the cave, Tails was still sitting on his saddle. He still couldn't walk with his bad leg.
"Luigi is right." Tails said. "There's no way we can go into the cave without a light. It would be too dangerous."
"Still, we have to save Amy." Sonic pointed out. "We've got to find a way to see in the cave."
The group thought for a moment. They had to find a way to see in the cave. Then, Sonic remembered.
"Hey, wait!" He reached into his pocket, pulling out a transparent block that had eyes on it. "We could use this!"
Mario was astonished. "Mamammia! A Glow Block! Sonic! How did you get it?"
Sonic shrugged. "I got it while I was in the underground." He walked into the dark cave. He shook the Glow Block, causing a bright light to come out of it. It illuminated the cave. They could see what was nearby them in the cave.
Yoshi hopped up and down. "Yay! We can see in the cave now!"
Mario walked up to Sonic. "Come on! Let's- a go!"
Sonic nodded. Since he had the light, he went in first. Mario followed right behind him. His brother followed closely behind him. Yoshi , Tails and Donkey Kong were at the back.
The cave was a bit narrow. Various rocks and boulders were scattered around the area. The cave made your voice echo. You could hear the sound of water dripping every few seconds. It was just like any normal cave.
"This place sure gives me the creeps!" Luigi commented. He was carefully looking around him, hoping nothing would pop out on him.
"Oh, come on Luigi! We have plenty of light with us! There's no way any Boos would come near us." Mario comforted.
Tails thought for a moment. "You must be easily frightened by the dark, Luigi. But don't worry. Everyone has their fears." He pointed to himself. "Like me. I'm really scared of thunder and lightning."
Luigi looked at the fox. "Really?" Tails nodded back. "Wow. It must be hard when you'd have to sleep during a thunderstorm."
"You don't even know! I just hate the way lightning makes that crashing noise when you least expect it."
The two talked for awhile, telling about what their fears were, and why they were scared of it.
A few minutes passed, and the gang were still walking in the cave. Yoshi sighed.
"How long until we find Amy?"
"She's around here somewhere." answered Sonic. "I just know it."
Luigi was getting used to the dark. He was walking to the left of his brother. Suddenly...
"WAAAAAHHH!"
The green plumber fell down. Apparently, he wasn't watching where he was going, and took a step too far to the left, causing him to slide down a steep slope, hidden from the Glow Blocks light.
"Luigi!" shouted Mario. He looked to where Luigi was. He was no where there. The gang looked to see where he fell.
To everyone's surprise, Luigi had already reached the bottom of the slope. The slope was only a few feet high.
"Oww..." Luigi slowly got up, rubbing his lower back. He looked up from the slope. He could see the light from the Glow Block. "Don't worry guys! I'm okay!" He looked around him. opposite from the slope, there was an entryway. light was coming out from it. "Hey guys! Come down here! I think I've found something!"
The gang was confused. Carefully, one by one, they each slid down the slope. Sonic was the last one down.
"What is it, Luigi?" asked Mario. He saw his brother looking at the entryway.
"Wow! Another cave!" exclaimed Yoshi. He was the first to enter it.
"Wait, Yoshi! It could be dangerous ahead!" Tails warned. He held onto the dinosaurs saddle. The gang followed them.
The entryway lead to another part of the cavern. It was a huge, wide area of the cave, light came from through the various cracks on the roof area. It could make a bigger echo sound. The gang was surprised from the secret area they've found.
"Wow, this place is huge!" exclaimed Sonic. He put the Glow Block back. They explored the area for a bit.
Yoshi noticed something near the top of the cave area. He pointed to it. "Hey! What's that?" The gang looked up, noticing the object. It looked like a wooden cage.
"Tails! Do you think you could check what's up there?" asked Sonic.
The fox nodded. "Alright, Sonic!" His two-tails started to propel. He got off Yoshi's saddle and flew up to the wooden cage. He looked inside.
"Sonic! I've found Amy!"
Everyone was surprised.
"Is she okay, Tails" asked Sonic.
Tails looked again. Amy was laying on her back. Her eyes were closed. "No. She looks like she's unconcsious."
Suddenly, a blue, paint-like goop was shot at Tails. The foxflew back and started to fall. Sonic quickly ran and caught him before he hit the ground. He helped him up.
"Are you okay Tails?"
Tails looked at himself . "I'm okay Sonic..." He looked at himself. "Whoa, what's this stuff on me?" He was covered in dark-green goop. He wiped it all off him.
"Hahaha!" someone laughed.
Everyone looked around. A dark shroud of mist appeared in the middle of the cave area. It formed into the figure of Sonic. This time, it was carrying a large paintbrush.
Mario wide-eyed at the sight.
That paintbrush!
The dark figure pointed the paintbrush at Sonic and Tails. "If you want to save the girl, you'll have to go through me!"
Sonic crossed his arms. "Come on! There's six of us and only one of you! It wouldn't be a fair fight!"
The dark figure smirked. It gave a quick stare at Donkey Kong. Suddenly, the dark figure jumped in the air, doing a flip. Another shroud of mist covered it while mid-air. Once it landed, it looked like a dark version of Donkey Kong! Everyone gasped.
"What the, is that me?" shouted Donkey Kong. It inspected the copy of himself. It looked exactly like him, right down to the tie. The dark figure gave an evil grin. It held up the paintbrush. The tip of the paintbrush gave a green glow. The dark figure soon started to glow green too. Without warning, it started to grow in size. It grew four times it was before!
"Th-th-that's a b-b-big monkey!" yelled Luigi. He quickly ran behind the closest boulder near him.
Donkey Kong gave a determined look. "You may look like me, and you may be taller than me, but it doesn't mean you're stronger than me!"
Suddenly, the ape ran towards the dark figure, one of his fists high in the air, he threw a punch towards it, but the dark figure dodged to the left. It quickly threw a strong punch on Donkey Kong's back. The ape slammed into the ground with a large thud!
"Donkey Kong!" yelled Yoshi.
The ape tried to get up, but the dark figure put a foot on his back. "Anyone else want a shot at m?" challenged the dark figure.
Sonic smirked. He quickly carried Tails back onto Yoshi's saddle. "This might be fun!" He did a few quick leg stretches.
He ran up to the dark figure. It threw a punch at the speeding hedgehog, but he dodged it with ease. Sonic jumped into the air and did a Homing Attack. It hit the dark figure, making it flinch.
"Alright, Sonic!" cheered Tails.
Sonic landed. He jumped into the air again and did another Homing Attack. It hit the dark figure on the head, making it furious.
"Grr...you'll pay for this, hedgehog!" Sonic landed on the ground, preparing for another Homing Attack, when the dark figure quickly threw a punch at him. It threw Sonic into a cave wall, making a hole. He landed on the ground, holding his chest from the pain.
"Hahaha! From what I was told about, you aren't that fast!" the dark figure started to walk up to Sonic, who was struggling to get up.
"Oh no! Looks like Sonic needs our help!" said Yoshi. "Let's go Tails!" He ran up to the dark figure.
Tails was a bit hesitant about it. "Uh, are you sure, Yoshi?"
Yoshi nodded. "I have a plan!" he told his plan to Tails, who agreed on it. The fox quickly flew up, carrying Yoshi with him. He hovered above the dark figure, who was a few feet away from Sonic. He let go of Yoshi. The dinosaur quickly flipped in the air and aimed a Ground Pound onto the dark figure. It was a direct hit on the head. Yoshi bounced off his head and landed in front of Sonic. The dark figure was dazed from the attack, and fell backwards, causing a large thud.
"That was a pretty good butt stomp, Yoshi!" Sonic complimented. He slowly got up, still recovering from the punch.
"That was great!" exclaimed Tails. He flew back down to the two.
Mario walked up to Donkey Kong, who was rubbing on his back. "Are you okay, DK?"
The ape nodded. "I've had worse." he got up, noticing the dark figure on the ground. "Ha! Looks like he got what he deserved!"
The dark figure slowly got up. "Grr! I'm not finished yet!" he slowly raised his arms up and slammed them into the ground. It caused a few shockwaves to come out. It was so quick, no one saw it coming. It hit everyone, causing them to fall back and flinch. Fortunatly for Luigi, the shockwave didn't reach him, only hitting the boulder he was hiding behind. The huge rock crumbled into pieces from the attack. One of the pieces hit him on the head.
"Oww!" shouted Luigi. He looked to see what hit him. It was a rock of course, bit it looked different. Sort of like a mushroom shape.
"What the-" he picked up the rock. He rocognized the power up.
"The Rock Mushroom!"He looked to see where his brother was. He was on the ground, rubbing his head from the shockwave. "Mario! Catch!" Luigi threw the Rock Mushroom to his brother. Mario looked back, seeing the power up get thrown at him. He quickly got up and caught the Rock Mushroom. Something amazing happened. Mario's clothes started to change. His red sweater and trademark hat turned into a brown color, and suddenly changed into rock form.
He was now Rock Mario!
The plumber gave a thumb-up to his brother. "Thanks Luigi!" He turned back to the dark figure, who looked like he was about to attack Sonic, Tails and Yoshi, who were still lying on the ground from the shockwave. "Hey big guy! Look over here!"
The dark figure looked. Mario suddenly jumped into the air and did a flip. He turned into a huge boulder and rolled towards the dark figure. The dark figure was surprised, and tried to run from the rolling boulder. Mario quickly caught up to him and plowed into the dark figure, causing it to fly from the force. The dark figure sailed through the air, crashing into one of the cave walls. It made a loud thud. The dark figure suddenly turned into a shroud of mist. It turned back into the form of Sonic. It fell back onto the ground.
Mario changed back from his boulder form. Everyone was astonished.
"Wow Mario! That was amazing!" exclaimed Sonic. He, Tails and Yoshi walked up to him, congratulating him.
"Haha! That's my brother!" shouted Luigi. He was with Donkey Kong. They each exchanged high-fives.
The dark figure got up, not happy from what happened. He threw a punch to the ground. "Grr...you won't get away with this!" Suddenly, the dark figure dissapeared in a shroud of mist.
Sonic grinned. "Looks like he gave up." He looked up to the wooden cage. "Come on, we still have to get Amy."
The others nodded. Tails carried Yoshi up to the cage. Amy was still asleep.
"Psst! Amy!" Tails yelled. The pink hedgehog didn't wake up.
"Here, let me try." The fox carried Yoshi to the cage bars. The dinosaur held onto them so he wouldn't fall off. Yoshi quickly swatted his tongue onto Amy's face. The pink hedgehog reacted. She woke up.
"Ow..." She put a hand on her forehead. She sat up, looking around, seeing Tails and Yoshi outside the cage. "Where am I?"
"Amy! You're okay!" Tails exclaimed. He explained to her what had happened.
She stood up. "Wow! So you guys defeated that dark figure that looked like Sonic?" she looked at the cage. "So, can you get me out of here then?"
Tails nodded. He slowly flew back, then flew towards the wooden cage, causing it to sway back and forth. Amy fell back, while Yoshi tightly kept his grip on the bars.
"Tails! I don't think that will work!" complained Yoshi.
Tails sweat dropped. "Maybe I should have thought through this more."
"Yo Tails! Is there something wrong?" called out Sonic. Amy looked down, seeing the blue hedgehog and plumber side by side.
"Sonic! I knew you'd come to save me!"
Sonic sighed. "Yeah. That's what I'm here for."Mario saw him smile nervously.
"Maybe I can help!" shouted Mario. He took out his wooden hammer Luigi gave him and tossed it to Yoshi. The dinosaur caught it.
"Ohh, a hammer" Yoshi started to chew on it. Tails grabbed the hammer out of his hands.
"Yoshi! This hammer isn't for eating." the fox flew in front of the wooden cage and smashed the bars with ease.
Unfortunately, the force was so strong, the whole cage broke apart, causing Yoshi and Amy to fall. They both screamed. Donkey Kong, seeing this, quickly jumped into the air and caught them both. He landed on the ground, putting them back down. Everyone ran to check on them.
"Are you guys okay?" asked Luigi. They both nodded.
Everyone looked at Tails, who was still holding the hammer. "Hehe...I guess I don't know my own strength." He gave the hammer back to Mario.
Sonic patted his friends head. "Don't worry, pal! Things like that happen to everyone!"
Tails smiled. "Thanks Sonic."
Unexpectedly, Amy gave a hug to Sonic. "Umm...Amy!" said Sonic. "Not right now!"
"Sonic! I was worried I wasn't going to see you again!" exclaimed Amy. She was still holding on to Sonic.
Luigi chuckled. "Wow Sonic! You never told me that you two were this close!"
Sonic gave the green plumber a serious look.
"Well, Sonic." Mario started. "Didn't I tell you? We would save her, and we did!"
Sonic smiled. "Yeah. Never should have doubted you!" He looked back at Amy, who was smiling at him.
"Sonic the Hedgehog. We're you worried about me?" She put a hand to her hip. Sonic sweat dropped.
"Uh...come on! Anyone would be worried if their friend was in trouble!" Sonic crossed his arms.
Yoshi yawned. "Come on! Can we get back to the castle now? I'm getting tired and hungry!"
Everyone nodded. "Alright you guys. I'll be heading back to my tree house." Donkey Kong explained. "You should call me if something comes up!" The ape left the cave.
The group of heroes headed out of the cave. The went back to the castle for a well-deserved rest.
Finally! I've found my friends safe and sound! Now how do we get back home?
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To be continued...
Sonic and his friends are finally back together! But who was that dark-figure that Mario recognized? How will Sonic and his friends get back to their world? Stay tuned!
Author Notes: Another chapter done! It's a pretty long chapter if you ask me. There was lots of action, character development, all that kind of stuff. If you've played Super Mario Sunshine, you may know what that darkfigure may be! But how did it come back? I'm not spoiling it! Hope you guys enjoy it! Thanks for the support! Next chapter will be up sometime this week!
I do not own any Mario or Sonic related characters. They belong to Nintendo and Sega.
